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South Sudan civil war causing widespread famine - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/03/01/suda-m01.html

South Sudan civil war causing widespread famine
By Thomas Gaist
1 March 2017

The 2011 partition of Sudan has proven a fateful moment in the neocolonial Africa policy pursued by American imperialism during the quarter century following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It is now clear that the carve-up of Sudan has set the stage for a historic catastrophe.

Less than six years after celebrating its “independence,” the criminal regime installed by Washington in Juba presides over one of the worst humanitarian crises worldwide. South Sudan is joining the long list of countries destroyed as functioning societies by the predatory wars and geopolitical operations of the American government.

#conflits #guerre #réfugiés #famine #Faim #alimentation #soudan #soudan_du_sud

US sells battle tanks to Saudi Arabia as it renews assault on Yemen - World Socialist Web Site
▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2016/08/11/usse-a11.html

US sells battle tanks to Saudi Arabia as it renews assault on Yemen
By Thomas Gaist
11 August 2016

In a clear signal of American imperialism’s unrelenting commitment to the Saudi monarchy and its ongoing war against Yemen, the United States’ State Department approved the sale of one hundred and fifty Abrams main battle tanks to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.

The tanks, designed for large-scale ground warfare, are part of a larger package of American weaponry, valued at $1.15 billion, that includes a bevy of additional military hardware.

#états-unis #arabie_saoudite #yémen #armement

Après Kunduz, Homs, Haydan, Taiz : Sadeh
Yemen : Another MSF supported hospital bombed | Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International
▻http://www.msf.org/article/yemen-another-msf-supported-hospital-bombed

Sana’a – An MSF supported hospital has been hit by a projectile in Northern Yemen causing at least four dead and 10 injured and the collapse of several buildings of the medical facility. Three of the injured are MSF staff, two in critical condition.

(...) “All warring parties, including the Saudi led coalition (SLC), are regularly informed of the GPS coordinates of the medical sites where MSF works and we are in constant dialogue with them to ensure that they understand the severity of the humanitarian consequences of the conflict and the need to respect the provision of medical services”, says Raquel Ayora Director of Operations. “There is no way that anyone with the capacity to carry out an airstrike or launch a rocket would not have known that the Shiara Hospital was a functioning health facility providing critical services and supported by MSF”.

#arabie_saoudite #yémen #MSF

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Detroit charged $126 million by law firms and consultants in bankruptcy case - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/09/17/detr-s17.html

Detroit charged $126 million by law firms and consultants in bankruptcy case

By Thomas Gaist
17 September 2014

The City of Detroit has been charged at least $126 million in fees for legal, financial, and consulting firms in connection with the city’s Chapter 9 bankruptcy case, according to an internal report cited by the Wall Street Journal.

The $126 million total marks a nearly fourfold increase from the $28 million in fees reported by the city’s fee examiner Robert Fishman in December of 2013. Total fees may rise above $150 million before the bankruptcy is complete, according to Bill Nowling, a spokesman for Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr.

#detroit #rapaces #vautours etc...

The New York Times and Manning’s prison sentence - World Socialist Web Site

►http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/08/23/nyti-a23.html

The New York Times and Manning’s prison sentence
By Thomas Gaist
23 August 2013

In an editorial published yesterday, “Bradley Manning’s Excessive Sentence,” the New York Times has endorsed the suppression of whistleblowers spearheaded by the Obama administration.

#wikileak #bradley_manning

Glenn Greenwald’s partner detained at Heathrow airport for nine hours | World news | The Guardian

▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/18/glenn-greenwald-guardian-partner-detained-heathrow

Cet événement a l’air d’être passé inaperçu dans la presse française, où j’ai mal regardé en ce dimanche pluvieux ?

Ah non, quand même, bien que ce soit discret

▻http://www.lemonde.fr/technologies/article/2013/08/18/nsa-le-compagnon-de-glenn-greenwald-interroge-a-heathrow_3463038_651865.html

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The 28-year-old was held for nine hours, the maximum the law allows before officers must release or formally arrest the individual. According to official figures, most examinations under schedule 7 – over 97% – last under an hour, and only one in 2,000 people detained are kept for more than six hours.

#snowden #prism #greenwald
Miranda was released, but officials confiscated electronics equipment including his mobile phone, laptop, camera, memory sticks, DVDs and games consoles.

US expands global drone warfare - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/07/23/dron-j23.html

US expands global drone warfare
By Thomas Gaist
23 July 2013

In what the Washington Post describes as the “next phase of drone warfare,” the Obama administration is set to “extend the Pentagon’s robust surveillance networks far beyond traditional, declared combat zones.” According to the Post, Washington is set to deploy the drone fleet to new areas across the globe, where it will be used to monitor drug runners, pirates and “other targets that worry US officials.”

#drones

NSA whistleblower reveals identity, exposes US government’s “architecture of oppression” - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/06/10/snow-j10.html

NSA whistleblower reveals identity, exposes US government’s “architecture of oppression”

By Thomas Gaist
10 June 2013

Former CIA employee Edward Joseph Snowden announced on Sunday that he is the source of recent leaks to the Guardian and Washington Post exposing systematic police-state surveillance conducted under the Obama administration by the National Security Agency.