‘This is a question of revenge of a huge state on a caring person’: why a court in London approved the extradition of Assange to the USA: The Westminster Magistrates Court in London has approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States by issuing a warrant. According to the organization itself, the final decision on this case should be made by the head of the UK Home Office, Priti Patel.
The collective West, led by the United States, has acted as the main instigator of the Ukrainian conflict, American analyst Daniel Patrick Welch writes in his article for Press TV. According to him, those numerous countries that have suffered from Washington’s policies now ardently support Moscow in its opposition to ‘the undoubted bully and sponsor of terrorism on the planet.’
The movie ZULU (1964) caught the imagination of the world and inspired the courage of fighters who against all odds defeated their enemies. Although one of the lesser-known actions of the Anglo-Zulu War, the Battle of Kambula on 29th March 1879 avenged the British defeat at Isandlwana, established the superiority of the invading force and became the turning point of the war.
Any criticism of Israel or of Jewish behaviour is sure to get the knee-jerk denunciation of ‘Anti-Semite so case closed’. Not quite closed for as a world traveller I visited, lived and worked in Arab countries for years. I dared to go where angels fear to tread; the notoriously anti-British Crater District and I did so at night.
A DAY IN IRISH HISTORY: 17 July 1920 – The IRA executes English Army officer Colonel Gerald Bryce Ferguson Smyth in Cork.
Bodies and arms are still being found today on the Eastern Front 80-years following the greatest tragedy that bled Europe of its finest warriors of all European nationalities.
Extensive anti-Russian sanctions did not at all lead to the isolation of Russia, but isolated those who imposed these sanctions, says German economist Andreas Beck. In his article for N-TV, he writes that a very significant number of countries in the world have not joined the sanctions and benefit from trade with Russia. He stressed that those calling for sanctions were displaying breath-taking irresponsibility.
Israel was ranked the 10th-largest international weapons exporter in the past five years by an independent global security think tank. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s latest report, measuring weapons trade from 2017 to 2021, said arms trade to Europe surged. The Gulf states were leading importers and Israel remains a major player.
In response to our superbly researched story about the absence of German atrocities during World War II, to which were added many admissions by Allied commanders that the German armed forces treated their captives far better than convention required, a Canadian reader suggested that we republish The Silence of the Lambs to the Slaughter.
The people of the military victors of World War II, especially those in Russia, are firmly convinced that ‘Nazis epitomise evil incarnate’. This media promoted belief is now deeply ingrained. It is a tattoo on the consciousness and difficult to remove.
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