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What does NATO want in Iraq?

BY: Valeria Rodriguez PEJOURNAL - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) plans to increase the number of its forces in Iraq with the intention of expanding the organization's training activities in the area as soon as the Covid19 epidemic subsides. Since World War II, the United States had a leading role within the organization, made up of 30 states, being the one that contributes the most to the budget with 22.1 percent, followed by Germany with 14.70 percent, France with 10, 60 percent and the United Kingdom with 9.8 percent. During the Trump administration, the relationship with NATO was somewhat…

Western, Hebrew, Arabic axis’s new tension in Persian Gulf

BY: Pooya Mirzaei PEJOURNAL - Over the past few days, the news of the US nuclear submarine entering the Persian Gulf with some of its ships in the Persian Gulf, along with media coverage and Zionist media lies about the regime's submarine departure to the Persian Gulf, has created much speculation in the media. Although this is not the first time that US warships have created insecurity and instability in the Persian Gulf, most Western media outlets have reported that the Western, Hebrew, and Arab axes are ready to respond to a possible Iranian response to the anniversary of the…

CENTCOM Commander is not convinced Russian bounty allegations

PEJOURNAL - US Central Command Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie is not convinced that American intelligence agencies assessments support allegations that Russia offered bounties to Taliban in order to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan. McKenzie told The AP and ABC News on Tuesday that although the reports are worrisome, he did not find a "causative link" between the intelligence on the Russian bounties and the deaths of US troops in Afghanistan. He said the intelligence case "wasn't proved" to him. “The intelligence case wasn't proved to me. It wasn't proved enough that I'd take it to a court of law, and you…