(2023-03-31). America's Callous disregard for its Veterans after the Wars are Over. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com) — Here's something we seldom focus on when it comes to war, American-style, even during the just-passed 20th anniversary of our disastrous invasion of Iraq: many more soldiers survive armed conflict than die from it. This has been especially so during this country's twenty-first-century War on Terror, which is still playing out in …
(2023-03-31). Iraq Twenty Years after "Shock and Awe": The Mysterious Death of David Kelly. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-31). Daily Round-up | Saudi Arabia joins SCO & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Round-up, we look at Saudi Arabia joining SCO; , Chad nationalizes oil assets, US senate repeals Iraq wars' authorizations, and Colombia announces conference to promote Venezuelan dialogue.
(2023-03-30). Headlines for March 30, 2023. democracynow.org In Landmark Vote, U.N. General Assembly Asks for World Court's Opinion on Climate Crisis, U.S. Auctions Oil and Gas Leases in Vast Section Gulf of Mexico, Despite Biden's Climate Pledges, Seniors Sue Switzerland over Deadly Heat Waves Caused by Climate Crisis, Mexico to Bring Charges Against 8 People over Deadly Fire at Juárez Detention Center, Senate Votes to Repeal AUMFs 20 Years After Illegal Invasion of Iraq, Finland Poised to Become NATO Member, Russia Detains WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich, West Virginia and Kentucky Republicans Impose More Anti-Trans Laws, Jill Biden Attends Nashville School Sho…
(2023-03-30). Cancer as Weapon: Sowing Battlefields With Depleted Uranium. strategic-culture.org With the UK's unconscionable decision to send Depleted Uranium ammunition to Ukraine, it's perhaps useful to revisit the environmental and health consequences of the US's widespread use of such weapons in Iraq and Kuwait during the first Gulf War. This short essay is adapted from my book, Been Brown So Long It Looked Like Green to Me: the Politics of Nature.
(2023-03-30). Iraqi Security Forces Foil Attack On U.S.-Led Coalition Supply Convoy. southfront.org 
File image. | Early on March 30, Iraqi security forces foiled an attempt to attack a convoy moving supplies for the United States-led coalition. | Security forces uncovered and dismantled an improvised explosive device (IED) that was planted on the side of a strategic highway that links the cities of al-Diwaniyah, the capital of al-Qadisiyyah province, and the city of al-Hillah, the capital of the Babylon province, in the country's southern region. | The Sabreen News channel on Telegram, which is clo…
(2023-03-30). U.S. Senate in bipartisan Vote repeals decades-old Iraq War Authorizations, But Marco Rubio voted 'No'. juancole.com 
By: Jennifer Shutt — ( Florida Phoenix) — WASHINGTON — U.S. senators revoked their approval for the Gulf and Iraq wars on Wednesday, taking a broadly bipartisan vote to repeal the Authorizations for Use of Military Force that have stayed on the books years after the two wars ended. The 66-30 vote sends the measure …
(2023-03-30). 'The Dwindling Band of Iraq Obsessives' — Endless War and Media Complicity. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-30). Cancer as Weapon: Sowing Battlefields With Depleted Uranium. strategic-culture.org With the UK's unconscionable decision to send Depleted Uranium ammunition to Ukraine, it's perhaps useful to revisit the environmental and health consequences of the US's widespread use of such weapons in Iraq and Kuwait during the first Gulf War. This short essay is adapted from my book, Been Brown So Long It Looked Like Green to Me: the Politics of Nature.
(2023-03-30). Iraqi Security Forces Foil Attack On U.S.-Led Coalition Supply Convoy. southfront.org File image. | Early on March 30, Iraqi security forces foiled an attempt to attack a convoy moving supplies for the United States-led coalition. | Security forces uncovered and dismantled an improvised explosive device (IED) that was planted on the side of a strategic highway that links the cities of al-Diwaniyah, the capital of al-Qadisiyyah province, and the city of al-Hillah, the capital of the Babylon province, in the country's southern region. | The Sabreen News channel on Telegram, which is clo…
(2023-03-30). U.S. Senate in bipartisan Vote repeals decades-old Iraq War Authorizations, But Marco Rubio voted 'No'. juancole.com By: Jennifer Shutt — ( Florida Phoenix) — WASHINGTON — U.S. senators revoked their approval for the Gulf and Iraq wars on Wednesday, taking a broadly bipartisan vote to repeal the Authorizations for Use of Military Force that have stayed on the books years after the two wars ended. The 66-30 vote sends the measure …
(2023-03-30). 'The Dwindling Band of Iraq Obsessives' — Endless War and Media Complicity. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-30). The WMD Pretext, The Senate Voted "To Approve a Fabricated War". The AUMF Against Iraq (HJ Res. 114). globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-30). HTS Militants Attack Syrian Army Positions In Western Aleppo. southfront.org 
File image. | On March 30, al-Qeada-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, announced that its militants had carried out yet another attack against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). | The attack targeted military positions located in the outskirts of the town of Basratun in the western countryside of Aleppo. | Syrian pro-government news sources said that the SAA repelled the attack on the town and targeted HTS's miliants with artillery. | Meanwh…
(2023-03-31). Five ways AI promises to transform organ transplants. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to become a valuable tool for transplant to save more patients' lives. Recent studies have already shown promise in using AI to analyze large sets of data to discover important trends and patterns. In this expert alert, Mayo Clinic transplant experts share how this technology may improve outcomes for patients. "Physicians once practiced medicine without CT scans and with only limited lab tests. Now, these tools…
(2023-03-30). Imagine If All Officials Were Interrogated By Reporters Like This. popularresistance.org A fascinating exchange took place at a UN press briefing the other day between China Global Television Network's Xu Dezhi and the UN's Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Farhan Haq about the US military occupation of Syria. The exchange is interesting both for the wild pro-US bias shown by a UN official, and for the way it illustrates how much truth can be exposed when journalists do what they're supposed to do in the press gallery. | Xu, who has done on-the-ground reporting in Syria in the past, asked Haq some challenging questions about an attack on a US military base in eastern Syria last week which…