Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to the BBC, NOAA, NASA and the UK Met Office have all certified that the decade of the 2010s was the hottest since global scientific records began being systematically kept in 1880. Last year, 2019, was 1.8 degrees F. (1 degree C.) hotter than the twentieth century average, so […]
Challenge to Trump: Muqtada al-Sadr & Iraqi Shiite leaders Call for a Million-Man March against US Military Occupation
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Iraqi nationalist Shiite clergyman Muqtada al-Sadr said Tuesday that he and the Iraqi Popular Protection Units have planned out a Million-person March to demand that Trump withdraw US troops from Iraq. Sadr leads the Sairun bloc in Parliament, which with 54 seats is the largest party in parliament. The Trump […]
Top People who Dress like Muslims who are a Thousand Times Better than Donald Trump
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Trump’s “WMD” Scandal? Was the Charge of “Imminent” Soleimani Attack Just Made Up?
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Trump administration’s claims that it assassinated Gen. Qasem Soleimani because he posed an imminent threat to American lives and was coming to Baghdad to launch an immediate attack the US embassy there have fallen apart. Commentators are suggesting that the “imminent threat” argument is the equivalent for the Trump […]
Trump Admin. declares US an Occupying Power in Iraq, Puts US Troops in Jeopardy by Refusing to Leave
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Iraqi prime minister Adil Abdulmahdi late last week requested a meeting with the US government to plan out the departure of US troops, which has been mandated by the Iraqi parliament (it was a firm order, not “advisory”– see below). Abdulmahdi asked the US to sent two delegates to […]
All the Times the US allied with Gen. Soleimani against Common Enemies, giving him Air Support at Tikrit
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Since the US political establishment and press has been demonizing Gen. Qasem Soleimani since he was rubbed out by Trump, it is perhaps worth complicating the story– especially now that Trump is accusing him of having targeted not one but four US embassies. Trump is a notorious and compulsive liar, […]
Americans re: Iran: A Reckless Trump has made us Less Safe, and Congress Should Rein him in
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – A USA Today opinion poll reported by Susan Page shows that the American people view Trump’s assassination of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani and Iraqi. Gen. Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis has having been “reckless” and having made them “less safe.” The poll of 1005 adults was taken Tuesday and Wednesday. A majority […]
“Don’t Close your Eyes, American Troops in Iraq” – Provoked by Trump’s Crazed attack, Shiite Militias Threaten US Military
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – According to al-Bina’, Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (the Movement of the Nobles of the Party of God), led by Akram al-Kaabi, thanked Iran because it “once again helped Iraq to regain its sovereignty and prestige by targeting the bases of the evil occupying American forces on the usurped lands of our […]
Juan on “Democracy Now!” – Trump’s war in Iran: Deadly sanctions & erratic decisions by a “hollow shell” administration
Amy Goodman of “Democracy Now!” interviews Juan Cole, professor of history at the University of Michigan. He’s the author of many books including Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires. Iran’s retaliatory missile strikes on bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, following the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, have dramatically […]
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