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August 13, 2021

All roads lead to the Battle for Kabul
By Pepe Escobar
The Taliban are meticulously implementing a strategic master plan.

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The U.S. defeat in Afghanistan is worse than the Soviet failure...how has this happened?
By Paul Robinson
As the US completes its retreat from its longest war, its enemy is on the march.

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US Collective Suicide
By Chris Hedges
The return of the Taliban to power will be one more signpost of the end of the American empire — and nobody will be held accountable.

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A Day in the Death of British Justice
By John Pilger
"Why I feared for my safety and the safety of our children and for Julian’s life.”

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Worrying Turn in Assange Case
By Alexander Mercouris
The U.S. victory in court on Wednesday makes the prospects for Julian Assange at October’s appeal hearing murky at best.

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Do we value spectacle over substance?
By Dennis Patrick Slattery
“A culture that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion dies. And we are dying.”

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MASS PSYCHOSIS - How an Entire Population Becomes MENTALLY ILL
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“The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste"

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MIDDLE EAST

Over 20 Houthi rebels killed in fighting with Yemeni army in Marib: source

Attack kills eight Egyptian troops in Sinai

Turkish soldier killed in mortar attack in northern Iraq - ministry

Nasrallah suggests Lebanese politicians aiding militants in Syria behind nitrate stockpile at Beirut Port

US should rejoin Iran deal, decrease ‘militaristic footprint’ in Middle East, says senator

Jordan charts path to normal relations with Syria, despite Daraa fighting

US occupation forces brings out 55 vehicles, including tankers loaded with Syrian stolen oil towards Iraqi territory

Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Seemingly Acknowledges That Israel Has Nuclear Weapons

AIPAC accused of Islamophobia after vitriolic ads against Ilhan Omar

Apartheid: Israeli Knesset Member Says Palestinian Bedouins ‘Pollute Our Country’

US Congresswoman : ‘The Israeli Government is Trampling on Palestinian Rights’

Ilhan Omar backs $62bn bill that includes continued unconditional support for Israel

Israel's lucrative lobby racket

The African Union's back door invite to Israel has betrayed the Palestinians

The PA was always meant to ‘kill’ the Palestinian cause

AFRICA

West Africa: More Than 50 Killed in Attacks On Mali Villages

Nigeria: 27 killed in North East

ASIA

Taliban seizes 18th Afghanistan city as UK warns of civil war

Taliban captures Afghan commander Ismail Khan after fall of Herat

Afghan govt offers Taliban power-sharing deal in Qatar to end violence: Report

US calls on all American citizens to leave Afghanistan IMMEDIATELY: Taliban claims to capture 2nd largest city

U.S. deploying 3,000 troops to help evacuate Afghan embassy staff as Taliban advances

Kabul evacuations -- echoes of US exit from Saigon?

U.S. Asks Taliban to Spare Its Embassy in Coming Fight for Kabul

US B-52 Bombers, Gunships Sent into Action in Afghanistan in Attempt to Stop Taliban Advance on Key Cities

Bombing Afghan cities with B-52s is pointless and brutal — Biden must end this

Infographic: Who controls what in Afghanistan

Germany will withhold Afghanistan financial aid if Sharia law is implemented: foreign minister

China preparing to recognize Taliban if Kabul falls, says report

US, Taiwan crossing the red line will create historic opportunity for PLA fighter jets to fly over island:

Biden govt wants to ‘weaponize’ democracy: Taiwan authorities’ participation ‘likely to trigger similar 1995-96 tension’

China-Russia joint strategic drills send strong signal

Is China’s port closure a canary in a COVID mine?: After China closed a terminal at the world’s third busiest container port when a worker there tested positive for COVID-19

China rejects WHO call for further coronavirus origins probe

EUROPE

Russia reports record-high COVID-19 deaths

Russia Arrests Top Hypersonic Research Scientist in Treason Case

Russians dump US dollar savings in favor of euro & other foreign currencies

Moscow Metro system begins trials of ‘FacePay’, a cutting-edge facial recognition biometric payment technology

Five killed in rare mass shooting in England

In a world gone crazy: Kids as Young as Four Can Now Change Gender in Scottish Schools Without Parental Consent

Family of UK teen Harry Dunn killed by suspected US spy fears coverup.

GLOBE

U.S. granted permission to expand grounds for appeal on Julian Assange’s extradition

WHO scientist puts COVID lab leak theory back under spotlight

US Could Fund Vaccines for the Whole World by Taxing Billionaires’ COVID-Era Profits

AMERICAS

Russia Condemns US Groundless Accusations Against Alex Saab: Venezuelan diplomat , has been arbitrarily detained in Cape Verde because of an extradition request to the United States.

Paraguayans Take To the Streets To Reject President Abdo: The economic crisis has forced 42 percent of the citizens to go into debt so as to cover food, education, and health expenses.

Can a lawsuit stop Mexico’s ‘iron river’ of guns?

US seeing ‘unprecedented’ migration at border with Mexico: US border agents made nearly 200,000 arrests for undocumented entry at the southern border in July

Canadian Michael Spavor Sentenced to 11 Years as Meng Wanzhou Extradition Decision Looms

Canada and China engage in high-stakes stand-off over prisoners

Canada PM Trudeau planning snap election, seeks approval for COVID response - sources

Census shows US is diversifying, white population shrinking: The share of the white population fell from 63.7% in 2010 to 57.8% in 2020

US criticized for notorious human rights record on forced labor, border detention centers

Four Florida Teachers Lose Battle With COVID-19 In Less Than 24 Hours

Florida's Gov. ignored the best ways to save lives as COVID-19 cases hit record highs

Florida, Texas schools flout COVID-19 order banning mask mandates

Texas Governor’s Ban on School Mask Mandates Is a “Direct Threat” to Kids

Texas deploys 2,500 out-of-state medical workers to fight Covid as younger patients crowd hospitals

California to Require K-12 Teachers and Staff to Get Vaccinated or Face Weekly Tests

Supreme Court won’t block Indiana University vaccine mandate as Justice Barrett rejects student plea

Biden Eyes Tougher Vaccine Rules Without Provoking Backlash

Texas Senate PASSES Republican voting bill: House serves arrest warrants for runaway reps.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns over sexual harassment allegations

‘Latest in a long line of disgraced New York politicians’

Hunter Biden tells prostitute in video he lost ANOTHER laptop containing 'crazy sex' footage,

Glenn Greenwald: The NSA's Inspector General Opens Investigation Into Allegations of Illegal Spying on Tucker Carlson

Glenn Greenwald Joins Tucker to Discuss His Move to Rumble & Growing Online Censorship

YouTube rival Rumble strikes deals with Tulsi Gabbard, Glenn Greenwald

Antiwar Group Blocks Entry to Raytheon Facility to Protest Killing of Civilians

 

 

 

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