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Lavrov works with Caspian states to resolve decades long dispute over legal status of Caspian Sea


RFE/RL
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 20:45 UTC
Lavrov
© REUTERS/ Remo Casilli
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said the five Caspian states have agreed on "all the outstanding key issues" regarding the legal status of the Caspian Sea.

Lavrov made the announcement in Moscow on December 5 after meeting with his counterparts from Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan.

Russia's top diplomat said the draft text of the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea was "practically ready" to be signed by the presidents of the Caspian states at their summit in Kazakhstan next year.
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Pirates

International Criminal Court finds reason to believe British soldiers guilty of Iraq war crimes


RT
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 20:32 UTC
UK soldier
© Ian Hodgson / Reuters
There is a "reasonable basis" to believe that British soldiers committed war crimes against detainees during the Iraq conflict between 2004 and 2008, the International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, has revealed.

The Hague-based ICC presented a 74-page report on preliminary inquiries to the annual assembly of states parties, which participate in the jurisdiction of the court, on Monday, in New York.

Bensouda said that following a thorough factual and legal assessment of the available information, the prosecutor's office believes "that there is reasonable basis to believe" that members of the UK armed forces "committed war crimes" against persons in their custody and thus related "to the context of arrests and detentions." British troops have not been involved in war crimes on the battlefield, the report noted, however.
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Arrow Down

Lebanese PM Hariri officially rescinds resignation following deal with rival parties


Sputnik
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 20:02 UTC
Saad Hariri
© AP Photo/ Hassan Ammar
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri had announced his resignation on November 4 while visiting Saudi Arabia, accusing Iran and the Hezbollah movement of attempting to destabilize the situation in Lebanon and the Middle East.

Hariri, who returned to Lebanon on November 21, formally revoked his resignation on Tuesday following a consensus deal reached with rival parties, Reuters reports.

The prime minister unexpectedly resigned from his post early last month, throwing the small, religiously diverse Middle Eastern country into political turmoil.

Comment: When you resign as prime minister from the podium of a globally hostile instigator, you should not get the chance to simply 'take it back'. Lebanon needs to show this Saad cowardly clown to the door.

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Megaphone

Ex-secret service Bongino slams Comey after his response to Trump calling FBI dishonest

Cristina Laila
Gateway Pundit
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 19:57 UTC
bongino comey
Fired FBI Director James Comey is starting to crack.

Comey broke from his pattern of tweeting out cryptic messages throwing shade at President Trump and sent out a nervous tweet defending the FBI.

And Bongino responded...

Crooked cop Comey changed his tune Sunday afternoon and sent out somewhat of a nervous tweet rather than his usual arrogant cryptic messages attacking Trump.

Comey tweeted, ""I want the American people to know this truth: The FBI is honest. The FBI is strong. And the FBI is, and always will be, independent." Me (June 8, 2017)"

Comment: See also: The revelations about FBI agent Strzok should come as no surprise. Within practically every government agency, there are individuals and groups who will stop at nothing to discredit and destroy Trump. Ironically, the things they hate about Trump aren't even the things worth hating him for (unequivocal support for Israel being one of them); they simply can't stand the fact that he is not on board with their anti-Russian, globalist agenda. All the nonsense about "sexism, racism, etc." is just sloganeering. What really gets them is that Trump took a stand against foreign intervention and support for jihadists, and for sane relations with Russia. The deep state loves their jihadists, and hates Russians.

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Mr. Potato

Character-disturbed: Saakashvili freed by supporters from police van in Kiev, calls to oust President Poroshenko


RT.com
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 19:42 UTC
Saakashvili Odessa
Georgian former President Mikheil Saakashvili struggles out of a police car in Kiev, Ukraine December 5, 2017
The US-backed color-revolutionary is now trying to topple the US-backed Poroshenko. Sit back and open the popcorn as the latest antics of this very deranged man - who is a long term US State Dept. stooge - play out on the world stage.

Comment: What else is there to say, really?

We would call for Saakashvili to be kicked out of the country, but they wouldn't listen to Kremlin trolls like us anyway.

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Feinstein's concern about Trump's ability to do job rises "by the day" - says woman suffering senile dementia

Pam Key
Breitbart
Sun, 03 Dec 2017 19:40 UTC
grassley feinstein
© REUTERS/Joshua RobertsSenate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speaks to Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) as U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions (not pictured) testifies before a Senate Judiciary oversight hearing on the Justice Department on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 18, 2017.
Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," when asked about the possible impeachment of President Donald Trump, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said her concern about Trump's ability to perform his duties "rises with the day."


Partial transcript as follows:
FEINSTEIN: the concern rises with the day. the concern about this White House -

TODD: The concern about the president? Your concern about this president's ability to dot job rises by the day?

FEINSTEIN: Oh, yes. oh, yes. I've been here for 25 years now. There is a kind of instability, unpredictability. It's one issue after the other. We've got major problems in the world with our allies now, in the Middle East, with North Korea, it goes on and on. And I think that this president is just precipitating more and more angst that's going to lead to serious discord.

Comment: People like Feinstein want impeachment, no matter what. Therefore, they say whatever they think supports a narrative that will lead to impeachment. It doesn't matter if it's true or not. So either Feinstein actually believes what she says - in which case she's an idiot - or she's just playing politics - in which case she's a liar. Either way, they're not going to let up, and the recent Flynn indictment is just one more step in that direction:

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Quenelle

Russian MoD: Russia supporting & coordinating Syrian Kurdish-led anti-ISIS battle east of Euphrates


RT
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 20:25 UTC
Kurdish militia
© YPG / FacebookKurdish People's Protection Units militia
Russian jets are helping the Syrian Kurds battle remnants of Islamic State (IS, former ISIS/ISIL) forces east of the Euphrates River, so that local militias and ethnic groups can restore control of the region and launch a stable political dialogue with Damascus.

In an effort to preserve the fragile social fabric of the region, and to ensure the territorial integrity of Syria, a Russian military delegation met with at least 23 envoys representing the interests of different ethnic groups living to the east of the Euphrates River.

The meeting, held in a town of Al-Salihiyah, Deir ez-Zor Governorate on Sunday, also included the officials of the Kurdish People's Protection Units militia (YPG). The Kurds have recently been abandoned by Washington, despite the group's indispensable support for the American-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
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Dollar

More Dirt Digging: Mueller supoenas Trump's Deutsche Bank accounts


Reuters
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 19:22 UTC
Mueller
The face of a lying sack of spuds in thrall to the US 'deep state'.
A U.S. federal investigator probing alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election asked Deutsche Bank for data on accounts held by President Donald Trump and his family, a person close to the matter said on Tuesday.
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Dollars

Spreading the criminal mind: Soros minions and Doug Jones register convicted felons to vote against Roy Moore in Alabama

Aaron Klein
Breitbart
Sun, 03 Dec 2017 17:42 UTC
George Soros
© Eric Pirmont / AFPThe ugly old bastard George Soros
An organization partnered with a George Soros-financed group and led by a radical leftist who is the half-brother of the infamous controversial Rev. Al Sharpton has been diligently working over the past few weeks to register convicted felons across Alabama.

The aim of the effort has been to get as many felons as possible on the roster before last Monday, the deadline to register in order to vote in Alabama's Dec. 12 senate special election that pits Republican Roy Moore against Democratic challenger Doug Jones. The man spearheading the campaign has stated outright that his effort is meant to ensure a Democratic victory in Alabama.

The thousands of felons reportedly newly registered over the past few weeks were most likely not included in any recent polling on the Alabama senate race put out by major firms.

Comment: The larger effect of this effort to allow felons voting rights is to strengthen the influence of the criminal mind within society. Soros is obviously at the top of the totem pole in this respect, but it is remarkable to see how through his financing and resources, he is able to bolster the damage caused by societies worst. Criminals pursue the gradual erosion of values as a fundamental operation of their flawed thinking. It's clear they're achieving their goals, and society is paying a price because of it.

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Gear

Russian senators blast Pentagon's latest statement on Syria as 'lies and lack of principles'


RT
Tue, 05 Dec 2017 20:07 UTC
Tupolev Tu-22M3 strategic bomber
© Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation / SputnikA Tupolev Tu-22M3 strategic bomber on a mission to hit terrorist targets near the town of Abu Kamal in Syria.
Senior Russian MPs have described an allegation by the Pentagon that Moscow and Damascus showed insufficient commitment to defeating IS terrorists as snobbery and lies, designed to cover up US failure to depose the lawful Syrian government.

"The statement is nothing new, the same typical snobbery. Even with total resistance from the US special services, those who know how much Russia and the Syrian military forces have done, how many lives were lost, simply cannot say that Russia has done nothing," Senator Frants Klintsevich, deputy head of the Upper House Committee for Defense and Security, told RBC in response to remarks by Pentagon spokesman Eric Pahon.

"Nothing is sacred to these people. Now leading news agencies around the world that are being managed by them will tell us that they are the greatest. And we will disprove this," Klintsevich added. "I think that, in the nearest future, the Americans will face a great disappointment. They have installed so many time bombs for themselves."

Comment: See also: Putin says almost all Syrian territory freed, including historic Christian regions

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