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US official admits Islamic State oil sold to Turkey but volume 'insignificant'


RT
Sat, 05 Dec 2015 22:02 UTC
Oil tanks destroyed
© Stringer / Reuters
In response to Moscow accusations that Turkey is involved in oil trade with the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group, US officials claimed that the volume of oil smuggled from IS-controlled territories is too insignificant to interest government officials.

At the same time, the US confirmed that oil trade between Islamic State and some buyers on Turkish territory does exist, as its officials admitted that small amounts of oil could, in fact, be crossing the Turkish-Syrian border in tanker trucks, though they claimed the volume is "of no significance."

Comment: The US can't deny the facts but are playing it down as nothing to be concerned about. Wait until more revelations are made by Russia soon.

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US unwilling to acknowledge Turkey-ISIS oil trade 'smacks of direct patronage' - Russian top brass


RT
Sat, 05 Dec 2015 20:49 UTC
Russian top military officials speak to the media in front of an aerial images they say are oil trucks near Turkey's border with Syria
© APRussian top military officials speak to the media in front of an aerial images they say are oil trucks near Turkey's border with Syria
Russia's Defense Ministry has slammed Washington's reaction to the outing of the secret oil trade between Turkey and Islamic State terrorists, calling it a "theatre of the absurd" and saying it looks rather like "direct patronage."

"Finally, our colleagues from the State Department and the Pentagon have confirmed that the photo-proof, which we presented at a briefing [on December 2], of the origin and destination of the stolen oil, coming from the areas controlled by the terrorists, is authentic," Major General Igor Konashenkov, a Defense Ministry spokesman, told a media briefing on Saturday.

"However, the US claim that they 'don't see the border crossings with tanker trucks crossing the border,' raises a smile, if only, because the photos are still images," he added.

The spokesman advised the American side to have a look through the videos, which were also presented by the Russian Defense Ministry, showing "how the tanker trucks not only drive through checkpoints at the Turkish border, but pass through them without even stopping."
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CIA's Afghan paramilitaries regularly killing civilians

Jason Ditz
AntiWar
Thu, 03 Dec 2015 18:58 UTC
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© Andrew Quilty/For The Washington PostDarwar Khan prays over the graves of relatives who were killed during a night raid conducted by the CIA's Khost Protection Force in the village of Gurbuz District, Khost province, on Nov. 4.
The "Khost Protection Force" (KPF), the CIA-trained paramilitary faction in Afghanistan's Khost Province, is coming under growing criticism from locals as well as the Afghan central government for being unaccountable, and causing a growing civilian death toll.

Afghan officials say that the KPF conducted a series of home raids under the guise of counterterrorism operations against the homes of totally innocent civilians, and killed at least six of them. Two US "advisers," apparently CIA, were present during the raids.

The CIA has come under fire for using the KPF as a virtual proxy force, ordering them around the province on arbitrary arrest missions, detaining people without charges (despite not being a police force in and of themselves), and torturing them.

Comment: As reported here:
The first Khost Protection Force raid under scrutiny happened on Nov. 7 in the Dery neighborhood of the provincial capital, Khost City. Operatives arrived in pickup trucks and raided a home there, killing a 45-year-old man and his 17-year-old nephew — both described as innocent civilians by Abdul Wahed Patan, deputy to the Khost governor.
An American official defended the Khost pursuit team as "one of the most effective elements fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan." If the main purpose for the establishment of this group was to fight the Taliban, then why are they not targeting the Taliban, but are terrorizing and murdering innocent civilians instead? Is it any wonder that the Khost Province has such a heavy Taliban presence? This is just more proof that the CIA has no intention to improve the situation in Afghanistan. See also:

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Iraqis are speaking the truth: US is backing the Islamic State

Liz Sly
Washington Post
Sat, 05 Dec 2015 16:24 UTC
ISIS
© AP Photo/ File"Where do they get those wonderful toys?"
"The US State Department... duh"
On the front lines of the battle against the Islamic State, suspicion of the United States runs deep. Iraqi fighters say they have all seen the videos purportedly showing U.S. helicopters airdropping weapons to the militants, and many claim they have friends and relatives who have witnessed similar instances of collusion.

Ordinary people also have seen the videos, heard the stories and reached the same conclusion — one that might seem absurd to Americans but is widely believed among Iraqis — that the United States is supporting the Islamic State for a variety of pernicious reasons that have to do with asserting U.S. control over Iraq, the wider Middle East and, perhaps, its oil.

"It is not in doubt," said Mustafa Saadi, who says his friend saw U.S. helicopters delivering bottled water to Islamic State positions. He is a commander in one of the Shiite militias that last month helped push the militants out of the oil refinery near Baiji in northern Iraq alongside the Iraqi army.

The Islamic State is "almost finished," he said. "They are weak. If only America would stop supporting them, we could defeat them in days."


Comment: Indeed, there is a lot of evidence to suggest that the US is funding and arming the Islamic State as well as so-called 'moderate' terrorists. We've collected a lot of the evidence in our Sott Focus pieces listed below:
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'Incursion': Baghdad demands Turkey withdraw 'training' troops from northern Iraq


RT
Sat, 05 Dec 2015 16:58 UTC
Turkish troops
© ReutersTurkish troops
The Iraqi government has demanded that Ankara withdraw the more than 100 Turkish forces that entered Iraq with tanks and artillery for alleged "training" of troops near Islamic State-occupied Mosul. Baghdad stressed the unsanctioned move was a breach of its sovereignty.

The Iraqi foreign ministry said in a statement early on Saturday that the Turkish troops were acting in violation of the country's sovereignty and demanded the forces withdraw immediately. "Around one regiment armoured with tanks and artillery" has entered the northern Nineveh area, according to the statement from the Iraqi Prime Minister's media office.
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Propaganda alert: UK air strikes hit already 'obliterated' Syrian oil field

Stuart Hooper
21st Century Wire
Fri, 04 Dec 2015 18:40 UTC
UK Airstrikes Hit Already ‘Obliterated’ Syrian Oil Field
© Andy Dunaway‘OIL BOOM’: Business is booming.
So what exactly have they been bombing?

Just over a month ago on Friday 23rd October 2015, The Express reported the following obliteration of an 'ISIS held' oil field by a Russian and American attack:

'The terrorists' oil field in eastern Syria - part of a half a billion dollar crude industry for the group - was obliterated in a day of bombing conducted by both Russia and the US-led coalition.

US operations officer Major Michael Filanowski told reporters in Baghdad the Omar oil field was blitzed, heavily damaging the lucrative funding source for ISIS.

He said: "There were strikes last night that struck Daesh-controlled oil refineries, command and control centres and transportation nodes.

"There were 26 targets and all 26 were struck."'

Comment: It comes as no surprise that the UK would hit a target that was already destroyed - their real intention is not to attack ISIS their partner in crime.

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The real reason for the Syrian war - Is to destroy Syria

Sam Gerrans
RT.com
Sat, 05 Dec 2015 13:24 UTC
Tornado
© Darren Staples/Reuters
Since Russia stepped up to the plate, suddenly western countries can't wait to bomb ISIS. Are they now there to get the job done? Or are they there to stop Russia increasing its influence, and to make sure it doesn't succeed where they failed?

The world is falling over itself to bomb Syria.

The following statement from Reuters summarizes the situation: "Most of the world's powers are now flying combat missions over Iraq and Syria against Islamic State. But any consensus on how to proceed has been thwarted by opposing policies over the 4-year-old civil war in Syria, which has killed 250,000 people, driven 11 million from their homes, left swathes of territory in the hands of jihadist fighters and defied all diplomatic efforts at a solution."

While it may seem to the outside observer that this catalogue of mayhem is the result of incompetence, to me - on the contrary - it is evidence of things going to plan.

I have never, thus far, seen a war the ruling elite clearly wanted to happen not happen.

Here, as in all other cases, there has been a bit of hand-wringing, some crying, some protests, some moving speeches. But like the morality plays of medieval times, after enjoying the sermon dressed as entertainment, life has inevitably carried on as normal with the barons raping and pillaging and everyone else having to put up with that reality.

Destruction of Syria is the plan

This time the plan - at least judging from the outcomes - is to destroy Syria.

Syria has been anathema to the self-appointed arbiters of righteousness: the 'international community', that coterie of hypocrites which arrogates to itself the monopoly on meting out death to those who won't get with the program.

This group dislikes Syria which has had an uncompromising stance towards Israel and an independent financial system, and is using the chance to destroy it to flood Europe with refugees, thus further debasing the makeup of its constituent nations, and simultaneously justifying a lockdown in those countries.
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SOTT Focus: The Truth Perspective: Syria and the Battle for Humanity


Sott.net
Sat, 05 Dec 2015 19:00 UTC
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Broadcasting from deep in the heart of the American Empire, join your host Elan Martin, and fellow Sott.net editors, as they discuss everything from current events and the latest machinations and manipulations of the global elite to history, science, and religion, and how it all fits together.

As we have seen over the past few weeks, months and even years, the battle lines over the future of Syria, the fate of world terrorism, and struggle for a multi-polar world is rapidly coming to a head. Russia, Syria's legitimate government, Iran and Iraq, and China are on one side. Their opponents: The U.S., Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Great Britain and Israel on another. With France and Germany seemingly waffling between the two. Each side is digging in and fighting a war that only seems to be escalating on multiple fronts. Yet one side is transgressing in order to increase its power and domination over the rest of the world, and the other is fighting for justice, truth and a constructive way forward. We are now seeing nothing less than an epic and historic battle for humanity that is lost on many, but is an excruciating reality to all who are aware of its implications.

The Truth Perspective is brought to you by the SOTT Radio Network and SOTT.net, your one-stop source for independent, unbiased, alternative news and commentary on world events.

Live every Saturday from 2-4pm EST / 11am-1pm PST / 8-10pm CET.



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1,200 Turkish soldiers enter Northern Iraq


Fort Russ
Sat, 05 Dec 2015 18:28 UTC
Map of Iraq
© Google Maps
A battalion of Turkish soldiers has been deployed in the area of Bashiqa near the city of Mosul in northern Iraq. This was reported on Friday by the television channel CNN Turk, TASS writes. According to the channel, around 1200 soldiers of the Turkish armed forces are near Mosul. It has been noted that representatives of the international coalition were informed of this. The reason for the Turkish military presence in Iraq was not reported.

According the television channel NTV, soldiers have already been engaged in training Kurdish Peshmerga forces for two years, and the current relocation is part of planned activities.

Meanwhile, as Russian Spring reported yesterday, the prime minister of Iraq has stated that any actions by foreign troops not coordinated with the government will be regarded as an invasion.
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The Nazification of the Western press and its war against Russia

Phil Butler
New Eastern Outlook
Fri, 04 Dec 2015 00:00 UTC
obama
The news of world conflict grows more serious each day, or so it seems. What was a Ukraine crisis, has now been superseded by first a refugee emergency, and now a NATO-Russia potential for confrontation. However, even despite the growing discord in between the United States and her allies and the Russian sphere, there emerges a path to an "honorable peace." I've unearthed documents and historically significant ideals for democracy, which tell of the only realistic possibility for solving the current crisis. What you are about to read, is a telling manifesto for peace in our world today. Please pay close attention.
"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one." - A. J. Liebling
The Premise

It is no secret in the West that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been accused of commanding a "repressive regime," of being a veritable Czar, with utter and complete control over every event in his country. Some even say Russia under Putin longs for a new Soviet Empire, a reestablishment of former territorial control over much of Europe. Some of those proclaiming they want peace, from Washington or London, they contend no true democracy reins in Russia today. President Barack Obama, members of the United States house and senate, parliamentarians from the UK and the EU, and all their supporting agencies of détente, preach human rights and the further democratization of Russia and the CIS, as the only true course to peace in our time. And it is true, the march of democracy has never been stronger.

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