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Propaganda Alert: MSM grossly misrepresents "anti-opposition" barricades in Moscow

Inessa Sinchougova (Translator)
Fort Russ
Wed, 14 Jun 2017 12:27 UTC
Russia Navalny opposition protests
Originally at Rusvesna

Yesterday, opposition protests were held, which were organised by US-paid Alexei Navalny. They were held purposely on the same date as Russians celebrating their national day - Russia Day, on June 12th.

The editor of the American publication The Financial Times Neil Buckley, posted this picture on his Twitter , with the caption "Most countries use anti-tank against the invaders. In Moscow, they used against their own people." (repost from Alexei Venediktov, host of CIA funded radio station, Echo Moscow)
Russia Navalny opposition protests
What the image shows is a reenactment of anti-tank traps during the battle of Moscow in WWII. It was especially set up for Russia Day, as a historic reenactment of the sacrifices made for the city in the past.
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New Zealand general confirms US-led coalition used white phosphorus in Mosul amid mounting criticism


RT
Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:54 UTC
white phosphorus munitions in Raqqa
© YouTubeAlleged deployment of white phosphorus munitions in Raqqa as reported by ISIS-linked Amaq news agency.
A New Zealand general has confirmed that the US-led coalition fighting in Mosul has used munitions loaded with white phosphorus. It comes amid mounting criticism over the use of the multipurpose weapon, which can be extremely dangerous to civilians.

Over the past few weeks an increasing number of claims have pointed to the use of white phosphorus munitions by the US-led coalition in Mosul, Iraq and Raqqa, Syria - the two strongholds of the terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). The use of the weapons in Mosul was confirmed by New Zealand's Brig. Gen. Hugh McAslan.
"We have utilized white phosphorous to screen areas within west Mosul to get civilians out safely,"
he told the US broadcaster NRP, in what appears to be the first confirmation of its kind. Previously the coalition reported using white phosphorous munitions in rural areas of Iraq, but not in densely populated cities.

Comment: More on the US-coalition use of white phosphorous:

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Washington worried about Chinese investments in Silicon Valley


RT
Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:48 UTC
New Apple campus
© Noah Berger / Reuters
The United States is weighing restrictions on Chinese investment in artificial intelligence in Silicon Valley, Reuters reports quoting current and former US officials. There are concerns China may get access to technology vital to US national security.

In particular, Washington is concerned about Beijing's interest in artificial intelligence and machine learning, which have raised Chinese capital recently. The technology could bolster China's military capabilities, US officials worry.

The US government considers strengthening the role of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), according to Reuters.

"We're examining CFIUS to look at the long-term health and security of the US economy, given China's predatory practices" in technology, a Trump administration official told Reuters. The official was not authorized to speak publicly.
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Iraq takes Saudi crown to become oil king for India


RT
Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:43 UTC
Al-Basra terminal in southern Iraq
© Atef Hassan / Reuters
As competition among oil producers for major Asian markets intensifies, Iraq has become India's top crude supplier for a third month in May, surpassing Saudi Arabia.

Shipping data compiled by Bloomberg showed, Iraq supplied 1 million barrels a day and those supplies accounted for 23 percent of India's purchases last month, up from an average 19 percent in the previous four months. Saudi Arabia's share fell to 17 percent.
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Tillerson grilled from both sides at State Dept budget hearing in Senate


RT
Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:36 UTC
Rex Tillerson
© Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson faced a fierce backlash from US senators of both parties during a Senate hearing on President Donald Trump's proposed 2018 State Department budget of $37.6 billion.

Tillerson defended a White House plan for a US Aid and State Department budget of $37.6 billion at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on Tuesday. There was a bipartisan effort to point out areas of the proposal considered weak, although not all senators agreed on which parts those were.

One of the proposed budget's biggest doubters, Senator Bob Corker (R-Tennessee), said reading it was "a waste of time," and added, "I don't want to do this anymore."
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Syria: The end of the war is now in sight


Moon of Alabama
Tue, 13 Jun 2017 00:00 UTC
Syrian War map
© Al Watan Online
The most important change over the last days was the Syrian government forces move (red areas and arrows) in the south-east towards the Iraqi border. The original plan was to retrieve al-Tanf further south-west to secure the border crossing of the Damascus-Baghdad highway there. But al-Tanf was occupied by U.S., British and Norwegian invaders and some of their proxy forces (blue). Their airplanes attacked Syrian army convoys when they approached. The U.S. plan was to move from al-Tanf north towards the Euphrates river and to thereby capture and control the whole south-east of Syria. But Syria and its allies made an unexpected move and prevented that plan. The invaders are now cut off from the Euphrates by a Syrian west-to-east line that ends at the Iraqi border. On the Iraqi side elements of the Popular Military Unites under the command of the Iraqi government are moving to meet the Syrian forces at the border.

The U.S. invaders are now sitting in the mid of a piece of rather useless desert around al-Tanf where their only option is to die of boredom or to move back to Jordan from where they came. The Russian military has made it very clear that it would intervene forcefully should the U.S. attack the Syrian line and move further north. The U.S. and its allies have no mandate to be in Syria in the first place. There is no justification or legal ground for them to attack any Syrian units. Their only option now is to retreat.
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Tillerson doesn't want communication channels closed with new anti-Russia sanctions


RT
Tue, 13 Jun 2017 23:05 UTC
Rex Tillerson
© Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters
The US Senate's bipartisan deal on new set of restrictive measures against Moscow might further worsen relations with Russia and hinder existing efforts on joint US-Russia progress to fight terrorism in Syria, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has warned.
"There are efforts under way in Syria specifically, those are, I would say, progressing in a positive way,"
America's top diplomat said on Tuesday during testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Despite the relationship between US and Russia being "at an all-time low," according to Tillerson, the "objective is to stabilize that" rather than deteriorate it further.
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How Vladimir Putin sees the world

Robert Parry
Consortium News
Tue, 13 Jun 2017 22:16 UTC
Exclusive:The mainstream U.S. media has assumed the role of protecting the American people from alternative viewpoints, which is why Oliver Stone's long-form interviews with Vladimir Putin are such a concern, reports Robert Parry.

Putin and Stone
Oliver Stone interviewing Russian President Vladimir Putin in Showtime’s “The Putin Interviews.”
There was a time when I thought that it was the responsibility of an American journalist to hear all sides of a dispute and then explain the issue as fairly as possible to the American people, so they would be armed with enough facts to make their own judgments and act as the true sovereigns in a democracy.

I realize how naïve that must sound today as American journalism has shifted to a new paradigm in which the major news outlets view it as their duty to reinforce whatever the establishment narrative is and to dismiss or discredit any inconvenient facts or alternative analyses.

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Qatar Airways appeals to UN over 'illegal' Gulf blockade


RT
Tue, 13 Jun 2017 21:36 UTC
Qatar airlines
© Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuters
Measures taken by several Arab states to block Qatari air traffic must be declared illegal, according to CEO of Qatar Airways Akbar Al Baker.

The state's major carrier appealed to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a UN body that is in control of civil overflight security guaranteed by Chicago Convention.

The UAE, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia have signed the convention.
"We have legal channels to object to this. ICAO should heavily get involved, put their weight behind this to declare this an illegal act," Al Baker said
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Chuck Schumer joins bipartisan push to block part of Trump's Saudi arms deal - Update: the effort fails


RT
Tue, 13 Jun 2017 16:29 UTC
Chuck Schumer
© Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters
A bipartisan effort to stop a portion of President Donald Trump's $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia just got a big boost. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) cited the Kingdom's human rights violations in Yemen.

Schumer announced Monday that he intends to back a resolution to block a portion of arms sales to Saudi Arabia, citing the country's human rights and humanitarian abuses.
"The human rights and humanitarian concerns have been well documented and are important: of equal concern to me is that the Saudi government continues to aid and abet terrorism via its relationship with Wahhabism and the funding of schools that spread extremist propaganda throughout the world," Schumer said in a statement, according to the Huffington Post.

Comment: Update - The Senate failed to block the resolution: A bipartisan effort to block the sale of US precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia in the US Senate has failed by a vote of 47-53. Critics of the sale argued the missiles would be used in Yemen, where Saudi airstrikes have killed many civilians.

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