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...
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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...
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...
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...
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'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...
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...
The US Government Lies Constantly, And The Burden Of Proof Is On The Accuser
by Caitlin Johnstone | Jan 5, 2020 | Featured Articles
Over the last 48 hours I’ve been splitting my free time between (A) learning as much as I possibly can about the US assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and (B) arguing with people online who are uncritically swallowing US government claims about why...
Lies, the Bethlehem Doctrine, and the Illegal Murder of Soleimani
by Craig Murray | Jan 5, 2020 | Featured Articles
In one of the series of blatant lies the USA has told to justify the assassination of Soleimani, Mike Pompeo said that Soleimani was killed because he was planning “Imminent attacks” on US citizens. It is a careful choice of word. Pompeo is specifically referring to...
The Mafia Would Have Been Proud
by Eric Margolis | Jan 4, 2020 | Featured Articles
The US drone strike at Baghdad airport that killed Iran’s top commander, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, and a senior leader of Iraq’s Shia militia, has set the Mideast on fire. The Trump administration, which authorized the assassination, called it a "pre-emptive" strike....
Afghanistan Papers
by harley | Jan 4, 2020 | Featured Articles
Unfortunately, the blockbuster report known as the Afghanistan Papers has not received nearly as much coverage by most of the national news media as it deserved. Overshadowed by impeachment news and perhaps a touch of professional media jealousy, most people outside...
How The Donald Assassinated 'America First'
by David Stockman | Jan 4, 2020 | Featured Articles
By the twisted logic of Imperial Washington, you could say the Iranians were asking for it. After all, they had the nerve to locate their country right in the middle of 35 U.S. military bases! Then again, your saner angels may ask: What in the hell is Washington doing...
The Soleimani Assassination: The Long-Awaited Beginning of The End of America’s Imperial Ambitions
by Philip Giraldi | Jan 3, 2020 | Featured Articles
The United States is now at war with Iran in a conflict that could easily have been avoided and it will not end well. There will be no declaration of war coming from either side, but the assassination of Iranian Quds Force Commander General Qassem Soleimani and the...
From War Drums to Hot War with Iran
by Steve Brown | Jan 3, 2020 | Featured Articles
On January 2nd the United States assassinated Iran Quds Force General Qasem Soleimani on the US pretext of an anti-terror strike, killing him and his entourage by drone strike at Baghdad International Airport, just subsequent to disembarking from a flight. As head of...
The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act: Why Washington Is Both Corrupt and Ignorant
by Philip Giraldi | Jan 2, 2020 | Featured Articles
The creatures that lurk through the corridors of power in Washington DC have refined corruption to the point where almost anything goes and almost no one is ever held accountable. Traditionally, Congressmen reward their various constituencies by inserting riders into...
Joe Biden's man shows the world why US policy towards Russia has completely failed
by Bryan MacDonald | Jan 1, 2020 | Featured Articles
It's entirely possible that Joe Biden could be the next US President. If so, buckle your seatbelts because the advice he's getting on Russia is, almost certainly, dangerously wrong. Regular readers will know of my deep scorn for “Russia Watchers” - Westerners who, as...
Shutter the US Embassy in Iraq
by Adam Dick | Jan 1, 2020 | Featured Articles
This week, amid protests by people upset with United States intervention in Iraq, individuals forced their way into and damaged the US embassy compound in Baghdad. In response, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper declared on Tuesday that 750 additional US troops would...
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