Daily Archives: August 22, 2021

2021-08-22: News Headlines

Janelle Velina (2021-08-22). Afghanistan, the Forgotten Proxy War. The Role of Osama bin Laden and Zbigniew Brzezinski. globalresearch.ca One of the key players in U.S.-led "Soviet-Afghan war" was Osama bin Laden, a Saudi-born millionaire from a wealthy, powerful family with ties to the Saudi royal family. Before becoming America's "boogeyman", Osama was put in charge of fundraising for the Mujahideen.

_____ (2021-08-22). Canada Violating Int'l Law By Selling Arms To Saudis. popularresistance.org Canada's ongoing arms sales to Saudi Arabia is being slammed as illegal under our UN commitments by Amnesty International and Project Ploughshares. And the international community is taking notice.

Anonymous007 (2021-08-22). Military Situation In Yemen On August 22, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 339 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On August 21, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 15 airstrikes on the Sarwah district | On August 21, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Madghal district | On August 21, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 2 airstrikes on the Khab and Shaaf district | On August 22, sporadic clashes between…

_____ (2021-08-21). The Crimes Of The West In Afghanistan. popularresistance.org The headless flight of NATO troops from Afghanistan and the havoc they leave behind are only the last chapter in a devastating story that began in October 2001. At that time, the US government, supported by allies including the German administration, announced that the terror attacks of September 11 should be answered by a war in Afghanistan. None of the assassins were Afghan. And the Taliban government at the time even offered the US to extradite Osama bin Laden—an offer the US did not even respond to. Virtually no word was said about the country of origin of 15 of the 19 terrorists—Saudi Arabia. On…

Anonymous007 (2021-08-21). Military Situation In Yemen On August 21, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 245 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On August 19, the Saudi-led forces reportedly shot down a drone in southern Saudi Arabia | On August 20, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 5 airstrikes on the Sarwah district | On August 20, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 2 airstrikes on the Madghal district | On August 20, Saudi-led coalition warplanes cond…

Anonymous669 (2021-08-21). Yemeni Minister Claims Iranian Military Advisor Was Killed In Saudi Airstrike. southfront.org File image. | On August 21, Muammar al-Iryani, Minister of Media in the Saudi-backed Yemeni government, claimed that an Iranian military advisor who was supporting the Houthis (Ansar Allah) was killed in the central Yemeni province of Ma'rib. | According to al-Iryani, the advisor, allegedly called "Heydar Sirjan," was killed along with nine other people, including two Colonels of the Houthis "Musa al-Qahazi" and "Ahmed al-Sahari," when a warplane of the Saudi-led coalition bombed their position in the district of Sirwah.

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