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Illegal secret US-UK base in Syria bombed by Russia in June


Katehon
Sat, 23 Jul 2016 02:54 UTC
illegal base Syria
al-Tanf/al-Waleed 16 kilometres from the Jordanian border
According to The Wall Street Journal, a month ago, the Russian air-forces destroyed a top-secret military facility, used by Special Forces of the USA and the UK in Syria. The Government and military in all three countries, according to the newspaper, ignore this fact.

On June 16 Russian planes in Syria hit a remote military installation at "Al-Tanf" in the south-east of the country. As the publication of The Wall Street Journal, citing military sources states, the aim was a secret base of the US and the UK. Coincidence or not, but the strike occurred after the base was left by the 20 people of the UK military personnel.

The US military states, that some cluster bombs were dropped on the base. After that, the representatives of the US Central Command in Qatar called Russian colleagues in Latakia, explaining that the facility that was bombed is a part of the American infrastructure. But a second blow was delivered some 30 minutes after this.

Katehon experts comment on this:
US is known for its official support of the so called "moderate opposition" and the secret support of the ISIS extremist group. US uses its bases not to fight terrorism as they claim, but to overthrow Assad's Government. The US-UK base has been created illegally and as a violation of both the sovereignty of Syria and International Law.

Comment: At least four U.S.-backed rebels were allegedly killed in the strikes. According to the WSJ, the purpose was to pressure Washington to closer Russian-U.S. cooperation in Syria.

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Bizarro Earth

Hillary Clinton thrilled to announce Tim Kaine as vice presidential running mate


RT
Sat, 23 Jul 2016 02:11 UTC
Killary
© Carlos Barria / ReutersDemocratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) react during a campaign rally at Ernst Community Cultural Center in Annandale, Virginia, U.S., July 14, 2016.
Hillary Clinton's pick for vice president is Virginia senator Tim Kaine, who is considered a safe choice by some, but not as progressive as many supporters would like.

Donors to the Clinton campaign received text messages at 8:11pm EST reading, "I'm thrilled to tell you this first: I've chosen Sen. Tim Kaine as my running mate. Welcome him to our team.

Comment: See also: Hillary's running mate,Tim Kaine forced 6th grade girls to get Gardasil vaccine

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Attention

A world apart: Obama and Putin represent fundamentally different core values

John V
Russia Insider
Fri, 22 Jul 2016 00:00 UTC
difference Putin Obama
The two presidents represent two fundamentally different directions in life represented in core culture and values.

Who is this Russian that commands a majority of between an estimated 86 and 89 percent approval rate, something that any western politician would die for. In a western non-judgmental society, individual character and the moral qualities in leadership play a secondary role to photogenic requirements and script written speeches. Taking Presidents' Putin and Obama as examples, the differences are stark, Putin vs Obama.

Using two pillars of western tradition, religion and culture, a brief look at the dissimilarities between Presidents' Obama's America and Putin's Russia. The purpose is to show that the western removal of traditional values is more than just a social happening, but within the chaos lies a deeper agenda to destroy society.

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Question

Is Pakistan heading toward a coup?

Umair Jamal
The National Interest
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:00 UTC
Pakistani tank
© Unknown
A week ago, banners requesting the military's takeover of the country were put all across Islamabad, Pakistan's capital. The banners were read as asking the military chief, General Raheel Sharif, to impose martial law in the country.

On Sunday, Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) said that "the people will celebrate and distribute sweets if the army takes over the country." Imran Khan's party runs a coalition government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
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US-led airstrikes kill as many innocent civilians as Nice attack - but get no front-page coverage in major US newspapers

Adam Johnson
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting
Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:00 UTC
US bombings
A coalition airstrike reported on Tuesday that killed at least 85 Syrian civilians—one more than died in the Nice attack in France last week—wasn't featured at all on the front pages of two of the top US national newspapers, the New York Times and LATimes, and only merited brief blurbs on the front pages of the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, with the actual stories buried on pages A-16 and A-15, respectively.

According to the London Telegraph (7/19/16), the airstrike killed "more than 85 civilians" after the "coalition mistook them for Islamic State fighters." Eight families were represented among the dead, with victims "as young as three." The Intercept (7/19/16) reported the death toll could end up being well over 100.

The Pentagon has not denied the reports, saying an investigation is underway, according to Stars and Stripes (7/19/16), a media outlet that operates inside the Department of Defense.

As many on Twitter pointed out, the number of dead was roughly equal to that of the recent Nice attack, yet the airstrike did not garner nearly as much media coverage, nor did news outlets convey an outpouring of grief:

Comment: Just as senseless as the death that the Syrian civilians were dealt at the hands of the US - who refuse to coordinate with the Syrian government (and are seeking to destabilize the lives of Syria further) - are the bought-and-paid-for lackeys of Empire in the Western media who facilitate this carnage with their silence. They have volumes upon volumes of blood on their hands too.

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Chess

Who's next in the Middle East: Exit America enter Russia

Ghassan Kadi
The Saker
Fri, 22 Jul 2016 18:14 UTC
Putin and Obama
© www.slate.comThe ins and outs of war.
Is the genie finally out of the bottle?

A myriad of seemingly unrelated events and loose ends are converging in a manner that points in the direction of a huge win for Russian diplomacy in the Middle East, and we only need to connect the dots to see this scenario unfolding.

What dots, one might ask?

Henry Kissinger made it law for America to protect Israel. In his shuttle diplomacy trips in the lead up to the Camp David agreement, Kissinger has basically removed the USSR from the position of a superpower and a key partner on the negotiating table between Arabs and the Israelis and reduced its role to zilch. The ensuing dismantling of the USSR and the emergence of the so-called "New World Order" meant that Israel was to maintain its military superiority.

However, with the rise of Axis of Resistance in general and Hezbollah in particular, Israel's technical military edge proved unable to provide Israel with any real security. As a matter of fact, it seems to have done just the opposite. Israel has never ever been under the kind of existential threat that it faces now, with an estimated hundred thousand Hezbollah missiles, if not more, poised to hit Israeli targets as far as Eilat.

And because America had been such a biased supporter of Israel for so long, it has lost its stature as a non-partisan arbitrator and mediator. In reality therefore, whilst America tried as hard as possible to enable Israel to impose its own peace, under its own terms, in practice, it has not been able to provide Israel with any peace under anyone's terms.

Comment: Insight beats hindsight every time. At last, we have 'an idea' of a masterful Russian plan and a glimmer of why the USA is hellbent on demonizing Russia before it is too late. Sorry...it is too late. Russia kept open the door to many pivotal moments. 'Doors in' are also 'doors out.' The threshold not crossed signals the end of an era. Sorry to say: Not sorry.

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Arrow Up

Paul Craig Roberts - Approaching armageddon

Paul Craig Roberts
Paul Craig Roberts Org
Fri, 22 Jul 2016 21:16 UTC
Armageddon
© Modern Survival Blog
The Western pubic doesn't know it, but Washington and its European vassals are convincing Russia that they are preparing to attack. Eric Zuesse reports on a German newspaper leak of a Bundeswehr decision to declare Russia to be an enemy nation of Germany.

This is the interpretation that some Russian politicians themselves have put on the NATO military bases that Washington is establishing on Russia's borders.

Washington might intend the military buildup as pressure on President Putin to reduce Russian opposition to Washington's unilateralism. However, it reminds some outspoken Russians such as Vladimir Zhirinovsky of Hitler's troops on Russia's border in 1941.

Zhirinovsky is the founder and leader of Russia's Liberal Democratic Party and a vice chairman of the Russian parliament. In a confrontation with the editor of a German newspaper, Zhirinovsky tells him that German troops again on Russia's border will provoke a preventive strike after which nothing will remain of German and NATO troops. "The more NATO soldiers in your territory, the faster you are going to die. To the last man. Remove NATO from your territory!"
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Snakes in Suits

Untold story of CIA covert operation 'Timber Sycamore' in Syria


Sputnik
Fri, 22 Jul 2016 21:06 UTC
US backed New Syrian Army
© AP
The US involvement in Syria comes in "two main flavors": one is an overt military operation which aims to defeat Daesh (ISIL/ISIS), while the other is a CIA-led clandestine program to support the Syrian rebels which are seeking to topple Bashar al-Assad.

Although US efforts to supply rebels in Syria have repeatedly resulted in American weapons finding their way into the wrong hands, Washington's covert operation in Syria is worth the trouble, US academics Austin Carson and Michael Poznansky believe.

"By most accounts, America's efforts to covertly train and supply moderate rebels in Syria aren't going so well... What, then, is the rationale for US policy in Syria? Why has the White House continued to draw on the tool of covert military aid despite its shoddy track record?" Austin Carson of the University of Chicago and Michael Poznansky of the University of Pittsburgh ask in their article for War on the Rocks.

Comment: Same old CIA method of madness. Too bad these 'scholars' don't touch on the subject of why the CIA wants Assad gone.

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Briefcase

Court rules that the IMF's Christine Lagarde will face trial for illegal state payout


BBC
Fri, 22 Jul 2016 18:12 UTC
Christine Lagarde
© APMs Lagarde rejects the charge, saying she always acted in the interest of the state.
The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, will stand trial over a state payout to the French tycoon Bernard Tapie, an appeals court has ruled.

She is charged with negligence over the award to Mr Tapie of €404m ($445m; £339m) in 2008 when she was France's economy minister.

Ms Lagarde had appealed against a lower court ruling from December.

She is now expected to appear before a special court for government ministers.

The case stems from Mr Tapie's sale of his majority stake in the sports equipment company, Adidas, which was handled by the state-owned bank, Credit Lyonnais.

Comment: This corruption scandal has been public record since at least 2013. Get on with it already.

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Attention

Russian envoy warns UNSC of Kiev's plans for full-scale military action in Donbas


Sputnik
Fri, 22 Jul 2016 21:02 UTC
Vitaly Churkin
© AP Photo/ Bebeto Matthews
Russian envoy to UN Vitaly Churkin warned the UN Security Council on Friday that the Ukrainian authorities are preparing a full-scale military operation against self-proclaimed republics in the east of the country.

Churkin said in a letter to the UNSC that the latest developments in the situation in Donbas, including increased shelling of settlements controlled by Donbas militia, show that Kiev is not making concrete steps aimed at deescalation of tensions and demilitarization of area along the separation line.

"On the contrary, there is clear evidence that the Ukrainian military is preparing a military operation there," Churkin wrote.

Russia calls on all international partners to convince Kiev to prevent such a disastrous development of events, Churkin added.
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