Tag: US military presence

Categories World

2021’s Most Pressing Humanitarian Crises Are All Victims of US War, Regime Change

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The International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) yearly report on the world’s most pressing humanitarian situations has just been published, with the three most disastrous cases — Yemen, Afghanistan, and Syria — all the product of decades of interventionist U.S. foreign policy. … Read More >2021’s Most Pressing Humanitarian Crises Are All Victims of US War, Regime Change

Categories World

Pentagon lost track of over HALF of ‘sensitive’ equipment provided to Afghanistan’s military – watchdog

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The US military has failed to keep track of assorted “sensitive” devices such as night-vision devices, surveillance systems, and other kit it provided to the Afghan government, a US watchdog has found. … Read More >Pentagon lost track of over HALF of ‘sensitive’ equipment provided to Afghanistan’s military – watchdog

Categories Shows

Qassem Soleimani’s daughter: My father saved the world from ISIS & Al-Qaeda, Trump is a monster!

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On this world exclusive episode of Going Underground, we speak to Zeinab Soleimani, the daughter of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated by the United States earlier this year on the orders of Donald Trump. She discusses how she found out about her father’s assassination, her father’s battles against ISIS and Al-Qaeda, the presence of US troops in the Middle East … Read More >Qassem Soleimani’s daughter: My father saved the world from ISIS & Al-Qaeda, Trump is a monster!

Categories Middle East

Cancers, Strokes, Birth Defects: Iraq Reportedly Plans to Sue US Over Depleted Uranium Use

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The United States first used depleted uranium (DU) ammunition against Iraq during the Gulf War of 1990-1991, and then again during the 2003 invasion. According to available estimates, the US contaminated Iraq with at least 2,320 tonnes of the highly toxic substance, with DU affecting both American servicemen and Iraq’s civilian population. … Read More >Cancers, Strokes, Birth Defects: Iraq Reportedly Plans to Sue US Over Depleted Uranium Use

Categories Asia & Pacific

US agrees to return 12 military sites to South Korea, but cleanup costs issue remains unresolved

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After years of squabbling over the issue, the US returned 12 American military sites to South Korea on Friday. The move unblocks development efforts, but talks will continue on who will shoulder environmental cleanup costs. … Read More >US agrees to return 12 military sites to South Korea, but cleanup costs issue remains unresolved

Categories Russia

Sorry Sergey, you’re Shinzo now! US tells 20,000 Russian islanders from disputed Kurils that it considers them to be Japanese

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Russian citizens of the disputed Kuril Islands are, according to US officials, actually Japanese – a result of the US’ policy of insisting much of the archipelago, governed by Moscow since World War II, rightly belongs to Tokyo. … Read More >Sorry Sergey, you’re Shinzo now! US tells 20,000 Russian islanders from disputed Kurils that it considers them to be Japanese

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‘Dependent’ Germany overestimates its power by insisting it will deal with Russia from a ‘position of strength’ — Moscow

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A pledge from the German defense minister to only talk with Russia “from a position of strength” will fall flat as long as Berlin is dependent on the US for its security, Moscow said on Saturday. … Read More >‘Dependent’ Germany overestimates its power by insisting it will deal with Russia from a ‘position of strength’ — Moscow