The Cradle | September 22, 2022
A 15-year-old Iraqi girl, Zainab Essam Majed al-Khazali, was killed on 20 September by the gunfire of US army troops as they were conducting military drills on Victoria Base, near Baghdad International Airport.
Iraqi girl killed during US military drills
Since Russia’s military operation commenced on February 24, the socialist left has been divided in its response to the armed conflict in Ukraine.
Ukraine War, Divided Left: “Social Patriots” and the “Anti-Imperialism of Fools”!
Ukraine – Dissecting Some War Propaganda News Items – Addendum
FYI, the Ukrainian soldiers were given a funeral.
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China has been, variously described as a rising power, a sleeping dragon and a collapsing economy. Most of the rhetoric is driven from the US. Inside their government, both the Senate and Congress have anti-China hawks, their State Department seems to see a threat at every turning point and their military seems to believe that a defensive People’s liberation Army is a bad thing as it threatens US interests. Books reports and documentaries are created about mass dissatisfaction which extended academic research seems unable to identify.
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Accuracy no longer matters. Witnessing no longer matters. Conformity matters, writes Patrick Lawrence.
The Historic Collapse of Journalism
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Many experts believe the indiscriminate use of these drones is the key contributor to the overall instability across the troubled regions in which they’re deployed.
US Ramping Up Drone Strikes in the Middle East and Africa
Cross-posted, here.
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