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The bodies of nine people who were killed in an artillery attack blamed on Turkey in the northern Iraqi Kurdish region arrive at Baghdad Airport, Iraq, Thursday July 21, 2022.
IRAQI troops began preparing to mobilise to the border with Turkey today after army officials revealed the extent of the occupation of whole swathes of its territory.
Tensions remain high after Turkish artillery fire killed nine tourists, including a one-year-old baby, at a holiday resort in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Duhok province last week.
In what is the most serious escalation in decades, Iraqi soldiers have made their way to the border with Kurdish peshmerga forces to repel future attacks while demanding all Turkish troops leave.
As the US intensifies its economic and political pressure it is now vitally important to demand the British government intervene to end US aggression, writes GEOFF BOTTOMS
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)
