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Cameron suffers blow as UK committee refuses to support Syria airstrikes


Sputnik
Wed, 02 Dec 2015 14:02 UTC
Cameron
© REUTERS/ Neil Hall
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has suffered a blow in his push for British forces to take part in bombing Daesh targets, aslo known as ISIL, in Syria, after the UK parliament's influential Foreign Affairs Select Committee concluded that Cameron had "not adequately addressed concerns" about military action.

Responding to Cameron's address to parliament last week, where he put forward the case for Britain to join the US-led international coalition in carrying out airstrikes on Daesh targets, the committee said the prime minister had failed to justify airstrikes in Syria.

Comment: Is a false flag in Britain going to happen to 'convince' Britain of the 'need' to join the coalition?

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NATO prepares measures to strengthen cooperation with Georgia by July


Sputnik
Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:37 UTC
NATO flag
© AP Photo/ Shakh Aivazov
On Tuesday, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Georgia would have to wait another day for a statement on Georgian accession to the alliance.

"We will continue to provide the resources needed to implement the Substantial Package, which aims to strengthen Georgia's capabilities and, thereby, helps Georgia advance in its preparations for membership in the Alliance. As we prepare for the Warsaw summit, we will explore new, practical ways to intensify efforts including through high-level political dialogue and increased co-operation, including in defense and strategic communications," the statement read.

The NATO summit in Warsaw will take place July 8-9, 2016.

Comment: For more on Georgia (birthplace of Joseph Stalin) and the Western power plays:

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Stormtrooper

Guantanamo Bay atrocity: US officials admit they imprisoned man over mistaken identity for 13 years


PressTV
Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:14 UTC
Guantanamo Bay Detention
© Agence France-Presse/Chantal Valery
US officials have admitted that they had imprisoned a man in the Guantanamo Bay military prison for 13 years simply because of a case of mistaken identity. Mustafa Abd-al-Qawi Abd-al-Aziz al-Shamiri (YM-434), 37, was mistaken for an al-Qaeda courier and trainer who had a similar name, US officials conceded on Tuesday.

They said the Yemeni Muslim was a low-level foot soldier who has been held in prison without charge since 2002, yet it is not certain whether he will be cleared for release or not.
"It was previously assessed that YM-434 also was an al-Qaeda facilitator or courier, as well as a trainer, but we now judge that these activities were carried out by other known extremists with names or aliases similar to YM-434's," the unclassified detainee profile said.
Although US officials have considered him too dangerous to be released, they have never had adequate evidence to bring to trial.

Comment: This is what happens when a fascist state freely imprisons people with no cause, no evidence, and no due course of law. Shame on America for this outrageous stain on humanity's conscience.

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Bad Guys

Pentagon accuses Turkey's operations not directed at Islamic State


RT
Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:59 UTC
Turkish soldiers
© Murad Sezer / Reuters
The US says Turkey's operations are not "directed" at Islamic State and the Pentagon would like Ankara "to do more" both in the air and on the ground. It has also failed to control its borders "effectively," Secretary of Defense Ash Carter told Congress.

"I have been urging, actually, since I've come to this job, Turkey to do more," the US defense chief said.

Carter stressed that Turkey's geography - "right there next to Iraq and Syria" - makes it an especially useful asset to the US-led mission against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), but its NATO ally has failed to pull its weight so far.

"Most of their air operations are not directed at ISIL," Carter said. "They are directed at the PKK, which we understand their concern about — it's a terrorist organization within their borders — but we would like to see them do more against ISIL."

Comment: It seems Turkey was doing its job too well supporting Islamic State and now that the light has been shed on this, it's time to pretend to shift the focus away. The US is joining the chorus of blaming Turkey.

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Russia will prepare to boost combat readiness if Montenegro joins NATO


Sputnik
Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:45 UTC
Russian ship
© Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
Russia will take further steps in boosting its military capabilities and combat readiness if Montenegro joins NATO, Russia's deputy chairman for the Federation Council's Committee on Defense and Security said Wednesday.

"Russia will take further measures in strengthening its military capabilities and combat readiness of our country and concrete measures are being prepared by the General Staff," Russian senator Evgeny Serebrennikov said.

"The continued eastward expansion of NATO and NATO's military infrastructure cannot but result in retaliatory actions from the east, i.e. from the Russian side, in terms of ensuring security and supporting the parity of interests," Mr. Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Earlier on Wednesday, Montenegro was invited to join NATO and now the 28 members of the alliance will need to ratify the invitation in their parliaments, which could take more than a year.

Comment: This tiny nation sure is garnering a lot of attention with this NATO eastern expansion into the Balkans. Besides Montenegro and Georgia, the other current candidates for NATO membership are Bosnia, Herzegovina and Macedonia.

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Snakes in Suits

Montenegro NATO membership at odds with 'real' interests of Montenegrins


Sputnik
Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:29 UTC
Montenegro protests
© AP Photo/ Risto Bozovic
Montenegro's NATO accession contradicts the interests of the country's citizens, a spokesperson for the Socialist People's Party of Montenegro told Sputnik on Wednesday.

Earlier on Wednesday, NATO member states accepted Podgorica's bid to join the alliance and invited the country to begin accession negotiations.

"Obviously it is a political project, not in the real interests of the citizens of Montenegro," the representative for the country's second largest opposition party said.

Comment: Unfortunately it is never about what the people want. NATO's goal of encircling Russia is more important.

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Sarkozy: The EU must not lead Turkey into thinking it can join Europe


Sputnik
Wed, 02 Dec 2015 12:05 UTC
Sarkozy
© AFP 2015/ Charly Triballeau
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that it is a mistake to lead Turkey into believing that it can join Europe. Turkey must not join the European Union, and should not be led to believe that they could, in their current governmental form, become a member of the bloc, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday.
"It is a mistake to lead Turkey into believing that it can join Europe. We must have close relations with Turkey, common interests with Turkey. But it should not be a member of the European Union," Sarkozy told the Europe 1 radio broadcaster.
Turkey has recently resumed efforts for accession to the EU, with Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu attending an EU-Turkey summit on Sunday in Brussels. The summit will continue ongoing negotiations on Turkey's EU accession. Turkey signed an association agreement with the bloc in 1963, and submitted a membership application in 1987. Talks began in 2005, with 14 of 35 necessary conditions for accession fulfilled so far by Ankara. The Cyprus dispute and Turkey's record of denying press freedoms are among major issues currently unresolved, and known to be obstructing Turkey's accession.

Comment: The EU has painted itself into a corner by being the slavish political arm of NATO and more specifically being a vassal to the United States. Turkish membership in the EU will not bode well for Europe, not that it has a promising future in any case. But you know things are bad when a stooge such as Sarkozy is trying to talk sense to the EU leadership.

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Iraqi Prime Minister: US ground forces not welcome in Iraq


Sputnik
Wed, 02 Dec 2015 11:45 UTC
Iraq US troop
© Flickr/ The U.S. army
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ruled out supporting the deployment of US ground forces in the country to fight against jihadist groups like Daesh, also known as ISIL, saying that while Iraq welcomes US training and support, it doesn't need combat troops in the country.

"We do not need foreign ground combat forces on Iraqi land," Abadi said in a statement, which comes after Washington hinted that it plans to extend anti-Daesh military operations on the ground in both Iraq and Syria.

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced that the US would deploy a special expeditionary force to Iraq, and hinted that ground forces could be sent to Syria to assist in the international fight against Daesh. The US already has an estimated 3,500 troops in Iraq to "train and advise" local forces, with officials in Washington explicitly saying that American troops would not take part in active combat.

Comment: Of course Iraq doesn't want the United States' pro-terrorist forces destroying more of their country. The U.S. is losing its foothold and influence in the region as it rightfully deserves.

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Chess

Assad: Erdogan's failure will be his demise


Press TV
Tue, 01 Dec 2015 01:39 UTC
Assad
© AFP
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says Turkey downed a Russian jet over Syria because Moscow has turned the tide against foreign-sponsored militants in the Arab country.

The downing of the warplane "has shown the real intention of [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan who, let's say, lost his nerve just because the Russian intervention has changed the balance on the ground," said Assad during an interview with the Czech Television channel broadcast on Tuesday.

Russia began airstrikes on Daesh positions in Syria on September 30 at the request of the Syrian government. On November 24, Turkey shot down the Russian Su-24 bomber, which it claimed had entered its airspace - an allegation Russia strongly rejects.

The "failure" of Erdogan's "terrorist groups means his political demise," he added in the interview which was conducted in the Syrian capital Damascus. Assad also said that peace would only return to Syria when "France, the UK, the US, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and some others stop supporting terrorists."

Comment: See also:
Majority of EU leaders see Assad as instrumental in reaching peaceful resolution in Syria

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Bad Guys

No duh! 'US has not contained ISIS' says Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman in contradiction to Obama's reassurances


PressTV
Wed, 02 Dec 2015 03:21 UTC
General Joseph F. Dunford
© Agence France-Presse/Brendan Smialowski
US Marine General Joseph F. Dunford
A top military officer says the US has "not contained" the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Iraq and Syria, despite what President Barack Obama had said. US Marine General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Tuesday, "We have not contained ISIL," contradicting Obama's reassuring remarks to ABC News last month just before the terrorist attacks in Paris.

General Dunford added that the Daesh Takfiris have been "tactically" contained in areas in Iraq and Syria since 2010, but "strategically, they have spread since 2010." He was giving testimony alongside Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, who announced that the US would expand its special operations force in Iraq and Syria to help fight ISIL.

Obama, who is in Paris for talks on an international climate change agreement, has also used the trip to meet with world leaders about the threat from Daesh stating that, "In some ways, [climate change] is akin to the problem of terrorism and ISIL."

Comment: ISIS hasn't been contained by the United States because the use of terrorism is part and parcel to their geopolitical aims in the Middle East. In other words the US has a vested interest in not only NOT containing ISIS but in maintaining their power.

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