2022-08-03: News Headlines

DLI (2022-08-03). US acted as self-appointed Judge & Executioner in murder of al Qaeda chief. indybay.org In the latest drone killing of alleged al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, the US government acted as a self-appointed Judge and Executioner, without ever presenting any evidence to any international judicial body.

Anonymous103 (2022-08-03). How the CIA Gave Birth To ISIS. southfront.org | The Islamic State is one of the most brutal terrorist to ever exist. But they would be no Islamic State without the intervention of the United States and its allies in Iraq. An invasion based on In 2003, the…

Liberation Staff (2022-08-03). PSL statement — Victory in defense of abortion rights: Kansas votes NO. liberationnews.org In the first referendum since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade and eviscerated abortion rights nationwide, Kansas voters have turned out to emphatically defend abortion rights.

John Feffer (2022-08-03). Turning People into Corporations?! fpif.org You've heard about corporations being treated like people. It's one of the outrages of the Citizens United decision some years back by the Supreme Court, that corporations have a right to free speech just like individuals and therefore can contribute unlimited money to candidates running for office. Bye-bye, democracy. | Now there's a movement afoot to go the other way and turn people into corporations. | Yes, I know, some people like Elon Musk and Donald Trump already act pretty much like corporations. When the famous turn themselves into brands—pop stars, mega-athletes—they basically transform thems…

Jeffrey Sterling (2022-08-03). CIA Whistleblower Reflects on the Persecution of Julian Assange. indybay.org UK legal system puppets as US pulls strings. Media complicit.

Benjamin Norton (2022-08-02). US threatens war on China over Taiwan &#1 ; with nuclear implications. multipolarista.com The US government has prepared for years for war with China over Taiwan. Nancy Pelosi's trip was only the latest provocation, including Pentagon war plans, CIA threats, tens of billions in weapons sales, and US military forces on the ground.

Benjamin Norton (2022-08-02). Polls Show Almost No One Trusts US Media, After Decades of War Propaganda and Lies. orinocotribune.com By Benjamin Norton — Jul 31, 2022 | The CIA has long manipulated the media, spreading disinformation to justify US wars. Today just 11% of Americans trust television news. | Very few people in the United States trust the mainstream corporate media. This is confirmed by a July survey from the major It's quite easy to understand why. The US media apparatus has repeatedly sho…

Orinoco Tribune2 (2022-08-02). An Interview With John Pilger: 'Assange Is the Courageous Embodiment of a Struggle Against the Most Oppressive Forces in Our World'. orinocotribune.com In an interview with the World Socialist Web Site, renowned Australian investigative journalist John Pilger has warned that the "US is close to getting its hands on" the courageous WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. | Last month, British Home Secretary Priti Patel approved Assange's extradition to the US, where he faces 175 years imprisonment under the Espionage Act for publishing true information exposing American war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. As Pilger explains, Patel's order will be the subject of a further appeal, but the British judiciary that will adjudicate has facilitated Assange's persecution ever…

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-02). Russia Says Cooperation on HIMARS Strikes Means US Is 'Directly Involved' in Ukraine War. news.antiwar.com The Russian Defense Ministry on Tuesday said Washington Vadym Skibitsky, the deputy head of Ukraine's military intelligence, Skibitsky insisted…

Orinoco Tribune2 (2022-08-02). Ariel Henry Has 'Failed' and Works for 'International Bosses,' Say Critics After PM's One-Year Anniversary Address. orinocotribune.com Port-au-Prince — On the one-year anniversary of his ascension as Haiti's interim Prime Minister, Ariel Henry said he is committed to bringing peace to the country, holding elections, and combating corruption, inflation, and gas shortages. | He also thanked Haitians for "proving their intelligence and maturity" by accepting, without crippling protests, recent hikes in gas prices as the government has cut its fuel subsidies. The price hikes will "progressively" continue, because "this is the only condition that will allow us to continue importing fuel and make it available permanently," Henry said in his tape…

_____ (2022-08-02). Biden Should Grant Clemency to Drone Warfare Whistleblower Daniel Hale. popularresistance.org One year ago this July, drone whistleblower Daniel Hale stood in front of Judge Liam O'Grady at his sentencing and explained himself. After a lengthy investigation and prosecution, it was finally the day when Hale would find out if he would spend years in prison for doing something he felt morally obligated to do: Tell the truth about the United States' drone program. | While working as a drone analyst in the U.S. Air Force in Afghanistan, he witnessed attacks waged against innocent civilians that, to this day, still haunt him. Those experiences eventually led him to blow the whistle on the drone program. Judge O…

Aidan Jonah (2022-08-02). When Did the CIA Start Pulling the Strings of Canada's Political Policies? covertactionmagazine.com What are Canadian warships doing in the ultra-sensitive South China Sea? News of Canadian patrol ships traveling through the South …

Editor (2022-08-02). Polls show almost no one trusts U.S. media, after decades of war propaganda and lies. mronline.org The CIA has long manipulated the media, spreading disinformation to justify U.S. wars. Today just 11% of North Americans trust television news.

Deweylaura (2022-08-02). We must use our right to vote, not lose it! cpusa.org We the people are under attack. Corporate America, allied with religious extremists and growing fascist forces, like those who stormed the capitol on January 6, are out to destroy every gain the American people have made since the Civil War. Nothing is sacred to them. Their Supreme Court's abortion decision violates a woman's right …

Steven Harper (2022-08-02). The 'Missing Text Messages' Timeline: Incompetence, Obstruction, or Worse? commondreams.org As Trump railed against the "Deep State," he was creating one of his own.

Eliza Sweren-Becker (2022-08-02). How the Radical 'Independent State Legislature Theory' Could Destroy US Democracy. commondreams.org If the Supreme Court turns this fringe notion into law, there will be crushing consequences for American voters and our multiracial democracy.

Staff (2022-08-02). Al Qaeda leader killed in CIA drone attack on Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 02 (MNA) — According to media sources, Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone attack by the US in Afghanistan.

_____ (2022-08-02). When The Just Go To Prison. popularresistance.org Marion, Illinois — Daniel Hale, dressed in a khaki uniform, his hair cut short and sporting a long, neatly groomed brown beard, is seated behind a plexiglass screen, speaking into a telephone receiver at the federal prison in Marion, Illinois. I hold a receiver on the other side of the plexiglass and listen as he describes his journey from working for the National Security Agency and the Joint Special Operations Task Force at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan to becoming federal prisoner 26069-07. | Hale, a 34-year-old former Air Force signals intelligence analyst, is serving a 45 month prison sentence, follow…

____ (2022-08-01). The US Is 'Close to Getting Its Hands on Julian Assange'. transcend.org 26 July 2022 – In an interview with Oscar Grenfell of the World Socialist Website, John Pilger explains the latest manoeuvres by the US and UK authorities to extradite Julian Assange, journalist and publisher, to the US where he faces 175 years in prison for the crime of journalism.

____ (2022-08-01). 'This Is a War of Propaganda'. transcend.org 10 Jul 2022 – John Pilger on Ukraine and Assange: 20 minutes of truth… and a pretty sweet ending.

____ (2022-08-01). CIA Vault 7 Leaker Found Guilty—What Did He Actually Reveal? transcend.org 26 Jul 2022 – CIA veteran John Kiriakou breaks down some of the most important elements of Vault 7—the biggest leak in CIA history—allegedly divulged to WikiLeaks by another former CIA officer.

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