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Stand up and say no to war

AGB/HRJ
PressTV
Sun, 14 Sep 2014 16:20 UTC
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Battles between pro-Russia forces and the Ukrainian army are seen from Donetsk international airport.
While the United States, United Kingdom and NATO are pushing for war with Russia, it behooves people and their governments around the world to take a clear stand for peace and against violence and war, no matter where it comes from. We are at a dangerous point in our history of the human family and it would be the greatest of tragedies for ourselves and our children if we simply allowed the war profiteers to take us into a third world war, resulting in the death of untold millions of people.

NATO's decision at its summit in Wales (September 4-5) to create a new 4,000 strong rapid reaction force for initial deployment in the Baltics is a dangerous path for us all to be forced down, and could well lead to a third world war if not stopped. What is needed now are cool heads and people of wisdom and not more guns, more weapons, more war.

NATO is the leadership which has been causing the ongoing wars from the present conflict in the Ukraine, to Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and others.

NATO's latest move commits its 28 member states to spend two percent of their gross domestic product on the military, and to establish a series of three to five bases in Eastern Europe where equipment and supplies will be pre-positioned to help speed deployments, among other measures.

Comment: Hoping for the "political leadership" to change anything is wishful thinking. The only way anything can change is for each individual to understand the pathocracy infecting our world so we can change our mindset and rediscover our humanity.

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Kiev to discuss 'local administration' of Donetsk and Lugansk


ITAR-TASS
Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:58 UTC
Poroshenko
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A bill on a special status of a number of territories in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions envisages that local administrations might take over power from the center to an extent to which it was done in Poland, President Petro Poroshenko said at an annual meeting of Yalta European Strategy in Kiev Friday.

The Ukrainian president played down concern, expressed by someone in Ukraine over a bill on a special status of a number of territories in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, saying "it poses no threat to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity"; the power will be turned over from the center to regions on approximately the same scale as it was done to local bodies of power in Poland, he explained.

Local governments will be entitled to settle language problems and control expenditures of local budgets, but the principle problems of foreign and home politics will remain in the competence of the central authorities, Poroshenko said.

It is important to hold early local election in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions to have officials to represent the population of these territories, the Ukrainian president said.

He expressed hope that the Ukrainian parliament would approve the bill. Commenting on the expected bill on amnesty, the Ukrainian president said it would apply to people who committed no violent crimes.


Comment: So what, is Poroshenko planning on charging every member of the NAF, whose actions would no doubt be considered violent crimes by Kiev? As if that will go over well.


Comment: It looks like neither Kiev nor Russia want a fully independent Novorossiya. Russia would prefer a neutral, stable, unified Ukraine. While it may not mesh with the wishes of Novorossiya for full independence, could this be the first step towards the eventual de-nazification of Kiev?

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Bizarro Earth

Exposing Obama's lies about fighting ISIS

Patrick Henningsen
21st Century Wire
Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:06 UTC
President Obama's much celebrated ISIS(L) 'strategy' speech came on Tuesday night amid great fanfare and even greater debate. Sure, he outlined a strategy, but the President has been harboring another hidden agenda - one you won't get a straight answer on.

Obama rode a wave of public outrage and fear into Tuesday's address, mostly due to the extensive media coverage of the alleged murders of two American journalists, James Foley and Steven Sotloff - a drama played out on Youtube of all places. The beheadings were important in this process because they set the US military media campaign into hyper-drive. The timing in the run-up to the 9/11 anniversary seemed uncanny.

Obama's public agenda is the one you can see on the table, one where the US officials promise to "degrade and destroy ISIS". Sounds great. Who can disagree with that?

Then there's the hidden agenda, somewhere under the table, and not really up for rational debate. That's probably because it's highly illegal and has something to do with what started the ISIS crisis to begin with.

This is how Obama plans to sneak back in and re-ignite with last year's failed bombing campaign that never was in Syria. He explains, "I have made it clear that we will hunt down terrorists who threaten our country, wherever they are. That means I will not hesitate to take action against ISIL in Syria."

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Behind the Headlines: Connecting the Dots - Week ending 14 September 2014

Sott Editors
Sott.net
Sun, 14 Sep 2014 14:00 UTC
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Sott.net editors Joe Quinn and Niall Bradley analyze global impact events that shape our world and future, and connect the dots to reveal the bigger picture obscured by mainstream programming.

From the crisis in Ukraine to the ISIS in Iraq, from increasingly extreme weather to surviving in a world ruled by psychopaths, your hosts, their colleagues (and occasional guests) explore the deeper truths driving world events by exposing the manipulations behind what passes for 'news'.

Running Time: 02:06:00

Download: MP3

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France is still undecided whether it will sell Mistral warships to Russia


RT
Sat, 13 Sep 2014 00:57 UTC
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The Mistral-class helicopter carrier Vladivostok is seen at the STX Les Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard site in Saint-Nazaire
A 400-strong Russian crew is manning a French-built Mistral-class warship as it conducts sea trials. It comes after Paris announced the possible cancellation of the contract due to the conflict in Ukraine.

The Vladivostok left the harbor of Saint-Nazaire in western France on Saturday for the ship's fifth training and trial trip. The warship is manned by some 400 Russian officers and sailors, who had arrived in France to learn how to helm this kind of vessel.

The number of crew far exceeds the 170 necessary for Mistral-class ships, but the Russians are preparing to have at least two ships eventually and are therefore preparing more sailors to man them.

The trial was meant to start Wednesday, but was postponed by several days for technical reasons. The Vladivostok is scheduled to have a total of six trials, before it is handed over by the French shipbuilders to Russia later in November.

Comment: See also: France suspends delivery of the Mistral warship to Russia

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Idiocracy come true: The worrying state of US officials' knowledge of geography


RT
Sat, 13 Sep 2014 13:15 UTC
ISIL
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Some terrorists somewhere over there in, uh... the Middle East, that you should be very afraid of.
Everyone makes mistakes. Freudian slips, misspellings, we forget things...we're all human. However, when the world's most powerful army wants to 'help out', but can't quite remember where, it should be a cause for concern.

A top US official said on Wednesday - ahead of President Obama's announcement of the strategy to be taken against the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria and Iraq, that "Saudi Arabia and Syria share an extensive border." How do they plan to help the world fight terrorism...?
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Seems like 'the Middle East' exists as a name in order to skip over the boring details of its geography. "Syria is Iran's route to the sea," came the ominous warning from Presidential candidate Mitt Romney.


Comment: And these are the people ostensibly deciding U.S. foreign policy. Now that is scary.

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Putin: New round of sanctions 'odd', any response will not harm Russia


RT
Sun, 14 Sep 2014 13:05 UTC
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Russian President Vladimir Putin
The latest list of sanctions looks "quite odd" in view of the peace drive including a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, Russia's President Vladimir Putin said as the EU's restricting measures came into force Friday.

Speaking after a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Putin said that Russia has not ruled out responding with tit-for-tat sanctions. At the same time, he said, those measures would only be implemented if they did not harm Russia, and if they would help protect the country.

"The government is thinking about that. But if they are to be imposed, this will be to create better conditions for ourselves," Putin said.

As for trade partnerships and cooperation in sectors targeted by the EU sanctions, Putin said that "there is always an alternative" in case somebody "does not want to work with Russia."

"There are some things that are negative, but if we consider the problem in its totality, there is more positive than negative," Putin said, adding that sanctions open up opportunities for Russia's manufacturers.

Putin has criticized attempts to "destabilize" the situation in Ukraine rather than solve it. Putting the prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Igor Plotnitsky, on the list of people sanctioned may jeopardize the peace talks in Ukraine, Putin said.


Comment: The current 'cease-fire' may have bought some time for Russia during the NATO summit in Wales, and prevented a potentially deadly mission to take Mariupol by the NAF, but it's looking like something new and major will have to take place before the situation in Ukraine sees any real change. Ultimately, that probably means regime change in Kiev, but how that is achieved is anybody's guess at this point.

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Supporting terrorists: EU to give Ukraine another €8bn to help 'reform'


RT
Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:57 UTC
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© Reuters
European Parliament President Martin Schulz
The European Union is to provide Ukraine with €8 billion to carry out reforms, the President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz said Friday.

"We are convinced that this Agreement (EU - Ukraine Association Agreement) will promote further economic growth and modernization of the Ukrainian economy. Eight billion euro will be transferred to Ukraine to stabilize the economy. But this support is not unconditional. It is based on the expectation that the country will continue to follow the path of reformation," RBC quotes Schultz.

The required reforms would include electoral law, a comprehensive constitutional reform, elimination of corruption, and the respect of human rights and minority rights, Schultz explained.


Comment: Good luck! We've all seen how Kiev feels about fulfilling its commitments: Enough is enough: Gazprom puts Ukraine on gas prepayment plan after 'chronic' failure to pay debt. What are the chances Kiev just uses this money to continue their genocide in Novorossiya?


In turn Aleksey Ulyukayev, the Russian Minister of Economic Development said that if Ukraine proceeds with the EU Association Agreement as of November 1, Russia will respond with the introduction of import tariffs on Ukrainian goods.
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SCO leaders support Putin's peace plan for Ukraine, call for peaceful diplomacy


RT
Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:45 UTC
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© RIA Novosti/Michael Klimentyev
Heads of the SCO member states during the signing of joint agreements following the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit at Navruz Palace, Dushanbe.
Heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization say that the crisis in Ukraine is spilling beyond the borders of the country and needs immediate action, while stressing that the only solution to the conflict lies in dialogue and consensus.


Comment: This is the only rational way to deal with the conflict. Unfortunately, Putin is up against many forces that would rather see the world burn. He needs all the support he can get.


At a press conference following the summit President Putin said the leaders had touched upon various issues of international politics, including those connected with the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, and added that the approaches to this settlement proved to be similar.

"We are very satisfied by the fact that the approaches to basic directions of cooperation appear to be identical or very close," Putin told reporters.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has confirmed that he, together with the leaders of Russia, China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, supported a peaceful settlement in Ukraine within the guidelines of the plan suggested by President Putin. "The only long-term solution to the problem is in political dialogue and consensus. It is necessary to emphasize the importance of the Minsk summit that took place on August 26. The step-by-step plan of conflict settlement proposed by President Putin has become an important document on the way of peaceful resolution of the crisis. We call upon all sides to strictly observe the letter of these documents," Nazarbayev said.

The Dushanbe declaration also supports active measures to fight terrorism, extremism, separatism and drug trafficking, and leaders of the SCO nations expressed their readiness to assist all sides engaged in countering these threats. In its economic part the document provides for growing cooperation, trade and developing of the hi-tech sector as well as for mutual effort to ensure the food and energy security of the bloc.


Comment: All of which are closely tied with Western influence (i.e. CIA/Mossad) in the Caucasus.

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Crazy Yats accuses Putin of planning to destroy his country


The Times of India
Sun, 14 Sep 2014 11:32 UTC
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Ukraine's Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Fighting flared near an airport in eastern Ukraine on Saturday in breach of a fragile eight-day ceasefire as the prime minister accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of planning to destroy his country.


Comment: These have become the typical remarks of the ponerized politicians in Ukraine with their constant denial of objective reality.


Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said only membership of NATO would enable Ukraine to defend itself from external aggression.


Comment: NATO is the aggressor and invader, Yatseniuk suffers from stockholm syndrome.

Dissecting West's propaganda of "Russian aggression"


Kiev and its Western backers accuse Moscow of sending troops and tanks into eastern Ukraine in support of pro-Russian separatists battling Ukrainian forces in a conflict that has killed more than 3,000 people. Russia denies the accusations.


Comment: Proof of these accusations? Satellite images of combines in a field of grain.

US propaganda fail: Satellite images of alleged Russian artillery in Ukraine come a-cropper


A ceasefire negotiated by envoys from Ukraine, Russia, the separatists and Europe's OSCE security watchdog, has been in place in eastern Ukraine since Sept. 5 and is broadly holding despite regular but sporadic violations, especially in key flashpoints such as Donetsk.

On Saturday afternoon, a Reuters reporter heard heavy artillery fire in northern districts of Donetsk, the largest city of the region with a pre-war population of about one million. He saw plumes of black smoke above the airport, which is in government hands. The city is controlled by the rebels.
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