The U.S. and Iran both back the Da'wa or in this case ISCI PM while Iraqi nationalist Moqtada al Sadr denounces. Badr had split from ISCI and was leaning toward Sadr. Iranian Qods Force leader Soleimani intervened to keep Obama's guy on the throne. To everyone of both...
Iraq
Coming To Your Neighborhood: The Surge
President Donald Trump on Monday said the Justice Department is preparing to launch a sweeping crackdown on crime that he named “the surge,” a term commonly associated with the George W. Bush administration’s decision to send tens of thousands of additional troops...
10/25/19 Jon Schwarz on America’s Long History of Betraying the Kurds
Jon Schwarz gives us a brief history of America's many betrayals of the Kurds since the end of World War I. In a recent article for The Intercept he describes at least eight separate times the U.S. government has used Kurdish fighters to its own advantage and then...
News Roundup 10/29/19
US News From 2006 to 2018, US companies contracting with immigration enforcement have received more than $45 billion. [Link] Philippines A Philippines mayor - accused by President Duerte of being involved in the drug trade - was gunned down. [Link] Kashmir India and...
Saudi Bases and the Bin Ladens: A Love Story
What is Trump really up to? It’s almost unknowable. At the same time that the president was pulling (some) troops out of Northeast Syria, giving an antiwar speech, and then sending other troops back into Syria to "secure the oil," he also quietly sent another 1800...
News Roundup 10/28/19
US News Maria Butina has been released from a Florida prison and deported to Russia. [Link] In a speech, Pence voices support for the Hong Kong protesters. He also condemned China for being too interventionist. Pence targeted Nike and the NBA for being too supportive...
‘Caliph Ibrahim’ Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi Killed
Good. Now there's even less excuse for the U.S. to stay in Syria and Iraq.
News Roundup 10/24/19
US News Video shows a California police officer shotting a 16-year-old in the back of the head as he ran away from the police officer. [Link] Secretary of Defense Mark Esper recuses himself from the review of the Pentagon's JEDI contract. Esper’s son works at IMB, who...
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