Daily Archives: February 10, 2022

2022-02-10: News Headlines

_____ (2022-02-10). Central Asian Countries Keep Maneuvering amid Regional Powers. journal-neo.org The NEO has already raised the issue of the optimal positioning of the Central Asian countries in the field of power that is being shaped by the world's leading players, who have in varying degrees been involved in the processes that have developed in recent years in the sub-region. The change of power in Afghanistan, as …

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2022-02-09). United States Outruns Regional States in Race for Kabul. towardfreedom.org The U.S. Treasury Department quietly signaled on February 2 that it was "tweaking" sanctions against Afghanistan's Haqqani Network, a Sunni Islamist militant organization. International banks can now transfer money to the Taliban, including its affiliated Haqqani Network, without fear of breaching sanctions, which means the United States may now have a say in the Taliban-run government, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar.

ecns.cn (2022-02-09). China Red Cross donates flour to hungry Afghanistan. ecns.cn The Red Cross Society of China recently donated 130 metric tons of flour to its Afghan counterpart to help the country through its severe food crisis.

_____ (2022-02-09). Is the American Legacy Media a 'Weapon of Mass Destruction'? strategic-culture.org Not since the Vietnam War — when liberals behaved like peaceniks and not the Neocon country cousins they've become — has the media seriously scrutinized the US government's arguments for military exploits abroad. | From the oilfields of Iraq, to the mountains of Afghanistan, to Trump's classic head fake in Syria when a few missiles demolished a deserted airfield, triggering NBC host Brian Williams to get all choked up over "the beauty of our weapons," the MSM has dutifully played water boy to Uncle Sam's overseas misadventures. Somewhere, somehow along the way Americans inherited a Fourth Estate that…

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-09). U.S. to deploy warship, fighter squadron to assist UAE's war in Yemen. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The United Arab Emirates, a founding member of NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative military partnership, supplied NATO with troops for its war in Afghanistan and combat aircraft for its war against Libya, and leading NATO nations — the U.S., France, Turkey among them — return the favor. The war in Yemen is one of several military …

gmsorinoco (2022-02-09). UN Requests Venezuelan Government and Opposition to Resume Mexico Talks. orinocotribune.com On Monday, February 7, the United Nations (UN) asked the government of Venezuela and the opposition to resume the dialogue in Mexico. | Farahn Haq, spokesperson for the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, stated, "The Secretary General urges the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Unitary Platform of Venezuela to resume negotiations and remain fully committed to an inclusive and meaningful dialogue." | Haq added that Secretary General Guterres urges the international community to support a negotiated solution to resolve the current situation in Venezuela. "The secretary-general reiterate…

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