Americans Have Learned Nothing Since 9/11

Americans Have Learned Nothing Since 9/11

We should never forget that American civilians were blindsided twenty-three years ago this month when a small group of mostly Saudis and Egyptians hijacked our civilian airliners in a kamikaze mission that murdered thousands. Though none of them were Palestinian, the nineteen hijackers’ indefensible terrorist attack was motivated largely by Washington’s unconditional military, financial, and diplomatic support for Israel's apartheid system, illegal occupations, and myriad atrocities in southern Lebanon as well as Palestine. By design, that’s a crucial part of the story never included in the...

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Pentagon Finds Another $2 Billion in Ukraine Aid ‘Accounting Errors’

Pentagon Finds Another $2 Billion in Ukraine Aid ‘Accounting Errors’

The Pentagon discovered $2 billion in additional accounting errors regarding its valuation of missiles, ammo, and other equipment provided to Kiev, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found on Thursday. The Defense Department made a similar claim last year, saying it availed Washington of $6.2 billion in weapons to fuel the Ukraine proxy war with Russia. This latest report brings the improperly valued military material to a total of $8.2 billion, with the error said to be a result of unclear accounting definitions. In June 2023, the Pentagon insisted that weapons shipped to...

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NATO States Embrace Conscription, Eyeing Future War with Russia

NATO States Embrace Conscription, Eyeing Future War with Russia

As NATO escalates its proxy war in Ukraine and inches closer to fighting directly with Russia, the Washington-led bloc is embracing mandatory military service. Many European members of NATO have expanded or reintroduced conscription as part of large-scale preparations for such a war, CNN reports. Already outpaced in terms of military industrial capacity by Russia, the alliance’s new battleplans will see an attempt to beef up weapons production and form 35-50 brigades of 3,000-7,000 battle ready troops. Outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has insisted, “Today, we have 500,000...

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Netanyahu Avoids Europe Stopover En Route to US, Over ICC Arrest Concerns

Netanyahu Avoids Europe Stopover En Route to US, Over ICC Arrest Concerns

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided against stopping over in Europe prior to his coming address to the US Congress over concerns regarding his arrest warrant application with the International Criminal Court (ICC), Israeli media reports. The ICC’s chief prosecutor is seeking warrants to put Netanyahu, along with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, on trial for war crimes committed in the besieged Gaza Strip. On Wednesday, Israel’s Reshet Bet radio station explained that the Israeli leader was considering a layover in a friendly European country, as there were discussions about...

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US Provides $2 Billion Military Aid Package to Warsaw

US Provides $2 Billion Military Aid Package to Warsaw

Washington is providing its NATO ally Poland with a second $2 billion foreign military financing (FMF) package in less than a year, Breaking Defense reports. In recent weeks, Warsaw has given Kiev a green light to use Polish-provided weapons to strike the Russian mainland as well as signed a bilateral military pact with Ukraine, agreeing to shoot down some Russian missiles. A State Department official boasted to the outlet of how the two FMF loans are benefiting the US arms industry as well as strengthening the Washington-led bloc embroiled in its Ukraine proxy war with Moscow. “It’s...

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Israel Approves Largest West Bank Settlement Expansion in Over Three Decades

Israel Approves Largest West Bank Settlement Expansion in Over Three Decades

As violence and ethnic cleansing surges throughout the occupied West Bank, the Israeli NGO Peace Now says Tel Aviv has approved the largest illegal settlement expansion in over three decades. Israel’s Supreme Planning Council will also review plans to advance the construction of more than 6,000 housing units across dozens of West Bank Jewish-only colonies. This comes as far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who holds a key position in the Defense Ministry acting as the West Bank’s de facto governor, is moving forward with plans to fully annex the occupied territory. According to a...

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IDF Raids West Bank Town, Kills Palestinian Woman and Child

IDF Raids West Bank Town, Kills Palestinian Woman and Child

A Palestinian woman and 15-year-old boy were murdered during an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) raid in the northern West Bank town of Tulkarm on Monday, the Palestine Chronicle reported. This follows a series of Israeli attacks on the town’s Nur Shams refugee camp including a drone strike over the weekend which killed a Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander. According to local hospital sources speaking with Palestinian news agency Wafa, 47-year-old Nisreen Khaled Damiri and 15-year-old Muhammad Ali Sarhan were killed by Israeli fire during the Monday raid. The Palestinian Health Ministry said...

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Pentagon Chief Speaks With Russian Counterpart, First Time in Over a Year

Pentagon Chief Speaks With Russian Counterpart, First Time in Over a Year

The Defense Department announced Secretary Lloyd Austin held a phone call with Andrei Belousov, his Russian counterpart, on Tuesday. Austin has not spoken with a Russian defense minister since his call with Belousov’s predecessor more than a year ago. Both sides acknowledged that the Pentagon chief initiated the contact. This appears to be an effort by Austin to ease tensions over the Ukraine proxy war. Following the firing of an American missile by Kiev’s forces which killed Russians in Crimea, Moscow has vowed a response. Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters about...

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