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Protesters gather in Iraqi Kurdistan
A PROPAGANDA war in northern Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region is intensifying, critics warned today, as the government-controlled media seeks to deflect blame for a popular uprising.
News outlets and journalists associated with the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) have been accused of smearing the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) by blaming its supporters for the unrest sweeping the region.
In the latest piece of “misinformation,” the Peoples Protection Units (YPG) has been blamed for a number of attacks, including one on a security post in the disputed area of Kirkuk today, while the Deputy Minister of Peshmerga claimed that the Syrian Kurdish militia had ambushed a checkpoint in Amedi on Monday.
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
Trump threatens war and punitive tariffs to recapture Iranian resources – just as in 1953, when the CIA overthrew Mossadegh and US corporations immediately seized 40% of the oil, says SEVIM DAGDELEN
The corporate media have been quick to point the finger over the murder of a Nicaraguan opposition figure, but where is the actual evidence, ask KELLY NELSON and ROGER D HARRIS
