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What does the US hope to achieve in Iraq through maintaining its illegal presence?

Salman Rafi Sheikh
New Eastern Outlook
Fri, 24 Jan 2020 00:00 UTC
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In 2019, when the US announced to 'withdraw' its forces from Syria, it did this only to relocate them to Iraq, which was, as I had written then, to become the main territory for the US military entrenchment in the region against Iran, as also Russia and China. This was decided in the wake of the fast-shrinking space for the US to manoeuvre and manipulate things in Syria. Soleimani's killing in a US drone strike that flew from within Iraq only underscores the fact that the very purpose of the US military presence in Iraq is 'containment' of Iran rather than 'training' of the Iraqi forces and the so-called 'anti-terrorist' operations against the Islamic State.

Notwithstanding the fact that the ISIS does no longer control any territory in Iraq and that there are only few pockets where its activity can be seen, Mike Pompeo's refusal to entertain the Iraqi parliament's resolution with regards to the expulsion of the American forces throws a great deal of flight on the US' actual purposes. Accordingly, the US is now trying to install someone in Iraq who could be more amenable and sensitive to the US interests.

The US president paid special attention to his meetings with Iraqi leaders on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Devos. POTUS met Iraq's president, Saleh, and the leader of Iraq's Kurdish Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani. Not only is the US connection with Barzani/Iraqi Kurds a gateway for an open-ended and endless US military presence in Iraq, but also a key factor in stabilising the progressively weakening US position in the Middle East. The Iraqi president, being himself a Kurd, is not only a US-man, but also for a long-term military presence in Iraq.
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FBI finally reviewing claims Ilhan Omar married her brother in immigration fraud scheme

Ebony Bowden
New York Post
Sun, 26 Jan 2020 14:29 UTC
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© Michael Brochstein/Echoes Wire/Barcroft Media via Getty ImagesRep. Ilhan Omar
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is reviewing claims Rep. Ilhan Omar married her brother, The Post has learned.

Two FBI agents held an hours-long meeting in Minnesota in mid-October with a concerned party who handed over a trove of documents regarding Omar's 2009 marriage to Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a source with knowledge of the event said.

At the meeting, first reported by website The Blaze, the agents discussed concerns the Somali-born Democrat married Elmi, a British citizen rumored to be her brother, so he could obtain a green card and study in America, the source said.

The two agents said they would share the information with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the US Department of Education, but did not commit to opening an investigation into the firebrand lawmaker, the source said.

Comment: This story has been festering for quite a while. Why has it taken the FBI so long to act on it?

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India celebrates 71st Republic Day with grand parade showcasing military might


RT
Sun, 26 Jan 2020 04:39 UTC
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India celebrated its 71st Republic Day with a grand parade, showcasing the nation's military might, history and cultural diversity, with visiting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro as the guest of honor.

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Three rockets 'directly hit US Embassy' in Baghdad's Green Zone


RT
Mon, 27 Jan 2020 14:56 UTC
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© ReutersUS embassy in Iraq
Five rockets have landed in Baghdad's Green Zone, with at least three of them directly hitting the US Embassy in the Iraqi capital city, according to security sources. There's no official word yet on casualties or damage.

The missiles hit Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, media report, citing security sources. One of these said that all five 'Katyusha rockets' had landed near the compound, while another put the number of projectiles at three - but described it as a 'direct hit.'

The unguided volley targeted the US mission late on Sunday. Warning systems at the facility were activated and people were advised to seek shelter, footage from the scene shows.
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CIA waterboarding architect confirms sadistic role of 'the Preacher'

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Mon, 27 Jan 2020 10:20 UTC
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One of the architects of the US government's waterboarding program, known as "enhanced interrogation techniques," confirmed the role of a CIA officer known only as "the Preacher," who would provoke detainees on a deeply religious level while working to extract information from them.

According to James Mitchell - one of three men authorized by the CIA to conduct waterboarding during America's war on terror - said last Thursday during a pre-trial hearing at Guantánamo Bay, that the Preacher "would at random times put one hand on the forehead of a detainee, raise the other high in the air, and in a deep Southern drawl say things like, 'Can you feel it, son? Can you feel the spirit moving down my arm, into your body?'"

According to The Guardian, Mitchell confirmed the chilling description written in his memoir, Enhanced Interrogation - confirming the Preacher's role at CIA black sites during testimony at a pre-trial hearing in the case against five defendants charged in the September 11, 2001 attacks, including mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

Comment: See also: Guantanamo Bay: CIA waterboarding developer in legal battle defends torture

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'Issue of our time': Biden tries to win over transgender community with a tweet while Sanders deals with Rogan endorsement fallout


RT
Sun, 26 Jan 2020 22:24 UTC
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© REUTERS/Gretchen ErtlJoe Biden campaigns in Salem, New Hampshire
Joe Biden's attempt to appeal to the wokest Democrats with a pandering tweet about "transgender rights" has been seen as little more than exploitation by critics.

"Let's be clear: Transgender equality is the civil rights issue of our time. There is no room for compromise when it comes to basic human rights," Joe Biden tweeted to his four million-plus followers over the weekend.


Such a sentiment from a politician fighting for the Democrat Party's presidential nomination would seem appropriate in today's virtue signaling times, but Biden's tweet has sparked heavy controversy for its pandering nature. Not only that, it noticeably landed in the midst of his competitor Bernie Sanders' being called out by some on the left for touting an endorsement from podcaster and comedian Joe Rogan.

"Pretty amusing to watch Biden lurch for the ultra-woke lane to try to capitalize off of this whole dumb Rogan controversy. He literally brags about his work with segregationists!" journalist Krystall Ball tweeted in response to Biden. The tweet was reposted by actor John Cusack, who has been campaigning for Sanders.
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German Foreign Minister calls for "global task force" & harsher penalties against 'hate speech' and anti-semitism

Heiko Maas
Spiegel.de
Sun, 26 Jan 2020 14:04 UTC
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© REUTERSGerman Foreign Minister Heiko Maas
"For A Long Time Now, Words Have Not Been Enough" Speeches and warnings are insufficient when it comes to anti-Semitism in Germany and Europe. We need concrete programs to counter the hatred of Jews, including better education and harsher penalties.

"Halle was my home." This is one of the saddest sentences I have heard in a long time. Max Privorozki said it, the head of Halle's Jewish community, which only barely escaped a massacre in October. His words express the utter despair at the fact that anti-Semitism has become a part of daily life for Jews in Germany once again. Every day, Jewish citizens are openly attacked on our streets or threatened and insulted online. There were over 400 such incidents in Berlin alone over a period of six months last year - more than two per day. In light of such figures, it does not surprise me that almost every second Jew in Germany has already thought about leaving the country. But it pains me even more. We urgently need to take action so that such thoughts do not become bitter reality and large numbers of Jews do not leave Germany. It is an absolute nightmare that people of the Jewish faith no longer feel at home here in Germany - and a terrible disgrace 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz.


Comment: It's worth noting that a number of these reported attacks remain unsolved, some have been shown to be staged, 30% of those online have been shown to be bots, meanwhile we hear very little about actual attacks on Christianity: Europe: Anti-Christian attacks reach all-time high in 2019


For a long time now, words have not been enough. The lives of dozens of people in Halle were saved by a mere wooden door. We need to do more to protect Jewish institutions and communities, not only in Germany, but all over Europe. For this purpose, we will provide the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe with 500,000 euros in 2020.

Comment: See also: And check out SOTT radio's:

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White House faith advisor Paula White's sermon commanding "satanic pregnancies to miscarry"

Bob Smietana
Religion News
Sun, 26 Jan 2020 20:13 UTC
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A video clip featuring presidential advisor Paula White praying about "satanic pregnancies" raised eyebrows on social media on Saturday (Jan. 25).
In the video clip, White, who was named special advisor to the White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative in November, leads a prayer of protection against spiritual attacks targeting Christians, President Trump and the United States.

"We interrupt that which has been deployed to hurt the church in this season. That which has been deployed to hurt this nation, in the name of Jesus," White prays in a video clip posted on Twitter by the activist group Right Wing Watch. She goes on to pray against "any strange winds that have been sent against the church, sent against this nation, sent against our president, sent against myself" and other spiritual threats.

One line late in the prayer went viral on social media.

Comment: Twitter responds:







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NBC hack Noah Berlatsky says 'racist' Trump supporters should lose their vote. Guess who decides they're 'racist'?

Robert Bridge
The Strategic Culture Foundation
Fri, 24 Jan 2020 19:43 UTC
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© Evan Vucci/APDonald Trump supporters stand for the national anthem during a ‘Make America Great Again’ concert in Washington.
Once again, the mainstream media is pushing the repugnant race card, suggesting that Trump supporters are a bunch of knuckle-dragging xenophobes whose only reason for wanting a wall on the Mexican border is because they suffer an aversion to people with different skin color than them.

What exactly do White Americans - who opened the floodgates to immigration in 1965 - need to do these days to prove they are not natural born racists? Cancel their monthly subscription to Town and Country? Stop walking their dogs, which are, of course, four-legged vehicles of "racial segregation," or stop attending their evening yoga class, the unsuspecting breeding grounds for white supremacists? Somehow I suspect that even if White people took to burning effigies of Ku Klux Klan members on their manicured front lawns that would not even put a stop to the ugly rumors. Let's just face it, the only thing that will finally stop the slanderous slurs is if all White Americans publicly denounce their support of the biggest race-hater of them all, Donald J. Trump. And should they refuse the itinerant Liberal Inquisition will be only too happy to do it for them.
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Iraqi Parliament wants immediate withdrawal of US troops due to violation of agreement and Iraq's sovereignty

Elijah J. Magnier
ejmagnier.com
Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:49 UTC
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The Iraqi Parliament has decided to ask for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces from the country for violating the terms of their presence. The US has broken its contractual obligations to the government of Baghdad and affronted the sovereignty of Iraq, jeopardising its stability. Sources at the Prime Minister's office said "the request for withdrawal is imminent. US forces have violated the agreement. Therefore, the agreement is now null and void. The agreement had stipulated that US forces were to be given one year's notice for withdrawal, but since the US broke the terms of the agreement, this time horizon no longer applies."

Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi informed all countries with military forces in Iraq — the USA, and its coalition partners the UK, Canada, France, Belgium, Denmark, etc. - of the urgency that they initiate withdrawal as soon as possible. So far, I have learned, no country has responded positively to the request via diplomatic channels. Only the US has even answered the Iraqi government, openly declaring its refusal to depart. Tremendous pressure and intimidation are being applied to the government to persuade it not to carry out the constitutional decision voted by the parliamentary majority.

"I can only see one solution ahead: to inform the country that the United States is defying the will of the Iraqi people, and to declare the US military an occupation force if all diplomatic means are exhausted", said the source.

US officials have overtly refused the lawful democratic decision of the parliament - the democracy that the US claimed to have imported to the country in 2003 - and insist on remaining in Iraq. US Secretary Mike Pompeo described the Iraqi decision as "non-binding". Nevertheless, no foreign military force can stay in a hostile society, notwithstanding the number of military bases and the massive army power under its control.
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