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Idlib Province: Turkish troops deployment joint decision by Astana Guarantors


Sputnik
Sun, 15 Oct 2017 21:33 UTC
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© AFP 2017/Ilyas AkenginTurkish troops on Syrian border
The deployment of Turkish troops to the northern Syrian Idlib province was a joint decision by the Astana process guarantor states, taken as a follow-up to the peace talks, Ismail Kahraman, a speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, told Sputnik on Sunday.
"Yes, this move was coordinated with other states. That is a move that was taken as a follow-up to the Astana process. This is a joint decision," Kahraman said answering a question about the coordination of the deployment of troops with other countries.

"Turkey, Russia and Iran have come together in Astana and have made a joint decision in their capacity as guarantor states for Syria. They have made a common plan in order to de-escalate the situation through the creation of de-escalation zones in Syria and to ensure territorial integrity. The conflict in Syria has been going on for seven years. It is important to de-escalate this conflict and to put an end to this conflict. To this end measures are taken to make this possible and which are, in fact, normal measures and they will continue," the Turkish official said on the sidelines of the 137th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in St. Petersburg.
The deployment of the Turkish troops has been criticized by the Syrian side. Earlier in the day, Hammoudeh Sabbagh, a speaker of the Syrian Parliament, said that the legislative body condemned the Turkish invasion of Idlib and considered Ankara's move as a threat to the safety of the country's nationals and to Syria's sovereignty. According to him, the Turkish operation wasn't discussed during the Astana talks and violates international law.

Comment: Interpretation, guidelines, literal understanding...wouldn't be the first time Turkey stretched the boundaries of an agreement to suit its needs.

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"The Syrian parliament demands withdrawal of Turkish forces without any preconditions," Hammoudeh Sabbagh, the speaker of the Syrian parliament, said, delivering a speech at the Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in the Russian city of St. Petersburg.

The official said that the Turkish operation wasn't discussed during the Astana talks and violates international law.

"We consider this attack an invasion of our territory, a threat to the security of our citizens. We consider this to be a violation of the norms of international law. This shows the close relationship between the Turkish regime and the terrorist groups that are destroying Syria, sheds the blood of the Syrian people and contributes to the destabilization of the situation in Syria," Sabbagh said.

The statement comes a day after a source in the Syrian Foreign Ministry told SANA news agency that Damascus demands "immediate" pullout of the Turkish army from the Syrian territory.
See also: Erdogan: Turkish forces have independent 'game plan' in Idlib, Syria

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Red Pill

Epic Rant from #1 Russian Anchor: US Causes War, Sorrow, Poverty

Dmitry Kiselyov
Russia Insider
Tue, 10 Oct 2017 00:00 UTC
Kiselyov
© Russia InsiderRussian anchor Dmitry Kiselyov
"They seem to not even notice the consequences of their actions ... They blame others for everything, and then gloat about being sinless."

Here is Russia's Walter Cronkite, their #1 newsman, explaining to Russians about America.

Sorry to have to say this America, but he is right. We would, however, correct his argument to say that US elites cause war, sorrow, and suffering around the world, not Americans in general, who are a decent and good people. They are as much a victim of their own government as the people dying in wars started and maintained by those same elites.

Particularly guilty are the media, because they are in the business of selling this horror show to the unsuspecting public.

Take a few minutes and listen to what this man has to say. He says it well, and he hits the nail on the head, as painful as it might be to admit it.

Time for a change of leadership, America.

(Full transcript follows below with key points in bold.)

Comment: Truth, beamed out daily to tens of millions of Russians.

Imagine a world where this happens in all countries.

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Red Flag

US poll: Almost half of GOP supporters want Trump to make pre-emptive N. Korean strike


Asia Times
Fri, 13 Oct 2017 11:22 UTC
NK target zone
© Infowars.com26% of US voters want this...
Overall, majority of Americans in opposition

A Quinnipiac University poll issued on Thursday shows that 46%, or nearly half of Republican Party supporters in the US back a pre-emptive strike on North Korea by President Donald Trump.

This compares with 41% of Republicans who told the bellwether polling center that they oppose such action.

On the Democratic side, 77% of Democrats opposed a pre-emptive attack, while 16% supported it. 67% of independent voters were in opposition, with 20% in favor.

Overall, 62% of US voters opposed pre-emptive military action by Trump, while 26% were in favor.

Remaining respondents in the poll said they didn't know or provided no answer.

The widely cited Quinnipiac poll is generally regarded as an accurate measure of US public opinion on politics and world affairs.

Comment: The poll is a sampling and only includes voters in its opinion results.

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Chess

Tillerson dismisses claim he was politically 'castrated' by Trump


RT
Sun, 15 Oct 2017 19:03 UTC
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
© Mike Theiler / ReutersUS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has dismissed a prominent Republican senator's claim that President Donald Trump is trying to "publicly castrate" him by undermining his political efforts.

Speaking on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday, Tillerson rubbished Tennessee Senator Bob Corker's assertion that he has been neutered because Trump undermined his diplomatic initiatives with North Korea.

"I checked, I'm fully intact," Tillerson told host Jake Tapper in a deadpan manner.
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No Entry

Russian MoD delegation denied entry visas for military conference at UN HQ


Sputnik
Thu, 12 Oct 2017 19:31 UTC
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© Sputnik/ Alexey Boytsov
Members of a delegation from the Russian Defense Ministry were not issued visas to enter the US to take part in a joint Russian-Chinese military conference at UN headquarters in New York, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Alexander Yemelyanov says.

Thursday's briefing was to include discussions of the US' global missile defense system. According to Yemelyanov, the general staff of the Russian Armed Forces planned to participate in the briefing under the direction of chief adviser of the general staff of the Russian armed forces and first Deputy Defense Minister of Russia Lieutenant General Tretyak.

"However, the local authorities refused to issue entry visas to the entire delegation, including the delegation head, [Tretyak]," Yemelyanov said.

The US Department of State has declined to comment on its denial of visas for Russian General Staff officials, a department spokesperson told Sputnik later on Thursday.

"Since visa records are confidential under the Immigration and Nationality Act, we are not able to discuss individual visa cases," the spokesperson said.
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Bad Guys

US destroying Syrian cities liberated from ISIS to obstruct pro-Assad forces, reconstruction efforts


RT
Sun, 15 Oct 2017 19:05 UTC
Syrian Army during an offensive operation to the east of Deir-ez-Zor near cemeteries.
© SputnikSyrian Army during an offensive operation to the east of Deir-ez-Zor near cemeteries.
The United States is losing ground, both in Syria and Iraq, and it wants to hold on to whatever it can in order to enter into negotiations later on, Jamal Wakeem, international relations professor, Lebanese University, told RT.

Syrian troops on Saturday liberated the city of Al-Mayadeen in Deir ez-Zor province from ISIS, according to the Russian defense ministry.
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Jet4

N. Korea accuses Trump of igniting tensions to sell more weapons to S. Korea and Japan


RT
Sun, 15 Oct 2017 17:07 UTC
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© Jonathan Ernst / Reuters
The war of words between the US and North Korea is far from dying down, with the latter now accusing Donald Trump of igniting tensions on the Korean Peninsula in order to "shovel up money" by selling more weapons to US "vassals" South Korea and Japan.

The US, led by President Donald Trump, was slammed as a "war merchant and strangler of peace" in a commentary by Rodong Sinmun newspaper, cited by North Korean KCNA news agency.

"It is working hard to fatten its munitions monopolies and create the imbalance of force and the military confrontation in certain regions through arms sales," the commentary read.
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Black Cat

Lying hypocrite Hillary Clinton calls Trump 'sexual assaulter' in BBC interview, but says Bill's numerous rape accusations 'in the past'

Alex Pappas
Fox News
Fri, 13 Oct 2017 04:42 UTC
Hillary Clinton referred to President Trump in an interview Friday as a “sexual assaulter” before dismissing the past allegations of sexual impropriety against her husband
© AP Photo/Patrick SemanskyFormer Democratic presidential candidate and current pathological liar Hillary Clinton referred to President Trump in an interview Friday as a “sexual assaulter” before dismissing the past allegations of sexual impropriety against her husband as old news.
Hillary Clinton moved to take the heat off Harvey Weinstein Friday by outright calling President Trump a "sexual assaulter" - while roundly dismissing past allegations of sexual impropriety against her husband as old news.

Clinton made the comments during an interview with BBC's Andrew Marr, who asked about the allegations of sexual assault made against Democratic mega-donor and Hollywood producer Weinstein.

"This kind of behavior cannot be tolerated anywhere, whether it's in entertainment, politics," Clinton said. "After all, we have someone admitting to being a sexual assaulter in the Oval Office."

Comment: There's probably enough dirt on Slick Willy's "sexual impropriety" to fill the grand canyon, which Hillary has likely been heavily involved in covering up. It seems that the only thing Hillary Clinton cares about when she talks about "women's empowerment" is the amount of power she has. For more information:

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Clipboard

Austria's Sebastian Kurz leading in the polls, set to become chancellor


RT
Sun, 15 Oct 2017 17:52 UTC
Sebastian Kurz
Sebastian Kurz, 31, Austria’s foreign minister and leader of the People’s Party,
greets supporters during his final campaign event in Vienna on Oct. 13.
The conservative Austrian People's Party (OVP), led by the Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, is leading with 30 percent of the vote, according to exit polls. The Social Democrats are in second after overtaking right-wing Freedom Party (FPO).

According to exit polls, Kurz's OVP has taken a clear lead in the election with over 31 percent of the vote, with the 31-year-old set to become the youngest chancellor in Austrian history.

The right-wing anti-immigrant FPO is neck and neck with the Social Democrats for second, as the gap between the two parties is slightly more than one percent.

The FPO, which scored high in the polls before the election and was even beating the Social Democrats for second place according to initial exit polls, eventually ended up in third.

However, the results for the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPO), which won the previous election and was the senior member of the ruling coalition before the snap election, are already being called by some analysts the worst in the party's history.

In the view of the election results for the Social Democrats, SPO head and former Chancellor Christian Kern said that he will still hold the post of party chief. "We have a responsibility to our voters," he told Austrian ORF broadcaster.
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Newspaper

German politicians reject Interior Minister's proposal for Muslim holidays


AP
Sat, 14 Oct 2017 17:41 UTC
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A senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has been rebuked by his own political allies for suggesting that Germany might introduce public holidays to celebrate the Islamic religion.

Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere told a party rally in northern Germany this week that he was willing to discuss Islamic holidays in areas with large Muslim populations.

There are an estimated 4.7 million Muslims in Germany, mostly immigrants from Turkey.
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