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Iran & Turkey to start trading in national currencies to bypass dollar and euro


RT
Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:14 UTC
Iran currency
© Morteza Nikoubazl / Reuters
An agreement on using local currencies in trade has been inked between the central banks of Iran and Turkey. The aim is to improve economic links and make bilateral trade easier.

Under the deal, the Iranian rial and Turkish lira will be easily converted to help reduce the costs of currency conversion and transfer for traders.

Banks in the two countries will also be able to use international payment tools to convert currencies into rials and liras.

The preliminary agreement was signed during last week's visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Tehran.
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'We're not a tribal state': Turkish President slams US visa suspension, vows retaliation


RT
Tue, 10 Oct 2017 19:51 UTC
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
© Murad Sezer / ReutersTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Top Turkish officials have lashed out at the US, stating that Turkey "is not a tribal state" and does not need Washington's permission to detain and prosecute suspects. The Turkish prime minister promised to "retaliate" over the suspension of non-immigrant visas.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has strongly criticized the US decision to suspend issuing visas to Turkish citizens, following the arrest of Metin Topuz, a Turkish citizen employed at the US consulate in Istanbul.

"There is nothing to discuss with the US if the administration initiated the visa row," Erdogan said on Tuesday, while speaking at a joint news conference with his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic, in Belgrade.

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Daesh command center obliterated by Russian airstrikes, 70 terrorists killed near Mayadin


Sputnik
Tue, 10 Oct 2017 17:13 UTC
Russian bomber jet
© Ministry of Defence of the Russian FederationRussian Su-34 fighter-bomber aircraft carries out a strike against Daesh forces in Syria.
The Russian Aerospace Forces have destroyed a Daesh command center in Syria's Deir ez-Zor province and killed some 34 terrorists who entered the country from Iraq's western regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The Russian aircraft carried out 182 airstrikes against the positions of Daesh terrorists in Syria in the past 24 hours, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. A total of 70 Daesh terrorists, who were later identified as nationals of CIS states and Algeria, were eliminated in the Mayadin area, according to Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov.

The airstrikes were carried out after reconnaissance drones had discovered a large stronghold of Daesh terrorists on the eastern bank of the Euphrates river near the city of Mayadin. The terrorists had an artillery and tank projectiles depot, as well as a ramified network of underground tunnels there.
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Russian MoD reports Russian Su-24 attack aircraft crashes during takeoff in Syria, crew killed


RT
Tue, 10 Oct 2017 19:22 UTC
Sukhoi Su-24
© Vadim Grishankin / SputnikSukhoi Su-24 attack aircraft, Khmeimim Air Base, Syria
An Su-24 military aircraft has crashed at Khmeimim Airbase in Syria after overshooting the runway, the Russian Defense Ministry reports. The crew has been killed.

"On October 10, an Su-24 skidded off the runway and crashed while accelerating to take off for a combat task from Khmeimim Airbase in Syria," the statement said.

The two-person crew failed to eject.
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Hungarian MP: 'Christian duty to fight Satan's Soros plan to bring migrants into Europe'


RT
Tue, 10 Oct 2017 19:07 UTC
Migrants wait in the transit zone
© Laszlo Balogh / ReutersMigrants wait in the transit zone where their asylum claims are processed in Tompa, Hungary, June 14, 2017
A Hungarian MP slammed billionaire George Soros and supporters for attempting to dilute the spirit of Europe with "the forced settlement of tens of millions of migrants." He claimed there is a Christian duty to fight what he called "Satan's Soros" plan.

The lawmaker in question, Andras Aradszki, who represents the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP), claimed that "Soros and his comrades want to destroy the independence and values of nation states," as cited by the Budapest Beacon.

According to Aradszki this is happening "for the purpose of watering down the Christian spirit of Europe with the forced settlement of tens of millions of migrants."

"But the fight against Satan is a Christian duty. Yes, I speak of an attack by Satan, who is also the angel of denial, because they are denying what they are preparing to do - even when it is completely obvious. They frantically try to prove that there is no [refugee] quota, there is no compulsory settlement, and the Soros Plan does not exist," Aradszki noted.

Comment: See also: The Hungarian government continues its quest to limit Soros' influence

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Turkey's growing partnership with Iran marks a point of no return for Turkish-US relations

Adam Garrie
The Duran
Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:46 UTC
Turkey Iran Erdogan Rouhani
© Kayhan Ozer/Presidential PalaceTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani are seen during a joint news conference in Tehran, Iran, October 4, 2017.
The second largest army in NATO is now cooperating militarily with America and Israel's supreme boogieman, Iran. Against this background, it is no wonder that Washington has so readily turned against its long time Eurasian ally.

Many, including the German government, suspect that this week Donald Trump will announce his intention to withdraw the United States from the JCPOA, also known as the Iran nuclear deal. Even before Donald Trump called the JCPOA an 'embarrassment' at the United Nations, his negative feelings about the deal were well known.

The perfect storm of hatred for Barack Obama, under whose watch the deal was agreed, apparent subservience to Trump's "good friend" Benjamin Netanyahu and an irrational hatred of Iran that many US Republicans have held since the Reagan era, have conspired to make Trump the perfect mouthpiece for latent anti-Iranian sentiments within Washington and part of the so-called right-wing of the neo-con base.

Interestingly, the Pentagon is widely thought not to share the anti-Iranian views of the Washington neo-cons. This was affirmed when US Defense Secretary James "Mad Dog" Mattis recently told Congress that he does not feel Iran is in breach of the JCPOA.

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Syrians show video evidence of Western weapons supplied to terrorists in return for oil


Sputnik
Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:49 UTC
israeli munitions
© Youtube / syrian ministry of defense
On Monday, the Ministry released footage of the arms confiscated from different terrorist organizations, including Daesh (ISIS) and rebranded al-Nusra Front, along with the report, where it said that most of the weapons had been manufactured in the US or by its allies, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).

The manual says that the arms were obtained by terrorists via various channels and via companies in Eastern Europe with ties to the US and NATO intelligence agencies. They had entered Syria via Turkey or Saudi Arabia, where, in turn, they arrived "via European ports of the American Ramstein Air Base in Germany."

It also says that Daesh and al-Nusra Front terrorists were supplied with "rockets, rifles, machine guns, anti-air weapons, and even tanks in exchange for oil that the terrorists stole from wells in Syria and Iraq."


Comment: Azerbaijan is a major hub for the weapons trafficking to terrorists:

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Iran's reaction if US designates Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist group UPDATES


RT
Mon, 09 Oct 2017 07:56 UTC
Revolutionary guard
© ReutersIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Iran has vowed a "firm and crushing" reaction should Washington decide to include the elite wing of its army, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), on its list of terrorist organizations, according to the country's foreign ministry. The comments came from Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi on Monday as cited by Tasnim news agency.

"We are hopeful that the United States does not make this strategic mistake," Qasemi stated during a news conference. "If they do, Iran's reaction would be firm, decisive and crushing," he said, adding that the US would have to accept the consequences. Earlier it was reported that Washington is preparing tougher sanctions on Tehran, including the possible designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group.

US President Donald Trump has taken a tough stance on the Islamic Republic, criticizing it for supporting terrorism and vowing to "put an end to Iran's continued aggression and nuclear ambitions."

On Sunday, IRGC chief Mohammad Ali Jafari warned that if the reports are confirmed, the military wing will treat US troops, especially in the Middle East, as they would Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorists.

"If the news is correct about the stupidity of the American government in considering the Revolutionary Guards a terrorist group, then the Revolutionary Guards will consider the American Army to be like Islamic State all around the world, particularly in the Middle East," Jafari stated.

Comment: Is Trump leaping from the boiling pot into the fire? Absurdity to insanity...and puppet master Israel loves it.

Update (October 10): Tehran has once again warned Washington against designating the elite wing of the Iranian Army, the Revolutionary Guards, as a terrorist group, saying that "all options are on the table," according to a top aide to Iran's supreme leader
"Whatever they do we will take reciprocal measures. All options are on the table," Ali Akbar Velayati, senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday, Reuters reports citing Isna news agency.

Iran's statements mirror those of the US, with President Donald Trump having recently accused the Islamic Republic of supporting terrorism.

"The Iranian regime supports terrorism and exports violence, bloodshed and chaos across the Middle East. That is why we must put an end to Iran's continued aggression and nuclear ambitions,"Trump told senior US military officials on October 5.

On Monday, the head of Iran's nuclear agency, Ali Akbar Salehi, said that the scrapping of the deal would influence more "the entire international community than the national interests of Iran," AP reports.


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Why does Israel support a Kurdish state? It's the world's largest importer of Kurdistan oil stolen from Iraq

Jacob Atkins
I24 News
Mon, 09 Oct 2017 15:52 UTC
Kurdish oil Israel
© Hadi Mizban/Associated Press/ FileIn this May 31, 2009 file photo, an employee works at the Tawke oil fields in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq.
Just under half of the crude extracted from Kurdish oil fields so far in 2017 has made its way to Israel

Israel has been the top buyer of crude oil from the Kurdish region of northern Iraq this year, according to shipping data and interviews with industry analysts, in a murky trade that underpins the Jewish state's unique position as a supporter of the Kurdish Regional Government's (KRG) hotly contested independence referendum last month.

Just under half of the crude extracted from KRG oil fields so far in 2017 has made its way to Israel, according to Clipperdata, a US-based company that tracks global oil shipments, dwarfing the amount exported to Italy, the next biggest buyer of Kurdish crude.

While the buyers in Israel are private firms, the purchases help bankroll the autonomous region and provide a practical plank to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement before the independence vote that Israel "supports the legitimate means of the Kurdish people to obtain their own state."

Comment: Israel, being the psychopathic equal opportunity market capitalist that it is, will buy oil from anyone:

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Pepe Escobar: The House of Saud bows to the new sheriff in town - Putin

Pepe Escobar
Asia Times
Mon, 09 Oct 2017 11:26 UTC
Putin and Salman
© Sputnik via ReutersRussian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's King Salman attend a welcoming ceremony ahead of their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow on October 5, 2017.
What a difference a year - an eternity in geopolitics - makes. No one could see this coming; the ideological matrix of all strands of Salafi-jihadi terror - which Russia fights no holds barred, from ISIS/Daesh to the Caucasus Emirate - beating a path to the Kremlin and about to embrace Russia as a strategic ally.

The House of Saud was horrified by Russia's successful campaign to prevent regime change in Syria. Moscow was solidifying its alliance with Tehran. Hawks in the Obama administration were imposing on Saudi Arabia a strategy of keeping oil prices down to hurt the Russian economy.

Now, losing all its battles from Syria to Yemen, losing regional influence to both Iran and Turkey, indebted, vulnerable and paranoid, the House of Saud has also to confront the ghost of a possible coup in Riyadh against Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, a.k.a. MBS, as Asia Times reported. Under so much pressure, who're you gonna call?

The ultimate ghostbuster; Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Essentially, the House of Saud is obsessed by three main vectors; low oil prices; Iran and Shi'ism; and what to make of US foreign policy under Trump. Let's take them one by one.
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