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Nonsense: Trump accused of anti-Semitism over claim Soros funds 'elevator screamers'


RT
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 08:05 UTC
Soros
© Jewish Business NewsGeorge Soros, billionaire financier
Critics of US President Donald Trump were quick to accuse him of anti-Semitism over a tweet claiming that women accosting senators over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh were paid by liberal billionaire George Soros.

"The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad. Don't fall for it!" Trump tweeted on Friday. "Also, look at all of the professionally made identical signs. Paid for by Soros and others. These are not signs made in the basement from love!"

Outrage ensued, obviously. ThinkProgress, the media arm of John Podesta's Center for American Progress think tank, immediately accused the president of anti-Semitism. A Slate editor chimed in, calling Trump's words an "anti-Semitic dog whistle." And a staff writer for The Atlantic called it a "conspiracy theory that a rich Jewish boogeyman is making women claim to have been raped and assaulted."


Comment: Trump can't win. In situations like this, no one can. Trump has been one of the most delusionally pro-Israel presidents in US history, yet the second he criticizes a single Jew or something bad (even if those bad deeds are proven and in the public record), he is smeared as anti-Semitic. It is simply impermissible to say anything bad about any Jew at any time (unless that Jew is being criticized for saying something bad about other Jews). It makes absolutely no sense, but little does when it comes to the land of the chosen... Only there is it forbidden to call individuals out for their bad behavior.

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Russian company discussing geological oil exploration with Libyan NOC


Sputnik
Sat, 06 Oct 2018 08:00 UTC
libyan oil field
© AFP 2018 / Abdullah Doma
Roman Panov, CEO of the Russian exploration company Rosgeologia (Rosgeo), discussed with Mustafa Sanalla, head of the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC), the conduction of exploration works in Libya, the Russian company said in a statement on Friday.

"During the meeting the parties discussed further steps on the development of cooperation in the sphere of natural resources management, particularly, conduction of geological exploration works to find fossil fuels in Libya as part of the earlier signed bilateral documents," the statement said.

Rosgeologia also focuses on the projects in the Middle East and other African states, according to Panov.

"These are the most promising areas of growth, where there is a high demand on our services," Rosgeologia's CEO said, as quoted by the statement.

The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Russian Energy Week (REW) forum in Moscow.

Comment: The US destroyed Iraq and didn't even get its oil (Israel did). NATO destroyed Libya, and now countries like Russia are stepping in to make deals. What was the point of all the destruction? Seemingly, the point was the destruction. In that sense, it was pointless. Historians will probably be very confused when they look back on US foreign policy in future years.

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Baghdadi reportedly escapes death once again - by showing up late at ISIS meeting bombed by Iran


Sputnik
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 07:53 UTC
bagdhadi
© Flickr / Thierry Ehrmann
The shadowy Daesh terrorist leader has been rumored to be hiding out on the Syrian-Iraqi border since May, and had been reported killed or incapacitated by US or Russian air and artillery strikes on multiple occasions, with none of the reports ever being confirmed.

Jabbar al-Maamouri, leader of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, has told Iraqi media that the Iranian missile strike in Syria earlier this month was aimed in part at liquidating Daesh (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and that only his lateness to a meeting of militant commanders saved him from certain death.

"The Iranian shelling against specific pockets of Islamic State east of the Euphrates in Syria using missiles [a] few days ago targeted an important meeting for the so-called Islamic State's war council, to which Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was on [his] way," al-Maamouri said, according to Iraqi News.


Al-Baghdadi "was about to get killed in the shelling but he survived as he was a few minutes late for the meeting," the Iraqi militia commander added.

The Iranian strikes did succeed in liquidating Ali al-Mashadani, al-Baghdadi's deputy, as well as several other Daesh leaders, according to al-Maamouri.

Comment: Either Baghdadi is the cat with nine lives, or the multiple reports of his injury and death are simply propaganda or the result of rumor and guesswork. Other possibilities: he's been dead for a while now and is still being used for propaganda purposes by all sides, or he's alive and well ... and is still being used for propaganda purposes by all sides.

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YPG in Manbij, Syria, defy Turkey and US - refuse to withdraw from town


Sputnik
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 07:51 UTC
manbij
© REUTERS / Rodi Said
The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) did not withdraw from the northern Syrian town of Manbij, as was ordered by Turkey and the United States, and are preparing to defend the town, the Anadolu news agency reported on Friday.

The YPG militia dug about 30 kilometers (19 miles) of anti-tank trench lines around the town's center and built escape tunnels, the Turkish media reported citing sources.

Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said earlier this week that the United States was delaying the YPG withdrawal from Manbij, thereby failing to implement Washington's joint plan with Ankara.

In early June, Turkey and the United States adopted a roadmap that provided for the withdrawal of the US-backed YPG, which is regarded by Ankara as an affiliate of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), from Manbij. The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization in Turkey, the United States and the European Union.

Meanwhile, the Syrian authorities have condemned the presence of Turkish and US forces around Manbij.
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Bizarro Earth

Trump's MAGA has gotten lost in translation

smoothiex12
Reminiscence of the Future...
Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:00 UTC
money bombs
Somehow, in the midst of all this FUBAR with US bureaucrats threatening Russia to start the war for whatever reasons, and the ongoing mass hysteria around new SCJ nomination, with new rape victims which Kavanaugh may have heard about once or saw on TV, "stepping out", one piece of real news got lost. It is huge:
U.S. crude oil shipments to China have "totally stopped", the President of China Merchants Energy Shipping Co (CMES) said on Wednesday, as the trade war between the world's two biggest economies takes its toll on what was a fast growing businesses.
See dynamics here. It doesn't stop there and it goes even further:
He also said the trade dispute was forcing China to seek soybeans from suppliers other than the United States, adding that China now bought most its soybeans from South America.

Comment: See: Sanctions And Tariffs Have Turned American Exceptionalism Into Isolationism

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Washington threatens the world, bring us all one click closer to annihilation

Philip Giraldi
The Unz Review
Tue, 02 Oct 2018 00:00 UTC
2 minutes to midnight
Last week Washington threatened Iran, Syria, China, Venezuela and Russia

The nuclear war doomsday clock maintained on the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists website has advanced to two minutes before midnight, the closest point to possible atomic apocalypse since the end of the Cold War. In 1995 the clock was at fourteen minutes to midnight, but the opportunity to set it back even further was lost as the United States and its European allies took advantage of a weakened Russia to advance NATO into Eastern Europe, setting the stage for a new cold war, which is now underway.

It is difficult to imagine how the United States might avoid a new war in the Middle East given the recent statements that have come out of Washington, and, given that the Russians are also active in the region, a rapid and massive escalation of something that starts out as a minor incident should not be ruled out.
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Dominoes

Russia to supply India with 5 S-400 systems, defying Washington sanctions


RT
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 00:36 UTC
S-400
© Alexander Nemenov / AFPA Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile launching system
A contract for the delivery of five S-400 systems, one of Russia's most advanced anti-aircraft weapons, has been signed between Moscow and New Delhi, the Kremlin has confirmed.

India signed a $5.43 billion deal to purchase five advanced S-400 surface-to-air missile systems from Russia, defying threats of potential sanctions from Washington.

The deal was finalized after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in New Delhi.

The advanced air defense system can defend against different kinds of cruise and ballistic missiles. China was the first foreign nation to purchase S-400 systems.
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Dominoes

Turkey summons Saudi Arabia envoy over disappearance of dissident journalist


RT
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 00:27 UTC
Jamal Khashoggi
© ReutersDissident Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi
It's said that all a dissident Saudi journalist wanted was to get hold of some documents to marry his fiancée when he entered Saudi Arabia's embassy in Istanbul, Turkey, but three days later Jamal Khashoggi is yet to reemerge.

In what looks increasingly like a John le Carré plot, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said the Saudi ambassador had been "invited" to the ministry to discuss the whereabouts of the journalist, who gained a reputation for his fierce criticism of the Crown Prince's regime.

According to his fiancée, Khashoggi, 59, felt "stressed and sad" about having to go the embassy, but it was a necessary trip for him to get hold of paperwork needed for the couple to tie the knot.
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Snakes in Suits

Missing Interpol president and vice minister of China Meng Hongwei 'under investigation'

Laurie Chen & Catherine Wong
South China Morning Post
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 06:38 UTC
Meng Hongwei
Missing Interpol president Meng Hongwei
Vice-minister of public security 'taken away' after arriving in China by plane from France last week, source says

The first Chinese head of Interpol, the international law enforcement agency, is under investigation in China, a source has told the Post, amid mystery surrounding his disappearance after his wife reported to French police he had gone missing.

Meng Hongwei, 64, who is also a vice-minister at China's Ministry of Public Security, was "taken away" for questioning by discipline authorities "as soon as he landed in China" last week, according to the source.

It is not yet clear why Meng is being investigated or exactly where he is being held.

French police said earlier they had launched a search for Meng after being contacted by his wife, news agencies reported.
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London court hears MI5 & informants authorized to commit crimes in UK: 'Murder, torture, sexual assault'


RT
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 19:37 UTC
british soldier gun belfast
© DJM/SBA British soldier peers down the sights of his gun on a morning patrol in East Belfast July 8, 1998.
MI5 informants have been granted legal cover to commit crimes within the UK that may include murder, a tribunal into British security services' alleged criminality has heard.

The policy, allegedly in place since the early 1990s, would potentially allow the Security Service to authorize participation in "murder, torture, sexual assault or other grave criminality" if they believed it was in the public interest, claimed Ben Jaffey QC, representing an alliance of human rights groups.

Speaking to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), Thursday, Jaffey, argued that the practice has enabled British security services to conceal widespread illegal activity from both agents and informants within the UK.

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