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Did President Trump have a hand in releasing new 9/11 photos?

Adam Garrie
The Duran
Sat, 01 Apr 2017 15:16 UTC
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I'd like to begin by saying that this is not a '9/11 conspiracy piece', it is a piece questioning Donald Trump's role, if any, in a recent event to do with 9/11.

The FBI recently released photos of of the Pentagon after the 9/11 attacks. The photos which are far more detailed than previous public evidence from the event, have re-fuelled conspiracy theories which challenge the official 9/11 narrative.
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Sott Exclusive: Re-released 9/11 Attack Pictures: Same Old Lies

Joe Quinn
Sott.net
Sat, 01 Apr 2017 17:04 UTC
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Nothing to see here folks!
The 9/11 attacks 'changed the world' because they were used to justify the 'projection of American military power' around the world, a desperate last push by the self-styled 'reality creators' in Washington to maintain their global dominance. But people are always the architects of their own fortune, and by launching an imperial war of aggression thinly disguised as a 'war on global terror', the USA provoked Russia and China to take the steps necessary to usher in the downfall of the inglorious Empire.

The 9/11 attacks themselves bear all the hallmarks of a self-inflicted wound, which makes complete sense from a pathological military strategy point of view. The real authors of the 9/11 attacks broadcast their intentions one year in advance when in September 2000, PNAC published a 90-page report entitled Rebuilding America's Defenses: Strategies, Forces, and Resources For a New Century, a blueprint for US foreign policy in the near-future. In referring to the Middle East, and citing particularly Iraq and Iran, the report stated:
"While the unresolved conflict in Iraq provides the immediate justification [for US military presence], the need for a substantial American force presence in the [Persian] Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein," and "Over the long term, Iran may well prove as large a threat to US interests in the [Persian] Gulf as Iraq has. Even if US-Iranian relations should improve, retaining forward-based forces in the region would still be an essential element in US security strategy given the long-standing American interests in the region"
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Judge approves $25mn settlement in Trump University case


RT
Sat, 01 Apr 2017 15:04 UTC
Donald Trump
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A federal judge in California has approved the $25 million settlement in lawsuits against the defunct Trump University, calling it "extraordinary." The case dogged President Donald Trump during the campaign, only to be settled right after the election.

"The amount offered in settlement provides significant and immediate recovery," judge Gonzalo Curiel wrote in his ruling on Friday, approving the settlement in two class-action lawsuits as well as a civil complaint filed by New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman.

Curiel called the settlement "extraordinary" in that the students who claimed to have been defrauded by the university would get 80 cents to a dollar in reimbursements.
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Westminster attack: London police release all 12 suspects arrested


RT
Sat, 01 Apr 2017 14:53 UTC
Westminster attack London
© Toby Melville / Reuters
All 12 people arrested in connection with the Westminster attack have been released and will face "no further action" according to police.

A 30-year-old from Birmingham was the final person being held in police custody on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts but he was released on Saturday, according to The Metropolitan Police.

All of the suspects were arrested in connection with the investigation to identify any accomplices who may have assisted the Westminster attacker, however, Scotland Yard simply stated that "enquiries continue." All 12 were held under the Terrorism Act.

Comment: Read more on the Westminster attack:

Westminster 'Car Terror' Attack Raises Questions

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If Aleppo was a crime against humanity, that makes Mosul one too

Evan W. Sandlin
Foreign Policy in Focus
Fri, 24 Mar 2017 13:49 UTC
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© California National Guard / FlickrMosul following the U.S. invasion of 2003.
When U.S. rivals committed atrocities in Aleppo, Western talking heads were appalled. But when the U.S. supports them in Mosul? Silence.

Mosul, Iraq's second largest city and the last major Islamic State stronghold in the country, is nearly under Iraqi government control.

The Islamic State, or ISIS, has occupied the city since June 2014. Now, with the help of U.S. airpower, the entire eastern portion of the city has been retaken, and roughly 33 percent of Mosul is in Iraqi government hands. ISIS is "completely surrounded," according to Western-coalition officials.

But what's happening in Mosul could be called "massacre" just as easily as it could be called "liberation." And the choice of words and focus is instructive.
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Russia slams NATO's traditional anti-Russia 'ritual dance' featuring debutant Tillerson


RT
Sat, 01 Apr 2017 14:01 UTC
Rex Tillerson
© Virginia Mayo / ReutersUS Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
Moscow says it is "baffled" by the remarks of the US Secretary of State during his debut address at NATO HQ, spewing the same old mantra about "Russian aggression" to unite the alliance in the face of a common "threat" that requires additional spending.

Rex Tillerson arrived in Brussels to an expectant crowd of NATO foreign ministers, who eagerly waited to hear the US approach to maintaining the future of the alliance. Besides urging NATO members to contribute 2 percent of their GDP on collective defense, the US's top diplomat reassured colleagues that Washington will back NATO against Russia.
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Putin: Tycoon Deripaska accused of ties with Trump's aide should speak in Congress


RT
Sat, 01 Apr 2017 14:46 UTC
Vladimir Putin
© Grigoriy Sisoev / Sputnik
Kremlin "welcomes" any opportunities for Russian businessmen and diplomats to testify before the US Congress, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, but added that American officials wouldn't let certain people do so.

Russian officials have "many times offered the US Congress and Senate to visit Moscow or [for the Russian delegation] to travel to Washington to meet and clarify all the issues of bilateral relations," Putin said during this week's Arctic forum in Arkhangelsk.

"But there is no response, nothing," the Russian leader added.
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German official wants to set up "Islam law" that imposes mosque registries and makes imams conduct services in German


RT
Fri, 31 Mar 2017 04:19 UTC
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© Ina Fassbender / ReutersThe Merkez mosque in Duisburg, Germany
Germany's Deputy Finance Minister has called for the introduction of an "Islam law" which should enable more transparency in the Muslim community's affairs by setting up an official mosque registry and encouraging imams to conduct services in German.

Jens Spahn, member of Chancellor Merkel's ruling Christian Democrats (CDU) party, has called for significant changes in the way Islam is being practiced in Germany, the Funke Media Group reported on Thursday, according to Die Zeit.

The introduction of an "Islam law" the politician argued, would insure transparency into wider Muslim community practices, in a country whose imams often come from abroad and are financed from foreign sources.

In particular, Spahn called for language tests for the Islamic clerics, adding that it is important for imams to deliver teachings in German to help diminish prejudice against Muslims.

Comment: Regulating what mosques are teaching and encouraging them to speak in German, to integrate the religion into society may help Germans see that extremism spans to only a small percentage of the community, and that it is not really Islam that is the problem. After all many Muslims have stated that extremists do not represent the Islamic faith. On the other hand, are they behaving hysterically and could this law (if introduced) reduce the privacy and freedom of practicing Muslims? We will have to wait and see.

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Moscow confirms 'New information' about murder of Russian Ambassador


Russia Insider
Sat, 01 Apr 2017 13:35 UTC
The Russian Foreign Ministry says new information about the assassination of Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov will be released soon

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Karlov's killer, Mevlut Altyntash
Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that new information about the murder of Andrei Karlov, Russia's ambassador to Turkey, has been confirmed and that an update about the investigation will be released soon.

During a press briefing in Moscow, Zakharova responded to the following question:

Comment:

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Hypocrites: Norwegian, Swedish newspapers dump April Fools' jokes due to fake news fears


The Local - Sweden
Fri, 31 Mar 2017 16:14 UTC
Norwegian newspapers
© Berit Roald/NTB scanpixNorwegian newspapers
Swedish and Norwegian newspapers announced on Friday that they would refrain from the tradition of publishing April Fools' Day jokes this year over fears that it might spread "fake news".

Magnus Karlsson, editor-in-chief at Swedish daily Smålandsposten said on its website that he doesn't want the newspaper's brand "to be spread with a potentially viral and erroneous story".

"We work with real news. Even on April 1st," he said.

The "fake news" phenomenon broke out amid the 2016 US presidential election and grew even further when Donald Trump, during his first press conference on January 11th as then president-elect, shouted at a CNN reporter: "You are fake news!"

Sweden was a victim of "fake news" when Fox News in February interviewed a "security and defence expert" who turned out to have criminal convictions in the US and no connections to the Scandinavian nation's security services, Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter reported.
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