Tag Archives: Iraq

Hypocrisy: A state for the Palestinians but not for the Kurds or Catalonia

Posted on 2 October 2017 by anneinpt

The Kurds are a nation scattered across the Middle East while their national territory was divided up by the ruling powers of a century ago and split amongst several nations, all in a manner similar to the fate of the … Continue reading →

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Stupidity or malice? The US plans to return stolen Jewish artifacts to Iraq

Posted on 12 September 2017 by anneinpt

When the news hit the headlines this week that the US plans to return Jewish artifacts to Iraq – artifacts, it should be noted, that were stolen from the Iraqi Jewish community by the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq and … Continue reading →

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“A hell of a pinpoint operation”

Posted on 27 March 2017 by anneinpt

Double standards time: The Coalition forces in Iraq comprise several Western countries and Middle Eastern allies, and their aim is the defeat of ISIS (or ISIL) in Iraq and surrounding territories. On 5 September, 15 September and 3 December 2014, … Continue reading →

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9/11 Fifteen years on

Posted on 11 September 2016 by anneinpt

It’s hard to believe that fifteen years have already passed since that terrible day in September 2001. How much has happened in those fifteen years, both on the personal level and at the macro, national and international level. Five years … Continue reading →

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Remembering the Farhud pogrom in Baghdad in 1941

Posted on 1 June 2015 by anneinpt

The Shoah, or the Holocaust, was such a huge crime with such incomprehensible numbers of victims, that it is impossible to ignore or forget. Indeed it has become almost fashionable for it to be commemorated all over the world, not … Continue reading →

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Obama has the lost the plot in the Middle East

Posted on 29 March 2015 by anneinpt

Recent events in the Middle East, together with the incomprehensible decisions by President Obama and his Administration, make it apparent that the President has completely lost the plot in the Middle East. Even the Obama-admiring New York Times admits that … Continue reading →

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