Monthly Archives: July 2021

2021-07-13: News Headlines

Staff (2021-07-13). Boxeo cubano por continuar tradición ganadora en Tokio. cubadebate.cu Dar continuidad a una historia de 37 títulos será el gran reto del boxeo cubano en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020. øSerá posible repetir las tres coronaciones de Río 2016? El palmarés de los aspirantes apunta al sí. øSe vislumbran clásicos 'paseos' hacia el podio? Categóricamente no. øQuiénes son los principales favoritos? Julio y Andy.

WSWS (2021-07-13). UK government refuses to reveal details of its support for the Saudi war machine. wsws.org The venal Saudi monarchy serves as a crucial custodian of Britain's geostrategic interests in the energy-rich region and a key partner in Washington and London's anti-Iranian axis.

Medea Benjamin (2021-07-13). The Afghan War Is Over, So What About Iraq and Iran? progressive.org It's time for President Biden to realize that the United States should stop invading and attacking other countries.

Kevin Martin (2021-07-13). Peace on the Korean Peninsula Needs to Be a Priority. counterpunch.org President Joe Biden deserves credit for successfully re-engaging in international diplomacy. Extending the New START nuclear arms control agreement with Russia, rejoining the Paris Climate Accord, World Health Organization and UN Human Rights Council, and especially (hopefully soon) getting the U.S. back into the Iran anti-nuclear deal are significant achievements. Policy experts, grassroots organizations and

Jacob Hornberger (2021-07-13). The Danger NATO Poses to Americans. counterpunch.org Imagine a massive nuclear exchange between the United States and China. That obviously would not be a pretty sight for the people of either nation. As the mushroom clouds arose over both nations, imagine thinking to yourself: "All this because of a socialist road." According to an article in the London Daily Mail, the governments

Manlio Dinucci (2021-07-13). Accelera la corsa nucleare. globalresearch.ca Nella base di Redzikowo in Polonia sono iniziati i lavori per l'installazione del sistema Aegis Ashore, con una spesa di oltre 180 milioni di dollari. Sarà la seconda base missilistica Usa in Europa, dopo quella di Deveselu in Romania divenuta …

Medea Benjamin (2021-07-13). America's Afghan War Is Over, So What About Iraq — and Iran? zcomm.org Let's hope Biden has learned another history lesson: that the United States should stop invading and attacking other countries…

_____ (2021-07-13). The Filibuster Is Not Inviolable: Time to Trigger the Nuclear Option. commondreams.org AP's findings run counter to the president's campaign vow to end oil and gas extraction on public lands.

_____ (2021-07-13). Amid Extreme Heat, Humanitarian Group Reports Dozens of Migrant Deaths in Arizona Desert. commondreams.org If the filibuster can't be done away with or turned into a "Jimmy Stewart filibuster," then Congress has the obligation to Act on the "Nuclear Option."

Staff (2021-07-13). Biden ally denies links to group formerly on US terrorism list after she appears at their event to endorse Iran regime change. rt.com Michele Flournoy, an ex-Obama official and a close ally to President Biden, issued a mea culpa after addressing an event held by an Iranian group formerly on the US terrorism list, claiming she was "unaware" of its involvement. | Flournoy — who served as Barack Obama's undersecretary of defense for policy and now heads up a major consulting firm with close ties to the Biden administration —

Eric Nepomuceno (2021-07-12). Brasil: Crisis institucional y militar. globalizacion.ca Luego de catorce días en riguroso silencio, finalmente el ultraderechista presidente brasileño Jair Bolsonaro mencionó el pasado sábado la denuncia que el diputado Luiz Miranda hizo en la Comisión de Investigación del Senado sobre la conducción del gobierno en la…

Anonymous103 (2021-07-12). In Video: Iran Sent Military Reinforcement To Secure Border Crossing Captured By Taliban. southfront.org Illustrative image | The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were spotted sending further military reinforcements, heavy artillery and military equipment to the border with Afghanistan, following the According to some reports, Iran has issued an ultimatum to the Taliban to evacuate the recently captured Islam Qala border area. |

Staff (2021-07-12). Venezuela: Cota 905 and the Role of Armed Groups in the Hybrid War. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Jun 10, 2021 | As these lines are being written, the Venezuelan State security forces are conducting a police operation with the objective of neutralizing the belligerent activities carried out by armed groups in three populous sectors of Caracas, in the El Valle-El Cementerio axis, Cota 905 and La Vega. | This is a strategic corridor that connects the southwest of Caracas with the exit towards Miranda state, via the Carretera Negra de Los Mangos, which connects with the Pan-American Highway, and which projects towards almost the entire west of the capital city. | The armed groups in quest…

_____ (2021-07-12). America's Afghan War Is Over, so What About Iraq—and Iran? commondreams.org It's impossible to overstate the urgency of the moment. | Let's hope Biden has learned another history lesson: that the United States should stop invading and attacking other countries.

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2021-07-12). America's Afghan war is over, so what about Iraq—and Iran? nationofchange.org Let's hope Biden has learned another history lesson: That the United States should stop invading and attacking other countries.

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2021-07-12: News Headlines

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2021-07-12). America's Afghan war is over, so what about Iraq—and Iran? nationofchange.org Let's hope Biden has learned another history lesson: That the United States should stop invading and attacking other countries.

_____ (2021-07-12). America's Afghan War Is Over, so What About Iraq—and Iran? commondreams.org It's impossible to overstate the urgency of the moment. | Let's hope Biden has learned another history lesson: that the United States should stop invading and attacking other countries.

Staff (2021-07-12). Venezuela: Cota 905 and the Role of Armed Groups in the Hybrid War. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Jun 10, 2021 | As these lines are being written, the Venezuelan State security forces are conducting a police operation with the objective of neutralizing the belligerent activities carried out by armed groups in three populous sectors of Caracas, in the El Valle-El Cementerio axis, Cota 905 and La Vega. | This is a strategic corridor that connects the southwest of Caracas with the exit towards Miranda state, via the Carretera Negra de Los Mangos, which connects with the Pan-American Highway, and which projects towards almost the entire west of the capital city. | The armed groups in quest…

Eric Nepomuceno (2021-07-12). Brasil: Crisis institucional y militar. globalizacion.ca Luego de catorce días en riguroso silencio, finalmente el ultraderechista presidente brasileño Jair Bolsonaro mencionó el pasado sábado la denuncia que el diputado Luiz Miranda hizo en la Comisión de Investigación del Senado sobre la conducción del gobierno en la…

Anonymous103 (2021-07-12). In Video: Iran Sent Military Reinforcement To Secure Border Crossing Captured By Taliban. southfront.org Illustrative image | The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were spotted sending further military reinforcements, heavy artillery and military equipment to the border with Afghanistan, following the According to some reports, Iran has issued an ultimatum to the Taliban to evacuate the recently captured Islam Qala border area. |

_____ (2021-07-11). China Mega Investment Deal With Iran Blows U.S. Out of the Picture. strategic-culture.org A new world in the East is amalgamating as a direct result of American's delusional views about where it thinks it is in the world, Martin Jay writes. | China has just announced that it will invest 400 bn dollars in Iran over a period of 25 years in exchange for a great deal on Iran's oil — in the latest move of absolute defiance against the U.S. and its secondary sanctions. Where's this all heading? | 400 bn dollars is a considerable amount of money to invest in Iran, which, since Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the JCPOA (otherwise called the 'Iran Deal') we can certainly say is a poor country. In exc…

Staff (2021-07-11). American Association of Jurists on Illegal Detention of Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab by Cape Verde for Extradition to the United States (Statement). orinocotribune.com The American Association of Jurists (AAJ) denounces the illegal arrest on June 12, 2020, of Alex Nain Saab Morán, diplomat of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Mr. Saab, of Colombian and Venezuelan nationality, was arrested when the flight to the Islamic Republic of Iran made a stopover in the Republic of Cape Verde. He was traveling to obtain medicine and medical equipment required by Venezuela for fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. The arrest, with no valid grounds, took place at the request of the United States government for extradition to the USA. | Saab was traveling as Venezuela's Special Envoy, a positio…

Brian Whitaker (2021-07-11). Facebook cracks down on propaganda campaign in Jordan. juancole.com ( Al-Bab.com) — Facebook reported this week that it removed 2,784 accounts in June for "coordinated inauthentic behaviour". Among those, 947 related to countries in the Middle East and North Africa region: Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Algeria and Sudan. Facebook treats online campaigns as "coordinated inauthentic behaviour" if they seek "to mislead people about who they …

Mohammad Ali Haqshenas (2021-07-11). Iran's presence in Atlantic a response to US' claims. en.mehrnews.com Iranian Navy's first-in-command says the presence of naval fleet of the country in the Atlantic is a response to US' claims regarding Iran's capabilities.

Staff (2021-07-11). Anti-Iran obsession driving shameful Western hypocrisy. en.mehrnews.com In reaction to the presence of some Western politicians in the MEK meeting, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman said an insatiable thirst for money and anti-Iran obsession is driving shameful western hypocrisy.

sputniknews (2021-07-11). Pompeo Says Russia Needs to 'See the Pain', Blasts Biden for Looking 'Weak' Before Putin. sputniknews.com The Trump-era CIA chief and secretary of state has spent months attacking the current administration on a range of domestic and foreign policy matters, and urged Washington to take a 'tougher' stance on Russia, China and Iran.

_____ (2021-07-11). Axis Of Resistance Responds To Biden's Aggression. popularresistance.org Richard Medhurst: "The Americans have come under attack in numerous places in Iraq and Syria in the last 24 hours. It appears to me, and I think anyone would agree, to be a coordinated move by the resistance. So I am going to show you what has taken place. So you had three attacks that took place. One was at the Ain al Asad Air Base. You may recall that this is the air base that the Iranians fired at after Trump assassinated General Suleimani. There were no casualties because they actually warned the Americans in advance. It was more of a warning, a retaliation without casualties. And this is the strategy that is…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2021-07-11). US strategy is to drag insecurity from Afghanistan to Iran. en.mehrnews.com An expert on international affairs says that dragging insecurity from Afghanistan to the Islamic Republic of Iran is the main strategy of the United States.

_____ (2021-07-11). US Blacklists More Foreign Firms. popularresistance.org The Biden administration has added 14 Chinese companies along with 20 other entities — including some from Iran and Russia — to its economic blacklist over claims of "human rights violations." | The US Commerce Department claimed on Friday that the companies had been "implicated in human rights violations and abuses in the implementation of China's campaign of repression, mass detention, and high technology surveillance against Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other members of Muslim minority groups in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region." | "The Department of Commerce remains firmly committed to taking strong…

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