Daily Archives: July 4, 2022

2022-07-04: News Headlines

Jason Ditz (2022-07-04). Iraqi State of Law Taps Maliki as New PM Candidate. news.antiwar.com All but inevitable since the resignation of Moqtada al-Sadr's coalition from parliament, the State of Law has announced its own candidate for Iraqi PM. As expected, Holding the position from 2006 to 2014, Maliki is the longest-seated premier of the US occupation of Iraq. A former Dawa Party figure popular with Iran, Maliki was a controversial leader throughout his last tenure. | Navigating through constant political division, Maliki was positioned as a compromise candidate protecting a status quo which, by 2014, fewer and fewer voters wer…

Editor (2022-07-04). Conscientious Objection to Military Taxation. scheerpost.com According to the National Priorities Project, about 25% of our tax dollars go to the Pentagon to finance the men, women, and weaponry that enables the United States military to fight its wars in Iraq, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, and elsewhere. An additional 13.2% goes to pay the national debt much of which was borrowed to pay for war.

Staff (2022-07-04). Iran exports $358m of goods to Iraq via Mehran crossing. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) — Director-General of Customs Administration of the western province of Ilam has said that 358 million dollars of commodities have been exported to Iraq from the Mehran International Border in the current Iranian year.

Staff (2022-07-04). Two explosions reported at US base on Syria-Iraq border. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 04 (MNA) — Some Arab sources reported on Monday morning that two explosions were heard at the US base on the Syria-Iraq border.

Staff (2022-07-03). US army convoy comes under attack in Iraq's Saladin. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) — Iraqi news sources on Sunday reported that a convoy belonging to the US army was targeted in the country.

Editor (2022-07-03). Is There a Price in Blood for British Foreign Policy? scheerpost.com Sept. 15, 2011: From left: French President Nicholas Sarkozy, National Transition Council Chairman Mustafa Abdul Jalil and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron in Benghazi, Libya, after addressing a crowd in Liberty Square. (No. 10 Downing) | By Peter Oborne / Before the invasion of Iraq in 2003 a number of people — including then MI5 chief Eliza Manningham-Buller — warned it would make the streets of Britain more dangerous. | These warnings were ignored by Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-03). Kuwait condoles with Iran over Saturday earthquake. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) — Following UAE, Kuwait offered condolences to Iran over the quake that hit the southern province of Hormozgan, leading to several people's deaths and others' injuries.

Staff (2022-07-03). Funeral for Japanese mother of Holy Defense martyr. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) — A funeral ceremony was held for Koniko Yamamora a translator and a Japanese-Iranian woman who had lived in Iran for several years and her son was martyred during Iran-Iraq war.

Staff (2022-07-03). Turkish fighter jets bomb northern Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) — Turkish warplanes have again bombed areas in northern Iraq under the pretext of confronting the PKK.

Staff (2022-07-03). Iraqi PM to discuss result of his visit to Iran with MBS. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) — Media gave reported that the Iraqi Prime Minister is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia for a second time to discuss the results of his trip to Iran.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-03). Iraqi Group Says Its Drones Scouted US Embassy & Nearby Base In Baghdad. southfront.org Official logo of The Islamic Resistance in Iraq — 'Ashab al-Kahf | On July 3, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq — 'Ashab al-Kahf announced that its drones had conducted a reconnaissance mission over the US embassy and nearby Union III base in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. | In a statement, the pro-Iranian group said that the operation started at 7: p.m. local time on July 2 and lasted for 30 minutes. | Iraqi sources reported at the time hearing alarm sirens at Baghdad's highly-secured Green Zone, whe…

Staff (2022-07-03). Massive fire breaks out near Erbil airport. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) — A massive fire has broken out near Erbil International Airport located in northern Iraq, local sources reported on Sunday.

Staff (2022-07-03). Most dangerous ISIL terrorist detained in Iraq. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 03 (MNA) — Iraqi security forces announced that the most dangerous ISIL terrorist was arrested on the border of Diyala Province and Kurdistan Region of Iraq after seven years that he was on the terror list.

Jayati Ghosh (2022-07-02). [Perspectives] The journey to greater equality. thelancet.com Economic inequalities have increased substantially across the world in the past three decades and have deepened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thomas Piketty and his colleagues at the World Inequality Lab at the Paris School of Economics (PSE), France, have been at the forefront of tracking these changes, providing extremely useful analyses based on careful aggregation of national data on income and wealth inequality from a multitude of sources. They have shown that globally, inequality is now as entrenched as it was during the first part of the 20th century.

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