Daily Archives: November 21, 2021

2021-11-21: News Headlines

Kim Petersen (2021-11-20). The Baghuz Massacre Underlines the Necessity for Freeing Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org The implications of the Baghuz Massacre should deeply underscore the integrity, morality, and vital importance of WikiLeaks and its heroic publisher and political prisoner Julian Assange. The Baghuz Massacre was a failed cover-up by the United States. WikiLeaks is the journalistic enterprise that shines a spotlight on the egregious crimes of states. Assange is imprisoned …

Staff (2021-11-20). Pentagon chief promises Arab allies it will counter Iran. rt.com Iran and its drones are a threat to US troops and allies in the Middle East, and Washington will work to deter it, the Pentagon chief told Gulf officials amid concerns that US forces are being realigned away from the region.

_____ (2021-11-20). String of Pearls: Yemen Could Be the Arab Hub of the Maritime Silk Road. strategic-culture.org By Pepe ESCOBAR | The usual suspects tried everything against Yemen. | First, coercing it into 'structural reform.' When that didn't work, they instrumentalized takfiri mercenaries. They infiltrated and manipulated the Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), ISIS. They used US drones and occasional marines. | And then, in 2015, they went Total Warfare: a UN-backed rogue coalition started bombing and starving Yemenis into submission — with barely a peep from the denizens of the 'rules-based international order.' | The coalition — House of Saud, Qatar, UAE, US, UK — for all p…

Anonymous669 (2021-11-20). Remains Of Turkish Laser-Guided Munition Found In Disputed Western Sahara (Photos). southfront.org File image. | On November 20, activists from the disputed Western Sahara region shared photos showing the remains of a Turkish-made MAM-L munition. | The MAM-L, which was developed by defense giant Roketsan, is a light-weight munition guided by semi-active laser. The munition has a range of 8 to 14 kilometers. | According to Western Sahara activists, the munition was fired by one of Morocco's newly-acquired Bayraktar TB2 combat drones. The Kingdom ordered 13 drones of this type from Turkey earlier this year. The…

Zoe Alexandra (2021-11-20). What role does the military play in climate change? peoplesdispatch.org A gaping hole in the COP26 official agenda was the oversized role of the military industrial complex in environmental devastation. The US is a global leader on this front with the Pentagon being a bigger polluter than 140 countries combined…

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