(2021-08-16). The fall of the Afghan puppet regime: A historic debacle for US imperialism. wsws.org The collapse of the Afghan government shatters the myth of American invincibility promoted by the US ruling elite after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
(2021-08-16). Afghanistan's Promising Socialist Future Killed Off By U.S. Imperialism. popularresistance.org Since the horrific events of Sept. 11, much has been said about the desperate situation of the Afghani people now crushed under the heel of the theocratic, dictatorial Taliban, and about the role of the Northern Alliance and other Taliban opponents who now figure in Washington's plans for the region. There has been talk, most of it distorted, about the role of the Soviet Union in the years from 1978 to 1989. There has been talk, most of it understated, about the role of the U.S. in building up the Mujahideen forces, including the Taliban.
(2021-08-16). U.S. defeat in Afghanistan—A contrast with the Soviet experience. mronline.org 
The U.S. has been defeated today in Afghanistan not by a super power with an advanced military, but by a rag-tag army of fanatical locals who perfected and consolidated their fanaticism under U.S., Saudi and Pakistani tutelage in the 1980s to fight the Soviets.
(2021-08-16). Military Situation In Syria On August 16, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 16, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 23 times: 11 — in Idlib province, 5 — in Latakia province, 4 — in Hama province, 3 — in Aleppo province | On August 15, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Mariyan | On August 15, clashes between SAA and former rebels were reported in Daraa city | On August 15, Turkish-backed forces arrested two civilians in Afrin and took them…
(2021-08-16). Point Beach Reactor Courts Disaster with Sirens Turned Off. counterpunch.org A change to "emergency response" has been made at the 50-year-old Point Beach nuclear reactors on Lake Michigan south of Green Bay, Wisconsin. The operators, NextEra Energy Point Beach (NextEra), have turned off the site's disaster warning sirens. That's right, no more wailing sirens to warn of potentially catastrophic radiation releases or spills from the
(2021-08-16). Baby Teeth, Collected Decades Ago, Can Show the Damage to Human Health of Nuclear Tests. warisacrime.org By Lawrence Wittner and Joseph Mangano In 2020, Harvard University's T. C. Chan School of Public Health began a five-year study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that will examine the connection between early life exposure to toxic metals and later-life risk of neurological disease. A collaborator with Harvard, the Radiation and Public Health …
(2021-08-16). Was the space race just about reaching the moon first? peoplesdispatch.org We all think the US won the space race as they went to the moon. It seemed like it was a race, and there was ONE WINNER — the US — and it was over with Apollo astronauts landing on the moon. | But what about the rockets that still power all our satellite launches? What about the rocket engines that power these rockets? Are we aware that most rockets that the US today uses to power its military and civilian space programs use Russian engines? | Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about this fascinating history of humanity's space exploration efforts.
(2021-08-16). Ukraine Building "Mosquito" Naval Fleet With Allies, Because Russia "Stole" Its Old One. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Russia "stole" Ukraine's Navy, according to MSM Still, with the United States' help it will build a "mosquito" fleet, featuring small, fast, and stealthy short-range patrol and fast attack craft in a sort of arsenal similar to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. | The…
(2021-08-15). Russia ready to cooperate with Afghanistan's interim government – embassy in Kabul. tass.com
(2021-08-15). Military Situation In Syria On August 15, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On August 14, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 30 times: 14 — in Idlib province, 9 — in Latakia province, 4 — in Hama province, 3 — in Aleppo province | On August 15, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Fafertin village | On August 14, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SDF positions in Dardarah area in north of Tal Tamar | On August 14, artillery of Turkish-backed…
(2021-08-15). Central Syrian Insurgency: ISIS Shot Down Russian Drone Over Homs Desert. southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | On August 15, ISIS announced that its fighters had shot down a Russian drone over the Homs desert in Syria's central region. | The drone, an Orlan-10, was allegedly shot down with heavy machine guns a day earlier. Amaq, ISIS' main news agency, shared a photo of the drone's wreckage. | Click to see full-size image. | The Orlan-10 has a flight duration of 16 hours and a range of 140 km. The drone can be equi…
(2021-08-15). In Somalia, The US Is Bombing The Very 'Terrorists' It Created. popularresistance.org This July, the Biden administration picked up where Trump left off and began bombing Somalia, a country with a gross domestic product of less than $6 billion and a poverty rate of 70 percent. But why? | The official reason provided by the Pentagon was that the Somali National Army needed air support in its operations to counter al-Shabaab. But the actual reason was that Somalia is geo-strategically important to US empire. | Successive US administrations have cycled through a myriad of excuses to either bomb the country or to arm its dictators: Cold War politics, "humanitarian intervention," anti-piracy, and more…
(2021-08-15). Juvenicide: A Crime of the Multidimensional War in Colombia. orinocotribune.com By María Fernanda Barreto — Aug 12, 2021 | At the beginning of the 1990s as the victor of the "cold war," which in reality had very hot expressions, the United States, having established itself since the second post-war period as the head of the capitalist empire, also consolidated itself as the greatest political and military power, and became the axis of the unipolar world. That had been the objective of the struggle against communism, which justified all wars in a supposed defense of peace that, it was said, only capitalism could sustain. | That was at least the idea that was sold to world public opinion,…
(2021-08-15). Why Is America Getting A New $100 Billion Nuclear Weapon? popularresistance.org America is building a new weapon of mass destruction, a nuclear missile the length of a bowling lane. It will be able to travel some 6,000 miles, carrying a warhead more than 20 times more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It will be able to kill hundreds of thousands of people in a single shot. | The US Air Force plans to order more than 600 of them. | On September 8, the Air Force gave the defense company Northrop Grumman an initial contract of $13.3 billion to begin engineering and manufacturing the missile, but that will be just a fraction of the total bill. Based on a Pentagon report cited…
(2021-08-15). Baby Teeth and the Damage to Public Health Caused by U.S. Nuclear Weapons Tests. zcomm.org By Lawrence Wittner and Joseph Mangano In 2020, Harvard University's T. C. Chan School of Public Health began a five-year study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that will examine the connection between early life exposure to toxic metals and later-life risk of neurological disease. A collaborator with Harvard, the Radiation and Public Health
(2021-08-15). No need for evacuation of Russian embassy in Kabul, says mission. tass.com The Taliban movement guarantees the safety of the Russian Embassy in Kabul, Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for the Taliban's political office told TASS earlier on Sunday…