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UK-built jets to join bombing of Hodeidah, Yemen's 'humanitarian lifeline' port


RT
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 12:46 UTC
Yemen airstrike
© YouTubeSaudi-led airstrike in Yemen
UK-manufactured fighter jets may be "central" to UAE air strikes on the Yemeni port of Hodeidah which the UN has warned could result in hundreds of thousands of deaths if it is attacked.

The population of Yemen would be put in severe danger by a UAE bombing of the "lifeline" port. Situated on the Red Sea, it supplies 80 percent of aid to the country, where a three-year civil war has left the nation on the brink of famine.

The UN's Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Lise Grande, stated that, if the attack takes place, humanitarian agencies "fear, in a prolonged worst case, that as many as 250,000 people may lose everything - even their lives".

The UAE is a part of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition which has been bombing Yemen since the start of the civil war in 2015, as they support President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi in his fight against Houthi rebels.

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT ) said British Prime Minister Theresa May should use her influence to stop the gulf countries' air bombing of Yemen. The UK has come under fire over its licensing of £4.6 billion ($6.2bn) of arms sales to Saudi Arabia since 2015. Many more pounds worth of arms may have been licensed to the UAE, CAAT claims.


Comment: Unconscionable! Cut the UK support and stop the war. See also:

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Snakes in Suits

Interview Bashar al-Assad: Theresa May 'staged the chemical attack' in Syria

Matt Drake
Express
Sun, 10 Jun 2018 03:15 UTC
Assad May
© Getty ImagesSyrian President Bashar al-Assad • British PM Theresa May
Theresa May is a colonialist liar who along with the UK's allies deliberately prolonged the Syrian Civil War and even helped stage the alleged chemical attack in Douma, according to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

In a rare interview, the Syrian President claims the alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, East Ghouta in Syria on April 7 was staged. According to reports from the controversial organisation the White Helmets and rebels Jaish al-Islam (The Sword of Islam), the Syrian military dropped bombs containing an unknown chemical weapon from helicopters.

But Assad claims the UK had a role to play in the alleged attack in which at least 40 people are said to have been killed in order to justify airstrikes. Assad said:
"The UK publicly supported the White Helmets that are a branch of Al Qaeda. "We consider the White Helmets to be a PR stunt by the UK. So yes, definitely, it was staged by these three countries together and the UK is involved."

Comment: See also:

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US issues additional anti-Russia sanctions for alleged cyber activity


RT
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:26 UTC
Red tape man US sanct
© Treasury & Risk
Washington has imposed new sanctions against Russia. The restrictive measures that affect three individuals and five entities were introduced in response to allegations of "cyber-activity" by Moscow, according to the US Treasury.

The US has been conspicuously tight-lipped about the reasons behind the new restrictive measures. The US Treasury Department's statement defines the new additions to the list of "specially designated nationals" only as "cyber-related" and "Russia-related" designations. The list of entities targeted by the fresh round of US sanctions actually includes a number of cyber-security firms based in Russia, Israel, Europe, and even the US itself. It also includes a diving-equipment production company.

The Russian state research center, the Kvant Institute, which specializes in research and technological development of electronic hardware and software for the state and its public institutions, has also been added to the sanctions list. All three individuals added to the SDN list have been targeted by the US sanctions due to their links to the Divetechnoservice Company, the Russian diving-equipment producer, according to the Treasury.

Comment: Before sanctions are imposed, shouldn't allegations be proven?

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Kim Jong-un reportedly brings portable toilet to Singapore summit to keep his health a complete secret


RT
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 03:31 UTC
toilet
© Toru Hanai / Reuters
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly gone to extreme measures to prevent his enemies getting an insight into the state of his health during the Singapore summit - including bringing his very own toilet.

Kim arrived in the city with a bullet-proof limousine and a portable toilet in tow, according to South Korean newspaper Chosun. The purpose of the toilet, aside from the obvious, is to "deny determined sewer-divers insights into the supreme leader's stools," the conservative news outlet reported.

Lee Yun-keol, who was an official in the North Korean Guard Command unit before he defected to South Korea in 2005, told the Washington Post in April that Kim always travels with his own toilet as he will not use public restrooms.
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Trump again slams "dishonest and weak" Trudeau while venting anger at EU


RT
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 03:22 UTC
trump
© Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
US President Donald Trump, apparently still fuming over "dishonest and weak" Justin Trudeau for threatening to respond to US tariffs in kind, took to Twitter to slam the Canadian PM again and vent his anger at the tight-fisted EU.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's ill-fated press conference, where he vowed to retaliate to the tariffs imposed by the US on steel and aluminum, seems to have opened a can of worms, as less than 24 hours before his historic meeting with Kim Jong Un, the US leader continues to be preoccupied with imbalances in trade and "dishonest" Trudeau.

In a string of tweets on Sunday, Trump claimed that Canada made "almost 100 billion dollars in trade with US (guess they were bragging and got caught!)."

"Minimum is 17B," he added, before going after the 270 percent taxes on US dairy products, the focus of one of his earlier diatribes.

Launching another verbal blow at Trudeau, Trump said that, "Justin acts hurt when called out!" apparently referring to his pledge to impose the equivalent of the tariffs on the US that Trump has slapped on Canada.
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IMF warns 'bad weather' coming for global economy


PressTV
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:52 UTC
Christine Lagarde
© AFPManaging Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde looks on during a press conference at the Chancellery in the German capital, Berlin, on June 11, 2018.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that some bad weather faces the global economy as tensions rise over US President Donald Trump's protectionist trade policies.

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday that despite the relatively stable economic situation in Europe and many other parts of the world, "the clouds on the horizon that we have signaled about six months ago are getting darker by the day."

She made the remarks in a meeting with leaders of major economic organizations of the world in the German capital, Berlin.

Comment: Lagarde is either delusional or lying. Probably both. The global economy, particularly in the West, is not 'relatively stable'. The IMF has played a huge role in worsening the situation as the global economic hitman, and we've been teetering on the edge of collapse for some time.

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Trump lauds North Korea's development possibilities in video: 'They have great beaches!"

David Martosko
The Daily Mail
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:43 UTC
Kim Jong-un
© White HouseThe heavily produced video, made with both Korean and English voiceovers, portrays Kim Jong-un as a man with a choice of moving his country forward or backward
'They have great beaches!' Trump included image of MIAMI when he showed Kim video about North Korea's future - as he said dictator could develop condos or hotels if he keeps nuke promises and sanctions come off

Donald Trump said Tuesday that part of his hard sell to Kim Jong-un about giving up his nuclear weapons was a video that showed the benefits of shaking off the chains of near-global economic sanctions - including the possibility of developing his country's beaches.

But the image chosen by the film's producers didn't depict anything North Korea has to offer. It showed part of the Miami Beach skyline, something that Trump said was 'a version of what could happen and take place.'
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Erdogan says Turkey didn't buy S-400 from Russia 'to keep them in storehouse'


RT
Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:37 UTC
Russian S-400s
© PAUL GYPTEAU / AFPFile photo
Turkey didn't acquire the Russian-built S-400 air defense systems for them to collect dust and may use them, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, adding the purchase was to reduce Ankara's dependency on US arms supplies.

"We will not just buy the S-400s and place them in a storehouse. We will use them if need be," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, as quoted by Hurriyet daily. "This is a defense system. What are we going to do with it if not use this defense system?" he asked.
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Staying the American imperial course: The US's long march of destruction in the Middle East

Jason Hirthler
Counter Punch
Wed, 06 Jun 2018 00:00 UTC
press conference
© The U.S. Army | CC BY 2.0
When falsely convicted Andy Dufresne bored a hole through the Shawshank prison wall over the course of two decades, narrator "Red" says that Andy always liked geology, and that geology, like digging through a prison wall with a rock hammer, is just a matter of "pressure and time." It's much the same when it comes to American imperialism. Particularly the conquest of the Middle East, one of the longest-running projects in the U.S. pantheon.

Our 16 seasons in Afghanistan counts as our longest foreign engagement to date. Even those living in a self-imposed media bubble of New York Times, CNN, and NPR are fully cognizant of this imperial project. George Bush called it the "Long War." It can't been disguised, even by the miserable mainstream media, where deception is an art form unknown to the deceived. Still, the causes and conditions of that project are as yet unclear to the masses. Mostly because the MSM daily reminds us that although we are on the right side of history, we are surrounded by crackpot Arabs, socialist lunatics, irrational Chinese, African bandits, and splenetic Slavs. Our borders are forever under attack. We must be eternally vigilant to ward off the thief in the night.
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George Soros puts a defiant face on, and globalist Washington Post helps him do it

Michael Kranish
SFGate
Fri, 08 Jun 2018 05:38 UTC
George Soros
© Joshua Roberts, BloombergGeorge Soros, founder of Soros Fund Management LLC
George Soros, the billionaire investor and liberal donor, sat in his hotel suite by Lake Zurich last week, lamenting the turn much of the world has taken in recent years: "Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong."

His favored presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, lost to President Donald Trump, whose "America First" platform runs counter to the globalism Soros embraces. Trump, he said, "is willing to destroy the world." The European Union, which Soros once hoped would be so successful that he could end his charitable work in the region, is contending with the impending loss of Britain and a rise of anti-immigrant sentiment. And Soros himself has emerged as a political target in elections from Hungary to California, where his donations have been used as a cudgel against the causes he supports.


Comment: Soros is a political target because he has, along with the US State Dept. (and the NGO's they support) targeted numerous countries with an agenda of regime change and 'color revolution'. Now he's 'defiant' because many of those targets have caught on to his game of destabilization, replacement and profit. It's what he does, but leave it to the Washington Post to write such an uncritical piece about him.


The 87-year-old Holocaust survivor, who has poured much of his fortune into promoting liberal values around the globe, is now confronting a wave of nationalist sentiment washing against issues he has championed.
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