(2021-08-03). øIntervenciones humanitarias?, Allá quien lo crea. globalizacion.ca Resulta cínico y totalmente delirante que, solo conociendo los ejemplos de las dos últimas décadas, alguien dentro de la administración estadounidense o ebrio del odio o de sus dólares, se atreva a sugerir una ´intervención humanitaria ª contra Cuba. | Hay ejemplos…
(2021-08-03). The Future Trajectory of Iran. JCPOA: A Bridge Too Far? globalresearch.ca
(2021-08-03). Georgia: U.S., NATO train army for conflicts with Russia, Iran. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com For command-staff read command post. The U.S.- and NATO-trained Georgian army has already received direct combat experience in Afghanistan, Iraq and in South Ossetia during Georgia's invasion of the third and subsequent war with Russia thirteen years ago. The army isn't being trained currently for independence or armed forces day parades. The command-staff component of …
(2021-08-03). Immigrant Detention in Louisiana Is Just Next Chapter of State's Prison Culture. latinorebels.com Louisiana has a long history of being the world's prison capital. This one U.S. southern state once surpassed entire countries with the number of prisons they host. Yes, Louisiana has more prisons than countries like Iran, China, and Germany, to just name a few. For example, one of Louisiana's notorious prisons —Angola State Prison— was …
(2021-08-03). NATO condemns Iran for incident off Oman coast. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Statement by the acting NATO Spokesperson on the Mercer Street vessel attack We join Allies in strongly condemning the recent fatal attack on the MV Mercer Street off the coast of Oman, and express our condolences to Romania and the United Kingdom for the losses they have suffered. **** The United Kingdom, the United States, …
(2021-08-03). Afghanistan May Be A Bellwether For Saudi-Iranian Rivalry. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Written by Boasting an almost 1,000-kilometer border with Iran and a history of troubled relations between the Iranians and Sunni Muslim militants, including the Taliban, Afghanistan could become a bellwether for the future of the rivalry between the Islamic Republic and Saudi Arabia. | Had the United States withdrawn from Afghanistan several years earlier, chances would have been that Saudi Ara…
(2021-08-03). Money, Threats, And Military Power. strategic-culture.org Top military brass demand more and more funding without any real improvements in our armed forces' fighting power. | By Douglas MACGREGOR | If Americans pause to listen to the nation's four star generals and admirals testify on the Hill or speak in public, it sounds as though the senior military leaders are asking for a fight with China, Russia, Iran, and any number of countries in Africa, the Near East, or Latin America. But that's not actually the case. | America's senior military leaders are really just asking for more money. They know that big defense budgets channel defense dollars to campaign donors, con…
(2021-08-03). Monday 8/9: Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki: The Existential Threats of Nuclear War & Climate Crisis. indybay.org Online rally…
(2021-08-03). Secret Meeting on the Privatization of Nuclear War Held on Hiroshima Day 2003. globalresearch.ca At no point since the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945, has humanity been closer to the unthinkable. All the safeguards of the Cold War era have been scrapped. "Offensive" military actions using nuclear warheads are now described as acts of "self-defense"
(2021-08-03). Friday 8/6: Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki: Existential Threats of Nuclear War & Climate Crisis. indybay.org Virtual rally…
(2021-08-03). Chinese Investors Wage Union Busting War On Namibian MUN Mine Workers. indybay.org Chinese investors both state and private in Namibia are engaging in a massive union busting campaign against the Mineworkers Union Of Namibia breaking strikes with the use of Chinese nationals and also firing union leaders including the 9 MUN union executive members of the Rossing Mine which is owned by the Chinese National Nuclear Corporation CNNC.
(2021-08-03). At Least Four Vessels Broadcasted Warning Off UAE Coast. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | At least four vessels have broadcasted warning under unclear circumstances off the coast of the United Arab Emirates . | The oil tankers Queen Ematha under the flag of Guyana, Golden Brilliant (Singapore), Jag Pooja (India) and Abyss (Vietnam) reported a loss of control at different times on August 3. | According to Sky News, the Asphalt Princess tanker under the flag of Panama was also seized in the Gulf of Oman. According to the report a group of eight or nine armed people boarded the ship.
(2021-08-02). Headlines for August 2, 2021. democracynow.org Millions Could Face Eviction as Congress Fails to Extend Moratorium, "Things Are Going to Get Worse": Fauci Warns Nation as COVID Cases Surge, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan Battle Delta Variant, Eight Die in Southwestern Turkey as 100 Wildfires Burn, Thousands of Rohingya Refugees Displaced By Mass Flooding in Bangladesh, U.S.: 91 Large Wildfires Burn in Western States, Trump to DOJ: "Just Say the Election was Corrupt + Leave the Rest to Me", Rep. McCarthy: "It Will Be Hard Not to Hit" Pelosi With Gavel, Taliban Launches Attacks on Three Afghan Provincial Capitals, Iran Denies Responsibility For Attack on Isra…
(2021-08-02). Discussions of Iran's Nuclear Enrichment ignore Israel's Atom Bomb Arsenal: What if Iran's Program is a Deterrent to War? juancole.com Mt. Berry, Ga. (Special to Informed Comment) — According to the latest news coverage, Iran-U.S. negotiations to revive the 2015 JCPOA are in trouble. The main sticking points involve a guarantee demanded by Tehran that Washington will not abandon the deal at some future date as it did in 2018 under the previous administration and …
(2021-08-02). U.S. blames Iran for tanker attack, prepares for response. ecns.cn The United States on Sunday blamed Iran for the attack against an oil tanker managed by an Israeli-owned company in the north Arabian Sea, saying "an appropriate response" is forthcoming.
(2021-08-02). Russia rules out any alternative for JCPOA. en.mehrnews.com A Russian diplomat says there is no alternative to restoring the Iranian nuclear deal in its original form and that speculations about writing a new deal from scratch is a 'fantasy'.
(2021-08-02). U.S. And UK Accuse Iran Of Carrying Out Drone Attack On Tanker, Plan UNSC Meeting. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | You can read this article in German: On August 1st, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab accused Iran of being responsible for the alleged drone strike on an oil tanker in the Arabian sea. | This followed accusations by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet, which Tehran denied.
(2021-08-02). Iran rubbishes allegations of involvement in attack on Israeli oil tanker off Oman coast. peoplesdispatch.org Israel, the US, and the UK have accused Iran of carrying out a drone attack on an Israeli-owned oil tanker off the Omani coast last week which killed two crew members…
(2021-08-02). JCPOA: A Catalogue of Moving Goalposts. strategic-culture.org Perhaps Iran will take a sojourn in the East, for a while, until America takes leave of the Middle East, Alastair Crooke writes. | Six rounds of negotiations in Vienna over reviving the 2015 JCPOA have yielded no agreement. The Implementation Committee of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) therefore
(2021-08-02). Ankara-Baku-Islamabad axis "leading the Islamic world" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Selections from a recent column of Trend News Agency contributor Rufiz Hafizoglu, who if nothing else is candid. What the project certainly appears to portend is a non-Arab, one could argue anti-Arab, global caliphate. With nuclear weapons; junior and silent partner Pakistan brings those to the table. Ankara and Baku supply the brains, Islamabad the …
(2021-08-02). Resisting Nuclear Weapons in a Climate Crisis. dissidentvoice.org 
Court in Cochem On July 21, I was walking in the forests surrounding the German Air Force Base at Bàºchel in the Eifel Mountains with three Catholic Worker friends, Susan van der Hijden of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Susan Crane of Redwood City, California, and Christiane Danowski of Dortmund, Germany. We were there at the end of …