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Israeli bill proposes stripping EU diplomats of immunity for helping Palestinians build homes in West Bank


RT
Thu, 03 Nov 2016 19:44 UTC
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© Ammar Awad / ReutersA view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim is seen near Jerusalem
European Union diplomats should be stripped of immunity for supporting the construction of houses for Palestinians in the disputed West Bank, according to new legislation proposed by a member of the Israeli Parliament.

The bill was presented on Wednesday by Oded Forer, a member of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) for Yisrael Beiteinu, a right-wing nationalist party.

The proposed legislation says EU diplomats should be stripped of immunity if they help Palestinians build homes illegally in Area C of the West Bank. It is not yet clear what the measure would actually mean for EU diplomats, however.

Area C is an administrative division in the West Bank that comprises about 60 percent of its territory. According to information from the Israeli media, it was home to some 150,000-300,000 Palestinians and 380,000 Israelis in 2015. It is this area where the Jewish settlements, which are illegal under international law, are located.

The European Union doesn't recognize the legality of Israel's settlements in the West Bank and helps build shelters for Palestinians there. Such houses are easily recognized, as they are all labeled with the EU flag.
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Russia just received the tools to neutralize NATO reconnaissance planes in Syria


Sputnik
Thu, 03 Nov 2016 19:49 UTC
Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS
© Flickr/ Archangel12Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS
Last week, NATO announced that it had begun tracking the movement of Russian military aircraft operating in Syria using AWACS reconnaissance planes operating from Turkish bases. But as luck would have it, Russia has just received all the tools it needs to neutralize the alliance's snooping.

In late September, NATO announced that a fleet of 16 Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems (AWACS) aircraft would be sent to Turkey, ostensibly to help the alliance's ongoing efforts against the Daesh (ISIS/ISIL) terrorists. A month later, the alliance confirmed that the aircraft had been deployed, and that they started their surveillance of Syrian airspace beginning October 20.
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Iranian leader on refusing talks with Washington: "US is liar, cheater and stabber in the back"


RT
Thu, 03 Nov 2016 18:41 UTC
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
© Caren Firouz / ReutersIran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Iran's supreme leader reiterated his call to mistrust the US, saying talks with Washington would be futile as it is in deep crisis now and cannot solve other nations' problems. It comes as Tehran marks the anniversary of the US Embassy siege in 1979.

"Negotiations with the US will not resolve our problems, because firstly, it is a liar, disloyal, cheater and stabber in the back, and secondly, the US itself is crisis-stricken - and how can a crisis-hit country resolve another country's problems?" Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said in Tehran on Wednesday, addressing a large gathering of Iranian school students and teachers.

The speech was dedicated to Students Day, when Iran marks the beginning of a 444-day hostage situation at the US Embassy in Tehran. On November 4, 1979, amid the Islamic Revolution, Iranian students broke into the diplomatic mission and took 52 American citizens hostage. The anniversary is marked on November 3 this year because the country observes an Islamic calendar.

Khamenei is a known skeptic toward possible rapprochement with the US, regularly criticizing Washington for not delivering on its promises. In his latest speech, he said the tenor of the presidential campaign in America indicated its moral bankruptcy and a general crisis of leadership.
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Shiite militia commander: US striking jihadists in Iraq to promote national interests


Sputnik
Thu, 03 Nov 2016 19:26 UTC
US soldier
© REUTERS/ Alaa Al-Marjani
The United States has been launching airstrikes on Islamic State (ISIL or Daesh) in Iraq to promote national interests, a commander of a Shiite militia fighting near Mosul told Sputnik on Thursday.

"The US does only what is in its interests ... Whatever strikes it is launching against Daesh, it is doing this for its own sake," Irfan Abdulselam Muhammed, a Turkmen commander of the Hashdi al-Shabi militia group, said.

Irfan Muhammed's group are part of an Iraqi force of some 50,000 fighters engaged in an operation to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Daesh jihadists. He said the US had not provided his militiamen with arms or training.

Turkmen fighters have retaken many villages around the city of Tal Afar, which sits on a strategic route between Mosul and Syria's Raqqa, an Daesh stronghold. Irfan Muhammed said they were preparing to lay siege to the center of Tal Afar to shut down the route and prevent Islamists from fleeing to Syria.

Comment: See also: Russian military: US jets hit residential areas in Mosul

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Wall Street and the Pentagon's political and military debacles

James Petras
Global Research
Thu, 03 Nov 2016 00:00 UTC
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Wall Street and the Pentagon greeted the onset of 2016 as a 'banner year', a glorious turning point in the quest for malleable regimes willing to sell-off the most lucrative economic resources, to sign off on onerous new debt to Wall Street and to grant use of their strategic military bases to the Pentagon.

Brazil and Argentina, the most powerful and richest countries in South America and the Philippines, Washington's most strategic military platform in Southeast Asia, were the objects of intense US political operations in the run-up to 2016.

In each instance, Wall Street and the Pentagon secured smashing successes leading to premature ejaculations over the 'new golden era' of financial pillage and unfettered military adventures. Unfortunately, the early ecstasy has turned to agony: Wall Street made easy entries and even faster departures once the 'honeymoon' gave way to reality. The political procurers persecuted center-left incumbents but, were soon to have their turn facing prosecution. The political prostitutes, who had decreed the sale of sovereignty, were replaced by nationalists who would turn the bordello back into a sovereign nation state.

This essay outlines the rapid rise and dramatic demise of these erstwhile 'progeny' of Wall Street and the Pentagon in Argentina and Brazil, and then reviews Washington's shock and awe as the newly elected Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte embraced new ties with China while proclaiming, 'We are no one's 'tuta' (puppy dog)!'

Comment: If it is the goal of Wall Street and the Pentagon to subvert democracy, propagate suffering, and instill chaos within all the countries they seek to influence, they are doing remarkably well. And here's another to add to the list; Venezuela - by any means possible.

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Evil witch Madeleine Albright compares RT and Sputnik to Daesh propaganda


Sputnik
Thu, 03 Nov 2016 17:57 UTC
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© AP Photo/ Zach Gibson
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in an article published Thursday proposed taking on what she said was "anti-democratic trolling" by Russian media, such as the RT broadcaster and Sputnik news agency, the same way Washington dealt with Islamist propaganda.

"We already have systems in place to monitor Islamic State propaganda on the Internet, and we should do the same for authoritarian propaganda," she wrote in an article for the USA Today.


Comment: She's right, there should be a system to monitor authoritarian propaganda. If such a system did exist, it would have to flag everything she is saying as authoritarian propaganda otherwise it would be a faulty system. The irony is that Western media is by far the biggest propaganda outlet in the world, spouting whatever lie the US government wishes to spread without a discerning thought.


Albright reiterated accusations by US homeland security and intelligence that the Russian government was behind the sensitive leaks from the Democratic National Committee email accounts, published by WikiLeaks, claiming the website was friends with Russian officials.


Comment: Yet no one in the US intelligence community has provided any evidence of Russian involvement in the Podesta leaks. In fact, the FBI itself refused to name Russia as being responsible for the hacks, just as it also found no evidence of any connections between Trump and Putin. Albright may want to start paying attention to what her own country's top law enforcement authority is saying before she makes herself sound foolish (too late!).


News outlets like the RT channel and Sputnik agency are spreading misinformation and lies, she said, and the United States must tell the true story, specifically to audiences in Central and Eastern Europe.

"The U.S. government should work with technology companies to develop better policies to deal with anti-democratic trolling, as they have done with cyberbullying, hate speech and violent extremism," the top US diplomat under Bill Clinton wrote.

The Clinton campaign has blamed Russia for directing leaks of emails from the hacked account of US Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's election campaign chairman, John Podesta, in a bid to interfere with the US election process. Russia has denied the allegations.
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"Look to Washington, not Moscow': Former British ambassador claims leaked DNC emails came from a D.C. insider

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Wed, 02 Nov 2016 17:57 UTC
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With the media gripped by accusatory speculation regarding the identity of the source behind the Wikileaks leak of hacked Podesta and DNC emails, much of it focused on Russia, a new theory has emerged from Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, who tells Sputnik (a Russian media outlet) that the source of the leaks are not Russian hackers but a Washington insider.

"The source of these emails and leaks has nothing to do with Russia at all. I discovered what the source was when I attended the Sam Adam's whistleblower award in Washington. The source of these emails comes from within official circles in Washington DC. You should look to Washington not to Moscow."

Asked about whether or not WikiLeaks have ever published information at the behest of Moscow, Murray said that "WikiLeaks has never published any material received from the Russian government or from any proxy of the Russian government. It's simply a completely untrue claim designed to divert attention from the content of the material."

Comment: John Pilger interviews Assange: WikiLeaks did not receive Clinton emails from Russian govt

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Top British spook comes out of the shadows to further push Russophobia onto Western citizens

Finian Cunningham
RT
Thu, 03 Nov 2016 17:25 UTC
spook
© Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
This week, with appropriate Halloween timing, the British news media were howling a Russian scare-story. Britain's chief spymaster warned - through obliging media outlets - that Russia is posing an increasing threat to state security.

But the latest episode of Russia scaremongering had a couple of notable aspects. First, Britain's normally secretive spy chief made a rare public appearance to deliver the frightening "news" in person. And, secondly, the chosen media conduit suggests that a certain political constituency among the British public is highly prized by the spooks in order to leverage their Russophobia.

In an unprecedented break with custom for the British secret service known as MI5, its director-general Andrew Parker was reportedly the first-ever incumbent head of the organization to give a full-court media interview. Oxbridge-educated Parker, 54, is the 17th head of MI5 since the agency's formation. He has been in the job for the past nine years.

No British spymaster has ever given a public media interview until this week. Not even during the height of the Cold War.
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FBI sources tell Fox News Clinton Foundation indictment likely, investigation much larger than reported

Claire Bernish
Free Though Project
Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:44 UTC
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© Glen McCoy
A new report says the FBI investigation of the Clinton Foundation has taken a "very high priority" after dragging on for over a year in its White Collar Crime Division, and a preponderance of evidence means a forthcoming indictment is "likely."

Two unnamed, separate sources with "intimate knowledge" of the investigation told FOX News' Bret Baier the FBI is "actively and aggressively pursuing this case" — even re-interviewing key people for the third time.

Ironically, one of the anonymous sources told Baier the investigation has benefited from ongoing publications by Wikileaks of Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta's emails, in that "There is an avalanche of new information coming in every day."

Taken in conjunction with the rapidly approaching presidential election on November 8, it appears Julian Assange's 'October Surprise' could have lasting implications beyond lifting the veil from behind-the-scenes wrangling by Clinton campaign insiders, corporate media, and Democratic National Committee.

Comment: One extra claim from Baier's report: "FBI sources say with 99% accuracy that Hillary Clinton's server has been hacked by at least five foreign intelligence agencies, and that information had been taken from it."

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'Highly dangerous' terror suspect nabbed in Berlin raid


RT
Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:31 UTC
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© European Press AgencyGerman police (file picture) have arrested a Syrian man in Berlin suspected of plotting a terror attack on a city airport, it has emerged
Berlin police say they have arrested a man suspected of being a member of a foreign terrorist organization. The man, reportedly a 27-year-old Syrian, has been described by the German media as "highly dangerous."

The suspect, who has been allegedly living in Germany since 2015, was arrested Berlin's Schöneberg district, police wrote on Twitter.

"[The] man.... is suspected of being a member of a foreign terrorist organization," police said.

According to Focus Online newspaper, the man is considered "highly dangerous."

"We have launched an investigation and we are now waiting to see what the search of [his] apartment gives," a spokeswoman for the federal prosecutor told FOCUS Online.


Die Welt named the suspect as Ashraf Al-T, citing its sources.
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