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Magnier: Putin helps Erdogan climb down from tree with ceasefire agreement

Elijah J. Magnier
ejmagnier.com
Sat, 07 Mar 2020 17:07 UTC
turkish soldiers coffins
President Vladimir Putin agreed to meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who came to Moscow seeking a ceasefire he could not announce unilaterally on the battlefield, where he has lost momentum. Thousands of Turkish soldiers were pushed onto the frontline against the Syrian army and its allies because the tens of thousands of jihadists deployed in Idlib and its rural surroundings were unable to defend Turkish interests in the northwest of Syria. President Erdogan came out of the six-hour negotiations at best a winner in some respects but with his wings clipped. President Putin skillfully showed the Turkish President the weakness of his case. Syria will remain united.

A well-informed source said that "Erdogan wanted a ceasefire in Idlib but could not announce it himself because it would have cost him dearly domestically. He lost the war when he failed to recover Saraqeb and recover the entire 70-kilometre-long highway linking Aleppo to Damascus, known as the M5. He wanted Putin to bring him down from the tree. The Russian President understood and saved his business partner from humiliation."

President Erdogan agreed on the Astana agreement as to the basis for a deal, recognising the role of Iran, who will soon organise a summit of the three presidents. Putin and Erdogan did not agree on all points, in particular on Turkey's desire to establish a buffer zone in the Syrian Kurdish province and to dislodge the Kurds from Ayn al-Arab.

Erdogan's argument about the refugees flocking to his country was easily dismantled. Putin understands that Turkey is organising the transfer to Greece of Afghans, Somalis, Iraqis and other refugees along with Syrians. The Turkish aim is to pressure the European community to honour its financial commitments.

Comment: It looks like the jihadists agree somewhat with this analysis:

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Arrow Up

Le Pen calls for complete change of EU migration policy, slams Erdogan and Soros

Joaquin Flores
Fort Russ
Sun, 08 Mar 2020 12:00 UTC
Marine Le Pen
Marine Le Pen
The head of the Rassemblement National, Marine Le Pen, demanded that France and Europe help Greece deal with the influx of refugees, and also accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of wanting to "Islamize Europe," Ouest-France reports.

"France and Europe should come to the aid of Greece and completely change their migration policy," the French newspaper quoted the politician in Marseille as saying at the last meeting in the framework of the election campaign at the municipal level.

A week after Ankara announced the free passage of migrants to Europe, Le Pen for a long time accused Turkey, which is "blackmailing" the EU, and criticized Erdogan's intentional and repeated desire to "Islamize Europe."

Comment: See also: And check out SOTT radio's: The Truth Perspective: Weapons of Mass Migration: Interview with Michael Springmann on Europe's Migrant Crisis

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Pirates

Al-Qaeda/HTS's statement in response to the Ankara-Moscow ceasefire agreement for Idlib

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Pundicity
Sun, 08 Mar 2020 16:47 UTC
idlib syrian army
© Reuters TVA still image taken from a video shows Syrian army soldiers walking as they advance on the town of Kfar Nabl, Syria.
Turkey and Russia recently agreed on a ceasefire for the northwest region of Syria following a military campaign that saw extensive gains for Syrian government forces and allies, though some of those gains were reversed by the insurgents thanks to direct Turkish military support. However, the agreement between Turkey and Russia is a significant setback to Turkish president Erdogan's previous calls for a reversion to the previous lines agreed at Sochi in 2018. In effect, the main gains of the Syrian government and its allies have been solidified, most notably along the M5 highway. The new agreement is also more specific than the Sochi agreement in calling for the elimination of 'terrorist' groups as designated by the UN Security Council (UNSC). This would include Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, the main insurgent faction in Idlib and its environs.

Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham has issued its own statement on the new Turkey-Russia agreement, which I translate in full for this post. In sum:
  • The path of the armed resistance and jihad should continue, however high the cost. In mentioning the political and civil administration in the north the group is essentially defending the Salvation Government project it has backed against some criticisms that the focus on civil administration and governance detracted from necessary military preparations against the enemy.
  • The group rejects the idea Russia can be trusted as a guarantor of a long-term ceasefire, but rather it is simply working to enable its ally the Syrian government. It will not be long before a new betrayal against the revolution occurs.
  • The agreement effectively enables Russia to gain control of areas without a fight, at a time when the insurgent factions had regained the initiative.
  • The Turkish government is to be thanked for its stance in support of the revolution and the civilians. But completeness of the help should be in restoring the displaced people to their localities (i.e. the military efforts it had launched should have been continued).
Below is the full statement with translation

Comment: It should be pretty clear. HTS, aka al-Qaeda, an internationally recognized terrorist organization, are the ones fighting in Idlib. They are not part of the deal. They are legitimate targets for the Syrian, Russian and Iranian militaries. It's also telling that they thank Turkey for the support given to the "revolution", i.e. the jihad. Turkey has, is, and will continue supporting al-Qaeda in Syria, yet every time there is a new ceasefire, the U.S. and its allies are on Turkey's side. That should tell you a lot.

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Biohazard

Did BBC and MI6 unintentionally reveal Skripal blood-tests didn't show novichok until Porton Down added it in?

John Helmer
johnhelmer.net
Sun, 08 Mar 2020 16:17 UTC
skripals
In Operation MINCEMEAT, the brightest and the best of British secret intelligence available in London between January and March 1943, dressed up a corpse as a high-ranking British Army courier. He was dropped into the water off the Spanish coast, so that he would wash up for a German Army patrol to find, along with a briefcase of top-secret General Staff letters and plans. They were fakes made to fool Adolph Hitler and his military commanders about where the D-Day invasion would take place. Deceiving the enemy turned out to be a big success. The corpse belonged to a 34-year old Welshman, homeless and mentally ill, who had been taken to St. Pancras Hospital in London and treated for acute organo-phosphate poisoning. He died. He had committed suicide with rat poison.

In Operation MINCEPIE, what's left of British secret intelligence in March 2018 dressed up two Russians - Sergei and Yulia Skripal, 66 and 33 years old respectively (lead images) - knocked them out on a bench in the middle of Salisbury, and took them to Salisbury District Hospital where they were treated for acute organo-phosphate poisoning. But they didn't die so they have been locked up ever since. This, too, has proved to be a big success at deceiving the enemy.

No! Whoa! Cut! Roll that sentence back! This, too, was a big success at deceiving the British people. The difference between MINCEMEAT and MINCEPIE isn't between rat poison and the nerve agent the British call Novichok; nor between the corpse of the Welsh tramp and the live Russians who are now dead to the world. The telling difference is that the secret intelligence boys have given the game away the second time round. The biggest similarity is that Hitler and the British people didn't notice until it was too late.
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Attention

Toxic Agriculture and the Gates Foundation

Colin Todhunter
Global Research
Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:07 UTC
agriculture
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was launched in 2000 and has $46.8 billion in assets (December 2018). It is the largest charitable foundation in the world and distributes more aid for global health than any government. One of the foundation's stated goals is to globally enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty.

The Gates Foundation is a major funder of the CGIAR system (formerly the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) - a global partnership whose stated aim is to strive for a food-secured future. Its research is aimed at reducing rural poverty, increasing food security, improving human health and nutrition and ensuring sustainable management of natural resources.

In 2016, the Gates Foundation was accused of dangerously and unaccountably distorting the direction of international development. The charges were laid out in a report by Global Justice Now: Gated Development - Is the Gates Foundation always a force for good? According to the report, the foundation's strategy is based on deepening the role of multinational companies in the Global South.
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Attention

Best of the Web: All out oil war as Saudi Arabia floods market

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Sat, 07 Mar 2020 19:45 UTC
crude markets
With the commodity world still smarting from the Nov 2014 Saudi decision to (temporarily) break apart OPEC, and flood the market with oil in (failed) hopes of crushing US shale producers (who survived thanks to generous banks extending loan terms and even more generous buyers of junk bonds), which nonetheless resulted in a painful manufacturing recession as the price of Brent cratered as low as the mid-$20's in late 2015/early 2016, on Saturday, Saudi Arabia launched its second scorched earth, or rather scorched oil campaign in 6 years. And this time there will be blood.

Following Friday's shocking collapse of OPEC+, when Russia and Riyadh were unable to reach an agreement during the OPEC+ summit in Vienna which was seeking up to 1.5 million b/d in further oil production cuts, on Saturday Saudi Arabia kick started what Bloomberg called an all-out oil war, slashing official pricing for its crude and making the deepest cuts in at least 20 years on its main grades, in an effort to push as many barrels into the market as possible.

Comment: See also:

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Bullseye

Eva Bartlett: UN report on alleged Russian 'war crimes' in Syria provides no proof and just asks us to "believe" them

Eva Bartlett
RT
Sat, 07 Mar 2020 14:19 UTC
Jabhat Fateh
© Reuters / Ammar AbdullahFILE PHOTO: Militants the Syrian Islamist rebel group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham are seen on a pickup truck in the Idlib province, Syria, on August 1, 2016.
A UN-mandated report, which accuses Russia of war crimes in Syria, heavily relies on anonymous sources and lacks evidence, but also smacks of deliberate disinformation that is halting the eradication of terrorism in Idlib.

Earlier this week, the The Independent International Commission of Inquiry into the Syrian Arab Republic released a report largely lambasting Syria and Russia in their fight against terrorism in Syria. Corporate media were quick to echo allegations of Russian "war crimes" in Syria, all while diminishing the crimes of terrorist groups against Syrian civilians and soldiers.

The report does passingly acknowledge that Syria, Russia and allies are fighting "armed opposition groups, including Hay'at Tahrir" (al-Qaeda); the rest of the document reads mainly as a litany of accusations against Syria and Russia.

Comment: See also:

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Info

Warren condemns Sanders supporters' attacks after 2020 exit, says 'We're responsible for people who claim to be our supporters'

Jeffery Martin
Newsweek
Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:31 UTC
Senator Elizabeth Warren
© Amanda Sabga/AFP/GettySenator Elizabeth Warren said Thursday that candidates are "responsible" for their supporters who engage in online bullying.
In her first interview since dropping out of the Democratic presidential race, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Thursday that candidates "are responsible for people who claim to be our supporters" online that participate in online bullying.

Warren's comments came during a discussion about Senator Bernie Sanders' difficulties with a culinary union in Nevada. When the labor group Unite Here printed up flyers against Sanders' Medicare for All plan in February, alleged supporters of the Vermont senator posted threats and personal information of the group's leadership online.

Union officials reported a number of threats via email, telephone and social media after the literature, which claimed Sanders' health plan would "end Culinary healthcare," was made public.

Comment: Other than condemning supporter's misbehavior, what can anyone reasonably do? Bernie called out the 'Bernie Bros.' for their abusive actions. Does Warren think he should go to Culinary Union and start busting heads?

See also:

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Microscope 1

Trump called it: HHS estimates coronavirus mortality rate at 0.1%-1%

JD Rucker
NOQ Report
Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:01 UTC
Trump Pence HHS
When the President told Sean Hannity on Wednesday that he had a "hunch" the coronavirus did not really have a a mortality rate over 3% as mainstream media had been widely reporting, indignant progressive journalists took turns either criticizing him or ridiculing him. This is standard operating procedure for mainstream media, but they were especially vicious in their attacks on this particular "hunch."

As it turns out, the President was absolutely correct.

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Light Sabers

Two-man 'bloodbath': Bernie calls out 'billionaires buying elections' as Biden attacks his 'increasingly negative' bros


RT
Sat, 07 Mar 2020 04:05 UTC
sanders and biden
© REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 30
Joe Biden warned supporters about "Bernie brothers" running an "increasingly negative campaign" and that a "bloodbath" between the two candidates, as Tulsi gets lost in the shuffle, will only help re-elect Donald Trump.

The fight between Biden and Sanders for the Democrat Party's presidential nomination is intensifying as the two candidates campaign in the midwest this weekend ahead of primary votes in states like Michigan and Missouri in the coming days.

Speaking to donors in Bethesda, Maryland, Biden seemed to call for a positive battle between him and Sanders, but he also managed to get in some digs on the Vermont senator and his supporters.
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