Qassim Soleimani, an Iranian major general, was assassinated by a US drone air strike, at the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). Soleimani was traveling with one Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was an Iraqi, born and bred. Al-Muhandis was even elected to the Iraqi...
Month: January 2020
The Facts About Iran and Terrorism
by Larry C. Johnson | Jan 10, 2020 | Featured Articles
When emotion rules the day facts do not matter. Sadly, that is the reality we confront when it comes to talking about Iran and terrorism. The US Government and almost all of the media continue to declare that Iran is the biggest sponsor of terrorism. That is not true....
Who’s to Blame?
by Jeff Harris | Jan 9, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Recently I witnessed a tragic story broadcast on Fox news. A former US soldier who’d been disfigured in a roadside bomb blast was sharing photos of other soldiers like himself who had died or been severely wounded by similar explosions of Improvised Explosive Devices...
Putin's Orthodox Christmas visit to Damascus plays up Assad's Syria as enclave of peace – while rest of Middle East burns
by Scott Ritter | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured Articles
Russian leader Vladimir Putin made a surprise Christmas visit to Syria, where he met with the country's president, Bashar Assad. The tranquility of their meeting was in sharp contrast to the hell breaking out in neighboring Iraq. The unannounced visit to Syria, where...
After 18 Years of US Occupation, Poll Finds Zero Percent of Afghans Thriving, 85 Percent 'Suffering'
by Alan MacLeod | Jan 9, 2020 | Featured Articles
American polling firm Gallup has found that Afghans are the saddest people on earth, finding that nearly nine in ten respondents are “suffering,” in their own words, with zero percent claiming that they are currently “thriving.” When asked to rate their life out of a...
Too Little Too Late? House Vote Today On Iran 'War Powers'
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 9, 2020 | The Liberty Report
The US House will vote today on a Democrat-introduced resolution limiting the President's ability to wage war on Iran without Congressional approval. Is this finally a sign that the Legislative Branch is taking up its Constitutional obligations? Or is this just more...
Congress Unlikely to Significantly Restrain US Intervention in the Middle East
by Adam Dick | Jan 8, 2020 | Congress Alert
Decade after decade, United States presidents order intervention, by the military and otherwise, across the Middle East. And, decade after decade, the US House of Representatives and Senate provide the funding for the intervention to continue, as well as pass bills...
Iran didn’t want to kill US troops with its strike, it wanted to make point to Trump about its missile tech & resolve. It did that.
by Scott Ritter | Jan 8, 2020 | Featured Articles
Iran’s anticipated retaliation for the US assassination of Qassem Suleimani sent a clear signal to Donald Trump that while the current round of violence may be over, Iran stands ready to respond to any future US provocation. Tehran warned Iraq to spare US soldiers On...
Will This Billionaire-Funded Think Tank Get Its War With Iran?
by James Carden | Jan 8, 2020 | Featured Articles
Consider the following scenario: A Washington, DC–based, tax-exempt organization that bills itself as a think tank dedicated to the enhancement of a foreign country’s reputation within the United States, funded by billionaires closely aligned with said foreign...
Conservative Vets Group: 'Bring Our Troops Home!' With Dan McKnight
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 8, 2020 | The Liberty Report
A conservative veterans group dedicated to bringing US troops home from pointless overseas conflicts is making waves in the Republican Party. Bring Our Troops Home founder Dan McKnight joins today's Liberty Report to discuss their recent successes in heavily red...
After Soleimani Killing Suddenly the US is Alone
by Tom Luongo | Jan 8, 2020 | Featured Articles
The silence is deafening. The lack of response from U.S. allies around the world to President Trump’s assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani tells you things have fundamentally changed. Normally when something like this happens the US has all of its allies...
Trump moves to unite the Middle East! (irony)
by Col. W. Patrick Lang | Jan 7, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Teevee coverage of the recent events in the ME has been predictable. Those who hated Trump continue to hate him, etc. A few observations: 1. I had hoped that Trump's decision to kill an Iranian general engaged in a diplomatic mission (among other things) while the man...
Trump's Assassination Disaster
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 7, 2020 | Featured Articles
The below is from a free update sent to Ron Paul Institute subscribers. Sign up for free updates - we'll never sell, loan, or share your contact information.Is Trump yet ruing the day he lent his ear to the siren songs of the Iran-obsessed neocons? One can almost...
Iraq 'Pull-Out' Letter: Mistake…Or More Deception?
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 7, 2020 | The Liberty Report
How could a "draft letter" from the US CENTCOM to the Iraqi leadership announcing the US withdrawal from Iraq have mysteriously leaked to the media yesterday? Is operational security so shattered that what must be a highly classified document can just drop from the...
Iran Strikes Back! RPI's Daniel McAdams on WWIII Threat.
by harley | Jan 7, 2020 | The Liberty Report
Iran fires missiles at at least two US bases in Iraq! What is next? RPI Director Daniel McAdams in an extensive interview as the dramatic events of tonight unfold of Iranian retaliation in Iraq for the US assassination of top anti-ISIS Iranian General Qassim...
Why Was Soleimani Assassinated?
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 6, 2020 | The Liberty Report
President Trump and Mike Pompeo told us that Iranian Gen. Soleimani had to be assassinated when he was in Baghdad at the end of last week because he was on a mission to plan and implement attacks on US military and diplomatic personnel in the region. But their story...
Does Trump Have An Ethnic Iranian Interrogation and Detention Program In The Works?
by Patrick Eddington | Jan 6, 2020 | Featured Articles
The reported detention and interrogation of Iranian Americans in Washington state over the weekend raises an obvious question: was this an isolated incident, or is the Trump administration now rolling out an interrogation and possible detention program targeting...
Iraqi PM reveals Soleimani was on peace mission when assassinated, exploding Trump’s lie of ‘imminent attacks’
by Max Blumenthal | Jan 6, 2020 | Featured Articles
Desperate to justify the US drone assassination of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted that Washington had made an “intelligence-based assessment” that Soleimani was “actively planning in the region” to attack American...
Why I Don’t Trust Trump on Iran
by Ron Paul | Jan 6, 2020 | Featured Articles
President Trump and his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told us the US had to assassinate Maj. Gen. Qassim Soleimani last week because he was planning “Imminent attacks” on US citizens. I don’t believe them.Why not? Because Trump and the neocons – like Pompeo – have...
Ron Paul: It is Best for Iraq to Tell the US to ‘Get Out’
by Adam Dick | Jan 5, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In a Friday interview with host Rick Sanchez at RT regarding the United States government’s assassination of Iran General Qassim Suleimani at the Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, peace advocate and former presidential candidate Ron Paul declared that “the best...
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