Warren Backs "No First Use" Nuclear Policy
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-31
| While most of Tuesday's debate focused on domestic issues, Democratic candidates were briefly asked about nuclear weapons policy and the war in Afghanistan. Senator Elizabeth Warren defended her "no first use" policy on nuclear weapons, despite criticism from Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Meanwhile, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper sparred on whether the U.S. should withdraw from Afghanistan after 18 years of war. | TRANSCRIPT: | AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, de…
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12th Round of Sino/US Trade Talks Falls Flat. US Rage for Global Dominance
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
Over a year of Sino/US trade talks failed to resolve major differences because of unacceptable Trump demands. | On matters of statecraft, China, Russia, Iran, and other countries have outwitted the US. | Sino/US disagreements have little to do with the trade …
globalresearch.ca/12th-round-of-sinous-trade-talks-falls-flat-us-rage-for-global-dominance/5685174
Iran simply won't let itself be hemmed in by the U.S. and UK
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-07-31
The United States is leading a process to create a naval force that would patrol the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. has said it will send "command and control" ships to coordinate the escort naval vessels from different countries. But there are cracks in the coalition. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/30/iran-simply-wont-let-itself-be-hemmed-in-by-the-u-s-and-uk/
United, Warren and Sanders Show What a Left-Wing Democratic Party Looks Like
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-31
| Late in the first night of the second round of the 2020 Democratic debates on Tuesday, CNN moderator Jake Tapper asked Sen. Elizabeth Warren a serious question in an unserious way. "Senator Warren, you want to make it U.S. policy that the U.S. will never use a nuclear weapon unless another country uses one first," Tapper said. "Why should the U.S. tie its own hands with that policy?" | Warren's response was clear, direct, and morally and strategically sound. "Because it makes the world…
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Warren Backs "No First Use" Nuclear Policy as Buttigieg Calls for Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-31
While most of Tuesday's debate focused on domestic issues, Democratic candidates were briefly asked about nuclear weapons policy and the war in Afghanistan. Senator Elizabeth Warren defended her "no first use" policy on nuclear weapons, despite criticism from Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Meanwhile, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper sparred on whether the U.S. should withdraw from Afghanistan after 18 years of war.
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/31/cnn_debate_foreign_policy_mehdi_hasan
US Imposes Sanctions on Iran's Foreign Minister
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control said on its website. | The Treasury Department said it was imposing sanctions on Zarif for acting on behalf of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. | RELATED: | Trump Claims Iran has Never Won a War in New Twitter Rant | "Javad Zarif implements the reckless agenda of Iran's Supreme Leader, and is the regime's pri…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Imposes-Sanctions-on-Irans-Foreign-Minister-20190731-0013.html
Iran to Europe: Fix INSTEX or Will Reduce Deal Commitments
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif lamented Wednesday, on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting in Teheran that France, Britain, and Germany are not abiding by the terms of the multilateral nuclear deal they signed in 2015. | RELATED: | US Imposes Sanctions on Iran's Foreign Minister | The deal is not being respected, or the responsibility of these European countries, to find a solution to the consequences of the United States' leaving the accord, officially called the Joint Comprehen…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-to-Europe-Fix-INSTEX-or-Reducing-Deal-Commitments-Again-20190731-0016.html
Will Shake Up at IAEA Impact Iran? Washington's Abuse of International Institutions
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano's passing has stirred up suspicion and further tensions amid US-Iranian tensions. | Amano was 72 years old and as of mid July 2019 had already begun preparing to step down due to …
globalresearch.ca/will-shake-up-iaea-impact-iran/5685127
The Injustice of Economic Warfare
Daniel Larison | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
The AP reports on the harmful effects of sanctions on the availability of medicine in Iran: | "Our biggest concern is that channels to the outside world are closed," said Dr. Arasb Ahmadian, head of the Mahak Children's Hospital, which | …
globalresearch.ca/injustice-economic-warfare/5685211
Lies, and the Lying Liars Who Build Nuclear Weapons
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2019-07-31
NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/30/18825071.php
Second Demcoratic Debate, Part One: The Moderate/Progressive Divide Came Through (1/3)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-31
The first part of the second democratic debate showed a non-rancorous divide on how to beat Trump and fresh discussions first-use of nuclear weapons and for getting out of Afghanistan…
therealnews.com/stories/second-demcoratic-debate-part-one-the-moderate-progressive-divide-came-through-1-3
Fukushima 2020 Olympics Nightmare: Is PM Abe Criminally Insane?
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-07-31
This documentary investigates and exposes the plans of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to bring the Olympics baseball games to contaminated Fukushima. Although there is over a million tons of tritium radioactive water in tanks surrounding the plan, thousands of contamined bags of waste and melted nuclear rods still in the broken plants Abe has claimed to the Olympic Committee and world that Fukushima has been decontaminated.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/28/18825018.php
Second Democratic Debate, Part One: The Moderate/Progressive Divide Came Through (1/3)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-31
The first part of the second democratic debate showed a non-rancorous divide on how to beat Trump and fresh discussions first-use of nuclear weapons and for getting out of Afghanistan…
therealnews.com/stories/second-demcoratic-debate-part-one-the-moderate-progressive-divide-came-through-1-3
Preparing for great-power war, France creates space command
wsws.org | 2019-07-31
The implication, covered over by the media and political establishment, is that the French ruling class is preparing for war against militarily-advanced, nuclear-armed powers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/31/spac-j31.html
Dear Moderators of the Presidential Debates
Lawrence Wittner | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-30
You mass media folks lead busy lives, I'm sure. But you must have heard something about nuclear weapons — those supremely destructive devices that, along with climate change, threaten the continued existence of the human race. Yes, thanks to popular protest and carefully-crafted arms control and disarmament agreements, there has been some progress in limiting …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/dear-moderators-of-the-presidential-debates/
Iran Won't Let Itself Be Hemmed In by the U.S. and U.K
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-30
The United States is leading a process to create a naval force that would patrol the Strait of Hormuz.
truthdig.com/articles/iran-simply-wont-let-itself-be-hemmed-in-by-the-u-s-and-uk/
Dubai Ruler's Wife Applies for 'Marriage Protection Order'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, the wife of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, has requested a "forced marriage protection order" in the United Kingdom's High Court in relation to one of her two children. | RELATED: | UAE Becoming Second Israel: Iran's Zarif | Under the British legislature, a forced marriage protection order can provide help and protection from the state if someone says they have been forced into marriage or are already in a forced marriage. | The 45-year-old…
telesurenglish.net/news/Dubai-ruler-wife-applies-for-marriage-protection-order-20190730-0019.html
The Future of Iran-UK Tanker Crisis
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-07-30
WAS IRAN RETALIATING AGAINST THE UK FOR SEIZING ITS TANKER? Even though Mr. Ali Rabei, the newly appointed speaker of the Iranian Government, and Mr. Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic, officially rejected the claims that Iranian seizure of the British Tanker in the Persian Gulf was a response to the …
uwidata.com/4514-the-future-of-iran-uk-tanker-crisis/
Iran's 40-Year Old Financial Dispute with Britain. A Hostage for the Money
Faramarz Davar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
A ruling by the high court in London has just made relations between Britain and the Islamic Republic of Iran more complicated, increasing friction at an already tense time. | The court ruled this week that the International Military Services (IMS) …
globalresearch.ca/irans-40-year-financial-dispute-britain-got-more-complicated/5685068
Coalition of Foreign Policy Experts Outline 8 Recommendations to Deescalate Tensions with Iran
commondreams.org | 2019-07-30
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Information Warfare: Iran's "B-Team" Branding Is Effective in Putting a Lot of Pressure on Bolton
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif's recent branding of US National Security Advisor Bolton, "Israeli" Premier Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) as part of a so-called "B-Team" of anti-Iranian hawks has been very successful in putting …
globalresearch.ca/irans-b-team-branding-effective-putting-pressure-bolton/5685052
Who Will American Soldiers Fight With in Saudi Arabia?
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-07-30
President Donald Trump's Administration is getting ready to deploy hundreds of servicemen to Saudi Arabia as tensions with Iran are mounting, CNN said in a report quoting a well-informed official at the Pentagon. He revealed that some 500 soldiers would be sent to Prince Sultan airbase to the south of Riyadh. US is preparing to …
uwidata.com/4554-who-will-american-soldiers-fight-with-in-saudi-arabia/
Trump Claims Iran has Never Won a War in New Twitter Rant
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Monday evening that Iran had never won a war, adding that they had also "never lost a negotiation. | RELATED: | US Senate Fails to Overturn Trump's Veto on Saudi Weapons Ban | "Just remember, the Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!" | Trump' would not elaborate after this bizarre tweet, but his remarks seem to follow U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's latest rant about Iran's unwillingness to hold talks with the Ameri…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Claims-Iran-has-Never-Won-a-War-in-New-Twitter-Rant-20190730-0004.html
Selected Articles: Billionaires Invest in Outer Space
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer" | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-space-lunacy/5685092
European Union threatens Iran with naval mission to Persian Gulf
wsws.org | 2019-07-30
Amid the US war drive against Iran, this mission is a reckless attempt by the European imperialists to grab a share of the resources of the oil-rich Persian Gulf region.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/30/euro-j30.html
US govt regulator 'complicit' in radioactive leak at S. Carolina plant
rt.com | 2019-07-30
A leak at a Westinghouse nuclear fuel site is partly the result of inaction by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which is tasked with protecting the public from radioactive waste, an analyst told RT. | …
rt.com/usa/465357-radioactive-westinghouse-leak-carolina/
Nuclear Disarmament Should Be a Top 2020 Campaign Issue But Is Being Ignored
Howie Hawkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-29
Two years ago on July 7, 2017, 122 nations approved the text of the Treaty on the Prohibition of NuclearWeapons (TPNW). The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017 for spearheading this achievement. Few Americans are aware of it and none of the major presidential candidates are informing …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/nuclear-disarmament-should-be-a-top-2020-campaign-issue-but-is-being-ignored/
Why Should Iran be Cherished and Defended?
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-29
As I pen this short essay, Iran is standing against the mightiest nation on earth. It is facing tremendous danger; of annihilation even, if the world does not wake up fast, and rush to its rescue. Stunning Iranian cities are in danger, but above all, its people: proud and beautiful, creative, formed by one of …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/why-should-iran-be-cherished-and-defended/
Ohio Republicans Balked at a Nuclear Bailout, so the Industry Elected New Republicans — and Walked Away With $1.1 Billion
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-07-26
A newly elected state legislature, backed by a dark-money effort linked primarily to the nuclear industry, overcame years of opposition to pass the bailout.
theintercept.com/2019/07/26/ohio-billion-dollar-nuclear-bailout-firstenergy/
US Claims to Have Attacked a Second Iranian Drone Last Week
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-24
The US Navy is now claiming that the USS Boxer attacked a second Iranian drone last week.
US Claims to Have Attacked a Second Iranian Drone Last Week
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-24
The US Navy is now claiming that the USS Boxer attacked a second Iranian drone last week.
Erbil attack, Cyprus, Iran-US tension, S-400
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-07-22
Erbil attack In Erbil, Iraq, two terrorists carried out an armed attack killing several diplomats including an employee of the Turkish consulate general. Police arrested 27-year-old Mazlum Daƒü in connection with the incident. The search for others involved in organizing the attack is ongoing, police said. Two Iraqi citizens were also killed in the July …
uwidata.com/4445-erbil-attack-cyprus-iran-us-tension-s-400/
A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Trump's Middle East Policy Could Push Yemen's Houthis into Iran's Hands
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-20
As both the United States and Saudi Arabia continue to wage war and impose economic blockades on both Yemen and Iran, it is likely that the Houthis' political alliance with Iran against their common enemies will grow, turning the fears of both the Saudi Arabia and the United States into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
mintpressnews.com/trump-middle-east-policy-pushing-yemen-houthis-iran-hands/260719/
Diplomacy Instead of a Disaster in Iran
Paul Kawika Martin | peaceaction.org | 2019-07-18
Washington, D.C. — July 18, 2019 — In response to reports of the U.S. shooting down an Iranian drone, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, released the following statement: "Because of the Trump administration's policy of maximum provocation towards Iran, America stands on the precipice of another blunderous …
peaceaction.org/2019/07/18/diplomacy-instead-of-a-disaster-in-iran/