Daily Archives: January 17, 2022

2022-01-17: News Headlines

sputniknews (2022-01-17). Sweden Investigates Drone Flights Over Nuclear Plants as 'National Incident'. sputniknews.com While no permit is required from the Swedish Transport Agency for lighter drones, they have to be flown within sight at a certain distance and not over protected objects, such as nuclear power plants.

sputniknews (2022-01-17). Three Killed, Six Wounded After Fuel-Carrying Tankers Explode in Abu Dhabi – Videos. sputniknews.com Parts of what could be drones have been found at the scene, state news media reported, citing a source with the initial investigation.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-01-17). Enduring stain: Guantánamo military prison turns 20. greenleft.org.au The first prisoners of the "War on Terror" — declared by US president George W Bush — began arriving at Camp X-Ray prison at the US naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on January 11, 2002, writes Binoy Kampmark.

_____ (2022-01-16). Public Health Professionals Must Demand An End To Weaponized Drones. popularresistance.org On January 13, 2017, a family including a husband, wife and three small children scurried from building to building in East Mosul, Iraq. They were seeking refuge as a battle between ISIS (also known as Daesh) and U.S.-backed forces swirled around them. The family was huddled in an abandoned school surrounded by other civilians when a U.S.-operated drone struck and destroyed the structure. The father and one of his sons narrowly escaped with their lives. The tragic fate of his wife and other children would not be confirmed until months later when he watched as their bodies were excavated from the rubble. | This ac…

Martina Burtscher (2022-01-16). Even After Release, Guantánamo Survivors Live Under Surveillance and in Anguish. truthout.org It is a sad fact that it requires a major anniversary, two decades on from the arrival of the first prisoners in hoods and orange jumpsuits at Guantánamo Bay's Camp X-Ray prison, for the media and the U.S. public to pay attention to Guantánamo and the The 741 men who have been released have been almost entirely forgotten by the public. The truth i…

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