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2019-09-15: Social Media Postees

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AOC's Face Burned in Republican Party Video to Slam Socialism
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-15
The United States Congresswoman Ilhan Omar slammed a video aired during the Democratic Debate Thursday which showed her fellow Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez's burning face while a former congressional candidate spo…
telesurenglish.net/news/AOCs-Face-Burned-in-Republican-Party-Video-to-Slam-Socialism-20190915-0004.html

Yang says SNL novice should not be fired over Chinese racial slur, drowned out by PC crowd
rt.com | 2019-09-15
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has said that Saturday Night Live's new hire Shane Gillis should not be sacked for making a tasteless joke after a clip of him mocking Chinatowns resurfaced, setting Twitter alight. | Yang, a son of immigrants from Taiwan, struck a distinctly different tone from most online warriors when he said he would be "happy to sit down and talk" with Gillis about the ill-fated clip that resurfaced on Friday. The video shows the comedian tearing into Chinatowns and their inhabitants. | "Damn, Chinatown is f**king nuts," Gillis says in the clip, referring to the ability of Chi…
rt.com/usa/468851-yang-snl-chinese-slur/

In the wake of Netanyahu's racist campaigning, it's time for the world to hold the Israeli state to account
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2019-09-15
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is running for re-election, and in a bid to strengthen his support he has promised to annex even more areas of the occupied West Bank. This would mean giving the Israeli state sovereignty over what is currently recognised as Palestinian territory. | "The nail in the coffin" for any hope of peace: | Netanyahu's latest move has been widely condemned. For many, it's not only detrimenta…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/09/15/in-the-wake-of-netanyahus-racist-campaigning-its-time-for-the-world-to-hold-the-israeli-state-to-account/

US Sponsored War: Formidable Yemeni Houthi Fighters Strike Back
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-15
Things aren't going well for the US, NATO, Israel, Riyadh, and their jihadist proxies in Yemen. | They're losing endless war to Ansarullah Houthi rebels, their capabilities much more sophisticated than earlier believed. | Their explosive-laden drones and missiles are able to …
globalresearch.ca/formidable-yemeni-houthi-fighters/5689250

Pre-election Stunt. Possible US-Israeli Defense Pact? Netanyahu Fighting for his Political Life
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-15
Days ahead of Israeli Knesset elections on Tuesday, Netanyahu fighting for his political life, Trump tweeted the following: | "I had a call today with Prime Minister Netanyahu to discuss the possibility of moving forward with a Mutual Defense Treaty, between | …
globalresearch.ca/possible-us-israeli-defense-pact/5689261

Israeli Gov't Legalizes Colony in Palestinian Jordan's Valley
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-15
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scrambled for far-right voter support two days before an election, convening his cabinet in the occupied West Bank and having it approve legal status for an unauthorised outpost. | RELATED: | Apartheid': Palestinians Can't Vote in Israeli Election Set to Decide on Their Lands' Fate | Netanyahu's caretaker government met on Sunday in the Jordan Valley, a largely agricultural area which he announced on Tuesday that…
telesurenglish.net/news/israel-banjamin-netanyahu-west-bank-colony-20190915-0009.html

Israel: Two Elections, One Apartheid State
Ariel Gold | commondreams.org | 2019-09-15
Israelis walk by a Likud Party billboard shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with US President Donald Trump on August 5, 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israel to return to polls on September 17 after Netanyahu fails to form goverment. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/netanyahu-trump-likud-poster-955px.jpg
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Trump the Clueless: Israel is Not Spying on Me
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-15
It does not bother President Trump the Israelis are spying on him. In fact, he believes it is not true despite evidence to the contrary. Every president since Truman knew about Israel's aggressive intelligence efforts, but not Trump the Clueless….
globalresearch.ca/trump-israel-not-spying-me/5689218

Hydro-Quebec Ends Cyber-Security Agreement With Israel Electric Corporation
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-15
Lawyer John Philpott discusses BDS Quebec's campaign against cyber-cooperation between Hydro-Quebec and IEC…
therealnews.com/stories/hydro-quebec-ends-cyber-security-agreement-with-israel-electric-corporation

Outing of CIA's Kremlin mole echoes Iraq WMD hoax
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-15
The outing of a CIA informant inside of the Kremlin raises new questions about the Russia investigation and the intelligence…
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/15/outing-of-cias-kremlin-mole-echoes-iraq-wmd-hoax/

Ready for "Full-Fledged" War: Iran Responds to US Claim It Launched Saudi Oil Attack
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-15
Iran has warned it stands ready for a "full-fledged" war with the United States.

Ready for "Full-Fledged" War: Iran Responds to US Claim It Launched Saudi Oil Attack

US 'Lies' Slammed After Pompeo, Without Proof, Blames Iran for Drone Attacks
Common Dreams staff | commondreams.org | 2019-09-15
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) threatens to "break the regime's back" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1168377141-955px.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2019/09/15/us-lies-slammed-after-pompeo-without-proof-blames-iran-drone-attacks?cd-origin=rss

'I Rule the White House': Will Bolton's ouster help Trump facilitate US-Iran negotiations?
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-09-15
Most analysts agree that Donald Trump's main motivation for dismissing his National Security Advisor, John Bolton, was that Bolton had been giving off the impression that he was the real decision-maker in the White House, while the president was merely a talking puppet. Looking at Trump's career, even before coming into office, it is clear …
uwidata.com/5319-i-rule-the-white-house-will-boltons-ouster-help-trump-facilitate-us-iran-negotiations/

Sen. Graham Wants to Bomb Iran in Response to Houthi Attack on Saudi Oil
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-15
Following the early morning attack on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil processing facility–the largest oil processing plant in the world–and a similar drone attack at the Khurais oil field on Saturday, the neocon senator from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham, has …
globalresearch.ca/graham-wants-bomb-iran-response-houthi-attack-saudi-oil/5689229

Turkey: Russian S-400 Missile Delivery Complete, Active in 2020
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-15
Turkey's defense ministry informed Sunday that the delivery of the second battery of Russian S-400 missile defense systems has been completed, adding that it would become operational by April 2020 despite United States threats. | RELATED: | Trump Won't Allow S-400 Deal to Harm Turkish-US Ties: Erdogan | "They (U.S. officials) told us 'don't activate them and we can sort this out', but we told them that we didn't buy these systems as a prop," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusgl…
telesurenglish.net/news/Turkey-Russian-S-400-Missiles-Delivery-Complete-Operational-in-April-2020-20190915-0012.html

From Voice of America to NPR: New CEO Lansing's Glass House
Laura Flanders | commondreams.org | 2019-09-15
John Lansing, now CEO of National Public Radio (NPR), talked about the operations of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the agency that oversees United States government-supported, civilian international news media such as Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Marti, and Alhurra. He explained how he planned to reshape U.S. media operations to better fit the current media environment, including how to address propaganda by countries such as Russia and China and stateless actors such as ISIL. (C-SPAN January 6, 2016) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/15/voice-america-npr-new-ceo-lansings-glass-house?cd-origin=rss

The Shortwave Report 09/13/19 Listen Globally!
Dan Roberts | indybay.org | 2019-09-15
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/12/18826183.php

Trump authorized release of oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve if needed to keep markets supplied
rt.com | 2019-09-15
US President Donald Trump has said he green-lighted the release of oil from the US strategic reserves and ordered to streamline pipelines' approvals to keep the oil market "well-supplied" in wake of the attacks on Saudi Aramco. | The drone strikes on Saudi Arabia's largest Abqaiq oil processing plant and another oil facility have cut the state-run oil giant's daily production in half, sending Saudi stocks into a nosedive and sparking fears that oil prices can rise to triple-digits. | In a series of tweets on Sunday, Trump said that the US would draw from its oil reserves "if needed, in a to-be-determined amoun…
rt.com/usa/468875-trump-authorized-release-oil-reserve/

Russia Has 'Oligarchs,' the US Has 'Businessmen'
Alan MacLeod | commondreams.org | 2019-09-15
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Protest of India's rule over Kashmir
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2019-09-14
Chanting "From Kashmir to Palestine, occupation is a crime," over 100 people, mostly immigrants from Kashmir, rallied on Sept. 6 outside the Masjid Al-Madinah Upper Darby Islamic Center near Philadelphia to call attention to India's recent human rights' abuses and violations of Kashmir's sovereignty. | Continue reading Protest of India's rule over Kashmir at Workers.org
workers.org/2019/09/14/protest-of-indias-rule-over-kashmir/

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 | 2019-09-14
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

Taliban Delegation Travels to Russia as US Peace Talks Collapse
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-14
Afghanistan's Taliban have sent a delegation to Russia to seek international support to push for the withdrawal of United States troops following the collapse of talks with the U.S. this month, officials from the insurgent group said Saturday. | RELATED: | US Will Lose More After Afghan Peace Talks End Abruptly: Taliban | "The purpose of these visits is to inform leaders of these countries about the peace talks and President Trump's decision to call off the peace process at a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Taliban-Delegation-Travels-to-Russia-as-Peace-Prospects-With-US-Collapse-20190914-0009.html

From A Russian: Our Planet is So Small that We Must Live in Peace
Ann Wright | commondreams.org | 2019-09-14
commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/ann-wright-image1.jpg | sibirtrans.ru/

'This is for dead babies!' Anti-vaccine protester douses California senators in 'menstrual blood'
rt.com | 2019-09-14
The California state senate was forced to halt a session after lawmakers were doused with "menstrual blood" tossed from a balcony by a woman who says she was protesting vaccine laws. | A woman has been arrested for hurling a cup of what she claims was menstrual blood onto unsuspecting lawmakers in the middle of a legislative session on Friday, days after a bill further restricting the state's already strict vaccine exemptions was passed. The Capitol was packed with protesters opposing the new law, several of whom were allowed into the gallery. | t.co/dVqgS5TDZN%5Bmd
rt.com/usa/468794-california-senate-protester-throws-blood/

Video: Imperial Wars of Aggression. Interview with Syrian Scientist Dr. Ayssar Midani
Ayssar Midani | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-14
"We Wrestle Not Against Flesh and Blood, but Against Powers, Against the Rulers of the Darkness of this World, Against Spiritual Wickedness in High Places." (Epistle to the Ephesians 6: 12, New Testament) | *** | "Hegemony" is a sanitized word "vomited" up …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-imperial-wars-of-aggression-interview-with-syrian-scientist-dr-ayssar-midani/5689076

Yemen's Houthi Rebels Attack Key Saudi Oil Sites
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-14
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates–Yemen's Houthi rebels launched drone attacks on the world's largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oil field Saturday, sparking huge fires at a vulnerable chokepoint for global energy supplies. | It remained unclear hours later whether anyone was injured at the Abqaiq oil processing facility and the Khurais oil field or what effect the assault would have on oil production. Rising smoke from the fires at the sites could be seen by satellites. | The attack by the Iranian-backed Houthis in the war against a Saudi-led coalition comes after weeks of similar drone…
truthdig.com/articles/yemens-houthi-rebels-attack-key-saudi-oil-sites/

Pompeo blames Iran for drone attack on Saudi oil facilities, Senator Graham urges US to strike it
rt.com | 2019-09-14
A drone attack on Saudi oil facilities claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels prompted Washington to blame Tehran, with US warhawk, Senator Lindsey Graham, calling for a strike against Iran. | The smoke from the huge fires at the world's largest oil processing plant caused by the strike had barely dissipated when officials in Washington jumped at the opportunity to use the occasion to push an anti-Iranian agenda. | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Tehran for what he called "an unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply" but stopped short of suggesting any retaliatory measures. | Meanwhile Graham was q…
rt.com/usa/468837-senator-graham-strike-iran-saudi/

Saudi Arabia Shuts Down Half Its Oil Output After Drone Strikes
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-14
Yemen's Houthi group says it attacked the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry, including the world's biggest petroleum processing facility.

Saudi Arabia Shuts Down Half Its Oil Output After Drone Strikes

Yemen: Houthis Attack Saudi Oil Fields Cuts 50% of Output
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-14
UPDATE: 14/09/2019 20h00 | The attacks will cut the kingdom's output by 5.7 million barrels per day (bpd), according to a statement from state-run oil company Saudi Aramco, or more than 5% of global oil supply, knocking out more than half the Kingdom's output. | RELATED: | No Agreement Reached to End Power Struggle in Southern Yemen | And while Aramco is confident that it can recover quickly, if it can't, however, the world could face a production shortage of as much 150 million…
telesurenglish.net/news/Yemen-Houthis-Attack-Saudi-Oil-Fields-Cut-50-of–Kingdoms-Output–20190914-0006.html

Human Trafficking is Booming in Yemen as the War Enters Its Fifth Year
Ahmed AbdulKareem | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-14
An absence of law and order in Yemen has given rise to a black market of human trafficking on a scale never before seen in the nation.

Human Trafficking is Booming in Yemen as the War Enters Its Fifth Year

New Zealand opposition National Party attacked over relations with China
wsws.org | 2019-09-14
The campaign by the Labour Party-led government and its supporters against "Chinese influence" is part of escalating preparations for a US-led war in the Pacific.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/14/nzch-s14.html

Trade, currency war weapons double-edged
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-14
The US-China trade war has flared up again less than two weeks after US President Donald Trump delayed new tariffs of US$160 billion on Chinese imports until December, purportedly to avoid harming the holiday shopping season. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/14/trade-currency-war-weapons-double-edged/

New Zealand opposition National Party attacked over relations with China
wsws.org | 2019-09-14
The campaign by the Labour Party-led government and its supporters against "Chinese influence" is part of escalating preparations for a US-led war in the Pacific.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/14/nzch-s14.html

Trade, currency war weapons double-edged
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-14
The US-China trade war has flared up again less than two weeks after US President Donald Trump delayed new tariffs of US$160 billion on Chinese imports until December, purportedly to avoid harming the holiday shopping season. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/14/trade-currency-war-weapons-double-edged/

Assault survivor condemns 'disgusting' knighthood for Geoffrey Boycott
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-14
The woman Geoffrey Boycott was convicted of assaulting has criticised the "disgusting" decision to give a knighthood to the former cricketer, according to a report.Boycott's ex-girlfriend Margaret Moore, 67, told the Sun newspaper: He treated me appallingly. | I will never forget that night. It was horrible. What sort of man does that and is then made a knight? | He should hand it back.Margaret Moore outside the Palais de Justice in Grasse, Southern France, at the time of the tr…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/09/14/assault-survivor-condemns-disgusting-knighthood-for-geoffrey-boycott/

Ohio jury acquits young woman on murder charges in baby's death
wsws.org | 2019-09-14
The jury's verdict comes as a rejection of barbaric laws and the common practice of prosecutors excessively charging individuals for what amounts to non-criminal behavior.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/14/ohio-s14.html

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand
wsws.org | 2019-09-14
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/14/labo-s14.html

Fall 1941: Pearl Harbor and The Wars of Corporate America
Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-14
Washington knew a Japanese fleet was on its way to Pearl Harbor, but welcomed the attack since a Japanese aggression would make it possible to "sell" the war to an anti-war American public.
globalresearch.ca/fall-1941-pearl-harbor-and-the-wars-of-corporate-america/28159

Will the IMF, the Federal Reserve, Negative Interest Rates and Digital Money Kill the Western Economy?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-14
The IMF, has been instrumental in helping destroying the economy of a myriad of countries, notably, and to start with, the new Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union, Greece, Ukraine and lately Argentina, to mention just a few. …
globalresearch.ca/will-the-imf-the-federal-reserve-negative-interest-rates-and-digital-money-kill-the-western-economy/5689200

Russia, Ukraine carry out high-profile prisoner exchange
wsws.org | 2019-09-14
The prisoner exchange was strongly backed by France and Germany with media reports suggesting that French President Emmanuel Macron, in particular, played a central role.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/14/ukra-s14.html

'Far into conspiracy theorizing': Ex-MSNBC Host Krystal Ball slams network for Russiagate hype
rt.com | 2019-09-14
Krystal Ball, a former MSNBC host, has admitted that her colleagues went too far focusing on Russiagate narrative alone that it turned into conspiracy theorizing. | After three years of non-stop speculations about an alleged collusion between the Kremlin and US President Donald Trump ended up with Russiagaters' hopes crashed by the Mueller report, some in the American media seemed to have woken up to realize that the conspiratorial hype machine had replaced what should have been journalism. | The most recent example is Ball, who criticized her "former colleagues, friends" for going "so far into the realm of co…
rt.com/usa/468841-msnbc-crystal-ball-russia-hype/

Sri Lanka: Tamil People's Council calls rally to stir up Tamil nationalism
wsws.org | 2019-09-14
The reactionary "Rise up Tamils" campaign aims to divide Sri Lankan workers along ethnic lines as they are coming into struggle against Colombo's austerity measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/14/tpfw-s14.html

Sri Lanka: Tamil People's Council calls rally to stir up Tamil nationalism
wsws.org | 2019-09-14
The reactionary "Rise up Tamils" campaign aims to divide Sri Lankan workers along ethnic lines as they are coming into struggle against Colombo's austerity measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/14/tpfw-s14.html

Mourning and Resistance in Kashmir After India Revoked the State's Special Status
Soumya Shankar | theintercept.com | 2019-09-14
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir — On the eve of Eid al-Adha last month, 17-year-old Asrar Khan lay in a vegetative state at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, a hospital in downtown Srinagar, Kashmir's largest city. The unconscious teenager was barely hanging on to life, connected to a ventilator and blinded in one eye — the result, his family says, of pellet injuries at the hands of India's armed forces. | Six days earlier, on August 5, India's government, led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm, had unilaterally abrogated a constituti…
theintercept.com/2019/09/14/kashmir-india-article-370/

Marx on farming, money markets, silver to India and umbrella manufacture
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-14
Many people wonder why, when there is a quick rise of money in Lombard Street, it should be cheap on the Stock Exchange. It is cheap in the latter, because it has quickly changed in the former. The quick change makes people uncertain u. dann der easiest market ist der Stock Exchange ‚Äûfrom day to day". Discount houses etc deal […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/14/marx-on-farming-money-markets-silver-to-india-and-umbrella-manufacture/

Mourning and Resistance in Kashmir After India Revoked the State's Special Status
Soumya Shankar | theintercept.com | 2019-09-14
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir — On the eve of Eid al-Adha last month, 17-year-old Asrar Khan lay in a vegetative state at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, a hospital in downtown Srinagar, Kashmir's largest city. The unconscious teenager was barely hanging on to life, connected to a ventilator and blinded in one eye — the result, his family says, of pellet injuries at the hands of India's armed forces. | Six days earlier, on August 5, India's government, led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm, had unilaterally abrogated a constituti…
theintercept.com/2019/09/14/kashmir-india-article-370/

The larger ramifications of Netanyahu's latest annexation plan
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-14
Benjamin Netanyahu announced on September 10 that he would annex the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea if re-elected. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/14/the-larger-ramifications-of-netanyahus-latest-annexation-plan/

The larger ramifications of Netanyahu's latest annexation plan
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-09-14
Benjamin Netanyahu announced on September 10 that he would annex the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea if re-elected. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/14/the-larger-ramifications-of-netanyahus-latest-annexation-plan/

G7 hypocrites protest but exploit the Amazon anyway
Manlio Dinucci | workers.org | 2019-09-14
Published in the Italian journal Il Manifesto on Sept. 3. Translation by John Catalinotto. Faced with the spread of fires in the Amazon, the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, changed its agenda to "tackle the emergency." The seven — France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Canada and the United States . . . | Continue reading G7 hypocrites protest but exploit the Amazon anyway at Workers.org
workers.org/2019/09/14/g7-hypocrites-protest-but-exploit-the-amazon-anyway/

Osama bin Laden's Son Killed in US Special Operation: Trump
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-14
The son of Osama bin Laden and the reported Al-Qaeda leader was killed in a U.S. counter-terrorism operation, the White House said on Saturday. | RELATED: | US Navy Enters Disputed South China Sea Amid Row With Beijing | "Hamza bin Laden, the high-ranking al-Qaeda member and son of Osama bin Laden, was killed in a United States counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region," a statement attributed to the president released by the White House on Saturday said.
telesurenglish.net/news/Osama-bin-Ladens-Son-Killed-in-US-Special-Operation-Trump-20190914-0003.html

2019-09-14: News Headlines

Staff (2019-09-14). Yemen's Houthi Rebels Attack Key Saudi Oil Sites. truthdig.com DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Yemen's Houthi rebels launched drone attacks on the world's largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oil field Saturday, sparking huge fires at a vulnerable chokepoint for global energy supplies. | It remained unclear hours later whether anyone was injured at the Abqaiq oil processing facility and the Khurais oil field or what effect the assault would have on oil production. Rising smoke from the fires at the sites could be seen by satellites. | The attack by the Iranian-backed Houthis in the war against a Saudi-led coalition comes after weeks of similar drone…

RT (2019-09-14). Pompeo blames Iran for drone attack on Saudi oil facilities, Senator Graham urges US to strike it. rt.com A drone attack on Saudi oil facilities claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels prompted Washington to blame Tehran, with US warhawk, Senator Lindsey Graham, calling for a strike against Iran. | The smoke from the huge fires at the world's largest oil processing plant caused by the strike had barely dissipated when officials in Washington jumped at the opportunity to use the occasion to push an anti-Iranian agenda. | US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Tehran for what he called "an unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply" but stopped short of suggesting any retaliatory measures. | Meanwhile Graham was q…

Soumya Shankar (2019-09-14). Mourning and Resistance in Kashmir After India Revoked the State's Special Status. theintercept.com Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir — On the eve of Eid al-Adha last month, 17-year-old Asrar Khan lay in a vegetative state at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, a hospital in downtown Srinagar, Kashmir's largest city. The unconscious teenager was barely hanging on to life, connected to a ventilator and blinded in one eye — the result, his family says, of pellet injuries at the hands of India's armed forces. | Six days earlier, on August 5, India's government, led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm, had unilaterally abrogated a constituti…

Joe Piette (2019-09-14). Protest of India's rule over Kashmir. workers.org Chanting "From Kashmir to Palestine, occupation is a crime," over 100 people, mostly immigrants from Kashmir, rallied on Sept. 6 outside the Masjid Al-Madinah Upper Darby Islamic Center near Philadelphia to call attention to India's recent human rights' abuses and violations of Kashmir's sovereignty. | Continue reading Protest of India's rule over Kashmir at Workers.org

RT (2019-09-14). 'Far into conspiracy theorizing': Ex-MSNBC Host Krystal Ball slams network for Russiagate hype. rt.com Krystal Ball, a former MSNBC host, has admitted that her colleagues went too far focusing on Russiagate narrative alone that it turned into conspiracy theorizing. | After three years of non-stop speculations about an alleged collusion between the Kremlin and US President Donald Trump ended up with Russiagaters' hopes crashed by the Mueller report, some in the American media seemed to have woken up to realize that the conspiratorial hype machine had replaced what should have been journalism. | The most recent example is Ball, who criticized her "former colleagues, friends" for going "so far into the realm of co…

The Canary (2019-09-14). Assault survivor condemns 'disgusting' knighthood for Geoffrey Boycott. thecanary.co The woman Geoffrey Boycott was convicted of assaulting has criticised the "disgusting" decision to give a knighthood to the former cricketer, according to a report.Boycott's ex-girlfriend Margaret Moore, 67, told the Sun newspaper: He treated me appallingly. | I will never forget that night. It was horrible. What sort of man does that and is then made a knight? | He should hand it back.Margaret Moore outside the Palais de Justice in Grasse, Southern France, at the time of the tr…

RT (2019-09-14). 'This is for dead babies!' Anti-vaccine protester douses California senators in 'menstrual blood'. rt.com The California state senate was forced to halt a session after lawmakers were doused with "menstrual blood" tossed from a balcony by a woman who says she was protesting vaccine laws. | A woman has been arrested for hurling a cup of what she claims was menstrual blood onto unsuspecting lawmakers in the middle of a legislative session on Friday, days after a bill further restricting the state's already strict vaccine exemptions was passed. The Capitol was packed with protesters opposing the new law, several of whom were allowed into the gallery. | t.co/dVqgS5TDZN[md…

RT (2019-09-14). 'This is for dead babies!' Anti-vaccine protester douses California senators in 'menstrual blood'. rt.com The California state senate was forced to halt a session after lawmakers were doused with "menstrual blood" tossed from a balcony by a woman who says she was protesting vaccine laws. | A woman has been arrested for hurling a cup of what she claims was menstrual blood onto unsuspecting lawmakers in the middle of a legislative session on Friday, days after a bill further restricting the state's already strict vaccine exemptions was passed. The Capitol was packed with protesters opposing the new law, several of whom were allowed into the gallery. | t.co/dVqgS5TDZN— Deb (@connectwithdeb)

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-14). War is Good for Business and Organized Crime: Afghanistan's Multibillion Dollar Opium Trade. Rising Heroin Addiction in the US. globalresearch.ca 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.

Staff (2019-09-14). Yemen Was Called the Forgotten War, but Activists Are Refusing to Forget. truthout.org | | Janine Jackson: When observers who have spent years in war-rocked places describe events as "staggering," you know you're talking about a disturbing new order. That's how the UN humanitarian coordinator in Yemen responded to the September 1 bombing by Saudi Arabia of a detention center in southwest Yemen that killed more than 100 people, some believed to be prisoners of war. And yet this h…

teleSUR (2019-09-14). Taliban Delegation Travels to Russia as US Peace Talks Collapse. telesurenglish.net Afghanistan's Taliban have sent a delegation to Russia to seek international support to push for the withdrawal of United States troops following the collapse of talks with the U.S. this month, officials from the insurgent group said Saturday. | RELATED: | US Will Lose More After Afghan Peace Talks End Abruptly: Taliban | "The purpose of these visits is to inform leaders of these countries about the peace talks and President Trump's decision to call off the peace process at a…

Ann Wright (2019-09-14). From A Russian: Our Planet is So Small that We Must Live in Peace. commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/ann-wright-image1.jpg | sibirtrans.ru/

WSWS (2019-09-14). Sri Lanka: Tamil People's Council calls rally to stir up Tamil nationalism. wsws.org The reactionary "Rise up Tamils" campaign aims to divide Sri Lankan workers along ethnic lines as they are coming into struggle against Colombo's austerity measures.

teleSUR (2019-09-14). Yemen's Houthis Attacks Saudi Oil Fields. telesurenglish.net Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi forces on Saturday attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry, including the world's biggest petroleum processing facility, in a strike that three sources said had disrupted output and exports. | RELATED: | No Agreement Reached to End Power Struggle in Southern Yemen | Two sources close to the matter said 5 million barrels per day of crude production had been impacted — close to half of the kingdom's output or 5% of global o…

WSWS (2019-09-14). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.

Dan Roberts (2019-09-14). The Shortwave Report 09/13/19 Listen Globally! indybay.org A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba.

Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels (2019-09-14). Fall 1941: Pearl Harbor and The Wars of Corporate America. globalresearch.ca Washington knew a Japanese fleet was on its way to Pearl Harbor, but welcomed the attack since a Japanese aggression would make it possible to "sell" the war to an anti-war American public.

Middle East Eye (2019-09-14). Saudi Arabia Shuts Down Half Its Oil Output After Drone Strikes by Yemen's Houthi. theantimedia.com Yemen's Houthi group attacked the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry, including the world's biggest petroleum processing facility.

Ahmed AbdulKareem (2019-09-14). Human Trafficking is Booming in Yemen as the War Enters Its Fifth Year. theantimedia.com An absence of law and order in Yemen has given rise to a black market of human trafficking on a scale never before seen in the nation.

Ayssar Midani (2019-09-14). Video: Imperial Wars of Aggression. Interview with Syrian Scientist Dr. Ayssar Midani. globalresearch.ca "We Wrestle Not Against Flesh and Blood, but Against Powers, Against the Rulers of the Darkness of this World, Against Spiritual Wickedness in High Places." (Epistle to the Ephesians 6: 12, New Testament) | *** | "Hegemony" is a sanitized word "vomited" up …

WSWS (2019-09-14). Russia, Ukraine carry out high-profile prisoner exchange. wsws.org The prisoner exchange was strongly backed by France and Germany with media reports suggesting that French President Emmanuel Macron, in particular, played a central role.

Peter Koenig (2019-09-14). Will the IMF, the Federal Reserve, Negative Interest Rates and Digital Money Kill the Western Economy? globalresearch.ca The IMF, has been instrumental in helping destroying the economy of a myriad of countries, notably, and to start with, the new Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union, Greece, Ukraine and lately Argentina, to mention just a few. …

WSWS (2019-09-14). New Zealand opposition National Party attacked over relations with China. wsws.org The campaign by the Labour Party-led government and its supporters against "Chinese influence" is part of escalating preparations for a US-led war in the Pacific.

WSWS (2019-09-14). Ohio jury acquits young woman on murder charges in baby's death. wsws.org The jury's verdict comes as a rejection of barbaric laws and the common practice of prosecutors excessively charging individuals for what amounts to non-criminal behavior.

Manlio Dinucci (2019-09-14). G7 hypocrites protest but exploit the Amazon anyway. workers.org Published in the Italian journal Il Manifesto on Sept. 3. Translation by John Catalinotto. Faced with the spread of fires in the Amazon, the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, changed its agenda to "tackle the emergency." The seven — France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Canada and the United States . . . | Continue reading G7 hypocrites protest but exploit the Amazon anyway at Workers.org

teleSUR (2019-09-14). Osama bin Laden's Son Killed in US Special Operation: Trump. telesurenglish.net The son of Osama bin Laden and the reported Al-Qaeda leader was killed in a U.S. counter-terrorism operation, the White House said on Saturday. | RELATED: | US Navy Enters Disputed South China Sea Amid Row With Beijing | "Hamza bin Laden, the high-ranking al-Qaeda member and son of Osama bin Laden, was killed in a United States counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region," a statement attributed to the president released by the White House on Saturday said.

Sasan Fayazmanesh (2019-09-13). The Pirates of Gibraltar. counterpunch.org On April 17, 2019, a tanker named Grace 1 left Iran for an unspecified destination with reportedly 2.1 million barrels of crude oil, worth some $130 million. According to a March 20 report in Reuters about how Iran tries to evade US sanctions, the Grace 1 was "Panamanian-flagged and managed by Singapore-based shipping services firm." The Grace 1, TankerTrackers reported, was built in 1997 and, given its age and size, was not allowed to dock at many ports. It therefore had a history of handling ship-to-ship fuel oil transfers at sea. It would typically receive fuel oil from Iran, the source stated, and then delive…

Paul Street (2019-09-13). The Age of Constitutional Coups. counterpunch.org In 2017, in the wake of a failed military putsch the previous year, Turkey's prime minister Recep Erdogan held what the British journalist Patrick Cockburn rightly calls "a blatantly rigged referendum which marginalized parliament and gave him dictatorial powers." Erdogan won a narrow majority that "was only achieved late on election night when the head of the electoral board overseeing the election decided that votes not stamped as legally valid, numbering as many as 1.5 million, would be counted as valid." Erdogan then implemented a national educational curriculum that devalued secular liberal ideas and science…

Staff (2019-09-13). Taliban Negotiators Go to Moscow After Trump Declares Talks 'Dead'. truthdig.com Russia has been accused of aiding the group as a safeguard against an Islamic State affiliate with ties to a militant group in Central Asia.

Michelle Zacarias (2019-09-13). 'Hustlers': How strippers became unexpected heroes of the 2008 Wall Street crash. peoplesworld.org Already generating Oscar buzz, Hustlers has started its box office run with a solid $2.5 million in Thursday night previews ahead of going nationwide on 3,250 screens Friday. The film sports a smoking hot star-studded cast, featuring Jennifer Lopez (Maid in Manhattan), Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians, Fresh Off the Boat), Keke Palmer, and Lili …

Kathy Kelly (2019-09-13). A Morning in Afghanistan. dissidentvoice.org On a very warm September morning in Kabul, several dozen men, women, and children sit on the carpeted floor of a room at the Afghan Peace Volunteers' Borderfree Center. The women cluster together. All wear burqas, but because of the heat they push the steel blue veils back, revealing their faces. Most of the men …

Sonali Kolhatkar (2019-09-13). #NeverForget the War in Afghanistan. truthdig.com Donald Trump has killed a deal with the Taliban based on the death of one U.S. soldier. But more will die if troops remain in the longest war.

Staff (2019-09-13). 3rd Democratic Debate: Foreign Policy Continues Imperialist Tradition (3/3). therealnews.com While most Democratic candidates are finally shifting the debate on Afghanistan, 18 years after the war began, the discussion on other issues, such as Latin America, continues in the same old imperialist vein as before…

CounterSpin (2019-09-13). Marjorie Cohn on Afghanistan's Unending War, Amit Narang on Deregulation & Corporate America. fair.org New Yorkers who were here for September 11 remember vigils, hugs from strangers and signs all over the streets reading, "Our grief is not a cry for war." But war is what came, to the delight of many in media—first to Afghanistan, which the US invaded on October 7, 2001, and never left.

Staff (2019-09-13). Israelis Lose Interest in Politics and Upcoming Election. therealnews.com Shir Hever talks about the slow election cycle in Israel, the second in the same year, in which the parties make minimal effort to campaign. Opinion polls predict the same result as the election last April, meaning that no clear winner can be identified…

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2019-09-13). Human Trafficking is Booming in Yemen as the War Enters its Fifth Year. mintpressnews.com A complete absence of law and order in Yemen has given rise to a black Suq (market) of human trafficking on a scale never before seen in the war-torn and war-weary nation.

John Feffer (2019-09-13). Hong Kong and the Future of China. counterpunch.org Something didn't quite add up. This past weekend, protestors were rallying outside the American embassy in Hong Kong. They were waving American flags. They were singing The Star-Spangled Banner. One 24-year-old protester wore a red Make America Great Again hat. Some signs at the protest read "President Trump, please liberate Hong Kong." "The Chinese government More

RT (2019-09-13). AOC's face on fire in Republican 'genocide' ad makes Democrats cry racism. rt.com With no clear winner emerging from the third Democrat primary debate, the party has found something to unify around: calling Republicans racist over a provocative ad that linked socialism to Pol Pot and the Cambodian genocide. | "This is the face of socialism. And ignorance," says the thirty-second clip, opening on the smiling image of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York), a self-described democratic socialist. The face then begins to burn away, revealing the grisly photos of the 1970s genocide in Cambodia. | "Does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez know the horror of socialism? My father was minutes from death…

Staff (2019-09-13). Snowden Tells Life Story and Why He Leaked in New Memoir. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has written a memoir, telling his life story in detail for the first time and explaining why he chose to risk his freedom to become perhaps the most famous whistleblower of all time. | Snowden, who now lives in Russia to avoid prosecution in the U.S., says his seven years working for the NSA and CIA led him to conclude the U.S. intelligence community "hacked the Constitution" and put everyone's liberty at risk and that he had no choice but to turn to journalists to reveal it to the world. | "I realized that I was crazy to have imagined t…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-13). Video: Why Are We Still in Afghanistan? globalresearch.ca 18 years later, the US and its NATO allies still have troops in Afghanistan with no plans on leaving. | We were told this was about 9/11 and Osama Bin Laden, but these were lies. | So why are the troops still …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-13). Video: Why Are We Still in Afghanistan? globalresearch.ca The 9/11 attacks were categorized as act of war by a foreign nation (Afghanistan) against a member of the Atlantic Alliance (the USA). Afghanistan had attacked America. Under NATO's doctrine of collective security the terror attack on the WTC was an act of war by a foreign country against all NATO member states.

United Nations (2019-09-13). Monsoon destroys Rohingya shelters, sparking record UN emergency food agency response in Bangladesh. un.org Unusually heavy monsoon rains have inundated shelters in refugee camps in southern Bangladesh creating "havoc", the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday, as it launched its biggest emergency response of the year for displaced Rohingya families.

Robert Mackey (2019-09-13). Creepy Republican Ad During Democratic Debate Attacks Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. theintercept.com The strange Republican obsession with attacking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reached a new low in a commercial break during the Democratic presidential debate in Houston on Thursday night. | The widely reviled commercial, which aired on ABC and was paid for by donors to the GOP New Faces PAC, opened with a photograph of the young Latinx congresswoman's face being set on fire to reveal images of the 1970s genocide in Cambodia underneath. | The attack ad…

Staff (2019-09-13). With Bolton Out of the Way, Peace With North Korea Is Possible. truthout.org | | On September 10, President Trump fired John Bolton, his third national security adviser, announcing on Twitter that Bolton's "services were no longer needed." Unsurprisingly, Bolton fired back by tweet, countering that he hadn't been fired, but in fact had offered his resignation. | It was no secret in Washington that Trump grew increasingly frustrated with Bolton's hawkish positions, even joking in m…

Sarah Abed (2019-09-13). Without Bolton's Hindrance Peace Might be Possible with Iran and North Korea. globalresearch.ca On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump finally fired his third national security advisor, John Bolton after eighteen long and grueling months. John happens to be the thirty-fifth member of Trump's revolving door administration to get fired or resign, since he …

Staff (2019-09-13). Civilians Work Toward Peace in Wartime Afghanistan. truthout.org | | On a very warm September morning in Kabul, several dozen men, women, and children sit on the carpeted floor of a room at the Afghan Peace Volunteers' Borderfree Center. The women cluster together. All wear burqas, but because of the heat they push the steel blue veils back, revealing their faces. Most of the men wear traditional tunics and pakol hats. | Parents and children alike listen intently to Masoma, a young Afghan woman who coordinates the Center's "Street Kids School." She explains the importance of ste…

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-13). Is the War in Syria Over? Netanyahu Meets Putin. globalresearch.ca War in Syria rages in parts of the country. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov claims it's over, saying: | "The war in Syria has really come to an end. The country is gradually returning to a normal, peaceful life," adding: | "Some hotspots …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2019-09-13). The War in Eastern Ukraine May be Coming to an End But Do Any Americans Care? counterpunch.org On Saturday September 7, Russia and Ukraine agreed to a prisoner swap which has brought hope of improved relations between the two countries and an end to the 5-year long conflict in Eastern Ukraine. A peace accord is being planned for later this month in Normandy involving Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany. Ukraine's newly elected More

Tom Clifford (2019-09-13). How China Sees the World. counterpunch.org Beijing. Question. What leader saw his country's military dropping 26,171 bombs in one year? That works out at every day of that year, the country's military dropped 72 bombs, or 3 bombs every hour, 24 hours a day, according to the Council on Foreign Relations. He was a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Answer Barack Obama. More

teleSUR (2019-09-13). Baltimore Displays Inflatable 'Trump Rat' to Greet US President. telesurenglish.net Dozens of protesters gathered in downtown Baltimore on Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump made his first visit to the city since he blasted it as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess." | RELATED: | Trump Fired Bolton for Going Against Easing Iran Sanctions | "A 14-foot inflatable Trump rat feels like an appropriate form of protest for th…