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Russian UN envoy: Rise of ISIS should be blamed on American occupation


RT
Wed, 16 Sep 2015 22:51 UTC
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Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin
Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, dismissed the US claims accusing Bashar Assad's regime for the rise of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). Islamic State's rise goes back to the US-led intervention in Iraq, he said.

"ISIS appeared and became active in Iraq when the militants began storming Baghdad ... So, Islamic State ripened in Iraq during the U.S. occupation ... the American occupation should be blamed for the rise of ISIS," Vitaly Churkin said in a TV interview to the Russian news agency Rossiya Segodnya.

He also added that it was time to "start creating an international coalition to fight ISIS, which is what President Putin's proposing," referring to the Russian president's speech at the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Tuesday.

"Russia, as you know, has proposed to form a wide coalition to fight extremists without any delay. It should unite everyone who is ready and is already contributing to tackling terrorism," Putin said at the CSTO summit speaking about the Islamic State threat.
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Bad Guys

In Ukraine the West's anti-Russian propaganda has gone too far


Sputnik News
Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:37 UTC
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The energetic spinning of the anti-Russian line by Washington is going too far, author and expert in political and military affairs Brian Cloughley notes, warning that the damage will be long-lasting.

US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland has obviously achieved her dream of state-building in Ukraine: her protégé Yats (Arseniy Yatsenyuk) is serving as Ukrainian prime minister, while boxer Klitsch (Vitali Klitschko), a Mayor of Kiev, is cracking down on anti-government protests in the Ukrainian capital, former Australian defense attaché to Islamabad, author and expert in political and military affairs Brian Cloughley underscores.

The author cited Victoria Nuland's infamous telephone statement made on the eve of the Ukrainian coup of 2014 that said: "I don't think Klitsch should go into the government. I don't think it's necessary, I don't think it's a good idea... I think Yats is the guy who's got the economic experience, the governing experience... what he needs is Klitsch and Tyahnybok [Oleh Tyahnybok, leader of ultra-nationalist VO Svoboda party] on the outside. He needs to be talking to them four times a week, you know."

Comment: And it's not only in Ukraine that this anti-Russian propaganda has gone too far. The propaganda conveniently shifts wherever the US is looking to blame someone else for exactly what they're doing, and this time that's Syria. See: But with the West's global aggression, combined with the coming economic superstorm (thanks to the Western oligarchs' kleptocratic financial policies) it looks more and more like history is set on repeat. For more info, check out:

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The Genocidal States of America: U.S. rejected offers by Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria to surrender

George Washington
ZeroHedge
Wed, 16 Sep 2015 22:21 UTC
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The American Way
The Daily Mail reported last year:
A self-selected group of former top military officers, CIA insiders and think-tankers, declared Tuesday in Washington that a seven-month review of the deadly 2012 terrorist attack has determined that [Gaddafi offered to abdicate as leader of Libya.]
'Gaddafi wasn't a good guy, but he was being marginalized,' [Retired Rear Admiral Chuck ] Kubic recalled. 'Gaddafi actually offered to abdicate' shortly after the beginning of a 2011 rebellion.
'But the U.S. ignored his calls for a truce,' the commission wrote, ultimately backing the horse that would later help kill a U.S. ambassador.

Kubic said that the effort at truce talks fell apart when the White House declined to let the Pentagon pursue it seriously.

'We had a leader who had won the Nobel Peace Prize,' Kubic said, 'but who was unwilling to give peace a chance for 72 hours.'

Comment: These genocidal lunatics have hijacked the West, from the banks to the police departments, and they wage war on innocent civilians around the world, using every crisis as an excuse to pour fuel on the flames. Also see:

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Assad: West wants to get rid of me and Putin with those who serve their interests


Sputnik
Wed, 16 Sep 2015 21:02 UTC
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The West is trying to portray Vladimir Putin as an enemy and dictator who cracks down on domestic opposition, Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview on Tuesday.

President Assad said that the West was waging a war of words against him just like it was against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"The developments in Syria look much like what is now happening in your region," Assad told Russian media on Tuesday.

"Ever since the coup in Ukraine President Putin has been viewed by western media as an enemy, a czar, a dictator clamping down on the opposition, someone who came to power in an undemocratic way even though he was elected as a result a popular vote recognized by the West. No longer. This is what the western propaganda campaign is all about," Bashar Assad added.
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Pwned: Russia deftly trolls Cameron's Twitter account after British govt sez Corbyn is 'threat to National Security'

Mikey Smith
Daily Mirror, UK
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 19:45 UTC
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From Russia, with Truth, love, and humor
David Cameron must be used to being mercilessly trolled on line by now - but it's not every day he gets sent snarky messages on behalf of Vladimir Putin.

Among the countless Tweets mocking Cameron's over-the-top warning about Labour being a 'security threat' was one from the Russian Embassy.

They said:
"Just imagine UK media headlines if Russian President called a leading opposition party threat to national security?"

And not satisfied with such world class trolling, the Russian ambassador to the UK followed the tweet up with a full-throated endorsement for Jeremy Corbyn.

Alexander Yakovenko wrote:
"Congratulations to Jeremy Corbyn. Hope for positive change in terms of debate, including on our relations."
Mr Corbyn has previously hinted he'd like to see Britain pursue more cordial diplomatic relations with Russia.
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Storm Clouds Gathering: WWIII in progress - who will be blamed (VIDEO)


Storm Clouds Gathering
Fri, 11 Sep 2015 18:24 UTC
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If you want to start a to war, the unwashed masses must be convinced to send their brothers, sons and fathers to die on the front lines. The specter of an external enemy must be etched into their collective mind through trauma, exaggeration and repetition. History must be whitewashed, twisted and cherry picked down to a politicized nursery rhyme. At no point should the real motives or consequences of such an endeavor be discussed.

World War is upon us. It has been unfolding in slow motion for years. The only question now is who will get blamed.

Humans tend to view each stage of history in isolation. As a result they rarely see the chain reactions that build over decades, until a flash point catches their attention.

September 11th, 2001 was one such flash point. You could make the case that this was where it all began. There's some truth in that, but it's also an oversimplification.


Comment: SCG is right: WW3 isn't coming. It's already here, and it has been for years. It is just manifesting in terms of relatively small-scale military 'interventions' (Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Ukraine, Libya, etc.), economic warfare, information warfare, political blackmail... All in the name of 'American interests', of course. The Syria refugee crisis is only one aspect of this global state of war: Syrian refugees in Europe, regime change in Damascus, and the mass migrations still to come

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Russia warned of Syrian refugee crisis from "thoughtless airstrikes" two years ago

Svetlana Alexandrova
Sputnik
Wed, 16 Sep 2015 18:15 UTC
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Syria has been mired in civil war since 2011, with Assad's government fighting against many opposition factions and militant groups, such as Islamic State.

The prolonged crisis in Syria has contributed to a global refugee crisis, with hundreds of thousands of people flocking to Europe in a bid to secure asylum.
"The issue of refugees, which we warned about two years ago... At the OSCE [Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe] Parliamentary Assembly [PA] I said that this policy of thoughtless airstrikes on Syria to oust [President Bashar] Assad... have spawned a powerful movement supporting a terrorist organization," Kovalyov, who is representing Russia at the OSCE PA session in Mongolia's Ulaanbaatar, said.
According to Kovalyov, weapons have been supplied to the militants, who have "spread their wings" and felt supported by the West.

"And obviously, they have activated their actions," Kovalyov added.

Comment: Just goes to show that the West had to have been aware that their policies would have such an effect. Their response so far shows that they just didn't, and don't, care.

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Light Saber

Fat chance: Jimmy Carter urges Obama to solve Syrian crisis with Russia and Iran


Sputnik
Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:06 UTC
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The 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, has become the latest politician urging the United States to join forces with Russia and Iran in order to find a solution to solve the protracted Syrian crisis.

Carter considers finding a solution to the deadly conflict, which has left over 220,000 people killed and more than 7.6 million displaced, to be the first major step on the path to tackling the overwhelming influx of refugees from the Middle East and elsewhere.

"The best thing obviously is to deal with Syria," since the majority of refugees come from this country, the former president said at an annual event held at the Carter Center.
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Stock Up

Stand by for the Federal Open Market Committee clown-show: Must-watch VIDEO

Craig Hemke
TF Metals Report
Wed, 16 Sep 2015 00:00 UTC
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Ahead of tomorrow's FOMC Fedline Clown Show, it is extremely important that you take 20 minutes to watch this very informative new video.

This was sent to me by a longtime Turdite. I have no idea who "BestEvidence" is but they have certainly done us all a great public service by producing this terrific video.

Since the ole Watchtower days, we've discussed the criminality of The Fed and the actions taken in 2008 to keep alive the zombie, TBTF banks. After the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) was politically pressured to change their accounting rules from mark-to-market to mark-to-maturity, The Fed began to buy near-worthless Mortgage Backed Securities from their member TBTF banks through a process known as "Quantitative Easing".

Comment: The world is, indeed, run by psychopaths - not to mention authoritarian followers.

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Yoda

Vladimir Putin's realpolitik: Foreign policy objectives, desires for alliance with U.S. in opposing jihadists

Eric Zeusse
Global Research
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:36 UTC
Putin

In 2000, Putin's hard line against religious separatism became a leading factor in his electoral victory.
On September 4th, Russia's President Vladimir Putin restated, as he has many times before, that he seeks a U.S.- Russian alliance to overcome the global Islamic jihad movement, in Syria, Iraq, and everywhere.

Then, on Tuesday September 8th, Yahoo News bannered, "Austria joins growing voices that say Assad must be part of Syrian solution," and reported that Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said: "In my opinion the priority is the fight against terror. This will not be possible without powers such as Russia and Iran." German Economic News noted then that, "Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo had already called on Monday for negotiations with Assad to end the war."

However, the U.S. government is strongly opposed to accepting Putin's offer of an alliance to overcome Islamic jihad.

Putin's foreign-policy objectives are consistent; and his latest turn fits with all that has preceded, which has been his single-minded focus, ever since he first became Russia's leader in 2000: to defeat the global threat of Islamic jihad, which has been the chief military concern for Russia itself, ever since the First Chechen War, during 1994-96, radicalized the predominantly Sunni (Saudi-based) Muslim Chechen Republic, to separate themselves from the predominantly Orthodox Catholic Russia. By the time of Putin's contest for the Presidency in 2000, Putin's hard line against religious separatism became a leading factor in his electoral victory.


Comment: Unlike the US, living in its reality bubble and (so far) not experiencing the consequences of its global meddling, Putin has had real, hard experience with religious terrorism.

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