Daily Archives: September 8, 2021

2021-09-08: News Headlines

Anonymous669 (2021-09-08). Pakistan Backed Taliban Attack In Panjshir With Drones, Helicopters & Special Forces. southfront.org Illustrative image. | The Pakistani military had taken part in the Taliban's offensive against resistance forces in the northeastern Afghan province of Panjshir, Fox News foreign correspondent According to Hall, sources in the US Central Command informed Fox News that the Pakistani military supported the Taliban with combat drones, helicopters and special forces. | "The Pakistani military are assisting the Ta…

Cynthia Papermaster (2021-09-08). Sunday 9/12: CODEPINK Yard Sale for Afghan Women + Shut Down Creech. indybay.org Corner of Hearst and McGee Ave., Berkeley…

John W. Whitehead (2021-09-08). 20 Years of Government-Sponsored Tyranny: The Rise of the Security-Industrial Complex from 9/11 to COVID-19. globalresearch.ca

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2021-09-08). The Rise of the Security-Industrial Complex from 9/11 to COVID-19. dissidentvoice.org I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The U.S. government will lead the American people in — and the West in general — into an unbearable hell and a choking life. — Osama bin Laden (October 2001), as reported by CNN What a strange and harrowing road we've walked since September …

sputniknews (2021-09-08). US DOJ Probes Raytheon's Alleged Bribery Payments to Qatar Armed Forces Contractor: Report. sputniknews.com Over the past seven years, Raytheon has reportedly signed a number of hefty defence contracts with Qatar worth more than $7 billion, including those related to building and servicing the US Patriot missile system.

_____ (2021-09-08). Nonviolent Jousting With Northrop Grumman. popularresistance.org Under the aegis of Baltimore Peace Action, twelve stalwarts left Baltimore on September 3 to take on weapons contractor Northrop Grumman. If Sancho Panza were with us, he would have described our journey to Linthicum Heights, Maryland as foolish and nonsensical. How dare this group to think it could joust with a giant weapons contractor which has great influence in Congress, in the Pentagon and even in the White House? Nevertheless, armed with signs, a Veterans for Peace flag, chunks of watermelon, Pellegrino water and a letter to CEO Jackie Warden, we arrived at a corporate office. Our signs carried messages whi…

Anonymous007 (2021-09-07). Military Situation In Syria On September 7, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On September 5, Russian military police entered the Daraa al-Balad neighborhood | On September 5, the Daraa al-Balad militants started to hand over their weapons to the Syrian Arab Army | On September 5, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in Fatirah area | On September 5, Turkish forces and Russian military police conducted a joint patrol near the city of Ain al-Arab | On September 5, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positio…

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-07). After Syria, Libya, Karabakh wars, new Turkish drones are "heavily-armed and dangerous" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Heavily-armed and dangerous: The Akinci drone in the skiesOne should not forget that the underlying success in the Karabakh, Syria, and Libya frontiers were not merely Turkish drones, but Turkish way of drone warfare. Recently, the Turkish Armed Forces have started receiving the first batch of its new Akinci unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Designed and …

Staff (2021-09-07). BBC Admits Documentary on Syria Chemical Attack Contained 'False Claims'. orinocotribune.com UK's propaganda outlet BBC has admitted that a Radio 4 documentary about an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria, in 2018 contained serious inaccuracies. | On Sunday, the UK corporation's Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) upheld a protest by The judges agreed that BBC investigative journalist Chloe Hadjimatheou's show failed to meet the "corporation's editorial standards for accuracy" by reporting false c…

RT (2021-09-07). BBC Admits Its Douma Chemical Attack Report Did Not Meet Own Accuracy Standards. dissidentvoice.org The BBC has admitted that a documentary on an alleged chemical attack in Syria in 2018 contained serious inaccuracies, suggesting that an informant known as 'Alex', who claimed the 2018 chemical weapons attack on Douma was staged, may have been motivated by financial reward.

Kevin Mwanza (2021-09-07). Actual Facts: Here Are the Top 5 Military Contractors Who Got Big Afghanistan Money Bags. moguldom.com A hasty U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as the Taliban overpowered the government and took control of the capital left many wondering what happened to the trillions of dollars spent over the last two decades since the 2001 U.S. invasion, and who benefited from the money. One thing is clear. More than $2.3 trillion — $300 …

Robert Jensen (2021-09-07). Can We Learn From History? counterpunch.org "We told you so" rings hollow. In the face of tens of thousands of lives lost, trillions of dollars spent, and countless communities destroyed, pointing out that early critics of the U.S. "war on terror" were accurate seems crass and cruel, sanctimonious and self-serving. But it's also dangerous to ignore the dissenters. Those of us

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-07). NATO chief denounces China, North Korea over nuclear weapons. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From the head of history's only nuclear alliance. Nato chief alarmed by construction of new Chinese nuclear missile silos Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has expressed concern about the construction of new missile silos by China that could significantly step up the country's nuclear capabilities. China was also rapidly expanding its nuclear arsenal with more …

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