2022-09-17: News Headlines

Kyle Anzalone (2022-09-17). White House Announces Massive $10 Billion Aid Package for Jordan. news.antiwar.com The Joe Biden administration rolled out a new assistance agreement with Jordan. Washington will send Amman $10.15 billion over the next seven years. The new deal will make Jordan the third largest recipient of American aid, following only Ukraine and Israel. The White House signed the new memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Friday. The Biden …

A Guest Author (2022-09-17). U.S. firms get rich, Ukrainian youth die. workers.org By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein is a Venezuelan international relations expert, who was previously Director of the International Relations of the Presidency of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, his country's ambassador to Nicaragua and an advisor for international politics for TeleSUR. This article, published Sept. 7, was translated . . . |

Staff (2022-09-17). US reluctant to provide longer-range missiles to Ukraine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) — A report by tan American media has said that the Unite military leaders are reluctant to provide longer-range missiles to Ukraine for fear of Russi's reaction.

Contributing Writers (2022-09-17). BOUTCHA 2.0 À IZIOUM — L'UKRAINE UTILISE DES CIVILS TUÉS PAR DES BOMBARDEMENTS ET LES TOMBES DE SES SOLDATS POUR JOUER LA CARTE DU MASSACRE/ Par Christelle Néant. marktaliano.net Original link here: Boutcha 2.0 à Izioum — L'Ukraine utilise des civils tués par des bombardements et les tombes de ses soldats pour jouer la carte du massacre Donbass Insider (donbass-insider.com) Sans surprise après la reprise d'Izioum, près de Kharkov, par les Forces Armées Ukrainiennes (FAU), l'Ukraine nous fait une réédition de Boutcha, …

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-09-17). Rusia frustra ataque de tropas ucranianas en Jersón. telesurtv.net "El régimen de Kiev reanudó los ataques para crear la amenaza de una catástrofe nuclear en la planta nuclear de Zaporiyia", denuncia el Ministerio ruso de Defensa.

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-09-17). Local Peace Groups in National Day of Action to Stop Ukraine War. indybay.org Protesters deliver letters to Senators Feinstein and Padilla…

____ (2022-09-17). Shipping route launched between Quanzhou, Russian Far East. ecns.cn A Panamanian container shipcarrying 12 TEUs of cargo departed from Quanzhou City in southeast China's Fujian Province on Thursday, heading for Russian port city Vladivostok.

WSWS (2022-09-17). IG Metall union preparing real wage reductions in German contract negotiations. wsws.org The contract negotiations for around 3.8 million workers in the metal and electrical industries will decide how much the costs of the war against Russia and the massive rearmament programme will be pushed onto the backs of the working class.

Staff (2022-09-17). Resulta herido el corresponsal de teleSUR Alejandro Kirk en Donetsk. telesurtv.net El hecho tuvo lugar específicamente en el distrito Voroshilovsky, ubicado al centro de Donetsk, en la región oriental de Ucrania.

_____ (2022-09-17). Washington Throws Kiev under the Turkish Bus. journal-neo.org Although Turkey continues to be economically, politically and militarily dependent on the US and NATO, it is also moving further and further away from being an unquestioning supporter of Washington. And there are many reasons for this, which showed Erdogan the collapse of the once monolithic "Pax Americana" system. Wherever Turkey sees a prospect for …

Scott Huminski (2022-09-17). Gov. Ron DeSantis – The New Nixon – cover-up worse than the crime. indybay.org How similar is Gov. Ron DeSantis' cover-up of the felony forgeries of Chief of Special Prosecutions (Fl 20th Judicial Circuit), Anthony Kunasek, Esq. and State's Attorney Amira Fox to Watergate? Especially in light of the Governor's suspension of Andrew Warren for simply exercising prosecutorial discretion.

Staff (2022-09-16). Bomb explosion kills prosecutor general of Lugansk. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) — An explosion in Lugansk, the capital of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), killed the region's chief prosecutor and his deputy on Friday, according to local officials.

Staff (2022-09-16). Russia supports Iran joining SCO: Putin. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) — The second day of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit kicked off Friday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-09-16). Zelensky quietly deletes photo of his bodyguard's pro-Hitler patch. thegrayzone.com The Ukrainian President published a photograph on his social media channels showing one of his security escorts bearing a patch referencing the personal bodyguard unit of Adolf Hitler. On September 13, Ukrainian President Vlodymyr Zelensky made a surprise trip to the city of Izyum in the Kharkov Region for a photo op following his military's recapture of the town from Russian forces. During the visit, a soldier who appeared to be guarding Zelensky was photographed wearing a Nazi-inspired patch on …

Camila Escalante (2022-09-16). Latin Americans Reject Resource Plundering by Same NATO Countries Fueling Military Conflict in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com By Camila Escalante Sep 13, 2022 | [The following is a slightly expanded version of a talk given by Camila Escalante to an online forum of the International Manifesto Group on August 7, 2022. The topic of the forum was ' On August 6 we celebrated 197 years of independence here in Bolivia. We listened intently to the speech by President Luis Arce delivered in Sucre, the capital city in Bolivia's Chiquisaca department. Among other issues, he spoke ab…

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-16). US Pledges New $600 Million Weapons Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, the Biden administration announced a new weapons package for Ukraine worth $600 million, bringing the total US military aid pledged to Kyiv since Russia invaded on February 24 to $15.1 billion. The new package is being sent to Ukraine through the presidential drawdown authority, which allows President Biden to send arms directly from …

John Parker (2022-09-16). Eyewitness: Human Toll of Eight-Year Ukrainian Army Onslaught in Eastern Ukraine is Shocking. globalresearch.ca

Contributing Writers (2022-09-16). Eyewitness: Human Toll of Eight-Year Ukrainian Army Onslaught in Eastern Ukraine is Shocking/ By John Parker. marktaliano.net By John Parker Global Research, September 16, 2022 CovertAction Magazine 15 September 2022 Original Link Here: Eyewitness: Human Toll of Eight-Year Ukrainian Army Onslaught in Eastern Ukraine is Shocking Global ResearchGlobal Research Centre for Research on Globalization ..]…

Infobrics (2022-09-16). SCO grows while Russia, China boost ties in response to US policies in Ukraine, Taiwan. infobrics.org Both Russia and China see the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit as a major indicator of unity and defiance in the face of threats coming from the US-led political West.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-09-16). Ukraine Sliding Into a Real War. globalresearch.ca

Infobrics (2022-09-16). NATO membership will harm Swedish international image and cause economic losses. infobrics.org The country may see a decrease in its exports if confirmed its adhesion to NATO.

Combined Sources (2022-09-16). Party with neo-Nazi roots surges in Sweden; Social Democrats forced out of government. peoplesworld.org Sweden's Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson handed in her resignation as prime minister after a right-wing bloc won a narrow majority in parliament. Andersson met with Riksdag speaker Andreas Norlen to formally give up her role but will continue in a caretaker capacity until a new government is formed. On Wednesday, once 99.9% of votes …

WSWS (2022-09-16). Putin, Xi meet as Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit opens in Uzbekistan. wsws.org The meeting came amid the US-NATO war with Russia in Ukraine and mounting US threats of military conflict with China over Taiwan.

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-16). Iran's Raisi Tells Putin Cooperation Makes US-Sanctioned Countries Stronger. news.antiwar.com Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday called for more cooperation between countries that are targeted by US sanctions in a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. "The relationship between countries that are sanctioned by the US, such as Iran, Russia or other countries, can overcome …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-16). Libya and the Way Out of a Severe Crisis. libya360.wordpress.com Viktor Mikhin Violence has returned to the streets of the Libyan capital Tripoli for the third time this year, as prevailing tensions between the North African country's two parallel governments have again escalated sharply. With 32 people killed and 160 injured, mostly civilians, the warring militias have not even spared hospitals in their attempts to…

Infobrics (2022-09-16). Russian, Chinese Energy Companies to Build Hydrogen Plant on Sakhalin. infobrics.org The export branch of Russian nuclear power company Rosatom, Rusatom Overseas, and China's Energy Engineering Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding, which paves the way for cooperation on a pilot project of building a hydrogen plant on Sakhalin Island…

Editor (2022-09-16). Scott Ritter Joins The Grayzone to Discuss Ukraine's Counter-Offensive, Russia's Next Move. scheerpost.com Military expert and former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter joins The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate live to discuss.

TeleSUR (2022-09-16). Mexico's Peace Proposal for Ukraine. telesurenglish.net Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said in his speech on the anniversary of the Cry of Independence: "The Mexican government proposes that instead of continuing to feed this painful and absurd war, a commission for dialogue and peace be formed immediately." | RELATED: | The International Peace Commission would be composed of the heads of state of India and the Vatican and chaired by the Secretary General of the United Nation…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-16). Izyum is Bucha 2.0: New Ukrainian False Flag War Crimes and Western PSYOP. libya360.wordpress.com Nicolas Cinquini While the authorities have ordered lawsuits and detention of collaborators but private channels are simply spurring the murder of civilians, Ukraine pretends on September 15, 2022, to have found out a mass grave of 440 bodies near Izyum. The Russian forces have seized Izyum, northeastern Ukraine, in March, on their path to the…

Anonymous765 (2022-09-16). Russia's Tricky Strategy In Southern Ukraine. southfront.org |

_____ (2022-09-16). Ukraine — Dissecting Some War Propaganda News Items. popularresistance.org Last night a Reuters headline claimed: Mass grave of more than 440 bodies found in Izium, Ukraine -policeÔªø. | The Reuters headline was 100% false. That may have been because the editor misinterpreted what the Ukrainian police investigator said. Or it intentionally exaggerated the case to increase the propaganda value of that news item. I suspect the latter to be the case. | There is otherwise nothing unusual with that graveyard. During a war people on both sides die. Civilians suffer as much as soldiers while fighting around them is going on. The city had been heavily defended by the Ukrainian…

_____ (2022-09-16). Ukraine Is The New Israel. popularresistance.org Western support for the Ukrainian war effort will have long-lasting consequences for U.S. foreign policy in the world. The impact will most certainly be felt in the Middle East region and especially in Israel. | But the U.S. and NATO's generous economic and military aid for Ukraine's war effort must be making Israel nervous. | Unlike Gulf regimes, which merely buy Western protection, Israel is dependent on U.S. military largesse for its salvation. Ukraine is today the ultimate Western cause: never has any state received such military aid from the West and no state has so galvanized Western public opinion. (Notice…

Kyle Anzalone (2022-09-16). Putin Scores Several Diplomatic Wins as West Attempts To Isolate the Kremlin. news.antiwar.com After Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February, Western leaders led by President Joe Biden vowed the Kremlin would face historic isolation that would bring its war machine to a halt and cripple Moscow's economy. However, nearly seven months into the war, Russia has maintained its economic strength as Moscow has found several partners worldwide. Russian …

WSWS (2022-09-16). Quebec election campaign dominated by right-wing, chauvinist appeals. wsws.org Like the rest of Canada, Quebec has been roiled by the two-and-a-half year-long COVID-19 pandemic and the economic fallout from the US-NATO instigated war with Russia over Ukraine. Yet neither of these pivotal issues figures prominently in the official campaign.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-16). Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran Accelerate Work on an Alternative to the Suez Canal. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Platov In order to accelerate the development of the International North-South Transport Corridor (ITC), in particular its railway segment through the Western Chord, a Declaration was signed in Baku by Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran confirming the readiness of these countries to intensify cooperation in the assessment and analysis of infrastructure and transport capacities to…

Lauren Smith (2022-09-16). Massive Human Rights Abuses in America's Prison System. globalresearch.ca

TeleSUR (2022-09-16). Germany Confiscates Oil Refinery Owned by Russian Rosneft. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) announced that its country took control of a major refinery owned by Russian oil company Rosneft. | RELATED: | Rosneft Deutschland and RN Refining & Marketing, two German subsidiaries of the Russian company, have been placed under the trusteeship of the Federal Network Agency. The Agency will now take over the PCK refinery in Schwedt, by far the bigge…

Russiancouncil.ru (2022-09-16). Meeting with an Indian Society Figure, Dr Dalbir Singh. russiancouncil.ru Discussion focused on prospects for closer Russia — India collaboration, especially on the economic front…

Infobrics (2022-09-16). India unlikely to be coerced by G7 to enforce price cap on Russian oil. infobrics.org Ursula von der Leyen says anti-Russia sanctions "are here to stay" despite European crisis…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-16). The West Is Poised To Throw Yemen Under the Bus Again To Fuel Its Economic War on Russia. orinocotribune.com

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-09-16). Hamas Delegation Lands in Moscow for Official Talks. orinocotribune.com Hamas praised Russia for its public stance on Palestine during talks to discuss establishing bilateral ties | The head of the Hamas Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, arrived in Russia on the afternoon of 10 September for the movement's second official visit to Moscow in 2022. | Haniyeh is heading a leadership delegation of the resistance group and is scheduled to meet with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov along with other Russian officials. | According to the group's statement, Haniyeh has been accompanied by Sheikh Saleh al-Arouri, deputy head of the movement, and members of the Political Bureau, Musa Abu Marzouk…

_____ (2022-09-16). The Sickness Of The American Left And The Path To Recovery. popularresistance.org The U.S. has entered a dark period. Economic crisis wracks its capitalist system. Military instability and chaos reign supreme over its imperialist ventures. Political illegitimacy worsens by the year, at times by the month. These conditions sound favorable to the growth of revolutionary possibilities within the citadel of imperialism. | But such is not the case at the moment. Discipline and organization are at perhaps their weakest point in generations. Young people are moving toward socialist politics. However, a similar number of people have embraced the politics of a U.S.-led New Cold War against Russia and C…

Anonymous669 (2022-09-16). Turkish Forces Shelled Russian Patrol In Northeastern Syria. southfront.org Sergei Novikov/TASS | On September 16, the Turkish military and its proxies shelled a patrol of the Russian Military Police in Syria's northeastern region, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. | The London-based monitoring group said that the Russian patrol came under fire while it was building barriers along the strategic M4 highway in the northern Raqqa countryside. The highway links Raqqa with al-Hasakah to the east, and Aleppo from the west. | The Russian patrol quickly withdrew from the highway…

____ (2022-09-16). Xi, Putin vow support for nations' core interests. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed on Thursday that China and Russia will work together to bolster bilateral cooperation, support each other on issues related to their own core interests and jointly uphold regional and global stability.

____ (2022-09-16). Xi attends sixth meeting of heads of state of China, Russia, Mongolia. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping held the sixth meeting of heads of state of China, Russia and Mongolia with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and Mongolian counterpart, Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, on Thursday afternoon at the Forumlar Majmuasi Complex in Samarkand.

____ (2022-09-16). Xi attends meeting of heads of state of China, Russia, Mongolia. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping holds the sixth meeting of heads of state of China, Russia and Mongolia with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and Mongolian counterpart, Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, at the Forumlar Majmuasi Complex in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept. 15, 2022.

____ (2022-09-16). Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping held a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at Forumlar Majmuasi Complex in Samarkand Thursday afternoon,to exchange views on China-Russia relations and international and regional issues of shared interest.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-16). TPA and It's Consequences. libya360.wordpress.com Victor Zhikai Gao While the Taiwan Policy Act is making its way through the labyrinth in the congressional process in Washington, D.C., it is high time to ponder the consequences of this Act, if adopted and enacted, for China and the United States. The TPA, in essence, will treat China's Taiwan Province as a sovereign,…

Ann Brown (2022-09-16). MAGA Candidate For Illinois Governor: Chicago Is a Hell Hole, It's Living The Purge. moguldom.com Some are questioning how a candidate running for the governor's seat in Illinois will help govern one of the state's biggest cities if he considers it a "hell hole." That is the question people are asking MAGA gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey. Republican Bailey, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, called Chicago, the fastest …

Staff (2022-09-16). Mundial de lucha: Reineris Andreu estará en el repechaje de los 57 kg. cubadebate.cu El librista Reineris Andreu estará en la repesca de los 58 kg en el Campeonato Mundial de Lucha, tras ganar un combate y caer en octavos de final ante uno de los finalistas de la división. Andreu, doble titular mundial entre menores de 23 años, debutó con éxito por superioridad técnica de 10-0 ante el sudafricano Jakobo Tanki Tau.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-16). 'Samarkand Spirit' to Be Driven by 'Responsible Powers'. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar The SCO summit of Asian power players delineated a road map for strengthening the multipolar world Amidst serious tremors in the world of geopolitics, it is so fitting that this year's Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) heads of state summit should have taken place in Samarkand — the ultimate Silk Road crossroads for 2, 0…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-16). Canada: Violence Against Indigenous Women Grows Amid 'Apathy and Injustice'. libya360.wordpress.com Tanupriya Singh Indigenous women in Canada protesting (Image via: Red Women Rising) Indigenous women and girls in Canada continue to face disproportionate levels of violence and insecurity rooted in colonialism. Violence against Indigenous women is "escalating like never before," the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) has warned. A series of tragedies have rocked the city of Vancouver…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-16). Party with Neo-Nazi Roots Surges in Sweden. libya360.wordpress.com Ceren Sagir | Agencies Sweden Democrats' party leader Jimmie àÖkesson will be in a position to extract major concessions from the new right-wing government. His SD party's roots are in the violent neo-Nazi extremist movements of the 1980s, and anti-immigrant ideology remains at the core of its program. | Johan Nilsson / TT News Agency…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-16). SCO Samarkand Summit: Chinese President Xi Jinping Urges Strengthening Cooperation. libya360.wordpress.com We need to enhance mutual support. We should strengthen high-level exchanges and strategic communication, deepen mutual understanding and political trust, and support each other in our efforts to uphold security and development interests. We should guard against attempts by external forces to instigate "color revolution," jointly oppose interference in other countries' internal affairs under any…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-16). The People's Summit to Run Parallel to the UN General Assembly in New York. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch This month, working people in the US will have the opportunity to dialogue directly with the Cuban and Venezuelan leaders who are set to attend the ongoing UN General Assembly. Leaders from Cuba and Venezuela will speak at an event organized by social justice activists, held parallel to the United Nations General Assembly…

Manlio Dinucci (2022-09-16). L'offensiva del complesso militare-industrial. globalresearch.ca La recente avanzata ucraina è stata pianificata mesi fa dagli USA, che hanno fornito alle forze di Kiev in tempo reale le informazioni sugli obiettivi russi da colpire: lo rivela il New York Times in base a fonti ufficiali. Cià≤ …

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-09-15). Japan trade with Russia up by 31% due to growing fuel prices. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 15 (MNA) — Japan's trade with Russia increased by 31% in August as compared with the same period last year largely due to the growth of global prices on fuels, figures released by the Japanese finance ministry said Thursday.

_____ (2022-09-15). DPRK's New Nuclear Doctrine. journal-neo.org On September 8, 2022 the DPRK passed a new law on the DPRK's Policy on Nuclear Forces, which was adopted at the 7th session of the 14th convocation of the country's Supreme People's Assembly. Although this news was portrayed in the media, including in Russia, as "the DPRK having declared itself as a responsible nuclear …

Mark Taliano (2022-09-15). In Praise of Eva Bartlett. marktaliano.net Eva Bartlett is Canada's best journalist/reporter, by far. Why? She actually tells the truth. She recounts the truth about Gaza, Syria, and now Ukraine. She travels to places she writes about. She deserves accolades and protection. The Canadian Nazi-allied government offers her neither accolades nor protection. Pure shame that any citizen should be on a …

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