by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 16, 2012 | Monitor
This is a video, posted on Monday to Facebook, of one of Syria’s stronger rebel factions setting a marijuana field ablaze. The incineration of the weed underscores a basic problem for the U.S.’s approach to Syria’s bloody civil war. No, not because...
by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 15, 2012 | Monitor
A screenshot from a video showing a Free Syrian Army soldier on a rooftop in Zabadani. The Pentagon fears that the weapons pipeline flowing from Persian Gulf states could pose a proliferation risk. Photo: Flickr/SyriaFreedom The Pentagon insists that it’s not...
by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 8, 2012 | Monitor
GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney campaigns in Tempe, Arizona. Photo: Flickr/Gage Skidmore Mitt Romney thinks Barack Obama is a terrible president. When Romney looks at Obama’s foreign policies, he sees a president who projects “passivity” in a...
by Noah Shachtman | Oct 2, 2012 | Monitor
A picture of the British ambassador’s convoy after it was attacked in Benghazi. Photo: House Oversight Committee They might as well have painted a target on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. During the spring and summer, militants attacked the American diplomatic...
by Spencer Ackerman | Sep 24, 2012 | Monitor
Libyans celebrate the end of the Gadhafi regime in Benghazi, October 2011. After the attack on the U.S. consulate, these same Libyans could be key for the CIA’s counterterrorism efforts. Photo: Flickr/Magherebia President Obama told the truth when he said there...