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Duterte snubs Washington: Looking forward to historic China visit


RT
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:46 UTC
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte
© Manman Dejeto / AFP
Relations are souring quickly between the Philippines and the United States, as President Rodrigo Duterte and 250 Filipino business executives head to China, a historic rival, later in October to discuss partnership prospects.

"China has repeatedly invited me. I have accepted the offer," Duterte told reporters, announcing the visit, which is scheduled for October 19-21.

According to Reuters, Duterte's China visit is already oversubscribed, with business and government officials all eager to discuss multi-sector economic cooperation with Beijing. There were initially supposed to be fewer industry professionals, but the number has gone up to 250, Trade Undersecretary Nora Terrado told Reuters, adding that the delegation's unusual size is due to the fact that the meeting had only been agreed on a month ago.

Comment: It is refreshing to hear Duterte speak quite frankly about the US even though it may be too colorful for a politician.

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Best of the Web: The U.S. hits back after Putin's stunning, heroic humiliation

Finian Cunningham
Strategic Culture Foundation
Mon, 10 Oct 2016 18:01 UTC
Putin 'The Peacemaker'
© Nathan Tempey/AP
The Obama administration is now accusing Russia of cyber-crime and trying to disrupt the US presidential election. The claim is so far-fetched, it is hardly credible. More credible is that the US is reeling from Putin's stunning humiliation earlier this week.

Since June, US media and supporters of Democrat presidential contender Hillary Clinton have been blaming Russian state-sponsored hackers for breaking into the Democratic party's database.

It is further alleged that Moscow is stealthily trying to influence the outcome of the election, by releasing damaging information on Clinton, which might favor Republican candidate Donald Trump.

Russia has vehemently denied any connection to the cyber-crime charges, or trying to disrupt the November poll.

Now the Obama administration has stepped into the fray by openly accusing Russia. "US government officially accuses Russia of hacking campaign to interfere with elections", reported the Washington Post.

This takes the row to a whole new level. No longer are the insinuations a matter of private, partisan opinion. The US government is officially labelling the Russian state for cyber-crime and political subversion.

Comment: America's war-talk is all bluster, Putin has slammed it with a geopolitical judo swing

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Fire

Thierry Meyssan: Extension of the world conflict

Thierry Meyssan
voltairenet.org
Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:43 UTC
pentagon

Thierry Meyssan continues his narration of the war which sets Washington and its allies against the rest of the world. Egypt has entered the fight. Israël has attacked Syria. Turkey maintains its troops in Iraq, despite protestations from Baghdad. We are heading towards a fifth Russo-Chinese veto at the Security Council against the French initiative.

The Russian Minister for Defence, Sergueï Choïgou, has published an assessment of Russian military actions in Syria. In the space of one year, he confirms - they have liberated 586 localities and more than 12,000 square kilometres of territory, eliminated approximately 35,000 terrorists, including more than 2,700 from Russia and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries. He opposed these results to those of the United States, who, while they claim to be fighting terrorists, are in fact supporting them against the Syrian Arab Republic.

The Douma unanimously adopted the Russo-Syrian agreement authorising the deployement of the Russian Air Force on the Syrian base at Hmeimim, and this for an unlimited duration. This text had been secretly signed in August 2015, and was only presented to the Douma in order to make the Russian position public. The Douma specified that Russian military presence in the Levant is indispensable to the fight against terrorism.
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US fighter jets painted in Russian colors - precursor to a false flag attack?

Scott Humor
The Saker
Mon, 10 Oct 2016 00:00 UTC
Playback flight UF782
© twitter
After September 17th when the US Air force bombed the Syrian troops that were besieged by the US terror troops in town Deir EzZor, and the following provocation with the UN humanitarian convoy, we have been waiting for the next Pentagon and CIA provocation. The military psyop specialists are getting paid millions of dollars to invent these provocations, and we, collectively, trying to prevent them from happening and to untangle them after they take place. We do all these intelligence as volunteers.

Here are a few bits of information for you to think about:

On October 6, 2016, Christian Borys, a Canadian Journalist based in Eastern/Central Europe and a contribution writer for VICE, the Guardian, RFERL, The Daily Beast, MacleansMag, TheEIU, Global Television, Al Jazeera, had posted the following tweet: The U.S is painting their F/A-18's to match the paint schemes of Russian jets in Syria. Standard training, but interesting nonetheless.


Comment: Desperate times, desperate measures? The US is looking for every advantage to put Russia in the crosshairs, even if they make it up.

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Info

US-South Korean naval drills reportedly include rehearsal of assassinating Kim Jong-un


RT
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 17:50 UTC
USS Ronald Reagan
© Mike Blake / Reuters
Joint US-South Korea naval drills will involve the nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier and will see both militaries rehearse strategies to kill North Korean leaders in the event of attacks by Pyongyang, a Defense Ministry official has said.

The Invincible Spirit naval exercises, which started on Monday, will run for six days and will see drills take place in the Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea.


Comment: They just had exercises in August called Ulchi Freedom Guardian: N. Korea threatens US to stop S. Korean military exercises


A South Korean defense spokesperson said in a statement the drills will involve ship-to-ground and submarine-to-ground cruise missile exercises with average flight ranges of up to 1,000km.

The exercises are taking place amid reports North Korea is preparing to test a sixth nuclear bomb or another long-range missile.

Comment: South Korea should be careful who its friends are: Tension grows between North and South Korea: US Empire is the real enemy of both

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Nuke

Queen of war Hillary's axis of evil

Pepe Escobar
Sputnik News
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 17:52 UTC
Rotten Clinton
© Reuters/Joshua Lott/FilesU.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) places her hand over her heart during the National Anthem at the 30th annual Harkin Steak Fry in Indianola, Iowa, in this September 16, 2007 file photo.
Let's cut to the chase; Hillary Clinton is ready to go to war against Russia in Syria - with inbuilt, potentially terrifying, thermonuclear consequences.

Anticipating an outcome of the US presidential election as a remix of the 1972 Nixon landslide, Hillary has also coined, George "Dubya" Bush-style, a remixed axis of evil: Russia, Iran and "the Assad regime".

That's not even counting China, which, via "aggression" in the South China Sea, will also feature as a certified foe for the Founding Mother of the pivot to Asia.

And if all that was not worrying enough, Turkey now seems on the path to join the axis.

President Putin and President Erdogan met in Istanbul. Moscow positioned itself as ready to develop large-scale military-technical cooperation with Ankara.

That includes, of course, the $20 billion, Rosatom-built, four-reactor Akkuyu nuclear power plant. And the drive to "speed up the work" on Turkish Stream - which will de facto strengthen even more Russia's position in the European gas market, bypassing Ukraine for good, while sealing Ankara's position as a key East-West energy crossroads.

In addition, both Moscow and Ankara back UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura's position that "moderate rebels" (the Beltway's terminology) holding eastern Aleppo hostage must be eradicated.

The geopolitical game-changer is self-evident. As much as Erdogan may be a whirling political dervish, impossible to fathom and trust, while Putin is a master of the strategic long game, Moscow's and Ankara's interests tend to converge in the New Great Game; and that spells out closer integration in the dawn of the Eurasian Century.

Quite a cup of hemlock for Hillary Clinton, who has already equated Putin with Hitler.
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Thailand police hint possible bomb attack on tourist spots


RT
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 10:06 UTC
Thailand police
© Reuters
Thai authorities have hinted that Bangkok, one of the major tourist destinations in the country, may be the target of some terrorist groups. The report comes following attacks in August which left several dead, including holiday-makers. Information that an armed group was plotting an attack in a province near the Thai capital was released by Thawip Netniyom, chief of Thailand's National Security Council, on Tuesday.

"Why target Bangkok? They [the attackers] probably want to make an impact," Netniyom said, as cited by Thai media. He added that the Thai deputy prime minister "instructed security agencies [to] closely track and monitor anything unusual including things used to prepare bombs and cars." Netniyom, however, did not release details on the group which was allegedly planning the attack.

Thai Police also said they were on high alert in the capital. "I have ordered all police under my supervision in the area around Bangkok to monitor news, investigate and gather intelligence on groups who could come in and cause trouble," said Police Lieutenant General Charnthep Sesawet, acting chief of Provincial Police Region 1.

Thailand was rocked by a series of bomb blasts in August. At least one person was killed and 23 more injured, including foreign tourists, after two explosions rocked the tourist hotspot of Hua Hin. British, German, Dutch, Austrian, and Italian citizens were among the victims. There was also a string of explosions in the Thai resort towns of Surat Thani province. At least four people were killed and many injured in the new spate of violence. One explosive device was defused by police in Phuket.


Comment: Thailand has its share of civilian factions, political groups and criminal syndicates at odds with the dictatorship in Thailand. Whether it is homegrown insurgency, domestic dispute or foreign-prodded unrest, any of these might create an excuse for the West to intervene and further its goal to encircle Russia and China. Meanwhile, China provides an influx of 8M tourists per year supporting its interest in making Thailand their vassal state. Increasing tensions in Thailand lend to speculation that there could be another layer of manipulation agitating beneath the surface.

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Undercover Israeli forces detain children playing in West Bank refugee camp


Sputnik
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 17:25 UTC
Israel seperation wall
© AFP 2016/ Thomas Coex
The Israeli army and police have staged a large scale detention campaign across the West Bank, reports claim.

Reports in the Palestinian media say that 64 people, including 12 children, were arrested in a series of raids by the Israeli Defense Force. In Aida Refugee Camp near Bethlehem, Israeli security officials disguised themselves as Palestinians, to carry out the detention of eight children. They have been identified as Amir Ismael Elayan, Izz al-Din Badwan, Mohammad Wahid Qaraqe, Adam Mohammad Darwish, Mohammad Nasser Darwish, Abd al-fatah Abu Shera, Daoud Raed Sharara and Yousif Mohammad Jawarish.
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Info

BRICS free trade area proposed by China


BRICS Post
Mon, 10 Oct 2016 17:07 UTC
BRICS Summit in Goa
China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Sunday a free trade area would be "a significant form of cooperation" between BRICS nations.

By setting up a free trade area, BRICS countries would be able to remove tariff and non-tariff barriers, give play to their comparative advantages, and advance trade and investment liberalization between them, MOC spokesperson Shen Danyang said at a press briefing.

The official comments came ahead of the 8th BRICS Summit in Goa, India where the five leaders will hold discussions on increasing intra-BRICS trade and investment.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesperson noted that China has not formally raised the issue for an upcoming BRICS meeting, but many experts have proposed a free trade area.
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Chess

Lavrov: Reagan created al-Qaeda and Bush Jr. created Daesh. Will Obama be remembered as ensuring the sucess of al-Nusra?


Sputnik
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 16:37 UTC
lavrov
© Sputnik
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Moscow does not see any signs that the US is fighting the Al-Nusra terrorist group in Syria.

Moscow "doesn't see any facts that the US is seriously battling Al-Nusra [now known as Jabhat Fateh al-Sham]," Lavrov said in an interview to Channel One Russia on Sunday. He said that American fighter jets return to their air bases with unspent ammunition. The jets make a lot of flights but their efficiency is very low, about 15-20%. Washington even called on Moscow to cease bombing runs in Aleppo, because "there are also allegedly representatives of the "moderate opposition," who are surrounded and have nowhere to go except to Al-Nusra," he said.

These calls are suspicious, the minister said. According to Lavrov, Washington officials ask, "So don't touch Al-Nusra, because it is not humane in relation to the normal guys, and we will fight Al-Nusra later." But "this 'later' never comes. They promised to separate these normal guys from Al-Nusra back in February," he added. At the same time, Lavrov said that the US Secretary of State John Kerry denied any "hidden intention to preserve this terrorist organization and to bring it out from under the strikes in order to make it the main force to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad at some point."

"Under the pressure of such conversations the Americans declared that they killed one of the Nusra Front leaders," he said claiming that it was "a separate, isolated case" that does not reflect the real US policy. "After the administration of Ronald Reagan created al-Qaeda, and the administration of George W. Bush created Daesh we would not like the administration of Barack Obama to go down in history as the one which reinforced and ensured the success of another terrorist organization called Nusra Front," the minister continued. However, "Obama has repeatedly told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he stands for a political solution to the crisis," Lavrov said.


Comment: As usual, Lavrov nails it. The US has long been in the business of creating terrorism and ensuring its success.

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