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UK used £200mn in taxpayer money to fund terrorism in Syria


RT
Tue, 17 Oct 2017 15:00 UTC
White Helmets
© Abdalrhman Ismail / ReutersWhite Helmets in Syria
Almost £200 million of British taxpayers' money has gone to supporting Syrian opposition groups, independent journalist Vanessa Beeley told RT. One of the groups to benefit from the funds are the White Helmets, which are alleged to have links with terrorists.

Speaking to George Galloway on his RT show Sputnik, Beeley said the funds were released from the UK's Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) to support the Syrian opposition. She said part of that money was used by the White Helmets to feed media outlets that are rarely in Syria and offer a false narrative of what is happening there.

"If we look at the narrative produced from Aleppo... it never came from the 1.5 million majority in West Aleppo that was government-held and government-protected, but who lost over 11,000 civilians from mortar fire from East Aleppo - so from the Western-backed terrorists in East Aleppo.
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Why did Trump quit Unesco, really? For preserving Palestinian culture

Jonathan Cook
Global Research
Mon, 16 Oct 2017 15:02 UTC
unesco
© Inconnu
At first glance, the decision last week by the Trump administration, followed immediately by Israel, to quit the United Nation's cultural agency seems strange. Why penalise a body that promotes clean water, literacy, heritage preservation and women's rights?

Washington's claim that the UN's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) is biased against Israel obscures the real crimes the agency has committed in US eyes.

The first is that in 2011 Unesco became the first UN agency to accept Palestine as a member. That set the Palestinians on the path to upgrading their status at the General Assembly a year later.

It should be recalled that in 1993, as Israel and the Palestinians signed the Oslo accords on the White House lawn, the watching world assumed the aim was to create a Palestinian state.

But it seems most US politicians never received that memo. Under pressure from Israel's powerful lobbyists, the US Congress hurriedly passed legislation to pre-empt the peace process. One such law compels the United States to cancel funding to any UN body that admits the Palestinians.

Comment: As Ry Dawson at Anti-Neocon Report puts it, Trumps Iran deal and Unesco decisions managed to give Israel what it wanted, without really doing much at all. (The U.S. is still part of the Iran deal - Trump just pushed the issue over to Congress. And the U.S. effectively pulled out of Unesco under Obama - Trump just formalized it.)



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Light Sabers

Netanyahu meets Shoigu, tells Russian DM that Israel will never allow Iran's bases in Syria


Sputnik
Tue, 17 Oct 2017 16:37 UTC
Netanyahu Shoigu
© Russian Defense Ministry
The Israeli Prime minister met with the Russian defense minister to discuss the situation in Syria, as well as the Iran nuclear deal in light of the US decision not to certify the agreement.

Israel would not allow Iran's permanent military presence in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said during talks with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, adding that Tehran "must understand this."

Commenting on the agenda of his meeting with Shoigu, the Israeli prime minister said that the talks were dedicated to "above all, Iran's attempts to establish military bases in Syria."

Netanyahu earlier stated Israel "will act to prevent Iran from establishing permanent military bases in Syria for its air, sea and ground forces."

Comment: Whatever assurances Russia gives Israel to the idea that Iran won't suddenly go on the attack isn't the question here (as Israel would have the world think). Rather, it is that Israel wants to be able to do as it pleases in Lebanon and Syria without the combined forces of Hezbollah and Iran to contend with. Israel would also seek to destabilize Iran using whatever tools it has at its disposal - including a manipulated U.S. - without Iran responding effectively and from close proximity.

These talks are essentially meaningless; Israel's drive to dominate will Trump any policy, agreement or reasonable accommodation the world seeks to offer it.

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Nikki Haley faces reality: U.S. will stay in Iran deal, but try to make it 'better'


Times of Israel
Mon, 16 Oct 2017 14:54 UTC
Nikki Haley
The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said on Sunday that the US would "stay" in the Iranian nuclear agreement, but "aim to make it better."

Her comments came two days after US President Donald Trump announced that he would not recertify the landmark 2015 agreement to Congress and would roll out a more hawkish approach toward Tehran.

"I think right now you are going to see us stay in the deal," Haley said during an interview on NBC's "Meet The Press."

"What we hope is that we can improve the situation," she added. "And that's the goal. So I think right now, we're in the deal to see how we can make it better. And that's the goal. It's not that we're getting out of the deal. We're just trying to make the situation better so that the American people feel safer," she said.

"What we're trying to say is, 'Look, the agreement was an incentive. The agreement was for you to stop doing certain things,'" Haley said in reference to Iran. "You haven't stopped doing certain things. So what do we do to make Iran more accountable so that they do?"
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Spain says Catalonia's stance on independence not valid, gives new deadline to clarify


RT
Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:39 UTC
Catalonia police
© Albert Gea / ReutersA protestor holds up an Estelada (Catalan independence flag) in front of a line of Spanish national police who surrounded the leftist Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) party headquarters in Barcelona, Spain,
Catalonia has failed to clarify its stance on independence in Monday's letter from the region's leader Carles Puigdemont to Spainish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, according to Spain's Justice Minister Rafael Catala.

Just hours before the deadline to clearly define the region's position on its bid for independence, Puigdemont sent a letter to Rajoy which contained no clarification regarding the issue.

However, the response was described as "not valid" by Spanish Justice Minister Rafael Catala, local media reports.

Madrid wanted to receive a simple "yes" or "no" answer, but the Catalan leader failed to give it, Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria stated on Monday.
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Best of the Web: A hero and leader in a time of madness - Documentary on Putin, the world's best President


Sott.net
Sun, 17 May 2015 23:23 UTC
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© Matt Dunham/WPA Pool/Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a press conference on the second day of the G8 summit venue of Lough Erne on June 18, 2013 in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.
The folks of Vox Populi Evo have pulled through again, providing an English translation and subtitles for Rossiya-1's latest documentary, PRESIDENT, hosted by Russian TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov and which first aired in Russia on April 26. VPE had previously made Crimea: The Way Back Home available for English viewers, and we recommend that readers check that one out too.

The film contains never-seen-before footage from some of the biggest highlights of Putin's career, and of Russia's history for the last decade and a half: the war in Chechnya, the battle with the oligarchs, the Kursk submarine tragedy, Beslan, the 2008 crisis. Among the revelations Putin makes in his interview sections is the admission of direct involvement of Western intelligence agencies in supporting Islamic terrorism in Chechnya. While it's no surprise to the alternative media, it's the first time Putin has officially confirmed such involvement. Nothing has changed since the CIA created the mujaheddin to battle the Soviets in Afghanistan.
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Macron says France will deport all criminal undocumented migrants


RT
Tue, 17 Oct 2017 01:54 UTC
Macron France
© Philippe Wojazer / ReutersFrench President Emmanuel Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to follow through on the "radical" immigration reform promised prior to his election, with all undocumented migrants convicted of a crime to be deported.

In his first televised interview since taking office, Macron also staunchly defended his record in power.

"We're taking care of the France where things aren't going well," Macron said on Sunday, as cited by the AFP. "I'm doing what I said I would do during the election campaign."

Immigration reform featured prominently in Macron's election manifesto, with a draft update of migration law in France expected in spring 2018. However, Macron has experienced a dip in his overall approval rating, fuelling speculation that his tough rhetoric on immigration is designed to court members of France's far-right voter base.
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Media silent as gov't uses Vegas shooting to push bill allowing warrantless searches

Rachel Blevins
The Free Thought Project
Mon, 16 Oct 2017 19:11 UTC
warrentless
© The Free Thought Project
The media blackout is blatantly evident as the government prepares to pass another All-American titled bill that strips away liberty with no accountability.

As the mainstream media provides relentless coverage of the Harvey Weinstein Hollywood sex scandal, there is one major piece of legislation it is ignoring, and if passed, it will have massive repercussions for all Americans.

More than 40 organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, have joined together to condemn the USA Liberty Act, a trendy name for a dangerous bill that reauthorizes and creates additional loopholes for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
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Oil price collapse: OPEC countries out $1 trillion


RT
Mon, 16 Oct 2017 09:48 UTC
oil rigs
© Oil Price
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has lost over $1 trillion since the oil prices more than halved since mid-2014.

"Over the past two years, we saw not only a drop in investment in the sector but also a decrease in oil revenues. Collectively, OPEC countries lost more than $1 trillion," OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo said Sunday in Kuwait.

According to Barkindo, oil demand will grow at a "healthy pace" over the next five years, as renewables are expanding at a high pace.

OPEC predicts oil demand will increase an average 1.2 million barrels a day until 2022 and slow to 300,000 barrels a day in 2035 to 2040.

By 2040, the share of fossil fuels will drop to about 75 percent, OPEC predicts.
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Star of David

Trump goes full retard for Israel against Iran

The Saker
The Saker
Fri, 13 Oct 2017 00:00 UTC
Trump Israel
I won't even bother discussing the substance of what Trump had to say today because what he said deserves no such attention. I will quickly mention that yesterday Trump pulled the US out of UNESCO on behalf of Israeli interests. Today he basically announced a tepid, possibly hot, war on Iran. I am tempted to say "so what else is new?". In fact, nothing, nothing at all.

This topic, the AngloZionist plans of war against Iran, has been what made me write my very first post on my newly created blog 10 years ago. Today, I want to reproduce that post in full. Here it is:

Comment: Netanyahu, predictably, weighs in...



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