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Kurdish militia allies say US will remain in Syria for decades after ISIS defeated


RT
Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:33 UTC
Smoke rises from Raqqa city, Syria
© Rodi Said / ReutersSmoke rises from Raqqa city, Syria July 28, 2017.
One of Washington's main allies in their fight against Islamic State in Syria says US forces will remain in the country's north long after the jihadists are defeated. Enduring ties with the Kurdish dominated region is said to be a goal of the US.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a US-backed alliance of militias dominated by the Kurdish YPG, also known as the People's Protection Unit, are under the impression that the US has a "strategic interest" in staying in the region, SDF spokesman Talal Silo told Reuters.

"They have a strategy policy for decades to come. There will be military, economic and political agreements in the long term between the leadership of the northern areas (of Syria) and the US administration," Silo said.

Washington has supported the YPG, a homegrown defense force in the Kurdish area of Syria, with equipment and airstrikes. However, the YPG is closely linked to the Kurdish Workers Party, or PKK, which is deemed a terrorist organization by Turkey, another US ally.
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Trump fires chief strategist Steve Bannon - reports


RT
Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:19 UTC
Steve Bannon
© Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters
Former Breitbart executive Steve Bannon is the latest casualty of White House power struggles. US President Donald Trump has fired his chief strategist at the urging of his newly appointed chief of staff, retired General John Kelly, multiple news outlets reported.

Bannon joined the Trump presidential campaign as chief executive in August 2016, and went on to become President Trump's "chief strategist," a position created specifically for him, while former GOP chairman Reince Priebus was appointed chief of staff.
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Beware: The Neocons are pushing the USA and the rest of the world towards a dangerous crisis


The Saker
Fri, 18 Aug 2017 16:17 UTC
world in red graphic
First, my writing on the wall

In October of last year I wrote an analysis I entitled The USA are about to face the worst crisis of their history and how Putin's example might inspire Trump and I think that this is a good time to revisit it now. I began the analysis by looking at the calamities which would befall the United States if Hillary was elected. Since this did not happen (thank God!), we can safely ignore that part and look at my prediction of what would happen if Trump was elected. Here is what I wrote:
Trump wins. Problem: he will be completely alone. The Neocons have a total, repeat total, control of the Congress, the media, banking and finance, and the courts. From Clinton to Clinton they have deeply infiltrated the Pentagon, Foggy Bottom, and the three letter agencies. The Fed is their stronghold. How in the world will Trump deal with these rabid "crazies in the basement"? Consider the vicious hate campaign which all these "personalities" (from actors, to politicians to reporters) have unleashed against Trump - they have burned their bridges, they know that they will lose it all if Trump wins (and, if he proves to be an easy pushover his election will make no difference anyway). The Neocons have nothing to lose and they will fight to the very last one. What could Trump possibly do to get anything done if he is surrounded by Neocons and their agents of influence? Bring in an entirely different team? How is he going to vet them? His first choice was to take Pence as a VP - a disaster (he is already sabotaging Trump on Syria and the elections outcome). I *dread* to hear whom Trump will appoint as a White House Chief of Staff as I am afraid that just to appease the Neocons he will appoint some new version of the infamous Rahm Emanuel... And should Trump prove that he has both principles and courage, the Neocons can always "Dallas" him and replace him with Pence. Et voilà!
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'Shameful' Theresa May rejects 9/11 survivors' appeal to release Saudi Arabia terrorism funding report


RT
Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:47 UTC
World Trade Center disolves in a cloud of dust and debris
© Ray Stubblebine / ReutersThe remaining tower of New York's World Trade Center disolves in a cloud of dust and debris about a half hour after the first twin tower collapsed, September 11, 2001.
Prime Minister Theresa May has rejected an appeal by survivors of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to publish a report into the role of Saudi Arabia in funding Islamic extremism in Britain.

In July, the government announced that the Home Office report, which was commissioned by former Prime Minister David Cameron, will not be published because of "national security reasons" and the "vast amount of personal information" it contains.

The announcement that the report, completed six months ago, would be permanently shelved has sparked widespread condemnation amid claims the government is trying to cover up substantial evidence of Saudi Arabia funding terrorist organizations in the UK.
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Trump elevates US Cyber Command to unified combatant status


RT
Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:35 UTC
computer users
© Alexey Malgavko / Sputnik
President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to elevate the status of the United States Cyber Command to a unified combatant command in its own right, and said his administration is considering separating it from the National Security Agency.

The newly revamped Cyber Command will "help streamline command and control of time-sensitive cyberspace operations by consolidating them under a single commander with authorities commensurate with the importance of such operations," said the president's statement released on Friday.

"Elevation will also ensure that critical cyberspace operations are adequately funded," Trump added.

The unit will be working to develop cyber weapons, punish intruders and tackle adversaries, Reuters reported.
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As the Syrian war continues, WMD lies linger

Tony Cartalucci
New Eastern Outlook
Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:52 UTC
A special investigation team collects evidence
Despite the now historical lies exposed in the wake of the devastating US invasion and occupation of Iraq beginning in 2003, the United States has attempted to use similar lies regarding weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) repeatedly as a pretext for similar wars including in neighboring Syria.

The Syrian government - perhaps in an effort to head off another round of accusations, threats, and direct military aggression carried out by the US - is leveling accusations against the United States itself and terrorist organizations it has funded, armed, and backed for the past 6 years of using chemical weapons - primarily to create a pretext for wider war.

Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad stated at a press conference that the April 2017 Khan Shaykhun, Idlib chemical attack was staged by US-backed militants, including members of the so-called "White Helmets," a US and European funded front posing as humanitarian workers but who serve as auxiliaries for listed terrorist organizations including Al Qaeda and its various Syrian affiliates.

As the Syrian military retakes territory from foreign-backed militants, munition warehouses and stockpiles, including those used for the production and deployment of chemical weapons for staged attacks, are being systematically uncovered. In them, chemical weapons - both lethal and nonlethal - provided by the United States and its allies are being discovered.
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China opens first 'cyber court' in Hangzhou


Yahoo! News
Fri, 18 Aug 2017 15:14 UTC
China's cyber court
© AFP/Wang He
China's first "cyber court" was launched on Friday to settle online disputes, as the legal system attempts to keep up with the explosion of mobile payment and e-commerce.

Residents of the eastern city of Hangzhou -- home to e-commerce giant Alibaba -- can now register their internet-related civil complaints online and wait to log onto to their trial via videochat.

The cyber court will "offer regular people an efficient, low-cost solution to these new kinds of disputes that take place on the internet," Du Qian, the cyber-court chief justice, told the official Supreme People's Court news agency.

"Not only will this make lawsuits as convenient as online shopping, but it will also give online shopping the same degree of judicial protection as consumption at brick-and-mortar stores."
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At least six injured after car rams pedestrians at Cambrils seafront near Barcelona, five suspected terrorists killed in police shootout


RT
Fri, 18 Aug 2017 08:52 UTC
Cambrils Spain car ramming
© Reuters TVOfficers investigate at the scene where police had killed four attackers in Cambrils, south of Barcelona, August 18, 2017.
A car has hit pedestrians in the coastal town of Cambrils, some 100km from Barcelona, injuring at least six people. Five suspected terrorists were killed during a shootout with police, authorities said, adding that the attackers wore fake bomb belts.

"We have killed the alleged perpetrators," Catalan police announced on Twitter. "We work on the hypothesis that the events of Cambrils respond to a terrorist attack."

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Former NSA official William Binney: Dems' Russia hacking story likely bogus


Information Clearing House
Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:39 UTC
William Binney
© World News DailyWilliam Binney, whistleblower, architect NSA's surveillance program
Former National Security Administration Technical Director Bill Binney told Tucker Carlson he has data showing that the Democrats' narrative regarding Russia hacking the DNC and 2016 election are untrue.

Binney, a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), said the story spread around the mainstream media that Russia is at fault can't necessarily be proven.

He said that during a prior Chinese hack of government systems, NSA agents were able to use "trace route programs" to track the "packets" of information back to a specific building in Shanghai.

Binney said that could be the reason Democrats did not want the FBI to look at their systems- ostensibly because they may not trace back to Russia.

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Georgia asks Ukraine to extradite Mikheil Saakashvili


RFE/RL
Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:46 UTC
Mikheil Saakashvili
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Georgia has requested that Ukraine extradite Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president and ex-governor of Ukraine's Odesa region who was stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship last month.

The Georgian Prosecutor-General's Office said on August 18 that it was cooperating with Ukrainian authorities on Saakashvili's extradition.

The statement came two days after Saakashvili, who is currently in Poland, announced that he planned to return to Ukraine on September 10 by crossing the Polish-Ukrainian border in Ukraine's western region of Lviv.

President Petro Poroshenko stripped Saakashvili of his Ukrainian citizenship on July 26, a move that the former Georgian president condemned as an "illegal way to remove me from the political scene in Ukraine."

Ukrainian authorities have said they will bar Saakashvili from entering the country and will confiscate his passport should he attempt entry.
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