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UK minister says only way of dealing with British ISIS fighters is to kill them - U.S. envoy says all foreign fighters will die in Syria

Kate McCann
Telegraph, UK
Sun, 22 Oct 2017 17:05 UTC
Rory Stewart
© ReutersRory Stewart
British Isil fighters should be killed in Syria rather than be allowed to return to UK, a Government minister has said. Rory Stewart said converts who leave Britain to fight for the terror group are guilty of horrific acts and the only way of dealing with them is to kill them "in almost every case".

His remarks come just days after the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation Max Hill QC said young people who travelled to Syria after being "brainwashed" should be allowed to come home and rejoin society.

Mr Hill told the BBC that it was not worth losing a generation of young people who "naively" went to join Isil before attempting to come back to the UK.

Asked by BBC Radio 5 Live's John Pienaar if they had "brought on themselves what they are about to get?", he said: "These are people who have essentially moved away from any kind of allegiance towards the British Government.

"They are absolutely dedicated, as members of the Islamic State, towards the creation of a caliphate, they believe in an extremely hateful doctrine which involves killing themselves, killing others and trying to use violence and brutality to create an eighth century, or seventh century, state.

"So I'm afraid we have to be serious about the fact these people are a serious danger to us, and unfortunately the only way of dealing with them will be, in almost every case, to kill them."
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Germany creates website to deter asylum seekers by providing "grim facts" about living in European "dreamland"


RT
Tue, 24 Oct 2017 16:04 UTC
migrants
© Angelos Tzortzinis / AFP
Two years after the peak of the refugee crisis, Germany, which has been the most popular European destination for asylum seekers, has decided to dissuade potential new arrivals by launching a website that reveals the truth about hardships they could face.

The German Foreign Ministry launched the website, 'Rumors about Germany - facts for migrants', on Monday. The webpage is available in three languages - English, French and Arabic - and features small colorful posts debunking what are called myths and "big lies" about Germany, as well as providing potential migrants and asylum seekers with grim facts about their future lives in the European "dreamland."

"You may have heard life is easy, but the reality is different," the site states, noting that those seeking a better life in Europe would most likely have to "return with no money and have to start from scratch" or "face many difficulties."
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Russian Defense Minister reports on anti-terror campaign success: Deash control reduced to 5%, 998 cities liberated, 1.12 million refugees return home


Sputnik
Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:58 UTC
Syria
© Sputnik/ Mikhail Alaeddin
The Russian Defense Minister has spoken about the success of the Moscow's military operation in Syria.

"Today, Daesh controls less than 5%. Before the start of the operation of the Russian Air and Space Forces, more than 70% of the territory of Syria was under Daesh control," Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a meeting of defense ministers of ASEAN member countries and dialogue partners.

He underlined that Moscow is focused on restoration of a peaceful life in the country.

"998 cities and settlements have been liberated, the liberated area is 503 thousand 223 square kilometers. Most of the militants were eliminated. The process of restoring a peaceful life in the country has begun. Since the beginning of the operation of the Russian Air Force, since 2015, 1.12 million people have returned to their homes. Only in 2017 - 660 thousand," Shoigu said.
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Human Rights Watch claims China is collecting massive voice pattern database of its citizens


RT
Tue, 24 Oct 2017 15:54 UTC
china crowd
© China Daily CDIC / Reuters
The Chinese government is collecting thousands of "voice pattern" samples from unsuspecting citizens for a national biometric voice database, adding to an already-indepth biometric profile of many individuals.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday that to create the database, Chinese authorities have collaborated with indigenous speech recognition technology company iFlytek, which is responsible for producing 80 percent of all such technology in the country, to create a system which can automatically detect specific voices.

HRW said the government has "stepped up" the use of biometric technology in recent years, to "bolster its existing mass surveillance and social control efforts."

"The Chinese government has been collecting the voice patterns of tens of thousands of people with little transparency about the program or laws regulating who can be targeted or how that information is going to be used," said Sophie Richardson, HRW's China director. "Authorities can easily misuse that data in a country with a long history of unchecked surveillance and retaliation against critics."
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Black Cat

How interesting: Mueller's hedge fund investments are linked to Russia and George Soros

Jacob Wohl
Offended America
Mon, 23 Oct 2017 21:20 UTC
Mueller investments
© PicsArt/Offended America
Robert Mueller's complex financial entanglements include investments linked to George Soros and Russia. During Mueller's tenure at the FBI, high profile cases of financial wrongdoing within hedge funds that he invested in were ignored by federal law enforcement.

An Offended America investigation has revealed that Robert Mueller's holdings in a fund of funds expose him to Russian investments and to hedge funds tied to George Soros. Mueller's exclusive hedge funds were not open to the general public, but rather wealthy private accredited investors. The minimum investment in several of the funds is $10 Million.

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Russian ships deliver military equipment to Philippines

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Mon, 23 Oct 2017 23:32 UTC
Admiral Panteleyev in Manila
© UnknownAdmiral Panteleyev, a Russian anti-sub ship, prepares to dock in Manila
In the latest confirmation that President Rodrigo Duterte's threat to diversify the country's military ties away from the United States and toward China and Russia was not hollow, AP reports that three Russian navy ships arrived in the Philippines on Friday and two others are coming, to deliver donated military equipment in the country's third naval visit under Duterte, who as discussed previously, has launched a historic pivot in the country's geopolitical posture away from the US and toward regional Superpowers.

Three Russian antisubmarine ships docked in Manila on October 20 in time for Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's upcoming visit to the country, said Rear Admiral E. Mikhailov, the task force commander.

Comment: See also:

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Caesar

Best of the Web: Putin speech at Valdai 2017: "The biggest mistake Russia ever made was to trust the US"

Andrey Babitsky
life.ru
Sun, 22 Oct 2017 16:08 UTC
Translated by Ollie Richardson and Angelina Siard
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Putin speaks, the people listen, Fake News Inc flees
From all the speeches of Vladimir Putin that I had the opportunity to hear and see, I would call his speech at the Valdai forum, including the answers to questions, the most anti-American, or even anti-Western, one. Describing the history of Russia's relations with America in the 1990's, the Russian President shared a story - striking in its detail - about how, in the framework of two agreements on nuclear arms control, experts from the United States were allowed into the most secret Russian facilities and into the offices in which they established themselves: the tables were decorated with little American table flags.

How did the Americans respond to our country's unprecedented level of openness? Vladimir Putin repeated several times that they considered it as a weakness. Russia started to burn weapons-grade plutonium in accordance with reached agreements, and the US, without letting us know, changed the obligations they undertook and refused to complete the construction of the plant for processing plutonium. It became known that they made a decision about its burial, which in general has no meaning, because it is always possible to dig up non-utilised plutonium from the burial ground and it will be again completely ready for use.


Comment: The general topic of the Valdai Club this year was Creative Destruction: Will a New World Order Emerge from the Current Conflicts, which tells you right away that 'alternative conferences' like these, which Putin got up and running after he was effectively blacklisted for that 2007 Munich conference speech, have their finger on the pulse of what is actually happening in our world: it is transforming, significantly.

This year the Valdai conference brought together over 130 participants from 33 countries, including from the US and Europe, but you wouldn't know that listening to Western media.

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Light Saber

Philippines victory: Duterte forces have destroyed ISIS in Marawi

Adam Garrie
TheDuran
Mon, 23 Oct 2017 19:25 UTC
Duterte
The Battle of Marawi has been won as President Rodrigo Duterte's war plan has worked.

Earlier this month, it was reported that over several scores of ISIS aligned terrorists of the illegal Maute Group remained in the besieged southern Philippine city of Marawi. Today, Philippines Defense Minister Delfin Lorenzana confirmed that "There are no more militants in Marawi".
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Black Cat

Uranium deal turns spotlight on Hillary Clinton but not the way she wanted

Ekaterina Blinova
Sputnik
Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:54 UTC
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© REUTERS/ Brian Snyder
Hillary and Bill Clinton could have been involved in "pay-to-play" schemes, while transferring money through their charity in a non-transparent manner, Wall Street analyst and investigative journalist Charles Ortel told Sputnik. The uranium deal may become the trigger for an all-out inquiry into the Clinton Foundation, he believes.

The Clintons' "modus operandi" is first, to lie under oath, and, second, to obstruct justice from within government and even from outside government, Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel told Sputnik, commenting on investigations launched by the Senate and the House of Representatives into the Obama-era uranium deal.

It was rumored that as secretary of state Hillary Clinton approved the agreement benefiting Russia in exchange for donations to the Clinton Foundation (CF) from Canadian mining industry leaders involved in the deal. Clinton refuted the claim that she helped support the donors' interests.
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Stormtrooper

Best of the Web: The mystery of the never-ending ISIS hordes - US mercenaries and Iraqi supply corridors

Ulson Gunnar
New Eastern Outlook
Sun, 22 Oct 2017 15:52 UTC
US mercenaries Syria
While the US and European media provided little explanation as to how militants from the self-titled Islamic State (IS) managed to appear, expand and then fight for years against the combined military power of Iraq, Syria, Iran and Russia, it was abundantly clear to many analysts that the IS organization was not only receiving state sponsorship, but it was receiving reinforcements, weapons and supplies from far beyond Syria's and Iraq's borders.

Maps of the conflict stretching over the last several years show clear corridors used to reinforce IS positions, leading primarily from Turkey's southern border and to a lesser extent, from Jordan's borders.

However, another possible vector may be desert highways in Iraq's western Anbar province where US military contractors are allegedly to "provide security" as well as build gas stations and rest areas. These highways contributed to the current conflict and still serve as a hotbed for state sponsored terrorism. Whether these US-controlled and improved highways pose a significant threat for a reorganized effort by the US and its regional allies to divide and destroy Iraq and Syria seems all but inevitable.
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