Anonymous103 (2021-08-15). What Starts In Afghanistan Does Not Stay In Afghanistan: China, India, And Iran Grapple With The Fallout. southfront.org Written by Dr. James M. Dorsey. Taliban advances in Afghanistan shift the Central Asian playing field on which China, India…

_____ (2021-08-15). Why Is America Getting A New $100 Billion Nuclear Weapon? popularresistance.org America is building a new weapon of mass destruction, a nuclear missile the length of a bowling lane. It will be able to travel some 6,000 miles, carrying a warhead more than 20 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It will be able to kill hundreds of thousands of people in a single shot. | The US Air Force plans to order more than 600 of them. | On September 8, the Air Force gave the defense company Northrop Grumman an initial contract of $13.3 billion to begin engineering and manufacturing the missile, but that will be just a fraction of the total bill. Based on a Pentagon report cited…

_____ (2021-08-14). Afghanistan: If Biden Won't Sign Off Air Strikes Against the Taliban, Then the Pundits Might Be Right About Kabul Falling Soon. strategic-culture.org But he might just. The US president is hesitating and he must be considering the scenario of reinstating the Taliban in Kabul with Russia and Iran helping it with its governance this time around. | Many might argue that at the heart of good journalism lies the ability to ask difficult, if not obvious questions to our leaders. Remarkably, with Joe Biden's numerous press conferences on the subject of Afghanistan and America's pullout of its troops, not one American journalist was able to ask the simplest question of Biden, which is the only real issue which matters. Will the US support the Afghan government with a…

_____ (2021-08-14). Iran To Finally Take Full Membership Of The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. strategic-culture.org By Silk Road BRIEFING | Moves come after Tajikistan and Uzbekistan agree to drop objections following regional security concerns in Afghanistan | Iran is finally set to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) after Tajikistan and Uzbekistan agreed to drop their objections. Iran had originally applied to join in 2006 and 2015, however with the country like landlocked Tajikistan and Uzbekistan also bordering Afghanistan in addition to offering seaport access to the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean, both nations have opted to welcome Iran as an ally. | The secretary of the SCO's Supreme National Security Counc…

Anonymous669 (2021-08-13). Four US Supply Convoys Came Under Attack In Southern, Central Iraq (Video). southfront.org File image. | Four convoys moving logistic supplies and equipment for the US-led coalition came under attack in southern and central Iraq in the last few days. | On August 12, two supply convoys were simultaneously attacked in the southern province of al-Diwaniyah. The first convoy was targeted near the town of Dagharah, while the second came under attack near the town of Sommer. Both convoys were targeted with improvised explosive devices (IEDs). | The pro-Iranian Islamic Resistance in Iraq — 'Ashab a…

Rick Rozoff (2021-08-13). "Global threat": Ukraine to enlist "other nuclear powers" if Russia deploys nuclear arms to Crimea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kuleba: Russia's intention to deploy nuclear weapons in Crimea poses global threat "The issue of nuclear weapons is not a local or even a regional issue, it is a global issue, a global threat. Therefore, we will use all opportunities, including the influence of other nuclear powers on the Russian Federation, to curb such activity," …

Ron Jacobs (2021-08-13). The Myth of the Atomic Genie. counterpunch.org It was forty years ago this coming September that I was busted along with a couple thousand others protesting the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant near San Luis Obispo, California. The protests were one of the larger civil disobedience/direct action undertakings of the anti-nuclear movement in the United States. The politics of the protesters were

Brian Cloughley (2021-08-13). Why Does Israel Have a Stockpile of Nuclear Weapons? counterpunch.org The main result of the meeting between Presidents Putin and Biden in Geneva on June 16 was the joint statement that "we reaffirm the principle that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought." This most welcome recognition that nuclear war would probably destroy the world is especially relevant now, because August sees the 76th anniversary