Daily Archives: February 10, 2024

2024-02-10: News Headlines

Dongsheng Collective (2024-02-10). China grew more than any other developed economy in 2023 | January 2024. dongshengnews.org China strengthens its role as an international peace broker by intervening in multiple international conflicts; China supports Palestine's full UN membership; PetroChina now controls Iraq's largest oil field; Taiwan's separatist ruling party won elections…

geo.tv (2024-02-09). Iraq says US strikes pushing govt to end US-led coalition's mission. geo.tv US-led coalition "has become a factor for instability", says prime minister's military spokesperson…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-02-09). Iraq's Resistance Plans Hinge on a Gaza Truce. libya360.wordpress.com Zaher Mousa At first glance, Iraq's resistance factions appear conflicted over the targeting of US occupation troops. But a deeper look suggests this is a strategic ploy, and that their common overarching objectives remain firm. The secretary general of the Iraqi resistance faction Kataib Hezbollah, Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi, is known for his potent yet precise statements….

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2024-02-09). U.S. Chooses Genocide Over Diplomacy in the Middle East. counterpunch.org On February 7, 2024, a U.S. drone strike assassinated an Iraqi militia leader, Abu Baqir al-Saadi, in the heart of Baghdad. This was a further U.S. escalation in a major new front in the U.S.-Israeli war on the Middle East, centered on the Israeli genocide in Gaza, but already also including ethnic cleansing in the

Melvin Goodman (2024-02-09). Biden is Dragging the United States Deeper Into the Middle East. counterpunch.org U.S. officials may not acknowledge the connection between the Gaza War and the U.S. bombing campaign, but there is no question that Israeli militarism is relevant to the increased attacks from the Houthis against commercial shipping in the Red Sea as well as the increased attacks from Iranian-backed militia against U.S. facilities in Jordan, Syria, and Iraq.

newarab (2024-02-09). Iraqi government vows to end the US-led coalition mission. newarab.com The Iraqi government, on Thursday, asserted that continued

News Desk, The Cradle. (2024-02-09). Iraqi Army Blasts US For 'Sowing Instability' After Latest Assassination. popularresistance.org Iraqi army spokesman Major General Yahya Rasoul on 8 February condemned the targeted assassination of Kataib Hezbollah leader Abu Baqir al-Saadi, calling out Washington for continuing to sow instability in the country. | The strike on Wednesday night was carried out "in a manner that disregarded the lives of Iraqi civilians or international laws," Rasoul said, adding that the US "repeatedly commits acts that undermine the understandings and the start of bilateral dialogue."

Patrick Lawrence, Consortium News. (2024-02-09). Lost And Fearful In The Middle East. popularresistance.org Of all the amateurish moments to arise as the Biden regime conducts its foreign policy, the White House's official statement as B1—B bombers let loose over Iraq and Syria last Friday may be the taker of the cake. | As the ordnance fell on 85 targets in seven locations, many of them outposts of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, our addled president felt compelled to insist, "The United States does not seek conflict in the Middle East or anywhere else in the world." | How many times have we heard this since these latest operations in Iraq, Syria and Yemen began? Antony Blinken, the secretary of state, has said the…

Staff (2024-02-09). Condolences, condemnations pour in after US attack in Iraq. muslimmirror.com Tehran : Resistance groups in the region have condemned a deadly US drone strike on the Iraqi capital Baghdad and extended their condolences to the families of the victims in the Arab country. In a statement, the Secretary General of Iraq-based Kata'ib Hezbollah expressed his condolences on the martyrdom of one of the commanders of …

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