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September 09, 2021

US Military a Killing Machine! & How The Taliban Went From Ally to Enemy
By John Pilger
“[Afghanistan under] the Taliban had been a client state of the US,”

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US is no longer exceptional, but it takes time to accept this fact
By Martin Jacques
The US has over the last two decades served to greatly hasten its own decline.

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No, 'The Longest War' in US History Is Not Over
By Brian Terrell
What the U.S. did to Afghanistan and its people is not a series of mistakes or good intentions gone awry, but crimes.

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What to expect from Taliban 2.0
By Pepe Escobar
A wiser, better-traveled and social media-savvy Taliban will strive to avoid the many dire mistakes of its 1996-2001 rule .

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The World’s Deadliest Terrorist Group
By Caitlin Johnstone
Every single soldier who died in Afghanistan died in vain.

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"Slaughter without shame"
By César Chelala
Why not foster policies based on humane values?”  

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A war on the American people
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead
This government has allowed the presidency to become a dictatorship operating above and beyond the law, regardless of which party is in power.

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So Long to a Sense of Community
By Howard Lisnoff
What prospects are there for any kind of community? The sad, if not disastrous answer, is nearly none.

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Opioids have killed 600,000 Americans. The Sacklers just got off basically scot-free
By Chris McGreal
The Sacklers have worked the system so that they “will actually emerge from Purdue’s bankruptcy richer than they went into it”   Continue

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MIDDLE EAST

78 killed as fighting intensifies in Yemen

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7 Syrian Servicemen Killed, 3 Injured in Bomb Explosion in Daraa Province, Security Source Says

Russian serviceman killed in Syria's Homs province -Tass

Syrian army raises national flag over neighborhood in Daraa

Thousands of citizens return to their homes in Daraa al-Balad

Russia reaffirms support to Syria’s sovereignty, territorial integrity

France finances ISIS : French companies are involved in financing the most feared organisation, the ISIS

Trump admin sought to play down troop injuries in Iraq: Official

100 Palestinians Injured by Israeli Occuation Soldiers in West Bank

Far-Right Parties in Europe Have Become Zionism’s Greatest Backers

India’s deepening love affair with Israel

AFRICA

Morocco’s ruling party suffers crushing defeat to liberal rivals

Libya: Haftar hires former Republican lawmaker and an ex-Clinton aide as lobbyists

ASIA

Taliban name new Afghan government, interior minister on U.S. sanctions list

Women Protest in Afghanistan Against Exclusion From Government

Afghans at risk of near-universal poverty, UN report warns

Scores of Westerners, including Americans, fly out of Kabul

Head of new Afghan government calls on ex-officials to return: Acting PM reiterates Taliban promise of amnesty for anyone who worked alongside the US and the gov’t it backed.

Taliban ready to have relations with US: Welcoming possible US involvement in the reconstruction of the country, the Taliban says it is ready to have relations with Washington

Taliban accuses the US of violating Doha Agreement

China extends $31m in emergency aid to Afghanistan

China sells oil reserves to lower prices in unprecedented move

EUROPE

Russia's FSB Accuses Ukrainian Intelligence of Staging Crimean Gas Pipeline Blast

Vaccine passports required in Scotland for entry to large venues from 1 October

France Slams London for 'Financial Blackmail' Over UK's Stance on Migrants in English Channel

AUSTRALASIA

Australia vows to keep mining coal despite climate warning

UN climate envoy urged Australia to phase out coal saying climate change will dramatically damage its economy

Australians shocked after NSW health officer says post-lockdown Sydney will be a ‘new world order’

Caitlin Johnstone; Australia Has No Bill Of Rights, And It Shows

GLOBE

AMERICAS

Mexican Officers Detain 648 Refugees in Nuevo Leon

Chicago shootings: At least 63 shot, 6 fatally, in Labor Day weekend violence across city

The wealthiest 1% of Americans dodge $163 billion in taxes every year, Treasury says

‘Um, get a job’: Ted Cruz prods millions of Americans who lost unemployment benefits this week

COVID cases soar in the Americas as vaccination rates lag: PAHO

Mu COVID Variant, Which May Be Vaccine-Resistant, Found in All But One U.S. State: Report

Biden signs executive order requiring federal workers to get COVID vaccine

Monster risk: Fauci says COVID cases 10x too high

Hawaii resort becomes first in state to mandate proof of vaccination for guests, employees

Texas governor signs Republican-backed voting curbs decried by Biden

 

 

 

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