2022-02-02: News Headlines

_____ (2022-02-02). Ukraine: Another Biden Débâcle? strategic-culture.org Are we past 'peak frenzy'? Quite possibly, but it will subside only slowly. It is too good a diversion from other difficulties. | The sheer size and scope of the western information operations — insisting repeatedly on the imminence of a Russian invasion of Ukraine — has almost dwarfed the western effort mounted in the lead up to the second invasion of Iraq. This latest info-war has been qualitatively different from that earlier episode however, in the way in which supposed intelligence titbits were constantly fed to the press in order to stiffen the narrative spine with a direct sense of being at the…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-02-02). Eight people killed, wounded in Turkish attacks on N Iraq. en.mehrnews.com Iraqi media on Wednesday reported that at least eight people were killed and wounded in a Turkish fighter jets' attack on Sinjar in northern Iraq.

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-01). Ex VP Dick Cheney confirmed US goal is to break up Russia, not just USSR. multipolarista.com Former Vice President and Iraq War architect Dick Cheney wasn't content only breaking up the Soviet Union. Balkanizing Russia (and China) is a bipartisan foreign-policy goal among top US national security state officials.

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