The Trump wars era brings a reconfiguration: plenty of remote warfare and far more military personnel abroad. A new era is opening almost by stealth. Its defining feature is a military expansion, ordered by the United States president and conducted by the Pentagon. Underlying it is Trump’s fusion of elements from the strategy of his two Read More…
Tag: Iraq
‘Orgy Of Killing’: US-Backed ‘Liberation’ Of Mosul Left 10,000 Civilians Dead
After the United States and its proxy armies “liberated” the Iraqi city of Mosul earlier this year, the world’s superpower unsurprisingly turned a blind eye to a massacre that took place soon after. As the Guardian aptly phrased it, the aftermath was an “orgy” of killing. The Guardian explains that it was the brutal conduct of the Iraqi Armed Forces that Read More…
Should Turkey Trust The US?
Last week, the Turkish Armed Forces entered Afrin in Syria’s Aleppo. According to the Syria-based Kurdish Hawar News Agency, Turkey also intends to deploy troops near the Raju area and place its armored vehicles there. Many Syrian experts believe that Ankara cooperates with the U.S.-backed Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki. Earlier, Spokesman of the armed opposition Read More…
Libya: The Forgotten Reason North Korea Desperately Wants Nuclear Weapons
The United States and its allies continue to cajole and threaten North Korea to negotiate an agreement that would relinquish its growing nuclear and ballistic-missile programs. The latest verbal prodding came from President Trump during his joint press conference with South Korean president Moon Jae-in. Trump urged Pyongyang to “come to the negotiating table,” and Read More…
US Spent $5.6 Trillion On Wars Since 9/11 – New Study
Washington has expended a whopping $5.6 trillion on wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan since 2001, according to a new study. That figure is more than three times what the Pentagon has claimed in official estimates. Research from the Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs at Brown University found that as of late Read More…
The Trump Administration Is Holding An American Citizen Without Charge Or Trial
Civil liberties advocates are worried about the fate of an American citizen accused of fighting for ISIS in Syria who has been held for almost two months in a secret Iraq prison without access to a lawyer. The American Civil Liberties Union is fighting to represent an American man who has been accused of fighting Read More…