2021-10-19: News Headlines

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-19). U.S. defense chief: Ukraine to join NATO whatever Russia thinks. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Pentagon chief: No third country eligible to veto Ukraine's accession to NATO "No third country has the right to veto accession to NATO. Ukraine, as I have already mentioned, is free to determine its future foreign policy without external interference. I will say that our support for Ukrainian sovereignty is unwavering, and we will continue …

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-19). Pentagon chief in Ukraine: NATO links eastern, southern flanks in final showdown with Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Pentagon chief in Kyiv: Will NATO form a strategy of confronting Russia on its southern flank? It is about consolidating an informal coalition of the Black Sea states capable to deter Russian aggression in the regions of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov *** As for Lloyd Austin's current visit, experts say it …

Ben Norton (2021-10-19). Super Imperialism: The economic strategy of American empire with economist Michael Hudson. thegrayzone.com Economist Michael Hudson discusses the update of his book "Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire" and the financial motivations behind the US new cold war on China and Russia. Economist Michael Hudson has published a new, third edition of his book Super Imperialism that updates his analysis for the 21st century, discussing the new cold war on China and Russia and the ongoing transition from a US dollar-dominated financialized system to a "multipolar de-dollarized economy." The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal …

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-19). Brussels hosts NATO-Ukraine Platform on Countering Hybrid Warfare meeting to fight "Russian occupation" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO and Ukraine hold workshop on use of hybrid tactics in multilateral diplomacy On Friday (15 October 2021), NATO and Ukraine held a workshop on the use of hybrid tactics in multilateral diplomacy at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. Organised as part of the NATO-Ukraine Platform on Countering Hybrid Warfare, the workshop brought together decision-makers and …

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-19). WP: U.S. expands military pact with Georgia as showdown with Russia looms. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com For the significance of the expression Europe whole, free and at peace see: Berlin Wall: From Europe Whole And Free To New World Order ==== U.S. extends security pact with Georgia as Russia tensions flare — The Washington Post "U.S. extends security pact with Georgia as Russia tensions flare" — the Washington Post writes an …

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-19). Pentagon chieftain leaves Georgia after boosting capabilities against Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The US Secretary of Defense has completed his visit to Georgia The visit of US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin to Georgia has ended. Georgian Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze said goodbye to his American counterpart from Tbilisi International Airport…. The head of the Pentagon paid an official visit to Georgia together with the delegation of …

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-19). Pentagon chief says Russia started, continues war in Donbass, pledges support for war against Russia and isolating it in Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Russia starts war in Donbas, hinders peaceful settlement of conflict — US Secretary of Defense The culprit of the armed conflict in Donbas is Russia, which has started to show aggression, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has said. At a joint briefing with Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Taran on Tuesday in Kyiv, Austin said …

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-19). Analysis: Anglo-Saxon world (NATO), Russia cede Tajikistan to Turkey. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nezavisimaya Gazeta: Developments in Afghanistan drive Tajikistan towards defense cooperation with Turkey The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is holding its Combat Brotherhood 2021 military drills in Tajikistan on October 18-23. Troops involved in the exercise will practice joint operations during border conflicts, which stem from tense developments in Afghanistan. In a bid to make …

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-19). Austin's Ukraine visit: Pentagon enhances strategic military alliance against "Russian aggressor" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. will strengthen strategic defense partnership with Ukraine — Austin The United States intends to strengthen its strategic defense partnership with Ukraine, according to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. He said this at a joint briefing with Ukrainian Defense Minister Andrii Taran in Kyiv on Tuesday…. Austin said that he met with Taran a …

Anonymous007 (2021-10-19). Military Situation In Syria On October 19, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On October 18, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 11 times: 5 — in Idlib province, 5 — in Latakia province, 5 — in Aleppo province | On October 18, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions near Tal Tamar | On October 19, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in al-Barah area | On October 19, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SAA positions in the 46th regi…

Anonymous103 (2021-10-19). Russian Warplanes Back In Syria's Idlib, Targeting Militants' Hideouts. southfront.org

Middle East Monitor (2021-10-19). How US-Soviet Cold War Competition led to Fall of the Afghan Left and Collapse of the Country into Fundamentalism. juancole.com By Luis Edel Abreu Veranes | — From the turbulent 1970s ( Middle East Monitor) — With its geographic centrality on the Asian continent, Afghanistan has historically become a corridor and civilisational interstice between Persian and Hindustani empires and peoples flowing in from the north. Some were Turkic-speaking, who marked and shaped the ethnic synthesis …

Movement Rights, NuclearWakeUpCall, partners (2021-10-19). Wednesday 10/20: How Indigenous Wisdom Can Impact Activism Against Nuclear Weapons. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

sputniknews (2021-10-19). Israel Approves $1.5Bln Budget for Possible Strike Against Iran's Nuclear Facilities – Report. sputniknews.com The budget reportedly includes money for a variety of aircraft, intelligence-gathering drones, and specific munitions required for such an operation, which would need to target heavily guarded underground facilities.

Brittani Banks (2021-10-19). What It's Like to Watch a Harpooned Whale Die Right Before Your Eyes. independentmediainstitute.org Click here for the book cover image that you may use to accompany the article (the credit can be found in the description field). In 1975, Robert Hunter and I were the first people to physically block a harpooner's line of fire when we intercepted a Soviet whaling fleet and placed our bodies between the …

sputniknews (2021-10-19). Kidnappers of 17 Missionaries in Haiti Demand $17 Million For Their Release, Reports Suggest. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – A gang that kidnapped 17 foreign missionaries in Haiti demand $1 million for the release of each abductee, thus $17 million in total, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing a Haitian official.

Staff (2021-10-18). RT visits Russia's northernmost town, where people get KNOCKED OVER by Arctic winds and get power from a FLOATING NUCLEAR reactor. rt.com Lying on Russia's Northern Sea Route but often inaccessible by land, the far-northeastern town of Pevek is a tough place to live in, but thanks to a unique floating nuclear power plant experiment, it's undergoing an "atomic boom." | The desolate town lies on the shore of the East Siberian Sea in Russia's Chukotka, the country's most north-eastern region. RT's correspondent crew visited the town, which recently became home to Akademik Lomonosov — the world's first and only floating nuclear power plant. | | "One of the first things that strike you in Pevek is that there are no trees. Just…nothing…. Th…

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-18). Russia suspends mission to NATO headquarters, expels NATO information office in Moscow. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Though the Kremlin no doubt will resume contact with its "esteemed colleagues" and "cherished partners" in NATO who have ringed Russia with troops and military bases and missiles. ==== Russia suspends the operations of its permanent mission to NATO, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. "In response to NATO's actions, we're suspending the …

teleSUR (2021-10-18). Russia Suspends Its Permanent Mission To NATO. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Russia's government suspended its permanent mission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which on Oct. 6 revocated the accreditation of eight Russian diplomats for alleged espionage. The NATO information office and military liaison in Moscow will be also dissolved from Nov. 1 because of these unproven allegations. | RELATED: | "If the NATO urgently needed to contact Russia, our embassy in Belg…

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-18). Poland: ruling party leader calls for defense against "aggression, hybrid warfare" from Belarus, Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com 'We will defend Polish border,' conservative leader says amid migrant crisis Jaros≈Çaw Kaczy≈Ñski, the leader of Poland's governing conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, has said the country is building a barrier to better protect its frontier with Belarus amid a mounting migrant crisis. "No one in their right mind can fail to notice that …

Anonymous103 (2021-10-18). NATO's Initiatives Contradict Interests Of Eastern European Countries. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe neighboring nations of Russia need to interpret Russia in terms of their own material conditions, not importing foreign thoughts. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | Aggressive measures taken by NATO in Eastern Europe in order to target Russia could directly affect the countries of the region. Since the end of the Cold War, several Eastern European nations have allied with the West as a way to protect against Russian influence, but the cost of this type of alliance tends to be extremely disadvantageous for these same…

Staff (2021-10-18). Headlines for October 18, 2021. democracynow.org Gutting Democrats' Climate Plans, Manchin Opposes Renewable Energy Program in Reconciliation Bill, Manchin Wants Strict Conditions on Child Tax Credit, Which Has Lifted Millions of Kids from Poverty, FDA Panel Unanimously Recommends Booster Shots of J&J COVID-19 Vaccine, Bronx Man Dies of COVID-19 One Hour After Release from Rikers Jail, COVID Cases on the Rise in the U.K, Russia; Melbourne Ends World's Longest Lockdown, U.S. to Compensate Afghan Families over August Drone Strike That Killed 10 Civilians, Death Toll in ISIS-K Mosque Attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Rises to 47, British Lawmaker David Amess Fatall…

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-18). U.S. defense chief visits special operations base used to train Georgian troops for next war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Pentagon has been training Georgian armed forces over twenty years for the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and South Ossetia and the war with Russia in 2008. ==== The US Secretary of Defense was at the Special Operations Forces base Within the framework of his official visit to Georgia, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin …

Anonymous007 (2021-10-18). Russia Suspends Its Permanent Mission To NATO, No Active Communication Present. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | As of November 1st, Russia will suspend its permanent mission and other bodies for contacts with NATO, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced. | Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies that staff at NATO's military mission in Moscow would be stripped of their accreditation from November 1, and that NATO could interact with Russia via its embassy in Brussels if needed."We basically don't have proper conditions for basic d…

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-18). Video: Pentagon chief says Russia occupies 20% of Georgian territory. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Imagine the Russian defense minister in Mexico to consolidate a strategic military alliance aimed against the U.S. and to achieve military dominance in the Gulf of Mexico stating that 20% — or 40% — of Mexican territory was occupied by the U.S. ==== Russia, which occupies 20% of Georgia's territory, must respect the 2008 ceasefire …

Anonymous103 (2021-10-18). Syrian Army Launched Combing Operation In Al-Karak, In Eastern Daraa (Photos). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Russian-sponsored reconciliation process is spreading in the eastern countryside of Syria's Daraa province. On October 18th, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has launched a combing operation in another village in the region. | In early hours, the SAA units started combing the village of al-Karak and its outskirts within the settlement agreement reached between the Syrian government and local rebels."The army units on Monday morning started the combing and search operations in al-Karak village and its environs in a step paving the way for the return of the service institutions to pract…

Staff (2021-10-18). As CIA Ramps Up Anti-China Actions, Why Doesn't Congress Oppose Biden's "New Cold War"? democracynow.org We speak with Ethan Paul, a former reporter with the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong who is now with the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. China's military revealed last week that it had conducted beach landing and assault drills in the province across from Taiwan. This comes as the CIA has set up a new mission center focused solely on China. CIA Director William Burns has described China as "the most important geopolitical threat facing the United States." Paul says there has been almost no "meaningful dissent among Democrats" in Congress about "the need to make sure that we don't let this beast…

Daniel Ellsberg (2021-10-18). To Avoid Armageddon, Don't Modernize Missiles—Eliminate Them. zcomm.org Land-based nuclear weapons are world-ending accident waiting to happen, and completely superfluous to a reliable deterrent…

Rick Rozoff (2021-10-18). Warplanes from 14 nations: NATO launches nuclear "deterrence" exercise. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO launches annual deterrence exercise NATO kicked off its annual deterrence exercise on Monday (18 October 2021), with dozens of aircraft from across the Alliance practicing the defence of NATO's European Allies. The week-long exercise, called "Steadfast Noon", is taking place over southern Europe, and involves aircraft and personnel from 14 NATO countries. Steadfast Noon …

sputniknews (2021-10-18). Bitcoin Surpasses $62,000 First Time Since April. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The bitcoin exchange rate stood at above $62,000 on Monday morning for the first time since April, according to trading data.

sputniknews (2021-10-18). Whereabouts of American Missionaries Kidnapped in Haiti Remain Unknown, Reports Say. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US authorities remain unaware of the whereabouts of the American Christian missionaries and their families abducted in Haiti, The New York Times reports.

jz 2021-10-20 00:00 | 20:00 EST | 31 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 0