2020-03-20: Social Media Postees

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From Cluster Bombs to Toxic Waste: Saudi Arabia is Creating the Next Fallujah in Yemen
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-20
From dumping toxic waste into the sea to littering Yemen's farms with tons of unexploded cluster bombs, Saudi Arabia is creating a legacy so toxic in Yemen that experts believe it could take a century to undo.
mintpressnews.com/cluster-bombs-toxic-waste-saudi-arabia-deadly-legacy-yemen/265897/

[World Report] Building bridges in Yemen
Sharmila Devi | thelancet.com | 2020-03-20
20 million Yemenis lack health care. A new air-bridge scheme won't help them all, but it could help to build trust. Sharmila Devi reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30672-3/fulltext?rss=yes

[Spotlight] Coronavirus epidemic: preparing for extracorporeal organ support in intensive care
Claudio Ronco, Paolo Navalesi, Jean Louis Vincent | thelancet.com | 2020-03-20
Zoonotic viral infections are more frequently crossing species to infect human populations. In 2003, the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus was transmitted to humans from exotic animals in wet markets in China, and in 2015, the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) virus was transmitted from camels in Saudi Arabia. In both cases, and with the 2019 coronavirus outbreak in China, the original host of the virus is likely to be bats.
thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30060-6/fulltext?rss=yes

Russia, Saudi Arabia Not Engaged in Price Wars – Kremlin
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-20
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia and Saudi Arabia are not engaged in any price war on the oil market, the global situation is unfortunate for oil prices, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
sputniknews.com/business/202003201078641702-russia-saudi-arabia-not-engaged-in-price-wars—kremlin/

US Drone Assassinations Continue Despite German Effort to Restrict Them
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-19
Berlin– A year after a German court issued a ruling that would have dramatically restricted U.S. drone operations in accordance with international law, no substantive changes have taken place, as the lawsuit that led to the March 2019 ruling is still stuck in the appeals process. | The lawsuit, filed by Yemeni engineer Faisal bin Ali Jaber over the killing of two family members, alleges that the German government intentionally…
truthout.org/articles/us-drone-assassinations-continue-despite-german-effort-to-restrict-them/

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2020-03-19: News Headlines

Staff (2020-03-19). Headlines for March 19, 2020. democracynow.org Italy Records Record 475 Coronavirus Deaths as Infections Continue Climbing, British PM Boris Johnson Closes Schools After Reversing Lax Virus Containment Plan, Millions of Brazilians Protest from Windows and Balconies Demanding President's Ouster, World Health Organization Warns Critical Lack of Testing Is Costing Lives, Egypt Arrests Protesters Calling for Release of Prisoners at Risk of COVID-19, Yemen, Already Wracked by U.S.-Supported, Saudi-Led War, Braces for Coronavirus, Trump Admin Tightens Sanctions That Have Devastated Iran's Public Health System, Trump Signs Coronavirus Relief Bill Providing Paid Leav…

RT (2020-03-19). Trump says oil price war 'devastating' for Russia — but it's Saudis & US shale that stand to suffer most. rt.com Plummeting oil prices have sparked another round of predictions about the economic collapse of Russia — this time from US President Donald Trump, who sounded a lot like his predecessor Barack Obama on the subject. | The price of crude oil has crashed to $20 this week, due to a one-two punch of Saudi Arabia flooding the market with record output and a sharp drop in global demand owing to the coronavirus pandemic. Asked about it during a press conference about the pandemic on Thursday, Trump described the price war as "very bad" for Saudi Arabia and "devastating" to Russia, but helpful in a way to American…

RT (2020-03-19). Saudi Arabia limits worship at Mecca & Medina mosques, risking tighter crowds amid coronavirus pandemic. rt.com Muslims unable to enter the holy mosques of Mecca and Medina will no longer be allowed to pray in the overflow areas outside their walls, the Saudi government decided ahead of Friday prayers in a bid to contain Covid-19 spread. | The Mecca and Medina mosques are the only two worship sites still open for prayers in Saudi Arabia. The move to restrict worship there as well comes as the desert kingdom attempts to slow the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. | Congregational and Friday prayers have been suspended at every single other mosque in Saudi Arabia, an unprecedented move for the devout country. | Also on r…

Staff (2020-03-19). US Drone Assassinations Continue Despite German Effort to Restrict Them. truthout.org Berlin— A year after a German court The lawsuit, filed by Yemeni engineer Faisal bin Ali Jaber over the killing of two family members, alleges that the German government intentionally…

Staff (2020-03-18). Saudi's Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS. truthdig.com Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman wants the world to believe he is the Arab world's liberal reformer, but he he has imprisoned women as foreign agents and spies.

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