This is suffering that numbers can’t capture, but it should remind us that war is a form of terrorism.
War as Terrorism: Conflicts We Can’t Win, Suffering We Don’t See
Tag: collateral damage
[4.24.2022] US sanctions against Russia are illegal and only make things worse
4.24.2022 – Perpetually new sanctions against Russia, actively imposed by the United States and its European allies, are formally unilateral measures that have neither a legal basis nor UN approval, writes the Global Times.
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Notably, Washington is imposing severe sanctions on those economic sectors where US firms are Russia’s main competitors – ignoring industries where US dependence on Russian supplies is evident, such as titanium, which Americans use to make their aircraft and need rocket engines. According to Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Mikhail Popov, the United States has also allowed its companies to import chemical fertilizers from Russia while imposing a ban on other states, writes the Global Times.
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In addition, the US itself has felt the negative impact of the sanctions more than expected, the article said. Gita Gopinath, first deputy executive director of the International Monetary Fund, has already warned that financial restrictions on Russia threaten to gradually weaken US dollar hegemony and lead to even greater fragmentation of the international monetary system. And according to Andrew Milligan, a former UK Treasury official, the sanctions could also cause US corporate profits to fall, the Global Times reports.
US sanctions against Russia are illegal and only make things worse
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UN Security Council Sanctions (<—No UN sanctions on Russia)
President Biden Orders Redeployment of Troops to Somalia
Biden also gave the Pentagon the authority to target about a dozen suspected al-Shabaab leaders
President Biden Orders Redeployment of Troops to Somalia
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US Government Turns Somalia Into Failed State to Steal Its Oil
Ukraine – Congress Passes The Bucks, Realism Sneaks In, Poland Plans For More War
Ukraine – Congress Passes The Bucks, Realism Sneaks In, Poland Plans For More War
After a lot of talk about defeating Russia in the Ukraine and an alleged lack of Russian fighting abilities Congress passed another $40 billion fund for weapons and economic support. That brings the total to some $53 billion for Ukraine.
Most of the money will go to the U.S. weapon industry, the CIA and to various Ukrainian oligarchs. Hardly anything will be received by those in need.
With that packet now passed reality is allowed to sneak into U.S. media reporting on the issue.
Ukraine – Congress Passes The Bucks, Realism Sneaks In, Poland Plans For More War
The Threat Of Polish Involvement In Ukraine
by Ret. Col. Douglas Macgregor | MAY 10, 2022
The war against Russia in Ukraine has evolved, but not in the way Western observers predicted.
The Threat Of Polish Involvement In Ukraine
Tuesday May 10, 11:30- 1pm: No US-NATO War on Russia over Ukraine! No Sanctions on Russian People!
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The Biden Administration has allocated $46.6 billion for the Ukraine war, which is only two and half months old.
The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reported that $20 billion would eliminate homelessness in the US. Hunger Free America says ending hunger would cost $25 billion.
Tuesday May 10, 11:30- 1pm: No US-NATO War on Russia over Ukraine! No Sanctions on Russian People!
Smart War Disinformation and the U.S. Military State
Smart War Disinformation and the U.S. Military State
Should the elimination of citizens’ right to free speech by the government proceed, backed up by the threat of punishment, then no dissenter anywhere will be able to challenge official narratives without risking the fate suffered by U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki. A formerly moderate Muslim cleric who spoke out publicly against the crimes of September 11, 2001, al-Awlaki was executed in 2011 without indictment or trial, having been put on the drone killers’ hit list when he began speaking out against the U.S. government’s own war crimes.
Founder of the Nazi regiment “Azov” threatens to massacre civilians in Mariupol
The Ukrainian TV channel NTA broadcast Azov founder Andrei Biletsky on Thursday: He threatened a massacre with battlefield missiles if residents of Mariupol took part in the “Immortal Regiment” operation on Victory Day, May 9.
Founder of the Nazi regiment “Azov” threatens to massacre civilians in Mariupol
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Suspending Russia: A Precedent that Undermines the Credibility of the Human Rights Council
April 8, 2022 BY ALFRED DE ZAYAS
On 7 April the UN General Assembly decided to suspend Russia’s membership in the Human Rights Council. This establishes a destructive precedent not only for the future of the Human Rights Council, but for the future of other United Nations institutions.
Suspending Russia: A Precedent that Undermines the Credibility of the Human Rights Council
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YouTube: UN Vote Russia out of Human Rights Council – No Investigation, No Impartial Ruling (via The New Atlas)
Russia’s Exclusion from the Human Rights Council Sets a Dangerous Precedent
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