Monthly Archives: December 2024

2024-12-31: News Headlines

Bar Peleg (2024-12-31). Israeli arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran. haaretz.com The suspect is accused of setting eight cars on fire, collecting information on infrastructure, spray-painting graffiti and surveilling an Israeli politician. Some 19 people were arrested in October alone on suspicion of espionage at the direction of Iranian contacts…

aljazeera (2024-12-31). US military releases long-held Guantanamo detainee to Tunisia. aljazeera.com Transfer from the US military prison is the fourth in two weeks by the outgoing Biden administration.

aljazeera (2024-12-31). Video: Longest-held Guantanamo Bay detainee repatriated to Tunisia. aljazeera.com The US military has released Ridah bin Saleh al-Yazidi from the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison camp.

Jordan Atwood (2024-12-31). Kamal Adwan Hospital chief detained by Israeli forces in torture facility, global outcry ensues. nationofchange.org Global outrage grows as Israeli forces abduct Gaza hospital chief, amid allegations of torture and systematic attacks on healthcare.

newarab (2024-12-31). Four Gaza detainees die in Israeli prisons amid torture, neglect. newarab.com Four The slain detainees were identified as Mohammed Rashid Aka, 44, Samir Mahmoud Al-Kahlout, 52, Zuhair Omar Al-Sharif, 58, and Mohammed Anwar Labad, 57, according to a joint statement by the two Palestinian detainees rights groups.

Binoy Kampmark (2024-12-30). Sinking Mike Pompeo: Tucker Carlson, Assange and Trump. counterpunch.org Mike Pompeo's role in the first Trump administration as both director of the Central Intelligence Agency and US Secretary of State will be forever associated with the venom and desperation he had in targeting Julian Assange, a publisher who drove him to distraction and engendered mania. As the chief founder of WikiLeaks, Assange had regularly published

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2024-12-30). Biden's Record And What That Means For The Next Administration. popularresistance.org As the Biden presidency comes to a close, Clearing the FOG speaks with author and journalist Kevin Gosztola about his current series on Biden's legacy. Gosztola reports in The Dissenter on Biden's failure to fulfill his campaign promises when it comes to government transparency, accountability and press freedom, as well as how these have eroded through successive presidencies this century. Gosztola describes how it has become more difficult to access information about what the government is doing and the abuse of the state secrets privilege to hide crimes being committed by entities such as the CIA. He also discu…

Brian Berletic, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-12-30). Washington's Unstoppable Superweapon. popularresistance.org In recent months, even across the collective West's media, growing admissions are being made about both Russia and China's superior military industrial capacity. With Russia's first use of the intermediate-range ballistic missile, the Oreshnik, it is admitted that Russia (and likely China) possess formidable military capabilities the collective West currently lacks. | Despite the collective efforts of NATO in arming, training, and backing Ukraine, Ukrainian forces continue to give ground at an accelerated rate across the entire line of contact amid the ongoing Russian Special Military Operation (SMO).

Brian Berletic, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-12-30). Washington's Unstoppable Superweapon. popularresistance.org In recent months, even across the collective West's media, growing admissions are being made about both Russia and China's superior military industrial capacity. With Russia's first use of the intermediate-range ballistic missile, the Oreshnik, it is admitted that Russia (and likely China) possess formidable military capabilities the collective West currently lacks. | Despite the collective efforts of NATO in arming, training, and backing Ukraine, Ukrainian forces continue to give ground at an accelerated rate across the entire line of contact amid the ongoing Russian Special Military Operation (SMO).

Sharon Zhang (2024-12-30). Report: Israel Detaining North Gaza Hospital Director in Notorious Torture Camp. truthout.org Israeli forces are reportedly detaining Kamal Adwan Hospital Director Hussam Abu Safiya in a camp notorious for torture, sexual assault and killings of Palestinians, after abducting him and carrying out a massacre in the hospital last week. CNN reported on Monday, citing Palestinians recently released from Israeli custody, that Israel is holding Safiya in Sde Teiman camp, a camp likened to… |

News Desk, The Cradle. (2024-12-30). Kamal Adwan Hospital Chief Taken To Notorious Israeli Torture Camp. popularresistance.org Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital Dr Hussam Abu Safia has been taken to Israel's notorious torture camp, Sde Teiman, following his abduction by Israeli forces at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza, CNN reported on 30 December. | Dr Abu Safia has not been seen publicly since his abduction from the hospital during an Israeli raid on 27 December that caused the hospital to cease functioning. | Medical staff told CNN that Israeli forces started a fire in the hospital and that they were all rounded up outside and ordered to remove their clothes over the course of several hours before being forced to leave.

Sharon Zhang (2024-12-30). Report: Israel Detaining North Gaza Hospital Director in Notorious Torture Camp. truthout.org Israeli forces are reportedly detaining Kamal Adwan Hospital Director Hussam Abu Safiya in a camp notorious for torture, sexual assault and killings of Palestinians, after abducting him and carrying out a massacre in the hospital last week. CNN reported on Monday, citing Palestinians recently released from Israeli custody, that Israel is holding Safiya in Sde Teiman camp, a camp likened to… |

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2024-12-30: News Headlines

Binoy Kampmark (2024-12-30). Sinking Mike Pompeo: Tucker Carlson, Assange and Trump. counterpunch.org Mike Pompeo's role in the first Trump administration as both director of the Central Intelligence Agency and US Secretary of State will be forever associated with the venom and desperation he had in targeting Julian Assange, a publisher who drove him to distraction and engendered mania. As the chief founder of WikiLeaks, Assange had regularly published

Brian Berletic, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-12-30). Washington's Unstoppable Superweapon. popularresistance.org In recent months, even across the collective West's media, growing admissions are being made about both Russia and China's superior military industrial capacity. With Russia's first use of the intermediate-range ballistic missile, the Oreshnik, it is admitted that Russia (and likely China) possess formidable military capabilities the collective West currently lacks. | Despite the collective efforts of NATO in arming, training, and backing Ukraine, Ukrainian forces continue to give ground at an accelerated rate across the entire line of contact amid the ongoing Russian Special Military Operation (SMO).

Editor (2024-12-29). How Ukraine is helping the HTS militants who overthrew Assad. scheerpost.com By Stavroula Pabst / Responsible Statecraft As Islamist, al-Qaida-linked group Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) overruns Syria amid President Assad's sudden ouster, evidence suggesting Ukraine has assisted the group's triumph continues to mount. Namely, the Washington Post reported Tuesday that Ukraine sent 150 first-person-view drones and 20 drone operators to Idlib about a month ago. The New York Times …

wionews.com (2024-12-29). After mysterious drones, 'red orbits' seen in US skies Amid the ongoing drone mystery in the United States (US), some strange "red orbits" have been spotted in the northern region of the country sparking new stories about the incident.

wionews.com (2024-12-29). After mysterious drones, 'red orbits' seen in US skies Amid the ongoing drone mystery in the United States (US), some strange "red orbits" have been spotted in the northern region of the country sparking new stories about the incident.

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