Middle East

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.

Millions Pack Tehran Streets To Pay Homage To Gen. Soleimani

January 7, 2020 Staff, Presstv.com Educate! Iran, Middle East, Protests

A huge sea of mourners, streaming from all the adjoining streets in freezing temperatures, descended on the iconic Engelab Square in central Tehran Monday morning before rallying to Azadi Tower in the capital's west. Chanting "Death to America" and "Death to Israel," they carried portraits of their national hero whose assassination in a US airstrike at Baghdad airport has generated an outpouring of anger and patriotism across Iran and elsewhere, with vociferous calls for revenge.

Trump Admin Bars Top Iranian Diplomat From Entering U.S.

January 7, 2020 Sarah Ruiz-Grossman, Huffpost.com Resist! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Middle East, Trump Administration

The Trump administration blocked Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s top diplomat, from entering the United States, Foreign Policy first reported Monday. The diplomat planned to come to the U.S. to address the United Nations Security Council in a meeting on Jan. 9, when he was expected to speak on the assassination of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani by the U.S. Reuters also confirmed the visa denial, citing an unnamed American official.

Iraqi PM Reveals Soleimani Was On Peace Mission When Assassinated, Exploding Trump’s Lie Of ‘Imminent Attacks’

January 6, 2020 Max Blumenthal, Thegrayzone.com Educate! Assassination, Iran, Middle East, Trump Administration

Desperate to justify the US drone assassination of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted that Washington had made an “intelligence-based assessment” that Soleimani was “actively planning in the region” to attack American interests before he was killed. President Donald Trump justified his fateful decision to kill the Iranian general in even more explicit language, declaring that Soleimani was planning “imminent attacks” on US diplomatic facilities and personnel across the Middle East.

Mike Pence Lies About Soleimani, 9/11 In Plain Sight Of Mother, Bible, Half-Eaten Apple Pie

January 6, 2020 Stephen Robinson, Wonkette.com Educate! Iran, Middle East, Trump Administration

Have we mentioned lately that Mike Pence is a lying weasel? The vice president tried to plant the bloody glove of 9/11 on Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. Pence claimed in a tweet Friday that Soleimani, who the US killed good and dead, "assisted in the clandestine travel to Afghanistan of 10 of the 12 terrorists who carried out the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States." These are all lies. But the New York Times reacted as if he just flubbed an answer on his early 21st century history midterm.

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