22 July 2019 Archives

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“All Sides Need to Begin to De-escalate”: Tensions Between Iran, U.K. & U.S. Spark Fears of War
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-22
In Iran, authorities say they’ve arrested 17 Iranian citizens and charged them with being CIA-trained spies for the United States. Iranian media reports that some have already been executed. This comes as tensions in the Persian Gulf continued to mount over the weekend following Iran’s seizure of a British oil tanker and its 23 crew members Friday in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said it seized the tanker in retaliation for the British impounding of an Iranian tanker earlier this month off the coast of Gibraltar. The Iranian National Guard released video Sunday showing the vessel flying an Iranian flag. Britain says…
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Iran Says Arrested 17 CIA Spies, Some Sentenced to Death
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
Iran captured 17 spies working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and some have been sentenced to death, Iranian media reported Monday. | RELATED: | Panama Confirms Tanker Seized by Iran Was Smuggling Oil | Iranian state television published images it said showed the CIA officers who were in touch with the suspected spies. | There was no immediate comment on the Iranian allegations by the CIA or U.S. officials. | Iran announced in June that it had broken up an alleged CI…
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Powerful Explosion Hits Somalian Capital, Gunfire Reported
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
A powerful explosion was heard inside the Somalian capital city of Mogadishu on Monday morning, prompting local civil defense units to quickly emerge on the scene. | RELATED: | Ilhan Omar Was Right on ‘Black Hawk Down’ Events in Somalia Despite Right-wing Media’s Lies | Following the explosion, the Mogadishu police forces told the Reuters News Agency that heavy gunfire was heard in the vicinity of the explosion. | No one immediately claimed responsibi…
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Mexico Awaits US Decision on Immigration Deal
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
Mexico is patiently awaiting the U.S.’ decision on the Trump administration’s immigration deal, which is set to be revealed on Monday, July 22, 2019. | RELATED: | Former Mexican President Allowed the CIA to Operate in Mexico | The agreement reached in June laid out that if the United States deems that Mexico has not done enough to thwart migrants by the July 22 deadline, the two countries would begin talks over changing rules to make most asylum s…
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Anglo-Persian Confrontation. Britain’s Impounding of Iran’s Grace Supertanker. Former UK Foreign Minister on Britain’s “Mistreatment of Iran”
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
On Sunday, former Labor Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote a London Daily Mail op-ed on why Iranians will never trust Brits. | The same goes for their US counterparts Straw didn’t address in his opinion piece. More on this below. | ***…
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Iran Says British Oil Tanker Hit a Fishing Boat, Refused Contact
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-22
Officials maintain that the Stena Impero had collided with an Iranian fishing vessel, then refused to respond.

Iran Says British Oil Tanker Hit a Fishing Boat, Refused Contact

Another British Minister Resigns Ahead of New PM Taking Office
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
A British minister announced his intention to resign from his post before the country’s presumed new Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes office. | RELATED: | Iran: Seized UK Ship Crew Safe, Warns Against Rising Conflict | Alan Duncan, a junior foreign office minister who has long been critical of Johnson, announced his resignation from his post on Monday, following a number of ministers who left their positions before the new Prime Minister takes their seat at Parliament. | His mo…
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Bizarre Bid for Political Relevance
Samuel Thrope | thenation.com | 2019-07-22
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Bizarre Bid for Political Relevance…
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Israeli Minister Brags That His Country Has Been “Killing Iranians for Two Years”
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-22
An Israeli minister boasted on Sunday that his country was the only one that has been “killing Iranians.”

Israeli Minister Brags That His Country Has Been “Killing Iranians for Two Years”

Venezuela Denounces New Incursion by US Aircraft
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
The vice president of Communication, Tourism and Culture of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez denounced on Monday a new violation of Venezuelan air space by an aircraft from the United States. | RELATED: | NAM To Study Sanctions Effects by World Powers: Arreaza | During a press conference, the Venezuelan vice-president explained that at 09: 52 hours (local time), a new violation occurred on the part of the US aircraft model EP-3E ARIES II, a specialist plane used in intellig…
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NAM To Study Sanctions Effects by World Powers: Arreaza
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said Monday that the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) agreed to set up a working group to study how sovereign countries deal with coercive measures by hegemonic countries. | RELATED: | 120 NAM States Condemn US Intervention, Promote Multilateralism | “Our movement is going to set up a working group that is going to de…
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Protests Called Against Murder of Colombian Social Leaders
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
The Defenders of Peace Movement said Monday that in the last one month at least 10 social leaders were killed in Colombia and called for an international march on July 26 in protest of the murders. | RELATED: | Colombia: Revered Social Leader and Activist Killed in Colombia | “We invite all citizens to walk with us and make a presence in the events scheduled for that day for the life of those who defend life and peace in the territories,” the organization said in a statement.
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A powerful protest highlights the ongoing tragedy of DWP deaths
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-07-22
On 22 July, disability rights activists staged a peaceful protest outside the head office of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in London. The action drew attention to the rising number of deaths as a result of DWP benefit cuts. Ahead of the protest, artist and activist Dolly Sen wrote to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt to draw attention to this situation. Both failed to respond. | “Broken Hearts for the DWP”:…
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Venezuela and Imperialist Confrontation in Latin America
Alison Bodine | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
“Today, 200 years later, we can say it: After having lost that independence that cost so much, Venezuela, in these last ten years…has recovered its independence…and this recovered independence is a door that we should keep open so that for …
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American Visitors to the Gestapo Museum Draw Their Own Conclusions
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
The words would melt a heart of stone — save for those of the Gestapo torturers upstairs. The prisoners wrote their stories, their poems, their last pre-execution laments on the walls of their cells — which you can still read in the basement of the old Nazi secret police headquarters in Cologne. I spent hours…
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WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and Decoding the National Security Commentariat
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
The Fourth Estate, that historical unelected grouping of society’s scrutineers, has become something of a rabble. An essential premise in the work of WikiLeaks was demonstrating, to a good, stone-throwing degree, how media figures and practitioners had been bought by …
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The Vindictive Campaign Against Chelsea Manning, America’s Political Prisoner
Niles Niemuth | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
Manning is not being punished for any crime, nor has she been charged with a crime. Rather, she is being held in contempt of court for refusing–on principle and courageously–to testify before a star chamber grand jury impaneled to railroad …
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“If Not Now, When Will We Stand?” Native Hawaiians Fight Construction of Telescope on Mauna Kea
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-22
A historic indigenous resistance is unfolding on the Big Island of Hawaii, where thousands have descended on Mauna Kea, a sacred Native site, to defend it from the construction of a $1.4 billion telescope. Scientists say the Thirty Meter Telescope will help them peer into the deepest corners of space, but indigenous resisters say the construction was approved without their consent and will desecrate their sacred lands. Last week, police arrested 33 people–most of them Hawaiian elders–as they blocked a road to prevent work crews from reaching the site of the telescope being planned atop Mauna Kea. And…
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Trump’s Send-Them-Back Doctrine
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
During the height of Stalin’s purges, the great Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich kept a packed suitcase near the door of his apartment. The Black Marias, the vehicle of choice for the secret police, would traditionally arrive in the middle of the night to ferry “undesirables” to interrogation cells. Shostakovich wanted to be ready at any…
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The 2020 Olympics Are Likely to Be a Disaster
Dave Zirin, Jules Boykoff | thenation.com | 2019-07-22
The 2020 Olympics Are Likely to Be a Disaster…
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The “Battle of Seattle” and the Anti-globalization Movement
Rossen Vassilev Jr. | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
Next November will mark the 20th anniversary since the so-called “Battle of Seattle.” It refers to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference held at Seattle, WA, in late 1999, which became the scene of widely-reported protest …
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U.S. Troops Back in Saudi Arabia: What Could Go Wrong?
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
The First Gulf War back in 1990 was a big huge success. One of the things it accomplished was a major U.S. troop presence in Saudi Arabia. Muslims around the world were outraged. Bombs were repeatedly set off at Khobar Towers where troops were stationed. In 1998 Osama Bin Laden declared:…
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The U.S.-China Trade War: Will Workers Lose?
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
One of the central themes in Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was that U.S. workers were being badly hurt by trade. His story was that the country had signed bad trade deals that were put together by “stupid” trade negotiators. Trump’s story was half right. Workers in the United States were badly hurt by trade, a…
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Fighting Climate Change Means Ending War
Robert Koehler | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
“The easy movement of high ranking military officers into jobs with major defense contractors and the reverse movement of top executives in major defense contractors into high Pentagon jobs is solid evidence of the military industrial-complex in operation.” I was utterly stunned when I read these words of former Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire, quoted in…
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Hey Diddle Diddle, Like Nero We Fiddle
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
Hey Diddle Diddle, Like Nero We Fiddle The dish ran away with the spoon — They fled Saskatoon In a hot air balloon — When the fires engulfed all the prairies In June. Traveling south, By the light of the moon, They arrived before long in Cancun Where one day, at noon, a baboon With…
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A Farmworkers Bill of Rights
Karl Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
Passage of the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practices, also being called the Farmworkers Bill of Rights, by the New York State Legislature at its recent session was among its most notable achievements this year. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the measure into law on July 16th declaring:…
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“If Not Now, When Will We Stand?” Native Hawaiians Fight Construction of Telescope on Mauna Kea
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
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U.S. Economic Warfare and Likely Foreign Defenses
Michael Hudson | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
Today’s world is at war on many fronts. The rules of international law and order put in place toward the end of World War II are being broken by U.S. foreign policy escalating its confrontation with countries that refrain from giving its companies control of their economic surpluses. Countries that do not give the United…
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Emergency Alert For the Wild Rockies
Mike Garrity | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
We need your help to keep fighting Trump, we are desperate. Inspired by Yellowstone grizzly bear scientists Frank and John Craighead, the Alliance for the Wild Rockies formed in 1988 to protect the whole ecosystems and connecting wildlife corridors that comprise the Wild Rockies bioregion. Our mission is to protect habitat, especially the unprotected roadless/undeveloped…
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Mexicans Invade US, Trump Forced to Go Without Toothbrush
Susie Day | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
In a daring pre-dawn raid this morning, 135 million Mexicans and Central Americans stormed over the border at El Paso, roared up Interstate 10, and broke into the White House. There, they tore President Donald J. Trump from the arms of his daughter, Ivanka, then carried him off to a makeshift detention facility alongside the Reflecting…
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Mueller Gave Congress All It Needs to Defend the Rule of Law
Tim Weiner | thenation.com | 2019-07-22
Mueller Gave Congress All It Needs to Defend the Rule of Law…
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The War on Yemen Just Went from Bad to Worse for Saudi Arabia
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
The UAE’s large-scale military drawdown in Yemen is extremely disadvantageous to the Saudis’ strategic objectives in the conflict and will likely lead to the Kingdom scrambling for a “face-saving” exit of its own. | *** | Nobody’s won the War on Yemen …
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“With 5G, We are Guinea Pigs”: Swiss Magazine Reports First 5G Injuries in Geneva
Marc David | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
This article was originally published in French on L’illustré, translated into English by Claire Edwards on EMFacts Consultancy. | Since 5G antennas were installed near their home in the heart of Geneva, these residents of the same area suffer …
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Trump Is All But Provoking al-Qaeda With His Latest Move
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-22
The president is sending troops to Saudi Arabia. Has everyone forgotten what the extremist organization made of U.S. military presence there?
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A Bank with 49 Trillion Dollars in Exposure to Derivatives Is Melting Down Right in Front of Our Eyes
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
Could it be possible that we are on the verge of the next “Lehman Brothers moment”? Deutsche Bank is the most important bank in all of Europe, it has 49 trillion dollars in exposure to derivatives, and most of the …
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Trnovo Execution Video: Another Low Point in the Conduct of The Hague Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY)
Srebrenica Project | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
The June 2005 showing of an inflammatory, prejudicial and irregularly acquired execution video during a court session at the Hague Tribunal illustrates the fundamental irregularity of the court itself. It also corroborates the assessment of the Hague Tribunal in our …
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Puerto Rico: People Are in the Streets Against Sexism, Homophobia, Austerity and Corruption
Pierre Gottiniaux | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
A political scandal recently pushed thousands of Puerto Rican people into the streets to march under the catchword ‘Ricky Renuncia!’, Ricardo, quit! — Ricardo Rossello is the island’s current governor. | On 11 July 2019, an anonymous source published personal messages …
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Britain — Divided: Debt, Poverty and Homelessness in the UK
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
Winston Churchill famously said in 1940, a time of the Battle of Britain, that ‘If the British Empire and its Commonwealth lasts for a thousand years, men will still say, this was their finest hour.’ Without any doubt, the Tory …
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Economic and Social Crisis in Puerto Rico: “The Ugly American” and the Puerto Rican National Question
Vince Montes | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
The latest crisis in Puerto Rico involves Gov. Ricardo Rossello and appears to be the accumulation of other crises that now appear to question the legitimacy of the colonial political structure in Puerto Rico. Nearly 900 pages of personal messages …
globalresearch.ca/one-crisis-too-many-so…

The Herpes Vaccine and Some of the Most Bizarre Human Experiments You Most Likely Never Heard of
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
Herpes also known as Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) a disease dating back centuries and is one of the oldest diseases known to man. In ancient Greece, the term “herpes” was first categorized for migratory (basically creeping or crawling) skin lesions. …
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Israeli Probes Into Deaths of Palestinians Often Go Nowhere
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-22
JALAZON REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — Hamedo Fakhouri clearly remembers the moment when the young Palestinian who worked at his neighborhood coffee shop was shot dead. | Israeli troops were lingering after an overnight arrest raid in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem when he noticed the mentally disabled Mohammed Habali limp up the street with his wooden walking stick. Seconds later, he heard gunshots and spun around to see Habali collapse. | “I cannot forget and will not forget how this poor man was killed,” said Fakhouri. | Surveillance videos of the shooting drew outrage from Palestinians and human rig…
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33 brave senior(kupuna) protectors on Hawaii’s Mauna Kea detained by police
DLI | indybay.org | 2019-07-22
On Wednesday morning, State police removed 33 senior(kupuna) protectors from a human chain that had blocked–for 3 days–access to the Mauna Kea Road, by construction equipment that are slated to begin the Thirty Meter Telescope(TMT). The protectors are part of the hundreds-strong peaceful activists that had been up at the Mauna(mountain) since last Sunday, July 14.
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Peace Strike for Climate & Amazon Rainforest in State Capital
Fridays For Future Sacramento | indybay.org | 2019-07-22
California State Capitol Museum, West Steps | 1315 10th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814…
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As Mueller’s ‘book’ becomes a live show from The Hill, is America sick of ‘Russiagate’?
rt.com | 2019-07-22
With former special counsel Robert Mueller set to testify before two Congressional committees and Democratic lawmakers talking impeachment, has America finally moved on? | …
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If Japan Continues Slaughtering Whales, Boycott the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
Japan is hosting the July 24 — August 9, 2020 Olympics. However, Japan is, once again, hunting and killing whales in “Japanese waters.” Japan used to hunt whales for years under the masks of culture and scientific research. Now, in 2019, Japan dropped those fraudulent claims and it is sending its fleets against whales.
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Tensions Between Iran, UK and US Spark Fears of War
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-22
| In Iran, authorities say they’ve arrested 17 Iranian citizens and charged them with being CIA-trained spies for the United States. Iranian media reports that some have already been executed. This comes as tensions in the Persian Gulf continued to mount over the weekend following Iran’s seizure of a British oil tanker and its 23 crew members Friday in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said it seized the tanker in retaliation for the British impounding of an Iranian tanker earlier this month off the coast of Gibraltar. The…
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Omar and Trump
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
“Send her back! Send her back! Send her back!” What preceded the now-infamous 13 seconds in which the president, frowning and nodding, listened to the mob chant? “Ilhan Omar,” Trump had thundered, “has a history of launching vicious anti-Semitic screeds!” Well, then, thought the North Carolina rabble, Get her out of here! Send her back…
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The “Aging Crisis” Is Actually Just a Labor Crisis for the Wealthy
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-22
| The New York Times told us last week that China is running out of people. That might seem an odd concern for a country with a population of more than 1.4 billion, but you can read it for yourself: | “Driving this regression in women’s status is a looming aging crisis, and the relaxing of the draconian ‘one-child’ birth restrictions that contri…
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Trump mirrors Mussolini, campaign events reminiscent of Nuremberg rallies — George Galloway
rt.com | 2019-07-22
Donald Trump is channeling Benito Mussolini as he travels the country drumming up support for his 2020 bid, George Galloway has argued, warning that the US president’s re-election strategy is to stoke racial tensions. | …
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Health warning as heatwave due to sweep the UK
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-22
England’s chief nurse has urged people to check on their neighbours as a heatwave hits parts of the UK for the start of the school summer holidays.Ruth May, chief nursing officer for England, said people should take care as temperatures rise, while Asthma UK urged sufferers to keep up their medication.The mercury is expected to hit 34C (95F) in London on Wednesday as Downing Street prepares for the arrival of a new prime minister.A dog enjoys the sea during sunny conditions in Camber, East Sussex (Gareth Fuller/PA)May said: “Like lots of people I’m looking forward to having fun in the sun with family and friends…
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Hell freezes over? New York Times wants closer relationship with Russia, congratulates Trump
rt.com | 2019-07-22
The New York Times’ editorial board, fresh from peddling anti-Russia conspiracies for two years, has made a remarkable about-turn. Now the paper wants closer relations with the Kremlin, all to thwart China’s ambitions. | …
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US doesn’t want war with Iran & UK should take care of its own ships — Pompeo
rt.com | 2019-07-22
Amid rising tensions, Mike Pompeo has insisted the US doesn’t want war with Iran and the UK is responsible for taking care of its own ships. The secretary of state also dismissed Tehran’s claims it had arrested CIA-linked spies. | …
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Pompeo shrugs off Iran’s claim that it has busted a CIA spy ring
rt.com | 2019-07-22
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has dismissed Tehran’s claim that it has captured 17 spies working for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), suggesting that the assertion is pure fabrication. | …
rt.com/usa/464756-pompeo-cia-iran-spies/

Revealed: UK Companies Opening Overseas Carbon Credit Accounts in Preparation for No-Deal Brexit
Crina Boros | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
British companies are increasingly moving their carbon credits into new offshore accounts to get around punitive measures from the EU and in preparation for a no-deal Brexit, DeSmog can reveal. | At least 35 companies have filed for EU emissions trading …
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Behind the Scenes of the House Democrats’ Twitter War
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2019-07-22
Behind the Scenes of the House Democrats’ Twitter War…
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Paul Krassner, 1932-2019: American Satirist
Jonah Raskin | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
“He’s gone. Feel free to spread the word,” Michael Simmons said in an email that went out to a few dozen or so of the usual suspects, including Wavy Gravy, Judy Gumbo, Larry (Ratzo) Sloman, Jim Fouratt, Rex Weiner, Aron Kay, Kate Coleman, Jeffrey St. Clair, and Barbara Garson, some of whom had been Yippies,…
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Ecuador Takes Harmful IMF Loan, Even Though it Doesn’t Need it
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-22
According to an analysis of the Center for Economic and Policy Analysis, Ecuador’s recent IMF loan of $4.2 billion comes with strings that will hurt economic growth. Ecuador doesn’t even need the loan, says the report’s co-author, Andrés Arauz…
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Pentagon Angst over China-Russia Strategic Unity
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
Sino/Russian unity represents a vital anti-imperial alliance. A DOD/Pentagon white paper called Russia a strategic US threat, especially united with China. | NYT editors addressed the issue, falsely calling both countries “adversaries.” Indeed they’re “growing closer,” both nations portrayed as strategic …
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Yemen’s Houthis Maintain Upper Hand, as Peace Talks Proceed
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-22
A UN-brokered ceasefire to protect the port of Hodeidah appears to be holding, while the United Arab Emirates are withdrawing, having achieved their objectives, says Patrick Cockburn. Also, US Congressional effort to stop US support for the war is having an effect…
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‘I don’t want to kill 10 million people’: Trump says he could win Afghanistan war in 10 days
rt.com | 2019-07-22
US President Donald Trump is seeking help from Pakistan to extricate Washington from the war in Afghanistan, saying that he could “win” that war in a week if he wanted to kill millions and wipe off the country. | …
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Native Hawaiians Fight Construction of Telescope on Mauna Kea
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-22
| A historic indigenous resistance is unfolding on the Big Island of Hawaii, where thousands have descended on Mauna Kea, a sacred Native site, to defend it from the construction of a $1.4 billion telescope. Scientists say the Thirty Meter Telescope will help them peer into the deepest corners of space, but indigenous resisters say the construction was approved without their consent and will desecrate their sacred lands. Last week, police arrested 33 people — most of them Hawaiian elders — as…
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Iran: Seized UK Ship Crew Safe, Warns Against Rising Conflict
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-21
Iran’s ambassador to Britain warned against escalating tensions Sunday as a U.K. official declined to rule out sanctions in response to Tehran’s seizure of a British-flagged oil tanker. | RELATED: | Iran Releases Video Disproving US Claims of Downed Drone | Britain has called Iran’s capture of the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz Friday a “hostile act”. | Br…
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Panama Confirms Tanker Seized by Iran Was Smuggling Oil
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-21
Panama’s Maritime Administration (AMP) condemned Sunday the use of Panamanian-flagged ships for illicit acts, confirming that the tanker Riah seized by Iran was, in fact, smuggling oil. | RELATED: | US Deploys Troops to Saudi Arabia for First Time Since 2003 | “We strongly condemn the use of Panamanian-flagged vessels for unlawful acts that threaten the safety of human…
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Washington’s Bully Tactics Have Failed to Persuade Tehran to Negotiate a New Nuclear Deal
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif is in New York this week for high level talks at the UN. He has been confined to a six-block radius. It’s not uncommon for Iranian diplomats along with envoys from North Korea, Syria …
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US Deploys Troops to Saudi Arabia for First Time Since 2003
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-21
The United States Defense Department confirmed that Saudi Arabia’s King Salman approved hosting troops for the first time since 2003 amid rising tensions with Iran, the state news agency (SPA) reported Friday. | RELATED: | Iran: Seized UK Ship Crew Safe, Warns Against Rising Conflict | U.S. officials have justified the move as a means to “provide an additional deterrent” in the face of “emergent, credible threats.” While the Saudi Ministry of Defense said it aims “to increase join…
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A Major Conventional War Against Iran Is an Impossibility. Crisis within the US Command Structure
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
What both the media and military analysts fail to acknowledge is that US CENTCOM’s forward Middle East headquarters at the al-Udeid military base close to Doha de facto “lies in enemy territory”. Since the May 2017 split of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Qatar has become a staunch ally of Iran…
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Venezuela: Trump Diverts Central America Aid to Guaido as EU Threatens More Sanctions
Ricardo Vaz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
The Trump administration is reportedly diverting over US $40 million of aid destined for Central America to the Venezuelan opposition. | According to the Los Angeles Times, a memo from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was handed to …
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Non-Aligned Movement Demands End of Sanctions Against Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-21
Non-Aligned Countries demanded on Sunday that the United States Government immediately lift the economic and financial sanctions imposed on Venezuela. | RELATED: | 120 NAM States Condemn US Intervention, Promote Multilateralism | In a statement signed by the members of the international organization, which met for two days in Caracas, the delegations of 120 NAM countries indicated that only Venezuela can decide its fate, no other State can intervene…
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Pompeo Meets Ecuador’s Moreno, Vows Assistance in Cybersecurity
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-21
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Saturday with Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno, as part of a three-day tour across Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico, and El Salvador, the visit being intended to “reinforce” support for U.S. policies against Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. | RELATED: | Galapagos Islands Will Now Serve US Military as Airfield | The…
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Ukraine’s President Zelenskiy Leads Exit Poll on Snap Elections
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-21
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s party took a commanding lead in Sunday’s snap parliamentary election, handing the novice politician a broader mandate for driving change and tackling corruption the war-scarred nation. | RELATED: | Ukraine’s Zelenskiy Wins Presidency in Landslide | A TV comedian with no prior policymaking experience, Zelenskiy won a landslide victory in a presidential ballot in April, having cast himself as an everyman outsider who would tackle corruption and raise l…
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Moroccan Occupation Forces Kill Saharawi Woman, Injure Many
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-21
Moroccan occupation forces killed a young Saharawi woman and injured many others during the weekend for protesting Morocco’s occupation of West Sahara. | RELATED: | 43 Years of ‘Green March’: Morocco’s Occupation of West Sahara | The Saharawis took to the streets after Algeria won the African Cup of Nations to express their happiness when Morocc…
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Putin Just Did a 180 on the Skripal Affair and Raised Countless Questions
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
President Putin told Oliver Stone in an interview that he doesn’t believe that the British authorities were responsible for poisoning Sergei Skripal and his daughter, with this revelation representing a 180 on Russia’s previously articulated official position on the matter …
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Lunar Narratives: Landing on the Moon, Politics and the Cold War
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
Anniversaries are occasions to distort records. The intoxicated recounting of the past faces a record in need of correction. Couples long married hide their differences before guests. Creases are covered; the make-up is applied generously. Defects become virtues, if, indeed …
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Mexico: 1500 Bodies Found in 390 Clandestine Mass Graves
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-21
Mexican authorities found 1,418 human bodies in 390 clandestine graves according to the research “Study Violence and Terror: Findings about clandestine graves in Mexico.” The study said that between 2009 and 2014, 5,786 remains were found in Mexico. | RELATED: | Mexico a ‘Huge Clandestine Grave,’ Says Gov’t on Disappearances | Based on the report, prepared by…
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Piracy or War?
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
‘1. Except where acts of interference derive from powers conferred by treaty, a warship which encounters a foreign merchant ship on the high seas is not justified in | …
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Mark Esper, New US Pentagon Chief, Vested Interest in War and Conflict
Strategic Culture Foundation | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
Mark Esper is expected to be confirmed in coming days as the new US Secretary of Defense. His appointment is awaiting final Congressional approval after customary hearings this week before senators. The 55-year-old nominee put forward by President Trump was …
globalresearch.ca/new-us-pentagon-chief-…

Video: US-China Trade War Explained
Soapbox | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
President Trump announced a followup of his ongoing trade war directed against China. | In May, he ordered the increase of tariffs on Chinese imports from 10 % to 25%, affecting a commodity flow of 200 billion dollars. | President Trump fails …
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Former Mexican President Allowed the CIA to Operate in Mexico
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-21
Former Mexican President Felipe Calderon (2006 – 2012) gave the green light to the United States Central Intelligence Agency to operate freely in Mexico, according to classified documents obtained by Mexican news outlet Proceso. | RELATED: | ‘We Lied, Cheated and Stole’: Pompeo Comes Clean About CIA | As of May 22, 2007, during right-wing Calderon’s six-year term, the operation of U.S.
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Video: “MH17 — Call for Justice”
Bonanza Media | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
Bonanza media investigative team of independent journalists take exclusive interviews with one of the suspects of downing the MH17, Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, the colonel who collected the black boxes and much more. | Documentary directed by Yana Yerlashova | Eye …
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Erdogan, Cyprus and the Future of NATO
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
In recent weeks a dramatic escalation of tension around Turkish oil drilling rig presence in the disputed Exclusive Enterprise Zone surrounding EU member state Cyprus is taking place. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is claiming that Turkey has the right …
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Me, Me, Me: The Neurotic Satisfactions of the Selfie Generation
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
We humans are rather curious creatures, I’ll admit. So many sides to our nature, so many colours to our emotions, so many journeys of our imaginations. But the question must arise, do we learn any more about these traits by …
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Video: 5G Apocalypse, The Imminent Dangers
debunkified | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
What is 5G? We need to know the dangers of this technology. | A full length documentary by Sacha Stone exposing the 5G existential threat to humanity in a way we never imagined possible! | Scientists, environmental groups, medical doctors and citizens …
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Pitfalls of Economic Globalization
Prof Rodrigue Tremblay | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-21
This incisive article was first published on June 26, 2015′ | Nations that trade with each other make themselves mutually dependent: if one has an interest in buying, the other has an interest in selling, and all unions are based on …
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Philadelphia Activist: ‘Oil Refinery Explosion Literally Rocked the Very Foundation of My Community’
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-21
The refinery is set to shut down after an explosion that could have killed millions, but at Netroots Nation 2019, Philly Thrive member .O says it was already negatively impacting low-income Black people who live nearby…
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Progressive Churches Challenge the Hard-Line Conservative Evangelical Narrative on Immigration
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-21
In contrast to the unwavering support that conservative and evangelical religious groups give President Trump, progressive churches and synagogues are fighting on the front lines against the administration’s anti-immigrant policies…
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AOC wants ‘9/11-style commission’ to look into family separation policy
rt.com | 2019-07-21
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, known for calling US migrant detention facilities “concentration camps,” has now said a special commission must investigate migrant family separations the same way the 9/11 terrorist attacks were investigated. | …
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