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Wishful thinking: U.S. eyes Russia-Iran split in bid to end Syria conflict

Jay Solomon
The Wall Street Journal
Thu, 19 Nov 2015 21:01 UTC

© Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin/Associated Press
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Oct. 20 arrived for a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow.

The Obama administration and European and Arab allies are seeking to peel Russia away from its alliance with Iran, a partnership that has bolstered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, said senior diplomats involved in efforts to end Syria's lengthy conflict.

The efforts, which have unfolded quietly through meetings involving Russian President Vladimir Putin and Middle Eastern leaders, are meant to coax support from Moscow for a limit on Mr. Assad's time in power. Such a step would solidify an emerging international coalition and help clear the way for a more concerted military effort to counter Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.

Comment: Strange thinking here as Assad is actually helping Russia get rid of the head choppers. Ousting Assad won't make the task easier. Lavrov: No peaceful solution can be found in Syria without Assad

Iran is seen as a brake on those efforts because of its more staunchly pro-Assad position, which it wants the Kremlin to support. If Russia holds fast to Iran and Mr. Assad, it would undermine hopes for an international consensus.

A senior U.S. official on Tuesday said Washington has seen "increased tensions between Russia and Iran over the question of the future of Syria."

Comment: The US is looking for any weakness in Russia to exploit but Putin probably has anticipated that.

Kuwaiti security forces dismantle multinational ISIL cell

Sputnik
Thu, 19 Nov 2015 21:27 UTC

The Kuwaiti security forces have dismantled a multinational cell of the Islamic State militant group, local media reported Thursday.

According to the KUNA news agency, there are nationals of Syria, Australia and Egypt in the cell.

Comment: Russia not alone: Putin discusses situation in Middle East with Kuwaiti Emir

Terror mastermind and female suicide bomber killed: Some questions about the St-Denis raid

Harrison Koehli
Sott.net
Thu, 19 Nov 2015 16:01 UTC

This is a follow-up to my previous piece, Bearded Middle East Jihadis or clean-shaven white professional hit-men? A few questions about the Paris attacks. So far, no new identities of the terrorists have been released. We still don't know who blew himself up on the Rue de la Coquerie, or the identity of the third bomber in the Bataclan theater. We also don't know how many people were involved in the string of restaurant shootings, although one is believed to have been Salah Abdeslam, who is still on the run.That large, clean-shaved white guy shooter is still a mystery too, as is the new, black Mercedes car that he and an accomplice drove.

French police say they have video of one of the shootings which shows three individuals in a black Seat (the same one found later in Paris suburb Montreuil with three AK-47s) firing through the car windows. According to them, Brahim Abdeslam is one of the men. Another is presumably his brother, Salah, and the third remains unidentified, adding one more to the official tally of men on the run. So, according to police, 9 individuals were directly involved in the shootings and bombings last Friday. The video has not been released to the public.

Police have also released more details of Salah's alleged involvement. A third car, a black Renault Clio, which they say was rented by Salah, was found in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. Islamic State, in their statement claiming responsibility for the attacks, had mentioned the 10th and 11th districts (where the attacks took place), as well as the 18th, leading police to suspect an attack had been planned for that district but abandoned for some reason.

Comment: Latest update: Paris suspects update: Salah still on the run from police AND ISIS; police release 7 out of 8 suspects arrested during St-Denis raid

U.S. House passes bill to curb Syrian refugees from entering country

Sputnik
Thu, 19 Nov 2015 22:04 UTC

The US House of Representatives has passed a bill aimed at strengthening the vetting process for Syrian refugees attempting to enter the United States.

Passing with a vote of 289-137 in the Republican-controlled House, the American Security Against Foreign Enemies (SAFE) Act will now move to the Senate, where it is not expected to pass. President Obama has also vowed to veto the bill if it passes through Congress. If passed into law, the bill would require increased verification of vetting procedures already in place to ensure terrorists do not enter the country disguised as refugees.

The terror attacks in Paris last week have led a number of US lawmakers to reconsider the Obama administration's pledge to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees into the United States. Over two dozen governors said they would refuse to allow refugees into their states, citing concerns that some of the individuals seeking asylum may be members of the self-proclaimed Islamic State terrorist group.

Syrian and Iraqi refugees currently go through an extensive vetting process. Lasting, on average, between 18 and 24 months, individuals undergo background checks from nine federal agencies, including the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security.

Comment: The U.S. destroyed their homeland and now wants to hide the very problem they created.

State Governors press White House for Syrian refugee information

6 painful truths about the war on terrorism

Dylan Charles
Activist Post
Thu, 19 Nov 2015 18:27 UTC

If you were 4 years old when 9/11 occurred in 2001, then you're now old enough to enlist and fight in the war on terror. Recent geopolitical events suggest that this conflict may endure for some generations to come, so, regretfully, your children may also get to participate. The war on terrorism is apparently part of our culture and part of our lives now.

The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for peace in our time, in the United States or any other country. Make no mistake about it: We are at war now — with somebody — and we will stay at war with that mysterious Enemy for the rest of our lives. It will be a Religious War, a sort of Christian Jihad, fueled by religious hatred and led by merciless fanatics on both sides. It will be guerrilla warfare on a global scale, with no front lines and no identifiable enemy. - Hunter S. Thompson

By no means a prophet, Hunter S. Thompson was just an eccentric observer with a knack for connecting the dots between political events and the ongoing mainstream media narrative that supports and manufactures consent for the oligarchy. When taken at face value, the terror script is indeed a rather convincing and motivating story, but when you dismantle the official fiction and bring the hidden pieces into the picture, the truth about the war on terror is just too heavy for conscious people to ignore any longer.

Russia-UN draft of anti-terror resolution likely to be rejected by US, NATO

Sputnik News
Thu, 19 Nov 2015 20:46 UTC

The United States and NATO members are likely to reject a Russia-proposed UN Security Council draft anti-terrorism resolution, a prominent Canadian international criminal lawyer told Sputnik Thursday.

On Wednesday, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, announced Russia had submitted a renewed draft UN Security Council resolution on the coordination of efforts in the fight against terrorism.

"We all hope the US and its NATO allies accept the Russian resolution but their actions and words predict that they will reject it and will present their own, which Russia will have to reject because it will ignore Syria and then they will blame Russia for not cooperating in this 'war' against ISIL [Islamic State]," Christopher Black stated. According to the lawyer, the West is playing "a double game," in Syria, since they are not really concerned with the destruction of ISIL and are pursuing their own geopolitical aims.

Russian anti-terrorism resolution is a unique chance to clamp down on the extremists, Black noted. "It is clear that the Russian draft resolution is the only way forward to dealing with the ISIL crisis since it requires the approval and cooperation of the Syrian government," he stressed.

Russia's proposal is an updated version of the draft resolution that Moscow submitted to the UN Security Council on September 30. The document called for global counterterrorism actions based on the principles of international law, stipulating that any anti-terrorism operation on the territory of a foreign state, such as Syria, must be conducted with the permission of the state's authorities.

Comment: Perhaps the West will finally out itself trying to leverage or reverse this resolution and reveal its true motives to the world in the process. Acting outside of international law, which the US helped formulate, is self-exemption amounting to criminal behavior.

Lavrov: No peaceful solution can be found in Syria without Assad

RT
Thu, 19 Nov 2015 18:49 UTC

Western expectations of Syrian President Bashar Assad's imminent fall were misplaced, says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Assad has public support, meaning no peaceful resolution of the conflict is possible without his participation, he added.

"All the forecasts made by our colleagues in the West and some other parties that the people would rise up and oust him never came true. This means one thing: Assad represents the interests of a significant part of Syrian society. So no peaceful solution can be found without his participation," the top Russian diplomat said on Thursday in an interview with Radio Russia.

Earlier US President Barack Obama reiterated he does "not foresee a situation in which we can end the civil war in Syria while Assad remains in power" and that he is not the legitimate leader of Syria.

According to Lavrov, senior officials around the world are coming to realize the truth of Russia's position on the issue and are beginning to distance themselves from Washington's policies. Eradicating Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) should take precedence over all other issues, he added.

"I believe that [French President Francois] Hollande's call to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin after those horrific terrorist attacks in Paris, his suggestion to coordinate our efforts and President [Putin's] response, which was the willingness to do so as allies - those things signify that now level-headed politicians are dropping secondary issues and realizing the need to concentrate on the biggest issue at hand: stopping ISIS' attempts to spread influence globally," the minister said.

Following the Empire's orders: Justin Trudeau calls Putin a bully, tells him to leave Ukraine

CBC News
Mon, 16 Nov 2015 18:33 UTC

Justin Trudeau, another Canadian leader who does what he's told

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a blunt message during a brief chat with Russian President Vladimir Putin: back off Ukraine. Trudeau said the two leaders had a brief conversation on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey.

"I pointed out that although Canada has shifted its approach on a broad range of multilateral and international issues, we remain committed to the fact that Russia's interference in Ukraine must cease; that we stand with the Ukrainian people and expect the president to engage fully in the Minsk peace process," he said.

Comment: Trudeau must have mush for brains. It's the US who has interfered in Ukraine, not Putin.

Putin's relations with Western leaders have deteriorated over Russia's backing of pro-Moscow rebels in Ukraine. Trudeau's stand continues Canada's position under former prime minister Stephen Harper, a staunch supporter of Ukraine and one of Putin's most vocal critics

Medical manipulation: Lobbyists knew optimal time to introduce California Vaccine Bill SB277

Jeffry John Aufderheide
Natural Blaze
Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:00 UTC

On the surface, it appears that a group of passionate parents spontaneously rallied together to support the passage of Senator Richard Pan's California State Bill SB277 - a bill that takes away the choice of parents to exempt their child from being vaccinated.^[2]

Analysis revealed groups and individuals who are well-connected to pharmaceutical companies assisted in an opportunistic marketing campaign which promoted the passage of this bill.

A news release by the California Medical Association announced that:

The California Medical Association (CMA), American Academy of Pediatrics, California (AAPCA), California Immunization Coalition (CIC), Vaccinate California and Health Officers Association of California (HOAC) have joined forces to launch the "I Heart Immunity" campaign in an ongoing effort to promote the importance of vaccines and Senate Bill 277 (Pan/Allen). ^[3]

Comment: Undue influence: BigPharma made huge donations to California lawmakers voting on mandatory vaccines

China signs contract with Russia to buy 24 Su-35 fighter jets

RT
Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:16 UTC

China has signed a contract to buy 24 Sukhoi Su-35 multipurpose fighter jets from Russia, becoming the first foreign buyer of the advanced warplane, according to manufacturer Rostec. The deal, estimated to be worth $2 billion, is a significant boost to Russia's arms exports.

"The long negotiation on the Su-35 sale to China has been completed. We have signed a contract," Sergey Chemezov, the head of the Russian state-owned high-tech giant Rostec, told Kommersant business daily.

Chemezov didn't disclose the details of the deal, but Kommersant cited sources in the Russian arms industry as saying that China had purchased 24 Su-35s at a price of about $83 million each.

The Su-35 (designated Flanker-E+, not to be confused with the Su-27M, which used to be called the same name before its discontinuation) is a long-range "4++ generation" fighter jet. It is armed with an internal 30mm cannon and has 12 hardpoints with a combined capacity of 8,000 kg, compatible with a wide range of unguided and guided missiles and bombs.

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Puppet Masters

Wishful thinking: U.S. eyes Russia-Iran split in bid to end Syria conflict

Kuwaiti security forces dismantle multinational ISIL cell

Terror mastermind and female suicide bomber killed: Some questions about the St-Denis raid

U.S. House passes bill to curb Syrian refugees from entering country

6 painful truths about the war on terrorism

Russia-UN draft of anti-terror resolution likely to be rejected by US, NATO

Lavrov: No peaceful solution can be found in Syria without Assad

Following the Empire's orders: Justin Trudeau calls Putin a bully, tells him to leave Ukraine

Medical manipulation: Lobbyists knew optimal time to introduce California Vaccine Bill SB277

China signs contract with Russia to buy 24 Su-35 fighter jets

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