One Iraqi militia fighter was killed and eight others injured after a large explosion rocked a military base south of Baghdad, Iraqi officials said.
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News Roundup 4/19/2024
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 19, 2024 | News Roundup
US News New Hampshire GOP Adds ‘Defend the Guard’ to Party Platform AWC US Government Rejects Australia’s Call To End Assange Case, Submits 'Assurances' For Extradition The Dissenter Speaker Johnson Unveils $95 Billion Foreign Military Aid Bills AWC New Amendment...
The “Israel Has the Most Moral Army in the World” Trope
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Apr 18, 2024 | Blog
Delusional supporters of Israel’s genocide in Gaza claim the IDF is “the most moral army in the world”. Here’s the stark reality.
Last Weekend, Iran Changed Everything
by Ted Snider | Apr 18, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On April 13, Iran responded to Israel’s attack on its embassy compound in Damascus that killed seven Iranian officers, including a very senior military official, General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, by launching over 300 drones and missiles at Israel from Iranian soil. U.S....
Iran Attack Liveblog (PHOTOS/VIDEOS)
by Will Porter | Apr 14, 2024 | Blog
My live coverage of Iran's missile and drone attack on Israel Saturday night, as it happened. Obviously much of this information has either been confirmed, disproven or become obsolete by now, but the thread is full of interesting details that didn't make it into my...
How Big a Factor is Iran in the War on Gaza?
by Ted Snider | Apr 10, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In both Ukraine and Gaza, the Joe Biden administration has adopted the dangerous doctrine of war management in which, while not stopping a war diplomatically, it attempts to contain it and prevent it from becoming a wider war into which the United States might get...
News Roundup 4/10/2024
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 10, 2024 | News Roundup
Russia US Transfers Weapons Seized in Middle East to Ukraine The Institute US Announces $138 Million HAWK Air Defense Deal for Ukraine AWC German Troops Arrive in Lithuania for First Permanent Deployment Since WWII AWC China US to Expand Naval Base in Papua New...
Diagnosing Israel’s Imperial Narcissism
by John Weeks | Apr 9, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
As it continues to engage in a “plausibly genocidal” mass murder spree in Gaza, the state of Israel has embraced the most psychotic and psychopathic interpretation of one of the most violent narratives from the Hebrew Bible. This is fueling a narcissism that puts the...
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KC-46A Pegasus Refueler Failure Continues
One of the components of American strategic projection has been the world's most prodigious and sophisticated aerial refueling fleet. There are currently approx 400+ KC-135s capable of refueling two receiver aircraft at the same time in the current USAF fleet. The...
No Longer Born to Kill – Anti-War Blog
Recently Amazon removed the “Born to Kill,” from Jokers helmet for the film Full Metal Jacket. The words sit alongside the peace emblem on his steel helmet and makes for an iconic film poster. So it once did. The words perhaps too violent for modern audiences...
Fiji Follies Mimic First World Navigation Problems
There are now eight (there were nine before this disaster) total patrol vessels in the navy of Fiji; this is simply negligence and lack of proper training much like the US Navy collisions in 2017. It is extraordinarily expensive to reconstitute a vessel that has...
Up in Smoke: The Other Space Race Continues
A comprehensive ban on all nuclear testing occurred in the 1990s. The Soviet Union's last nuclear test took place on 24 October 1990; the United Kingdom's on 26 November 1991 and the United States' on 23 September 1992. Advances in the ICBM arena have continued apace...
Robert Fisk – The Road to Palestine – Anti-War Blog
In Part Two of his Three part series, From Beirut to Bosnia, Robert Fisk gives detail to the tragedy of Palestine. As it was then when the series was made, 1993, the people of Palestine had already suffered tremendously. A lost people, those blamed for the crimes of...
New Book Is A Must Read For Iraq War 2 Enthusiasts
Iraq War 2 is ancient history, like Athens’ defeat at Aegospotami or the NATO-Russia Founding Act. But for some of us, it seems like only yesterday we were being lied into one of the greatest geopolitical disasters of the Western imperial order. There’s a new book...