2022-06-07: News Headlines

_____ (2022-06-06). A New Generation Of US-Trained Extremists Is Fighting Russia. popularresistance.org From 1978 (not '79 as many believe), the administration of Jimmy Carter decided to "draw the Russians into the Afghan trap," in the words of the President's National Security Advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski. US intelligence called on its British counterparts to activate networks of Afghan fighters. New generations of extremists joined the fight. Aid, arms, and training poured into Afghanistan. Support increased following the Soviet invasion in December 1979. | Throughout the 1980s, tens of thousands of jihadis from dozens of Muslim-majority countries were flown into the US, Britain, and Pakistan to receive training…

____ (2022-06-06). Explosion heard in Afghanistan's Kabul. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA) — The sound of terrible explosion was heard in Afghanistan capital of Kabul on Monday evening.

Staff (2022-06-05). U.S. transfers military helicopters meant for Afghanistan to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformJune 5, 2022 Mi-17 helicopters on their way to Ukraine from U.S. — Yermak Mi-17 military helicopters for the Ukrainian Armed Forces are being loaded at a U.S. Air Force base.Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian President's Office, said this on Telegram… "Mi-17s for Ukraine are already being loaded at a base of the U.S. …

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