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Creepy Republican Ad During Democratic Debate Attacks Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2019-09-13
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…
theintercept.com/2019/09/12/debate-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-new-faces-pac-ad/

AOC's face on fire in Republican 'genocide' ad makes Democrats cry racism
rt.com | 2019-09-13
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…
rt.com/usa/468778-aoc-republican-ad-genocide/

Video: Why Are We Still in Afghanistan?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-13
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 …
globalresearch.ca/video-why-are-we-still-afghanistan/5689009

Video: Why Are We Still in Afghanistan?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-13
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.
globalresearch.ca/video-why-are-we-still-afghanistan/5689009

Without Bolton's Hindrance Peace Might be Possible with Iran and North Korea
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-13
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 …
globalresearch.ca/without-bolton-hindrance-peace-possible-iran-north-korea/5689046

Civilians Work Toward Peace in Wartime Afghanistan
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-13
| 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…
truthout.org/articles/civilians-work-toward-peace-in-wartime-afghanistan/

Civilians Work Toward Peace in Wartime Afghanistan
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-13
| 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…
truthout.org/articles/civilians-work-toward-peace-in-wartime-afghanistan/

Is the War in Syria Over? Netanyahu Meets Putin
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-13
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 | …
globalresearch.ca/war-syria-over/5689119

The War in Eastern Ukraine May be Coming to an End But Do Any Americans Care?
Jeremy Kuzmarov | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-13
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/13/the-war-in-eastern-ukraine-may-be-coming-to-an-end-but-do-any-americans-care/

The War in Eastern Ukraine May be Coming to an End But Do Any Americans Care?
Jeremy Kuzmarov | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-13
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/13/the-war-in-eastern-ukraine-may-be-coming-to-an-end-but-do-any-americans-care/

How China Sees the World
Tom Clifford | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-13
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.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/13/how-china-sees-the-world/

How China Sees the World
Tom Clifford | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-13
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.
counterpunch.org/2019/09/13/how-china-sees-the-world/

With Bolton Out of the Way, Peace With North Korea Is Possible
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-13
| 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…
truthout.org/articles/with-bolton-out-of-the-way-peace-with-north-korea-is-possible/

With Bolton Out of the Way, Peace With North Korea Is Possible
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-13
| 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…
truthout.org/articles/with-bolton-out-of-the-way-peace-with-north-korea-is-possible/

Baltimore Displays Inflatable 'Trump Rat' to Greet US President
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-13
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Baltimore-Displays-Inflatable-Trump-Rat-to-Greet-US-President-20190913-0004.html

Hong Kong and the Future of China
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-13
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."
counterpunch.org/2019/09/13/hong-kong-and-the-future-of-china/

Trump in Denial over Israeli Spying on the White House
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-13
Israel aggressively spies on allies and adversaries alike. | Former CIA counterintelligence specialist/military intelligence officer Philip Giraldi earlier accused Israel of stealing everything it can get its hands on — notably military and industrial secrets. | He called evidence of Israeli spying …
globalresearch.ca/trump-denial-israeli-spying-white-house/5689113

Marjorie Cohn on Afghanistan's Unending War, Amit Narang on Deregulation & Corporate America
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-09-13
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.
fair.org/home/marjorie-cohn-on-afghanistans-unending-war-amit-narang-on-deregulation-corporate-america/

The Age of Constitutional Coups
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-13
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/13/the-age-of-constitutional-coups/

The Pirates of Gibraltar
Sasan Fayazmanesh | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-13
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/13/the-pirates-of-gibraltar/

Iran Trumps Trump
Michael Jansen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-13
Iran has trumped Trump by routing its oil tanker along the northern shore of the Mediterranean, pausing at ports in Greece and Turkey, then anchoring off Syria's Tartus. The current occupant of the White House, Donald Trump, persuaded London …
globalresearch.ca/iran-trumps-trump/5689134

On the Manila arrest order against Prof. Jose Maria Sison, Chair Emeritus of the ILPS
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-13
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Sept. 10 statement from the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS). | The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) denounces in the strongest possible terms the US-Duterte regime for the issuance of a warrant of arrest on Prof. Jose Maria Sison, Chairperson Emeritus of the ILPS. | Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 32 Judge Thelma Bunyi-Medina issued the arrest warrant last August 22 for Sison and 37 others in connection with the so-called "Inopacan massacre" supposedly committed by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New Peo…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/12/manila-arrest-order-against-prof-jose-maria-sison-chair-emeritus-ilps

US Navy Enters Disputed South China Sea Amid Row With Beijing
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-13
A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Friday, the U.S. military said, a move likely to anger Beijing. | RELATED: | China, US Grant Trade Concessions Ahead of New Talks | The busy waterway is one of a growing number of flashpoints in the U.S.-Chinese relationship, which include an escalating trade war, American sanctions on China's military and U.S. relations with Taiwan. | Commander Reann Mommsen, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fl…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Navy-Enters-Disputed-South-China-Sea-Amid-Row-With-Beijing-20190913-0002.html

US Navy Enters Disputed South China Sea Amid Row With Beijing
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-13
A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South China Sea on Friday, the U.S. military said, a move likely to anger Beijing. | RELATED: | China, US Grant Trade Concessions Ahead of New Talks | The busy waterway is one of a growing number of flashpoints in the U.S.-Chinese relationship, which include an escalating trade war, American sanctions on China's military and U.S. relations with Taiwan. | Commander Reann Mommsen, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fl…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Navy-Enters-Disputed-South-China-Sea-Amid-Row-With-Beijing-20190913-0002.html

Joe Biden: New Level of Iraq War Lies. "Yes, I did oppose the war before it began."
Sam Husseini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-13
Presidential candidate Joe Biden is now claiming about the 2003 Iraq invasion: "Yes, I did oppose the war before it began." | Biden has been claiming: | "From the moment 'shock and awe' started, from that moment, I was opposed to the | …
globalresearch.ca/biden-iraq-war-lies/5689129

Official Secrets: A whistleblower attempts to prevent the Iraq War
wsws.org | 2019-09-13
The intensely relevant film is based on the true story of Katharine Gun, who leaked a memo exposing the criminality of the preparations for war against Iraq and was charged by the British government under the Official Secrets Act.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/13/offi-s13.html

Taliban Negotiators Go to Moscow After Trump Declares Talks 'Dead'
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-13
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.
truthdig.com/articles/taliban-negotiators-head-to-moscow-after-trump-declares-talks-dead/

Russia's "Multilateral Strategic Stability" Proposal Could Bring "Balance" to South Asia
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-13
Russian media reported that the "multilateral strategic stability" proposal by some of the country's leading experts to actively prevent a military confrontation between nuclear powers runs counter to Moscow's current foreign policy, though its possible promulgation would represent a victory …
globalresearch.ca/russia-multilateral-strategic-stability-proposal-bring-balance-south-asia/5689062

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper's Search for "A Normal Country". Beware of Russia and China Attempts to "Disrupt the International Order"
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-13
In delivering his first major policy-speech since being sworn in as US Defense Secretary in July, Mark Esper said in London on September 6th that the United States' European allies needed to be wary of developing closer ties with China….
globalresearch.ca/us-defense-secretary-mark-espers-search-for-a-normal-country-beware-of-russia-and-china-attempts-to-disrupt-the-international-order/5689052

Video: Russia Resumes Strikes on Terrorists in Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-13
On September 11, the US-backed Revolutionary Commando Army claimed that it had repelled a Syrian Arab Army (SAA) attack in the 55km zone surrounding the US military garrison in al-Tanf. The militant group said that SAA units advanced using a …
globalresearch.ca/video-russia-resumes-strikes-terrorists-idlib/5689056

Israelis Lose Interest in Politics and Upcoming Election
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-13
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…
therealnews.com/stories/israelis-lose-interest-in-politics-and-upcoming-election

Israel Was Caught Spying on Capitol Hill Cellphones and Trump Was Fine With It
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-13
| Daniel Lipmann at Politico dropped the bombshell that mysterious electronic spying devices placed throughout Washington, D.C. and close to the White House and the Capitol were traced by the FBI to Israel. | The Israelis deployed StingRay mobile identity-catchers, devices that are mistaken for cell towers by cell phones, allowing them to capture the contents of calls and the mobile brows…
truthout.org/articles/israel-was-caught-spying-on-capitol-hill-cell-phones-and-trump-was-fine-with-it/

Israel Was Caught Spying on Capitol Hill Cellphones and Trump Was Fine With It
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-13
| Daniel Lipmann at Politico dropped the bombshell that mysterious electronic spying devices placed throughout Washington, D.C. and close to the White House and the Capitol were traced by the FBI to Israel. | The Israelis deployed StingRay mobile identity-catchers, devices that are mistaken for cell towers by cell phones, allowing them to capture the contents of calls and the mobile brows…
truthout.org/articles/israel-was-caught-spying-on-capitol-hill-cell-phones-and-trump-was-fine-with-it/

Former US intelligence officials say Israel spied on the White House
wsws.org | 2019-09-13
A report in Politico says that the Israeli government is "most likely" behind cell phone surveillance devices found by the Department of Homeland Security in the vicinity of the White House in 2017.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/13/isra-s13.html

Netanyahu: Israel Will Probably Launch Full-Scale War in Gaza "Before the Elections"
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-13
Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel will probably launch a full-scale war on Gaza "before the elections."

Netanyahu: Israel Will Probably Launch Full-Scale War in Gaza "Before the Elections"

The Sacking of John Bolton
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-13
"Every time the president, or Pompeo, or anyone in the [Trump] administration came up with an idea, they had to face Dr No." — Cliff Kupchan, Chairman of the Eurasia Group, The Washington Post, Sep 11, 2011. It was compelling viewing (one does not so much read Twitter as see it as a series of…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/13/the-sacking-of-john-bolton/

OACC Movie Nights: Fall of the I-Hotel
Oakland Asian Cultural Center | indybay.org | 2019-09-13
Oakland Asian Cultural Center | 388 Ninth St. Suite 290 | Oakland, CA 94607…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/10/18826151.php

Sofa Secrets Series
Oakland Asian Cultural Center | indybay.org | 2019-09-13
388 Ninth St. Suite 290 | Oakland, CA 94607…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/10/18826148.php

OACC Movie Nights: Fall of the I-Hotel
Oakland Asian Cultural Center | indybay.org | 2019-09-13
Oakland Asian Cultural Center | 388 Ninth St. Suite 290 | Oakland, CA 94607…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/10/18826151.php

Video: "Syria will Win this War for Nation-state Sovereignty, for Religious Pluralism, for Civilization"
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-13
We sent the War to Syria's shores. | We sent the terrorists, the mass destruction, the mass lies. | We sent the evil, the death, the barbarism. | And we are still doing it. | In the following interview with Dr. Ayshar Midani, we …
globalresearch.ca/those-who-refuse-truth-will-sent-strong-delusion-they-will-believe-lie/5689073

Why I took action to prevent the world's largest arms fair
Eliza Egret | thecanary.co | 2019-09-13
The noise is deafening as giant attack helicopters fill the sky. They land excruciatingly close, just metres from us. A line of police guard the killer machines. These helicopters have been deliberately built, piece by piece, in factories all over the world, in order to murder. | Waves of despair wash over me as I think about all the people, unknown to me, who have been killed by weapons fired from helicopters just like this. I cry for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan, Syria, Li…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/09/13/why-i-took-action-to-prevent-the-worlds-largest-arms-fair/

Rideshare Drivers are Employees, Not Contractors
Yasin Khan | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-13
In 2015, Waheed Etimad immigrated with his wife and their children to the United States from Afghanistan, where he'd been a translator for the U.S. Army. Etimad began taking courses at Diablo Valley College, studying to become a computer engineer while driving full time for Uber at night. People who knew Etimad called him a…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/13/rideshare-drivers-are-employees-not-contractors/

#NeverForget the War in Afghanistan
Sonali Kolhatkar | truthdig.com | 2019-09-13
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.
truthdig.com/articles/neverforget-the-war-in-afghanistan/

Elizabeth Warren Calls for Withdrawal of US Troops From Afghanistan
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-13
| At the third presidential primary debate in Houston, Texas, senator and 2020 candidate Elizabeth Warren called for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Warren also spoke about her stance on U.S. trade policy and how "our trade policy in America has been broken for decades." | TRANSCRIPT: | JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Let's go back to last night's debate. This is Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. | SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN: So, our trade policy in America has been broken for decades…
truthout.org/video/elizabeth-warren-calls-for-withdrawal-of-us-troops-from-afghanistan/

#NeverForget the War in Afghanistan
Sonali Kolhatkar | truthdig.com | 2019-09-13
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.
truthdig.com/articles/neverforget-the-war-in-afghanistan/

Video: The Arabian Peninsula's "New Cold War". The UAE-Saudi Confrontation in Southern Yemen
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-13
On August 29, the United Arab Emirates carried out a series of airstrikes on forces loyal to the Saudi-backed government of Yemen. The strikes reportedly killed or wounded over 300 people. The UAE said that the targets were some "terrorist …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-arabian-peninsulas-new-cold-war-the-uae-saudi-confrontation-in-southern-yemen/5689151

Human Trafficking is Booming in Yemen as the War Enters its Fifth Year
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-13
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.
mintpressnews.com/human-trafficking-booming-yemen-war/261818/

Former Colombian guerrillas rearm as government undermines peace accords
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-13
Colombian peace process James JordanIssue 1237 Colombia Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) FARC-EPSeptember 13, 2019A new phase of armed conflict in Colombia h…
greenleft.org.au/content/former-colombian-guerrillas-rearm-government-undermines-peace-accords

Sri Lanka still not safe for Tamils
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-13
refugee rights Sri Lankan civil war Tamil rights Chris SleeIssue 1237 Sri Lanka deportation to dangerSeptember 13, 20…
greenleft.org.au/content/sri-lanka-still-not-safe-tamils

West Papua: End Australian and US training of Indonesian military
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-09-13
civil rights Peter BoyleIssue 1237 Australia West Papua independence Indonesian repressionSeptember 13, 2019″We are winning the struggle with Indonesia," said Benny Wenda, chair of the…
greenleft.org.au/content/west-papua-end-australian-and-us-training-indonesian-military

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-09-13 21:00 GMT (17:00 EST)

2019-09-12: News Headlines

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-09-12). Exit John Bolton, But Will That Mean An End To His Failed Foreign Policy? dissidentvoice.org Leon Neal, Getty Images Many who oppose the aggressive foreign policy of the United States under President Donald Trump, which has resulted in record numbers of bombs dropped, regime change operations against Venezuela, Nicaragua, Iran and Hong Kong, the abusive use of unilateral coercive measures (sanctions) and record military budgets, cheered when uber-hawk, John Bolton …

Jonathan Cook (2019-09-12). Netanyahu Risks Triggering an Unwinnable War to Avoid Losing Election. counterpunch.org According to the Israeli media, two drones dispatched over Beirut late last month were intended to destroy Iranian-supplied equipment that would allow Hezbollah to manufacture precision-guided missiles. It was the first such Israeli attack on Lebanese soil since a ceasefire ended the 2006 war. Hezbollah and Israel have preferred to flex their muscles in neighbouring Syria, weakened after more than eight years of war. More

RT (2019-09-12). 'Loser' v 'warmongering chickenhawk': 2 Republican lawmakers in epic Twitter beef. rt.com A disagreement on 9/11 over John Bolton and US withdrawal from Afghanistan descended into a full-on Twitter war between Rep. Liz Cheney and Senator Rand Paul, in a sequel to the beef between their fathers over invading Iraq. | It all started when Paul (R-Kentucky) backed two state legislators who blasted Cheney (R-Wyoming) for demanding a more aggressive foreign policy. "Why do some neocons continue to advocate for endless wars?" he quipped. "Let's focus on America First, not Afghanistan!" | Cheney snapped back that she stands with Trump and US troops in not surrendering to terrorists, "unlike [Paul], who seem…

Paul Haeder (2019-09-12). Chakras, Subtle Bodies and the Aura. dissidentvoice.org It's a modest apartment in Newport where I sit with Susan Swift to go over "quite the life" as any listener might say about this feisty, spiritual and articulate, world-traveling woman. The hitching post Susan and I tie our respective philosophical steeds on is "philosophy" and "fate," although we could have brought in a whole …

Maj. Danny Sjursen (2019-09-12). John Bolton's Living Obituary. truthdig.com "I confess I had no desire to die in a Southeast Asian rice paddy. I considered the war in Vietnam already lost." —John Bolton, in his Yale University 25th reunion book | Fitting words from the gold standard in Washington "chicken hawks." For John Bolton has made a career of sending other people's sons, daughters, husbands and wives to fight and die in wars just as ill-advised, immoral and unwinnable as the Vietnam conflict he consciously avoided by joining the Maryland National Guard. That the man has done so, with a straight, mustachioed face, for decades now is a testament to his truly remarkable lack o…

David Swanson (2019-09-12). Nonviolence Denial Is As Dangerous As Climate Denial. counterpunch.org Persistent willful ignorance of necessary knowledge can be deadly. This is true of denial of climate collapse. It is also true of denial of the tools and power of nonviolent action. As evidence and knowledge pile up in each case, denial of the facts looks more and more intentional, reckless, and malevolent, or intentionally, recklessly, More

Charles Pierson (2019-09-12). Yemen Continues Its Descent into Hell. counterpunch.org The UN has called Yemen the "world's worst humanitarian crisis." Yemen relies on imports for 75% of its food. A coalition land, sea, and air blockade on Yemen has cut off desperately needed food and medicines. An outbreak of cholera affects half a million people. International aid group Save the Children has determined that as many as 85,000 children may have died from starvation and disease. More

The Canary (2019-09-12). Facebook sanctions Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu over hate speech violation. thecanary.co Facebook has sanctioned the page of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu because of a violation of the company's hate speech policy.Facebook said the social network had suspended for 24 hours the page's bot, or automated chat function.The page had called on voters to prevent the establishment of a government composed of "Arabs who want to destroy us all — women, children and men".The Facebook logo displayed on a smartphone (Dominic Lipinski/PA)…

Andre Vltchek (2019-09-12). Western Media portrays Hong Kong Hooligans as Heroes: but are they? dissidentvoice.org Whenever Hong Kong protesters are destroying public property, there are no cameras of Western media outlets in sight. But when police decide to intervene, protecting their city, Western media crusaders emerge in full force. On September 15, 2019, huge US flags were waving in the air. A massive demonstration, consisting of mainly young people, was …

John Wojcik (2019-09-12). Moscow Communists see vote increase after demanding democracy in Russia. peoplesworld.org LISBON, Portugal—Major gains in last Tuesday's Moscow municipal elections for the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) followed weeks of protests in the capital in which party members participated. Thousands rallied and marched in Moscow demanding free elections and fair coverage of them by state-run television. Although Gennady Zyuganov, the party's leader, has been …

Alexander Rubinstein (2019-09-12). Trump's Taliban Talks Led by Neocon Operation Cyclone Agent & PNAC Member. mintpressnews.com U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, the top American official in the negotiations, has been quietly overseeing the destruction of Afghanistan for most of his political career — longer than the Taliban has existed as an organization.

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-09-12). Exit John Bolton, but will that mean an end to his failed foreign policy? nationofchange.org Many who oppose the aggressive foreign policy of the United States under President Donald Trump, which has resulted in record numbers of bombs dropped, regime change operations against Venezuela, Nicaragua, Iran and Hong Kong, the abusive use of unilateral coercive measures (sanctions) and record military budgets, cheered when uber-hawk, John Bolton was removed as the …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-12). The Globalization of War, America's "Long War" against Humanity by Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca Professor Michel Chossudovsky shows how the various conflicts we are witnessing today in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and Palestine are inter-locked through a single-minded agenda in pursuit of global hegemony helmed by the United States and buttressed by its allies…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-09-12). 9/11, Osamagate and The "Blowback" globalresearch.ca Author's Note | The article below entitled "Osamagate" was first published on October 9, 2001, two days after the onslaught of the bombing campaign directed against Afghanistan. | Within hours of the 9/11 attacks, Osama bin Laden was identified as the architect …

Kathy Kelly (2019-09-12). A Morning in Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2019-09-12). Observe 9/11 Anniversary by Calling for an End to the Afghan War. globalresearch.ca On the eve of the 18-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks and the illegal U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the United States and the Taliban completed nine rounds of peace talks with no deal. | Although they had reportedly reached …

Makia Freeman (2019-09-12). Hong Kong Protest Leader Hangs Out with White Helmets Boss. globalresearch.ca Joshua Wong has recently been doing some flyin' around and hobnobbing with the rich, famous and powerful. He went to Berlin and met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other 'pro-democracy' figures like Mayor of Kiev Vitaly Klitschko, who …

South Front (2019-09-12). Video: Color Revolution Comes to Hong Kong. globalresearch.ca The Hong Kong protests represent a major challenge not only to the authorities of Hong Kong itself, but also to Beijing, due to both their protracted nature and a high level of organization resembling the Kiev Maidan of 2013/14. | The …

United Nations (2019-09-12). Thursday's Daily Brief: Religious site protection, South-South Cooperation, 'UNComplicated' airs, West Bank threat, vaccination, Hong Kong update. un.org A recap of Thursday's top stories: UN Chief's global call to safeguard religious sites; South-South Cooperation 'accelerates' towards SDGs; Guterres on West Bank annexation threat; WHO says one in 10 children not getting proper vaccines; Protestor protection call over Hong Kong; New 'UNComplicated' podcast launches.

teleSUR (2019-09-12). Twitter Suspends Accounts of Cuba's Largest Media Outlets. telesurenglish.net The social media giant Twitter suspended the accounts of Cuba's largest media outlets and their journalists on Wednesday, along with the official account of the Communist Party of Cuba, the country's Ministry of Communication and several senior figures in Cuban public life. | RELATED: | Twitter Bans Chinese Accounts Criticizing Hong Kong Protests | T…

Ramzy Baroud (2019-09-12). "Justice is Indivisible": Screams of Israa Ghrayeb Should Be Our Wake-up Call. dissidentvoice.org The death of Israa Ghrayeb has ignited furious reactions regarding the so-called 'honor-killings' in Palestine and throughout the Arab world. It also wrought confusion with respect to the jurisprudential foundation of such crimes, which are often committed in the name of protecting the honor of the family. Israa, a 21-year-old makeup artist from the town …

Philip Giraldi (2019-09-12). Trump the Russian Puppet. A Story That Just Will Not Die. globalresearch.ca Certainly, there are many things that President Donald Trump can rightly be criticized for, but it is interesting to note how the media and chattering classes continue to be in the grip of the highly emotional but ultimately irrational "Trump …

Eva Bartlett (2019-09-12). MintPress Sits Down with Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova. mintpressnews.com Stephen Lendman (2019-09-12). Post-Bolton Thaw in US Relations with Iran? globalresearch.ca Hold the cheers! | The US has been hostile toward Iran since its 1979 revolution. It's hostile toward all nations it doesn't control. | Its imperial project calls for transforming them into US client states, pro-Western puppet rule replacing their sovereign independence, …

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-12). Hostile UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria. Totally Disregards US-NATO Crimes against Humanity. globalresearch.ca Established on August 22, 2011, around six months after US launched aggression on the country, the so-called "Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic (COI)" is mandated to investigate war-related human rights abuses. | Instead, it produced over …

Staff (2019-09-12). Will the US and Iran Resume Talks After John Bolton Is Ousted? truthout.org | | President Trump has ousted John Bolton, becoming the third national security adviser to be ousted by Trump so far. Bolton has long been a fierce critic of diplomacy. He had strongly pushed for Trump to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal. He also opposed negotiations with North Korea, as well as the Taliban in Afghanistan. And he was a key supporter of the attempted U.S.-backed coup in Venezuela and an advocate of regime change in Cuba and Nicaragua. Trump is expected to announce a replacement next week.

Fair Elections In Turkey? (2019-09-12). KPFA's Philip Maldari On 9/5/19 Morning Show Says Erdogan "at least has fair elections" indybay.org KPFA's Philip Maldari on his Sunday morning show told the audience that Erdogan has fair elections.

Andrew Korybko (2019-09-12). China-India Relations Are Real Shaky Ahead of President Xi's Unconfirmed Visit Next Month. globalresearch.ca Chinese-Indian relations are worsening after reckless statements by the latter's media and officials, proving that ties between the two Asian Great Powers are much shakier than either side publicly acknowledges and thus raising the risk that President Xi's unconfirmed visit …

WSWS (2019-09-12). Australian establishment demands removal of alleged "pro-China" member of parliament. wsws.org Gladys Liu has views that are at odds with the propaganda being promoted in Australia to justify the alliance with US imperialism and war preparations against China.

Paul Antonopoulos (2019-09-12). Are India and Japan Challenging the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Russia's Far East? globalresearch.ca Although the Russian Far East has huge investment potential in the fields of raw materials, mineral resources, fisheries, forestry's and tourism, it still remains a sparely populated area of only around 7 million people. With China, India, Japan, Indonesia and …

Ricardo Vaz (2019-09-12). Venezuela Oil Production Continues Decline as China Cancels More Shipments. venezuelanalysis.com Russian oil giant Rosneft blasted threats of US sanctions as "unfair competition."

WSWS (2019-09-12). Netanyahu pledges to annex Jordan Valley if re-elected. wsws.org Israel has illegally occupied and built settlements in the West Bank, as well as in Syria's Golan Heights and East Jerusalem, since capturing them in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.

Mark Taliano (2019-09-12). Assad Government Saves Christianity in Syria. globalresearch.ca Syria is being reborn, and its religious pluralism is being resurrected, sometimes literally from the ashes. | The ancient town of Maaloula, where Aramaic, the language of Christ, is still spoken, where St. Takla miraculously cured the sick, where NATO's takfiri …

WSWS (2019-09-12). Sri Lankan university workers continue indefinite strike. wsws.org The unions are looking for any excuse to call off the strike, but workers are calling for an expansion of the struggle.

United Nations (2019-09-12). Annexing Jordan Valley would end 'illusion' of a meaningful two-State solution: UN rights expert. un.org Israel's intention to annex the Jordan Valley is illegal and threatens chances for a meaningful two-State solution with the Palestinians, a UN independent human rights expert has said.

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David Kattenburg (2019-09-12). BDS in Canada. counterpunch.org A recent ruling by the Federal Court of Canada declaring 'Product of Israel' labels on West Bank settlement wines to be "false, misleading and deceptive" has thrown Canada's pro-Israel community into a tizzy. In full court press-mode, Canadian Zionist groups are arguing that the ruling bolsters the "anti-Semitic" Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and More

Staff (2019-09-12). Netanyahu Faces Global Condemnation for Plan to Annex West Bank. truthout.org | | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing worldwide condemnation for vowing to annex nearly a third of the occupied West Bank if he wins next week's snap election. The United Nations, the Arab League, the European Union and Russia have all criticized Netanyahu's plan, which he unveiled Tuesday. Netanyahu's pledge comes just a week before Israeli voters return to the polls on Tuesday for new elections after Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government following Israel's April 9 election. N…

teleSUR (2019-09-12). Palestine Charges 3 Relatives for Isra Ghrayeb's Murder. telesurenglish.net Three Palestinians were convicted by Attorney General Akram Khatib Thursday for the death of 21-year-old Isra Ghrayeb from Beit Sahour near Bethlehem who was a victim of an honor killing. | RELATED: | Israeli Soldiers Kill 14, 17-Year-Old at Gaza Border, Wound 76 | During a press conference, the attorney general said that the three relatives were charg…

Middle East Eye (2019-09-12). Israel Planted Mysterious Spy Devices Near White House: Report. theantimedia.com The hidden mobile phone surveillance devices were likely intended to spy on Donald Trump.

Jeff Blankfort (2019-09-12). A False Accusation of Antisemitism from Where You Would Least Expect It. dissidentvoice.org I know what America is. America is a thing you can move very easily, move it in the right direction. — Benjamin Netayahu, 2001, quoted in Ha'aretz, July 15, 2010 It is not uncommon, of course, to be labeled "anti-Semitic" for calling attention to the inordinate power of the Israel Lobby over our political processes …

F. William Engdahl (2019-09-12). The New American Oil Empire Built on Sand. The "Fracking Revolution" globalresearch.ca Over the course of the past decade the United States, following decades of relative stagnation in oil production, has surprised many to become the largest oil producer in the world, exceeding Russia as well as Saudi Arabia. | Latest daily production …

teleSUR (2019-09-12). France Finds Saudi Crown Prince's Sister Guilty in Beating Case. telesurenglish.net A Saudi princess was found guilty by a French court Thursday of beating a workman inside her luxury flat in Paris. | RELATED: | Dozens of Palestinians Forcibly Disappeared in Saudi Arabia: NGO Warns | Princess Hassa bint Salman, the daughter of King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz, was found to be complicit in violence with a deadly weapon and complicit in the kidnapping of a workman in her flat. | The French court sentenced the Saudi princess to a ten-month suspended prison sentence…

Paul M. Barrett (2019-09-12). How disinformation could sway the 2020 election. nationofchange.org In 2016, Russian operatives used Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to sow division among American voters and boost Donald Trump's presidential campaign. What the Russians used to accomplish this is called "disinformation," which is false or misleading content intended to deceive or promote discord. Now, with the first presidential primary vote only five months away, the public should be aware …

teleSUR (2019-09-12). EU Extends Economic Sanctions Against Russia for 6 More Months. telesurenglish.net The Council of the European Union (EU) announced Thursday that it extends for six months the sanctions against Russia arguing that this country has undermined Ukraine's sovereignty and independence. | RELATED: | US, Canada, EU Join Forces to Intimidate Russia with Sanctions | The EU sanctions, which are being extended until March 15, 2020, consist of the assets freezing and travel vans against 170 Russian individuals and 44 entities. | In addition to these measures, the European…

James Corbett (2019-09-12). Afghanistan: 18 Years of US-NATO Occupation. The Decision to Invade Afghanistan was Taken on 9/12. globalresearch.ca 18 years after NATO's invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, the 9/11 and Al Qaeda lies that were used to justify the war have disappeared. | Now the truth about oil and gas, mineral wealth, opium and naked imperial ambition are all …

Staff (2019-09-12). The Mainstream Media's Appetite for War is Insatiable. truthdig.com On the 18th anniversary of he 9/11 attacks, all our political press can do is fret over our "overly hastly" withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Colin Todhunter (2019-09-12). Treadmill of Magic Seeds and Broken Promises: Dismantling the Myth of Bt Cotton Success in India. counterpunch.org Political posturing aligned with commercial interests means that truth is becoming a casualty in the debate about genetically modified (GM) crops in India. The industry narrative surrounding Bt cotton is that it has been a great success. The current Modi-led administration is parroting this claim and argues its success must be replicated by adopting a More

Staff (2019-09-12). Will U.S. & Iran Resume Talks After John "Bomb Iran" Bolton Is Ousted as National Security Adviser? democracynow.org President Trump has ousted John Bolton, becoming the third national security adviser to be ousted by Trump so far. Bolton has long been a fierce critic of diplomacy. He had strongly pushed for Trump to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal. He also opposed negotiations with North Korea, as well as the Taliban in Afghanistan. And he was a key supporter of the attempted U.S.-backed coup in Venezuela and an advocate of regime change in Cuba and Nicaragua. Trump is expected to announce a replacement next week. We speak with Phyllis Bennis, fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and a member of the national board of J…

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