Iraq PM confirms receiving ‘signed’ US pullout letter
Tuesday, 07 January 2020 Amid confusion over a reported US letter to Iraq announcing the steps its military would take to move out of Iraq, Prime Minister Adel Abdul […]
Americans have been fed a simplified tale about Iran and Soleimani — it’s time to rewrite that
Context for the Soleimani death is important. So let’s talk about why Iran is really angry with America Carli Pierson http://www.independent.co.uk More major news came out of Iran and […]
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE : US insists military not withdrawing from Iraq after confusion over leaked letter
‘There’s been no decision whatsoever to leave,’ says Mark Esper Andrew Buncombe Seattle @AndrewBuncombe , Andrew Feinberg @AndrewFeinberg WWW.INDEPENDENT.CO.UK The US has been forced to deny it is planning to […]
USA: Ahmadi Muslims in Michigan welcome New Year with Prayers for the Country & World
By Muhammad Ahmad, Detroit Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Rochester Hills, Michigan gathered for the year-end program at their Community Center and Mosque, Masjid Mahmood. The formal program included children and […]
‘Pay us back’: Trump says troops will not leave airbase unless Iraq compensates US
by Keith Koffler | January 05, 2020 President Trump Sunday said the United States would not abandon its airbase in Iraq unless the country paid billions for the cost […]
Trump threatens to slap sanctions on Iraq ‘like they’ve never seen before’
Published Sun, Jan 5 2020 by Joanna Tan CNBC @tan_joanna Key Points Tensions in the Middle East spiraled last week after Trump called for a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad […]
‘He was sent to us’: at church rally, evangelicals worship God and Trump
Friday’s rally recognized Trump’s need to retain the loyalty of the evangelical voting bloc that propelled him to victory in 2016 Richard Luscombe in Miami @richlusc Sat 4 Jan 2020 They came to pray with their president, though in truth many came just to worship him. Donald Trump’s Friday […]
Qassem Suleimani: tears mix with vows of vengeance at Iran general’s funeral march
Mourners weep and beat chests as coffins of those killed in US drone strike pass through Baghdad’s streets Ghaith Abdul-Ahad in Baghdad Sat 4 Jan 2020 Iraqi militiamen march and […]
Bernie Sanders’s Antiwar Message Highlights Ascendant Young Left
Source: Huffington Post By Daniel Marans The post-9/11 generation is a core of the Vermont senator’s White House campaign coalition. When the Democratic presidential candidates announced their reactions to Thursday’s […]
US foreign policy – Suleimani killing the latest in a long, grim line of US assassination efforts
The Guardian – There has been no shortage of US attempts to remove foreign adversaries through highly dubious legal or ethical means Ed Pilkington in New York @edpilkington Sat 4 […]
Trump is starting a war with Iran – whether it is by accident or design
Tehran will likely take time to consider its options, with few having expected the US president to go for the jugular like this Robert Fisk @indyvoices Is this war by […]
2020 Democrats: Iran airstrike ‘reckless,’ ‘could cost countless lives’
By Marina Pitofsky – 01/03/20 THE HILL The move is a major escalation of tensions between the U.S. and Iran, with Iran vowing “harsh retaliation” in response. Former Vice […]
Rival Shi’ite leaders in Iraq call for U.S. troop expulsion in rare show of unity
Ahmed Aboulenein BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Rival Shi’ite political leaders on Friday called for American troops to be expelled from Iraq after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad killed a […]
How the world is reacting to US killing of top Iran general
Global Village Space AFP -January 3, 2020 The world reacted with alarm on Friday after top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US strike in Iraq, with leaders […]
Killing of Iranian Commander Is Met With Criticism and Tough Talk
Mixed reaction to the news that Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani died in a targeted strike by the United States at Baghdad International Airport. By Neil Vigdor THE NEW YORK TIMES Jan. 2, 2020 The killing of a top commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in a targeted strike by the […]
Soleimani assassination risks all-out war between US and Iran
Killing of Quds commander takes Trump presidency into dangerous territory By David Gardner for the FINANCIAL TIMES The US air strike on Baghdad airport that killed General Qassem Soleimani, commander […]
Iran: Leader vows tough revenge waiting for criminals over Gen. Soleimani martyrdom
Politics January 3, 2020 TEHRAN– Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei conveyed a message and expressed his deep condolences on the martyrdom of Commander of IRGC Quds […]
Malice, stupidity of US terrorist forces to further strengthen tree of resistance in region: FM Zarif
Politics January 3, 2020 TEHRAN– Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has released a statement on the US assassination of IRGC Quds Force Commander Major General Qassem Soleimani. Iranian Foreign […]
Pro-Iranian militants withdraw from US embassy in Baghdad
Militia group orders pullout after breach that has badly damaged US-Iraq relations Julian Borger in Washington and agencies in Baghdad Wed 1 Jan 2020 P Iranian-backed militants have withdrawn from […]
Tehran Times reports: Iraqis lay siege to den of espionage and terror
December 31, 2019 http://www.tehrantimes.com TEHRAN- Dozens of protesters broke into the U.S. embassy compound in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday after smashing the main door and setting fire […]