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Top funder of controversial gene editing tech is the Pentagon


RT
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 16:57 UTC
DNAchain
© ABC
The US military is the world's top funder of a controversial gene editing technology capable of altering global ecosystems. Emails obtained by an environmental advocacy group show that the Pentagon has been secretly funding 'gene drive' studies.

Over 1,200 emails obtained through a freedom of information request by the ETC Group, a research and advocacy organization that focuses on ecological and agricultural issues, shed new light on gene drive research conducted by the shadowy Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

The US Department of Defense has pumped at least $100 million into a controversial technology known as "gene drives" - $35 million more than previously reported - making the US military the top funder and developer of the gene-modifying tech.

The technology is capable of splicing DNA strands in order to insert, alter, or remove targeted traits, and "drive" them through a population by ensuring all the offspring of the targeted organism inherit the alteration. Proponents of the gene-editing technology say it can be used to wipe out malaria-spreading mosquitoes, for example. Critics point out that the method could have unforeseen environmental consequences.

Comment: When evil plays god: Monsanto involvement. Gates Foundation. DARPA. Pentagon. Any alarm bells ringing?

See also: DARPA-funded genetic tools that can doom a species under UN review

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Syrian air defense intercepts 3 Israeli missiles targeting military research facility near Damascus


RT
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 01:25 UTC
Israeli missile strike
© Daily SabahIsraeli missiles reach target.
Israel has reportedly launched air strikes at a Syrian military research facility in the Damascus countryside, local media report, claiming that the country's air defense systems engaged and destroyed three out of at least six incoming missiles.

At 11:30pm Monday, Syrian "air defenses confronted an Israeli missile attack on one of our sites in the Damascus suburbs and three of the targets were downed," SANA reported, citing a military source which blamed Tel Aviv for launching repeated attacks against Syrian government's military installations in order to "lift the morale of the collapsed terrorists."

While details of the alleged strike remain scarce, a government source told Sputnik that "Syria's air defense destroyed three of the six missiles that Israel launched at the Research Center in the suburbs of Damascus."


Comment: Without ISIS and a more aggressive US, Israel has had to stir up trouble itself. Its 'champions' are not pushing its demonization of Iran agenda strong or fast enough. It sees the window for destroying Iran evaporating as Russia masterfully facilitates closure to the Syrian conflict. It also sees the US' new plan for a cooperative Israel/Palestine solution on the near horizon...another conclusion it cannot allow.

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Israel: Why it attacks Syria


FARS News Agency
Sun, 03 Dec 2017 10:03 UTC
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© Sputnik International
Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes on Damascus on Saturday. Details of the attack are still unclear, as the first reports were in the Israeli media, and within a matter of hours were removed.

The Israeli reports claim the strikes targeted the "Iranian base" South of Damascus. This military facility has never been confirmed by anybody as actually belonging to Iran, but Israeli outlets played that narrative up as part of the so-called "Iranian threat."

This isn't entirely unusual within Israel, as the military censors often compel the media not to report stories. It is unusual, however, for them to let the story out and then recall it after the fact. This is while media outlets outside of Israel reporting on the incident make no mention of an "Iranian base," saying that what was targeted was a Syrian Army ammunition depot.

Comment: Israel has to fan the fire to keep the embers of its Iran war dream progressing. Until recently, it has been successful crying 'wolf' and manipulating its protectors. The last thing it wants is the Syrian war to peacefully resolve and the world to see Iran is not the enemy. Calculation: it must become actively involved and victimized to stop the process and reignite persuasion.

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Libtard Pelosi tells California Republicans, "You don't belong here"

Michael van der Galien
PJ Media
Mon, 04 Dec 2017 12:26 UTC
Nancy Pelosi
© AP Photo/J. Scott ApplewhiteGet rid of Nancy Pelosi: impose term limits.
Isn't it funny how top Democrats love to talk about "tolerance" and "compassion" when they are, in fact, the least tolerant and least compassionate people out there? Take this tweet from Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for instance:


It's always wonderful to see liberals talk about the people as if they were some kind of collective with shared interests. That's nonsense, of course. Some people benefit from this policy, others from that one. The belief that "the people" are somehow one - and united - has caused major suffering worldwide. Just think about North Korea. The Soviet Union. Mao's China. 'Modern' Venezuela. And Cuba. In every single one of those countries, leaders talk about "the people" constantly, while expanding their own personal power. One of their favorite tools? Sending opponents off to the gulag/prison/concentration camps.

Comment: No surprise indeed. As they say, "the light's on but no one's home."

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Attention

Death of Saleh forbodes a fresh hell for Yemen

Peter Obome
RT
Mon, 04 Dec 2017 17:07 UTC
Saleh
© Patrick Kovarik/AFPYemeni ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh
Yemen's ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was killed early this morning in a reported rocket attack, will be remembered by history as one of four dictators brought down by the Arab spring five years ago. The other three were Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.

For a while, Saleh looked like the smartest of them all. He avoided being killed like Gaddafi, imprisoned like Mubarak or exiled like Ben Ali.

In the wake of the Arab Spring Ali Abdullah Saleh remained in Yemen. Very much so. Though he gave up the title of president, he never abandoned power. Ali Abdullah Saleh simply changed sides, and not for the first time in a remarkable career which stretches back more than four decades.

Before the Arab Spring Saleh had survived by telling the United States that he was its closest ally in the 'war on terror' while simultaneously doing side deals with Al-Qaeda. Upon being dumped by the Americans in 2012, he stunned the world by entering into an alliance with the Houthi rebels who seized control of the Yemeni capital of Sana'a in September 2014.

Comment: Humanitarian crisis to escalate...hard to imagine Yemen under worse conditions than it already is. See also:

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Hungarian FM Szijjarto: We refuse to accept terrorism as something we have to live with


Voice of Europe
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 00:00 UTC
Peter Szijjarto
© unknownHungarian FM Peter Szijjarto
Member states cannot be stripped of their rights to discuss the issues around integration, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Monday at his annual hearing before parliament's European affairs committee.

The "historic challenges" the bloc faces, such as terrorism, immigration, energy security, Brexit and the Ukraine situation, "have stayed with us" during the past year, Szijjarto noted. With 28 sovereign states comprising the EU, serious debate on these issues is natural, the minister said. It is antidemocratic and unacceptable to call those insisting on the right to discussion un-European, he said.

Concerning terrorism in particular, Szijjarto suggested that it was now "an everyday phenomenon" and said that: "Hungary refuses to accept it as something we have to live with".

"We expect Europe's institutions to act against it at last," he said. He also argued that terrorism was a direct consequence of "1.5 million illegal migrants coming to Europe without any control in the past two years; this movement does offer an opportunity for terrorist organisations to send their fighters without any problem".

Comment: The EU migrant issue has not, so far, been solved by policy, homogenization nor ad hoc control. Airing issues and ramifications to which Hungary is unwilling to be subjected, it has been repeatedly condemned and ostracized by the EU. See also:

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Lavrov works with Caspian states to resolve decades long dispute over legal status of Caspian Sea


RFE/RL
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 20:45 UTC
Lavrov
© REUTERS/ Remo Casilli
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said the five Caspian states have agreed on "all the outstanding key issues" regarding the legal status of the Caspian Sea.

Lavrov made the announcement in Moscow on December 5 after meeting with his counterparts from Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan.

Russia's top diplomat said the draft text of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea was "practically ready" to be signed by the presidents of the Caspian states at their summit in Kazakhstan next year.
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International Criminal Court finds reason to believe British soldiers guilty of Iraq war crimes


RT
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 20:32 UTC
UK soldier
© Ian Hodgson / Reuters
There is a "reasonable basis" to believe that British soldiers committed war crimes against detainees during the Iraq conflict between 2004 and 2008, the International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, has revealed.

The Hague-based ICC presented a 74-page report on preliminary inquiries to the annual assembly of states parties, which participate in the jurisdiction of the court, on Monday, in New York.

Bensouda said that following a thorough factual and legal assessment of the available information, the prosecutor's office believes "that there is reasonable basis to believe" that members of the UK armed forces "committed war crimes" against persons in their custody and thus related "to the context of arrests and detentions." British troops have not been involved in war crimes on the battlefield, the report noted, however.
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Arrow Down

Lebanese PM Hariri officially rescinds resignation following deal with rival parties


Sputnik
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 20:02 UTC
Saad Hariri
© AP Photo/ Hassan Ammar
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri had announced his resignation on November 4 while visiting Saudi Arabia, accusing Iran and the Hezbollah movement of attempting to destabilize the situation in Lebanon and the Middle East.

Hariri, who returned to Lebanon on November 21, formally revoked his resignation on Tuesday following a consensus deal reached with rival parties, Reuters reports.

The prime minister unexpectedly resigned from his post early last month, throwing the small, religiously diverse Middle Eastern country into political turmoil.

Comment: When you resign as prime minister from the podium of a globally hostile instigator, you should not get the chance to simply 'take it back'. Lebanon needs to show this Saad cowardly clown to the door.

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Ex-secret service Bongino slams Comey after his response to Trump calling FBI dishonest

Cristina Laila
Gateway Pundit
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 19:57 UTC
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Fired FBI Director James Comey is starting to crack.

Comey broke from his pattern of tweeting out cryptic messages throwing shade at President Trump and sent out a nervous tweet defending the FBI.

And Bongino responded...

Crooked cop Comey changed his tune Sunday afternoon and sent out somewhat of a nervous tweet rather than his usual arrogant cryptic messages attacking Trump.

Comey tweeted, ""I want the American people to know this truth: The FBI is honest. The FBI is strong. And the FBI is, and always will be, independent." Me (June 8, 2017)"

Comment: See also: The revelations about FBI agent Strzok should come as no surprise. Within practically every government agency, there are individuals and groups who will stop at nothing to discredit and destroy Trump. Ironically, the things they hate about Trump aren't even the things worth hating him for (unequivocal support for Israel being one of them); they simply can't stand the fact that he is not on board with their anti-Russian, globalist agenda. All the nonsense about "sexism, racism, etc." is just sloganeering. What really gets them is that Trump took a stand against foreign intervention and support for jihadists, and for sane relations with Russia. The deep state loves their jihadists, and hates Russians.

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