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Washington lifts sanctions on top Turkish officials after release of Pastor Brunson

Sputnik
Fri, 02 Nov 2018 16:38 UTC

© AP/Emre Tazegul
Andrew Craig Brunson, pastor from Black Mountain, North Carolina arrives at his house in Izmir, Turkey.

The United States has lifted sanctions imposed on two senior Turkish officials over the detention of an American pastor who was released and returned to the United States earlier this month, the Treasury Department stated.

According to the Office of Foreign Assets Control's (OFAC) website, Turkish Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul and Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu are no longer on the Global Magnitsky Act sanctions list.

The two Turkish officials were accused of human rights violations and sanctioned in August in response to the detention of American Pastor Andrew Brunson, who was released on October 12.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has responded by removing sanctions from US Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and Attorney General of the United States Jeff Sessions, Turkey's Daily Sabah newspaper reported. The sanctions on Kirstjen Nielsen and Jeff Sessions included a travel ban to the country and freezing of assets in Turkey.

Kiev's Orthodox Patriarch rejects illegal property seizure - not for ethical reasons, but 'because Russia'

Oleksandr Lashchenko & Ron Synovitz
RFE/RL
Sat, 03 Nov 2018 17:48 UTC

The leader of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate says steps toward independence from Moscow must be carried out carefully to avoid giving the Kremlin a pretext for further Russian incursions into Ukrainian territory.

Patriarch Filaret's statement came after a synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople chaired by Patriarch Bartholomew I, who is considered the leader of the 300-million-strong worldwide Orthodox community, decreed on October 11 to "proceed to the granting of Autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine."

The synod, however, made sure to warn against violence and attempted property takeovers.

In an exclusive interview with RFE/RL, Filaret talked in detail about the process of establishing a fully independent Ukrainian church and the future status of the Moscow-loyal church in Ukraine.

Ukraine currently has three Orthodox denominations: the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, which remained subordinate to Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union; and two breakaway entities -- the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate led by Filaret, and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church led by Metropolitan Makariy.

Comment: The Ukrainian Orthodox church is heading down a dangerous road, just like the rest of their country:

The Truth Perspective: Churches Behaving Badly: How Religions Succeed or Fail to Prevent Pathocracy

Tucker Carlson: What's the message, what are Tuesday's mid-term elections about?

Tucker Carlson
Fox News
Fri, 02 Nov 2018 00:00 UTC

At the core of any political campaign is the message, what it's about. What exactly are next Tuesday's midterm elections about?

Well, on the one side, it's pretty clear. Donald Trump, who is the leader of the Republican party and in effect, it's only spokesman, says that a vote for Republican candidates is a vote for secure borders and against crime and chaos. You don't have to believe the president when he says this but it's definitely what Republicans are running on.

What are Democrats running on? That's less clear. They're against Trump, certainly. Democrats talk about the president even more than he talks about himself -- which is a lot! They don't like him at all. Fine. But despising someone isn't really a platform or path forward, at best it's a reaction.

What are the ideas that unite the Democratic Party, right now? For the answer to that, we go to the other cable stations which over the past couple of years have come to function much as the DNC used to function. It's the Democratic Party's brain trust and mouthpiece.

If you want to know what Democrats are thinking? Watch CNN and MSNBC. Wednesday night was especially instructive.

Make GRU GRU again, Putin says as intelligence agency commemorates 100 years

RT
Fri, 02 Nov 2018 17:55 UTC

The Russian president suggested returning the historic name to the military intelligence agency, which is accused in the West of staging coups, tilting US elections and using chemical weapons to get rid of double agents.

On Friday, Russian military intelligence officers were celebrating their professional holiday. This year is a big date for the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The organization is best known by its Soviet-times name the GRU (Maine Intelligence Directorate), even though the agency has changed its name to simply GU years ago.

Israel and the Arab regimes: An alliance of despots

Dr Mohammad Makram Balawi
Middle East Monitor
Sat, 03 Nov 2018 17:34 UTC

Until Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ultra-religious, right-wing party came into power, we Palestinians used to have a lot of difficulties convincing the rest of the world that Israel is not a modern, democratic country as Zionists continue to claim. It is, rather, a reactionary, religion-based, race-based, neo-colonialist entity which will not be a normal presence in the region until all its vicinity are built on the same principles. Thanks to Netanyahu, Culture Minister Miri Regev, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Education Minister Naftali Bennett and the rest of this bunch of blood thirsty dinosaurs, our mission is much easier now - even many non-Palestinians have started believing us.

Beto campaign appears to be illegally spending funds on supplies for caravan aliens

Project Veritas Action
Thu, 01 Nov 2018 15:29 UTC

Campaign manager says "Don't worry"; "Nobody needs to know

Project Veritas Action Fund has released undercover video from current Congressman and US Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke's campaign. The video exposes how his campaign staff appear to be illegally using campaign resources to buy supplies and help transport Honduran aliens. This is the eighth undercover video report Project Veritas has released in a series revealing secrets and lies from political campaigns in 2018.

Said James O'Keefe, founder and president of Project Veritas Action:

"Charity and helping your fellow man are things we applaud at Project Veritas Action. The problem is, you can't break the law when you do it."

Comment: Project Veritas' attempt at obtaining follow-up commentary from the Beto campaign did not go well.

NATO membership for Ukraine and Georgia would bring out the bear in Russia

Robert Bridge
RT
Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:44 UTC

Western leaders argue that the growth of NATO along Russia's border together with the militarization of Eastern Europe is necessary for preserving peace with Moscow. Nothing could be further from the truth.

There has been an unmistakable trend in the realm of geopolitics since the start of the new millennium - of which Ukraine and Georgia may represent the next phase - and it bodes absolutely disastrous for the future of mankind. Indeed, it may very well lead to its ultimate destruction. I am talking about NATO's incessant encroachment upon Russia's borders amid a crumbling arms treaty architecture.

Despite past promises that such a scenario would never happen, and regardless of which US leader was holding power in Washington, NATO's relentless eastward advance - under the guise of one excuse or another - has been ongoing for many years.

Iran's Khamenei claims Trump has 'disgraced' America's prestige as renewed sanctions set to enter force

RT
Sat, 03 Nov 2018 14:35 UTC

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has spoken out against the latest round of sanctions set to be imposed by the US, blasting Donald Trump for having "disgraced" US prestige and what remains of its liberal democracy.

"This new US president... has disgraced the remnants of America's prestige and that of liberal democracy. America's hard power, that is to say their economic and military power, is declining too," Khamenei said in a speech to students in Tehran.

He added that the US had failed to regain its influence in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution ousted the US-friendly Shah.

"America's goal has been to re-establish the domination it had [before 1979] but it has failed. America has been defeated by the Islamic Republic over the past 40 years," state television reported him saying.

What was not said about the Quadrilateral Summit on Syria

Thierry Meyssan
Voltaire Network
Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:57 UTC

The quadrilateral summit in Istanbul on Syria has endorsed the political advances of Russia, but has decided nothing. Moscow gave its Turkish, French and German partners a lesson on the situation. The allies of Washington are having a hard time digesting their defeat and drawing its conclusions.

Since the Russo-US agreement of Helsinki last July, President Donald Trump has been trying to withdraw his troops from Syria, while the Pentagon insists on leaving them where they are in order to prevent Russia from being the only power to decide on the future of that country. However, the allies of Washington refuse to admit defeat.

The quadrilateral summit in Istanbul was intended to harmonize the points of view of Russia, Turkey, France and Germany. If we read the final communiqué ^[¹^], the entente seems perfect, but if we compare it with the Press of the countries concerned, nothing is so sure.

Fragile peace: N. Korea threatens to produce nukes again if US sanctions remain

RT
Sat, 03 Nov 2018 13:50 UTC

Pyongyang may resume building up its nuclear arsenals if Washington's economic sanctions remain in place, the reclusive state has said amid diplomatic bargaining over the future of Korean peace talks.

"If the US keeps behaving arrogant without showing any change in its stand," North Korea may restart building up nuclear forces while also pushing for economic development, Pyongyang has said on Friday evening in a statement released by its state-run news agency.

North Korea is widely thought to have obtained enough weapons-grade plutonium to weaponize dozens of warheads. South Korea believes its northern neighbor may have developed 20 to 60 nuclear weapons, according to intelligence data cited by a top official in Seoul.

Ehret an idiot beyond belief

smertzasmert

.. .. are wheel barrel sales are up too?

Jibrish

I doubt any pureblood would object to the "vaccinated" being masked, but if they (the "vaccinated") still feel unsafe then maybe their problem is...

HashAttack2

I said this would happen...now they are looking to mandate companies with less that 100 employees...shits getting real, people[Link]

Bezel Bub

it's all a lie ! :O

cracker

Puppet Masters

Washington lifts sanctions on top Turkish officials after release of Pastor Brunson

Kiev's Orthodox Patriarch rejects illegal property seizure - not for ethical reasons, but 'because Russia'

Tucker Carlson: What's the message, what are Tuesday's mid-term elections about?

Make GRU GRU again, Putin says as intelligence agency commemorates 100 years

Israel and the Arab regimes: An alliance of despots

Beto campaign appears to be illegally spending funds on supplies for caravan aliens

NATO membership for Ukraine and Georgia would bring out the bear in Russia

Iran's Khamenei claims Trump has 'disgraced' America's prestige as renewed sanctions set to enter force

What was not said about the Quadrilateral Summit on Syria

Fragile peace: N. Korea threatens to produce nukes again if US sanctions remain

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