Media Lens (2022-03-06). Doubling Down On Double Standards: The Ukraine Propaganda Blitz. dissidentvoice.org The American population was bombarded the way the Iraqi population was bombarded. It was a war against us, a war of lies and disinformation and omission of history. That kind of war, overwhelming and devastating, waged here in the US while the Gulf War was waged over there.' ((Howard Zinn, 'Power, History and Warfare', Open Magazine …

Staff (2022-03-06). EU comments on warplanes for Kiev. rt.com Ukraine insists it needs jet fighters to repel the Russian attack | European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters, which Kiev has insisted it badly needs to fend off the ongoing Russian invasion. | "The European Union is definitely not at war with Russia. A war is what Russia has launched against Ukraine, a country very friendly and very close to the EU. That is why we support Ukraine on all levels," Michel said in an interview with several European newspapers on Saturday. | The chief of the EU's top political body confirmed that the EU…

_____ (2022-03-05). Is This Russian Propaganda? popularresistance.org We're risking a very fast, very radioactive World War 3 to defend the "democracy" of a nation whose government bans opposition parties, imprisons political opponents, shuts down opposition media, and takes all its orders from Washington due to a US-backed coup in 2014. | "Defending Ukrainian democracy" makes as much sense as "Defending Mongolian seaports". | The powers responsible for destroying Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and Yemen are the same powers we're trusting to carefully navigate extremely delicate nuclear brinkmanship escalations without ending the world. | "Relax, nobody's gonna start a nuclear war…

sputniknews (2022-03-05). Ericsson, Its CEO and CFO Sued in New York After Suspicions of Bribes, Daesh Funding. sputniknews.com Following media reports of alleged bribes, possibly involving Daesh* in Iraq, Swedish telecom juggernaut Ericsson's market value has tanked by almost a third.

_____ (2022-03-05). Biden Takes Advantage of the Levers of Power to Protect his Family Business in Ukraine. journal-neo.org It is no secret that members of the current US political elite and their closest relatives are fairly quick to gain business shares in all countries invaded by US occupation forces. This has been commonplace since the Iraqi wars and the destruction of Yugoslavia. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, for example, had a business …

ecns.cn (2022-03-05). China's courier sector continues to grow in February. ecns.cn China's courier sector continued to expand in February, a monthly industry index has shown.

_____ (2022-03-05). Biden Takes Advantage of the Levers of Power to Protect his Family Business in Ukraine. journal-neo.org It is no secret that members of the current US political elite and their closest relatives are fairly quick to gain business shares in all countries invaded by US occupation forces. This has been commonplace since the Iraqi wars and the destruction of Yugoslavia. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, for example, had a business …

ecns.cn (2022-03-05). China's courier sector continues to grow in February. ecns.cn China's courier sector continued to expand in February, a monthly industry index has shown.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-04). Three Iraqi ministers to visit Iran to discuss gas imports. en.mehrnews.com A spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity said that three ministers will visit Tehran at the head of a high-ranking delegation with the aim of resuming gass import and supplying Iraqi energy network.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-04). US logistics targeted in Iraq's Saladin province. en.mehrnews.com A logistics convoy belonging to US military was targeted on Friday morning in Iraq's Saladin province.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-04). Turkey didn't give combat drones to Ukraine, it sold them — Ankara. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com What this says about the moral health of the world, when it's ethically defensible to sell weapons that have murdered people in Syria, Iraq, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, Ethiopia and the Donbass but not to donate them is truly nauseating to consider. ==== Daily SabahMarch 4, 2022 Bayraktar UAVs purchased by Ukraine, not aid from Turkey: Deputy …

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-04). US logistics targeted in Iraq's Saladin province. en.mehrnews.com A logistics convoy belonging to US military was targeted on Friday morning in Iraq's Saladin province.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-03-03). Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Outing the Iraq War White Washers. dissidentvoice.org The guilty can be devious in concealing their crimes, and their role in them. The greater the crime, the more devious the strategy of deception. The breaking of international law, and the breaching of convention, is a field replete with such figures. Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has presented a particularly odious grouping, a good …

_____ (2022-03-03). ALBA Secretary Rejects NATO Presence In Latin America. popularresistance.org It must be remembered that Latin America and the Caribbean was declared a Zone of Peace in 2014. A few days ago, the anniversary of signing of the Treaty of Tlatelolco for the prohibition of nuclear weapons was also celebrated. There is huge potential in CELAC and we have to make our own space, away from the OAS, away from the United States and Canada, which have other interests. | Their priority is elsewhere in the world and where they begin to apply interventionist policies, the results are disastrous. We will have to ask the people of Libya how they are now, or the people of Iraq or the people of Syria, or rem…

Anonymous669 (2022-03-03). Attacks Continue To Target US Supply Convoys In Iraq. southfront.org File image. | On February 3, a convoy carrying logistic supplies and military equipment for the US-led coalition in Iraq came under attack. | The coalition's convoy was targeted with an improvised explosive device (IED) while passing in the northern province of Saladin. The convoy's vehicles were reportedly damaged as a result of the attack. | This was the fourth supply convoy of the US-led coalition to be attacked in Iraq in less than a week. On March 1, three convoys were targeted. The first convoy was…

Binoy Kampmark (2022-03-03). Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Outing the Iraq War White Washers. dissidentvoice.org The guilty can be devious in concealing their crimes, and their role in them. The greater the crime, the more devious the strategy of deception. The breaking of international law, and the breaching of convention, is a field replete with such figures. Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has presented a particularly odious grouping, a good …

Staff (2022-03-02). UN General Assembly votes on Russian offensive in Ukraine. rt.com A nonbinding resolution was passed overwhelmingly, condemning Russia for its assault on Ukraine and calling for its immediate exit | The UN General Assembly has voted to rebuke Russia for its invasion of Ukraine and demand that Moscow's forces leave the former Soviet republic immediately. | The nonbinding resolution was passed on Wednesday, with 141 countries voting in favor, 35 abstaining, and five opposing the measure. The only votes against the resolution were cast by Belarus, Syria, North Korea, Eritrea, and Russia itself. India, South Africa, and Iraq were among the members that abstained, as were Russian…

Tamara Nassar (2022-03-02). Boycotting Russia compulsory, while boycotting Israel is punished. electronicintifada.net Unlike Moscow, the US faced no sporting sanctions after it invaded Iraq.

Benjamin Norton (2022-03-02). Iraq War architect Condoleezza Rice condemns Russia's invasion of Ukraine as war crime. multipolarista.com Without a hint of irony, Iraq War architect Condoleezza Rice condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a war crime in an interview on Fox News. She was not asked about the million Iraqis killed in the illegal US war.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-02). Iran-Iraq trade capacity at $30bn: TPOI. en.mehrnews.com The Director-General of Arab and African Department of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) is of the opinion that capacities of trade and economic cooperation between Iran and Iraq is at least $30 billion.

Peter Koenig (2022-03-01). Will Ukraine See the Light and Return into Russia's Orbit? dissidentvoice.org Wars are never a solution to resolve a conflict. They only escalate misery and the killing of innocent people. But the west should not hypocritically forget when it now condemns Russia, that it accepted, even supported, or at best, remained silent, when the US directly or via proxy, invaded and devastated — unprovoked — Iraq, …

Staff (2022-02-28). Ukraine 'deserves' emergency EU accession — Zelensky. rt.com By defending the European Union from a Russian attack, Ukrainians are paying for a place in the EU, the president has said | Ukrainians fighting against the Russian offensive are protecting Europe and thus deserve to see their country join the European Union, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday in a video address. | "Ukrainians have shown to the world who we are," the president said. "Europeans realize that our soldiers are fighting for our nation, and also for the entire Europe. For peace for everyone, for every nation of the EU." | The sacrifices made by Ukrainians give the country "every right" to d…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). Ukraine versus Iraq — Humanitarian Intervention versus Invasion? transcend.org 25 Feb 2022 – Russian "Peacekeeping" or another "Forever War" – With the emphasis so emphatically placed on "invasion", little is said of the possibility of "humanitarian intervention" — let alone of the meaning of any form of "promise" not to invade.

Moderator (2022-02-28). Hedges: The Greatest Evil Is War. scheerpost.com Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) |
| By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | Preemptive war, whether in Iraq or Ukraine, is a war crime. It does not matter if the war is launched on the basis of lies and fabrications, as was the case in Iraq, or because of the breaking of a series of agreements with Russia, including the promise by Washington not to extend NATO beyond the borders of a unified Germany, not to deploy thousands of NATO troops in Eastern Europe, not to meddle in the internal affairs of…

Ann Brown (2022-02-28). White CBS Reporter On Ukraine: This Is Not Iraq Or Syria, This Is A Civilized European Country. moguldom.com CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has apologized after he said on air during a Feb. 25 broadcast that the war in Ukraine can't be compared to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan because the Eastern European nation is more "civilized." Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine, D'Agata, who is white, said that Ukraine "isn't a place, with all …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). Leak Exposes Ericsson's Secret Dealings with ISIS amid Iraq Corruption Spree. transcend.org 27 Feb 2022 – The embattled Swedish telecom giant concealed years of bribery and fraud in the war-torn nation and grappled with undisclosed corruption allegations in more than a dozen other countries.

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-28). Western media goes white nationalist, calls Ukraine more 'civilized' than Iraq, whitewashes US wars. multipolarista.com Media outlets are calling Ukraine "civilized," emphasizing that its people are white European Christians, while ignoring or whitewashing the US military occupations of Syria and Iraq, Western-backed Saudi bombing of Yemen, and constant Israeli attacks on Syrians and Palestinians.

Jeff Cohen (2022-02-28). Mainstream Media Denounce Civilian Killings — Unless the US Is Perpetrating Them. truthout.org Having worked inside mainstream U.S. media during the beginning of the "War on Terror" and run-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the differences in today's war coverage are dizzying to me. | Civilians: | While covering Russia's horrific aggression in Ukraine, there is a real focus — as there always should be — on civilian victims of war. Today, the focus on that essential aspect of the Russian invasion is prominent and continuous — from civilian deaths to the trauma…

sputniknews (2022-02-28). 'Bribes, Fraud & Embezzlement': Leaked Doc Alleges Ericsson Paid $10.5 Million to Daesh in Iraq. sputniknews.com Revelations of vast management failures at Ericsson are contained in a 2019 internal report, obtained by the International Consortium of International Journalists [ICIJ] and shared with media partners, including the BBC, The Washington Post and The Guardian. The probe had focused on operations in 10 countries, including in Iraq from 2011 to 2019.

Staff (2022-02-28). Ukraine 'deserves' emergency EU accession — Zelensky. rt.com By defending the European Union from a Russian attack, Ukrainians are paying for a place in the EU, the president has said | Ukrainians fighting against the Russian offensive are protecting Europe and thus deserve to see their country join the European Union, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday in a video address. | "Ukrainians have shown to the world who we are," the president said. "Europeans realize that our soldiers are fighting for our nation, and also for the entire Europe. For peace for everyone, for every nation of the EU." | The sacrifices made by Ukrainians give the country "every right" to d…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). Ukraine versus Iraq — Humanitarian Intervention versus Invasion? transcend.org 25 Feb 2022 – Russian "Peacekeeping" or another "Forever War" – With the emphasis so emphatically placed on "invasion", little is said of the possibility of "humanitarian intervention" — let alone of the meaning of any form of "promise" not to invade.

Moderator (2022-02-28). Hedges: The Greatest Evil Is War. scheerpost.com Natali Sevriukova reacts next to her house following a rocket attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti) |
| By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | Preemptive war, whether in Iraq or Ukraine, is a war crime. It does not matter if the war is launched on the basis of lies and fabrications, as was the case in Iraq, or because of the breaking of a series of agreements with Russia, including the promise by Washington not to extend NATO beyond the borders of a unified Germany, not to deploy thousands of NATO troops in Eastern Europe, not to meddle in the internal affairs of…

sputniknews (2022-02-28). 'Bribes, Fraud & Embezzlement': Leaked Doc Alleges Ericsson Paid $10.5 Million to Daesh in Iraq. sputniknews.com Revelations of vast management failures at Ericsson are contained in a 2019 internal report, obtained by the International Consortium of International Journalists [ICIJ] and shared with media partners, including the BBC, The Washington Post and The Guardian. The probe had focused on operations in 10 countries, including in Iraq from 2011 to 2019.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). Leak Exposes Ericsson's Secret Dealings with ISIS amid Iraq Corruption Spree. transcend.org 27 Feb 2022 – The embattled Swedish telecom giant concealed years of bribery and fraud in the war-torn nation and grappled with undisclosed corruption allegations in more than a dozen other countries.

_____ (2022-02-27). On Contact: Race And America's Long War. popularresistance.org The internal violence in the United States, militarized police, and the largest prison system in the world, along with America's endemic racism, are mirrored in the foreign wars that have been fought almost continuously by the United States since the end of the 19th century. These inner and outer wars, argues historian Nikhil Pal Singh, are intimately connected. The gunning down of unarmed black people in American cities is expressed outside our borders in the gunning down of unarmed Muslims in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya, and Somalia, often by militarized drones. The prison-industrial-complex at home…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-26). Vijay Prashad: "War itself is a crime" peoplesdispatch.org A day after the escalation of violence in Ukraine, Vijay Prashad addressed the Belmarsh Tribunal in New York City to shine light on the crimes of war globally from the imperialist led wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Syria, to the ongoing scourge of hunger affecting millions across the world. | Vijay emphasized that peace is an urgent necessity and highlighted "War is never good for the poor. War is never good for workers. War itself is a crime, war produces crimes."

_____ (2022-02-25). The American Political Process Is Disconnected From Economic Reality. popularresistance.org The growing disconnect between the capitalist system and the economic realities plaguing the United States is now nearing completion. On the ground, the accumulated problems of U.S. capitalism undermine its empire and challenge its very future. Meanwhile, the ever-deepening inequalities of wealth and income conjure up images of ancient Egypt's pharaohs. Three economic crashes opening the new century (2000, 2008, and 2020) have shaken the system; so have the two wars America lost against very poor countries in the Middle East: Afghanistan and Iraq. The worst public health crisis in a century during the COVID-19 pa…

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