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Moon says Kim remains skeptical of Washington's pledge to guarantee North Korea's security in exchange for de-nuclearization


RT
Sun, 27 May 2018 16:59 UTC
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© Kim Hong-Ji / ReutersAnti-US.President Donald Trump rally near U.S. embassy in Seoul, South Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un finds it hard to trust US President Donald Trump's assertions that the US would not seek to undermine his rule after Pyongyang gets rid of all its nukes, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said.

Moon was speaking in the wake of the surprise talks he held with the North's leader on Saturday near the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas. He revealed that Kim agreed to engage in "direct communication" with Washington to prepare for the newly resuscitated summit, but said that its fate still depends on future negotiations between the parties.

Moon went on to add that he "relayed the message that President Trump is firmly willing to end his country's hostile relationship with North Korea and enhance economic cooperation should Chairman Kim make a decision on complete denuclearization and implements it."

Kim reportedly reiterated his pledge to de-nuclearize, but cast doubt on Washington's promise to provide him with security guarantees that the North seeks.

Comment: Trump says he's still looking into attending the June 12 summit:
"We're doing very well in terms of the summit with North Korea," Trump said at the White House. "It's moving along very nicely. So we're looking at June 12th in Singapore. That hasn't changed."
And US officials have even crossed into North Korea to prepare for talks:
Former US ambassador to South Korea, Sung Kim, crossed into North Korea on Sunday to hold talks with Pyongyang's Vice-Foreign Minister, Choe Son Hui, a source familiar with the matter told the paper.

The US envoy is accompanied by Allison Hooker, the Korea specialist on the National Security Council and an undisclosed official from the Defense Department, the source said.

The meetings between the officials from Washington and Pyongyang are expected to continue on Monday and Tuesday with the aim of organizing "any summit" between Trump and Kim on the North Korean nuclear program, it added.

According to the source, Sung Kim and Choe know each other well as they were both involved in nuclear talks in previous years.


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Ankara likely to buy Russian Su-57 fighter jets if US suspends F-35 delivery


Sputnik News
Sun, 27 May 2018 00:00 UTC
Su-57
© Sputnik / Grigory Sysoyev
Ankara is likely to buy Russian Su-57 fighter jets if Washington decides to suspend the delivery of F-35 jets in response to the purchase of Russian S-400 anti-missile systems, the Yeni Safak newspaper reported Sunday.

According to sources, the Russian-Turkish cooperation on military software and technology exchange discussed during Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Turkey on April 3 may also include the delivery of Sukhoi jets, namely the Su-57, a direct competitor of the F-35, the Yeni Safak newspaper reported.

Russia and Turkey signed a loan agreement last December to supply S-400 air defense systems to Ankara. The deal triggered disagreements between Turkey and the United States, with the latter threatening to impose sanctions against Ankara, as Washington believes that the weapon was incompatible with NATO defenses. On Friday, Putin criticized the United States for trying to force Turkey out of the deal with Russia.

Comment: As the reality-creators in the USA try to use 'smart' toys to control the world with, they are made irrelevant by 'super smart' toys Russia is ready to supply with no strings attached.

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How did Russia turn into an "adversary nation"?

Gary Leupp
Counterpunch
Tue, 22 May 2018 16:21 UTC
Russian girl
Question for discussion: When did Russia become a "hostile power" or "adversary nation"? Did we decide that? If so I wasn't part of the discussion. Was there a law passed? Was it put on an official list?

Have I missed something? Did the Russians invade Alaska?

They interfered in our election, you say? Well then. Isn't the very issue that a hostile power interfered, as opposed to, say, Israel or Britain or Germany or South Korea or Saudi Arabia? What did Russia do that was hostile and adversarial to the U.S. before this alleged interference?

Was it in 1999, when Moscow weakly protested the expansion of NATO and U.S. bombing of Serbia? In 2001, when Russia offered NATO a transport route into Afghanistan? In 2004, when it protested the massive sudden expansion of NATO (by seven nations) up to its own borders? In 2008, when it responded to a Georgian attack on South Ossetia's capital of Tskhinvali by a brief punitive invasion of Georgia, whose president had been emboldened by expectations of NATO membership? In 2011, when having reluctantly agreed to the NATO-led attack on Libya, Russia started to complain that, hey, this is not a humanitarian campaign but a brutal regime-change operation? In 2014, when it responded to a U/S.-backed coup in Ukraine (designed to lead to Ukraine's NATO membership and the expulsion of the Russian Black Sea Fleet from Crimea with what are obviously defensive geopolitical moves.)?

Comment: And on that note:

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Flashback The Century of Self: The mass manipulation of consumer society - complete documentary

Adam Curtis
Information Clearinghouse
Sat, 08 Apr 2006 16:34 UTC
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Adam Curtis, The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society in Britain and the United States. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests?

Freud provided useful tools for understanding the secret desires of the masses. Unwittingly, his work served as the precursor to a world full of political spin doctors, marketing moguls, and society's belief that the pursuit of satisfaction and happiness is man's ultimate goal.

Complete Series - Parts 1 Through 4

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Russiadiditism: UK & US hold Russia responsible for MH17 crash

Frank Sellers
The Duran
Sat, 26 May 2018 16:03 UTC
Boris Johnson


After all, the Russians are hacking elections, so why wouldn't they be shooting down passenger planes?

Now the UK, which was host to the Skripal incident, is joining the members of the Joint Investigation Team in placing the responsibility for the downing of Malaysia MH17 over the skies of the Ukraine with the Kremlin, once again.

SKY News reports:
Russia must "answer for its actions" after it was named culpable by investigators for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 four years ago, Boris Johnson has said.

The foreign secretary said findings released yesterday that a Russian army missile blew the plane out of the sky showed that "the Kremlin believes it can act with impunity".

NATO has called on Russia to "accept responsibility" and "establish accountability" for the attack that killed all 298 people on board - including 10 Britons.

Comment: The story of blaming Russia is getting old. The question is, whay are they bringing this up right now? Are they trying to soil Russia's image right before the World Cup or are they preparing the ground for a new offensive in Ukraine?

As we commented earlier:
It is worth watching the full press conference of the Joint Investigation Team, because it becomes clear how weak their case is to put the blame on Russia. They make two claims: 1) that a BUK-TELAR unit crossed the border from Kursk into Ukraine, and 2) that the remains of a BUK missile indicate it was Soviet made. The first claim is borrowed largely from Bellingcat and is based on Google maps and social media images, and makes a flimsy argument to show that a BUK-TELAR from Kursk is one and the same with another photographed in Ukraine. Alas, for the second, nothing is said about how or where this missile was recovered. It is also claimed that such missile was made in 1986 - and one wonders why Russia would be using outdated equipment when they have been making huge efforts to modernize their military hardware.

Even if we accepted that a BUK-TELAR crossed into Ukraine and that a Soviet-made BUK missile hit the airplane, this does not show that Russian separatists with the backing of Russia did it! Remember that Ukraine has the same equipment, as well as an obvious motive to make Russia look bad.
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Israel's psychopathic high court blesses maiming and murder of Gaza protesters

Maureen Clare Murphy
The Electronic Intifada
Sat, 26 May 2018 15:53 UTC
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© Atia Darwish/APAIsraeli forces aim towards Palestinian protesters east of Gaza City on 25 May.
Israel's high court rejected two petitions from human rights groups challenging the military's open-fire regulations this week as several more Palestinians died from wounds sustained during Gaza's ongoing Great March of Return protests.

It was the second ruling made by the court on Thursday rubber-stamping war crimes.

The high court ruling may be viewed by the International Criminal Court as an indication that Israel's judicial authorities are unwilling to carry out genuine proceedings concerning crimes against Palestinian civilians.

Between 19 and 25 May, Gaza's health ministry announced the deaths of seven Palestinians from injuries inflicted during protests along the eastern perimeter of the territory beginning 30 March.

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MH17: Another 'Russian atrocity' - because all is Russia's fault

Frank Sellers
The Duran
Sat, 26 May 2018 13:31 UTC
MH17 crash site


Whatever is wrong with the world is because of some nefarious Russian plot

Russia is regularly painted out as the villain of the world by Western governments and media, as if whatever is wrong with the world is because of some nefarious Russian plot.

Whether its instability in Syria, state sponsors of terror developing nukes, democratic elections experiencing foreign meddling, cheating in international athletic competitions, extrajudicial assassinations taking place with the use of contraband nerve or chemical weapons, the spread of terrorism, violations of national sovereignty, it looks like Russia is out to destabilize the planet.

The newest case is whenever a plane gets downed, you know it was the Russians.

In each case, Russia is alleged to be directly responsible for the malicious action itself, or, at the least, responsible for supporting it.

Comment: It is worth watching the full press conference of the Joint Investigation Team, because it becomes clear how weak their case is to put the blame on Russia. They make two claims: 1) that a BUK-TELAR unit crossed the border from Kursk into Ukraine, and 2) that the remains of a BUK missile indicate it was Soviet made. The first claim is borrowed largely from Bellingcat and is based on Google maps and social media images, and makes a flimsy argument to show that a BUK-TELAR from Kursk is one and the same with another photographed in Ukraine. Alas, for the second, nothing is said about how or where this missile was recovered. It is also claimed that such missile was made in 1986 - and one wonders why Russia would be using outdated equipment when they have been making huge efforts to modernize their military hardware.

Even if we accepted that a BUK-TELAR crossed into Ukraine and that a Soviet-made BUK missile hit the airplane, this does not show that Russian separatists with the backing of Russia did it! Remember that Ukraine has the same equipment, as well as an obvious motive to make Russia look bad.

See also:

Russia thoroughly rejects Dutch and Aussie accusations it's responsible for MH17 downing

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Indonesian Islam: 'Eat what even Saudis would not touch anymore'

Andre Vltchek
New Eastern Outlook
Sun, 27 May 2018 15:21 UTC
Poster in Indonesia
When the Saudi Crown Prince gave an interview to the Washington Post, declaring that it was actually the West that encouraged his country to spread Wahhabism to all corners of the world, there was a long silence in almost all the mass media outlets in the West, but also in countries such as Egypt and Indonesia.

Those who read the statement, expected a determined rebuke from Riyadh. It did not come. The sky did not fall. Lightning did not strike the Prince or the Post.

Clearly, not all that the Crown Prince declared appeared on the pages of the Washington Post, but what actually did, would be enough to bring down entire regimes in such places like Indonesia, Malaysia or Brunei. Or at least it would be enough under 'normal circumstances'. That is, if the population there was not already hopelessly and thoroughly indoctrinated and programed, and if the rulers in those countries did not subscribe to, or tolerate, the most aggressive, chauvinistic and ritualistic (as opposed to the intellectual or spiritual) form of the religion.

Reading between the lines, the Saudi Prince suggested that it was actually the West which, while fighting an 'ideological war' against the Soviet Union and other socialist countries, handpicked Islam and its ultra-orthodox and radical wing - Wahhabism - as an ally in destroying almost all the progressive, anti-imperialist and egalitarian aspirations in the countries with a Muslim majority.
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Russian MoD: Four Russian military personnel killed in shelling carried out by terrorists in Deir ez-Zor


RT
Sun, 27 May 2018 17:31 UTC
Tanks of the Syrian army
© Sputnik / Mikhail AlaeddinTanks of the Syrian army at combat positions in Deir ez-Zor
Russian servicemen have been killed in shelling carried out by terrorists in Deir ez-Zor province in eastern Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Terrorists attacked Syrian and Russian troops, and the latter was forced to respond, according to the MoD. A total of 43 terrorists were killed in the clashes, and six vehicles were also destroyed, the ministry stated.

Two Russian military advisers were killed on the spot and five more of the country's servicemen were injured and transported to hospital. Later, two more servicemen succumbed to their injuries.
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Report that US officials crossed into North Korea 'to prepare Trump-Kim talks'


RT
Sun, 27 May 2018 15:26 UTC
Korea border road sign
© Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters
US officials have arrived in North Korea to start preparations for still-unconfirmed talks between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, the Washington Post reported after conflicting signals from the US president on the meeting's fate.

Former US ambassador to South Korea, Sung Kim, crossed into North Korea on Sunday to hold talks with Pyongyang's Vice-Foreign Minister, Choe Son Hui, a source familiar with the matter told the paper.

The US envoy is accompanied by Allison Hooker, the Korea specialist on the National Security Council and an undisclosed official from the Defense Department, the source said.
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