Middle East

‘Killing His Own People’ – Previous Regime-Change Lies And Their Consequences

January 11, 2020 By Gavin O'Reilly, Ahtribune.com Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Middle East, Regime Change

Prior to his assassination in a US Drone strike in Baghdad last Friday, Qasem Soleimani would perhaps not have been the most well-known of figures amongst Western onlookers, despite the crucial role he played in Middle Eastern geopolitics. As commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp’s (IRCG) elite Quds Force branch, General Soleimani was instrumental in destroying the Caliphate that Islamic State (IS) had established in Iraq and Syria; with Iraq having been destabilized following the 2003 US-Anglo invasion, and Syria suffering a similar fate...

By Denying Iran’s Foreign Minister Visa For Security Council Visit, America Has Lost Moral Right To Serve As Home For UN

January 10, 2020 By Dr. George Szamuely, Rt.com Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Middle East, United Nations

The US government has apparently denied Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif a visa to enter the United States in order to attend a January 9 UN Security Council meeting. The subject to be discussed wasn’t Iran but something far more anodyne: “Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Upholding the UN Charter.” Zarif had applied for a visa long before the current turmoil in relations between Washington and Tehran.

Axis Of Resistance Says How It Will Avenge Qassem Soleimani

January 10, 2020 By Moonofalabama.org Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Middle East

The media continue to tell fairytales about Qassem Soleimani and about Trump's decision to assassinate him and PMU leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. Meanwhile the Resistance Axis announced how it will avenge their deaths. In their descriptions of Qassem Soleimani U.S. media fail to mention that Soleimani and the U.S. fought on the same side. In 2001 Iran supported the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan. It used its good relations with the Hazara Militia and the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, which both the CIA and Iran had supplied for years, to support the U.S. operation.

An Act Of Cowardice: US Assassination Of Soleimani Puts US-Israeli Fear Of Iran On Full Display

January 10, 2020 By Miko Peled, Mintpressnews.com Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Israel, Middle East

In what can only be described as one in a long series of reckless, thoughtless and short sighted acts that serve only the narrowest interests, the Trump administration assassinated Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. This assassination, which was an act of cowardice, one may safely assume was concocted by Benjamine Netanyahu, another corrupt, reckless coward who is fighting for his political life. This, like the rest of the Trump administration’s Mideast and Iran policy, had to have been prescribed by the Prime Minister of Israel.

The Western NGO Invasion Of The Arab World

January 9, 2020 By As`ad AbuKhalil, Consortiumnews.com Educate! Middle East, NGOs

During the last few decades the number of Western-supported NGOs has substantially increased in all Arab countries. In 2015, the Palestinian prime minister estimated that the West spent $800 million on funding 2882 NGOs in the West Bank alone. This investment has brought good returns to Western governments in the form of significant changes in the dominant political culture. During the Cold War, Western policies focused on supporting regimes and political parties to thwart communism, socialism and Arab nationalism.

Whose Blood, Whose Hands?

January 9, 2020 Staff, Brianwillson.com Educate! Assassination, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Middle East, US Imperialism

“Qasem Soleimani had the blood of Americans on his hands”, so said US Representative Eliot Engel, Chair of the House Committee on Foreign Relations. A similar accusation was made by many other politicians and commentators. But these blood-drenched politicians and commentators only know what the extremely biased anti-Russian and anti-Iranian US intelligence reports say which are predictably unreliable. They have no idea of Soleimani’s history who many observers credit with being the chief strategist in defeating ISIS.

Assassination Of Soleimani Is A Message To Iran-China-Russia ‘Cease Cooperating’

January 9, 2020 By Ekaterina Blinova, Sputniknews.com Educate! Assassination, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Middle East, US Imperialism

The US is trying to stop Eurasia's economic and political integration in order to delay its own demise, say international observers, explaining what message the US sent to the Russia-China-Iran "triumvirate" by killing Quds Commander Qasem Soleimani. The assassination of Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian major general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and commander of the Quds Force, in a targeted US air strike on 3 January came on the heels of joint naval exercise launched by Russia, Iran and China in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman.

Millions Bid Farewell To General Soleimani In Hometown Funeral

January 8, 2020 Staff, Presstv.com Educate! Assassination, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Middle East

The procession was initially scheduled to culminate in the burial service for the general and one of his comrades, but officials announced that the rituals were postponed due to the overcrowding at the site which made it impossible to carry their remains to the cemetery where they would be laid to rest. The burial ceremony has been canceled and is to be rescheduled at another date, which will be announced.

Killing Soleimani Reflects US Desperation In The Middle East

January 8, 2020 Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo, Ramzybaroud.net Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Middle East, Trump Administration

By killing top Iranian military commander, Qasem Soleimani, American and Israeli leaders demonstrated the idiom ‘out of the frying pan into the fire.’ US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are both politically and legally embattled – the former has just been impeached and the latter is dogged by an Attorney General indictment and investigation into major corruption cases. Despairing, out of options and united by a common cause, both leaders were on the lookout for a major disruption...

War With Iran

January 8, 2020 Chris Hedges, Truthdig.com Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Middle East, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

The assassination by the United States of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, near Baghdad’s airport will ignite widespread retaliatory attacks against U.S. targets from Shiites, who form the majority in Iraq. It will activate Iranian-backed militias and insurgents in Lebanon and Syria and throughout the Middle East. The existing mayhem, violence, failed states and war, the result of nearly two decades of U.S. blunders and miscalculations in the region, will become an even wider and more dangerous conflagration.

Meet The CEOs Raking It In From Trump’s Aggression Toward Iran

January 8, 2020 By Sarah Anderson, Fpif.org Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Middle East, Ruling Class, Trump Administration

CEOs of major U.S. military contractors stand to reap huge windfalls from the escalation of conflict with Iran. This was evident in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. assassination of a top Iranian military official last week. As soon as the news reached financial markets, these companies’ share prices spiked, inflating the value of their executives’ stock-based pay. I took a look at how the CEOs at the top five Pentagon contractors were affected by this surge, using the most recent SEC information on their stock holdings.

Lies, The Bethlehem Doctrine, And The Illegal Murder Of Soleimani 1141

January 8, 2020 Staff, Craigmurray.org.uk Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Middle East, US Imperialism

In one of the series of blatant lies the USA has told to justify the assassination of Soleimani, Mike Pompeo said that Soleimani was killed because he was planning “Imminent attacks” on US citizens. It is a careful choice of word. Pompeo is specifically referring to the Bethlehem Doctrine of Pre-Emptive Self Defence. Developed by Daniel Bethlehem when Legal Adviser to first Netanyahu’s government and then Blair’s, the Bethlehem Doctrine is that states have a right of “pre-emptive self-defence” against “imminent” attack.

Attacks On Iran–Past And Present

January 8, 2020 John Scales Avery, Transcend.org Educate! Iran, Middle East, US Imperialism

On Friday 3 Jan 2020, progressives in the United States and all peace-loving people throughout the world were horrified to learn that Donald Tromp had added to his long list of crimes and imbecilities by ordering the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, who is a hero in his own country, Iran. The murder, which was carried out by means of a drone strike on Friday, immediately and drastically increased the probability of a new large-scale war in the Middle East and elsewhere. Against this background, I would like to review the history of oil-motivated attacks on Iran.

Mistakenly Sent Draft Letter Falsely Announces US Forces Preparing To Leave Iraq

January 7, 2020 Staff, Sputniknews.com Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iraq, Middle East, US military

"Poorly worded, implies withdrawal. That's not what's happening." That's how US Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the nation's top general, described a letter sent by mistake from US Marine Corps Brig. Gen. William H. Seely III to Iraqi Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Yarallah on Monday, that announced the withdrawal of US forces from Iraq. Milley said Monday the letter was "genuine," but had been sent by "mistake," noting it was an unsigned draft meant to underscore increased levels of troop movements.

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