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Putin: Russia to deliver S-400 defense systems to Turkey without 'political or strategic limitations'


RT
Tue, 03 Apr 2018 23:09 UTC
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© SputnikTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin shake hands during a news conference following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey April 3, 2018.
During Vladimir Putin's first foreign visit since his election last month, the Russian and Turkish presidents agreed to broaden military cooperation, and launched the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant.

At a press conference in Ankara, Putin announced that Russia would push forward its delivery dates for the S-400 defense systems, which are now due after a contract was signed between the two countries in December, despite objections from Turkey's NATO allies.

"We are speeding up production, and we have finalized the prices, which is very important," Putin said, while standing next to Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "In terms of shortening the delivery schedule, we have done this at the request of our Turkish friends and partners."
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Vader

Fire Him! Blundering Boris caught lying about Russia being source of Skripal poisoning and now his job is in jeopardy


RT
Tue, 03 Apr 2018 21:21 UTC
Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson put his post in jeopardy after apparently lying about Russia being proven as the source of a nerve agent used in the Skripals' poisoning. On Tuesday, the Porton Down lab said that they hadn't identified the source.

The Foreign Secretary's statement, which is being widely shared on social media, features him telling Germany's state broadcaster that scientists from the Porton Down laboratory were "categorical" about the Russian origin of the substance used in the alleged nerve attack.

Midway through the interview, conducted a fortnight ago, the German TV interviewer asks Johnson: "you argue that the source of this nerve agent, Novichok, is Russia. How did you manage to find it out so quickly? Does Britain possess samples of it?

"Let me be clear with you ... When I look at the evidence, I mean the people from Porton Down, the laboratory," he replies, before the presenter interjects "So they have the samples?"

Comment: Despite the Porton Down CEO categorically stating that they cannot identify the source of the nerve agent, the UK government continues to obstinately insist that Russia is behind the poisoning, even though they've provided no evidence to anyone to back up their statements. The only thing they have is their nutty anti-Russian hysteria. They are apparently willing to risk their jobs furthering that agenda. There has been no shortage of roasting Johnson, May and the whole UK gov't online:







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Bad Guys

Why the US abandoned its Jihadis in East Ghouta

Alexander Mercouris
The Duran
Tue, 03 Apr 2018 20:50 UTC
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© Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry Press ServiceRussian S-400 missile systems have gone a long way to deterring US combat jets' ability to operate in Syria
The US military is not prepared to take on Russia's military in Syria

As the fighting in East Ghouta in Syria began to get underway in earnest last month, talk inevitably increased about a possible US military strike against the Syrian military in order to save the Jihadis under siege in East Ghouta.

Demands - or what amounted to demands - for military action to break the siege of East Ghouta began to appear in the Western media, of which this article in The Guardian is a good example. Here is some of the things it said
......in the light of two significant military developments in recent weeks, western leaders should reconsider their reluctance to strike the forces responsible for so many atrocities. First, on 7 February, Russian private military contractors attacked a base in eastern Syria where US troops were based. The US forces appear to have killed a large number of attackers. The Russians were undoubtedly fighting in Syria with Kremlin approval, as a way of maintaining the fiction that Russia has no ground forces in Syria. Even so, Russia chose to cover up its casualties, rather than fight back.

Second, after Syrian air defences shot down an Israeli F-16 fighter on 10 February, Israel claimed to have destroyed almost half of Syria's air defence system in retaliatory strikes. The Russians did nothing to prevent the Israeli attack. Israel's success suggests that western military leaders were exaggerating the strength of Syria's air defences to justify not striking regime targets earlier.
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War Whore

Blowhard Gavin Williamson says Putin is going to start WWIII

John Thalassites
Express
Tue, 03 Apr 2018 18:00 UTC
Gavin Williamson
© GettyGavin Williamson wants Russia to 'shut up'
VLADIMIR Putin might trigger World War 3 if he continues trying to "subvert, undermine and influence countries around the world" - according to Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson.

Mr Williamson, who told Mr Putin to "shut up and go away" in an astonishing broadside at the Kremlin last month, has slammed Russia's "cold-blooded attack" on double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury.

The defence chief warned Russia poses a real threat to Western and global security.

He said: "Putin is investing in long-range missiles, boasting about nuclear systems and engaging in brazen cyber operations.

"We shouldn't forget this was the first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the Second World War.

Comment: What a lying scumbag. Williamson is clearly securing the "£800 million extra funding" to his department by hyping up the "Russian threat" and blowing a lot of hot air. Considering Porton Down have admitted they have not identified the source of the "Novichok", it takes a lot of gall to keep blustering about this.

See also:

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Beaker

It's unidentified: Porton Down scientists CANNOT confirm Novichok in Skripal case was made in Russia


RT
Tue, 03 Apr 2018 15:07 UTC
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© I-Images/Global Look Press
UK scientists have been unable to prove Russia made the nerve agent A-234 (also known as "Novichok") which was used to poison Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury.

Scientists at the top secret army base Porton Down are unable to link the samples to Russia, after weeks of Moscow insisting it had nothing to do with the attack. Theresa May's Government has repeatedly blamed the Kremlin and imposed sanctions on Russia, including the expulsion of 23 diplomats.


Gary Aitkenhead, chief executive of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down, told Sky News:
"We were able to identify it as novichok, to identify that it was military-grade nerve agent. We have not identified the precise source, but we have provided the scientific info to government who have then used a number of other sources to piece together the conclusions you have come to."

Comment: All three of the above videos are worth the look-see. It will be interesting to observe where May and company go from here and what, if anything the UN OPCW council does to address Russia's legitimate concerns and complaints.

See also: Salisbury incident report offers hard evidence for soft minds

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Arrow Down

The end of nation states? Germans want EU federalization

Frank Sellers
The Duran
Sat, 31 Mar 2018 11:17 UTC
StateofEUrope
© INFOWARS
Imagine a Europe with no dissent. Imagine a large imperial powerhouse, commanding all of Europe. Imagine a Europe with the a single military force immediately ready for mobilization at a moment's notice. Imagine a Europe wherein one centralized economic powerhouse dictates foreign and domestic policy without any pesky deliberation. If this brings to your mind Imperial Rome, you'd be wrong, but not all that far off the mark. It's the new federalized Europe envisioned by France, Germany, Spain, the Swedes, and some others.

In this new federalized Europe, smaller countries effectively have no say in policies affecting their peoples. Here, smaller, less influential nations have to send their kids off to war without really getting to have a say in the matter. Additionally, also to take the demographic consequences of such belligerent policies, once again, without the power to efficaciously object.

Comment: Once in, kiss the small countries g'bye. There will be no backing out and regaining sovereignty. A crisis is needed in order to weld together a single pan-European state and it looks like Russia is set out to be the patsy-threat.

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Bullseye

Mark Zuckerberg reveals how Facebook will try to kill alternative media

Allum Bokhari
Breitbart
Mon, 02 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC
Zuckerberg
© Paul Marotta/Getty Images
In his recent interview with the far-left online publication Vox, Mark Zuckerberg explained Facebook's new system of favoring "broadly trusted" news sources, via a mechanism designed to favor established outlets and crush new media.

Facebook introduced its new system in January, and the results were immediately apparent. Facebook traffic to establishment outlets including CNN and NBC soared upwards, while traffic to conservative outlets fell. Facebook engagement (likes, shares, and comments) also fell across multiple new media outlets, including those on the right and the left. Facebook engagement on President Trump's posts fell by 45 per cent.

In his Vox interview, Mark Zuckerberg explained these changes as neutrally as he could, talking about providing a more "meaningful experience" for Facebook users. But despite tamely couching his words, the truth slipped out - Facebook is going to act like a publisher, with a view on what counts as "quality news," and make judgments about the accuracy and reliability of news publications.

Zuckerberg outlined three categories of "fake news" - spammers, state actors, and "real media outlets who are saying what they think is true but have varying levels of accuracy or trustworthiness."

Comment: So Zuckerberg's Facebook has essentially become a pimp for MSM.

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Post-It Note

Memo to prosecutors: Law allows government to execute legal marijuana growers

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:00 UTC
JeffSessionsNoose
© THEFREETHOUGHTPROJECT.com
Jeff Sessions' latest memo pushes prosecutors to seek the death penalty against drug dealers, including the ability of the government to execute owners of completely legal marijuana businesses. Seriously.

To make America great again, Donald Trump announced last month that he will be moving forward with his plan to execute people for selling drugs. Without any critical thought or scientific approach, the president completely ignored all the data and instead opted for the police state as a solution to the opioid epidemic currently ravaging the nation.
"We can have all the blue-ribbon committees we want, but if we don't get tough on the drug dealers, we're wasting our time. Just remember that. We're wasting our time. And that toughness includes the death penalty," Trump exclaimed before he was met with applause.
As his supporters cheered on the wholesale state-sanctioned slaughter of people for conducting voluntary interactions, their applause were also unwittingly supporting the murder of legal marijuana growers.
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Footprints

Saudi Crown Prince: US troops should stay in Syria

W. J. Hennigan
TIME
Fri, 30 Mar 2018 00:00 UTC
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© Alex Wong/Getty ImagesCrown Prince Of Saudi Arabia Mohammad Bin Salman at the Pentagon.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wants the U.S. military to maintain a presence in Syria, despite President Donald Trump's declaration that American forces will be pulled from the war-torn country in the near future.

Bin Salman, a 32-year old who last year disrupted the line of succession when he became next in line for the Saudi throne, has emerged as the most powerful Saudi ruler in decades. In addition to being selected as the crown prince, he serves as First Deputy Prime Minister, President of the Council for Economic and Development Affairs, and Minister of Defense.

Bin Salman, who is midway through a multi-city tour in the United States, said the American troop presence inside Syria is the last effort stopping Iran, Saudi Arabia's arch-enemy, from continuing to expand influence with regional allies. U.S. forces inside the country also allow Washington to have a say in Syria's future, he said.

Iran, through proxy militias and regional allies, will establish a overland supply route that leads from Beirut through Syria and Iraq to Tehran, Bin Salman said. The so-called "Shiite Crescent" would give Iran a greater foothold in a tumultuous region through a string of allies.

The U.S. maintains a remote base at Deir Ezzor in eastern Syria, in the middle of that corridor. It's there that Special Operations forces coordinate with Syrian opposition fighters to wipe out the remaining ISIS fighters holed up in a series of towns along the Euphrates River and a stretch of desert straddling the Iraq-Syria border. "If you take those troops out from east Syria, you will lose that checkpoint," bin Salman said. "And this corridor could create a lot of things in the region."

Comment: It is up to the Syrians to determine what goes on in their country.

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Eye 1

EU army gets to work in Africa and plans to surround oil routes in the Middle East

John Thalassites
Express
Tue, 03 Apr 2018 11:18 UTC
Macron
The current base is located in the UK in Northwood, with Britain having ran Europe's naval station for a number of years.

Now France have backed Spain to be the new home of Europe's navy after March 29, 2019 - and Italian officials are furious.

The French and Spanish Defence Ministers agreed the stitch-up this week, declaring that 'Operation Atalanta' against piracy in the Indian Ocean needs a Spanish base.

The Cadiz base, which is controlled by the Spanish navy, will be the home of the European navy - having launched in December 2008 to combat Somali pirates in the region.

Spain is the only country with a permanent presence in the European naval operation, contributing 33 vessels in ten years and an air detachment at the Djibouti base.


Comment: Surely the EU has greater worries than Somali 'pirates' - no doubt this is a cover: China's 1st foreign naval base opens in Djibouti


Comment: So we have the burgeoning EU army and military cooperation with other nations and edging their way to the Middle East, as well as to counter the strategic agreements China and Russia has also been making in the region:

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