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19 caged Kurdish women who rejected sex slavery burned alive by ISIS


RT
Sun, 05 Jun 2016 11:24 UTC
ISIS group
© AFPISIS executioners, scourge of the earth.
Fighters of the terrorist group Islamic State have publicly executed 19 Kurdish women, local activists in Mosul reported. They were burned alive in iron cages in one of the city squares, sources told Kurdish ARA News agency.

The women, who belonged to the Kurdish Yezidi minority, were executed on Thursday, according to witnesses in Mosul, the Iraqi stronghold of IS (formerly known as ISIS). "They were punished for refusing to have sex with IS militants," local media activist Abdullah al-Malla told ARA News. Hundreds of local residents witnessed the brutal execution, but could not do anything about it, he added.

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© www.thegatewaypundit.com
IS, an Iraq, Syria and Libya-based terrorist group, adheres to what it believes to be a pure version of Islam. They justify their numerous crimes, including cruel forms of capital punishment, by the tenets of the religion.

Sunni Muslims living in territories under their control are forced to live by IS rules or be expelled or killed. Ethnic and religious minorities are being harshly persecuted. The Yezidis, an ethnic group that has its own synthetic religion and are considered devil-worshipers by extremist Muslims, are among those suffering under IS.

Thousands of Kurdish women captured by IS fighters were forced to become sex slaves to the militants. Those who managed to escape or were freed said that the women are raped, traded around, often denied food or rest and otherwise mistreated. IS leadership produced manuals for their men on what they should and should not be doing to their captives.

Comment: Where is the outrage and where is the justice that these criminals are still walking around and able to perpetrate such horrific acts of evil on innocent people? Even once is once too many! We may feel like we are all helpless victims, but we are also complicit as long as we stay silent and on the sidelines while our governments manipulate and utilize these acts for their nefarious purposes. It is not: Give me liberty, give them death. Shame on them and shame on us for every day this is allowed to continue.

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Hardhat

Oil price wars: Saudi Arabia cutting European oil prices due to increased competition with Iran


RT
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 11:42 UTC
oil prices
© Benoit Tessier / Reuters
State-run Saudi Aramco is to cut the price of light crude by 35 cents a barrel to northwest Europe and by 10 cents a barrel to the Mediterranean in July.

At the same time the company has raised prices on most crude grades for Asia and the US amid strong demand in the regions.

The step follows a failed attempt by OPEC members in Vienna last week to freeze output. The current production ceiling of 30 million barrels a day was approved by the group in December 2011.

Falling prices for European consumers is due to increased competition from Iran as it plans to boost exports to the region.

The Islamic Republic currently sells 400,000 barrel per day to Europe and aims to increase exports to 700,000 after deals with Greek, French and Italian refiners are signed, according to Iranian officials.

Comment: A dark road to ruin: Has Saudi Arabia lost the oil war?

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Stock Down

US-led sanctions against Russia are a geopolitical wrecking ball

Ulson Gunnar
New Eastern Outlook
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 17:23 UTC
Russian and US Flags
US sanctions aren't just hurting everyone including the US, they are accomplishing nothing. The US State Department's Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) notified readers of a diplomacy campaign by the United States aimed at "urging" Europe to maintain sanctions against Russia. While the US claims the necessity of these sanctions are self-evident and beneficial to the US and Europe, such campaigns would not be needed if that were truly the case.

The article titled, "U.S. Sends Envoy To Urge Europe To Maintain Russian Sanctions," states:
The United States is dispatching an envoy to Paris and Berlin on June 7 and 8 to try to convince European allies "of the importance of maintaining sanctions pressure on Russia," the U.S. Treasury said on June 3.
The sanctions, RFE/RL claims, are a result of Russia's involvement in neighboring Ukraine's downward spiral, which ironically enough, began not with Russian involvement but with that of America. Between 2013-2014 the United States, with its own senators traveling to Ukraine and taking the stage at US-backed protests in Kiev, quite literally propelled a violent Neo-Nazi putsch into power.

Since then, Ukraine has unraveled. Rather than taking responsibility for yet another failed US intervention, US policymakers have instead decided to shift the blame on Moscow. The ability to hold up US-EU sanctions against Russia as a means of legitimizing this shift of responsibility is key to the continued underpinning of Western support for the current regime in Kiev, and Washington's continued belligerence toward Moscow.

US Sanctions are a Geopolitical Wrecking Ball

Like a geopolitical wrecking ball, US intervention in Ukraine first destabilized and destroyed Ukraine's economy, before brushing into Russia and now with sanctions ongoing ever since, the effects have swung back to hit Europe and even the United States itself.

Comment: Russian sanctions causing global weakening of US Dollar

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Eggs Fried

French economy minister told to 'get lost' while pelted with eggs amid labor reform strikes


RT
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 17:12 UTC
French Economy minister Emmanuel Macron
© Eric Piermont / AFPFrench Economy minister Emmanuel Macron is protected as he arrives to unveil a stamp at a French postal service La Poste office in Montreuil while protestors demonstrate by throwing eggs at him, near Paris on June 6, 2016.
France's economy minister was left scrambling for safety when a group of angry union activists attacked him with eggs. It comes amid nationwide strikes and protests against a controversial labor reform law.

Emmanuel Macron was attempting to attend an event in the Paris suburb of Montreuil on Monday when he was struck with eggs by angry members of the CGT union telling him to "get lost."

Speaking to reporters with yolk in his hair, 38-year-old Macron said the egging was the work of "professional agitators," RFI reported.

"They don't listen, they insult," said the minister, who was at the post office to launch a new stamp commemorating the 80th anniversary of the popular front government that gave French workers new rights.

"It's all par for the course but it won't have any impact on my determination," Macron said, as quoted by Reuters. He added that there is no economic future for those who resist change.
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Book

Former secret service agent blasts ex-boss, Killary, in new book

Stephen Lendman
Global Research
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 16:32 UTC
killary
© sarah SoleKillary
In the 1990s, former Secret Service agent Gary J. Byrne served in the White House, posted outside Bill Clinton's Oval Office.

His new book scheduled for release in late June is titled "Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate."

Details of the book are largely under wraps. A description posted on Amazon states the following:
"Posted directly outside President Clinton's Oval Office, Former Secret Service uniformed officer Gary Byrne reveals what he observed of Hillary Clinton's character and the culture inside the White House while protecting the First Family."

"Now that a second Clinton administration threatens - their scheme from the very beginning - Byrne exposes what he saw of the real Hillary Clinton."

Comment: There's a word for 'people' like this: Ponerology 101: The Political Psychopath.

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Stock Down

Russian sanctions causing global weakening of US Dollar

Ollie Richardson (translator)
Fort Russ / Tvzvezda
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 16:16 UTC
todd wood
The reality of the market requires the easing of sanctions, as the restrictive measures against Russia caused a global weakening of the dollar. This was stated by financial analyst Todd Wood, 20 years of experience as a bond trader on Wall Street, in an interview to Tvzvezda.

According to Wood, the EU is now facing many problems, starting with the migrants situation and economic issues, and ending in the unstable situation of the Euro and a possible British exit from the EU. Like the analyst, so many questions arise in connection with the way the EU will look like in the future.

"Of course, if you take such a big market like Russia from the EU, especially in Greece and Eastern Europe, lost trade becomes another factor of pressure. There are political parties that use this problem and are trying to receive the votes of those who have suffered the most from this state of affairs. Now there is a very difficult situation. We will look further, but everything will depend on what will happen next year," he said.

Comment:
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"Damn Russians!"


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Bandaid

Ahrar al-Sham terror group replaces commander for not fighting al-Nusra terror group


Fars News Agency
Sun, 05 Jun 2016 14:38 UTC
ahrar al-sham
A Senior commander of Ahrar al-Sham terrorist group was replaced after he refused to go on war against the Al-Nusra Front rival militant group, media reports said.

Abu Saleh Tahan has been replaced with Abu Abdullah al-Shami, the Arabic-language Al-Akhbar newspaper reported.

Al-Shami is originally a Turkmen who has assumed several military positions since the establishment of the terrorist group.

Political analysts said Ahrar al-Sham is trying to boost the morale of its militants by appointing a new commander.

On Saturday, a senior commander of Ahrar al-Sham was killed in the Southern part of Idlib province.

Abu Khaled Talmanas was killed in an attack on his car in the road between Talmanas and Ma'ar Shourin in Southern Idlib province.

Comment: Interesting development. Either Ahrar al-Sham is getting the hint from the Russians ("separate from Nusra or die"), or their American handlers have sent the same message. Either way, it shows that something is up, and the dynamics between the various jihadi groups are getting shaken up.

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Snakes in Suits

Sultan of sexism: Erdogan says that women who choose a career over children are 'half-persons'


RT
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 14:26 UTC
Turkey career woman
© Fatih Saribas / Reuters
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected the idea of emancipation of women through greater financial independence by saying that women who trade the role of a mother and a housewife for a career, are "half-persons."

"A woman who abstains from maternity by saying 'I am working' means that she is actually denying her femininity. This is my sincere thought," Erdogan said at the opening ceremony of the Women and Democracy Association (KADEM) in Istanbul, as cited by the Anadolu news agency.

A woman who refuses maternity and gives up housekeeping faces the threats of losing her freedom. She is lacking and is a half [a person] no matter how successful she is in the business world."

"I would recommend having at least three children," Erdogan said.

Comment: See also: Sultan Erdogan's latest rants: Insulting women and threatening any nation that defies his will

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Arrow Down

Washington refuses cooperative talks with Russia on missile defense plans


RT
Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:14 UTC
missile defense
© U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency / Reuters
Washington continues to shun talks on Moscow's concerns over US missile defense plans, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said, adding that Russia's proposals have been repeatedly left unanswered.

"We were not able to convince them [the US] to continue dialog on this issue [about missile defense] and, as I see it, it is not the best time for such consultations now," Antonov told journalists at an international conference called "Shangri-La dialog," which addresses security in the Asia-Pacific region.

Moscow "has repeatedly called on them [the US] to stop the implementation of their plans and has offered them cooperation many times," the deputy minister added. Antonov said that Moscow has found many ways to resolve the dispute between Russia and the US over the missile defense systems Washington is installing in Europe in the vicinity of Russian borders.

"We have many areas in which we could join our efforts. However, our proposals on cooperation are left unanswered," Antonov added.

Comment: This is just one example of many showing the nature of the United States in contrast to Russia. The US isn't interested in cooperation. It is not interested in dialog, and it is certainly not interested in peace. The US wishes to see how far they can push Russia, and they are so myopic in their zeal towards destabilizing others that they push their own country toward collapse.

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Star of David

Israel-firster New York governor Cuomo signs anti-BDS executive order


teleSUR
Sun, 05 Jun 2016 15:15 UTC
Cuomo BDS
New York governor Andrew Cuomo
The governor is ordering the state to come up with a list of groups engaged in "boycott, divestment or sanctions activity targeting Israel."

New York governor Andrew Cuomo has signed an executive order declaring an open war on companies and organizations aligned with the pro-Palestine Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement, or BDS.

Cuomo announced the measure as he takes part in the largest demonstration of support for Israel in the world: the "Celebrate Israel Parade" in Manhattan, an event in which members of more than 250 organizations will march on the streets of the city that hosts the largest population of Jewish residents outside Israel.

Comment: Juan Cole comments:
"The order is creepy, since it suggests that Cuomo will have New York state bureaucrats combing through citizens' Facebook and Twitter accounts to see if they support BDS, and then find ways of punishing them (no contracts from the state, no state jobs, no internships)."
The witchhunt begins.

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