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Strange. The USA holds sanctions over two of the world’s largest oil fields. Now add Russia. 10 March 2022 | AJE Oil prices have surged following Russiaās invasion of Ukraine on February 24. Western sanctions are likely to push up oil prices ā resulting in even higher prices at the pump. In 2019, the world…
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The U.S. has dropped at least 337,000 bombs and missiles in 20 years Photo: Afghan residents and family members of the victims gather next to a damaged vehicle inside a house, day after a US drone airstrike in Kabul on August 30, 2021. (WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images) 11 January 2022 | MEDEA BENJAMIN – NICOLAS J.S. DAVIES…
Anyone who has worked in the news media over the past 20 years has seen many āUkraine’s.ā They know, as I do, that the past perpetrator was rarely named, let alone punished. By James Porteous Photo: American Flag, Arlington, VA. Photo: James Porteous I worked as a digital researcher and archivist for two major networks…
Having condemned western-style regime change in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Libya, Russia is once again indulging in the same practice in Ukraine Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a flower-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on 9 May 2021 (AFP) 24 February 2022 |…
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Bush told Blair he ‘didn’t care’ who replaced Saddam Hussein as the pair plotted a PR campaign to sell war a year before the invasion of Iraq. Photo: Bush (R) drives with Tony Blair (L) in his truck after Blair arrived at Bush’s Crawford ranch on 5 April 2002 (AFP) 13 January 2022 | David…
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“Even if we don’t participate, the process will still happen,” he says. 17 December 2021 | Alistair Bunkall | Sky News Note: Video report is available via YouTube with crawl (below) or clean here The Kurdish travel agent responsible for 10 of the people who died crossing the Channel last month has told Sky News…
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‘Remember, this is a change in the mission, right? Not necessarily a changing physical posture,ā Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Thursday. Since 2020, the main U.S. focus has been assisting Iraqi forces, not fighting on their behalf. Iraqi security forces still require coalition air support to conduct strikes on IS targets and for intelligence gathering,…
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This program centers on the United Statesā political and military actions following the 2001 attacks and sheds light on 20 years of a new normal. 08 September 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media Opinion: Viewers who take the time to wade through the typical 9/11 narratives at the beginning of this program will be…
Photo: Artifacts seized by the U.S. government and returned to Iraq are displayed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad, Iraq August 3, 2021. REUTERS/Saba Kareem U.S. authorities are recovering and returning the artifacts seized from dealers and museums in the United States 03 August 2021 | Staff | Reuters BAGHDAD, Aug 3 (Reuters)…
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Photo: David Hume Kennerly / Getty Americaās worst secretary of defense never expressed a quiver of regret. 01 July 2021 | George Packer | The Atlantic About the author:Ā George PackerĀ is a staff writer atĀ The Atlantic. He is the author ofĀ Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal,Ā Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the…
