A new authorization for the use of military force proposed by Democratic and Republican senators would further entrench the United States in endless war. It would also streamline the ability of President Donald Trump and future presidents to expand the “war on terrorism” to additional countries and broaden a list of “associated forces” that are “co-belligerents” of al-Qaida, the Taliban, or the Islamic State.
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A day after Baghdad confirmed the purchase and delivery of multiple T-90 tanks from Russia, Iraq’s Vice President Nouri al-Maliki has praised Russia for its vital role in the fight against terrorism.
Although Russian forces have fought terrorist groups like al-Qaeda and ISIS in Syria rather than Iraq, Iraq’s Vice President understands the fight in Syria to be a mutual fight for the security of his own country.
Although Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte had to cut show his visit to Moscow due to a large ISIS attack of conquest in southern Philippines, Duterte still managed to have a friendly and productive meeting with Vladimir Putin and Sergey Lavrov.
READ MORE: ISIS launches large operations in Philippines
Large fires have broken out near Damascus Airport after weapons strikes were reported during the night. The strikes were said to have targeted a munitions arsenal which subsequently burst into flame.
#BREAKING 'Huge' explosion near Damascus Airport: monitor
— AFP news agency (@AFP) April 27, 2017
Syrian President Basar al-Assad has said he is still prepared to work with countries like the United States in the war against terrorism.
Assad defined his open door to future allies in the war against terrorism in the following way,
On the 17th of April, 1946, Syria gained independence from its French colonial overlords who had ruled the Arab state since the end of the First World War as part of the provisions of the secret Anglo-French Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916. The secret agreement to carve up the Arab territories of the Ottoman Empire among the two leading western European powers was first exposed to the world by Russian Bolsheviks in November of 1917.
Israeli Prime Minsiter Benjamin Netanyahu has emerged after an illegal Israeli air strike on Syrian troops in Palmyra. In his statement, he predictably disregarded international law, but he also made what can only be described as a thinly veiled threat against Russia.
By Brandon Martinez
In late September 2001, a couple of weeks after 9/11, the United States was struck with what the Bush regime dubbed a “second wave” of terrorism. Letters laced with deadly anthrax spores arrived in the mailboxes of prominent media figures and two American senators. Five people were killed and 17 others were infected.
