_____ (2023-06-20). Iraq: internal problems and ways to solve them. journal-neo.org

Prof Rodrigue Tremblay (2023-06-18). George W. Bush: "Slip of the Tongue? Invade Iraq or Invade Ukraine". May I Quote You, Mr. President? globalresearch.ca A selection of 50 quotes from President George W. Bush, for entertainment or meditation…

Katie Kienbaum, John Farrell, Institute for Local Self-Reliance. (2023-06-18). Local Ownership Of Clean Energy Boosts Benefits And Busts Barriers. popularresistance.org ILSR's new report, Advantage Local: Why Local Energy Ownership Matters, finds that local ownership of clean energy can address many of the most pressing challenges we face today, from the climate crisis to economic inequality to corporate exploitation. The report details how local clean energy ownership — as distinct from local siting — can boost the economic impacts of clean energy, cut through public opposition to project development, and put power back in the hands of people instead of polluting utility monopolies. | As shown in the report, local ownership of clean energy, such as rooftop solar pan…

Anonymous103 (2023-06-17). Military Situation In Iraq On June 17, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org On June 17, Iraqi security forces arrested two ISIS commanders in Kirkuk; | On June 16, an Iranian border guard was killed by PEJAK terrorist group near Mariwan border; | On May 11, two Turkish servicemen were killed during the Operation Claw Lock in northern Iraq, according to the Turkish MOD. | MORE ON THE TOPIC: : |

Israel Shahak (2023-06-17). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-16). Russian Fighter Jets Flew Over U.S. Garrison In Southeastern Syria After F-22 Deployment. southfront.org Su-35 fighter — © Marina Lystseva/TASS | On June 16, Russian fighter jets carried out a series of sorties over the United States garrison in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | Around 200 U.S. troops are usually deployed at al-Tanf, which blocks a strategic highway linking the Syrian capital, Damascus, with Baghdad, the capital of neighboring Iraq. The U.S.-led coalition maintains a 55-kilometer no-fly zone around the garrison. | The London-based…

The Lever (2023-06-16). üéß LEVER TIME PREMIUM: David Sirota Interviews Daniel Ellsberg (2018). levernews.com Today, on a special bonus episode of Lever Time Premium exclusively for supporting subscribers, we're re-releasing David Sirota's 2018 interview with Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who exposed the U.S. government's lies about the Vietnam War by leaking the Pentagon Papers. Ellsberg just passed away at the age of 92.After the publication of the Pentagon Papers, Ellsberg was dubbed "The Most Dangerous Man in America." In his later life, Ellsberg became a vocal anti-war activist, speaking out against the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he defended other whistleblowers such as Edward Snowden and Chelsea…

_____ (2023-06-16). Italy and EU Both Pay Billions to the MENA Region's New Strongman. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? strategic-culture.org The EU has shown the entire MENA region that is has pots of cash to prop up the most brutal dictators to prevent migrants from reaching its shores. | What word would you use to describe the EU diverting a billion euros towards the coffers of Tunisia's despot Kais Saied? 'Blackmail' seems to spring to mind. The EU, along with Italy's right-wing leader Giorgia Meloni have just signed off close to 2 bn euros in 'aid' to Tunisia — in exchange for Saied to do something about the hundreds of African migrants trying to leave Tunisia's shores in a quest to make it to Italy and then onto France before getting asylum…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-16). Russian Fighter Jets Flew Over U.S. Garrison In Southeastern Syria After F-22 Deployment. southfront.org Su-35 fighter — © Marina Lystseva/TASS | On June 16, Russian fighter jets carried out a series of sorties over the United States garrison in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | Around 200 U.S. troops are usually deployed at al-Tanf, which blocks a strategic highway linking the Syrian capital, Damascus, with Baghdad, the capital of neighboring Iraq. The U.S.-led coalition maintains a 55-kilometer no-fly zone around the garrison. | The London-based…

Anonymous103 (2023-06-15). Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units Obtain Iran-Made Mohajer-6 UAV (Video). southfront.org Originally published by ISWNews Analysis Group — The Iraq-based resistance movement of the Popular Mobilization Units has released a video to showcase the flight of the export version of the Iranian "M6" drone in the Arab country. | On June 14, the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units announced the participation of the "M6" UAV in one of their military ex…

ecns.cn (2023-06-16). Chinese premier to visit Germany, France, attend consultation, summit: ministry. ecns.cn With close exchanges between the two countries' leaders and practical cooperation being deepened in various areas, the partnership has shown strong resilience and vitality…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-06-13). Video: Fake Intelligence and the Destruction of Iraq. globalresearch.ca

Olga Peterson (2023-06-13). Udo Ulfkotte Exposed the CIA's Role in Controlling Worldwide Media in his book "Journalists For Hire" and Should Be Celebrated Among the Great Whistleblowers of All-Time. covertactionmagazine.com Ulfkotte's political awakening about the corruption of the media industry came when he was sent to cover the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s and was instructed to present Iraq as the good guys A former editor for the German main daily newspaper, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Dr. Udo Ulfkotte became nationally renowned in dissident circles for …

Ramona Wadi (2023-06-13). The PA foreign minister promotes Israeli impunity. thealtworld.com Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki keeps generating contradictions in his diplomatic endeavours. The concept of "waiting" is one of Al-Maliki's favourite terms to resort to, reminding diplomats of how Palestinians have been forced to wait by the international community but failing to address how the PA endorses waiting in its own politics through the two-state compromise. | During a recent meeting in Riyadh with his Saudi Arabian counterpart Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Bin Abdulla, Al-Maliki mentioned "the need to put an immediate end to the intolerable impunity of Israel, as an occupying power."

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-06-13). Video: Fake Intelligence and the Destruction of Iraq. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-12). At least one civilian killed and scores injured in firing by US and allies in Syria. peoplesdispatch.org The firing took place while the US forces were conducting an airdrop operation near the Iraq border. The Syrian government has termed the presence of US forces in the country as illegal, calling it an occupation and demanded their immediate withdrawal…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-06-12). Public investment, a Citizen Revolution's priority in Ecuador. plenglish.com Quito, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) Luisa González, a candidate for the presidency of Ecuador for the Citizen Revolution (RC), assured that if they return to government, one of their priorities will be public investment in areas that currently affect citizens, such as security. In an interview on the Youtube channel Ingobernables, the former legislator, who held several positions during the administration of former President Rafael Correa (2007-2017), insisted on the experience of her political project, which has already shown how to be a better country.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-12). At least one civilian killed and scores injured in firing by US and allies in Syria. peoplesdispatch.org The firing took place while the US forces were conducting an airdrop operation near the Iraq border. The Syrian government has termed the presence of US forces in the country as illegal, calling it an occupation and demanded their immediate withdrawal…

Anonymous669 (2023-06-11). ISIS Attack In Northern Iraq Leaves Two Officer Dead, Three Soldiers Wounded. southfront.org File image. | ISIS terrorists attacked an Iraqi military barracks in the northern province of Kirkuk late on June 10, killing two officers and wounding three soldiers. | In a statement, Iraq's Joint Operations Command (JOC) said that the terrorist attack took place in the village of Multaqa in al-Dibis district."At 10: 00 pm yesterday, terrorist elements attacked with light and medium weapons a military barracks," reads the statement, which was released on June 11. | ISIS has not claimed responsibility for the at…

Radwan Mortada, The Cradle. (2023-06-11). The US Doesn't Defeat Terror, It Only Tries To Balance It. popularresistance.org Adil Abdul-Mahdi, prime minister of Iraq from October 2018 to May 2020, emerged as a significant figure during one of the most tumultuous periods in the country's recent history. | Caught between navigating relations with Washington and Tehran, and a worsening economic crisis, he ultimately resigned in the face of popular protests and the state's violent crackdown. | In a rare media interview with The Cradle, Abdul-Mahdi candidly discloses details of those harrowing days and the foreign interests — particularly American and British — that played a hand in the chaos, terrorism, sectarianism, and econom…