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David and Goliath: Did Soviet-era Syrian S-200 missile system take out brand new Israeli F-35?


South Front
Wed, 18 Oct 2017 19:41 UTC
Israeli Air Force F-35 warplanes
Illustrative image: Israeli Air Force F-35 warplanes
It looks that the Israeli "demonstration of power" during the recent visit of Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has turned into a total failure.

On October 16, Shoigu arrived Israel for meetings with Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The sides were reportedly set to discuss the situation in the region, including Syria, the fight against terrorism as well as military and technical cooperation.

At the same day, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) claimed that its warplanes targeted an anti-aircraft battery of the Syrian Air Defense Forces that had launched a missile at Israeli aircraft flying over Lebanon.


Comment: Iran's Military Chief has warned Israel against violating Syrian airspace in the wake of this week's attack of Israeli Air Force on an anti-aircraft battery in Syria.
"It's not acceptable for the Zionist regime to violate the land and airspace of Syria anytime it wants," Baqeri said during a news conference with his Syrian counterpart Ali Abdullah Ayoub in Damascus on Wednesday, and promised to increase cooperation with the Syrian military "to confront our common enemies, the Zionists and terrorists".

The sides established the board lines for this cooperation.
See also: Syrian armed forces intercept Israeli warplanes near Lebanese border - Netanyahu says targeting Israeli jets by Syrians unacceptable

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Firm behind anti-Trump dossier has track record of intimidation, disinformation and smear tactics

Catherine Herridge, Pamela K. Browne and Cyd Upson
Fox News
Tue, 17 Oct 2017 17:10 UTC
Glenn Simpson
Fusion GPS head Glenn Simpson
The self-described "strategic intelligence" firm Fusion GPS that was behind the controversial anti-Trump dossier has a track record of intimidation and smear tactics, according to congressional testimony and the firsthand account of a London-based Venezuelan journalist who said he was labeled a "pedophile," "extortionist" and "drug trafficker" after criticizing one of Fusion's clients.

"I believe that Fusion GPS's business is to do basically whatever the paymasters tell them to do," Alek Boyd, the Venezuelan journalist, told Fox News in his first American TV interview. "They are particularly good at spreading misinformation, disinformation and smears."

Boyd says he was targeted after his 2012 reporting on Derwick Associates, a power company with close ties to the Venezuelan government. The company allegedly skimmed nearly a billion dollars from rigged contracts with the late Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez.
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Stormtrooper

MIC will profit from US Army planning for decades of hybrid wars

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Wed, 18 Oct 2017 16:56 UTC
TRADOC
© U.S. ArmyTRADOC organizational chart
Released on Monday, the US Army's Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, drafted a new strategy for how US ground forces will operate, fight, and campaign successfully across multiple domains-space, cyberspace, air, land, maritime-against all enemies in the 2025-2040 timeframe.

The new strategy calls for "super-empowered individuals and small groups", who are mobile and can simultaneously fight in every domain of warfare, which will replace the conventional large units like today.

Since the end of the Cold War, US and Joint Forces have enjoyed considerable amounts of freedom across all domains. The purpose of this new concept is to prepare the US for an increasing number of actors who challenge US global hegemony.
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Info

Russia confirms the free shipment of 5,000 Kalashnikov rifles to Philippines

Adam Garrie
The Duran
Wed, 18 Oct 2017 19:22 UTC
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Mikhail Kalashnikov
The free shipment of weapons to Philippines looks to cement future economic relations between Moscow and Manila.

In May of this year, President Rodrigo Duterte travelled to Moscow with the intent of forging new economic and security ties to Russia, a country which Philippines has traditionally been distant from due to the legacy of US imperialism.

Today, Russia confirmed that it is sending "5,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles, 1 million cartridges and 20 military trucks" to Philippines free of charge.

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Arrow Up

Some of Killary's brain cells are still functioning: I won't run for White House in 2020


RT
Wed, 18 Oct 2017 18:55 UTC
Hillary Clinton
© Yonhap / ReutersFormer U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton
In an announcement that will come as a blow to Hillary fans, the former first lady, secretary of state and presidential candidate has said she will not run again, though she will continue to speak out about Donald Trump.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's 'Woman's Hour' on Tuesday, while on a promotional tour to sell her new book 'What happened', Clinton revealed that by not running, she's better placed to "magnify" her voice.

"No, I'm not going to run again," Clinton said. "I think I'm in a position where my voice will actually be magnified because I am not running, and there's a very good basis, as we watch Trump's support shrink, that people will say, 'Well, what she said was right and now where do we go from here?'"

Comment: See also: In her own mind: Greedy Killary thinks she could run again

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America's fake news guru CNN awarded first FAA waiver allowing drone flights over crowds

Alan Elvin
Bloomberg
Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:36 UTC
CNN fake news
CNN received a waiver allowing routine drone flights above crowds, a milestone for the industry seeking greater use of the remote-controlled devices for everything from insurance inspections to covering news.

The approval is the first time the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has granted a waiver for unlimited flights over people, the news network said in an emailed statement. The standards used in the application can be applied to other applicants, potentially opening vast new uses by the media and other industries for so-called unmanned aerial systems, or UAS.

"This waiver signifies a critical step forward not only for CNN's UAS operations, but also the commercial UAS industry at large," said David Vigilante, senior vice president of legal for CNN.
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Vader

Raqqa liberation from ISIS nears, but UN says U.S.-backed coalition left city in ruins, thousands dead from bombing


RT
Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:40 UTC
Raqqa destroyed
© Gabriel Chaim/YoutubeThough the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), led by Kurdish militias and its multi-ethnic allies, declared victory over IS fighters after a final round of battles, the city itself has been "comprehensively wrecked."
US-backed fighters in Syria have reported the final liberation of Raqqa from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). However, there seems to be no further plan in Washington of how to bring life back to the almost completely destroyed city.

Opposition forces in Syria, including Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the People's Protection Units (YPG) announced a ground victory over the terrorist group in its former self-proclaimed capital in Syria. The American-backed SDF claimed on Tuesday that Raqqa is under their control.

While "major military operations" in the city are finished, the militia fighters "are now clearing the city of sleeper cells, if they exist, and mines," SDF spokesperson Talal Salo said in a statement.

"We are now in Raqqa city... Raqqa is liberated from ISIS mercenaries, some foreign members of them remained," a local militia fighter told RT's Ruptly agency. "Raqqa is going to be entirely liberated within a few hours," he added.
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Chess

Timeline doesn't add up: Gowdy wants Comey to testify before Congress again after release of Clinton draft letter

Elizabeth Zwirz
Fox News
Wed, 18 Oct 2017 16:36 UTC
Trey Gowdy
Following the FBI's release of documents confirming that former FBI Director James Comey began drafting a letter on the Hillary Clinton email investigation months before completing several interviews, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C. said Comey needs to testify before Congress again.

Gowdy, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee and a member of the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committee, told Fox News' Bret Baier on "Special Report" Tuesday night that "for a number of reasons" Comey should return to Capitol Hill and the committees needed to further examine the FBI memos before he did.

"Whenever somebody decides to charge someone, there are lots of layers of scrutiny. When you decide not to charge someone, there aren't that many layers of scrutiny but there ought to be at least a couple," Gowdy said. "The media should do it but also Congress should look at this decision not to charge and whether or not it was made before you interviewed two dozen witnesses, including the target of the investigation, yeah we need to talk to him again."
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CIA can't get the story straight - says it mistakenly 'shredded' Senate torture report then it did not

Patricia Zengerle
Politicus USA
Wed, 18 Oct 2017 16:26 UTC
CIA logo on floor
© Larry Downing / Reuters
The Central Intelligence Agency thought for months that it had mistakenly shredded a massive U.S. Senate report on its use of waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" before suddenly discovering that its copy had not been lost after all, an agency official said on Tuesday.

The Central Intelligence Agency thought for months that it had mistakenly shredded a massive U.S. Senate report on its use of waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" before suddenly discovering that its copy had not been lost after all, an agency official said on Tuesday.

"It's embarrassing and I have apologized," Christopher Sharpley, the acting CIA Inspector General, told the Senate Intelligence Committee during his confirmation hearing as President Donald Trump's nominee for the position.

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Red Flag

Las Vegas FBI head Aaron Rouse was appointed by corrupt Comey - No wonder the investigation is such a mess

Joe Hoft
Gateway Pundit
Wed, 11 Oct 2017 16:10 UTC
Aaron Rouse
© MIKAYLA WHITMOREFBI Las Vegas Division Director Aaron Rouse
The current Head of the FBI in Las Vegas was appointed by former FBI Head and now admitted leaker James Comey. Is this why the investigation is such a mess?

Aaron Rouse was interviewed in a report on November 4th of 2016 out of Las Vegas -
With an American flag pin on his lapel and an assertive smile on his face, the new special agent in charge of the FBI's Las Vegas Division introduced himself. Appointed by FBI Director James Comey, Aaron Rouse compared his first days on the job back in September to drinking from a firehose, adding that it was a "good hectic."

Rouse started his career in law enforcement 25 years ago as a New York state trooper, and he's been with the FBI for two decades, working violent crime and then forming part of a fugitive task force in the agency's Washington Field Office. He has held leadership positions in Florida and Texas, and before moving to Las Vegas was section chief in the Counterintelligence Division at FBI headquarters.
The investigation into the events and the motive behind the Las Vegas shooting last Sunday night is in flux. To date no motive is provided by the FBI and local police.
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