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Europe signals patience drying up as US re-imposes Iran sanctions that will hurt the EU economy


RT
Sat, 12 May 2018 11:03 UTC
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© Russell Cheyne / Reuters
Europeans are angry over the latest US-imposed set of sanctions harming EU interests in the wake of Donald Trump quitting the Iran nuclear deal. The EU needs to decide whether to finally stand up for itself, analysts told RT.

Aside from imperiling a landmark international accord and endangering regional and global security, the US pull-out from the 2015 agreement with Iran will have crushing economic consequences for Europe. French, German and UK firms stand to lose billions of euros in investments and trade if they are forced to comply with the sanctions that will be re-imposed and expanded now that the US is no longer a signatory of the nuclear deal.

Now, facing the ruinous economic and political fallout from Washington's unwillingness to honor its agreements, Europe has signaled that it may choose to pursue its own interests - as opposed to obediently swallowing what the US dictates.

'Crucial turning point for Europe'

"At the moment, there's a lot of anger in Europe about [US President Donald] Trump and the way he's pulled out of the Iranian nuclear deal. European politicians are reacting to that anger," journalist Neil Clark told RT. He noted that Europe faced a similar predicament following the 2014 Ukraine crisis, when the Barack Obama administration rolled out sanctions aimed at Russia. Back then, Europe went along with the sanctions that "were clearly not in the interest of EU nations," but now the discontent seems to have reached the boiling point. "The key thing is: What actions will follow?" Clark notes.

Comment: So far it's been all talk and no walk. Will the EU actually stand up against their 'masters' or will they go against their economic interests and ditch the JCPOA? See also:

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Kremlin: Russia hasn't delivered S-300 to Syria but reserves the right to


Sputnik
Sat, 12 May 2018 13:17 UTC
Russia S-300 missile system
© Sputnik / Russian Defence Ministry
There's been much speculation circulating in the media around the possibility of Russia supplying its S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Syria after the latter was attacked by three Western nations - the United States, France and the United Kingdom - in response to an alleged use of chemical weapons by government forces in the city of Douma.

Russia is neither supplying S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Syria, nor negotiating a potential delivery to Damascus, Vladimir Kozhin, presidential aide for military technical cooperation, told Russian media, adding that the Syrian forces had "everything they needed."

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment Mr. Kozhin's remarks, stressing that it would be wrong to connect those statements with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Moscow.
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Why is Israel allowed to meddle in US politics over the Iran deal?

Phil Weiss & Donald Johnson
Mondoweiss
Sat, 12 May 2018 13:17 UTC
Netanyahu iranian drone
Netanyahu brandishes wreckage he says came from an Iranian drone in Israeli air space, Feb. 18, 2018, at a Munich security conference.
Let's see how hard it is to connect the dots.

For the last three years, Benjamin Netanyahu has been doing everything he can to sink the Iran deal, from speaking in Congress against the deal in 2015 with the support of Democrats who were defying President Obama on his signature foreign policy achievement, to sending his Defense Minister over to try to sink the deal, to cartoon presentations at the U.N., and a video lecture in English last week saying, Iran Lies. Netanyahu's interference was so obtuse that Obama once said that Israel was the only country that was against the deal and it would be an "abrogation of my constitutional duty" if he didn't push the Iran deal.

Comment: Further reading: By wrecking Iran deal, Trump put US Israeli lobby in the front and center of public attention

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Flashback Ayatollah Khamenei's letter to President Rouhani regarding the JCPOA


Khamenei.ir
Wed, 21 Oct 2015 12:11 UTC
Iran President Hassan Rouhani
Ayatollah Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution wrote a letter to Mr. President Hassan Rouhani on 21 October, 2015 where he declared the 9 requirements of the implication of JCPOA.

Comment: They knew even then that the US isn't to be trusted. See also: Nuclear deal with Iran or JCPOA explained

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Flashback Judge Napolitano: 'Justice Scalia told me that Supreme Court was under surveillance by Obama'

Jim Hoft
Gateway Pundit
Mon, 15 May 2017 02:32 UTC
Justice Scalia
© Big ThinkWas Justice Scalia under surveillance?
Judge Andrew Napolitano, Fox News senior judicial analyst, went on FOX Business Network on Monday to discuss allegations Senator Rand Paul and another senator were under surveillance by the Obama administration.

Napolitano also dropped a bomb on the Obama administration spying on the US Supreme Court.

Judge Napolitano: Justice Scalia told me that he often thought the court was being surveilled. And he told me that probably four or five years ago... If they had to unmask Senator Paul's name to reveal a conversation he was having with a foreign agent and the foreign agent was hostile to the United States they can do that. That's not what he's talking about. They're talking about unmasking him when he's having a conversation with his campaign manager when he's running in the Republican primary.

During the discussion Judge Napolitano also said Barack Obama could be subpoenaed to testify if he viewed the unmasked intelligence.


Comment: Americans are spied upon, Congress was spied upon, why not the Supreme Court? Brings to question, if the SC is compromised, what does this imply for their decisions?

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North American Aerospace Defense Command: US jets intercept two Russian bombers off coast of Alaska


PressTV
Sat, 12 May 2018 10:11 UTC
Russian TU-95
Russian TU-95 "Bear" bombers
US stealth fighter jets intercepted two Russian long-range bombers in international airspace off the coast of Alaska on Friday, according to North American Aerospace Defense Command.

The Russian TU-95 "Bear" bombers flew into the Air Defense Identification Zone, which extends approximately 200 miles off Alaska's western coast, marking the first time in just over a year that Russian aircraft had flown that close to US territory.

The Russian bombers were "intercepted and monitored by the F-22s until the bombers left the ADIZ along the Aleutian Island chain heading west," NORAD and USNORTHCOM spokesman Canadian Army Maj. Andrew Hennessy said in a statement.

Comment: See also: Russian jet intercepts American Navy surveillance plane over the Baltic Sea

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Working Group on Syria, Media and Propaganda (Briefing Note): Update on the Salisbury poisonings

Tim Hayward
Timhayward.wordpress.com
Thu, 10 May 2018 00:00 UTC
OPCW Douma
© John Thys / Agence France-Presse
The following briefing note is developed by academics researching the use of chemical and biological weapons during the 2011-present war in Syria. The note reflects work in progress. However, the substantive questions raised need answering, especially given the seriousness of the political situation in the Middle East and UK-Russian relations. The authors welcome comments and corrections.

Authors: Professor Paul McKeigue (University of Edinburgh), Professor David Miller (University of Bath) and Professor Piers Robinson (University of Sheffield)

For correspondence: piers.robinson@sheffield.ac.uk/+447764763350 ; Working Group on Syria, Media and Propaganda (syriapropagandamedia.org).


Comment: Italicized by author/working group.

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The legacy of Zionism: Seventy years of turmoil, treachery, death and destruction

Pastor Chuck Baldwin
The Church and Israel
Thu, 10 May 2018 00:00 UTC
Lord Jacob Rothschild
Lord Jacob Rothschild
Four days from now, May 14, 2018, will mark the 70th anniversary of the creation of the Zionist State of Israel. Most Americans-and especially most Christians - labor under the delusion that the modern State of Israel is a fulfillment of Biblical prophecy of ancient Jews returning to their homeland. Nothing could be further from the truth. As filmmaker Jason Charles writes,
It [the story of modern Israel] was not the struggle of an ancient people coming back to their land in 1948. Instead it was the struggle of the wealthiest family on earth using war and deception to gain control over the region at the behest of idealistic Zionist Jews during the late 1800's. The Rothschild family became their champion and is the sole benefactor extraordinaire. Israel owes its very existence to the Rothschilds.
Charles continues:
The reappearance of Israel as a nation state, and moreover [as] a Jewish state, has been nothing but turmoil for 70 years for the people of the world. A confluence of never-ending war, violence and lurid political meddling in world politics. Just like their Rothschild forefathers, Israel uses war, political manipulation, and subterfuge to assert dominance internationally. The tactics that kept the Rothschilds in power for literally 100's of years are alive and well in the heart of Jerusalem.
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James Corbett: And now it's time to discuss the REAL Middle East nuclear threat (VIDEO)

James Corbett
The Corbett Report
Fri, 11 May 2018 00:00 UTC
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There is in fact a Middle Eastern nation that is in fact in control of a vast, undeclared stockpile of nuclear weapons. This nation does have the capability of deploying those weapons anywhere in the region. It is not a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and its arsenal has never been inspected by any international agency. But this nation is not Iran. It's Israel.

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Comment: Netanyahu's behavior goes waaaay beyond chutzpah. Psychopathic would be more appropriate. See also:

Israel's Secret Weapon (VIDEO)

Now it's Israel's turn to open its nuclear program to IAEA inspection, or face sanctions

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War on cash: Australian gov kicks tyranny up a notch - makes purchases using currency over $10k ILLEGAL

Jay Syrmopoulos
Free Thought Project
Thu, 10 May 2018 00:00 UTC
war on cash
As government attempts to track every purchase to increase their power, Australia is spearheading this war on cash by outlawing any purchases in cash over $10,000.

The Australian government announced that it will soon be illegal to use more than $10,000 cash to purchase anything, forcing individuals that wish to buy more expensive items to use a cashier's check or electronic transfer, ostensibly in the name of fighting organized crime and money laundering.

The move reportedly comes in response to the government's Black Economy Standing Taskforce. In addition to the cash purchase ban, the government has allocated a $319 million package to the Tax Office to develop new strategies to target the black economy.

Treasurer Scott Morrison said the Black Economy Standing Taskforce will include a rigorous identification system and "mobile strike teams," in an effort to detect people making suspicious cash transactions, as well as a black economy hotline for citizens to report anyone suspected of engaging in illegal transactions.

Comment: It's already happening. The war on cash is here, and accelerating. Policy by policy, country by country, law by law. The central bankers and their power-mad cohorts around the world are seeking to track and influence our every move:

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