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Like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse: US will lead investigation into civilian deaths in Syria


RT
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 13:16 UTC
Syria civilian deaths
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Smoke and flame rise after what fighters of the Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) said were U.S.-led air strikes on the mills of Manbij where Islamic State militants are positioned, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria June 16, 2016
The US secretary of defense said the coalition will investigate civilian deaths following recent airstrikes near Manbij, Syria that targeted Islamic State fighters. Secretary Carter also said, "we have now momentum in this fight."

Defense Secretary Ash Carter's comments were made just one day after Western US-led coalition forces launched 30 airstrikes against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), causing the deaths of more than 100 civilians near the city of Manbij in Syria.

There were allegedly 44 children among the dead.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry has written to the UN blaming US and French warplanes for the deaths.

Comment: So the US is going to investigate itself? It's Ashton Carter who's responsible for what his military does, and now he's acting like it was someone else's decision. This is going to be a completely whitewashed investigation. Also, what took them so long? Western airstrikes have been killing civilians in the Middle East for a while now:

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In an interview with Al Jazeera, the Turkish president found out about coup attempt from brother-in-law


Al Jazeera
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 13:16 UTC
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan
© Umit Bektas / Reuters
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has insisted the Turkish democracy is not under threat, but said there could be more arrests in the wake of last week's failed coup attempt, in a wide-ranging interview with Al Jazeera.

"We will remain inside a democratic parliamentary system, we will never step back from it," he told Al Jazeera's Jamal Elshayyal, speaking through a translator, from inside the presidential palace in Ankara.

"However, whatever is necessary for the nation's peace and stability will be done," Erdogan said, expressing doubts, however, that the coup attempt was entirely over. "I don't think we have come to the end of it yet."

Erdogan's comments came moments ahead of announcing a three-month state of emergency in response to the failed coup.

"I would like to underline that the declaration of the state of emergency has the sole purpose of taking the necessary measures, in the face of the terrorist threat that our country is facing," he said in a televised address, vowing that the "virus in the military will be cleansed".
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Crisis triggers piling up at a faster rate -- will we make through 2016 without a major catastrophe?

Brandon Smith
Alt-Market
Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:01 UTC
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We are a little over half way through 2016 and, at the current rate, it will be a miracle if the year finishes without outright catastrophe in half the nations of the world. Some might call these events "Black Swans," some might call them completely engineered threats, others might call it all a simple "coincidence" or a tragedy of errors. I stand strictly by the position that most of the dangers we see today have been deliberately escalated, if not strategically implemented.

Here is the problem; international financiers and globalist nut-jobs are clearly operating on a timeline with the end goal of creating enough general chaos to convince the masses that complete centralized authority over every aspect of our lives is preferable to constant fear.

For a more in-depth analysis on the schemes of the elites, see my articles "Are Globalists Evil Or Just Misunderstood" and "Globalists Are Now Openly Demanding New World Order Centralization."
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Meeting Theresa May: Merkel receptive to Article 50 delay, but Hollande is impatient


RT
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 13:17 UTC
britian EU flags
© Jon Nazca / Reuters
Britain should not be able to access the EU's single market without allowing free movement of EU citizens, French President Francois Hollande has said.

"Access to the single market cannot be guaranteed unless free movement of workers is respected," Hollande said following talks with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny in Dublin.

He also said Britain should begin the process of leaving the EU "as soon as possible."

In a joint statement, Hollande and Kenny said they "looked forward to the notification as soon as possible by the new British government of the UK's intention to withdraw from the Union, which will permit orderly negotiations to begin."

Hollande said when he meets Britain's new prime minister on Thursday in Paris, he will question why she is delaying triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty - the formal process by which Britain can leave the EU.

"That will be the opportunity to hear the arguments," he said. "What is the interest of delaying? I would like justifications."

The comments come a day after May met with her German counterpart Angela Merkel in Berlin, who was more receptive to Britain holding off on triggering Article 50 until a plan has been put in place.
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Kremlin has no information that Russia reportedly warned Turkey of imminent military coup


ITAR-TASS
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:32 UTC
People at Taksim Square in Istanbul
© AP Photo/Emrah Gurel
The Kremlin has no information that Russia reportedly warned Turkey of an imminent military coup, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

"I don't have such information and I don't know the sources, to which the news agency Fars is referring," Peskov told journalists, commenting on media reports.

Iranian Fars News Agency (FNA) reported on Wednesday that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had received a warning from Russia about an imminent military coup just hours before it was initiated.

The news agency referred to several Arab media outlets quoting diplomats from Ankara who said that Turkey's National Intelligence Organization "received intel from its Russian counterpart that warned of an impending coup".

Comment: Reported by Fars News July 20:
In Ankara, official sources, including the Army itself, confirmed that the Turkish army's top generals had been informed of last week's coup by the MIT hours before the plot came into action.

A statement issued by the army on July 19 described the events that took place on July 15, saying a majority within the military managed to suppress the coup attempt due to information provided by the MIT some five hours before the coup plot became public, national newspaper Hurriyet reported.

"The information given by the National Intelligence Organization on July 15, 2016, at around 4:00 p.m. was evaluated at the General Staff headquarters with the attendance of Chief of Staff General Hulusi Akar, Chief of the Army General Salih Zeki Colak and Deputy Chief of Staff General Yasar Guler."

In order to counter the coup, high ranking officials within the Turkish army gave orders for all air and ground forces around the country to immediately cease operations including military vehicles such as tanks, planes and helicopters.

While the report does not indicate the reason for the coup being initiated ahead of time, the revelation by the military suggests the coup plotters understood their plans had been compromised and decided to act.

The official statements coming out from Ankara are in full compliance with the Arab media reports quoting the diplomatic sources on the Russian intel.


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Syrian Army tightens its grip on terrorist-controlled areas of Aleppo


South Front
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:18 UTC
Syrian Army
© AhluBayt News Agency
Syrian Army continues to free their country from US-backed extremists
By now, the Syrian army has successfully repelled all jihadist attempts to re-open the strategic Castello Road, heading to the jihadi-controlled areas of Aleppo city.

According to reports, the joint force of Al-Nusra, Harakat Nouriddeen Al-Zinki and Ahrar Al-Sham recently lost about 30 fighters, 7 armored vehicles, 4 battle tanks and 3 BMPs. The Syrian army's Tiger Forces also captured a 20-strong jihadi unit near the Mallah Farms.

Meanwhile, the Thuwar al-Sham militant group detonated a tunnel bomb under the Syrian army's positions at the traffic control building in Aleppo.

Controversial information is avaiable about the plans of militant groups. Some sources argue that the jihadi forces stopped their operations in the area for "technical and military reasons." If reports are true, the government forces have won this round of the battle for Aleppo. Nonetheless, lots of heavy clashes are expected in the nearest future.
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Quenelle

The Duran: Russia warned Erdogan of attempted coup

Sergey Gladysh
The Duran
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:11 UTC
Putin - Erdogan
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Hours before the coup attempt in Turkey began, Russia provided President Erdogan with intelligence which saved his regime and quite possibly his life.

According to Iranian Fars News Agency and Arab media outlets citing diplomatic sources in Ankara ­ - Russia helped prevent a successful military coup d'état in Turkey by intercepting encrypted messages and warning President Erdogan of the incoming attack on his government just hours before the rebel operation got underway.

Intelligence about the planned coup was gathered by the Russian military units in the region. It is believed that officers at the Russian Hmeimim Air Base in northern Syria, which houses modern intercept systems, were able to capture and analyze encrypted radio messages, revealing the plans of the Turkish military to topple the government and capture or kill President Erdogan.

Comment: Further reading:

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Radar

French government pushes 'progressive' labor bill through parliament without vote for 3rd time


RT
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:07 UTC
French labour union workers and students attend a demonstration
© Jean-Paul Pelissier / Reuters
The French PM has again used exceptional constitutional measures to push through a third reading of a controversial labor reform bill which sparked months of protests across France. The bill will be adopted unless the lower house files a no-confidence motion.

Failing to garner enough support for the labor reform bill on Wednesday, Prime Minister Manuel Valls resorted to so-called Article 49.3. This is the third time he has used the special clause in the constitution which allows laws to be approved without parliamentary vote.

According to France 24, Valls described the bill as a "progressive" text that was "necessary for the future of the country" as he spoke before the parliament.

The labor reform bill has been under parliament's revision since February and has previously undergone two readings and pushed through without a vote twice.

The only thing that could thwart the law's adoption now is a no-confidence vote which the National Assembly would have to stage within 24 hours. Unless it does so, the law is considered to have been passed.
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Monkey Wrench

Failed coup in Turkey has thrown a wrench in Washington's "pivot" plan

Mike Whitney
Counterpunch
Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:00 UTC
Erdogan Obama
A failed coup in Turkey has changed the geopolitical landscape overnight realigning Ankara with Moscow while shattering Washington's plan to redraw the map of the Middle East. Whether Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan staged the coup or not is of little importance in the bigger scheme of things. The fact is, the incident has consolidated his power domestically while derailing Washington's plan to control critical resources and pipeline corridors from Qatar to Europe. The Obama administrations disregard for the national security interests of its allies, has pushed the Turkish president into Moscow's camp, removing the crucial landbridge between Europe and Asia that Washington needs to maintain its global hegemony into the new century. Washington's plan to pivot to Asia, surround and break up Russia, control China's growth and maintain its iron grip on global power is now in a shambles. The events of the last few days have changed everything.

This is from the Daily Sahbah:
"Turkey's changing rhetoric toward Russia is also a direct consequence of Ankara's unmet expectations regarding the Syria conflict. Turkey's disappointment with the United States' policy in Syria has increased with time, especially considering Washington's continued support for the Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units (YPG) in Syria. Ankara sees this group as an affiliate of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist organization (Daily Sabah, 12 June).
(A Change in Turkish-Russian Relations: What Sort of Rapprochement?, The Jamestown Foundation)

Comment: The one thing this article is missing is that Erdogan knows that CIA asset and former ally Fethullah Gulen - with the US - helped mount the coup. That, more than anything, tells him who his true enemies are.

See also: Erdogan benefits from Turkish coup attempt because it failed, not because he engineered it

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Bad Guys

Obama makes war in Europe a priority over the war on blacks at home

Eric Draitser
Counterpunch
Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:00 UTC
Obamanato

Obamanation
President Obama's true priorities were on full display this past week as he attended the NATO Summit in Poland's capital of Warsaw. For while Obama met with other NATO heads of state to discuss raising troop levels, bringing more military hardware into Eastern Europe and to the doorstep of Russia, and generally heightening tensions with a nuclear power, America found itself in crisis.

After the horrific, criminal murders of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, and the sniper attack in Dallas, racial tensions were running high; millions of black, brown, and white people, mostly young, poured into the streets of cities across the country to express their indignation at the ceaseless murder of innocent citizens at the hands of the police. And, predictably, the police forcibly suppressed the protests, demonstrating before the world what militarized law enforcement looks like, and what it can do.

So, with state-sanctioned paramilitary storm-troopers roaming the streets and attacking protesters, the First Black PresidentTM couldn't be bothered to come home and use the power of his position to calm the tensions and speak to issues of mass incarceration and police violence. No, instead Obama remained in Poland where he did everything in his power to heighten international tensions. Such is the reality of the Obama presidency: shed crocodile tears for political expediency while pursuing a belligerent foreign policy that has the potential to escalate out of control.
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