2021-09-29: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-29). Battle for Caspian Sea, Central Asia: Turkmenistan to join Turkic Council as observer. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com As foretold here several months ago. Turkmenistan to join Turkic Council as observer ==== Turkic Council: Turkic world hails Karabakh war, is invested in "millions of Turkish kin" in Afghanistan Pan-Turkic bloc sets its sights on Afghanistan ==== Turkmenistan will join the Turkic Council as an observer, Trend reports on Sept. 29 referring to Business …

Brittani Banks (2021-09-29). Why the Taliban's Promise to Stop the Opium Trade Rings Hollow. independentmediainstitute.org One of the first announcements the Taliban made after seizing power in Afghanistan in August was that they were going to "ban the production and sale of drugs." But, as with other promises of change made by the Taliban, from women's rights to press freedoms, there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical about its …

Heather Barr (2021-09-29). For Afghan Women, the Frightening Return of 'Vice and Virtue'. fpif.org There is no better symbol for the disappearance of women's rights in Afghanistan than the end of the Ministry of Women's Affairs and the return of the Ministry for Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. When the Taliban on September 7 announced their new interim government, the vice and virtue The situation has a fe…

Dave DeCamp (2021-09-29). US Won't be Asking Taliban Permission to Launch Future Airstrikes in Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous007 (2021-09-29). Fired And Jailed For Speaking Out After Fighting For "Democracy" In Afghanistan. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageDEAR FRIENDS. IF YOU LIKE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT, SUPPORT SOUTHFRONT WORK : | BITCOIN: bc1qv7k70u2zynvem59u88ctdlaw7hc735d8xep9rq : | BITCOIN CASH: qzjv8hrdvz6edu4gkzpnd4w6jc7zf296g5e9kkq4lx: | PAYPAL, WESTERN UNION etc: write to , : | A US Marine lieutenant colonel was sent to military jail after criticizing Washington's fiasco of a wit…

Staff (2021-09-29). Headlines for September 29, 2021. democracynow.org Progressives Hold Firm on Opposing Infrastructure Bill Without Vow to Pass Build Back Better Act, Vanessa Nakate, Greta Thunberg Condemn Climate Inaction, U.S. Military Leaders Acknowledge "Strategic Failure" in Afghanistan During Senate Questioning, Gen. Milley Denies Going Around Chain of Command During Trump Term, Pfizer-BioNTech Submits Vaccine Data on 5-to-11-Year-Olds to FDA; Mask Mandate Bans Halted in SC and AZ, Cuba Starts Shipping Abdala Vaccine; COVID Surges in Russia and Syria; Japan Lifts State of Emergency, Fumio Kishida, from Ruling Party Establishment, Set to Become Next Japanese Prime Minister, R…

Anonymous669 (2021-09-29). Taliban Accuses US Of Violating Afghanistan's Airspace With Drones. southfront.org Photo: U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson | On September 29, Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban and Deputy Minister of Information and Culture in the group's Interim Government, said that US drones continue to violate the airspace of Afghanistan. | "It has recently acted in violation of all international law and the US commitments to the Islamic Emirate in Doha, Qatar, and Afghanistan's sacred airspace is being occupied by US drones." Mujahid wrote on Twitter. "These violations must be correc…

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-29). Azerbaijan,Georgia (Turkey) Caspian energy routes crucial for Eurasia, beyond. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Aliyev to Georgian PM: Azerbaijani-Georgian close cooperation beneficial for whole region Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Georgian PM Irakli Garibashvili met in Baku earlier today, during the second official visit of Garibashvili to Azerbaijan this year. **** [Aliyev] stated that traditional directions of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Georgia, related to gas and oil transportation, have …

OneAngryAussie (2021-09-29). Video: The Reality of Human Rights in Australia. asia-pacificresearch.com

David Vine (2021-09-29). Not Just About Subs, AUKUS Expands US Military Footprint in Australia, Too. asia-pacificresearch.com

Anonymous103 (2021-09-29). ASEAN Countries Concerned About Australia's Nuclear Submarine Fleet. southfront.org Illustrative ImageAustralia's foreign policy pursuits will isolate it from the Southeast Asian region. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | Despite claims by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, his country has no genuine aspirations to ensure the security of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. Rather, the policy of confrontation with China, which is being obsessively pursued by Morrison, makes Australia increasingly alienated from ASEAN."What Australia has to do is […] take decisions in our national interest to ensure we have adequate defences and an ade…

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-29). China urges NATO not to provoke military tension in Asia-Pacific. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com China may not view itself as being an adversary of NATO (see last paragraph), but before its summit in June and in its Brussels Summit Communiqué NATO unequivocally identified China as its adversary. ==== China urges NATO not to provoke military tension in Asia-Pacific NATO member states have been frequently deploying aircraft to the Asia-Pacific …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-29). Cyprus: Crimea II. With "unwavering support of the Motherland," secessionists insult top Greek prelate. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The northern Cypriot entity of the aptly named President Tatar employs the same brand of "diplomacy" that its brothers Azerbaijan and Turkey and their step-brother Ukraine do. Brutish diktat, insult and threats.Ankara has no more interest in seeing northern Cyprus an independent nation than it does Crimea rejoining Ukraine. Instead it plans to reunite both …

Editor (2021-09-29). Taking to the streets to teach China's gay migrants about safe sex. mronline.org Grassroots organizations, many of them started and staffed by gay men, are doing the oft-neglected work of outreach in migrant communities.

WSWS (2021-09-29). Samoa's Supreme Court ends bitter parliamentary standoff. wsws.org Behind the Pacific country's political upheaval is mounting opposition to growing inequality, poverty and authoritarianism, and intensifying geo-political rivalry in the region between the US and China.

Editor (2021-09-29). China halts new coal-fired power plants abroad in boost for climate action. mronline.org Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China would stop building new coal-fired power plants abroad, marking a historic shift away from the fossil fuel before the United Nations climate summit in November.

scorinoco (2021-09-29). We Need to Talk More About China's Socialist Democracy. orinocotribune.com By Roland Boer — Sep 26, 2021 | We need to talk more—much more—about China's socialist democratic system. Why? There are many reasons, but the main reason is that we should not let the criticisms of China from the small number of "Western" countries set the agenda. So let me propose the following thesis: China's socialist democratic system is already quite mature and superior to any other democratic system. Actually, this is not my proposition, but that of a host of Chinese specialists. They are very clear that China's socialist democratic system is already showing its latent quality. Obviously,…

Maureen Penjueli (2021-09-29). VIDEO: Voices for a nuclear free Indo-Pacific. greenleft.org.au The Australian's government's surprise September 16 announcement that Australia was in a new security alliance with the United States, Britain and Australia — AUKUS — formalises its war drive against China.

Jorge Molinero (2021-09-29). Evergrande: øOtro Lehman Brothers? globalizacion.ca La crisis de la desarrolladora inmobiliaria china Evergrande ha despertado en el mundo financiero los temores de repetición de la gran recesión iniciada en 2008 con la caída de Lehman Brothers en Estados Unidos. Hay similitudes, y también diferencias importantes….

Editor2 (2021-09-29). Indian Farmers Lead Country-Wide Shutdown. orinocotribune.com On Monday, September 27, a day-long peaceful country-wide shutdown was organized in India to mark 10 months of the farmers' agitation. The shutdown lasted from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. and was called for by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella organization of around 40 farmers' unions. They were backed by a number of trade unions and political parties. | The farmers have been demanding that the government at the center, led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), repeal the three agriculture laws enacted on September 27 last year. The contentious laws, farmers argue, will allow for the increased role of c…

Basav Sen (2021-09-29). Why Did A U.S. Envoy Meet With The Head Of A Fascist Militia in India? fpif.org The fact that India is well on its way to full-fledged authoritarianism hasn't factored into the Biden administration's approach to the "world's largest democracy."

Staff (2021-09-29). Venezuela Denounces Detention of Two FANB Members by Colombia. orinocotribune.com Venezuela condemned the "arbitrary detention" of two of its military personnel by Colombia and has demanded their immediate release to avoid unnecessary tensions between the two countries. | The Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) of Venezuela has denounced the "arbitrary detention" of two of its members by Colombian authorities in the town of Cúcuta, in the department of Norte de Santander at the Colombia-Venezuela border. | According to a statement published on Tuesday, September 28, by the FANB on Twitter, Wilter Alexis González Miranda and Gabriel Antonio Veloz Varela, two Venezuelan sergeants were apprehe…

Anonymous669 (2021-09-29). Iraqi Army Foiled Attempt To Smuggle 500 Kg Of Explosives Near Border With Syria. southfront.org Illustrative image. By the Iraqi Federal Police. Source: Fb.com/Federal.Police.Force.Command | On September 28, the Iraqi military foiled an attempt to smuggle a half a ton of TNT explosives near the border with Syria. | In a statement, the Iraqi Security Media Cell said that the smuggling attempt was thwarted by the Iraqi military's 15th Division thanks to information provided by the Counter-Terrorism Service. | "A group of people in a vehicle was spotted trying to bring these explosive materials from Syrian territory to Ir…

Anonymous007 (2021-09-29). Iraq Mulls Buying Russian S-300 Missile Defense System: Security And Defense Committee Head. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Iraq is mulling whether to buy Russia's S-300 missile defense system, according to the head of the Security and Defense Committee in the Iraqi parliament Muhammad Rida al-Haider. | The deal is however "on hold" for the time being, he said, without elaboration. | The lawmaker said Baghdad has already concluded several contracts with Moscow on the modernization of an armored brigade. | Iraqi servicemen, Haider said, have "extensive experience using Russian military hardware, especially battle tank…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2021-09-29). The US May Have Lost the Military War in Syria, But Has Won the Propaganda War at Home By Portraying its Murderous Invasion as a Moral Crusade. orinocotribune.com By Jeremy Kuzmarov — Sep 22, 2021 | As It Did with Castro in Cuba and Noriega in Panama, the "Mighty Wurlitzer" of U.S. Propaganda Defused Antiwar Sentiment by Painting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as a Brutal Animal Who Had to Be Removed. | In 1991, famed MIT linguist Noam Chomsky published a political pamphlet called Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda, which provided an examination of U.S. war propaganda and its success from Woodrow Wilson's World War I Creel Commission to Bush Sr.'s war on Iraq. | According to Chomsky, "Propaganda is to democracy what the bludgeon is to a totali…

WSWS (2021-09-29). New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reneges on pledge to vote against bill funding Israeli war crimes. wsws.org After initially voting "no," the Democratic Socialists of America member released a long letter apologizing for her abrupt reversal.

Editor (2021-09-29). Labour members overwhelmingly back motion in solidarity with Palestine. mronline.org The move comes as another grassroots rebuke to the party leadership and marks the first time a major British political party has aligned itself with the UN definition of Israel as an apartheid state.

Jordan Schachtel (2021-09-29). Freedom Prevails: COVID Data Shows 'Public Health' Mandates Only Harm People. globalresearch.ca

MEE, agencies (2021-09-29). Jordan fully reopens border crossing with Syria as relations improve. middleeasteye.net Jordan fully reopens border crossing with Syria as relations improve | Officials in both countries hope full opening of Nasib-Jaber crossing will boost trade as Syria attempts to reintegrate with Arab world | Wed, 09/29/2021 – 10: 11 | Vehicles wait at a checkpoint at Jaber border crossing with Syria (Reuters) | Jordan has fully reopened its main border crossing with Syria as ties continue…

Kim Petersen (2021-09-29). The Entire Korean Peninsula as an American Satrapy? dissidentvoice.org Foreign Affairs (FA) magazine, published by the right-wing Council on Foreign Relations, has recently published some articles on taking advantage of economic challenges faced by North Korea. On 29 July, FA says, "Change is underway on the Korean Peninsula. FA posits that sanctions have worked for the US, as can be gleaned from the article's …

MEE, agencies (2021-09-29). Tunisia's President Saied appoints first woman prime minister. middleeasteye.net Tunisia's President Saied appoints first woman prime minister | Appointment of Najla Bouden Romdhane comes as Kais Saied faces growing domestic and international pressure to form a government | Wed, 09/29/2021 – 11: 41 | Najla Boudin Romdhane is a university engineering professor with World Bank experience (Tunisian presidency/Twitter) | Tunisian President Kais Saied has appointed Najla Bo…

Jonathan Cook (2021-09-29). Labour's Palestine motion means Keir Starmer's war on the left is not over. dissidentvoice.org Labour leader Keir Starmer hoped he would hammer the final nails into the coffin of support for his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn and his left-wing policies at the party's annual conference in Brighton this week. But delegates had other ideas. With a resounding slap to Starmer's face, the conference voted in favour of a motion declaring …

Anonymous669 (2021-09-29). Putin-Erdogan Summit Ends With No Clear Agreement On Greater Idlib. southfront.org © Sputnik . Sergey Guneev | On September 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan concluded their summit in the resort city of Sochi in southern Russia without announcing a new agreement on the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | The unstable situation in Greater Idlib was one of the main topics discussed by the two leaders during the three-hour summit. Turkey maintains a large force in the re…

WSWS (2021-09-29). COVID surge in Singapore despite 80 percent vaccination. wsws.org The government had begun lifting restrictions, having adopted a "living with Covid" policy, but has been forced to reverse course in a bid to slow the rapid rise of cases.

WSWS (2021-09-29). Thousands of health workers strike in Sri Lanka. wsws.org Nurses, paramedics, midwives, public health inspectors, attendants and office staff joined the stoppage, defying the government's draconian "essential services law."

Anonymous669 (2021-09-29). Northeastern Syria: 11 Turkish-Backed Militants Killed Or Wounded In New Round Of Infighting. southfront.org Illustrative image. | On September 28, clashes broke out between two units of the Mu'tasim Division in the Turkish-occupied town of Ras al-Ain in northeastern Syria. | A disagreement over checkpoints located on profitable smuggling routes and the distribution of houses forcibly taken from locals was reportedly the main cause of the clashes, which took place in the central and eastern parts of Ras al-Ain. | In the course of the clashes, Turkish-backed militants used heavy weapons including large-caliber machine guns, rocket…

Anonymous765 (2021-09-29). Is History Being Made In Sochi Between Erdogan And Putin? southfront.org | DEAR FRIENDS. IF YOU LIKE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT, SUPPORT SOUTHFRONT WORK : | BITCOIN: bc1qv7k70u2zynvem59u88ctdlaw7hc735d8xep9rq : | BITCOIN CASH: qzjv8hrdv…

Anonymous103 (2021-09-29). UAE Nation Branding Encounters Early Headwinds. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Written by For at least the last two decades, the United Arab Emirates, aided by some of the world's foremost consulting and public affairs companies, has waged one of, if not the Middle East's most successful nation branding campaign. | The campaign has been supported by cutting edge technological and economic initiatives; a bold and assertive foreign policy backed by the UAE's financial and military muscle; a degree of economic diversification away from oil; socially liberal policies that make th…

Anonymous007 (2021-09-29). Military Situation In Yemen On September 29, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 187 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On September 28, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 18 airstrikes on the Harib and Jubah districts | On September 28, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 8 airstrikes on the Sarwah district | On September 28, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 2 airstrikes on the Shada district | On September 28, Saudi-led…

Anonymous669 (2021-09-29). Houthis Share Footage Of Recently Downed US Drone. southfront.org Screen grab from the footage released by the Houthis. | On September 29, the Houthis (Ansar Allah) released footage showing the wreckage of a US Boeing Insitu ScanEagle 2 drone that was According to the Brig. Gen. Yahya Sari, a spokesman for the Yemeni group, the drone was shot down while it was conducting "hostil…

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