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Mush for brains: Erdoğan says 'Russian chess player' responsible for ISIS' oil trade!

Riley Waggaman
Russia Insider
Thu, 03 Dec 2015 13:47 UTC
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Palling around with terrorists
Even as we type this Internet article, trucks full of cheap, delicious and very illegal oil shipments from Syria are pouring into Turkey. But who is to blame? "Famous Russian chess players," according to Turkey's president. Yes, this makes perfect sense:
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said Turkey had proof Russia was involved in illegal oil trade with ISIS in Syria, countering "immoral" Russian allegations that his own family was importing oil from the jihadists.

"We have the proof in our hands. We will reveal it to the world," Erdogan said in a televised address in Ankara.
Erdogan said Thursday "a famous Russian chess player" was also involved in the oil business with ISIS, without giving a name. "He's also in this race," he said.
Sweet mother of God. Purely for comedy's sake, let's assume he's correct (he might be referring to Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, a wealthy Russian businessman and long-standing president of the World Chess Federation). Is Erdogan incapable of understanding the difference between "ISIS oil tankers are pouring into my country while I look the other way" and "one dude with a Russian passport is making money from an illegal activity". Is Moscow also personally responsible for every Chechen who joins ISIS?

Comment: It's a race to the bottom in the 'mush for brains' contest, and Erdogan's temporarily taken the lead. Meanwhile, the rest of the world is following the 'mush for brains' down:

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Iraqi Popular Forces' commanders complain Ramadi liberation operation blocked by US


FARS News Agency
Thu, 03 Dec 2015 13:42 UTC
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Commanders of Iraq's popular forces complain that the US is hindering the start of final phase of the operation to free Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, from ISIL control.

"The US bargains and pressures on the Baghdad government have prevented accomplishment of Ramadi liberation operation," Abu Yousef al-Khazali, a commander of Seyed al-Shohada battalion, told FNA on Thursday.

"The US has long been seeking to force the government to stop using the popular forces in military operations against ISIL, specially in the liberation operations conducted in different Iraqi regions," he added.

Also, Karim al-Nouri, the spokesman of Iraq's popular forces, told FNA that the "the Americans' interference has distorted plans to free Ramadi".

He added that "the Americans are not serious about bringing the battles to an end".

Comment: Realization that the U.S. supports terrorism spreading like wildfire through Iraq

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Bad Guys

Western media retaliates against Russia for outing Turkey's 'dirty little secrets'


Sputnik
Thu, 03 Dec 2015 13:31 UTC
Turkey ISIS oil
© Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation
On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry held a briefing detailing the Turkish government's involvement in the trade of Daesh (ISIL) oil. However, instead of starting their own investigations, many Western media outlets have instead attacked Russia for presenting the evidence, suggesting the revelations were 'hostile' and 'confrontational'.

At Wednesday's Defense Ministry briefing in Moscow, Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov presented Russian intelligence materials, including photographs, satellite imagery, and detailed maps outlining exactly how "industrial quantities" of oil from Daesh-controlled territories in Syria and Iraq find their way into Turkey, and then on to third countries.

Undoubtedly the most sensational moment in the briefing was Antonov's statement that Turkey's top political leadership, including President Erdogan and his family, are directly involved in the trade of dirty oil.

Comment: 9 out of 10 terrorist sympathizers agree - Turkey is not buying oil from ISIS:

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Putin: 'Allah has punished Turkey's leadership by making them go insane'


Sputnik
Thu, 03 Dec 2015 12:47 UTC
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© AP Photo / Stringer
Russia's President said that Allah, apparently, decided to punish Turkey's leadership by making them lose their minds.

Russia's president said: "We were ready to cooperate with Turkey on any sensitive issue and were ready to go much further than [Turkey's other] allies were willing to. "

Earlier, on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia had received additional evidence that oil from fields controlled by Daesh, which is prohibited in Russia, were being transported to Turkey on an industrial scale.

Comment: Leave it to Putin to say what needs to be said, but in a diplomatic way. Also see:

How about that resignation, Erdogan? Turkey is buying oil from ISIS

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Realization that the U.S. supports terrorism spreading like wildfire through Iraq


Sputnik
Thu, 03 Dec 2015 12:52 UTC
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Suspicion that the US is collaborating with Daesh (also known as ISIL/The Islamic State), instead of fighting the military group, is spreading among Iraqis, primarily due to the country's minimalist approach toward the crisis.

To Americans, accusations that the US government is helping Daesh may seem ludicrous. However, many Iraqi fighters and civilians claim they have seen evidence of collusion between the US and the notorious terrorist group citing, for instance, videos allegedly showing US helicopters airdropping weapons to the militants, The Washington Post reported.

The idea that the US is supporting Daesh is being persistently promoted via social media and voiced in parliament by Shiite politicians in Iraq, US military officials claim. In one popular video, recently released on a Shiite militia group's Facebook page, a lawmaker with the country's biggest militia group, the Badr Organization, waves seemingly new US military MREs (meals ready to eat), allegedly found at a recently seized Daesh base in Baiji, saying it is proof that the US supports terrorists.

Comment: Iraq can see first-hand just who the U.S. supports in the region. Also see:

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First British airstrikes on oilfields deal ISIS 'real blow'


RT
Thu, 03 Dec 2015 12:51 UTC
British jet
© Darren Staples / Reuters
A British Tornado taxis on the runway after returning from a mission at RAF Akrotiri, in southern Cyprus December 3, 2015.
RAF bombing raids against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Syria have dealt "a real blow" to the financing of the terror group, said Defence Secretary Michael Fallon, after MPs voted overwhelmingly for war on Wednesday night.

The raids, which took place early on Thursday morning, targeted oil fields in the north of the country. Analysis indicates "the strikes were successful," the Ministry of Defence (MoD) claimed.

Fallon told the BBC he had approved the targets before the House of Commons vote on Wednesday evening, and gave permission for the raids to go ahead once MPs had rubberstamped extending airstrikes against ISIS form Iraq into Syria.

He added that airstrikes against extremists are likely to continue for years.

Comment: Well that was quick. Britain just couldn't wait to start bombing Iraq and Syria.

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Attention

Russian S-300 in Damascus, Iranian Air Force in Homs?

Elijah J. Magnier
Fort Russ
Wed, 02 Dec 2015 01:40 UTC
s-300
The Syrian war is rolling like a snowball on the edge of winter with additional new elements introduced in the conflict. The presence of new weapons and armies will impose a heavy weight on the various forces fighting on the ground and over the ongoing diplomacy in the attempt to shorten the life of the war in Syria.

A high-ranking officer within the joint operation room in Damascus (consisting of Russia, Iran, Syria and Hezbollah) said "Damascus received sets of S-300 advanced Russian missiles, ready to enter active service. Soon, Syria will announce that any country using the airspace without coordinating with Damascus will be viewed as hostile and will shoot the jet(s) without warning. Those willing to fight terrorism and coordinate with the military leadership will be granted safe corridors".

In another development, according to the same source, "Iran is preparing two squadrons of Sukhoi to engage the war in Syria. These will be stationed at the T4 Syrian military airport in Homs, very close to Palmyra (Tadmur), previously known as Tiyas. The Iranian Air Force will join the Russian Air Force in their war against extremist terrorist Takfiris in Syria".

Comment: Whether true or not, 'revelations' like this are bound to keep the U.S. coalition on their toes...

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Charts prove that the west's 'war on terror' has only created more terrorism

Rebecca Sumner
The Canary
Sat, 28 Nov 2015 00:00 UTC
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We were told long ago that the "war on terror" would make the world a safer place. But after 14 years of permanent warfare, terrorist attacks around the world have escalated by a staggering 6,500%.

If its objective was to end terrorism, the "war on terror" has abjectly failed. Since it was launched in 2001, terror attacks - and the number of people killed by them - have sky-rocketed:

Comment: Contrast these results from the so-called western "war on terror" with the results of Putin's targeted strikes against ISIS and it becomes clear that the west has absolutely no interest in eliminating terrorism, whereas Russia does and is actively doing something about it.

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Bomb

IAEA finds no indication of nuclear weapons development by Iran after 2009


Sputnik
Wed, 02 Dec 2015 01:13 UTC
IAEA
© AFP
IAEA Session
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) did not find any indications of military-related nuclear activities of Iran after 2009, IAEA said in a report issued on Wednesday.

"The Agency has no credible indications of activities in Iran relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device after 2009," the report reads.

Comment: This finding sort of puts the kibosh on Israel's complaints that Iran will make nukes.

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The war on cash and the machinations of the 'Deep State'

Bill Bonner
The Acting Man
Wed, 02 Dec 2015 00:00 UTC
Washington parasite roots
© Unknown

An Attention-Grabbing Headline

"The first shot in the War on Cash?"

The headline caught our attention. We'd just finished researching and writing about the "Deep State" for the latest issue of our monthly publication, The Bill Bonner Letter.

This is something you're likely to hear more about. The Deep State describes the way the U.S. government really works, rather than the way it's supposed to work.

Over the years - hardly noticed by the press or the public - a group of insiders has taken control of Washington.

Comment: For a broad and in-depth discussion of this subject, do not miss:

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