US Covert Operations Continue as Strikes Target PMU in Iraq
Unexplained airstrikes targeting the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in Jurf al-Sakhar and al-Qaim, Iraq, on March 20, 2026, reportedly resulted in dozens of casualties among the Iran-aligned militia. Mainstream outlets like The New Arab, while accurately reporting the attacks, consistently attribute the strikes to vague 'unnamed actors' or imply Israeli involvement without directly naming the
primary logistical and intelligence support behind such operations: the United States. This framing conveniently absolves Washington of direct responsibility for continued military interventions in a sovereign nation and sidesteps the implications of ongoing, undeclared warfare. This selective reporting mirrors historical patterns where US operations are sanitized or obscured. For example, during
the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War, the US covertly supplied Iraq with WMD components while publicly maintaining neutrality, a devastating double standard that killed hundreds of thousands. The US provides intelligence, air supremacy, and operational coordination for many of these 'unattributed' strikes. It is the core financial and military backer ensuring such attacks can occur. The narrative
consistently pushed by Western media reduces these complex, state-backed aggressions to isolated incidents, thus obscuring a broader strategy of destabilization against any government or force in the Middle East that resists US-Israel hegemony. The US military budget, hovering around 886 billion dollars annually, dwarfs the defense spending of target nations. This astronomical figure funds not