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A brief rundown of Syrian false flags exposed

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Sun, 15 Apr 2018 20:06 UTC
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"You take the red pill... and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes."

The infamous line from the movie 'The Matrix' - where Morpheus offers Neo a glimpse of the 'real' reality that is occurring, not the 'manufactured' reality that those whose rule want him to see - could not be a better analogy for what one brave (and clearly a treasonous Russian troll who should be banned from any and all social media forever) Twitter user exposes below.

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Light Saber

Moscow warns new US strikes in Syria will provoke a more resolute response on the basis of international relations


Sputnik
Tue, 17 Apr 2018 19:52 UTC
OPCW
© AFP 2018 / Bart Maat / ANP
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has refuted claims of the UK delegation to the OPCW that Russia and Syria denied access to the organization's mission to Syria's Douma.

Ryabkov further noted that these were the consequences of the US airstrikes in Syria that hampered the efforts of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to probe the alleged attack in Douma.

The words of the senior official revoiced the statement of the Russian embassy in the Netherlands that said earlier in the day that the US was attempting to undermine the work of the OPCW that was set to start the probe into the alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma the same day, the US, the UK and France launched a missile attack on Syria.

"The US tries to undermine the credibility the Fact-finding mission in Syria even before it arrives at Douma. Russia confirms its commitment to ensure [safety] and security of the mission and will not interfere in its work," the Russian embassy in the Netherlands said on Monday.
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Wine

Macron tells journalists over a drink: "I'm the equal of Putin"


RT
Tue, 17 Apr 2018 19:58 UTC
Emmanuel Macron (R) speaks to Vladimir Putin
© Stephane De Sakutin / ReutersEmmanuel Macron (R) speaks to Vladimir Putin in the Galerie des Batailles in Versailles, France, May 29, 2017.
France's Emmanuel Macron said he considers himself an equal to Russia's Vladimir Putin and that the strike on Syria was meant to show he was "part of this," journalists who interviewed the French leader have revealed.

President Macron gave a nearly three-hour-long interview on the results of his first year in office to RMC radio host Jean-Jacques Bourdin, and Edwy Plenel of Mediapart website on Sunday. After the program went off the air on BFMTV, the President shared a drink with the journalists and the liquor apparently loosened his tongue.

Comment: In height perhaps, but not stature. Macron is delusional.

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Beaker

OPCW chemical weapons inspectors arrive in Douma


RT
Tue, 17 Apr 2018 13:25 UTC
OPCW
© OPCW
A team of inspectors from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has arrived in the Syrian town of Douma, to investigate a reported attack from two weeks ago, Syrian state media reported.

The team arrived in Syria earlier this week, but its deployment on the ground in the Damascus suburb was slowed down by "security concerns." Douma was freed by Syrian government forces last week, after a Russia-brokered agreement with Jaysh al-Islam militants occupying the town resulted in their mass evacuation to Syria's north. Civilians who had been forced to endure life under the militants left the town through humanitarian corridors in their thousands.

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Bomb

The neocon's real plan for Syria evidenced from the lack of rubble

Tom Luongo
Tom Luongo's blog
Mon, 16 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC
BoltonTrumpPompeo
© The Hill
I told you over the weekend that Trump's presidency was over. As a practical matter it is. His yielding to his 'advisors' on every foreign policy issue makes it clear that he can't or won't stand up to the relentless pressure to do what his instincts tell him.

This morning's article at the Deep State Washington Post paints a very clear picture of what the situation is. The advisors whose loyalties are dubious run the show. Their thinking has not evolved one whit from previous administrations.

Remember what Russian President Vladimir Putin always says, "Presidents change. Policies do not." Case in point they manipulated Trump into over-reacting to the Skripal poisoning by ousting 60 Russian diplomats, even though Trump clearly wanted to match Germany and France.
The United States, they explained, would be ousting roughly the same number of Russians as its European allies - part of a coordinated move to punish Moscow for the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter on British soil.

"We'll match their numbers," Trump instructed, according to a senior administration official. "We're not taking the lead. We're matching."

The next day, when the expulsions were announced publicly, Trump erupted, officials said. To his shock and dismay, France and Germany were each expelling only four Russian officials - far fewer than the 60 his administration had decided on.

Comment: A sobering take on what is transpiring in Washington and in the Middle East. The video on the FUKUS airfield strikes tells the rest of the April 13th story not being publicized by the West.

According to Sputnik:
[Russian Defense Ministry spokesman] Konashenkov went on to say that the Syrian air defenses used 112 ground-to-air missiles to repel the attack that targeted not only facilities in Barza and Jaramana, but also military facilities, including airfields.

Konashenkov further commented that the strikes had involved cruise missiles launched from the Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea, the Persian Gulf and the eastern Syrian city of al-Tanf. The attack targeted the facilities that were not bunkers protected by the Syrian air defenses, he pointed out, adding that those were facilities were built on the surface. He has reiterated that 71 missiles of those 100+ had been intercepted.


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Star of David

Israeli Defense Minister Lieberman claims right of 'total freedom of action' in Syrian airspace


RT
Tue, 17 Apr 2018 01:11 UTC
Lieberman
© JerusalemOnlineIsraeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman
Israel will not accept any limitations to its operations in Syrian airspace against 'Iranian threat', the defense minister said, expressing hope that "communication" lines with Moscow will help avoid any "friction" in the air.

On Tuesday morning, a series of missile strikes once again targeted Syrian military infrastructure. The Pentagon, which led the coordinated April 14 assault against Syrian targets with its British and French allies, denied its involvement in attacking a new set of targets. Israel, which struck Syria's Tiyas (T-4) airfield in Homs province on April 9, also failed to acknowledge bombing its neighbor.

Yet the new attack against Syria comes just hours after Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman vowed to protect the country's national interests through breaching Syrian airspace if necessary.
"We will maintain total freedom of action. We will not accept any limitation when it comes to the defense of our security interests," Lieberman told Walla News on Monday, noting that "all options are on the table."

Comment: Israel is not acting in defense - it is itself the aggressor it is seeking to annihilate.

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Attention

Parliament inaction: To little too late MPs thrown a bone in debate on Syria strikes after the fact


RT
Mon, 16 Apr 2018 21:32 UTC
TheresaMay
© Al Jazeera(Check out the body language and expressions...)
The post-factum debate in Parliament after the UK joined air strikes against Syria was a curious spectacle. MPs pontificated while ignoring the large elephant in the back benches: that no one was listening to them.

This was a debate over a military action that had already happened, and for which the government had not appeared to take Parliament seriously enough to actually ask its opinion, let alone its permission. Theresa May said that there had not been the opportunity to ask for approval from Parliament before going ahead with the operation, following allegations over the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian town of Douma.

Champion of the left, Labour's Hilary Benn MP, stood up to say that while he understood why May acted quickly without asking for Parliament's position, could she offer reassurances that she would be asking MPs the next time she decided to act. The prime minister blustered but essentially said no, she'd probably do exactly the same again.

This debate on events that had already happened was a mere bone thrown to MPs to give the impression that the government was listening to their opinion on exceptional circumstances. It was soon clear, though, that May's government was going through the motions.

Comment: "Off with their heads". How unconscious and peripheral their world is.

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Two Israeli jets, not one, were downed in February; Israel persists to invade, Damascus ready for confrontation

Elijah J. Magnier
EJMagnier.com
Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC
Israel Air Force
© Facebook
High ranking officer working alongside the Syrian Army believe "it is difficult for the Israeli Air Force to stay out of the sky of the Levant". According to the source,
"last February, Russian radar showed two Israeli jets shot down the day the Syrian air defence fired in direction of a squadron of Israeli Air Force violating Syrian airspace. One Jet was down in a residential area and another one in the sea. But Tel Aviv recognised the loss of only one F-16: it is generally in denial when information is damaging to its image or protected by its national security parameters".
The officer is convinced that "Israel won't accept the Rules of Engagement (ROE) imposed by Damascus (when its air defence system fired at and shot down at least one Israeli confirmed F-16 last February). Therefore another confrontation can be expected soon".

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Arrow Down

White House walks back new Russian sanctions statements by Nikki Haley


RT
Mon, 16 Apr 2018 19:25 UTC
SarahHuckabeeSanders
© Yuri Gripas/ReutersWH Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders
The White House has walked back comments made by US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, who said that the US would impose fresh economic sanctions on Russia.

During an interview on Fox News Sunday, Haley said that the US would announce the new sanctions on Monday. Haley said the sanctions would be imposed over Russia's continued support of Syrian President Bashar Assad after an alleged chemical attack in the city of Douma. Specifically, she said, the sanctions would be "aimed at companies dealing with equipment related to Assad's alleged use of chemical weapons."

But White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has since clarified Haley's remarks, saying that the Trump administration is "considering" additional sanctions, but has not yet made any decision.

Comment: If a country has to resort to sanctions, it hasn't done its job of diplomacy. It is using punishment as an attention-getter and a change agent.

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May rejects Corbyn's 'War Powers Act' in second debate on Syria strikes


RT
Tue, 17 Apr 2018 12:02 UTC
Parliament
© Reuters TV/Reuters
MPs gathered for a second emergency debate on Syria in just two days, to discuss whether parliament should retain the right to approve military action before it is launched. Jeremy Corbyn wants an official War Powers Act. Labour leader Corbyn said there is an "urgent" need to discuss MPs' right to approve planned military action after air strikes against Syria went ahead without MPs even being asked.

Corbyn argued that the convention to consult Parliament is being "tossed aside as simply inconvenient" and that the "government's actions [this weekend in Syria] clearly demonstrates why Parliament must assert its authority on this subject."

Corbyn said his proposed War Powers Act "could specify at what point in the decision-making processes MPs should be involved, as well as retaining the right for ministers to act in emergencies or for the country's self-defense." The Labour leader declared the act would ensure "Parliament has fundamental power over government" to decide on international conflicts.

In-between interventions from MPs, Corbyn blasted the government for failing to take into account the Chilcot Report's recommendations for "stronger safeguards to ensure proper collective consideration" for issues of "vital importance."

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