Nicurguara The US sanctions four high ranking Nicaraguan officials. [Link] Human Rights Watch claims Nicaragua tortured protesters. [Link] Assange A Swedish prosecutor will not appeal a judge's decision not to issue extradition for Julian Assange. [Link] Turkey The...
Iran
Trump Claims ‘A Million’ American Jobs Depend on Arms Sales to Saudi
"And probably more." And Yemen is all Iran's fault.
6/24/19 Trita Parsi on the Manufactured Threat of Iran’s Nuclear Program
Trita Parsi assesses the current risk of America going to war with Iran, given all the recent pressure from President Trump's advisers to do so. Parsi reminds us that America has no real reason to fear Iran's civilian nuclear program, since they were already...
6/22/19 Gareth Porter on the Fake Crisis of War with Iran
Scott talks to Gareth Porter about the growing threat of war with Iran. John Bolton and Mike Pompeo seem to be doing their utmost to ensure President Trump has no choice but to declare war on them, not to mention the fact that America's draconian economic sanctions...
News Roundup 6/24/19
US News Trump plans to nominate Mark Esper to be Defense Secretary. [Link] A woman was awarded over $500,000 because police officers looked up her information scores of times. [Link] New York lawmakers pass a law that decriminalizes small amounts of marijuana and...
Is War with Iran Imminent?
For FPF #366, I play an episode of the Peace and Liberty Podcast hosted by Steven Clyde. Steven interviewed Will Porter and me on the potential war with Iran. We cover the recent developments and possible future tripwires for war. Steven Clyde is the host of the...
6/21/19 Jon Schwarz on the AUMF and War with Iran
Scott talks to Jon Schwarz about the threat of war with Iran in retaliation for shooting down an American drone and allegedly attacking Japanese tankers in the Gulf of Oman. Mike Pompeo recently claimed that the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force,...
White House: Drone May Have Crossed Into Iranian Airspace
An important paragraph buried down in the middle of this one in the Times: But a senior Trump administration official said there was concern inside the United States government about whether the drone, or another American surveillance aircraft, or even the P-8A manned...
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