2023-03-07: News Headlines

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…

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2023-03-06: News Headlines

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.

Consortium News. (2023-03-05). Assange Belmarsh Tribunal In Sydney. popularresistance.org As the pressure mounts on the Australian government to intervene with the U.S. government, the Assange Belmarsh Tribunal in Sydney on Saturday heard some of Australia's most prominent politicians, lawyers, journalists and whistleblowers testify in defense of imprisoned publisher Julian Assange. | Guests include former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr; Assange lawyer Jennifer Robinson; former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis; Assange's wife Stella Assange; C.I.A. whistleblower John Kiriakou; whistleblower David McBride, as well as journalist Kerry O'Brien, lawyer Bernard Collaery, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a…

Anonymous669 (2023-03-05). Drone Attack Targets Government-Held Village Near Key Military Camp In Syria's Hama. southfront.org File image. | Late on March 4, an armed drone dropped munitions at the government-held village of Shathah in the northwestern countryside of Syria's Hama. | Material losses were reported after the attack as several houses in the village were hit by the drone's munitions. However, there were no casualties. | Shathah is located some 11 kilometers to the south of the town of Juring, where a large camp of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is located. Russian forces are usually present at the key camp that provides fire support…

Anonymous669 (2023-03-05). Kiev Forces Lose More Howitzers To Russian Lancet Drones (Videos). southfront.org ZALA Lancet attack drone. © Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military continues to hunt down Ukrainian howitzers in the special military operation zone with Lancet loitering munitions. | On March 3 and 4, RT and other Russian news sources released video footage documenting three recent Lancet strikes that targeted a Soviet-made D-30 towed 122 mm howitzer, an American-made M777 towed 155 mm howitzer and Soviet-made 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled 122 mm howitzer. | The ZALA Aero Group, a s…

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.

Consortium News. (2023-03-05). Assange Belmarsh Tribunal In Sydney. popularresistance.org As the pressure mounts on the Australian government to intervene with the U.S. government, the Assange Belmarsh Tribunal in Sydney on Saturday heard some of Australia's most prominent politicians, lawyers, journalists and whistleblowers testify in defense of imprisoned publisher Julian Assange. | Guests include former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr; Assange lawyer Jennifer Robinson; former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis; Assange's wife Stella Assange; C.I.A. whistleblower John Kiriakou; whistleblower David McBride, as well as journalist Kerry O'Brien, lawyer Bernard Collaery, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a…

Anonymous669 (2023-03-05). Drone Attack Targets Government-Held Village Near Key Military Camp In Syria's Hama. southfront.org File image. | Late on March 4, an armed drone dropped munitions at the government-held village of Shathah in the northwestern countryside of Syria's Hama. | Material losses were reported after the attack as several houses in the village were hit by the drone's munitions. However, there were no casualties. | Shathah is located some 11 kilometers to the south of the town of Juring, where a large camp of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) is located. Russian forces are usually present at the key camp that provides fire support…

Anonymous669 (2023-03-05). Kiev Forces Lose More Howitzers To Russian Lancet Drones (Videos). southfront.org ZALA Lancet attack drone. © Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military continues to hunt down Ukrainian howitzers in the special military operation zone with Lancet loitering munitions. | On March 3 and 4, RT and other Russian news sources released video footage documenting three recent Lancet strikes that targeted a Soviet-made D-30 towed 122 mm howitzer, an American-made M777 towed 155 mm howitzer and Soviet-made 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled 122 mm howitzer. | The ZALA Aero Group, a s…

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.

Kevin Gosztola (2023-03-05). March To Iraq War, 20 Years Later: March 5, 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…

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