Tag: Iran

Middle East press review: How the region’s media covered Biden’s victory

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Middle East press review: How the region’s media covered Biden’s victory

Nedim Sener, a columnist at increasingly pro-government newspaper Hurriyet, wrote that Fethullah Gulen’s disciples, who are accused of perpetrating the coup attempt in 2016, have been pictured with Biden in the past.

“Biden revealed his intention to interfere in Turkish domestic politics in an interview with the New York Times, where he said that the US should support the opposition leaders,” Sener said. “Biden is coming to complete what he couldn’t do with the coup attempt.”

Defense Department officials ‘fear Trump is about to start operations against Iran’ after he abruptly sacked Pentagon Secretary Mark Esper

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Defense Department officials ‘fear Trump is about to start operations against Iran’ after he abruptly sacked Pentagon Secretary Mark Esper

Related:

Trump Fires Mark Esper as Defense Secretary

Mr. Esper’s departure means that Mr. Miller would — if he lasts — see out the end of the Trump administration at the Pentagon. While Mr. Trump has over two months left in office, it could still be a significant time, as Defense Department officials have privately expressed worries that the president might initiate operations, whether overt or secret, again Iran or other adversaries in his waning days in office.

Pompeo’s green light for Xinjiang terrorism is callous opportunism

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Whilst the world is distracted by the ongoing drama and controversy of the U.S. presidential election, the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a very quiet but sinister move. In a published memo, the State Department delisted the “Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement” (ETIM), a jihadist organization emerging in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region that has posed threats to China, as a terrorist group.

Pompeo’s green light for Xinjiang terrorism is callous opportunism

Related:

Public Notice:11252 (PDF)

*Xinjiang*

Adelsons got a lot from Trump for $75 million — but media won’t tell you what

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Adelsons got a lot from Trump for $75 million — but media won’t tell you what

As Trump himself said last month, his foreign policy has been “good for Israel.”

I withdrew from the last administration’s disastrous Iran nuclear deal. So good for Israel. So good that we did that.

His list of pro-Israel actions includes moving the embassy to Jerusalem, defunding the UN refugee agency serving Palestinians, closing down the Palestinian mission in Washington, recognizing Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights, giving legal validity to Israel’s colonization of the West Bank, lately harsh sanctions and belligerent language aimed at Iran, and on and on. It’s obvious that all these actions are what Adelson wants. He helped found the organization One Jerusalem to stop a Palestinian state, says Palestinians are not a people but are actually “southern Syrians”, and called on the last president to nuke Iran. He has been in attendance at major Trump policy announcements on the issue.

American Militarism Marches On: No Discussion or Media Coverage of Washington’s War Against the World

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

American Militarism Marches On: No Discussion or Media Coverage of Washington’s War Against the World

So, Washington’s aggression directed against much of the world continues with a national election less than two weeks away but no one is talking about it. That would seem odd in and of itself, but the sad part is that it is deliberate collusion on the part of government and media to make sure the voting public remains unaware the extent to which the United States has in reality become a pariah, a full-time bully in its foreign relations.