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Neo-Nazis allowed at Swedish annual political event by 'mistake', organizers now asking police to intervene


RT
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 21:24 UTC
new-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement
© Jonathan Nackstrand / AFPThe neo-nazi Nordic Resistance Movement
The organizers of Sweden's annual politics week has asked police to prevent a neo-Nazi group from attending the event, after initially allowing the controversial group to rent a space there by "mistake."

Almedalen politics week is an annual tradition in Sweden, during which politicians and lobbyists gather in the Gotland Municipality town of Visby.

Although the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) was granted space at the event last month, its application was reportedly approved without anyone checking what kind of organization it was.

And the municipality's technical committee, which is responsible for the hosting and general organization of the event, lacks the power to reverse its decision.

Comment: Neo-Nazi's May Day march in Sweden is met with very public resistance (VIDEO)

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Howitzers and Apache helicopters provide 'psychological edge' as Kurdish-led militia begins siege of Raqqa

Aliza Krichevsky
RT
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 21:32 UTC
US Army AH-64 Apache helicopter
© U.S. Department of Defense
The US military is providing active support for the Syrian Democratic Forces in the form of Marine Howitzers and "valuable close-air support" from Apache helicopters in the SDF's attack on Raqqa, the so-called capital of Islamic State.

The mainly Kurdish SDF began its long-awaited siege on the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) stronghold in Syria on Monday, a week after the US began delivering arms. Coalition warplanes and artillery began strikes Monday afternoon, and continued through Tuesday afternoon.

The Apache gunships provide "valuable close-air support" and a "psychological edge" in the battle against IS, Defense Department spokesman Eric Payhon told RT America. "When ISIS sees the Apache AH-64s, well, it's a psychological advantage."

The Marine M777 Howitzers "are providing a significant enabling capability to our Special Operations Forces and partners on the ground," Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said during a briefing on Tuesday.
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The row in the Gulf - Cover for West arming despots

Finian Cunningham
Sputnik News
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 20:49 UTC
Skyline of Doha, Qatar
© AP Photo/Kamran JebreiliA Qatari woman walks in front of the city skyline in Doha, Qatar.
The dramatic war of words that has erupted between Persian Gulf Arab states has the hallmarks of theatrics. Saudi Arabia and several of its allies are accusing Qatar of "sponsoring terrorism" and "destabilizing" the region.

The accusations do not bear scrutiny. In fact, they are ridiculous. The biggest source of support for jihadi extremist groups is the Saudi kingdom, with its tyrannical ideology of Wahhabism acting as a fountainhead for fundamentalist cults.

All the Persian Gulf Arab monarchies, including Qatar, have been linked to sponsoring terror groups in regime-change proxy wars against neighboring countries. From Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen, among others.

For Saudi Arabia and its allies, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, to suddenly accuse Qatar of singular involvement in terrorism has the clunky sound of hammed up allegation. Something else lies behind the rupture.

This week Saudi Arabia and some of its Gulf neighbors severed transport links to Qatar, a tiny state of less than three million people, jutting out from the Arabian Peninsula. Qatar also shares a land border with Saudi Arabia, which has been closed too. Given that some 40 per cent of food supplies are imported from Saudi Arabia, the restrictions have effectively put Qatar under siege.
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Pentagon: US-led coalition destroyed pro-government forces within deconfliction zone in Syria, killing 2


RT
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 20:36 UTC
US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt-2 fighter jets
© Hamad I Mohammed / Reuters
The US-led coalition inside Syria says that it has destroyed pro-government forces that entered the deconfliction zone established by the United States and Russia around a coalition training facility. The coalition last struck a pro-government convoy in the area on May 18.

"The Coalition destroyed additional pro-Syrian regime forces that advanced inside the well-established deconfliction zone in southern Syria," said a statement from the US Central Command.

"The Coalition does not seek to fight Syrian regime or pro-regime forces but remains ready to defend themselves if pro-regime forces refuse to vacate the deconfliction zone."
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Israel tells Palestinians: 'Al-Aqsa is no longer yours'

Jonathan Cook
Jonathan Cook Net
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 20:31 UTC
Al-Asqa Mosque
© Wikimedia CommonsNortheast exposure of Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, in the Old City of Jerusalem. Considered to be the third holiest site in Islam after Mecca and Medina.
Palestinian leaders have denounced new construction projects they say will further tighten Israel's grip on occupied East Jerusalem and its holy places, including the incendiary site of Al-Aqsa mosque.

The most elaborate plan is for a cable car intended to bring thousands of visitors an hour to the Western Wall and its Jewish prayer plaza immediately below al-Haram al-Sharif, a compound containing Al-Aqsa and the golden-topped Dome of the Rock.

The $56m project was unveiled at a meeting of the Israeli cabinet in tunnels below the al-Haram al-Sharif. It is the first time the cabinet has met in Jerusalem's Old City, which Israel annexed in violation of international law.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the meeting in the provocative location late last month to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Israel's illegal occupation of East Jerusalem.
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Why the London terror attack happened now

Jonathan Cook
CounterPunch
Mon, 05 Jun 2017 19:43 UTC
London Bridge
© Photo by Bryce Edwards
One has to wonder why terrorists like those who struck on Saturday night in London, and earlier in Manchester, launched their attacks now. It is difficult not to infer that their violence was timed to influence the UK election this coming Thursday.

Those behind the attack - whether those carrying it out or those dispatching the terrorists - want to have an effect. Terrorism is the use of indiscriminate violence for political ends. It has a logic, even if it is one we mostly do not care to understand.

So what do these terrorists hope to achieve?

Based on prior experience, they will assume that by striking now they can increase fear and anger among the British population - intensifying anti-Muslim rhetoric, justifying harsher "security" responses from the British state and shifting political support towards the right. That is good for their cause because it radicalises other disillusioned Muslim youth. In short, it brings recruits.

Islam is not exceptional in this regard. This is not a problem specifically of religion. As experts have repeatedly pointed out, disillusioned, frustrated, angry (and mainly male) youth adopt existing ideologies relevant to them and then search for the parts that can be twisted to justify their violence. The violent impulse exists and they seek an ideology to rationalise it.
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The ISIS Was 'Allegedly' Behind the London Bridge Attacks - Who Is Behind the ISIS?

Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 19:31 UTC
ISIS in Afghanistan

London's tabloids have gone into high gear with vivid descriptions of the attacks and the tragic loss of life. Seven killed and 48 wounded.

"ISIS has claimed responsibility for the depraved attack in London Bridge as chilling video shows three jihadis calmly strolling past a pub while in the midst of the van and knife rampage that killed seven and critically injured 21." ( The Sun, June 5, 2017)
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TrumpiLeaks: Filmmaker Michael Moore launches whistleblowing website aimed to oust the president


RT
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 15:07 UTC
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© Eduardo Munoz/ReutersFilmmaker Michael Moore
Filmmaker Michael Moore is urging White House staff and members of law enforcement to leak information about misconduct in the US government to his new website TrumpiLeaks. The website contains encrypted messaging services such as Signal, Peerio and WhatsApp for whistleblowers to pass on sensitive data or documents anonymously.

Moore, famous for political documentaries such as Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine, has warned that leaking government information "might get dangerous."


Comment: Would you want grandstanding nutcase Michael Moore to be the recipient of leaked information (T or F) about you?

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White House ices Russia 'war room' idea, inquiries redirected to NY lawyer

Tara Palmeri, Josh Dawsey, Eliana Johnson
Politico
Mon, 05 Jun 2017 10:41 UTC
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© NYMAG/TV-CNNDavid Bossie • Corey Lewandowski
The White House's Russia investigation "war room" may have been killed before the battle.

Just days before former FBI Director James Comey's Senate testimony about his firing, President Donald Trump decided that all inquiries related to the scandals engulfing his administration should be handled by his outside lawyer in New York instead of by a team based inside the White House, according to four advisers close to Trump.

Comment: From this account, the war room would have become an internal war room! The legal department should be the first funnel. Trump likely made the right decision not to combine these ad hoc energies to combat a fictitious scenario where you can't stab a fact with a fork.

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Russian senator forebodes Western meddling in presidential election


RT
Tue, 06 Jun 2017 13:50 UTC
Korsachev
© sana.sySenator Konstantin Kosachev
A senior Russian senator has said he expects the United States and its NATO allies to attempt to influence the 2018 presidential campaign in Russia, adding that Russian authorities will take preventative measures.

"There is no doubt that in the time that is left before the Russian presidential elections due next March, we will face very active and consistent attempts of the USA and its NATO allies to influence the course of this elections campaign," Konstantin Kosachev, head of the upper house Committee for International Relations, told reporters on Tuesday.

The senator also told reporters that the upper house would soon hold a special session dedicated to countering foreign nations' attempts to influence Russian internal politics. One proposed measures involves setting up a special parliamentary commission to monitor any such attempts at meddling, and prepares legislative amendments that would render any interference useless.

Kosachev said the current international political environment means such a commission would be required for a long period.

Comment: Russia may be more proactive and sincere in protecting their election from Western meddling, given recent history. The West counted on Russian interference, but in the absence of actualization, it fabricated the Russian intrusion. Shoe on the other foot: If the US, for some unrealistic flash of morality and honor, decides to forego business as usual and NOT invade the Russian election...will Russia claim it did?

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