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Best of the Web: Blatant subversion: Syria ceasefire deal breakdown shows US under military rule

Finian Cunningham
Sputnik
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 18:33 UTC
Damaged buildings in Idib, Syria
© REUTERS/ Khalil Ashawi
A schism within US government has come spectacularly into the open, with the Pentagon and CIA militarists seemingly subverting the president's authority over Syria policy.

This amounts to a brazen pulling of rank by the militarist elements within the US power structure over the civilian titular head of government. This power struggle came to light dramatically - if briefly - with the US air strike last weekend on the Syrian army base near Deir ez-Zor in which over 60 troops were killed.

That massacre was no accident, as the Pentagon subsequently claimed. It was a deliberate mortal blow to the shaky ceasefire worked out the week before by US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.
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Syrian Army dispatches more fresh special forces to Golan Heights region


FARS News Agency
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 18:24 UTC
Syrian government troops
The Syrian Army has sent a large number of fresh soldiers to the Southwestern province of Quneitra near the border with Israel to reinvigorate its combat capabilities to launch an imminent operation there, military sources said Friday.

"A large contingent of the fourth mechanized divisions, comprised of recent graduates from the Syrian Arab Army's Special Forces school in Deir Attiyah, have joined the 90th Brigade's headquarters in Golan Heights, where they will await orders to launch a large-scale offensive," the sources said.

"The Syrian army soldiers, in their upcoming operation, are to capture the key terrorist-controlled town of Jabata al-Khashab, which has been under the control of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Fatah Al-Sham (the newly formed al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group previously known as the al-Nusra Front) for over two years.

Comment: Let's see what Israel will do with this new offensive.

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'I want to scare Assad': Dirty tactics the CIA uses when the other side won't fight


Truth Stream Media
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 18:21 UTC
CIA floor
How do you start a fight when your opponent doesn't want a fight with you? You force it... you create fear... you create fear and sell another stinkin' pile of lies til the body count meets your project goals.
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Bad Guys

Terrorist groups preparing for large-scale infighting in Dabiq, Syria


FARS News Agency
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 18:19 UTC
ISIL terrorist
Informed sources in Northern Syria said the Ankara-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) and its terrorist rivals from the ISIL have dispatched a large number of fighters to the regions close to a key town near the border with Turkey.

"The FSA has gathered a large number of militants near Dabiq to capture the town from the ISIL, while, the latter has also reinvigorated its positions near the town and its Jund al-Baghdadi forces have been deployed near Dabiq," the sources said.

"Large-scale clashes between the ISIL and FSA are to start in the region any moment," they added.

Comment: Good, let them knock each other out.

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Lavrov: Crucial to avoid collapse of Russia-US agreements on Syria, investigation of Aleppo and Deir ez-Zor incidents is needed


RT
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 17:55 UTC
lavrov
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It's crucial to avoid the collapse of the US-Russia agreements on Syria, meaning a fair and impartial investigation of the Aleppo and Deir ez-Zor incidents is needed, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the UN General Assembly in New York.

"The main thing now is to prevent the collapse of those arrangements [between Russia and the US], objectively and impartially investigate the undermining incidents in Deir ez-Zor and Aleppo, particularly, that there's many who want to sabotage the agreed approaches to the Syrian settlement," Lavrov said during the general debate at the 71st Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Earlier in September, US-led coalition planes bombed Syrian government troops in Deir ez-Zor, and a few days later a UN humanitarian convoy was attacked in Aleppo.

The minister stressed that "it's essential to fulfill the UN Security Council [UNSC] demand to dissociate the so-called moderate opposition from the terrorists. Here, special responsibility rests with the US and the members of their coalition."

"Their refusal or inability to do this in the present circumstances can't but strengthen the suspicion that it's being attempted to remove Jabhat al-Nusra out of harm's way and that the plans for a regime change are still on the table," he said, adding that it would be a "grave violation" of the UNSC resolution.
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Putin: There was no need to destroy USSR, it could have been reformed


RT
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 17:49 UTC
putin
© Michael Klimentyev / Reuters
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union should have transformed the bloc into a democratic entity rather than see it collapse, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.

"You know my attitude towards the collapse of the Soviet Union. There was no need to do it. Reforms could have been undertaken, including those of democratic nature,"the Russian president told the leaders of the parties which won seats in last week's general election.

"But I want to point out that the Communist Party was in charge of our former homeland, the USSR, not any other," Putin added.

The Communist Party of Russia, which evolved from its Soviet predecessor, is among the political forces represented in Russia's new parliament. The party's leader, Gennady Zyuganov, complained to the president that the Communists had suffered from increased and unfair competition during the campaigning, resulting in them gaining a smaller share of seats.
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Islamic terrorism will persist for years to come - MI6 chief


RT
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 09:38 UTC
Terrorism
© Hosam Katan / Reuters
UK spy chief Alex Younger believes the terrorism threat will persist for many years, a side-effect of "deep-seated global trends" such as the information revolution and globalization. It will remain even if Islamic State loses the territory it seized.

Speaking at a conference at the George Washington University in Washington, DC, Younger noted the security challenge posed by radical Islamists will not abate easily.

"Regrettably this is an enduring issue which will certainly be with us for our professional lifetime," he said, adding that terrorism is a "flip side to some very deep-seated global trends, not least of all globalization, the reduction of barriers between us."

Comment: Meanwhile the US government supports IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL by supplying weapons.
"We've given Saudi Arabia a hundred billion dollars worth of weapons... So we do need to ask, is Saudi Arabia a good ally?"

Murphy argued that all of the Saudi bombs, provided by the US, are being dropped on civilians and Yemen's Houthi faction, rather than being used against "our sworn enemy, Al-Qaeda."

This war has given opportunity for Al Qaeda and Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS/ISIL) to grow in leaps and bounds, he said.
See also: Human rights be damned: US Senate green lights $1.15 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia

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World's longest conflict of Kashmir: 'We the people' should stand up

Chandra Muzaffar
Global Research
Wed, 21 Sep 2016 16:41 UTC
Map of Kashmir
The armed conflict in Kashmir has reached a dangerous point. The killing of 17 Indian soldiers in the Uri camp, 6 kilometres from the Line of Control (LoC) that separates the two state protagonists, India and Pakistan, could lead to a further deterioration of a volatile situation that threatens to spiral into a much larger conflagration. Indian authorities allege that the four militants who killed the soldiers were trained by Pakistan. Pakistan has denied the allegation.

Both India and Pakistan should not allow the situation to escalate into an open war between the two states. Starting with the first Kashmir War in 1947, they have already fought three wars over Kashmir. These wars have only witnessed the loss of thousands of lives on both sides.

The Kashmir conflict cannot be resolved through war and violence. Indian and Pakistani leaders know this. The people of Kashmir themselves are deeply aware of the importance of a peaceful solution.

Comment: Maybe this is the reason Kashmir will see no peace: India's geopolitical hate for Pakistan is being used by the US to sabotage the North-South Transport Corridor

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Moscow is concerned about US plans to deploy new nuclear bombs in Europe


Fort Russ/RIA Novosti
Fri, 23 Sep 2016 16:21 UTC
Nukes
Translated by J.Arnoldski

NATO continues to expand its missile potential in Europe and Moscow is concerned over the deployment of NATO infrastructure near its borders, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated.

"NATO members are continuing to expand their anti-missile capability in Europe in the framework of the so-called 'phased adaptive approach.' We have repeatedly expressed concern over the placement of elements of strategic infrastructure in the immediate vicinity of our borders, which directly affects our interests in the field of security," he said at a session of the Russian Public Council on International Cooperation and Public Diplomacy in the Public Chamber.

Ryabkov added that the US' plans to place new nuclear bombs with increased accuracy in Europe cause serious concern. According to Ryabkov, "this might indicate an intention to use them against military targets, including populated areas during specific military scenarios."

Comment: See also: Are US nukes being transported from Incirlik to Deveselu to attack Moscow, and why so many conflicting reports?

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Top bank fraud expert William Black: All of the big banks' profits come from fraud


Washington's Blog
Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:10 UTC
Bank fraudelent profits graphic
The country's top white collar crime expert, William Black - who put over 1,000 top S&L executives in jail for fraud, and is a professor of law and economics at the University of Missouri - confirmed recently what the alternative media has been saying for years: the business plan of Wall Street is fraud. That's their key profit center.

Black also says that a British parliamentary investigation Tories found that allof the retail profits of the largest banks in the UK came from fraud.

Indeed, the big banks manipulate every single market ... and routinely engage in criminal acts.

Who cares?
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