Daily Archives: February 16, 2022

2022-02-16: News Headlines

_____ (2022-02-16). 'Operation Cyclone — Ukraine Edition' The Real plan? popularresistance.org For almost three months, the Western mainstream media, in a move not dissimilar to its previous assertions that Saddam Hussein had the capability to launch WMDs within 45 minutes, or that Iran was building a nuclear bomb, has repeatedly claimed that Russia is planning an 'imminent' invasion of its Western neighbour Ukraine — under the rule of the successive US-EU friendly governments of Petro Poroshenko and Volodymyr Zelensky since the 2014 Euromaidan, a CIA and MI6-orchestrated regime change operation launched in response to then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's November 2013 decision to suspend an…

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-16). In Bahrain, Israel's Bennett Stresses Cooperation Against Iran. news.antiwar.com Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett made his first official trip to Bahrain and said from the Gulf country on Tuesday that both countries In an interview with Bahraini media, Bennett said Israel and Bahrain deal with "great security challenges that stem from the same source, the Islamic Republic of Iran." Bennett said Israel fights "Iran and its proxies every day" and will help its "friends" in the region. | Since Israel and Bahrain normalized relations in 2020, the two countries have taken steps to forge military ties, part of Is…

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-15). NATO chief confirms meeting of Nuclear Planning Group during tomorrow's war council. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Edited. Stoltenberg's press statements have a scatter-shot, free-association character to begin with, so what follows reflects the tone of the complete presentation. NATOFebruary 15, 2022 Pre-ministerial press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ahead of the meetings of NATO Defence Ministers Tomorrow NATO Defence Ministers will meet to address the most serious security crisis …

_____ (2022-02-15). Have We Just Witnessed the America-Israel Endspiel in the Nuclear Talks with Iran? journal-neo.org Following the opening, on February 8, of the eighth round of talks on restarting the Iran nuclear deal (formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA), and with a 20-page draft document on the revival of the "deal of the century" now on the table, there are grounds for hoping that the …

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-02-15). 6th Night of 37th Fajr Music Festival in Tehran. en.mehrnews.com The concert of Iran National Orchestra was performed on the 6th night of 37th edition of Fajr Music Festival at Vahdat Hall in Tehran on Tuesday as conducted by Bardia Kiaras and Ali Khodaei as vocalist.

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-15). Israeli Jets Escort US Bomber to Persian Gulf in Message to Iran. news.antiwar.com Israeli F-15 fighter jets escorted a US B-52 bomber that was headed to the Persian Gulf through Israeli airspace on Monday, The Times of Israel reported. The B-52 flew made a roundtrip to the Middle East from the UK in an apparent show of force aimed at Iran. "The flight was held as part of …

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-02-15). Anti-Iran sanctions 'crime committed against humanity': Envoy. en.mehrnews.com Iran's Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Zahra Ershadi described the unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States against Iranian people as 'crime committed against humanity'.

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