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SOTT Exclusive: The really heartbreaking thing about Syria


Sott.net
Sat, 01 Oct 2016 00:12 UTC
aleppo
© YouTube / Orient NewsSyrian boys swimming in a BOMB CRATER!!
The UK Mirror put out a typically bad piece on Syria today. First, the typically over-the-top heading: Children in Aleppo laughing and joking as they go swimming in a BOMB CRATER after airstrikes demolish city. Not just a bomb crater - a BOMB CRATER!!! Forgive us for speculating that its author, Kirstie McCrum, has never even been to Syria.

Let's take a closer look at her bad journalism.
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Snakes in Suits

Six years to bring case against CIA: Pakistani man finally gets chance to sue US over fatal drone strike


RT
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:21 UTC
U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone
© Josh Smith / ReutersU.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone
A high court in Islamabad has finally ordered the Pakistani government to initiate criminal proceedings against the CIA over a drone strike that killed the brother and son of journalist Karim Khan back in 2009, his lawyer told RT. Khan first started his legal push in 2010.

"Finally, Islamabad high court ordered the Pakistan government to initiate criminal proceedings against CIA officials in Islamabad," Mirza Shahzad Akbar, Kareem Khan's lawyer, told RT.

The case has taken 6 years to get registered. Now Pakistani authorities, according to the lawyer, are still trying to derail it.

"And the latest thing that has happened, is that Islamabad police, after initiating the proceeding, transferred the case to Fata, the tribal area from where he [Khan] comes from. But they 'forgot' the fact that there's no police or investigating authority in the tribal areas. Basically, what they are trying to do is trying to sweep this case under the carpet," Akbar told RT.

Comment: More information about Karim Khan's case: And Pakistan is not the only country suing Washington: 'Enemy kills': Three former US Air force drone operators back Yemeni victims' lawsuit

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Jet5

French fighter jets take off on mission in Mosul offensive


RT
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 21:08 UTC
rafale fighter jet takes off from the French aircraft carrier
© Eric Feferberg / AFP
At least eight fighter jets began flying off French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in anti-terrorism operations in Iraq's second largest city of Mosul. Officers insist this does not constitute an offensive to retake to Mosul.

The jets took off from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier on Friday in the eastern Mediterranean for a mission against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), AFP and AP reported. An AFP photographer on the flight deck said he saw as many as eight jets taking off from the carrier.

It was not, however, immediately clear whether the French Rafale jets were deployed to conduct military airstrikes or to carry out surveillance operations.

Despite reports of France planning to launch airstrikes, a French defense official told AP that the mission "in no way" marked the start of an offensive in Mosul, stressing that the ministry would not give further details for security reasons.

Comment: With the US-led coalition's offensive gearing up in Mosul, maybe a rewording of Kirby's statements to Russia is in order:
"Extremist groups will continue to exploit the vacuums that are there in Syria Iraq to expand their operations, which could include attacks against Russian French interests, perhaps even Russian French cities. Russia France and the U.S. will continue to send troops home in body bags, and will continue to lose resources, perhaps even aircraft."


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Star of David

Abbas and Netanyahu exchange historic handshake at Peres funeral


RT
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 20:59 UTC
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
© Amos Ben Gershom / Reuters
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shook hands and exchanged pleasantries at the funeral of former Israeli statesman Shimon Peres in Jerusalem on Friday.

Abbas greeted Netanyahu and his wife in the surprise move filmed and photographed by surrounding funeral attendees.

Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, had not met Abbas face-to-face in six years and acknowledged the significance of his attendance, saying: "It's something that I appreciate very much on behalf of our people and on behalf of us."

Comment: More on the real Peres: Shimon Peres, the unapologetic Israeli war criminal whose victims the West ignored

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Bad Guys

Saudis reject US 9/11 act as threat to sovereignty, and warn of 'unintended consequences'


RT
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 20:02 UTC
9/11 cars smolder
© ReutersCars smolder in the street as the destroyed World Trade Center burns in New York on September 11, 2001
Saudi Arabia has rejected the Congressional approval of the act that would allow the families of victims of the 9/11 attacks to sue Riyadh for damages, claiming it weakens the sovereign immunity of the nation. Russia has slammed the legislation as undermining international law.

According to a Saudi Foreign Ministry source, who spoke with the state-run Saudi Press Agency, the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) will contribute to the "erosion" of the principle of sovereign immunity, one of the cornerstones of conduct in international relations. The law, the source claimed, will also have a negative impact on all nations, including the United States.

The diplomat stressed that many other nations and experts oppose JASTA because of the "dangers" the bill represents, as seen by the opposition posed to it by President Barack Obama and the US secretary of defense, Ash Carter.

The official, however, expressed "hope that wisdom will prevail and that Congress will take the necessary steps to correct this legislation in order to avoid the serious unintended consequences that may ensue."


Comment: Just what are the Saudis playing at here? Are they planning on laying out the evidence of US/Israeli involvement in the 9/11 false flag if they are taken to court, or do they have something else in mind? We'll just have to wait and see.


On Wednesday, Congress in a 348-77 vote chose to override the presidential veto which Obama had used last week.

Also known as House Resolution 3815, JASTA creates an exception to the sovereign immunity law introduced in 1976, allowing US citizens to sue foreign countries for acts of terrorism that kill Americans on US soil.
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Snakes in Suits

Desperate Killary tries to appeal to millenials by proposing 'National Service Reserve' program


RT
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:56 UTC
confused hillary
Hillary Clinton wants to enlist young Americans into a national service program, where they would assist the government with anything from disaster relief to public works. The proposal is part of her push to win over millennial voters.

The Democratic presidential candidate announced the "National Service Reserve" plan on her campaign website on Friday. Clinton aims at recruiting five million Americans between the ages of 18 and 30 to help local, state and federal governments cope with a range of problems, "from natural disasters in places like Baton Rouge or emergency relief in places like Flint, MI to addressing the epidemic of addiction in places like New Hampshire."


Comment: One has to wonder how long before people in this list get called up for service in the military and not to help with domestic issues.


"The Reserve will provide a vehicle for the sense of civic ownership and responsibility that Clinton has felt throughout her life, bringing Americans from all backgrounds together in common cause to make a difference where they live," the campaign said.

In exchange for serving, the reservists would be eligible for college credit, time off from work, or even a "modest stipend" based on financial need, the announcement explained. Clinton said she would negotiate the benefits with colleges and corporations.
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Chess

America's impotent threats against Russia leave anti-terrorist efforts in Syria at bleakest point ever

Danielle Ryan
RT
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:38 UTC
samantha power
© Andrew Kelly / ReutersU.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power
Cast your mind back about three weeks to when there was something resembling sincere hope that the US and Russia were finally going to work together in Syria. There was a fleeting burst of enthusiasm for what many considered a "landmark" deal.

Now fast-forward to today, when diplomatic relations between Washington and Moscow over Syria have just reached perhaps their sourest point yet.

The short-lived ceasefire that began on September 12 crumbled after one week, which saw a Syrian military base bombed by the US-led coalition, and shortly after, a humanitarian aid convoy bombed by — according to the US — either Russian or Syrian planes.

Damascus declared the ceasefire over on September 19 and massive bombardment of Aleppo followed as Syrian forces warned residents to stay away from terrorist positions. By September 28, the US had threatened to cut off all bilateral cooperation with Russia unless the assault on Aleppo was stopped.
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Arrow Up

Pepe Escobar - Slapping terror with lawsuits

Pepe Escobar
Sputnik News
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:40 UTC
New York - 9/11 memorial
© Flickr/Kārlis DambrānsNew York - 9/11 memorial.
"Justice" may be a somewhat misplaced concept as far as the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) is concerned. US President Barack Obama vetoed it. Yet Capitol Hill - for the first time in his (now lame duck) presidency - overrode him. The potentially cataclysmic effects on US economy/foreign policy cannot be underestimated.

The House of Saud, earlier this year, went no holds barred threatening to pull its investments in the US if JASTA — a nice populist touch to let 9/11 victim families sue Riyadh — was approved. Estimates are on the range of $750 billion - but that does not account for an immense, Saudi-owned secret stash of US Treasury bills.

No one in the Wall Street-Beltway axis was exactly impressed by the threats - because the Saudis would have few, if any, decent options to invest their mountain of cash.

Still, lobbying of Congress proceeded non-stop - instrumentalizing major US corporations operating in Saudi Arabia that could end up suffering some form of retaliation.

In the end, the House of Saud obtained just one vote in the Senate in favor of scrapping the bill. As a Masters of the Universe-connected New York corporate player noted, "If you think this is bad, above the President, who is a doorman, it is a hundred times worse." The player is among an elite that off the record, behind closed doors, openly discusses that, "all of us know that the Saudis had nothing to do with 9-11 and were framed."

Another one of these discreet players, sympathetic to Washington's relations with the House of Saud, remarks, "the Saudis are now totally isolated in Washington. It was dangerous for them to bring in the CIA McKinsey group to restructure their economy. And while Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is trying his best to win them over in the US with his 2030 New Vision, everyone behind his back is plotting against him."
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Attention

Man behind the curtain revealed - US State Department threatens to send Islamic terrorists into Russia

Kurt Nimmo
Another Day in the Empire
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 19:30 UTC
Maria Zakharova
Maria Zakharova.
State Department spokesman John Kirby warned Russia on Wednesday its radical Salafist terrorists in Syria may soon attack Russian cities.

"Extremist groups will continue to exploit the vacuums that are there in Syria to expand their operations, which could include attacks against Russian interests, perhaps even Russian cities. Russia will continue to send troops home in body bags, and will continue to lose resources, perhaps even aircraft," Kirby said.

Because the "extremist groups" in Syria are supported by the United States and its Gulf Emirate partners, this remark can only be interpreted as a threat against Russia by the State Department.

Russia said as much.

"We can't assess those statements as anything else but a call, a directive for action," said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov added the statement by Kirby amounted to "the most frank confession by the U.S. side so far that the whole 'opposition' ostensibly fighting a 'civil war' in Syria is a U.S.-controlled international terrorist alliance."

"What makes Kirby's statement particularly shocking is that the scale of direct U.S. influence on terrorists' activity is global and reaches as far as Russia," he said.
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Heart

Syrian forces defending ancient Aleppo Citadel thank Russia for support against terrorists


Sputnik
Thu, 29 Sep 2016 19:23 UTC
aleppo citadel
© Sputnik/ Michael Alaeddin
The Syrian army forces defending the ancient Aleppo Citadel from jihadist militants have heartfelt thanks to give Russia for its support, a correspondent with Russia's RIA Novosti news agency has found out.

The historic Aleppo Citadel, the centerpiece of a UNESCO-recognized world cultural heritage site, is located at the heart of old Aleppo atop a fifty-meter hill. Today, just as it has for centuries, this ancient fortress serves as one of the main strategic points for the city's defenders. Here, the Syrian army has dug in against the jihadists.

Speaking to a correspondent from Russia's RIA Novosti, General Ali Zaid al-Saleh, the chairman of the Aleppo Security Commission, thanked Russia wholeheartedly for its year-long effort to assist the Syrian government militarily.

"The only country in the world which is helping us is Russia," the general said. "Only Russia fights across the world for the rights of the oppressed. We are grateful!"

Commenting on the militants' efforts to take the besieged Citadel, Lieutenant Dahir Kosvara, a veteran defender of the fortress, explained that "since 2012, the militants have made several attempts to blow up the walls, but they couldn't get close. We endured militant shelling using heavy machine guns and artillery."

"The Citadel is a symbol of Aleppo's resistance, and that of Syria as a whole," Kosvara emphasized.
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