Week in Review: 2023 week 33

[Ghanaian soldiers with a U.S. Marine, center, at a firing range in Senegal in June 2014during a U.S.-ECOWAS training exercise.  (U.S. Army Africa, V. Michelle Woods)]Published: 2023-08-20SourcesAntiwarNigerECOWAS Says Most West African States Ready to Join Niger Intervention Force, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-08-17US Considers Ways to Keep Its Military Presence in Niger, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-08-17ECOWAS Military Chiefs to Discuss Possible Niger Intervention on Thursday and Friday, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-08-15Niger Junta Refuses Negotiations Unless Coup Leader Is Recognized, ECOWAS Postpones Meeting on Potential Intervention, Connor Freeman, Antiwar, NoneChina/PacificBiden to Strengthen Alliance With South Korea and Japan at Camp David Summit, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-08-14China Warns It Will Take 'Strong Measures' as Taiwan VP Arrives in US, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-08-14US Cements 'Game-Changing' Military Ties Between Japan and Australia, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-08-15US Air Force Holds China War Drill Rehearsing Casualty Evacuations in the Pacific, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-08-16Middle EastSenators Urge Biden to Unload Tanker Carrying Stolen Iranian Oil, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-08-16* AKA: Steal it properly!Syria: Iran's Kanaani Blames Foreign Intervention for Islamic State Escalation, Thomas L. Knapp, Antiwar, 2023-08-12US CensorhipBiden Administration Defends Social Media Censorship Operation, Thomas L. Knapp, Antiwar, 2023-08-13* What 1st amendment?AssangeUS Ambassador to Australia Hints at Plea Deal for Julian Assange, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-08-14* Would Jay walking do?NATOUS, Finland Negotiating Defense Agreement That Would See Deployment of American Troops, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, NoneUkraineNATO Official Suggests Ukraine Could Cede Territory to Russia to Join Alliance, Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-08-15NATO Official Calls Comments on Ukraine Ceding Territory a 'Mistake', Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-08-16Congressional Ukraine Caucus Co-Chair Says War May Not Be 'Winnable', Dave DeCamp, Antiwar, 2023-08-17US Intelligence Deems Ukraine's Counteroffensive a Failure, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2023-08-18Kyiv Seeks More Mine Clearing Equipment as Ukrainian 'Sappers' Take Huge Losses, Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar, 2023-08-13Lukashenko Warns Belarus Will Use Nukes if Attacked, Connor Freeman, Antiwar, 2023-08-18Other PublicationsNiger is Far from a Typical Coup, Vijay Prashad, Consortium News, 2023-08-16Niger and the 'New World Order', Patrick Lawrence, ScheerPost, NoneAfrica for Africans, Patrick Lawrence, Consortium News, 2023-08-16Niger, ECOWAS : Western Imperialism in Africa, Alan MacLeod, Consortium News, 2023-08-16France’s colonial legacy, US’ security concerns intersect in Niger; Russians at the gates look for new hunting grounds, M. K. Badhrakumar, Indian Punchline, 2023-08-178/17/23 Brad Pearce on the Coup in Niger and the Troubling State of West Africa, Horton interviews Pearce, The Scott Horton Show, 2023-08-17* MP3Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Israel Lobby's Useful Idiot, Chris Hedges, ScheerPost, NoneFree Speech Gone on Twitter? New CEO Pushes Shadowbanning & Content Moderation, Glenn Greenwald, ScheerPost, 2023-08-19BRICS & World Balance, Vijay Prashad, Consortium News, 2023-08-17Central Asia is the prime battlefield in the New Great Game, Pepe Escobar, The Cradle, 2023-08-18U.S. Sanctions Syrian 'Moderate Rebels' It Had Previously Armed, b., MoonOfAlabama, 2023-08-18Ukraine SitRep: Chernihiv Done Exhibition - Russian Offensive, b., MoonOfAlabama, 2023-08-19Most Americans dont want Congress to approve more aid for Ukraine war, Kelly Vlahos, Natylie's Place: Understanding Russia, NoneNYT, 500K casualties. 1945, blame Bakhmut. Ukraine will save Africa. Neocons rebrand Realists. U⧸1, Alex Christoforou, his YT channel, 2023-08-19 Get full access to YesXorNo at yesxorno.substack.com/subscribe