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05.07.2026 - 20:48 [ WorldWeatherAttribution.org ]

Fossil fuel emissions have rapidly worsened European heatwaves in just a few decades

(June 26, 2026)

Heatwaves pose a serious threat to human health and have profound impacts on ecosystems. During the summer of 2022, more than 60,000 people across Europe died as a result of extreme heat. Even in the following summer, which was significantly cooler, over 47,000 heat-related deaths were recorded (Gallo et al., 2024). Last year, the first heatwave in Europe, also hitting at the end of June, cost an estimated 2,300 people their lives in only 12 European cities (Grantham Institute, 2025).

05.07.2026 - 20:38 [ ClimateFactChecks.org ]

Europe’s Deadly Heatwave: Climate Change Tripled the Death Toll, Finds Study

(July 11, 2025)

A searing heatwave that swept across parts of Europe in late June 2025 has been linked to nearly 2,300 excess deaths, according to a rapid attribution study conducted by scientists from Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

The analysis shows that global warming raised temperatures during this heatwave by 2 to 4°C above what they would have been in a world without human influence. This increase, though seemingly modest, had deadly consequences when combined with ageing infrastructure, dense urban environments, and inadequate heat preparedness in many parts of Europe. Temperatures soared well beyond seasonal norms, straining public health systems and exposing gaps in cities’ ability to protect residents.

Researchers focused on data from June 23 to July 2 and 12 European cities in Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, the UK, Greece, Croatia, and Hungary.

25.06.2026 - 08:08 [ NPR.org ]

2 major earthquakes strike northern Venezuela, near Caracas

The epicenters, which USGS estimated to be about 3 miles apart, were near the town of MorĂłn on Venezuela‘s Caribbean coast, some 100 miles west of Caracas.

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„This doesn‘t happen very often,“ Earle said. „When they‘re right together it‘s hard to understand what would happen.“

The strongest of the „doublet,“ as the USGS described the twin quakes, is the largest earthquake to strike Venezuela since 1900, when a 7.7-magnitude quake hit the country, according to USGS.

16.05.2026 - 19:40 [ Wafa.ps ]

President Abbas: The Palestinian cause will remain the greatest test of the international system and its credibility

Excellencies, Heads of Delegations and Representatives of States and International Organizations

Ladies and Gentlemen

Today, in these difficult circumstances that our people are enduring, we commemorate the seventy-eighth anniversary of the Nakba, the catastrophe that is ongoing until this very day, and the crime of ethnic cleansing inflicted upon our Palestinian people. This crime, carried out by Zionist militias with the support of colonial powers, led to the uprooting of 950,000 Palestinians from their cities and villages, and their removal from the land of their ancestors, which they had inherited and inhabited for thousands of years, to be displaced and replaced, transforming them into a people of refugees, witness to the attempts to steal, falsify and erase their history and heritage.

This heinous crime, the Nakba, was accompanied by numerous massacres during which tens of thousands of our people were slaughtered and killed, and their cities and villages destroyed. More than 531 towns and villages, once vibrant with cultural, economic, social, and political life, were erased.

We will not leave, and we will not forget.

We, the Palestinian people and our refugees, did not emigrate from Palestine nor leave it voluntarily in 1948, as Israel and the Zionist movement have claimed, rather, we were forcibly and coercively expelled from it. The truth is that the Palestinian people rose up repeatedly to defend their historic homeland and their existence on their land. We still remember the Palestinian revolution of 1936–1939, but colonial powers provided the Zionists with every means and force necessary to seize the land of Palestine by force of arms.

The Zionist movement’s reliance on false narratives, mythology, and the infamous Balfour Declaration from the colonial era, along with the selective manipulation of fabricated historical events does not create rights, nor does it nullify the deeply rooted historical and legal rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination. It also does not negate international law or the Charter of the United Nations.

29.03.2026 - 12:18 [ Nicolas J.S. Davies / Mintpress.com ]

Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen: Calculating the Millions-High Death Toll of America’s Post-9/11 Wars

(26.4.2018)

As Barbara Lee presciently warned her colleagues before she cast her lone dissenting vote in 2001, we have “become the evil we deplore.” But these wars have not been accompanied by fearsome military parades (not yet) or speeches about conquering the world. Instead they have been politically justified by “information warfare” to demonize enemies and fabricate crises, and then waged in a “disguised, quiet, media free” way, to hide their cost in human blood from the American public and the world.

After 16 years of war, about 6 million violent deaths, 6 countries utterly destroyed and many more destabilized, it is urgent that the American public come to terms with the true human cost of our country’s wars and how we have been manipulated and misled into turning a blind eye to them – before they go on even longer, destroy more countries, further undermine the rule of international law and kill millions more of our fellow human beings.

29.03.2026 - 12:03 [ Reuters ]

Iraq conflict has killed a million, says survey

(January 30, 2008)

The margin of error in the survey, conducted in August and September 2007, was 1.7 percent, giving a range of deaths of 946,258 to 1.12 million.

ORB originally found that 1.2 million people had died, but decided to go back and conduct more research in rural areas to make the survey as comprehensive as possible and then came up with the revised figure.

29.03.2026 - 11:58 [ NPR.org ]

Survey Puts Iraqi War Dead Above One Million

(September 18, 2007)

The British polling agency ORB has released a new survey of Iraqis that suggests that more than one million Iraqis have been killed since the war began. One surprising finding from the study was that most of the estimated 1.2 million deaths were the result of a gun shot, not car bomb.

29.03.2026 - 11:46 [ Al Jazeera ]

How many countries has the US bombed since 2001, and how much has it cost?

(March 3, 2026)

In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks, President George W Bush launched what he called a “war on terror”, a global military campaign that reshaped US foreign policy and triggered wars, invasions and air strikes across numerous countries.

According to an analysis by Brown University’s Watson Institute of International & Public Affairs, US-led wars since 2001 have directly caused the deaths of about 940,000 people across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and other conflict zones

24.03.2026 - 13:13 [ Shafaq.com ]

Airstrike targets headquarters of Faleh al-Fayyadh and Rayan al-Kildani in Mosul

The strikes come a day after a similar attack targeted PMF-linked figures in the Habbaniyah area in Anbar province, killing 15 fighters, including Saad Duwai, the PMF’s operations commander in Al-Anbar.

24.03.2026 - 13:08 [ Middle East Eye ]

Death toll from strikes on Iraq‘s Popular Mobilisation Forces reaches 15

The PMF confirmed in a statement the death of its Anbar commander, Saad al-Baiji, and 14 of his companions. It accused the United States of carrying out the attack, saying a US airstrike targeted a command headquarters while personnel were on duty.

Health sources said some of the wounded were in critical condition and the death toll could rise.

24.02.2026 - 08:37 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Chaos und Gewalt nach Tod von Drogenboss in Mexiko

El Mencho war am Sonntag bei einem Einsatz mexikanischer Soldaten gefasst worden und erlag kurz darauf seinen Verletzungen. Er war der meistgesuchte Verbrecher des Landes, die USA hatten auf ihn eine Belohnung von 15 Millionen Dollar ausgesetzt. Das von ihm gegrĂŒndete Kartell gehört zu den mĂ€chtigsten und brutalsten Mexikos. Zehntausende Menschen hat es getötet oder verschwinden lassen. Es verfĂŒgt ĂŒber moderne Waffen wie gepanzerte Fahrzeuge oder Raketenwerfer.

24.02.2026 - 08:24 [ Texas Public Radio ]

A day after the Mexican military killed a drug lord, security forces keep up fight with cartel

Meanwhile, heavily armed Mexican security forces kept up their battle with cartel gunmen following the killing that sparked a surge in violence and put the country on edge. Cartel fighters continued to block roads as smoke rose on the outskirts of the town in the state of Jalisco.

More than 70 people died in the attempt to capture Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes and the aftermath, authorities said Monday. Known as „El Mencho,“ he was the notorious leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Mexico.

30.01.2026 - 16:41 [ Janine di Giovanni / TheNationalNews.com ]

I‘ve seen MSF‘s work in Gaza. Israel‘s coercion of this charity is a scandal

(January 28, 2026)

The fear of handing over staff lists is well-founded. We know Israel targets journalists in their homes. We know its soldiers kidnap doctors – there is still no sign of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of a hospital in northern Gaza detained by Israeli forces in December 2024. We know Israeli troops shoot healthcare workers, as they did last March when they killed, then buried, 15 emergency responders in Rafah.

Israel has no qualms about punishing those who do not bow to its demands. Food, medicine and humanitarian supplies have been cut off. MSF has said that since January 1, international staff have been denied entry into Gaza and critical medical supplies blocked; this is on top of the new registration requirements that could halt operations altogether.

This is another attempt not only to control humanitarian operations, but to suffocate Gaza.

13.01.2026 - 17:18 [ PressTV.ir ]

Iran slams Germany’s Merz over riots-linked remarks, says Berlin ‘worst-placed’ to lecture on rights

Abbas Araghchi said on Tuesday that Germany was “perhaps the worst-placed” government to lecture others on human rights, arguing that Berlin’s credibility had been “obliterated” by its total support for the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza.

“When Iran defeats terrorists who kill civilians and police officers, the German chancellor rushes to declare that ‘violence is an expression of weakness’,” Araghchi posted on X.

“What, then, does Mr Merz have to say about his wholehearted support for the mass murder of 70,000 Palestinians in Gaza?” he asked.

His comments came in the wake of Merz’s remarks questioning the legitimacy of Iran’s government and suggesting it was nearing collapse following the recent riots across the country.

13.01.2026 - 17:09 [ United Nations ]

Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the Islamic Republic of Iran

The Secretary-General is shocked by the reports of violence and excessive use of force by the Iranian authorities against protesters in multiple locations across the Islamic Republic of Iran, resulting in scores of deaths and many more injuries in recent days.

All Iranians must be able to express their grievances peacefully and without fear. The rights to freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly, as enshrined in international law, must be fully respected and protected.

The Secretary-General urges the Iranian authorities to exercise maximum restraint and to refrain from unnecessary or disproportionate use of force.

He further urges steps that enable access to information in the country, including restoring communications.

13.01.2026 - 17:04 [ Al Jazeera ]

Iran’s Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi warns of ‘organised killing’

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi has accused Iranian authorities of attempting to conceal a deadly crackdown on protesters by cutting internet access and suppressing information.

In a post on Instagram, Ebadi said the shutdown of communications and alleged intimidation of witnesses pointed to an effort by Iran’s government to “kill in silence and then erase it”.

Ebadi called out a pattern of “organised killing” carried out under the cover of internet blackouts. She also demanded the internet’s immediate restoration, and an independent international investigation into the bloodshed.

12.01.2026 - 19:10 [ Al Jazeera ]

Iran’s FM says protests became ‘bloody’ to give Trump intervention excuse

He said Trump’s warning of military action against Tehran should ‌protests turn ‌violent motivated “terrorists” ⁠to target protesters and security forces ‌to invite foreign intervention. “We are ready for war but also for dialogue,” he added.

Araghchi also said Iran has footage of weapons being distributed to protesters, adding authorities will soon release confessions of detainees.

01.01.2026 - 11:00 [ SRF.ch ]

Explosion in Crans-Montana: Mehrere Dutzend Tote nach Brandkatastrophe – rund 100 Verletzte

In Crans-Montana VS ist wÀhrend einer Silvesterparty in einer Bar zu einer Brandkatastrophe gekommen.

GemĂ€ss Polizeiangaben sind dabei «mehrere Dutzend» Menschen gestorben – rund 100 Personen wurden verletzt.

Die Walliser Behörden haben an einer Medienkonferenz ĂŒber den Vorfall informiert.

Der Walliser Staatsrat hat im Kanton die besondere Lage ausgerufen.

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16.12.2025 - 05:29 [ International Business Times ]

Bondi Beach Survivor‘s Shocking Claim About Police Inaction During 20 Minutes of Terror

(December 14, 2025)

The account, provided by eyewitness Shmulik Scuri, has intensified scrutiny of the New South Wales Police tactics during the attack, which has been declared a terrorist incident that left at least 12 people dead and 29 injured.

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Mr Scuri, who was with his family, told reporters that for ‘20 minutes‘ shooters continued to fire while approximately four police officers stood by without returning fire. He said one suspect reloaded openly, uninterrupted, and that officers did not engage.

‚Nobody gave fire back. Nothing. Like they froze,‘ he said. ‚I don‘t understand why.‘

16.12.2025 - 05:21 [ How the Bondi terror attack unfolded | 7.30 ]

How the Bondi terror attack unfolded | 7.30

Dec 15, 2025 #ABCNewsIndepth #ABCNewsAustralia
Australia is in shock following the terror attack at Bondi Beach that left 15 people dead. In an extended program of 7.30, we look at how the attack unfolded, hear from community leaders and people who were there. Plus, Sarah Ferguson interviews the Prime Minister and NSW Premier.

09.12.2025 - 09:48 [ theGuardian.com ]

Israel is a rogue nation. It should be removed from the United Nations

(October 15, 2024)

Over the past year, Israel has launched attacks on multiple countries and occupied territories: the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iran.

Yet countries and territories aside, Israel has also targeted one specific organization with a series of unprecedented rhetorical and violent attacks.

Yes, the United Nations. We have all witnessed Israel, in effect, declare war on the UN.

28.11.2025 - 00:48 [ Hong Kong Free Press ]

Tai Po fire: Death toll rises to 75 as Hong Kong leader promises HK$10K handout to all affected households

In a press briefing on Thursday evening, Chief Executive John Lee said the fire that broke out in seven blocks of Wang Fuk Court was “largely extinguished.”

According to the Fire Services Department, as of Thursday night, at least 75 people, including a firefighter, have lost their lives, making the blaze one of the deadliest in Hong Kong history.

20.11.2025 - 17:20 [ Nicolas J.S. Davies / Mintpress.com ]

Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen: Calculating the Millions-High Death Toll of America’s Post-9/11 Wars

(26.4.2018)

As Barbara Lee presciently warned her colleagues before she cast her lone dissenting vote in 2001, we have “become the evil we deplore.” But these wars have not been accompanied by fearsome military parades (not yet) or speeches about conquering the world. Instead they have been politically justified by “information warfare” to demonize enemies and fabricate crises, and then waged in a “disguised, quiet, media free” way, to hide their cost in human blood from the American public and the world.

After 16 years of war, about 6 million violent deaths, 6 countries utterly destroyed and many more destabilized, it is urgent that the American public come to terms with the true human cost of our country’s wars and how we have been manipulated and misled into turning a blind eye to them – before they go on even longer, destroy more countries, further undermine the rule of international law and kill millions more of our fellow human beings.

11.11.2025 - 20:43 [ CNN ]

At least 12 killed in Islamabad suicide attack – the most deadly assault in the Pakistani capital since 2008

(today)

The country’s president Asif Ali Zardari “strongly condemned the suicide blast” near the city’s High Court on Tuesday afternoon.

Islamabad requires a high level of security to enter and exit the city with specific security zones throughout the capital.

29.10.2025 - 22:47 [ CNC3.co.tt ]

Death toll in massive police raid on drug gang in Brazil rises to 119

Local activist Raull Santiago said he was part of a team that found about 15 bodies before dawn.

“We saw executed people: shot in the back, shots to the head, stab wounds, people tied up. This level of brutality, the hatred spread – there’s no other way to describe it except as a massacre,” Santiago said.

Castro said on Tuesday that Rio was at war against “narco-terrorism,” a term that echoed the Trump administration in its campaign against drug smuggling in Latin America. Rio’s state government said that those who had been killed had resisted police action.

09.10.2025 - 19:47 [ Daniel Neun / Radio Utopie ]

Wie prognostiziert: Israel will deutsche „Inspektoren“ in Gaza und droht anderenfalls mit neuem Massaker

(August 7, 2014)

Heute Nacht nun – Todesstatistik: ĂŒber 1800 ermordete PalĂ€stinenser – veröffentlichte die Springer AG ĂŒber eine kostenpflichtige Online-Ausgabe von „Bild“ ein Interview mit dem faschistischen Außenminister Israels Avigdor Lieberman. Aus der Mannschaft der ĂŒblichen VerdĂ€chtigen nahm dann der „Focus“ den Ball auf und zitierte Lieberman, in seinem von uns exakt voraus gesagten maximalen Zynismus:

„Die Deutschen als politische FĂŒhrungsnation in Europa mĂŒssen eine ganz entscheidende Rolle im Gaza-Konflikt einnehmen. Deutschland muss die Regierung der EU an einen Tisch bringen und eine Lösung entwickeln, um die wirtschaftliche und humanitĂ€re Katastrophe in Gaza abzuwenden.“

Die Botschaft des sicherlich proasiatischen ex-TĂŒrstehers aus Moldawien Lieberman ist klar: „Gebt uns Soldaten, ihr Deutschen, ihr FĂŒhrer des Imperiums ĂŒber den Kontinent, sonst bringen wir weiter PalĂ€stinenser um und ihr seid Schuld! Ihr seid schuld! Wie immer!“

Wie berichtet, war die Fußmatte Israels, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, schon in den letzten Tagen voran gekrochen und hatte sich seinen Lieblingsfaschisten lang hin auf den Weg gelegt. Am 3. August versprach der Außenminister von Deutschland in der Springer AG seinen Herrn und Meistern die „Herrschaft der Hamas“ in ihrer Kolonie Gaza zu brechen und redete diesbezĂŒglich von einer „Reaktivierung“ des seit 2005 aktiven und erst kĂŒrzlich von der „EuropĂ€ischen Kommission“ bis 2015 verlĂ€ngerten Mandats der Polizeimission E.U.B.A.M.

In seiner ganzen brĂ€sigen Robotortour von uns mal wieder kalt erwischt, faselte Steinmeiers AuswĂ€rtiges Amt dann gestern etwas von einer Entsendung „unbewaffneter“ (!) deutscher Polizisten nach Gaza, offensichtlich um ein Bundestagsmandat zu umgehen.

01.10.2025 - 20:46 [ ABS-CBN.com ]

Magnitude 4.9 aftershock jolts Cebu a day after deadly quake

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said it is an aftershock of the September 30 quake, the strongest so far.

Wednesday’s earthquake was recorded with the following instrumental intensities:

Intensity II – Asturias, Talisay, Danao and City of Argao in Cebu; Talibon, Bohol and Villaba, Leyte.

Intensity I – City of Lapu-Lapu and San Francisco, Cebu.

Phivolcs said damage is expected.

As of Wednesday morning, Phivolcs has recorded 795 aftershocks including 4 “major” ones.

01.10.2025 - 20:29 [ Philstar.com ]

Cebu in state of calamity Death toll climbs to 69

MANILA, Philippines — The province of Cebu has been placed under a state of calamity following the damage caused by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake on Tuesday night.

As of 9 p.m. yesterday, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said the number of fatalities climbed to 69.

The Cebu Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office pegged the injured at 293.

Bogo City accounts for most of the deaths with 30 people, followed by the municipalities of San Remigio with 22, Medellin with 10, Tabogon with five and Tabuelan and Sogod with one reported death each.

11.09.2025 - 20:41 [ Nicolas J.S. Davies / Mintpress.com ]

Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen: Calculating the Millions-High Death Toll of America’s Post-9/11 Wars

(26.4.2018)

As Barbara Lee presciently warned her colleagues before she cast her lone dissenting vote in 2001, we have “become the evil we deplore.” But these wars have not been accompanied by fearsome military parades (not yet) or speeches about conquering the world. Instead they have been politically justified by “information warfare” to demonize enemies and fabricate crises, and then waged in a “disguised, quiet, media free” way, to hide their cost in human blood from the American public and the world.

After 16 years of war, about 6 million violent deaths, 6 countries utterly destroyed and many more destabilized, it is urgent that the American public come to terms with the true human cost of our country’s wars and how we have been manipulated and misled into turning a blind eye to them – before they go on even longer, destroy more countries, further undermine the rule of international law and kill millions more of our fellow human beings.

11.09.2025 - 18:04 [ Fox News ]

WATCH LIVE: New York City marks 24 years since the September 11th terror attacks

Families and guests gather at Ground Zero for a ceremony to pause and remember the lives lost during the terror attack on September 11, 2001.

07.05.2025 - 17:57 [ Daily Pakistan ]

26 Pakistanis martyred, 46 injured in Indian strikes: DG ISPR

In attacks at six various locations, 26 Pakistanis were martyred and 46 were injured.

He Masjid Bilal near Muzaffarabad was targeted by Indian aggression, resulting in death of three civilians. A mosque in Muridke was also targeted, where 3 men lost their lives and one injured, while in Kotli, a 16-year-old girl and an 18-year-old boy were martyred. However, there have been no reports of casualties from Sialkot and Shakargarh.

The DG ISPR added 13 people were martyred in a cowardly attack in Ahmedpur Sharqia.

07.05.2025 - 17:51 [ Associated Press ]

India fires missiles into Pakistani-controlled territory, killing at least 26

Pakistan claimed it shot down several Indian fighter jets in retaliation as two planes fell onto villages in India-controlled Kashmir. At least seven civilians were also killed in the region by Pakistani shelling, Indian police and medics said.

Tensions have soared between the nuclear-armed neighbors since the attack, which India has blamed Pakistan for backing. Islamabad has denied the accusation.

19.04.2025 - 01:43 [ Nicolas J.S. Davies / Mintpress.com ]

Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen: Calculating the Millions-High Death Toll of America’s Post-9/11 Wars

(26.4.2018)

As Barbara Lee presciently warned her colleagues before she cast her lone dissenting vote in 2001, we have “become the evil we deplore.” But these wars have not been accompanied by fearsome military parades (not yet) or speeches about conquering the world. Instead they have been politically justified by “information warfare” to demonize enemies and fabricate crises, and then waged in a “disguised, quiet, media free” way, to hide their cost in human blood from the American public and the world.

After 16 years of war, about 6 million violent deaths, 6 countries utterly destroyed and many more destabilized, it is urgent that the American public come to terms with the true human cost of our country’s wars and how we have been manipulated and misled into turning a blind eye to them – before they go on even longer, destroy more countries, further undermine the rule of international law and kill millions more of our fellow human beings.

16.04.2025 - 23:36 [ Guardian ]

‘The Saudis couldn’t do it without us’: the UK’s true role in Yemen’s deadly war

(June 13, 2019)

For more than four years, a brutal Saudi air campaign has bombarded Yemen, killing tens of thousands, injuring hundreds of thousands and displacing millions – creating the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. And British weapons are doing much of the killing. Every day Yemen is hit by British bombs – dropped by British planes that are flown by British-trained pilots and maintained and prepared inside Saudi Arabia by thousands of British contractors.

16.04.2025 - 23:32 [ Daily Mail ]

Our secret dirty war: Five British Special Forces troops are wounded in Yemen while ‚advising‘ Saudi Arabia on their deadly campaign that has brought death and famine to millions

(March 23, 2019)

The Mail on Sunday can also reveal how RAF engineers sent to Saudi Arabia to repair the kingdom’s fleet of military aircraft narrowly escaped death last week. Iranian-backed rebels launched a ‘suicide drone’ strike on the King Khalid air base, where they are maintaining Tornado jets used to bomb civilian areas in Yemen.

According to reports, the drone exploded on the runway, destroying two Tornados. The MoD said no UK personnel were wounded.

16.04.2025 - 23:19 [ Arab Center Washington DC ]

A Decade after the Saudi Military Intervention in Yemen: An Assessment

(March 25, 2025)

Still, Saudi Arabia’s military campaign has largely failed to achieve its stated objectives, instead drawing global criticism for the immense toll that it has taken on civilian lives. The war has caused more than 375,000 deaths (most due to hunger resulting from the Saudi-led naval blockade) and the widespread destruction of Yemen’s infrastructure, exacerbating the country’s humanitarian crisis.

13.04.2025 - 00:42 [ Seymour Hersh / TKP.at ]

Nur ein weiterer amerikanischer PrÀsident

Dementsprechend erließ Westmoreland 1966 eine neue Strategie, die Kommandeure anwies, weiterhin Such- und Zerstörungsmissionen in den Bergen durchzufĂŒhren, aber einen neuen Feind in die Truppenaufstellung und Einsatzregeln aufzunehmen: die „Infrastruktur“ der Vietcong. Damit waren sogenannte Basisdörfer gemeint, die angeblich von Vietcong-UnterstĂŒtzern „verseucht“ waren, die KĂ€mpfer beherbergten, versorgten und unterstĂŒtzten.

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Ein CIA-Analyst wie Adams bemerkte, dass die Zahlen nicht stimmten. WĂ€hrend Westmorelands LeichenzĂ€hlung wuchs, blieb Adams’ ZĂ€hlung der tatsĂ€chlich bewaffneten KĂ€mpfer in lokalen und Haupteinheiten nahezu konstant. Er berichtete, dass die Armee offenbar Unbeteiligte tötete und als Vietcong deklarierte. „Menschen wurden nun danach angegriffen, wo sie lebten“, sagte mir Sams Kollege.