Daily Archives: November 10, 2021

2021-11-10: News Headlines

Fra Hughes (2021-11-10). Getting Away With Murder — Britain to Protect its War Criminals. orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes — Nov 8, 2021 | Every Empire is guilty of war crimes. Executing enemy combatants on the battlefield. Destroying hospitals, watercourses, and infrastructure. Carpet bombing cities. Murdering civilians. Torture. Raping men, women, and children. Starving the enemy into submission. Genocide. Mass slaughter and ethnic cleansing. | The British Empire was no different. | From North America to Australia. From New Zealand to Zimbabwe. From Ireland to Palestine, Britain has been accused of heinous war crimes against indigenous populations while extracting the wealth, minerals, and natural resources of th…

_____ (2021-11-10). On the Campaign to "Bury" Erdogan in Turkey and Abroad. journal-neo.org General elections in Turkey are two years away, but the battle for votes has already begun. Every day, more and more forces join the struggle for political influence in the country that is strategically important for many international players. In addition to internal opposition, even his former allies are in play to eliminate the impulsive and …

Ragip Soylu (2021-11-10). Poland accuses Turkey of 'synchronising' refugee crisis with Belarus and Russia. middleeasteye.net Poland accuses Turkey of 'synchronising' refugee crisis with Belarus and Russia | Frustrated Polish prime minister says Warsaw's recent help to Ankara 'turned out to be a one-way favour' | Wed, 11/10/2021 – 11: 11 | A Syrian walks through the forest near Hajnowka, Poland, during a joint rescue operation by the Grupa Granica (Border Group) and Medycy na Granicy (Medics on the Border), on 23 October 2021 (…

WSWS (2021-11-10). Warsaw and Brussels intensify attacks on refugees at Polish-Belarusian border. wsws.org The Polish government, with the support of the European Union and NATO, is waging a veritable war against refugees.

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-10). NATO fighters escort, Turkish plane refuels U.S. nuclear bombers over the Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Allied Fighter Jets Escort U.S. B-1s Through the Black Sea RAMSTEIN, Germany — Allied fighters from Denmark, Poland, Canada, and the US escorted US Air Force B-1B bombers from Fairford, UK through Eastern Europe into the Black Sea for joint training on November 6. The Allied aircraft practiced fighter-bomber escort procedures and bi-lateral communication on …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-10). NATO's No 2 for Defense Policy and Planning inspects NATO air base in Estonia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning visits Estonian Air Base NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, Patrick Turner, visited the Italian Eurofighter detachment at àÑmari Air Base on November 8, 2021. Mr Turner, the permanent Chairman of the Defence Policy and Planning Committee, the main defence advisory body of …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-10). "Russia threat that musn't be underestimated": NATO holds conference on "threats on northeastern flank" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Baltic Conference on Defense to focus on future of NATO, threats on northeastern flank The annual Baltic Conference on Defense to be held in Tallinn on Nov. 10 will this year focus on the future of NATO and threats and challenges on the northeastern flank. Participants in the conference include Estonian Minister of Defense Kalle …

WSWS (2021-11-10). COVID-19 infections continue to explode in Germany. wsws.org Germany's federal and state governments are pursuing a deliberate policy of mass infection that places the protection of profits before human lives and endangers the health and lives of hundreds of thousands of people.

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-09). Baku renews threats against Armenia over "Azerbaijani lands" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com By the "territories of Azerbaijan" and "Azerbaijani lands" is presumably meant any part of Nagorno-Karabakh not yet attacked and seized by the Azerbaijan-Turkey one nation, two states military bloc. Illegal visit of the Minister of Defense of Armenia to the territory of Azerbaijan — military-political provocation — Ministry of Defense [T]his is stated in the …

MEE staff (2021-11-09). Azeri 'hitman' accused of targeting Israelis set to stand trial in Cyprus. middleeasteye.net Azeri 'hitman' accused of targeting Israelis set to stand trial in Cyprus | Azerbaijani national is accused of recruiting Pakistani and Lebanese accomplices to assassinate Israeli businesspeople | Tue, 11/09/2021 – 18: 39 | Cypriot police have formally charged an Azeri man on suspicion that he planned to carry out contract killings of Israelis living on the island (AFP/File photo) | Cypriot police have officia…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-09). NATO trains Azerbaijani navy to meet NATO standards in Turkish exercise. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com This is an ongoing exercise that includes military observers from Azerbaijan's and Turkey's Three Brothers military axis ally Pakistan as well as Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Nigeria, Oman and Ukraine. Azerbaijani naval sailors took part in NATO assessment exercises As part of the NATO Operational Capabilities Concept at the Eastern Mediterranean-2021 multinational naval exercise in …

Anonymous103 (2021-11-09). Portugal And Spain Send Troops To Participate In Provocative Drills In Lithuania. southfront.org Illustrative Image | As the interests of the great European powers in NATO dwindle, weaker states seek to expand participation in the alliance. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | Tensions are on the rise in the Baltics. Recent NATO military exercises in Lithuania show that the organization really plans to maintain a constant siege strategy, with no interruptions. Troops from the US, Canada, Portugal, and Spain participated in the last week of October i…

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2021-11-09). Portugal and Spain Sent Troops to Participate in Provocative Drills in Lithuania. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Visit …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-09). Op-Ed: Turkey is bedrock of NATO's eastern, southeastern flanks. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From today's Anadolu Agency. Written by Ahmet Gencturk, identified as an Anadolu correspondent and research fellow in history at the University of Rome. Security of NATO and hence EU starts from its eastern and southeastern flanks and completely depends on their strength and stability While assertive Russian and Chinese foreign policies, which do not hesitate …

Editor2 (2021-11-09). Bolívar and Chávez in the Present Time. orinocotribune.com By Adán Chávez Frías — Nov 5, 2021 | During our recent tour of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, we had the opportunity to meet with authorities from the Executive and Legislative Powers of these countries; as well as with representatives of political organizations, the Movement of Solidarity with Venezuela, and cultural and academic institutions of both nations. | We also established contact with Venezuelan scholarship holders and work closely with the media, in order to continue bringing the truth about Venezuela to the world. | In all these meetings, references to El Libertador Simón Bol…

Paul Antonopoulos (2021-11-09). European Response to Poland-Belarus Migrant Crisis Is Hypocritical. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Visit …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-09). U.S., EU join NATO in condemning Belarus, backing neighboring NATO states. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com US condemns Belarus for 'orchestrating' migrant flows to Europe The US State Department on Monday called on the Belarusian authorities to immediately halt their "campaign of orchestrating and coercing irregular migration flows" across the country's borders. "The United States strongly condemns the Lukashenka regime's political exploitation and coercion of vulnerable people, and the regime's callous …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-09). Gunfire reported on Belarusian-Polish border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Press review: Shots fired on Polish-Belarusian border According to the BelTA news agency…sources on both sides of the [Belarusian-Polish] border reported having heard shots. It is not possible to exclude that Belarusian and Polish forces may clash on the border just as it is not possible to exclude various provocations. However, given the Belarusian-Russian military …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-09). Reports: Poland deploys 20,000 troops, tanks to Belarus border. U.S., German tanks drill in neighboring Lithuania. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Poland boosts troops at Belarus border to 20,000 — Polish Interior Ministry Poland bolstered the forces protecting the border with Belarus to 20,000 troops from the military, police and border guard services, according to a Twitter post by Blazej Pobozy, Poland's deputy interior minister. "In the situation when we are seeing intensified movements in the …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-09). Stoltenberg: NATO stands in solidarity with Poland and all our Allies in the region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO chief voices solidarity with Poland amid border standoff The NATO chief on Tuesday voiced solidarity with Poland amid a migrant crisis at the country's border with Belarus. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg made the statement after discussing the border standoff with Polish President Andrzej Duda…. He added: "NATO stands in solidarity with Poland and all …

Staff (2021-11-09). Headlines for November 9, 2021. democracynow.org Climate Activists Blast COP26 Draft Statement for Failing to Phase Out Fossil Fuels, Police Raid Glasgow Squat Housing Climate Activists Protesting COP26, Coronavirus Cases Surge to Record Highs Across Some European Nations, As U.S. Opens Borders to Vaccinated Travelers, Asylum Seekers Remain Trapped in Mexico, Poland Mobilizes Thousands of Troops to Belarus Border to Bar Entry to Refugees, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Wins Fourth Term After Arresting Opponents, Crushing Dissent, Israeli Spyware Found on Phones of Six Palestinian Human Rights Activists, Justice Department Brings New Charges Against Ransomwa…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-09). Provocation against Belarus' Armed Forces: Minsk summons Polish military attaché. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Belarusian Defense Ministry summons Polish military attache Defense Attache of the Embassy of Poland in Belarus, Colonel Jaroslaw Kembrowski was summoned to the Belarusian Defense Ministry on 9 November, the ministry's press service told BelTA. The defense attache was told that Poland's accusations alleging Belarusian military personnel are complicit in the migration crisis at the …

Anonymous007 (2021-11-09). Lithuania Mulls State Of Emergency In Anticipation Of Migrant Wave From Belarus. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Lithuania's government has asked the parliament to declare a state of emergency on the country's border with Belarus. | After thousands of migrants are organizing a sit-in with tents and attempting to push into Poland, Vilnius expects that the same fate awaits its border with Belarus."In view of this really serious situation, the Interior Ministry proposes to introduce an emergency situation. The government will have to consider the proposal and make the decision," Interior M…

Anonymous765 (2021-11-09). The Migrant Tug Of War At The Belarus-Poland Border. southfront.org | DEAR FRIENDS. IF YOU LIKE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT, SUPPORT SOUTHFRONT WORK : | MONERO (XMR): 49HqitRzdnhYjgTEAhgGpCfsjdTeMbUTU6cyR4JV1R7k2Eej9rGT8JpFiYDa4tZM6RZiFrHmMzgSrhHEqpDYK…

Staff (2021-11-09). SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon splashes down after 6 months in orbit. rt.com SpaceX completed its second operational manned mission to the International Space Station (ISS), and its four-person crew splashed down off the coast of Florida without issue as NASA prepares for another launch later this week. | The private aerospace firm's Crew Dragon Endeavor touched down off the Gulf Coast near Pensacola, Florida on Monday night carrying NASA's Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, and Akihiko Hoshide from Japan's JAXA, completing their Crew-2 mission after a nearly 200-day stay on the ISS. | SpaceX shared footage of the splashdow…

_____ (2021-11-09). America's Eager European Provocateurs Visit Taiwan. journal-neo.org In what at first glance looked like the European Union getting onboard with the US-led confrontation with China, a recent delegation led by Raphael Glucksmann sent to Taiwan supposedly representing the EU tells a story less of supposed mainland "interference" within the island territory, and instead, a story about US interference within the EU. Glucksmann …

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2021-11-09). 6.2-Magnitude earthquake strikes near coast of Nicaragua. en.mehrnews.com The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) registered a strong earthquake near the coast of Nicaragua.

MEE staff (2021-11-09). Covid-19 pandemic fuelled antisemitic conspiracy theories: EU study. middleeasteye.net Covid-19 pandemic fuelled antisemitic conspiracy theories: EU study | Report finds 'new antisemitic myths and conspiracy theories that blame Jews for the pandemic have come to the fore' | Tue, 11/09/2021 – 12: 23 | The report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights found that antisemitic acts were consistently under-reported (AFP) | Antisemitism increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly…

_____ (2021-11-09). Gas Crisis in Europe: an Outlook of the Arab World. journal-neo.org The current turbulence in the European gas market has attracted the attention of the Arabs closely watching the gas price situation. After all, the Arab oil-producing countries account for 56% of oil reserves and almost 27% of natural gas globally. In 2020, according to local data, they produced 28% of oil and 15% of natural …

WSWS (2021-11-09). Brutal police killing of 18 year old Roma youth sparks protests in Greece. wsws.org While Roma are disproportionate victims of police harassment and violence in Greece, with police raids in Roma settlements a common occurrence, police violence affects the entire working class.

WSWS (2021-11-09). Polish government announces massive rearmament programme. wsws.org Poland has announced a doubling of the size of its armed forces and an enormous military build-up.

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-09). Poland's eastern border: 1939, WWII; 2021… antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Though the geography is the same, the causality is reversed. Kindly record for future reference the plethora of self-described peace, anti-war, disarmament, alternative, radical, anti-imperialist, etc. organizations and news sites that are conscientiously ignoring this crisis and indeed everything that is and has been occurring for the past twenty years along what NATO defines as …

Max Parry (2021-11-09). A New Memoir Reveals How Brzezinski's Chessboard Led to US Being Checkmated in Afghanistan. dissidentvoice.org Nearly as suspenseful as the Taliban's meteoric return to power after the final withdrawal of American armed forces from Afghanistan is the uncertainty over what will come next amid the fallout. Many have predicted that Russia and China will step in to fill the power vacuum and convince the facelift Taliban to negotiate a power-sharing …

Staff (2021-11-09). One of the greatest pushers of disgraced Steele Dossier is trying to distance himself from it. rt.com House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has scrambled to spin the Russiagate narrative following the arrest of one of the scandal's major sources, exposing some massive hypocrisy in the bargain. | Schiff acknowledged that anyone who lied to the FBI and to British ex-spy Christopher Steele should be prosecuted during a Tuesday appearance on The View, where he was grilled by Donald Trump's former State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus over his role in the ever-metastasizing Russiagate scandal. However, the California Democrat managed to evade further questioning along that line with a bit…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-09). U.S. Strategic Partnership: Kiev has "powerful allies and partners"against Russian "aggressor state" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kuleba: powerful allies, partners of Ukraine ready to charge Russia with high price tag for aggression expansion With the help of the meeting of the U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership Commission, which will be held on November 10 in Washington, Moscow will be sent a clear message that Ukraine will not be left alone with the aggressor …

Anonymous007 (2021-11-09). Military Situation In Syria On November 9, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On November 8, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 4 times: 2 — in Idlib province, 2 — Aleppo province | On November 8, Israeli warplanes attacked several targets in Homs and Tartus province. Two SAA soldiers were wounded | On November 8, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Atarab area | On November 8, infighting erupted between Turkish-backed armed factions in Tal Abyad city | On Nove…

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-09). Ukraine's top military commander tells NATO officials "the war continues," conjures up hypothetical Russian threat. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukrainian Army Commander says expansion of Russia's military aggression not ruled out During the opening of the 5th multinational annual conference on improving the training of sergeants in Ukraine under the NATO DEEP (Defense Education Enhancement Program), the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Valery Zaluzhnyi, said he could not rule out …

Rick Rozoff (2021-11-09). Russia's Defense Ministry reacts to U.S. nuclear-capable bombers, interceptor warship off its Black Sea coast. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com US setting up multinational group of forces close to Russian border — top brass The United States is setting up a multinational group of armed forces close to the Russian border, Russia's Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday. Currently, the US Navy's guided missile destroyer [USS] Porter, tanker John Lenthall and command ship Mount Whitney are …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-09). Working class groups worldwide celebrate anniversary of October Revolution. peoplesdispatch.org The communist-oriented working class in Petrograd led by Vladimir Lenin captured state power in Russia and established a socialist state under workers' control, which expanded and became the Soviet Union in 1922…

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