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Wall Street

No deal reached on fined Deutsche Bank with US regulators


RT
Mon, 10 Oct 2016 14:40 UTC
Deutsche Bank building and stop light
© Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters
Deutsche Bank has failed to reach an agreement with the US regulators over the $14 billion fine for alleged mis-selling of mortgage-backed securities before the 2008 financial crisis.

A meeting in Washington, attended by Deutsche CEO John Cryan, was expected to resolve the fine imposed by the US Department of Justice following an investigation into the business activities of Germany's biggest bank.

Cryan is trying to have the $14 billion fine reduced. The amount is almost as big as the bank's market value. Talks are expected to continue, according to the bank.

Comment: An in depth article on Deutsche Bank: Deutsche Bank crises: Europe's ticking time bomb

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Stormtrooper

Boots on the ground: Are UK special forces preparing for chemical warfare ahead of assault on Mosul, Iraq?


RT
Mon, 10 Oct 2016 14:26 UTC
British soldiers with gas masks
© MOD / AFP
Troops from the British infantry and SAS have been kitted out with chemical warfare equipment ahead of an all-out assault on the Islamic State-held Iraqi city of Mosul, according to reports.

While the Ministry of Defence is being cagey about the rumors, reports suggest that soldiers from the Rifles infantry regiment are in Iraq and have been issued with special anti-chemical warfare equipment.

A 'boots on the ground' combat deployment would be highly controversial if publicly acknowledged, with even training duties in the region stirring up public anger in the wake of the disastrous Iraq occupation.
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Bad Guys

Any US-led coalition attack against the Syrian Army is a violation of international law


Sputnik
Sun, 09 Oct 2016 14:27 UTC
Sergei Lavrov
© ITAR-TASS/Anton NovoderezhkinRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that any US-led coalition attack against Syrian army facilities will be "a flagrant violation of international law."

Any US-led coalition attack against Syrian army facilities will represent a flagrant violation of international law, this fact is understood by several senior US officials, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

Earlier this week, media reported that White House officials were considering US military attacks against Syrian army airfields.

"I think that the 'hot heads' there will be calm downed and will treat the issue seriously. The good news is that according to the leaks, but it is a very reliable information, a number of senior figures in the US administration understand very well that any attack on ground targets, which belong to the Syrian army, is a flagrant violation of international law," Lavrov told Channel One in an interview.

"There were leaks that the cruise missiles could easily hit Syrian Air Force airfields, and the Syrian air force would no longer fly. The General Staff has already reacted on this. This is a very dangerous game, given that Russia, being in Syria at the invitation of the legitimate government of this country and having two bases there, one airbase in Hmeymim and the Russian Navy base in Tartus, has air defenses there to protect our facilities," he added.

Comment: SOTT Exclusive: Deir ez-Zor survivor: "U.S. coalition warplanes finished off wounded with machine guns" - Is Daesh calling in US airstrikes?

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Bad Guys

Russian Foreign Minister: Russia-US relations have undergone drastic changes


Sputnik
Mon, 10 Oct 2016 14:17 UTC
Sergei Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov considers the Russian-US relations have changed dramatically.

Moscow used to show strategic patience regarding Washington's actions for a long time, but the relations between the United States and Russia have dramatically changed, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

"To my mind, this is a fact. Frankly, we have been showing what in the United States is called the 'strategic patience' for a very long time, as the unilateral deterioration of the relations on the US part started long before the Ukrainian [crisis]," Lavrov said, commenting on the drastic changes in the relations between Moscow and Washington.

In 2014, relations between Russia and the West deteriorated amid the crisis in Ukraine. Brussels, Washington and their allies imposed several rounds of sanctions on Russia over Crimea's secession from Ukraine and Moscow's alleged meddling in the Ukrainian conflict. Russia has repeatedly refuted the accusations, and warned that the sanctions are counterproductive and undermine regional and global stability.

Comment: Lavrov also had this to say:
"We have witnessed a fundamental change of circumstances when it comes to the aggressive Russophobia that now lies at the heart of U.S. policy towards Russia," Lavrov told Russian state TV's First Channel. "It's not just a rhetorical Russophobia, but aggressive steps that really hurt our national interests and pose a threat to our security."
When the U.S. says something like this, it means the country in question can expect a coup or war. Not so with Russia, but it shows how seriously they are taking U.S. misbehavior.

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Light Saber

Russia blocked illegal Aleppo 'no-fly zone' at UN Security Council meeting, West abets Nusra terrorists


Sputnik
Sun, 09 Oct 2016 13:59 UTC
Russian ambassador to UN
© AFP 2016/Dominick ReuterRussian ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin vetoes a Security Council vote on a French-Spanish resolution on Syria at the UN headquarters, October 8, 2016, in New York City
On Saturday, Russia exchanged blows with the US and its allies at the UN Security Council over the Syrian crisis. See if you can spot the difference in the approach of the two respective sides.

On October 8, as expected, Russia vetoed a French-drafted Security Council resolution calling for an immediate halt to airstrikes over the city of Aleppo in northern Syria.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russia blocked the resolution, as it promised it would, because its text "grossly distorted the actual state of affairs" in Syria, and carried a "politicized, unbalanced and one-sided nature. The blame for the escalation of tensions in Syria was placed on the shoulders of the country's authorities."

But more importantly, the Foreign Ministry emphasized, by proposing a no-fly zone over Aleppo, the resolution "made a blatant attempt...to provide cover for Nusra Front terrorists and the militants amalgamated with them, in spite of UN member states' obligations to combat terrorist threats with the use of all available means."

Finally, the Ministry pointed out that the malfeasance and dishonesty of the attempt to pass the resolution off as a response to East Aleppo's humanitarian crisis was proven by the fact that over the last two months, radical militants, not the Syrian government, were the ones to deliberately stop humanitarian convoys getting through to the area, while the Western-supported opposition forces have purposefully stalled efforts to resume inter-Syrian peace negotiations.
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Arrow Up

Syrian Army destroyed long tunnel in Eastern Damascus used by terrorists to shuttle weapons and forces


FARS News Agency
Sun, 09 Oct 2016 13:49 UTC
terrorist tunnel system
Syrian military forces discovered a long tunnel of the terrorists in Eastern Ghouta and exploded it, leaving dozens of the terrorists stuck inside dead or wounded.

A long tunnel used by the militant groups to carry arms and transfer forces between the battlefields in Jobar region was detonated by the Syrian army.

Tens of the militants were killed or wounded in the attack.
Jobar Syria
In the meantime, the entire member of a group of Fatah al-Sham Front (the newly-formed al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group previously known as the al-Nusra Front) terrorists were killed in Syrian army's attack on their stronghold near electricity building in Jobar.

Media sources also said on Sunday that Syrian Army troops' fresh round of anti-terrorism attacks in Western Ghouta pushed back militants from more positions in the Northern side of Khan al-Sheih, inflicting a heavy death toll on the terrorists.

"Syrian military forces stormed terrorists' positions in the Northern side of Khan al-Sheih and took control over the neighborhood of al-A'azam mosque and several buildings in the town from the direction of Daroushe and Banayat al-Tah'touh," the sources said.
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Attention

Syrian Army in Northern Dara'a shoot down four bomb-laden drones of terrorist groups, and seriously damage 18 others


FARS News Agency
Sun, 09 Oct 2016 13:35 UTC
Syrian army
The Syrian Army shot down four bomb-laden drones of the terrorist groups and inflicted major damage on 18 more drones in the Northern territories of Dara'a, military sources announced Sunday.

"The Syrian army downed four combat drones of the terrorists in Qasr al-Saudi region near the road to Tafas, while 18 more bomb-laden drones in Katibeh al-Mahjoureh region sustained serious damage in the Syrian soldiers' heavy fire in Qasr al-Saudi region near a road to Tafas," the sources said.
Dara'a Syria
Last month, the Syrian army, supported by intelligence forces, managed to thwart the terrorists' attempts to send their bomb-laden drones from Da'el and Abta'a towns in Northern Dar'a towards al-Katibeh al-Mahjoureh region in the Northern side of Abta'a town, blowing up all of them in the air.

Comment: How did those terrorist groups get these drones?

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Microscope 2

How the FDA Manipulates the Media - a disturbing picture of the tactics used to control the science press

Charles Seife
Scientific American
Mon, 10 Oct 2016 13:01 UTC
FDA manipulation
© Sébastien Thibault
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been arm-twisting journalists into relinquishing their reportorial independence, our investigation reveals. Other institutions are following suit

It was a faustian bargain—and it certainly made editors at National Public Radio squirm.

The deal was this: NPR, along with a select group of media outlets, would get a briefing about an upcoming announcement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration a day before anyone else. But in exchange for the scoop, NPR would have to abandon its reportorial independence. The FDA would dictate whom NPR's reporter could and couldn't interview.

"My editors are uncomfortable with the condition that we cannot seek reaction," NPR reporter Rob Stein wrote back to the government officials offering the deal. Stein asked for a little bit of leeway to do some independent reporting but was turned down flat. Take the deal or leave it.
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Quenelle - Golden

Trump exposes Syrian war lie during debate: 'No such thing as moderate rebels, Russia, Iran, Assad are killing ISIS'

Alex Christoforou
The Duran
Mon, 10 Oct 2016 12:32 UTC
Clinton-Trump
© Unknown
Trump exposed the entire Syria charade during last nights debate. Share it!

Debate moderator Martha Raddatz desperately tries to stop Trump from getting in this one last comment on Syria.

She knew that Trump was about to blow the lid wide open on the entire US false narrative on Syria, Assad, "moderate rebels", and Russia.

And boy did Trump deliver.

Comment: See: Video: Western Aleppo Residents Targeted by Missiles and Bullets From US-backed ISIS & Al-Nusra Terrorists

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Windsock

Germany calls for lifting Russian sanctions


RT
Mon, 10 Oct 2016 06:40 UTC
map sanctions
© uawire.org
The current policy of "saber rattling" should not continue, Erwin Sellering, the prime minister of the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, told Germany's weekly Welt am Sonntag newspaper, as he called for lifting anti-Russian sanctions. "The tit-for-tat sanctions have brought nothing. They should be lifted as soon as possible," Sellering, who represents the Social Democrats, told Welt am Sonntag, adding that Russia and Western countries should "move closer" again.

His words were partly echoed by Thorsten Schaefer-Guembel, vice chairman of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD), which now forms the ruling coalition with German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU). "The SPD should now breathe new life into the policy of détente right now, in the times of crisis," he said, stressing that Germany should "hold all negotiation channels open" and rely on diplomacy and bringing "change through rapprochement," particularly in its relations with Russia. He called Russia "an important actor, without which the resolution of many global issues, including [bringing] peace to Syria, is impossible," although he also stressed that Russia is a "difficult" partner.

Such comments from SPD politicians worry their coalition partners. Peter Tauber, CDU's secretary general, told Welt am Sonntag that he is concerned by "growing anti-US sentiment" in German society, accusing Germans of having a "double morality," meaning they tolerate Russia's actions in Syria and Ukraine, but would allegedly never tolerate anything of the kind done by the US, in his view.

Comment: Germany is a house divided: believe the lies or suss out the truth. Actions will tell which platform will prevail.

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