Daily Archives: March 24, 2021

2021-03-24: News Headlines

Raul Diego (2021-03-24). US Gins Up a "Credible" Iranian Nuclear Menace Befitting Its Own Stockpile. mintpressnews.com With Western intelligence sources once again stoking the flames of a nuclear Iran and the secret movement of America's nuclear warheads across Europe, the war economy is up to its old tricks.

Martha Grevatt (2021-03-24). Courageous women of the Paris Commune. workers.org This month marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Paris Commune. The Commune was established during a bloody intercapitalist conflict called the Franco-Prussian War. In 1871, Parisian workers were in revolt against France's Government of National Defense, seated in Versailles, which planned to surrender part of France and . . . |

Aaron Maté (2021-03-24). Bellingcaught: Who is the mysterious author of Bellingcat's attacks on OPCW whistleblower? thegrayzone.com After publishing fraudulent claims in a bid to smear OPCW whistleblowers, Bellingcat has been caught in another subterfuge that contradicts its stated allegiance to "transparency and accountability": a hidden, external author writing its material. The website Bellingcat promotes itself as a collective of digital sleuths who "pledge allegiance to truth and evidence and abide by the principles of transparency and accountability." Its self-described "groundbreaking investigations," especially those aimed at Russia and Syria, have led to fawning Western media endorsements of …

Andrew Korybko (2021-03-24). The China-Russia "Peaceful Proposal". "Maintaining Global Stability" globalresearch.ca Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Victor Grossman (2021-03-24). Berlin Bulletin: Scandals, Elections, Emergencies! counterpunch.org Germany, once viewed as an exaggerated model of exactitude and discipline, is currently in a muddle. Above all it's the Covid mess. Seen last spring as a model of swift, effective response, Germany is now torn by controversy, with its sixteen states and dozens of politicians squabbling about when to send which kids (if any)

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2021-03-24). American Encircling Strategy Forces Russia and China to Get Closer. globalresearch.ca The United States does not seem willing to change its policy …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-24). Nine years after family members were killed in US drone strikes, Yemeni men seek justice in Germany. peoplesdispatch.org Ahmed and Khalid bin Ali Jaber filed an appeal in the Federal Constitutional Court in Germany in a case dealing with the death of two of their family members in a US drone strike in August 2012 that was launched from a base in Germany…

Khaled Iskef (2021-03-24). Will Turkey Give Up and Bring Back the Syrian Militants from Libya? globalresearch.ca A security source in Tripoli said that all the Syrian mercenaries …

Manlio Dinucci (2021-03-24). US Hypersonic Missiles in Europe Five Minutes from Moscow. globalresearch.ca About six years ago, when we titled "Are the missiles returning …

MEE staff (2021-03-24). US urges Turkey to give up Russian S-400 missile defence system. middleeasteye.net US urges Turkey to give up Russian S-400 missile defence system | Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells Turkish counterpart to scrap air defence system in first face-to-face meeting at Nato summit | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 16: 04 | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken greets Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu at the Nato headquarters on 23 March (AFP/File photo) | US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has t…

Kenneth Surin (2021-03-24). The UK's Military Show Time. counterpunch.org Readers of any reliable news outlet will probably be aware that the UK's Brexit rollout has been little short of a disaster. Adding to the catalogue of Brexit failures, the UK is now being sued by the EU for extending unilaterally a grace period on food imports to the island of Ireland, where the EU