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Killary wants war but Putin is smarter

Ruslan Ostashko
Fort Russ
Wed, 31 Aug 2016 00:29 UTC
Hillary Clinton and Vladimir Putin
PolitRussia - translated by J. Arnoldski

The main question which those following the Ukrainian crisis can ask themselves boils down to one word: "Why?" Why have they done this? Answering this question is easy if we take for granted that the decision to send saboteurs to Crimea was taken not in Kiev, and didn't even factor in the interests of Ukraine or the Kiev regime. One can easily see the greasy fingerprints of Hillary Clinton and her supporters in this provocation who are largely found among the American intelligence services and diplomatic corps. They have very recognizable handwriting.

The goal of the Crimea operation was clear: achieving what didn't happen in 2014, i.e., a full-fledged war. This would have allowed one of the main goals of American policy to be realized: completely and once and for all cutting off Europe from Russia and stuffing the EU with expensive American liquified gas and striking at the Russian economy with an oil embargo and possible exclusion from SWIFT, thereby turning Russia into some kind of bigger Iran.
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Bad Guys

India's geopolitical hate for Pakistan is being used by the US to sabotage the North-South Transport Corridor

Andrew Korybko
Katehon
Tue, 30 Aug 2016 19:12 UTC
Balochistan map
© Katehon.com 2016
Nobody could have expected that India's Prime Minister would have used the occasion of celebrating his country's 69th anniversary of independence to provocatively talk about the state of Baloch affairs in Pakistan. Modi went out of his way to say that some members of this ethnic group "thanked [him], have expressed gratitude, and expressed good wishes for [him]...expressed appreciation for Prime Minister of India, for 125 crore countrymen". This was an obvious suggestion that the Pakistani Baloch have more loyalty to India and identify its citizens - and not Pakistan's --- as their "countrymen", which was a premeditated infowar attack meant to incite further discord within the country just a week after a suicide bomber killed dozens of members of this community in a high-profile attack. Modi's surprisingly aggressive and very clear intimation that he supports Baloch separatism in Pakistan is bound to lead to a problem sooner than later in the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan right next door, which just so happens to host the Indian-financed port of Chabahar that forms the crucial and irreplaceable terminal for the North-South Corridor. This presents a developing threat for Iran and Russia, both of which are depending on stability in and around Chabahar to ensure the long-term strategic viability of the ambitious transcontinental corridor that will eventually connect South Asia with Western Europe by means of their transit territory.

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Airplane

Ukraine to launch serial production of the world's largest aircraft together with China


RT
Thu, 01 Sep 2016 00:21 UTC
Antonov An-225 Mriya
© David W Cerny / Reuters
Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer Antonov and China's Aerospace Industry Corporation have signed a deal which will facilitate the serial production of the world's largest aircraft, the AN-225 Mriya ('Dream'), in China.

Negotiations between the two enterprises have been held since May 2016 and the deal was signed on August 30 in Beijing.

"On August 30, Antonov [Company] and Aerospace Industry Corporation of China (AICC) signed an agreement on cooperation on the AN-225 project," Antonov's press service said in a statement, UNIAN news agency reported. The company added that cooperation between the two companies include the projected construction of the second aircraft of its kind in Ukraine and its handover to China at the first stage of the project, as well as the creation of an aircraft production line under a Ukrainian license in China at the second stage.
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No Entry

SOTT Focus: Coming neo-McCarthyist censorship? Clinton's rabid russophobia and the war on dissidents

Paul Mansfield
Sott.net
Wed, 31 Aug 2016 20:33 UTC
hillary prison
© Unknown
The intensity of anti-Russia rants by Hillary Clinton and her coterie of supporters is flying off the Richter scale. The information war waged by Washington has sought to harm Russia by isolating it, weakening its economy and destabilising its leadership.

The mudslinging rhetoric has become visceral and vicious, with disturbing undertones emerging. Frustrated by the inability to effectively counter Russian media outlets, the proliferation of alternative media voices and Moscow's continued path of independent policy, the accusations have taken on a neo-McCarthyist flavour, which leave a sense of foreboding about brewing censorship and sanction against the voices of reason (i.e. those who don't believe Vladimir Putin is the devil incarnate).

Washington spuriously tells us the Kremlin is engaging in a one-sided information war which is threatening the stability and security of Western states - more precisely, the countries of Europe. In reality, it is frustrated by a worthy adversary able to counter its gargantuan information war-machine. If Russia is able to undermine and debilitate the foundations of our democracies, as this fairy-tale says, is it time to clamp down on the army of Kremlin trolls and propagandists?

"The grand Godfather of this global brand of extreme nationalism is Russian President, Vladimir Putin," Clinton said at a recent election rally in Nevada. Fusing Putin to Donald Trump as a dastardly duo who threaten the free world, Clinton said Trump will abandon NATO allies, recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea and hand Eastern Europe to Russia to plunder at will.
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Fire

UAF convoy headed for Avdeevka, Ukraine destroyed in accident


Fort Russ
Wed, 31 Aug 2016 19:16 UTC
UAF military
© RusVesnaUkraine Military
The famous veteran of the DPR militia, Anatoly Gelyukh, has reported the destruction of a whole convoy of UAF armored vehicles at the Steppe station of the railway junction in Yasinovataya.

"Intelligence reports have confirmed the destruction of the UAF armored vehicle convoy at the unloading station near Steppe village on August 27th, 2016 as a result of a broken air conditioner explosion," he stated.

Less than 10 km separate Steppe from Avdeevka. It is quite likely that the supply of new armored vehicles would have been thrown into fighting in the Avdeevka industrial area, as it was being carried along the railway leading to Avdeevka's industrial sites.
Ukraine convoy explosion avdeevka
RusVesna - translated by J. Arnoldski
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Info

Trump meets Nieto: Illegal immigration harms 'both countries,' no talk of who pays for 'the wall'


RT
Wed, 31 Aug 2016 21:14 UTC
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto
© Henry Romero / ReutersU.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto.
Donald Trump called on both Mexico and the US to work together to solve the problem of illegal immigration, but he also clarified that there was no talk of who would pay for "the wall" when he met with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.

Referring to President Nieto as "a friend" in his speech, the Republican presidential nominee stressed the "deep roots" that bond both nations. Trump reiterated his concerns surrounding trade and immigration, but spoke of them in terms of shared interests.

"There's a lot of value that can be created by both countries working beautifully together, and that, I'm sure, will happen."

President Nieto spoke first during their shared press conference, and with a slight disclaimer, noted the "common ground" shared with Trump.

"Our border must be viewed as a joint opportunity," Nieto said. "Both countries must invest more into it."

"Mr. Trump," Nieto also said, "I would like to reiterate what I mentioned to you in private. My priority is to protect Mexicans, wherever they may be. That is my responsibility, and I shall continue to abide by it with great passion."

"Mexicans deserve everyone's respect," he added.

Comment: Donald Trump agrees to meet Mexican president south of 'the wall' after immigration speech

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Nazi Germany Redivivus: Israel's plan to retool occupation includes color-coding 'good' and 'bad' Palestinians

Jonathan Cook
Mondoweiss
Wed, 31 Aug 2016 20:47 UTC
Avigdor Lieberman
© AP

Launched this month, as much of the world was on holiday, Avigdor Lieberman's plan for the Palestinians - retooling Israel's occupation - received less attention than it should.

Defence minister since May, Lieberman has been itching to accelerate Israel's annexation by stealth of the West Bank.

His "carrot and stick" plan has three components. First, he intends to sideline the Palestinian Authority in favor of a new local leadership of "notables" hand-picked by Israel.

Preferring to "cut out the middle man", in his words, he will open a dialogue with supposedly more responsible Palestinians - business people, academics and mayors.

Next, he has established a new communications unit that will speak in Arabic over the heads of the PA in the West Bank and its Hamas rivals in Gaza directly to ordinary Palestinians.
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Heart - Black

Corporate crony: New Jersey governor Chris Christie vetoes bill raising minimum wage to $15


RT
Wed, 31 Aug 2016 20:53 UTC
Chris Christie
© Jim Young / ReutersNew Jersey Governor Chris Christie
A bill to raise New Jersey's minimum wage to $15 an hour has been vetoed by Governor Chris Christie. This is the second time the state's Democrats pushed for a bigger paycheck for low wage workers only to be turned down by Christie.

"All of this sounds great, raising the minimum wage, when you're spending someone else's money," Christie said at a Pennington grocery store, where he announced his veto. "It should bother you because when you come into Pennington Quality Market your food is going to be more expensive."

The family-owned store, which has been running since 1981, employs 160 people and 24 of them earn minimum wages, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

It was no coincidence that Christie came to Mike Rothwell's store. The Garden State governor has been calling on small business owners to "fight publicly, loudly, aggressively," against the bill.


Comment: Christie didn't veto this bill to benefit small businesses, although it's good publicity for him to make it look like he cares about the average Joe. He vetoed this bill specifically to benefit big business and corporations who most likely donated healthy sums of money to make sure Christie didn't pass the bill.

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Eye 2

DC Leaks emails show how Soros ran US foreign policy in post-coup Ukraine and bankrolled anti-Russian media throughout Europe

Wayne Madsen
Strategic Culture Foundation
Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:15 UTC
George Soros
© Andrew Kelly / Reuters George Soros
A tranche of some 2500 Internal documents, mostly Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point files, as well as pdf files, from George Soros's Open Society Foundation (OSF) network of non-governmental organizations, which were obtained from the group «DC Leaks», shows that Soros and his advisers lorded over US policy toward Ukraine after the 2014 coup supported by Soros and the Obama administration ousted the democratically-elected Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych and his government. The leaked Soros documents describe how the OSF and Soros's International Renaissance Foundation (IRF), based at 46 Artema Street in Kiev, worked with the US State Department after the 2014 so-called «Euromaidan» themed revolution to ensure that a federalized Ukraine was not in the picture.

In addition to George Soros (identified as «GS» in the leaked OSF documents) others involved in the Ukrainian coup planning included US ambassador to Kiev Geoffrey Pyatt; David Meale (Economic Counselor to Pyatt); Lenny Benardo (OSF); Yevhen Bystrytsky (Executive Director, IRF); Oleksandr Sushko (Board Chair, IRF); Ivan Krastev (Chairman, Centre for Liberal Studies, a Soros- and US government-influenced operation in Sofia, Bulgaria); Sabine Freizer (OSF); and Deff Barton (Director, US Agency for International Development (USAID), Ukraine). USAID is a conduit for the Central Intelligence Agency. Soros was present at a post-coup meeting on March 21, 2014 that involved US support for the «New Ukraine». One document describes the «New Ukraine» as a key measure to «reshapes the European map by offering the opportunity to go back to the original essence of European integration».

Comment: Newsbud put together an excellent list of all we have learned about Soros influence from going through the DC Leaks:

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Bomb

Preparing for war: Japanese military asks for record $50bn defense budget to oppose China, N. Korea


RT
Wed, 31 Aug 2016 20:41 UTC
Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force tanks
© Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters
Japan is poised to hike its defense spending again, breaking the record for the fifth year in a row. The money would boost Tokyo's ability to oppose Beijing in the South China Sea and protect itself from a possible missile attack by North Korea.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet will require 5.17 trillion yen (US$50 billion) from parliament, the Japanese Defense Ministry announced Wednesday. If approved, it would translate into a 2.3 percent boost in the country's defense spending. The Finance Ministry is yet to check the request before it is potentially sent to legislators.

One of the biggest portions of the military budget, about $1 billion, would go on upgrading Japan's PAC-3 Patriot surface-to-air missile defense systems to increase range and accuracy for deployment in 2020, the submitted proposal stated.

Comment: More on Japan's military buildup:

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