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Syrians take to the streets protesting against US imperialism, flagrant violation of country's sovereignty


ANBA
Sat, 07 May 2016 20:14 UTC
syrians protest us presence
Syrian people took to the streets in southeastern city of Hasakah on Friday and burned the US Flag.

People of Hasakah, who were angry with the arrival of 250 US soldiers to the Kurdish-controlled town of Rumeilan without Syrian government's mandate, condemned "the US imperialism" and the "illegal presence" of US troops in the Hasakah province, Iraq-based Ara News reported.

State-run SANA news agency cited Hasakah Governor Mohamad Zaal al-Ali as saying "The stand of Hasakah people is a confirmation that the existence of such [American] troops in Rumelan means a conspiracy against Syrian people, who refuse to let those who supported terrorism against their country to have their troops on Syrian soil," reported.

A similar rally had earlier been held on Wednesday as local residents called for American Troops expulsion from their country.

"We are categorically against the impermissible and flagrant violation of our country's sovereignty. We will not allow American boots on our soil. We are also against any plans for a division or federalization of Syria," Al-Hasakah Governor Mohammad Zaal told on Wednesday.

On April 28, US President Barack Obama announced that Washington would "deploy up to 250 additional US personnel in Syria including Special Forces." They are reportedly expected to train the Syrian Democratic Forces.
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Pistol

Donetsk People's Republic: OSCE is smuggling weapons to Ukrainian Army

Ollie Richardson (translator)
Fort Russ / Novorosinform
Tue, 10 May 2016 01:55 UTC
osce
Donetsk People's Republic's intelligence has discovered evidence that certain representatives of the OSCE observation mission are using company vehicles to transport ammunition to the positions of Ukrainian Army, according to the Deputy Commander of the operational command of the DPR Eduard Basurin.

"We ask the SMM OSCE to conduct an investigation into the violation by individual observers of the Charter of the international organization. In particular, representatives of the OSCE mission assisted in the transport, using official cars, of ammunition to the position of units of the 1st battalion of the 54th UAF brigade," said the Deputy commander. Relevant information was obtained from reliable sources in the specified 54th brigade, he said.

"In addition, recently these same observers carried three 7.62 mm ammo boxes to the positions of the 1st battalion of the 54 brigade."
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Pistol

Western democracy: Turkish MP threatens to shoot Kurdish MP in parliament

The Saker
The Saker
Sat, 07 May 2016 01:33 UTC
Ruling AK Party and pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmakers scuffle during a debate at the Parliament in Ankara, Turkey
© REUTERS/ StringerDemocratic Party (HDP) lawmakers scuffle during a debate at the Parliament in Ankara, Turkey late April 27, 2016.
A Kurdish MP from Ferhat Encu has openly defied the regime in Ankara and denied the legitimacy of the Turkish presence in Kurdistan. For that he was attacked by Turkish MP who threatened to shoot him on the spot. Listen for yourself:


Comment: Meanwhile, the Turk who claimed responsibility for killing the Russian pilot in Syria was cleared of all charges in a Turkish court for the murder. Contradicting his earlier statements, he argued that he repeatedly ordered his militants to take the pilot prisoner. Celik's lawyer had this to say:
"The pilot's death could've been caused by shrapnel fragments to the head, internal bleeding or the four bullets fired from the ground that hit him. The videos posted on YouTube show that the distance between my client and the Russian pilot parachuting to the ground was simply too great for the former to shoot at the latter. Also, imagine a squad of 500 simultaneously firing their guns. How can you determine which of the firearms used fired those four bullets? And even if you can find that gun, there's no way to determine its owner," Ustündağ said.
Simple: they're all guilty, of one crime or another. How about attempted murder?

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War Whore

Utterly shameless: Charles Lister asks 'moderate' Syrian rebels to cover up their ties with al-Qaeda


Moon of Alabama
Tue, 10 May 2016 17:55 UTC
al Nusra terrorists
© REUTERS/ Khalil Ashawi
lister tweet
Dear moderate Jihadis in Syria,

your cooperation with al-Qaeda terrorists is fine with me.

But please cover it up.

Thx

Your Jihad advisor

Charles Lister
At the end of April an influential Jihadist scholar in Syria, Sheikh Abdallah Muhammad al Muhaysini, launched a new recruiting campaign. A few days later al-Qaeda's leader Ayman az-Zawahiri also called for all Muslims to join Jihad in Syria. The son of Osama Bin Laden, Hamza, also issued such a call. This is an unprecedented recruiting campaign which points to new upcoming offensives.

Comment: See also: Plan A, version 3.0: Nusra Front ready to establish Islamic State in Syria

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Bad Guys

The battlefield in cyber-space: Syria, ISIS, and the US-UK propaganda war

Eric Draitser
New Eastern Outlook
Thu, 05 May 2016 18:35 UTC
social media propaganda
With the war in Syria raging in its fifth year, and the Islamic State wreaking havoc throughout the Middle East and North Africa, it's clear that the entire region has been made into one large theater of conflict. But the battlefield must not be understood solely as a physical place located on a map; it is equally a social and cultural space where the forces of the US-UK-NATO Empire employ a variety of tactics to influence the course of events and create an outcome amenable to their agenda. And none to greater effect than propaganda.

Indeed, if the ongoing war in Syria, and the conflicts of the post-Arab Spring period generally, have taught us anything, it is the power of propaganda and public relations to shape narratives which in turn impact political events. Given the awesome power of information in the postmodern political landscape, it should come as no surprise that both the US and UK have become world leaders in government-sponsored propaganda masquerading as legitimate, grassroots political and social expression.
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Bad Guys

Plan A, version 3.0: Nusra Front ready to establish Islamic State in Syria


Sputnik
Wed, 11 May 2016 01:09 UTC
nusra
© AFP 2016/ AMC / FADI AL-HALABI
Jihadists from the Nusra Front militant group are preparing to create their own Syrian caliphate similar to the one proclaimed two years ago by their terrorist cousins from Daesh, Die Welt reports.

The German newspaper explains that the terrorist group, which emerged as the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda in 2012, has provided "Daesh (ISIL) militants in Syria with stiff competition in its own fundamentalist ranks: now, the leader of the Nusra Front has also proclaimed the creation of his own 'state'."

Showcasing the rivalry that has developed between the two terror groups to be perceived as the true adherents of fundamentalist purism, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri emphasized in a new 10-minute audio recording that the 'new caliphate' would have nothing to do with the "renegades and extremists" from Daesh.


Comment: This is so rich. If al-Zawahiri is even still kicking, it should be kept in mind that he has been a CIA asset for decades. Post Afghanistan, he was meeting with the likes of Saudi Prince Bandar and then Ambassador to Turkey Marc Grossman (current special rep. for Afghanistan and Pakistan, former Assistant Secretary of State) in Baku, Azerbaijan, in the late-90s.


Comment: With that in mind, consider this: Pentagon plan: Convert Daesh caliphate into US-backed Syrian rebel redoubt

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No Entry

Canada foolishly rejects international assistance to help fight raging wildfires


RT
Tue, 10 May 2016 19:12 UTC
canada wildfire destruction
Several countries have offered to lend Canada a hand in combating apocalyptic wildfires raging through Alberta forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes. The Canadian PM, however, has rejected foreign assistance as not being necessary at this point.

"There is no doubt that people around the world have been marked by this disaster and have been very generous in their offers of support, but the reality is with all of the assistance of people across this country, we don't need help from other countries at this time," he said as cited by the Canadian Press.

Last week Russia's Emergency Ministry offered to provide heavy water bombers and specialized crews to facilitate the out-of-control inferno taking place near Fort McMurray. Other offers came from the US, Mexico, Australia, Taiwan, and Israel as well as from Palestinians.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he truly appreciated the willingness of the international community to help, but stressed that there was no need for it as there are already water bombers and firefighters from several of the country's provinces ready and available, for example Ontario and Quebec.

Comment: Canadians should recognize the Prime Minister's idiocy in refusing help in this catastrophic situation and immediately begin efforts to have him removed from office, as he clearly does not represent the best interests of the people.

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Light Sabers

Russian-Chinese strategic water pipeline: A counter to color revolutions and water wars?

Andrew Korybko
Katehon
Mon, 09 May 2016 00:00 UTC
russian chinese water pipeline project
The Russian-Chinese Strategic Partnership is about to take on an ecological angle with Moscow's suggestion of piping Altai mountain river water to the drought-stricken deserts of Xinjiang. Aside from obviously being used to unburden the Chinese from dealing with the catastrophic effects of climate change, the proposed fresh water pipeline will also have a premier strategic purpose as well. The research begins by examining the strategic vision at play with this initiative and then explaining how it relates to Color Revolutions. Finally, the insight that's revealed from investigating the prior two topics will be linked to the forthcoming global struggle for reliable freshwater supplies in forecasting how the US will try to disrupt Russian-Chinese water cooperation in the coming decades.

Strategic Vision

Xinjiang is the global intersection point for most of China's Eurasian Silk Road projects, and it's thus of the highest importance that the frontier region remains stable and prosperous in order to function as the ultimate juncture of the 21st century's transcontinental infrastructure projects. While foreign-supported terrorism and the proselytization of violent ideologies are certainly a challenge in the area, what most directly affects the population's sympathies towards the central government are more immediate concerns such as their standard of living. The countless material products that are expected to pass through the region and tangentially enrich it can only do so much in improving one's livelihood if there are potentially pressing problems with water availability to the local citizens.

At this moment in time, the Chinese government has been doing a phenomenal job ensuring that the people of Xinjiang are taken care of by providing for all of their needs, but Beijing is also keen enough to plan ahead several decades in advance in order to preempt as many forthcoming challenges as possible. Considering the recent drought and unpredictable global climactic changes, China has legitimate fears that the current environmental difficulties could be exacerbated in the future. Needing to keep Xinjiang as stable and prosperous as possible in order to facilitate its grander goals of pan-Eurasian integration through the New Silk Road, China and Russia came up with the idea of using Kazakhstan to geographically facilitate the transfer of mountain river water from Altai Krai to Xinjiang's deserts.

Comment: Further reading:

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Rocket

Russia's new ICBM Sarmat can penetrate defense shields


Sputnik
Tue, 10 May 2016 23:57 UTC
Missile defense
© SputnikMissile defense system
The best current missile defenses system may prove powerless against Sarmat, Russia's new intercontinental ballistic missile, which will be ready for field trials this summer, according to the Russian news network Zvezda. The new ballistic missile, Sarmat, may render all current missile defense systems obsolescent, the Russian news network Zvezda reported.

The RS-28 Sarmat is the state-of-the-art heavy liquid-propelled intercontinental ballistic missile which is currently being developed for the Russian army.
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Footprints

Senior Russian diplomat notes a shift in US stance on President Assad's destiny


TASS
Tue, 10 May 2016 23:36 UTC
Assad poster
© EPA/WAEL HAMZEH
Certain shifts are noticeable in the United States' stand on the destiny of Syrian President Bashar Assad but Washington continues insisting on his departure from power after the process of negotiations is over, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said in an interview with Izvestia daily published on Tuesday.

"Certain shifts do exist on this issue but we must admit for truth's sake the Americans continue claiming he [Assad] has no political future and hence he must go," Gatilov said. "Along with it, they try to press us into stating the importance of his resignation at the end of the talks and into the necessity of a transition period."

He indicated however that Assad's withdrawal from power was not a condition for talks on peace settlement in Syria anymore while previously the Americans insisted on the impossibility of any negotiations until Assad left.

On the face of it, Russia continued saying the prerogative to decide on the president's destiny belonged to the Syrian people.

"The parties to the talks should decide on Assad's destiny in the context of the same talks and on the condition all the political forces present in Syria will be sitting at the conference table, the forces that have the right to make decisions on their country's future," Gatilov said.
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