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Assad tells Macron that France 'spearheaded support for terrorism' in Syria so 'they have no right to talk about peace'

John Irish
Reuters
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 09:21 UTC
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French President Emmanuel Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that Bashar al-Assad was the enemy of millions of his own people and in no position to lecture France, after the Syrian leader accused Paris of supporting terrorism.

After a string of strong comments by French officials blaming Assad's government for atrocities and failed talks, Assad said on Monday France was supporting bloodshed in Syria, making it unfit to talk about peace settlements.

"France spearheaded support for terrorism and their hands are soaked in Syrian blood from the first days and we do not see they have changed their stance fundamentally," Assad was quoted in state media as saying.

"Those who support terrorism have no right to talk about peace," Assad added.

Comment: Macron is an imperialist stooge of the first order, who recently lost of his own 100 party members due to his 'arrogant and undemocratic' ways, so he shouldn't be surprised when his smears against Syria and Russia go unheeded by any thinking member of the international community, who isn't supporting terrorists and is honestly working towards peace, like Russia, China and Iran.

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"Don't know how you lasted 8 months!" Israeli donor Haim Saban tells Kushner on live TV his ME Peace Team has no qualifications (VIDEO)

David Pakman
The Ring of Fire Network
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 10:31 UTC
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Kushner speaks at Saban Forum in Washington.
Jared Kushner, President Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law, is interviewed at the Saban Forum on the topic of Israeli-Palestinian peace and his talking points get crushed by Israeli telecom billionaire Haim Saban. David Pakman discusses this.


Comment: How did Jared Kushner last eight months? Two reasons: First, he is married to Trump's daughter. Second, Kushner is an unconditional 'Israel firster', as Haim Saban very well knows!

Collusion with Israel - not Russia: Mega-donor Haim Saban thanks Jared Kushner for working on Israel's behalf
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's senior advisor - and the man who allegedly ordered Gen. Michael Flynn's "collusion" calls to Russia - has appeared at pro-Israeli donor Haim Saban's event where he has been thanked for his lobbying on behalf of Israel.

Speaking at the three-day conference, prominent Clinton Foundation donor Saban thanked Kusher for "taking steps to try and get the UN Security Council to not go along with what ended up being an abstention by the US against a 50-year-old tradition."

The multibillionaire was referring to Flynn's admission that he had been told to ask Russia to delay a December 2016 UN Security Council vote on Israeli settlements. It has since been reported that Flynn was acting on Kushner's orders, and that Israeli officials had contacted Trump's team to ask for their help to veto the resolution, Reuters reports.


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Assad declares that US-backed terrorists in Syria are 'traitors'

Sarah Dadouch
Reuters
Mon, 18 Dec 2017 13:55 UTC
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as seen in Damascus, Syria November 14, 2017. SANA/Handout via REUTERS
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as seen in Damascus, Syria November 14, 2017.
In a meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin in Damascus, Assad also welcomed a United Nations role in Syrian elections as long as it was linked with Syria's sovereignty, his office cited him as saying. Assad has repeatedly vowed to take back all of Syria.

A U.S.-led international coalition against Islamic State has given military support to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias that now controls nearly a quarter of Syria.

The SDF said Assad's comments were no surprise, accusing his government of sowing strife and sectarianism. "We assert once again that we will go forward without hesitation in chasing terrorism," it said in a statement.
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Saudi Arabia dreams up a videogame-type propaganda video in which it conquers Iran and Iranians cheer

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 09:39 UTC
saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman propaganda video
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A propaganda video promoted by Saudi Arabian media shows a simulation of Saudi Arabia attacking, invading and then conquering Iran.

In an ominous move that could signal the start of World War 3 if it is carried out, Saudi Arabian media is promoting a video that shows a simulation of Saudi Arabia invading and conquering Iran.

The video was published by Al-Riyadh, a pro-Saudi government newspaper, with the headline "Saudi Deterrence-Film embodies the prestige of the armed forces." According to the website's automatic translation from Arabic to English, the purpose of the video was to "mimic the reality, the prestige of the Saudi Armed Forces, and its deterrents against foreign ambitions, especially Iranian threats."

Comment: For a laugh, here is the video in full:



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Wasserman-Schultz IT aides ran shady "CIA" car dealership, borrowed $100K from Hezbollah fugitive

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 09:25 UTC
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Luke Rosiak of the Daily Caller is out with a follow-up to a report on the Awan Pakistani IT family who had access to highly sensitive Congressional networks, both on-site and from Pakistan, where they are suspected of a variety of crimes -including brokering classified information to hostile foreign governments. Of note, they had access to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence - whose members have top secret clearance and are looking into Russian election interference.

Comment: See the full Daily Caller report here: Car dealership run by discredited House IT aides appears to have been a money laundering operation

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China's 'golden alternative' will kneecap the dollar

Nick Giambruno
International Man
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 23:15 UTC
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Nick Giambruno's Note: I recently spoke with my friend and colleague Chris Lowe about China's new alternative financial system-and how it could mortally wound the US dollar. It was such an important discussion that I had to pass it along.

Chris is the editor of Bonner & Partners' Inner Circle. His publication shares insights from Bill Bonner's personal global network of analysts and investment experts.
Using force to compel people to accept money without real value can only work in the short run. It ultimately leads to economic dislocation, both domestic and international, and always ends with a price to be paid.

- Former U.S. Congressman Ron Paul
He who holds the gold makes the rules.

- Old saying
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Russia may host mediation on new Middle East talks as US identified as biased intermediary


Sputnik
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 23:09 UTC
Palestinian flag
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Russia may host the first new meeting on the issue of the Middle East, Palestinian presidential adviser Nabil Shaath said Tuesday.

"No, we don't want Russia [to conduct the talks] alone. Because we don't want to fall into the same problem. We want an international forum with Russia as a party to that forum. To make the first meeting in Moscow is something that was decided in Madrid in 1991 and in Annapolis 2005," he told reporters.

He added that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas may visit Russia soon.

"He has been in Moscow several times and he will come back. I think there is a bond between him and Moscow and he will come back but he sent me ahead of him because he had to go to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which he has visited already and he is now on his way to Paris. We have to divide the work between us," he told reporters.
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Trump's National Security Plan and the End of One World Empire

Niall Bradley
Sott.net
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 17:54 UTC
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On Monday Trump gave a stump speech to announce his administration's National Security Plan. You can read all 55 pages of it on the White House website (it's yuge, the longest ever). The Plan is framed in terms of 'protecting the Homeland', substantially reads like boilerplate neocon/neolib State Dept exceptionalism, but contains a few novelties that again speak to apparent efforts on Trump's part to 'turn the ship of state around'.

The document was notable for the insertion of elements of realpolitik over idealism, and also for recognizing Russia and China as rivals, characterizing them as follows:
"China and Russia challenge American power, influence and interests, attempting to erode American security and prosperity. They are determined to make economies less free and less fair, to grow their militaries, and to control information and data to repress their societies and expand their influence.

Through modernized forms of subversive tactics, Russia interferes in the domestic political affairs of countries around the world. Russia uses information operations as part of its offensive cyber efforts to influence public opinion across the globe. Its influence campaigns blend covert intelligence operations and false online personas with state-funded media, third-party intermediaries, and paid social media users or 'trolls.'"
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Liberal madness! Canada will withdraw summer jobs funding if employers don't support abortion and transgender rights

Lianne Laurence
Life Site
Thu, 14 Dec 2017 22:17 UTC
Justin Trudeau

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
The Liberal government of Justin Trudeau will ban any employer from receiving summer job grants for students if the employer doesn't first sign an "attestation" that they agree with abortion and transgender "rights."

The new criteria were sent to all MPs and will be made public when the Canada Summer Jobs Program officially opens December 19, 2017.

In order to receive federal Canada job grants, employers must attest that:
  • both the job and the organization's core mandate respect individual human rights in Canada, including the values underlying the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as well as other rights. These include reproductive rights and the right to be free from discrimination on the basis of sex, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, colour, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.

Comment: Anti-Christian or not, this is a slippery slope towards total governmental control. How long until this spreads to countries all over the globe?

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Russian victory in Syria met with exceptional US denial


Strategic Culture Foundation
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 21:24 UTC
Putin servicemen
It's hard to overstate the historic significance this week of Syria's victory against foreign-backed mercenaries.

We can dismiss Western official narratives that the nearly seven-year war was some kind of "pro-democracy uprising". The conflict was nothing of the sort.

It was a classic American-led covert war for regime change, of the kind that dozens of countries around the world have been subjected to over the decades.

In Syria, the criminal enterprise involved the clandestine support from Western governments and their regional partners to a whole host of mercenary groups. These groups were largely dominated by extremist self-styled jihadists who descended on Syria from all over the world; armed, paid and directed by a US coalition of governments, to carry out the most horrific violence against civilians.
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