Daily Archives: October 1, 2021

2021-10-01: News Headlines

Juan Cole (2021-10-01). Dozens of masked Israeli Black Shirts attack homes in small Palestinian Town, Injure Residents, including a Toddler. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Palestinian newspaper Quds gives the details of an attack this week by Israeli squatter-settlers on native Palestinians of the small town of Mafriqa in the vicinity of al-Khalil (which the Israelis call Hebron). Palestinian rights organizations said that on Tuesday, 60 armed squatters with clubs and handguns and stones …

Gavin Lewis (2021-10-01). Israel's post-Gaza bombing assault on Black history and identities. mronline.org To continue the marginalization of Black and, more recently, Muslim groups, you do not have to suddenly turn society upside down or challenge the dominant religious white or secular culture, or even, as in Nazi Germany, change citizenship and property ownership rules—in contrast to periodic historic assaults on certain white ethno-religious groups, who, by comparison, have sometimes enjoyed bourgeois, socioeconomic class power.

Waging Nonviolence (2021-10-01). Bearing witness in Afghanistan — a conversation with Kathy Kelly on ending war and listening to its victims. juancole.com ( Waging Noviolence ) — This week, Michael Nagler and Stephanie Van Hook talk to Kathy Kelly, life-long nonviolence activist, co-founder of Voices for Creative Nonviolence and co-coordinator of the Ban Killer Drones Campaign. She discusses her extensive experience in and thoughts about Afghanistan. American intervention, she believes, was — and indeed, continues to be …

Ramona Wadi (2021-10-01). UN: Removal of Indigenous Population — 2020 saw the highest number of displaced Palestinians registered in Years. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor) — Each year, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) provides proof of the fallacy upon which the two-state compromise in Palestine-Israel is based. Palestine's economy is tied perpetually to donor funding and Israel's existence. "Recovery in 2021 and beyond hinges on actions that will be taken (or not) by …

Pepe Escobar (2021-10-01). The Pashtun Will Outlast All Empires, but Can They Hold Afghanistan's Center? globalresearch.ca

Ramzy Baroud (2021-10-01). Should Hamas, Hezbollah Learn from the Taliban? counterpunch.org An urgent task is awaiting us: considering the progression of events, we must quickly liberate ourselves from the limits and confines placed on the Afghanistan discourse, which have been imposed by US-centered Western propaganda for over 20 years, and counting. A first step is that we must not allow the future political discourse pertaining to

Serge Halimi (2021-10-01). The Unrepentant US Empire. counterpunch.org The US is never humble for long: a month after its rout in Afghanistan, the imperial order has been restored. Hence Washington's recent snub to Paris. Not even a month. No sooner had the Taliban taken control of Kabul airport than the neocons re-emerged from the shadows. Now that the West has 'lost' Afghanistan, they

Anonymous669 (2021-10-01). US Central Command Identified Al-Qaeda Leader Killed In Last Drone Strike On Greater Idlib. southfront.org A MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle prepares to land after a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson) | The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has identified the target of the Maj. John Rigsbee, a spokesman for the CENTCOM, told

Alfred de Zayas, Adriel Kasonta (2021-10-01). Probe all war crimes in Afghanistan, no exceptions. asiatimes.com After the messy withdrawal of the US forces from Afghanistan last month, which marked the end of a 20-year foreign occupation, many unanswered questions and unaddressed issues remain. With the Taliban now in power and claiming that their rule will differ from what we saw before 2001, one would be well advised to remain hopeful …

Editor2 (2021-10-01). ICC's Chief Prosecutor Proposes to Exclude US Troops from Afghan War Crimes Probe. orinocotribune.com By Peoples Dispatch — Sep 28, 2021 | The decision by ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan to exclude US forces from the investigation has invited widespread criticism, with some calling it an attempt at selective justice | In a surprise move, the International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan in a statement on Monday, September 27, said that he is seeking permission to open an investigation into alleged human rights violations and war crimes in Afghanistan minus the involvement of US troops. The decision to exclude US forces from the investigation has invited widespread criticism, with some callin…

Yasmeen Afghan (2021-10-01). Kabul Diaries Part 15: Afghanistan is on an undeclared general strike since Taliban occupation. greenleft.org.au Civil disobedience and stay-at-home strikes continue in Kabul against the Taliban regime, reports Yasmeen Afghan.

Anonymous669 (2021-10-01). Explosions, Clashes Reported At Provincial Capital Of Afghanistan's Parwan (Videos, Photos). southfront.org File image. | On October 1, explosions and clashes were reported at Charikar city, the provincial capital of the eastern Afghan province of Parwan. | The first explosion was the result of an attack with an improvised explosive device that targeted a vehicle of the Taliban in the PD2 district of Charikar. Two fighters of the Afghan group were wounded in the attack. | Sources close to the Taliban said that the group arrested two alleged members of ISIS-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) after the attack. The terrorists prov…

Martha Rosenberg (2021-10-01). Baby Food Alert: Interview With Asian-Based Food Processing Consultant. counterpunch.org Last year, China's State Administration for Market Regulation found almost 6,000 food items contaminated with microbes, excessive food additives and agricultural/veterinary drugs —— and memories of melamine in milk and U.S. pet food heighten concerns. As a food processing consultant, Frank A. worked with over 60 food manufacturing, processing and packaging companies in Australia, China,

Chris Tharp (2021-10-01). No consequences for political misdeeds. asiatimes.com One of the more fascinating things about Donald Trump's tenure in the White House is that those four years of outrage, tumult, and perpetual prevarication made us forget just how awful the previous Republican administration had been. While the media was busy amplifying and kvetching over Trump's non-stop effrontery, the memory of the damage that …

Staff (2021-10-01). Video: Samidoun on normalization campaigns and Palestinian and Arab resistance. samidoun.net Charlotte Kates, international coordinator of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, appeared on Press TV's "Spotlight" program on 30 September 2021 to discuss the official Bahraini U.S.-backed normalization deal with the Israeli regime. She joined Palestinian commentator and analyst Lamis Andoni on the program. Watch the video: Both guests discussed the role of U.S. imperialism […] | The article

Mick Armstrong (2021-10-01). Imperialist Tensions: AUKUS Makes Workers Pay for War with China. globalresearch.ca

Dongsheng News (2021-10-01). News on China | No. 70. dissidentvoice.org Meng Wanzhou is released and returns to China. Corporate corruption is punished. Power supply prioritized for the basic needs of people. A new hybrid species of giant rice is featured.

WSWS (2021-10-01). China's Evergrande crisis has far-reaching implications. wsws.org The problems confronting Evergrande, which has failed to meet interest payments on dollar-denominated loans, extend throughout the property sector and into the wider economy.

Ajamu Baraka (2021-10-01). U.S. Congressional Support for More War spending and AUKUS Anti-China Pact Exposes Cynicism of Biden's UN Speech Calling for More Diplomacy. dissidentvoice.org In the same week that Biden delivered a speech at the United Nations where he argued that force had to be "our tool of last resort, not our first," and that "many of our greatest concerns cannot be solved or even addressed by the force of arms," the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), that represented …

Staff (2021-10-01). 'Serious issues with self-awareness': China urges US to find 'courage' to address own mistakes after bilateral military talks. rt.com Beijing has called on its counterparts in Washington to find the "courage" and "self-awareness" to amend a series of aggressive and provocative policies toward China, following a second round of high-level joint military talks. | Beijing welcomes dialogue with the United States, but insists Washington must take steps to end the "continuous provocations and suppression of China," Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian

WSWS (2021-10-01). Right-wing Japanese ruling party elects new leader. wsws.org Fumio Kishida, who is to be installed on Monday as Japan's new prime minister, is closely identified with former prime minister Shinzo Abe's militarist build-up and confrontationist stance against China.

Dave DeCamp (2021-10-01). US, Chinese Militaries Hold Two Days of Talks Amid Heightened Tensions. news.antiwar.com Military officials from the US and China The talks were held on Tuesday and Wednesday and were led by US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for China Michael Chase and Maj. Gen. Huang Xueping, the deputy director of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Office for International Military Cooperation. | Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian said Beijing welcomed the discussions but also calle…

ecns.cn (2021-10-01). Chili peppers dried in China's Xinjiang. ecns.cn Undated photo shows chili peppers are aired on fields in Bohu County in Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bayingolin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Li Wang (2021-10-01). The White House is seeking to strengthen the intelligence capabilities assigned to China. indybay.org Recently, media has got the information that the US administration is working on the issue of creating a special center on China in the Central Intelligence Agency.

Anonymous007 (2021-10-01). Saakashvili Returns To "Save" Georgia, Immediately Starts Bashing On Ukraine. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On September 28th, Georgia vowed to arrest exiled former president and "opposition leader" Mikheil Saakashvili if he were to return to the country. | Saakashvili, president between 2004-2013 posted a picture on Facebook of a plane ticket to Tbilisi for October 2nd, right after polling stations close."I will be in Tbilisi to protect, together with you, your electoral choice," he said in a video address on the social networking site. | It turned out that he lied and had returned earlier, o…

Anonymous669 (2021-10-01). Satellite Images Show Secret Iranian Missile Base Was Seriously Damaged In Explosion. southfront.org ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE | A secret missile base of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) located near the Iranian capital, Tehran, was seriously damaged as a result of a mysterious explosion, Israel's ImageSat International revealed on September 30. | The company shared satellite images of the facility taken on September 27, shortly after the explosion. The images show serious damage at the facility, which allegedly belongs to the Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group. | The Iranian industrial group, which was sanctioned by the US…

Anonymous007 (2021-10-01). North Korea Tests Brand-New Anti-Aircraft Missile In Second Weapons Test Within A Week. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On September 30th, North Korea test-fired a newly developed anti-aircraft missile in what has become a regular occurrence in past weeks. | It was North Korea's second known weapons test in the same week after launching a previously unseen hypersonic missile on September 26th. | The tests highlighted how North Korea has been steadily developing increasingly sophisticated weapons, raising the stakes for efforts to press it to give up its nuclear and missile programmes in return for U.S. s…

Ron Jacobs (2021-10-01). Karachi: Dystopian Modernity? counterpunch.org It's a child's memory. After a three day journey, our family had arrived in Karachi, Pakistan the day before. The final leg of our journey lay before us. As we were driven to the airport I looked out the window at a landscape unfamiliar to my consciousness. Camel caravans, water buffalo, men wearing traditional chameez

repost (2021-10-01). SFSU Professors fight to defend Palestine and protect academic freedom. indybay.org The Zionists are working to destroy the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) program and it's director Professor Rabab Abdulhadi…

Anonymous669 (2021-10-01). Russia Resumes Airstrikes On Greater Idlib, Turkey Places Its Troops In The Region On High-Alert (Photos). southfront.org A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | On October 1, the Russian Aerospace Forces resumed their airstrikes on the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib where several terrorist groups are present and active. | Russian warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes on the outskirts of the town of al-Zeyarah in the al-Ghab Plains in the northwestern countryside of Hama. The area is a known stronghold of al-Qaeda-affiliated…

Eva Bartlett (2021-10-01). There Are Positive Developments on the Ground in Syria, but for America It's Sanctions and Suffering as Usual. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous669 (2021-10-01). Greater Idlib Paradise: Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham Arrested, Tortured Three Children For Smuggling Cigarettes. southfront.org File image. | On September 30, security forces of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), al-Qaeda's branch in Syria, arrested three children for smuggling cigarettes from the Turkish-occupied area of Afrin to the region of Greater Idlib. | The three children who attempted to smuggle a few packs of cigarettes to Greater Idlib, where HTS bans smoking, were reportedly tortured by the terrorist group's militants. | HTS militants went one to share a photo of the three children without blurring their faces, likely to humiliate them and intimi…

Anonymous669 (2021-10-01). Syrian Authorities Warn Gunmen In Northern Daraa Town Against Refusing Reconciliation Agreement. southfront.org Illustrative image. | Syrian authorities are in talks with local leaders in the town of Jasim in the northern countryside of Daraa to reach a new reconciliation agreement, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on October 1. | During a meeting that was held on September 30, Syrian officials demanded that gunmen in the town hand over more than 200 weapons in their possession and join the reconciliation process. | The official warned Jasim's local leaders that the Syrian Arab Army will launch a full-on operati…

Anonymous669 (2021-10-01). Turkey Prepares To Withdraw 2,000 Syrian Mercenaries From Libya, Monitoring Group Warns Of Fake Pullout. southfront.org Illustrative image. | The Turkish intelligence has ordered some 2,000 Syrian militants deployed in Libya to prepare to return to their country, the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on September 30. | The decision to withdraw the militants, who fought as mercenaries for Turkey's allies in Libya, came ahead of the December 24 Libyan general election which is expected to give the war-torn country its first president and parliament in years. | According to the SOHR, around 7,000 Turk…

South Front (2021-10-01). Video: War on Syria: Greater Idlib Moving Towards a Cliff after Failed Putin Erdogan Meeting. globalresearch.ca

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-01). Turkey invokes NATO alliance against France, Greece. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey says Greek-French defense pact harms NATO alliance The Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Oct. 1 that a recent defense deal between Greece and France threatens to harm the NATO alliance. "It is a vain hope that Greece can make us accept these claims, which are also questioned by the international community, by forming bilateral …

MEE staff (2021-10-01). Turkey: 'Missing' man joins search party looking for himself. middleeasteye.net Turkey: 'Missing' man joins search party looking for himself | Beyhan Mutlu had been drinking with friends when he wandered into a forest in Bursa and joined rescuers searching for him | Fri, 10/01/2021 – 07: 56 | Authorities later gave Mutlu, from the city of Inegol, a drive home after taking his statement (Handout) | A man missing in

Anonymous007 (2021-10-01). Gazprom Starts Delivering Gas To Hungary Through Turkey, Angering Ukraine. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Gazprom has suspended the transit of gas to Hungary through the territory of Ukraine, the press service of the Ukrainian GTS Operator reported October 1st. | On September 27, Gazprom and the Hungarian company MVM CEEnergy Ltd signed new contracts for the supply of 4.5 billion cubic meters of gas per year to Hungary for 15 years. | Including 3.5 billion cubic meters of gas per year will be supplied through Serbia and 1 billion — through Austria. The agr…

Mark Ashwill (2021-10-01). Constructive Criticism Rooted in Respect: A View from Vietnam. zcomm.org Vietnam and its natural world need all the help they can muster from Vietnamese and expats who call Vietnam home. To try to effect positive change is the ultimate sign of respect…

ecns.cn (2021-09-30). China donates emergency supplies to Afghanistan. ecns.cn A batch of emergency supplies donated by China arrived at Afghanistan's Kabul International Airport on Wednesday night and was handed over to the Afghan side.

Alan MacLeod (2021-09-30). The Military Industrial Media Complex: How the Pentagon Leaned on Hollywood to Sell the War in Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca

Marcel Cartier (2021-09-30). Exclusive interview: Solidarity Party of Afghanistan's Selay Ghaffar speaks about why she stayed to fight Taliban. greenleft.org.au In this exclusive interview, Marcel Cartier spoke with Selay Ghaffar, spokesperson for the leftist Solidarity Party of Afghanistan.

sputniknews (2021-09-30). Pentagon Leaders Told Senators US in Talks to Use Russian Bases for Afghan Ops – Reports. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley told lawmakers in a classified briefing that the Biden administration is in talks about using Russian bases in Central Asia to conduct counterterrorism missions against targets in Afghanistan, Politico reported on Wednesday.

Marcel Cartier (2021-09-30). Exclusive interview: Solidarity Party of Afghanistan's Selay Ghaffar speaks about the struggle against the Taliban. greenleft.org.au In this exclusive interview, Marcel Cartier speaks with Selay Ghaffar, spokesperson for the leftist Solidarity Party of Afghanistan.

Ted Rall (2021-09-30). Who Lost Afghanistan? H.R. counterpunch.org Congress, the media and many voters are asking military officials this week: how did we lose the Afghan war? I've been reading a book, "The Afghanistan Papers," by Washington Post reporter Craig Whitlock, that shows how America messed up its longest war. (Every now and then, corporate media hypes something that's actually worth reading.) What

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-30). Indestructible Brotherhood: Azerbaijan, Turkey continue war games near Armenian border (video). antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan continues military exercises jointly with Turkey in Nakhchivan Regular tactical and special exercises on combating terrorism were held in Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Separate Combined Arms Army, Trend reports via Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan. The exercises were observed by the commander of a Separate Combined Arms Army, Colonel-General Kerem Mustafayev and representatives of the Turkish …

William Pesek (2021-09-30). US default is global economy's ticking time bomb. asiatimes.com TOKYO — In July, Fitch Ratings analyst Charles Seville put out a rather perfunctory report on how the US Congress might handle America's credit rating. Like most, he assumed lawmakers would be prudent. He spelled out, though, what might transpire if Republicans acted as irresponsibly as they did in 2011, back when Standard & Poor's …

Fabián Kovacic (2021-09-30). Argentina — Bajo su atenta mirada: La economía en el centro de la disputa política. globalizacion.ca Acusado por su propia vice de aplicar un ajuste demasiado duro en plena debacle pandémica, Alberto Fernández multiplica sus desafíos: kirchnerismo, empresarios, FMI y un 49 por ciento de pobreza. En medio del caos de versiones cruzadas sobre la suerte…

Gary Sands (2021-09-30). Mixed reviews of Xi's promise on coal power plants. asiatimes.com Addressing the 76th United Nations General Assembly on September 21, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared that China "will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad," thereby signaling a move by the world's second-largest economy toward helping reduce carbon emissions. Xi also pledged that China would hit peak carbon emissions by 2030 and become carbon-neutral by 2060, targets …

Anonymous669 (2021-09-30). Erdogan Says Turkey Will Work With Russia On Jet Engines, Warships & Submarines. southfront.org Erdogan file image, via CheckPoint Asia | Turkey will work with Russia to jointly produce jet engines, warships and submarines, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told journalists who accompanied him on September 29 to the Russian resort city of Sochi where he Erdogan told the journalists that he mainly discussed Defence and military issues with Putin during the summit in Sochi. | "

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