Daily Archives: September 8, 2022

2022-09-08: News Headlines

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-09-08). Ukraine Planned to Use UN-Appointed International Nuclear Experts as a Tool for Blackmail. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter The IAEA report doesn't name the perpetrators of attacks on Europe's biggest nuclear power plant, but the mission itself left Kiev frustrated. If at first you don't succeed, then try, try again. This seems to be the mantra of the Ukrainian government as it seeks to blackmail the international community into helping it evict…

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-08). Mossad Chief Wraps Up Trip to US Focused on Iran, Says Israel Won't 'Sit Idly By'. news.antiwar.com David Barnea, the head of Israel's Mossad spy agency, wrapped up a trip in Washington on Thursday that was focused on Iran as Israel has been pushing hard for the Biden administration to exit nuclear deal negotiations with Tehran. According to a statement from the Israeli prime minister's office, Barnea stressed to officials in Washington …

Amy Goodman (2022-09-08). Fighting Near Ukrainian Nuclear Site Must End to Prevent Chernobyl-Like Disaster. truthout.org The International Atomic Energy Agency is calling for a safety and security protection zone to be immediately set up around the facility in order to avoid a nuclear disaster at Europe's largest nuclear power plant. This week it released a long-awaited report urging Russia and Ukraine to create a demilitarized zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, after visiting it last week. "Their warnings are pretty clear: Unless the fighting stops, unless the shelling around and on the plant site stops, … then the plant is really skating on thin ice," says Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety at the Unio…

WSWS (2022-09-08). FBI found documents on nuclear weapons at Mar-a-Lago, Washington Post claims. wsws.org The latest press salvo against Trump underscores the extraordinary intensity of the political conflict within the US ruling elite.

TeleSUR, ysm, JDO (2022-09-08). Irán condiciona inspecciones nucleares a reactivación del PIAC. telesurtv.net "No pueden esperar que Irán acepte inspecciones más allá de las salvaguardas mientras no cumplen con sus compromisos", indicó el portavoz de la AEAI.

Aditya Sarin (2022-09-08). Joint U.S.-South Korea Military Exercises Conclude, With Eye on North Korea & China. towardfreedom.org The United States and South Korea seem to be attempting to send a clear message to both North Korea and China of their united military posture in the region. It comes as the U.S. encirclement of China continues rapidly. Aditya Sarin analyzes the situation.

____ (2022-09-08). S.Korea proposes talks with DPRK for reunion of separated families. ecns.cn South Korea on Thursday proposed talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for the reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.

Michael Berkowitz (2022-09-08). Korean series 'Extraordinary Attorney Woo' challenges assumptions about autism and ability. peoplesworld.org On its face, "Extraordinary Attorney Woo" is a gentle plea for tolerance and understanding. Netflix's new Korean television series is the story of a young attorney, fresh out of law school, taking her first job as a lawyer in a prestigious, powerful downtown Seoul law firm. Woo is extraordinary as she is not only the …

WSWS (2022-09-08). South Korean truck drivers continue months-long protest for better conditions. wsws.org The KCTU and its affiliated unions are systematically isolating the drivers to prevent other exploited sections of the working class from joining in a broader struggle in defence of their wages and working conditions.

Ahmed Adel (2022-09-07). IAEA Chief Contradicted Kiev's "Politicisation" of Visit to Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. "It's a Technical Mission" globalresearch.ca

____ (2022-09-07). Chinese UN envoy calls for security of Ukrainian nuclear facilities. ecns.cn A Chinese ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday reiterated support for the efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and called for the safety and security of nuclear facilities in Ukraine.

Jason Ditz (2022-09-07). IAEA Falsely Hints Iran Nuclear Program Isn't Peaceful. news.antiwar.com

____ (2022-09-07). China supports continued presence of IAEA experts at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. ecns.cn China on Tuesday expressed support for the continued presence of the experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), UN's nuclear watchdog, at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-07). Ukraine's Top General Warns 'Limited' Nuclear War Can't Be Ruled Out. news.antiwar.com Gen. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces, warned Wednesday that it couldn't be ruled out that the war in Ukraine could turn into a "limited" nuclear conflict that could draw in other countries and potentially spark World War III. Zaluzhnyi made the warning in an op-ed published by the Ukrainian state news agency …

Craig Wood (2022-09-07). Little Boat, Big Idea: "Rid the World of Nuclear Weapons" globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2022-09-07). Report: US Tells Israel the Nuclear Deal With Iran Is Off the Table for Now. news.antiwar.com The Israeli news website Zman Yisrael didn't cite any sources but said that this message had been conveyed to Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid in recent conversations with President Biden and other US officials. | Prospects for a revival of the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, seemed unlikely after the US slammed Iran's latest response…

Linda Pentz Gunter (2022-09-07). Nuclear Alarm Bells at Zaporizhzhia. commondreams.org The extreme risks around Ukraine's massive nuclear plant are the strongest argument yet for an end to the use of nuclear power.

____ (2022-09-07). Iran's FM not to violate any of red lines over nuclear issue. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) — Iranians Foreign Minister said that the guidelines instructed by Leader of the Islamic Revolution in neutralizing the sanctions are emphasized by President Raeisi and the negotiating team is seriously moving in this direction.

____ (2022-09-07). Promises to stop nuclear tests must become binding obligation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) — Iran's Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN said that the unilateral promises to stop nuclear tests are in no way a substitute for nuclear disarmament and must become a binding legal obligation.

Al Arabiya (2022-09-07). Nuclear Defense, or Nuclear Offense? US Military to Test Launch an ICBM, Notifies the Kremlin. globalresearch.ca

TeleSUR, JCM (2022-09-07). OIEA llama a cesar ataques en central nuclear de Zaporiyia. telesurtv.net La agencia nuclear de la ONU recomendó que se establezca una zona de seguridad alrededor de la central nuclear, ubicada en el sureste de Ucrania.

_____ (2022-09-07). Joint US-South Korea Military Exercises Conclude. popularresistance.org Between August 22 and September 1, the United States and South Korea concluded their largest joint military drills in the Korean Peninsula since 2017, under the name 'Ulchi Freedom Shield'. Over the last four years, the scope of the annual exercises had been scaled back, first because of Donald Trump's attempts at diplomacy with North Korea's Kim Jong-un and later because of the COVID-19 pandemic. | With these drills, however, the US and South Korea seem to be attempting to send a clear message to both North Korea and China of their united military posture in the region, and come at a time when the US' encircleme…

_____ (2022-09-07). Joint US-South Korea military exercises conclude, with an eye on North Korea and China. popularresistance.org Between August 22 and September 1, the United States and South Korea concluded their largest joint military drills in the Korean Peninsula since 2017, under the name 'Ulchi Freedom Shield'. Over the last four years, the scope of the annual exercises had been scaled back, first because of Donald Trump's attempts at diplomacy with North Korea's Kim Jong-un and later because of the COVID-19 pandemic. | With these drills, however, the US and South Korea seem to be attempting to send a clear message to both North Korea and China of their united military posture in the region, and come at a time when the US' encircleme…

Oneworld.press (2022-09-07). Speculative Pakistani Arms Sales To Kiev vs. Speculative North Korean Ones To Russia. oneworld.press The US-led Western Mainstream Media ignored the reports about Pakistan's speculative involvement in a transnational UK-led airbridge for militarily supplying Kiev while going bonkers about the second one connected to North Korea's supposed arms sales to Russia. Their conspicuous silence towards the former very strongly suggests some element of truth to those claims while their hysterical over-amplification of the latter similarly suggests that it lacks any actual substance.

Staff (2022-09-07). Russian UN envoy reacts to claims of arms purchases from DPRK. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) — Russian Permanent Representative to the UN rejected US media claims of Russia purchasing arms from North Korea.

Al Arabiya (2022-09-07). US Military to Test Launch an ICBM Wednesday, Notifies Russia. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-09-07). US announces intercontinental ballistic missile test. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Sep. 07 (MNA) — The US military will test an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Wednesday, the Pentagon said in an unusual pre-launch announcement.

WSWS (2022-09-06). Thatcherite warmonger Liz Truss becomes Britain's prime minister. wsws.org Behind this monstrous personality, a government with no popular mandate to rule is seeking to impose a political agenda dictated by the financial oligarchy that threatens millions with destitution, dictatorial rule, the eruption of world war and nuclear destruction.

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