(2022-02-28). Ukraine 'deserves' emergency EU accession — Zelensky. rt.com 
By defending the European Union from a Russian attack, Ukrainians are paying for a place in the EU, the president has said | Ukrainians fighting against the Russian offensive are protecting Europe and thus deserve to see their country join the European Union, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday in a video address. | "Ukrainians have shown to the world who we are," the president said. "Europeans realize that our soldiers are fighting for our nation, and also for the entire Europe. For peace for everyone, for every nation of the EU." | The sacrifices made by Ukrainians give the country "every right" to d…
(2022-02-28). Ukraine versus Iraq — Humanitarian Intervention versus Invasion? transcend.org 25 Feb 2022 – Russian "Peacekeeping" or another "Forever War" – With the emphasis so emphatically placed on "invasion", little is said of the possibility of "humanitarian intervention" — let alone of the meaning of any form of "promise" not to invade.
(2022-02-28). Hedges: The Greatest Evil Is War. scheerpost.com 
Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) |
| By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | Preemptive war, whether in Iraq or Ukraine, is a war crime. It does not matter if the war is launched on the basis of lies and fabrications, as was the case in Iraq, or because of the breaking of a series of agreements with Russia, including the promise by Washington not to extend NATO beyond the borders of a unified Germany, not to deploy thousands of NATO troops in Eastern Europe, not to meddle in the internal affairs of…
(2022-02-28). White CBS Reporter On Ukraine: This Is Not Iraq Or Syria, This Is A Civilized European Country. moguldom.com CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has apologized after he said on air during a Feb. 25 broadcast that the war in Ukraine can't be compared to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan because the Eastern European nation is more "civilized." Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine, D'Agata, who is white, said that Ukraine "isn't a place, with all …
(2022-02-28). Leak Exposes Ericsson's Secret Dealings with ISIS amid Iraq Corruption Spree. transcend.org 27 Feb 2022 – The embattled Swedish telecom giant concealed years of bribery and fraud in the war-torn nation and grappled with undisclosed corruption allegations in more than a dozen other countries.
(2022-02-28). Western media goes white nationalist, calls Ukraine more 'civilized' than Iraq, whitewashes US wars. multipolarista.com 
Media outlets are calling Ukraine "civilized," emphasizing that its people are white European Christians, while ignoring or whitewashing the US military occupations of Syria and Iraq, Western-backed Saudi bombing of Yemen, and constant Israeli attacks on Syrians and Palestinians.
(2022-02-28). Mainstream Media Denounce Civilian Killings — Unless the US Is Perpetrating Them. truthout.org 
Having worked inside mainstream U.S. media during the beginning of the "War on Terror" and run-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the differences in today's war coverage are dizzying to me. | Civilians: | While covering Russia's horrific aggression in Ukraine, there is a real focus — as there always should be — on civilian victims of war. Today, the focus on that essential aspect of the Russian invasion is prominent and continuous — from civilian deaths to the trauma…
(2022-02-28). 'Bribes, Fraud & Embezzlement': Leaked Doc Alleges Ericsson Paid $10.5 Million to Daesh in Iraq. sputniknews.com Revelations of vast management failures at Ericsson are contained in a 2019 internal report, obtained by the International Consortium of International Journalists [ICIJ] and shared with media partners, including the BBC, The Washington Post and The Guardian. The probe had focused on operations in 10 countries, including in Iraq from 2011 to 2019.