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Union boss McCluskey: Undercover agents sabotaging Corbyn's Labour leadership


RT
Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:49 UTC
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© www.itv.comLen McCluskey and Jeremy Corbyn
Union boss Len McCluskey has accused British intelligence agencies of using agents provocateurs to undermine Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. The Unite general secretary said he believed spies were using "dark practices" in an attempt to "stir up trouble" and suggested they could be behind the abuse of MPs on social media. McCluskey told the Guardian he thought the truth would come out in 30 years, when classified government documents are released into the public domain.

Asked if he believed online abuse of Corbyn's critics was posted by people trying to discredit his supporters, he said: "Of course, of course. Do people believe for one second that the security forces are not involved in dark practices? "We found out just a couple of years ago that the chair of my union then, the Transport and General Workers Union, was an MI5 informant at the time that there was a strike taking place that I personally as a worker was involved in. [In] 1972, I was on strike for six weeks. And 30 years later it comes out that the chair of my union at that time was an MI5 informant."

When asked again if he believed classified documents would reveal the involvement of British intelligence agents in Corbyn's leadership strife, McCluskey said: "Well I tell you what, anybody who thinks that that isn't happening doesn't live in the same world that I live in. Do you think that there's not all kinds of rightwingers who are not secretly able to disguise themselves and stir up trouble? I find it amazing if people think that isn't happening."

Comment: While there may be several elements of truth to what McCluskey alludes, his admonitions may not be helpful to Corbyn. In fact, without irrefutable proof, they may be dangerous, detrimental, and/or perceived by the many as delusional.

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Best of the Web: Alexander Dugin speaks on the coup d'etat in Turkey: Officials say considering leaving NATO, want stronger ties with Russia

Alexander Dugin
Katahon
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 02:25 UTC
Alexander Dugin
Alexander Dugin
Transcript of video:

Greetings, you are watching Dugin's Guideline. At the end of last week, an attempted coup d'etat took place in Turkey. It was thwarted.

It just so happened that on Friday, July 15th, I was live on Tsargrad TV from Ankara speaking about the terrorist attack in Nice. Who could know that literally just a few hours later, a coup would begin.

And so here is what happened. Given that during my visit I had met with a number of senior officials in Turkish politics and in particular with the mayor of Ankara, Ibrahim Melih Gokcek, the overall picture of the political alignment of forces in Turkey on the eve of the putsch seemed to me to be completely clear. That very same Ibrahim Melih Gokcek, a figure very close to President Erdogan, told me during our conversations of a parallel state, paralel devlet in Turkish, which the sect of Fethullah Gulen succeeded in establishing in Turkey. This sect has its headquarters in the US, in Pennsylvania, from which a developed network of agents of influence which have penetrated Turkish society are managed. Melih Gokcek confessed that he had not immediately figured this out, but that it had later become clear that CIA-managed structures were operating under the guise of humanitarian programs and charity.

Comment: There is also speculation going around Russian media that Russian special forces had a hand in helping Erdogan:
According to this theory, it was Russian Spetsnaz who successfully evacuated Erdogan to the Case De Maris Hotel shortly before the assault on the Grand Yazici Club Turban where he was previously located and where 8-10 militant groups managed by the CIA violently broke in only to find an empty room.

It is difficult to say how much truth there is in this version, but there is the fact that President Erdogan's first appeal to the people to take to the streets against the rebellion was relayed through social networks while he was still in some kind of "unofficial" shelter with lace curtains on the windows. And then suddenly the center of the country's governance was taken back into is hands while covered on a flight by Russian air forces to Ankara, allege such sources. Why the rebel pilots of the Turkish Air Force failed to shoot down the president's Gulfstream IV with TC-ATA registration, if they indeed already had it in their sights, is also up for speculation.

"Of course, it cannot be said that Erdogan was saved by our guys, Russians," Yuri Pershikov, an information analyst specializing in Turkish affairs commented on these reports. "Reports have appeared that some of our electronic warfare systems deployed in Russia and Syria blocked the navigation equipment on [Turkish] air force bases. Information has also appeared that Erdogan's plane was caught by two Turkish aircraft but they were, for some reason, unable to shoot. Afterwards, reports appeared that our air forces and satellites were involved. For sure, we will hardly find out whether this is true or not, but we can assume that they could have suppressed the guidance systems of these planes. Russia has the technological capabilities to have helped and supported Erdogan."


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More fear: Munich police verifying info on possible attack on Karlsplatz Square


Sputnik
Sat, 23 Jul 2016 16:04 UTC
German police
© AFP 2016/ Boris Roessler / dpa
Munich Police are verifying the information on possible attack on one of the city's central square, Karlsplatz, the police said Saturday.

"At 5.00 p.m. [3.00 p.m. GMT] we received information on planned attack on Karlsplatz. We arrived at the site, however, it seems that the message was false," the police wrote on Twitter.

However, the police promised to further report on the situation.

On Friday, a 18-year-old German-Iranian man opened fire in a crowded Munich shopping mall and a nearby McDonald's restaurant, killing nine people and wounding 27 others before killing himself.
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Does Erdogan owe his life to Russian Special Forces?


Fort Russ
Fri, 22 Jul 2016 15:37 UTC
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Erdogan rallies the Turkish citizenry through social media
The pro-American coup attempt led by Gulen in Turkey last Friday shocked Turkey. But when exactly did the threat of a coup become known and who had such information?

As analysts have reconstructed the events, the Turkish intelligence service MIT could have learned of the coup threat and reported it to the General Staff only several hours before it actually began. According to the MIT report, the coup took place at 16:00 on July 15th. The information from MIT officially reached General Staff Chief Hulusi Akar, land forces commander Salih Cholak and General Yashar Guler, who were all later arrested by the rebels, but the General Staff did manage to get out in time the orders banning military aircraft and helicopter flights over Turkey.

At the same time, President Erdogan stated that he received the news of rebellion only after it had begun and was able to leave his hotel a mere 10-15 minutes before the putschists' special forces arrived in helicopters. He stated: "On the 15th, I was in Marmaris, where we had five days of vacation. At around 10 P.M., I was told about what was happening. They decided to take me away from the hotel. An operation against me was carried out in Marmaris and two of my guards were killed. If I had stayed an additional 10-15 minutes, I would have been killed or captured."

The question immediately arises: if the security services and General Staff had known about the coup being prepared, then why was Erdogan not warned until 6 hours later? This was quiet sabotage which means that the leadership of the security services and General Staff also contained conspirators, and that the arrest of generals could have been a diversion. Or did Erdogan receive the information, know everything, and decide to provoke the conspirators into open rebellion in order to nip the coup in the bud?

Comment: This would not be the first time Russia has lent a hand to a besieged leader.

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Guided missile destroyer, USS Ross, enters Black Sea, provokes Russian condemnation


RT
Sat, 23 Jul 2016 03:54 UTC
USS Ross
© Michael Sandberg / U.S. Navy / WikipediaThe guided missile destroyer USS Ross.
A US guided missile destroyer, USS Ross, equipped with the Aegis advanced missile defense system has entered the Black Sea and is heading to the Ukrainian port city of Odessa to join the international maritime exercises Sea Breeze 2016. The Arleigh Burke destroyer USS Ross is set to join the international exercises in the Back Sea that involve several NATO countries, including the US, Bulgaria, Greece, Lithuania, Italy, Poland, Romania, Turkey and the UK, as well as non-NATO members, such Georgia and Ukraine.

The second stage of the drills called Sea Breeze 2016 started on Monday and will last until July 30. The exercises are the 15th iteration of Sea Breeze, which is "an annual exercise held in the Black Sea designed to enhance interoperability and strengthen regional security," according to the US Navy. The first stage lasted from July 11 to July 17, with 25 military vessels, two planes, two helicopters and some 1,700 personnel are taking part in the exercise conducted in the international waters of the Black Sea.

Comment: Russia is not buying the pretexts or excuses as to the buildup of navy vessels in the Black Sea. This is scaremongering that could turn ugly at any time. Would the US be OK with a Russian fleet hanging out in the Gulf of Mexico, no matter the excuse? We know that answer.

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The Western media's dirty game of paid trolls

Phil Butler
New Eastern Outlook
Sat, 23 Jul 2016 15:08 UTC
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Extra! Extra! Read all about what Hillary Clinton wants you to know, on Arianna Huffington's digital newspaper! Now read on here to discover how plagiarism by political figures is the least of your worries. The mainstream media, the NGOs, the White House, and the US State Department, have gotten a lot of mileage out of "revealing" Russia's so-called propaganda machine. Well, here's a report on the state of ultra-leftist whacko journalism, and the "American Way" convoluted into a cheating ring that dwarfs even the most ambitious rumors of Putin's troll army.

Trump: The Manchurian Candidate?

"The Real Winner At The GOP Convention Is Vladimir Putin", that's the headline of a story by HuffPo foreign affairs "expert" Akbar Shahid Ahmed (see Center for American Progress and George Soros), and Washington bureau chief Ryan Grim (see his book This Is Your Country on Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America). The gist of their story being, Vladimir Putin now runs the Republican Party. Say what? You read that correctly, yes you did.
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Controlling the terror narrative: Destruction of CCTV videos in Nice attacks ordered by French government

Gearóid Ó Colmáin
gearoidocolmain.org
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:00 UTC
Nice attack terrorist
© Paul WilkinsonThanks to Paul Wilkinson at https://www.flickr.com/photos/eepaul/ No edits made.
A report in 21st of July edition of Le Figaro newspaper states that France's anti-terrorist executive (sous-direction anti-terroriste-SDAT) has ordered Nice's urban surveillance authorities to destroy all CCTV footage of the Nice Attacks on Bastille Day that rocked the city on the 14th of July 2016.

Although SDAT have cited articles 53 and L706-24 of the prosecution procedure and article R642-1 of the penal code, authorities in Nice interviewed by Le Figaro say that it is the first time they have ever been asked to destroy evidence at a crime scene - something they point out is illegal.

The explanation given by the French Ministry of Justice is that they don't want 'uncontrolled' and 'non-authorised (non maîtrisée) diffusion of the images of the terrorist attacks. The Judicial Police have noted that 140 videos of the attacks in their possession show 'important pieces of the inquiry' (éléments d'enquête intéressants). The French government claims it wants to prevent ISIS from gaining access to videos of the attacks for the purposes of propaganda. They also claim that the destruction of evidence is intended to protect the families of the victims. The comments section of the Le Figaro article is replete with outrage and disgust by the fact that the French government, instead of preserving evidence for the purposes of a thorough, independent investigation, is in fact behaving rather more like the chief suspect in the attack - ordering the destruction of vital evidence.

Comment: Though there is nothing at this time to suggest that the attack in Nice was a false flag, Gladio B type of event, or actually in some way connected to ISIS - and was, in fact, the act of a dangerously deranged individual - it seems as though the French government (out of force of habit) must still inject itself into the strict control of information. Perhaps it "anticipates" future events like those at Charlie Hebdo and the Bataclan theatre that will require more 'war on terror' narrative control.

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America's delusion is not to recognize that Gaza is a concentration camp — Weschler

Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 14:45 UTC
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© David ShankboneLawrence Weschler
Lawrence Weschler, a writer of considerable mainstream prestige, is sick of prevaricating about Israel. It's rabid. It has rabies. And Gaza is a concentration camp. Weschler has let loose chiefly because of the "remorseless" and "repetitively compulsive" aspect of Israeli violence. I believe that understanding is now widely shared in the liberal mainstream, and interventions like Weschler's make it easier for others to speak up. From Truthdig:
I know, I know, and I am bone tired of being told it, when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there is plenty of blame to go around, but by this point after coming on almost 50 years of Israeli stemwinding and procrastinatory obfuscation, I'd put the proportionate distribution of blame at about the same level as the mortality figures—which is, where are we today (what with Wednesday morning's four children killed while out playing on a Gaza beach)? What, 280 to 2?

For the single overriding fact defining the Israeli-Palestinian impasse at this point is that if the Palestinians are quiescent and not engaged in any overt rebellion, the Israelis (and here I am speaking of the vast majority of the population who somehow go along with the antics of their leaders, year after year) manage to tell themselves that things are fine and there's no urgent need to address the situation; and if, as a result, the endlessly put-upon Palestinians do finally rise up in any sort of armed resistance (rocks to rockets), the same Israelis exasperate, "How are we supposed to negotiate with monsters like this?" A wonderfully convenient formula, since it allows the Israelis to go blithely on, systematically stealing Palestinian land in the West Bank, and continuing to confine 1.8 million Gazans within what might well be described as a concentration camp.

Comment: People are able to discuss only what they are aware of. The media is totally controlled in the US, therefore what is inconvenient is not reported.

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'Crooked Hillary and Corrupt Kaine': Trump slams Cinton's VP pick and insists the duo have both contributed to America's 'rigged system'

Wills Robinson
Daily Mail
Sat, 23 Jul 2016 07:45 UTC
Trump
Donald Trump has slammed Hillary Clinton's selection of Tim Kaine has her vice president - insisting voters would be choosing a corrupt pair for the White House.

Donald Trump has slammed Hillary Clinton's selection of Tim Kaine as her vice president - insisting voters would be choosing a corrupt pair for the White House.

The Republican nominee rebranded the Democratic ticket as 'Crooked Hillary' and 'Corrupt Kaine' and insisted it was more evidence that Obama would have a third term.

Just 24 hours after his acceptance speech at the GOP convention, he added that the pair want us to believe in a 'rigged system that enriches them at your expense'.

He first bashed Hillary's choice of the Virginia Senator in a text message to supporters, while urging them to give his campaign more money.

Comment: See also: Hillary Clinton thrilled to announce Tim Kaine as vice presidential running mate
  • Hillary's running mate,Tim Kaine forced 6th grade girls to get Gardasil vaccine


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The US occupation of Afghanistan, the global heroin epidemic and growing drug trade

Mnar Muhawesh
Mint Press News
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:34 UTC
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© APAn Afghan man collects resin from poppies in an opium poppy field in Panjwai district of Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, May 21, 2008. Afghanistan supplies some 93 percent of the world’s opium used to make heroin.
The "War on Drugs" and the "War on Terror" are more intertwined than that media and our elected officials would like us to think.

And this became full front and center when the U.S.-led global crusades overlapped in Afghanistan, leaving in their wake a legacy of death, addiction and government corruption tainting Afghan and American soil.

In the U.S., the War in Afghanistan is among the major contributing factors to the country's devastating heroin epidemic.

Over 10,000 people in America died of heroin-related overdoses in 2014 alone - an epidemic fuelled partly by the low cost and availability of one of the world's most addictive, and most deadly, drugs.
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