Daily Archives: August 19, 2021

2021-08-19: News Headlines

_____ (2021-08-19). Three Activists Arrested After Blockading Drone Factory. popularresistance.org Palestine Action have returned to Elbit System's drone factory in Braunstone Town, Leicester, and have once again disrupted the production of killer drones used for repressive purposes by Israeli forces. The factory — ran by Elbit-Thales joint venture UAV Tactical Systems — has been blockaded by Palestine Action activists. Two activists in a 'lock-on' and one activist who had D-locked their body to gates have been arrested, after placing their bodies in the way of Elbit's drone manufacture operations.

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-19). Turkey hunts down, kills eight Kurds in drone attack. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish drones used to murder people in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh are now also being used by the Ukrainian government in its war against the people of the Donbass. Turkey eliminates 8 PKK terrorists in Hakkari province Turkish gendarmerie forces killed a group of eight PKK [supporters] in southeastern Hakkari province, Interior Minister …

John Laforge (2021-08-19). UK Navy's Public Brawl over Responsibility for Nuclear Mass Destruction. counterpunch.org In a rare, public dispute between British Naval officers over legal responsibility for attacks using nuclear weapons, two retired British submarine commanders have openly attacked each other's views in writing. The online confrontation opens a window to the tortured thinking inside the perpetual, high-level, planning and reparation for such attacks among nuclear armed states. The

Staff (2021-08-18). Not notable enough? UN torture rapporteur who defended Assange gets rejected by Twitter for verification. rt.com Twitter has apparently never heard of UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer — an outspoken defender of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange — since it denied his verification request, saying he wasn't notable enough. | "Seriously?" Melzer tweeted on Wednesday, posting a screenshot of the message he received from Twitter's Verification service saying that "the evidence provided did not meet our criteria for notability." | "I am an official international mandate holder of [UN special procedures experts] appointed by the UN Human Rights Council, with an official webpage @UNHumanRights & countless p…

John Pilger (2021-08-18). A Day in the Death of British Justice. towardfreedom.org WikiLeaks has given us real news about those who govern us and take us to war, not the preordained, repetitive spin that fills newspapers and television screens. This is real journalism; and for the crime of real journalism, Julian Assange has spent most of the past decade in one form of incarceration or another, including Belmarsh prison, a horrific place.

Marjorie Cohn (2021-08-18). Threat of Extradition for Assange Grows Following British High Court Ruling. zcomm.org If the United States is ultimately allowed to extradite Assange and try him under the Espionage Act, it will send an ominous message to investigative journalists…

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-18). Azerbaijan releases information on Israeli, Turkish drones destroying Armenian targets. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan releases data on Armenian military targets destroyed by UAVs during Second Karabakh War Azerbaijani border guards had destroyed a big number of strategic military targets of the Armenian Armed Forces during the 44-day Karabakh war (from late Sept. to early Nov.2020) by using Harop and Guzgun [Kuzgun] unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the State Border …

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-18). Turkish, Azerbaijani defense chiefs, Libyan military chief discuss new wars. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish, Azerbaijani defense chiefs discuss bilateral defense Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met with his Azerbaijani counterpart on Aug. 17. …on the agenda were harassment and attacks by Armenia on the border with Azerbaijan. Akar stressed that Turkey would continue to stand by Azerbaijan in its "just cause." Spotlighted during the fair were Turkish drones, …

The Associated Press (2021-08-18). Report Shines Light on Abuse by Bolivia's Interim Government. latinorebels.com LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's recent interim government persecuted opponents with "systematic torture" and "summary executions" by security forces in the tumultuous aftermath of Evo Morales' resignation in 2019, according to a new report by independent human rights experts.

Kevin Gosztola (2021-08-18). How A Drone Whistleblower In Montana Survived A Political Prosecution. thedissenter.org Brandon BryantIn July, drone whistleblower Brandon Bryant survived a political prosecution that was launched against him by the Missoula County Attorney's Office in Montana and with support from city council members.Brandon was accused of making "threats" and "improper influence" in official or political matters, a felony that carries a potential sentence of 10 years in prison. The charge stemmed from a city council member who googled him after he spoke at a city council meeting during public comment.City Council member Julie Merritt found a video that was edited by someone who joined the…

Brian Shilhavy (2021-08-18). Board Certified Occupational Therapist Whistleblower: More Patients Are Dying from the Vaccine than from COVID. globalresearch.ca

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