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Best of the Web: Russia's counter-blow: Aleppo convoy attack and the Russian info-war victory

Joaquin Flores
Fort Russ
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 19:17 UTC
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In a surprising turn of events, Russia struck back at the US and the western media disinformation campaign, causing NATO to back off from claiming that Russia or Syria was responsible for the attack on the Red Crescent aid convoy destroyed earlier this week. This became evident after the public statement of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday, September 21, in comments to media following an ad-hoc meeting with Russian FM Sergei Lavrov.

Western media outlets previously reported, both through AP and Reuters distributors like the New York Times, LA Times, etc., as well as the UK's Guardian and BBC, that US officials laid the blame on Russia for the attack on the Red Crescent aid convoy in Syria. The attack destroyed nearly twenty of the thirty-one trucks scheduled to arrive in Uram Al-Kubra.

Reuters apparently broke the US version of events, duplicitously citing two conveniently anonymous military sources, claiming that:
"Two Russian Sukhoi SU-24 warplanes were in the skies above an aid convoy in Syria at the precise time it was struck on Monday, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday, citing U.S. intelligence that has led them to conclude Russia was to blame." - Reuters, September 19th, 2016.
The same article went on to claim in conclusion that: "The strike appeared to deal a fatal blow to Syria's fragile week-old ceasefire."
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Text of Syria cease-fire deal


The Associated Press
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 20:19 UTC
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© AP

Comment: Here's 1 of the 5 ceasefire documents, officially "leaked". This is the deal the U.S. could not or would not implement.


The following is the text of the Syria cease-fire agreement reached by the United States and Russia on Sept. 9, 2016.

While the truce appears to have all but collapsed amid Syrian government and rebel violations, Washington and Moscow say they're committed to trying to revive the deal.

When the agreement was struck, the former Cold War foes decided to keep it confidential. Other powers, such as France, have complained about the secrecy.

Both the U.S. and Russia in recent days have spoken of making the document public. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the agreement. The document is time-stamped Sept. 9 at 10 p.m.
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British public shows 'few signs of regret' over Brexit


RT
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:35 UTC
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© Toby Melville / ReutersNigel Farage
A polling expert has dismissed claims Brits are experiencing 'buyers' remorse' over Brexit, insisting most people in the country do not regret voting to leave the European Union.

Professor John Curtice believes that reports stating people in Britain are regretting voting for Brexit are just "wishful thinking" on the part of resentful Remain voters.

The president of the British Polling Council added there is no public appetite for a second EU referendum.

"Very few minds have been changed - there are very few signs of regret," Curtice told the Mirror.

He said that a series of polls through the summer show 52 percent of Brits still support Brexit - the same margin of victory as in the referendum.
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The CIA deliberately trying to start WWIII

Daisy Luther
Activist Post
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 18:10 UTC
Puppet Masters
© Activist Post
It's really quite embarrassing on a global scale when members of our own government seem to be deliberately trying to pick fights with people who aren't interested in fighting with us. If you've traveled outside of the United States much, you probably know that we Americans have a rather negative reputation off of our own shores. Now, generally speaking, that isn't our fault as individuals. You and I don't create headlines that make waves throughout Europe and Asia.

While average Americans aren't directly responsible for this, our federal officials are. I've written recently about President Obama doing things in Syria that are worsening the conflict there. I've also written about the fact that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin are starting to butt heads. And finally, I've warned time and time again that war is upon us - and everyone knows but the US.

Michael Morell is the director of the CIA. Here's a little blurb from Wikipedia about him.
Michael Joseph Morell (born September 4, 1958) is an American intelligence analyst. He served as the deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency as well as its acting director twice, first in 2011 and then from 2012 to 2013. Since November 2013, he has been a Senior Counselor to Beacon Global Strategies LLC. He is a proponent of the CIA's use of enhanced interrogation techniques which many consider to be torture, and is also a proponent of the CIA's targeted killings by drones.
Wow, and just think. He's a guy that has almost unfettered power to call a hit on anyone in the world.
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US won't share intelligence with Russia


PressTV
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 20:02 UTC
Ashton Carter
© ReutersUS Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford testify before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington, September 22, 2016
The top US military officer says it is unwise to share intelligence with Russia if Washington and Moscow were to ever work together against the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group in Syria.

Marine General Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the US military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Congress on Thursday that the Pentagon had no intention of forging an intelligence sharing arrangement with Russia.

"I do not believe it would be a good idea to share intelligence with the Russians," he told the Senate Armed Services Committee while testifying with US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.

Dunford said any such coordination between the US and Russia against Daesh would be extremely limited.

Comment: See also: SOTT News Snapshot: September 21 edition - U.S. 'rebels' defect to ISIS, Russia calls for aid convoy investigation - Rahami charged with WMD

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SOTT Exclusive: Did the U.S. target Syrian aid convoy with Hellfire missile?


Sott.net
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:47 UTC
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© ABC News/YouTubeHellfire signature?
Footage of the nighttime attack on the Syrian aid convoy in Aleppo has surfaced. But there's something curious about how the footage has been appearing on Western news reports. A commenter on the Moon of Alabama blog, PavewayIV, made the following observations about what appears in the video, and what it suggests. First, however, here's an unedited version of the blast, courtesy of ABC:

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Assad tells AP: U.S. doesn't have the will to fight terrorism, strikes on Syrian troops were intentional


RT
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:32 UTC
assad
© SANA / Reuters
Syrian President Bashar Assad says that US airstrikes which killed 62 Syrian government troops were "intentional" and they lasted for an hour. He added that the US "does not have the will" to join Russia in fighting terrorists in Syria.

Speaking to the Associated Press in Damascus, the Syrian leader denied that the airstrikes carried out by the US near Deir ez-Zor on September 17 were an accident. Sixty-two Syrian soldiers were killed and over 100 were injured, according to the Syrian military. Assad said they were "intentionally" targeted.

"It was not an accident by one airplane; it was four airplanes which kept attacking the position of the Syrian troops for nearly one hour or maybe a little bit more than one hour," Assad told AP, adding they were attacking a large area that "constituted of many hills" adjacent to where the Syrian troops were stationed.

Assad also questioned how IS was able to launch an attack so quickly after the airstrike.


Comment: Further reading: Full transcript of the interview is available here.

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What sanctions? France remains leading foreign investor in Russian economy


RT
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 10:44 UTC
french products Russia
© Sergey Karpukhin People walk past French luxury goods maker Hermes shop window in Russia's landmark GUM shopping centre on the Red Square in Moscow.
For the third consecutive year France is the leading foreign investor in the Russian economy, according to the Director General of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFR) Pavel Shinsky.

The chamber says in the first three months of this year France invested twice as much as Germany, and even the economic sanctions haven't scared off French companies.

"In the first quarter of this year France invested $797 million in the Russian economy while Germany $350 million, and the US $130 million," Shinsky said at the International Business Summit in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod.

Comment: Russia overcomes economic recession despite the West's unreasonable sanctions

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20 civilians including children killed in Saudi airstrikes in Yemen


RT
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:27 UTC
People gather at the site of a Saudi-led air strike in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen
© Abduljabbar Zeyad / Reuters People gather at the site of a Saudi-led air strike in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen September 21, 2016.
Twenty civilians have been killed in Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen, according to a government official. Children were among those killed. At least 30 were injured in the raids, which struck the city of Hodeida.

The strikes hit the Suq al-Hunod district of the port city, the official in the government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi told AFP. The presidential palace was also hit.

Children were among the fatalities photographed at a city mortuary.

Photos from the neighborhood showed residents searching through piles of rubble in search for survivors.

Comment: Britain is also sending Saudi Arabia more weapons while also sending Yemen aid: Fueling murder: Britain to send £100mn in aid to war-torn Yemen while also selling £3bn in arms to Saudis

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Fueling murder: Britain to send £100mn in aid to war-torn Yemen while also selling £3bn in arms to Saudis


RT
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:23 UTC
Workers and journalists inspect damage at the Yemen Alsonidar Group's water pumps
© Khaled Abdullah / ReutersWorkers and journalists inspect damage at the Alsonidar Group's water pumps and pipes factory one day after it was hit for the second time by Saudi-led air strikes in Sanaa, Yemen September 22, 2016.
Britain is to increase spending on humanitarian aid to war-torn Yemen while at the same time signing off multibillion-pound arms deals to Saudi Arabia, which stands accused of war crimes.

International Development Secretary Priti Patel announced Britain will send an additional £37 million (US$48 million) in aid to Yemen this year, bringing the total package to £100 million.

It comes as Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson faces calls from two senior MPs to support an independent investigation into whether war crimes have been committed in the Yemen conflict.

Comment: The US is also helping the Saudis: Human rights be damned: US Senate green lights $1.15 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia

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