Monthly Archives: November 2023

2023-11-10: News Headlines

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-11-09). White House Orders Pentagon Airstrikes on Eastern Syria. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-11-09). Four More Attacks on US Bases in Iraq and Syria After US Airstrikes. news.antiwar.com US forces in Iraq and Syria have been attacked by rockets or drones four times since the US launched another round of airstrikes in eastern Syria on Wednesday, the Pentagon said on Thursday. Sources told The Guardian that US forces were targeted in three separate attacks across Iraq on Thursday. The report described the attacks …

Larry Johnson (2023-11-09). U.S. Inching Towards World War III While Biden Administration Hides U.S. Casualties. sonar21.com While the world's attention is focused on the war raging between Israel and Hamas, the military confrontation between the United States and Hezbollah is heating up. Since the Hamas attacks on 7 October and the subsequent retaliation by Israel, U.S. military bases and outposts in Syria and Iraq are facing daily attacks with rocket, missiles and mortars. I learned today from someone who regularly visits Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland that the wards are filling up with U.S. military personnel wounded in recent attacks on those bases. The White House and the Department of Defense are working a…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-11-09). US bombs Syrian army's positions. plenglish.com Damascus, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) United States aircraft launched air strikes against positions of the Syrian Armed Forces and their allies in the northeast of the country, local media reported on Thursday.

WSWS (2023-11-09). G7 members threaten Iran with regional war amid ongoing Israeli slaughter in Gaza. wsws.org Just hours after the provocative G7 statement, US aircraft struck a site in eastern Syria allegedly used by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, with officials noting that the action was "directed" by Biden. The air strike underscores the impending danger of the imperialist-backed genocide of the Palestinians erupting into a region-wide conflagration.

ecns.cn (2023-11-10). Making joint efforts toward meeting between Chinese, U.S. presidents in San Francisco a top priority: Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. ecns.cn The top priority for China and the U.S. is to make joint efforts toward a meeting between the two presidents in San Francisco by removing disruptions and creating an enabling environment, said Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng via video at the Hong Kong Forum on China-U.S. Relations 2023 held in Hong Kong on Thursday.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-11-10). Iranian ambassador highlights potential of cooperation with Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Nov 10 (Prensa Latina) Iran's ambassador to Cuba, Seyed Mohammad Hadi Sobhani, highlighted the potential to strengthen bilateral cooperation in spheres such as agriculture, mining, computer and software services.

Editor (2023-11-09). Leak shows ex-Trump ambassador to Israel threatening NYU over Palestine protests. mronline.org The Grayzone has obtained a letter signed by former President Trump's fanatically pro-settler ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, and sent to New York University leadership demanding the school crack down on free speech to satisfy Israeli interests.

Staff (2023-11-09). Six Historical Moments to Understand the Essequibo Territory Dispute. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, presented a lecture on the historical evolution of the controversy over the Essequibo territory as a part of the "Act of National Union in Defense of Essequibo Guyana" event held in the Teresa Carreño Theater in Caracas, with numerous attendees from across the political world of Venezuela. | This presentation was held with the support of the historian and Venezuelan ambassador to the UN, Samuel Moncada; the constitutional lawyer and deputy Hermann Escarrá; General Pompeyo Torrealba, and other experts on the subject. To facilitate its understanding, they divided the hist…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-11-09). How Did Hezbollah Turn 'Qualitative Weight' Operation Into 'The Weight of a Fly'? orinocotribune.com Editorial note: Orinoco Tribune does not generally publish pieces older than two weeks. However, an exception is being made in this case as the current article remains as relevant today as when it was first published. | Ibrahim Al-Amin — Aug 14, 2023 | On Friday dawn, July 14, 2006, dozens of Israeli aircraft attacked 44 targets in Lebanon. In 34 minutes, the air force completed a mission that the enemy had been working on for more than seven consecutive years. The airstrikes translated into action the "Weight of Quality" plan, targeting what the enemy claimed constituted 75 percent of Hezbollah's missile s…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-11-09). Israeli NGO criticizes attacks on Gaza Strip. plenglish.com Tel Aviv, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) An Israeli non-governmental organization charged that the Government of Benjamin Netanyahu is enforcing the so-called Dahiya Doctrine, formulated in the war in Lebanon in 2006 and consisting of disproportionate attacks on civilian infrastructure, in the Gaza Strip.

Melvin Goodman (2023-11-09). US Advice to Israel: "Use Smaller Bombs" counterpunch.org The United States is aiding Israeli military measures, believing there is a military solution to a fundamentally political problem. Fifty years of U.S. warfare in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and forty years of Israeli warfare in Lebanon and Gaza suggest otherwise.

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2023-11-09: News Headlines

Larry Johnson (2023-11-09). U.S. Inching Towards World War III While Biden Administration Hides U.S. Casualties. sonar21.com While the world's attention is focused on the war raging between Israel and Hamas, the military confrontation between the United States and Hezbollah is heating up. Since the Hamas attacks on 7 October and the subsequent retaliation by Israel, U.S. military bases and outposts in Syria and Iraq are facing daily attacks with rocket, missiles and mortars. I learned today from someone who regularly visits Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland that the wards are filling up with U.S. military personnel wounded in recent attacks on those bases. The White House and the Department of Defense are working a…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-11-09). US bombs Syrian army's positions. plenglish.com Damascus, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) United States aircraft launched air strikes against positions of the Syrian Armed Forces and their allies in the northeast of the country, local media reported on Thursday.

WSWS (2023-11-09). G7 members threaten Iran with regional war amid ongoing Israeli slaughter in Gaza. wsws.org Just hours after the provocative G7 statement, US aircraft struck a site in eastern Syria allegedly used by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, with officials noting that the action was "directed" by Biden. The air strike underscores the impending danger of the imperialist-backed genocide of the Palestinians erupting into a region-wide conflagration.

Dave DeCamp (2023-11-08). US Launches More Airstrikes in Eastern Syria Against IRGC Site. news.antiwar.com The Pentagon said on Wednesday night that the US launched more airstrikes in eastern Syria that targeted a facility used by "Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups." "This strike was conducted by two US F-15s against a weapons storage facility," Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement. He said the …

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-11-09). White House Orders Pentagon Airstrikes on Eastern Syria. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-11-08). Palestinian Ambassador to Cuba: Israel Has Been Massacring Our People Long Before Hamas Existed. libya360.wordpress.com From Havana, Palestinian Ambassador to Cuba Amkram Samham talked to BT's Luis de Jesus Reyes about how Israel obscures the causes of the conflict and how they killed the Oslo Accords. He says the political solution is simple: Palestinian self-determination with the right of return for refugees. Palestinian Ambassador to Cuba: "We're Not to Blame…

Staff (2023-11-08). President Maduro: Zionism is More Dangerous Than Nazism. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro referred to Zionism as an ideology that is more dangerous that Nazism and ratified his solidarity with the people of Palestine who are falling victim to the crimes and genocide committed by the Israeli apartheid regime. Israeli attacks on Gaza have now continued for 31 days of relentless murder, largely of defenseless Palestinian women and children, constituting a crime against humanity by any standard. "Let us stop the Zionist genocide against the beloved Palestinian people," stated president Maduro. | This Monday, November 6, the Palestinian ambassador to Venezuela, Fadi Alz…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-11-08). Ambassador meets with Mongolian students to study in Cuba (+Photo). plenglish.com Ulaanbaatar, Nov 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Ambassador to Mongolia, Jorge Ferrer, met in this capital on Wednesday with outstanding students from this nation who will study at Cuban universities next year.

Editor (2023-11-09). Leak shows ex-Trump ambassador to Israel threatening NYU over Palestine protests. mronline.org The Grayzone has obtained a letter signed by former President Trump's fanatically pro-settler ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, and sent to New York University leadership demanding the school crack down on free speech to satisfy Israeli interests.

Fra Hughes (2023-11-08). Nasrallah, Blinken, Hamas, and Israel. orinocotribune.com By Fra Hughes — Nov 5, 2023 | The long-anticipated speech by Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese social, political, and resistance group Hezbollah has given us an insight into what reaction we might expect from them in the coming weeks and months as Israel continues its murderous assault on Gaza. | Hezbollah is an organisation that exists to protect the people of Lebanon from the repeated invasions carried out on their lands by Israel and is a national liberation army determined to liberate the Sheba Farms which Israel illegally occupies. | Under international law, Hezbollah has the right to use all mea…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-11-09). Israeli NGO criticizes attacks on Gaza Strip. plenglish.com Tel Aviv, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) An Israeli non-governmental organization charged that the Government of Benjamin Netanyahu is enforcing the so-called Dahiya Doctrine, formulated in the war in Lebanon in 2006 and consisting of disproportionate attacks on civilian infrastructure, in the Gaza Strip.

Melvin Goodman (2023-11-09). US Advice to Israel: "Use Smaller Bombs" counterpunch.org The United States is aiding Israeli military measures, believing there is a military solution to a fundamentally political problem. Fifty years of U.S. warfare in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and forty years of Israeli warfare in Lebanon and Gaza suggest otherwise.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-11-08). U.S., Israel to open second front in Lebanon. mronline.org The announcement late Sunday night by the U.S. Central Command [CENTCOM] headquartered in Doha about the arrival of a Ohio-class American nuclear submarine in its "area of responsibility" presages a significant escalation of the situation around the Palestine-Israel conflict.

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2023-11-08). US, Israel to open second front in Lebanon? peoplesdispatch.org The It is very rare that the use of these submarines is publicized. The CENTCOM provided no additional details but it posted an image that apparently showed an Ohio-class submarine in Egypt's Suez Canal Bridge. Int…

WSWS (2023-11-08). Netanyahu vows Israel "will not stop," as humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens. wsws.org Events over recent days make it increasingly clear that the far-right Netanyahu regime is carrying out a vicious campaign to ethnically cleanse the northern regions of the Gaza Strip, while intensifying military operations in the West Bank and on Israel's northern border with Lebanon.

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