Links to Some of My Research Done Over Three Days Since Trump Had Qasem Soleimani Assassinated. I Do Not Support This Assassination, Occupation of Iraq or War With Iran.

Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council asks a very good question, why take out Qasem Soleimani to prevent strikes against Americans by doing something that causes strikes?

Iranian commander killed in airstrike taunted Trump in a 2018 speech, calling him a 'bartender' and 'casino manager'

 

Iranian commander and Trump fought each other with 'Game of Thrones' memes before airstrike on General Soleimani

 

Trump now tweets threats, what kind of president not only tweets threats to other countries but also sends messages to congress using the platform? 

 

 

Iraq's Parliament calls for expulsion of U.S. troops

 

No, Iran Didn’t Attack the US Embassy in Baghdad

 

Iran and U.S. Updates: Iran Ends Commitment to Landmark Nuclear Deal

 

Sanders and Khanna Introduce New Bill to 'Stop Donald Trump From Illegally Taking Us to War Against Iran'

 

Sen. Tim Kaine Files War Powers Resolution to Stop Trump From 'Stumbling Into a War With Iran'

 

I like Max Blumenthal, trying to get to his new book, 'The Management of Savagery' read. So many books, so little time.

 

 

This is Doug Valentine being interviewed in the article below, author of 'The Phoenix Program' and 'The CIA as Organized Crime.' I've read or listened to both books and highly recommend them.

 

Soleimani’s Assassination Act of Psychological Warfare

 

All US presidents are ‘captives of the military-industrial complex’: Scholar 

 

A Dubious Official Story Masks the True Motives Behind the Soleimani Assassination

 

 

...the U.S. had already responded to the death of the contractor, launching five different attacks in Iraq and Syria in late December, killing an estimated 25 and motivating Iraqi protesters to storm the U.S. embassy in Baghdad as many of those killed by those airstrikes were Iraqis. The subsequent airstrike that killed Soleimani seems like overkill for the official justification of avenging the death of one American.

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The United States claims that the assassination was also intended to act as a “deterrent” against potential, future Iranian attacks, yet it is hard to justify the murder of a top general of a foreign power on foreign soil as a preemptive and preventative measure as opposed to one that would invite escalation. This is particularly true given that those that have most often sought an escalation in tensions between Iran and the U.S. and its Middle Eastern allies do not live in Tehran and Baghdad, but instead in Washington D.C. and Tel Aviv. 

 

 

From Portside, Madea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies.

 

A New Year and a New Trump Foreign Policy Blunder in Iraq

 

Ambassador Stuart Jones said in December 2014, “Let’s face it, Iran is an important neighbor to Iraq. There has to be cooperation between Iran and Iraq. The Iranians are talking to the Iraqi security forces and we’re talking to Iraqi security forces… We’re relying on them to do the deconfliction.”

U.S. officials and corporate media are falsely painting Kata’ib Hezbollah and the PMUs as independent, renegade Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, but they are really an official part of the Iraq security forces. As a statement from the Iraqi prime minister’s office made clear, the U.S. airstrikes were an “American attack on the Iraqi armed forces.” And these were not just any Iraqi military forces, but forces that have borne the brunt of some of the fiercest fighting against the Islamic State.

Open hostility between U.S. forces and Kata’ib Hezbollah began six months ago, when the U.S. allowed Israel to use U.S. bases in Iraq and/or Syria to launch drone strikes against Kata’ib Hezbollah and other PMU forces in Iraq. There are conflicting reports on exactly where the Israeli drones were launched from, but the U.S. had effective control of Iraqi airspace and was clearly complicit in the drone strikes. This led to a campaign by Shia cleric/politician Muqtada al-Sadr and other anti-occupation parties and politicians in the Iraqi National Assembly to once again call for the expulsion of U.S. forces from Iraq, as they successfully did in 2011, and the U.S. was forced to accept new restrictions on its use of Iraqi airspace.
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...if Kata’ib Hezbollah is indeed responsible for the rocket and mortar attacks, this is probably exactly the chain of events they intended to provoke...Incensed at the Trump administration’s blatant disregard for Iraqi sovereignty and worried about Iraq being dragged into a U.S. proxy war with Iran that will spiral out of control, a broad swath of Iraqi political leaders are now calling for a withdrawal of U.S. troops. 

They want the US out of Iraq and the middle east. They have already been put through hell by this country and left a legacy of destroyed cities, destroyed infrastructure, depleted uranium birth defects, trauma, they have had enough.  The authors go on to explain the people of Iraq are rising up and forcing the government to change and work for them. Prime Minister Abdul-Mahdi has resigned pending election. Many Iraqis have died in the protests. The people are pissed at the corrupt government the US put in place and that the oil profits were not used to rebuild their country. They explain Trump has screwed up big time, listening to his swampy advisors.

Hassan Nasrallah is secretary General of the Lebanese political and paramilitary party Hezbollah. This speech contains a lot of information. 

Summary of translator notes of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s speech marking martyrdom of Hajj Qasim Soleimani & Abu Mahdi al-Muhandi

 

This is a rough translation with paraphrasing, but it is easy to see it was a very moving speech by an obviously very intelligent man, Hassan Nasrallah secretary General of the Lebanese political and paramilitary party Hezbollah. He's Lebanese. There is a lot of info in this speech which is why I posted it. The countries around Iraq and Iran are now going to organize to fight the occupying forces of the United States, he says they are not going after regular Americans, just military. He explains a lot of what has been going on and that the US has been trying to assassinate Qasem Soleimani behind the scenes. Other sources say Israel has been doing the same. He also claims since they were not successful the assassination was done out in the open and says the assassination is about the election. Of course just like everyone else he thinks Trump is an idiot.

Ummah means community, in this case the Islamic community.

"We know who did the crime, and they must be punished.

It is well known who Hajj Qasim is

Qasim Soleimani is not an Iranian issue. It concerns the whole resistance and the whole Ummah

If the Iranians wish to respond fine..but this does not remove the responsibility of the resistance factions.

The factions are not tools of Iran.."

So what is a just penalty?

There is no US personality that equals Qasim Soleimani in value

Soleimani’s shoes are more valuable than Trump’s head and the whole US administration

The just penalty: the US military presence in our region

US military bases…

US military ships…

Every US officer and soldier in our region

The US army killed these men, and they will pay the price

We dont mean the American people and citizens – there are many in our region – we dont mean them. They must not be touched, otherwise this would serve Trump’s policies.

The just penalty equals the US army, the occupiers, the criminals

This is my opinion"'


What is Trump afraid of? Perhaps the truth. 

Trump Administration Blocks Iran’s Top Diplomat From Addressing the U.N. Security Council

I wish the United States would just pack up and move out so no one else is harmed. Let the Iraqis have Iraq, let the Iranians have Iran, their countries belong to them, not American corporations. Let the neocons and radical right wing Israelis fuck off. I also wish for the US military, Iraqi or Iranian personnel to not be harmed. It will be on Trump and his handlers in Intel and the military, or his swamp creatures and most likely Israel for every person harmed in this dangerous insanity. I do not support what Trump has done. I do not support war with Iran or anyone in the middle east. Leave them the hell alone. Leave me alone too, this is supposed to be a democracy, but you destroyed my life in an attempt to shut me up through your cointelpro, Phoenix op in America, sick, sick narcissistic abuse of good people. 

Please Donald Trump resign so the people of this country can actually make our country great. The road to greatness is not in harming others or taking their resources, it is not in being lead by psychopaths. Let's please have some adults in charge for a change. 

 

This is the kind of person who needs to lead this country. Bernie Sanders. Vote for him, stop watching corporate news, listen to what Bernie says. Don't let the DNC keep him from winning the primary, stop listening to the craziness on the right with the red baiting. Try to have some logical thoughts in this country of propaganda streams by doing your own research. Read books and articles written by dedicated, intelligent researchers, watch some videos from people who have knowledge on the matters at hand and no corporate agenda. 

 

MARK BEGICH WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?

I am of course on the left politically and I mean on the left, certainly left of most of the left people in Alaska, who I consider to be actually centrists or conservatives. We all have to work together whatever our political views to make our country work, but I am sick of politicians who say they are one thing to get elected and then turn out to be something else. I did not expect Mark Begich to be as far left as myself and certainly he is representing a state with right leanings. I have been tolerant of some of the statements he has made in the past, but he has gradually become more and more conservative since taking office. I once had a boyfriend who told me he was not monogamous up front. The truth allowed me to make a decision that a relationship with him just would not work for me. Then I was married and had a promise of monogamy broken. I am still friends with the man who told me the truth that he would never be happy with just one woman, but have nothing to do with the one who broke my trust. This for me is a similar situation. Is there no politician who can tell the truth about who they really are?

Here is a form email I received from Mark Begich about an email I sent him regarding the Freedom Flotilla massacre and my response:

June 21, 2010


Dear Ms. Harrison:


Thank you for contacting me regarding the recent incident involving Israeli forces inspecting a Turkish flotilla headed for Gaza.

I have noted you refer to an attack as an inspection. In fact the Israeli soldiers had lists of people to target with them and there is significant evidence they started firing down on the ship from helicopters.

Israel is both a strong ally in the Middle East and a vibrant democracy. Israel is also a partner to the United States on military and intelligence issues in this critical region. I will continue to support our strategic partnership with Israel in an effort to bring permanent peace to the Middle East.

Sure you would call Israel an ally because the United States also commits similar war crimes and where else could we get someone so supportive of killing innocent people while exploiting them for our own gain. Israel is not a "vibrant democracy", not unless you think right wing theocracy and democracy are the same thing. Are you aware that the Israeli citizens have lost civil rights? We have many in this country who are working with the goal of turning our country into a right wing theocracy, considering your support of Israel's actions I would wonder how you feel about that.

Recently, a Turkey-based group challenged Israel's blockade of Gaza, and Israel made an effort to ensure the flotilla carried no weapons or rockets headed for Hamas terrorists in Gaza. Israeli forces were able to safely divert five of the six ships challenging the blockade. However, video footage shows Israeli commandos who arrived on the sixth ship were attacked and they responded in kind. I deeply regret the tragic loss of life and injuries suffered among those involved.

Senator Begich have you been hypnotized or stupefied in some way? There are a large number of witnesses and videos which prove just the opposite of what you say in this email is true. Are you aware the people on the flotilla went to great effort before leaving for Gaza to have their ships inspected by third parties so there would be no question they were not carrying any weapons? Are you aware that Turkey was an ally of Israel and was not expecting violence?

I fully support Israel's right to self-defense. In response to thousands of rocket attacks on Israeli civilians from terrorists in Gaza, Israel established a naval blockade in June 2007. The blockade is legal under international law, and allows Israel to prevent rockets and weapons from entering Gaza. Even with the blockade in place, Israel delivered over one million tons of humanitarian supplies into Gaza through border crossings over the past 18 months, nearly one ton of aid for every Gazan.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on the subject of the blockade‘s legality:

"International humanitarian law prohibits starvation of civilians as a method of warfare and ... it is also prohibited to impose collective punishment on civilians."

"I have consistently reported to member states that the blockade is illegal and must be lifted."

It has been reported by many agencies including some people with the U.N. that much needed supplies for repairing buildings are not being allowed into Gaza as well as other essential items such as paper and writing materials for children. Throughout history when one country violently steals people's homes from them there is conflict. Israel has knowingly stolen land and then takes the position of martyr when people fight back. You speak out for Israel's right to defend itself. Why is it only Israel and the United States have a right to defend themselves?

The United States must remain concerned for the suffering of civilians in Gaza. We will continue to engage the Israelis to address the full range of the population's humanitarian and recovery needs. We will continue to work closely with the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, along with international nongovernmental organizations, and the United Nations, to provide adequate access for humanitarian goods, including reconstruction materials, through the border crossings, while bearing in mind Israel's legitimate security concerns.

It is interesting that you refer to the suffering of civilians in Gaza after you made the statement, “Israel delivered over one million tons of humanitarian supplies into Gaza through border crossings over the past 18 months, nearly one ton of aid for every Gazan.” Really if security was the only reason for the blockade the situation would have been handled in a different way and if the United States government was so concerned about the people of Gaza something would have been done a long time ago. What can the United States say since our country has lead embargos on other countries like Cuba and Iraq, resulting in many deaths and much suffering.


Israel has announced its intention to promptly carry out a thorough investigation of this incident. Secretary of State Clinton has made it clear she will continue to ascertain the facts of what happened, and I expect the Israeli government will conduct a full and credible investigation. I will monitor all additional information as it becomes available.

That makes about as much sense as an incompetent surgeon conducting the investigation into why one of his patients died. How stupid do you think people are? Israel's propaganda machine is second only to the propaganda of the United States.

Ultimately, this incident underscores the need to move ahead quickly with negotiations leading to peace in the region. I encourage the continuation of the current talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and hope these talks will move negotiations ultimately toward a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

Thanks again for contacting me on this issue.


Sincerely,


Mark Begich


U.S. Senator

I walked door to door in the cold to help get you elected. That will not be happening the next time around and I believe there are many others who feel the way I do. You told me when I met you to contact your office with my story and you would look into some of the problems. So, far I have had no response other than your staff telling me you don't handle anything on the state level, apparently those on the state level don't either. I am so disappointed in you that I do not even consider you a democrat or a liberal. You have shown your true colors before, but now between this email and your stand on opening up oil drilling off shore before the regulatory agency MMS is upgraded to the point of being in charge and competent enough to carry out it's duties you have clearly stepped over the line past blue dog, to not even a purple dog, but a red dog. It is clear by what has gone on in the Gulf of Mexico we do not have the ability to control or clean up an oil spill. Shell oil has demonstrated that they can not be trusted considering what they have done in Nigeria. I can’t help feeling sad that once again a politician that gave people hope was just playing us once again.


                                                                            Sincerely, 
                                                                            Celia Harrison