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Iran Urges Iraq to ‘Vigorously Pursue’ Justice in Soleimani Assassination Case

Posted on July 23, 2020July 23, 2020By Editor

Iranian authorities have already issued an arrest warrant against US President Donald Trump and three dozen other alleged conspirators in the plot to kill senior Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani. Interpol has said it would refuse a red notice request for Trump, citing the case’s “political” nature. … Read More >Iran Urges Iraq to ‘Vigorously Pursue’ Justice in Soleimani Assassination Case

Middle East

Iran’s Supreme Leader Says US is an Enemy and Doesn’t Want an Independent Iraq

Posted on July 22, 2020July 22, 2020By Editor

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi arrived in Tehran on 20 July and held several talks with Iranian officials on bilateral relations and international issues. … Read More >Iran’s Supreme Leader Says US is an Enemy and Doesn’t Want an Independent Iraq

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Top Iranian Diplomat Discusses US Troop Pullout With Iraq’s PMF Chief

Posted on July 20, 2020July 20, 2020By Editor

The Iranian foreign minister and the leader of Iraq’s Shiite-dominated Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) discussed the US troop pullout on Sunday. … Read More >Top Iranian Diplomat Discusses US Troop Pullout With Iraq’s PMF Chief

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Two Rockets Fall Near US Embassy Inside Baghdad’s Green Zone, Source Says

Posted on July 20, 2020July 20, 2020By Editor

Two rockets fell on Sunday near the US embassy inside Baghdad’s so-called green zone, which houses heavily fortified government facilities and foreign diplomatic missions, a source in the Iraqi security services said. … Read More >Two Rockets Fall Near US Embassy Inside Baghdad’s Green Zone, Source Says

Shows

On Contact: Collateral Murder video

Posted on July 13, 2020July 13, 2020By Editor

On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to journalist, Dean Yates, who, 13 years ago, was the head of Reuters’ Baghdad bureau. On July 12, 2007, Yates learned two of his employees, Saeed Chmagh and Namir Noor-Eldeen, had been fired on and killed by the US Army. … Read More >On Contact: Collateral Murder video

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‘US military supply convoy’ attacked & torched in Iraq (VIDEO)

Posted on July 12, 2020July 12, 2020By Editor

Militants on pickup trucks attacked a logistics supply convoy heading to a US military base in Iraq, forcing it to stop and getting local contractors out of the vehicles before torching the trucks, local media reported. … Read More >‘US military supply convoy’ attacked & torched in Iraq (VIDEO)

Middle East

Baghdad International Airport Targeted After Rocket Attack on US Embassy – Reports

Posted on July 6, 2020July 6, 2020By Editor

A rocket landed near the Baghdad International Airport in the early hours of Monday, which comes after the US embassy in Baghdad came under a rocket attack, Iraq’s Al Sumaria TV reports. … Read More >Baghdad International Airport Targeted After Rocket Attack on US Embassy – Reports

Middle East

Iraqi forces raid HQ of Iran-backed militia as US coalition denies any involvement

Posted on June 27, 2020June 27, 2020By Editor

Iraqi security forces have raided the headquarters of Kataib Hezbollah, capturing several leaders of the militia at the heart of US-Iranian conflict early this year. The US coalition rushed to distance itself from the operation. … Read More >Iraqi forces raid HQ of Iran-backed militia as US coalition denies any involvement

British soldiers ‘got away with murder’ in Iraq, as government sent unqualified officers to investigate war crimes – report

Posted on June 26, 2020June 26, 2020By Editor

The British government had no interest in prosecuting its soldiers’ war crimes in Iraq and sent untrained investigators to make sure accused troops went free, a group of veterans told South Africa’s Daily Maverick. … Read More >British soldiers ‘got away with murder’ in Iraq, as government sent unqualified officers to investigate war crimes – report

USA

Fool me twice? Bolton says Iran had yellowcake uranium, echoing bogus claims that led to Iraq war

Posted on June 23, 2020June 23, 2020By Editor

Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton has claimed Israeli agents found “yellowcake uranium” in Iran in 2018, channeling the discredited intelligence used by the George W. Bush administration to justify invading Iraq. … Read More >Fool me twice? Bolton says Iran had yellowcake uranium, echoing bogus claims that led to Iraq war

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