U.S. Politics
The new forces are reportedly being deployed to Iraq, Kuwait and other parts of the region.
Hezbollah Bridages spokesman claims that the U.S. administration is suffering a “mental breakdown,” and says that withdrawal is unrelated to expected arrival of U.S. forces.
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says an infantry battalion from Immediate Response Force (IRF) of the 82nd Airborne Division is being sent immediately • Preparations are underway to deploy more forces.
In the short term, Tehran will likely have some success in changing the course of Iraqi protests that have targeted severe failures among the government in Baghdad, which has been under the influence of Iran and corrupt Iraqi elites.
Ambassador and embassy staff evacuated; no casualties reported • U.S. President Donald Trump accuses Iran of “orchestrating” the attack, calls on Iraq to protect the embassy.
“The conduct of the protesters is having an adverse emotional effect on Jewish children and young adults who, approaching the synagogue, see the signs/placards insulting their religion and denouncing their loyalty to Israel,” stated the lawsuit.
“I would not recommend to anyone to walk through wearing a kipah,” said Max Privorozki of Halle, Germany.
Heidi Sloan of Texas calls for ending U.S. assistance to Israel “until the occupation of Palestinian territory is ended.”
“If I really believed the Holocaust had taken place, I wouldn’t have joined the Nazi Party,” said Holocaust denier and neo-Nazi Arthur Jones.
“The light of religious freedom and tolerance is ever brighter,” said U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. “And so, we gather here in the glow of that light and the Festival of Lights.”
New Lebanese premier Hassan Diab reportedly has the support of a majority of lawmakers, including those affiliated with Hezbollah and its allies, but still needs the support of key Sunni figures.
Abolghassem Salavati and Mohammad Moghisseh have been accused of overseeing “show trials” against journalists, attorneys, political activists and members of Iran’s ethnic and religious minority groups.
