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Wang Wang the panda eats from a box in front of Chinese Premier Li Qiang at Adelaide Zoo, Australia, June 16, 2024
IRAQ: Counter-terrorism commando units established to fight Islamic State are now being deployed to defend KFC and McDonald’s.
US chains have faced public boycotts and attacks since Israel invaded Gaza with US support late last year, and now special forces are responding to emergencies like stun grenades hurled at burger outlets or a crowd mobbing KFC last month telling diners to leave.
“It feels weird to be deployed to protect a restaurant,” one commando told the Washington Post.
History shows from Iraq to Libya, and now Iran, that regime-change fantasies rarely deliver stability — but they always deliver human and economic cost, says MARYAM ESLAMDOUST
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE
