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


Moon of Alabama
Thu, 16 Mar 2017 09:20 UTC
i neocon
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'

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


RT
Thu, 16 Mar 2017 09:20 UTC
Twitter
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

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


RT
Thu, 16 Mar 2017 09:19 UTC
Crimea Russia protest crowd
© Maks Vetrov / Sputnik
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.
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Russian humanitarian aid arrives to the desperate population of war-torn Yemen


RT
Thu, 16 Mar 2017 07:03 UTC
Russia Yemen humanitarian aid
© russianmission / Facebook
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:

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

Konstantin Asmolov
New Eastern Outlook
Wed, 15 Mar 2017 23:25 UTC
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.
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'Washington will lift debt ceiling to intervene in more countries'


RT
Wed, 15 Mar 2017 23:35 UTC
Reuters
© US national debt figure
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?
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Enormous overkill: $3M Patriot missile used to shoot down small quadcopter drone

Chris Baraniuk
BBC News
Wed, 15 Mar 2017 23:15 UTC
patriot missile
© AFPPatriot missiles are normally used to shoot down enemy aircraft and ballistic missiles.
A Patriot missile - usually priced at about $3m (£2.5m) - was used to shoot down a small quadcopter drone, according to a US general.

The strike was made by a US ally, Gen David Perkins told a military symposium.

"That quadcopter that cost 200 bucks from Amazon.com did not stand a chance against a Patriot," he said.

Patriots are radar-targeted weapons more commonly used to shoot down enemy aircraft and ballistic missiles.

"Now, that worked, they got it, OK, and we love Patriot missiles," the general said.

Recently, there have been reports that some groups, for example in Iraq, have taken to attaching weapons to small, commercial drones and using them against security forces.

However, Gen Perkins suggested deploying large surface-to-air missiles as a defence was probably not economically wise.
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Theresa May, Britain's clueless Prime Minister, starts to unravel

Alexander Mercouris
The Duran
Wed, 15 Mar 2017 23:10 UTC
Theresa May
Theresa May's sudden capitulation on taxes exposes her again as a weak and clueless Prime Minister.

Back in December 2016 I wrote an article for The Duran in which I wrote of how Theresa May's inability to articulate a clear Brexit plan exposed her as someone with no clear idea of the way forward.

In the weeks following that article the Supreme Court decision forced Theresa May to present a Brexit plan to the House of Commons, something which up to then she had been loathe to do, almost certainly because she had no plan to present. The plan was essentially one for a so-called 'hard Brexit' - with Britain quitting both the EU and the European Single Market - so as to give itself the power to reimpose control of its borders.
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Cattle ban: Turkey expels Dutch cows as diplomatic crisis expands


Yahoo News
Wed, 15 Mar 2017 00:00 UTC
Turkey expels Dutch cattle
© AFP Photo/Thierry ZOCCOLANBulent Tunc, head of the Turkish Association of Red Meat Producers, said a consignment of 40 Holstein cattle was being sent back to the Netherlands.
Turkey's red meat association has ordered a consignment of prize Dutch cattle to be sent back to the Netherlands, saying it no longer wants to farm the cows due to the diplomatic crisis between the countries.

Bulent Tunc, the head of the Turkish Association of Red Meat Producers, told Turkish media that a symbolic consignment of 40 Holstein Friesian cattle was already being sent back to the Netherlands.

"The Dutch Holstein cows have become very common in our country. But this breed is starting to cause serious problems," he told the Anadolu news agency.

"In future we do not want animal products from Holland. The first batch of Holsteins have been loaded and we will send them back," he added.

He said Turkey should start focusing on breeding its own cattle. "We have our own quality breeds," he said.

Comment: For background on the diplomatic row, see our SOTT Focus: The Bigger Picture: What's Behind the Souring Relationship Between Turkey and The Netherlands

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Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko sidelined as Tymoshenko reportedly flies to Washington

Alexander Mercouris
The Duran
Wed, 15 Mar 2017 22:48 UTC
Alexander Turchinov
Alexander Turchinov
As Ukraine's National Defense and Security Council makes key decisions, Poroshenko's long-term rival Yulia Tymoshenko reportedly flies to Washington for secret talks.

Though the decisions taken by Ukraine today - to legalize the radicals' blockade of Donbass and to prepare action against Russian banks - are in themselves unsurprising, one interesting fact about them is the way they were announced.

Neither decision was announced by President Poroshenko, who is the country's head of state and the head of its executive branch. Nor was either decision announced by the government headed by Ukraine's Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, who is a longterm ally of Poroshenko's. As it happens both Poroshenko and Groysman have been remarkably reticent about the coal blockade ever since it began.
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