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Removal of Prosecutor Karim Khan: Sex, Politics, and the International Criminal Court (ICC) By Dr. Binoy Kampmark Despite efforts to disentangle Khan’s fate from alleged “misinformation” about the nexus between the prosecutor’s decision to issue the warrants and Israeli and US efforts to seek his ouster, such claims tend to sink in the enfolding quicksand of international relations and expediency. Read here

US Resumed Aggression against Iran. Woeful Military Incompetence. “Hiding the Scale of American Losses” By Drago Bosnic American aggression on Iran has once again laid bare deep structural failures in the Pentagon’s strategy, force planning and mission oversight. Instead of a short, decisive “shock & awe” victory we usually see in pathetic Hollywood propaganda. Read here

Elite Conspiracies Have Gone Hand-in-Hand With Political Assassination in America From at Least the Time of Abraham Lincoln By Jeremy Kuzmarov Voluminous evidence indicates that Oswald was actually a CIA asset set up as a patsy, and that Kennedy was shot from the Grassy Knoll and not the Texas School Book Depository. Strong evidence also indicates that Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson was the mastermind of the plot. Read here

Why The Odyssey? By Edward Curtin We live at a time when the nature of reality and illusion is particularly fragile, time and space jumbled like dice in a cup, and nostalgia (Greek algos “pain, grief, distress” + nostos “homecoming”) for a real or imaginary home quite intense. Read here

Elimination of Historical Ties between the Baltic States and Russia: Latvia Toughens Anti-Russian Measures By Lucas Leiroz de Almeida Now, as part of a new package of anti-Russian measures, the Latvian parliament has approved a ban on consumer goods originating from Russia and Belarus, including cultural items such as books, video games, and children’s toys. Read here

The U.S. Navy’s Missile Problem in the Shadow of the Iran War By Ret Admiral Cem Gürdeniz Most of the principal missiles employed by the U.S. Navy—comprising approximately 233 combatant ships and 60 auxiliary vessels—for land attack, air and missile defense, and surface warfare are launched from Vertical Launch Systems (VLS). Read here

Midterm Election Pressures Shape Trump’s Strategy on Iran By Ahmed Adel The failure of multiple ceasefire attempts in the conflict between the United States and Iran has escalated the Middle East crisis once again. With the midterm elections approaching on November 3, pressure is mounting on the White House to secure a significant political victory or face defeat to the Democrats. Read here