🚜NEW: Hundreds of Tractors Descend on Brussels Heading Towards EU HQ

Farmers jammed part of Brussels with tractors on Monday in a protest to demand EU action on issues ranging from cheap supermarket prices to free trade deals, as agricultural ministers gathered to discuss the crisis in the sector.

Ministers are set to debate a new set of EU proposals to ease the pressure on farmers - including a reduction in farm inspections and the possibility to exempt small farms from some environmental standards.

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❗️NEW: Israeli Airstrikes Reported Near Baalbek in Northeast Lebanon

The hits represent the deepest Israeli aggression inside Lebanon in years…

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➡️ UPDATE: Chaos Reigns in Belgium as Farmers Protest in Brussels Heats Up

Borrell’s European garden is looking less rosy.

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🔴 FLASHBACK: ‘Highway of Death’ on This Day in 1991

In the waning days of the Gulf War, thousands of Iraqi soldiers - in compliance with UN resolution 660 - attempted to flee from Kuwait along Highway 80. The retreating column included civilians, some 3k trucks, jeeps, cars and ambulances.

George W Bush ordered the bombardment of the highway.

After trapping the convoy on the road between Kuwait and Iraq, US forces rained down hell. For 10 hours, they bombed the vehicles below in what one US soldier described as “shooting fish in a barrel.”

By the end of the massacre, some estimates put the final death toll as high as 10K. War crimes only apply to certain nations.

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