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Syrian army deploys reinforcement forces to Golan Heights


FARS News Agency
Sun, 07 Aug 2016 13:19 UTC
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The Syrian army sent hundreds of its reinforcement troops to the Golan Heights, bordering Israel, to prepare for military operations against the terrorist groups.

The fresh army forces were dispatched to Khan Arnabah town in Quneitra, Southern Syria, in hundreds of military and armored vehicles as well as several tanks, Emad Meqdadi, a rights activist, said on Sunday.

He added that the convoy of the Syrian forces was sent to the front lines of the war against the terrorist groups after receiving orders from their commanders.

Meqdadi believes that dispatch of reinforcement troops to these region means impending massive military operations against the terrorists in the South to retake the occupied cities and towns, adding that the differences among the militant groups in the region will be a positive point for the army.
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John Pilger: A preview of the coming war on China

Maki Sunagawa and Daniel Broudy
Foreign Policy in Focus
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 12:53 UTC
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"Baker Shot", part of Operation Crossroads, a nuclear test by the United States at Bikini Atoll in 1946
Noted journalist John Pilger talks about China, Okinawa, and U.S. policy in Asia.

Daniel Broudy: You're now finishing up work on your latest project the title of which, it seems, can also trigger feelings of considerable dread. The Coming War, maybe you'd agree, is pretty heavy. Can you describe the impetus for this particular look at world events, especially as you see them unfolding in East Asia?

John Pilger: The film picks up the theme of much of my work. It will set out to explain how great power imposes itself on people and disguises itself and the dangers it beckons. This film is about the United States—no longer sure of its dominance—rekindling the Cold War. The Cold War has been started again on two fronts—against Russia and against China. I'm concentrating on China in a film about the Asia-Pacific. It's set in the Marshall Islands where the United States exploded 67 atomic bombs, nuclear weapons, between 1946 and 1958, leaving that part of the world gravely damaged—in human and environmental terms. And this assault on the Marshalls goes on. On the largest island, Kwajalein, there is an important and secretive US base called the Ronald Reagan Test Facility, which was established in the 1960s—as the archive we're using makes clear—"to combat the threat from China."
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Battle for Aleppo: Syrian Army claims siege is still intact as terrorist forces crumble

J Flores
Fort Russ
Sun, 07 Aug 2016 12:40 UTC
Syrian army
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The outcome of this battle is critical. US type planes have been allegedly spotted making supply drops on terrorist groupings. The information war is in full swing, with Western and Salafist disinfo outlets reporting on much greater gains than can be confirmed. Nevertheless, the SAA has officially recognized some difficulties, which they refer to 'fluctuations'.

Video of SAA pushing back attempts to take the military academy in Aleppo earlier:

It is 5am Sunday morning at the time of this this update. Soon we should have a more clear picture of the situation for Sunday morning. With daybreak, we expect a more decisive series of running battles.

Comment: Further reading:

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China offers Russia a military alliance to confront NATO's 'imperial desires'

Alexander Rostovzef; translated by Tom Winter
Fort Russ
Sun, 07 Aug 2016 12:31 UTC
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"In ten years, the key to the new world order will be the tandem of Russia and China" -- Chairman Xi Jinping
China marked an important date on July 1. It was the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party. Chairman Xi Jinping addressed the solemn meeting devoted to this event. In addition to the praises of "Long live!" (And deservedly so, since the CCP has much to be proud of) there was Chairman Xi's speech which was short, but very important.

"The world is on the verge of radical change. We see how the European Union is gradually collapsing, as is the US economy -- it is all over for the new world order. So, it will never again be as it was before, in 10 years we will have a new world order in which the key will be the union of China and Russia. "

In fact, the chairman Xi invites the Russian leadership to take the next step. And to go from an economic and political alliance to a military-political alliance, capable not only of withstanding the challenges of the future, but also of assuming the leadership in the case of the collapse of the existing world order.

It is remarkable how delicately the Chinese party makes a serious offer to Russia. After all, shortly before the celebration of the jubilee of the CPC, a substantial Russian delegation headed by President Putin came to visit China.
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Ukraine's Central Bank can't fill IMF-sized hole

Daryna Krasnolutska
Bloomberg News
Thu, 04 Aug 2016 12:21 UTC
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© Vincent Mundy/BloombergA bank worker rolls up uncut sheets of ten and one hryvnia banknotes at the headquarters of the National Bank of Ukraine in Kiev, Ukraine.
  • Bank has been replenishing reserves via FX-market purchases
  • Bailout delays slowing efforts to rebuild financial defenses
Hold-ups in Ukraine's $17.5 billion bailout have left the central bank treading a lonely path to rebuild the nation's financial defenses. While foreign reserves are creeping up, the former Soviet republic isn't out of the woods yet.

Ukraine sealed an International Monetary Fund rescue last year to shore up the economy after political and economic shocks ravaged its stash of gold and currencies, as well as the hryvnia. Since then, only $6.6 billion has reached Kiev, with disbursements on hold for a year because of government wrangling and delays in reforms.

Start your day with what's moving markets. Get our markets daily newsletter. The central bank has plugged some of the gap by buying dollars on the market: reserves have advanced beyond three months of imports -- a key threshold for economists determining a nation's financial health. While a Bloomberg survey predicts they'll swell to $16 billion by year-end, that's well short of the $20 billion they could have reached with the IMF on board, according to investment bank Dragon Capital.

Comment: The picture being presented by Bloomberg is far rosier than reality. Ukraine is poised to renew its war on the Lugansk and Donbass regions. One wonders where the funds are coming from for Ukraine to continue such a costly folly?

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'We have no voice': Military expert frustrated over Italy's entry into Libya campaign


Sputnik
Sun, 07 Aug 2016 12:11 UTC
NATO exercise Trident Juncture 2015
© AFP 2016/ MARCELLO PATERNOSTRO
taly may very well be joining the US anti-Daesh operation in Libya, having offered Washington the use of Sigonella air base in Sicily for USAF raids into the North African country. Sputnik spoke to Italian military journalist Mirko Molteni about why Italy has once again allowed itself to become involved in a NATO air war over Libya.

Last week, Italian Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti confirmed that Rome was prepared to allow the US to use Italian military facilities to support US airstrikes against Daesh in Libya. "The government is ready to positively evaluate the issue of the use of Italian bases and airspace," Pinotti said, speaking before the country's lower house of parliament on Wednesday.

Asked to comment on Rome's decision, Mirko Molteni, a respected military journalist and contributor to Analisi Difesa magazine and the Milan-based daily newspaper Libero, told Sputnik Italia that it would undoubtedly increase the danger of terrorist attacks against Italy.

Comment: What Molteni fails to mention is the oil angle with Eni:

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Greece invites countries of the European south to form anti-austerity alliance


Sputnik
Fri, 05 Aug 2016 12:02 UTC
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The Greek government has invited leaders from five Southern EU countries to Athens in an attempt to form a European anti-austerity alliance. Alex Tsipras extended the invitation to Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, and Cyprus.

Greece has said that the conference will look at the "common" economic, political and institutional levels of the EU and particularly at austerity policy. However, the Greek government have also said that migration will be discussed.

The conference can be seen as part of a wider effort by the Greek government to bring together Southern European states that have a common anti-austerity agenda.

Tsipras has already spoken to his Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi about setting up an "Alliance of Europe's South" to push for a pro-growth over austerity agenda.

Sputnik asked the Greek government's head of European Policy, Yiannis Beurnos, to what extent this alliance is a reaction to the way Greece had been treated by the EU bureaucracy.

"Syriza as a party, long before becoming a governmental party, together with the European left has been insisting on the necessity to promote the idea for a progressive alliance in Europe that would shift the balance of power in order to change austerity policies," Yiannis Beurnos told Sputnik.
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Shimon Peres RT interview: Putin wants Russia to be part of Europe, not its enemy


RT
Sun, 07 Aug 2016 11:52 UTC
Shimon Peres and Arafat receive Nobel Peace Prize
© Rex Features
President Putin is no enemy to Europe and can work successfully with the US on solving the Syrian crisis, the former Israeli PM Shimon Peres told RT. He also shared his vision concerning the Middle East peace process and fighting extremism in Europe.

Peres, a 93-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner and Israeli political heavyweight, spoke to RT's Paula Slier, who mentioned the fact that he met Russian president Putin on multiple occasions.

"I understood that actually, that Putin has in his heart, a wish not to fight Europe, but to be part of Europe," Peres, a former Israeli President and Prime Minister said, apparently referring to the recent heightened tensions between Russia and the EU.
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By design? State Department remains mute on US weapons ending up in Nusra's hands


Sputnik
Fri, 05 Aug 2016 11:42 UTC
Al-Nusra front militants
© AFP 2016/ AMC / FADI AL-HALABI
A large cache of US-made weapons found in Aleppo's eastern district abandoned by al-Nusra Front fighters has once again sparked a debate around why US-made weapons are finding their way into the wrong hands over and over again.

A large cache of US-made ammunition has been discovered in a house in Aleppo's Bani Zaid district, abandoned by the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (also known as al-Nusra Front) fighters.

"The video appeared online on Thursday and purported to show the discovery of a large cache of western arms and ammunition in a house in Aleppo's eastern Bani Zaid district. The majority of the weapons appear to be of US origin and include US-made anti-tank missiles system (TOW 2A), American UN0181 missiles, as well as US-made 81mm mortars and ammunition. Some of the boxes containing weapons are labeled with the letters 'USA'," RT reported Thursday.
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CNN embedding reporters with Syria terrorists - legitimizing Al Qaeda and suicide bombing

Vanessa Beeley
21st Century Wire
Thu, 04 Aug 2016 08:30 UTC
Syria terrorists

As the battle for Aleppo gathers momentum and the encircled terrorist factions respond violently to the strangulation of their supply lines and diminishment of their territory in eastern Aleppo, CNN goes to extraordinary lengths to obfuscate US connections to these terror gangs, romanticise the role of terror in Syria and even more astonishingly "normalise" suicide bombers and promote the re-branded Al Nusra as the new "moderates".

Al Nusra Front (aka Al Qaeda in Syria) under new nomenclature suddenly become 'freedom fighters' (sounds familiar) and the new 'reasonable option' in the US mainstream media and the US voting public barely seem to notice?

On August 2nd 2016, as the Syrian Arab Army made serious advances on the ground against the NATO and GCC-backed terrorist factions occupying the eastern sectors of Aleppo, the Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, Jabhat Al Nusra made the announcement that it was changing the name of the group. Naturally, CNN ran with this story almost immediately.

This re-branding also coincides with the agreement between Russia and the US to finally combine forces in combating Al Qaeda/Al Nusra fighting inside Syria. Here we can see the true function of CNN in the conflict theatre - to help sculpt the US government narrative - and to carefully nudge the public perception along those lines.

Comment: When did Al-Qaeda stop being the big-bad-boogeyman and start to be considered legitimate opposition or even allies? Do Americans not feel outraged about this? This article talks of a new era of 'terror apologism', but sadly any and all terror has always been ignored, or hailed as just, as long as it helps to further the strategic goals of the empire.

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