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Putin: The possibility of a new world war that could end civilization should be enough to deter conflicts between nations


RT
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 16:24 UTC
no war
© Reuters
A new world war could become "an end of civilization," Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a live televised call-in show. Awareness of this should restrain international powers from engaging in global conflict, he added.

While giving his take on the risks of a new global conflict, Putin recalled Albert Einstein. "I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones," he quoted the world renowned physicist and a Nobel Prize winner.

He went on to say that "understating of the fact that World War III could be an end of the modern civilization" should deter the world "from any radical and highly dangerous actions that could [threaten] the modern civilization."
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Yoda

Putin admits he's nervous about terrorists using Telegram, but has no plans to restrict social media outlets


RT
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 16:21 UTC
st petersburg bombing
© Reuters
Vladimir Putin insists Russia has no intention of restricting social media, but admitted he was "nervous" about security concerns posed by Telegram and other hard-to-monitor channels of online communication.

Asked by leading blogger Gusein Gasanov to comment "on rumors that YouTube, Instagram and other social media" could be blocked in Russia during his Direct Line live broadcast on Thursday, the Russian president gave an emphatic reply.

"We have no plans to shut anything down."
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Meeting between US, Russia and Jordan over Syrian de-escalation zone canceled


Sputnik
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 16:01 UTC
Syria
© Reuters/ Rodi Said
The meeting between Russian, US, Jordanian representatives regarding the de-escalation zone in southern Syria will not take place, Jordanian newspaper Al Ghad reported, citing its sources.

"The agreement is a key step within the three countries' joint efforts to stop violence in Syria and create the proper conditions for a sustainable political solution to the Syrian crisis," State Minister for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani said.

The meeting was scheduled to take place this week in the Jordanian capital of Amman at the level of deputy foreign ministries.
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Arrow Down

House says US has no legal right to attack Iran, unanimous vote

Marjorie Cohn
Truthout
Mon, 04 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
Rep Keith Ellison
© Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images
Rep. Keith Ellison waiting for President Trump to deliver his address to a joint session of Congress, February 28, 2017.
In a little noticed but potentially monumental development, the House of Representatives voted unanimously for an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2019 (H.R. 5515) that says no statute authorizes the use of military force against Iran.

The amendment, introduced by Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota), states, "It is the sense of Congress that the use of the Armed Forces against Iran is not authorized by this Act or any other Act." A bipartisan majority of the House adopted the National Defense Authorization Act on May 24, with a vote of 351-66. The bill now moves to the Senate.

If the Senate version ultimately includes the Ellison amendment as well, Congress would send a clear message to Donald Trump that he has no statutory authority to militarily attack Iran.

This becomes particularly significant in light of Trump's May 8 withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. That withdrawal was followed by a long list of demands by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, which could set the stage for a US attack on Iran.

Comment: It's about time Congress becomes effective and does something meaningful.

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Star of David

Netanyahu: 'Syria not immune' Israel will destroy Assad's forces if attacked


RT
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 12:55 UTC
Netanyahu
© CNBC
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel will "destroy" any Syrian forces that attempt an attack against Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned. He also cautioned President Assad against inviting Iranian troops into Syria.

"Now the war is nearly over he invites Iran in? He is no longer immune. If he fires, we'll destroy his forces," Netanyahu said in London on Thursday.

In May, Israel launched several missiles at what it claimed were Iranian military targets inside Syria. Tel Aviv is believed to be responsible for numerous airstrikes on Syrian territory, but the Israeli military rarely comments on such cases.

Last month Netanyahu warned that Israel considers all Iranian forces inside Syria - not just troops near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights - as targets. "We will continue to act against [Iran's] intention to establish a military presence in Syria opposite us, not just opposite the Golan Heights but anywhere in Syria," he said.

Assad has denied that the Iranian military has a formal presence in Syria, noting that his ally has only sent officers and advisers which are embedded with Syrian forces.

Comment: Netanyahu - provoking the attack he wants.
See also: Netanyahu: We'll strike at Iran not just in Golan Heights, but anywhere in Syria

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People 2

Trump points finger at Dems 'bad legislation' for his own child-separation policy


RT
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 15:06 UTC
Demonstrators
© Jose Luis Gonzalez / Reuters
Donald Trump has blamed Democrats for immigrant children being separated from their parents at the US border with Mexico, saying it is "the fault of bad legislation" passed by the party.

His comments come after the United Nations called on the US to stop detaining and dividing migrant families. A spokesman for the UN said the US was "criminalizing what should be an administrative offense," adding that most immigrants come from Central American countries ravaged by violence and should be afforded protections mandated under international law.

Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to hit back at growing criticism of his policies, and called on Democrats to "get their act together" to change border security laws.


Comment: See also: Examining the legality of Trump's decision to separate immigrant children from their parents

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Snakes in Suits

Netanyahu and Assad previously discussed return of Golan Heights to Syria


Sputnik
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 12:28 UTC
NetiAssad
© Jerusalem Online/Debka
Israeli PM Netanyahu • Syrian President Assad
Israeli government had reportedly attempted to resolve the issue of a swathe of Syrian territory that was captured by Israel in 1967 and annexed 14 years later, and which serves as one of the main sources of tensions between the two countries.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syrian President Bashar Assad discussed the possibility of Golan Heights being returned to Syria during two rounds of "serious" negotiations that were held during the past decade, The Times of Israel reports citing Netanyahu's former adviser Uzi Arad.

According to Arad, the first round of talks was held in 2009 but came to a halt as Syria rejected the proposed territorial swap which would result in Israel retaining control over most of the Golan Heights.

The second round of negotiations was allegedly initiated in 2010 under the auspices of the Obama administration, and did not yield any concrete results as well.

The former adviser also added that during both rounds of negotiations the Syrian government demanded a full withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Golan Heights region, and that Netanyahu did not immediately dismissed the idea.

Comment: See also:

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Eye 2

Delusional Bill Clinton thinks Killary lost election because of the 'Russian candidate' Jill Stein


RT
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 15:20 UTC
bill clinton
© Lucas Jackson / Reuters
Former President Bill Clinton shed some light on why he thinks his wife might have lost her 2016 presidential bid. He dramatically exposed Russia's "preferred alternative" - the Green Party candidate.

Speaking at an event in New York, Clinton reckoned that Green Party candidate Jill Stein was the "preferred alternative of the Russians," and hinted that shadowy Russian actors must have cast votes for Stein instead of Clinton.

"We know that Jill Stein, preferred alternative of the Russians, got more - the difference in her vote in 2012, 2016 was more than the difference in the election in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania," he said. "That doesn't mean the Russians did it, but it's - it makes you scratch your head...Maybe the Russians did have a decisive impact."

If it wasn't the Russians, then it must have been the FBI. Clinton also said that the presidential race was so close that "Comey's late announcement could swing it," referring to then-FBI Director James Comey's decision to announce that he was reopening his investigation into Hillary Clinton's mishandling of classified information on a private email server just weeks before Americans went to the polls.

Comment: No Slick Willie, it wasn't the bloody Russians who had a decisive impact. It was the millions of Americans who saw in Killary a lying, psychopathic witch who ignored the voters in the flyover states and pandered to the progressive libtards on the coasts. That is what made the difference in the election.

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Yoda

Warning Ukraine against attack, Putin pledges help to unrecognized Donbass republics


RT
Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:54 UTC
donbass shelling
© Sergey Averin / Sputnik
Residents in the courtyard of a residential building hit by shelling in the village of Gorlovka, Donetsk Region
Vladimir Putin has said that any aggravation of the military conflict in Ukraine would "inflict a tremendous damage" to the country's statehood and added that Russian support for the Donbass republics will continue.

During the Thursday televised Q&A session Putin faced a question from Russian journalist and writer Zakhar Prilepin, who is currently a voluntary advisor to the head of the Donetsk People's Republic, the DNR.

Prilepin asked the president if he considered it possible that pro-Kiev forces would launch a major offensive operation in the war-ridden south-east of Ukraine during the 2018 World Cup in Russia which begins in one week.
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Control Panel

Why is the media still ignoring the Samantha Power 'unmasking' bombshell?

Jay Latimer
American Thinker
Wed, 06 Jun 2018 13:21 UTC
Samantha Power

Samantha Power
One of the challenges of Spygate is that it's such a sprawling, complicated tale, filled with competing narratives and motives open to interpretation. We understand that this is a serious situation - possibly the biggest scandal in U.S. history. But how can one get the message across to the average American without his eyes glazing over?

To cut through the complexity, it helps to focus on specific actions by individuals that we all can agree are suspect. This brings us to Samantha Power.

Of all the political stories from 2017, surely the most curious is this: why is everyone ignoring the bombshell revelations from Samantha Power?

Comment: Some background on this forgotten scandal. The MSM was complicit in burying the story:

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