Iraq
Iraq today is a nightmare that Americans largely sleep through
by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
December 29, 2020
What does it look like when you “liberate” a country that hasn’t asked for it, when you unleash a...
The Secret History of the Push to Strike Iran
Hawks in Israel and America have spent more than a decade agitating for war against the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. Will Trump finally deliver?
By...
Pentagon Officials Divided Over Threat of an Iranian Attack
In sign of possible de-escalation, the US is pulling an aircraft carrier out of the Middle East
Posted on December 31, 2020s
After weeks...
Pentagon brass on “red alert” over Trump’s coup plotting
By Bill Van Auken
28 December 2020
The senior US military command is operating at what amounts to a state of high alert in anticipation of...
The “anti-War” Trump pardons war criminals
Trump pardons Blackwater contractors jailed for massacre of Iraq civilians
Four guards fired on unarmed crowd in Baghdad in 2007, killing 14 and sparking outrage...
‘Timing is Suspicious’: Tehran Slams Pompeo’s Claim About ‘Pro-Iranian Militia’ Attack...
by Ilya Tsukanov
Dec. 21, 2020
The US Embassy in Baghdad went on alert on Sunday after at least eight rockets rained down on the heavily-defended...
The Trump Administration’s Abrahamic Sell-Out: Subordinating American Interests to the Saudis,...
by Doug Bandow
Posted on December 14, 2020
President Donald Trump inexplicably took his first foreign trip to Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy with neither...
US Sends B-52 Bombers to Middle East in Message to Iran
Two B-52s flew a round-trip 36-hour mission from US to Persian Gulf
Posted on December 10, 2020ories ags
Ratcheting up tensions in the region,...
Israeli Military Prepares for Possibility Trump Will Attack Iran
Israeli Military Prepares for Possibility Trump Will Attack Iran
The New York Times reported earlier this month that Trump reviewed options to strike an Iranian...
Beware of the Hawk: What to Expect from the Biden Administration...
By Jeremy Kuzmarov
November 8, 2020
Millions of people around the world breathed a sigh of relief with the defeat of Donald Trump in the 2020 U.S....