2024-01-19: News Headlines

Ben Norton (2024-01-19). Is a huge war coming? US bombs Yemen, Iraq & Syria. Israel bombs Gaza & Lebanon. Both threaten Iran. geopoliticaleconomy.com The US military is attacking Yemen, Iraq, and Syria, while Israel bombs Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria. Both are threatening Iran. Is a large regional war coming?

Staff (2024-01-19). Is a huge war coming? US bombs Yemen, Iraq & Syria. Israel bombs Gaza & Lebanon. Both threaten Iran. geopoliticaleconomy.com The brutal war that Israel is waging on Gaza is increasingly becoming a regional conflict. Since October, the United States and Israel have bombed not only Gaza, but also Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. Now, the U.S. government is even threatening Iran with war. President Joe Biden sent the Iranian government a private message while …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-19). The Iraqi Resistance and the US' Conundrum. libya360.wordpress.com Shabbir Rizvi Iraqi Resistance launches repeated strikes on US bases in Iraq and Syria It is clear that the next Vietnam-Afghanistan moment for the US will occur with a withdrawal from Iraq and Syria. However, the sequence of this withdrawal or the possibility of it occurring altogether is yet to be determined. The Palestinian Resistance's…

Marjorie Cohn, Truthout. (2024-01-19). Israel Tells World Court It Has The 'Most Moral Army In The World'. popularresistance.org In a historic appearance before the International Court of Justice (ICJ or World Court) in The Hague, the legal team representing the Republic of South Africa presented a powerful and compelling case that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. South Africa asked the court to impose nine emergency "provisional measures" to stop the slaughter. | South Africa "unequivocally condemned the targeting of civilians by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups and the taking of hostages on 7 October," South African ambassador to the Netherlands Vusimuzi Madonsela said. But, he added, "no arme…

Melvin Goodman (2024-01-19). The Dangerous Myth of the "Indispensable Nation" counterpunch.org Biden's decision to expand the war into the Red Sea last week was predictable in view of the naval deployments in the region, but it is unlikely to have any favorable impact on the actions and policies of Yemen and the Houthis. The U.S. and British attacks could lead to a wider war, however, that involves Hezbollah on Israel's northern border. On January 16, Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched missiles at an Israeli intelligence facility in Iraq's Kurdistan region, not far from the U.S. consulate.

WSWS (2024-01-19). Israel continues Gaza onslaught and strikes on southern Lebanon. wsws.org Israel's savage bombardment of Gaza continued Thursday with strikes on residential buildings in the southernmost city of Rafah and elsewhere. Gaza's Health Ministry reported 170 deaths and over 300 injuries.

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