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Israeli Air Force used US-made bombs in latest Aleppo attack


Southfront
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 17:54 UTC
GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) used US-Made GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs (SDBs) in its recent attack on the Syrian city of Aleppo, a photo released by pro-government activists on March 28 reveals.

The photo shows the remains of one of the munitions which were used in the attack, that occurred in the late hours of March 27. The remains appear to be identical to the wings of the GBU-39 bomb.

The GBU-39, that was first introduced by Boeing in 2006, is a precision-guided glide bomb with a range of 110km. The bomb uses an inertial navigation system (INS) and GPS to hit static targets with high accuracy. The light weight of the bomb [only 129kg] allows most warplanes to carry a pack of four on each hard point.

In April of last year, the IAF used the GBU-39 SDB to strike targets in the outskirt of the city of Aleppo. The bomb is apparently being used to strike targets deep inside Syria due to its small diameter, which makes it harder to detect by Syrian radars.

Despite its small diameter and long range, several SDBs were successfully intercepted by the Syrian Arab Air Defense Forces (SyAADF), according to pro-government sources.
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Bad Guys

Mueller punts - lets AG Barr make obstruction call


National Review
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 17:39 UTC
Robert Mueller
© Christopher Morris/VII/ReduxSpecial Council Robert Mueller
What a waste.

The most telling revelation in Attorney General William Barr's letter about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's much-anticipated final report is that Mueller has punted on the main question he pursued for nearly two years of investigation: Did President Trump commit an obstruction offense?

The Barr letter gingerly states that, after making a "thorough factual investigation" into alleged instances of obstruction, Mueller "ultimately determined not to make a traditional prosecutorial judgment." Since making a prosecutorial judgment was Mueller's job, that means he defaulted. What did we need him for?

Not only that, but Mueller determined that it would be better for the attorney general to make the prosecutorial judgment. So, for the millionth time, what the hell did we need a special counsel for? If the Justice Department, in Mueller's judgment, was perfectly well-suited to make the call, how could there possibly have been a conflict so profound that it was necessary to bring in a special counsel in the first place? A special counsel, mind you, who recruited his staff from the Justice Department, transferred the cases he brought to Justice Department components, and, now, has ultimately delegated his decision-making responsibility to the Justice Department.
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Bullseye

Best of the Web: Tucker Carlson: CNN is really a super PAC, colluding with the Democratic Party on the news you hear

Tucker Carlson
Fox News
Thu, 28 Mar 2019 17:48 UTC
We want to tell you a story about collusion, a real one -- an actual collusion that's currently in progress.

There are no shadowy hackers or imaginary rendezvous in Prague. In this story, there's not a single Russian spy or secret sex tape. There's nothing shadowy about the collusion we're going to tell you about. It takes place right out in the open on live television. This is a story about where your news comes from.

This past Sunday afternoon, we learned that the Trump campaign did not collude with the government of Russia. That was the conclusion of Robert Mueller's investigation, an investigation that spent two years exhaustively looking into the question. This was very good news for America -- we don't have a spy in the White House. But it was apocalyptic for the Democratic Party and their press agents in the news media.

These are the people who would stake their reputations and their fortunes on the collusion hoax -- and they were stunned. Befuddled politicians stammered on television, trying to figure out what to say about the news. Viewers of liberal media outlets didn't want to hear anything about it. Huge numbers of them just quit watching immediately. On Tuesday night, CNN's 8 p.m. show lost nearly 50 percent of its viewers.
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Russian Flag

Russian Central Bank: Ruble proves most stable currency among developing nations


RT
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 17:31 UTC
rubles
© Global Look Press / Nikolay Gyngazov
The Russian currency has proven itself to be the most stable of all developing countries during recent volatility, according to the deputy head of the Central Bank of Russia.

"There was quite a strong movement in the developing countries' markets yesterday, the ruble was in fact one of the least affected," Bank of Russia First Deputy Governor Ksenia Yudaeva said on Thursday, as quoted by TASS. "However, the Russian market demonstrates the greatest calm compared to all others," she added.

The official noted that events in Turkey may have affected investors, referring to the country's recent currency volatility. The Turkish lira experienced another fall this week and the country's main index of leading company shares, the Borsa Istanbul 100, dropped more than five percent.
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Sherlock

'Awful': US urges transparent probe into Saudi bombing of hospital in Yemen


Sputnik
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 17:13 UTC
us drone strikes
© REUTERS / Khaled Abdullah
A US State Department spokesperson Robert Palladino called on Thursday the bombing earlier this week of a Save the Children hospital in Yemen "awful" and urged the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen to conduct an investigation, Reuters reported.

"I saw those reports, they're awful. The United States takes them seriously and we're seeking more information [...] We understand that the Saudi-led coalition has referred the results of this targeting operation to the joint incidents assessment team for their review and their investigation", Palladino told a media briefing as quoted by Reuters.

"The United States urges a transparent investigation", Palladino stressed.

Yemen has been engulfed in an armed conflict between government forces led by President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi and the rebel Houthi movement for several years. A Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes against the Houthis at Hadi's request since March 2015.
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Bulb

Venezuelan gov't bars US puppet Guaido from public office for 15 years

Jorge Rueda
Associated Press
Thu, 28 Mar 2019 16:59 UTC
guaido
© AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko
The Venezuelan government on Thursday said it has barred opposition leader Juan Guaido from holding public office for 15 years, though the National Assembly leader brushed off the measure and said it would not derail his campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro.

The announcement by state comptroller Elvis Amoroso, a close Maduro ally, cited alleged irregularities in Guaido's financial records and reflected a tightening of government pressure on an opposition movement backed by the United States and its allies.

Guaido, who was elected to the assembly in 2015, has taken 90 international trips without accounting for the origin of the estimated $94,000 in expenses, Amoroso said. He also accused the opposition leader of harming Venezuela through his interactions with foreign governments, dozens of which support Guaido's claim that he is interim president of the country.

"We're going to continue in the streets," Guaido said soon after Amoroso's statements on state television. He dismissed the comptroller's announcement as irrelevant because, in his view, Maduro's government is illegitimate.
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Chess

Brexit deadline passes: Brits were promised heaven or hell, not endless limbo


RT
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:53 UTC
brexit
© Global Look Press / ZUMAPRESS.com / Dinendra Haria
Brits were warned that March 29, 2019 would bring either a glorious new future outside of the EU, or a post-apocalyptic scene of economic collapse. No one promised everything would remain exactly the same.

Yet, here we stand, and that deep-down feeling that I think the majority of British people have had for some time has come true. They've woken up to find that they're still very much citizens of the European Union.

For Brexiteers it's nothing short of a betrayal, for Remainers it may seem like a relief, but at some point they have to accept that surely any kind of Brexit is better than the current state of limbo.

The political process is stuck like a fading vintage Jaguar stranded in 3 feet of mud. The wheels are spinning, the car is going nowhere and everyone standing nearby is left covered in s**t.
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Oil Well

Tightening the screws: US orders foreign firms to further cut down on oil trade with Venezuela

Julia Payne and Dmitry Zhdannikov
Reuters
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:39 UTC
venezuela oil refinery
© Reuters/Henry Romero/FileIsla Oil Refinery PDVSA terminal is seen in Willemstad on the island of Curacao, February 22, 2019.
The United States has instructed oil trading houses and refiners around the world to further cut dealings with Venezuela or face sanctions themselves, even if the trades are not prohibited by published U.S. sanctions, three sources familiar with the matter said.

The move comes as Washington's efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro in favor of opposition leader Juan Guaido have stalled, and is further evidence of how it is leaning on non-U.S. firms to achieve its foreign policy goals.

The U.S. imposed fresh sanctions on Venezuela's oil industry earlier this year but some companies have continued to supply the country with fuel from India, Russia and Europe.
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Vader

US playbook at work in Venezuela: Manufacture a crisis, produce chaos, trumpet 'need' for intervention

Eva Bartlett
RT
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 15:39 UTC
pro maduro rally venezuela
© Eva BartlettA massive pro-government rally on March 16, Caracas.
Venezuela is America's current target for mass destabilization in the hope of installing a puppet government.

America has for years been waging an economic war against Venezuela, including debilitating sanctions which have dramatically affected the state's ability to purchase medicines, and even mundane replacement parts needed in buses, ambulances, etc. Alongside the economic war there has been a steady propaganda war, but in recent months, the propaganda has escalated dramatically, from corporate media to US political figures.

Venezuela is described as "the country pilots are refusing to fly to," as per a March 18, 2019, AP article on American Airlines cancelling all flights to Venezuela, containing scary phrases like "safety concerns" and "civil unrest."

Comment: Thanks to the integrity of journalist like Eva Bartlett, Max Blumenthal, Aaron Mate and others, the truth about Venezuela can be known.

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War Whore

Western aggression: The US just 'invaded' an island in the East China Sea & no one noticed

Darius Shahtahmasebi
RT
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 15:51 UTC
MV-22B Osprey
© Global Look Press / ZUMAPRESS.com/Charles Plouffe/U.S. Marines
Just recently, the US military launched a full-on invasion of an island in the East China Sea to send a strong message to China, and yet barely any mainstream media outlet has covered the story or its massive implications.

Last week, US marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit invaded a tiny island in Japan's Okinawa archipelago, known as Ie Shima. Ie Shima is approximately 23 sq km, holds an airstrip, a fishing port and a local population of about 4,500 inhabitants.

Colonel Robert Brodie announced the planned operations in a Marine Corps statement last week. According to Colonel Brodie, because the Indo-Pacific region is "incredibly dynamic" the US Marines are preparing and training daily for "real world crises" coming about as a result.

The crises he is referring to is the loss of the Indo-Pacific region to an adversarial state, being China.
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