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US military refusal to pull out troops to be met with Iraqi nation’s resistance, MP warns

30Jan

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Iraq, Middle East, USA

US military refusal to pull out troops to be met with Iraqi nation’s resistance, MP warns

Press TV An Iraqi lawmaker has stressed the need for the implementation of a resolution adopted by Iraq’s parliament concerning the expulsion of US-led foreign forces from the Arab country, saying that the Iraqi nation will resort to resistance in case the Pentagon refuses to abide by the decision. “The decision to remove foreign troops from Iraq is an Iraqi matter. If the Iraqi government’s political solutions for the withdrawal of foreign forces do not succeed, we will then resort to resistance to attain the objective,” Mohammed al-Baldawi, a member of the Iraqi Parliament’s Security and Defense Committee, told the Arabic-language Baghdad Today news agency on Thursday. He made the remarks as the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that authorities in Wa...

5Sep

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Human Rights, Iraq, Middle East, Syria

Yazidi sex slaves: Our stain and legacy in Iraq

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/08/26/yazidi-sex-slaves-our-stain-and-legacy-in-iraq/ by: Kelley Beaucar Vlahos A year and a half ago I heard former ISIL sex slave Nadia Murad speak before a packed crowd at the Doha Forum in Qatar. At that time, the soft-spoken but steely Nobel Peace Prize winner reported that there were some 3,200 Yazidi women and girls still in ISIL captivity. Sadly, as the Yazidi diaspora commemorates the 2014 massacre of their people in Iraq this month, reports indicate that number has barely budged, with around 2,800 still suspected in ISIL’s hands today. The Doha audience for Murad in December 2018 was rapt, some tearful and many, like myself, looking a bit ashamed that there had been no government-wide attempts to find the victims...

4Sep

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Iraq, USA

What Trump’s troop withdrawal from Iraq means for ending America’s endless wars

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/08/28/what-trumps-troop-withdrawal-from-iraq-means-for-ending-americas-endless-wars/ by: Trita Parsi The Wall Street Journal scoop on the details of the Trump administration’s troop withdrawal from Iraq is welcome news. Reportedly, President Donald Trump is cutting U.S. troop levels by one- third, to about 3,500 troops from 5,200. This move would bring force levels back to where they were in 2015, at the height of the war against ISIL, which in and of itself demonstrates how unnecessary the troop level increases have been mindful of the decimation of the Islamic State. Yet, the Journal — and the media narrative around this in general — frames this solely as a decision born out of political pressures in Iraq and the United States...

Statement on Male Violence and Sexual Harassment in Kurdish Studies

22Aug

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Human Rights, Iraq

Statement on Male Violence and Sexual Harassment in Kurdish Studies

By : Jadaliyya Reports [This letter was issued in English and Kurdish by a group of anonymous women within the field of Kurdish studies. When asked for background and context, they shared the following via email: This letter is written by a group of women in Kurdish Studies. We would like to call attention to the long-time neglected issues of male violence (both direct and indirect forms) and sexual abuse in academia. We express our support for women who have been targeted and harassed by anyone speaking from the position of power. Kurdish women are underrepresented in academia and we hope that this letter opens a venue for further discussion on why this is the case and how it can be changed towards the better.] Male Violence and Sexual Harassment in Kurdish Studies Wom...

Arrest of Shi’ite Militias in Iraq Is Part of Iranian-US Proxy Struggle

6Jul

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Iran, Iraq, Politics, USA, ZIO-NAZI

Arrest of Shi’ite Militias in Iraq Is Part of Iranian-US Proxy Struggle

By Paul Antonopoulos New Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazemi faces many challenges to his authority, including from powerful pro-Iranian Shi’ite militias like Kata’ib Hezbollah. On June 26, 14 militiamen of Kata’ib Hezbollah, commonly known as the Iraqi Hezbollah, were apprehended by Iraqi security forces under government orders. This is a significant event as it is the first time that members of a Shi’ite militia have been formally arrested by the federal authorities in Iraq. Since Saddam Hussein’s accession to power in 1979, the Shi’ite Muslims of Iraq were marginalized despite forming a majority in the country. Although officially a secular society, Saddam Hussein favored Sunni Muslims as this was the sect of Islam he belonged to. The eventual fa...

3Jul

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C.I.A, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Syria, USA, Yemen, ZIO-NAZI

How Washington intends to triumph

by Thierry Meyssan During the quarter of Western lockdown, the map of the Middle East was profoundly transformed. Yemen has been divided into two separate countries, Israel is paralysed by two Prime Ministers who hate each other, Iran openly supports NATO in Iraq and Libya, Turkey occupies northern Syria, Saudi Arabia is close to bankruptcy. All alliances are being called into question and new dividing lines are appearing or rather reappearing. In 2001, Donald Rumsfeld and Admiral Arthur Cebrowski defined the Pentagon’s objectives in the era of financial capitalism. The staff then drew up this map of the partition of the Greater Middle East. However, in 2017, Donald Trump opposed (1) border changes (2) the creation of states governed by jihadists (3) the presence of US troops ...

How American Cities Were Reduced to Esper’s “Battlespace”: From Fallujah to Minneapolis

18Jun

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Iraq, USA

How American Cities Were Reduced to Esper’s “Battlespace”: From Fallujah to Minneapolis

By: Prof. Juan Cole The Bush administration’s war of aggression on and military occupation of Iraq that began in 2003 shifted the United States to a militaristic society. Some 2.7 million Americans have served in Iraq and Afghanistan, an astonishing number. The Bush administration began the practice of sending to civilian police departments military equipment no longer needed in Iraq– everything from Kevlar vests to armored vehicles. Community policing in some towns and cities gave way to the spectacle of militarized police, heavily armed and armored, and inevitably separated from the public they were supposed to serve and protect. The Bush administration spent trillions on the unprovoked and worthless Iraq War, money that could have been used to train and finance minority universi...

Towards a Baghdad-Moscow Axis? Russia’s Massive Oil Projects in Iraq

18Jun

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Iraq, Russia

Towards a Baghdad-Moscow Axis? Russia’s Massive Oil Projects in Iraq

By: South Front In Iraq, a seldom mentioned and noteworthy oil cooperation is carried out between Baghdad and Moscow. Russian companies, namely Rosneft and Lukoil have developed new oil fields in Iraq. A notable project is Lukoil’s West Qurna-2. West Qurna-2 field is located in the southern part of Iraq, 65 kilometers north-west of Basra, a major seaport city, and is one of the world’s largest fields. The field’s initial recoverable reserves come to around 14 billion barrels. Its total geological reserves sit at 35 billion barrels of oil. On December 12, 2009 the consortium of PJSC LUKOIL and Statoil, a Norwegian company, was awarded a contract for the development of West Qurna-2 field, one of the world’s largest fields. On January 31, 2010, a services contract w...

Have We All Forgotten About the Iraq War?

10Jun

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Human Rights, Iraq, USA

Have We All Forgotten About the Iraq War?

BY: MEAGAN DAY The Blowback podcast reaches deep into the memory hole and pulls the Iraq War back up into the sunlight. It’s vital listening for anyone who is hazy on the specifics of how the US ended up invading Iraq, killing at least half a million people, and sparking bloody, never-ending conflicts throughout the Middle East. President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice meet in the President's Emergency Operations Center after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, in Washington, DC. (David Bohrer / US National Archives via Getty Images) Our spring issue, “Pandemic Politics,” is out now. It features over 120 pages of beautiful illustrations and quality writing and analysis. Get a discounted subscription ...

Occupation at sixes and sevens as resistance gathers pace in Iraq

21May

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Iraq

Occupation at sixes and sevens as resistance gathers pace in Iraq

Damned if they do and damned if they don’t: US rulers face dilemma about how to proceed as their forces face escalating fire. Lalkar writers As a result of increasing fire on their facilities, the US occupiers have had to withdraw from four bases across Iraq, consolidating their presence in the remaining two. How long they can hold out in those as a new wave of resistance gathers pace remains to be seen. For 17 years, British and US soldiers have been in occupation of Iraq. At first, this occupation was openly acknowledged. Later, it was presented as offering security to the US-sponsored regime, which in turn ‘invited’ the troops to stay on. Gradually, successive Iraqi governments, acting under popular pressure, have sought to set deadlines for the troops’ departure – but the...