Alexander Rubinstein(2022-03-20). US and NATO allies arm neo-Nazi units in Ukraine as foreign policy elites yearn for Afghan-style insurgency.thegrayzone.comCorporate US media and foreign policy hardliners want to create a new Afghanistan in the middle of Europe by flooding Ukraine with weapons. The arms industry is very pleased. Following urgent requests for arms from the Ukrainian government, at least 32 countries have announced their intention to ship billions of dollars in weapons into Ukraine for use against Russian forces in Ukraine. Photographic evidence shows that these weapons have already ended up in the hands of neo-Nazi paramilitaries — units …
Editor(2022-03-19). Ralph Nader: The Biggest Business in America? Defrauding Uncle Sam and You.scheerpost.com [ By Ralph Nader | The biggest business in America is stealing and defrauding the federal government, Uncle Sam and you the taxpayers. In terms of sheer stolen dollars, the total amount is greater than the annual sales of Amazon and Walmart over the past two years. | Before getting to the real big stuff, start with how much was stolen or not delivered by the contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. Just in one program, John Spoko—Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR), estimated that $30 billion of…
Ann Garrison(2022-03-19). Sanctions: A Sanctimonious Word for Economic Warfare and Outright Theft (Interview).orinocotribune.comThe US claims the right to sanction, to steal from other nations, with one-third of humanity suffering from these crimes. Sanctions are war by other means and cause great suffering around the world. Black Agenda Report's Ann Garrison interviewed Congolese economist Jean-Claude Maswana about such unilateral sanctions and their effects. | The word "sanctions" emerged in the Middle Ages, meaning ecclesiastical decrees. Today it's a sanctimonious word for economic warfare, including even outright theft. Despite all the terror about what could happen in Ukraine next, Afghans are still facing freezing cold and starvati…
Editor(2022-03-19). Ralph Nader: The Biggest Business in America? Defrauding Uncle Sam and You.scheerpost.com [ By Ralph Nader | The biggest business in America is stealing and defrauding the federal government, Uncle Sam and you the taxpayers. In terms of sheer stolen dollars, the total amount is greater than the annual sales of Amazon and Walmart over the past two years. | Before getting to the real big stuff, start with how much was stolen or not delivered by the contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. Just in one program, John Spoko—Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR), estimated that $30 billion of…
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting(2022-03-18). Shireen Al-Adeimi on Yemen, David Arkush on Fed Climate Veto.fair.org Sanaa, Yemen (cc photo: Yahya Arhab/European Pressphoto Agency) | This week on CounterSpin: It's worth our while to think about why everyone we know is talking about Ukraine and Russia's unlawful incursion—and equally worthwhile to ask why the same principles of concern don't seem to apply in other cases. Those feelings don't have to fight. But to hear Yemen is not a rhetorical device. It's a country of human beings in c…
Staff(2022-03-17). Headlines for March 17, 2022.democracynow.orgUkraine Blames Russia for Attack on Mariupol Theater Where Hundreds Sheltered, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Asks U.S. Congress for More Weapons, WHO Warns 6 Million People in Ethiopia's Tigray Region Face "Unparalleled Health Crisis", U.N. Drive for Yemen Aid Falls Far Short of Goal Needed to Avert Catastrophe, UK's Boris Johnson Meets With Saudi Crown Prince, Urging the Kingdom to Pump More Oil, FBI Documents Reveal Saudi Spy Linked to Prince Bandar Assisted 9/11 Hijackers, Homeland Security Dept. Grants 18-Month TPS to Afghans Who Fled Taliban Takeover, Second Gentleman Doug Em…
Yasemin Y. Celikkol(2022-03-17). Calling Ukraine "Relatively Civilized" Invokes a Racist Ranking of Europeanness.truthout.org CBS senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata's contrast of Ukraine, which he described as "relatively civilized, relatively European," with Iraq and Afghanistan, where "conflict has been raging for decades," went viral and offended millions around the globe. This dangerous comment was a sobering reminder of the persisting racism, Islamophobia and colonial mentalities still propagated by mainstream media. While people from the Middle East expressed their shock and disappointment at being…
WSWS(2022-03-16). CIA detainee Ammar al-Baluchi was used as a training prop to teach torture techniques.wsws.orgA CIA document that has been declassified in the pretrial proceedings of five Guantanamo Bay defendants shows that one of the men, who was illegally rendered into US government custody in 2003, was used as a torture training prop while held in a black site in Afghanistan.
SF015(2022-03-16). Mass Grave In Mariupol. Who May Buried There And Why.southfront.org An official representative of the DPR said at an urgent briefing on the morning of 16 March that information had been received from various sources that another falsification had been carried out by the Ukrainian leadership in the city of Mariupol. | This time, the office of the Ukrainian President set the task for the Ukrainian armed forces' command to discredit the actions of the Russian forces by showing the Western public the mass graves of civilians allegedly killed as a result of artillery shellin…
Human Rights Watch(2022-03-16). Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 81 Men: Rampant Abuses in Criminal Justice System, lack of Fair Trials.juancole.comHuman Rights Watch — (Beirut) — Saudi authorities' execution of 81 men on March 12, 2022 was its largest mass execution in years despite recent promises to curtail its use of the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said today. Rampant and systemic abuses in Saudi Arabia's criminal justice system suggest it is highly unlikely that …
Ramona Wadi(2022-03-16). Not all Refugees are Equal: Plight of Palestinians Displaced by Israel Worsening.juancole.com( Middle East Monitor ) — Financial support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is dwindling, despite the renewed mandates and financial contribution pledges by world leaders. "The almost unanimous political support expressed by the UN General Assembly to the Agency is not translated into matching financial resources," UNRWA's Commissioner-General, …
Juan Cole(2022-03-16). Top 7 Ways Iran evaded US Sanctions that Putin could Follow.juancole.comAnn Arbor (Informed Comment) — The sorts of sanctions and boycotts the United States and its allies are placing on Russia resemble those applied by Washington to Iran off and on in the past decade, though so far the measures in place against Tehran are still far more severe than what has been done to …
WSWS(2022-03-16). CIA detainee Ammar al-Baluchi was used as a training prop to teach torture techniques.wsws.orgA CIA document that has been declassified in the pretrial proceedings of five Guantanamo Bay defendants shows that one of the men, who was illegally rendered into US government custody in 2003, was used as a torture training prop while held in a black site in Afghanistan.
ecns.cn(2022-03-15). Comicomment: A disgraceful U.S. cannot 'save' anyone.ecns.cnThe U.S. mission in Afghanistan asserted it was to annihilate terrorists, bring about peace and help Afghans establish a peaceful and prosperous society, but fighting has been continuing and Afghans are still suffering.
Kamal Iranidoost(2022-03-15). Russia remains onboard for final agreement in Vienna.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) — The Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian tweeted after a visit to Russia on Tuesday that he had held a productive meeting with FM Lavrov on bilateral issues, ViennaTalks, Ukraine, Syria, Yemen & Afghanistan.
Rick Rozoff(2022-03-15). Hamid Karzai warns Ukraine against repeating Afghan tragedy.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comThe HinduMarch 9, 2022 Ukraine should learn Afghanistan lessons, should not get involved in big power games, says Hamid Karzai Excerpt You're drawing parallels between Ukraine and Afghanistan when it comes to the big power games. Many have warned that with its occupation or continuing invasion of Ukraine, Russia could face another version of what …
ecns.cn(2022-03-15). Comicomment: A disgraceful U.S. cannot 'save' anyone.ecns.cnThe U.S. mission in Afghanistan asserted it was to annihilate terrorists, bring about peace and help Afghans establish a peaceful and prosperous society, but fighting has been continuing and Afghans are still suffering.
Rick Rozoff(2022-03-15). Hamid Karzai warns Ukraine against repeating Afghan tragedy.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comThe HinduMarch 9, 2022 Ukraine should learn Afghanistan lessons, should not get involved in big power games, says Hamid Karzai Excerpt You're drawing parallels between Ukraine and Afghanistan when it comes to the big power games. Many have warned that with its occupation or continuing invasion of Ukraine, Russia could face another version of what …
Ramona Wadi(2022-03-13). Palestinian Refugee Families expelled from Israel can't Come Home, but 100K Ukrainians Admitted.juancole.comBy Ramona Wadi | — ( Middle East Monitor )- Once again, Israel feels entitled to play the humanitarian card, with only Palestinians pointing out its selectivity when it comes to opening its doors to refugees. In February, The Jerusalem Post reported that 10,000 Jewish Ukrainian refugees would be entering Israel. The move was confirmed …
sputniknews(2022-03-13). Death Toll Climbs to 61 in Wake of DR Congo Train Crash, Officials Confirm.sputniknews.comLate Thursday night, a train traveling from the town of Mueneditu to Lubumbashi, the third-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, derailed as the cars were traveling up a slope, triggering a multi-carriage crash, according to early reports from local administrators.
sputniknews(2022-03-13). Russian Armed Forces Destroy Ukrainian Command Post in High-Precision Strike — Video.sputniknews.comDisabling Ukraine's military infrastructure remains one of the main goals of Moscow's ongoing special operation in the country. On Saturday, the Russian military's precision strikes disabled a military airfield and a major electronic intelligence centre located in the cities of Vasilkov and Brovary, respectively.
sputniknews(2022-03-13). Woman in US Stabs Date in Revenge for…Assassination of IRGC Quds Force Chief Soleimani.sputniknews.comWASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A woman in the US state of Nevada has been charged with attempted murder after she stabbed her date in revenge for the assassination of Iranian top military official Qasem Soleimani, who was killed by a US drone attack in 2020, Henderson police said on Sunday.
Anonymous349(2022-03-13). Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dreams About Death Of Putin. Russian Missiles Purge Camp With Foreign Mercenaries.southfront.org March 13 became the day of the intensification of Russian strikes on the military infrastructure of Ukraine and places of concentrations of foreign mercenaries and supplies that arrive to the country from its 'foreign partners'. | These strikes came amid even increased level of hysteria in MSM about the 'Russian aggression' against the 'peaceful Ukrainain government' that allegedly seeks a diplomatic settlement of the current situation. | To highlight the peaceful stance of the Kyiv government, it would be interesting to quote the March 12 statement of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba: "The elimination of…
Editor2(2022-03-13). When Western Media Saw Ukraine's Neo-Nazis.orinocotribune.com Editorial note: Orinoco Tribune does not generally publish articles that are over 10 days old. However, in this case an exception is being made, as the subject matter of the following piece remains as significant today as at the time of its publication. | By Robert Parry — Aug. 10, 2014 | The New York Times reported almost in passing on Sunday (Aug. 10) that the Ukrainian government's offensive against ethnic Russian rebels in the east has unleashed far-right paramilitary militias that have even raised a neo-Nazi banner over the conquered town of Marinka, just west of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk. | That…
sputniknews(2022-03-13). Midterms: Kamala Harris Tells Democratic Voters 'They Got What They Ordered'.sputniknews.comAmong the promises that the Biden-Harris team rolled out during their 2020 White House campaign were tackling the spread of coronavirus, increasing the distribution of vaccines, creating paths to citizenship for migrants, and improving the country's infrastructure, a majority of which were combined in the "Build Back Better" bill.
Rick Rozoff(2022-03-13). Biden directs $200 million more in military aid to Ukraine.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comInterfax-UkraineMarch 12, 2022 USA to provide $200 mln in military aid to Ukraine — White House The United States will provide Ukraine with military assistance in the amount of up to $200 million, the relevant memorandum was signed by U.S. President Joseph Biden, the White House said. "By the authority vested in me as President …
GIWUSA(2022-03-13). South African Striking Clover Workers Occupy IDC Offices.indybay.orgSouth African striking Clover workers today occupied the IDC offices to call for the removal of the billionaire Israeli Wertheim family from control of the largest dairy in South Africa and for it to be run by the workers under workers control…
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). China-Laos Railway puts freight transport on fast track.ecns.cnThe freight volume of the China-Laos Railway has hit 1.2 million tonnes, as the landmark project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation marked 100 days of operation Saturday.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). Foreign companies show confidence in Chinese market.ecns.cnDespite the protracted pandemic and increasingly complex global environment, foreign companies are casting a vote of confidence in the Chinese economy as they continue to see opportunities amid the country's opening-up efforts.
Khubaka, Michael Harris(2022-03-13). 2022 Africa Unity Day – San Diego Waterfront and African Museum.indybay.orgOur "California Grown" gift to the world, the United Nations was founded in San Francisco, California, August 1943 and may help serve as "a featured platform for improving the safety and quality of life and livelihoods of people of African descent" and ensure the full political, economic and social inclusion in the societies where they live.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). U.S. to revoke Russia's most-favored nation status amid Ukraine crisis.ecns.cnThe U.S. government will revoke Russia's most-favored nation trade status amid the Ukraine crisis, the White House said Friday, noting that it will work with Group of Seven (G7) countries and the European Union to roll out new sanctions.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). HKSAR gov't strives to reduce severe cases, deaths of COVID-19: officials.ecns.cnThe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government assumes primary responsibility in fighting COVID-19 and will strive to stabilize the epidemic situation especially in reducing severe cases and deaths, senior officials have said.
TASS(2022-03-13). Situation around Ukraine may lead to World War III – Trump.tass.comIn his opinion, Russia "is not going to stop" in achieving its goals, but the US administration does not have "anybody to talk to" Moscow, in particular to Russian President Vladimir Putin…
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). Putin, Macron, Scholz discuss Ukraine crisis over phone.ecns.cnPutin informed Macron and Scholz of "the real situation on the ground" in response to the issues raised by them "regarding the humanitarian situation on the territory of the military operation to protect Donbass," the Kremlin said.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). China plans more planetary endeavors: scientist.ecns.cnAfter the Tianwen-1 mission, China will have a number of Tianwen series of planetary endeavors to explore the universe, according to a Chinese scientist.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). China's land-greening in 2021.ecns.cnThe National Forestry and Grassland Administration released a bulletin on Friday, showcasing advances in the country's afforestation work in 2021.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). Hong Kong to further leverage Traditional Chinese Medicine in fighting COVID-19: Carrie Lam.ecns.cnThe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government will continue to leverage the advantages of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic and consolidate the TCM as an integral part of the medical system in Hong Kong, Chief Executive of the HKSAR Carrie Lam said on Saturday.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). China provides 20 billion yuan in subsidies to grain planters.ecns.cnChina has provided 20 billion yuan (about 3.16 billion U.S. dollars) from the central government budget to protect grain planters from rising prices of farming supplies, the Ministry of Finance said Friday.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). Concerns of all parties to Iran nuke talks must be addressed: Chinese envoy.ecns.cnChina's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna Wang Qun said here Friday that the concerns and demands of all parties to the Iran nuclear talks must be addressed properly and that political dialogue and negotiations are the only solution.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). Experts say innovation helps stabilize economy.ecns.cnChina is committed to pursuing innovation-driven growth and accelerating its industrial upgrade this year amid multiple pressures and uncertainties, as high-quality development will remain a key to China's future, officials and experts said on Friday.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). 3rd mainland-aided COVID-19 isolation facility starts operation in Hong Kong.ecns.cnThe third community isolation facility (CIF) in Hong Kong constructed with the support from the mainland has been put into operation immediately after it was handed over to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Saturday.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). China's express logistics activities expand in February.ecns.cnChina's express logistics sector recorded stable growth in February as market demand and production gradually picked up, data from the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing showed.
sputniknews(2022-03-13). Poll Shows Majority of Brits Want Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Resign.sputniknews.comThe leader of the Conservative Party has seen his approval ratings fall during the coronavirus pandemic, with critics accusing the government of failing to respond quickly to the problem. Johnson's numbers have plunged even further due to several scandals involving Tory MPs as well as the politician himself.
