Daily Archives: August 3, 2022

2022-08-03: News Headlines

Staff (2022-08-03). La Guaira Envisions 3 Industrial Areas Within Its Special Economic Zone. orinocotribune.com Three industrial zones for La Guaira, to be developed within the framework of the Law of Special Economic Zones (SEZs), were proposed by regional government authorities during a special session of the National Assembly's Economic Commission held in the port of La Guaira. | The proposal focuses on an agricultural axis to develop the Carayaca and El Junko parishes, a tourist hub with a view to recovering the Sheraton and Meliá hotels, as well as Los Cocos beach in the Caraballeda parish, and a technological complex in the former Caracas warehouse of Urimare parish, as part of the Development Master Plan for the coa…

WSWS (2022-08-03). Biden orders drone assassination of al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan. wsws.org Biden made it clear that the assassination of al-Zawahiri was a warning to anyone deemed an enemy by the US government, saying, "the United States will find you and take you out."

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-08-03). Gobierno Talibán condena ataque aéreo de EE.UU. en Kabul. telesurtv.net El portavoz talibán Zabihullah Mujahid confirma que un ataque con aviones no tripulados de EE. UU. golpeó ayer una casa residencial en Kabul.

Staff (2022-08-02). Al Qaeda leader killed in CIA drone attack on Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — According to media sources, Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone attack by the US in Afghanistan.

Orinoco Tribune2 (2022-08-02). An Interview With John Pilger: 'Assange Is the Courageous Embodiment of a Struggle Against the Most Oppressive Forces in Our World'. orinocotribune.com In an interview with the World Socialist Web Site, renowned Australian investigative journalist John Pilger has warned that the "US is close to getting its hands on" the courageous WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. | Last month, British Home Secretary Priti Patel approved Assange's extradition to the US, where he faces 175 years imprisonment under the Espionage Act for publishing true information exposing American war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. As Pilger explains, Patel's order will be the subject of a further appeal, but the British judiciary that will adjudicate has facilitated Assange's persecution ever…

_____ (2022-08-02). Biden Should Grant Clemency to Drone Warfare Whistleblower Daniel Hale. popularresistance.org One year ago this July, drone whistleblower Daniel Hale stood in front of Judge Liam O'Grady at his sentencing and explained himself. After a lengthy investigation and prosecution, it was finally the day when Hale would find out if he would spend years in prison for doing something he felt morally obligated to do: Tell the truth about the United States' drone program. | While working as a drone analyst in the U.S. Air Force in Afghanistan, he witnessed attacks waged against innocent civilians that, to this day, still haunt him. Those experiences eventually led him to blow the whistle on the drone program. Judge O…

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-08-02). ISIL attack in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif foiled: Taliban. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — The Taliban officials in Balkh Province in the north of Afghanistan said that an attack waged by the ISIL terrorist organization in Mazar-i-Sharif was thwarted.

Staff (2022-08-02). Balkh police thrawts ISIL plot to attack Shia religious place. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — Taliban's Balkh police chief announced the destruction of an ISIL hideout in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif, adding that an ISIL element who was plotting to attack a religious place belonging to Shia Muslims was arrested.

Staff (2022-08-02). EE.UU. mata al líder de Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, en un ataque con drones en Afganistán. cubadebate.cu Estados Unidos anunció que mató al líder de Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, en un ataque con drones que se produjo en la zona céntrica de la ciudad de Kabul, la capital de Afganistán. Según se informa, Estados Unidos disparó dos misiles Hellfire contra al-Zawahiri cuando se encontraba en un balcón de la residencia donde se refugiaba…

_____ (2022-08-02). When The Just Go To Prison. popularresistance.org Marion, Illinois — Daniel Hale, dressed in a khaki uniform, his hair cut short and sporting a long, neatly groomed brown beard, is seated behind a plexiglass screen, speaking into a telephone receiver at the federal prison in Marion, Illinois. I hold a receiver on the other side of the plexiglass and listen as he describes his journey from working for the National Security Agency and the Joint Special Operations Task Force at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan to becoming federal prisoner 26069-07. | Hale, a 34-year-old former Air Force signals intelligence analyst, is serving a 45 month prison sentence, follow…

Phyllis Bennis (2022-08-02). The Killing of al-Qaeda Chief Ayman al Zawahiri Will Not Make Us Safer. commondreams.org Whatever people in the U.S. might think about the killing of al Zawahiri in the middle of the Afghan capital 7,000 miles away, safety and security are hardly likely to top the list.

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