Daily Archives: August 18, 2021

2021-08-18: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-18). Turkish, Azerbaijani defense chiefs, Libyan military chief discuss new wars. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish, Azerbaijani defense chiefs discuss bilateral defense Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met with his Azerbaijani counterpart on Aug. 17. …on the agenda were harassment and attacks by Armenia on the border with Azerbaijan. Akar stressed that Turkey would continue to stand by Azerbaijan in its "just cause." Spotlighted during the fair were Turkish drones, …

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-18). Azerbaijan releases information on Israeli, Turkish drones destroying Armenian targets. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan releases data on Armenian military targets destroyed by UAVs during Second Karabakh War Azerbaijani border guards had destroyed a big number of strategic military targets of the Armenian Armed Forces during the 44-day Karabakh war (from late Sept. to early Nov.2020) by using Harop and Guzgun [Kuzgun] unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the State Border …

WSWS (2021-08-18). A study in contrasts: Wall Street and the underlying economy. wsws.org The doubling of Wall Street's S&P 500 index from its March 2020 level is not on indication of economic health but an expression of the parasitism resulting from the Fed's trillions of dollars of financial support.

_____ (2021-08-17). Refugee Advocates Demand US Stop Deportations to Haiti Following Earthquake. commondreams.org "Can we believe this? Not sure," responded Medea Benjamin of the anti-war group CodePink. "But it is great he is saying this."

Staff (2021-08-17). Who won the War in Afghanistan? The Taliban and defense contractors. therealnews.com After tens of thousands of lives lost and trillions of dollars wasted, the US departure from Afghanistan has left the Taliban in total control. How can we begin to measure the human and financial cost of the longest war in US history? And will the US ever atone for the death and destruction it helped wreak through decades of intervention?

Titleamerican Wars: Blood In the Sand (2021-08-17). American Wars: Blood in the Sand. commondreams.org "The military-industrial complex got exactly what it wanted out of this war."

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-17). Saudis intensify bombings in Yemen. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Saudi jets conduct fresh military raids in Yemen, continue ceasefire violations The Saudi-led military coalition has upped the ante in war-ravaged Yemen, with its fighter jets launching fresh raids in north-western Sa'ada Province. According to Yemen News Agency (SABA), quoting a military official, the foreign mercenaries on Monday carried out around 190 violations of the …

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