(2021-08-20). Nessuna lezione dalla catastrofe afghana. globalresearch.ca Nel discorso del 16 agosto alla Casa Bianca, il presidente Biden ha fatto una lapidaria dichiarazione: ´La nostra missione in Afghanistan non ha mai avuto come scopo la costruzione di una nazione, non ha mai avuto come scopo la creazione …
(2021-08-20). Headlines for August 20, 2021. democracynow.org Pentagon Boosts U.S. Troop Levels in Kabul as Chaotic Evacuations Follow Taliban Takeover, Taliban Says It Executed Former Islamic State Leader Abu Omar Khorasani, Afghan Youth Soccer Player Zaki Anwari Died in Fall from U.S. Plane Evacuating Kabul Airport, Afghan Immigrants in Greece Demand Sanctuary for Refugees Fleeing Afghanistan, WHO Slams Rich Nations for Offering Booster Shots While Just 2% of Africa's Population Is Vaccinated, Texas Supreme Court to Allow Schools to Defy Gov. Abbott's Ban on Mask Mandates, Major Hospital in Port-au-Prince Closes After Gangs Kidnap Doctors, Hampering Earthquake Relief, Rep…
(2021-08-20). Five Ways the U.S. Created and Prolonged the Afghan Crisis. zcomm.org As in other regions of Asia and Africa, Islamist fundamentalism and foreign occupation are two sides of the same coin. They reinforce each other, feed off of each other, and need each other…
(2021-08-20). OMS alerta que terceras dosis en países desarrollados ponen en riesgo la vacunación en àÅfrica. cubadebate.cu La Organización Mundial de la Salud denunció que la vacunación con terceras dosis en países más desarrollados amenaza la campaña de vacunación contra el coronavirus en àÅfrica y que el acaparamiento es una "burla" respecto a los propósitos de un acceso global y equitativo a la inmunización. Buena parte del continente enfrenta una tercera ola producida por la variante Delta.
(2021-08-20). U.S. Air Force leads Norwegian NATO ally in Arctic warfare exercise. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Air Forces Europe — Air Forces Africa integrates with Norwegian allies for Arctic CJADC2 exercise Airmen from U.S. Air Forces in Europe — Air Forces Africa and NATO were hosted today by Norwegian allies for a Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control integration exercise. The event trained U.S. and ally forces to integrate, operate, …
(2021-08-20). Africa's Ever-Deepening Imperialist Hell, and the Revolutionary Movement that can End it. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Aug 16, 2021 | Africa, with its growing instability, is a later-stage version of what other exploited regions like Latin America or Oceania are going to become like as capitalist collapse continues to unfold. Following NATO's turning Libya into a failed state a decade ago, and the ongoing precariousness within the country during the leadup to this year's tense elections, the imperialists have expanded their manufactured chaos to the entire horn of Africa. Now the humanitarian disasters, civil strife, and political crises are spreading to all corners of the continent, precisely because of the…
(2021-08-20). Dissenter Weekly: Whistleblowing In South Africa, Covid App Fiasco In UK (Exclusive For Paid Subscribers). thedissenter.org In this edition of "Dissenter Weekly," host Kevin Gosztola goes through whistleblower stories from the week of August 19, 2021. | We highlight a report from Corruption Watch in South Africa on thousands of whistleblower complaints against municipalities (or local governments) over the past nine years. | The show also covers an article from The Guardian on a whistleblower, who exposed a major problem with an app being used by the United Kingdom to notify residents that they were exposed to COVID-19. | In the conclusion, Kevin goes over a few stories reported at The Dissenter on drone whistleb…
(2021-08-19). Once Again, the Vultures Circle Haiti. libya360.wordpress.com Jemima Pierre White vultures playing volleyball during a crisis in Haiti Another earthquake in Haiti provides another opportunity for the NGO community, the Haitian oligarchy, and foreign imperialists to consolidate their profits and power. During a visit to Haiti in early April, 2010, I traveled with a friend to the Club Indigo Hotel. Club Indigo…
(2021-08-19). Russian FM Highlights Taliban's Call for National Dialogue. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov highlighted in Moscow the call made by the Taliban movement to start a national dialogue with other political forces in Afghanistan. | RELATED: | At a joint press conference with Libya ¥s National Unity Government ¥s Foreign Minister, Najla al Mangoush, Lavrov reiterated that his country would promote talks among Afghan political groups and will seek to…
(2021-08-19). Biden Admitted War In Afghanistan Is Becoming A Somalia-Like Drone War. popularresistance.org The war in Afghanistan rested on the same legal basis as the rest of the US War on Terror: the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) passed by Congress on September 18, 2001, a week after the terrorist attacks by al-Qaeda that destroyed the World Trade Center skyscrapers in New York and damaged the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, killing roughly 3,000 Americans. | The US invasion of Afghanistan followed just weeks later, and while the Taliban government that had harbored al-Qaeda was quickly overthrown, it regrouped in the countryside and launched a new insurgency the following year, which on Sunday fin…
(2021-08-19). Biden Admitted US War In Afghanistan Is Becoming A Somalia-Like Drone War. popularresistance.org In a Monday televised speech in which he defended his adherence to the withdrawal negotiated with the Taliban by his predecessor, Donald Trump, Biden said he'd always believed the US mission "should be narrowly focused on counterterrorism, not counterinsurgency or nation-building," and that the US wasn't giving up on that mission in pulling its roughly 12,000 troops out of Afghanistan.
(2021-08-19). Unvaccinated Covid-19 Patients Strain Alabama Hospitals Amid Warning of 'Potentially Apocalyptic' Crisis. commondreams.org As in Iraq, as in Libya, as in Mali. It is time to finally bury the doctrine of the so-called "responsibility to protect", which was coined at the time of the beginning of the Afghan war, and to brand it as what it was from the beginning: a neocolonial project.
(2021-08-19). Biden Falsely Claims the US Doesn't Have a Military Presence in Syria. news.antiwar.com President Biden "There's a significantly greater threat to the United States from Syria. There's a significantly greater threat from East Africa. There's significant greater threat to other places in the world than it is from the mountains of Afghanistan." he said. "We don't have military in Syri…
(2021-08-19). Turkey ready to repeat Syria, Libya, Karabakh model in Afghanistan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Stability, peace appear out of reach in Afghanistan without Turkey [T]he only country that has proven strong and effective in establishing peace and stability in Libya and Syria…is Turkey. Turkey played a significant role in ending the Armenian occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh, ensured continuing cease-fires in Syria and Libya, and Afghanistan is an issue of interest …
(2021-08-19). U..S suffocates Cuba for unwavering, victorious anti-imperialism at great cost. mronline.org 
Cuba's anti-imperial foreign policy helped end apartheid in South Africa and sustain liberation movements worldwide. Historian Piero Gleijeses says that's one of the main reasons why the US has terrorized the island nation through today.
(2021-08-19). Turkey hunts down, kills eight Kurds in drone attack. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish drones used to murder people in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh are now also being used by the Ukrainian government in its war against the people of the Donbass. Turkey eliminates 8 PKK terrorists in Hakkari province Turkish gendarmerie forces killed a group of eight PKK [supporters] in southeastern Hakkari province, Interior Minister …
(2021-08-19). Democrat Compton City Councilman Charged With Bribery And Election Rigging. moguldom.com Isaac Galvan has been charged with rigging a city council election that he won by one vote in Compton, a South Los Angeles city that was once predominately African American but is now 68 percent Hispanic or Latino. Galvan defeated challenger Andre Spicer, a Black Compton native, entrepreneur, and media personality, by a vote of 855 to …
(2021-08-19). [Research Paper] The geography of emergency department-based HIV testing in South Africa: Can patients link to care? thelancet.com We have shown that strategies to improve linkage to care from the ED should consider the high rates of poor linkage among young men and those presenting to the ED with trauma. Furthermore, innovative linkage to care solutions will need to account for the unique geographical consideration of this population, given that many ED patients will need to continue care at a site distant from the diagnosis site.
(2021-08-19). Collective Militarized White Supremacy And Black Neocolonialism. popularresistance.org Except for the hum of US helicopters flying overhead, there was a deafening silence throughout the Caribbean region, during the recent Operation Tradewinds, Progressive and Pan-African forces did not utter a word, as soldiers from Guyana, Brazil, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago participated in this region-wide military exercise with army personnel from the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Canada, France and the Netherlands. | We were told that Operation Tradewinds was "a US Southern Command sponsored combined joint exercise conducted with partn…
(2021-08-19). Collective Militarized White Supremacy and Black Neocolonialism in the Caribbean. popularresistance.org Except for the hum of US helicopters flying overhead, there was a deafening silence throughout the Caribbean region, during the recent Operation Tradewinds, Progressive and Pan-African forces did not utter a word, as soldiers from Guyana, Brazil, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago participated in this region-wide military exercise with army personnel from the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Canada, France and the Netherlands.
(2021-08-19). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Almost 320,000 Nigerian doctors' strike over pay and arrears heads into third week; thousands of Danish nurses reject pay offer and walk out; Sunday strikes at ScotRail, Scotland demand equal overtime rates with drivers…
(2021-08-19). Islamic State threat moves online, expands across Africa: Senior counter-terrorism expert. news.un.org Two decades after the 11 September terrorist attacks in New York, terror networks Al-Qaida and Islamic State — also known as Da'esh — continue to pose a grave threat to peace and security, adapting to new technologies and moving into some of the world's most fragile regions, the top UN counter-terrorism official told the Security Council on Thursday.
(2021-08-19). NATO air missions on Russian, Belarusian borders, in Africa, Asia, Middle East. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interview: Transport Aircraft for the EFP Mission Air transport of personnel and equipment is a major factor for the success of the eFP [NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence] mission in Lithuania. It is the fastest means of transport available to move the soldiers from Germany to their country of deployment and back…. This enables us to …
(2021-08-19). Thousands Flee Ethnic Violence In Cameroon. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Starting on August 10th, clashes between herders and fishermen in northern Cameroon have killed at least 32 people this month, with 19 villages torched. | Some 11,000 people fled to Chad and a further 7,300 were displaced in Cameroon's Far North after fighting broke out between Choa Arab herders and Mousgoum fishermen and farmers, the UNHCR said. | Officials described the fighting as Cameroon's worst ethnic violence in years. | The herders were angry because their livestock were falling into…
(2021-08-19). Kenyan Health Experts Say Climate Change Fuelling Disease Burden. telesurenglish.net Kenya is witnessing a spike in both infectious and non-communicable diseases as the climate crisis escalates in the country, experts said at a virtual forum in Nairobi on Thursday. | RELATED: | During a webinar on the impact of climate change on Kenya's health systems, the experts said that extreme weather events such as droughts and floods had fuelled the spread of disease-causing pathogens. | Anthony Wainaina, deputy…
(2021-08-19). Russia Supports Withdrawal of Foreign Military From Libya. telesurenglish.net Russia's Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that his country supports the withdrawal of foreign military personnel from Libya, which was agreeded during the 5+5 Military Committee meeting in August. | RELATED: | "We confirm Russia's support for the decisions made by the 5+5 Military Committee, including the decision on the need to withdraw all foreign troops without exception from Libyan territory," he said. | Libya's Foreign…
(2021-08-19). Eating with Hope: Solidarity Initiatives are the Alternative for Brazil's Hungry. libya360.wordpress.com Daniel Giovanaz, Pedro Stropasolas Over the past few years, an about-turn in policies saw a massive increase in hunger in Brazil. As the pandemic wreaked havoc, solidarity initiatives and donations, which feed close to 30% of the population, were all that stood between people and starvation. The abandonment of policies to combat poverty has put Brazil…