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Manufacturing Terrorism: Osama bin Laden's fighters train in Britain

Indian Express
Sun, 07 Nov 1999 00:00 UTC

Scores of Muslim fundamentalists are receiving weapons training at secret locations across Britain so that they can join fighting groups headed by Osama Bin Laden, the world's most wanted terrorist, media reported today.

Most of the trained militants head for Chechnya where fighters led by Bin Laden's International Islamic Front (IIF) are battling renewed Russian advances. Some of them are being sent to Kashmir, the report said.

A Sunday Telegraph investigation has found that dozens of volunteers are being imparted training in the use of suns and explosives to prepare them for the military wing of the IIF. Many others are travelling abroad to Kosovo, Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Kashmir in India to fight for mujahideen armies.

Politico report says Russiagaters should prepare to kiss my ass

Caitlin Johnstone
caitlinjohnstone.com
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:01 UTC

In a new article titled "Mueller report PSA: Prepare for disappointment", Politico cites information provided by defense attorneys and "more than 15 former government officials with investigation experience spanning Watergate to the 2016 election case" to warn everyone who's been lighting candles at their Saint Mueller altars that their hopes of Trump being removed from office are about to be dashed to the floor.

"While [Mueller is] under no deadline to complete his work, several sources tracking the investigation say the special counsel and his team appear eager to wrap up," Politico reports.

"The public, they say, shouldn't expect a comprehensive and presidency-wrecking account of Kremlin meddling and alleged obstruction of justice by Trump - not to mention an explanation of the myriad subplots that have bedeviled lawmakers, journalists and amateur Mueller sleuths," the report also says, adding that details of the investigation may never even see the light of day.

Comment: Amen.

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Emerging economies stockpiling gold in expectation of US dollar banking system collapse

RT
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:34 UTC

Countries around the world are turning to gold as uncertainty about the global economy rises. Trade wars and the aggressive policies of the United States are making emerging economies withdraw from dollar assets, analysts told RT.

"In the near future we can witness a big change in the rules of the game. At the beginning of the year, developing countries were the first to feel investor panic. If a crisis in Latin America and South Asia doesn't surprise anybody, now is the time to worry about the largest economies of the world," Mikhail Mashchenko, an analyst at the social network for investors eToro in Russia and CIS told RT.

"The aggressive US policy in recent years has forced some countries to look for an alternative to the dollar and replenish their gold reserves. Worries about the future growth of global economy are an additional incentive for purchases. Many question Donald Trump's protectionism," the analyst added.

Comment: There are definitely concerns for the debt ridden world economy. Best to be prepared.

US and Russian defense ministers meet for the first time, Mattis expresses condolences on Kerch tragedy

RT
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:25 UTC

James Mattis and Sergey Shoigu in Singapore

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis met his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu for the first time on Saturday. After shaking hands, the two men briefly talked about the recent horrific school shooting in Kerch.

Shoigu and Mattis spoke with each other on the sidelines of a defense and security-themed event in Singapore, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. The officials met while making their way to a conference hall for a planned session with defense ministers of the ASEAN nations.

The Pentagon chief expressed his condolences regarding the recent deadly tech college shooting in the Russian city of Kerch. On Wednesday, an 18-year-old student entered the school premises armed with a hunting shotgun and killed 20 people, most of whom were his teenage schoolmates.

Comment: The Pentagon must be concerned over Russia's hypersonic missiles.

Syrian state media reports over 60 civilians killed in US-led coalition airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor

RT
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:22 UTC

US Air Force F-16 over Iraq and Syria air space

At least 62 civilians have been killed in a US Air Force attack on two villages near Deir ez-Zor city, Syrian state news agency Sana has reported.

The airstrikes, which targeted the villages of Sousse and Bubradan, also injured a number of civilians, according to the agency.

US forces have been in Syria since September 2014, working with some militias to fight Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) in the country. Deir ez-Zor province where the airstrike took place is included into the US-led locations. Islamic State is controlling large parts of Deir ez-Zor's territory. According to the Russian MoD, this is clearly a result of "inaction of the US-backed armed units."

Mohammed bin Salman put in charge of 'intel purge' following Khashoggi death

RT
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 11:53 UTC

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been appointed to head a ministerial committee tasked with restructuring the General Intelligence Agency, after its deputy director was sacked amid the Khashoggi death scandal.

The decision to appoint MbS to head the restructuring process came after King Salman issued a decree firing the agency's vice president, Ahmed bin Hassan bin Mohammed Asiri. The King has also issued orders to terminate some officers and appoint new ones within the primary intelligence agency of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The committee tasked with overhauling the command of the general intelligence agency will include the country's Interior Ministry, the Foreign Ministry, and the chief of homeland security. The team will look at evaluating the methods and procedures of the agency and will set guidelines to determine the agency's powers. The task force will have a month to provide a progress report to the King.

Comment: Also see: The Murder of Jamal Khashoggi: Oil, Sanctions And The Anti-Trump Establishment

Ukraine government hikes gas prices for population by 25% as part of deal with IMF

RT
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:14 UTC

Kiev has announced that Ukrainians will have to pay nearly 25 percent more for gas starting from November. The decision follows an agreement with the International Monetary Fund that demands increases as part of aid program.

"Starting from November 1, gas prices will increase only by 23.5 percent. Not by 60 percent. This is what we managed to achieve with incredible efforts as a result of negotiations," Ukrainian Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman said on Friday.

Comment: Trying to make bad news look good. The population won't be happy with this price hike.

The prime minister noted that the Ukrainian government had been negotiating with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to remove the issue of raising gas prices from the agenda of cooperation with the organization.

IDF boosts military presence on Gaza border while politicians call for war

RT
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 11:51 UTC

Israel has boosted its military presence along the border with Gaza amid top politicians' calls for a full-scale military campaign like the conflict of 2014, to put an end to the violence and rocket attacks that it links to Hamas.

The IDF has stationed around 60 tanks and armored personnel carriers at a deployment area near the Palestinian border, according to Reuters, in what may be the largest military maneuver from Israel since 2014's Operation Protective Edge.

In the latest exchange this week, a rocket from Gaza hit the southern Israeli city of Be'er Sheva, damaging a house, while another fell into the sea. In a series of retaliatory airstrikes Tuesday night, the IDF killed one Palestinian and injured several more, targeting eight "terrorist locations."

Comment: Also see: Israel's policies in Gaza are categorically genocidal

Israel lobbyists smear Khashoggi as 'terrorist who deserved to die' in order to maintain Saudi alliance

Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 11:51 UTC

Even as headlines around the world say that it murdered a critical journalist, Saudi Arabia has some friends in the U.S. The Israel lobby is going to bat for the theocratic dictatorship over the alleged killing of Jamal Khashoggi.

Last night on i24 news, EJ Kimball, an Israel advocate at the Middle East Forum, suggested that Khashoggi deserved to die. The journalist's "ties to al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood" raise "a whole lot of other issues" about the Saudi tradition of exporting terror, Kimball said. The much bigger picture, he said, is the new Saudi Arabia taking on Iran.

Josh Block of the Israel Project made a similar allegation about Khashoggi two nights back. Pro-Al-Qaeda media are pushing the Khashoggi story, Block said, "because Khashoggi was a radical Islamist terrorist ally who was close to Osama Bin Ladin, ISIS, Hamas & wanted to overthrow the Saudi ruling royals, who oppose both the Sunni terrorists, sponsored by Turkey & Qatar, as well as Irans's Shia terrorist armies & allies."

Comment: Also see:

Trump touts Saudi arms deal while talking sanctions over Khashoggi death

RT
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 21:04 UTC

US President Donald Trump has again warned that Saudi Arabia will face consequences if it was behind the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi - but he also suggested that Washington will not be axing its arms deal with Riyadh.

When a reporter, employing some lingo previously used by the president, asked Trump what "severe consequences" against Saudi Arabia would entail, the president had a rather vague answer.

"I think it's too early to say," he said, while stressing that it's "very serious stuff" and "something we don't like" if Riyadh was indeed behind Khashoggi's murder. He added that Congress would be involved when it came to determining an appropriate response.

However, he once again touted the arms deal between Washington and Riyadh, citing the $450 billion and 600,000 jobs it is bringing into the country, and adding that it would be "very hurtful" to the US if it was dropped.

Comment: For more on the issue, see:

And check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: West Discovers Saudi Arabia Has Human Rights Issues & The Real Reason People Hate Trump

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Puppet Masters

Manufacturing Terrorism: Osama bin Laden's fighters train in Britain

Politico report says Russiagaters should prepare to kiss my ass

Emerging economies stockpiling gold in expectation of US dollar banking system collapse

US and Russian defense ministers meet for the first time, Mattis expresses condolences on Kerch tragedy

Syrian state media reports over 60 civilians killed in US-led coalition airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor

Mohammed bin Salman put in charge of 'intel purge' following Khashoggi death

Ukraine government hikes gas prices for population by 25% as part of deal with IMF

IDF boosts military presence on Gaza border while politicians call for war

Israel lobbyists smear Khashoggi as 'terrorist who deserved to die' in order to maintain Saudi alliance

Trump touts Saudi arms deal while talking sanctions over Khashoggi death

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