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Gareth Porter (born June 18, 1942 in Independence, Kansas) is an American historian, investigative journalist and policy analyst on U.S. foreign and military policy. A strong opponent of U.S. wars in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, he has also written on the potential for diplomatic compromise to end or avoid wars in Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines, Korea, Iraq and Iran. He is the author of a history of the origins of the Vietnam War, Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam.

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POLITICS: Afghan Army Turnover Rate Threatens U.S. War Plans

POLITICS: WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (IPS) - One in every four combat soldiers quit the Afghan National Army (ANA) during the year ending in September, published data by the U.S. Defence Department and the Inspector General for Reconstruction in ...

From GARETH PORTER, Inter Press Service,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Stanley A. McChrystal,  U.S. Congress,  Ministry of Defence,  Chris Mason

Culture wars in Afghanistan

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From GARETH PORTER, Le Monde Diplo,  3 Nov 2009

AFGHANISTAN: U.S., NATO Forces Rely on Warlords for Security

AFGHANISTAN: WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (IPS) - The revelation by the New York Times Wednesday that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has long been on the payroll of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is only the ...

From GARETH PORTER, Inter Press Service,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: NATO,  Taliban,  Stanley A. McChrystal,  Ahmed Wali Karzai,  New York University

POLITICS: NIE Reveals Qom Facility Followed 2007 Bush Threats

POLITICS: WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (IPS) - The Barack Obama administration claims that construction of a second Iranian uranium enrichment facility at Qom began before Tehran's decision to withdraw from a previous agreement to inform the ...

From GARETH PORTER, Inter Press Service,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: International Atomic Energy Agency,  George W. Bush,  Barack Obama,  Dick Cheney,  John Hannah

U.S.: Veteran Army Officer Urges Afghan Troop Drawdown

U.S.: WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (IPS) - A veteran Army officer who has served in both the Afghanistan and Iraq wars warns in an analysis now circulating in Washington that the counterinsurgency strategy urged by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal is ...

From GARETH PORTER, Inter Press Service,  15 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Daniel Davis,  Iraqi Army,  Stanley A. McChrystal,  NATO,  Taliban

U.S.: Pro-War Officials Play Up Taliban-al Qaeda Ties

U.S.: Analysis by Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (IPS) - U.S. national security officials, concerned that President Barack Obama might be abandoning the strategy of full-fledged counterinsurgency war in Afghanistan, are claiming new ...

From GARETH PORTER, Inter Press Service,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Taliban,  Osama bin Laden,  White House,  General James L Jones

POLITICS: Leaked Iran Paper Based on Intel that Split IAEA

POLITICS: Analysis by Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (IPS) - Excerpts of the internal draft report by the staff of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published online last week show that the report's claims about Iranian work ...

From GARETH PORTER, Inter Press Service,  6 Oct 2009

Related Topics: International Atomic Energy Agency,  Intel,  New York Times Company,  Mohamed ElBaradei,  Central Intelligence Agency

POLITICS: New Doubt Cast on U.S. Claim Qom Plant is Illicit

POLITICS: Analysis by Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (IPS) - An Iranian assertion that construction on its second enrichment facility began only last year and further analysis of satellite photos of the site have cast fresh doubts on the ...

From GARETH PORTER, Inter Press Service,  2 Oct 2009

Related Topics: International Atomic Energy Agency,  Barack Obama,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

POLITICS: U.S. Story on Iran Nuke Facility Doesn't Add Up

POLITICS: Analysis by Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, Sep 29 (IPS) - The story line that dominated media coverage of the second Iranian uranium enrichment facility last week was the official assertion that U.S. intelligence had caught Iran ...

From GARETH PORTER, Inter Press Service,  29 Sep 2009

Related Topics: International Atomic Energy Agency,  White House,  IHS Inc.,  Barack Obama,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

U.S.: Fears of Blame for Defeat Shadow Afghan War Meetings

U.S.: Analysis by Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, Sep 28 (IPS) - In a remarkable parallel with a similar turning point in the Vietnam War 44 years ago, President Barack Obama will preside over a series of meetings in the coming weeks that will ...

From GARETH PORTER, Inter Press Service,  28 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Lyndon B. Johnson,  White House,  Al-Qaeda,  Robert McNamara

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