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Failed Turkey coup: Why Russia warned Erdogan ahead of time

Nikolai Starikov [Translated by Julia Rakhmetova]
Russia Insider
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:45 UTC
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Putin prefers the devil he knows to the unpredictable pro-US military

Let's start with the history of coups in Turkey. Traditionally, they have been conducted by the military, which modern Turkey's founder Kemal Ataturk designated as the guardians of secularism, stability and integrity. Since WWII, there were military coups in 1960, 1971, 1980 and 1997, and the US was behind EVERY one.

During the first coup in 1960, they tried to prevent a rapprochement with the USSR, turning off credit, and Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes planned to visit Moscow to set up an alternative source of crediting and economic assistance. The military took over, and the politicians who wanted to repair relations with Russia were removed.

The coup in 1971 was similar to the one in Chile that happened a little later in 1973, and which was also organized by the CIA. The goal was to stop the country from sliding "to the left" under politicians who held social values. The 1980 and 1997 coups were also conducted with US blessing.

Did Turkey's foreign policy change after the military came to power? No, Turkey was a faithful vassal of the US and remained pro-American, with all attempts to change that policy severely punished.
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Retaliation beyond massacre: France deliberately bombs Syrian civilians after Nice attack


RT
Wed, 20 Jul 2016 15:20 UTC
Bombing Manbij
© www.theeventchronicle.comSyria appeals to UN after French & US airstrikes kill hundreds of civilians. Did they think the city was empty?
Western coalition forces knew they were attacking an area inhabited by civilians and yet they carried out a bombing. How can 30 airstrikes be a mistake? How can they all be a mistake, political commentator Marwa Osman asked RT. The Syrian Foreign Ministry has written to the UN blaming US and French warplanes for the deaths of more than 100 civilians near the city of Manbij.

The alleged French act of aggression claimed the lives of more than 120 civilians, most of them children, women and elderly. The fate of scores of other civilians still under the debris is unknown. The letter also mentioned the French air strikes came a day after US warplanes conducted a bombing raid, which Damascus claims killed 20 other civilians.


Comment: Local sources raised the death number to 300 and counting.


RT: In January, the US-led coalition was reportedly (as claimed by CNN) prepared for up to 50 civilian deaths when it decided to target an ISIS cash vault. Can the risk of so-called collateral damage be justified for the greater good?

Marwa Osman: They blatantly call it 'collateral damage' when it is lives of the Syrian people which are being lost here. No one is talking about this, about the grave lives of the people who are living in Syria because of this coalition, because of the support this coalition has been giving to all sorts of groups. We already saw that the same thing in the French bombing, we saw the same thing that happened in a school in Iraq's Nineveh massacre of 36 children after ISIS claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks. And now after the Nice attack, we see this in Syria. This is beyond unacceptable, this is beyond a massacre. They knew that this is an inhabited area by civilians and yet they did it. How can 30 airstrikes be a mistake? How can they all be a mistake? This is unacceptable...

Comment: Vengeance has no place in war. Who is going to make France and the US accountable? Surely not the UN.

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The white-washed WADA report on Russian doping will make you laugh through your tears

Fritz Morgen [Translated by Elina Nigamatyanova]
Russia Insider
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:02 UTC
Russian athlete
© JIRO MOCHIZUKI/PHOTORUNMARIYA SAVINOVA, THE 2012 OLYMPIC 800-METER CHAMPION
It's difficult to read the pro -American WADA report about doping in Russia without laughing - it sounds so crazy that it seems more like a comedy scenario about bad Russians than serious research.

According to the WADA, during the Olympic Games in Sochi, KGB agents not only passed vials of urine through a hole in a wall (!), but also in some mysterious way, got the urine samples into sterile containers, adding salt in the process.

Rodchenkov, a Russian defector, treated sportsmen to the alcoholic cocktail "Dushes" of his creation. This magic concoction allegedly helped sportsmen eliminate doping substances faster.

Again, like some low budget movie - the KGB, the holes in walls, adding salt to the urine with a magical vodka-based elixir.... A classic selection of cheap thrills. But the situation is complicated by the fact that the WADA doesn't have standard evidence.
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Ridiculous: Report says Turkish coup planners intended to charge Erdogan with overly gentle treatment of Kurds


RT
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 04:02 UTC
Turkish soldiers
© Kenan Gurbuz / ReutersTurkish soldiers search for missing military personnel suspected of being involved in the coup attempt
Those behind the attempted coup in Turkey planned to accuse President Erdogan and his inner circle of aiding terror by negotiating with the PKK before launching a military crackdown on Kurds, Turkish media reported citing a document recovered by police.

A petition to initiate a judicial process against the Turkish government was discovered during a search of the office of Public Prosecutor Mehmet Sel in Istanbul, who was detained following the failed coup attempt.

If the members of the military had been successful in toppling Erdogan's regime last Friday, coup supporters would have initiated an inquiry into claims that the president and his inner circle had "committed the crime of helping an armed terror organization by ignoring their preparation of attacks," a prosecution source that spoke to Andolou Agency revealed.

According to the petition, that had not been signed or dated, despite having the year 2016 on it, Erdogan and others were to face prosecution over the "solution process" to bring an end to the Kurdish conflict in the country that has been ongoing for decades.

Comment: Of course this accusation of Erdogan being too soft on the Kurds is just so much bull; a manufactured and "plausible" sounding "reason" that would serve to help justify - in the minds of outsiders anyway - the coup.

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Bad Guys

French Intelligence finally noticing that 100's of jihadis enter Syria through Turkey each week


UK Reuters
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 17:28 UTC
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French military intelligence estimates that about 100 foreigners continue to enter Syria from Turkey each week to join Islamic State, French daily Le Figaro reported on Wednesday.

France's foreign minister said on Sunday that questions needed to be asked on whether Turkey was a viable partner in the fight against Islamic State in Syria and would raise the issue in a coalition meeting in Washington this week

"According to the Direction for Military Intelligence (DRM) in Paris, each week, about 100 foreigners continue to cross Turkey into Syria to join Islamic State," Le Figaro reported, citing sources.

Comment: Call them jihadists, call them "moderate rebels", call them whatever you like. They are Western-created proxy armies meant to destabilize and ultimately overthrow the Assad regime. Turkey is (was?) a friend of NATO/EU/US so that is where the anti-Assad forces enter Syria from and also one of the places where they get arms and medical treatment (Israel is one other location for "recuperating and re-arming"). The fact that the French foreign minister is publicly wondering whether Turkey is a "viable partner" has nothing to do with ISIS entering Syria through Turkey, which the whole world was already aware of, and everything to do with Erdogan's public statements ever since the failed coup. They see Erdogan softening on Assad and cozying up to Iran and Russia. The West doesn't want that, so they figure to put plenty of pressure on him to fall back into line.

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Terrorism and "false flags": How many massacres will it take until we see the light?

Peter Koenig
Global Research
Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:00 UTC
False Flag

Another false flag in Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany. A young man attacks four passengers in a train and later a passerby in the street. The scenes repeat themselves now in rapid cadence. Paris, Brussels, Nice, Bangladesh... Same patterns, same motives - and same group of terrorists claiming credit. The lies and propaganda are becoming more flagrant, and, We, the People, just swallow it. No questions asked. For how long? Until it is too late - when we are all militarized and can't make a move without being watched - or killed for disobedience?

How much longer!

Tell me friends, world compatriots - how much longer are we just looking on and accepting what authorities want us to believe for the purposes of serving the elite that directs and pays them? A corporate and financial elite that needs a militarized society to drive the final nail into the coffin of democracy? Of sovereignty? Of individual freedom?

How much longer?

As reported by the Swiss and various German media, on 18 July, in a train near Wuerzburg, Bavaria, allegedly a young, 17-year old Afghan citizen, who arrived a year ago in Germany as a refugee, attacked a traveling Hong Kong family and a passerby with an axe and knife, injuring all five people of whom at least two seriously. His alleged motive was revenge on infidels - those who do not believe in the Quran. The msm say that during the attack, according to witnesses - who are these witnesses? - he yelled repeatedly "Allahu akbar" ("God is Great").
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Chess

Simmering tensions are ready to boil over in South China Sea

James Corbett
The Corbett Report
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 00:00 UTC
confrontation south china sea
The failed Turkish coup. The Nice attack. The RNC and DNC. There is no shortage of headline-grabbing news stories to keep you occupied during this summer of rage.

But while your attention is elsewhere, huge moves are afoot in the Asia-Pacific. Specifically, those moves are afoot in the South China Sea, where the Permanent Court of Arbitration handed down a long-awaited ruling last week in favor of the Philippines in their long-running dispute over territorial waters with China. The court, operating under the arbitration provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, ruled that China does not have "historical rights" to the waters in question and that their reclamation activity in the area has already caused irreparable environmental damage and should stop immediately. China promptly rejected the ruling exactly as they said they would.

This might sound like dry, legalistic stuff, but it's not. This dispute is a window into the simmering tensions that are ready to boil over in the region if and when the US makes its long-awaited, much-ballyhooed "Asia-Pacific pivot" (i.e. when Clinton is inaugurated by the voting machines this November).
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South China Sea tensions: Why China risks war over those wet rocks

F. William Engdahl
New Eastern Outlook
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 16:28 UTC
China war ship
Perception is something we often take for granted. That's very much the case in the world's perception of the actions of the Peoples' Republic of China regarding its claims to a number of offshore uninhabited rocks in the South China Sea and beyond. For the most of the collective Western mind, the perception is that Beijing has become hysterical, obsessive—in short, a bit mad—over its asserted claims of territory under various precepts of international law. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague has now ruled against any and all claims of China to various islands or even rocks inside what is known as the "Nine Dash Line" between China's coast and The Philippines.

Washington has piously stepped up, demanding China "respect international law." At the same time the Pentagon has started international naval war maneuvers in the region, "RIMPAC 2016," provocatively involving the Navy of the Federal Republic of Germany for the first time since World War II, and largely excluding China. This is getting ugly and not at all what it appears in the general perception to be.

On July 12 a specially-selected five judge arbitration panel issued a determination on conflicting claims between China and The Philippines to portions of uninhabited islands, largely barren rocks, in the South China Sea. China declined to participate in the arbitration process or to acknowledge it as having jurisdiction. The specific decision in this case regards conflicting claims between China and the Philippines in what China calls the Nine-Dash Line. It involves the Spratly and the Paracel Islands in a larger domain where Beijing's territorial claims to the islands partly overlap those of the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan.
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Could US nuclear weapons stored in Turkey pose a post-coup threat?


Sputnik
Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:11 UTC
Incirlik air base
© www.cnn.comWhat's in your hangar?
Commercial power was cut to Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey, and the airspace above it closed within hours of Friday's attempted military takeover in the NATO country, sparking concerns whether the US nuclear weapons stockpiled there are secure from theft or misuse.

Incirlik Airbase in southeast Turkey, houses NATO's largest nuclear weapons storage facility. It is believed to hold about fifty B-61 hydrogen bombs — more than twenty-five per cent of the nuclear weapons in the NATO stockpile. The nuclear yield of the B-61 can be adjusted to suit a particular mission, from 0.3 kilotons to as many as a hundred and seventy kilotons.

Comment: According to the Air Force security review: ALL foreign airbases housing US nukes are inadequate. Schlosser's detonation scenario is downright scary in juxtaposition with political and military nonchalance: "Expensive distraction." "Political liability." "A matter of time." Isn't there something terribly foreboding here?

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Israel officially joins Saudi Arabia's genocidal war against Yemen

Vanessa Beeley
21st Centure Wire
Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:28 UTC
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It has been reported that Israel has recently, officially, committed to supporting the NATO backed Saudi Coalition war of aggression against Yemen. Importantly, Israel is imposing the condition that it has use of the Taiz air-base in the Red Sea. It is also being reported that Israel has another casualty in this asymmetric war of aggression, a warfare very familiar for Israel after three wars of disproportionate force against the tiny besieged Gaza enclave.

"According to reports, the Chief of General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, general Gadi Eizenkot said on the meeting between Jordan's ambassador and his Saudi confrere, Khalid bin Faisal bin Turki, that was held in Amman, the capital of Jordan. The general added that the situation in Yemen was discussed at this meeting. Saudi ambassador said that the war of attrition in Yemen has changed the strategy of the kingdom that is ready to use the experience of Israel now.

Israeli ambassador answered that Tel Aviv is ready for military cooperation with Saudi Arabia in Yemen. But he also noted this cooperation depends on the provision to Israel of the air base Taiz on the Red Sea." ~ SouthFront
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