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Clintons & their friends at FBI begin to feel heat from Uranium One scandal


RT
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 12:58 UTC
Bill Hillary Clinton
© Brian Snyder / Reuters
Hillary Clinton and her husband, former US President Bill Clinton, after casting their ballots on November 8, 2016, in Chappaqua, New York
As Democrats and Republicans target each other with accusations of 'Russian collusion,' they seize on evidence of the other's alleged wrongdoing, no matter how flimsy. The latest such case is the Uranium One controversy.

Though Democrats have accused President Donald Trump of "colluding" with Russia to win the 2016 presidential election, which they thought Hillary Clinton was sure to win, they have offered little to no evidence to prove the claim. Meanwhile, Trump has said the real collusion was between Clinton and the Russians on Uranium One, a Canadian-based mining company that owns 20 percent of US uranium deposits.

In 2010, the Obama administration approved the sale of Uranium One to Rosatom, a Russian state energy company. This was the era of the infamous "reset" in US-Russian relations, when Hillary Clinton was the US secretary of state. An FBI informant who worked with the companies involved now says Moscow greased the deal with millions of dollars intended for the Clintons' charity.

Comment: Further reading:

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Huma Abedin immunity discussed in Strzok text messages

Chuck Ross
The Daily Caller
Wed, 07 Feb 2018 12:53 UTC
Hillary Clinton Huma Abedin
Congressional investigators are puzzling over a December 2016 text message that suggests the Justice Department sought to grant immunity to Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin.

In a Dec. 13, 2016 text exchange, FBI counterintelligence official Peter Strzok sent his mistress, FBI lawyer Lisa Page, a text message referring to a conversation he had with the Justice Department discussing immunity and potential grand jury testimony.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee released the text message along with 384 pages of additional records on Wednesday.

"Talked with DoJ about HA interview," Strzok wrote to Page.

"Told them we had to interview, no immunity. They said they thought that would get counsel to the point of saying she's either taking the 5th in the Gj or you need to give her immunity. I said that's fine, please have discussions to get the decision to that point and I would run it up the chain."

Comment: See:

FBI agent Strzok let Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin walk away scot-free after lying to FBI

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Bye and sorry for the mess! US not planning to contribute money to Iraq reconstruction

Eric Levitz
New York Magazine
Thu, 08 Feb 2018 12:37 UTC
Iraq war destruction
© Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images
We broke it, they buy it.
As a primary candidate, Donald Trump championed a quasi-isolationist foreign policy. At one Republican primary debate, Trump argued that America had "done a tremendous disservice to humanity" in the Middle East.

"The people that have been killed, the people that have been wiped away - and for what?" the mogul asked. "The Middle East is totally destabilized, a total and complete mess. I wish we had the 4 trillion dollars or 5 trillion dollars. I wish it were spent right here in the United States on schools, hospitals, roads, airports, and everything else that are all falling apart!"

Trump still insisted that America must defend itself against attack (or, potentially, disrespect) with overwhelming force, up to and including deliberate war crimes. But his overriding foreign policy message was, nevertheless, that America should trim its imperial sails, and reallocate resources to the home front.

President Trump's foreign policy has been decidedly different. Since taking office he has escalated American involvement in virtually every foreign conflict while calling for cuts to domestic spending and massive increases in the Pentagon's budget. He regularly touts the necessity of a global military presence and preemptive wars with bromides like, "Past experience has taught us that complacency and concessions only invite aggression and provocation." If the budget currently before Congress is passed, we will spend $716 billion on our military next year.

Comment: The war against ISIS, let us recall, would have not taken place if the US had not destroyed Iraq in the first place. But who really cares about fixing the mess in Iraq when 'real men go to Iran'?

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Zakahrova: ISIS terrorists "feel at ease" near US base in Syria's Al-Tanf


TASS
Thu, 08 Feb 2018 12:00 UTC
The remaining IS militants have been using the area as a place to regroup and prepare for new raids in the Syrian desert
© Valeriy Sharifulin/TASS
The remaining IS militants have been using the area as a place to regroup and prepare for new raids in the Syrian desert
Militants from the Islamic State terror group (outlawed in Russia) feel at ease near the US military base located on the outskirts of Syria's Al-Tanf, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakahrova said on Thursday.

"The United States' illegal military presence in Syria remains a serious challenge hampering efforts to promote the peace process, maintain Syria's unity and territorial integrity," she said.

Comment: The US has been called out on its blatant attempt to seize a huge portion of sovereign Syrian territory and that it has been using ISIS as its proxy army to achieve this aim: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Turkey Launches Military Operation Against Syrian Kurdish 'Rebels'

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All hell breaks loose in Syria, the world is on the brink of war once again

Darius Shahtahmasebi
AntiMedia
Thu, 08 Feb 2018 11:32 UTC
Marines Syria
The U.S.-led coalition conducted air and artillery strikes against pro-regime forces in Syria on Wednesday, killing over 100 pro-government fighters, CNN reports.

According to the coalition's statement, the strikes were carried out after forces allied with the Syrian government "initiated an unprovoked attack" against what CNN termed "a well-established Syrian Democratic Forces headquarters where coalition advisers were working with US-backed Syrian fighters."

CNN dubbed the U.S.-led strike "defensive" even though U.S. forces have no legal authority to be in Syria in the first place, something the New York Times was forced to admit a few weeks ago. According to official numbers, there are some 2,000 U.S. troops embedded with SDF forces in Syria, and Syria has deemed these U.S. troops to be an invading force. Technically, the act of violating Syria's sovereignty and killing over 100 of its troops in a flagrant act of war makes the U.S. the aggressor - not the defender - in this scenario. (If you are having trouble understanding this, try reversing the U.S. and Syria in the scenario and seeing how you would feel if the shoe were on the other foot).
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Ukrainian propagandist boasts assassination of Donetsk commander was on "retaliation list" and planned for "2 years"

Translated by Tom Winter
Fort Russ
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:28 UTC
Image from Butusov's facebook page

Image from Butusov's facebook page
Ukrainian Special Services were involved in the murder of Mikhail Tolstykh, call sign "Givi," commander of the Somali Battalion of the Armed Forces of the Donetsk People's Republic, and the attack was in preparation for two years. Such a statement was made by the Ukrainian journalist, Yuri Butusov, the editor-in-chief of a propaganda publication.

"The operation was planned and prepared over two years," he wrote on his Facebook page.

He noted that Givi was on top of the "retaliation list" of the special services of Ukraine. However, according to Butusov, it was difficult to approach him because of the security measures that he was taking.

Comment: This is the type of behaviour that is being fostered in Ukraine since the deadly US engineered coup:

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Lavrov: US efforts to turn Russia into its vassal are doomed to failure


TASS
Thu, 08 Feb 2018 12:00 UTC
Lavrov
© Maxim Shemetov / Reuters
Washington’s anti-Russian campaign is already "a household name," according to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
US attempts to isolate Russia and make it a country under its tutelage are doomed to failure, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a meeting arranged to mark Diplomats' Day on Thursday.

"Washington's anti-Russian campaign that is already a household name, has assumed an unprecedented scope," Lavrov said. "Its aim is to once again try to turn Russia into a country under its control. Such attempts are doomed to failure. Isolating Russia, making it sacrifice its principles, and solving their problems at our expense are not going to work," he said.

Comment: The belligerent US leaders continue to try every move they can to contain Russia but Russia ploughs on with it's vision of a mutually beneficial multi-polar world, and in the process exposes the psychopathic US establishment for what it is. Those who will ultimately suffer the worst are the American people: Also check out SOTT radio's:

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Snakes in Suits

#DirtyDossier: UK MPs to be sacked for sexual misconduct - 1 in 5 Westminster workers experience harassment


RT
Thu, 08 Feb 2018 10:14 UTC
Nigel Roddis / Reuters
MPs found guilty of sexual misconduct could be kicked out of Parliament under tough new measures aimed at stamping out abuse. The proposal comes after it was revealed that one in five Westminster workers experience harassment.

A report on parliamentary sexual harassment, commissioned by a cross-party group of MPs, calls for cultural overhaul and urgent reform in Westminster after a flood of sexual harassment complaints at the end of 2017. The report also called for a new procedure to deal with those who make complaints.

MPs found guilty of sexual harassment could now face the sack thanks to the tough new measures aimed at eradicating harassment and abuse. Procedures independent of the political parties will also be put in place, specifically designed for dealing with sexual harassment allegations and bullying.

Comment: Parliament has more than just sexual harassment in the workplace to deal with:

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Soros' £400,000 anti-Brexit propaganda push: Russian Embassy nails the British media with one simple tweet

Vladimir Rodzianko
The Duran
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 01:32 UTC
Russian President Vladimir Putin with Queen Elizabeth II

Russian President Vladimir Putin with Queen Elizabeth II
People all over the world are delighted to see the US and Russia joining together to call out the globalists on their blatant hypocrisy.

"A Russian company spends 72p on Facebook ads: interference, hybrid war, parliamentary inquiry Soros spends £400K on bringing down UK Government: nothing to worry about."

The Russian Embassy's tweet is in reference to a Telegraph story that George Soros is financing a campaign that would overturn the Brexit referendum - yet the British government is more interested in spreading fake news that the Russian government influenced the Brexit vote:

Comment: For more on Soros and his documented interference in democracies around the world, see:

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Stock Down

Indian antitrust watchdog fines Google $21mn for search bias and abusing its position


RT
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 08:34 UTC
neon google sign
© Christoph Hardt / Global Look Press
Google has been fined $21 million by India's antitrust watchdog after being accused of search bias and abusing its dominant position. The search giant says it is reviewing the complaints.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said in a 190-page order that Google was "found to be indulging in practices of search bias and by doing so, it causes harm to its competitors as well as to users."

"Google was leveraging its dominance in the market for online general web search, to strengthen its position in the market for online syndicate search services," the CCI said, as quoted by Reuters.

The accusations against Google revolve around the CCI claiming the search engine places its commercial flight search function in a prominent position on the search results page. This, according to the commission, resulted in a disadvantage to businesses trying to gain market access.

Comment: See also:

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