scorinoco (2023-09-23). Iraq Condemns Presence of US Troops in Its Territory. orinocotribune.com The prime minister of Iraq, Muhamad Shia al-Sudani, condemned the presence of a foreign military in Iraqi territory. | "Our official position is clear: there is no need for foreign combat forces in Iraq," Iraqi Prime Minister Muhamad Shia al-Sudani emphasized in statements to the US media organization, Bloomberg, on Thursday, September 21, on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. | He added that his country has security services capable of maintaining law and order, and there is no need for foreign troops for Iraqi security issues. | Last month, al-Sudani had praised the sacrif…

JANET (2023-09-24). Writing Palestine: An interview with Susan Abulhawa. iacenter.org By Susie Day September 13, 2023 Susan Abulhawa Note: This is a slight edit of an interview that first appeared in Counterpunch, Aug. 27. 2023. In Palestine — a country whose existence goes unrecognized by most of the West — Palestinians are arrested, humiliated, beaten, killed by Israeli military or settlers every day, if not every hour. What began in 1948 as the Nakba has taken on force, ramped up control, occupied every aspect of Palestinian life. And, given Israel's "most right-wing government in history," what had shown no signs of stopping is now getting worse. Here, in the United States, we bare…