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Turkey names second American coup plotter, CIA's Henri Barkey, held secret meeting in Istanbul on night of coup


Yeni Safak
Tue, 26 Jul 2016 16:58 UTC
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Henri J. Barkey, former CIA personnel and the current Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, known as the policy maker for U.S. authority, was the second top American figure who orchestrated the coup attempt in Turkey.

According to Istanbul Police's Intelligence, Counter Terror, Cyber Crime and Criminal Units, Barkey was holding a meeting with 17 top figures, most of them foreign nationals, at a hotel on Istanbul's Princes Island on July 15, the day of the failed coup attempt in Turkey.

Barkey was staying in the Splendid Hotel, which was used as a British Military Headquarters during the days of occupation in 1919, between July 15 and 17.

According to the hotel management, Barkey had held a meeting that lasted hours in a special room.

Comment: For some very interesting speculation and allegations regarding the coup, see: Erdogan owes his life to Putin, who prevented US-led coup in Turkey. Also see: More from Yeni Safak:
The United States Army, one of the architects of the recent Turkey coup plot, would have built a new military base at the zero point of the Turkey-Syria border, if coup plotters were successful in overtaking the power of the military, intelligence, police security, legislative and judiciary institutions in Turkey. ...

Sources close to the investigators of the failed coup attempt said the CIA established a special team with the code name of "Safari" to operate the coup plot process. General John F. Campbell, a former US commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), organized meetings and preparations that lasted over eight-and-half-a-months before the Turkey coup. Campbell was the head of the Turkey leg of the "Safari" special team established by CIA for commanding junta in Turkey. Though Campbell formally retired from his post in March this year, he has been running the U.S. military's secret agenda in Turkey. He was commissioned to lead the Turkey operation for an extra two years, the sources said. Campbell was working as the middle man / mediator between parties. He held several meetings both with the Junta in Turkey and CIA authorities in the U.S.

According to military sources, the coup plotters agreed to allow the U.S. authority to stablish a U.S. military base at the Turkey-Syria border. The new military base would have been furnished with more advanced technology, making it more capable of extensive tasks than the İncirlik airbase in the southeastern province of Adana.

Putschist also promised to upset the balances in the area by blocking Russia in a military and economic manner after establishing a coup regime in Turkey in the second half of 2016. According to the plan, Turkey would have been designed by the U.S. and the country would have been under Washington's full control. If they had failed to take full control, then the second plan would have been implemented: turning Turkey into a new Syria. Moreover, the Syrian opposition group would have also been re-structured according to the U.S. directions, and the FETÖ junta would have been handling them, if the coup in Turkey had succeeded.


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Russian and Chinese navies to hold joint drills in South China Sea


RT
Thu, 28 Jul 2016 16:20 UTC
chinese naval vessel
© Stringer / Reuters
China and Russia will hold naval drills in the South China Sea in September, the Chinese Defense Ministry told a news conference on Thursday, adding they are designed to strengthen cooperation between the two countries and were not aimed at raising tensions.

"This is a routine exercise between the two armed forces, aimed at strengthening the developing China-Russia strategic cooperative partnership," China's Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun told a news conference, as cited by Reuters.

He also added that the exercise is "not directed against third parties."

China Military Online published material earlier in July that the 'Joint Sea' naval exercise was due to be undertaken in September. The operation was first conducted in 2012, and has subsequently become an annual event for Russia and China.

Last year, 22 vessels, 20 aircraft, 40 armored vehicles, and 500 marines from Russia and China took part in the drills in the Sea of Japan, off the coast of Vladivostok in Russia's Far East.
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Bad Guys

Abu Ghraib torture company re-hired for Syria: How ISIS will benefit


Moon Of Alabama
Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:53 UTC
CACI International Inc
During the occupation of Iraq U.S. intelligence and military services contracted CACI International Inc, a U.S. company in Virginia, to provide "intelligence services" in Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad. CACI employees were directly involved in torturing Iraqi prisoners.

The U.S. army recently contracted CACI for "intelligence analysis services" in Syria. The Syrian government has not invited or otherwise allowed U.S. military or its contractors to enter the country. Any such activities infringes on Syria's sovereignty and are thereby in violation of international law.

The re-engagement of such a controversial company for services in the area boosts the recruitment appeal of the Islamic State.

A recent U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Press Announcement (Release No: CR-143-16, July 27, 2016) lists under the rubric "Army":
"Six3 Intelligence Solutions Inc., McLean, Virginia, was awarded a $ 9,578,964 modification (P00001) to contract W564KV-16-C-0058 for intelligence analysis services. Work will be performed in Germany, Italy, and Syria, with an estimated completion date of June 29, 2017."
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Police state soon? Merkel announces major increase in security forces after terror attacks


Sputnik
Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:37 UTC
Angela Merkel
© AFP 2016/ Odd Andersen
German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Thursday an increase in the number of security forces in Germany and across Europe after a string of Islamist attacks in the region.

"We have already considerably increased the number of security jobs across Germany but also in the [European] Union," Merkel said at the annual press conference.

The chancellor said this was part of the ongoing effort to prevent terror attacks in Europe, alongside with the creation of an anti-terror center inside European police Europol.

She added that German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere was asked to carry out a deep analysis of the situation and come up with more security proposals. "The federal interior minister will make proposals together with his regional colleagues," she said.
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Black Magic

Death-eater Samantha Power excuses U.S. war crimes in Syria at UN - Churkin blasts her

Ricky Wisdale
Russia Insider
Wed, 27 Jul 2016 15:28 UTC
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This isn't Woodstock, Samantha, it's the UN.
Samantha Power would not explain how US planes mistakenly bombed hundreds of civilians, but whined about 'civil society' groups. Yet she and Obama are total failures at advancing human rights they claim to champion

Samantha Power is a typical hanger-on of the soon to be gone Obama administration.

Like Obama himself, and democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, she is ostensibly a left-wing socialist, fighter for minority and women's rights, and anti-war, i.e. a "progressive."

Yet for the last 4 years as ambassador to the UN, she has unwaveringly defended every violent act of aggression and destabilization abroad which her weak-willed boss Barack (which ironically means "peace") signed off on.

She did what US representatives do best at the last meeting of the UN security council - obfuscate. But Russian ambassador Vitaly Churkin wasn't having it.


Comment: Churkin's response is right on target. Power blames the lack of access of Syrian 'civil society groups' to investigate the U.S. massacre of civilians in Manbij. Newsflash, you power-mad harpy, Manbij is occupied by ISIS, which your government was happy to let loose destroying Syria for the past several years. Now your people - including U.S. special forces - have the town entirely surrounded. Your Kurdish/Arab allies control the entire surrounding region. You should be tried for war crimes, not let free to voice your disgusting lies and propaganda lines from the UN.

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Info

Major reshuffle: Putin replaces heads of Russian regions and federal agencies


RT
Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:30 UTC
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Head of the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography Igor Vasilyev
© Michael Klimentyev / Sputnik
In a single day, the Russian President Vladimir Putin has replaced several governors and regional representatives, as well as one ambassador, also merging the Crimean Federal District with the larger Southern Federal District.

The order released on Thursday transforms the Crimean Federal District and the Southern Federal District into a united Southern Federal District. It expands the role of the current presidential representative for the Southern Federal District to cover the amalgamated territory.

The former representative for the Crimean Federal District, Oleg Belaventsev, was appointed to the same position in North Caucasus Federal District, replacing Sergey Melikov. Meanwhile Melikov takes up the post of first deputy head of the Russian National Guard (Rosgvardiya) - the federal law enforcement agency formed in April this year.

Senator for the Crimean Republic Sergey Tsekov told RIA Novosti that the merger was a pre-planned move, as the Crimean Federal District was created purely to allow for the smooth transition of the region into the Russian Federation.

The governor of the Russian Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, Nikolay Tsukanov, was reassigned as representative to the Northwestern Federal District. The head of the regional branch of the Federal Security Service (FSB), Evgeny Zinishev, was appointed acting governor in Tsukanov's absence.

Former Northwestern representative Vladimir Bulavin was appointed head of the Federal Customs Service to replace Andrey Belyaninov, who resigned on Thursday after investigators searched his home as part of a major smuggling case in which Belyaninov is a witness.
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Satellite

New space race: New American spy satellite launches on secret mission

Mike Wall
Space.com
Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:20 UTC
Atlas V rocket launch
© United Launch Alliance/Jeff Spotts
A new American reconnaissance satellite has made it to orbit to begin the latest secret mission for the U.S. government.

The classified NROL-61 satellite launched into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida this morning (July 28) at 8:37 a.m. EDT (1237 GMT), riding into space atop a two-stage United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket.

NROL-61 will be operated by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), the agency in charge of the United States' fleet of spy satellites. NRO payloads are generally classified, and NROL-61 is no exception; no information is available about the satellite's precise activities or final orbit. (ULA's brief mission description states simply that NROL-61 will operate "in support of national defense.") You can see more launch photos from the Atlas V mission in our full image gallery here.

Comment: Russia to drastically boost its orbital surveillance capabilities

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Black Magic

U.S. deliberately destroyed CIA torture site - Guantanamo defense lawyers aren't pleased


RT
Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:17 UTC
guantanamo
© Stringer / Reuters
Ammar al Baluchi was brutally tortured in CIA custody, along with other detainees, but now it is reported that the black site where Baluchi was held has been destroyed, Alka Pradhan, defense attorney for Gitmo detainee Ammar al Baluchi, told RT.

The September 11 mass murder trial has yet to begin at Guantanamo Bay detention facility for several detainees who, in the government's opinion, are guilty enough to be charged. However, the legal proceedings are being held up by the prosecution's evidence.

The prosecution handed over about half of its evidence to the trial judge for review, but the judge swiftly sent it back, calling almost all of it 'inadequate' and asking the prosecutors to fix the errors. This represents evidence that has yet to be presented to the defense teams, which are still in the dark.

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Satellite

Russia to drastically boost its orbital surveillance capabilities


Sputnik
Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:15 UTC
Soyuz-2 launch
© Sputnik. Mikhail Voskresenskiy
A new type of advanced surveillance satellites will soon bolster the reconnaissance capabilities of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

The mainstay of the new space surveillance system will be the new 14F156 Razdan satellites, which are expected to replace the existing 14F137 Persona craft.

Several sources in Russian industrial and military circles have told the newspaper Kommersant that the Russian Aerospace Forces and the Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center are already discussing the specifics of engineering Razdan satellites.

Comment: New space race: New American spy satellite launches on secret mission

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Dollar

UK ready to grow defense budget even further for new $240 million naval gun


Sputnik
Thu, 28 Jul 2016 14:52 UTC
UK Global Combat Ship
© Flickr/ Think Defence
The UK's growing military budget can accommodate a new weapons system worth over $240.6 million, to be fitted on the next-generation Global Combat Ship, UK Defense Ministry said Thursday.

"Our growing defence budget means we can invest in a cutting edge weapon system for the Royal Navy's next generation Global Combat Ship at the best value for taxpayers," UK Minister for Defence Procurement Harriett Baldwin said.

Comment: First theey need to get their ships to work: UK begs US to hurry F-35 deal through while Royal Navy's next-gen frigate 'delayed indefinitely'

UK begs US to hurry F-35 deal through while Royal Navy's next-gen frigate 'delayed indefinitely'

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