Daily Archives: October 8, 2023

2023-10-08: News Headlines

Mick Hall, Consortium News. (2023-10-08). New Zealand's 'Russian Edits Scandal'. popularresistance.org In this tumultuous time of war and global conflict, where pervasive propaganda campaigns mask geopolitical machinations of the powerful and serve their interests, mainstream journalists' ability to counter these campaigns have never been more limited. | Gone are the days when John Pilger was able to have a story attacking George W. Bush and Tony Blair's invasion of Iraq on the front page of the British tabloid, the Daily Mirror. | We live in a time of state surveillance and creeping restrictions on freedom of speech, where whistleblowers are criminalised and publishers like Julian Assange face persecution and lif…

Steven Sahiounie (2023-10-08). Ukraine's Zelensky Attempted to Hire Terrorists in Iraq: Leaked Documents. globalresearch.ca

AbdulRahman A Saied, Sirwan Khalid Ahmed, Asmaa A Metwally, Hani Aiash (2023-10-07). Correspondence] Iraq's mental health crisis: a way forward? thelancet.com For the past 20 years, mental health in Iraq has been a difficult issue to address as the country has faced wars, conflicts, and political instability.1 Moreover, Iraq has faced huge hurdles that have substantially influenced the mental wellbeing of Iraqi people in terms of medical facilities, security, and the availability of necessities such as food and water. Over 20% of Iraqis have mental illnesses, and that percentage is steadily rising.2…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-10-07). Leaked Documents Reveal Ukraine's Zelensky Tried to Hire Terrorists in Iraq. libya360.wordpress.com Steven Sahiounie Details of the recent Ukrainian-Iraqi talks have appeared in the Middle Eastern media. According to almasryalyoum.com, on September 27, a YouTube video appeared, which claims that Ukrainian president Zelenskyy has been trying to recruit certain Iraqi prisoners into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the video, the prisoners in question are convicted terrorists and ISIS…

presstv.ir (2023-10-07). US denies Iraq access to oil dollars depleted by sanctions. presstv.ir The US has refused to provide Iraq with the proceeds of its oil sales at a time that the Arab country is struggling with a crippled economy due to Washington's illegal sanctions.

presstv.ir (2023-10-07). Iran says Iraq needs to do more on bilateral security pact. presstv.ir Iran says it expects a full disarmament of separatist groups in Iraq as part of bilateral security pact.

WSWS (2023-10-07). US shoots down Turkish drone as Turkey bombs Kurdish forces in Syria, Iraq. wsws.org The escalation of tensions in Syria points to the danger that the imperialist-backed war for regime change initiated in 2011 could be reignited and escalate into a regional conflict.

Israel Shahak (2023-10-08). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

presstv.ir (2023-10-08). Yemenis and Kuwaitis march in support of Hamas' surprise attack. presstv.ir Thousands of participants took part in a rally in Yemen to support Hamas' operation while tens of others gathered in Kuwait City for the same reason.

presstv.ir (2023-10-07). Yemenis and Kuwaitis march in support of Hamas' surprise attack. presstv.ir Thousands of participants took part in a rally in Yemen to support Hamas' operation while tens of others gathered in Kuwait City for the same reason.

Tamara Nassar (2023-10-08). Israel-Arab normalization has not eliminated the resistance. electronicintifada.net The last few days have shown that resolving the Palestinian cause is the only way to secure regional stability.

ecns.cn (2023-10-07). China reports 826 million trips during 8-day National Day holidays. ecns.cn China's tourism industry has shown a strong recovery momentum, recording 826 million trips and 753.43 billion yuan (about $103.2 billion) of tourism revenue during the eight-day Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, which came to a close on Saturday.

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. (2023-10-07). We Have, In Africa, Everything Necessary To Become A Powerful, Modern, And Industrialised Continent. popularresistance.org In his 1963 book, Africa Must Unite, Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president, wrote, 'We have here, in Africa, everything necessary to become a powerful, modern, industrialised continent. United Nations investigators have recently shown that Africa, far from having inadequate resources, is probably better equipped for industrialisation than almost any other region in the world'. Here, Nkrumah was referring to the Special Study on Economic Conditions and Development, Non-Self-Governing Territories (United Nations, 1958), which detailed the continent's immense natural resources.

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