War is Good for Business and Organized Crime: Afghanistan's Multibillion Dollar Opium Trade. Rising Heroin Addiction in the US
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
Despite president Trump's announced US troop withdrawal, the Afghan opium trade continues to flourish. It is protected by US-NATO occupation forces on behalf of a nexus of powerful financial and criminal interests.
globalresearch.ca/war-is-good-for-business-and-organized-crime-afghanistans-multibillion-dollar-opium-trade-rising-heroin-addiction-in-the-us/5664319
Israel Prepares to Turn Bedouin Citizens into Refugees in Their Own Country
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
The decades-long struggle by tens of thousands of Israelis against being uprooted from their homes — some for the second or third time — should be proof enough that Israel is not the western-style liberal democracy it claims to be. Last week 36,000 Bedouin — all of them Israeli citizens — discovered that their state is about to make them refugees in their own country, driving them into holding camps. These Israelis, it seems, are the wrong kind.
counterpunch.org/2019/10/17/israel-prepares-to-turn-bedouin-citizens-into-refugees-in-their-own-country/
A Coalition of Support: Parliamentarians for Julian Assange
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
Australian politicians, and the consular staff of the country, are rarely that engaged on the subject of protecting their citizens. In a couple of notorious cases, Australian authorities demonstrated, not only an indifference, but a consciously venal approach to its citizens in overseas theatres. Mamdouh Ahmed Habib, a dual Australian-Egyptian national, was detained in Pakistan…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/17/a-coalition-of-support-parliamentarians-for-julian-assange/
Video: Syrian Kurds' Protection Deal with Assad Explained
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have reached a groundbreaking deal with the Assad government. | This happened on October 13 evening after the US-led coalition expectedly abandoned their 'local partners' in face of Turkey's Operation Peace Spring and an 'accident …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-kurds-protection-deal-explained/5692227
Could Turkish Aggression Boost Peace in Syria? Has Triggered Exit of US, Britain and France
Firas Samuri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
On October 7, 2019, the U.S. President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of American troops from northeast Syria, where the contingent alongside Kurdish militias controlled the vast territories. Trump clarified that the decision is connected with the intention of Turkey …
globalresearch.ca/could-turkish-aggression-boost-peace-syria/5692313
Could Turkish Aggression Boost Peace in Syria?
Firas Samuri | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-17
On October 7, 2019, the U.S. President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of American troops from northeast Syria, where the contingent alongside Kurdish militias controlled the vast territories. Trump clarified that the decision is connected with the intention of Turkey to attack the Kurdish units, posing a threat to Ankara. It's incredible that the Turkish …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/could-turkish-aggression-boost-peace-in-syria/
More Than 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza Have Bone Infections after Being Shot by Israeli Forces
Jewish Voice for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
Gaza | Treating drug-resistant infections in Gaza under the blockade | Medicin Sans Frontieres 2 Sept. 2019-More than 7,400 Palestinians have been injured by live ammunition during protests in Gaza. About half of those suffering from open fractures, in which the bone | …
globalresearch.ca/more-than-1000-palestinians-gaza-have-bone-infections-after-shot-israeli-forces/5692286
Hong Kong! Discussion on the mass protests & 70th anniversary of the Chinese Revolution
Revolution Books | indybay.org | 2019-10-17
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indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/17/18827367.php
A rare moment of truth on the US support for Al Qaeda
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
Representative Tulsi Gabbard described the terrorist group as the "ground force" for the American "regime-change" operation in Syria.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/17/gabb-o17.html
Truth About Syria."How Could Corporate Journalists Get Away with Their Lies…"
Alison Banville | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
Damascus, December 2018. Two great independent journalists sit down together: | Eva Bartlett and Vanessa Beeley | Eva Bartlett: 'when I arrived on the 29th (of December 2018) I was told that, aside from yourself (gestures to Vanessa Beeley), I was | …
globalresearch.ca/how-could-corporate-journalists-get-away-with-their-lies-truth-about-syria/5692308
Syria: Exposing Western Radical Collaboration with Imperialism
Ajamu Baraka | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-17
Despite so many self-defined radicals' reading and claims to understand Gramsci's corrective to Marxism-Leninism's mechanistic understanding of the relationship between the base and the ideological superstructure, the ease by which some radicals are manipulated by the crude ideological machinations of the ruling class is truly astonishing. It is quite understandable that liberals would be manipulated …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/syria-exposing-western-radical-collaboration-with-imperialism/
Syria: Exposing Western Radical Collaboration with Imperialism
Ajamu Baraka | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
Despite so many self-defined radicals' reading and claims to understand Gramsci's corrective to Marxism-Leninism's mechanistic understanding of the relationship between the base and the ideological superstructure, the ease by which some radicals are manipulated by the crude ideological machinations of the ruling class is truly astonishing. It is quite understandable that liberals would be manipulated…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/17/syria-exposing-western-radical-collaboration-with-imperialism/
Uneasy Damascus/Kurdish Alliance
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
Throughout most of Obama's war, now Trump's, against Syrian sovereign independence and territorial integrity, Kurdish YPG fighters and their politicians allied with US imperial aims for their own self-interest — including support for jihadists used as Pentagon/CIA proxy foot soldiers….
globalresearch.ca/uneasy-damascus-kurdish-alliance/5692311
The First Thing We Do, Let's Fire All the Cops
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
In the latest shooting of an innocent civilian by a trigger-happy police officer, a white Fort Worth cop blew away a 28-year-old African-American woman through her bedroom window as she played a video game with her eight-year-old nephew. Atatiana Jefferson's neighbor had called a nonemergency police number to request that they check on her because her doors…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/17/the-first-thing-we-do-lets-fire-all-the-cops/
The US Bids to Extradite DPRK Businessman from Malaysia 'Solely Based on Politics'
Dr. Derek Ford | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
The legal battle over the extradition of Mun Chol-Myong to the United States continues, as Malaysian courts postpone judgment until the end of October. Mun is a 54-year-old citizen of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea who has lived in …
globalresearch.ca/us-bids-extradite-dprk-businessman-malaysia-based-politics/5692260
US Plot to Transfer Thousands of ISIS Terrorists from Syria to Iraq
Drago Bosnic | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
A senior Iraqi security expert disclosed that Washington is attempting to transfer 3,000 members of the ISIS terrorist group from Syria to Iraq. Hafez Al-Basharah told the Arabic-language al-Ma'aloumeh news website on Tuesday that the US which has created and …
globalresearch.ca/expert-reveals-us-plot-transfer-thousands-isis-terrorists-syria-iraq/5692297
It's Curtains for US in Syria: Russia, Iran Owe Big Thanks to Erdogan
M.K. Bhadrakumar | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-17
The scenario agreed on behind the curtains through months of confidential exchanges, often one-on-one, between the Russian and Turkish leaders regarding north-eastern Syria is entering a critical phase of implementation on the ground with the agreement between the Kurds and the Assad regime. We have a complex scenario where on the one hand the Turkish …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/its-curtains-for-us-in-syria-russia-iran-owe-big-thanks-to-erdogan/
Bashar al-Assad Government Poised to Fulfill the Promise of Regaining all Syrian Territory
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
"Our proposal is for the terrorists to lay down their arms, leave their equipment, destroy the traps they have created, and leave the safe zone we designated, as of tonight," Turkish President Erdogan said. "If this is …
globalresearch.ca/president-assad-syria-fulfill-promise-regaining-syrian-territory/5692223
Erdogan Throws Trump's Syria Letter in the Trash
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-17
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday to urge him to halt his country's incursion into Syria, the Reuters News Agency reported. | RELATED: | Syrian Kurds Fleeing to Iraq: 'Life Will Never Be the Same' | Pence's visit came shortly after a letter penned by U.S. President Donald Trump to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan was leaked on Twitter. | In the letter, Trump warns Erdogan to not test the U.S.' patience with their Sy…
telesurenglish.net/news/Erdogan-Throws-Trumps-Syria-Letter-in-the-Trash-20191017-0002.html
Trump Defends Syria Withdrawal as House Votes 354 to 60 to Condemn His Actions
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-17
As the displacement of 300,000 civilians over Turkey's assault on Kurdish-controlled areas continues in northern Syria, the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to condemn President Trump's actions. Turkey invaded the region on October 9, shortly after Trump virtually greenlit the Turkey assault by abruptly withdrawing a small number of U.S. troops who were protecting Kurdish areas in northern Syria. Since then, the Kurds have aligned themselves with the Syrian government, and a number of…
truthout.org/video/trump-defends-syria-withdrawal-as-house-votes-354-to-60-to-condemn-his-actions/
Video: Syrian Army Entering Kobani and Raqqa
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
On October 16, units of the Syrian Army entered the city of Raqqah for the first time since 2014. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has controlled the city since 2017, when they with help from the United States seized …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-army-entering-kobani-raqqa/5692301
With just one tweet, the youngest ever MSP destroys Trump's drivel on Turkey's invasion of Syria
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-10-17
Ross Greer, the youngest ever member of the Scottish parliament (MSP), has brilliantly taken down Donald Trump's latest drivel on Turkey's illegal invasion of northern Syria (aka Rojava). | Schooled: | NATO's second largest army is currently attacking Ku…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/10/17/one-tweet-youngest-ever-msp-destroys-trumps-drivel-turkeys-invasion-syria/
Democratic debate shows cross-party support for imperialist intervention in Syria
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
All 12 candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination called for a continued US military presence.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/17/deba-o17.html
We need to force the government to end all arms deals with Turkey, not just some
Tom Anderson | thecanary.co | 2019-10-17
On Tuesday 15 October, the British government suspended new arms sales to Turkey over its invasion of northern Syria. | Foreign secretary Dominic Raab announced that no more export licences would be granted "for items that might be used in milita…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/10/17/we-need-to-force-the-government-to-end-all-arms-deals-with-turkey-not-just-some/
Syria, the Kurds, Turkey and the U.S.: Why Progressives Should Not Support a New Imperial Partition in the Middle East
Jeff Klein | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
In the face of Turkey's renewed invasion of Syria, it seems we are hearing across the entire span of elite opinion in the US, from Liberals to extreme Conservatives, the cry "Don't abandon our allies the Kurds!" Even on what passes for the Left in our country, many progressives have joined the chorus. Certainly, the…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/17/syria-the-kurds-turkey-and-the-u-s-why-progressives-should-not-support-a-new-imperial-partition-in-the-middle-east/
Winners and Losers in the Turkish Attack on Kurds in Syria?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
Turkish forces invaded north-east Syria (NES) only when it had coordinated with the US to define the red line of the invasion. Moreover, both superpowers, the US and Russia, protected Turkey by blocking an EU-drafted UN resolution to halt the …
globalresearch.ca/winners-losers-turkish-attack-kurds-syria-2/5692282
US Finally Bombs French Factory in Syria Infamous for Funding ISIS
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
As spectacular and indicative of America's sinking fortunes in Syria as its bombing of its own military base in northern Syria was — it is also an indicator of something else much more sinister. | CNN in its article, " US …
globalresearch.ca/us-finally-bombs-french-factory-syria-infamous-funding-isis/5692285
Can the US Protect the Kurds Without Using Military Force?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-17
The House overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning Trump's troop withdrawal from Syria, making it look like Democrats are wedded to military intervention. Is there an alternative that protects the Kurds without the use of the U.S. military?
therealnews.com/stories/us-protect-kurds-without-military-force
Iran 'Has Evidence' US, Israel, Saudis Attacked Tanker & Why The Kurds In Syria Are Just Terrorists
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-10-17
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (10/16/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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Nobody Has a Plan for Thousands of ISIS Fighters Detained by Kurds in Syria
Umar Farooq | theintercept.com | 2019-10-17
The abrupt U.S. withdrawal from Syria means nobody knows who will eventually control the 10,000 ISIS fighters there or where they will wind up.
theintercept.com/2019/10/17/syria-turkey-kurds-isis/
Trump defends US pullback in Syria
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
Amid mounting opposition from within Congress and the military, Trump defended his order to withdraw a small contingent of US special forces from northeastern Syria.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/17/turk-o17.html
Bret Stephens' American Fantasy
Charles Pierson | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
"Goodbye, America. Goodbye, Freedom Man," laments Bret Stephens in the October 11 New York Times. The conservative columnist was reacting to President Donald Trump's abandonment of Syria's Kurds. On October 5, after a telephone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Trump ordered US forces back from the Syrian border with Turkey. Trump's action put…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/17/bret-stephens-american-fantasy/
US Drone Program May Have Helped Turkey Kill Kurds for Over a Decade
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-17
UPDATE: The U.S. and Turkey agreed to a cease-fire in northeast Syria on Thursday. | Donald Trump is justifiably condemned for approving Turkey's assault against the United States's Kurdish allies in the war against ISIS. What is not widely known is that the U.S., in a largely secret program dubbed Operation Nomad Shadow, appears to have been using drones for over a decade to help Turkey stalk and kill Kurds. | Although the U.S. is now publicly opposing the Turkish push into Syria, is Nomad Shadow co…
truthout.org/articles/us-drone-program-may-have-helped-turkey-kill-kurds-for-over-a-decade/
Will Iran be the Next to Withdraw from Syria?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
The smoothness with which the US' "sudden" withdrawal played out and the Pentagon's decision not to militantly enforce the so-called "deconfliction line" along the Euphrates River after the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) triumphantly crossed it en route to protecting their …
globalresearch.ca/will-iran-next-withdraw-syria/5692235
Syrian Forces Enter Key Border Town, Blocking Turkish Plans
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-17
Kobani is taken by forces loyal to Bashar Assad, blocking one path for the Turkish military to establish a "safe zone" free of Syrian Kurdish fighters.
truthdig.com/articles/syrian-forces-enter-key-border-town-blocking-turkish-plans/
U.S., Turkey Agree on Turkish Cease-Fire with Syrian Kurds
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-17
ANKARA, Turkey — The U.S. and Turkey agreed Thursday to a cease-fire in the Turks' deadly attacks on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, requiring the Kurds to vacate the area in an arrangement that largely solidifies Turkey's position and aims in the weeklong conflict. The deal includes a conditional halt to American economic sanctions. | After negotiations with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence hailed the five-day cease-fire as the way to end the bloodshed caused by Turkey's invasion of Syria. He remained silent on whether it amounted to a second abandonment of America…
truthdig.com/articles/syrian-kurdish-force-to-abide-by-ceasefire/
"Voices from Syria": Syria's War for Humanity
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
Global Research Publishers bring you "Voices from Syria", an important book by Mark Taliano. The book is available for order on our online store. | Click HERE to order. | Mark Taliano is an author and independent investigative reporter who …
globalresearch.ca/voices-from-syria-syrias-war-for-humanity/5572288
Why Withdrawing US Troops from Northern Syria Is Good
Rick Sterling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
The foreign policy elite is in an uproar. They claim "we have abandoned our allies". They question "how can America be trusted?" They say the decision to withdraw from northern Syria was a "gift" to Russia, Iran, and Assad…. even …
globalresearch.ca/withdrawing-us-troops-northern-syria-good/5692249
Rep. Ro Khanna: We Need a Responsible Withdrawal From Syria
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-17
As hundreds of thousands of civilians face displacement and violence amid Turkey's assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in northern Syria, the House of Representatives voted to condemn Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. support for the Kurds on Wednesday. The measure passed 354 to 60. We speak with Representative Ro Khanna, who says, "We can't just get involved in a place and then walk away and not have some moral responsibility. We have a moral responsibility not just to the Kurds who fought with us against ISIS. W…
truthout.org/video/rep-ro-khanna-we-need-a-responsible-withdrawal-from-syria/
U.S., NATO, Turkey Out of Syria!
Sara Flounders | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
The conflict within the U.S. ruling class about the Turkish invasion of northern Syria has created some confusion about events there. The latest new development — an alliance of Kurdish-based forces with the Syrian national army to defend the border …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-nato-turkey-out-syria/5692246
Sorting Facts From Fiction About the US Withdrawal From Syria
Rick Sterling | mintpressnews.com | 2019-10-17
If one believes in the restoration of international law and the tenets of the UN Charter, then the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from northern Syria is a good thing. Here are some facts and history that explain why.
mintpressnews.com/facts-fiction-us-withdrawal-from-syria/262431/
Why Withdrawing US Troops from Northern Syria is GOOD
Rick Sterling | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-17
The foreign policy elite is in an uproar. They claim "we have abandoned our allies". They question "how can America be trusted?" They say the decision to withdraw from northern Syria was a "gift" to Russia, Iran, and Assad, even ISIS. It is true that the policy of US/NATO interventionism is failing. But that has been …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/why-withdrawing-us-troops-from-northern-syria-is-good/
Record-high number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan: UN Report
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-17
Afghanistan has seen record-high levels of civilian casualties in the third quarter of 2019, stemming mainly from the violence between rival political party supporters, the UN Assistance Mission in the country (UNAMA) revealed in a report published Thursday, which concluded that more must be done to protect the country's people.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049491
Australia: "Four Corners" program promotes anti-China witch-hunt
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
The program underscores the role of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a mouthpiece for the political establishment and the intelligence agencies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/17/corn-o17.html
IMF cuts growth forecast and points to rising financial risks
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
Significantly, the World Economic Outlook report predicted that growth in four key areas of the global economy–the US, the eurozone, Japan and China–would remain subdued for the next five years.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/17/imfr-o17.html
Canada's involvement in US-led war drive against China: An election non-issue
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
A tacit all-party agreement to black out discussion of Canada's rearmament and involvement in US strategic offensives around the world has been in effect throughout the campaign for the October 21 federal election.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/17/cach-o17.html
A Palestinian Election and Reconciliation After 13 Years?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-17
Daoud Kuttab discusses the demand by eight Palestinian factions to reconcile the differences between the two dominant parties, Hamas and Fatah, as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announces his readiness to hold elections.
therealnews.com/stories/palestine-election-hamas-fatah-13-years
Israel-Palestine: What Now?
James L Cowan | indybay.org | 2019-10-17
Park Branch Library Community Room | 1833 Page Street, San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/16/18827349.php
Art In Struggle For Women & Prisoners In Iran: The Mural, The Artists & Women
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-10-17
An opening for an art mural about women and the prisoners of Iran was held on October 6, 2019 at Clarion Alley. The mural portrays the women who are fighting for human rights and worker rights in Iran…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/15/18827319.php
Yemen conflict: 'Fragile' hopes rise, as violence decreases and life-saving humanitarian funding surges
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-17
There are "small signs" of hope for Yemeni civilians caught up in fighting, following a reduction in violence, coupled with a 20 per cent increase in funding for the UN's humanitarian response, the Security Council heard on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049481