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Groningen, Netherlands working on banning smoking on the streets

Janene Pieters
NL Times
Thu, 20 Sep 2018 08:58 UTC

The city of Groningen is working on banning smoking in open areas and on the street in certain places in the city. The municipality's Management and Traffic Committee discussed this ban on Wednesday evening, AD reports.

The city wants to change its General Local Regulation to declare parts of the public space smoke-free. The initiative for declaring smoke-free areas will lie with institutions in the city, and not the municipality itself. For example, a hospital can submit a request to the municipality to ban smoking on the square in front of its entrance. The municipality can then, on the basis of the adapted General Local Regulation, prohibit smoking on that spot.

The enforcement of the smoking ban will also be primarily the institution's responsibility. But if a smoker lights a cigarette in a smoke-free area and refuses to leave, the police can be called in. What penalty the smoker will face, is not yet clear.

From Idlib to Xinjiang: Turkey's imported Uyghur fighters trained for terror

Steven Sahiounie
21st Century Wire
Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:53 UTC

It all began in 1995, when Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was then mayor of Istanbul, named a section of the Sultan Ahmet Park in honor of Alptekin. At the official opening of the park, he declared, "Eastern Turkestan is not only the home of the Turkic peoples but also the cradle of Turkic history, civilization and culture. To forget that would lead to the ignorance of our own history, civilization and culture. The martyrs of Eastern Turkestan are our martyrs".

These people are known by the name Uyghur, and they live in the far Western province of Xinjiang, China. They are Chinese citizens, but from an ethnic minority. In 2009 deadly violence erupted there; however, the Chinese authorities had mentioned earlier in 2002, that a radical Islamic terrorist group, which was supported by foreign sources and under the umbrella of al Qaeda, had been carrying out terrorist attacks in China.

Who are these terrorists and how did they manage to form a base of operations in Idlib, Syria?

Comment: This is the reason China is coming down so hard in its western province, it fears, as Russia does, the return of battle-hardened, radical jihadists to their country.

Now THAT is a speech! Ahmadinejad does 9/11 Truth at UN in 2010

Reuters
Wed, 26 Sep 2018 20:47 UTC

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the United Nations Thursday most people believe the U.S. government was behind the attacks of September 11, 2001, prompting the U.S. delegation to leave the hall in protest.

Russian Deputy PM: Work on latest S-500 air defense system almost complete

Sputnik
Wed, 26 Sep 2018 20:21 UTC

Work on the latest Russian S-500 air defense system is almost complete, and their serial production will begin soon, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov said on Wednesday.

"Our S-300, S-400 and S-500 systems, which are close to serial production, do have better specifications in comparison with all competitors, be it either [US-produced] Patriot, or French and Israeli systems," he said during the Revunov Award ceremony, annually held for young engineers at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University.

The S-500 Prometey ("Prometheus") is a new generation surface-to-air missile system with a range of 400-600 kilometers (250-370 miles), designed for intercepting and destroying intercontinental ballistic missiles, as well as hypersonic cruise missiles and aircraft.

On May 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that development and preparation for the serial production of the newest S-500 air defense system should be completed as quickly as possible. The deliveries of S-500 systems to Russia's Aerospace Forces are expected to start around 2020.

S-300s in, Patriots out: US to withdraw missiles from 3 Middle East countries

RT
Wed, 26 Sep 2018 20:17 UTC

The Pentagon will remove four batteries of PAC-3 Patriot missiles from three Middle-Eastern countries, according to the Wall Street Journal. The report said the missiles are needed elsewhere to counter China and Russia.

The US newspaper said Jordan and Bahrain will lose one battery of US long-range anti-aircraft missiles next month, while Kuwait will part with two. The systems are not meant to be replaced, so the withdrawal would permanently reduce the defensive capabilities of the three nations. The systems are already offline and are being prepared to be moved, a military source told the WSJ.

The report would not disclose where the Patriot missiles would be redeployed, but said it was part of the Pentagon's strategy of changing focus from the Middle East towards China and Russia, which were named as the main threats to US global interests in the Trump administration's defense strategy review.

Backwards Ukrainian, US officials rabble rouse over how to counter imagined Russia's 'malign influence'

RFE/RL
Wed, 26 Sep 2018 20:00 UTC

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan

A top U.S. official has met with the Ukrainian foreign minister in New York to discuss "cooperative efforts against Russia's malign influence," among other things, the State Department says.

A statement said the September 25 meeting between U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly also touched upon Russia's "use of energy projects to extort and intimidate Ukraine and other European allies," as well as Kyiv's progress in implementing political and economic reforms.

Sullivan reiterated that the United States "will never recognize Russia's attempted annexation" of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and reaffirmed "strong U.S. support" for the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity, according to the statement.

Comment: This is really all about Nord Stream 2. The US and Ukraine seem to think they are entitled to Russia's resources. They're not, and no amount of crying or framing Russia as the 'Great Demon' will change that.

Lavrov warn West against new strikes on Syria under staged pretext

Sputnik
Wed, 26 Sep 2018 20:06 UTC

Previously, Moscow stated that terrorists in the rebel-held Syrian city of Idlib attempted to carry out provocations with the use of chemical weapons in order to create a pretext for international strikes against Syrian government forces.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned Western countries against new strikes on Syria. He also mentioned possible provocations with the use of biological weapons, noting that constructive dialogue between Moscow and Washington is needed in order to strengthen the non-proliferation regime.

"There's an alarming situation regarding the issue of chemical disarmament. First of all, this is in connection with the actions of a number of Western states accusing the Syrian authorities with more and more unsubstantiated allegations of using banned chemical agents. We warn [the West] against new strikes on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic under another staged pretext," Lavrov said at a UN Security Council meeting.

Previously, US President Donald Trump stated that the US would respond if chemical weapons are deployed by the Syrian government.

Earlier this year, a coalition, led by Washington, carried out a series of airstrikes against Syrian forces following an alleged chemical weapons attack by the government in the city of Douma. Damascus denied the accusations, while Moscow stated that the whole attack was a false flag operation, staged by anti-government militants.

Russia showcases new anti-ship missiles immune from defense measures

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:59 UTC

Russia has conducted a dramatic and what appears to be successful test of new anti-ship missiles by blowing up a fleet of warships in a training exercise.

Footage released by Russia's defense ministry demonstrated the capabilities of the Kh-35U anti-ship missiles, which the military vaunts as a ship killer immune from enemy defense mechanisms.

Russia's Ministry of Defense announced this week: "Su-34 multifunctional fighter-bombers carried out practical launches of the newest guided anti-ship missiles Kh-35U."

5 things we learned from Trump's UN speech: America is the best, Iran is the worst, globalism is bad

RT
Wed, 26 Sep 2018 20:02 UTC

US President Donald Trump praised Israel and Saudi Arabia, and attacked Iran, Venezuela and the International Criminal Court in his second annual speech to the UN General Assembly, in which he reshuffled his greatest hits.

The comment was so outlandish to some in the hall, it earned an involuntary laugh. But while Trump acknowledged the reaction, his whole opening passage - in which he reeled off stat-based boasts about Wall Street, record low minority unemployment and highest-ever military funding - is reflective of the current White House. It doesn't just believe it is trying to do the right thing, it believes it is "winning," and so any editorials at home or caustic comments from other world leaders in the room are to be disregarded.

In signaling Washington's place in the world, Trump stuck to his two pillars: America is special, and no one else can tell it what to do.

The EU turns away from US and toward Russia, China to renegotiate Iran deal

Patrick Wintour
The Guardian
Wed, 26 Sep 2018 17:49 UTC

© Alexander Shcherbak/TASS
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov with EU external affairs chief Federica Mogherini in New York on Tuesday.

The European Union, Iran, China and Russia have set out a plan to sidestep unilateral US sanctions designed to cripple the Iranian economy and force the Iranians to renegotiate the nuclear deal signed in 2015.

European diplomats hope the proposed measure - known as a special purpose vehicle (SPV) - will help persuade an increasingly reluctant Iran to stay inside the deal in the hope of rescuing its economy.

Speaking on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York, Federica Mogherini, the EU external affairs chief, said the SPV was designed to facilitate payments related to Iran's exports - including oil - and imports, so long as the firms involved were carrying out legitimate business under EU law.

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Puppet Masters

Groningen, Netherlands working on banning smoking on the streets

From Idlib to Xinjiang: Turkey's imported Uyghur fighters trained for terror

Now THAT is a speech! Ahmadinejad does 9/11 Truth at UN in 2010

Russian Deputy PM: Work on latest S-500 air defense system almost complete

S-300s in, Patriots out: US to withdraw missiles from 3 Middle East countries

Backwards Ukrainian, US officials rabble rouse over how to counter imagined Russia's 'malign influence'

Lavrov warn West against new strikes on Syria under staged pretext

Russia showcases new anti-ship missiles immune from defense measures

5 things we learned from Trump's UN speech: America is the best, Iran is the worst, globalism is bad

The EU turns away from US and toward Russia, China to renegotiate Iran deal

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