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Wednesday, 26 July
14:00
Concerns over minings impact mount as Marcos Jr. eyes foreign investment in Philippine renewables projects "IndyWatch Feed Economics"
In his second state of the nation address, Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr. touts relaxed rules for clean energy investment. Activists fear a new green lanes initiative will hurt communities and the environment.
03:30
Super typhoon 'Egay' floods Bacolod, Philippines - thousands displaced "IndyWatch Feed World"
More than 2,000 individuals were evacuated after parts of this city were flooded due to heavy rains caused by super typhoon "Egay" on Tuesday, July 25. According to the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), 613 families composed of 2,201 persons were temporarily sheltered in various evacuation centers as of 4 p.m. Affected barangays were Singcang-Airport, Pahanocoy, Taculing, Mansilingan, Tangub, Cabug, Sum-ag, 27, 36, 31, 41, 35, 39, Alijis, Punta Taytay, and 40.
Tuesday, 25 July
21:49
Cover up: The Australian Governments Secret List of U.S. Bases "IndyWatch Feed War"
By Richard Tanter, Pearls and Irritations, July25, 2023
What do the governments of other US allies, including Hungary, Norway, the Philippines, and the former puppet government of Afghanistan, possess that Australian governments do not? The answer is a conception of genuine sovereignty, and obligations to transparency that are foreign to Australian governments, particularly the incumbent Albanese government.
In November 2011, Prime Minister Julia Gillard and President Barack Obama announced plans for annual deployment of a US Marine Rotational Force to Darwin and US Air Force aircraft to Australian bases in the Northern Territory, commencing in April 2012.
The United States Australia Force Posture Agreement signed on 12 August 2014 formalised a much larger strategic upgrade of alliance arrangements initiated by the two leaders. Over the past decade both governments have made very large budgetary commitments to infrastructure developments at Australian defence facilities in northern Australia under various headings, including the Australian Defence Departments continually evolving United States Force Posture Initiative.
A key feature of the Force Posture Agreement is the concept of Agreed Facilities and Areas, defined in Article I of the Agreement as follows:
Agreed Facilities and Areas means the facilities and areas in the territory of Australia provided by Australia which may be listed in Annex A appended to this Agreement, and such other facilities and areas in the territory of Australia as may be provided by Australia in the future, to which United States Forces, United States Contractors, dependants, and other United States Government personnel as mutually agreed, shall have the right to access and use pursuant to this Agreement.
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03:38
Arming Taiwan is an Insane Provocation "IndyWatch Feed World"
The Island of Taiwan has been turned into a powder keg by the infusion of U.S. weaponry, pushing the Taiwanese people into the abyss of disaster. These are the words of the Chinese Defense Ministry in reaction to the recent $440 million sale of U.S. arms to the island. And now the U.S.is also giving, not selling, arms to Taiwan, courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer.
The First Island Chain Strategy of the U.S.
Taiwan is but one in a series of islands along the Chinese coast, often called The First Island Chain, which now bristles with advanced U.S. weapons. These are accompanied by tens of thousands of supporting U.S. military personnel and combat troops. The First Island Chain extends from Japan in the north southward through Japans Ryukyu islands which include Okinawa, to Taiwan and on to the northern Philippines. (U.S. ally, South Korea, with a military of 500,000 active duty personnel and 3 million reserves is a powerful adjunct to this chain.) In US military doctrine the First Island Chain is a base to project power and restrict sea access to China.
Taiwan is at the center this string of islands and is considered the focal point of The First Island Chain strategy. When the fiercely hawkish Cold Warrior, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, conceived the strategy in 1951, he dubbed Taiwan Americas unsinkable aircraft carrier.
Taiwan is now one source of contention between the U.S. and China. As is often said but rarely done, the pursuit of peace demands that we understand the point of view of those who are marked as our adversaries. And, in Chinas eyes, Taiwan and the rest of these armed isles look like both chain and noose.
How would the U.S. react in a similar circumstance? Cuba is about the same distance from the U.S. as the width of the Taiwan Strait that separates Taiwan from the Mainland. Consider the recent U.S. reaction to rumors that China was setting up a listening post in Cuba. There was a bipartisan reaction of alarm in Congress and a bipartisan statement that such an installation is unacceptable. What would be the reacti...