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.
************U.S. Forces Land on Iraq Mountain to Plan Refugee Rescue
U.S. Special Operations forces in northern Iraq landed on top of the Sinjar Mountains Wednesday to assess the possibility of a humanitarian mission to rescue the Yazidi refugees under threat of Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militants, U.S. officials told NBC News.
According to the officials, U.S. forces were there only to make an assessment of how best to carry out any rescue mission. The special ops team was back in Erbil Wednesday night.The information they gathered over a brief period of time will be used to make plans and recommendations on how best to safely carry out the mission. Those recommendations will then be forwarded to the Pentagon and White House for approval "within days," the officials said.
In addition, sources tell NBC News that U.S. air operations and airstrikes over the past few days have "cleared ISIS fighters" from most areas at the base of the mountains, greatly reducing the threat to the refugees and any potential rescue operation.
U.S. military forces continued to engage ISIS terrorists in Iraq on Wednesday, successfully conducting an airstrike on positions west of the village of Sinjar, officials said.
IN-DEPTH
- Who Are the Yazidi, and Why Is ISIS Targeting Them?
- U.S. Sending 130 Military Advisers to Northern Iraq
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