ecns.cn (2023-03-08). Drone show staged to mark 200-day countdown of Hangzhou Asian Games. ecns.cn A light show featuring Hangzhou's iconic attractions is staged with 500 drones to mark the 200-day countdown of Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games at Hangzhou Olymic Sports Center Stadium, nicknamed "the Big Lotus", east China's Zhejiang Province, March 7, 2023.

Amanda Yee (2023-03-07). Six war mongering think tanks and the military contractors that fund them. liberationnews.org The funding sources of the most influential think tanks reveals whose interests they really serve: that of the U.S. military and its defense contractors.

Kevin Gosztola (2023-03-07). March To Iraq War, 20 Years Later: March 7, 2003. thedissenter.org The Dissenter Newsletter recalls each day in the timeline of events that led up to the US invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003, twenty years ago…

Peter Boyle (2023-03-06). Sydney session of Belmarsh Tribunal hears strong evidence for Julian Assange's freedom. greenleft.org.au There was a big turnout at Sydney University's Great Hall for the fifth hearing of the Belmarsh Tribunal into the persecution of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Peter Boyle reports.

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-06). Ukraine Wants the US to Provide Cluster Bombs to Use With Drones. news.antiwar.com Ukraine has been seeking cluster bombs from the US to use in its war against Russian forces and is now asking for a type of the controversial munition that they want to adapt so they can be dropped from drones, Reuters reported on Monday. According to House Reps. Adam Smith (D-WA) and Jason Crow (D-CO), …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-06). Quoth the Vultures "Evermore" transcend.org It was an intentional genocidal war waged to torture, kill, and maim as many Vietnamese as possible and to use North American boys to do the killing and suffer the consequences. Its Phoenix Program, the CIA's assassination and torture operation, became the template for Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, CIA black sites, hybrid wars, terrorist actions, etc. up to today.

Editor (2023-03-06). John Kiriakou: The Threat to Journalism. scheerpost.com

Kevin Gosztola (2023-03-07). March To Iraq War, 20 Years Later: March 7, 2003. thedissenter.org This series is published exclusively for subscribers of The Dissenter. Thanks for your interest in journalism on whistleblowers and related press freedom issues. | The world will mark the 20th anniversary of the United States invasion and occupation of Iraq in about a month. It was the second war waged by the US against Iraq. | To reflect on this history, The Dissenter recounts the timeline of events that led up to the invasion on March 19. Each post encapsulates what took place that day as both political and media elites beat the drums of war. | *** | March 7, 2003: A report from United Nations chief weapons ins…

Kevin Gosztola (2023-03-06). March To Iraq War, 20 Years Later: March 6, 2003. thedissenter.org The Dissenter Newsletter recalls each day in the timeline of events that led up to the US invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003, twenty years ago…