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China's Xi Preaches 'Openness' and 'Cooperation' After Trump Comes Out Swinging (VIDEO)

China's Xi JinPing Preaches 'Openness' and 'Cooperation' After Trump Comes Out Swinging (VIDEO)
Xi praised many of the results of an increasingly connected world.

"In pursuing economic globalization, we should make it more open, more inclusive, more balanced, more equitable and more beneficial to all,"

"We should continue to foster an open economy that benefits all. Openness brings progress while self-seclusion leaves one behind," he said.

Comment: All the rising powers are asking for is cooperation from the US in mutually beneficially deals. But the entrenched psychopathic power brokers in the western establishment just can't help themselves.


Better Earth

ISIS defeated in Syria and Iraq - mainstream media ignores it

People celebrate with Russian and Syrian flags inside Waer district, after rebel fighters and their families evacuated the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs, May 21, 2017 Reuters
© ReutersPeople celebrate with Russian and Syrian flags inside Waer district, after rebel fighters and their families evacuated the besieged Waer district in the central Syrian city of Homs, May 21, 2017
Two days ago, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA), supported by Russian air power, finally took control of Albu Kamal - the last Daesh base in the Syria/Iraq border.

One week ago, the Iraqi Army and the PMUs reconquered al-Qaim, on their side of the border. Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes, the legendary PMU commander, previously had told a small group of us in Baghdad that would happen "in a matter of days".

It ended up being four - to be exact.

The Syrian forces will now be redeployed northwest, towards Idlib, the last "moderate rebel" stronghold of that thing called Syrian Conquest Front, a.k.a. Nusra Front, a.k.a. al-Qaeda in Syria.

The key point is that Syrian and Iraqi forces have met at the border - with defeated Daesh jihadis scurrying around or turned into roadkill.

This is History in the making.

And right on cue, VIRTUALLY NOTHING about this REAL ON THE GROUND VICTORY OF A REAL WAR ON TERROR is being covered by Western corporate media.

No wonder. Because this was the work of Damascus, Russia, Hezbollah, Iran advisers, Baghdad and the PMUs - actually the "4+1" - and not the US-led "coalition" that includes Wahhabi mongrels House of Saud and UAE - that totally smashes to bits the monochord Washington narrative.

So History in the making must be silenced.

Of course Project Daesh of balkanizing "Syraq" is not dead.

Yet.

The jihadi diaspora - across the desert, towards other fronts (Afghanistan, Philippines, the Caucasus) - is in effect.

The usual suspects - and their proxies/lackeys - simply won't give up

USA

Trump speech at APEC 2017 (VIDEO + Transcript): Calls out member-states' 'unfair trade practices' despite history of cheating accusations against U.S.

Trump at APEC
"We are not going to let the United States be taken advantage of anymore," Mr. Trump said.

Contrary to the president's claim that past administrations failed to respond to such abuses, America has filed 124 complaints with the World Trade Organization, more than any other country.

The U.S. has been accused of cheating as well, with 143 cases alleging unfair trade practices also more than any other country.


Comment: More on APEC:


Bad Guys

One of the reasons for Trump's coziness with Saudi Arabia

Trump Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
US President Donald Trump (L) and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
As a candidate, Donald Trump used uncommonly harsh language to criticize Saudi Arabia-the world's largest oil exporter.

He called the Saudi regime the world's biggest funder of terrorism.

He also said the Saudi government uses "our petro dollars-our very own money-to fund the terrorists that seek to destroy our people, while the Saudis rely on us to protect them!"

At another point, Trump said, "Who blew up the World Trade Center? It wasn't the Iraqis, it was Saudi [Arabia]."

Trump also criticized Hillary Clinton for taking Saudi money for the Clinton Foundation. (They were its biggest "donors.") He even challenged her to return the money.

Comment: This is not the whole story of course. Trump also sees Saudi Arabia as an ally against Iran, who is challenging the KSA for regional dominance in the Middle East.


Star of David

Top BBC journalist deletes tweet citing senior Tory complain about UK's 'corrupt relationship with Israel'

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Britain's relationship with Israel: 'Yes sir, whatever you need, sir.'
A prominent BBC journalist has deleted a tweet in which a senior Conservative MP can be seen complaining about the British media turning a blind eye to the corrupt relationship that has allowed Israel to "buy access" in Westminster.

The tweet was posted by the BBC's Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg on Wednesday while the Scottish journalist was covering the build up to the resignation of Priti Patel. The Secretary of State for International Development had taken part in undisclosed meetings in Israel organised by the powerful Conservative Friends of Israel lobby (CFI) last summer.

Kuenssberg's Twitter posts on the day was full of posts on the Patel story including comments about Number 10 denying the allegation made by the Jewish Chronicle that Prime Minster Theresa May had been made aware of the 12 meetings Patel had had during her "family holiday" in Israel.

In her deleted tweet, which MEMO has been able to grab as a screenshot, Kuenssberg reported a comment made by a "senior" Tory MP who, enraged by the debacle, called for Lord Polak, honorary president of CFI and the person thought to be behind Patel's Israel trip, to be sacked.

Comment: Kuenssberg is the BBC's political editor, of Jewish descent, and has been so loyal to the regime and the party line that she is regularly panned and trolled online (to which she responded by hiring a full-time bodyguard during the June 2017 general election!).

Hence her willing collaboration in deleting the tweet. Much more interesting is that she was allegedly citing a senior Tory in the House of Lords...

For more on the Patel scandal:

UK MP Priti Patel resigns after admitting to secret meetings with Israeli politicians and trying to divert taxpayers money to Israeli army

Israel Lobby in mourning at loss of valuable British asset Priti Patel


Cookie

Putin and Trump have cordial chat during APEC summit

Trump Putin
© Jorge Silva / AFP
With tensions between Russia and the US not letting up, the nations' presidents did not give each other the cold shoulder as they crossed paths at the APEC summit in Vietnam on Saturday. The two leaders chatted amiably with each other.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump had a cordial chat on their way to a group photograph of summit leaders. The pair later stood next to each other in the second row for the photo.

All eyes were on Trump and Putin again as the two leaders bumped into each other at the APEC meeting on Saturday. They patted each other on the back several times, and Putin whispered something in Trump's ear. The US leader listened attentively and gave a sly smile, as though he was told a good joke, leaving others to guess what it might have been that they discussed.


Attention

US Colluded with ISIL in Afghanistan, says former Afghan president Hamid Karzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai
© Reuters / Mohammad IsmailFormer Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan, has accused the the US of working with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in his country.

In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera's UpFront aired on Friday, Karzai said the US government had allowed ISIL, also known as ISIS, to flourish inside Afghanistan.

"In my view under the full presence, surveillance, military, political, intelligence, Daesh [ISIL] has emerged," he said. "And for two years the Afghan people came, cried loud about their suffering, of violations. Nothing was done."

Karzai said the US administration of President Donald Trump made ISIL as an excuse to drop a massive bomb in Afghanistan on April 2017.

"And the next day, Daesh takes the next district in Afghanistan," he said referring to the Arabic name of the armed group.

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2 + 2 = 4

Trump: 'I really believe' Putin when he told me face-to-face 'I didn't meddle' in elections

Trump Putin Vietnam
Trump and Putin having a chat in Vietnam
Russian President Vladimir Putin is steadfastly denying that his country meddled in the 2016 White House race, President Trump told reporters Saturday.

Trump and Putin briefly spoke several times while in Vietnam for a regional economic summit, as part of the U.S. president's 12-day trip to Asia

Comment: Notice the original title of this article and how it implies that Trump believes Putin when he said that he did not interfere in US elections. Yet that is not what Trump said, he said that he believes that Putin means it when he says that he did not interfere in US elections. And this is from Fox News, a supposed die-hard ally of the Trump presidency.


Bullseye

Ed Henry on Moore accusations: I'm not buying it

State Rep. Ed Henry Alabama
© Amanda Shavers-Davis | The Cullman TimesState Rep. Ed Henry, R-Hartselle, is seen in this Times file photo.
State Rep. Ed Henry lashed out at Roy Moore's accusers and Republicans who said the U.S. Senate candidate should back out of the special election in an interview Thursday evening with The Times.

Henry, R-Hartselle, who represents a portion of Cullman County, said he suspects the timing of the stories told by five women about Moore's alleged sexual advancements 40 years ago, as told to The Washington Post, are politically motivated as the Dec. 12 special election nears. Moore will face Democrat Doug Jones, a former U.S. attorney.

"The idea that accusations like this would stop his campaign is ludicrous. If this was a habit, like you've read with Bill Cosby and millions of dollars paid to settle cases and years of witnesses, that would be one thing," Henry said. "You cannot tell me there hasn't been an opportunity through the years to make these accusations with as many times as he's (Moore) run (for office) and been in the news.

Comment: Ed Henry has a point. The accusations against Moore are looking more and more like fake news. Cui bono? See: Moore continues to deny the allegations:
Moore denied ever knowing the woman who said she was 14-years-old at the time.

He acknowledged that he knew the other women named in the story when they were teens. He argued, however, that his relationship with the women was never inappropriate.

The age of consent in Alabama is 16 years old, as it was in 1979.

Moore said their parents would have been aware of the relationships.

"I don't remember dating any girl without the permission of her parents," he told Hannity.

When pressed, Moore went on to say that that it would have been "inappropriate" to date teenage girls given his age at the time.



Chart Pie

Poll shows Alabama race tied after allegations against Roy Moore

Roy Moore
© Scott Olson / Getty ImagesFormer Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore.
According to a poll commissioned by Decision Desk and conducted by firm Opinion Savvy, the Republican nominee is now locked in a dead heat with Democrat Doug Jones following an accusation that Moore initiated a sexual encounter with a minor years ago.

A new poll shows the Senate race in Alabama is now too close to call, following an accusation that Republican nominee Roy Moore pursued a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl in 1979.

Moore and Democrat Doug Jones are tied at 46% in the survey, which was conducted Thursday by Opinion Savvy and commissioned by Decision Desk HQ in the aftermath of a bombshell Washington Post report in which the accuser, now 53, went on record with her story.

Comment: If the allegations were politically motivated, as Judge Moore claims, they certainly worked like a charm for the Democrats!

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