Monthly Archives: December 2023

2023-12-31: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-31). Constitutional violations: Julian Assange, privacy and the CIA. greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2023-12-30). Assange's final British appeal against extradition set for February. wsws.org The WikiLeaks publisher is perilously close to being extradited to the US, where he would face life imprisonment for exposing US-led war crimes, human rights abuses and diplomatic conspiracies.

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-30). Constitutional violations: Julian Assange, privacy and the CIA. greenleft.org.au

presstv.ir (2023-12-31). Drones strike bases housing US occupation troops in northeastern Syria. presstv.ir Two military facilities occupied by American forces in Syria's northeastern province of Hasakah are targeted by drone strikes.

UN Department of Political, Peacebuilding Affairs (2023-12-30). Assistant Secretary-General Mohamed Khaled Khiari's Remarks to the Emergency Security Council Meeting on Ukraine (New York, 29 December 2023). reliefweb.int Country: Ukraine | Source: UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs | Mr. President, | Overnight, the Russian Federation armed forces carried out a massive aerial attack on Ukraine, reportedly launching 158 missiles and drones in several waves targeting locations across the country, including in Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Cherkasy, Odesa and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine. | Preliminary reports indicate that at least 30 civilians were killed and at least 160 injured. The strikes constituted some of the largest aerial assaults since the Russian Federation's full-scale…

Larry Johnson (2023-12-31). CTIL Files #1: US And UK Military Contractors Created Sweeping Plan For Global Censorship In 2018, New Documents Show. sonar21.com

Kevin Gosztola (2023-12-31). Israel's War On Gaza: In Memory Of Palestinian Journalists Killed In 2023. thedissenter.org

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2023-12-28: News Headlines

infobrics (2023-12-27). Tucker Carlson's Assange interview makes him the last big name in US journalism. infobrics.org Tucker Carlson has finally released the interview he had with Assange nearly two months ago, as the latter faces the final appeal against extradition to the United States, where the charges against him could easily result in life imprisonment or even the death penalty.

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-27). US Says It Shot Down 12 Houthi Drones, 5 missiles in Red Sea. news.antiwar.com US Central Command said Tuesday that a US warship and fighter jets shot down 12 drones and five missiles in the Red Sea that were fired by Yemen's Houthis as tensions continue to rise in the region due to the Israeli assault on Gaza. CENTCOM said the missiles and drones were "fired by the Houthis …

presstv.ir (2023-12-27). Yemen forces hit ship headed towards occupied territories, Israeli targets. presstv.ir Yemeni forces strike a ship headed towards the occupied territories as well as targets lying within those territories in support of war-hit Palestinians in Gaza.

Staff (2023-12-27). Headlines for December 27, 2023. democracynow.org Death Toll in Gaza Tops 21,000; Israeli Drone Kills Six Palestinians in West Bank, As Egypt Proposes Ceasefire, Israel Says Attack on Gaza to Continue for "Many More Months", 80 Unidentified Palestinians Buried in Mass Graves in Rafah, Netanyahu Backs Expelling All Palestinians from Gaza, Israeli Soldier Dies from Fungal Infection in Gaza as Public Health Crisis Grows, Israeli Conscientious Objector Sentenced to 30 Days in Prison, Israel to Halt Automatically Granting Visas to U.N. Workers, Pentagon Intercept & Shoot Down 12 Houthi Drones in Red Sea, Ukraine Strikes Russian Warship in Crimea But Loses…

Staff (2023-12-27). "Axis of Resistance": Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis Challenge U.S. & Israeli Power Amid Middle East Tension. democracynow.org We look at how Israel's war on Gaza has inflamed tensions in the Middle East and threatens to pull other countries into the fighting, including the United States. The Pentagon says it has intercepted a number of drones and missiles launched by Yemen's Houthi forces — known as Ansar Allah — in the Red Sea aimed at disrupting international shipping, with the group vowing to continue the attacks on ships in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. The U.S. and Israel have also exchanged fire with groups in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria, and violence continues to increase in the occupied West Bank. The…

english.almanar.com.lb (2023-12-27). Hezbollah missiles, artillery shells, and combat drones strike newly-established Israeli sites in occupied Shebaa Farms, inflicting confirmed casualties: statement. english.almanar.com.lb

MEE staff (2023-12-27). Israel-Palestine war: Shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd will continue to avoid Red Sea amid Houthi attacks. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd will continue to avoid Red Sea amid Houthi attacks | US naval task force shot down twelve attack drones and five missiles fired by Houthis in 10 hours | Wed, 12/27/2023 – 16: 42 | The CMA CGM Palais Royal, the world's largest container ship powered by natural gas, sails in Bay of Marseille, southern France, on 14 December 2023 (AFP) | Shipping giant Hapag…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-12-27). As Israel's war on Gaza completes 82 days, it continues to torture, mutilate, and kill Palestinians. peoplesdispatch.org In the West Bank, Israeli violence is also escalating, with raids in multiple cities and towns accompanied with drone strikes, killing at least 310 Palestinians since the beginning of the war in the month of October…

Martin Edwin Andersen (2023-12-28). Another Unmerry Whistleblower Christmas; MSPB's Cathy A. Harris Stars as The Grinch. indybay.org With the U.S. Merit System Protection Board headed by the hapless, if self-promoting, Harris, is authoritarian and ambitious vice ADM Ann E. Rondeau better able to become Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense should he win in 2024?>

Martin Edwin Andersen (2023-12-27). Another Unmerry Whistleblower Christmas; MSPB's Cathy A. Harris Stars as The Grinch. indybay.org With the U.S. Merit System Protection Board headed by the hapless, if self-promoting, Harris, is authoritarian and ambitious vice ADM Ann E. Rondeau better able to become Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense should he win in 2024?>

ecns.cn (2023-12-27). Ministry of State Security commends and cautions in national security matters. ecns.cn The Ministry of State Security revealed cases where one individual was rewarded for reporting suspected espionage and another was penalized for illegally filming military facilities in recent social media posts.

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