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British General Says No Evidence of “Increased Threat” From Iran
The U.S., led by John Bolton, may be attempting to manufacture a false pretext to justify launching a war with Iran.
![Ex-Iranian Ambassador Warns About U.S. Escalation in Iran](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/SEG1-Bolton-Rouhani-Split-400x300.jpg)
Ex-Iranian Ambassador Warns About US Escalation in Iran
Ambassador Seyed Hossein Mousavian discusses the plan to send as many as 120,000 troops to the Middle East.
![National Security Advisor John Bolton, smiling at the Rose Garden of the White House](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/2019_0514-john-bolton-400x300.jpg)
National Security Officials Detail Plan to Deploy Up to 120,000 Troops to Iran
Updates to the plan were allegedly requested by administration hawks led by National Security Advisor John Bolton.
![The military gravy train is running full speed ahead.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/2019_0507-military-400x300.jpg)
The US Is Spending $1.25 Trillion Annually on War
The military gravy train is running full speed ahead.
![John Bolton stands outside the White House](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/05/2019_0506-john-bolton-400x300.jpg)
Bolton Threatens Iran as US Bombers Deployed to Middle East
National Security Advisor John Bolton used the scheduled deployment to threaten Iran with “unrelenting force.”
![A U.S. Air Force pilot grasps a flight control and weapons firing stick while preparing to launch a MQ-1B Predator drone from a ground control station at a secret air base in the Persian Gulf region on January 7, 2016.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/04/GettyImages-503831588-400x300.jpg)
Trump Doesn’t Want to End US Wars. He Wants to Hide Them.
If you kill somebody and there’s no one there (on our side anyway), is the United States still at war?
![Trump's "America First" policy is a classic divide-and-conquer strategy of capitalists and imperialists.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/04/GettyImages-130766445-400x300.jpg)
A New Socialist Movement Must Oppose Both Capitalism and Imperialism
Trump's “America First” policy is a classic divide-and-conquer strategy of capitalists and imperialists.
![Navy SEALs Tried for Months to Report Superior for War Crimes](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/04/SEG3-Eddie-Gallagher-1-400x300.jpg)
Navy SEALs Tried for Months to Report Superior for War Crimes
Navy SEALs who witnessed their platoon chief commit war crimes in Iraq were encouraged not to speak out.
![Civilians walks up through ruins in Raqqa, Syria, October 8, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/04/2019_0425-raqqa-syria-400x300.jpg)
US-Led Bombing Campaign in Syria Killed 1,600 Civilians, Leaving Raqqa Destroyed
The U.S. public deserves to know how many civilian casualties our government is responsible for in Syria.
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Trump Officials Want to Veto UN Measure Opposing Rape as Weapon of War
The U.S. is reportedly opposing the resolution over language on reproductive health for survivors of rape.