(2021-09-25). AUKUS — A Dangerous Military Escalation of the New Cold War. orinocotribune.com By Dr Jenny Clegg and Keith Bennett — Sep 23, 2021 | In this topical and detailed analysis, British based activist and scholar Dr Jenny Clegg explains how the recently announced AUKUS military alliance represents a serious escalation of the New Cold War and constitutes a threat not only to China but to the entire region. Friends of Socialist China co-editor Keith Bennett also contributed to this article. | The new military AUKUS pact between Australia, the United States and Britain, announced last week, is a serious escalation of the new Cold War against China and of the militarisation of the Asia-Pacific re…
(2021-09-25). Drop the Illusions: Biden is a Vicious Cold Warrior. orinocotribune.com By Carlos Martinez — Sep 22, 2021 | This original article by Friends of Socialist China co-editor After four years of Trump's unhinged anti-China rhetoric, combined with the intensification of US diplomatic and economic attacks on Chi…
(2021-09-25). Havana Syndrome, Directed Energy Weapons, and the New Cold War. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-25). U.S. recruits NATO allies, partners for showdown with Russia in the Arctic. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com As U.S. shifts Arctic strategy to counter Russia, allies offer valuable info The Arctic has received relatively little military attention since the Cold War, but U.S. strategy is shifting toward a renewed focus on the region, reflecting increasing Russian military activity there. Recent Arctic strategies by the Army, Air Force and Navy emphasize ways of …
(2021-09-25). Australian government speeds up plans for nuclear-powered submarines to confront China. wsws.org These moves indicate that preparations for war, potentially within years, not decades, are intensifying.
(2021-09-25). China vows to continue support for UN nuclear test ban treaty. ecns.cn China will never be an obstacle to a multilateral treaty that bans all nuclear tests, and will continue to make contribution to facilitate its entry into force, a Chinese envoy reiterated Friday to a high-level United Nations conference.
(2021-09-25). Iran doubts Biden's seriousness in returning to JCPOA. en.mehrnews.com Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that the Islamic Republic of Iran cast doubt seriousness of US President Biden's administration in returning to Iran's nuclear deal, JCPOA.
(2021-09-25). Putin Is Unlikely To Trust Erdogan Despite Western Pressure Mounting On Turkey. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageTurkey now needs Russia as it struggles to juggle multiple geopolitical-military fronts | Written Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that unlike his relationships with George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump, which "worked well," he has "not gotten off to a good start" with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden since his arrival in the White House on January 20. Erdogan also vented that the source of his frustration with Washington was the removal of Turkey from the F-35 fighter project two years ago after purchasing the R…
(2021-09-25). UN: Georgia discusses Caucasus with Turkey, Intermarium projects with Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey is an uncompromising advocate of Georgia joining NATO and "liberating" its "occupied territories" of Abkhazia and South Ossetia "from Russia," either of which developments would almost certainly trigger war with Russia — Turkey's strategic partner as the Vladimir Putin regime describes the relationship between the two countries on an almost daily basis. Turkey maintains …
(2021-09-25). Top U.S. envoy in Ukraine: "We have made this clear that further aggression from Russia will have costs and consequences" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Further aggression from Russia will have costs and consequences — Kvien The United States will continue to work to hold Russia accountable for its aggression against Ukraine, according to U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Kristina Kvien. **** "As Ukraine works towards Euro-Atlantic integration, we must remain clear-eyed about the challenges Ukraine faces, both from within and from …
(2021-09-25). Headed to Georgia, Turkey: NATO ships return to Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey are full NATO members, Georgia and Ukraine are NATO Enhanced Opportunities Partners. The only littoral state not a NATO member or advanced partner is Russia. Non-recognized Abkhazia also is on the Black Sea. It would be an immediate target in NATO's plans for the "liberation of occupied territories." Moldova is also …
(2021-09-25). Video: US-led Coalition Denies Responsibility for Drone Strikes against Syria. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-25). Russian Aerospace Forces Target Militants In Turkish-Occupied Afrin, Step Up Airstrikes On Greater Idlib (Videos, Photos). southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 takes off on a combat mission at Hemeimeem airbase, Syria, on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015. IMAGE: AP PHOTO/VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | On September 25, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) carried out at least five airstrikes on the Turkish-occupied northern Syrian area of Afrin. | The airstrikes targeted positions of the al-Shamiya Front located near the town of Bosoufane in the southern part of Afrin. Several militants of the Turkish-backed group were reportedly killed or wounded as a result of the airstri…
(2021-09-25). Syrian Army Enters Former ISIS Stronghold In Western Daraa (Video, Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. | On September 25, several units of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) accompanied by a force from the Russian Military Police entered the al-Yarmouk valley in the western countryside of Daraa. | The deployment is a part of a | Under the agreement, the towns of…
(2021-09-25). Biden's National Security Adviser May Be Guilty of Perjury Over Clinton Campaign's Russiagate Plot. sputniknews.com Last week, Michael Sussmann, a former attorney in a law firm that represented Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, was indicted for allegedly lying to the FBI in 2016 about the capacity in which he was providing allegations of cyber links between Russia's Alfa Bank and former US President Donald Trump's Trump Organisation.
(2021-09-25). Georgia: small nation, but willing to sacrifice sons in NATO wars around the world. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com At one point Georgia was the third-largest troop contributor for the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan (with a total population of only some 3.5 million), with only the U.S. and Britain deploying more. In August of 2008 the Pentagon airlifted all 2,000 Georgian troops in Iraq home to join in the war with Russia …
(2021-09-25). FM: Britain, Turkey arming Ukraine for war with Russia with EU, NATO backing. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kuleba on Zelensky's meetings in New York: Ukraine strengthening partnership with powerful players Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has emphasized the importance of bilateral talks held by President Volodymyr Zelensky in New York with the leaders of Britain and Turkey, as well as with the European Commission president and the NATO secretary general. "An important …
(2021-09-25). "Vigil": The BBC's Submarine Drama Is the Anti-Russian Propaganda Machine in Action. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-25). U.S. is Ukraine's strategic ally in "countering Russian aggression," to provide $300 million more in military aid. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine, U.S. to strengthen defense cooperation — Kvien "President Zelensky and President Biden met recently at the White House….Both President Biden and President Zelensky are committed to Ukraine's Western orientation and full Euro-Atlantic integration," [U.S. Chargé d'Affaires Kristina] Kvien said. She said that the United States and Ukraine were going to work together using tools …
(2021-09-25). Military Situation In Syria On September 25, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On September 25, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 26 times: 11 — in Idlib province, 2 — in Latakia province, 2 — in Hama province, 1 — in Aleppo province | On September 25, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in Ain Sheib area | On September 25, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in Duwayr Akrad area | On September 25, artillery of Turkish-ba…
(2021-09-25). UN: Georgia calls on "international community" to "liberate occupied territories" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Echoing identical language employed on the eve of the 1999 war against Yugoslavia, the 2008 war against South Ossetia and last year's war against Nagorno-Karabakh. And the current rhetoric used against Russia over Crimea. Perhaps someone will make the connections. Today I appeal to everyone to end the illegal occupation of Georgia's sovereign lands by …
(2021-09-25). Sweden forges military bloc against Russia with NATO neighbors Denmark, Norway. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Sweden, like Finland now a NATO Enhanced Opportunities Partner, supplied combat troops for NATO's war in Afghanistan and warplanes for NATO's war against Libya. Sweden to deepen military ties with Norway, Denmark, Swedish TV reports Sweden will sign a defence cooperation agreement with Norway and Denmark this week to counter a deteriorating security situation in …
(2021-09-24). Biden's Appeal for Global Diplomacy at UN is Rank Hypocrisy & Travesty. strategic-culture.org U.S. foreign policy under Biden is essentially one of reviving the Cold War that existed with the Soviet Union to the current period against China and Russia. | Wouldn't it be fun if delegates to the United Nations General Assembly had buttons at their seats to gauge audience reaction in real-time to speeches delivered by world leaders from the podium? Dare we say, the address by U.S. President Joe Biden this week would have engendered a lot of digital groaning and guffawing at his rank hypocrisy. | Biden made an unctuous appeal for global diplomacy and for nations "to work together as never before" to solve a h…
(2021-09-24). AUKUS — Catalyst For A Nuclear Arms Race In The Indo-Pacific Region. popularresistance.org The new pact between the Australian, British and US governments is the latest escalation in a new cold war on China, and the developing world. The "enhanced trilateral security partnership called AUKUS"(1) does not name China, but every single serious commentator has interpreted it as being aimed against the People's Republic of China. | Coming exactly one month after the fall of Kabul, the announcement was a blessed relief for both Joe Biden and Boris Johnson. Biden reasserts US pre-eminence, weeks after it was humiliated by a foe without an air force. Johnson resumes the 'Global Britain' adventure, weeks after…
(2021-09-24). The Never Ending Cycle of Nuclear Insanity. dissidentvoice.org 
Amidst all of the sensible and sane cries to eliminate nuclear weapons, we are caught in a self-sustaining, self-reinforcing feedback loop. Call it the Death Spiral of Human Annihilation. Yes, the U.S. throughout its history, despite official denials even among historians who should know better — maybe they do but prefer being manufacturers of myth …
(2021-09-24). A Little Radiation Is Not Good For You. counterpunch.org In a rare pushback against the radioactive pollution industry, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission — well known as a rubber stamp for the nuclear lobby — has flatly rejected an attempt to further weaken the agency's radiation exposure regulations. After six years of deliberation, the NRC's three commissioners, two Democrats and one Republican, voted unanimously to reject formal petitions submitted in
(2021-09-24). The Record-Breaking Failures of Nuclear Power. counterpunch.org The Tennessee Valley Authority could likely rightfully claim a place in the Guinness Book of World Records, but it's not an achievement for which the federally-owned electric utility corporation would welcome notoriety. After taking a whopping 42 years to build and finally bring on line its Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear power reactor in Tennessee, TVA just broke its own record for longest nuclear plant construction time. However, this time, the company failed to deliver a completed nuclear plant.
(2021-09-24). How the CIA Tried to Overthrow New Zealand's Progressive Labor Government by Stoking White Racial Rage Against the Indigenous MƒÅori Population. libya360.wordpress.com Murray Horton David Lange with the 1985 nuclear-free bills. [Source: stuff.co.nz] The effects of this poisonous coup attempt—cooked up at Langley more than 30 years ago—had lingering consequences which exacerbated income equality, stifled economic growth and undercut human rights. [This article is part of our series on the CIA and its dark history.—CAM Editors] Back…
(2021-09-24). Socialist councillor casts sole vote against AUKUS on Cairns Council. greenleft.org.au Alex Bainbridge reports that Socialist Alliance councillor Rob Pyne was the sole voice of opposition against Morrison's nuclear submarine proposal on the Cairns Council.
(2021-09-24). Probe of Secret Vaccine Talks Finds 'Access for All Was Never a Priority'. commondreams.org Donald Trump humiliated the European Union by annulling the Iran nuclear deal, and now Joe Biden has done so by announcing the new AUKUS agreement with Australia and the UK. But as much as Europe's leaders may protest, the EU's subordination to the US reflects a conscious choice that they have made.
(2021-09-24). Clear Away the Hype: The U.S. and Australia Signed a Nuclear Arms Deal, Simple as That. counterpunch.org On September 15, 2021, the heads of government of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States announced the formation of AUKUS, "a new enhanced trilateral security partnership" between these three countries. Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson joined U.S. President Joe Biden to "preserve security and stability in the Indo-Pacific," as
(2021-09-24). Putin the Poisoner? More Doubts over Attempts to Delegitimize Russia's Leader. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-24). France Opens the Sahel-Saharan Front Against Wagner. libya360.wordpress.com Putin..the new African champion LONDON — France is doing everything it can to prevent Russia's Wagner Group from gaining positions of influence in the Sahel-Saharan region. While the new military council in Mali insists on signing an agreement with the group, Paris is pushing the leaders of the countries in the region to show their…
(2021-09-24). Erdogan: NATO's two powerhouses must fight war together, Putin must ditch Assad. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com As a mandatory act of solidarity with his strategic partner. As 2 NATO countries, Turkey, US should be in very different position: Turkish president As two NATO countries, Turkey and the US should be in a very different position, the Turkish president said Friday. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul after the Friday prayer, Recep Tayyip …
(2021-09-24). UN human rights chief slams Ukraine over extrajudicial media crackdown after popular outlet taken offline over undisclosed charges. rt.com 
The United Nations' human rights mission in Ukraine has voiced serious concerns over a decision by top security officials in Kiev to unilaterally restrict access to a number of media outlets deemed critical of the government. | Speaking to journalists at a briefing on Thursday, the head of the team monitoring civil liberties in the Eastern European nation, Matilda Bogner, said that the move to shutter a series of broadcasters and block access to popular news site Strana, as well as a number of Russian publications, is a cause for concern. | Earlier this year, "the National Council for Security and Defense deci…
(2021-09-24). Zelensky Could "Escape To Russia" Following Oligarch Law Adoption: Ukrainian MP. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The adoption of the law "On Oligarchs" could lead to the flight of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Russia, Oleksiy Honcharenko, a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada from the European Solidarity party (Petro Poroshenko's faction) claimed. | The politician believes that the bill turns Ukraine "into a monarchy under the leadership of Vladimir the First.""This is a lot of corruption. The NSDC, and in fact — Zelensky himself — will decide who is bad and who is good. And it will s…
(2021-09-24). U.S. Senate Minority Leader hails Georgia for standing up to Russia over "occupation" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com US Senator McConnell thanks Georgia for 'courage, firm stand' against Russia US Senate Minority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell has thanked Georgia for 'courage and firm stand' against Russia at the meeting with the Ambassador of Georgia to the US Davit Bakradze. Ambassador Bakradze has hosted members of the Republican National Lawyers' Association (RNLA) and Senator …
(2021-09-24). U.S. Congress Votes More Sanctions On Nord Stream 2, Russian Officials Including Prime Minister. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The House of Representatives of the US Congress has adopted a defense budget providing for tougher sanctions against Moscow. | 316 people voted in favor, and 113 against. | In particular, the document includes amendments on expanding restrictions on Russia's sovereign debt, on the possibility of introducing personal sanctions against a whole list of officials, as well as on new measures against Nord Stream 2. | The defense budget of about $780 billion has yet to pass Senate consideration an…
(2021-09-24). Almost 50% of Latin America & Caribbean Receive Vaccines from China & Russia. orinocotribune.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — During the ministerial meeting of the Alliance for Multilateralism within the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, the Foreign Minister of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard, announced that presently almost 50% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean received COVID-19 vaccines from China and Russia. | The Alliance for Multilateralism was initiated on April 2, 2019 by the Foreign Ministers of France and Germany. On June 26, 2020, the first meeting of the Alliance for Multilateralism was held in order to reinforce the multilateral health architecture and Franco-German declaration f…
(2021-09-24). Aliyev: Azerbaijan planned "frozen conflict" war well in advance. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interview of President Ilham Aliyev to the authoritative Russian magazine "National Defense" Although in a state of frozen conflict, the plan to conduct combat operations for all aspects of life in a war-torn country, of course, has long been developed. Of course, taking into account the new realities, new opportunities of Azerbaijan, including technological opportunities, …
(2021-09-24). Looking Back: 50 Years of Foreign Policy. counterpunch.org For over 50 years I have been writing about foreign policy, mostly America's, but those of other nations as well. I think I have a pretty good grasp of countries like Turkey, China, India, Russia and the European Union. I regret that I am less than sure-footed in Africa and Latin America. During this time