(2021-08-22). NATO troops in Afghanistan: proof of Azerbaijan's commitment to global security. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From a brief article from Trend News Agency about NATO-trained Azerbaijani troops in Kabul…handing out food to kids. In the past occupation forces handed out chocolate bars to children. And silk stockings to starving women. ==== Recall that 120 Azerbaijani peacekeepers, together with Turkish forces, continue to carry out official duties to ensure the security …
(2021-08-22). Turkish, Azerbaijani soldiers stand shoulder-to-shoulder in Kabul. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish, Azerbaijani soldiers stand shoulder-to-shoulder in KabulTurkish and Azerbaijani soldiers are on duty shoulder to shoulder in and around the Hamid Karzai International Airport at Afghan capital Kabul. VIDEO…
(2021-08-22). Reluctant Acceptance: Responding to Afghanistan's Refugees. dissidentvoice.org Do not for a minute think that this is a kind, heart-felt thing in the aftermath of Kabul's fall. True, a number of Afghans will find their way to Germany, to Canada, to the UK, US and a much smaller number to Australia. But this will be part of the curtain act that, in time, …
(2021-08-22). Putin criticized idea of Western states to place Afghan refugees in Central Asia. tass.com The President added that this Russia is in constant contact with partners from the Central Asian republics…
(2021-08-22). The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Back with a Bang. orinocotribune.com 
By Pepe Escobar — Aug 16, 2021 | The US "loss" of Afghanistan is a repositioning and the new mission is not a "war on terror," but Russia and China. | Wait until the war is over | And we're both a little older | The unknown soldier | Breakfast where the news is read | Television children fed | Unborn living, living, dead | Bullet strikes the helmet's head | And it's all over | For the unknown soldier | (The Doors, "The Unknown Soldier") | In the end, the
(2021-08-22). Russian Airstrikes Hit Greater Idlib For Fourth Day In Row (Video, Photos). southfront.org 
FILE PHOTO: Sukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft before departing for its permanent base in Russia from Khmeimim Air Base in Syria. © Vadim Grishankin / Sputnik | For the fourth day in a row, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a series of airstrikes on the northwestern region of Greater Idlib. | The airstrikes, which took place on August 22 morning, targeted positions in the outskirts of the towns of Kansafra, Mareian and Almaouzrah in the al-Zawiya Mount in the southern countryside of Idlib. | Al-Qaeda-affilia…
(2021-08-22). Polish, Ukrainian presidents to conspire against Crimea, Belarus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish President heads to Ukraine Poland's authorities have described the upcoming visit as an opportunity to express the country's support for Ukraine's territorial integrity and Euro-Atlantic aspirations. On Monday, the Polish head of state will take part in an inaugural meeting of the Crimean Platform, an international summit called by Ukraine to build up pressure …
(2021-08-22). Ukraine expects more weapons, equipment from NATO. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Zelensky on weapons for Ukraine: We know how Germany could help Pursuant to the agreements and within the framework of cooperation with NATO, the Ukrainian side expects to get sniper rifles, "many other things, apart from the navy and military boats, which we would like to receive from our partners," Zelensky said. **** "Our position …
(2021-08-22). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Breaking down the booster terminology for COVID-19 vaccines. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 vaccine boosters are being recommended eight months after a person's second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. "A vaccine booster dose is generally an additional dose above and beyond the primary series needed to achieve protective immunity," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "So the dose that was approved this past week would be better classified as an 'additional dose' for those who are moderately to severely immunocompromised." Dr….
(2021-08-22). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: It's like a Code Red hospital alert. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An overwhelming surge of COVID-19 cases is underway in the U.S. The delta variant continues to spread, the lambda variant is showing up, and some people are refusing to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or wear face masks. "My message today is a hospital term and that's Code Red," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "It is Code Red in the U.S. and for the globe regarding…
(2021-08-22). Missile Defense Agency wants mobile interceptor missile system against Russia, China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Excerpts from a feature in Defense News, a non-governmental news site. Missile Defense Agency director wants less complex, more mobile Aegis Ashore The Missile Defense Agency director says he'd like to see the Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense system….become a less complex and more mobile asset. The U.S. has had a fully operational Aegis Ashore …
(2021-08-22). Turkish defense chief: American NATO allies "messing with our heads" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey slams US for continued support to YPG "We can resolve the S-400 and F-35 problems with the U.S. one way or another. But we cannot go anywhere without solving the YPG problem. They argue that the YPG is not a terrorist [organization]. They are messing with our heads," Defense Minister Hulusi Akar told a …
(2021-08-21). Soft Power Just Shifted Massively From West To East. southfront.org 
U.S. soldiers at Kabul airport. Illustrative image | Written by Don Hank | If you look back to the US's first involvement before the start of the Afghan war in 2001, a case can be made that Biden's decision to pull US troops out of the country was planned as part of the ongoing US attempt to weaken Russia. After all, the Democrats have been accusing Putin of meddling in the 2016 election and they seem to have fallen for their own proofless narrative. | Bringing down (Soviet) Russia was the goal when the CI…
(2021-08-21). NATO chieftain thanks Azerbaijan for troops in Afghanistan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Secretary General thanks Azerbaijan for ensuring the security of Kabul airport "…I…thank the armed forces of NATO allies, in particular Turkey, the United States and Great Britain, as well as our partner Azerbaijan, for their vital role in ensuring the security of the airport," Stoltenberg said at a press conference after the extraordinary meeting …
(2021-08-21). Poland: NATO not done with Afghanistan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Perhaps the Afghan nationals can be recruited into a unit for war in the Donbass and Belarus. Poland to evacuate 300 Afghan citizens who cooperated with NATO — PM Poland will be responsible for an evacuation operation that will ensure safe transport for 300 Afghan citizens who have cooperated with NATO in recent years, Poland's …
(2021-08-21). New Wave Of Russian Airstrikes Hit Greater Idlib (Photos, Video). southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 takes off on a combat mission at Hemeimeem airbase, Syria, on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. IMAGE: AP PHOTO/VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | On August 21, a new wave of Russian airstrikes hit the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, where many terrorist groups are present. | The airstrikes destroyed a compound located near the town of Hmeimat in al-Ghab Plains in the northwestern countryside of Hama. The region is an infamous stronghold of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of Greater…
(2021-08-21). Syria's Air Defenses Intercepted 22 Missiles During Recent Israeli Attack: Russian MoD. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | The Syrian Arab Air Defense Forces (SyAADF) shot down 22 missiles fired by Israel during the recent "The Syrian air defense on duty destroyed 22 missiles from the Russian-made Buk-M2E and Pantsir-S systems," Kulit said. | The Israeli strikes, which were launched from Lebano…
(2021-08-21). NATO partners Azerbaijan, South Korea to jointly exploit conquered Nagorno-Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com President Ilham Aliyev receives delegation led by Speaker of National Assembly of Republic of Korea President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today received a delegation led by Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Park Byung-sook. **** Of course, I [Supreme, Exalted, Sublime, Victorious, Invincible Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev] am confident that the …
(2021-08-21). Data Contradicts Ukrainian Claims that Russia Is Cheating Europe Out of Paid for Gas. globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-21). Missiles in Romania: "NATO Alliance conducting the highest of high-end warfare every day!" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AEGIS Ashore Romania Celebrates Five Years of BMD Contribution to NATO AAMDS Romania is under the operational control of U.S. Navy's Sixth Fleet via Commander, Task Force (CTF) 64 based in Naples, Italy, and is a critical part of the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) which calls for ballistic missile defense (BMD) capable Aegis ships …
(2021-08-21). [Editorial] Health in a world of extreme heat. thelancet.com The heatwaves and wildfires that swept across southern Europe and the USA this summer have been traumatic and deadly. 600 excess deaths were reported in the Pacific Northwest in the USA alone. According to the Sixth Assessment Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which synthesises the latest scientific evidence on climate change, global temperature is expected to reach or exceed 1 ∑5 ∞C of warming, averaged over the next 20 years. The report predicts that these record-breaking temperatures will be more frequent, intense, and last longer because of human-induced cli…
(2021-08-21). Scientific health policies contain delta variant outbreak in China. wsws.org US and European media that oppose scientific social-distancing policies at home have responded with calls for Beijing to abandon attempts to limit the spread of COVID-19.
(2021-08-21). [Correspondence] Revisiting the evidence for physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection. thelancet.com Derek Chu and colleagues reported that face mask wearing in hospitals and health-care settings reduces risk of respiratory infection.1 Surprisingly, this recommendation was extended to the general population. Summary estimates were calculated using results of three severe acute respiratory syndrome studies, of which only two yielded statistically significant results. The first study was done in households, a situation that is similar to a health-care setting.2 The second was a case-control study in the general population where infected and uninfected individuals were asked via telephone interviews whether they ha…
(2021-08-21). Juan Guaidó's Four Defeats that Took Him to Dialogue in Mexico. orinocotribune.com Juan Guaidó's successive defeats have forced him to change course. The media and diplomatic support he got in 2019 undoubtedly positioned his image internationally. This allowed Guaidó to arrive at the negotiation table in Mexico with a challenging attitude; although, concretely speaking, he was unable to exercise the power that was supposedly bestowed upon to him. | In this regard, the failures of the previous dialogues in Norway and Dominican Republic, far from putting extra pressure on the Nicolás Maduro government, weakened, instead, the agency of the self-proclaimed "interim president" of Venezuela. So far,…
(2021-08-21). Poland: Russia lying about NATO and U.S. military presence. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Russian spokeswoman 'promoting lies' about Poland, NATO, West: Polish official Stanis≈Çaw ≈ªaryn was speaking after the Russian spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, a day earlier expressed Moscow's concern that the United States "plans for increasing its military presence in Poland," Poland's PAP news agency reported. In an interview with PAP, ≈ªaryn was quoted as saying on Friday …
(2021-08-21). Ukraine shuts down leading independent news site Strana as part of new crackdown on journalists, judges & opposition politicians. rt.com 
One of Ukraine's most prominent news outlets has been taken offline after the country's National Security and Defense Council marked it out as a threat, thus adding the title to the growing list of banned opposition media groups. |
(2021-08-21). Russia's talks with Taliban are latest proof Moscow's foreign policy is non-ideological. The West could learn a lesson from that. rt.com 
Both Russia and China are pursuing a strategy of engaging with the Taliban. While some politicians and commentators insist this is a global threat, the reality is that constructive talks are now more likely to bring stability. | Winston Churchill famously defined Russia as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." Its unique history and geography have obviously produced a distinctive political culture, but Western efforts to mystify Russia also have the effect of drawing a dividing line between the rational and predictable 'us' versus the irrational and unpredictable 'other' — Moscow. | As a res…
(2021-08-21). NATO's No. 2 joins initiative to drive Russia, Black Sea Fleet from Crimea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Dpty Secretary General Mircea Joana to visit Crimean platform, 30th anniversary of Ukraine's Independence NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Joana is coming to Ukraine to participate in the Crimean Platform and celebrate the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's Independence. The corresponding announcement was distributed on Saturday in Brussels by the NATO headquarters. **** "On August …
(2021-08-21). Crimea: can humanitarian bombing be far behind? antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Evidently the term indigenous is employed to differentiate all other ethnic groups from Russian speakers. They are then implicitly invaders according to the calculus. Note the glaring geographical disparities between eastern and western Ukraine. That discrepancy will be used to prove that ethnic Russians are "genocidal Islamophobic racists." The bombs and cruise missiles come next. …
(2021-08-21). What is happening in Turkey? peoplesdispatch.org 
Despite the announcements from the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan that "everything is under control", Turkey is experiencing one of the deepest crises in recent years. A conversation with Hasan Durkal.
(2021-08-21). Finishing what ISIS started? Turkey attacks Yezidis in Iraq. zcomm.org As Turkey bombs the Yezidis in Sinjar, it is our duty to mobilize in solidarity against Turkish aggression and in support of the Yezidi pursuit of local autonomy…
(2021-08-21). Military Situation In Donetsk People's Republic On August 21, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | 1. UAF in Pivdenne shelled the Gagarin mine in Gorlovka with grenade launchers | 2. UAF in Krasnogorovka shelled Staromikhailovka with grenade launchers | 3. UAF in Shyrokino shelled Leninskoe with grenade launchers | 4. DPR forces in Staromikhailovka shelled UAF positions in Krasnogorovka with ATGM | 5. DPR forces in Gorlovka shelled UAF positions in Pivdenne with grenade launchers | 6. DPR forces in Gorlovka shelled UAF positions in Niu-York with grenade laun…
(2021-08-21). Ukraine continues to build NATO proxy army. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NSDC approves draft strategic defense bulletin — Taran At a meeting chaired by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) has approved the draft Strategic Defense Bulletin of Ukraine, according to Minister of Defense Andriy Taran. **** According to Taran, the Ministry of Defense developed the Strategic Defense Bulletin based …