Daily Archives: August 13, 2021

2021-08-13: News Headlines

Editor2 (2021-08-13). Activists Paint Tank Tracks to Doors of Weapons Dealers. orinocotribune.com CANADA — Activists across Canada marked the third anniversary of the Yemen school bus massacre on Monday with protests at weapons manufacturers and government offices, calling on Canada to stop all weapons exports to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi bombing of a school bus in a crowded market in northern Yemen on August 9, 2018 killed 44 children and ten adults and wounded many more. | In Nova Scotia activists protested outside Lockheed Martin's Dartmouth facility. The bomb used in the airstrike on the Yemeni school bus was made by weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin Canada is a wholly-owned subsid…

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-13). Azerbaijan to buy billions more of Israeli arms for new war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan in Talks to Buy $2 Billion More Israeli Arms Citing fears [sic] of another war in Karabakh, Azerbaijan is reportedly in negotiations to purchase $2 billion more in weapons from Israel. The Israel Hayom (Today) news site reported on Thursday that Azerbaijan is negotiating to sign contracts with Israeli defense companies…. ….Baku is currently …

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-13). "Global threat": Ukraine to enlist "other nuclear powers" if Russia deploys nuclear arms to Crimea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kuleba: Russia's intention to deploy nuclear weapons in Crimea poses global threat "The issue of nuclear weapons is not a local or even a regional issue, it is a global issue, a global threat. Therefore, we will use all opportunities, including the influence of other nuclear powers on the Russian Federation, to curb such activity," …

Brian Cloughley (2021-08-13). Why Does Israel Have a Stockpile of Nuclear Weapons? counterpunch.org The main result of the meeting between Presidents Putin and Biden in Geneva on June 16 was the joint statement that "we reaffirm the principle that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought." This most welcome recognition that nuclear war would probably destroy the world is especially relevant now, because August sees the 76th anniversary

Staff (2021-08-12). Antiwar Group Blocks Entry to Raytheon Facility to Protest Killing of Civilians. truthout.org A group of anti-war activists blockaded the entrances to a Raytheon facility in Portsmouth, Rhode Island on Thursday morning to protest the role the weapons-maker plays in the killing of civilians in Yemen, the occupied Palestinian territories, and elsewhere around the world. | The demonstration was organized and live-streamed on Facebook by Resist and Abolish the Military Industrial Complex (RAM INC) and The FANG Collective, a direct-action organization based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. (…

Anonymous669 (2021-08-12). The Taliban Captured Advanced US-Made Drones At Kunduz Airport (Photos). southfront.org AL ASAD, Iraq—ScanEagle UAV sits on the catapult prior to launch. 16 April 2005, By Gunnery Sergeant Shannon Arledge of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. | The Taliban captured a number of US-made Boeing Insitu ScanEagle drones after taking over Kunduz Airport in northeastern Afghanistan on August 11. | On August 12, the group shared photos showing at least one of the captured drones as well as other weapons which were left behind by government forces at Kunduz Airport. The other…

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-12). Turkish combat drone maker to build research center, assembly plant in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish Bayraktar TB2 combat drones — used with deadly effect in Nagorno-Karabakh, Iraq, Syria and Libya — are now being employed by Ukraine for the war in the Donbass. Turkey's Baykar intends to invest in creating scientific center, drone production in Ukraine The Turkish manufacturer of drones Baykar is developing an investment project to build a …

Kit Baril (2021-08-12). Die-in held at nuke profiteer PNC Bank's Pittsburgh HQ on Hiroshima Day. liberationnews.org At PNC Bank headquarters, Pittsburgh community members joined together on the 76th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima to commemorate the 150,000 civilians who were murdered by the U.S. government. Demonstrators participated in a die-in to protest nuclear weaponry with the Stop Banking the Bomb campaign to show the devastating effects of war and weapons …

_____ (2021-08-12). One-Time 99% Tax on Billionaires' Pandemic Profits Could Fund Vaccines for the Entire World. commondreams.org "Raytheon profits from the killing of civilians, families, and children in Palestine, Yemen, and elsewhere. We can't sit idly by while Raytheon engineers new and more destructive ways of killing innocent people."

_____ (2021-08-12). Anti-War Group Blocks Entrance to Raytheon Facility to Protest US Killing of Civilians Worldwide. commondreams.org "We've lost over 600,000 of our loved ones across this country," said progressive challenger Charles Booker. "Rand Paul knew how bad it would be, and he decided to choose profits instead of protecting you."

Marilyn Bechtel (2021-08-12). On Hiroshima, Nagasaki anniversaries, activists demand abolition of nuclear weapons. peoplesworld.org

Howard Lisnoff (2021-08-12). Sexual Abuse and the Committees of the Elite. counterpunch.org The robber barons of over a century ago were the movers and shakers in the establishment of the committees of the elite. Today they are the weapons manufacturers, the elite bankers and those in the financial sector, the healthcare/pharmaceutical/health insurance industry, the fossil fuel industry, the tech industry, etc. Recently, two of the elite flew

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