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ISIS management structure & their plans to continue underground

Sophie Mangal
Global Research
Sat, 16 Dec 2017 14:47 UTC
ISIS returns to homes
© AFP
Inside Syria Media Center' sources report on personnel changes and on the renewal of ISIS leadership. Senior officials in hiding are trying to optimize the management of their structure and continue to carry out illegal subversive activities in a number of countries.

According to the sources, ISIS leadership is still under Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

The representatives of ISIS military council are Iyad Abdulrahman al-Abadi, who is known as Abu Saleh al-Haifa, and Abu al-Harith Bashar Ismail al-Jarjar. For all the security issues Iyad Hamid Khalifa al-Jamili, known as Abdulrahman Ansari, and Abu Ali at-Turkmeni from Turkmenistan known as Abdul Bin Waheed Bin Khader Bin Ahmad are responsible. One of the high-ranking field commanders is Mustafa Sat Marim al-Nasr, also known as Masib As-Suri. The coordinators and official representatives, as well as spokesmen of the radical group, are Abu Hajir al-Sufi and Abu Hasan al-Muhajir. Besides, Abu Salah (Mustafa Mohamed al-Jarmusch) runs the financial management of ISIS.
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Light Sabers

Trump is not Nixon, will go anything but quietly

Patrick J. Buchanan
Patrick J. Buchanan Blog
Thu, 14 Dec 2017 15:44 UTC
nixon resignation
© ABC NewsRichard Nixon boards the White House helicopter after resigning the presidency, Aug. 9, 1974.
On Aug. 9, 1974, Richard Nixon bowed to the inevitability of impeachment and conviction by a Democratic Senate and resigned.

The prospect of such an end for Donald Trump has this city drooling. Yet, comparing Russiagate and Watergate, history is not likely to repeat itself.

First, the underlying crime in Watergate, a break-in to wiretap offices of the DNC, had been traced, within 48 hours, to the Committee to Re-Elect the President.

In Russiagate, the underlying crime - the "collusion" of Trump's campaign with the Kremlin to hack into the emails of the DNC - has, after 18 months of investigating, still not been established.

Comment: Get the popcorn. The real show is starting now.

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Attention

US may drastically change policy on North Korea

Andrei Akulov
Strategic Culture Foundation
Sat, 16 Dec 2017 14:28 UTC
Korean children
Tensions have been running high recently, with signs of impending conflict hard to avoid. The US demand for North Korea to dismantle the nuclear program as a prerequisite for negotiation process led the situation into an impasse.

It may not be in the spotlight but the change of policy is obvious. The recent remarks made by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are signs that prospects for talks may be looming on the horizon while the balancing on the brink of war may be coming to an end. It may be a start of preparing the public opinion for peace talks where Moscow could play a prominent role.

The top diplomat offered to begin direct talks with North Korea without pre-conditions. He obviously backed away from the demand that Pyongyang must first give up the nuclear potential. "Let's just meet," the secretary said in a speech to Washington's Atlantic Council think tank on December 12. According to him, the United States was "ready to talk any time they're ready to talk", but there would first have to be a "period of quiet" without nuclear and missile tests.

Comment: A lot of wishful thinking here by the author. We shall have to wait and see what happens after the Olympics.

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Snakes in Suits

Delusional Sen. Blumenthal: Leaving Russiagate hoax out of Trump's daily briefing is 'very dangerous'

Sally Persons
Washington Times
Sat, 16 Dec 2017 14:47 UTC
Richard Blumenthal
© AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, FileSen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Friday that reports of intelligence officials leaving out information about Russia so as not to upset President Trump is "very dangerous."

"I'm certainly not comfortable with it. The president needs and deserves to face objective reality, which is Russia is a threat to our democracy," Mr. Blumenthal, Connecticut Democrat, said on CNN.


Comment: Blumenthal went on to say "In fact he's firmly rejected any suggestion that Russia attacked our democracy, which plainly it did." Yes, so 'plainly' that a year long investigation hasn't even turned up any actual evidence.


A Washington Post report said Thursday that intelligence officials tend to tailor the daily briefings so they do not upset Mr. Trump and sidetrack the conversation. Sometimes, the officials said, they'll write up the report and leave it for the president to read, or mention it toward the end of the meeting.

Comment: Poor Blumenthal must still be upset that Trump called him out for pretending to have served in Vietnam. Trump's words still stand:



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Pistol

MSM catches on, realizes weapons sent by CIA to 'Syrian rebels' were reaching ISIS less than two months later

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Fri, 15 Dec 2017 00:00 UTC
  • Mainstream media in 2013: "Conspiracy Theorists!"
  • Mainstream media in 2017: "ISIS got a powerful missile the CIA bought!"
US manufactured
© Conflict Armament Research
Years late to the party, mainstream media outlets like USA Today, Reuters, and Buzzfeed are just out with "breaking" and "exclusive" stories detailing how a vast arsenal of weapons sent to Syria by the CIA in cooperation with US allies fuelled the rapid growth of ISIS. Buzzfeed's story entitled, Blowback: ISIS Got A Powerful Missile The CIA Secretly Bought In Bulgaria, begins by referencing "a new report on how ISIS built its arsenal highlights how the US purchased munitions, intended for Syrian rebels, that ended up in the hands of the terrorist group."

The original study that Buzzfeed and other media are referencing comes from a UK-based independent weapons research organization called Conflict Armament Research (CAR) which has had a team of weapons and munitions experts on the ground in the Middle East for years examining arms and equipment recovered from ISIS and other terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria. Using serial numbers, crate shipping markings, and all available forensics data, the CAR experts began finding that as early as 2013 to 2014 much of the Islamic State's advanced weapons systems as well as small arms were clearly sourced to the United States and the West.

Comment: Russia declared that Syrian War was over. Despite all these years of funding non-existent moderate-rebels and destroying a small nation, America and their minions failed to change the Syrian government. Why is it MSM announcing this seemingly inconsequential news as a investigative journalism now?. Is it to buttress their ratings or create a case for more funding to CIA operations?

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Vader

Sleepwalking to disaster, Mexico Congress approves police powers for military in spite of outcry from human rights groups


South China Morning Post
Sat, 16 Dec 2017 12:14 UTC
Mexico flag Mexican military army soldiers bandera
© APMexico's Senate approved a law on Friday to give the military legal justification to act as police, despite objections from human rights groups.
The army was has been made to do the job of local forces since 2006 when it was realised that cartels were far too strong. But since then, accusations of executions and torture have surfaced

Mexico's Congress has handed the military a legal framework that allows them to act as police, despite unanimous objections from human rights groups.

President Enrique Pena Nieto is expected to sign the bill into law after it was approved on Friday. The Senate made changes to the bill to try to calm fears that army troops could be used to crack down on protests or that local authorities would feel less pressure to improve their police forces.

The law lets the president issue a decree allowing military deployments for one year to certain states where there are "threats to national security" and police aren't able to cope with violence.


Comment: Who is to determine what constitutes a threat to national security?


But the president could also grant unlimited extensions, allowing the military to become a permanent presence, as they have become in the particularly violent border state of Tamaulipas for more than a decade.

Comment: Chances are that one day in the near future Mexicans will wake up to see their country turned into a full military dictatorship.

More on this sad issue:

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Handcuffs

Russia cleans house: ex-economy minister Ulyukayev sentenced to 8 years in prison in $2mn bribery case


RT
Fri, 15 Dec 2017 08:36 UTC
Russian former economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev
© Mikhail Voskresenskiy / SputnikRussian former economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev
Former Russian economy minister Aleksey Ulyukayev has been found guilty on charges of taking a $2 million bribe and sentenced to eight years in prison. He is now the highest-ranking Russian official to have been convicted on corruption charges.

Ulyukayev was detained in November 2016 on charges of allegedly receiving a $2 million bribe, in return for his ministry's support of a positive assessment that would allow state oil company Rosneft to complete a deal to purchase the government's stake in another Russian oil major, Bashneft.

The charges were based on the testimony of Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, as well as a on the evidence of a sting operation, in which Sechin personally handed a bag containing $2 million in cash to Ulyukayev, the then-economy minister.


Comment: You're fired: Moscow is cleaning house of corrupt regional governors before 2018 elections


Comment: Russian economy minister caught taking $2mn bribe from oil giant Rosneft (UPDATES)

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Cult

Saudi Crown Prince Bin Salman 'invited to Israel' as Jerusalem protests in West Bank result in 2 more deaths

Bethan McKernan
The Independent
Fri, 15 Dec 2017 11:00 UTC
Israeli police clashes Palestine West Bank Ramallah
© ReutersIsraeli border police seen during a protest against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel near the West Bank city of Ramallah on 15 December 2017


Israeli intelligence minister issues open invitation to Mohammed bin Salman despite fact countries have no formal diplomatic ties

Israel's intelligence minister has extended an invitation to Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, to visit the country as fallout from the US's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state continues to reverberate around the world.

Yisrael Katz made the remark in an interview with Saudi-owned Arabic news website Elaph, his spokesperson said on Thursday - but the call was not included in the published interview for "unknown reasons".

"He said that he asks [King Salman] to invite [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu officially to Riyadh, and he asks MBS, Mohammed bin Salman, the son, to come and visit Israel," representative Arye Shalicar said.

Mr Katz extended the invitation because "he wants regional peace", his office added.

Comment: The things the Saudis will do, the people they will betray, just so that Israel can help them bring down Iran!

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Radar

Argentine submarine was being tailed by British helicopter before disappearance member of crew told sister


RT
Thu, 14 Dec 2017 22:53 UTC
ARA San Juan and crew are seen as they leave the port of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2014.
© ReutersARA San Juan and crew are seen as they leave the port of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2014.
An Argentine submarine that went missing with its 44 sailors in November had been chased by a British helicopter before its disappearance, it has been claimed. The sister of one of the sailors said this was her brother's final message.

Jesica Medina said she got a message from her brother Roberto Daniel just days before the vessel vanished on November 15.

She reports her brother telling her that the ARA San Juan was sailing close to the British-held Falklands (known as Islas Malvinas in Argentina) when a Royal Navy helicopter started chasing them down, along with a Chilean ship.
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Green Light

Israeli TV confirms Saudi Arabia, Egypt gave Trump green light regarding Jerusalem


Middle East Monitor
Fri, 08 Dec 2017 10:29 UTC
Saudi Trump Israel cartoon
© Sabaaneh/MiddleEastMonitorSaudi attracts US attention by singing Israel's tunes - Cartoon
Israel's News 10 said Saudi Arabia and Egypt gave US President Donald Trump the go ahead to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to the occupied city.

The channel said the Arab parties' reactions and condemnations are not genuine and are misleading.

Comment: More confirmation that the Saudis (and apparently Egypt as well) are playing a duplicitous game regarding Palestine. Earlier this week, we learned that Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman told Abbas in private to settle for Gaza only and leave the rest to Israel:
MBS was in high dudgeon, according to the source, as he is playing a high-stakes gamble to cement both his leadership and his corollary offensive. On this score, MBS announced that the Arab Peace Initiative (API)-a Saudi-sponsored grand bargain promising Arab recognition of and peace with Israel in return for the creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza with east Jerusalem as its capital-is effectively dead.

It's time for Plan B, declared the crown prince: a Palestinian state in the Gaza Strip, fattened by undetermined Egyptian transfers of land in the Sinai Peninsula. When the startled Palestinian leader asked about the place of the West Bank and East Jerusalem in this scheme, MBS replied, "We can continue to negotiate about this."
And from another source:
Mohammed bin Salman, crown prince and the kingdom's de facto ruler, thought he could browbeat Mahmoud Abbas, the ailing Palestinian president, into acquiescence. He told Abbas either to accept the terms - no Jerusalem, no right of return - or make way for someone who will, according to multiple sources quoted by the New York Times.

Several of the officials said bin Salman had offered to sweeten the deal with direct payment to Abbas, which he refused.


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