2023-08-11: News Headlines

Staff (2023-08-11). All Africans Should Condemn the Call for an ECOWAS-led Military Invasion of Niger — The Black Alliance for Peace. wibailoutpeople.org All Africans Should Condemn the Call for an ECOWAS-led Military Invasion of Niger: | The Africa Team of the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) and the U.S. Out of Africa Network (USOAN) condemn the threats of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to lead a military intervention into Niger. We believe this would be an act of subservience to U.S./EU/NATO interest…

Esther Yiadom, People's Dispatch. (2023-08-11). Causes And Consequences Of Military Takeover In Niger. popularresistance.org Following the military takeover of power in Niger from the Bazoum-led administration on July 26, concerns have been raised about the supply of uranium as the EU and especially France depend largely on uranium from the country to fuel their nuclear reactors and for medical purposes. Data from Euratom indicates that Niger was the EU's second largest supplier of uranium in 2022, when it alone supplied the EU with 2,975 tU (representing 25.4%). The landlocked country was followed by Canada which supplied 2,578 tU (22.0%), and Russia which supplied 1,980 tU (16.9%) that same year.

Saheli Chowdhury, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-08-11). Japan's 'Leadership' Cannot Name The United States As A War Criminal. popularresistance.org Japan's "leadership" seemed to be suffering from amnesia on the 78th commemoration of the destruction of the city of Hiroshima by a nuclear bomb dropped by the United States, the first nuclear bomb to be used in war, and only one of the two nuclear bombs ever used in war, the second of which was also dropped by the United States, and that too against Japan. Yet, all the political leaders of Japan who participated in the official commemoration of that crime against humanity forgot to name the criminal, the United States. However, all of them, for some unknown reason, mentioned Russia, although it was the United St…

infobrics (2023-08-11). World sliding toward WW3 as more warhawks grab power in Washington DC. infobrics.org In recent years, the warhawks have become so overconfident that they don't even consider the possibility of engaging in actual diplomacy with countries that have the means of bringing all the "freedom and democracy" the US "exports" back to it. This includes not only "pocket superpowers" such as North Korea, but also geopolitical giants such as Russia and China, the two only near-peer adversaries to the United States.

Editor (2023-08-11). Veteran CIA Analyst on Russia Ray McGovern Has Never Been More Scared of Nuclear Catastrophe. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-08-11). NATO Training Leaves Ukrainian Troops 'Underprepared' for War. scheerpost.com

_____ (2023-08-11). War is a Racket… U.S. and NATO Arms Industries Make Record $400 BILLION in Sales from Proxy War With Russia. strategic-culture.org Western capitalism is at once a sponsor and an addict of war. | Join us on , , and . | Western weapons manufacturers are popping champagne corks over record sales with total revenues hitting $400 billion for last year. Accor…

Owen Schalk (2023-08-11). Jens Stoltenberg's global vision encourages conflict, militarization, and historical amnesia. mronline.org Recent Foreign Affairs article unmasks NATO's view on the shifting tides of global power.

Hans-Benjamin Braun (2023-08-11). Nord Stream — Anatomy of Dante's Explosion. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous669 (2023-08-11). Kiev Forces Face Heavy Pressure In Kupyansk, Donetsk (Videos). southfront.org File image. | As of August 11, the Russian military continues to pressure Kiev forces in Kupyansk and Donetsk, effectively disturbing their operations in all other directions. | In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Zapad Group of Forces captured two strongholds, five observation posts and defeated an infantry platoon near Olshana. | The group also repelled five counterattacks by Ukraine's 47, 67 and 14 separate mechanized brigades close to Sinkovka and the Mankovka tracts. Kiev forces lost…

Anonymous669 (2023-08-11). Russian Army Fire Burns Ukrainian Equipment Across The Front (Videos). southfront.org File image. | Kiev forces sustained heavy losses in manpower and equipment across the front in the last 24 hours, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense briefing on August 11. | In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Zapad Group of Forces continued offensive actions on a broad front and improved the tactical situation near Olshana and Pershotravnyovoye. The group also repelled four attacks and counterattacks by Ukraine's 32nd, 41st, 44th and 67th mechanized brigades near Novosyolovskye, Sinkovka and Manko…

Andrew Korybko (2023-08-11). President of Poland Andrzej Duda: "Kiev Isn't Doing the West Any Favors", Its Counteroffensive Has Failed. globalresearch.ca

Ahmed Adel (2023-08-11). Ukraine "Cannot Decide Its Destiny": Washington Calls the Shots. More than $100 Billion in Aid and Military Support to Kiev Regime. globalresearch.ca

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-08-11). Serbian leader rules out Western victory over Russia. plenglish.com Warsaw, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) Western countries that help Ukraine and supply weapons to Kiev, even all together, will fail in an attempt to defeat Russia on the battlefield, President Aleksandar Vučić told Happy TV on Friday.

Anonymous834 (2023-08-11). U.S.-&-Allies Want Ukraine To Remain Corrupt. southfront.org Written by On August 9th, Ukraine's censor.net news site headlined

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-08-11). Defunct "Counter-Offensive", Non-Existent Ukraine Air Force: "F-16 Training for Ukrainian Pilots Faces Delays and Uncertainty". Washington Post. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-08-11). White House requests another $24 billion for Ukraine war. wsws.org As the scale of Ukraine's military disaster is becoming undeniably clear, the US continues to pump billions of dollars in weapons to inflame yet another homicidal "endless war."

ecns.cn (2023-08-11). Biden asks for $20 bln more in Ukraine aid. ecns.cn The United States' flow of military and economic aid to Ukraine will rise by more than $20 billion if Congress approves a request that the White House made on Thursday.

infobrics (2023-08-11). Ukraine "cannot decide its destiny" because it depends on US political climate. infobrics.org Biden keeps throwing US taxpayers' money at the Ukrainian financial blackhole.

Kyle Anzalone (2023-08-11). Delays Push F-16 Transfer to Ukraine Until Next Summer. news.antiwar.com Delays have caused the North Atlantic alliance to push back the expected arrival of F-16s in Ukraine until next summer. Currently, only six Ukrainian pilots are engaged in the training program. According to the Washington Post, the revised timeline reflects that Western countries see the F-16s as a part of Ukraine's long-term defense but not …

The Washington Post (2023-08-11). Defunct "Counter-Offensive", Non-Existent Ukraine Air Force: F-16 Training for Ukrainian Pilots Faces Delays and Uncertainty. Washington Post. globalresearch.ca

Susan Bonath (2023-08-11). Caught in the discourse of power. indybay.org The problem is that the country called Ukraine does not belong to the wage-dependent Ukrainian people. This state, for which the Ukrainians have gone to war, is, like every capitalist state apparatus, an instrument of power of the rulers.. The powerful have always been forcing a classic Stockholm syndrome on the population with their propaganda.

Anonymous103 (2023-08-11). Footage Shows Damage To Russian Olenegorsky Gornyak Ship And Civilian SIG Tanker By Ukrainian Maritime Drones. southfront.org Russian sources shared footage of the damaged vessels struck by Ukrainian marine drones in the early August. The photo shows…

_____ (2023-08-11). Secret Pakistan Cable Documents U.S. Pressure to Remove Imran Khan. strategic-culture.org By Ryan GRIM, Murtaza HUSSAIN | Join us on , , and . | THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT encouraged the Pakistani government in a March 7, 2022, meeting to remove Imran Khan as prime minister over his neutrality on the Russian invas…

Anonymous103 (2023-08-11). First In Russian Modern History Luna-25 Autonomous Lunar Station Heading To The Moon. southfront.org On August 11, at 2: 11 a.m., Russian Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with the Luna-25 lunar station was successfully launched from the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur region. This is a historical moment for Russia, since this is the first Russian expedition to the Moon in 47 years. | The Luna-25 station will have to collect and analyze the soil, as well as conduct long-term studies, including the study of the lunar exosphere. While, the previous Soviet lunar vehicles landed only in the equatorial…

Anonymous669 (2023-08-11). U.S.-Led Coalition Fighter Jets, Drones Violate Syria's Airspace Again. southfront.org A General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle armed with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) | Fighter jets and drones of the United States-led coalition violated Syrian airspace 18 times over the past day, Rear Admiral Vadim Kulit, the deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation In Syria, said on August 10. "A total of 18 airspace violations were detected in the al-Tanf zone over the past 24 hours, committed by three pairs of F-16 fighter jets, four pairs of F-35 fighter jets, one pair of Typhoon…

infobrics (2023-08-11). Ukrainian soldiers underestimated Russia — Western media. infobrics.org Mainstream media outlets try to explain the counterattack's failure and make new "predictions" about the conflict.

Craig Murray. (2023-08-11). When A CIA Asset Becomes A CIA Liability. popularresistance.org Fernando Villavicencio, who with the Guardian's Luke Harding and Dan Collyns fabricated the notorious Guardian front page lie that Paul Manafort and Julian Assange held pro-Trump meetings in the Ecuadorean Embassy, has been shot dead in Ecuador. | The appalling lie, which the Guardian's $700,000 a year editor has refused to retract or remove, despite criticism even from the Washington Post which named Villavicencio as the fabricator, was aimed to give support to Clinton's flagging "Russiagate" invention, which was crumbling fast.

infobrics (2023-08-11). Russia Sends Oil Through the Arctic Again to Speed Up Delivery to China. infobrics.org Russia is sending a rare cargo of crude oil through the Arctic Sea to China, a move that will fan environmental concerns even if it means cheaper delivery costs for the nation's petroleum…

ecns.cn (2023-08-11). Russia launches 'Luna-25' moon lander. ecns.cn Russia has successfully launched Luna-25, its first lunar lander in 47 years.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-08-11). Cuban hero meets with solidarity movement in Russia. plenglish.com Guerrero thanked Russian friends for their efforts and support for his release and that of his comrades who were unjustly imprisoned in the United States for fighting terrorism. | "The feelings of solidarity and friendship from friends like you made the years of imprisonment more bearable for us and gave us the strength to continue our struggle," he added. | Guerrero told his Russian friends that a revolutionary always has a reason to fight and to demonstrate the rightness of the cause he is defending. The most important thing is to transmit this spirit to the new generations, which are much more prepared than t…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-11). Russia develops software that predicts human genome's structure. plenglish.com Moscow, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) Experts from the Russian Center for Artificial Intelligence have created a software that predicts the location of elements of the human genome, the head of the bioinformatics project, Maria Poptsova, informed.

Paciifca's Capitalism, Race & Democracy (2023-08-11). TX School Libraries under Threat; UPS Teamsters Question New Contract; Russian Socialist. indybay.org On Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy covers Texas School Libraries under Threat; UPS Teamsters Question New Contract; Russian Socialist Academic Arrested; Dr Mutulu Shakur Presente!

Eve Devillers (2023-08-11). Amidst Chaos of War, a New Report Exposes the Stealth Take-over of Ukrainian Agricultural Land. globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-08-11). Ukrainian Soldiers Not Informed About Situation of the "Counteroffensive". Mass Casualties. globalresearch.ca

Kyle Anzalone (2023-08-11). Zelensky Fires the Heads of All Local Draft Boards After Corruption Scandal. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he was firing dozens of officials responsible for overseeing military recruitment in each region of the country. The leader claimed the officials were engaging in "revolting" abuses of power. Last week, Zelensky said his administration had conducted a sweeping investigation into the practices at recruitment centers. "The investigation is …

teleSUR, SH (2023-08-11). Presidente Maduro condena asesinato de candidato ecuatoriano. telesurtv.net El mandatario venezolano repudió que bandas criminales ligadas al narcotráfico se apoderen de parte de la sociedad…

_____ (2023-08-11). El memorandum de Vilnius øQuién va a financiar esta guerra? strategic-culture.org La mayoría de los líderes occidentales sabe que el tiempo se acabó. Ellos saben que tres elecciones claves van a jugar un enorme papel en aplicar los frenos a la campaña que permanentemente provee a la cábala de Kiev. | Aparentemente no fue Albert Einstein quien dijo "La definición de locura está ocasionando lo mismo una y otra vez, pero esperando resultados diferentes". Pero nos gusta pensar que fue él, de manera que se convirtió en una cita atribuida a él. De qué otra manera se podría describir esa fiel determinación de Occidente de empalarse a sí mismo con la agonía de la guerra de Ucrania, en tanto que a noso…

teleSUR, nama, DRL (2023-08-11). ONU condena asesinato de candidato presidencial en Ecuador. telesurtv.net Por su parte, un líder indígena ecuatoriano instó a sus compatriotas a dar una salida democrática, mediante los comicios, a la violencia.

teleSUR, lvm, SH (2023-08-11). øCuáles son las fórmulas presidenciales para las PASO en Argentina. telesurtv.net A pocos días de las PASO, varios candidatos decidieron suspender sus actos de campaña por el asesinato de una niña de 11 años.

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