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workersolidarity · 6 months

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GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ MOVES TO END U.S. OCCUPATION PRESENCE

The Iraqi government will move to end the presence of the U.S.-led coalition occupation in Iraq, according to the Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani.

Al-Sudani made the comments at a joint press conference with the visiting Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez on Thursday, Dec. 28th.

Al-Sudani said the topic was broached during his meeting with Sanchez, during which they discussed the details of the presence of the international coalition in Iraq.

"We appreciate the role of the coalition in supporting Iraq's efforts to confront the Islamic State militants," Al-Sudani said.

"The Iraqi government is in the process of rearranging the relationship with the international coalition in light of the presence of capable Iraqi forces," said the Iraqi prime minister, stressing that "the Iraqi government is moving toward ending the presence of the international coalition forces, which include security advisers who support the security forces in the areas of training, advice, and intelligence cooperation."

The two leaders discussed in depth the difficult situation in the Middle East, including the ongoing Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. Al-Sudani said he appreciated Spain's role and its "courageous stance in condemning these attacks."

Sanchez, for his own part, expressed his country's desire to develop relations with Iraq, in particular the fields of transportation, education, climate change, and defense.

The Spanish Prime Minister also met with the Iraqi President, Abdul Latif Rashid, to discuss ways to enhance bilateral cooperation, and the need to end the genocide in Gaza.

Spain is part of the U.S.-led international coalition tasked with training and advising Iraq's Security Forces in its fight against the radical islamic group, ISIS.

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mysharona1987 · 6 months

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I do maintain that partly why Israel is losing the PR war is that they can’t stop the IDF acting like fucking idiot monsters on instagram and tiktok.

Makes you wonder what would have happened if social media had been a thing during the Iraq war.

#instagram #tiktok #free palestine #palestine #beaches #democrats #republicans #idf #politics #iraq war #middle east #gen z #millennials #gaza #war crimes #woc #poc

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intersectionalpraxis · 4 months

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This dehumanizing, racist, xenophobic, genocidal apologizing piece of shit.

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feluka · 4 months

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calling someone (and palestinians no less!!!!!!) fixating on US politics for matters outside the US 'american-centric'... buddy it will be heaven on earth whenever US politics stop affecting matters outside the US. also where the fuck have you been

#especially in reference to palestine you can NOT be serious #even if you're entirely unfamiliar with the plight of palestine SURELY you've heard of one or two instances #or america meddling in middle eastern politics in general??? surely you must have?? the iraq war at least?? hello?? nothing rings a bell???#how is it far fetched to you that *gasp* they're neck deep in this genocide?#have you been asleep since birth

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odinsblog · 9 months

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#politics #9/11 #september 11 #gwb #george bush #george bush is a war criminal #iraq #afghanistan #war crimes #pakistan

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destielmemenews · 4 months

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the united states just bombed iraq and syria

"The massive barrage of strikes hit more than 85 targets at seven locations, including command and control headquarters, intelligence centers, rockets and missiles, drone and ammunition storage sites and other facilities that were connected to the militias or the IRGC’s Quds Force, the Guard’s expeditionary unit that handles Tehran’s relationship with and arming of regional militias. And President Joe Biden made it clear in a statement that there will be more to come.

The U.S. strikes appeared to stop short of directly targeting Iran or senior leaders of the Revolutionary Guard Quds Force within its borders, as the U.S. tries to prevent the conflict from escalating even further. Iran has denied it was behind the Jordan attack."

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#destiel meme news #destiel meme #news #ask #world news #tw death #us politics #united states #iran #iraq #syria #middle east #tw bomb #tw bombing #war tw #tw war

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shiftythrifting · 1 year

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*~war on terror uwu~* 🙄

Ohio Valley Antique Mall

#shiftythrifting #thrifting #thrift finds #playing cards #blast from the past #politics #war on terror #iraq war #antique store #admin ten’s finds #war shit #issued to all military and every flea market

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dougielombax · 2 months

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Also leaving this here since today is the Remembrance Day for victims of the Anfal genocide.

Where Saddam Hussein (with the help of the MEK) and his cronies slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Kurds and Assyrians (and other minorities) in Iraq near the end of the Iran-Iraq war.

I posted about it earlier this year not too long ago.

Feel free to reblog.

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elierlick · 2 years

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Shortly after the first Gulf War, Iraqi artists installed a "dog-like" George HW Bush mosaic reading “BUSH IS CRIMINAL” in the Al Rasheed Hotel. Everyone who passed through the hotel, where most foreign dignitaries would stay, would have to walk on the face of the president.

The U.S. military was apparently unhappy with the unflattering Bush portrait. Rumor in Baghdad is that they intentionally murdered the artist, Leila al-Attar, with precision Tomahawk missiles months after installation. A strike hit her house, killing her and blinding her daughter.

U.S. soldiers smashed the Bush mosaic with hammers and chisels in 2003. The notoriously Islamophobic commander, Lt. Col. Rick Schwartz, boasted that he threw a portrait of Hussein onto the floor for soldiers to stomp on instead as they trashed and pillaged the country.

#9/11 #iraq #baghdad #history #politics

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rooksamoris · 1 month

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I just read your thoughts about Scarabia and Leona's arc development in game, and I got very interested.

There's very little info on Arabian culture online, at least that I've seen, and also African. A thing that makes me very curious is about their mythologies, folklore, and also music. We know a lot about food, since it's something so universal, but the rest is hard to get info on, unless it gets popularized or romanticized by someone else.

The scarabia arc is one of my favorites for a reason, and that is because I'm very sympathetic with Jamil, and very sad how his and Kalim's story together got so "twisted" so fast (ehe). Honestly there are so many layers to it that it would take many many chapters, and events, to close the situation. But I think it's good they left the future open like that, since it's something that can't be fixed overnight.

And also, *gets down* PLS PLS PLS PLS 🙏 I love the fluffy fics, are you going to also add Bolllywood songs? They are so good seriously it's so dancing and fun! I love Jamil so much and I MELTED with the headcanon short fic where we are taking care of him. I wanna hold his precious handsome face and just kiss it all over! He is so cute I will go FERAL-

hey qamar 💕 this was a pleasure to read! honestly, i feel like both the scarabia and savannaclaw chapters were too short? of course, we were introduced to the themes and then the whole conflict—resolution mountain for stories, however i just feel like they could have done more with the both of them.

also, i think the reason why the southwest-asian and african themes aren’t covered is because the source material is literally disney films 💀 like we get a warning before rewatching aladdin since they just now realized it was kind of racist (still a major part of my childhood though 😭 “a whole new world” in arabic is delicious). based on how yana has written other characters that are meant to be from south asia, there’s a big chance it would have been disappointing anyways.

plus, with scarabia in particular, there’s too many cultures trying to be represented due to how colonizers deemed all of the countries to be the same thing in different fonts 💀 you’d never confuse a nepali with an omani, but winston churchill sure did not care.

the original aladdin movie was meant to take place in baghdad, a city in iraq, but due to political conflicts at the time (george bush a war criminal regardless of saddam hussein’s crimes. the usa literally gave saddam weapons to kill kurds and then turned around and invaded when he wasn’t convenient anymore 💀). baghdad became agrabah—but the culture is still an amalgamation of west asian, south asian, north african, and like eurasian/turkish culture. im sure they’ve got stuff from central asia too 😭

the issue with this is that from ethnic group to ethnic group/country to country, the culture varies a lot. yemenis and palestinians are both arabs, but our cultures are vastly different, with yemenis having more eastern african influences and palestinians having mediterranean influences. i personally headcanon the scarabia duo as arab, but honestly, they could be from anywhere. for all we know, kalim is afghan and jamil is tunisian—it’s all up in the air due to the original source material. but i digress!! i rambled a lot 😭

ON THE BOLLYWOOD NOTE! omg this brought so many good memories back. we used to watch bollywood films with shitty arabic dubs 🥹 i miss those days. i love that idea and ive always wanted to write bollywood inspired fics, like based on the crazy and unrealistic romantic moments in bollywood. it’s just so much fun lmao. honestly, i think that’s a great idea especially when so many bollywood songs just lead the listener through a story anyways. im so glad you enjoy my fics!!! that’s very sweet 💕 have a great day, qamar, and take care of yourself

#🩷 — chats with amora #🌷 — politics #🧞‍♀️ — genie bottle asks #twisted wonderland #jamil viper #kalim al asim #orientalism #disneys aladdin #iraq #george bush is a war criminal #if the icc mattered he’d be on trial #twst x reader #jamil viper x reader #bollywood inspired fics 😭 my dream

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mysharona1987 · 6 months

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#News #free palestine #bbc #democrats #republicans #politics #iraq #israel #twitter #xwitter #jesse armstrong #military #ww2

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intersectionalpraxis · 5 months

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I can't help but think the 'Epstein list' is being used as a strategic distraction right now in mainstream media by the US government -especially considering the timing (and no, I'm not trying to make a conspiracy out of this). I know we have been waiting for this to come out, but don't let it deter you from what is happening around the world -like for instance, the developing story of a US drone striking and killing Iraqi paramilitary members in Baghdad recently -and US-backed IOF attacking Lebanon and Iran in the past few days, alongside the nonstop genocide and mass bombings, war crimes and crimes against humanity happening in Gaza. Even in the slight chance it's not, be vigilant.

#feminist #feminism #social justice #jeffrey epstein #epstein list #western media #mainstream media #iran #iraq #gaza strikes #gaza #lebanon #current events #us politics #us imperialism #free palestine

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sciderman · 7 months

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I’m sorry you’ve had to deal with so much Iranian hate and drama <:[

oh anon. hate to break it to you (a lot of people make this mistake) but iran and iraq are two entirely separate nations.

and also i think reducing it to the words "hate and drama" kind of doesn't cover it, anon.

#i think if people were. just a little bit more informed. then maybe people would see that the people from this region are humans actually.#so anon. please. like... look at a map and do some reading maybe. if you care just a little.#i'm sorry anon but i'm a little bit at a loss for words over this message. like it rendered me speechless for a little.#but it's so common in my life that i've been called iranian and i constantly have to correct people on it. c'mon man.#i mean i have SO many iranian friends even though iraq and iran you know. aren't exactly bedfellows. politically.#but those politics don't really follow me. like in my day to day. iraqis and iranians in the uk of this generation. are again.#pretty divorced.#but it's kind of really frustrating that people Without Fail make this mistake over and over.#it's like how people just refer to “africa” as a whole. instead of recognising there are seperate nations there and.#it's not just a homogenous “other”#please. there are humans there. it's not just “foreign”.#i don't know if you're american anon but i see it a lot that anything outside of america is just “foreign”#and i mean #even as a brit. americans are constantly surprised i'm british because they forget anything exists outside of america.#i think it would be so so so so sexy of you anon to take a look at the globe tonight. give it a spin.#look at the world. it's so full and so beautiful and there are So Many Nations.#i'm going to look at my globe tonight too. i have a really cool old one. it spins so good.#and i'm going to pick some countries i don't know a lot about and do some reading about them. for funsies.

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odinsblog · 1 year

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What George W. Bush did to Iraq 20yrs ago is as much of a war crime as what Vladimir Putin is doing to Ukraine today. While not precisely the same, the similarities are glaring. Bush lied when he said he was seeking weapons of mass destruction and wanted to bring democracy to Iraq, and Putin is lying when he says he is liberating Russian speakers and wants to denazify Ukraine.

Both presidents are corrupt power hungry imperialistic occupiers who only wanted to secure land, resources and power.

Only the most zealous sycophants or the most aggressively willfully ignorant still believe Bush or Putin.

#politics #gwb #vladimir putin #iraq #ukraine #war crimes #russia #war criminals #imperialism #colonialism #republicans #george bush #george w bush

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poopypipi · 4 months

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its been 33 years do not forget the atrocities of the western government

Today Iraqis remember the victims of the tragic Al-Amiriyah Shelter bombing. In the early morning of 13 February 1991, United States air forces targeted the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad with two bunker-busting smart bombs. Although the U.S. claimed the shelter was a military command-and-control center, it was in fact a civilian bomb shelter. No military personnel were present when the bombing occurred. Instead, the bombs instantly killed more than 400 civilians, mostly women, children, and elderly people while they slept.

Soon after the bombing it became clear to all that Al-Amiriyah was not being used by the Iraqi military and had been a civilian shelter for some time. At best, the targeting of this shelter was a colossal intelligence failure by the U.S., which initially tried to defend choosing the shelter as a military target. Otherwise, the deliberate targeting of a civilian shelter would constitute a grave breach of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and a war crime. However, the situation was not fully investigated, and the U.S. was never forced to account for its actions.

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dougielombax · 4 months

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So.

Today marks 36 years since the beginning of the Anfal Genocide in Iraq where Saddam Hussein’s regime slaughtered hundreds and thousands of Kurds, Yazidis, Assyrians, Mandaeans and Shabaks.

Around 100,000 people at the least would be killed.

It would last from February to September of 1988. During the late stages of the Iran-Iraq war.

Largely consisting of mass killings, chemical attacks and forced displacement.

Many in Iraq sadly continue to deny it to this day. Predictably. As do Saddam Hussein’s many idiot apologists on the internet.

I’ll leave some sources from this year and the last few years here for additional information.

Some sources also focus on the Assyrian victims too.

Above: A monument dedicated to the memory of the Assyrian victims of the Anfal genocide in the village of Gonda Kosa.

Just to remind any idiots who think Saddam and his cronies were kind to the Assyrians. They were certainly not!

Feel free to reblog.

Reblog the shit out of this!

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