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Fake News: Pro-militant media claims civilian casualties from "Russia-Assad airstrikes", shows mannequins in "video proof"


South Front
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 00:00 UTC
Aleppo MANNEQUINS propaganda
© Unknown
Pro-militant media outlets and 'non-government' organizations continue to implement a wide range of propaganda techniques to blame Syrian-Russian forces for civilian casualties across Syria. While it's hard to expect any war without civilian casualties, the approach implemented by the mainstream media and its allies from the "Syrian moderate opposition" is shameless.

Now, pro-militant media accounts are spreading a fresh video (made by a media outlet known as "EMC") that shows alleged results of Russian-Syrian airstrikes.

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Attention

Juncker chastizes Obama's calling Russia a 'regional power'; EU resolution against alt news agencies


RT
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 15:44 UTC
Juncker
© Strategic Culture FoundationJean-Claude Juncker
Outgoing US President Obama made a big mistake calling Russia a "regional power," the European Commission chief said in an interview. Europe, instead, should treat Russia as "one big entity and a proud nation," and there is a lot to learn about it.

"The EU occupies 5.5 million square kilometers, Russia takes up 17.5 million. Russia must be treated as one big entity, as a proud nation," Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, the EU executive body, told Euronews on Saturday. He admitted that the EU is "very ignorant about Russia" at this point, and that "we have a lot to learn."

Juncker, who has been leading the European Commission for the past two years, went on to criticize US President Barack Obama, who in 2014 branded Russia "a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors, not out of strength but out of weakness."

"Russia is not, as President Obama said, 'a regional power.' This was a big error in assessment," Juncker maintained. Following his measured tone, he stressed that the EU is not dependent on US foreign policy. Washington "will do what it wants to do and Europeans will have their own interests within their own scope to manage," he said, referring to the current state of bilateral dialogue between Brussels and Moscow.

Comment: EU is finding itself divided and in no-where's land holding the short stick.

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Newspaper

Turkey detains BBC, VoA reporters, no reason provided


RT
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 15:18 UTC
Hatice Kamer, BBC
© Gulf TimesHatice Kamer, BBC
Reporters working for BBC and Voice of America have been detained in southeastern Turkey. Turkey arrested dozens of journalists after the failed July coup attempt in a nationwide crackdown on the media.

Hatice Kamer, a correspondent for BBC Turkey, was detained Saturday in the town of Sirvan. She was covering a November 17 mine collapse, which left at least 11 people dead and five missing under the rubble. The Turkish language service of the BBC said Kamer intended to meet with families of the victims. Kamer was released on Sunday, BBC Turkey later reported.

Voice of America freelance reporter Khajijan Farqin was detained in Diyarbakir, the US government-funded outlet said, citing a Saturday message from her family. Details remain unclear, with her attorney unable to reach her for five days due to the state of emergency in the province, the report said. Diyarbakir is the unofficial capital of Turkish Kurds. In July 2015, Ankara launched a massive crackdown against the militant Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the predominantly Kurdish southeast of the country.

Turkey has reportedly not provided any reason for either detention. Earlier this month, 52-year-old French journalist Olivier Bertrand was detained in Gaziantep and subsequently deported.

Comment: A message to the message-makers most likely.

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Jet4

Tehran: Offers Russia more permanent military base access


Sputnik
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 12:40 UTC
Russian warplane
© Iran ReviewRussian bombers to be welcomed at Nojeh Air Base in Iran.
Commenting on Iran's announcement that it could allow Russia to use the Hamadan air base in western Iran for Moscow's aerial operation against terrorists in Syria, Russian political and military analyst Alexander Perendzhiev said that Tehran might even change its legislation to give Russia a more permanent presence at the base.

On Saturday, Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan announced that the country's authorities could allow Russia to use its Nojeh airbase near the western city of Hamadan for Moscow's aerial operation against terrorists in Syria if the situation in the crisis-torn Middle Eastern nation demanded it. "If the situation and conditions [in Syria] demand to provide the support, we will do this job," Dehghan said, as quoted by the Tasnim news agency.

Later in the day, the Russian upper house of parliament's defense committee chair, Viktor Ozerov told RIA Novosti that Russia could use Iran's airbase if the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier, which is used for anti-terror strikes in Syria, moves away from the Syrian borders for a new mission. "Russia might need to use the airbase in Hamadan if the Admiral Kuznetsov carries out another operation and is not be able for carrying out airstrikes against terrorists in Syria," he said.
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Attention

Erdogan's message to EU Parliament: "Know your limits!"


RT
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 08:00 UTC
pissyerdogan
© RT.com"Know your limits!"
The EU is in no position to dictate to Turkey when it comes to fighting terrorism, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after EU lawmakers voted to call for halting membership talks with Ankara. On Thursday, the EU Parliament passed a non-binding motion urging a temporary halt to membership talks with Turkey, citing Ankara's crackdown after July's failed coup. European lawmakers strongly condemned the "disproportionate repressive measures"following the failed coup attempt, which "violate basic rights and freedoms protected by the Turkish Constitution."

In the second series of remarks following the EU's move, Erdogan once again called on Brussels to know its "limits." "The government and parliament can extend the length of state of emergency. What's it to you? Does the European Parliament rule this country or the government [of Turkey]? Know your limits! Those days are over," Erdogan said, as cited by Anadolu new agency.

"Saying 'don't fight terrorism' to a country who fights against terror every day is to tell them to put up the shutters," the president noted in Istanbul on Saturday. "Are you [European Parliament] inviting terrorist groups?" he wondered. Turkey would continue to "go on its way no matter what they say," following the goals laid out by the government for 2023, the president added.

Comment: In this tit-for-tat pissing contest, Erdogan has also dangled the option (does he have one?) of joining China and Russia in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as a more ideal situation for Turkey than the EU. This, however, may not be in the best interests of the EU since it would mean the SCO would gain a Middle Eastern foothold. Meanwhile, Erdogan has the means at hand to completely overturn the applecart and flood the EU with refugees.
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Bomb

Russian defense experts confirm militants used mustard gas against civilians in Syria


RT
Sat, 26 Nov 2016 19:51 UTC
Mustardgas
© The Hindu
Russian Defense Ministry experts said that a chemical agent that was found in an unexploded mortar shell and later used in a militant attack on a village in Aleppo Governorate, was indeed mustard gas, according to a ministry statement.

On November 16, Russian military experts found an unexploded crude homemade 240-mm mortar shell with a capsule in the rear in the area of Maarat Umm Hawsh village in Aleppo Governorate. The shell was used in an attack on the village on September 16, leaving 40 people injured. It contained a capsule in its rear filled with dark oily liquid.

"An analysis conducted in strict accordance with the [the UN Organization for Prohibition of the Chemical Weapons] OPCW procedure requirements confirmed that the samples [taken from the mortar shell and the shelling site] contained ... mustard gas," a statement issued by the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Comment: The UN, a puppet organization subsidized by the US, is obediently remiss in responding to atrocities affecting Syria, especially involving the investigation of US-supported terrorists for crimes against civilians.

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Julian Assange has re-emerged; denies CIA takeover of Wikileaks

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Sat, 26 Nov 2016 17:36 UTC
assange
© Ruptly
After weeks without a public appearance, which prompted many to speculate that Julian Assange has disappeared, or worse, the curious public demanded evidence that the Wikileaks founder is all right.

As Inquisitr reported, those pushing the theory that Julian Assange, an alleged candidate for Time's person of the year award, is missing or even dead have cited a number of seemingly strange coincidences in the past few weeks. Those include an incident in November when WikiLeaks tweeted insurance files and SHA-256 hashes that did not match previous tweets. To put it simply, this indicated to conspiracy theorists that WikiLeaks and Julian Assange were no longer in control of the Twitter account.

Another piece of evidence came from an interview with John Pilger, who claimed that it took place on October 30. But those who watched the interview noted that it had several strange points, like the fact that Assange's audio had been edited together and there were no references to current events. Regated compiled a list of all the major points cited in the conspiracy theory, including the incident of the hashes not matching and the Pilger interview.

It got to the point where on Thursday WikiLeaks urged people to stop asking for Assange 'proof of life'. "Please stop asking us for 'proof of life'. We do not control Assange's physical environment or internet connection. @MashiRafael does," the whistleblowing website tweeted on Thursday.
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USA

Pepe Escobar - Lenin comes to the White House

Pepe Escobar
Sputnik News
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 17:21 UTC
White House
© AFP 2016/Paul J. RichardsThe day breaks behind the White House in Washington,DC.
Donald Trump, commenting on the passing of Fidel Castro, branded him a mere "dictator". Whatever the long-lasting results (and mistakes) of the Cuban experiment, History has already de facto recognized Fidel as one of the great revolutionary leaders of the modern - and post-modern - era.

Trump - historical irony obliges - also has all but christened the groundswell of anger that delivered him the White House as a "revolution" - led by, and in the name of, white, non-college educated, blue collar US masses.

Yet old habits die hard. A self-appointed "leader of the free world", true to conventional script, could never pay tribute in public to a "communist" who escaped over 600 CIA assassination cum regime change attempts - which is quite a heavy load to bear for so-called US "intel". In the end, it was nature's clock - not a magic bullet — that took Fidel away.

With the Cuban revolution now history, the focus switches to the current American "revolution" - which might turn out to be quite the regime change special the CIA dreams of (for others). If Fidel was The Prince as well as Machiavelli rolled into one, in gringoland the storyline may be largely about Steve Bannon, the blue collar-meets-Goldman Sachs Machiavelli to Prince Trump.

White House chief strategist Bannon has been vilified, over the top, all across the spectrum, as neo-fascist, white nationalist, racist, sexist and anti-Semite. So far, this has been the most detailed explanation of the Bannon agenda — in his own words. One underestimates him at one's own peril.
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Bad Guys

U.S. House of Representatives passes resolution for no-fly zone in Syria - a provocation of war with Russia

Justin Gardner
Free Thought Project
Sat, 26 Nov 2016 00:00 UTC
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Hillary Clinton's loss was a shock to the purveyors of U.S. military hegemony, who saw in her an easier path to keep the Syria conflict going. Secretary of State Clinton was instrumental in the early days of Syria intervention, in 2010 making a series of demands for Syria to get in line behind the U.S. vision for the Middle East.

When Bashar al-Assad refused to roll over, regime change became the talking point of Washington think tanks and mainstream media echo chambers. Clinton promised during her campaign to ramp up action in Syria, to the delight of the same neocons who brought the Iraq invasion. She acknowledged that many civilians would die if the U.S. set up a no-fly zone.

Establishment of a no-fly zone is the next crucial step toward full-scale war. It would mean Syrian planes could not fly in their own airspace and would bring the disturbing prospect of U.S. planes shooting down Russian planes — which are operating there on invitation from Syria to help battle ISIS.

Soon after the presidential election, key warmongers in Congress began formulating plans to make increased conflict a near certainty, complete with the kind of propaganda peddled before the Iraq attack. While everyone was distracted by the election of Trump, six representatives took advantage of the lame-duck session and suspended "normal rules" to bring us H.R. 5732.

Comment: If it's hot full-on war with Russia and its allies that the arrogant, idiotic and insane lunatics in Washington and Tel Aviv really want, they'd better prepare for it - and all of its implications.

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Japan scrambles jets as Chinese warplanes fly exercises near Okinawa


RT
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 14:53 UTC
Chinese military plane H-6 bomber
© Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan / Reuters
The Chinese military has conducted air force drills in the western Pacific close to Beijing's regional rivals Japan and Taiwan on Friday and Saturday. The Japanese Air Force scrambled fighter jets to shadow the Chinese planes.

On Friday, Chinese military planes flew through the Bashi Channel that separates Taiwan and the Philippines. Later on Saturday, the planes passed through the Miyako Strait near Japan's Okinawa island, which hosts a large portion of the US military troops stationed in the country.

The Chinese Air Force said the annual drills went as scheduled and "are not aimed at any specific country, region or target."

"Organizing the air corps to carry out exercises far at sea is a normal thing to do for the air forces of countries which border the ocean," the Chinese military statement said.
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