Archived Antiwar.com News from August 04, 2024

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Updated August 4, 2024 - 8:45 PM EDT

Israel Preparing for Attack by Iran and Hezbollah

		*Biden: US Will Defend Israel, Vows New Military Deployments*
		*Iran Speaker Vows Israel Will Pay 'Heavy Price' for Haniyeh Killing*
		*Iran Says Haniyeh Was Killed by a 'Short-Range Projectile'*

Nasrallah Vows Retaliation Against Israel

US Misled Lebanon Into Thinking 'Beirut Is a Red Line': Report

Palestinian Raped in Sde Teiman Back in Facility

15 Killed in Israeli Airstrike on School in Gaza City

Germans Oppose New US Missile Deployment

		*Zelensky Says the 'Whole World' Wants Russia at Peace Summit*
		*US, Russia Conduct Prisoner Swap*

China and India Agree To Speed Up Border Talks

US Declares Venezuela Opposition Candidate the Winner

North Korean Defector Says Kim Is Willing To Talk to Trump

Viewpoints

	Tracking Down Lieutenant Calley by Seymour Hersh
	Beijing Declaration: Quest for Mideast Peace After the Haniyeh Assassination by Dan Steinbock

	When Presidents Kill by Andrew P. Napolitano
	Is Zelensky Attempting to Hold on to Power? by Ted Snider
More Viewpoints

Trigger Happy Israel and Its Thirst for Revenge
by Paul R. Pillar

Frontline

	Senate Appropriations Committee' Passes $852 Billion Defense Bill
	Iraq Militia Issues Warning to US as Regional Tensions Soar
	Global Food Monitor Says Famine Has Taken Hold in Sudan's Darfur

Russia

	Russian Advances in Donetsk Threaten Ukrainian Lines of Supply
	Years of US Negotiations Behind the Russia Prisoner Swap
	Russia Holds Military Drills on Disputed Island Near Japan, Interfax Says

Europe

	France's 'Colonial Strategy' Blamed for Division in Troubled New Caledonia
	Freeing Killer in Russia Prisoner Swap 'Not Easy Decision': Germany
	Italy's Plan To Open Migrant Camps in Albania Faces More Delays
	Moldova Expels Russian Diplomat and Calls in Envoy Amid Spy Case
	Raytheon Wins $2 Billion Missile Defense Radar Deal for Poland
	US Approves $600m AH-1Z Attack Helicopter Sale to Slovakia
	Spanish Lawmaker Joins Secretive Israel Lobby Group

Japan

	Japan To Sell $19 Million in Patriot Missiles to US
	Japan Osprey Crash Caused by Cracks in a Gear and Pilot's Decision To Keep Flying, Air Force Says

Asia

	Bangladesh Bans Jamaat-E-Islami Party Following Violent Protests That Left More Than 200 Dead
	'New Wave': Why Suspected Rebel Attacks Are Rising in Kashmir's Jammu Area
	Malaysia PM Outraged Over Removal of Facebook Post on Haniyeh Assassination
	'Potential for New Myanmar' as Anti-Coup Forces Push New Northern Offensive
	South Korea Says Ready To Offer Flood Relief to North Korea

The War at Home

	'No Fail': Air Force Officials Spotlight Cost Jumps, Delays for B-52 Bomber Modernization
	VA Claim Errors Result in $100 Million in Incorrect Payments: Watchdog
	New Tech Will Make Tomorrow's Wars More Dangerous to Troops, US Army Says

Israel/Palestine

	'Broke Our Hands and Feet': Freed Gaza Detainees Recount Torture in Israeli Prison
	What Countries Has Israel Attacked Since October 7?
	Israeli Jets Rain Fire Across Gaza on 300th Day of Genocide
	Netanyahu Says Israel 'Delivered Crushing Blows' to Its Enemies
	High Court: Israel Must Enable Return of Displaced Palestinians to West Bank Villages
	Far-Right MK: Israeli Justice Officials Who Go After Soldiers Will Be 'Prosecuted as Traitors'
	Turkey Blocks NATO-Israel Cooperation Over Gaza War, Sources Say
	A Riot for Impunity Shows Israel's Proud Embrace of Its Crimes

Iran

	Photos: Thousands Mourn Hamas's Ismail Haniyeh at Funeral Procession in Iran
	Iran Says US, UK, France Block Security Council Statement Condemning Tehran Attack

Iraq

	Iraq Boosts Security on Syrian Border After SDF Free Hundreds of ISIS Fighters
	Iraq Monthly Roundup: 133 Killed in July
	Iraq Inks Deal With UK Energy Giant To Develop Kirkuk Oil, Gas Fields

Sudan

	Sudanese Army Recaptures More Positions in Omdurman From RSF
	Famine Persists in Displaced Camp in Darfur, Says Global Hunger Monitor
	MSF Warns of Rising Deaths in El Fasher, Condemns Hospital Attacks, Supply Blockade