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Western aggression: US will deploy missile defense system in South Korea "as soon as possible"


RT
Fri, 08 Jul 2016 18:13 UTC
thaad interceptor
© U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency / ReutersA Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor
The US will deploy a high-tech antiballistic-missile system to South Korea "as soon as possible" now that the allies have reached an agreement. The advanced air defense shield will beef up Seoul's arsenal amid growing nuclear and missile threats from the North.

"South Korea and the US have made the joint decision to deploy the THAAD system with US Forces Korea as part of a defensive action to guarantee the security of the Republic of Korea and our people from North Korea's nuclear weapons, weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile threats," the Ministry of National Defense said on Friday.


Comment: The deployment of the THAAD missile system is not really about protecting South Korea. It's about the US continually surrounding Russia and China and aggressively trying to force each country to bow to US imperial control.


THAAD stands for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, an advanced system that is designed to intercept short, medium, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles during their terminal phase of flight. Equipped with a long-range radar, THAAD is believed to be capable of intercepting Pyongyang's intermediate-range ballistic missiles.

"South Korea and the US are working closely together to deploy the THAAD system as soon as possible," the ministry said. The two countries are in the final stages of selecting the site to station the system. According to South Korea's Yonhap news agency, the system is expected to be in operation by the end of 2017 at the latest.
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Eye 2

Malaysia's state of fear - embezzlement, bribery and murder in high places

Pater Tenebrarum
Acting Man
Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:05 UTC
Mr. X and his Mysterious Benefactors

As the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reports, a money-laundering alarm was triggered at AmBank in Malaysia, a bank part-owned by one of Australia's "big four" banks, ANZ. What had triggered the alarm? Money had poured into the personal account of one of the bank's customers, a certain Mr. X, in truly staggering amounts.
Corruption Malaysia
© Peter Foley / BloombergA recent photograph of Mr. X.
Hundreds of millions of dollars were paid into the account of Mr. X by a Saudi prince described as "mysterious", and two British Virgin Island companies characterized as "shadowy".

Overall, more than $1.05 billion landed in Mr. X's private account in a little over two years. This was bound to raise eyebrows, considering Mr. X's official salary only amounts to approx. $100,000 per year. Not a bad salary to be sure, but even if he were to save half of it every year, it would take him 210,000 years to save up $1.05 billion, not just two.

Then the head of a government-owned Malaysian company put millions of ringgit into Mr. X's credit card accounts, which had been a tad overdrawn (by slightly over $ 1m.), due to Mr. X's wife splurging a bit on jewelry in 2014.

Apparently Mr. X was not shy about spending some of his new-found wealth either. Apart from his wife's predilection for expensive jewelry and other luxury items, he himself occasionally displayed a yen for fancy cars and reportedly also favored swanky accommodation. Friends and partners of Mr. X also enjoyed a windfall.
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Light Sabers

Russia warns the US of "dangerous consequences" if missile defense system is built in South Korea


RT
Fri, 08 Jul 2016 18:03 UTC
russian ministry
© Maksim Blinov / SputnikA view of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Moscow's Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square from Novoarbatsky Bridge
The boosting of US missile defense potential in Asia and the Pacific undermines the existing global security balance, the Russian Foreign Ministry said after it was announced that Washington intends to place missile defense systems in South Korea.

"From the very beginning of the discussion of this issue we have consistently and invariably pointed at the most dangerous consequences of such a decision and called for our partners not to make this wrong choice. Unfortunately, our calls have remained unheard," reads a Foreign Ministry statement released Friday.

Russian diplomats noted that the increase in the Asia-Pacific segment of the global missile defense system by the United States and its allies would undermine the existing strategic balance both in the region and beyond.

"Such actions, regardless of the arguments they are backed with, have the most negative effect on global strategic stability, the adherence to which is such a favored topic of discussions in Washington," the statement reads.
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Red Flag

Hitler as Ukraine's national idea


Oriental Review
Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:40 UTC
On July 5 a premium congress hall in Kiev, Ukrainian House - Centre of National Idea, hosted a massive "installation", dedicated to 75th anniversary of proclamation of the "Act of Restoration of the Ukrainian State". The event, designed by the Organization of the Ukrainian Nationalists, was attended by a number of politicians, autocephalous "Ukrainian church" clerics, media, Maidan activists and "war veterans". The "installation" was titled "The will of Ukrainian people - against Hitler and Stalin" in full accord with the "politically correct" new European reading of the modern history. It was broadcast live in the Internet, but the video is currently restricted for watching.

A brainwashed TV-viewer would of course be impressed or even moved to tears by revelations of an old Nazi collaborator about "sufferings of the Ukrainian people under despotic Stalin's boot" and the overall performance. But those who are still in their right mind, would easily recall some contradicting historical facts.

The Act of Restoration of the Ukrainian State was adopted in Lvov (Lviv) on June 30, 1941, days after the city was occupied by the Nazi troops rapidly advancing into the Soviet territory in accordance with the Barbarossa operational plan. It was announced by Yaroslav Stetsko, then a leader of the Ukrainian nationalists (OUN) on the payroll of Abwehr, and soon published by Nazi propaganda leaflets in occupied Ukraine:
Independent Ukraine newpaper
The edition of “Independent Ukraine” newspaper with the text of the Act, dated July 10, 1941.
The full text of the Act is as follows:
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Chess

China warns US not to infringe on its sovereignty on eve of South China Sea ruling


RT
Fri, 08 Jul 2016 17:28 UTC
south china sea
© ReutersShips of Chinese Coast Guard are seen near Chinese oil rig Haiyang Shi You 981 in the South China Sea
China told the US not to take sides or infringe upon the "sovereignty and security" of Beijing on the eve of The Hague court's ruling on the disputed islands in the South China Sea.

A phone conversation on maritime issues took place between Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday, Chines Xinhua agency reported.

The conversation comes less than a week ahead of the ruling by the International Court of Arbitration in The Hague on the South China Sea dispute between China and the Philippines. The ruling is due to be announced on July 12.

The arbitration is tainted "with illogical and flawed application of procedures, laws and evidence," Wang said.

Wang once again repeated that China won't accept the upcoming ruling, adding that "the arbitration tribunal farce should come to an end."
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Tornado1

Robert Fisk: Chilcot report is just another chapter in UK story of slaughtering foreigners with no remorse

Robert Fisk
The Independent
Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:19 UTC
British troops entering Iraq
© GettyBritish troops entering Iraq
I guess a Nuremburg trial might have been a better place to sort out the minutiae of the Blair-Bush crimes we committed to go to war in the Middle East. We brought about the deaths of up to half a million people, most of them Muslims who were as innocent as Blair was guilty. A Nuremburg-style court might thus have concentrated more on the mass Arab victims of our criminal expedition than the heinous guilt and "profound regret" - his words, of course - of Lord Blair of Kut al-Amara.

Sure, Blair lied about the intelligence on weapons of mass destruction before going to war, then lied about the Foreign Office warnings of the chaos that would overwhelm Iraq and now - today - pretends that the Chilcot report has proclaimed him innocent when in fact it says he is quite the opposite.

But a prolonged study of the report, rather than the necessarily swift precis we have been fed these past few hours, may produce lines of enquiry far more distressing than the conclusions in the easy-to-regurgitate, simplified and shorter version handed out to the media. Besides, our concentration on the iniquitous Blair and his lies, while itself an understandable response to Chilcot, has provided a worrying diversion from the mendacity that still today afflicts our political class, our prime ministers and party leaders, and their insulting attitude towards those they claim to represent.
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Bad Guys

FBI director James Comey grilled by Congress on Clinton email investigation


RT
Thu, 07 Jul 2016 15:39 UTC
FBI Comey Hillary
© Joshua Roberts / Reuters FBI Director James Comey
FBI Director James Comey has been grilled by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee over the bureau's probe into the use of a private email server by Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state and his recommendation not to charge her.

On Tuesday, Comey recommended not charging Clinton with any wrongdoing, despite evidence of "extremely careless" conduct.

"The FBI's recommendation is surprising and confusing," Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) said, announcing the hearing. ."The fact pattern presented by Director Comey makes clear Secretary Clinton violated the law. Individuals who intentionally skirt the law must be held accountable. Congress and the American people have a right to understand the depth and breadth of the FBI's investigation."

"You have set a precedent, and it's a dangerous one," Chaffetz said.


The hearing in its entirety (six hours)


Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland), accused the House Republicans of political posturing and wasting taxpayer money on investigating charges that were "debunked," such as Benghazi and the email scandal. Cummings had publicly endorsed Clinton in April.
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USA

Russian journalist paid by US to criticise Putin

Margarita Krasil'nikova [Translated by Ollie Richardson]
Fort Russ
Thu, 07 Jul 2016 08:29 UTC
Matvey Ganapolskiy
© Fort-RussRussian journalist Matvey Ganapolskiy
Russian journalist Matvey Ganapolskiy, known for his critical statements against the Russian government, received funds from the US government agency BBG. This is evidenced by open data from the public procurement website of the United States.

The money for Ganapolskiy, according to the database of procurement of contracts and grants of the American government, was transferred in 2010. The last recorded payment to the journalist is dated 2014. There had been 19 transfers in total amounting to $12,800.
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Chess

USAID & US hegemony - the playbook

Tony Cartalucci
New Eastern Outlook
Fri, 08 Jul 2016 14:55 UTC
Paul Bremer USAID NGOs
© Getty ImagesU.S. administrator Paul Bremer tours devastated Iraq
A nation is its institutions. If those institutions are overrun and no longer exist, so too does the nation itself cease to exist. Institutions range from the offices of government, to education, to agricultural and economic development, to the management of natural resources, national infrastructure including energy and transportation, and security. These are the things we think about when we think about the concept of a modern nation-state.

Contrary to popular belief, the invasion and occupation of any particular nation is not a mere exercise of military might. It also, by necessity, involves the destruction or overrunning and eventual replacement of all the above mentioned institutions.

The most extreme modern-day example of this was the US invasion of Iraq, where Iraqi institutions from top to bottom were either entirely destroyed and replaced, or taken over by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). The CPA was literally headed by an American, Paul Bremer, who, far from being a military man, was instead drawn from the US State Department and a background of chairing corporate-financier boards of directors.

The CPA assumed responsibility for all aspects of life in Iraq, from the privatization of Iraq's economy, to "reconstruction," to reorganizing the nation socially, politically, and economically.

The average onlooker will remember US President George Bush's "shock and awe," and may remember several of the more notorious battles of the invasion and subsequent occupation. What they rarely recall is the all encompassing dominion the US assumed over the nation through the CPA which was merely underpinned by US military forces. Yet despite the relatively dull nature of the CPA's work versus security operations carried out by American forces, the CPA is what essentially "occupied" and ultimately conquered Iraq.

Comment: Mr. Cartalucci has provided an excellent blueprint for defending one's country against falling under U.S. hegemony. Sadly, the amount of money at the disposal of USAID and other "NGOs" makes it easy to co-opt the disaffected portion of the population of any given country.

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Cards

Chechen leader names terrorists in Turkey, calls to have them handed over

Liz Fuller
RFE/RL
Fri, 08 Jul 2016 15:15 UTC
Movladi Udugov
Movladi Udugov, Caucasus Emirate ideologue, living freely in Turkey.
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is seeking to take advantage of the thaw in Russian-Turkish relations occasioned by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's formal expression of regret late last month for the death of a Russian pilot in connection with the shooting down in November by Turkish fighter aircraft of a Russian bomber that Ankara claimed had entered Turkish airspace from Syria.

In an Instagram post on July 5, Kadyrov demanded that Erdogan order the handover to the Russian authorities of 12 Chechens he identifies as "terrorists," some of whom allegedly played key roles in the wars of 1994-96 and 1999-2000 and the subsequent low-level insurgency. Kadyrov further lent credence to suspicions that another former Chechen militant, Akhmad Chatayev, masterminded the June 28 suicide bombings at Istanbul airport in which 45 people died and hundreds more were injured.

The men whose handover Kadyrov is demanding include Movladi Udugov, the ideologue and press spokesman first of the Chechen Republic Ichkeria (ChRI) and then of the Caucasus Emirate proclaimed in 2007 by then-ChRI President Doku Umarov; Umarov's brother Akhmad; and Shirvani Basayev, the brother of renegade field commander Shamil Basayev, who was killed in 2006. All three have lived openly in Turkey for many years.

Comment: The latest updates on the Chechen connection in Istanbul from Newsbud/Boiling Frogs Post:



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