BETTE DAM
Apr 03, 2019
Scott Horton of the Scott Horton Show interviewed me about my research on mullah Omar
Scott talks to journalist Bette Dam about her new book, Searching For An Enemy: The Secret Life Of Mullah Omar. Dam also reflects on how journalists may need to rethink the ways they report on the terror wars.
Mar 12, 2019
Update incomplete. More coverage will follow.
Busy with work, but I will start updating the Internationale media coverage on Mullah Omar soon.
Mar 11, 2019
The Afghan government soon responded saying my report was not right
Soon after I published my findings on mullah Omar hiding outside an US base (and not in Pakistan) the USG decided to be silent about it, and not comment. On the other hand, the Afghan government responded furious. Since '01 they had claimed Omar was in Pakistan, without much proof (not any journalist had asked the Afghan government critical questions about their sourceless claims). Now someone proofed them wrong, and they started slandering me (some high officials tried to make Afghanistan experts belief that I was paid by the Taliban ).
I guess all this was the best review I could wish for; after that even more media reported on my work.
Mar 11, 2019
Opinion piece on TRT World
Mullah Omar's life in Afghanistan is symbolic of the failed 'War on Terror',
The 'War on Terror' has taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent people globally, while its most wanted targets hide in plain sight of those waging the war. What does that say about the war?
"It is evident that both Washington and its Afghan allies will never acknowledge this if it is the truth because of what it says about their governments. "
Mar 10, 2019
Taliban leader spent last days just miles from US base, report says
Stars and Stripes also wrote about my book:The report’s author, long-time Afghanistan researcher Bette Dam, relied on interviews with Mullah Omar’s bodyguard as well as members of the Taliban and Afghan security agencies, she wrote. The report was published during the weekend by the Zomia Center, a research group affiliated with New America, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington.