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Imperialism as usual: Pentagon deploys 52 bombers, 400 airmen to Iraq & Syria

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The Pentagon has sent to Iraq and Syria more than 400 airmen along with B-52H Stratofortresse jets for day-to-day combat operations in a first event of a kind in over twelve years.

B-52 bombers at Minot Air Force Base in the US State of North Dakota have been deployed, along with more than 400 airmen, to the air campaign in Syria and Iraq against the Daesh terror group (outlawed in Russia), the Department of Defense stated in a press release on Wednesday.

"The 23rd Bomb Squadron sent a number of B-52H Stratofortresses to take over day-to-day operations, which will be the first time in 12 years aircraft from the base have deployed in support of combat operations," the release stated.

Comment: Further reading: US expands on de facto invasion of Syria
With Israel occupying Syria's Golan Heights and Turkish troops occupying a northern "buffer zone" stretching from Azaz in the west to Jarabulus on the Euphrates River in the east, US troops continuing to carve out a permanent presence in Syria's eastern most regions threatens to fulfill a decades old conspiracy to divide and destroy the Syrian state.



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Judicial Watch files FOIA lawsuit with DOJ seeking docs on tarmac meeting with Lynch & Clinton

Loretta Lynch
© Kevin Lamarque/ReutersU.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch
A conservative watchdog group is suing the US Justice Department over records related to the private meeting of former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton as Hillary Clinton was under investigation during the 2016 campaign.

On Wednesday, Judicial Watch announced they had filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ) for records and transcripts connected to the meeting between Lynch and Bill Clinton on June 29, 2016.

Judicial Watch filed their lawsuit after the DOJ failed to respond to their FOIA request.

The lawsuit alleges that the agency received the request on July 5 and assigned FOIA request numbers in December. However, they say the agency failed to produce any records or notify them if they would accept or deny the request within the allotted time required.

The watchdog group's original request asked the DOJ's inspector general to investigate the meeting and requested any transcripts or records. They also requested any records of communication sent to or from the Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the Deputy Attorney General regarding the encounter and any references from day planners, calendars, and schedules from the Office of the Attorney General.

Comment: See also: US Attorney General Loretta Lynch investigating Hillary Clinton crimes ambushed by Bill Clinton


Bad Guys

US expands on de facto invasion of Syria

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The recent expansion of US military forces in Syria follows a predictable, singular agenda targeting this nation for decades - and more specifically - during the most recent and ongoing conflict which began in 2011 amid the US-engineered "Arab Spring."

The UK Independent in its article, "US marines sent to Syria to help assault on Isis' Raqqa stronghold," would report that:
Hundreds of US marines have arrived in Syria armed with heavy artillery in preparation for an assault on Isis' de-facto capital of Raqqa.
However, the presence of US troops in Syria is entirely unsolicited by the Syrian government and constitutes a clear violation of Syria's national sovereignty under international law.

Comment: Further reading: Neocon fools want to arm another 'Sunni insurgency' for war on Syria


Eye 2

Libyan terrorists burn down Tawergha tribal camp in Tripoli

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The Tawergha tribe in Libya has had more than enough sorrow. They are a tribe made up of black Libyans, they were targeted by the Clinton/Obama/NATO mercenaries because they were black. There has been a continuing effort to do a complete genocide of black Libyans since the phony NATO war in 2011. To date there are over 128 mass graves filled with black bodies in Libya.

The Tawergha tribe was an extremely productive tribe, known to be great farmers, producing the majority of the dairy for Libya.

In 2011 their entire city, along with all homes and all farms were completely destroyed by the terrorist mercenaries brought into Libya by Clinton/Obama/NATO/CIA etc. Since 2011 this tribe has been forced to survive in makeshift camps set up near Tripoli. This camp was dismal and made up of tents, containers, boxes whatever the people could find.

Comment: Further reading: All mercenaries join forces in Libya under new name: Murabitoun


Eye 1

Neocon fools want to arm another 'Sunni insurgency' for war on Syria

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When the U.S. was confronted with an insurgency in Iraq it did not find fault with own behavior but identified Syria and Iran as the culprits. It decided to attack them too. As Seymour Hersh reported in 2007:
To undermine Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, the Bush Administration has decided, in effect, to reconfigure its priorities in the Middle East. In Lebanon, the Administration has cooperated with Saudi Arabia's government, which is Sunni, in clandestine operations that are intended to weaken Hezbollah, the Shiite organization that is backed by Iran. The U.S. has also taken part in clandestine operations aimed at Iran and its ally Syria. A by-product of these activities has been the bolstering of Sunni extremist groups that espouse a militant vision of Islam and are hostile to America and sympathetic to Al Qaeda.
Four years later the U.S. used the Sunni militants it created to first attack Libya and then Syria. With U.S. support the militants to destroyed the independent Libyan state under Ghaddafi. The country is now in total chaos. In Syria the militants, with clandestine support from the U.S. and its allies, waged a six year long war to overthrow the government. Many of them joined the Islamic State and al-Qaeda, the Takfiri offsprings of the U.S. program and Saudi money that went (somewhat) rogue. These groups did not limit, as the U.S. wished, their attacks to U.S. enemies but committed several larger scale attacks against U.S. allied countries. Now the groups themselves are enemies.

Comment: Further reading: Meet the 8 neocons that are gearing up to destroy President Trump and 'make America bomb again'


Blackbox

Framing Erdogan? Twitter accounts hacked with 'pro-Turkey', 'NaziGermany' messages

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A large number of Twitter accounts, including international aid organizations, news agencies and political entities, have seemingly been hacked by a group supporting the Turkish government.

The tweets include a swastika, as well as the hashtags 'Nazialmanya' (NaziGermany) and and 'Nazihollanda' (NaziHolland), presumabley referring to the increasing diplomatic tension between Holland and Turkey.

"See you on April 16," the tweets read, which is the date of Turkey's referendum to grant more powers to Erdogan, while also referring to the hack being a "little Ottoman slap."

Comment: Interesting timing, considering Erdogan's upcoming Presidential referendum, his working relationship with Russia, and the big dust-up it's all causing in Europe.

Check out: The Bigger Picture: What's Behind the Souring Relationship Between Turkey and The Netherlands


Cowboy Hat

'Go see for yourself': Russian senator slams German MP over allegations 'Russia stole Crimea'

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A senior Russian senator sharply reacted to German MPs' allegations of Russia annexing Crimea, and suggested they visit the peninsula and see firsthand that its residents support the reunification with Russia.

"You did not have to come to Moscow to express such positions. As long as you refuse to recognize the present status of Crimea, you will have to maintain the sanctions, on a personal basis," the head of the Upper House Committee for International Relations, Konstantin Kosachev, said at the Wednesday meeting of Bundestag lawmakers.

He added that anyone who doubted the public support for the reunification of Crimea and Russia could personally visit the region and publicly declare their position on the alleged annexation. "Maybe this would lead to some changes in your views, and after this we could return to this conversation," Kosachev said.

Heart

Russian humanitarian aid arrives to the desperate population of war-torn Yemen

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A Russian NGO has delivered lifesaving aid to the desperate population of war-torn Yemen, where over 18 million people now urgently require some form of humanitarian assistance. The first delivery of humanitarian aid from the Russian Humanitarian Mission, which cares for the needy in conflict zones, began arriving at the Darawan refugee camp, in the western Yemeni province of Amran on Thursday. Filled with life essential supplies for the internally displaced people who are temporarily residing in the camp, the first batch of aid comprised basic foodstuff, medicines, tents and blankets.

Yemen, already the poorest country in the Arabian Peninsula even before the conflict, has seen the humanitarian situation further aggravated by fighting, forced displacement, and shortages of basic commodities. Deadly diseases, most notably cholera, and the destruction of medical facilities on the ground by the continued Saudi-led bombing campaign are exacerbating the humanitarian suffering there. According to UN estimates, some 10.3 million people are in "acute need" of immediate, lifesaving assistance. As of January 2017, at least 2 million people remained displaced by the brutal fighting. Another 1 million have returned to living in difficult conditions with limited access to food, water and healthcare.

Comment: The US-Saudi assault on Yemen has sunk the country into oblivion, as a result most people are on the brink of starvation.See also:


Sherlock

The murder of Kim Jong-nam: Time for ironic conspiracy

Kim Jong-nam
The main event in the development of the plot surrounding the murder in Malaysia was the fact that on 3 March 2017, Malaysian authorities deported Ri Jong Chol, a citizen of the DPRK, who had previously been detained on suspicion of involvement in the murder. After a week of detention he was expelled from the country due to problems with his work visa and was not employed where stated in his documents.

South Korean mass media, having already announced that Ri was the organizer of the assassination and the manufacturer of the poison, described the situation with undisguised sadness: "Ri Jong Chol assisted the organizers of the murder, but the local prosecutor's office was not able to bring an action against him because he never admitted his guilt and evidence was insufficient". He seems to have picked up four North Koreans at the airport, who South Korea attempted to declare on the wanted list, but no evidence was found in the apartment they rented, or in other areas they could have been, nor were traces found of any chemicals or signs that these people could store or produce the poison.

But a murder charge has been brought against the direct executors of the murder. A statement to the media declared that Doan Thi Huong and Siti Aisya were charged under Article 302 of the Criminal Code of Malaysia, punishable up to death by hanging. But the Supreme Court will proceed to trial no sooner than in a few months, so the investigation is going to be a long one.

Arrow Up

'Washington will lift debt ceiling to intervene in more countries'

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The Democrats are going to vote against raising the debt ceiling, but enough Republicans are going to vote for it. They shouldn't raise the debt ceiling, but they will, explains Lew Rockwell, editor of LewRockwell.com.

The US Congress is expected to vote to raise the debt ceiling, prompting a possible stand-off between the parties which could end in a government shutdown.

RT spoke to Lew Rockwell, editor of LewRockwell.com, to discuss the ramifications of increasing the debt ceiling.

RT: Thursday is the deadline to raise the government's debt limit so it can pay its bills and avoid a potentially devastating looming economic crisis. What are the chances the deadline will be extended?