(2021-06-17). German Green Party election conference endorses the use of armed combat drones. wsws.org The Greens are aware that their decision paves the way for regular use of this murderous means of warfare by the German military.
(2021-06-17). Israeli Tanks Attack, Destroy Syrian Outpost Near Border. news.antiwar.com Syrian media is reporting an Israeli attack on an observation post in Qahtaniah. There was no indication why the site was attacked, though Israel attacks Syria often. Israeli drones reportedly ha…
(2021-06-17). America Is Stabbing Itself in the Back. tomdispatch.com Americans may already be lying themselves out of what little remains of their democracy. The big lie uniting and motivating today's Republicans is, of course, that Donald Trump, not Joe Biden, won the 2020 presidential election. Other big lies in our recent past include the notion that climate change is nothing but a Chinese hoax, that Russia was responsible for Hillary Clinton's electoral defeat in 2016, and that the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was necessary because that country's leader, Saddam Hussein, had something to do with the 9/11 attacks (he didn't!) and possessed weapons of mass destruction that could be u…
(2021-06-17). Ethiopian Officials Check Aid Convoys to Make Sure They Carry Food, not Weapons. indybay.org I produced this news report for Pacifica/KPFA Radio's Saturday Evening Newscast on June 12, 2021. The attached audio file is 3 minutes and 31 seconds long.
(2021-06-16). Two Armed Drones Shot Down Over Iraq's Baghdad (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Source: the Iraqi Security Media Cell. | Early on June 16, security forces of Baghdad Operations Command shot down two armed drones over the southern outskirts of the Iraqi capital. | In two separate statements, the Iraqi Security Media Cell said that the first drone was shot down over al-Rashid Military Camp, while the second one was shot down a few minutes later over the Alkrtan district. | According to Iraqi sources, the first drone fired a small, unguided munition at al-Rashid Military Camp…
(2021-06-16). Two drones downed in Baghadad. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) — The Baghdad Operations Command shot down a drone carrying explosives in a deserted area near Rasheed Air Base.
(2021-06-16). Military ties to far right pose clear and present danger. peoplesworld.org 
The Associated Press is reporting that thousands of U.S. military firearms are disappearing from Army, Navy, and Air Force stockpiles. In an article Tuesday, AP noted that at least 1,900 firearms were lost or stolen during the 2010s and that the press service is certain the figure is many times higher because the various branches …
(2021-06-16). 50 Years Later, End the War on Drugs. otherwords.org Fifty years ago this month, on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon declared a "full scale attack" on drug use. It was the beginning of the War on Drugs. | Nixon — and many presidents since — promised the War on Drugs would save lives. Trillions of dollars later, incarceration and preventable overdose deaths have skyrocketed and continue to rise. | After generations of broken lives, broken families, and broken dreams, we must end it now. | Nixon's War on Drugs turned out to be a war on people. Once he saw there was no political benefit in drug treatment, he declared "an all-out war on the drug menac…
(2021-06-16). Ethiopian Officials Check Aid Convoys to Make Sure They Carry Food, not Weapons. indybay.org I produced this news report for Pacifica/KPFA Radio's Saturday Evening Newscast on June 12, 2021. The attached audio file is 3 minutes and 31 seconds long.
(2021-06-16). Ecuadorian legislator demands investigation into supply of ammunition to Bolivian coup regime. peoplesdispatch.org Fausto Jarrín Terán has filed a complaint with the State Attorney General's Office to investigate the alleged supply of weapons by Lenin Moreno's government to Jeanine àÅñez's coup regime in Bolivia…