2024-11-18: News Headlines

Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. (2024-11-18). From Guantanamo To Abu Ghraib: Female Participation In Prisoner Abuses. popularresistance.org As a retired U.S. Army Reserve Colonel with 13 years on active duty and 16 in the Reserves, I became interested in the topic of women involved in prisoner abuses when so many U.S. women at all levels were linked to the prisons or prisoners in Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Cuba, and Iraq. In reading press articles about detentions, incarcerations, and the abuse and torture of prisoners identified as threats to national security, I was struck by the number of women who had some role in the detentions ⚪ women in the U.S. military, civilian women in various U.S. government agencies and civilian women contractors.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-11-18). Twenty-three Years Ago, October 7, 2001, US-NATO Invaded Afghanistan: It was Presented as "Act of Self Defense". "America was Attacked on 9/11 by an 'Unnamed Foreign Power'" globalresearch.ca The legal argument used by Washington and NATO to invade Afghanistan was that the September 11 attacks constituted an undeclared "armed attack" "from abroad" by an unnamed foreign power…

ICRC (2024-11-18). Afghanistan: Supporting primary health care for people most in need. icrc.org

ICRC (2024-11-18). ICRC in Afghanistan — Summary. icrc.org

Pressenza New York (2024-11-18). The Kalasha: Pakistan's Ancient Tribe on the Brink of Extinction. pressenza.com Nestled in the remote valleys of the Hindu Kush mountains, the Kalasha people represent one of Pakistan's last remaining indigenous tribes. With fewer than 4,000 individuals, their vibrant culture, unique animistic religious practices, and ancestral traditions are under existential threat. | A Rich Cultural History | Scientific research traces the Kalasha lineage back to some of the earliest settlers of the Indian subcontinent, with a distinct genetic heritage spanning nearly 12,000 years. While folklore links their ancestry to Alexander the Great, DNA evidence points to connections with the ancient Indo-Aryan Ga…

Editor (2024-11-17). Juan Cole: Morocco to Double Green Energy in Sahara in Anticipation of 2030 World Cup. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The World Cup, disputed territory and green energy are three of the things that increasingly make the world go round, and they are coming together in Morocco. Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner is even in the background of it all. Morocco's Atalayer reports that Rabat will attempt …

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2024-11-17: News Headlines

ICRC (2024-11-17). Afghanistan: Supporting primary health care for people most in need. icrc.org

ICRC (2024-11-17). ICRC in Afghanistan — Summary. icrc.org

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-11-17). Former Army Ranger found his path to medical school through Mayo Clinic's Military Medicine program. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Jessie Milaski provides canine trauma training to first responders using a K9 simulator as part of a Mayo Clinic Military Medicine training course in 2022. Milaski was a Mayo Clinic military fellow for two years and now is in his second year of studies at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Arizona. Jessie Milaski was a medic in the U.S. Army's 3rd Ranger Battalion who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan. After leaving…

ICRC (2024-11-17). Afghanistan: Supporting primary health care for people most in need. icrc.org

ICRC (2024-11-17). ICRC in Afghanistan — Summary. icrc.org

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-11-17). Former Army Ranger found his path to medical school through Mayo Clinic's Military Medicine program. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Jessie Milaski provides canine trauma training to first responders using a K9 simulator as part of a Mayo Clinic Military Medicine training course in 2022. Milaski was a Mayo Clinic military fellow for two years and now is in his second year of studies at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Arizona. Jessie Milaski was a medic in the U.S. Army's 3rd Ranger Battalion who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan. After leaving…

Editor (2024-11-17). Juan Cole: Morocco to Double Green Energy in Sahara in Anticipation of 2030 World Cup. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The World Cup, disputed territory and green energy are three of the things that increasingly make the world go round, and they are coming together in Morocco. Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner is even in the background of it all. Morocco's Atalayer reports that Rabat will attempt …

dzorinoco (2024-11-17). Where Are the Self-Proclaimed 'Mujahideen' for Gaza? orinocotribune.com By Badr Al-Ibrahim — Nov 15, 2024 | The question of armed Salafi groups, or so-called "jihadi groups," and their position on what is happening in Gaza does not seem urgent or widely discussed in Arab public discourse. In some ways, this issue has become self-evident: it is obvious that these groups in Syria, Iraq, and across the Arab region do not engage with events in Gaza in the same way they do with the Arab civil wars. This is because of changes in the orientation of these groups since the events of September 11, through the occupation of Iraq and subsequent events, up to the Arab Spring and the ensuing…

dzorinoco (2024-11-17). Where Are the Self-Proclaimed 'Mujahideen' for Gaza? orinocotribune.com By Badr Al-Ibrahim — Nov 15, 2024 | The question of armed Salafi groups, or so-called "jihadi groups," and their position on what is happening in Gaza does not seem urgent or widely discussed in Arab public discourse. In some ways, this issue has become self-evident: it is obvious that these groups in Syria, Iraq, and across the Arab region do not engage with events in Gaza in the same way they do with the Arab civil wars. This is because of changes in the orientation of these groups since the events of September 11, through the occupation of Iraq and subsequent events, up to the Arab Spring and the ensuing…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-11-16). Former Army Ranger found his path to medical school through Mayo Clinic's Military Medicine program. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Jessie Milaski provides canine trauma training to first responders using a K9 simulator as part of a Mayo Clinic Military Medicine training course in 2022. Milaski was a Mayo Clinic military fellow for two years and now is in his second year of studies at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Arizona. Jessie Milaski was a medic in the U.S. Army's 3rd Ranger Battalion who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan. After leaving…

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2024-11-16: News Headlines

newarab (2024-11-16). New documentary details struggles of Afghan women under Taliban. newarab.com A rare inside account of the tyranny of the Produced by actress Jennifer Lawrence ("Hunger Games") and Nobel Peace Prize winner

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-11-15). Germany Recruiting Refugees as Mercenaries for Israel: Reports. orinocotribune.com German intelligence and Zionist organizations in close coordination with the Tel Aviv regime have reportedly been recruiting refugees from war-torn countries as mercenaries for Israel. | Over the past seven months, the Values Initiative Association and the German—Israeli Association (DIG) have worked to enlist the refugees from Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria. | They are offered monthly salaries ranging from ‚Ǩ4,000 to ‚Ǩ5,000 and fast-tracked German citizenship. Many have joined the Israeli campaign of genocide in Gaza and the invasion of Lebanon. | Reports say virtually 4…

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2024-11-09: News Headlines

ICRC (2024-11-09). ICRC in Afghanistan — Summary. icrc.org

aljazeera (2024-11-09). At least 26 killed in railway station bombing in Pakistan's Quetta. aljazeera.com Balochistan Liberation Army, a separatist group, claims responsibility for 'suicide' attack targeting soldiers.

presstv.ir (2024-11-09). Two dozen killed in blast at railway station in Pakistan's Quetta. presstv.ir Pakistani separatists have killed at least 25 people in a bombing targeting a railway station in Balochistan province, local officials and a terrorist group say.

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2024-11-06: News Headlines

ICRC (2024-11-06). ICRC in Afghanistan — Summary. icrc.org

aljazeera (2024-11-06). Afghan opium cultivation bouncing back amid Taliban clampdown. aljazeera.com Poppy planting remains far below pre-ban levels, United Nations reports, despite rise of 19 percent year on year.

ecns.cn (2024-11-06). The Ink of Mongolian. ecns.cn Regarding four moments in his life, meet Mr. BaoJinshan,the Mongolian Calligrapher from Ordostown, Inner Mongolia,through his great talent with the brush, the pen, the paper and the inkslabthe4 treasures of calligraphy.

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2024-11-05: News Headlines

ICRC (2024-11-05). ICRC in Afghanistan — Summary. icrc.org

Paul Haeder (2024-11-05). Disabilities and Bullying and the Harris-Trump Road Show. dissidentvoice.org Remember this? Oh, yeah, that Messiah, Mister Rapist, Grifter, Dirtier than Dirt Kushner-Guided, Roy Cohen-Trained TRUMP: "My Uncle Donald Trump Told Me Disabled Americans Like My Son 'Should Just Die'" Read the Time Magazine article written by his nephew. Here, reality check for democrats and republicans: Some legit writing here from me to be published …

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2024-10-30: News Headlines

GABIK (2024-10-30). Mahlobo hails departmental and UNISA partnership. sanews.gov.za Mahlobo hails departmental and UNISA partnership | Water and Sanitation Deputy Minister, David Mahlobo, has hailed a partnership between the Department of Water and Sanitation and the University of South Africa's (UNISA) to enhance the provision of clean and safe drinking water., , Mahlobo met with the UNISA College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET), led by the university's Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Puleng LenkaBula, at the university's Science Campus in Florida, Johannesburg this week., , UNISA's Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS) is a strategic research ni…

tvbrics (2024-10-30). Iran and Uzbekistan Sign Preferential Trade Deal to Boost Trade Tenfold. tvbrics.com Two nations are paving the way for an increase in their bilateral trade with projections of a tenfold growth…

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2024-10-23: News Headlines

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-10-23). October 7, 2001: America's "Just War" against Afghanistan: Women's Rights "Before" and "After" America's Destructive Wars. globalresearch.ca Unknown to Americans, in the 1970s and early 1980s, Kabul was "a cosmopolitan city. Artists and hippies flocked to the capital. Women studied agriculture, engineering and business at the city's university. Afghan women held government jobs".

ICRC (2024-10-23). ICRC in Afghanistan — Summary. icrc.org

ecns.cn (2024-10-23). Chinese experts sample Fukushima Nuclear contaminated water. ecns.cn Experts from China, South Korea, and Switzerland, in coordination with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), began marine samplings near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant on October 15. These experts personally collected samples, which will later be analyzed in their respective laboratories.

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