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US General Dunford warns Russia, China, North Korea, Iran are trying to 'contest' US space supremacy


Sputnik
Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:20 UTC
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The remarks come a week after the Trump administration's reactivation of 'Space Command' - a DoD unit aimed at 'defending America's vital interests in space.' President Trump has called outer space "the next warfighting domain," possibly putting the US commitment to the 1967 Outer Space Treaty into question.

The United States has several major adversaries, including Russia, which challenge US supremacy in space, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford has indicated.

"In the 1990s, when we fielded a lot of capabilities in space, we assumed that space would be uncontested. And space today is contested," Dunford said, while speaking at a panel at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC on Thursday.

"Adversaries to include North Korea, to include Russia, to include China, to include in a developmental way Iran, have all developed capabilities that threaten our space capabilities," the general added.

Comment: The only reason that China, Russia, etc. are even considering the development of space-based militarization is because the US is so consumed with the goal of "full spectrum dominance" - and so willing to throw away previous treaties and agreements that have been in place for decades.

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'Pulp fiction': Kremlin says alleged CIA mole was a minor official with no access to Putin


RT
Tue, 10 Sep 2019 15:44 UTC
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A former official identified in media reports as a CIA asset in Russia worked in the presidential administration but never had access to Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin has claimed, adding that the man was fired several years ago.

US media reported on Monday that US intelligence carried out an operation in 2017 to extract a high-level Russian official who had worked as an informant for the CIA.


Comment: This story is partly about portraying Trump as Putin's stooge, which is just a sad and pathetic attempt at smearing Trump at this point. But, imagine if the situation were reversed - a Russian intelligence agent was found to be embedded in Trump's cabinet and hastily spirited back to Russia. The media would be crowing from the hills about "Russian aggression" and Putin's evil tactics to undermine the great holy American nation. Yet when the US does it, not an eye is batted and essentially the media pats the CIA on the head for doing a good job attempting to undermine the evil Russians. The hypocrisy of the West knows no bounds.


The incendiary claim has triggered a race to identify the alleged spy. Kommersant, a Russian daily, reported on Tuesday that the official may have been a man named Oleg Smolenkov.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Smolenkov worked in the government, but said he did not hold a senior position and was fired in 2016 or 2017.

Comment: This is a pathetic attempt by CIA to try to sow doubt in Russia. If they had someone sending 'secrets for decades' how come the US got its ass handed to it in Syria? How come they have been unable to do anything to stop Russia's rapid expansion on the world stage?

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Brexit: Johnson tells Varadkar a no-deal Brexit 'would be a failure'

Pat Leahy
The Irish Times
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 09:18 UTC
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© Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish TimesTaoiseach Leo Varadkar (right) and British prime minister Boris Johnson at Government Buildings on Monday.
British prime minister Boris Johnson said he wants a Brexit deal by October 18th and said a no-deal Brexit would be a failure the British and Irish governments would be responsible for.

Ahead of a meeting at Government Buildings in Dublin this morning with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Mr Johnson said he believed a Brexit deal was still possible by the EU summit in October.

"I think what the British people want us to do is to deliver a deal and to get on and take us out on October 31st."


Comment: This is true. But there are no real signs that this will come about.


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"Jewish race is a special race": Likud member tells Arab lawmaker during debate over surveillance cameras at voting stations

Egor Efimchik
Sputnik
Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:37 UTC
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The Jewish legislator made similar remarks when arguing with the same opponent a year ago; at the time, he called Jewish people the "smartest, most special" people in the world.

In a heated parliamentary debate, a lawmaker for Israel's ruling party referred to Jews as a "special race" before telling an Arab member of the Knesset that he could not make a moral argument because of his opposition to Jewish statehood.

Likud party member Miki Zohar, head of the Knesset Regulatory Committee, told pro-Palestinian Knesset member Ahmad Tibi on Monday: "The Jewish race is a special race and I am glad to be part of it. If you don't like it, deal with it."

"You can't preach morals to us because you are anti-Zionists, against the principle of the Jewish state."

Comment: One can imagine that what some Zionists say behind closed doors is even worse: See also: And check out SOTT radio's:

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Bernie Sanders trots out Linda Sarsour as a campaign surrogate

William Davis
The Daily Caller
Sat, 07 Sep 2019 11:37 UTC
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Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders enlisted the services of far-left activist Linda Sarsour to campaign for him this week as he seeks the Democratic presidential nomination.

Sanders tweeted Sarsour's remarks in a video that went viral Friday night and Saturday morning. Sarsour has come under fire for her harsh criticism of Israel, defense of Sharia Law, and refusal to condemn Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. She has also been accused by Jewish organizations of holding anti-Semitic views.

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CNN claims key CIA spy 'extracted' from Moscow because 'Trump can't keep a secret'


RT
Tue, 10 Sep 2019 09:03 UTC
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© REUTERS/Maxim ShemetovThe Kremlin, Moscow, Russia (file photo)
A high-level US spy inside the Russian government was evacuated in 2017 due to fears he could be exposed by President Donald Trump, CNN claimed in a report the White House, Moscow and the CIA have all rejected as fake news.

US intelligence "successfully extracted from Russia one of its highest-level covert sources inside the Russian government" in mid-2017, the network reported citing anonymous sources described as "multiple Trump administration officials with direct knowledge" of the secret mission.

The operation was supposedly launched after the May 2017 visit to the White House of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, over concerns that Trump and his administration "repeatedly mishandled classified intelligence and could contribute to exposing the covert source as a spy," in CNN's words.
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British Parliament votes down Johnson's 2nd motion to force snap elections


RT
Tue, 10 Sep 2019 09:03 UTC
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© Reuters / UK Parliament/Jessica TaylorBritish Labour Party politician Hilary Benn speaks after Speaker John Bercow delivered a statement in the House of Commons in London, Britain September 9, 2019.
The British Parliament has rejected for the second time PM Boris Johnson's bid to call early elections before a crucial EU summit in October, dealing yet another blow to the Brexit-pushing UK leader.

Johnson did not succeed in his second attempt to force early general elections Monday evening, having failed to pass a two-thirds threshold needed to secure the poll.

MPs voted 293 in favor and 46 against the proposal after a fiery debate.
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'I couldn't protect myself with law': Freed Russian journalist Vyshinsky recalls Ukraine jail time


RT
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00 UTC
Kirill Vyshinsky
© Sputnik / Iliya PitalevKirill Vyshinsky arrives in Moscow as part of detainee exchange with Ukraine.
The case was made up against him in Ukraine to help then-President Petro Poroshenko win re-election, but the plan backfired and merely tainted Kiev's international reputation, freed Russian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky has told RT.

The head of the RIA Novosti Ukraine news agency was detained at his home in Kiev in May 2018 and charged with high treason over allegedly being involved in a "hybrid information war" against Ukraine, which carries a term of up to 15 years behind bars.

Vyshinsky spent 470 days in pre-trial detention, saying that "the hardest thing was the living conditions because it's a shock when someone first enters prison. I had in my hands a small bag for toiletries, a toothbrush and tooth paste."

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Babble on Climate change: Seven standout moments from CNN's Democratic Presidential Town Hall

Chris White
What's Up With That?
Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:00 UTC
  • CNN's seven-hour climate town hall allowed ten of the top Democratic presidential candidates to flesh out their positions on climate change, with two of the front-runners expressing support for the Green New Deal.
  • Mayor Peter Buttigieg suggested the Democrat's fight against climate change could be more challenging than even World War II.
  • Sen. Bernie Sanders offered a one-word reply when CNN asked him if he would reinstate bans on certain kinds of light bulbs.
CNN Climate Town Hall
The Democratic Party's top presidential candidates took turns at CNN's climate town hall Wednesday hashing out their positions on everything from banning plastic straws to eliminating fossil fuel production.

Businessman Andrew Yang, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont all plan to plow trillions of dollars into climate change mitigation. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts meanwhile has staked much of her campaign on holding oil companies responsible for man-made global warming.

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Israeli drone strikes on Syrian military posts kill 18, also launches multiple attacks in southern Lebanon


RFE/RL
Mon, 09 Sep 2019 07:43 UTC
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FILE PHOTO:A picture taken early on January 21, 2019 shows Syrian air defence batteries responding to Israeli missiles targeting Damascus.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on September 9 that the overnight raids carried out by unidentified warplanes took place in the region of Al-Bukamal near the Iraqi border.

The Observatory said the strikes targeted posts, military vehicles, and arms depots, causing extensive damage.

The number of deaths was likely to increase, it said.

A local activist collective in eastern Syria, the Sound and Pictures, also reported the air strikes, saying they hit an arms depot for Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces, a grouping of mostly Iran-backed Shi'ite militias.

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The statement comes after some Syrian media outlets reported earlier that at least 18 militia members had been killed in a drone strike in eastern Syria. The unmanned aerial vehicles reportedly attacked militias near the city of Al Bukamal, close to the Syrian-Iraqi border.

Israel has conducted scores of air attacks against Syria over the past few years, saying that the strikes were aimed at countering alleged Iranian presence in the country.

Damascus condemns the attacks as a blatant violation of international law, while Iran insists that its presence in Syria has been limited to military advisers helping Damascus fight terrorist groups. Tehran denies the Jewish state's right to exist, promising to wipe it off the political map should it take any action against Iran.

Israel-Lebanon Tensions

The IDF's Monday statement comes amid an escalation of Israel-Lebanon tensions which were preceded by the Israeli military launching massive mortar, artillery and air strikes against multiple targets in southern Lebanon, following a Hezbollah anti-tank missile attack targeting IDF positions along the border.

While Lebanese President Michel Aoun made it clear that Lebanon will have every right to respond if Israel renews its military "aggression" against the country, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel has suffered no injuries, "not even a scratch" in the back and forth barrage of fire between the IDF and Hezbollah along the Israel-Lebanon border.

Commenting on the security situation in the area, Netanyahu stressed that he had instructed the military to "be prepared for any scenario" in accordance with developments on the ground.

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin took to Twitter to warn "all those who seek to harm us" that Israel was "ready and willing to defend Israel's citizens wherever they are, without hesitation."

Tel Aviv has repeatedly claimed that Hezbollah - whose primary goal is the destruction of the Jewish state - is a proxy of Iran and that it receives weapons and equipment from Tehran, which the latter denies.
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