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Protecting their terrorists: Haley threatens US strikes over any attack on Syria's Idlib


RT
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:15 UTC
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© Joshua Roberts / Reuters
Any attack on Syria's Idlib province is going to be "dealt with," US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley warned, as Washington seeks to stop the Russian-backed Syrian army from retaking the last remaining jihadist stronghold.

The US has struck Syria twice after claims of chemical weapons use by the government in Damascus, Haley said on Wednesday in a Fox News interview.

"Don't test us again," she said, addressing the Syrian government and its allies Russia and Iran.

Washington and its allies have also warned Syria that they will act not just in case of chemical weapons being used, but against any attack on the province, the US envoy to the UN said.

"Any offensive on the civilian people in Idlib was going to be dealt with," Haley told Fox News' Bret Baier.
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Attention

'Same as 9/11': Deranged US senator compares alleged 'Russian meddling' to attacks that murdered 3,000 Americans


RT
Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:21 UTC
Senator Angus King
© Joshua Roberts / ReutersSenator Angus King
Angus King, an independent US Senator for Maine, told a crowd of first responders that Russia's alleged 'meddling' in the 2016 election was "the same kind of attack" that took place on 9/11.

"They used airplanes into towers," King said on Tuesday, describing the 9/11 attacks. "Now people can use the click of a computer key in St. Petersburg, Russia to attack," the lawmaker continued.

"It's an attack that continues and it's the same kind of attack today that occurred in 2001," King told the firefighters and first responders.

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Eye 1

Google hires head of major defense task force as chief of cloud AI


RT
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 14:36 UTC
Project Maven
© ReutersGoogle was helping the Pentagon analyze footage obtained by its drones for Project Maven
The US tech giant risks attracting new controversy by recruiting Andrew Moore, three months after the company was embroiled in a scandal over its work for Pentagon's Project Maven.

Moore, who was last dean of the School of Computer Science at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University, will become the chief of cloud computing AI at the California company, where he previously worked between 2006 and 2014, at the end of the year.

"I am bursting with excitement about this," said Moore in a statement published by Google. "I have always deeply believed in the power of technology to improve the state of the world, so for me it's a big opportunity to help Google bring useful AI to all the other industry verticals."

But what those "industry verticals" are likely to be, will engender some concern.
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Arrow Up

Spot on: Tulsi Gabbard calls out Trump's hypocritical double standard on Al-Qaeda


RT
Wed, 12 Sep 2018 20:52 UTC
al Qaeda's Nusra Front Idlib May 28, 2015
© Ammar Abdullah / ReutersMembers of al Qaeda's Nusra Front in Idlib province May 28, 2015.
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard marked 9/11 by pointing out that Donald Trump paid tribute to the victims of Al-Qaeda even while protecting the terrorist group's last stronghold in Syria - sparking a range of responses online.


Comment: Proof... 5 times the US actively supported ISIS and other terrorist groups


In a tweet written on the seventeenth anniversary of the tragic terrorist attacks, Gabbard noted that "while President Trump & VP Pence give 9/11 speeches about how much they care about the victims of al-Qaeda's attack on our country, they are simultaneously acting as protectors of AQ in Syria/Idlib, threatening Russia and Syria that if they attack al-Qaeda, we will punish them."

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Vader

Fiji becomes the latest country to join US-led coalition against Daesh


Sputnik
Wed, 12 Sep 2018 00:00 UTC
Fiji joins US-led coalition Daesh
Fiji has become the latest country to join the US-led coalition against the Daesh* terrorist group (banned in Russia), Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman Sean Ryan said in a statement on Wednesday.

"The Coalition is pleased to announce that Fiji has joined the Coalition to defeat [DAESH] as its 79th member," Ryan said via Twitter.

He highlighted that Fiji has 40 years experience in international peacekeeping efforts, including in the Middle East. The nation is also seen as a leader in the Pacific region, he added.

Comment: One might wonder at the nature of the persuasion (coercion) that motivated the country's decision at this point in time...

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Bad Guys

MP attacked for urging UK not to rely on 'intel from terrorists' in event of a Syrian 'chemical attack'


RT
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:32 UTC
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terror jihad Syria war
© OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFPNew Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) members. August 14, 2018
Labour's Emily Thornberry has come under fire on social media for simply asking the UK government not to rely on "open source intelligence from terrorist groups" in the event of a reported chemical attack in Syria.

Thornberry, Labour's shadow foreign secretary, asked the government if they would consult Parliament before taking military action over reports of chemical weapon attacks in areas controlled by Al-Qaeda proxy Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a US-proscribed terrorist organization.

This prompted hysterical responses on social media, with one Twitter user claiming: "This is UK Labour guided by the spirit of Thomas Mair" - the far-right activist who murdered Thornberry's fellow Labour MP Jo Cox. Another accused Thornberry of providing cover for Syrian President Bashar Assad's alleged crimes.

Comment: Also see:

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Bad Guys

Pentagon maintains that White Helmets are a group of 'humanitarian saints'


Sputnik
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:32 UTC
White Helmets Syria
© AFP 2018 / Omar haj kadour
The United States maintains that the non-governmental organization White Helmets continues to save many lives in Syria, a US Department of Defense official told Sputnik.

"The White Helmets are a humanitarian organization that has saved thousands of lives and continues to respond to bombardments by Russian and [Syrian] regime military forces," the official said on Wednesday.

The United States and the international community continue to support their work, the US defense official added.

Comment: Also see:

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Camcorder

Leaked video of Google meeting shows leaders plotting to thwart Trump agenda post election

Allum Bokhari
Breitbart
Wed, 12 Sep 2018 00:01 UTC
Trump Google
© CNN
A video recorded by Google shortly after the 2016 presidential election reveals an atmosphere of panic and dismay amongst the tech giant's leadership, coupled with a determination to thwart both the Trump agenda and the broader populist movement emerging around the globe.

The video is a full recording of Google's first all-hands meeting following the 2016 election (these weekly meetings are known inside the company as "TGIF" or "Thank God It's Friday" meetings). Sent to Breitbart News by an anonymous source, it features co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, VPs Kent Walker and Eileen Naughton, CFO Ruth Porat, and CEO Sundar Pichai. It can be watched in full here. It can and should be watched in full in order to get the full context of the meeting and the statements made.

Comment: Google is undeniably a partisan company, which is extremely problematic given its monopolistic power over public discourse. The fact that they are willing to act on their bias, despite claiming otherwise, is disturbing in its implications. Couple this with the fact that the company has at least "played" with the idea of mass behavior modification and "disturbing" becomes a wholly inadequate descriptor.

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Amazon bans Michael Hoffman's books - interview

The Saker
The Unz Review
Thu, 13 Sep 2018 07:52 UTC
Amazon employees paid to tweet
© Pascal Rossignol / Reuters
A couple of months ago I did an interview with one of the foremost scholars of rabbinical Judaism, Michael Hoffman. The occasion was the release of his latest book The Occult Renaissance Church of Rome. At the time I did not expect to have to ask for a follow-up interview with him, but then I learned that Amazon had censored his books (please see Hoffman's own account of this here). Specifically, the ban is on three of his books. A complete ban (Kindle + printed book) on Judaism's Strange Gods: Revised and Expanded, as well as The Great Holocaust Trial: Revised and Expanded, while his textbook, Judaism Discovered, has been removed from the Kindle. I felt that I had to talk to him again and he kindly agreed to reply to my questions. I submit to you the full text of our Q&A which I will follow-up with a short commentary.

Comment: Amazon has been becoming more brazen in their censorship in the last year or two. They also banned Alex Krainer's expose on the lies of Bill Browder and the Magnitsky Act. If you want to know the truth, just pay attention to what the ruling class bans. There you will find what they're afraid to have revealed. See: Grand Deception: The Truth About Bill Browder, the Magnitsky Act, and Anti-Russian Sanctions

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Better Earth

EU triggering of Article 7 against Hungary reveals its authoritarianism


RT
Wed, 12 Sep 2018 07:46 UTC
hungary eu
The EU parliament's vote to trigger Article 7, allowing punitive measures against Hungary, has provoked disbelief and indignation, with commentators describing the "authoritarian" move as contrary to the bloc's own self-interests.

Citing Hungary's anti-immigration policies and concerns about "media suppression," the European Parliament voted on Wednesday to invoke the provision, known as the 'nuclear option,' which is applied when there is "a clear risk of a serious breach" of EU values by one of the member states.


Voting against its own interests

Implementing Article 7 allows for sanctions to be imposed on Budapest, including stripping the nation of its voting rights in the European Council. The motion, which passed 448-197 with 48 abstentions, was roundly condemned by prominent Eurosceptics. Former UKIP leader and champion of Brexit, Nigel Farage, warned that the vote revealed the ever-tightening "authoritarian grip" of the European Union.


But those who support the European project and are working towards a more unified bloc should also be outraged, British historian, philosopher and author John Laughland told RT.

Comment: See also:

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