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Bought and paid for: Clinton and Trump shamelessly anti-Palestinian, thanks to wealthy pro-apartheid Israel donors

Jonathan Cook
Jonathan-Cook.net
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 15:12 UTC
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The grubby underside of US electoral politics is on show once again as the Democratic and Republican candidates prepare to fight it out for the presidency. And it doesn't get seamier than the battle to prove how loyal each candidate is to Israel.

New depths are likely to be plumbed this week at the Republican convention in Cleveland, as Donald Trump is crowned the party's nominee. His platform breaks with decades of United States policy to effectively deny the Palestinians any hope of statehood.

The question now is whether the Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, who positions herself as Israel's greatest ally, will try to outbid Mr Trump in cravenly submitting to the Israeli right.

It all started so differently. Through much of the primary season, Benjamin Netanyahu's government had reason to be worried about Israel's "special relationship" with the next occupant of the White House.

Comment: America: the greatest democracy money can buy, where your only options for president are two of the most reprehensible people imaginable. Did anyone really think either of their policies on Israel and Palestine would be any different?

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Iran's fault? US Court reverses order to sell Iranian assets to compensate 9/11 victims


Sputnik
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 15:10 UTC
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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals did not address the fact that Iran has no immediate connection to the worst attack on US soil in history, but rather ruled that the properties seized by authorities may not actually belong to Iran.

An unprecedented terrorism-related forfeiture order against the Iranian government that would benefit families of 9/11 victims was reversed on appeal on Wednesday.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected a lower court's reasoning in ordering the sale of a 36-story office building along with other properties, to benefit 9/11 families.

The families and the US government had sued the Alavi Foundation and Assa Corp., the building's part owners. US Attorney Preet Bharara confirmed that the sale of the building would have been the largest ever terrorism-related forfeiture.

Comment: 'Absurd and ridiculous': Iran ordered to pay $10.5 billion for 9/11 by US judge

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Turkey to suspend European Human Rights Convention after failed coup


Sputnik
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:52 UTC
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The European Human Rights Convention is suspended during the State of Emergency in Turkey after failed coup attempt, according to Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus.

Turkey will suspend the European Convention on Human Rights as the country enters into a 1.5-month state of emergency following an attempted government overthrow, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Thursday.

"We want to end the state of emergency as soon as possible, within a maximum of 1.5 months. The European Human Rights Convention is suspended during the State of Emergency," Kurtulmus told reporters in Ankara.

The state of emergency entered into force Thursday after being announced by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and published later in the official gazette.

In the wake of the attempted coup, Turkish authorities have conducted an unprecedented crackdown on individuals believed to be involved, including governors, prosecutors, intelligence officers, judges, and military personnel.

The EU foreign ministers urged Turkey on Monday to abide by the norms of the Convention, including the abolition of death penalty, when punishing participants of a coup attempt numbering in the thousands.

Comment: It's looking more and more like Turkey could care less about staying in the EU and abiding by their rules. Who can blame them, since the EU is merely the footstool for American imperial interests, the same group that was likely behind the failed coup.

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Anti-terror operation underway in northern Paris suburb, some 20 people reported arrested


RT
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:51 UTC
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An anti-terrorist operation is currently underway in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil, a police official told Reuters. Special police RAID units are involved in the searches, French media reported.

Some 20 people have been arrested during the searches, iTele reported, adding that police did not find any explosives or arms during the operation.

The operation is not connected to the recent Nice attacks, a justice official told Reuters.

"Raids are conducted in two locations by DGSI [General Directorate for Internal Security], with the support of the elite RAID [Research, Assistance, Intervention, Deterrence] police officers," a police source told AFP.

The operation is taking place near the Dassault mosque and Al Bayyinah Islamic library in the town, French media reported.
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Erdogan warns US it will be "big mistake" if US doesn't extradite Gulen

Zoie O'Brien
Express UK
Wed, 20 Jul 2016 14:43 UTC
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants Turkey's main coup suspect extradited but USA wants evidence
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Fethullah Gulen, a long-time resident of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, of orchestrating the July 15 abortive coup in which over 200 people were killed.

Washington has said Ankara must provide clear evidence of Gulen's involvement in the attempted coup before it will consider extraditing him.

The popular president whose people helped resist the military coup said he did not want to destroy relations with the US, but the country should do as they are asked.

Erdogan promised to deliver evidence of Gulen's involvement, while suggesting there were foreign countries involved in the coup attempt.

The leader of the Justice and Development Party, Erdogan, said he was officially declaring three months of state emergency. He also said Europe has "no right" to question why he is making such a big decision.
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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
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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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Bizarro Earth

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
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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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