By Mark Curtis • Declassified UK • February 7, 2020 UK governments routinely claim to uphold national and international law. But the reality of British policies is quite different, especially when it comes to foreign policy and so-called ‘national security’. This explainer summarises 17 long-running government policies which violate UK domestic or international law. British […]
Back on December 27, 2019, the Trump Administration claimed it had ‘intelligence’ that the attack on its “K1” joint base in Iraq which killed a US contractor – was carried out by supposed “Iranian militias” (in reality, these would have been Iraqi PMUs) on the orders of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani.
Iraqi military intelligence has found that almost certainly the rocket attack on a U.S. base in December which killed an American contractor was carried out by the Islamic State terror group – not an Iranian-backed Shia militia, contrary to what Washington has been claiming.
The rocket attack on the base in Kirkuk in northern Iraq on December 27 led to a spiral of violence which brought the U.S. to the brink of war with Iran last month. For a few days, the world held its breath in dread of a war which could have engulfed the entire Middle East and beyond.
"Al-Qaeda attacked the U.S. on 9/11 and we went to war with Iraq. If this report is true, ISIS attacked the U.S. and we nearly went to war with Iran."
If you are viewing the situation in Syria through a western lens, then you might be looking at the world upside down and backwards. Such is the degree of distortion by the west, as narrative managers in politics, media, and NGOs work overtime to try and convince a clueless western public that the terrorists occupying the de facto Islamic State of Idlib – are really just democracy-loving ‘freedom fighters.’
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In this video, we look at ‘Trump & Sons’ supposed landmark ‘Deal of the Century’ for Israel and Palestine. On closer inspection it’s already an unmitigated political disaster for the White House, and not much better for Tel Aviv either. For the Palestinians and their supporters around the world, it’s completely unacceptable.
21WIRE editor Patrick Henningsen joins UK Column’s Mike Robinson to deconstruct Washington’s latest failed endeavor. Watch:
By M. K. BHADRAKUMAR | Indian Punchline | February 7, 2020 The Russian reaction to Turkey’s latest military moves in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib has appeared in the form of a lengthy interview with the government daily Rossiyskaya Gazeta by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on February 4, which has since been followed by […]
We've long moved passed the idea that destabilizing Syria is about Syria, alone. Hence the remaking of the middle east and it's birth pangs are and have been covered for years here at the blog.
