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Sebastian Gorka blasts "swamp" coup that has hit the Trump White House (Video)

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 19:02 UTC
Sebastian Gorka
© Fox News
Former Deputy Assistant to the President Sebastian Gorka broke his silence, and spoke to Fox News' Sean Hannity to reveal (in subtle terms) that a "swamp" coup has indeed taken place in the Trump White House.

When pressed by Hannity to explain recent remarks made by Gorka, that Trump is battling people within the White House, Gorka said, "I'm not going to fuel the palace intrigue," and then followed up with this revelation of the deep state takeover facing the Trump administration.
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Russian envoy to U.S. proposes reestablishing military, intelligence ties with U.S.


RFE/RL
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 18:54 UTC
Anatoly Antonov
Russia's new ambassador to the United States on August 30 called for re-establishing regular, direct contacts between Moscow's and Washington's military, intelligence, and foreign policy chiefs.

Military contacts between Moscow and Washington were frozen in 2014 after Russia illegally annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, but the U.S. secretary of state and Russian foreign minister still meet at times.


Comment: Russia didn't illegally annex Crimea. Get over it, RFE/RL.


In an interview published on Kommersant's website, Anatoly Antonov said "the time has come to resume joint meetings" regularly, and he also called for meetings between the heads of Russia's intelligence services and the U.S. CIA and FBI, saying that would further the fight against terrorism and cyberattacks.


Comment: Problem: many in the U.S. deep state are not interested in fighting terrorism or stopping cyberattacks. In fact, they're actively supportive of both.


He also suggested a "working cooperation" between Russia's Security Council and the U.S. National Security Council.

"We are interested in bringing bilateral relations back to normal," Antonov told Kommersant.

Comment: And a day later, this happens: US State Department orders closure of Russian Consulate in San Francisco, Lavrov regrets the escalation

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Zakharova: Syrian militant group preparing chemical attack in Daraa Province


Sputnik
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 18:26 UTC
air strike in Syria
© AFP 2017/ Mohamad ABAZEED
The Shabab al-Sunnah group (Youth of Sunna Forces) in Syria, a rebel formation affiliated with the Free Syrian Army's Southern Front, is likely preparing a chemical attack in the country's southern province of Daraa, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday.

Russia has information that the Shabab al-Sunnah group in Syria has access to chemical weapons and intends to use them, Zakharova said at a press briefing on Thursday.

"We have received worrying information. According to Russia's information, the Shabab al-Sunnah armed group has access to chemical weapons," Zakharova told a briefing.

According to Zakharova, the group has several missiles fitted with chemical agents at its warehouse in Daraa. The militants are planning to use these weapons in one of the province's settlements, she noted.

Comment: Looks like Russia has called out the possible false-flag: SYRIANGIRL gives clues that suggest US or Israeli attack on Syria could happen soon

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Flashback NATO attack on Serbian state TV facility wiped from record

Shane Quinn
The Duran
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 14:33 UTC
Serbian TV bldg
© Balkan InsightSite in Serbia of NATO missile strike killing 16 journalists and employees.
On 23 April 1999, a NATO missile attack on Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) headquarters killed 16 employees of the state broadcaster. The forgotten war crime occurred during the Kosovo War (March 1998-June 1999), and was part of NATO's aerial campaign alongside the US-backed Kosovo Liberation army, in opposition to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

In the aftermath of the attack there were no great public campaigns launched for the 16 murdered journalists and employees, no outpouring of emotion for those killed, no calls for solidarity and togetherness in the face of aggression. On the contrary the West justified this grievous blow against freedom of expression, praised it even.

Tony Blair, Britain's then Prime Minister, welcomed the killings when speaking at NATO's 50th anniversary summit in Washington. Blair said the missile attack was "entirely justified... in damaging and attacking all these targets", and that those murdered were part of the "apparatus of dictatorship and power of [Slobodan] Milosevic".

Blair felt that, "the responsibility for every single part of this action lies with the man [Milosevic] who has engaged in this policy of ethnic cleansing and must be stopped". Apparently Milosevic "must be stopped" by wiping out state journalists or what Blair describes as an "apparatus of dictatorship".

Comment: It is incidents such as the Serbian TV facility killings that exposes the Western hubris of murder and deflected blame. The same patterning is evident in bombing Syrian wedding parties and residential neighborhoods in order to blame 'evil Assad'. Vengeance upon the West, should that day come, will be hell to pay.

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Might Trump's 'troop surge' in Afghanistan bleed over into Indian-China stand-off?

Wayne Madsen
Intrepid Report
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 00:00 UTC
India/China
© jagran.com
There are intelligence indications and warnings that President Trump's "troop surge" in Afghanistan may also include the deployment of U.S. special warfare troops to the Indian side of the Chinese border. Currently, Indian and Chinese troops are facing off in a dangerous game of brinkmanship in three regions of the Himalayan range: the tri-border Dokalam Pass between China, the Indian state of Sikkim, and Bhutan; the Lipulekh Pass between the Indian state of Uttarakhand, Nepal, and China; and the Pangong Lake area of Ladakh in the territory of Kashmir, sovereignty over which is disputed between India, China, and Pakistan. The Pangong Lake stand-off resulted in a rock throwing spree between Chinese and Indian border troops last week.

The small armed forces of Bhutan are also involved in the Dokalam stand-off on the side of India. Since 1949, India has served as the protecting power over Bhutan, but a recent offer of $10 billion in Chinese economic aid to Bhutan has the kingdom thinking twice about its relationship with India.

Pentagon and CIA propaganda machinery are already citing China as the aggressor in all three Himalayan flash points, not surprising since the Trump administration has made hostility toward China a cornerstone of its foreign policy. Trump also has a friendly, albeit cautious, relationship with Indian right-wing nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Trump and Modi share the goal of ensuring China's ambitious "One Belt One Road" global economic initiative remains a pipe dream.

The word among diplomats in Kathmandu, the Nepalese capital, is that India would not have dared to stand up to China militarily without guarantees of American military support. That support is rumored to be included as a covert part of the U.S. troop "surge" in nearby Afghanistan. Moreover, Japan, a U.S. ally, has thrown its support behind Bhutan and India in the Dokalam stand-off with China.

Comment: The US continues to see itself as the universal default but only after it creates the circumstances to justify its intrusion.

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Flashback Iranian report: Israeli Mossad officer Benjamin Efraim unmasked as ISIS leader in Libya


ABNA
Sat, 26 Aug 2017 19:58 UTC
ISIS soldiers
"There's no God but Yahweh/Israel!"
According to the Libyan authorities, preacher Abu Hafs' real name is Benjamin Efraim, an Israeli national operating in one of Mossad's special units which conduct espionage operations in Arab and Islamic countries.

The Libyan authorities said the Mossad spy has started his career in Libya by leading a 200-member ISIS-affiliated group and moved to Benghazi in disguise as a preacher.

According to them, Abu Hafs had attempted to infiltrate Egypt, adding that the group, under his command, is among the most barbaric terrorist groups which had threatened to export war to Egypt.

Comment: Formerly known as Shianews, the AhlolBayt News Agency (ABNA) seems like a legit news outlet, so this story is likely well-founded and sourced. Bear in mind though that it is based in Iran, so it is also likely informed by 'seeing what it wants to see' concerning Israeli involvement in MENA affairs.

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Better Earth

From concept to partnership: BRICS members to build future through cooperation

Li Hui from People's Daily
Global Research
Tue, 29 Aug 2017 17:45 UTC
BRICS flags
The world is now casting its eyes on Xiamen, the coastal city in China's Fujian Province, as it will host the ninth BRICS Summit themed "deepening the BRICS partnership and opening up a brighter future" in early September.

"BRICS", since its birth as a new concept, has evolved into a cooperative mechanism guided by the regular meeting of leaders from the five emerging markets-Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

The mechanism also involves a series of exchanges and dialogue activities, including regular ministerial meetings, business forums and think-tank forums.

Over the past decade, the BRICS bloc has transformed itself from a concept to an entity by strengthening dialogue, deepening cooperation and establishing the New Development Bank (NDB) and Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA).

The members, as a result, have contributed much to stimulating world economic growth, reforming and improving global economic governance and boosting democratization of international relations.
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Trump looking for bipartisan support for tax reform plan to boost middle Class and 'bring back Main Street'


RT
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 17:51 UTC
trump
© Kevin Lamarque / Reuters
President Donald Trump is counting on bipartisan support for his tax reform plan, which he says will boost the economy and the middle-class. And, he may be in luck, as Democratic lawmakers facing reelection in states Trump won feel the political pressure.

At a manufacturer in Springfield, Missouri, Trump told an audience of supporters that he was going to bring back Main Street with a tax plan that he said is "pro-growth, pro-jobs, pro-worker and pro-American."

"We're here today to launch our plans to bring back Main Street by reducing the crumbling burden on our companies and on our workers," Trump said. "The foundation of our job creation agenda is to fundamentally reform our tax code for the first time in more than 30 years."

Trump urged members of Congress to get behind his efforts, saying that this is a "once in a generation opportunity to deliver real tax reform for everyday hard-working Americans."
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Real 'fake helicopter money': CIA counterfeits currencies to destroy economies of target nations

Terje Maloy
Global Research
Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:06 UTC
Wheelbarrow-money
Cash in a wheelbarrow
Why is it that countries are in the US cross hairs so often experience hyperinflation? In times of economic difficulties, such as war, it is normal to experience significant inflation. But in the countries mentioned as examples below, inflation was off the chart, where money became worth less than the paper it was printed on.

From time to time the New York Times publishes articles that contain extraordinary revelations, that show the real working methods of the CIA. These revelations are normally once-off news, never to be followed up. In 1992, the newspaper published an article with the headline 'Fake-Money Flood Is Aimed At Crippling Iraq's Economy', which had some extraordinary revelations:
Iraq's economy is the target of an American-led destabilization campaign to pour vast amounts of counterfeit currency into the country, Arab and Western officials here say.

The fake dinar notes are being smuggled across the Jordanian, Saudi, Turkish and Iranian borders in an effort to undermine the Iraqi economy, said the officials here who closely monitor the situation inside Iraq. Those officials said counterfeit dollars are being smuggled into Iraq in smaller quantities to further confound the banking system. The officials, who insisted on not being identified, said the countries behind the separate counterfeiting operations included Western nations, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Israel.

The fake currency has contributed to Iraq's severe inflation problem, which is aggravated by the fact that the Iraqi Government is printing money at uncontrolled speed to pay inflated salaries and cover the costs of reconstruction.

A Saudi official, who insisted on not being identified, concurred with the reports, saying that "all borders are being used."
To properly understand this tactic of the CIA, it is worth noticing that the target country, Iraq, already was under severe economic stress. A common theme in the targeted countries are pre-existing weaknesses that become strongly exacerbated by hyperinflation. The countries have been excluded from the international financial markets, thus making loans impossible.
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Defense Secretary Mattis begins signing orders to send additional US troops to Afghanistan


RT
Thu, 31 Aug 2017 17:38 UTC
US soldiers
© Omar Sobhani / Reuters
US Defense Secretary James Mattis has announced he's signed an order to send more troops into Afghanistan. The move comes after the Pentagon confirmed it has way more troops in the country than previously admitted.

Speaking at a news conference, Mattis confirmed the reinforcements would be arriving in Afghanistan within the next few days, according to Defense News correspondent Aaron Mehta, who is present at the briefing. Mattis did not mention exact numbers or specifics though.

"Yes, I have signed orders but it is not complete. In other words I have signed some of the (orders for) troops that will go and we are identifying the specific ones," Mattis said at the conference.

"By and large this is to enable the Afghan force to fight more effectively. It is more advisers, it is more enablers, fire support, for example."
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