Will the ICC’s Investigation into Israeli War Crimes Finally Bring Justice to Palestine?

Will the ICC’s Investigation into Israeli War Crimes Finally Bring Justice to Palestine?

Fatou Bensouda, the International Criminal Court’s Chief Prosecutor, said in a statement regarding “alleged crimes” committed in the occupied Palestinian territories that “all the statutory criteria under the RomeStatute for the opening of an investigation have been met.” The territories in question include the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. These territories constitute the…

The US Is Now at War, de-Facto and de-Jure, with BOTH Iraq and Iran

The US Is Now at War, de-Facto and de-Jure, with BOTH Iraq and Iran

The blowback has begun First, let’s begin by a quick summary of what has taken place (note: this info is still coming in, so there might be corrections once the official sources make their official statements). Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdl Mahdi has now officially revealed that the US had asked him to mediate between…

How the US was Hoist by Its Own Petard in Iraq and the Wishful Thinking of Its Thinktanks

How the US was Hoist by Its Own Petard in Iraq and the Wishful Thinking of Its Thinktanks

The United States of America has fallen into the trap of its own disinformation policy, as exemplified by the work of one of its leading strategic study centres, a neocon think tank promoting war on Iran.  During the first weeks of protests in Iraq, a dozen Iraqis burned down the Iranian consulates in Najaf, Karbalaa…

The Murder of Qassem Soleimani and Assassination as State Policy

The Murder of Qassem Soleimani and Assassination as State Policy

With its drone missile assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and seven others at Baghdad’s international airport in the early morning hours of Friday, the Trump administration has carried out a criminal act of state terrorism that has stunned the world. Washington’s cold-blooded murder of a general in the Iranian army and a man widely…

Trump’s Own ‘Wag the Dog’: Is Iran Hit Job a Distraction for Impeachment Lynch Mob Back Home?

Trump’s Own ‘Wag the Dog’: Is Iran Hit Job a Distraction for Impeachment Lynch Mob Back Home?

The partisan situation in Washington DC has created a scenario where Donald Trump may be forced to do anything to hold on to power, even if that means setting the Middle East – and maybe the entire world – alight. On Friday morning, the world held its breath as news circulated that the US military…