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Jan 03 2020
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In 2011, Trump Tweeted Obama Would Start A War With Iran To Get Reelected
Following a U.S. drone strike ordered by Donald Trump that killed Iran’s top general, old tweets Trump wrote accusing Obama of using “the Iran card” in order to get elected have resurfaced.
“He is desperate,” Trump tweeted years ago.
The series of tweets are from 2011 through 2013 and have gone viral once again after several people retweeted them, showing the irony of Trump’s
BETJun 23 2019
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US 'launched cyber-attack on Iran weapons systems'
The US launched a cyber-attack on Iranian weapons systems on Thursday as President Trump pulled out of air strikes on the country, US reports say. The cyber-attack disabled computer systems controlling rocket and missile launchers, the Washington Post said. It was in retaliation for the shooting down of a US drone as well as attacks on oil tankers that the US has blamed Iran for, the New York
BBC NewsDec 26 2013
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U.S. Sends Arms to Aid Iraq Fight With Extremists
After an appeal for help, the United States is rushing dozens of missiles and surveillance drones to help Iraqi forces combat violence by a Qaeda-backed insurgency.
New York Times (News)Aug 28 2021
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Afghanistan: Biden says another Kabul airport attack likely
Another attack on Kabul airport is highly likely, US President Joe Biden has warned, saying that military commanders have told him it could come as early as Sunday.
The US is continuing evacuations but the final British flight carrying only Afghan civilians left on Saturday.
About 170 people died after a suicide bomber targeted the airport on Thursday as crowds of Afghans were
BBC NewsMar 03 2019
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Our Culture of Contempt
I live and work in Washington. But I’m not a politics junkie. To me, politics is like the weather — it changes a lot, people drone on about it constantly, and “good” is mostly subjective. I like winter, you like summer; you’re a liberal, I’m a conservative. In the 2012 presidential election season, my wife and I had a bumper sticker custom-made for our Volvo that read “Vegans for Romney” just
New York Times (Opinion)Jan 07 2020
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Iran's Foreign Minister: U.S. Strike On Soleimani An Act Of Terrorism And War
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tells NPR that the U.S. "will pay" for a drone strike that killed the commander of the country's elite Quds Force, which he described as an act of "both terrorism and war."
Speaking with All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly in Tehran, Zarif said last week's assassination of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani was "a cowardly armed attack"
NPR (Online News)Jan 06 2020
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House will vote to block US military action in Iran
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the House will vote on a war powers resolution this week aimed at blocking the Trump administration from ordering new military action against Iran.
Pelosi, a California Democrat, told party lawmakers in a memo late Sunday that the House “will introduce and vote on a War Powers Resolution to limit the President’s military actions regarding Iran.” The
Washington ExaminerJul 22 2019
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Trump denies Iran arrested 17 people accused of being U.S. spies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday categorically denied that Iran had arrested 17 people whom Tehran accused of being CIA spies and had sentenced some to death, calling the reports “totally false.”
“The Report of Iran capturing CIA spies is totally false. Zero truth. Just more lies and propaganda (like their shot down drone) put out by a Religious Regime that
Reuters