Staff (2021-11-12). UK caves, allows Assange to get married in jail. rt.com Imprisoned WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange will tie the knot with the mother of his children at a maximum security UK prison, after Stella Moris sued the "creepy" British government for denying them the right to marry. | "Julian and I now have permission to marry in Belmarsh prison," Moris tweeted on Thursday evening, explaining that the UK government had "backed down" 24 hours before a legal deadline. | Good news: UK government has backed down 24h before the deadline. | Julian and I now have permission to marry in Belmarsh prison. | I am relieved but still angry that legal action was necessary to put a st…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-12). Significance of Ukraine using Turkish combat drones against Russian allies in Donbass. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Eurasia Daily Monitor/Jamestown FoundationFirst Strike: The Political Consequences of Ukraine's Bayraktar Drone Attack on Russia-Backed Forces in DonbasYuri Lapaiev On October 26, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) for the first time used the Turkish-produced Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) to strike at forces. Donetsk People's Republic militia in Donbas. [T]he AFU's [Ukrainian …

WSWS (2021-11-12). Torn from Her Arms: The US government immigration policy that "rises to the level of torture" wsws.org The Lifetime channel film is based on the true story of a mother and child fleeing gang violence in El Salvador brutally separated at the US border by immigration officials.

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-11). NATO's two main military powers on its eastern flank: Poland, Turkey discuss Belarus-Poland conflict. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Having murdered Russian allies with its combat drones in Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia and Donetsk, directly and one degree removed, and being the main foreign agitator for the "liberation" of Crimea, it's to be expected that Turkey will back its fellow NATO powerhouse on the military bloc's proclaimed eastern flank, as it will support collective …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-11). Historic step: NATO to use Turkish aircraft, drones to follow. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO to use Turkish military aircraft Turkey's Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoglu has said that NATO will use the Turkish Hurkush aircraft for military purposes…. Karaismailoglu stressed that this decision was taken as NATO recognizes Turkey's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) as the civil aviation authority. Describing the recognition as a historic step, …

Moderator (2021-11-10). No End to The Washington Post's War on Whistleblowers. scheerpost.com (Jinx_HH / By Melvin Goodman / In an article assessing Facebook last month, Washington Post writer Molly Roberts attacked whistleblowers for demonstrating a "lack of loyalty" to their institutions and described their actions as "betrayal." Roberts argued that it took "gumptio…

Fra Hughes (2021-11-10). Getting Away With Murder — Britain to Protect its War Criminals. orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes — Nov 8, 2021 | Every Empire is guilty of war crimes. Executing enemy combatants on the battlefield. Destroying hospitals, watercourses, and infrastructure. Carpet bombing cities. Murdering civilians. Torture. Raping men, women, and children. Starving the enemy into submission. Genocide. Mass slaughter and ethnic cleansing. | The British Empire was no different. | From North America to Australia. From New Zealand to Zimbabwe. From Ireland to Palestine, Britain has been accused of heinous war crimes against indigenous populations while extracting the wealth, minerals, and natural resources of th…

WSWS (2021-11-10). Assange and fiancée challenge British government's refusal to allow them to marry. wsws.org This display of bureaucratic cruelty can only be aimed at deepening Assange's mental health issues, which are the result of more than a decade of state persecution.

Anonymous669 (2021-11-10). Drone Strikes Hit Iranian-Backed Forces In Eastern Syria — Reports. southfront.org Illustrative image. | Early on November 10, several explosions were reportedly heard in the southern countryside of Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria. | The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that unidentified combat drones targeted weapons and ammunition depots of Iranian-backed forces near the town of al-Bukamal on the Syrian-Iraqi border. Seven people were allegedly killed. | A few hours after the alleged strikes, a convoy of trucks arrived from Iraq and entered an area held by Iranian-backed forces near al-Buka…

Anonymous007 (2021-11-10). Iran Claims It Intercepted U.S. MQ-9 Reaper, RQ-4 Global Hawk Near Its Airspace. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On November 9th, the Iranian Army allegedly intercepted two US unmanned aerial vehicles that had reportedly entered into the country's airspace. | The purpose was to allegedly spy on the massive military drills that Iran is currently holding. | The media bureau of the drills, codenamed Zolfaqar-1400, said in a statement that the American aircraft, including General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper and Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk drones, intruded into the country's Flight…