Iran, Russia and China hold joint naval drills in Indian Ocean amid US war threats
wsws.org | 2019-12-30
The exercises are a signal that a US-led war targeting Iran could rapidly escalate into a global conflict involving the major nuclear powers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/30/iran-d30.html
Iraqi Prime Minister Condemns US Airstrikes and Threats to Iran
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-30
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi on Sunday accused the Trump administration of violating his nation's sovereignty and further heightening tensions in the region after the U.S. bombed several targets in Iraq and Syria, killing at least 25 fighters and injuring dozens more. | "We have previously confirmed our rejection of any unilateral action by the coalition forces or any other fo…
truthout.org/articles/iraqi-prime-minister-condemns-us-airstrikes-and-threats-to-iran/
Japan to deploy military forces to aid US operations against Iran
wsws.org | 2019-12-30
Tokyo's decision is part of its efforts to remilitarize and normalize overseas military action in violation of Article 9 of its constitution.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/30/japa-d30.html
NIAC Urges US-Iran Descalation in Iraq
commondreams.org | 2019-12-30
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US Gov Bombs Iraq & Syria Citing Baseless Claims That Iran Fired ROCKETS At US Locations
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-30
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Iraq Warns US Of Strained Relations After Overnight Strikes
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-30
One of the paramilitary leaders of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces has warned the U.S. that they will issue a strong response to the latest provocation, which was carried out on Sunday evening. | RELATED: | US Aircraft Bombs Base of Iranian-Backed Forces in Iraq | The attack, which was killed as many as 25 people, targeted the bases of Kata'ib Hezbollah, one of the largest factions in the Popular Mobilization Forces. | The leader of Kata'ib Hezbollah, Jamal Ja'afar Ibrahimi (AKA A…
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Top Iraq militia chief warns of tough response to US air strikes
yenisafak.com | 2019-12-30
A top Iraqi militia leader warned of a strong response against U.S. forces in Iraq following air strikes in Iraq and Syria overnight that hit several bases of his Iranian-backed group and killed at least 25 people.The U.S. military carried out air strikes on Sunday against the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia group in response to the killing of a U.S. civilian contractor in a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base, officials said.Iraqi security and militia sources said at least 25 militia fighters were killed and at least 55 wounded following three U.S. air strikes in Iraq."The blood of the martyrs will n…
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Kim Jong-unbelievable: Trump's national security adviser forgets how to say North Korean leader's name
rt.com | 2019-12-30
President Trump's national security adviser is a trusted source of counsel when dealing with adversaries like North Korea. Surprisingly, knowing the name of the North Korean leader doesn't seem to be a job requirement. | Despite a series of high-profile meetings between President Donald Trump and chairman Kim Jong-un, tensions between the US and North Korea are returning to old highs. Pyongyang wants Washington to drop its calls for denuclearization, and Kim has given the US a year-end deadline to meet this request, while issuing cryptic threats of a "christmas gift" for America. | Against this background, Nat…
rt.com/usa/477129-trump-adviser-forgets-kim-name/
Kim Jong-un calls for 'positive & offensive' measures to ensure N. Korea's security amid stalled denuclearization talks with US
rt.com | 2019-12-30
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered Pyongyang to bolster security, as talks with the United States over denuclearization near their year-end deadline. | Kim told a meeting of senior Workers' Party officials that actions should be taken to strengthen foreign affairs, as well as the country's arms industry and military. He said the policies would serve as "positive and offensive measures for fully ensuring the sovereignty and security of the country," state media KCNA reported on Monday. | Negotiations with the United States over North Korea's nuclear program have stalled in recent months, with Pyongyang…
rt.com/news/477081-kim-north-korea-offensive-security/
More nuclear energy for Turkey as Russia starts work on 2nd power unit for Akkuyu plant
rt.com | 2019-12-30
The construction of a new power unit at the Russian-built Akkuyu nuclear power plant (NPP) in Turkey, the first of its kind in the country, is set to start in the first quarter of 2020. | "Works at the site have already begun… We may hold an official concrete pouring ceremony by March," Alexey Likhachev, director general of Russian nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, told journalists on Monday. | Also on rt.com | | Turkey vows to retaliate if US imposes sanctions on Russian gas pipeline | Pouring concrete at such sites usually mar…
rt.com/business/477082-russia-turkish-nuclear-plant/
UNSC members meet for further discussion of Russia, China's proposal to lift N. Korea sanctions
rt.com | 2019-12-30
UN Security Council members are due to meet informally on Monday for a second round of negotiations on a proposal by Russia and China to lift sanctions on North Korea, Reuters reports. | China and Russia are convening negotiations one day before the deadline set by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the US to show flexibility in stalled talks over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program. | A top White House official said on Sunday that Washington would be very disappointed if North Korea tested a long-range or nuclear missile. | Pyongyang has been under UN sanctions since 2006. Russia and China proposed a draft U…
rt.com/newsline/477090-un-korea-sanctions-russia/
'Strikes successful, other options discussed': Esper & Pompeo brief Trump on 'anti-Iran' raids in Iraq & Syria
rt.com | 2019-12-30
Top national security advisers told President Donald Trump that the air raids against Shiite militias in Iraq and Syria were a total success — and briefed him on 'other' ways to punish Iran for the alleged attacks on US interests. | "We will not stand for the Islamic Republic of Iran to take actions that put American men and women in jeopardy," US State Secretary Mike Pompeo declared, standing beside Defense Secretary Mark Esper at a press event at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. | Also on rt.com | | US strikes Kataib Hezbollah HQ in Iraq, Syria | The Pe…
rt.com/usa/477075-esper-iraq-syria-strikes-trump/
Foreign forces only threat in Gulf, Iran's navy chief warns, inviting regional players to join drills it held with Russia & China
rt.com | 2019-12-30
Just a day after exclaiming that the US should leave Middle East waters, Iran's navy chief urged other countries to join the trilateral maritime exercise Iran, Russia and China will hold every year. | The drills, hosted by Iran and attended by Chinese and Russian navies, wrapped up this Sunday — but they are likely to take place each year, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi told semi-official Mehr news agency. Tehran also wants to expand the number of countries willing to pa…
rt.com/news/477091-iran-expand-naval-exercise/
Iran lashes out at US strikes as a 'clear example of terrorism' after attacks on Iraq & Syria announced
rt.com | 2019-12-30
Tehran has described recent US strikes as an "act of terrorism," after the Pentagon announced attacks on Hezbollah targets in Iraq and Syria. | "US military aggression against Iraq and Iraqi forces is direct evidence of US terrorism, [Tehran] condemns it", Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Monday. | "With these attacks, the United States has shown its strong support for terrorism and disregard for the sovereignty of countries, and must accept responsibility for the consequences of this unlawful act". | He called on Washington to stop interfering in Iraq's internal affairs and "cease its…
rt.com/news/477093-iran-us-strikes-terrorism/
Iran Denounces Deadly U.S. Bombings as Act of 'Terrorism'
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-12-30
Iran's foreign ministry on Monday condemned the Trump administration's deadly airstrikes in Iraq and Syria over the weekend as a "clear example of terrorism" and demanded that the U.S. end its occupation of the region. | "We strongly condemn this aggression on Iraqi soil," Abbas Mousavi, a spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry, said in a statement. "The U.S. has…
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As the US, China, and Russia Build New Nuclear Weapons Systems, How Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) be Built in? What are the Dangers?
Matt Field | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-29
Researchers in the United States and elsewhere are paying a lot of attention to the prospect that in the coming years new nuclear weapons–and the infrastructure built to operate them–will include greater levels of artificial intelligence and automation. …
globalresearch.ca/us-china-russia-build-new-nuclear-weapons-systems-how-will-ai-built-in/5698980
U.S. Strikes Militia Targets in Iraq and Syria
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-12-29
WASHINGTON–The U.S. has carried out military strikes in Iraq and Syria targeting a militia blamed for a rocket attack that killed an American contractor, a Defense Department spokesman said Sunday. | U.S. forces conducted "precision defensive strikes" against five sites of Kataeb Hezbollah, or Hezbollah Brigades, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia, spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement. | The U.S. blames the militia for a rocket barrage Friday that killed a U.S. defense contractor at a military compound near Kirkuk, in northern Iraq. Officials said attackers fired as many as 30 rockets in Friday's assaul…
truthdig.com/articles/u-s-strikes-militia-forces-in-iraq-and-syria/
US Military Contractors Exposed For Paying Taliban At US Gov Instruction & Iran False Flag Continues
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-29
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US Aircraft Bombs Base of Iranian-Backed Forces in Iraq
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-29
The U.S. military carried out a new attack against the Iranian-backed forces in Iraq's Al-Anbar province, the Popular Mobilization Forces announced on Sunday. | RELATED: | Iraqi Parliament Approves New Electoral Law, Deadlock Persists | In a statement via their official Twitter account, the Popular Mobilization Forces said, "U.S. planes bombed sites belonging to the Popular Mobilization Forces in western Al-Anbar." | The Pentagon has since confirmed the strikes as well, claimin…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Aircraft-Bombs-Base-of-Iranian-Backed-Forces-in-Iraq-20191229-0005.html
The Fascinating History and Political Lives of Jews in Iran
Ariel Gold | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-27
On December 14, 2019, a white male entered the Nessah Synagogue in Beverly Hills, vandalizing the sanctuary. He unrolled Torah scrolls, strewed them across the floor, and tore prayer books. Four days later, police arrested 24-year-old Anton Nathaniel Redding of Millersville, Pennsylvania, and charged him with vandalism of religious property, commercial burglary, and committing a…
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Israel Bombs Gaza For Xmas, Israel Threatens To Attack All Helping Iran & Saudis Bomb Yemen Market
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-27
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You better watch out… US military tracks Santa and North Korean 'gifts'
rt.com | 2019-12-24
With much of the world awaiting North Korea's promised "Christmas gift" for the US, NORAD is busy tracking both missile tests and Santa's journey around the world. Let's hope the two don't get mixed up, netizens joked. | 'Tis the season to be on the lookout for intercontinental ballistic missiles. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un promised a "Christmas gift" for the United States earlier this month, should Washington not back down from its demand for him to abandon his nuclear program. Resurrecting the nickname "Rocket Man" for Kim, US President Donald Trump has refused to give in and it remains to be seen wheth…
rt.com/usa/476763-norad-santa-north-korea/
Americans Are Ready for a Different Approach to Nuclear Weapons
Lawrence Wittner | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-12-23
Although today's public protests against nuclear weapons can't compare to the major antinuclear upheavals of past decades, there are clear indications that most Americans reject the Trump administration's nuclear weapons policies. Since entering office in 2017, the Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from the nuclear agreement with Iran, scrapped the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia, and …
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Americans Are Ready for a Different Approach to Nuclear Weapons
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2019-12-22
Although today's public protests against nuclear weapons can't compare to the major antinuclear upheavals of past decades, there are clear indications that most Americans reject the Trump administration's nuclear weapons policies. Since entering office in 2017, the Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from the nuclear agreement with Iran, scrapped the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Read…
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ICC To Investigate Israeli Government War Crimes & UN Again Contradicts US Claims Of Iran "Proof"
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-21
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Israel Bombs Gaza, 2020 NDAA's Israel Focus, Iran Excuse Now In Afghanistan & West Bank Take Over
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-20
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US Gov Claims "Thousands" Killed In Iran Based On Unvetted, Unconfirmed Video Sent By [REDACTED]
Activist Post | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-16
It must be coincidence that all of the regimes mentioned in a memo given to General Wesley Clark have been toppled … except Iran, the final mention. US Shocks With Inflated Claim Of 1,000 Iranian Protesters "Murdered" By Regime is the headline that highlights the latest narrative to drum up support for an invasion — and …
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US Threatens To Attack Iran Over Rockets Fired In Iraq & Assange Blocked From Seeing Key Evidence
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-15
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UN Counters US Claims Of "Proof" Iran Attacked Saudi Arabia, Netanyahu Impunity & Turkey Sanctions
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-13
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Trump Signs EO Saying Judaism Is Now A Nationality, New Toothless NDAA Allows Yemen & Iran Wars
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-12
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US Accuses Iran Of "Increasingly Sophisticated" ROCKET Attacks, Clinton Meddling & Afghan Implosion
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-11
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On Human Rights Day, Let's Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Martin Fleck | progressive.org | 2019-12-09
A nuclear war would create one of the worst humanitarian crises imaginable, one for which no nation would have an adequate emergency or health response.
progressive.org/op-eds/human-rights-day-nuclear-weapons-fleck-191209/
Iran False Flag, Bolivia's Coup Gov Seeks Israel's Help, Israel's Been In Yemen 'Since Day One'
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-09
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Israel Bombs Gaza, Israeli Bot Group Caught Spreading Hate & US Admits Houthis Not "Iran Proxy"
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-08
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US Claims "Fresh Intelligence" Of Iran Attacks Yet Provides Zero Evidence — MSM Blindly Regurgitates
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-07
Here we go again with "fresh intelligence" to justify the continued sanctions and destabilization of Iran. It's a plan that has been well documented even by their own writings (See Which Path to Persia? — 2009). Of course, complicating U.S. foreign policy is the involvement of Israel. The Last American Vagabond covers the latest political posturing, distortion, and general …
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The US Is Manufacturing A War With Iran Under Cover Of The Impeachment Distraction
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-06
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Anti-Imperialism As An Intellectual Trap
Mina Khanlarzadeh | zcomm.org | 2019-12-06
The US-led economic sanctions have caused a great deal of death and destruction in Iranian society, and the IMF policies in Iran, similar to other developing countries, have resulted in a widening of the class gap, poverty, severe marginalization of the peripheries, and a lowering of living standards. Yet, the US sanctions together with IMF Read…
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CNN Says US Has "Fresh Intelligence" Of Iran Prepping Attack But Can't Show It & More NYT Propaganda
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-05
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Trident is the Crime
Kathy Kelly | zcomm.org | 2019-12-02
The U.S. nuclear weapon arsenal creates anguish, fear and futility worldwide. Yet "holy ground" exists as activists work toward abolition of nuclear weapons…
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