2021-09-13: News Headlines

Peoples Dispatch (2021-09-13). In Netherlands, students protesting housing crisis occupy Groningen University building. peoplesdispatch.org On September 9, Thursday, Dutch progressive youth and student groups occupied the academy building of the University of Groningen to protest the acute housing crisis faced by students in the city. Several groups, including the Democratic Academy Groningen (DAG), Groninger Studentenbond, Communist Youth Movement (CJB), Groningen Feminist Network, ROOD Groningen, and International Socialists Groningen, among others, organized the campaign called Shelter Our Students (SOS), demanding that the municipality and the university immediately provide free emergency housing for all homeless students in the city. More than 1…

Anonymous007 (2021-09-13). Military Situation In Syria On September 13, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On September 13, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in Barah and Deir Sunbol | On September 13, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Ankawi and Kharbat al-Naqus | On September 12, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions near Tal Tamar | On September 12, the US sent new batch of military reinforcements that included military vehicles, vehicles, fuel tanks and logistical materials to Qamishli area…

Anonymous103 (2021-09-13). Russian Warplanes Strike Syrian Idlib Militants Closer & Closer To Turkish Military Posts (Videos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On September 13, the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) launched a series of air strikes on the militants' infrastructure in south of Syria's Idlib governorate. | This time, the air strikes of Russian warplanes targeted facilities in the vicinity of the town of al-Bara that is located in the al-Zawiya Mountain area. | One the Turkish monitoring post is located there. One of the Russian bombs reportedly fell near the Turkish checkpoint. No casualties were reported. | This is not for the first time th…

Anonymous007 (2021-09-13). Russia And Belarus Exercise New Helicopter "Carousel", Night-Time Airborne Assault. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | During the Zapad-2021 (West-2021) military drill, the Russian Armed Forces demonstrated to their colleagues from Belarus a new helicopter "carousel" tactic, Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-Bek Yevkurov said. | According to him, at the request of the minister, new combat elements, developed as a result of experience gained in local conflicts were presented in the exercises."For us, this is the Syrian campaign, although irregular armed forces operated against us in it, but at the same time hig…

Staff (2021-09-13). Headlines for September 13, 2021. democracynow.org U.S. Marks 20th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks, FBI Releases First Declassified Document on Saudi Links to 9/11 Hijackers, George W. Bush Compares "Violent Extremists at Home" to 9/11 Attackers , Capitol Police Want to Reinstall Fencing Ahead of Far-Right "Justice for J6" Rally , Taliban Government Orders Segregated Schools and Dress Codes for Women, No Evidence of Bomb in Vehicle Hit by U.S. Drone Strike That Killed 10 Afghan Civilians, Appeals Court Sides with Florida Gov. DeSantis, Reinstates Ban on Mask Mandates, Lebanon Announces New Government Headed by Former Prime Minister, Wildfires Rage in Spain and Califo…

Staff (2021-09-13). 18 September, Toulouse: Palestine Stand: Boycott Puma, Boycott Israel. samidoun.net Saturday September 18, 2021 From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Metro Capitole — Toulouse, France Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/194889916045090 On Saturday September 18th from 11am to 1pm, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra organizing a Palestine Stand at the exit of the Capitole metro in Toulouse. On September 18, the #BoycottPuma campaign calls for an international day of action. Sports equipment […] | The article

John V. Walsh (2021-09-13). Biden Exits Afghanistan, Heads in the Wrong Direction. counterpunch.org A major motivation for getting out of Afghanistan is to give the US a freer hand to bring down China and Russia. And this is not to be a peaceful "Pivot." The US has surrounded both countries with military bases, and the Pivot to Asia pioneered by Obama/Hillary/Biden sees 60% of America's naval forces ending up in China's neighborhood.

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-13). Turkey's 400,000-man army "will always support Azerbaijan in its just struggle" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish, Azerbaijani high-ranked officials discuss dev't of bilateral military co-op The Head of Turkey's National Defense Ministry, Hulusi Akar, received the First Deputy Minister of Defense of Azerbaijan — Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijan Army, Lieutenant General Karim Valiyev, on September 13… Chief of Turkish Armed Forces General Staff, Yashar Guler also …

David Swanson (2021-09-13). Peace Boat to Receive Award as Lifetime Organizational War Abolisher of 2021. warisacrime.org Today, September 13, 2021, World BEYOND War announces as the recipient of the Lifetime Organizational War Abolisher of 2021 award: Peace Boat. An online presentation and acceptance event, with remarks from representatives of Peace Boat will take place on October 6, 2021, at 5 a.m. Pacific Time, 8 a.m. Eastern Time, 2 p.m. Central European …

Anonymous103 (2021-09-13). Civil Security Helicopter Crashed In Southeastern France. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On September 12, a Civil Security helicopter crashed in the town of Villard-de-Lans in southeastern France, leaving one dead and four injured. | According to a press release of the local prefecture, the security helicopter was called to to rescue a mountain biker in the mountainous region. A crew of five was onboard of the helicopter, including a pilot, a mechanic and 3 rescuers. | The mechanic was killed as a result of the incident. The other crew members were evacuated to the Greno…

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-13). NATO air and space power: taking war to 2030. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Air and Space Power — Taking the Alliance Into 2030 From 7-9 Sep. the Joint Air Power Competence Centre (JAPCC) hosted their annual Conference convening the NATO Airpower community at Essen, Germany. The presentations and discussions were focused on the topic of Delivering NATO Air and Space Power at the speed of relevance. Joint …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-13). Video: U.S. Army trains lupine predators in Macedonia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Video: North Macedonia's Special Operations Battalion "The Wolves" North Macedonia's Special Operations Battalion call themselves "The Wolves". Like the lupine predator commonly seen in their home country, The Wolves are strong…. Footage includes shots of operators on patrol and training with US Army helicopters during the US-led Exercise Combined Resolve XV and Exercise Trojan Footprint …

Anonymous103 (2021-09-13). Footage: Russian Military Novelties Deployed At Zapad-2021 Exercises. southfront.org

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-13). Turkey to provide Ukraine with more combat drones for war in Donbass: commander-in-chief. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine military is set to buy another four Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles from Turkey. That's according to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant-General Valeriy Zaluzhny…. **** As Ukrinform reported, in early August Ukraine tested Turkey's Bayraktar TB2 strike drones. Earlier, Deputy Defense Minister Oleksandr Myroniuk said the Turkish UAVs would become …

Peter Boyle (2021-09-13). Criminal silence over Turkey's bombing of Kurdish refugee camp. greenleft.org.au Peter Boyle spoke to an eyewitness about the latest Turkish drone attack on the United Nations-supervised Makhmour Refugee Camp in northern Iraq.

Editor (2021-09-13). 101 years of communist struggle in Turkey. mronline.org On the 101st anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Turkey, Peoples Dispatch spoke to Ekin Sà∂nmez, a member of the party's Central Committee, about how the party is confronting the urgent challenges facing Turkey's working class and is deepening the struggle for socialism.

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-13). National Security and Defense Council chief: Ukraine must switch to Latin alphabet, make English compulsory from kindergarten. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine should switch to Latin alphabet, English should become compulsory for learning from kindergarten — Danilov Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov believes that Ukraine should get rid of the Cyrillic alphabet and switch to the Latin alphabet, and English should become compulsory for learning from kindergarten. [In …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-13). Ukraine bombards Donbass with method U.S.-NATO used against Yugoslavia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Kiev bombards Donbass using game plan of NATO's war against Yugoslavia On Saturday, drones struck fuel storage facilities at an oil depot in Donetsk's Kirovsky district, destroying some 1,300 tonnes of fuel, and wiping out a month's worth of supplies for the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and its militia. DPR representative Daniil Bezsonov …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-13). New head of Ukraine's NATO mission meets with Stoltenberg. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-13). Defense, security head: Ukraine capable of "purging" Donbass, fighting for Crimea by force. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Danilov: Ukraine capable of regaining east of Ukraine by force, fighting for Crimea Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, says the Ukrainian Army is capable of liberating the occupied east of Ukraine by military means and go for hostilities to regain Crimea, while the Ukrainian government is not yet going to …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-13). Zelensky: Biden says Ukraine should be in NATO. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Zelensky tells of Biden's stance on Ukraine's NATO membership issue Zelensky "very directly" asked Biden about Ukraine's NATO accession prospects. The Ukrainian president said Biden's response to this question and the issue of the Alliance in general took 20 to 30 minutes. "He said, 'I think that you have to be there, but it's not …

Anonymous103 (2021-09-13). Ukrainian Soldier Killed By DPR's ATGM. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On September 12, fighters of the People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic destroyed a truck of the Ukrainian armed forces with an anti-tank missile system. One Ukrainian soldier was killed, three others were injured. | The DPR servicemen destroyed a KAMAZ truck from the 503rd separate battalion of the 36th Marine Brigade of Ukraine an ATGM. The incident took place near the village of Verkhnetoretskoye. | According to local reports, the Ukrainian command has recently reinforced its posit…

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-12). Turkey continues waging war in Syria. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Anti-terrorist: anti-Kurdish, anti-Syrian. Turkey neutralizes four YPG/PKK terrorists in northern Syria At least four YPG/PKK terrorists were "neutralized" by Turkish security forces in northern Syria, Turkey's National Defense Ministry said on Sunday. **** Since 2016, Ankara has launched a trio of successful anti-terror operations across its border in northern Syria to prevent the formation of …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-12). Now Azerbaijan denounces U.S. over Nagorno-Karabakh. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Three Brothers, Ankara-Baku-Islamabad axis is throwing down the gauntlet to the world, which is accommodating it at every turn. After its wars in Nagorno-Karabakh, Iraq, Libya and Syria, new ones loom in and against Armenia, Crimea, Cyrus, Greece, India (Kashmir), Iran and Tunisia, with the Russian North Caucasus not beyond its purview. ==== Azerbaijan …

Anonymous669 (2021-09-12). Syrian Military Source Says Ground Operation In Greater Idlib Could Start At 'Any Minute'. southfront.org Illustrative image. | The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies may kick off a ground operation in the northwestern region of Greater Idlib "at any minute," a Syrian military source told Sputnik on September 12. | The source told the Russian news agency, that al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of Greater Idlib, and its Turkish-backed allies escalated their attacks in the last two weeks. | "The fronts of the southern Idlib countryside and northern countryside of Hama witnessed an except…

TASS (2021-09-12). Russia mulls sending humanitarian aid to Afghanistan — ambassador. tass.com In his words, the government and the people of Afghanistan are now focusing on rebuilding the country rather than on geopolitical agenda…

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-12). Military force is the ultimate guarantor of our freedom: NATO chief says Afghan war not the last one. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com "We must continue to stand together"Op-ed article by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg This article was published in Die Welt and newspapers of the LENA group. Afghanistan will not be the last crisis for which North America and Europe need to act together through NATO. There will always be those who wish to harm us. …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-12). Turkey opens new military command center in Azerbaijan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey Sets Up Military Command Center in Baku The Turkish military has set up a command center for its special forces in Baku, reported the Ermenihaber news site on Friday, citing Azerbaijani sources. **** [F]our generals of Turkey's armed forces have been deployed to the command center. The move comes a week after the Turkish …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-12). Azerbaijan's chief of general staff in Turkey to meet with military leaders. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Chief of General Staff of the Azerbaijani Army is on an official visit to Turkey First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan — Chief of General Staff of the Azerbaijani Army Lieutenant General Karim Valiyev is on an official visit to the Republic of Turkey. During the visit, the Azerbaijani delegation …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-12). Article 5 commitments: NATO prepares for war on Russia's northwest border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Commander Tours Baltic States and Poland As part of his battlefield circulation, LTG S≈Çawomir Wojciechowski, Commander Multinational Corps Northeast (MNC NE), visited the Corps subordinate units as well as military officials across Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The trip served for the Commander as an opportunity to meet with troops and assess the progress on …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-12). "U.S. and NATO operations anywhere in Europe and Africa and beyond": Pentagon leads war games in Norway. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Thunder Cloud live fire exercise in Norway U.S. Army Europe and Africa will conduct the live-fire exercise Thunder Cloud from Sept. 9-20 in Andenes, Norway. The 2nd Multi-Domain Task Force, which activates this month, and the 41st Field Artillery Brigade will exercise the rapid deployment and employment of long-range precision fires. This exercise will showcase …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-12). U.S. dispatches more troops to Poland for "military preparedness exercises" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Connecticut National Guard troops heading to Poland More than 70 members of the Connecticut National Guard are heading to Poland as part of ongoing U.S. military preparedness exercises with European allies. Atlantic Resolve has rotated U.S. troops across more than a dozen countries in Europe since 2014 in efforts to increase readiness and coordination with …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-12). Pentagon considers 23 locations for new military bases in Greece. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com US-Greece Military Deals Strengthen, More American Bases Seen The United States is looking to extend an annual Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement to five years and put more military bases in Greece…. The defense deal extension could be signed in September or October, said the newspaper Kathimerini…. The US has been keen to have more bases …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-12). U.S. and Greece to implement five-year military deal. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Greece to discuss 5-year US defence deal: PM Greece and the US are in talks to extend their defence deals by five years, instead of one-year renewals now in force, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday. There would be a "more important US presence in our country, possibly in areas where they currently do …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-12). Pentagon delivers 55 armored vehicles to rebranded Kosovo Liberation Army. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kosovo Receives 55 Armored Vehicles Donated By U.S. Kosovo has received 55 armored security vehicles donated by the United States for the Kosovo Security Force (KSF). The United States has steadily supported the KSF's 3,400-strong force, which was turned into a regular army more than two years ago, although its name has not been changed …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-12). "North" Macedonia marks secession from Yugoslavia, subordination to NATO. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com North Macedonia marks 30 years of independence with parade North Macedonia on Wednesday marked the 30th anniversary of its independence from Yugoslavia with a military parade in the capital Skopje and ceremonies around the country. **** After reaching an agreement with Athens, the country changed its name from Macedonia to North Macedonia in 2019 and …

Rick Rozoff (2021-09-12). Virginia: NATO makes plans against "future potential threats" for the next decade. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From the website of Allied Command Transformation, the first NATO command based in the U.S. It was recently joined by Allied Joint Force Command Norfolk in the same city in Virginia.In recent days Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova and current Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, former president and prime minister Dmitry Medvedev have …

Anonymous007 (2021-09-12). Military Situation In Donetsk People's Republic On September 12, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | 1. UAF in Troytskoe shelled Ozeryanovka with 120-mm artillery | 2. UAF in Verhnetoretskoe shelled Verhnetoretskoe with 120-mm artillery | 3. UAF targeted an oil refinery in Donetsk city with UAVs | 4. UAF east of Volnovaha shelled Dokuchaevsk with 120-mm, 122-mm artillery and BMP-2 | 5. DPR forces in Verhnetoretskoe shelled UAF positions in Verhnetoretskoe with 122-mm artillery | 6. DPR forces in Gorlovka shelled UAF positions in Niu-York with 82-mm artiller…

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