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UN report and Western media downplay US contribution to potential famine in Yemen

Adam Johnson
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
Mon, 27 Feb 2017 00:00 UTC
Famine in Yemen
For almost two years, the United States has backed—with weapons, logistics and political support—a Saudi-led war in Yemen that has left over 10,000 dead, 40,000 wounded, 2.5 million internally displaced, 2.2 million children suffering from malnutrition and over 90 percent of civilians in need of humanitarian aid.

A recent UN report on the humanitarian crisis and near-famine conditions in Yemen (that encompassed South Sudan, Nigeria and Somalia as well) has led to a rare instance of Western media taking notice of the war and its catastrophic effect. But missing from most of these reports is the role of the United States and its ally Saudi Arabia—whose two-year-long siege and bombing have left the country in ruins.

A Daily News editorial ("USA for Africa (and Yemen)," 2/27/17) called on readers to give to aid organizations helping to alleviate the crisis, but neglected to mention the US/Saudi role in the humanitarian disaster the Daily News itself insisted was "caused by acts of man rather than God." Which men were those? The Daily News doesn't say.

Similarly, reports on the near-famine in Yemen in theGuardian (2/12/17), AP (2/21/17), CBS News (2/22/17) and Reuters (2/22/17) neglected to mention the US-backed, Saudi-led bombing and siege that caused the hunger crisis in the first place.
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No surprise: MSM ignores what UN report on Syrian gas attack actually said


Sputnik
Wed, 01 Mar 2017 19:47 UTC
UN chemical experts
© REUTERS/ Mohamed Abdullah
On Tuesday, Russia and China vetoed a resolution proposing tougher sanctions against Syria, based in part on a recent OPCW-UN report on the Syrian government's alleged use of chemical weapons in 2014 and 2015. Asked to comment, respected security analyst Charles Shoebridge pointed out that most media didn't even seem to bother reading the report.

In August 2015, the Security Council adopted resolution 2235, aimed at identifying who was responsible for a series of chemical attacks carried out in Syria between April 2014 and August 2015. The UN established the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism, charging it with creating an investigative report on the attacks. Investigators reached their conclusions in August 2016.
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Heads of DPR & LPR issue joint statement regarding Kiev's illegal blockade


DONi News
Wed, 01 Mar 2017 19:11 UTC
Zerstörung Wohnviertel Donbass
Kiev, using the radicals, organized and continues the blockade of railways, threatens to block the roads connecting the Republics of Donbass with Ukraine. This directly contradicts the intent and the letter of the Minsk Agreements and, in principle, characterizes the current leadership of Ukraine as unable to take care of the citizens.

Many companies were forced to stop their work as a result of the criminal actions of the Kiev authorities.

We have to declare that if by 00:00 of Wednesday (March 1, 2017) the blockade is not lifted, we will introduce external management at all enterprises under Ukrainian jurisdiction, working in the DPR and LPR. We will stop supplying coal to Ukraine.
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US House announces it's found 'no link' between Russia & Trump's election team


Sputnik
Wed, 01 Mar 2017 19:11 UTC
putin_trump
© Reuters
US House Speaker Paul Ryan said investigation found no links between Russia and Donald Trump's election team.

US House of Representatives investigations have yet to find any indication of regular contacts between Russia and members of President Donald Trump's election campaign, Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters on Tuesday.

"We have seen no evidence so far based upon the investigations that have been conducted," Ryan stated at a press conference.

Comment: Check out: While mainstream media obsesses over Russia, Trump's FBI out catching pedophiles

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News agencies confirm Syrian army storming Palmyra, ISIS fleeing

Alexander Mercouris
The Duran
Wed, 01 Mar 2017 12:19 UTC
Emir Fakhreddine fortress
News agencies confirm Syrian army in process of storming Palmyra, driving ISIS fighters out of the ancient city. Final liberation of Palmyra now expected within hours.

Multiple news agency reports confirm that the Syrian army - heavily backed by the Russian air force and with the assistance of Russian Special Forces - is engaging in what increasingly looks like its final assault on ISIS positions in Palmyra preparatory to the complete liberation of the ancient city.

Earlier today Syrian troops stormed an area known as "the Palmyra triangle" just 3 km from the ancient city, and it seems they have now taken the ancient Emir Fakhreddine fortress at the western entrance of the city (see cover picture). Other reports say that Syrian troops have also taken control's of the city's hotel area.

It seems that after initially putting up a spirited resistance ISIS fighters in the city are now fleeing in confusion, their resistance broken.

The second liberation of Palmyra looks to be underway and will probably be completed within the next few hours.
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Will Nikolaev region be next to break away from Ukraine? Governor estimates 65% of population have separatist sentiments

Translated by Kristina Kharlova
Fort Russ News
Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:51 UTC
Alexey Savchenko
Alexey Savchenko - Governor of Nikolayevshchina
The Governor of Nikolayevshchina (Mykolaiv- ukr. or Nikolaev - rus) estimated the region is 65% separatist

The head Nikolaev region Alexey Savchenko on the occasion of the termination of deputy powers wrote a speech in which he estimated the area is "65% separatist", reports Inshe.TV.

The speech was published in a closed parliamentary group of BPP. Journalists did not specify exactly how they got a hold of this information.

In his statement Savchenko describes the conditions in which he had to work, and claims that 65% of the population - are "latent separatists".
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Head of Ukrainian Donbass occupation says the local population is dumb - must be forced to "love Ukraine"

Translated by Kristina Kharlova
Fort Russ News
Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:29 UTC
Oleg Livanchuk
Oleg Livanchuk, head of the military-civil administration of frontline Krasnogorovka
The head of Ukrainian administration: Donbass has a large percentage of dumb population, and you cannot change genetics

According to the head of the military-civil administration of frontline Krasnogorovka, Levanchuck, there are no more than 50 pro-Ukrainian people among the ten thousand population of Krasnogorovka.

"We get together for our special events — Vyshivanka Day (Ukrainian national shirt day), Flag Day and other national holidays. Ten people take our flags, our symbols. The rest — no" — says the head of Krasnogorovka.

"There is a large percentage of dumb population,- explains Levanchuk.- Eastern Ukraine — Sumy, Kharkiv. Sloboda. What is Sloboda? It's neutral territory between two countries, where they banished misfits and criminals. And you can't change the genes. Everything comes from genes. So much for the gene pool. It must be drained".

Comment: And there you have it: Nazi ideology is alive and well in Ukraine, having been put in power by the US.

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Syrian Army blocks Turks' access to Raqqa - Turkey-ISIS supply lines cut for first time!


Moon of Alabama
Wed, 01 Mar 2017 18:20 UTC
al-bab map
The last Syria thread noted:
South of Al-Bab the Syrian army is moving towards the Euphrates. It will cut off the Turkish forces path to Raqqa and Manbij.
That move concluded. The Turkish invasion forces are now blocked from moving further south. They would have to fight the Syrian army and their Russian allies to move directly onto Raqqa. They would have to fight the Syrian-Kurdish YPG and its U.S. allies to move further east.

For the first time since the start of the war the supply lines between Turkey and the Islamic State are cut off!

Erdogan is still hoping for U.S. support for his plans for Raqqa but I doubt that the U.S. military is willing to give up on their well regarded Kurdish proxies in exchange for an ill-disciplined Turkish army in general disarray and with little fighting spirit. Erdogan removed any and all officers and NCOs that he perceived as not being 100% behind his power grab. That has now come back to haunt him. He is lacking the military means to pursue his belligerent policies.
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US reportedly sets up military base to protect Kurdish/SDF stronghold in Manbij


Sputnik
Wed, 01 Mar 2017 16:49 UTC
Syria Manbig warzone
© AFP 2016/ Delil Souleiman
A high-ranking representative of the Syrian Democratic Forces, who wished not to disclose his name, has told Sputnik Turkiye that the US is "taking all necessary measures" to defend the Syrian city of Manbij from an attack by the Turkish military. It has set up a military base in the city and hung up its flag as a "warning sign" to Ankara.

The US is "taking all necessary measures" to defend the Syrian city of Manbij in the Aleppo Governorate, 30 kilometers west of the Euphrates, which is currently under control of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), from an attack by the Turkish Armed Forces and fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA), the SDF representative told Sputnik Turkiye.

In particular, he said, US servicemen have set up a military base in the city and are sending an additional contingent there. They are also deploying heavy weaponry and armored vehicles to the area.
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Analysis: Trump's first speech to Congress on plan 'to make America great again'

Alexander Mercouris
The Duran
Wed, 01 Mar 2017 17:48 UTC
Trump speech congress
The President unveils a highly interventionist economic programme envisaging re-industrialisation on the back of higher infrastructure spending, trade protection and tax reform, with immigration controls to ensure that the benefits in more jobs and higher wages go to American workers.

President Trump's first speech to Congress has received generally favourable reviews from all but his most relentless critics, with the speech referred to as "conventional" and "Presidential" in contrast to his Inaugural Address.

The speech was indeed more conventional because unlike the Inaugural Address Donald Trump this took time took care to sugarcoat his speech with the standard cliches and bromides the US elite expects in speeches from the President. Thus whereas the Inaugural Address never once mentioned "freedom" - a shocking omission - the Speech to the Congress did so repeatedly.

It was the omission of the standard cliches and bromides which made the Inaugural Address seem to the US elite so stark and disturbing. By contrast by clothing his Speech to the Congress with the usual bromides and cliches Donald Trump reassured the Congress and won for himself a polite hearing.

This may be because Donald Trump has got himself a better speechwriter (his careful delivery shows the speech was carefully rehearsed) but a more likely reason is that Trump was addressing a different audience and varied his speech accordingly.
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