The United States has bombed seven countries in the past 12 months: Venezuela, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen and Iran. Asad Abukhalil notes: “Israel bombed eight countries: Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, Egypt ‘by mistake’ and Iran.”
Drop Site News reports: “Black smoke was seen rising from inside the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait City following a wave of Iranian missile and drone strikes. …
“At least 35 civilians have been killed across Pakistan after protests erupted denouncing the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on neighboring Iran that also killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. … Several reports suggest US forces, likely Marines, killed the protestors in Karachi.”
JUNAID S. AHMAD, [email protected], @Acade
Ahmad is director of the Center for the Study of Islam and Decolonization in Islamabad, Pakistan. His recent articles for a variety of publications include:
* “From Sectarian Shadows to Security Pacts: Iran–Pakistan’s Uneasy Dance.”
* “The final solution to Imran Khan“
* “Zionism, Empire, and the Visa Revoked in Panic: Who’s Afraid of Naledi Pandor?”