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At midnight Moscow time, the servicemen at the Khmeimim airbase in Latakia saw in the New Year, one hour ahead of local time in Syria.
Some of the air crews were absent from the celebration as sorties continued all night long.
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At midnight Moscow time, the servicemen at the Khmeimim airbase in Latakia saw in the New Year, one hour ahead of local time in Syria.
Some of the air crews were absent from the celebration as sorties continued all night long.
Comment: Spoken like a true statesman. What does Putin have in store for 2016?
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She's beyond hopeful, take heed!
She's beyond hopeful, take heed!
"While mainstream observers wonder how the unexpected presence of Donald Trump will impact the race, George Soros' support for Hillary Clinton gives us a strong clue," said Mickey Z. "As we head into 2016 and will finally see actual presidential primaries soon, it seems more obvious each day that America's financial and corporate elites have chosen the former First Lady as their next figurehead," he noted.
"The top 1 percent want a political CEO with a steady hand and a proven record of support for Wall Street. With Trump virtually sabotaging Jeb Bush's campaign and Bernie Sanders busy playing the role of 'man of the people,' their choice seems clear: Hillary Clinton," the analyst pointed out.
Comment: The presidential race frenzy, every four years, is experienced by Americans as a bonafide reassurance that their democracy is alive and well. This couldn't be further from the truth. It is at best a grand dog-and-pony show by real owners of the USA to place their favorite "figurehead" (mouthpiece) in the White House. The three essential stipulations the corporate elite must consider: corruptibility, leverage, and psychopathy. These qualify Clinton as a 'natural born president'.
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"Washington is still in a trap in Afghanistan. Absolutely not taking into account the local national environment and ethnic issues, the United States tried to resolve the Afghan problem by classic military methods."He added that in the past decade, the problem reached a gridlock and the war lost any meaning, something that he said added significantly to the Taliban's revival.
Comment: Or maybe the US has been successful in keeping the country in chaos as planned:
- Western forces have crippled Afghanistan's tribal leadership to prevent peace and further chaos
- CIA's Afghan paramilitaries regularly killing civilians
- If you disagree, you must die: U.S. complicity in worldwide suffering
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On Thursday, commenting on China's new counterterrorism law, and specifically its provision allowing the People's Liberation Army to participate in anti-terrorism operations overseas, Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujin emphasized that China has a "proactive" attitude when it comes to international cooperation against terrorism.
Speaking at a regular monthly briefing for reporters, cited by Reuters, Yang explained that in the event that Chinese forces were ever deployed abroad for the purposes of fighting terrorism, it would be in full respect of international norms, including countries' sovereignty.
Comment: Even though an outright alliance with the Russian coalition in Syria may be impractical, this is still a very interesting development. Also see: Creativity vs Entropy: China the new 'center of civilization'?
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Turkey's aggressive policy against Russia might result in three territorial disputes between the two, Ochsenreiter said in an interview with the Iranian news channel PressTV.
The first conflict centers around Crimea, he explained, as Ankara officially supports Ukraine's stance on the peninsula's reunification with Russia.
Comment: Turkey is acting just like Washington's mad dog.
Check out: Pepe Escobar: Empire of Chaos vs Eurasian Integration in 2016
"I'm sure everyone understands that no tanks or Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will enter the territory of NATO members, none of this is even being considered", - said Lavrov.The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry commented on the attitude to Russia towards the Baltic States and Eastern Europe. According to him, the United States claimed that the Baltic and Eastern European countries will calm down only when they join the Alliance. However, Lavrov said, that did not happen.
Speaking at a news conference, Erdogan was asked by a journalist whether Turkey would be able to keep a unitary structure of government if a presidential system was implemented.
"There are already examples in the world. You can see it when you look at Hitler's Germany," he said, according to a recording broadcast by the Dogan news agency. "There are later examples in various other countries."
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"We will continue to work patiently to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula and regional stability. But if invasive outsiders and provocateurs touch us even slightly, we will not be forgiving in the least and sternly answer with a merciless, holy war of justice," AP reported Kim as saying.
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The heads-up to Congress specified Thursday at 10:30am as the time the new sanctions were to come into effect. The new penalties were to be imposed on just under a dozen companies and individuals from Iran, Hong Kong, and the United Arab Emirates that the US believes have been involved in Iran's ballistic missile tests, which took place earlier this month.
Comment: Russia continues to show its commitment to eliminating terrorism.