That Old Story: Spying on Friends
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-06-02
One has to be repeatedly reminded that the theatre of international relations knows no friends and only national interests, whatever those might be. Intelligence services, being an expression of those interests, do not necessarily discriminate in targeting their quarry. The revelations of Edward Snowden in 2013 about warrantless and unwarranted surveillance by the US National …
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U.S. behind detention of Venezualan diplomat: Release Alex Saab!
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2021-06-02
Editor notes: Sara Flounders is part of a humanitarian delegation to Cabo Verde, led by Cabo Verdean religious leader Bishop Filipe Teixeira of the Diocese Of Saint Francis of Assisi, Catholic Church of the Americas. The delegation has tasked itself with exposing the U.S. role in the kidnapping, torture and . . . | Continue reading U.S. behind detention of Venezualan diplomat: Release Alex Saab! at Workers.org…
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Danish public broadcaster reveals ongoing NSA spying on top EU officials
wsws.org | 2021-06-02
This comes eight years after NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed mass NSA electronic spying in 2013, targeting the population of the entire world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/02/euro-j02.html
Mexican Cartel Hunts Down Police Officers, Kills Them In Front Of Their Families
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-06-02
Click to see full-size image | In Mexico, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has started its own policy of terror. | The extremely violent organization has begun hunting police officers in their homes, abducting, torturing and ultimately killing them. | The cartel kidnapped several members of an elite police force in the state of Guanajuato, tortured them to obtain names and addresses of fellow officers and is now hunting down and killing police at their homes, on their days off, i…
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Flynn calls for Myanmar-Style Military Junta in U.S. — If he were Black, Brown or Muslim he'd be in Guantánamo
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-06-01
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Donie O'Sullivan at CNN reports that disgraced former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn called for a military coup, like the one in Myanmar, in the United States. He was speaking at a conference in Dallas on Saturday attended by QAnon and Big Lie election conspiracy theorists. O'Sullivan reports that a …
juancole.com/2021/06/myanmar-military-guantanamo.html
Torture sites and mass graves reported in Colombia
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-06-01
A May 23 report prepared by the human rights organization Justicia y Paz stated that fascistic paramilitary groups, which operate in concert with the far-right and US-backed regime of Colombian President Ivan Duque, have created torture sites and mass graves in an attempt to suppress protests in the city of Cali, which has been the epicenter of continuing countrywide demonstrations.
popularresistance.org/torture-sites-and-mass-graves-reported-in-colombia/
Chad Accuses CAR Forces And Their Russian Allies Of Raiding Border Checkpoint
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-06-01
Click to see full-size image | A scandal broke between the Central African Republic (CAR) and Chad over the alleged activities of Russian military specialists and contractors. | In the early morning of May 30, CAR armed forces and their Russian allies entered the territory of the neighboring country and attacked the checkpoint of the Chadian border guards not far from the settlement of Suru. | One Chadian soldier was reportedly killed and 5 others were captured by the CAR forces and Russian military contractors. Accor…
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