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Work for a more peaceful world: stop the arms trade and respect international law by withdrawing US troops from Iraq and Syria: Ben Chacko

o The killing of three US soldiers along the Jordan-Syria border risks a spiralling Middle East war, a risk heightened by the reflex blaming of Iran and the clamour for revenge driven by hawkish US politicians in an election year. … Continue reading

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Israeli arms exports serve political ends: Loewenstein

Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system intercepts rockets launched from Gaza City Israel’s Ministry of Defense recently published a new record in defence exports: over $12.5 billion in 2022. Their weapons exports are a means to an end, according to … Continue reading

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Jeremy Corbyn feels uneasy about public executions abroad by drone: he is not alone

. Military historian Sir Max Hastings has qualms about ‘signature strikes’: drone public executions of our enemies abroad. A summary of his article to which a Moseley reader has drawn our attention: The Americans have more drone operators under training … Continue reading

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Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister, Zhao Qizheng, says that drone attacks are a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty

Yesterday in Pakistan’s The Nation newspaper commented – as the two main contenders for the White House assure the electorate that they would intensify drone attacks in the tribal region of Pakistan, if elected – that it is refreshing to … Continue reading

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