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More western aggression: NATO to deploy 4,000 troops in Baltic region by May 2017


Sputnik
Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:27 UTC
nato troops
© Sputnik/ Alexei Olis'ko
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) plans to station four battalions totaling 4,000 troops in the Baltic region by May 2017, NATO Military Committee Chairman Petr Pavel said on Sunday.

The statement was made following the meeting of the NATO leaders in Croatia's Split this weekend.
"With these four battle groups, we are not talking exclusively about a training presence. This force is to serve as a deterrent and if necessary as a fighting force. The rules will be different," Pavel said cited by The Wall Street Journal adding that the deployment will be carried out by May 2017.
NATO has been boosting its military presence in Europe, particularly in Eastern European states, since the outbreak of the Ukrainian crisis, citing Russia's alleged interference in that conflict as justification for the move.
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War Whore

Consider life under Clintonista Tim Kaine: More of the same

Eric Draitser
Stop Imperialism
Fri, 16 Sep 2016 17:32 UTC
killary and Kaine
Killary and Kaine
If internet speculation is to be believed, Hillary Clinton is suffering from everything from epilepsy and Parkinson's disease to adverse reactions to chemotherapy and Zika-West Nile-SARS-swine flu. The problem is that, like bellybuttons, everyone's got a theory; and, again like bellybuttons, most theories are useless. Whatever the case may be with Hillary's health, the fact is that she remains the likely winner of the presidential election, which means that a potentially sick woman will become the Commander-in-Chief.

So that raises an obvious question: what next? Put another way, the American people deserve to know who the hell Tim Kaine is, and what he would do as president. Because, after the initial "Tim who?" round of questions, citizens will want to understand who this underwhelming ex-Governor and Democratic Party hack is, and what sort of policies he'd pursue.

So boys and girls, break out the crystal balls and glimpse a future with President Kaine. It may seem like some Quaalude-induced waking nightmare to envision this scenario - Clinton and Trump presidencies are, of course, already the ultimate bad acid trips - but this bitter reality must at least be considered, if not prepared for.
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Dollars

Inside the $66 billion merger of the year: Heroin, Nazis, & Agent Orange

Lydia Mulvany
Bloomberg
Wed, 14 Sep 2016 16:42 UTC
Bayer
© GettyA Bayer advertisement from a 1900 magazine.
These companies used to sell heroin and Agent Orange. Now, they want to form the world's largest supplier of seeds and pesticides.

Two giants of the farming and chemical industries agreed to merge Wednesday in a $66 billion deal: the U.S.'s Monsanto and Germany's Bayer, the original maker of aspirin. It's the year's biggest deal and will create the world's largest supplier of seeds and farm chemicals, with $26 billion in combined annual revenue from agriculture. If the merger goes through, it will combine two companies with a long and storied history that shaped what we eat, the drugs we take and how we grow our food.

Comment: Additional articles on the Bayer Monsanto merger: A match made in hell:

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USA

Queen of Rigging: Debate rules being set by Hillary donors

Brendan Kirby
PoliZette
Sat, 17 Sep 2016 00:00 UTC
Campaign contributions from 'bipartisan' debate commissioners given exclusively to Clinton
Hillay's way
© Unknown
The men and women who run the supposedly "nonpartisan" Commission on Presidential Debates have put their money where their mouths are — and it all has gone to Democrat Hillary Clinton.

The amount of money is small by the standards of a modern presidential campaign, but it is one-sided. A pair of Ph.D. candidates at Stanford University examined campaign finance reports and found that all of the $5,650 in contributions that commission members have made to presidential candidates during this election season have gone to Clinton.
"Hillary Clinton has done a really good job of uniting the two parties. It's almost like one party."

Comment: See also:

Clinton's campaign lawyer trying to bury DNC vote rigging lawsuit while Shawn Lucas cause of death still unknown

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Bizarro Earth

Killary, LGBT rights champion, accepts money from countries that imprison and murder homosexuals

Vladimir Rodzianko
The Duran
Sat, 17 Sep 2016 15:59 UTC
Hillary and Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Nayef
Killary and Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Nayef
Hillary Clinton claims she is champion of the LGBT community worldwide - but has accepted over $61 million from regimes where homosexuality is punishable by death.

After the shooting that took place at an Orlando nightclub, Democratic Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, claimed she was an ally of the LGBT community, however, donations to the Clinton Foundation show that Hillary Clinton is willing to overlook abuse to the LGBT community when there's money on the line.

Hillary Clinton's response on Facebook June 12, 2016 after the Orlando shooting:
"We will keep fighting for [the LGBT community's] right to live freely, openly and without fear,"
Oddly enough though, the Clinton Foundation accepted at least $61 million from eight nations that imprison and murder homosexuals, and oppress women.
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Pistol

Israeli soldiers killed dozens of POWs in past war, covered up

Aluf Benn
Haaretz
Sat, 17 Sep 2016 12:36 UTC
IDF soldiers
© jewishmiracles.insightonthenews.netIsraeli Defense Forces, licensed to kill
According to testimony obtained by Haaretz, captives were ordered to line up and turn around, before they were shot in the back. The officer who gave the order was released after serving seven months in prison, while his commander was promoted to a high-ranking post.

Israeli soldiers murdered dozens of captives during one of the wars the IDF fought in the first decades of Israel's existence. The officer who gave the order to kill the prisoners was tried, but got off with a ridiculously light sentence. His commander was promoted to an extremely senior post and the entire affair was hushed up.

The dozens of prisoners were soldiers in one of the enemy armies. They had surrendered after the battle and thrown down their weapons. Some of them were seriously wounded.The Israeli soldiers who initially took control of the place where they surrendered gathered them into an interior courtyard surrounded by a wall, gave them food and talked with them about their lives and their military service.

A few hours later, these soldiers were assigned a different mission, and another Israeli force was sent to replace them at the site where the captives were being held. This changing of the guard prompted questions among the officers at the site as to what to do with the captured enemy soldiers, because the new force refused to accept responsibility for them, while the departing force had no means of transporting the prisoners.

The company commander who was the officer in charge at the site then ordered his soldiers to kill the captives. According to testimony obtained by Haaretz, the captives were ordered to stand in a line and turn around, then shot in the back. An enemy officer who had been serving as a translator fled, but was shot to death by soldiers from the new force, who were in a jeep. Following the murder, an army bulldozer piled the bodies into an improvised grave.

Comment: Understanding the history of IDF decisions and actions gives context to the psychopathic treatment of the enemy by the IDF today. Desensitized evil with little or no repercussions provides the liberty to kill without justification, a pattern without consequence all too prevalent in Israeli-Palestinian confrontations.

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SOTT Focus: Behind the Headlines: War by cowardice: U.S. provides air cover for Daesh, massacres Syrian troops, says it was an accident


Sott.net
Sun, 18 Sep 2016 16:00 UTC
deir ez-zor bombing
The site of the US bombing is here denoted by 'Tal Thardah'
With just two days left before the planned creation of a Russian-U.S. joint implementation group in the war on Daesh and Nusra in Syria, the Americans have done the unthinkable. Not only did they break the ceasefire they had allegedly agreed to last Friday; they targeted positions of the Syrian Army in Daesh-besieged Deir ez-Zor. The troops defending the city there were not even involved in the war against the U.S.'s "moderate" jihadis in other areas of the country. Now, 62 Syrian soldiers are dead, 100 are wounded, and the future of the ceasefire - and the war as a whole - does not look good. The U.S. has not even taken full responsibility, passing with ease between subtly blaming Russia, explicitly blaming Assad, and pretending it was an accident.

On this episode of Behind the Headlines, we discuss the massacre, its context, and what it means in relation to the ceasefire and the dirty war on Syria in general. Brent also joins us for a Police State Roundup.

Running Time: 02:04:15

Download: MP3

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War Whore

The real anti-war movement should stand with Syria

Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Report
Tue, 13 Sep 2016 18:49 UTC
fighters with guns
President Obama has gotten a pass for almost eight years from self-styled anti-war elements that back his proxy war against Syria. Phony anti-warriors blame the Syrian government for resisting jihadist head-hunters in the pay of Washington and its allies. They have become supporters of state terror, and cannot comprehend that "there would not be bombs of any kind, sieges, starving children, or refugees" if the Obama had not launched his war.

American and NATO aggressions must be opposed wherever they surface in the world. That statement ought to be the starting point for anyone calling themselves left, progressive, or anti-war. Of course the aggressors always use a ruse to diminish resistance to their wars of terror. In Syria and elsewhere they claim to support freedom fighters, the moderate opposition and any other designation that helps hide imperialist intervention. They label their target as a tyrant, a butcher, or a modern day Hitler who commits unspeakable acts against his own populace. The need to silence opposition is obvious and creating the image of a monster is the most reliable means of securing that result.

The anti-war movement thus finds itself confused and rendered immobile by this predictable propaganda. It is all too easily manipulated into being at best ineffectual and at worst supporters of American state sponsored terror.

Comment: That condemnation should come hard and fast considering the US recent breaking of the Syrian ceasefire.
Russia-brokered ceasefire shattered as US airstrikes against Syrian Army in Deir ez-Zor leaves 80 soldiers dead, over 100 injured (UPDATES)

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USA

Not the Sharpest Jihadi in the Madrassa: US-backed Syrian Rebel Blows Himself and Friends Up While Taking 'Selfie' With Bomb Phone


Sott.net
Sun, 18 Sep 2016 15:14 UTC
Syrian rebel blows up phone
Jihadi Karaoke Party: a real blast was had by all
More evidence has emerged to suggest that US-trained, armed and funded Syrian 'rebel' terrorists - a rag tag bunch of hired guns from dozens of countries tasked with overthrowing the democratically-elected government of Bashar al-Assad - seem to be a little intellectually challenged.

A recent video released online shows a gang of jihadi nut-jobs at the beginning of an impromptu Karaoke party. As one of them sings along to the latest Arabic version of a Britney Spears song, a fellow party-goer decides to take a selfie for the jihadi family photo album.
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USA

Best of the Web: British Journalist: The Man Who Shot Me Now Works For The CIA

Anthony Loyd
PJMedia
Sat, 03 Sep 2016 15:00 UTC
CIA kidnapper FSA rebels Times Journalist
British reporter Anthony Loyd recounts in The Times (UK) his reaction when he saw his former Syrian "rebel" kidnapper Hakim Abu Jamal, aka Abdel Hakim al-Yaseen and Hakim Anza, celebrating a victory in northern Syria two weeks ago as part of a supposedly CIA-vetted "moderate" rebel group.

Loyd reports:
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