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How the British Deep State turned Manchester into an al-Qaeda hotbed

Adam Garrie
The Duran
Thu, 25 May 2017 18:27 UTC
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Anti-Gaddafi Libyans living in Manchester had been trained, armed and aided by Britain to wage jihad against the leadership of Muammar Gaddafi.

More and more information is emerging on how the savage terrorist atrocity recently committed in Manchester was a classic case of terrorist blow-back, a phenomenon describing how when western governments fund, arm and aid terrorists, they often come back to commit horrific crimes against the citizens of the countries which funded and aided them.


Comment: Manchester bombing: How British intelligence has coddled terrorists


It has been confirmed that the father of the Manchester ISIS bomber was a member of the al-Qaeda affiliated Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group was initially comprised of battle hardened fighters who travelled to Afghanistan in the 1980s to fight the Soviet Union and the secular government in Kabul.

According to former MI5 agent and whistle blower David Shayler, the UK had been funding, arming and training the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group as early as the 1990s and even helped the group organise an attempted assassination of Libyan revolutionary leader Muammar Gaddafi in 1996.
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Planned Parenthood executives joke about decapitating fetuses in new undercover video

Bradford Richardson
The Washington Times
Fri, 26 May 2017 16:00 UTC
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© Students for Life of AmericaPro-life demonstrators deliver nearly 200,000 pairs of baby socks to the U.S. Capitol as a public demonstration aimed at encouraging Congress to defund Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion provider, in this April 2017 file photo.
Planned Parenthood executives joked about decapitated fetuses, admitted to altering abortion procedures to preserve fetal organs and said clinics have a financial incentive to sell human tissue in a new undercover video released Thursday.

The three-minute video was recorded at an annual National Abortion Federation meeting by pro-life investigators with the Center for Medical Progress. The advocacy group said it's just a preview of never-before-seen content that has been sealed for almost two years due to legal fights.

In the video, Deborah Nucatola, senior director of medical services at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, admits to altering abortion procedures to preserve fetal organs.

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The 15 Most Heartless Excerpts From Trump's Budget Proposal

Steven Rosenfeld
Alternet
Tue, 23 May 2017 17:10 UTC
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Longtime federal budget experts quickly slammed the White House's proposed 2018 budget on Tuesday. Its $1.4 trillion in cuts over the next decade would endanger tens of millions of households, especially the poor and vulnerable, while rewarding the wealthy with unneeded tax cuts and giving contracts to military contractors and others to privatize many government functions.

But inside the right-wing bubble that is the Trump White House and GOP-majority Congress, what's taken as serious policy ideas, spending principles and rationales for the president's 2018 budget is reality-averse craziness.

Even as budget watchers say there's no way Trump's blueprint will make it through Congress, the starting line—before compromises, concessions and deals begin—is not just mean, cruel and uninformed; it's delusional. Not only would the budget hit working-class white voters who bet on Trump like a lottery ticket, but the budget also shows a White House living in a land of make-believe.
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US Senator Patrick Leahy: Trump's arms deal ignores Saudi support for terror, repression


Sputnik
Fri, 26 May 2017 19:41 UTC
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© REUTERS/ Jonathan ErnstUS President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) attend the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 21, 2017
During his trip to Riyadh last weekend, Trump and Saudi King Salman announced a deal for US defense companies to sell $110 billion in weapons and related services to Saudi Arabia. The contracts are worth up to $350 billion over the next 10 years.

"Saudi Arabia has been a supporter of terrorism. Its armed forces have committed war crimes in Yemen. Saudi Arabia ranks among the world's worse violators of human rights — even below Iran," Leahy stated.

Comment: See also: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard calls out Trump's hypocrisy on US arms sale to Saudi Arabia

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Twitter suspends WND for promoting its Seth Rich story

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Fri, 26 May 2017 15:43 UTC
A couple of days ago, WND ran a story entitled "Bombshell: Donna Brazile Warned Off Private Eye On Seth Rich Murder." The story was sourced back to on-the-record quotes provided by Detective Rod Wheeler who was hired by the Rich family shortly after their son's suspicious murder in July 2016. Among other things, Wheeler said that it was former Democratic National Committee interim chairwoman Donna Brazile who allegedly called police and the Rich family and demanded to know why a private investigator was "snooping" into Rich's death.
"The high-ranking DNC official that called the police after I inquired about Rich's case was Donna Brazile," veteran homicide detective Rod Wheeler told WND. "Why shouldn't I reveal who it was?"
To promote the story, WND sent the following tweet:
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Unfortunately, Twitter seemed to take issue with the story and sent a message to WND demanding that they "Delete Tweet."
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Russian Foreign Ministry says relations with NATO at worst point since Cold War


RT
Fri, 26 May 2017 19:00 UTC
Flags of NATO member countries flutter during a handover ceremony at the NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday, May 25, 2017
© AP PhotoFlags of NATO member countries flutter during a handover ceremony at the NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday, May 25, 2017
Russia and NATO are facing the deepest crisis in relations since the Cold War, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Moscow believes the alliance's ongoing military buildup could fuel a dangerous arms race.

"We have to admit that at this stage, Russia-NATO relations are in the deepest crisis since the end of the Cold War," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement dedicated to the 20th anniversary of establishing cooperation with the alliance.

On May 27, 1997, Russia and NATO signed the 'Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security,' aimed at establishing "lasting and inclusive peace in the Euro-Atlantic area" and bringing an end to earlier confrontation. The ministry said that NATO "unilaterally froze" cooperation projects and chose "NATO-centered security architecture." This is evidenced by the military and political deterrence of Russia, and could lead to the worsening of tensions in the Euro-Atlantic region, it added.

Strengthening NATO's "eastern flank" through the military buildup near Russian borders and a constant military presence waters down the main bilateral agreements, the statement says. The ministry added that such actions are "dangerous and contradictory to the interests of NATO member states."

"We see this as the desire of the alliance to legitimize its military preparations near Russian borders, which together with the military activity of particular countries of the block are changing the balance of power in Europe and lead to a dangerous arms race," the Foreign Ministry said.
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Pentagon hopes to deploy tactical augmented reality display on the battlefield


Sputnik
Fri, 26 May 2017 16:55 UTC
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© CC BY 2.0 / US Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center / ECBC @ BEYA Conference
At the May 18 second biennial Pentagon Lab Day in Washington DC, the US Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center and Army Research Lab demonstrated a prototype technology ripped straight from first-person shooter computer games - an "augmented reality" display that helps soldiers tap into sensors and other data.

Dubbed Tactical Augmented Reality (TAR), the technology is the latest developed in the US Army's ongoing effort to create greater networks between soldiers, and imbue them with "situational awareness" on battlefields — constant cognizance of where they, their allies and adversaries are.

​CERDEC, ARL, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency have long-toiled to make augmented reality work effectively on the battlefield, most notably developing the Heads Up Navigation, Tracking and Reporting (HUNTR) system. The limitations of wearable tech have long been a significant barrier to greater development, however — while the army has tried to equip soldiers since the late 1980s, such resources are still years, if not decades, away from reaching theaters of war.

The military's first attempt was "Land Warrior" — it sprang out of a technology program in 1989, Soldier Integrated Protective Ensemble, which showed enhanced sensors and communications could significantly boost small infantry units' combat capabilities.
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard calls out Trump's hypocrisy on US arms sale to Saudi Arabia


Maui Now
Wed, 24 May 2017 16:48 UTC
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© (4.14.17) courtesy file imageTulsi Gabbard
Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaiʻi condemned the Trump Administration's new $460 billion arms deal with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which includes $110 billion immediately and $350 billion over the next 10 years.

Rep. Gabbard said the country has a "devastating record of human rights violations at home and abroad, and a long history of providing support to terrorist organizations," that she says "threaten the American people."

According to Rep. Gabbard, Saudi Arabia is the "world's largest sponsor and propagator of the extremist Wahhabi Salafist ideology" that she says "fuels terrorist groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda." Based on Saudi Arabia's history and track record, there is a significant likelihood these weapons will be used against innocent civilians or end up in the hands of terrorist groups, Rep. Gabbard said.
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Media and rights groups hypocrisy: Silent on US strike in Deir ez-Zor but 'if it was Russian planes, the MSM would demonize Russia'


Sputnik
Fri, 26 May 2017 16:37 UTC
US Strike in Deir ez-Zor
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Over two dozen civilians were killed in Syria as a result of a United States-led international coalition airstrike.

The US Air Force carried out an airstrike in the city of Al-Mayadin in the northeastern part of Deir ez-Zor province.

As a result, 35 civilians were killed, including women and children, and dozens were left injured, SANA news agency reported, citing sources.

According to the report, the aircraft targeted a crowded market and a four-storied building that was completely destroyed.


Comment: Syria state media reports at least 35 civilians killed in US-led coalition airstrikes in Deir-ez-Zor

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Well-calculated negligence? Why Pentagon continues 'losing' arms in war zones


Sputnik
Fri, 26 May 2017 16:21 UTC
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© AFP 2017/ Noorullah Shirzada
It still remains unclear whether it's the Pentagon's negligence or a well-calculated scheme that facilitates the "uncontrolled" spread of US weapons across the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia, RIA Novosti contributor Alexander Khrolenko writes.

There is something suspicious about Washington's inability to control the proliferation of its weapons across the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia, RIA Novosti contributor Alexander Khrolenko noted, commenting on Amnesty International's recent report regarding US arms transfers.

On May 24, non-governmental human rights organization Amnesty International drew attention to a now declassified Department of Defense (DoD) audit obtained by the watchdog following Freedom of Information requests.

Comment: More on the GAO report: GAO report: Pentagon lacks 'visibility and accountability' over arms transfers to Iraq, Kuwait

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