Smoking gun: US-backed coup toppled Pakistan PM Imran Khan over Ukraine neutrality, non-alignment

The US government sponsored a political coup against Pakistan’s democratically elected Prime Minister Imran Khan due to his non-aligned foreign policy and neutrality in the Ukraine proxy war. Ben Norton analyzes the substantial evidence. Check out some of our previous coverage: - Imran Khan: Pakistan should be non-aligned in cold war, neutral over Ukraine, applauds China: - Pakistan coup regime bans Imran Khan, dissidents killed, as US eyes China ties, Israel normalization: - US-backed coup in Pakistan overthrows PM Imran Khan over his independent foreign policy (from April 2022): Topics: 0:00 Well known US-backed coups 1:37 Coup against Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan 7:38 Imran Khan’s non-aligned foreign policy 14:14 Coup regime reverses independent foreign policy 15:31 Coup regime’s authoritarian crackdown 19:44 Another US-backed coup in Pakistan, in 1977 21:58 Similarities to Brazil and Peru 23:38 Iran and Mohammad Mosaddegh 27:14 The US “war on terror“ 30:00 Smoking gun: leaked embassy cable 47:01 IMF bailout and inflation crisis 50:00 Outro || Geopolitical Economy Report || Please consider supporting us at Patreon: Podcast: Newsletter:
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