(2023-10-06). Momentum builds to free Assange. greenleft.org.au 
A cross-party delegation of Australian politicians visited the United States in September to lobby for an end to US attempts to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, reports Alex Bainbridge.
(2023-10-06). Past Time to End the Persecution of Julian Assange. counterpunch.org It's long past time for the U.S. and U.K. to free Julian Assange. His flagrantly unjust incarceration is a global scandal, and the world is quite upset about it. Indeed, on September 19 at the United Nations, heads of state denounced this phony prosecution for the fraud and subterfuge it is — an assault on
(2023-10-05). Journalism Itself Is Locked Up In Belmarsh. caitlinjohnstone.com.au To accept the persecution of Julian Assange is to accept the idea that all media everywhere must function as propaganda organs of the US government.
(2023-10-05). Julian Assange May Be Extradited to the United States This Month. orinocotribune.com 
(2023-10-06). Iran conducts first drone on drone combat operation. presstv.ir Iranian drones engage in the first aerial combat mission involving another drone.
(2023-10-05). Iran's kamikaze, combat drones destroy all targets during drill. presstv.ir The spokesman of the Iranian Army's joint exercise says homegrown kamikaze and combat drones have successfully hit all their targets during the maneuver.
(2023-10-05). IRCG chief: Iran's AI-powered drones capable of targeting far-off enemy vessels. presstv.ir The chief commander of the IRGC says Iran's AI-powered drones can hit enemy vessels sailing thousands of miles away.
(2023-10-05). Iran conducts first drone on drone combat operation. presstv.ir Iranian drones engage in the first aerial combat mission involving another drone.
(2023-10-05). AI Goes To War. popularresistance.org On August 28th, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks chose the occasion of a three-day conference organized by the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), the arms industry's biggest trade group, to announce the "Replicator Initiative." Among other things, it would involve producing "swarms of drones" that could hit thousands of targets in China on short notice. Call it the full-scale launching of techno-war. | Her speech to the assembled arms makers was yet another sign that the military-industrial complex (MIC) President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned us about more than 60 years ago is still alive, a…
(2023-10-06). Condenan ataque con drones contra academia militar en Siria. telesurtv.net Gobierno sirio decreta tres días de luto público y oficial, a partir de este 6 de octubre, periodo durante el cual las banderas ondearán a media asta en todo el país.
(2023-10-05). Why Is the US Taking So Long to Close Guantánamo? truthout.org For 18 years, I've been writing articles for TomDispatch on the never-ending story of the Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility. And here's my ultimate takeaway (for the moment): 21 years after that grim offshore prison of injustice was set up in Cuba in response to the 9/11 attacks and the capture of figures supposedly linked to them, and despite the expressed desire of three presidents — George W. |