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Lavrov: UN chemical weapon watchdog refused to send experts to Aleppo because of Western pressure not to


RT
Tue, 22 Nov 2016 12:57 UTC
Shelling Aleppo
© Ammar Abdullah / ReutersSmoke rises from shelling near Dahiyat al-Assad, west Aleppo city, Syria October 28, 2016
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons refuses to send its experts to Aleppo to check substances used by rebels in attacks. The move was "seemingly done under pressure from our Western colleagues," Russia's foreign minister said.

"Russian specialists found that militants in east Aleppo used ammunition with poisonous substances, with the ammo targeting west Aleppo. The collected samples leave no doubt that it's a toxic agent," Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference with his Belarusian counterpart in Minsk, as cited by Interfax.

However, when the Russian Ministry of Defense addressed the leadership of the UN watchdog OPCW "with the demand to urgently send its experts to Aleppo to participate in the sample analysis," the organization "refused to carry out this simple task, citing security issues."

The underlying reason behind this, Lavrov said, seemed to be "tremendous pressure from our Western colleagues," because "our and Syrian sides guaranteed security [for the experts]."

Comment:
see no evil


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Blackbox

New evidence suggests Green Berets in Jordan were murdered - deliberately targeted by facility guard


Sputnik
Tue, 22 Nov 2016 17:11 UTC
jordan military base
© AP Photo/ Mohammad Hannon
A shooting incident in Jordan that left three American servicemen dead on November 4 could have been a deliberate attack, US media reported on Tuesday.

Investigators of the incident are saying that the US troops may have been murdered, Fox News reported.

A surveillance video and witness accounts have shown that the servicemen were shot by a guard without being provoked, the media outlet added.

The troops were on a training mission in Jordan and came under fire when they were entering a military facility.

Comment: According to SOFREP, special forces sources believe the assailant was an ISIS sympathizer/infiltrator. The slain men were about to be transitioned back to the U.S. So the question remains: why were they targeted? Given the discontent within the special forces about being forced to train jihadis, did these men know too much? And who was this Jordanian military gate guard working for? See: Three Green Berets training 'moderates' killed in Jordan by ISIS supporter - CIA 'ignored' multiple warnings

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Bad Guys

No surprise: US, Saudi ammunition bound for Syrian moderate opposition ends up in Daesh hands in Iraq


Sputnik
Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:51 UTC
US, Saudi weapons cache
© AP Photo/ SAFIN HAMED
Ammunition supplied by the United States and Saudi Arabia to moderate Syrian opposition groups has been found in the possession of Daesh terrorist group, representatives of a UK-based organization monitoring weapons movement said.

The Conflict Armament Research (CAR) investigators work in the areas recently liberated from Daesh and its research shows that ammunition boxes left by the jihadists can be traced back to factories in Eastern Europe, the BBC reported Monday, citing CAR team leader James Bevan.

Inquiries by Bevan's team indicated that the factory orders could be traced back to the United States and Saudi Arabia. Ammunition was then shipped to southern Turkey en route to opposition groups in northern Syria. "Their procurement networks reach out into southern Turkey and they obviously have a series of very strong relationships with very big distributors," Bevan told the BBC.
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Syrian army aware of all locations of militants and infrastructure in Aleppo


Sputnik
Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:46 UTC
Aleppo
© Sputnik/ Mikhail Voskresenskiy
The Syrian army has all information on locations of militants and their infrastructure in eastern Aleppo, SANA news agnecy reported Tuesday.

According to the agency citing the Syrian army's general command, the government forces are also monitoring all movements in the region.

The Syrian army is aware of locations of all headquarters and warehouses.
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North Korea pens nine-page letter to Donald Trump demanding end to 'hostile nuclear threats'

Jon Lockett
The Sun
Tue, 22 Nov 2016 16:30 UTC
Kim Jong-un
© AP
The rogue state claims it lives in constant fear of a US nuke attack.

North Korea has sent a nine-page letter to the US demanding it stops the 'hostile nuclear threats' towards the rogue state and its leader.

The missive sets out what it now expects from American and is being seen by many in Washington as a direct message to new President-elect Donald Trump.

North Korea has kept pretty silent about Mr Trump's shock victory in the November 8 election but it has now laid out what it wants of the incoming US administration.

Comment: Reinforcing what N. Korea said earlier: North Korea 'doesn't care' who US president is, calls for shift from 'hostile policy'

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Info

Sarko-ver: Nicolas Sarkozy concedes defeat in France's primary rightwing election after attempting dramatic political comeback

Brittany Vonow
The Sun
Sun, 20 Nov 2016 15:56 UTC
Nicolas Sarkozy
© ReutersNicolas Sarkozy cast his vote in the rightwing primary election on Sunday morning but was forced to concede defeat.
The former President received barely 22 per cent of the vote, now throwing his support behind Francois Fillon

Nicolas Sarkozy has conceded defeat in the French rightwing primary vote.

The former French president had attempted to stage a comeback for the 2017 elections but was forced to concede after Sunday's votes saw him slipping further behind his fellow candidates.
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Dollars

Federal Election Commission takes aim at Trump campaign for possible $1.3 million in 'excessive' campaign contributions


RT
Mon, 21 Nov 2016 23:40 UTC
Trump contributions
© Mike Segar
The Federal Election Commission has asked the Donald Trump campaign to correct and clarify more than 1,000 errors in its latest financial filing from October.

The FEC highlighted over 1,000 donations amounting to about $1.3 million that seemingly violated campaign finance laws.

A letter sent to Donald Trump for President Inc. asks the campaign to immediately clarify and take steps to rectify the issues raised.



Comment: That's the US Federal Government for ya! Never mind the wholesale influencing-peddling and country-pillaging and raping perpetrated by Hillary Clinton's 'Clinton Foundation' and about half a dozen laws she's broken during and after her stint as Secretary of State.

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Attention

Russia deploys Iskander rockets in Kaliningrad exclave over US cruise missile threat


RT
Mon, 21 Nov 2016 16:19 UTC
Russia's Tactical short-range ballistic missile systems Iskander-M
© Sergey Orlov / Sputnik
Responding to the threat posed by US cruise missiles, which could be launched from sites in Eastern Europe, Russia will be forced to deploy its own ballistic missiles in its westernmost region, the head of the Russian Senate Defense Committee warned.

"One of the reasons why Russia opposed the deployment of the American ABM [anti-ballistic missile] system in Europe was the concern that this infrastructure may be quickly converted to deploy strike systems, in particular land-based cruise missiles. These concerns are being confirmed today," Senator Viktor Ozerov, who chairs the upper house's Defense and Security Committee, told Ria Novosi.

The Russian lawmaker was referring to interceptor missile launchers deployed in Poland and Romania, which Washington insists are needed to protect Europe from a rocket attack. The vertical-launch systems are the same used on American missile cruisers to fire Tomahawk missiles.

Comment: More on Russia's preparedness: Russia has right to defend against 'aggressive' NATO - Kremlin on Baltic missile placement
Russia has the right to protect itself against NATO's eastward expansion, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on the deployment of Russian ballistic missiles in the Kaliningrad Region. He called the Western alliance an "aggressive bloc."

"Russia is doing all that is necessary to protect itself against the backdrop of NATO's expansion toward its borders. NATO is indeed an aggressive bloc, that is why Russia is doing everything that is necessary," Peskov told reporters on Tuesday, as cited by Interfax.

"Russia has all the sovereign rights to take the necessary measures across all the territory of the Russian Federation," the spokesman added.

He was asked to comment on the deployment of Russian missile complexes to the Kaliningrad Region exclave - Russia's westernmost point. Peskov declined to say whether the missile systems had already been deployed to the region and whether they would be deployed there permanently.


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Radar

Permanent Russian naval base in Tartus could save Syria from 'greatest threat it faces'


Sputnik
Tue, 22 Nov 2016 15:34 UTC
Tartus, Syria
© Wikipedia/ Taras Kalapun
A permanent naval base which Russia apparently plans to build in the Syrian port city of Tartus in the coming months will help tackle the most serious challenge that the war-torn Arab country is facing - fragmentation, political analyst Waddah al-Jundi, co-chairman of the Russian-Syrian Cooperation Society, told RIA Novosti.

"To Syria, the issue of creating a full-fledged Russian naval base is linked to the problem of maintaining national sovereignty. For many states a foreign military facility on their territory would mean an impairment of their rights. It's precisely the opposite for Syria. A Russian naval base will uphold Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity," he said.

Russia's increased military presence in Syria will also send a signal to those countries which have tried to carry out operations on the Syrian territory without an explicit consent from Damascus. "I think that other countries will have a more cautious and measured approach towards Syria's territorial integrity if Russia establishes a full-scale naval base in Tartus. This step will help to protect Syria's sovereignty and the Syrian state in general. We view the country's fragmentation as the greatest threat that Syria faces," the analyst said.
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Hotdog

Putin: Russia's ban on Western foods will last 'as long as possible' protecting its domestic market


RT
Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:08 UTC
Russia food shortage
© Konstantin Chalabov / Sputnik
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the country's reciprocal measures in the form of an embargo on certain western food products are good for Russia's economy and should last "as long as possible."

Admitting that his statement might seem "totally unexpected" for some, Putin explained that the ban is also in the consumers' interest, with good quality products at lower prices becoming more available.

Comment: See also: Anti-Russian sanctions have cost Western countries over $60billion in 2014-2015

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