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Russian envoy declares 'US campaign in Afghanistan has failed, troops should leave'


RT
Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:10 UTC
US soldiers
© Parwiz / ReutersUS soldiers stand guard near the site of a US bombing in the Achin district of Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan April 15, 2017.
The US campaign in Afghanistan has failed and Washington needs to withdraw its troops, says the Russian president's special envoy to Afghanistan. He added that Kabul has grown into a "global incubator of international terrorism."

Moscow does not see the need for further presence of the American contingent in Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, who is also the Russian Foreign Ministry's director of the Second Asian Department in Afghanistan, told Izvestia daily.

"Moscow never hastened the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. But since the US Army [campaign] there has come to nothing, let them leave Afghanistan," Kabulov said.

"The American campaign in Afghanistan has failed. Afghanistan risks becoming a global incubator of international terrorism. It has, in fact, already partially grown to become it," Kabulov added.

Russia strongly opposes the American idea to replace the regular US Army in Afghanistan with military contractors.

"The US is in despair, and plans to replace the professional armed forces with mercenaries are stupid. It will not lead to anything good: mercenaries will simply break into a run. They recruit them from around the world, offering cash. How are they going to fight against the Taliban?" the diplomat wondered.
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Attention

Former President Jimmy Carter: US needs to restrain warlike rhetoric, encourage talks between North Korea and other countries

Jimmy Carter
The Carter Center
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 00:00 UTC
Jimmy Carter
© www.salon.comFormer President Jimmy Carter
The harsh rhetoric from Washington and Pyongyang during recent months has exacerbated an already confrontational relationship between our countries, and has probably eliminated any chance of good faith peace talks between the United States and North Korea. In addition to restraining the warlike rhetoric, our leaders need to encourage talks between North Korea and other countries, especially China and Russia. The recent UN Security Council unanimous vote for new sanctions suggests that these countries could help. In all cases, a nuclear exchange must be avoided. All parties must assure North Koreans they we will forego any military action against them if North Korea remains peaceful.

I have visited North Korea three times, and have spent more than 20 hours in discussions with their political leaders regarding important issues that affect U.S.-DPRK relations.

Comment: See also: U.S. and North Korea already talking through back channel at UN

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NYT's shocking report: US 'ally' Ukraine is source of North Korean missile engines

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:43 UTC
Ukraine President Poroshenko visiting the Yuzhmash plant in Dnipro
Ukraine President Poroshenko visiting the Yuzhmash plant in Dnipro in 2014.
When the US State Department supported Ukraine domestic forces and nationalist elements to stage a successful and deadly coup against then pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych in 2014, the outcome was supposed to be a nation that is a undisputed US ally and persistent threat, distraction and non-NATO opponent to bordering Russia. Instead, it now appears that it has been Ukraine which was, as the NYT writes, the secret behind the success of North Korea's ballistic missile program.

Specifically, in a blockbuster report this morning, the NYT alleges that North Korea has been making black-market purchases of powerful rocket engines from a Ukrainian factory citing "expert analysis being published Monday and classified assessments by American intelligence agencies."
The studies may solve the mystery of how North Korea began succeeding so suddenly after a string of fiery missile failures, some of which may have been caused by American sabotage of its supply chains and cyberattacks on its launches. After those failures, the North changed designs and suppliers in the past two years, according to a new study by Michael Elleman, a missile expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
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Cult

Beware the liberals and neo-cons: They are vastly more dangerous than the US far-right

Adam Garrie
The Duran
Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:42 UTC
neocons
Those who advocate for violent, illegal, immoral and gruesome war have no leg to stand on when criticising anyone else.

American liberal mainstream media has picked up a story which originated from the state-owned Qatari propaganda outlet Al Jazeera which seeks to link the American far-right, sometimes called the alt-right with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.

As I wrote yesterday in The Duran,
"First of all, Bashar al-Assad is a socialist. He is a member of Syria's ruling Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. Although the clue is in the name, it helps to understand the intellectual origins of Ba'athism.

The three leading founders of Ba'athism Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Zaki al-Arsuzi and Michel Aflaq were all Syrian Arabs, Aflaq being a Christian Arab with Salah and al-Arsuzi were Muslims. Ba'athism's essence combines traditional Arab cultural values with the anti-imperialist concept of Arab nationalism while harnessing the ideas of traditional socialism as both a bulwark against imperialist aggression and as a means of allowing post-colonial peoples to elevate their economic independence efficiently and rapidly.

Ba'athism, unlike Marxist-Leninism is not anti-religious and encourages the integration of Islam and Christianity with modern forms of government. Ba'athist organisations throughout the Arab world continue to attract all varieties of both Muslim and Christian men and women. Religious tolerance under a secular government and female rights are key features of Ba'athism".
To say that the US far-right is somehow pro-Ba'athist is not only a contradiction in ideology but it is an objective falsehood. The US far-right is on the whole vehemently anti-Muslim and anti-Arab, thus making it totally incongruous to say that the leader of an Arab Ba'athist government who happens to be a Muslim is an iconic figure of the US far-right.
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Red Flag

Former British Navy chief: Britons should be advised to leave Korean Peninsula amid 'real risk' of nuclear war


RT
Mon, 14 Aug 2017 13:25 UTC
North Korea threat Japan
© Tory Hanai / ReutersA man walks in front of a monitor showing news of North Korea's fresh threat in Tokyo, Japan.
The government should advise British nationals living on the Korean Peninsula to leave the region amid fears of a nuclear conflict with the US, a former head of the Royal Navy has said.

Admiral Lord West of Spithead said there is a "real risk" of conflict between the two countries, which could have "catastrophic" repercussions for the region.

"It is extremely worrying. I think that there is a real risk - by miscalculation, probably, more than anything else - of something happening that no one intends," he told BBC Radio 4.

Comment: North Korea: Fire, fury and fear

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Bad Guys

Scaramucci says Establishment plans to 'eject' Trump from White House - business types not acceptable to political class


RT
Sun, 13 Aug 2017 14:42 UTC
The Mooch has emerged from the ashes of his short-lived White House career to claim there is an establishment effort to eject Trump from the White House, and that the president should have been "much harsher" on white supremacists in Charlottesville.

"I think there are elements inside of Washington, also inclusive of the White House, that are not necessarily abetting the president's interests or his agenda," Scaramucci told ABC's George Stephanopoulos in his first appearance since he was fired from his role after only 10 days.

"For whatever reason, people have made the decision that they want to eject him. It's almost like he has opened up the door for America's CEOs and America's billionaires to enter Washington's political system," the former Wall Street executive explained. "The members of that political class do not like that."
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Info

Trump starting negotiations on 'useless and unprofitable' trade pact with Mexico and Canada


RT
Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:24 UTC
car made in Mexico
© Mike Stone / Reuters
Talks on renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will begin in Washington on Wednesday. During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised Americans to pull the country out of "useless and unprofitable" trade pacts.

However, the goals set by the White House may put it on a collision course with the US auto industry.

The United States, Canada, and Mexico signed NAFTA in 1994 and has been heavily criticized by the new president. According to Trump, the deal which provides for tax-free trade between the three countries is taking vehicle plants and jobs away from the US to low-wage Mexico.

Trump's primary reason for renegotiating NAFTA has been the drastic shift in the US' trade balance with Mexico which has changed from a surplus of $1.3 billion to a deficit of $64 billion since the deal came into force.
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Radar

Iranian rear admiral planning to send fleet to West Atlantic


RT
Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:20 UTC
Iranian navy warship
© Reuters
American commanders should not underestimate the capabilities of the Iranian Navy, said Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, promising to let his fleet set sail for the western part of the Atlantic in the near future.

"No military official in the world thought that we can go around Africa to the Atlantic Ocean through the Suez Canal, but we did it as we had declared that we would go to the Atlantic and its western waters," the admiral said at a ceremony in Tehran, as quoted in Iranian media.

Sayyari said that in a "recent program on CNN," US officials had tried to portray the Iranian Navy as weak and unable to operate over large distances.

"[In a program aired] on CNN, they [the Americans] drew a line from Bandar Abbas [an Iranian seaport] to the Atlantic and said Iran is by no means is capable of entering the ocean and passing through it," he added. "But we arrived in the Atlantic, and we will go to the west of the ocean in the near future."
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Question

Rumors circulating that Queen Elizabeth plans to effectively abdicate at age 95, Charles to become king in all but name


RT
Mon, 14 Aug 2017 15:11 UTC
Queen Elizabeth Prince Charles
© Stefan Rousseau / ReutersBritain’s Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles
The Queen is planning to abdicate, ceding her crown to her eldest son, Prince Charles, who will become king in all but name, palace sources have reportedly said.

At the age of 21, when she became Queen, Elizabeth II vowed never to renounce her title and stay "devoted to the service of the great imperial family to which we all belong."

But rumor has it Her Majesty, now in her 92nd year, plans to implement the Regents Act when she reaches the age of 95, which will allow her eldest child Prince Charles to reign while she is still alive.

"I have spoken to a number of high-ranking courtiers who made it clear that preparations for a transition are moving ahead at pace," Daily Mail royal commentator Robert Jobson reports.
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Arrow Up

Russia to the rescue: Offers help to Iraq in restoration of energy supply to Mosul and supplying T-90 tanks


Sputnik
Mon, 14 Aug 2017 14:58 UTC
destruction of Mosul
© Sputnik/ Sara Nureddin
Russia is ready to help the Iraqi authorities restore energy supply to the Iraqi city of Mosul, which has recently been liberated from Daesh terrorist group, Russian Ambassador to Iraq Maksim Maksimov told Sputnik in an interview.

The Russian diplomat added that Iraq's energy sector had been damaged by Daesh terrorists in the city, and that considerable efforts were required to restore its capabilities.

"The city of Mosul has been seriously ruined during the operation that lasted for more than nine months. Both the resident areas and the infrastructure have suffered. It is necessary to restore both energy supply and water delivery system [in the city], to renew the activities of schools, hospitals, higher education institutions and above all to ensure safety... Russia, with its long economic ties with Iraq, could use its capabilities and experience to support Iraq in restoration of several spheres of the economy, for example of the energy sector," Maksimov said.
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