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2022-04-06: News Headlines

____ (2022-04-06). Shortening the kill chain: nuclear-capable U.S. B-52s integrate with NATO Eastern flank states. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Air Forces in Europe and AfricaApril 1, 2022 BTF Bakes ACE Concepts Into Latest Round of Integrations B-52 aircraft from the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron based out of RAF Fairford, England, conducted integration missions with NATO Allies from Denmark, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and Czech Republic, March 31, 2022. During the most recent series …

themoscowtimes (2022-04-06). African Support on Ukraine Shows Kremlin's Soft Power. themoscowtimes.com Many African countries showed their support for Russia, or at least their diplomatic ambivalence, at an early stage in the crisis.

Staff (2022-04-06). Turkey to appoint ambassador to Egypt, ending 9-year standoff. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) — Turkey has decided to appoint a new ambassador to Cairo to fill the diplomatic post left vacant for nearly nine years, two Turkish officials with knowledge of the matter announced.

____ (2022-04-06). Turkish troops "carry out tasks assigned to them around the world": Libya, Ethiopia, Syria, Iraq. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Asharq Al-AwsatApril 4, 2022 Turkey Stresses it Will Keep its Military Presence in Libya's Tripoli Turkey said it will maintain its military presence in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Turkey's Anadolu state news agency published pictures on Sunday showing Turkish soldiers eating "the first Suhoor meal" (the pre-dawn meal before the day's fast) in Tripoli. The …

aninews.in (2022-04-06). Former Mauritius PM Navinchandra Ramgoolam en-route to India for medical emergency. aninews.in Port Louis [Mauritius], September 8 (ANI): Former Prime Minister of Mauritius, Navinchandra Ramgoolam is en-route to India (Chennai) for a medical emergency.

middleeastmonitor (2022-04-05). Israeli apartheid: Our South Africa moment is Nearing. middleeastmonitor.com These acts have effectively demolished all the anti-BDS excuses propagated by Israel and its anti-Palestinian apologists in the West over the last 17 years.

JANET (2022-04-05). World hunger and the war in Ukraine. iacenter.org By Vijay Prashad April 5, 2022 During this war on Ukraine, No Cold War launched a new publication called Briefings, which will be factual texts on matters of global concern. Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research shared this first briefing: Billions of people around the world will suffer from this hunger crisis. The war in Ukraine, along with sanctions imposed by the United States and Western countries against Russia, have caused global food, fertilizer and fuel prices to skyrocket and endanger the world food supply. This conflict is exacerbating the existing crisis of global hunger and imperils the living…

____ (2022-04-05). NATO introduces women's rights to primitive societies. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Women have always been the primary victims of war. Women lose their husbands, their fathers, their sons in combat — Hillary Clinton NATOApril 5, 2022 NATO hosts women peacebuilders and mediators from the Middle East and North Africa to discuss their work and the Women, Peace and Security agenda On 22 March 2022, NATO organized a …

Staff (2022-04-05). Famous Ramadan traditions in Egypt. en.mehrnews.com Egypt is the most famous place for Ramadan traditions and it is said that many of the Ramadan rituals practiced throughout the Muslim world have origins in Egypt.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-05). Over 1,000 prisoners pardoned in Algeria, including many Hirak protesters. peoplesdispatch.org On Sunday, April 3, Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune granted clemency to around 70 Hirak protesters and also pardoned hundreds of convicted prisoners. According to Algerian state media, Tebboune signed "a presidential decree pardoning 1,076 convicted detainees on the occasion of the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan" and "ordered clemency measures for 70 people accused in matters of public disorder." This was after the Algerian authorities released more than 50 Hirak activists on Wednesday and Thursday last week. | According to the report, the clemency orders issued yesterday included the Hirak act…

_____ (2022-04-05). From Korea to Libya: On the Future of Ukraine and NATO's Neverending Wars. commondreams.org Ukraine needs peace and security, not perpetual war that is designed to serve the strategic interests of certain countries or military alliances.

Andy Kroll (2022-04-05). What Would It Take for Military Spending in America to Go Down? tomdispatch.com I have a question for you: What would it take in today's world for America's military spending to go down? Here's one admittedly farfetched scenario: Vladimir Putin loses his grip on power and Russia retrenches militarily while reaching out to normalize relations with the West. At the same time, China prudently decides to spend less on its military, pursuing economic power while abandoning any pretense to a militarized superpower status. Assuming such an unlikely scenario, with a "new cold war" nipped in the bud and the U.S. as the world's unchallenged global hegemon, Pentagon spending would surely shrink, right?

____ (2022-04-05). Tunisian president assumes dictatorial powers amid deepening social unrest. wsws.org This year has seen numerous demonstrations protesting social and economic conditions, with the total number of demonstrations in the eight months since SaàØed's July coup topping those that proceeded it.

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