Daily Archives: March 18, 2022

2022-03-18: News Headlines

John Kiriakou (2022-03-18). CIA Shadow Warrior Covers Up Past as a Mob Hitman in New Memoir Being Celebrated Across the Mainstream Media. covertactionmagazine.com Sociopaths like Ric Prado rise to leadership positions in rogue agency that acts with utter disregard for the law If …

WSWS (2022-03-17). Australian establishment responds to latest UK judicial travesty against Assange with a stony silence. wsws.org The establishment parties and media do not want Assange's plight, or his exposure of US-led war crimes, to intrude on the frenzied wartime atmosphere they are whipping up against Russia over the Ukraine crisis.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-03-17). US base in Deir Ez-Zor comes under missile, drone attacks. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 17 (MNA) — The Al-Omar oil field base, used by American occupiers in eastern Syria, was heavily attacked by missiles and drones on early Thursday.

Our Reporter (2022-03-17). MPs Task Security Minister to Produce Missing People. plusnews.ug Members of Parliament on the Human Rights Committee have directed the Minister of Security, Jim Muhwezi to produce seven people who have been reported missing since 2020. Muhwezi on Thursday appeared before the committee which is currently inquiring into the torture of suspects by security operatives, detention without trial, and missing persons. The missing persons …

Marjorie Cohn (2022-03-17). Supreme Court: Torture at CIA Black Site Is 'State Secret'. orinocotribune.com By Marjorie Cohn — Mar 10, 2022 | In a scathing dissent, Neil Gorsuch accused the government of seeking dismissal of Abu Zubaydah's petition to avoid "further embarrassment for past misdeeds." | Abu Zubaydah, whom the CIA once mistakenly alleged was a top Al-Qaeda leader, was waterboarded 80-plus times, subjected to assault in the form of forced rectal exams, and exposed to live burials in coffins for hundreds of hours. Zubaydah sobbed, twitched and hyperventilated. During one waterboarding session, he became completely unresponsive, with bubbles coming out of his mouth. "He became so compliant that he would…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-17). Foreign Fighters Flee from Ukraine after Being Tortured and Used as Cannon Fodder. libya360.wordpress.com Paul Antonopoulos Foreign fighters now on the battlefield in Ukraine — Military Times On February 27, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a plea for foreigners to fight against the Russian military. In a statement, Zelensky said, among other things, that "This is not just Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This is the beginning of a war against…

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