Archived Antiwar.com News from August 06, 2024

News

Updated August 6, 2024 - 9:31 PM EDT

Five US Troops Injured in Rocket Attack in Iraq

		*Israel Considering 'Preemptive Strike' Against Iran*
		*CENTCOM Chief Coordinates With IDF Chief on Iranian Response*
		*Resistance Axis: A Calculated, Simultaneous Strike on Israel*

Israel Sends Truck of Dead Palestinians Into Gaza

		*Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal Talks on Hold After Haniyeh Assassination*
		*Israeli Drone Strikes Kill Two in Southern Lebanon Village*

Smotrich: 'Justified' To Starve 2 Million to Death

Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Protest First Draft Notices Outside Base

US Completes Withdrawal From Last Base in Niger

Hiroshima Survivor Shares Story After 79 Years of Silence

Viewpoints

	79 Years After Hiroshima & Nagasaki: A Grim Reminder of Nuclear Annihilation by Thalif Deen
	US-Ukraine-Russian War: It's About the Money by F. Andrew Wolf, Jr.

	Truman's A-Bomb Statement Set 'Hiroshima Narrative' to This Day by Greg Mitchell
	Max Boot's Big Grift by James Carden
More Viewpoints

There They Go Again: Heritage Pushes New Nuclear Arms Race
by William Hartung

Frontline

	Netanyahu Claims 'Victory' Is Near – but the Data Tells a Different Story
	Sudan Army Bombs Darfur Camp Days After Famine Declaration
	Lloyd Austin Was 'Surprised' by 9/11 Plea Deals, Pentagon Says

Israel/Palestine

	EU's Top Diplomat Condemns Gaza Starvation That Israeli Minister Called 'Moral'
	Dozens of Testimonies From Palestinian Prisoners Describe Conditions in Israeli Jails During Gaza War
	'Slow Killing' – Palestinian Woman Succumbs to Injuries Sustained During Brutal Arrest in Israeli Raid on Home
	At Least Four Palestinians Killed in Israeli Raid in West Bank, Health Ministry Says
	Turkey Blocks Freedom Flotilla Setting Sail for Gaza
	US Tech Giants 'Collaborate' With Israel To Kill Palestinians: Report
	A Pro-Israel PAC Has Targeted a Squad Member in Missouri. But the Message Doesn't Mention Israel.
	Inconclusive UN Probe Says Nine UNWRA Workers 'May Have' Been Involved in 7 October Attacks on Israel
	Israel Secures Long-Term Ammo Production Amid Boycott Call
	John Oliver Accuses Israel of 'Genocide' on His TV Show
	Israeli Army Claims Assassination of Gaza's Deputy Minister of Economy
	Widespread Boycotts in Muslim Countries Against Support for Israel's War Hammer Western Brands
	Palestinian Authority Submits Gaza Day-After Plan, US Draft Allows War To Press On
	Hundreds in Israel Mark the 5th Birthday of a Child Held Hostage in Gaza

Jordan

	Jordan Asks Airlines To Carry Extra Fuel Amid Iran-Israel Tension
	Biden, Jordan's King Discuss Efforts To Decrease Mideast Tensions, White House Says

Lebanon

	Turkey Urges Citizens To Leave Lebanon Due to Security Risks
	Lebanon Receives Medical Aid, Vacationers Leave Amid Fears of War

Iraq

	Iraq Weekly Roundup: Two US Guardsmen Among Seven Dead
	Mass Grave Found in Northern Iraq

Middle East

	Yemen's Houthis Down US Drone Over Saada
	US Urged Countries To Pass Messages to Iran Against Escalation, State Dept. Says

Africa

	M23 Rebels Take DR Congo-Uganda Border Town
	Nigerian Protests Fizzle Out After Deadly Police Crackdown
	Uganda Charges Opposition Lawmakers, Supporters Over Protest

Hiroshima Day

	Hiroshima Day 2024: All You Need To Know
	Conservative Criticism of Hiroshima Bombing Worse Than Obama's
	Nuclear War or Invasion: The False Dichotomy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
	'True Horror': Japan's Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivor Campaigns for a Nuclear-Free World
	Who Opposed Nuking Japan?
	Greg Mitchell on Countdown to Hiroshima: X-Minus 1 Day
	Video: How Many People Were Killed by the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Russia

	Russia's Rostec Says Ukraine's F-16s Will Ultimately Be Destroyed
	Anti-War Russian Pianist Dies in Prison After Hunger Strike

United Kingdom

	UK Government Denies Report of 'Secret Arms Embargo' on Israel
	UK Prime Minister Talks of 'Standing Army' of Police To Deal With Rioting Across Britain

Bangladesh

	Army Announces Interim Government After Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina Flees
	Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina Resigns as Widening Unrest Sees Protesters Storm Her Official Residence
	US Commends Bangladesh Army for 'Restraint' After PM Sheikh Hasina Flees
	Photos: Celebrations After PM Sheikh Hasina Resigns, Flees Bangladesh

Myanmar

	Strategically Important Myanmar Military HQ Appears To Fall to the Resistance, in a Blow to Regime
	Myanmar Junta Says Senior Officers Held as Rebels Take Over Major Base

Asia

	North Korea Deploys 250 Missile Launchers to Southern Border: KCNA
	Thousands of Supporters of Pakistan's Imprisoned Ex-Prime Minister Khan Rally To Demand His Release
	Gunmen Kill New Zealand Helicopter Pilot in Another Attack in Indonesia's Restive Papua Region

Latin America

	Farmers Attack Indigenous People Reclaiming Land in Brazil; 11 Injured
	Colombia Armed Forces Restart Military Operations Against ELN Rebels
	Mexican Journalist Who Covered One of the Country's Most Dangerous Crime Beats Has Been Killed