Daily Archives: September 24, 2021

2021-09-24: News Headlines

Sara Flounders (2021-09-24). 'Rising Together' rally for solidarity. workers.org A giant 18-foot-tall paper-mache puppet of Mumia Abu Jamal was the centerpiece of the"Rising Together" rally held Sept. 19 at Foley Square in New York City. The program used art, banners, speakers, culture and poetry to call for the freedom of political prisoners including Mumia Abu Jamal, Julian Assange, Alex . . . |

Anonymous669 (2021-09-24). Houthis Launched Missile, Five Drones At Saudi Arabia In New Large-Scale Attack. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On September 24, the Saudi-led coalition announced that it had intercepted and shot down five suicide drones and a ballistic missile which were launched from Yemen, allegedly by the Houthis (Ansar Allah), over Saudi Arabia's southern region. | The coalition claimed that the five drones were on their way to attack city of Khamis Mushait in the southern province of 'Asir, while the ballistic missile was heading towards the provincial capital of Jizan. | "The [Houthi] militia's aggressive attempts to attack…

WSWS (2021-09-24). Biden administration sends migrants in chains back to Haiti, prepares Guantanamo camp. wsws.org The US government is violating international law in its forcible deportation of migrants without so much as a hearing.

Kevin Gosztola (2021-09-24). Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale In Carceral Limbo While US Generals Shirk Responsibility For Deadly Strikes. thedissenter.org Daniel Hale (Photo: Bob Hayes)Around two months ago, drone whistleblower Daniel Hale was sentenced to 45 months in prison  after he stood before a federal judge and delivered a statement that demonstrated he was a person of conscience. | "I am here to answer for my own crimes and not that of another person. And it would appear that I am here today to answer for the crime of stealing papers for which I expect to spend some portion of my life in prison," Hale declared. "But what I am really here for is having stolen something that was never mine to take: precious human life." | Hale add…

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-23). UN: Zelensky pushes Crimea's "liberation" as Ukraine, Turkey strengthen military alliance. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kuleba: Ukraine UN General Assembly attracts support of partners for development of Crimea Platform, release of political prisoners "Volodymyr Zelensky and Recep Erdogan discussed cooperation between Ukraine and Turkey in security and defense. There are several very ambitious projects in the field of military-technical cooperation between our countries. This is the production of drones and …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-23). Next Turkish intervention? Algeria, Morocco clash over Western Sahara. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com ==== Turkish combat drones to be used in Western Sahara after Karabakh, Libya, Syria, Iraq, Donbass ==== Algeria closes airspace to all Moroccan planes Algeria's presidency has announced the closure of the country's airspace to all Moroccan planes, according to the presidency, in the latest dispute between the two neighbours at odds mainly over Western …

Jessica Corbett (2021-09-23). 'This Cannot Happen': Biden DHS Seeks Contractor for Migrant Detention Center at Guantánamo Bay. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2021-09-23). Send Haitian migrants to GITMO? Report that small detention facility in Guantanamo Bay will house migrants sparks outrage. rt.com The Biden administration is seeking guards fluent in Haitian Creole to staff a detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba — but it is far too small to have an impact on the thousands of Haitian migrants currently camped in Texas. | According to an NBC News report on Wednesday, the Department of Homeland Security posted a contract

sputniknews (2021-09-23). DHS Looks to Staff Gitmo Migrant Facility With Guards Who Speak Haitian Creole Amid US Border Surge. sputniknews.com In the early 90s, US Coast Guard cutters transported thousands of Haitians fleeing the coup-hit country to refugee camps based at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. At one point, the detention facility came under human rights scrutiny, and was branded an "HIV prison camp" for its quarantining of HIV+ refugees and their relatives.

Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska (2021-09-23). Afghanistan: Ex-Bagram Inmates Recount Stories of Abuse, Torture. globalresearch.ca

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