Daily Archives: October 1, 2021

2021-10-01: News Headlines

Waging Nonviolence (2021-10-01). Bearing witness in Afghanistan — a conversation with Kathy Kelly on ending war and listening to its victims. juancole.com ( Waging Noviolence ) — This week, Michael Nagler and Stephanie Van Hook talk to Kathy Kelly, life-long nonviolence activist, co-founder of Voices for Creative Nonviolence and co-coordinator of the Ban Killer Drones Campaign. She discusses her extensive experience in and thoughts about Afghanistan. American intervention, she believes, was — and indeed, continues to be …

Prof. James Dawes (2021-10-01). An Autonomous Robot May Have Already Killed People — Here's How the Weapons Could be More Destabilizing than Nukes. globalresearch.ca

sputniknews (2021-10-01). Israel Conducts Investigation Into Incident With Drone Reportedly Downed by Hezbollah in Lebanon. sputniknews.com The Shiite political party and militant group reportedly claimed in a statement earlier that its fighters shot down an IDF drone in the Maryamin valley with "appropriate weapons."

Concord Reporting In (2021-10-01). Groups Fighting Concord Corruption and the Seeno Deal. indybay.org Groups are fighting back against Seeno (Discovery Homes), and the corruption in city council that resulted in them being chosen as the potential developer for the Concord Naval Weapons Station redevelopment project. The Seeno family has a criminal history, as does the company that carries their name, which 3 council members (including the current mayor of Concord) are overlooking as to further their political careers.

Anonymous007 (2021-10-01). North Korea Tests Brand-New Anti-Aircraft Missile In Second Weapons Test Within A Week. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On September 30th, North Korea test-fired a newly developed anti-aircraft missile in what has become a regular occurrence in past weeks. | It was North Korea's second known weapons test in the same week after launching a previously unseen hypersonic missile on September 26th. | The tests highlighted how North Korea has been steadily developing increasingly sophisticated weapons, raising the stakes for efforts to press it to give up its nuclear and missile programmes in return for U.S. s…

Robert Dodge (2021-10-01). Humanity's Call to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons. zcomm.org Citizens around the world are calling on their governments to ratify the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty—and the United States has a leading role to play. Nuclear weapons have no place in our future…

Anonymous669 (2021-10-01). Syrian Authorities Warn Gunmen In Northern Daraa Town Against Refusing Reconciliation Agreement. southfront.org Illustrative image. | Syrian authorities are in talks with local leaders in the town of Jasim in the northern countryside of Daraa to reach a new reconciliation agreement, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on October 1. | During a meeting that was held on September 30, Syrian officials demanded that gunmen in the town hand over more than 200 weapons in their possession and join the reconciliation process. | The official warned Jasim's local leaders that the Syrian Arab Army will launch a full-on operati…

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-30). The face of contemporary warfare: Turkish combat drones in cowardly war from the air. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish military begins to use unmanned ground vehicles The Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) have started using unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), a statement from the Ministry of National Defense said Wednesday. **** Turkish drones rose to worldwide prominence following their deployment in Syria and Libya by the TSK and in Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan's army, paving the …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-30). Donbass, Karabakh, Iraq, Syria, Libya: Turkish combat drone firm to build centers in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Sales of the Turkish combat drones to Saudi Arabia and Turkey's further military involvement in Morocco indicate that the deadly weapons will also be used in Yemen and Western Sahara. ==== UAV magnate Baykar to build centers for Turkish drones in Ukraine The Turkish drone magnate Baykar will be establishing joint training and maintenance centers …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-30). Pentagon arms Moldova against Transdniester, Russia equivocates. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com No doubt Vladimir Putin's dear friend and strategic partner Recep Tayyip Erdogan is supplying Moldova with Bayraktar TB2 combat drones to demonstrate NATO solidarity with the Pentagon. ==== US military equipment shipments to Moldova complicate Transnistrian settlement — diplomatRussian Foreign Ministry Deputy Spokesman noted that the shipped equipment was worth $5 million total, and several …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-30). Warning: explicit images. Azerbaijani video shows Israeli, Turkish drones used against Nagorno-Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan Army Drone Strikes against Armenian Army || Bayraktar TB2 & Israeli Harops || 16 OCT-2020…

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-30). Ukraine secures 24 more Turkish combat drones for war against Donetsk and Lugansk. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com richardrozoff

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-30). Video. Turkey provides Morocco with combat drones for final assault on Western Sahara. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com richardrozoff

sputniknews (2021-09-30). Head of Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Program Almost Confirms 6th Generation Fighter. sputniknews.com An unknown stealth aircraft was spotted earlier at American aerospace company Lockheed Martin's facility in California's Mojave Desert, near its Advanced Development Programs (ADP) research unit, known as Skunk Works. The jet was said to be a sixth-generation fighter; the US Air Force secretly tested a prototype last year.

_____ (2021-09-30). The Revenge of White Colonialism Motivates the AUKUS Alliance Against China. popularresistance.org Another point of controversy is whether AUKUS violates the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The first major initiative of AUKUS is to develop Australia's first nuclear submarine fleet in the Pacific. Each party in the alliance has denied the intention of developing a "civil" (read military) nuclear weapons capacity in Australia. However, the fact remains that the United States and the UK are sharing nuclear-powered technology for military purposes.

Anonymous669 (2021-09-30). Hezbollah Shot Down Never-Seen-Before Israeli Drone Over South Lebanon (Photos). southfront.org A Hezbollah fighter stands at a watch tower at Juroud Arsal, the Syria-Lebanon border. Photo: REUTERS | On September 30, Hezbollah announced that its fighters had shot down an Israeli drone over its heartland, South Lebanon. | In a statement, Hezbollah said that the drone was targeted with "suitable weapons" while it was flying over Maryamen valley near the town of Yater. | The Lebanese group shared photos of the small drone that was clearly made up of commercially-available parts. The drone is powered by five elec…

Shane Pemmelaar (2021-09-30). Victoria Police use of anti-riot weapons condemned. greenleft.org.au Criticism of the Victorian Police's use of non-lethal weapons against anti-vax and anti-lockdown protesters is growing, reports Shane Pemmelaar.

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