Daily Archives: June 4, 2021

2021-06-04: News Headlines

WSWS repost (2021-06-04). Author of WSJ "Wuhan lab" story wrote lies about Iraqi "Weapons of Mass Destruction" indybay.org The lead writer of the Wall Street Journal piece that led to the embrace by the entire US media of the "Wuhan lab" theory was the co-author with Judith Miller of the discredited "aluminum tubes" story that helped launch the US invasion of Iraq.

_____ (2021-06-04). A People's Guide To The War Industry: Portfolio of Conflicts. popularresistance.org Without looking at military adventurism through the lens of the corporation, analysts are bound to produce error-filled studies. For example, one analyst contended in an interview on The Real News Network, "Military force is almost never going to achieve your political aims. The Americans learned this in Vietnam. They're learning it in Afghanistan. They're learning it in Syria… So [President Barack] Obama supporting the Saudis and Emiratis in Yemen is a sign really of incoherence on the part of the United States."

Anonymous669 (2021-06-04). New Round Of Intra-Rebel Clashes Left Three Dead In Northeastern Syria. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On June 3, clashes broke out between militants of the Turkish-backed Hamzah Division in the Turkish-occupied part of northeastern Syria. | The clashes, which were the result of personal disagreements, took place in the town of Ras al-Ain, right on the border with Turkey as well as in the nearby village of al-Duwaira. Heavy weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades and large-caliber machine guns, were reportedly used during the clashes. | "The reason behind the clashes was that one militant refu…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-04). Palestinian Fighters Open Fire At Israeli Drone Swarm Over Gaza (Videos). southfront.org Screen grab from one of the videos showing two Israeli drones passing by each other over the Gaza Strip. | Late on June 3, a swarm of small quadcopter drones launched by the Israeli military invaded the skies of the Gaza Strip. | A source in Gaza's armed factions told the al-Quds newspaper that the drones had flown over military posts as well as civilian homes and buildings. The drones were targeted by Palestinian fighters, who managed to shot down some of them. | "By flying these drones, occupation forces attempted to test a…

Anonymous669 (2021-06-04). Taliban Fighters Ambushed Afghan Army Convoys In Maidan Wardak, Helmand (Photos, Video). southfront.org Taliban spacial forces, illustrative image | Taliban fighters have ambushed two convoys of the Afghan National Army (ANA) in the provinces of Maidan Wardak and Helmand. | The first military convoy came under attack near the village of Deh Afghanan in the central province of Maidan Wardak on June 1. | During the ambush, Taliban fighters destroyed a Humvee armored vehicle and a M1117 armored security vehicle of the ANA. The fighters also seized some weapons and ammunition. | #Taliban militants destroyed

WSWS repost (2021-06-03). Author of WSJ "Wuhan lab" story wrote lies about Iraqi "Weapons of Mass Destruction" indybay.org The lead writer of the Wall Street Journal piece that led to the embrace by the entire US media of the "Wuhan lab" theory was the co-author with Judith Miller of the discredited "aluminum tubes" story that helped launch the US invasion of Iraq.

Anonymous007 (2021-06-03). First Fully Autonomous Drone Was Used To Hunt Haftar's Forces In Libya. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Military-grade autonomous drones can fly themselves to a specific location, pick their own targets and kill without the assistance of a remote human operator. | According to a United Nations report, for the first time ever, such a weapon was used in Libya against Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar's forces — the Libyan National Army. | The lethal autonomous weapons system (LAWS) was used back in March 2020. | The UN said that logistic convoys and retrea…

_____ (2021-06-03). Mass Incarceration Has Worsened The COVID-19 Pandemic. popularresistance.org A massive pandemic risk factor has been hiding in plain sight across the United States, growing exponentially in scale over the last four decades with the support of trillions of dollars spent by federal, state, and local governments. But, inexplicably, the current national policy conversation about rebuilding public health, pandemic preparedness, and biosecurity has entirely ignored it.

Rick Rozoff (2021-06-03). Pentagon to Use War Games to Smuggle Weapons to Ukrainian Army, Extremist Formations for War in Donbass: Russian Defense Ministry. globalresearch.ca Today's TASS cites …

Alex Bainbridge (2021-06-03). Weapons expo disrupted by rainbow coalition. greenleft.org.au Standing up against the war profiteers at the Land Forces exhibition in Brisbane was a rainbow coalition of First Nations peoples, peace, climate and human rights defenders. Alex Bainbridge, Jim McIlroy and Steffi Leedham report.

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2021-06-04: Social Media Postees

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Author of WSJ "Wuhan lab" story wrote lies about Iraqi "Weapons of Mass Destruction"
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2021-06-04
The lead writer of the Wall Street Journal piece that led to the embrace by the entire US media of the "Wuhan lab" theory was the co-author with Judith Miller of the discredited "aluminum tubes" story that helped launch the US invasion of Iraq.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/01/18842892.php

A People's Guide To The War Industry: Portfolio of Conflicts
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-06-04
Without looking at military adventurism through the lens of the corporation, analysts are bound to produce error-filled studies. For example, one analyst contended in an interview on The Real News Network, "Military force is almost never going to achieve your political aims. The Americans learned this in Vietnam. They're learning it in Afghanistan. They're learning it in Syria… So [President Barack] Obama supporting the Saudis and Emiratis in Yemen is a sign really of incoherence on the part of the United States."
popularresistance.org/a-peoples-guide-to-the-war-industry-portfolio-of-conflicts/

New Round Of Intra-Rebel Clashes Left Three Dead In Northeastern Syria
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-06-04
Illustrative image. | On June 3, clashes broke out between militants of the Turkish-backed Hamzah Division in the Turkish-occupied part of northeastern Syria. | The clashes, which were the result of personal disagreements, took place in the town of Ras al-Ain, right on the border with Turkey as well as in the nearby village of al-Duwaira. Heavy weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades and large-caliber machine guns, were reportedly used during the clashes. | "The reason behind the clashes was that one militant refu…
southfront.org/new-round-of-intra-rebel-clashes-left-three-dead-in-northeastern-syria/

Palestinian Fighters Open Fire At Israeli Drone Swarm Over Gaza (Videos)
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-06-04
Screen grab from one of the videos showing two Israeli drones passing by each other over the Gaza Strip. | Late on June 3, a swarm of small quadcopter drones launched by the Israeli military invaded the skies of the Gaza Strip. | A source in Gaza's armed factions told the al-Quds newspaper that the drones had flown over military posts as well as civilian homes and buildings. The drones were targeted by Palestinian fighters, who managed to shot down some of them. | "By flying these drones, occupation forces attempted to test a…
southfront.org/palestinian-fighters-open-fire-at-israeli-drone-swarm-over-gaza-videos/

Taliban Fighters Ambushed Afghan Army Convoys In Maidan Wardak, Helmand (Photos, Video)
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-06-04
Taliban spacial forces, illustrative image | Taliban fighters have ambushed two convoys of the Afghan National Army (ANA) in the provinces of Maidan Wardak and Helmand. | The first military convoy came under attack near the village of Deh Afghanan in the central province of Maidan Wardak on June 1. | During the ambush, Taliban fighters destroyed a Humvee armored vehicle and a M1117 armored security vehicle of the ANA. The fighters also seized some weapons and ammunition. | #Taliban militants destroyed
southfront.org/taliban-fighters-ambushed-afghan-army-convoys-in-maidan-wardak-helmand-photos-video/

Human Rights Mission Condemns State Terrorism In Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
Colombia's International Human Rights Verification Mission on Thursday ordered an investigation into President Ivan Duque's administration for "torturing, disappearing, raping, and murdering Colombian citizens during the social outbreak." | RELATED: | Colombia To Purchase 'Emergency' Weapons To Quell Protests | "The government is encouraging police brutality, which has limited the right of the people to protest peacefully and to take part in the country's political decisions," the Mission c…
telesurenglish.net/news/Human-Rights-Mission-Condemns-State-Terrorism-In-Colombia-20210603-0009.html

Pentagon to Use War Games to Smuggle Weapons to Ukrainian Army, Extremist Formations for War in Donbass: Russian Defense Ministry
Rick Rozoff | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-03
Today's TASS cites …
globalresearch.ca/pentagon-use-war-games-smuggle-weapons-ukrainian-army-extremist-formations-war-donbass-russian-defense-ministry/5746891

Weapons expo disrupted by rainbow coalition
Alex Bainbridge | greenleft.org.au | 2021-06-03
Standing up against the war profiteers at the Land Forces exhibition in Brisbane was a rainbow coalition of First Nations peoples, peace, climate and human rights defenders. Alex Bainbridge, Jim McIlroy and Steffi Leedham report.
greenleft.org.au/content/weapons-expo-disrupted-rainbow-coalition

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