Daily Archives: July 19, 2022

2022-07-19: News Headlines

Jason Ditz (2022-07-19). Iraq's Sadr: No Right for Maliki to Lead After Plot Claims. news.antiwar.com Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr accused Nouri al-Maliki of The plot accuses Britain of wanting to use Sadr to sideline Iraq's Shi'ites, and then These are broad claims, but within Iraq ant conspiracy that ends with the Sunni minority retaking power is treated at least as plausible. | The plot came in audio recordings,…

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-18). Biden Promises Not to 'Walk Away' From the Middle East at GCC Summit. news.antiwar.com President Biden on Saturday vowed that the US would not "walk away" from the Middle East during a summit attended by regional leaders in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The summit was attended by members of the Gulf Cooperation Council plus Iraq, Egypt, and Jordan, known as the GCC+3. Biden's message to the Gulf monarchs and other …

_____ (2022-07-18). Mossad False Flag On The Way — Another 9/11? popularresistance.org Wednesday's report by corporate media outlet Yahoo News, outlining alleged plans by Iran to assassinate senior US officials, including former President Donald Trump, in retaliation for the January 2020 drone strike killing of Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp's elite Quds Force unit, should come as little surprise to onlookers. | Indeed, following the assassination of the Iranian General, the Islamic Republic responded by firing a barrage of ballistic missiles at the US Ain al-Asad airbase in neighbouring Iraq, leaving 110 US servicemen with 'traumatic brain injuries' according to…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-18). Turkish attack inside Iraqi Kurdistan kills five civilians, injures two. peoplesdispatch.org Scores of Iraqis have been killed since Turkish forces launched their so-called Operation Claw Lock in Iraqi Kurdistan in April, allegedly to fight the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK)…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-07-18). Iran FM thanks Iraq for efforts to advance regional dialogue. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) — In a telephone conversation with his Iraqi counterpart, Iran's foreign minister thanked Baghdad's efforts and constructive role in the formation and promotion of regional talks which strengthen regional security.

_____ (2022-07-17). Biden The Warmonger Gets Played By The Saudis. popularresistance.org Jeddah, Saudi Arabia — On the second day of his trip to Saudi Arabia, President Joe Biden met with the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates—along with Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq to discuss security issues, but particularly to push for a united front against Iran. Biden has spent much of his trip to the Middle East reinforcing the regional policies of his predecessor, Donald Trump, rather than implementing the policies on which he campaigned for president. And he is rightly taking heat for his meetings yesterday with S…

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