Netanyahu’s Réprise of the ‘Iraq WMD Deceit’ – Re-launched to Promote War on Iran
Trump has failed to topple the regime in Tehran, writes Alastair Crooke, and his use of economic pressure is unlikely to succeed
Trump has failed to topple the regime in Tehran, writes Alastair Crooke, and his use of economic pressure is unlikely to succeed
The IDF reportedly attacked and killed Iraqi troops who discovered the outpost
The war with Iran could very easily spread. If that happens don’t be surprised if Iraq joins with Iran in an escalating regional war against U.S. interests
Iraqi resistance fighters claim to have shot down a US KC-135 Stratotanker as it was refueling a US jet over Western Iraq. Although the US Central Command has confirmed the loss of the KC-135, it ruled out enemy action without specifying the actual cause.
Iraqi Defence Minister al-Abbasi says that US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth issued a stark warning during a phone call, telling him that military operations in the region were imminent and urging Iraq to prevent pro-Iranian armed factions from interfering
Israel has released details of an operation in Syria with obvious implications for Iran. However, we sense that the Israelis are growing arrogant and overconfident. There’s a big difference between taking out a missile factory in a war-torn neighbour and taking on a well defended military industrial complex over 2,000 kilometers away. The last time Israel tried that they came badly unstuck
The conflict in Gaza threatens to spread as Iranian backed militants in Iraqi fire hundreds of increasingly sophisticated drones and missiles at Israel
Like Smoking Mirrors we would also question whether an “Islamic militant” was responsible for the stabbing. Like the ‘lone nut’ gunmen, he may have just been a puppet used by darker forces to incite conflict between Christians and Muslims
The withdrawal was almost certainly prompted — not by the Israeli strikes as Reuters suggests — but by U.S. warnings that it would strike Iranian-backed allies and assets in the Middle East. Following the recent deaths of three U.S. service personnel in a drone strike on a U.S. base on the Iraq, Syria, Jordan border
Following drone strike by a suspected Iranian backed militia on U.S. troops in Syria, Washington hawks call on President Biden to strike Iran “hard”
The missile strike on Iraq’s Kurdistan Region was against a Mossad intelligence headquarters from where recent terror attacks on Iran had been coordinated. While the missile strike on Syria’s Idlib province was targeted at a terror base located there
Fighting flares across the Middle East in response to Israel’s onslaught in Gaza. With attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Israeli air strikes on Syria and Houthi claims to have shot down a U.S. drone off Yemen