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Qatari fighter jets have intercepted a civilian aircraft for the second time claims UAE


RT
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 16:01 UTC
Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet
© ReutersA Qatar Emiri Air Force Dassault Mirage 2000-5 fighter jet.
Authorities in the UAE have claimed that Qatari fighter jets intercepted a second civilian passenger plane Monday, despite vehement denials of the initial incident by a spokesperson for Qatar's Foreign Ministry.

The claims pertained to an Emirati civilian plane en route to Bahrain, with the UAE alleging it was in direct contravention of international law. Several hours later, allegations of a second incident near Manama airport were made in the Emirati media, citing the UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority.


The UAE's Civil Aviation Authority described the second incident as "a renewed breach of international laws and conventions, and a flagrant and serious threat to the safety of civil aviation" reports news agency BNA.

The UAE's two major airlines have so far declined to comment on the alleged incidents AP reports.

Comment: There's no love lost between Qatar and its neighbors. See also:

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Target

Russian FM Lavrov: US-made missile system deployed in Japan could be used offensively and controlled by Washington


RT
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:12 UTC
American Aegis Combat System
© US Navy / AFP
The US-made Aegis missile-defense system deployed in Japan could be used for offensive purposes and fall under full control of Washington, the Russian foreign minister warns.

The deployment of the American Aegis Combat System, designed to provide defense against short to intermediate-range ballistic missiles, casts a shadow over Russia-Japan relations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during his annual Q&A on Monday. Moscow has serious concerns over its purpose and who will be behind the operational control of the missile system in Japan. Despite Tokyo's assertions, Moscow remains unconvinced.

"We have data that the system that will be deployed in Japan is based on universal launchers, which can use assault weapons," the foreign minister stated. He added that Washington has never given control over its weapons to the country of deployment and this time will be no exception.

Comment: Russia is well aware of US duplicity and knows fully what is intended by deployment of these systems. Throwing a spanner into the relationship between Tokyo and Moscow is simply a bonus.

United States pursues greatest armament buildup encircling Russia since Cold War

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Bizarro Earth

Sweden to reissue 1940s 'war guide' - updated to address threats of terrorism & climate change


RT
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 17:08 UTC
udpated sweeden war guide
© Kungliga Inrikesdepartementet / Wikipedia
Sweden is set to release a modern version of a 1940s guide on how to cope with war, with the creators citing the threats of climate change and terrorist attacks, according to local media.

The government originally distributed the Om kriget kommer (If War Comes) booklet to Swedes at the height of World War II in 1943, advising them what to do if the country became involved in the conflict. A subsequent version dealt with the Cold War. Another, revised in the 1980s, was used internally by the Swedish government.

It's now being revived once again, this time dealing with modern concerns. "Back then the [booklet's] focus was only on war. Today society looks completely different," Christina Andersson of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), which Stockholm commissioned to produce the new version, told Aftonbladet.

Comment: On one hand this move seems to be in response to citizens' concerns. On a more subtle level is it a way to ramp up more fear among the population?

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Bullseye

Lavrov states it plainly: Trump administration fears competition in the international arena


RT
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 08:58 UTC
Whitehouse
© Joshua Roberts / Reuters
The current administration is afraid of competition in the international arena in a number of directions, and behaves tougher than the Obama administration, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.

"It seems to me that despite President Trump's line during the election campaign, this legacy, unfortunately, has been preserved in the actions of the current US administration, becoming even more saturated, more assertive in some ways, and there is a fear of fair competition in a number of areas: energy, gas supplies to Europe," Lavrov said.

Comment: No doubt when Lavrov speaks of the Trump administration, he is really speaking about all the forces imposed upon the Trump administration that, as President Putin said not too long,'don't permit him to work. And by working, Putin meant doing business that had far less to do with waging war and chaos on the world than in making actual business deals and pursuing cooperation and detente with Russia.

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Attention

Newsbud sources: Gulen network planning false-flag attacks in China

Sibel Edmonds
Newsbud
Sun, 14 Jan 2018 17:11 UTC
Gulen
© Charles Mostoller / ReutersUS-based cleric Fethullah Gulen
This is an urgent news announcement by Newsbud, based on information received from carefully vetted sources both inside and outside the United States.

Radical Cleric Gulen's Network, CIA's long-term proxy for Gladio B false flag terror operations, has issued an action order to its top operatives (aka senior lieutenants) in Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Latvia. These operatives are to act as agent provocateurs - to create violence and terror incidents to be blamed on Uyghurs, an ethnic minority in China's Xinjiang region, and by doing so, incite the Chinese government to respond with force.

As a leading independent media organization Newsbud is releasing and disseminating this urgent announcement now in an attempt to help prevent further terror incidents and carnage. Please do your share and help us disseminate this information.

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Blackbox

Say what? MSNBC host Chris Matthews makes bizarre joke about Hillary Clinton

Carlos Garcia
The Blaze
Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:02 UTC
chris matthews
© YouTube
MSNBC host Chris Matthews apologized after a clip came to light of his making a joke about Hillary Clinton before interviewing her for his show.

Here's the video of his bizarre joke:


Here's what he said:

"Can I have some of the queen's waters? Precious waters?" he asked his staffers as they prepared for her interview in Iowa during the 2016 Democratic primary.

"Where's that Bill Cosby pill I brought with me?" he says, laughing at his own joke.

Bill Cosby was accused by dozens of women of sexual assault, many of whom said he drugged them and sexually assaulted them when they were unconscious or barely conscious. Matthews hinted that he wanted a "Bill Cosby pill" to drug Clinton.

Comment: He made a slightly off-color joke. Big deal. What's really disturbing is the hint that this was Chris Matthews' awkward way of saying he wanted to sleep with the "queen" Hillary. If that's the case, you really have to question his brain functioning.

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Wolf

There is no "Free Syrian Army", there is only Al-Qaeda - an overview

William Van Wagenen
The Libertarian Institute
Wed, 27 Dec 2017 16:41 UTC
jihadist
"Are we supporting al Qaeda in Syria?"
A brief overview of collaboration between the US-backed Free Syrian Army and al-Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front.

Among Syria commentators in the West, both left and mainstream, it is commonly claimed that the Syrian government led by Bashar al-Assad has attempted to crush the supposedly moderate, secular rebels of the Western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA), while at the same time deliberately supporting extremist rebel groups in order to "Islamize" the Syrian rebellion and to convince the West the Syrian government is really fighting terrorism. It is argued that if Assad could claim his government was fighting al-Qaeda terrorists, rather than secular freedom fighters struggling for democracy, this would force the US and other Western powers to end their support for the Syrian rebels trying to topple the Syrian government, and to instead embrace Assad as a partner with the West in the so-called War on Terror.

A closer review of events in Syria shows the opposite, however, namely that it is the US-backed FSA-branded Syrian rebel groups that have consistently collaborated with and fought alongside al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, the Nusra Front, as well as alongside other Salafi-Jihadi rebel groups, namely Ahrar al-Sham and Jaish al-Islam, and at times even alongside the Islamic State (ISIS).
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USA

Erik Prince defends Trump: 'Some places are s***holes. Literally.'

Robert Kraychik
Breitbart
Sat, 13 Jan 2018 15:57 UTC
Erik Prince
© Getty Images/Getty Images/AFP/Mark WilsonErik Prince
"I'm happy to have a president that will bluntly speak the truth in negotiations," said Erik Prince of President Donald Trump's alleged description of certain impoverished states as "s***hole countries."

Prince made his remarks on Friday's edition of SiriusXM's Breitbart News Tonight, hosted by Breitbart News's Senior Editor-at-Large Rebecca Mansour. He is a retired Navy SEAL and founder of Academi (formerly Blackwater USA).

"If the president says some places are shitholes, he's accurate," said Prince, reflecting on time he served in Haiti in 1994 during Operation Uphold Democracy:
I know the president was beaten up even on comments he made about Haiti, and I can speak firsthand about Haiti, because as a young Navy SEAL officer in 1994, Bill Clinton decides to invade Haiti. I was there. My SEAL team ended up sending two platoons, and we actually planned for 100 percent casualties, not from enemy fire, but because of the water quality. We had to swim ashore, and the water was so bad because there were two and a half million people with untreated sewage flowing right into the water that we were going in. We had to get so many shots, so many vaccinations, that none of us could donate blood for six years afterwards. So if the president says some places are shitholes, he's accurate. Literally.

Comment: Prince is right about the domestic angle: countries like Haiti are shitholes because they are run by corrupt, incompetent hacks. What Prince doesn't mention is the foreign angle: the other nations (like the U.S.) who do everything in their power to keep it that way. See the discussion in yesterday's edition of the Truth Perspective:

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Question

WSJ slams Trump dossier as 'Hillary Clinton's conjured-up research fed to Obama's FBI'

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 15:52 UTC
rachel maddow
© MSNBCSnowflake Maddow watches the scandal crumble
Wall Street Journal calls for an end to Trump dossier "Silly Season"

The liberal left, globalist, mainstream media is watching their entire "Trump-Russia collusion" scandal fall apart in fantastic fashion, making a mockery of American government and exposing the corrupt, Deep State, DC swamp for all the world to see.

The mainstream media have spun the latest Fusion GPS revelations into a narrative of motives and values which are "good enough" to give the FBI cause to spy on a Presidential candidate.

Comment: Whatever has gotten into the WSJ? Actually publishing a fair summation of the Trump dossier story's trajectory? The real question is will the 'crazy' lead to proper charges and convictions? That's all that matters.

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Gold Coins

From Ritz Carlton to high-security prison: Saudi prince reportedly transferred after refusing to pay $6bn


RT
Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:06 UTC
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal
© Alsaud / FacebookPrince Alwaleed Bin Talal
Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has reportedly been transferred to a maximum-security prison after refusing to pay $6 billion as part of a government anti-corruption purge.

The prince was among 60 detainees who were being kept under arrest at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. However, these were moved by Saudi authorities to Al-Ha'ir Prison, according to sources quoted by Al-Araby Al-Jadeednews website. The jail, located south of Riyadh, is the kingdom's highest-security prison.

Comment: See also:

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