(2021-10-09). Behind NATO's 'cognitive warfare': Western militaries are waging a 'battle for your brain'. thegrayzone.com Western governments in the NATO military alliance are developing tactics of "cognitive warfare," using the supposed threats of China and Russia to justify waging a "battle for your brain" in the "human domain," to "make everyone a weapon." NATO is developing new forms of warfare to wage a "battle for the brain," as the military alliance put it. The US-led NATO military cartel has tested novel modes of hybrid warfare against its self-declared adversaries, including economic warfare, cyber warfare, information …
(2021-10-09). Behind NATO's 'cognitive warfare': 'Battle for your brain' waged by Western militaries. thegrayzone.com Western governments in the NATO military alliance are developing tactics of "cognitive warfare," using the supposed threats of China and Russia to justify waging a "battle for your brain" in the "human domain," to "make everyone a weapon." NATO is developing new forms of warfare to wage a "battle for the brain," as the military alliance put it. The US-led NATO military cartel has tested novel modes of hybrid warfare against its self-declared adversaries, including economic warfare, cyber warfare, information …
(2021-10-09). [Comment] Offline: How others see us. thelancet.com "A victory for science!" Who could possibly disagree with Christel van Geet, Vice-Rector of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Leuven? She was opening a symposium about the defence of rationality during the COVID-19 pandemic, held at the University of Sorbonne, Paris, last week. Jean-Franàßois Delfraissy, President of France's COVID-19 Scientific Council, called COVID-19 vaccines a "miracle". The Rector of the University of Geneva, Yves Flàºckiger, described the contribution of science to the pandemic as "spectacular".
(2021-10-09). Video: Jihadist Attacks in Mali Becoming the Norm, France Withdraws. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-09). NATO chief in Spain to plan next year's summit, meets with monarch. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Secretary General visits Spain to prepare Madrid Summit NATO's next Summit will take place in Madrid on 29-30 June 2022, the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced during a visit by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg today (08 October 2021). The Secretary General also met with the King of Spain, His Majesty Felipe VI …
(2021-10-09). Turkey plans to purchase 40 new, modernize 80 more U.S. F-16s. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Reuters: Turkey wants to buy 40 F-16 fighters from the USA Turkey has asked the United States to purchase 40 F-16 fighters, as well as modernize about 80 American fighters that Ankara has…. …the deal is estimated at billions of dollars, but is still being studied by the State Department and the relevant government agency …
(2021-10-09). Turkey Deployed Reinforcements In Greater Idlib To Obstacle Upcoming Syrian Army Operation: SANA. southfront.org 
Turkish army vehicles and military personnel are seen near the Turkish-Syrian border on October 12, 2019. IMAGE: Reuters / Murad Sezer | Turkey has been deploying military reinforcements in the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib since the start of October in order to obstacle any ground operations by the Syrian Arab Army, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on October 9. | The Turkish military maintains more than 60 positions in Greater Idlib, which is controlled by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham…
(2021-10-09). Ukraine denounces Belarus "Anschluss," alleged Russian bases. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Pentagon and NATO (for all the difference there is between them) have a growing number of military bases of all descriptions in nations that border Russia: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Georgia. ==== The Kremlin uses Belarus as a bridgehead to manipulate migration flows, channeling them into Poland and Lithuania "That is why, …
(2021-10-09). Belgian Workers' Party calls for reducing VAT on electricity and gas. peoplesdispatch.org The 21% Value Added Tax on electricity and gas is some of the highest in Europe, according to the Workers' Party of Belgium. A petition demanding a reduction in the VAT has been endorsed by over 250,000 people…
(2021-10-09). The fate of EU and NATO in times of US-China rivalry. peoplesdispatch.org Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the strategic choices ahead of NATO and the European Union as the US intensifies its encirclement of China. What are the options before the EU countries amid the rapidly changing scenario? What is the change in military configurations and the new possibilities that trade opens up?
(2021-10-09). President Maduro: 50% of Population is now Vaccinated & 2.6 Million COVAX Vaccines Arrive on Saturday. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reported this Friday, October 8, that in Venezuela 50% of the population has already received at least one dose of immunization against COVID-19. | During a televised address broadcast by state-owned TV station VTV, the president stressed that the goal, which he announced last Sunday, was reached "by overcoming barriers, obstacles, and financial persecution"—a reference to the criminal hardship imposed on millions of Venezuelans by US and European illegal sanctions. | "Today in Venezuela we reached 50% of the population vaccinated," said the head of state. "We have a goal…
(2021-10-09). Mexico Talks: Norway Confirms Next Round to Take Place During October 17 to 20. orinocotribune.com On Friday, October 8, Norway confirmed that the next round of the dialogue between the delegations of the Venezuelan government and the extreme right opposition will take place from October 17 to 20 in Mexico City, where the previous rounds of the dialogue were held. | This was announced by the embassy of Norway in Mexico through its official Twitter account, @NoruegaMexCA. | In late September, just before the third round was to begin, an impasse had emerged between the Norwegian facilitating team and the government of Venezuela. However, on September 25, the head of the Venezuelan government delegation, National…
(2021-10-09). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Breaking down COVID-19 vaccine booster approvals. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The path to approvals for a booster dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has seemed complicated. "This is a confusing set of recommendations," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "So let's look at the four groups approved for only the Pfizer booster, thus far. If you got a primary series of the Pfizer vaccine, you're 65 and older, and it's been six months or more, you…
(2021-10-09). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The case for continuing COVID-19 precautions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. are reportedly dropping. While the news headlines are encouraging, the country is in its fourth surge heading into flu season and winter holidays. That is why medical experts are keeping their predictions and recommendations fluid. How the virus spreads depends on human behavior. "What happens is that people read the news and say: 'We're done. We're free. It's over,'" says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's…
(2021-10-09). Military Situation In Syria On October 9, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On October 8, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 11 times: 6 — in Idlib province, 2 — in Latakia province, 3 — in Aleppo province | On October 8, Israeli warplanes attacked T4 Airbase in the Homs province. Most of the missiles were destroyed by SAA air defense systems | On October 7, Russian Military Police and Turkish Army carried out a patrol near Darbasiyah | On October 8, SAA artillery shelled positi…
(2021-10-09). Another Scandal: U.S. Diplomats In Moscow Stealing Personal Belongings From Russians. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | The Russian Foreign Ministry accused three US diplomats of stealing personal belongings from a Russian citizen, demanding to remove their diplomatic immunity in order to hold them responsible. | According to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, administrative staff of the US Embassy stole a backpack from a Russian citizen in a cafe in Moscow. The amount of damage is 15 000 rubles (about 200 USD). The victim later wrote a statement to the police.The incident took place on September 17th an was recorded by cameras | They stealers were members of administrative and technical staff of the US…
(2021-10-09). Russian-Sponsored Reconciliation Process In Southern Syria Reaches Eastern Daraa (Photos). southfront.org 
Syrian soldiers in Tel Rifaat city, Illustrative image. | On October 9, Syrian authorities launched the reconciliation process in the eastern countryside of Dara with support from Russia. | Units of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and a force from the Russian Military Police entered the town of Nassib, where a border crossing with Jordan is located. A reconciliation center was opened in the town under an agreement that was reached earlier this week. | Dozens of gunmen from Nassib and the nearby towns of Om Elmiathin a…
(2021-10-08). Pandora Papers: How London became a financial hub for Gulf rulers and the super-rich. middleeasteye.net 
Pandora Papers: How London became a financial hub for Gulf rulers and the super-rich | Many of the secretive structures used to hide wealth from scrutiny were created during the British Empire and involved the Middle East | Fri, 10/08/2021 – 12: 00 | A statue of a dragon marks the boundary of the City of London, the British capital's financial hub (Reuters) | Since leaving the European Union, the B…
(2021-10-08). How Facebook algorithms promote hate and toxic content. peoplesdispatch.org Whistleblower Frances Haugen has revealed hard evidence—internal Facebook documents—that show it knew its algorithms promote dangerous content but did nothing about it so that it could maximize its advertising revenue.
(2021-10-08). Haugen isn't really a "Facebook whistleblower" and it's dangerous to imagine she is. dissidentvoice.org The enthusiasm with which much of the media and political establishment have characterised Frances Haugen as a "Facebook whistleblower" requires that we pause to consider what exactly we think the term "whistleblower" means. Haugen has brought to the surface a fuzziness in what many of us understand by the idea of whistleblowing. Even Russell Brand, …
(2021-10-08). Azerbaijan prepares troops in conquered Nagorno-Karabakh for winter operations. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Azerbaijani Army has begun preparations for the winter season Supply and security work has begun in the troops, units, formations and military units of the Azerbaijani Army in preparation for the winter season. Special attention is paid to the preparation of the units of the Azerbaijani Army deployed in our liberated territories for the …
(2021-10-08). NATO on the Caspian: 30-year Azerbaijan-Turkey military collaboration reaches "even higher level" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defence chief receives Turkey's new military attache Defence Minister Zakir Hasanov has received Turkey's newly-appointed military attache Maj-Gen Zakaria Yalcin, the ministry reported on October 8. *** Along with other spheres, Azerbaijan and Turkey tightly cooperate in the military field and periodically hold joint drills to improve interaction and communication between their army units. Military …
(2021-10-08). Azerbaijan to attend NATO Parliamentary Assembly session, discuss "NATO's Asian partners" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azerbaijan will be represented at the NATO PA session The 67th annual session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) will be held in Lisbon, Portugal on October 8-11. The event will be attended by MP, member of the Azerbaijani delegation to the NATO PA Kamran Bayramov…. …"Deepening cooperation in science and technology with NATO's Asian …
(2021-10-08). Paris demands aggressive EU policy after AUKUS treaty signed against China. wsws.org Australia's repudiation of multibillion-dollar weapons deals with France to ally with the UK and America against China has led to a lasting US-EU conflict.
(2021-10-08). Turkey Continues To Deploy Syrian Militants In Libya Despite Recent Reports Of Near Pullout. southfront.org 
illustrative image. | Turkey is preparing to deploy around 330 Syrian militants in Libya despite recent reports of a near Turkish withdrawal from the war-torn country, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on October 8. | The London-based monitoring group said that the Syrian militants entered Turkey on two batches over the last few days. The militants will be replacing some 420 others who recently returned to Syria after completing their deployment in Libya. | According to the SOHR, which has been monitoring…
(2021-10-08). Kanal Istanbul: Turkey about to open Black Sea wide open to NATO warships. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Erdogan has repeatedly asserted that the new canal will not be subject to terms of the 1936 Montreux Convention which limit the size of warships entering the Black Sea and the duration of their stay there. Soon NATO will be able to move a veritable armada into the sea. ==== Kanal Istanbul project now at …
(2021-10-08). A Macedonian Ramble: Albania High and Low. counterpunch.org by Matthew Stevenson This is the first part in a series about a journey across what used to be called Macedonia, which is now divided among Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, and Turkey. Just before the world closed in on itself, I decided to travel overland from the Albanian coastline to Istanbul, roughly along the front
(2021-10-08). EU Tries To Block Russia-Belarus Integration As Migrants Die Along Its Border. southfront.org 
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(2021-10-08). Bordering Belarus, Kaliningrad, Russia: first new U.S. interceptor missiles in Poland next year. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com First US air defence systems for Poland next year: minister Mariusz B≈Çaszczak was speaking during a visit to Fort Sill, a US Army base in the southern state of Oklahoma, where Polish soldiers are learning to operate the American-made Patriot air defence system, state news agency PAP reported. "By the end of next year, the …
(2021-10-08). Poland reports gunfire at Belarusian border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Belarus officials open fire at Polish soldiers: Border Guard A group of Belarusian officials have fired shots at Polish soldiers helping protect the two countries' shared frontier, the Polish Border Guard announced on Friday. **** Poland and fellow EU members Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have accused Belarus' strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko of organising a wave …
(2021-10-08). Pentagon meeting: U.S. arms Poland, deploys more troops for conflict with Belarus, Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish defence minister hails 'very successful' talks with US counterpart Poland's Defence Minister Mariusz B≈Çaszczak has said he had "very successful" talks with his US counterpart Lloyd Austin when the two met at the Pentagon on Wednesday. *** Officials announced this summer that Poland would buy 250 Abrams tanks from the United States as part …
(2021-10-08). Nurses left behind by Croatian government. peoplesdispatch.org 
Several hundred health workers from the trade union Nurses United, held a protest on 23 September this year in Zagreb, Croatia, calling on the government to improve their working conditions. The rally was the first significant public action in the healthcare sector after a large protest in 2019, when over 2,000 nurses, ambulance drivers, and other health workers protested exhausting working hours and worsening rights in the workplace. | In addition to the unresolved issue of overtime work, the nurses' requests expanded to more employment in public health facilities and a reversal of mandatory COVID-19 passes for…
(2021-10-08). Smart Borders Or A Humane World? popularresistance.org This report delves into the rhetoric of "smart borders" to explore their ties to a broad regime of border policing and exclusion that greatly harms migrants and refugees who either seek or already make their home in the United States. Investment in an approach centered on border and immigrant policing, it argues, is incompatible with the realization of a just and humane world. | Case studies from Chula Vista, California, the European Union, Honduras, Mississippi, and the Tohono O'odham Nation provide substance to this analysis. So, too, do graphics that illustrate the militarized US border strategy and the associ…
(2021-10-08). Former Top U.S. Army Commander in Europe on Prospects for U.S. Missile System in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-08). European Energy Crisis — And Is that Gas You Think You're Burning? globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-08). AFRICOM: An Extension of U.S.-European Colonialism and Genocide. libya360.wordpress.com Gloria Verdieu and John Parker Protesters in Accra, Ghana, demonstrated against AFRICOM expansion in 2018. In 2007, the George W. Bush administration inaugurated the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) to further the influence of the U.S. and extend its military reach directly into Africa. AFRICOM, however, wasn't officially established in Africa, with its expanded troop…
(2021-10-08). Article 5: U.S. dispatches warplanes for NATO interoperability drills in Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. F-15E Strike Eagles arrive in Greece for Castle Forge U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft from the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, arrived at Larissa Air Base, Greece, in support of operation Castle Forge, a U.S. Air Forces Europe-Air Forces Africa-led joint, multi-national training event. Castle Forge …
(2021-10-08). German Parties After The Elections: SPD. southfront.org 
German Finance Minister, Vice-Chancellor and the Social Democrats (SPD) candidate for Chancellor Olaf Scholz | You can read this article in German: For years the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) was low in the polls and bobbed around at 15%, far behind the leading alliance of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU) and also way behind the Greens. Another decline seemed likely and apparently it was only a matter of time before the SPD would also be overtaken by the Alternative for Germany (AfD)…
(2021-10-08). Obreros griegos lograron gran victoria—quieren más. workers.org 
Desde los militantes de PAME (el Frente Militante de Todos los Trabajadores de Grecia) hasta los analistas financieros que siguen el sector de la comida rápida en todo el mundo, todos coincidieron: los trabajadores de reparto de la plataforma eFood ganaron a lo grande. Protesta de repartidores en Atenas en . . . |
(2021-10-08). On Anniversary of Ban on Golden Dawn, Greek Youth Reiterate Resolve to Fight Fascism. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Anti-fascist demonstration at the Syntagma Square in Athens, Greece. (Photo: via 902.gr) The neo-Nazi Greek fascist party Golden Dawn was declared a criminal organization by a Greek court last year, which convicted its leadership for involvement in multiple hate crimes, including the murder of Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas On the occasion of the…
(2021-10-08). Open Letter to Australian Labor MPs re IHRA & Labor "Progressive Except Palestine" (PEP). dissidentvoice.org At the outset I must declare that I am an anti-racist Jewish Australian scientist and humanitarian writer with a sole allegiance to Australia. Coming from a famous Jewish Hungarian family near-eradicated from Hungary by the WW2 Jewish Holocaust, I am inescapably bound by the key moral imperatives from that catastrophe, to whit "zero tolerance for …
(2021-10-08). U.S. hands NATO maritime group over to Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Standing NATO Maritime Countermeasure Group 1 Conducts Operational Handover BELFAST, Ireland — In a ceremony on Oct. 2, Commander Michal Dziugan of the Polish Navy assumed command of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1) from Captain Sam Brasfield of the United States Navy in Belfast, United Kingdom, aboard the German flagship FGS Elbe. This …
(2021-10-08). Enhanced Partner Ukraine seeks completion of NATO's takeover of Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine seeks more cooperation with NATO in Black Sea region: FM Ukraine is willing to deepen cooperation with North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states and partner countries in the Black Sea region, authorities said on Thursday. "NATO countries, together with Ukraine, Georgia and even Moldova, can unite their efforts on the issue of the …
(2021-10-08). HMS Queen Elizabeth Leads 16 More International Warships Into South China Sea On "Freedom Of Navigation Patrol" southfront.org 
A British aircraft carrier has led warships from Britain, America, Canada, The Netherlands, Japan and New Zealand into the disputed…
(2021-10-08). Video: U.S. troops, armor conduct live-fire exercise in Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Fighting Aces conduct platoon live-fire at Bucierz range, DPTA Soldiers with Charlie Company "Fighting Aces," 2nd Battalion, 34th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, conduct dismounted operations from Bradley Fighting Vehicles to seize the objective at Bucierz range, Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, Poland, Oct. 1, 2021.
(2021-10-08). Central Syria Insurgency: Russian Airstrikes Killed, Wounded 44 ISIS Terrorists In Week. southfront.org 
Russian Su-25 attack aircraft take off from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik | Warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out more than 200 airstrikes on ISIS terrorists in Syria's central region in the first week of October, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on October 8. | According to the London-based monitoring group, the Russian airstrikes targeted hideouts of the terrorist group in the outskirts of Ithriyah, Resafa and other areas in the Hama-Aleppo-Raqqa triangle,…
(2021-10-08). Headlines for October 8, 2021. democracynow.org Pfizer-BioNTech Requests Emergency Use Authorization for Vaccine for Children Aged 5-11, COVID Deaths in Russia Top 900/Day; Venezuela Accuses IMF of Withholding Pandemic Funds, Senate Cmte. Says Trump Repeatedly Asked DOJ for Help Overturning Election Loss, Senate Votes to Lift Debt Ceiling Until Early December, Minneapolis Police Joke About "Hunting Activists" During 2020 Racial Justice Uprising, Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, WSJ: U.S. Military Secretly Training Taiwanese Forces for Possible Conflict with China, Gunmen Kill 2 School Teachers in Kashmir Amid Mounting Attac…
(2021-10-08). Filipina Journalist Maria Ressa Wins Nobel Peace Prize After Facing Years of Threats & Arrests. democracynow.org 
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday morning to Filipina journalist Maria Ressa and Russian newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov for their work to "safeguard freedom of expression." Ressa has repeatedly been arrested by the government of Rodrigo Duterte for the groundbreaking work of her news site Rappler, which has exposed Duterte's deadly war on drugs that has killed tens of thousands. "The Nobel Peace Prize committee realized a world without facts means a world without truth," said Ressa today after winning the prize. We reair a 2019 interview when Ressa came into the Democracy Now! studio.
(2021-10-08). Mercenaries in Mali: From Russia Without Love. libya360.wordpress.com Mark P Fancher During the 1930s and 1940s, movies that featured the character Tarzan told far-fetched tales about an extraordinary white man who moved more easily through the African bush than the wildlife indigenous to the Congo region. In fact, elephants, lions, apes, and all other living creatures were loyal subjects of this white man,…
(2021-10-08). Israel-Iran tensions: The Azeri-Russian 'assassin' behind latest spat. middleeasteye.net 
Israel-Iran tensions: The Azeri-Russian 'assassin' behind latest spat | Israeli political and military officials want Israel to stop provoking Iran, and the US to hit Tehran with more sanctions | Fri, 10/08/2021 – 17: 04 | Portraits of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei (C), Islamic Revolution founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (L) and late Iraqi Shiite cleric Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr with a slogan rea…