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"Detached from reality": Russian Foreign Ministry calls Turkish accusations of Russian ethnic cleansing in Syria groundless


RT
Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:43 UTC
syrian turkmen fighters
© Stringer / Reuters
Syrian Turkmen fighters are seen near the northern Syrian village of Yamadi, near the Turkish-Syrian border, Syria, November 24, 2015.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has denied Turkish accusations that Russia is conducting ethnic cleansing in Syria, saying they are groundless and demonstrate Ankara's detachment from reality.

"It is strange to make such statements as they demonstrate the complete detachment of the Turkish leadership from reality, from what is actually happening in the region," said the ministry's spokesperson Maria Zakharova.

Turkish leaders, including President Recep Erdogan, have been accusing Russia of deliberately targeting ethnic Turks in Syria after the downing of a Russian warplane on the Turkish-Syrian border. A Turkoman militant group killed the pilot of the downed bomber as he was parachuting to the ground, an act the US State Department claimed was self-defense, but which the Geneva Convention unambiguously forbids. Russia launched retaliation attacks on militants in the area after the incident.

Speaking at a weekly briefing, Zakharova lashed out at the ongoing Turkish incursion into Iraq. Last week, Ankara sent a tank battalion into western Iraq and refused to withdraw despite protests from Baghdad.

Comment: Turkey is following in the footsteps of its American masters by demonstrating a complete detachment from reality in its statements and actions. It's a perfect US puppet state!

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Star of David

Israel defied UN Security Council, sold $400k worth of gold to N. Korea


RT
Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:01 UTC
israel gold
© Nayef Hashlamoun / Reuters
Israel has sold gold worth an estimated $400,000 to North Korea, according to the Israeli tax authority - an action which is in defiance of UN Security Council sanctions in place for almost 10 years.

The Knesset Economics Committee ordered a ban Wednesday on exporting luxury goods to North Korea, in compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1718, adopted in 2006 after Pyongyang's first nuclear test.

At the same Knesset hearing, the export director of the Israel Tax Authority, David Khoury, admitted "there was export of gold, and regretfully [the UN] discovered this and we were required to give explanations," as reported by Israeli news agency Haaretz.

Khoury told the committee the gold exported since 2006 was worth $400,000 in total. Since 2011, there have been no exports to North Korea besides the gold, save for "books and dental implants," and in 2014 there were no exports at all.

Comment: Since Israel is protected by the American Empire, it's doubtful they will face any repercussions for their illegal actions. If Syria had done the same, no doubt the hypocritical US would be blasting them for breaking UN laws.

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Taliban raid on Kandahar airport puts death toll at 50


Press TV
Thu, 10 Dec 2015 04:33 UTC
Kandahar Airport
© AFP
Kandahar Airport: Afghan soldiers keep watch after clashes against security forces.
Afghan officials say at least 50 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in an attack by Taliban militants on an airport in the southern city of Kandahar and the ensuing clashes with security forces. "Fifty of our innocent countrymen, including 10 soldiers, two policemen and 38 civilians, were martyred in the attack," the Afghan Defense Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. The statement added that 37 people, including 17 army soldiers, were injured in the attack.

An anonymous Western official described the incident as "the most serious attack we've witnessed against the largest military installation in southern Afghanistan."

Late on Tuesday, a group of 11 Taliban militants assaulted the heavily fortified civilian and military airfield in Kandahar, which also houses a NATO base, taking a number of people hostage. However, Afghan security forces managed to repel the attack, which lasted until Wednesday night, following heavy clashes with the militants. All the assailants were reportedly killed in the operation.

Comment: The US should be careful what it creates and sets in motion. But it isn't.

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Bad Guys

The comfort of delusion: The West 'knows' Russia always lies

Fulvio Scaglione
Fort Russ
Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:40 UTC
Putin
Luckily we know with an absolute certainty that Russians are always liars. If we didn't, we might have think about some really uncomfortable things

Imagine how worried we would be if we thought the US really had helped Turkey help ISIS. Luckily, we know the Russians always lie. And therefore, any information coming from Russia is a lie.

If this were not the case, we'd have to believe that Turkey, to which Ms. Mogherini (the Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and "Security" Policy) is allocating €3 billion to help it control borders and prevent the flow of Syrian refugees to Europe, is using its border with Syria to do business with the jihadists whose attacks are creating the Syrian refugees! With this wonderful system, Turkey milks one tragedy four ways: buying oil and antiquities from ISIS; selling it weapons and other equipment, allowing foreign mercenaries to cross the border, and finally, forcing Europe to pay millions to prevent the refugees from coming to us!

The Empire of Evil has provided photographs and testimonies. And people visiting Iraqi Kurdistan have seen hundreds of trucks going to Turkey every day, filled with "illicit" oil that Kurdistan could have sold via the Ministry of Oil in Baghdad, but chose to sell it on its own. (Hisham al-Brifkani, chairman of the Iraqi Energy Committee in Nineveh, stated that ISIS was smuggling as much as 10 thousand barrels per day into Turkey, while other experts refer to a potential of 250 thousand barrels per day.)

Comment: Thus summing up the position of most of the population of the West.

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Star of David

Trump's fascist proposal to ban Muslims from US rests on debunked research from pro-Israel think tank

Adam Horowitz
Mondoweiss
Tue, 08 Dec 2015 17:53 UTC
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Yesterday Donald Trump released a shocking proposal to bar Muslims from entering the United States. Trump's idea rests on research from the Center for Security Policy, a neocon think tank run by Frank Gaffney who has a long history of pro-Israel advocacy and has been called "one of America's most notorious Islamophobes" by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Right Web points out that Gaffney has already had influence over the 2016 Republican presidential race:
Frank Gaffney, director of the hardline neoconservative Center for Security Policy (CSP), is a leading anti-Islamic pundit in the United States who advocates controversial weapons programs, a right-wing Israeli line on Mideast security, and an expansive "war on terror" targeting "Islamofascists." Gaffney has been an advocate of militarist U.S. foreign policies since the 1970s, getting his start working on the staff of Sen. Henry "Scoop" Jackson (D-WA) before joining the Ronald Reagan Pentagon in the early 1980s working under Richard Perle.

Several 2016 Republican presidential candidates generated controversy when they attended a Gaffney-organized conference on national security in July 2015. Attendees included former Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal, former New York governor George Pataki, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). Also present at the event was hawkish former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton. One observer remarked that the conference was hosted by "an anti-Islam activist with a penchant for government conspiracy theories."
Trump's call echoes one made by Gaffney himself following the recent Paris attacks:

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Attention

Syrian Army to cut off terrorists' supply routes from Jordan


FARS News Agency
Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:36 UTC
Syrian army
The Syrian army advanced against terrorists in the province of Dara'a, sources said Thursday, adding the troops are on the verge of capturing a Syrian-Jordanian border crossing.

The Syrian army made huge advances in the city of Dara'a, field sources said.

The sources added that the soldiers are in a striking distance of the old Dara'a border crossing with Jordan which is commonly referred to as the Al-Jamrak crossing.
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Attention

UK and Russia agree to cooperate in anti-ISIS airstrikes but not on Assad


RT
Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:34 UTC
Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister David Cameron
© Grigory Dukor / Reuters
Prime Minister David Cameron and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to work together to defeat Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), Downing Street has said.

Cameron and Putin committed to cooperate in the war against IS after a telephone conversation early on Wednesday in which the PM updated the Russian leader on British airstrikes in Syria.

The British PM and Russian president agreed military action alone will not defeat IS and that the two countries would work together to forge a political solution to end the Syrian civil war.
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Star of David

Israel successfully blows up space target with US-funded Arrow 3 ballistic missile interceptor


RT
Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:21 UTC
Arrow 3 ballistic missile interceptor
© Amir Cohen / Reuters
An "Arrow 3" ballistic missile interceptor is seen during its test launch near Ashdod December 10, 2015.
Israel has successfully tested its Arrow 3 ballistic missile shield, partly funded by the US and intended to deter long-range weapons held by the likes of Iran and Hezbollah, the Defense Ministry reported.

"The success of the Arrow 3 system today ... is an important step towards one of the most important projects for Israel and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) becoming operational," IAI chief executive officer Joseph Weiss said, according to Reuters.

The Arrow system is a joint project between IAI and the US aviation giant Boeing. Each Arrow 3 missile costs about $2.2 million, according to Haaretz. American officials were present at the test on Thursday, as the latest system hit targets in space, meant to simulate a nuclear or chemical weapon that Iran, Syria or Hezbollah could launch, according to the Israelis.

The missile flies into the atmosphere, where it splits up into 'kamikaze' satellites that lock onto and eliminate targets.
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Leaked Daesh manual reveals detailed plans for governing the 'Islamic State'


Sputnik
Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:02 UTC
ISIS Daesh
© REUTERS/ Stringer
A British newspaper has acquired a leaked internal Daesh manual which details exactly how the terror group plans to run its self-proclaimed caliphate.

The 24-page manual, entitled 'Principles in the Administration of the Islamic State, and published by The Guardian, reveals the terror group's bureaucratic plans for the construction of their terror state, complete with over a dozen government departments, a treasury, and an economic system featuring centralized control over energy resources and other vital areas of the economy.

Moreover, Daesh (also known in the West as ISIL or ISIS) has plans for the equivalent of a foreign ministry, and a department of information, aimed at disseminating their fundamentalist propaganda.

Comment: More evidence that Daesh has been groomed and sponsored by experienced individuals. Also see:

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Quenelle

Stratfor releases report on China's latest naval developments


Sputnik
Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:30 UTC
China navy submarine
© AFP 2015/ POOL / Guang Niu
Commenting on the announcement late last month that China would be establishing its first permanent overseas naval installation in Djibouti, Stratfor, the Washington-based think tank widely referred to as the 'Shadow CIA', suggested that the move demonstrates that Beijing is "setting the stage for more active involvement by its military" abroad.

According to the think tank, Beijing's plans to establish a base in this "strategic location on the Horn of Africa about 7,700 kilometers from China" demonstrates that the country is "growing into" its role as a great power, and that Beijing is "setting the stage for more active involvement by its military to defend Beijing's interests abroad."

Furthermore, Stratfor says, Djibouti may be only the first step "toward establishing a capable and expansive logistics network to support its increasingly global operations."

Comment: See also: China outmaneuvered the US in forging a new Silk Road & a new Eurasia - Part 1

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