(2021-09-28). The US and China: A Productive Path Forward. zcomm.org The Biden administration, with the overwhelming support of the foreign policy establishment, seems determined to start a new Cold War with China…
(2021-09-28). A New Nuclear Arms Race & Cold War Will Not Bring Security — Jeremy Corbyn. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-28). Proposed US/UK Nuclear-powered Submarines for Australia: Jeopardising Health and Fueling an Arms Race. globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-28). Syria Slams the IAEA for Ignoring Israel's Illegal Nuclear Activities. orinocotribune.com Syria highlighted the double standards carried out by member states of the United Nations nuclear proliferation watchdog agency, the IAEA when it comes to the continuous demands and calls for strict implementation of its monitoring on law-abiding countries while ignoring the nuclear activities of Israel. | Syrian Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Dr. Hasan Khaddour highlighted the implementation of the Safeguards Agreement in Syria as an example of 'some member states' exploitation of the IAEA, he is referring to the acts of member states led by the NATO representatives in the agency and how th…
(2021-09-28). In Height of Hypocrisy, Nuclear-Armed Israeli PM Bennett slams Iran, which has no weapons or program, for "crossing all red Lines" juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that far-right Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, in his address to the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, ignored the Israeli-Palestinian struggle and focused instead on the issue of Iran. He alleged that the Iranian nuclear program had "surpassed all red lines," asserting that Iran …
(2021-09-28). Veterans to President Biden: Just Say No to Nuclear War! globalresearch.ca
(2021-09-28). Czech Republic to buy Israeli air defence system amid strengthening ties. middleeasteye.net 
Czech Republic to buy Israeli air defence system amid strengthening ties | Move to replace obsolete Soviet-made weapons follows Prague's opening of the Jerusalem office of its embassy in March | Tue, 09/28/2021 – 08: 39 | The air defence system, used to protect cities, nuclear power plants and other potential targets, will be supplied by 2026 (Wikimedia) | The Czech defence ministry said o…
(2021-09-28). Ukraine Renews Empty Claims Over Putin-Zelensky Meeting. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Statements about the likely meeting of the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky, are again being made from the authorities in Kiev. | The head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Andriy Yermak noted that it was important for Putin and Zelensky to meet. | Meanwhile the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Kuleba suggested that the conversation "would create a lot of discomfort" for the Russian leader."As the president said, he himself spoke in fav…
(2021-09-28). Turkey's major daily: Russia, others "are not aware of Crimea, its importance for Turkey and Turks" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com This is from Hàºrriyet, Turkey's largest-circulation newspaper. It appears as though the second paragraph is aimed against the U.S. as the first and third are against Russia. ==== Sovereign equality is the key to a solution on Cyprus It's been voiced again lately. Turkey should pursue give-and-take politics with Russia. Of course, relations between countries …
(2021-09-28). DARPA touts 'historic free flight test' of Raytheon's hypersonic missile prototype as US struggles to catch up with Russia. rt.com 
The US military's secretive R&D wing has announced a successful flight test for a hypersonic missile system developed by Raytheon, after a previous trial using Lockheed Martin's rival model ended in failure last year. | The free-flight launch for the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) was conducted successfully last week and met "all primary test objectives," the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said in a "This brings us o…
(2021-09-28). Military Situation In Syria On September 28, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On September 27, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 26 times: 14 — in Idlib province, 3 — in Latakia province, 4 — in Hama province, 2 — in Aleppo province | On September 27, the Russian air defense systems shot down a militant drone near Hmeimim air base | On September 27, clashes between SDF and Turkish-backed forces were reported north of Tal Abyadh | On September 28, artillery of Turkish-back…
(2021-09-28). Greece And France Take First Step Towards European Independence Following AUKUS Debacle. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size imageSigning of Franco-Greek Agreement is the beginning of supplanting NATO in Europe. | Written by Paul Antonopoulos, independent geopolitical analyst | Of the 30 NATO member states, Greece is one of the few to spend well over 2% of its GDP on defense as agreed upon by NATO Defence Ministers in 2006. However, Greece's high spending (relative to GDP) is not because it is positioning itself as a buffed-up military state opposed to Russia, as per the aims of NATO, but rather to defend itself against the threats of another NATO member, Turkey. With NATO consistently downplaying Turkish aggress…
(2021-09-28). US Tired Of Ukraine And Will Not Defend Kiev's Interests In Talks With Russia. southfront.org 
Thomas GrahamFormer White House adviser believes Washington will stop discussing the Ukrainian issue during dialogue with Moscow. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | Ties between the US and Ukraine seem gradually more uncertain. Analysts believe that Washington is "tired" of Ukraine and that the intention of the Biden government from now on is to maintain the status quo and not put the Ukrainian issue on the agenda in bilateral negotiations between the US and Russia, considering the low probability of both countries come to a common unders…
(2021-09-28). New Hype: Belarus Opposition Member Filmed Him Killing KGB Officer (Video, 18+). southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | On September 28, an officer of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (KGB) was killed during a special mission in Minsk. | According to the Investigative Committee, the shooting took place in an apartment when KGB officers were checking addresses of those potentially involved in terrorist activities. | A man in the apartment opened fire with a hunting rifle, killing one of the Belarusian state security officers. The shooter was eliminated by return fire. Click to see full-size image | According to several reports, the man killed in his apartment was an employee of the US EPA…
(2021-09-28). Russian Foreign Ministry warns of threat of new war in Kosovo. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The government of what was once accurately termed the first NATO state in the world — Kosovo — has been run since NATO marched with them into the Serbian province in June of 1999 by elements/remnants of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army; murderous thugs like Hashim Thaci, Ramush Haradinaj and Agim àáeku. During the war …
(2021-09-28). Defend NATO alliance: Pentagon melds multinational force for war against "multifaceted enemy" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com That is, Belarus and Russia. Mission success Saber Junction 21 Saber Junction 21 began early September in Grafenwoehr Training Area with live-fire artillery exercises before making its way to Hohenfels Training Area, Germany where it ended Sept. 24, 2021. The 2nd Cavalry Regiment served as the primary training audience for the multinational exercise with over …
(2021-09-27). The China Cold War Will Unstick America's Glue. strategic-culture.org Can an America that off-shored much of its manufacturing capacity to China, for short-term profit, afford the de-coupling? | Washington isn't quite sure what to do after the chaotic end to America's 'forever' war. Some in Washington bitterly regret exiting from Afghanistan at all, and advocate for an immediate return; some just want to move on — to the China 'Cold War', that is. The cries from the initial Establishment 'melt down' and its articulation of pain over the Kabul withdrawal débacle, however, indicates the extent to which the almost obsessive focus on 'Hobbling China' nevertheless seems like an hu…
(2021-09-27). 'A Deal's a Deal': Progressive Leader Holds Strong on $3.5 Trillion Social Investment Plan. commondreams.org "AUKUS is the next step in a new cold war with China," said one opponent of the trilateral agreement. "It makes the Indo-Pacific, and the world, a more dangerous, not a more stable, place."
(2021-09-27). Havana Syndrome, Directed Energy Weapons, and the New Cold War. orinocotribune.com 
By Alan Macleod — Sep 20, 2021 | While the jury is still out on who committed the attacks against U.S. officials, or even whether there were any attacks at all, directed energy weapons certainly do exist. Havana Syndrome might be science fiction, but directed energy weapons are very much science fact. | HAVANA — It started in 2016. U.S. officials in Havana, Cuba, began complaining en masse about hearing strange noises, suffering recurring headaches, nausea, hearing and memory loss. From there it spread around the world, with hundreds of U.S. spies and diplomats in the United Kingdom, Colombia, China, U…
(2021-09-27). U.S., Turkey eye Kazakhstan to penetrate Central Asia, spy on China, grab 40% of world's uranium, "choke off (Russian) Strategic Nuclear Forces" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Pentagon seeks to gain foothold in Kazakhstan against China Analyst Alya Kaminskaya does not rule out that the Pentagon seeks to use the Almaty hub [in Kazakhstan] as "an air base for reconnaissance and military cargo planes." She points out that Almaty International Airport no longer belongs to Kazakhstan since news emerged in May that …
(2021-09-27). Social Democrats, Greens Eye Coalition After Outgoing Merkel's Bloc Ousted in German Elections. commondreams.org Citizens around the world are calling on their governments to ratify the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty—and the United States has a leading role to play.
(2021-09-27). No nuclear submarines, say protesters. greenleft.org.au A new anti-war, anti-nuclear coalition organised a well-attended protest against the federal government's decision to build nuclear submarines and join the new AUKUS pact, reports Renfrey Clarke.
(2021-09-27). The Military Stood Up to Trump, But Who Will Stand Up to the Military? counterpunch.org When he was trying to win the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon famously told his chief of staff that he wanted Communist leaders—in the Soviet Union, in North Vietnam—to think that the U.S. president was a mad man, that he was capable of doing pretty much anything up to and including the use of nuclear weapons.
(2021-09-27). Iran And IAEA Yet Again At Odds Over Nuclear Monitoring. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are, yet again, in disagreement over the contents of an understanding reached earlier in September. | Iran decided to restrict international inspections of its nuclear sites in 2019 agreed as part of the landmark deal after the United States withdrew in 2018. | Iran and the IAEA, after long negotiations to salvage the deal, agreed on monitoring, but then something went wrong. | On September 26th, the IAEA said its inspectors had been denied…
(2021-09-27). Humanity's Call to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons. commondreams.org "Which cities will follow its lead?" asked one advocate, after 56% of voters told Berlin's municipal government to transfer thousands of homes to public ownership.
(2021-09-27). Putin's police attack Russian Communists for calling out election fraud. peoplesworld.org 
Russian Communists vowed Sunday to continue their fight against state corruption after authorities raided their Moscow offices and detained a number of leading cadres. The party headquarters was part-occupied by police during Saturday's operation, which followed accusations of ballot-rigging in the recent parliamentary elections. "They surrounded them on all sides—emergency exits, windows, and so on," …
(2021-09-27). Russia carries out over 190 mln COVID-19 tests — sanitary watchdog. tass.com It is reported that as many as 1.25 mln people currently remain under medical supervision due to suspected COVID-19…
(2021-09-27). Russian Wagner Group mercenaries to deploy to Mali as France withdraws. wsws.org Just over a month after the humiliating US withdrawal from Afghanistan, France's eight-year, neo-colonial war in its former West African colony is collapsing.
(2021-09-27). Russia's FSB Arrested 5 Neo-Nazis Preparing Terror Attack In Ufa. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Russia's security — the FSB stopped a terrorist attack in Bashkiria, and detained five members of a neo-Nazi group from Ufa, the press service of the department reported. | Five residents of the city of Ufa, aged 17 to 20, are suspected of preparing a terror attack. | These local residents were born between 2001-2003; she was planning an attack on "one of the objects of law enforcement agencies." | According to the investigation, the 19-year-old suspect involved four local resident…
(2021-09-27). Military Situation In Syria On September 27, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On September 27, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 26 times: 14 — in Idlib province, 3 — in Latakia province, 4 — in Hama province, 2 — in Aleppo province | On September 26, two SAA members were killed by a landmine explosion near the Safyan oilfield | On September 27, Russian Military Police and SAA along with the Central Committee of Darra entered Shajarah town | On September 26, clashes betwe…
(2021-09-27). NATO trains for combat, Article 5 collective war on Russia's northwest frontier. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Corps' Multinational Division North East Soldier Receives Top NATO Award Serving with Headquarters Multinational Division North East (MND-NE), the Polish Army Staff Sergeant Marcin Siedlecki received the NATO Force Structure Top Soldier Award from Lieutenant General Roger L. Cloutier Jr., Commander Allied Land Command (LANDCOM). The award was presented to SSGT Siedlecki during the bi-annual …
(2021-09-27). Militant Drone Targeted Russian Khmeimim Air Base In Syria. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | On September 27, the Russian Khmeimim airbase in Syria was targeted with a drone. According to the official statement by the Russian military, the drone launched by militants in Greater Idlib was shot down by the defense systems of the military base. | No victims or material damage were reported as a result of the failed attack."There are no victims or material damage as a result of the incident. The Russian Khmeimim airbase is functioning as planned, " Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, deputy head of the Russian center for reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria, claimed on September 27. | Re…