Schlagwort: USA

Vor wenigen Tagen hat das US-State Departement seinen neuesten Bericht über globalen Terrorismus veröffentlicht. Und wie jedes Jahr führt der Iran mit Abstand:  „Iran remains the leading state sponsor of terrorism globally.“ Erneut auch wird, wie jedes Jahr, ein Iraner ganz besonders erwähnt: Quasim Soleimani, der Anführer der al-Quds-Brigaden. Über…

„The White House says it is fighting ISIS, but its Iranian and Iranian-backed partners say the war is about killing Sunnis. ‚There are no patriots, no real religious people in Fallujah,‘ said the leader of one Iranian-backed Shiite militia. ‚It’s our chance to clear Iraq by eradicating the cancer of…

„In Afghanistan, he set a timetable for troop withdrawal, untethered to conditions. In Libya, he bombed the Gaddafi regime out of power but did not stay to help a new government get on its feet. In Iraq, he overrode his civilian and military advisers and declined to keep in the…

„It‘s virtually impossible to imagine Israel and the Palestinians conducting fruitful negotiations under the current circumstances. Mistrust is at an all-time high. Gaps on the core issues are wide. Talks have been in deep freeze for over two years. For months on end, young Palestinians have targeted innocent Israelis in…

„Syria’s regime has used sarin nerve gas for the first time since 2013, dropping bombs laden with the chemical agent on Isil fighters outside Damascus, according to a senior Israeli official. This use of sarin would show that Bashar al-Assad has retained the ability to gas his enemies despite an…

„Im Irak haben Demonstrierende Ende April das Parlament gestürmt. An die Spitze der bereits seit längerem existierenden, vormals säkularen Protestbewegung gegen die irakische Regierung hat sich mittlerweile der schiitische Kleriker Muqtada al-Sadr gesetzt. Dessen Miliz ermordete zahlreiche Sunniten und Andersdenkende. … Nun stellen sich in Bagdad viele die Frage, ob…

„For a man of Barack Obama‘s evident humanity and values, surely there has been something of transcendent importance that has stayed his hand from protecting Syrian civilians; something of paramount national security significance that has stopped him from acting in support of American friends and allies trying desperately to deal…

„In the occasion of the anniversary of the birth of Prophet Muhammed, the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke in front of Ali Khamenei and many Iranian officials and Ambassadors from Muslim countries. In his speech, Rouhani attacked directly the United States and Israel (called the ‚illegitimate and usurper Zionist regime‘).…

„The Palestinian Authority is deceiving Western donor countries, falsely claiming to have stopped paying salaries to terrorist prisoners, and reaping more than a billion dollars/year in return. This special report by Palestinian Media Watch reveals a major fraud by the Palestinian Authority, through which it is reaping more than a…

„Iran’s central bank must pay nearly $2 billion to victims of terrorist attacks, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday. In a 6-to-2 decision, the court said Congress had not exceeded its constitutional role in enacting a statute to make it easier for the plaintiffs to recover damages that had been…

Von Manfred Gerstenfeld Er selbst nennt sich einen Sozialisten, doch die meisten Amerikaner begreifen nicht, wofür dieser Begriff im heutigen Europa steht. 2014 führte die Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in hundert Staaten und Entitäten eine Studie über Antisemitismus durch. Die Top-Ten-Länder – in jedem von ihnen hegen über 80 Prozent der…

„Saudi Arabia has reportedly told the Obama administration and congressional leaders that it will sell billions of dollars in U.S. financial assets if Congress passes a bill to make the Saudi government legally responsible for any role in the 9/11 attacks. The administration has tried to stop Congress from passing the…

„Obwohl die Europäer die Kunst des Verdrängens und Verleugnens meisterlich beherrschen, lassen sich nach den Explosionen in Brüssel einige Fakten nicht ignorieren: Nicht mehr die USA sind der Hauptgegner der islamistischen Terroristen, sondern die Länder des alten Kontinents. Nach dem 11. September 2001 hatten sich nicht wenige Europäer damit beruhigt,…

„President Obama on Friday criticized Iranian leaders for undermining the ‚spirit‘ of last year’s historic nuclear agreement, even as they stick to the ‚letter‘ of the pact. In comments following the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Obama denied speculation that the United States would ease rules preventing dollars from being…

„Hezbollah Brigades fighters in Iraq have threatened to attack the American soldiers stationed in the country, following the decision by the US army to send reinforcements to Iraq to support the international coalition in its fights against ISIS. In a statement released Sunday, the Iranian-backed organization active in Iraq and…