2019-09-22: Social Media Postees

Yemeni children considered covering themselves in oil? Lee Camp bashes US reactions to Saudi refinery attacks & Yemen bombings
rt.com | 2019-09-22
Washington and Riyadh were quick to blame Tehran for attacks on Saudi oil facilities. Despite lack of proof and the history of lies told by the accusers, the US media eagerly took their claims at face value, Lee Camp points out. | …
rt.com/usa/469369-redacted-tonight-saudi-oil-attack-media/

How To Get The U.S. To Care About The War In Yemen (Video)
Mark Fiore | truthdig.com | 2019-09-22
Yemen gets a moment in the spotlight when we may have to pay 20 extra cents at the pump — not so much when 85,000 children under the age of give starve to death.
truthdig.com/cartoons/how-to-get-the-u-s-to-care-about-the-war-in-yemen-video/

The Attack on Saudi Arabia's Oil Facility. The Patriot Air Defence System Failed. Why?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-22
Why did Saudi Arabia's advanced Patriot Air defense system fail to detect the drones and missiles? The whole Persian Gulf defense apparatus which includes strategic US and allied military facilities is based on "anticipating" strikes from Iran. Was the Patriot System "Disabled" on September 14?
globalresearch.ca/the-attack-on-saudi-arabias-oil-facility-the-patriot-air-defence-system-failed-why/5689779

We Must Remain Skeptical of Any Attempts to Incite War with Iran
Keith Lamb | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-22
Last Saturday Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq petroleum processing facilities and Khurais oil field were attacked by cruise missiles and drones. The Saudis claim that this unconventional attack thwarted their defense systems as both cruise missiles and drones fly too low. Saudi …
globalresearch.ca/attempts-incite-war-iran/5689845

Didn't he learn what deterrence is? Cruz insists Iran wants to nuke American cities, puzzles Twitter
rt.com | 2019-09-22
Ted Cruz insists Tehran's grand dream is to nuke American cities and that Iran nuclear deal is to blame for the attack on Saudi oil facilities. The argument was mocked for making no sense, but the hawkish US senator doubles down. | …
rt.com/usa/469367-ted-cruz-iran-bomb-us-cities/

US troops in Saudi Arabia defend hegemony, not security
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-22
The Trump administration is sending US troops to Saudi Arabia as it continues to threaten Iran. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former…
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/22/us-troops-in-saudi-arabia-to-defend-hegemony-not-security/

Iran to Present Regional Security Cooperation Plan at UNGA
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-22
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday his country will present a regional cooperation security plan this week when he attends the United Nations General Assembly. | RELATED | US Sends Troops to Saudi Arabia Amid Row with Iran | Rouhani said in a speech commemorating the 39th Anniversary of the Iran-Iraq War that his country extends its "hand of friendship and brotherhood" towards nations in the region willing to cooperate in overseeing security in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-regional-security-cooperation-plan-UNGA-20190922-0004.html

Iran — Neither Military Action nor Economic Sanctions
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-22
It would be utterly immoral of the United States to launch a military attack upon Iran if it is true that one of the missiles that destroyed an oil refinery in Saudi Arabia on the 14th of September 2019 …
globalresearch.ca/iran-neither-military-action-nor-economic-sanctions/5689847

Selected Articles: The Attack on Saudi Arabia's Oil Facility
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-22
Global Research, like many independent voices all over the globe, is feeling the effects of online measures set up to curtail access to our website, and by consequence, hinder our finances. We sail on despite the unpredictable currents and unfavourable …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-post-911-era-global-war-terrorism/5689867

UN chief urges restraint following reported Saudi-led assault in Yemen
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-21
Amid reports of a Saudi-led coalition airstrike near Yemen's port city of Hudaydah, Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concerns for the attacks in a Saturday statement attributable to his Spokesperson, Stephane Dujjaric.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046952

The government just invested £100m in 'killer robots' carrying bombs used in Yemen
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-09-21
The second in a series of articles examining the latest government arms deals announcements. | From 10-13 September, London's ExCeL Centre hosted arms companies from around the world. Defence Security and Equipment International (DSEI) is the world's largest arms fair. As The Canary re…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/09/21/the-government-just-invested-100m-in-killer-robots-carrying-bombs-used-in-yemen/

US Sends Troops to Saudi Arabia Amid Row with Iran
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-21
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday approved sending American troops to bolster Saudi Arabia's air and missile defenses after the largest-ever attack on the kingdom's oil facilities, which Washington has squarely blamed on Iran. | RELATED: | US Calls for Another Round of Sanctions Against Iran | The Pentagon said the deployment would involve a moderate number of troops – not numbering thousands – and would be primarily defensive in nature. It also detailed plans to expedite delivery of military…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Sends-Troops-to-Saudi-Arabia-Amid-Row-with-Iran-20190921-0003.html

US sending more troops to Saudi Arabia amid rising war tensions
wsws.org | 2019-09-21
The announcement followed a White House meeting between US President Donald Trump and his National Security Council to discuss proposals for military action against Iran.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/21/iran-s21.html

"Houthi Attack" on Saudi Oil Fields — a False Flag? The Financial Reaction Was Immediate
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-21
The financial reaction was immediate. Saudi stocks fell, the oil prices rose, then settled and later fell again. It was an immediate reaction of major banks' algorithmic speculation with about 10,000 operational hits a second. A trial for larger things to come?
globalresearch.ca/houthi-attack-on-saudi-oil-fields-a-false-flag-the-financial-reaction-was-immediate/5689786

U.S. to Send Troops to Saudi Arabia, Hold Off on Striking Iran
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-21
The move is a show of restraint after talk of all-out war amid major tensions over drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities.
truthdig.com/articles/u-s-to-send-troops-to-saudi-arabia-hold-off-on-striking-iran/

Pentagon Deploys US Forces to Defend Saudi Oil
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-21
The Pentagon just announced that they will be deploying more U.S. forces to Saudi Arabia.

Pentagon Deploys US Forces to Defend Saudi Oil

Will Qatar become an Arab Superpower?
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-09-21
The Qatar crisis was initially considered a minor ideological conflict between the Muslim Brotherhood and Wahhabist Islam; however, it has since evolved into a large-scale strategic battle due to the inexperience and naivety of Saudi rulers. If the current trend continues, the crisis could profoundly alter the fates of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the entire …
uwidata.com/5412-will-qatar-become-an-arab-superpower/

Instead of threats, Trump can easily defuse Iran crisis he created
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-20
The Trump administration continues to threaten Iran after blaming it, without evidence, for the recent bombing of Saudi oil facilities….
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/20/instead-of-threats-trump-can-easily-defuse-the-iran-crisis-he-created/

Friday's Daily Brief: World youth call for climate action and peace, record food needs met in Yemen, exclusive sit down with UN chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-20
A recap of Friday's top stories: Climate emergency threatening peace progress; Guterres urges States bring concrete answers to GA; Migrant shooting in Libya signals danger; Xenophobia attacks rise in South Africa; Record number get UN food aid in Libya.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1046932

How To Get The U.S. To Care About The War In Yemen
Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2019-09-20
progressive.org/dispatches/how-to-get-the-u-s-to-care-war-in-yemen-fiore-190920/

Yemen's Houthi Halt All Attacks on Saudi Arabia With Ballistic Missiles and Drones
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-20
Yemen's Houthi have announced at the end of a dramatic week following the early Saturday aerial attacks on two Saudi oil facilities.
theantimedia.com/yemen-houthi-halt-attacks-saudi-arabia/

Burning Amazonia, Denying Climate Change, Devastating Syria, Starving Yemen, Ignoring Kashmir
Richard Falk | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-20
The World Order Backdrop | Arguably, even before the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, there was a widespread sense that a state-centric form of world order was morally and functionally deficient in certain fundamental respects. Political actors were indifferent to …
globalresearch.ca/burning-amazonia-denying-climate-change-devastating-syria-starving-yemen-ignoring-kashmir/5689716

Saudi Arabia up in Flames: Riyadh Is Headed for a Major Disaster
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-20
On Saturday September 14, Yemen's Houthi rebels announced that they had conducted a massive attack on several Aramco plants in Saudi Arabia, including the largest oil refinery in the world in Abqaiq, using 10 drones. On Twitter, dozens of videos …
globalresearch.ca/saudi-arabia-headed-major-disaster/5689730

Trump meets with security council on Iran war plans
wsws.org | 2019-09-20
Washington has yet to produce a shred of evidence of Iran's responsibility for the Saudi attacks, which have been seized upon as a pretext for preparing a war for regime change.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/20/iran-s20.html

Roaming Charges: Pompeo and Circumstance
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2019-09-20
+ The Saudis want to "fight the Iranians to the last American." — Secretary of Defense Bob Gates, February 2010 + Who needs John Bolton, when you've got Pompeo Maximus declaring the attack on the Abqaiq refineries in Saudi Arabia: "An act of war." + By Pompeo's logic, the death of every Yemeni kid from cholera…
counterpunch.org/2019/09/20/roaming-charges-pompeo-and-circumstance/

Mike Pompeo Declares Drone Attack on Saudi Arabia an "Act of War"
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-19
Mike Pompeo is declaring what happened "an act of war," and is now looking to use that bellicosity cobble together a coalition against Iran.

Mike Pompeo Declares Drone Attack on Saudi Arabia an "Act of War"

Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?
MBNJSD | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-19
On Saturday, September 14th, two oil refineries and other oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia were hit and set ablaze by 18 drones and 7 cruise missiles, dramatically slashing Saudi Arabia's oil production by half, from about ten million to five million barrels per day. On September 18, the Trump administration, blaming Iran, announced it was …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/will-americans-let-trump-start-world-war-iii-for-saudi-arabia-and-israel/

Would Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?
Medea Benjamin | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-18
If the U.S. military, or Israel or Saudi Arabia, had a viable plan to attack Iran without triggering a wider war, they would have done so long ago.

Would Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?

Will Americans Let Trump Start World War III for Saudi Arabia and Israel?
Medea Benjamin | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-18
If the U.S. military, or Israel or Saudi Arabia, had a viable plan to attack Iran without triggering a wider war, they would have done so long ago.
mintpressnews.com/will-americans-let-trump-start-war-iran-saudi-arabia-israel/261927/

Saudi — UAE Split on Yemen Not What it Appears to Be
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-18
Antony Loewenstein parses the fog around UAE & Saudis in Yemen, how it is connected to the chaos in Libya, the drone attack, and wider chaos of the Middle East…
therealnews.com/stories/saudi-uae-split-on-yemen-not-what-it-appears-to-be

Saudi Arabia Denies Its Key Role in Climate Change Even as It Prepares for the Worst
Lee Fang | theintercept.com | 2019-09-18
Saudi Arabia, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, remains a principal funder of climate denialism even as it prepares for climate extremes.
theintercept.com/2019/09/18/saudi-arabia-aramco-oil-climate-change/

Yemeni forces strike Saudi Arabia; U.S. blames Iran
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-17
Milwaukee, WI – In the early morning hours of September 14 ten drones carried out an intensive bombing of two of the world's largest oil refineries, both located in Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Aramco facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais were decimated, crippling the productive capabilities of the oil manufacturers in the country. The Air Force of the Yemeni Army and Popular Committees have announced that these strikes are a part of what they're calling the 2nd Operation of Balanced Deterrence. | The attacks serve as the latest in an ongoing war of resistance by Yemen that began nearly five years ago. On one side, there a…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/17/yemeni-forces-strike-saudi-arabia-us-blames-iran

Will the U.S. start a war for Saudi Arabia?
Mazda Majidi | liberationnews.org | 2019-09-17
We are facing an extremely dangerous situation with a real possibility of the U.S. bombing Iran.
liberationnews.org/will-the-u-s-start-a-war-for-saudi-arabia/

Riyadh reaps what it sows: Yemeni drone attack devastates Saudi oil production
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-09-17
Yemen's Ansar Allah has officially claimed responsibility for the drone attacks against ARAMCO oil facilities which resulted in Saudi Arabia's oil production being cut in half. Nonetheless, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, President Donald Trump and Saudi officials are claiming that Iran was actually the one responsible for the attack. The world's largest oil processing …
uwidata.com/5348-riyadh-reaps-what-it-sows-yemeni-drone-attack-devastates-saudi-oil-production/

Drone Attack on Saudis May Not Lead to War
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-09-17
As'ad Abukhalil maintains that Trump may not actually want war, but the consequences of this attack could still have dangerous consequences…
therealnews.com/stories/drone-attack-on-saudis-may-not-lead-to-war

Saudi Oil Refinery Attack Raises Fears of "Wider Regional War" Involving U.S. & Iran
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-16
President Trump is threatening to take military action after several large Saudi Arabian oil facilities were attacked Saturday by drones and cruise missiles. Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack, but numerous reports indicate the attack may have come from Iraq or Iran rather than Yemen. Crude oil prices soared more than 15% after the Aramco-run plants suffered heavy damage. One of the plants struck is the world's biggest petroleum-processing facility. According to one estimate, the attacks decreased Saudi's daily oil output by nearly 6 million barrels. While the United States has been quic…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/16/saudi_arabia_oil_supply_attacks

Human Trafficking is Booming in Yemen as the War Enters its Fifth Year
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-13
A complete absence of law and order in Yemen has given rise to a black Suq (market) of human trafficking on a scale never before seen in the war-torn and war-weary nation.
mintpressnews.com/human-trafficking-booming-yemen-war/261818/

Hassan El-Tayyab on US Out of Yemen, Kate Bronfenbrenner on Labor Board vs. Labor
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-09-06
Media…
fair.org/home/hassan-el-tayyab-on-us-out-of-yemen-kate-bronfenbrenner-on-labor-board-vs-labor/