Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Iraq war veteran and Congresswoman from Hawaii. Former Alaska Senator Mike Gravel: Rep. Seth Moulton, Massachussetts Democrat and a former Marine.
Category: Middle East
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Navy Releases Video of Alleged Iranian Attack, Proving Nothing
As the Trump administration blamed Iran for two attacks on Persian Gulf oil tankers and Iran blamed a U.S. “false flag” operation, the U.S. Navy released this video that shows an alleged Iranian ship, allegedly removing an unexploded mine from the side of a tanker. The claims for the video are unverified. Given the Trump...
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The Trumped-Up Case Against Iran’s ‘Terrorist’ IRGC
The initial coverage of President Trump’s designation of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a “terrorist organization” has oddly avoided a central question. CIA and Pentagon officials tell the New York Times the decision would threaten U.S. military personnel in the region. Iraqi observers tell Al-Monitor’s Laura Rozen the designation might alienate Iraq...
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State Department Cuts Off Funding for Trolls of Critics of Trump’s Iran Policy
Jason Rezaian of the Washington Post, imprisoned for 544 days by the Iranian government on dubious charges of spying, was surprised to find himself the target of another government spewing unfounded allegations: the U.S. government. In today’s Post he writes I never imagined the U.S. State Department would be funding my attackers. The Guardian has the...
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Saudis Deploy Israeli Spyware to Target Dissidents
Eli Lake, the pro-Israel Bloomberg columnist, thinks selling Israeli-made Pegasus spyware to Saudi Arabia not a good idea. Lake recently met Palestinian blogger Ayad al-Baghdadi (no relation to the ISIS leader of the same name) who has reportedly been targeted by the Saudi regime. Now living in exile in Norway, al Baghdadi still has to...