Tag: Iraq
The ‘Great Game’ is Afoot: Killing Soleimani Reflects US Desperation in the Middle East
Jan 8, 2020 | News & Analysis, Middle East, Politics, US
Judging by past experiences, it is likely that Washington will regret assassinating the Iranian general for many years to come.
Read MoreKurdish Tribes Stealing Assyrian Christian Lands
Dec 4, 2019 | News & Analysis, Middle East, Politics
There has been an ongoing occupation in Northern Iraq of Assyrian Christian indigenous lands, largely ignored by the mainstream media, which requires a solution soon.
Read MoreWho Will Tell the Truth About the So-Called ‘Free Press’?
Dec 4, 2019 | News & Analysis, Featured, Politics, Science, US
The US corporate media dangerously accuse alternative sources of propagating “fake news” to maintain their own dominance as purveyors of misinformation.
Read MoreWhy War Deaths Increase After Wars
Nov 18, 2019 | News & Analysis, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Politics, US
It would be more difficult for the US government to continually wage senseless wars if the estimated millions of dead received more attention.
Read MoreNew Study Documents Depleted Uranium Impacts on Children in Iraq
Sep 21, 2019 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US
A new study shows an association between depleted uranium, used by the US during the Iraq war, and the risk of birth defects in Iraqi children.
Read MoreJoin the CIA: Travel the World Passing Out Nuclear Blueprints
Jul 11, 2019 | Viewpoints, Middle East, Politics, US
Why would the CIA hand out blueprints for nuclear bombs?
Read MoreThe Obama Wars
Jul 11, 2019 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
Obama’s legacy of warmaking has largely been maintained, advanced, and imitated by bipartisan consensus and by Donald Trump.
Read MoreOfficial Secrets: Best Movie So Far This Year
Jul 10, 2019 | US, Europe, Middle East, Politics, Viewpoints
Official Secrets dramatizes the story of how British whistleblower Katharine Gun tried to expose the false pretenses used to justify the war on Iraq.
Read MoreTen Questions About the Gulf War Monument Planned for Washington
May 31, 2019 | Viewpoints, Middle East, Politics, US
Evidently, there aren’t enough war monuments in Washington yet because now they’re planning one to memorialize the Gulf War.
Read MoreThe Assange/Manning Cases Discredit Humanity
May 22, 2019 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
The rule of law has given way to law as a weapon in the hands of government.
Read MoreClosing Military Bases, Opening a New World
May 3, 2019 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
The US has built an empire of military bases around the globe, but the good news is that popular activism can get bases shut down.
Read MoreThe Moral Travesty of Israel Seeking Arab, Iranian Money for its Alleged Nakba
Jan 15, 2019 | Viewpoints, Middle East, Palestine, Politics
If Israel wants to correct historical injustices, it should start by accepting responsibility for the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
Read MoreCorrupt Spineless Iraqi Legislators Are Right
Dec 28, 2018 | Viewpoints, Middle East, Politics, US
The US has been helping Iraq into ever-worsening catastrophe for longer than almost anyone can remember, and just leaving would be a positive step.
Read MoreFrom Central America to Syria: The Conspiracy against Refugees
Dec 6, 2018 | Viewpoints, Americas, Middle East, Politics, US
Refugees escaping to the US or Europe are perceived as the invaders, rather than the US and its allies who’ve helped cause the reasons for their flight.
Read MoreUniversity of Virginia’s Miller Center Loves Killers
Sep 6, 2018 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
The University of Virginia’s Miller Center has appointed mass murderer John Negroponte as a “distinguished professor”. Shouldn’t morality matter?
Read MoreShould Al Qaeda Be Made the 51st State?
Aug 9, 2018 | Viewpoints, Middle East, Politics, US
Bringing back the Russian menace is not working. Al Qaeda is the answer. If there were no Al Qaeda, the US government would have to invent one.
Read MoreBaghdad Yet To Lift Sanctions on Iraqi Kurdistan or Provide 2018 Budget
Feb 15, 2018 | News & Analysis, Middle East, Politics
Despite the efforts by the leadership of Iraqi Kurdistan to maintain peaceful relations with the government of Iraq, Iraq continues to punish the Kurds for desiring to exercise their right to self-determination.
Read MoreIraqi Kurdistan PM Keen to Repair Relations with Iraq and Neighbors
Dec 9, 2017 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics
With economic sanctions burdening Iraqi Kurdistan, the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) is working hard to resolve the crisis with all stakeholders.
Read MoreThe Unraveling of American-Russian Relations
Oct 19, 2017 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
What are the forces driving Washington’s provocation of Russia? There are three, and they comprise a vast conspiracy against life on earth.
Read MoreThe Terror Next Time: The Daesh Story Is Not Ending
Sep 2, 2017 | News & Analysis, Middle East, Politics
If we don’t take into account how Daesh, or the Islamic State, arose in the first place, its brand of extremism will just rear its ugly head again.
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