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The News with Rick Sanchez – February 14, 2020
The US and Iran seemed at the brink of war when Iran struck US bases in Iraq following the high-profile assassination of Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani. The Trump administration claimed that Soleimani had been responsible for a rocket attack. But Iraqi intelligence says that neither Soleimani nor Iran’s proxies were behind the attack. Rick Sanchez hears from former Pentagon official Michael Maloof while “In the Now” host Rania Khalek joins the discussion from Beirut, Lebanon and Prof. …
New leaks shatter OPCW’s attacks on Douma whistleblowers
For the past year, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been roiled by allegations that it manipulated an investigation to falsely accuse the Syrian government of a chemical weapons attack. An OPCW report released in March 2019 lent credence to claims by Islamist militants and Western governments that the Syrian military killed around 40 civilians with toxic gas in the city of Douma in April 2018. The accusation against Damascus led to US-led military strikes on Syrian government sites that same month. …
