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Car bomb targets police HQ in southeast Turkey killing 9 injuring 64 - UPDATE


RT
Fri, 26 Aug 2016 04:57 UTC
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© Stringer/ Reuters
9 people were killed and 64 wounded when a bomb blast hit a police station in the city of Cizre in the southeast of Turkey, according to hospital sources, as cited by Reuters.

Unconfirmed reports say that at least three police officers have been"martyred" in the attack.

Photos and videos coming from the southeastern city in Turkey's Sirnak Province show destroyed buildings and ambulances rushing to the scene.

The police station was completely destroyed by the blast, NTV broadcaster reported.

Comment: With Turkey now turning to Russia and making efforts to target ISIS, are the West sending a powerful message in an attempt to nip the alliance in the bud, while simultaneously creating further tension between Turkish and Kurdish populations?

Update

Turkish authorities are blaming the PKK for this latest attack, the death toll of which has risen to 11.
"A PKK suicide attack using a truck bomb took place at a checkpoint in the Cizre area of our province this morning at 6:45 a.m. [03:45 GMT]. Eleven policemen were killed as a result of this cowardly terrorist attack and 78 people, including three civilians, were wounded. Four are in serious condition," the Sirnak administration said. Its comments were echoed by Prime Minister Binali Yildlirim in televised remarks. Television channels broadcast images of the police building's carcass. Local correspondents described seeing a "large pit" at the site of the explosion. The Health Ministry was quoted as saying earlier that 12 ambulances and two helicopters have been dispatched to the scene of the incident.


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Windsock

Kiev city councilman Dmitry Gordon regrets Maidan


Fort Russ
Tue, 23 Aug 2016 15:33 UTC
Dmitry Gordon
© RusVesna.su
The Ukrainian journalist, TV presenter, head editor of the Gordon Boulevard newspaper, GORDON project manager, and since 2014 deputy of the Kiev City Council, Dmitry Gordon, uttered words live on Ukrainian TV that are unthinkable for any Ukrainian patriot: "It would have been better if Yanukvoich stayed in power."

"If I had known that tens of thousands of people would die or come back maimed, I never would have gone out on the Maidan," Gordon confidently declared....

The TV host could not contain his shock: "You are saying this as a representative of the president's bloc in the Kiev City Council?"

"Yes, you'll understand," Gordon urged, "our problem is not Putin, but ourselves! Our people are simply shocked by how much the present regime steals. In comparison to them, Yanukovich looks like a kid!"

"My country is me and my family. If you're not an animal, then do something for your country and for yourself," Gordon concluded.

Dmitry Gordon is famous for constantly changing his political drift whenever there is the slightest change in wind. For more than two years, this former servant of the Yanukovich regime loyally served the Maidan and joined the offices of the Kiev government. Now he is allowing himself to make such seditious statements. Perhaps Gordon knows something that he doesn't want to inform the readers of his own newspaper?

Comment: See also:

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War Whore

Little accountability for the Pentagon with the guns sold and lost in Iraq & Afghanistan after 9/11


RT
Wed, 24 Aug 2016 15:04 UTC
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© Reuters
Since September 2001, the Pentagon has listed $40 billion worth of contracts for small arms intended for Afghanistan and Iraq, supplying 1.45 million guns to both countries while only accounting for 3 percent of them, says a new report by a British NGO.Trends9/11 tragedy, Iraq carnage, Islamic State

The London-based nonprofit Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) pored over 14 years' worth of contracts issued by the US Department of Defense, documenting the purchases of small arms - defined as anything under 30mm in caliber - ammunition and attachments, such as sniper scopes or tripods. They found a massive amount of weapons supplied by the US to the primary theaters of the "War on Terror," and remarkably little accounting of whose hands they ended up in.

"Our findings raise concerns about the DOD's own transparency and accountability when it comes to issuing contracts,"Iain Overton, AOAV's director of investigations, said when announcing the report's publication Wednesday.

Not only has the Pentagon's contract database listed only 3 percent of the approximately 1.45 million small arms sent to Iraq and Afghanistan over the years, "we also know the US government has acknowledged they don't know where many of these weapons now are," Overton added.

Comment: No accountability at the Pentagon...surprise surprise.

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House Oversight member says Clinton 'bleached' her private server to permanently wipe emails


RT
Fri, 26 Aug 2016 15:22 UTC
Surprised looking Hillary Clinton
Gowdy, who questioned FBI Director James Comey following the investigation into her use of a private email server while serving as the country's top diplomat - and served on the House Select Committee on Benghazi - claims Clinton and her legal team used the software to destroy about 30,000 emails which she deemed "personal."

"You don't use BleachBit for yoga emails or bridesmaids emails. When you're using BleachBit, it is something you really do not want the world to see," Gowdy said.

Also on Thursday, a judge ordered the State Department to begin releasing 14,900 deleted emails uncovered by the FBI by September 13, leaving plenty of time for their contents to effect the election.

Clinton handed over around 30,000 emails from her private server in 2014 - and deleted an additional 30,000 which she called personal.
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Health

Woman who claims Bill Clinton raped her, fears for her life

Kyle Olson
The American Mirror
Thu, 25 Aug 2016 15:09 UTC
Juanita Broaddrick
Bill Clinton rape accuser Juanita Broaddrick says she is selling her house because she fears for her life. Speaking to World Alternative Media, the woman who claims then-Arkansas Attorney General Bill Clinton raped her in 1978, says, "I don't feel safe anymore."

"I have my home up for sale now because I live alone in a huge home on 23 acres. It's just an absolutely gorgeous place," Broaddrick says. "I've loved it all these years but I just don't feel safe anymore."


Broaddrick says she will be building a home on her son's property. She adds she will fear for her life even more if Hillary Clinton becomes president. "Especially if she does become president, I'll fear even more the retribution I might suffer," Broaddrick said. She has been vocal during the presidential campaign and has been speaking out about the role Hillary played in silencing her.

According to Broaddrick, her first encounter with Hillary was in 1978, shortly after the alleged rape, she told The American Mirror in March. "I was so involved in the campaign at that time," she tells The American Mirror.


Despite the assault in Little Rock, Broaddrick said she had a list of people who were going to donate to Clinton's gubernatorial campaign and she wanted to attend a meeting in northwest Arkansas to hand over the lists and "get away from there." (...) "But before I could, they came through the kitchen area, and I saw (Hillary) and somebody in the kitchen pointing to me."

Comment: Considering all that has happened to other critics and victims of the Clintons, it is understandable why this woman fears for her life.See:'If I commit suicide, investigate Hillary': A hot month for the Clinton body count

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Георгиевская ленточка

UN: Russia agrees to weekly 48-hour ceasefire in Aleppo to allow for humanitarian aid deliveries


Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
Fri, 26 Aug 2016 15:01 UTC
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The United Nations said Russia has agreed to a 48-hour humanitarian cease-fire in the divided Syrian city of Aleppo to allow aid deliveries, but security guarantees are needed from other parties in the conflict.

The UN has pushed for a weekly 48-hour pause in fighting in Aleppo to alleviate suffering for about 2 million people. But with Russia and other major powers back opposing sides in Syria's five-year civil war, carrying that out has proved difficult.

"We have...agreement now from the Russian Federation for the 48-hour pause. We're waiting [for] it from the other actors on the ground. That has taken more time frankly than I thought was needed," Jan Egeland, who chairs the UN humanitarian task force, told reporters on August 25.

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, echoed his comments.

Russia is the main backer of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Rebel groups opposing Assad are supported by Western and Gulf powers.

The U.S. State Department said while Washington backs the 48-hour Aleppo cease-fire, it is focused on achieving a broader country-wide cessation of hostilities.

Comment: As the French newspaper Le Monde recently put it, Russia is irreplaceable as a partner in resolving the Syrian conflict. The paper quotes a French diplomatic source as saying:
"Both Russia and the United States are guiding the process there, but it is obvious that the former is still the master of the situation, acting as one of the parties to the conflict"


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Propaganda

CNN blunders with report on 'breach' at NYT - not even asking NYT - tries to blame 'Russian hackers'


RT
Wed, 24 Aug 2016 14:43 UTC
new york times
Another round of hysteria blaming shady Kremlin hackers has taken over western media after CNN reported that FBI is probing "cyber breaches" at The New York Times. The NYT then disputed the report, saying its Moscow bureau has been attacked but not hacked.

The story originated with CNN, which was quick to point to "hackers thought to be working for Russian intelligence" when reporting on what the NYT called a cyberattack. CNN even cited an unnamed source, stating that the FBI is already investigating the incident.

The NYT said that the cyberattack did in fact happen, but the Moscow server was not penetrated.

"We are constantly monitoring our systems with the latest available intelligence and tools," said a spokeswoman for The New York Times, Eileen Murphy. "We have seen no evidence that any of our internal systems, including our systems in the Moscow bureau, have been breached or compromised."
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Георгиевская ленточка

Polls show Putin now more popular than Merkel in Czech Republic


RT
Fri, 26 Aug 2016 14:56 UTC
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© Anatoly Maltsev / ReutersRussian President Vladimir Putin President and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Vladimir Putin's popularity in the Czech Republic has surged and could now be higher than that of Angela Merkel, who has seen steadily falling ratings, German mass media report, referring to data from recent opinion polls.

Die Welt newspaper reported that just a year ago more than 70 percent of Czechs said they trusted the German chancellor. But a recent poll conducted in connection with Merkel's ongoing visit to the republic showed that the level of support has plunged to just 18 percent.

The outlet noted that Czechs' attitude to Russian President Vladimir Putin could now be better than towards Merkel.

Die Welt writes that this is surprising given the recent history of Russian-Czech relations and the forthcoming anniversary of the events of the so-called Prague Spring - the Soviet invasion in then-Czechoslovakia in 1968 that stopped an attempt to bring about liberal reforms.

Comment: The cracks in the EU are becoming more apparent every day.

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Stock Up

Russian international reserves highest in 20 months


RT
Fri, 26 Aug 2016 14:44 UTC
Putin holding gold bar
© Reuters / Alexsey Druginyn
Russia's international reserves grew to $398.2 billion in the week through August 19, the Central Bank reported on Thursday. This is its highest level since December 20, 2014.

"The amount of international reserves increased due to foreign exchange revaluation," the Central Bank said.

According to the latest data, besides the US dollar, 43.1 percent of Russia's foreign exchange reserves are held in euro, 10.7 percent in pounds sterling, and another 6 percent in Japanese yen, the Australian and Canadian dollars.
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Network

'Betrayal of trust': WhatsApp to start sharing user data with Facebook and corporations


RT
Fri, 26 Aug 2016 14:36 UTC
WhatsApp sceenshot
© Mal Langsdon / Reuters
The world's most popular messenger, the Facebook-owned WhatsApp, will give its users' personal information to its parent company and plans to make it easier for businesses to contact subscribers. WhatsApp claims the changes won't endanger privacy.

WhatsApp, which is used by over 1 billion people each month, published a statement as part of a revision of its terms and privacy policy.

"By coordinating more with Facebook, we'll be able to do things like track basic metrics about how often people use our services and better fight spam on WhatsApp. And by connecting your phone number with Facebook's systems, Facebook can offer better friend suggestions and show you more relevant ads if you have an account with them," said the California-based company.

In practice, the benefits are less likely to be for WhatsApp, and more for data-hungry Facebook, which will know even more about its members.

"When WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook it was able to reassure users that it would remain independent," Pamela Clark-Dickson, analyst at tech consultancy firm Ovum, told the BBC. "Now it's giving Facebook phone numbers - some might say that's a betrayal of trust. In a small way, it has gone back on what it said it wouldn't do."
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