No New U.S. War
In Iraq- Immediate Withdrawal Of All U.S. Troops And Mercenaries! Stop The Bombing! –Stop The Arms Shipments …
Frand Jackman
comment:
As the Nobel
Peace Prize Winner, U.S. President Barack Obama, orders more air bombing
strikes in the North, sends more “advisers” to “protect” American outposts in
Iraq, and sends arms shipments to the Kurds guys who served in the American
military during the Vietnam War and who, like me, belatedly, got “religion” on
the war issue might very well be excused for disbelief when the White House
keeps pounding out the propaganda that these actions are limited when all signs
point to the slippery slope of escalation. Now not every event in history gets
exactly repeated but given the recent United States Government’s history in
Iraq those vets might be on to something. In any case dust off the old banners,
placards, and buttons and get your voices in shape- just in case.
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Here is something to think about:
Workers and the oppressed have no interest in a victory by one combatant
or the other in the reactionary Sunni-Shi’ite civil war. However, the
international working class definitely has a side in opposing imperialist
intervention in Iraq and demanding the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. troops
and mercenaries. It is U.S. imperialism that constitutes the greatest danger to
the world’s working people and downtrodden.
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U.S. Strikes Boost Troops Battling ISIS Militants at Mosul Dam
MOSUL DAM, Iraq - American warplanes helped Iraqi and Kurdish forces dislodge Islamist militants from a key dam in a fierce battle that stretched across at least 30 miles on Monday. U.S. jets roared overhead and pushed back Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) who have been threatening the Washington-backed government in Baghdad. Smoke billowed from three positions around the dam complex, and a village ten miles from it was shrouded in smoke. New explosions could be heard every few minutes.
Several of ISIS' vehicles were destroyed -- including at least one that had clearly been hit by an airstrike. A building at an ISIS checkpoint was also flattened. After Kurdish fighters fired four rockets, militants fired back three shells that landed about 80 yards from NBC News' position. While Kurdish fighters claimed they had taken control of the area around the dam, fighting continued as ISIS retreated. The dam, which is Iraq's largest, spans the Tigris River. Earlier, The Associated Press quoted an Iraqi army spokesman as saying that at least 170 bombs had been dismantled around the site.
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