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Russia should make a register of hostile Western politicians, call it 'Browder List' - top Russian senator


RT
Wed, 26 Dec 2018 17:37 UTC
Bill Browder
© Sputnik / Alejandro Martinez VelezCriminal-at-large Bill Browder
Russia should keep its own list of Western politicians, who smear the country, and name it after wanted UK fraudster and Kremlin critic, Bill Browder, a top senator suggested during a meeting with Vladimir Putin.

"There's an idea to introduce a list or a register of the most odious foreign politicians, government and public figures, who were spotted making the most slanderous claims about our country and our people," Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the Senate's Foreign Affairs Committee, said as the lawmakers met with the President on Tuesday.

"Such a register could be named the 'Browder List'" due to UK investor, Bill Browder, becoming "the first to turn lies against Russia into a tool of hostile state policy," he suggested.

Comment: For a man who supposedly cares about the Western values of human rights, free speech and all the rest, to the point of galvanizing Congress to punish Russia for violating them, Browder spends an inordinate amount of time and money attempting to shut down his critics. Wouldn't the truth simply stand for itself?

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Finian Cunningham: Washington gifts Kiev's neo-Nazi, war-mongering regime £250 million, IMF pledges billions

Finian Cunningham
Strategic Culture
Sun, 23 Dec 2018 12:00 UTC
Ukraine nazi
Oh what a lovely big stocking-filler for the Kiev regime this week from Washington. Just in time for Christmas too, and only weeks after President Petro Poroshenko tried to incite a war with Russia from a naval provocation in the Kerch Strait.

First we had US government envoy Kurt Volker announcing this week that an additional $250 million in military weapons were being packaged in Congress for Ukraine. Then the DC-based international lending institutions, the IMF and World Bank, signed off on multi-billion-dollar loans for Poroshenko's regime.

US government-owned Radio Free Europe described the new financial loans as a "victory" for Poroshenko. The apparent investor confidence bestowed by the Washington-based "development agencies" will boost the incumbent president's re-election prospects in the forthcoming ballot in March. Up until recently, Poroshenko was trailing in opinion polls and looked set for a trouncing defeat in the election. How convenient that the IMF and World Bank - under the control of US government - should step up to the plate with a very big helping hand. And that's not seen as interference in a country's sovereign affairs?

Comment: And with that kind of support, is it any wonder Kiev is already planning it's next provocation? 'Cruising for a bruising'? Ukraine plans another incursion into Kerch Strait aimed to draw in NATO

See also: And check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: Donbass Leader Assassinated as Russia Exposes Chemical Plot in Syria

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Libya's patriotic movement: 'We hope that Russia will help Libya to get out of the crisis...'

Nikolai Sologubovsky
Katehon
Wed, 26 Dec 2018 00:00 UTC
Dr. Mohammed Al-Goddi
Two representatives of the Libyan patriotic movement in support of the candidacy of Dr. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi in the upcoming elections for the presidency of Libya in 2019 held meetings in Moscow with political and public figures and journalists. They handed over to the leadership of Russia a letter from Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, which sets forth a vision of overcoming the crisis by Libyan patriotic forces.

Dr. Mohammed Al-Goddi, political advisor to Ph.D. Saif Al-Islam Al-Qadhafi, answers the questions.

How do you assess the current situation in Libya?

Since 2011 (March 19, 2011, the NATO alliance began bombing Libyan cities and towns. -N.S.) The situation in Libya continues to deteriorate. Elections were partially held in 2014, but not all Libyan citizens were admitted to these elections; Yes, and those who have chosen are in great disagreement among themselves. As a result of the elections, the government of the so-called national accord came to power, but, unfortunately, there is no agreement, the discord has deepened even more, and external forces constantly intervene in Libya's affairs. All the terms of operation of the government and the parliament, which they agreed upon, are already overdue, and so far they have not been able to agree on the extension of the agreements. As a result, there are two governments in Libya, one in Tripoli, the other in El-Baida, and another organ has been created - the Supreme Legislative Council; it is also called upon to play the role of parliament.
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Bad Guys

John Bolton threatens to compel Africa to choose between 'help' from the US and real help from China

Glen Ford
Black Agenda Report
Thu, 20 Dec 2018 00:00 UTC
China in Africa
The Americans wager that they can exercise veto power over African political alignments by force of arms, through AFRICOM's massive military infiltration of the region.
"The 'West's' political economies are spent forces, incapable of either keeping up with China's phenomenal domestic growth or of competing with China in what used to be called the Third World."
Donald Trump last week trotted out his war dog, National Security Advisor John Bolton, to growl and snarl over China's attempts to "gain a competitive advantage" in Africa through "predatory" practices that supposed include "bribes, opaque agreements, and the strategic use of debt to hold states in Africa captive" to Beijing's global schemes.

Bolton gave his speech at the right-wing Heritage Foundation, a place that specializes in crafting social policies that appeal to white supremacist majorities within the U.S. domestic order. He could be confident that the Heritage audience knows little about the actual state of the world, holds facts in low regard, and gives less than a damn about Africa. There was no need for Bolton, the man with the comic mustache, to make sense with this crowd, so he didn't even try.


Comment: 'Elitist' might have been a better term to use than the ideologically-tainted 'white supremacist' stated above.


Comment: Too bad the author's otherwise good analysis gets so mired in the language of biased hating on Trump.

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Light Sabers

Syria celebrates peace on Christmas, the West ignores

Finian Cunningham
Sputnik
Wed, 26 Dec 2018 16:16 UTC
us soldiers
© CC0 / Staff Sgt. Jacob Connor / 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
It's a bitter-sweet paradox, but often it's the case that people who have suffered the most are the ones who truly know the joy of peace when it eventually comes.

Take the people of Syria. After nearly eight years of horrific war, the nation is this year rejoicing the arrival of Christmas and the opportunity to show goodwill to their compatriots. Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7, but the festivities are underway. It's wonderful to see how Syrians of all religions, or none, share in this holiday season. Their smiles are their gifts.

As in this classic John Lennon Christmas song from 1971, the people of Syria can surely show heartfelt thanks that "war is over" - or at least largely over, enough to allow them to congregate on the streets of their major cities and towns to celebrate in peace. How fantastic is that!

This year, videos from the Syrian capital Damascus show more people than ever sharing the joy of Christmas. Children dressed in red Santa Claus outfits, marching bands of drummers and trumpeters, people of all ages, of all religious faiths, Christians, Muslims, or simply just believers in humanity - all singing and expressing friendship. The radiant street decorations and lights speak of a common divine quality of humanity.
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Light Saber

Is Trump's withdrawal in Syria a move against the deep state?

Robert Bridge
Strategic Culture Foundation
Tue, 25 Dec 2018 10:56 UTC
white house
The reason so many people continue to misread the actions of US President Donald Trump is because they tend to confuse him with the actions and behaviors of past US administrations, where indiscriminate death and destruction was America's calling card around a shell-shocked planet. Although certainly erratic in his actions, Trump thus far has been predictable on one score: keeping the powers-that-be guessing.

Last week, Donald Trump, acting unilaterally and within full power as Commander-in-Chief, derailed the Deep State's plans for yet another disastrous regime change operation, announcing the withdrawal of US troops from Syria.

In a video released via Twitter, the American leader announced that, "We have won against ISIS...and it's time for our troops to come home."

In the not-so-distant past, such an announcement would have been greeted with cheers since it is generally agreed that war is - at least for those doing the grunt work - a very unpleasant enterprise. But the times have changed, together with the national agenda, and instead of applause filling the airwaves, the American people can hear nothing but the screeching of incensed hawks on both sides of the political aisle. That screeching is the sound of the Deep State expressing its deep displeasure and even pain.

Comment: Love him or hate, one thing that seems to be quite clear - the deep state doesn't have as much control of the narrative as they would have us believe despite the censorship and surveillance. In fact, one thing we can attribute to Trump is his hand, whether conscious or not, in exposing the man-behind-the-curtain. Each time they make a move against him, they further expose themselves and their agendas for all to see.

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Pirates

Organ theft, staged attacks: UN panel details White Helmets' criminal activities, media yawns

Eva Bartlett
RT
Tue, 25 Dec 2018 20:20 UTC
White Helmets
© Reuters / Alaa al-FaqirOrgan theft, staged attacks: UN panel details White Helmets’ criminal activities, media yawns
Members of the 'White Helmets' at a Roman ruin site in Daraa, Syria, December 23, 2017
Utter silence. That is the sound of Western corporate media days after a more than one-hour-long panel on the White Helmets at the United Nations on December 20.

Journalists were present, so the silence isn't due to lack of access. And in any case it was live streamed on the UNTV channel, and remains available on Youtube for keen observers to watch.

More likely, the silence is due to the irrefutable documentation presented on the faux-rescue group's involvement in criminal activities, which include organ theft, working with terrorists - including as snipers - staging fake rescues, thieving from civilians, and other non-rescuer behaviour.

On the panel was one of corporate media's favourite targets to smear, British journalist Vanessa Beeley, who gave a fact-based lecture on her years of research into the founding, funding and nefarious activities of the White Helmets, research which includes numerous visits to White Helmets centers, countless testimonies from Syrian civilians, and even an interview with a White Helmets leader in Dara'a al-Balad, Syria.

Maxim Grigoriev, the director of the Foundation for the Study of Democracy (a member of the UN's Global Counter-Terrorism Research Network) spoke at length, detailing some of the over 100 eyewitnesses his foundation has conducted interviews with.

These include over 40 White Helmets members, 15 former terrorists, 50 people from areas where terrorists and WH operated, with another over 500 interviewed by survey in Aleppo and Daraa.

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Chess

US withdrawal from Syria sets stage for Israeli aggression

Tony Cartalucci
New Eastern Outlook
Tue, 25 Dec 2018 00:00 UTC
Israel airforce
The US suddenly and unexpectedly announced the withdrawal of US troops from Syria after years of illegally occupying the country. The US presence aimed at ousting the Syrian government, boosting militant groups the US and its partners have armed and backed since the 2011 conflict started, and denying Damascus access to its own resources, particularly oil concentrated east of the Euphrates River.

The US occupation of Syria is only one part of a much larger, decades-long campaign of achieving, maintaining, and expanding US hegemony across North Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia - as well as the ultimate goal of encircling and containing both Russia and China.

A genuine withdrawal from the Syrian conflict would signal a seismic shift in US foreign policy and mark an irreversible decline in American hegemony.

It is difficult to believe such a seismic shift could happen, and so suddenly.

It is also a shift not founded in US foreign policy or fact.

There are several key possibilities to consider:
  • A US withdrawal paves way for unilateral Israeli strikes;
  • It also paves the way for an expanded Turkish incursion;
  • US troops won't be on the ground as targets in the immediate aftermath of any wider conflict Israel or Turkey provokes;
  • US troops can re-enter theater with renewed pretext to fight Damascus directly in defense of allies Israel or Turkey and;
  • US troops can re-enter theater along the better formed and protected front Turkey seeks to create.
The above possibilities are drawn not from speculation, but from multiple US policy papers spanning decades.

Comment: Israel hasn't wasted much time in getting parts of the above mentioned agenda started:

As millions of Syrian Christians celebrate first Christmas without ISIS terror since 2011, Jewish state bombs Syria

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Israel prepares for major war in Syria - 'because Iran'


The Palestine Chronicle
Tue, 25 Dec 2018 00:00 UTC
middle east map
Russia's Nezavisimaya Gazeta said that Israel is preparing for a comprehensive war on Syria following the US' withdrawal from the country.

The newspaper said that the decision of US President Donald Trump to withdraw American troops from Syria has left Israel forced to face the Iranian presence in Syria with its troops alone.

The newspaper quoted Israel's former defense minister Avigdor Lieberman as saying that,

"The United States' withdrawal from Syria greatly increases the likelihood of a large-scale conflict in the north, whether in Lebanon or Syria".


Comment: If Israel does decide to pursue such a dangerous game (no doubt thinking they will compel the US to get involved) the militant Middle Eastern country will likely find a response unlike they've ever experienced. Israel's victims have had enough - and are now armed and trained enough to do something with their considerable resources:

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Best of the Web: As millions of Syrian Christians celebrate first Christmas without ISIS terror since 2011, Jewish state bombs Syria


RT
Tue, 25 Dec 2018 22:29 UTC

Comment: Just as most Syrians - particularly the 3 million Christians living in the major cities in the country's east - were enjoying their first, real peaceful Christmas in 8 years...


...along comes the Zionist entity claiming to represent world Jewry to remind the world that it's still here, and that it still sets itself apart from the rest of humanity, by saying 'Merry Christmas' to their Christian neighbors in a distinctly unfriendly manner...


Israel strikes Syria
© SANA
Missile defense systems have been activated against targets over Damascus, according to Syrian state agency. It added that incoming missiles came from Lebanese airspace, which reportedly was earlier violated by Israeli aircraft.


Comment: Syria badly needs to 'retake' Lebanon as a buffer zone against the crazy ones.


First videos of interceptor missiles were uploaded late on Tuesday, with media reports across the region suggesting that Israel was behind strikes, which was said to have targeted Iranian weapons caches west of the Syrian capital.


An Israel warplane was spotted flying at low altitude over Lebanon, according to the Lebanese National News Agency. Israel is known to illegally use the airspace of the country, whose border is much nearer to Damascus than its own, to avoid detection and interception.

Comment: ...so Israel claims. But even if "equipment, weapons caches and facilities" belonging to whoever are in Syria, Israel has no moral nor legal right to repeatedly preemptively attack Syria.

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