(2021-08-09). "Extended Troika" To Meet For Talks On Afghanistan As Taliban Seizes More Provinces. southfront.org 
Taliban Special Forces. Illustrative image | The U.S., Russian, Chinese, Pakistani special representatives for Afghanistan will meet in the Qatari capital, Doha, to conduct consultations on support of intra-Afghan negotiations. Meanwhile, in Afghanistan, the Ttaliban claims new victories. | The Moscow-initiated group known under the title of the "extended troika" will meet on August 11th to discuss the ways to help the warring parties reach a political settlement and comprehensive ceasefire. | The last meeting of the ex…
(2021-08-09). Military Situation In Syria On August 9, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 9, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 22 times: 13 — in Idlib province, 6 — in Latakia province, 1 — in Hama province, 2 — in Aleppo province. | On August 9, Russian warplanes attacked positions of Turkish-backed forces in Shiekh Bahr area. | On August 9, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Taal. | On August 9, sporadic clashes between SAA and former rebeles wer…
(2021-08-09). We Reopened Too Soon, and Children Are Paying the Price. truthout.org 
Cold War kids like me grew up with the Emergency Broadcast System as this thing that would periodically break into a TV or radio broadcast to scare the shit out of you. The first sign of trouble was a grinding noise collision, like the AOL dial-up sound of yore, but
(2021-08-09). Nukes on the Screen: Seven Decades of Atomic Danger. towardfreedom.org Numerous films, some of them based on novels, feature nuclear war, its potential impacts and the extreme threat these weapons pose.
(2021-08-09). Video: Remember Hiroshima: "People Became Nothing, … People Dying All Around Me" globalresearch.ca First published on August 6, 2017 Within 9 seconds one hundred thousand people were killed or doomed… | And that's what is on the drawing board of the Pentagon on a much larger scale, with a trillion dollar nuclear weapons …
(2021-08-09). Percy Bysshe Shelley: romanticism and revolution. mronline.org 
Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky, in Crime and Punishment, wrote, "The darker the night, the brighter the stars".
(2021-08-09). NY Times, WaPo national security reporters serve at pro-war Pentagon-funded think tank. thegrayzone.com The Center for New American Security provides residencies to top national security correspondents while raking in massive funding from the arms industry, Pentagon and State Department. This was originally published by Behind The Headlines at Mint Press News Imagine a country where there's no separation between the government, the military, and the media. A lot of Americans would think of China, Russia or North Korea, but it's a perfect description of the United States today. Located in Washington, the Center …
(2021-08-09). NATO fighters ready to intercept, down Russian aircraft over the Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATO Fighters Launch Quick Reaction Alert for Russian Aircraft in the Black Sea Royal Air Force Typhoons on the NATO Enhanced Air Policing (eAP) mission scrambled on 5 August as NATO radars detected Russian aircraft approaching Romanian airspace over the southern Black Sea. **** Operation BILOXI is the UK contribution to NATO's eAP which is …
(2021-08-09). Russian flight attendants carry out sickout against dangerous working conditions at Rossiya Airlines. wsws.org Workers are infuriated over miserable pay, woeful understaffing and the massive spread of the coronavirus exacerbated by company policies.
(2021-08-09). Biden, Zelensky to discuss "repelling the Russian aggressor" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kuleba reveals agenda of Zelensky's upcoming talks with Biden He [Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba] added that the second block of issues will involve security. "We all understand that this is about repelling [the] Russian aggressor, also the issue of Donbas, the issue of Crimea, where and how we will be moving. We will discuss …
(2021-08-09). World War II: US Military Destroyed 66 Japanese Cities Before Planning to Wipe Out the Same Number of Soviet Cities. globalresearch.ca The number of Japanese cities destroyed was the exact figure that the Pentagon compiled when finalizing plans, in mid-September 1945, to eviscerate the Soviet Union. Indeed, 66 Soviet cities were earmarked to be wiped out — with 204 atomic bombs — less than 2 weeks after Japan's surrender.
(2021-08-08). Military Situation In Syria On August 8, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 7, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 24 times: 14 — in Idlib province, 5 — in Latakia province, 3 — in Hama province, 2 — in Aleppo province | On August 7, unknown gunmen killed a person in al-Hawl camp | On August 7, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Ariha | On August 7, clashes between SAA and former rebeles were reported in Daraa | On August 7, artillery of Turki…
(2021-08-08). In Video: Russian Advisors Train Syrian Soldiers On Close Combat. southfront.org 
Screen grab from Russia's TV5 report. | Russian military advisors have been training Syrian Arab Army (SAA) service members near the frontlines around the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, where several terrorist groups are active. | On August 6, Russia's TV 5 aired a report documenting a training course that was held recently in the countryside of Hama, a few kilometers away from terrorists' positions. | During the course, Russian advisors trained SAA service members on close combat and the use of RPO-A Shmel rock…
(2021-08-08). Rent is a Scam: Notes From the Edge of the Narrative Matrix. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone — Aug 5, 2021 | A poor person in the US has to bend over backwards and degrade themselves in all sorts of official and unofficial ways for a few bucks in welfare, but the Pentagon can spend trillions on a 20-year war that achieves nothing but making assholes rich without being asked a question. | ‚ùñ | The bad news is the oligarchic empire is ratcheting up authoritarian control with the goal of trapping us in an Orwellian dystopia so gradually we don't notice, but the good news is they won't succeed because they'll get us all killed via nuclear war or climate collapse…
(2021-08-08). UN pledges full support to Nagasaki voices fuelling 'powerful global movement' against nuclear arms. news.un.org António Guterres has reaffirmed the full support of the United Nations to amplifying the powerful testimony of the survivors of the atomic bomb that was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki, 76 years ago, which has helped build a "powerful global movement against nuclear arms".
(2021-08-08). Abkhaz, South Ossetian presidents condemn NATO states' provocation. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Russia does not renounce the adopted decisions: Bibilov and Bzhania commented on the statement of a number of Western countries Presidents of South Ossetia and Abkhazia Anatoly Bibilov and Aslan Bzhania at the joint press conference in Tskhinval commented on the statement of a number of Western countries, which demanded that Russia "immediately withdraw its …