Articles by AFP

• The Taliban was created by America, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in the late ’70s and early ’80s to fight the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. By the Staff at AFP On the heels of the […]

• The U.S. is interested in Yemen solely for its strategic location. Its oil reserves are due to run out in approximately five years. By Richard Walker — While much of the media focus has […]

Lurking in the shadows are the two Siamese twin gorillas that have been behind all the wars and misery inflicted upon the Afghans since at least the 1970s—Big Oil and the ubiquitous Israelis. By Ralph […]

“You are eight times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a terrorist.” By Keith Johnson Since Sept. 11, 2001, thousands of communities across the nation have taken advantage of more […]

Sherlock Holmes movie shows reality of power politics By Mark Anderson The latest Sherlock Holmes movie, A Game of Shadows, brings the viewer on a daring expedition against the tactics and mechanics of conspiratorial design. […]

AFP PODCAST Canadian author Greg Felton of The Host & The Parasite fame, discusses his new book, Exploding Middle East Myths: 15 years of Fighting Zionist Propaganda. Felton has assembled a myth-smashing collection of essays […]

By Michael Collins Piper AMERICAN FREE PRESS got frontline mention as the very first words in the first paragraph of a muddled smear of Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul published as a lengthy hit piece […]

By Michael Collins Piper In 1997, hardworking FBI agents in Miami were  on the verge (they thought) of snaring then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich and his second  wife, Marianne, in a $10 million bribery scandal  involving […]

By Pat Shannan In 2005, just ahead of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recovered a box of Kinestik explosives from the home of Terry Nichols, the convicted co-conspirator […]

By Richard Walker In the event Iran is attacked by the United States or Israel, Iran’s political and military leaders may resort to a “doomsday option,” in which they will close the Strait of Hormuz, […]

By Victor Thorn Drag Queens, Transsexuals, Cross Dressing, Homosexual Computer Hackers, Gays in the White House and Rebellion Against the Military’s ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ Policy What Makes Bradley Manning Tick? Did Bradley Manning leak […]

By Frank Whalen With the U.S. military only now leaving Iraq, after almost a decade, the legacy that remains is not that of a successful mission. Rather, the unnecessary war might be viewed in the […]

AFP AUDIO INTERVIEW A study just released reveals a startling statistic: by the age of 23, one-third of Americans will be have an arrest on their records. Michael G. Turner, Ph.D., an associate professor of […]

By Frank Whalen While Americans mourned the tragedies of the 9-11 attacks, World Trade Center (WTC) complex owner Larry Silverstein had other things in mind, particularly cashing in on insurance money from the properties he […]