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Shares 30 April 1975, the final chapter of US engagement in the Vietnam conflict came to a close when Saigon fell to the communists of North Vietnam. The signing of the Paris Accords in 1973 signaled the end of US military involvement in South Vietnam, and CIA’s mission was confined specifically to providing intelligence supported Still, South Vietnam and the government of Nguyen Van Thieu remained dependent on US financial and material assistance. US Navy personnel attached to Commander Naval Forces Vietnam, keep their guns ready as they watch during Viet Cong attacks on Saigon. Photo take...

Target Taiwan: Why China Is Desperate for Control of Taipei U.S.-China tensions have risen to an unprecedented scale, which now appears to be drifting away from the forty-two-year-old policy of peaceful co-existence. On the eve of President Joe Biden’s unofficial delegation arrived in the self-governed nation of Taiwan, in mid-April 2021, the Chinese military began live-fire drills in waters off the island’s southwest coast for the duration of the visit. China also sent a “record number” of twenty-five military aircraft—including fighters and nuclear-capable bombers—over the islan...

After numerous technical glitches during an initial virtual hearing, Mahlobo was finally personally chauffeured by the commission to the venue, where he continued to obfuscate, argue, evade questions and paint the broadest of strokes. As the former minister of state security in the Zuma administration and as a key Cabinet member implicated by several witnesses as a strategic enabler of State Capture, Mahlobo brought with him to proceedings the requisite air of paranoia and moments of a mental knit one, slip one. At various junctures, Mahlobo seemed at pains to ram home that the “eyes of the...

The world according to David Mahlobo: everyone is a spy, everyone/everything is being watched, including the State Capture Commission Marianne Thamm © Copyright (c) Daily Maverick , All Rights Reserved After numerous technical glitches during an initial virtual hearing, Mahlobo was finally personally chauffeured by the commission to the venue, where he continued to obfuscate, argue, evade questions and paint the broadest of strokes. As the former minister of state security in the Zuma administration and as a key Cabinet member implicated by several witnesses as a strategic e...