Tag: Iraq
Trump tells Iraq order US troops out and I’ll freeze your...
it must be stated that Trump’s latest threat is simply another blatant example—this time a fiscal bomb rather than an actual one—of American imperialism and rogue nation behavior.
Two Iraqi peace activists confront a Trumpian world
As the Trump administration weighs war, Iraqis prepare a carnival for peace.
U.S.-led coalition admission of 1,300 civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria
"The Coalition has so far failed to carry out investigations on the ground or provide reasons for the civilian casualties."
IHCHR: 11,800 civilians killed in US-led air strikes in Syria, Iraq
“We have massively destroyed the infrastructure and given the population a disgusting image of what may be a Western-style liberation, leaving behind the seeds of an imminent resurgence of a new adversary.”
Costs of war: 17 years after 9/11, nearly half a million...
The cost of the global so-called war on terror will soon surpass $6 trillion.
Insider attacks
Seen in this light, it’s hard not to believe that more anti-U.S. “insider” attacks aren’t on the way. The question is only where and when, not if.
Summer of discontent: Iraq explodes in protest
Few countries have suffered as much in recent years and Iraqis of all faiths and ethnicities deserve not just freedom from the horrific violence that has become far too normal there.
How the last superpower was unchained
Clueless is not a word Americans ordinarily apply to themselves as a country, a people, or a government. Yet how applicable it is.
Scapegoating Iran
"What good would come from destabilizing Iran? What would America get out of that?”
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In a step towards justice, US Senate passes bill with funds for missing and...
Lack of sufficient data and jurisdictional issues has been a huge obstacle for finding justice for Indigenous women that are victims of violence.
Ex-pharma lobbyist embedded in White House tanked drug pricing bill, while his former employer...
Trump’s top healthcare adviser, former Gilead Sciences lobbyist Joe Grogan, strenuously lobbied within the White House and on Capitol Hill against price negotiations.
Embracing Islamic terrorism
Ever wonder why we never go to war against or impose sanctions on these sponsors of terrorism? Heck, we don’t even condemn them!
Trump’s loosening of pork inspection regulations fails to protect consumers from illness and death...
"Food safety is one of the most important protections in our country and gifting the slaughter industry self-regulation powers will mean pork eaters in this country will be facing higher threats of disease.”
Our country, the United States, is a rogue nation and our leaders are criminals
Should we fear for the future of this rogue nation and of the world?