anti-government protests : is this iraq's arab spring?

While there are very few Sunni Arabs or Iraqi Kurds among the protestors, with demonstrations taking place in central and southern Iraq, there has been in the use of national symbols.. The sentiment is Iraqi these young people are not demonstrating as Shia Arabs, except as citizens. ..

the u.s. immigration debate

The order, which focused on prevention, banned nationals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen from entering United States for at least ninety days blocked nationals from Syria indefinitely and suspended U.S refugee program for 120 days.. ..

war with iran? how did we get here

Wartime presidents can look stronger than peacetime ones and have powerful grounds on which to stoke nationalist sentiment. George Bush easily won the 2004 election after the invasion of Iraq, and before the 'weapons of mass destruction' claims were found to be false. . ..

u.s. war threats intensify on iran

The totally fraudulent claims that Iraq was a threat to the U.S. were the basis for the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq. . Even the compliant Gulf State monarchies voiced apprehension. Anwar Gargash, the foreign minister for the United Arab Emirates, said, “I don’t think it’s in..

david limbrick on censorship

It was the news coverage of some of the horrible events Vietnam that turned sentiment on that war photographs from Abu Ghraib that curbed abuse of prisoners Iraq of the beating of Rodney King that turned attention to police in United States.. ..

which way forward for the antiwar movement?

In reality, the corporate media, we must recognize, is owned by the same corporate power that led the war charge into Iraq. . ... No one has a crystal ball, but we must organize the bases of a future antiwar movement prepared to galvanize sentiment and lead a mass and militant resistance to..

in cairo, pompeo blasts obama's middle east policies

Policies such American-backed 1953 coup that overthrew Iran's Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and U.S of Iraq to topple President Saddam Hussein remain in the region. ... It feels little bit said Jon Alterman, director of Middle East program at Washington's Center for Strategic and..

rep. john duncan on becoming an antiwar republican

Years later, the 2002 House vote on a new authorization for use of military force (AUMF) for Iraq, which would authorize a second invasion of the Middle East country, was approaching. By then, Duncan’s antiwar sentiment had firmed. He mentions in the interview a meeting he had at the White..

frc blog » archives july 2014

While its validity can be debated, there clearer grounds on which to address the plight of Iraq's Christians   the obligation to prevent genocide contained in the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crime of Genocide of 1948.. ..

tribunedigital-orlandosentinel

The administration has made clear throughout the negotiations that nothing in the resolution will prevent it from attacking Iraq if the Security Council fails to act should Saddam fail to comply completely with its terms. . ... U.S. military deployment and war planning have continued apace..

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