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The US will target Russia more than ever as Syrian and allied forces liberate Deir ez-Zor

Finian Cunningham
RT
Sun, 10 Sep 2017 18:02 UTC
Syrian Flag
© SANA/Reuters
The spectacular victory this week for Syrian state forces and allies liberating Deir ez-Zor portends an end to the war. But celebrations should be tempered by the realization that the enemies of Syria will shift their agenda for conflict elsewhere.

If we segregate the many protagonists in Syria's conflict, the two main rivals to emerge from the melee are the United States and Russia. Russia may have gained the upper hand in Syria. But, ironically, winning the peace in Syria may unleash wars elsewhere.

Reports that US military forces have been airlifting insurgents out of harm's way in Syria suggest that Washington is saving its terrorist assets to fight another day, perhaps in some other unfortunate country targeted for regime change.

The six-year war in Syria was never really about Syria alone. It was but a battlefield in a global war for dominance by the US and its allies. Syria was only one of many countries where the US has sought to establish its suzerainty through war for regime change.

When Russia stepped in to defend its Syrian ally at the end of 2015, that was the game-changer. Up till that point, the government of President Bashar Assad looked decidedly precarious, as mercenary proxies backed by the US and its allies homed in on the goal of regime change.

The liberation of Aleppo last December and this week of the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor by the Syrian Army backed by Russian air power have heralded the final defeat of the foreign-sponsored war against Syria. However, that is not the end of the affair.
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Delusional Hill-bots on the loose: Top Hillary advisor suggests Bernie colluded with Russia during Dem primary

Joshua Caplan
The Gateway Pundit
Sun, 10 Sep 2017 16:52 UTC
Sanders Putin
The length to which Hillary Clinton and her team will go to shift blame onto others for President Trump's victory last November is stunning. Adam Parkhomenko, a long time aide to Hillary Clinton, took to Twitter Friday evening to rant about how great his boss's presidential campaign was in 2016, while taking shots at her primary opponent Bernie Sanders.

In the middle of Parkomenko's thread, the Clinton aide insinuates something quite explosive - Bernie Sanders may have colluded with Russia in the Democratic primary.

"PS...you seem to ignore the Russia support online for Bernie during the primaries. The guy is hiding something. Not sure I want to know what," the aide tweeted.
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Killary Clinton: Hell hath no fury like a 'woman' scorned

Robert Fantina
CounterPunch
Fri, 08 Sep 2017 17:25 UTC
Hillary Clinton
© Chris Keane / Reuters
It seems that very little time passed after her defeat in the 2016 presidential election before Hillary Clinton decided that the world had waited long enough for her understanding of that defeat. Advance copies of her new book, which will be released to the public on September 12, have been made available to select readers (this writer NOT being one of them), and some pearls of wisdom have been disclosed.

Let's look first at a bit of history. Clinton has long been seen as the power behind the throne, beginning with orchestrating her husband's comeback after his defeat for re-election as governor of Arkansas. Perhaps it was then that the taste of power proved so overwhelming as to become almost an obsession.

Yet it wasn't only power that drove her; the pursuit of wealth has long been a motivating force for the former First Lady. From questionable investments with her husband's donors back in their Arkansas days, to earning hundreds of thousands of dollars for single speeches to corporate leaders, Clinton learned that money and power go hand-in-hand, and are an irresistible combination.

Her time as the United States' First Lady was not uneventful; she worked on President Clinton's failed health care policy, and became the first First Lady in history to testify before a grand jury. Then, toward the conclusion of her husband's second term, she 'surprised' all and sundry by announcing what absolutely everyone expected: that she would seek a Senate seat in New York.

Although there was some criticism that she undercut NY elected officials who might otherwise have run, and that her main claim to fame was that she was married to a president, the voters of NY installed her as their junior senator.
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Time for a muzzle? Pyongyang warns US to 'pay dear price' for Nikki Haley's claim N. Korea 'begs for war'


RT
Fri, 08 Sep 2017 16:08 UTC
Nikki Haley
As tensions mount on the Korean Peninsula, a statement carried on North Korea's official KCNA news service warned that Washington's UN Ambassador Nikki Haley's remarks that Pyongyang was "begging for war" would not be left unanswered.

At an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Monday, Haley, the US ambassador to the UN, said that North Korea's persistent nuclear and missile testing could provoke the US into a conflict.

"His [Kim Jong-un's] abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats show that he is begging for war," she said.

On Friday, a news broadcast from the official state-run Korean Central News Agency described Haley as a "political prostitute" whose "hysteric fit" would have dire consequences for the United States.

"Nikki should be careful with her tongue though she might be a blind fool," said the statement on KCNA. "The US administration will have to pay a dear price for her tongue-lashing."

Comment: While Haley is busy stirring the pot, NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman who regularly visits North Korea meeting with Kim Jong-un while promoting sports, wants to "straighten things out" between Donald Trump and Kim.
.. Rodman was asked about his relationship with Kim Jong-un, whom he has met on numerous occasions during his many visits to North Korea.

"I think if the president even tries to reach out for Kim, I think it would be a great possibility things can happen," he said, adding that if the two engaged in dialogue, "I think that'll open up maybe the door just a little bit."

Rodman is also a fan of the US president, who was host of Celebrity Apprentice when Rodman was on the reality TV show. He endorsed Trump back in 2015.

Rodman spoke highly of the people of North Korea, saying he asks them if they hate America and they all say no.


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Iran says it turned away US vessel in Persian Gulf during rescue mission


RT
Sun, 10 Sep 2017 16:09 UTC
The coastal patrol craft USS Tempest (PC-2)
© US Navy / WikipediaThe coastal patrol craft USS Tempest (PC-2).
An Iranian warship warned an approaching US vessel to turn away in the Persian Gulf, local media report. The US denied direct contact with the Iranian vessel.

The incident took place when Iranian fishing boat Shams suffered an engine malfunction 72km off the coast of the Iranian port town of Jask, near the Strait of Hormuz, Fars and Tasnim news agencies reported on Sunday. The vessel was requesting the navy's help, and Iranian missile-launching warship Falakhan was sent on a rescue mission.

Shortly after the distress signal, a US warship "with the body number 02" approached the boat, but "it was shooed away after receiving a warning" from the Iranian missile-launching warship, Falakhan, according to Fars.

Iranian media did not specify when exactly the incident took place.
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Latest MSM Trump-Russia pratfall: Another anonymously sourced story falls apart

Peter Hasson
The Daily Caller
Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:26 UTC
NBC reporters
© Reuters/Brian Snyder, Carlo Allegri (R)/File PhotoNBC anchors
Once again, a huge Trump-Russia story that relied upon anonymous sources has fallen apart.

NBC News dropped what the network hyped as a "potential bombshell" last week. "Manafort Notes From Russian Meet Contain Cryptic Reference to 'Donations,'" the original headline read. The story claimed that Manafort's notes from the 2016 Trump Tower meeting with White House aide Jared Kushner, Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer included the word "donations" near a reference to the Republican National Committee.

NBC began walking back the "potential bombshell" almost immediately, issuing a correction the same day noting that the word "donation" didn't actually appear in the notes, but quoting one source who said the word "donor" was in the notes.

But NBC's corrected story still wasn't accurate, according to a new Politico report, which said that the word "donor" didn't appear in Manafort's notes. Moreover, Manafort's notes "are not seen as damaging to the Trump family or campaign officials," Politico reported. The outlet cited several sources who have seen Manafort's notes, while NBC relied on "two sources briefed on the evidence" to make its claim.

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Killary's scammer organization Clinton Global Initiative to shut down, lays off 22 as donations dry up

Douglas Ernst
The Washington Times
Sun, 10 Sep 2017 15:14 UTC
Hillary Clinton
© Matt Rourke/Associated PressAs secretary of state, Hillary Clinton conducted her email business on a private server maintained at her New York home. Some of the thousands of emails contained classified information, the FBI determined. (Associated Press)
'You see foreign governments who had pledged tens-of-millions of dollars pulling their donations'

The Clinton Global Initiative has terminated 22 employees and will soon become another casualty of the 2016 election season.

CGI, which opened in 2005, will officially close April 15, 2017. Paperwork filed with the New York Department of Labor Jan. 12 confirmed the "discontinuation," along with the termination of 22 employees. The Jan. 12 filing makes permanent plans issued Aug. 22 by former President Bill Clinton as the family attempted to extricate itself from any conflicts of interest.

A spokesperson for the Clinton Foundation declined to comment on the record with Fox News when contacted Monday about the WARN notice [The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act].

"This [group] wasn't just for charitable ends," Brian Morgenstern, vice president for the Manhattan Republican Party, told the network. "As the initiative is closing its doors, you see foreign governments who had pledged tens-of-millions of dollars pulling their donations now that Hillary Clinton will not be the president. That shows a lot of people that this was more than just a charity. This was a way for the Clintons to network and really peddle influence due to their positions in leadership."

Comment: A small sample of Killary's corruption:

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Clinton 2014: Children of Illegal Aliens Have To Return As Soon As Possible

Matt Vespa
Townhall
Sat, 09 Sep 2017 06:30 UTC
Clinton
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is the topic of discussion. The Trump administration officially announced the long-awaited rescission notice for the unconstitutional Obama-era program that shielded illegal aliens who entered the U.S. as minors from deportation as long as they paid the $495 application fee and met all the requirements (i.e. no criminal record). It's not just conservatives who thought the executive order under Obama was on legal shaky ground.

Democrats, like Sen. Dianne Feinstein (CA) thought so, as did CNN host Chris Cuomo. The fact is the Trump White House rightly felt that they couldn't legally defend the order, so the option was a nationwide injunction or a gradual phasing out, with a six-month enforcement delay that affords Congress time to do something for these 800,000 illegals that is constitutionally sound. Some within the GOP, like Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), want to legalize the 800,000 DREAMers, but pass the RAISE Act, which Cotton co-sponsored, that will overhaul our green card policy, stressing high-skills and impose a language requirement. It's aimed to give cover to American workers.

Comment: See also:

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Vladimir Putin and the new 'Sunshine Policy' to rescue the Koreas

Phil Butler
New Eastern Outlook
Sun, 10 Sep 2017 14:28 UTC
Vladimir Putin
Live from the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russian President Vladimir Putin "North Korea will 'eat grass' before giving up nukes." The simple truth and logic of the statement came through loud and clear for most sane people - sanctions and sabre rattling always serve to aggravate and separate nations. But Mr. Putin's pragmatism provokes the question, "What about what North Korea wants?"

Has anyone every relayed the other side of the Pyongyang's side of the unending crisis on the Korean peninsula? If anyone did, I know no American citizen was ever made aware. Since the Soviet Union and the United States separated Korea after World War II a constant state of friction has existed between North and South. And since North Korea invaded the South causing the Korean War (1950-1953), the socialist North has been in a constant state of readiness with militarism at the forefront of society.

Without going into a full history lesson, North Korea has good cause for maximum military preparedness these decades, especially when Korean War strategies by US generals are examined. The Korean War was a war of attrition and the real start point of a Cold War that would sap the energies of all nations on Earth in the end. For China's part, the North Korean contributions to the Chinese Communist victory have never been forgotten since the creation of the People's Republic of China in 1949. When China felt threatened and entered the war, the threat of global nuclear war became a real possibility. With the geography of Korea in mind today, it's easy to see President Putin's warning of the current situation blossoming into a full fledged "global catastrophe" are not sensationalism. A US intervention on the peninsula today would almost certainly lead to a bitter break in relations between key nations.
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Greek Prime Minister Tsipras: 'We are leaving Grexit and heading to Grinvest'


Sputnik
Sun, 10 Sep 2017 14:07 UTC
Greece and EU flags
© AP Photo/ Petros Giannakouris
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras expressed his belief that the government has managed to change the international community's view on Greece, noting that the image of Grexit has been replaced with 'Grinvest'.

"Greece has opened a new page. We are leaving Grexit and heading to Grinvest," Tsipras said on Saturday in an opening speech at the 82th Thessaloniki International Fair.

The prime minister noted that recent visits of French President Emmanuel Macron, Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Barack Obama, as well as his own visits to China proved that Greece's international image was restoring.

"The country's image has significantly changed for the better, signs of revitalization are obvious for us as well as for our investors and partners... By the next year when we will open the 83th International Fair here, we will have already left memorandums with creditors and ended policy of asceticism," he said.
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