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With low morale, corruption and embezzlement in Ukraine, Poroshenko begs NATO for handouts


NRT24
Sun, 24 Sep 2017 15:01 UTC
Poroshenko drunk
Poroshenko
Despite financial injections of Western partners into the military budget of Ukraine, Poroshenko continues to travel around the NATO countries with an outstretched hand. Meanwhile, the AFU continue plunging into corruption and fabricating financial reports.

According to the information available to us, the AFU units located in the so-called 'ATO' zone received a large batch of BRDM-2 vehicles allegedly undergone a deep modernization, involving the installation of modern communication systems, but, however, did not solve the problem of the need for major overhaul of old machines.

Accustomed to Poroshenko's tales about the 'strongest' army in Europe, Prosecutor General Lutsenko was greatly surprised to visit the position of the 128 separate mountain infantry brigade. On the engineering equipment of the brigade's positions, billions of hryvnias were allocated, in fact, it turned out to be a cheap imitation of hastily built fortifications. In shock from what he saw, Lutsenko instructed to conduct an investigation into the theft of budget funds allocated for the construction of the second line of defense.
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Thierry Meyssan: Kurdistan - what the referendum is hiding

Thierry Meyssan
Voltaire Network
Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:19 UTC
electoral poster independent Kurdistan
On this electoral poster, the map of independent Kurdistan overflows from the autonomous Iraqi region onto Iraqi and Syrian territory.
In a world where images count more than realities, the Press is presenting us with a democratic referendum for the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan. However, despite the fact that, constitutionally speaking, this referendum should be held throughout Iraq, and not only in the independentist zone, several million non-Kurdish voters have already been ejected from their homes and will never be able to return. In the polling stations, only the independentists will be supervising the legality of the vote. Thierry Meyssan reveals this fraud and the interests it is hiding.

The referendum for the independence of Kurdistan is a fool's game. The United States, which secretly supports it, claims in public to oppose it. France and the United Kingdom are doing the same, hoping that Washington will make their old dreams come true. Not to be outdone, Russia is hinting that although it is against any unilateral change, it might support independence... as long as everyone accepts the independence of Crimea, which means accepting its attachment to Moscow.

The degree of hypocrisy of the permanent members of the UN Security Council is such that they have so far been unable to give a ruling on this question, despite their apparent unanimity. They have not adopted any resolution (in other words, a text with international force of law), nor Presidential declaration (in other words a position common to the members of the Council) - nothing except an insipid Press release during their meeting on 19 September [1].
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Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement hails decision to list Israel as human rights abuser


Middle East Monitor
Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:24 UTC
Israeli security forces arresting a Palestinian
© Shadi Hatem/ApaimagesIsraeli security forces arresting a Palestinian
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement hailed on Sunday the decision of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to add Israel to the list of human rights abusers, Quds Press has reported. Hamas described this as an important step that exposes the real face of the Israeli occupation authorities and their treatment of the Palestinians.

"Putting Israel on the list of entities which violate human rights and human rights activists confirms that the Palestinian people are oppressed [under the Israeli occupation]," insisted the movement.

Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum called on the international community and institutions, including the International Criminal Court, to hold Israel to account for its violations and to implement measures to "punish" the Zionist state. He stressed the importance of supporting the efforts of the Palestinian people to obtain their freedom and regain their "stolen" rights.
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Overextended empire takes its toll: US Pacific Fleet commander resigns after Navy ship collisions


RT
Tue, 26 Sep 2017 08:26 UTC
The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain
© Ahmad Masood / ReutersThe U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain is seen after a collision, in Singapore waters August 21, 2017.
The commander of the US Pacific Fleet has announced his retirement after being passed up for a major promotion. It comes after two US Navy vessels collided with commercial ships in the Pacific over the summer, killing 17 sailors.

Admiral Scott Swift made the unexpected announcement on Facebook, after learning that he would not be given the opportunity to serve as chief of all military forces in the region.

"I have been informed by the Chief of Naval Operations that I will not be his nominee to replace Adm. Harris as the Commander, US Pacific Command. In keeping with tradition and in loyalty to the Navy, I have submitted my request to retire," he wrote, adding that he has "not requested a retirement date as there is much work to be done here..."

Comment: See also: US Navy fires additional officers after deadly warship collisions

With Chinese military and trade presence increasing in the Pacific, the US is scrambling to push more ships and men into the region, apparently at a pace it is incapable of sustaining. Inexperienced captains, forced to 'sail blind' to avoid detection, are winding up crashing their vessels into giant cargo tankers. For a discussion on why this is happening, see: Behind the Headlines: What Ever Happened to the New World Order?

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Human Rights Watch refutes US report on civilian deaths - "Enough evidence to indicate many civilians killed"


RT
Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:31 UTC
us airstrikes syria
© Morukc Umnaber / Global Look Press
The HRW report "disproves" the US investigation's claim that there was "insufficient evidence" of civilian casualties during the strikes, Nadim Houry, director of terrorism and counterterrorism division at Human Rights Watch, told RT.

"There is enough evidence to indicate that many civilians were killed, dozens," Houry said. "When we asked them [US-led coalition]... on how they conducted their investigation they said these were...secrets that they could not share with us."

In two of the attacks in Tabqa and Mansourah, a US-led coalition aircraft struck a school housing displaced people in Mansourah on March 20, and a market and a bakery in Tabqa on March 22, HRW said. In its 42-page case study, the HRW added that IS (Islamic State, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorists were present at both sites, along with a number of civilians.
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Former German Ambassador: CDU's failure in election due to Merkel and Schultz ignoring foreign policy issues


RT
Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:19 UTC
German AfD party supporters
© Reinhard Krause / ReutersSupporters of the hard-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party
Germany's major parties have been silent on foreign policy issues while the world and Germany itself face plenty of international problems, a German diplomat and FDP member told RT. He also said Germans want to improve the soured relations with Russia.

One of the reasons for the CDU's failure, a significant loss in Sunday's election, is "that they did not really address the problems of the nation," a former German ambassador to Japan, Poland and India and the Free Democratic party (FDP) member, Frank Elbe, told RT.

The world has faced a plenty of crises in foreign affairs, including a belligerent North Korea, a wave of possible immigrants from Africa to Europe with no solution to stop them and a crisis with Russia, he said.

"If you look at the duel between Mrs. [Angela] Merkel and Mr. [Martin] Shultz, foreign political issues were nor addressed once," Frank Elbe told RT, adding that journalists failed to ask such questions and the politicians didn't address them.

Comment: As one analyst points out, Merkel is to blame for the rise of the Afd party due to her shifting the CDU from right-center to left-center. Creating a gap on the right has allowed the AfD to fill the open space with a party that actually addresses the immigration issues that many Germans are concerned with.

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Russia has the last laugh over NATO's own fake news about Zapad military exercises

Mary Dejevsky
The Independent
Fri, 22 Sep 2017 00:38 UTC
Russia jets
© Associated PressRussian military jets fly over Moscow in August during Zapad-17
Military and media reports hyped the Zapad military exercise as a major threat. In fact, what took place was nothing as dramatic as the West's warnings would have led you to believe

Whatever happened to the imminent outbreak of World War Three? Earlier this month, you may recall, warnings about a "huge" Russian war game were everywhere, sowing alarm across the Western world. This could, we were told repeatedly, be Russia's biggest military exercise since the end of the Cold War. "Massive" and "vast" were other adjectives used.

Military and media reports built Zapad-2017 - Zapad meaning West in Russian - into an almost unprecedented threat, but two particular claims stood out. Russia's insistence that around 12,000 troops would take part was dismissed as a subterfuge; in reality, there would be upwards of 100,000.

Then there was intent. Such a major exercise, it was argued, could provide cover for a Russian land grab in Ukraine or even the Baltic States. Its proximity, in time and geography, to the 1 September anniversary of the start of the Second World War - Germany's assault on Polish troops at Westerplatte - only seemed to lend the warnings extra credibility. With East-West tensions running high, we were on standby for World War Three.

So what happened? Zapad-2017 concluded earlier this week, by which time it had seriously fizzled out, in Western media terms at least. All that made the news was footage of President Vladimir Putin observing the scene through binoculars, and a report that three people had been injured when a Russian helicopter accidentally fired on spectators. The numbers are put, even by Western analysts, at somewhere between 10,000 and 17,000 troops taking part. No one has been invaded.

Comment: Some Russian analysts have called the propaganda part of a NATO 'cash grab'. By attempting to amp up the Russian hysteria in neighboring NATO member countries, they can pressure them into increasing the amount of military equipment and NATO personnel garrisoned there. All paid for of course, by the citizens of said countries.



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UN Envoy: Saif Al Islam Ghadafi allowed to run for president of Libya

Joanne Moriarty
Libyan War The Truth
Mon, 25 Sep 2017 01:04 UTC
Saif Al Islam Ghadafi
© mintpressnews.comSaif Al Islam Ghadafi
The UN envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame (from Lebanon), has released a bit of information about his upcoming plan for Libya. He states that there is a 3 step plan culminating in a general election for the country in 2018. This will be an election for President and Parliament. He confirmed that all Ghadafi loyalists including and especially his son, Saif Al Islam Ghadafi will be free to participate.

Of course it is absurd to think that the Libyan people need permission from the UN to hold an election and decide who can run in that election. The best news about this statement is that it ignores the worthless ICC (International Criminal Court) and their phony charges against Saif Al Islam. It proves the ICC is not respected and their opinion is not relevant to anything happening in Libya.

Also, I must comment that the Great Tribes of Libya have their own schedule for this election which may or may not meet the schedule of the UN. The bottom line is that there is only one solution to bring peace and security back to Libya and her people - that is via the Green Resistance and the return of Libya to the great Jamahiriya. In Libya you will find 95% of the people now back this movement and support Saif Al Islam Ghadafi as their leader. There is no support and never has been for radical Islamists, terrorists, Muslim Brotherhood or any other western supported armed control of Libya.


Comment: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, formally known as the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya was the name from 1986 to 2011 of the Libyan state established by Muammar Gaddafi after the overthrow of the Kingdom of Libya in 1969. The Libyan government stated that the Libyan Jamahiriya was a direct democracy without any political parties, governed by its populace through local popular councils and communes (named Basic People's Congresses).


Comment: The return of Libya to a functional society ready to take on elections is good news indeed, even more welcome with the decision regarding Ghadafi's son.

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German election deemed a disaster for Macron

Alexander Mercouris
The Duran
Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:53 UTC
Macron
© pro.creditwritedowns.comFrench President Emmanuel Macron
The election in Germany, which has left Merkel looking mortally wounded and has shattered the German consensus of unconditional support for Germany's Atlanticist foreign policy and for the EU, is a political earthquake. One person buried under the rubble is France's new President Emmanuel Macron.

Macron fought the Presidential election in France at a time of growing disillusion in France with the EU. He nonetheless fought and won the campaign on a counter-intuitive platform of "more Europe". This admitted that EU institutions are dysfunctional and that the eurozone is working against French economic interests. However it argued that the solution to this problem was not to take France out of the eurozone or the EU but to reform the EU institutions and the eurozone in order to rebalance them in France's national interest.

Comment: Germany doesn't like change. Merkel represents continuity. Big changes to reform the EU and its institutions would likely have stalled even if she had won by a bigger margin.

See also:

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Oleg Deripaska and Paul Manafort: How the hustler got hustled

John Helmer
Dances with Bears
Mon, 25 Sep 2017 21:20 UTC
Deripaska Manafort
© Dances with BearsOleg Deripaska (lead image, left) is famous for snatching other people's money and legging it.
The records of the High Court in London show what he did to Mikhail Chernoy (Cherney), Boris Berezovsky, and Roman Abramovich. Chernoy recovered $200 million in 2012

Only two people have ever taken Deripaska's money and legged it themselves. One was Anthony Louis, owner and editor of the Moscow Tribune, the first English-language newspaper published in Moscow. Louis took several thousand dollars in exchange for shares to keep his paper afloat but never handed over the shares to Deripaska. The newspaper sank without trace in 2002.

In April 2008 Paul Manafort (lead image, right) took $18,938,400 from Deripaska in return for which he promised to invest up to $100 million in Ukrainian cable television and telecommunications companies. Manafort trousered the cash, or so Deripaska has alleged in court, as he has been trying to get his money back.

But Manafort's hustle has been reported in US newspapers as an attempt to promote Kremlin influence in US elections, especially the one which put Donald Trump into the White House last November. The evidence for the subversion claim is now being gathered by the Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and reported publicly by leaks of what his investigation has placed in evidence before a grand jury. These include CIA, NSA and FBI surveillance and wire taps of Manafort during the presidential election campaign - yes, during the presidential campaign - and afterwards.

On September 20, the Washington Post, a catalogue belonging by Amazon owner Jeff Bezos, published excerpts of Manafort emails which have been leaked by the FBI, whose agents broke into Manafort's apartment at dawn on July 26, confiscating papers and computer records; by investigators with access to the files of Counsel Muller; and by other investigators, all of them pleading anonymity for themselves and authenticity for their leaks.
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