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ISIS attempt to seize weapons foiled by Kyrgyzstan special forces


TASS News Agency
Sat, 18 Jul 2015 12:43 UTC
The militants were preparing for terror acts on July 17 during the celebration of Eid al-Fitr and an attack on the aviation base in northern Kyrgyzstan, where they planned to seize weapons
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The militants, who were killed and detained during a special mission in Kyrgyzstan on Thursday, were members of the Islamic State, the national security committee reported on Friday.

"On July 16, 2015, in Bishkek, the national security committee had a special anti-terror mission against militants of the Islamic State international terrorist organization," the security committee's press service said. "This underground group was preparing for terror acts on July 17 during the celebration of Eid al-Fitr and an attack on the aviation base in the city of Kant in northern Kyrgyzstan, where the militants planned to seize weapons."

Comment: No doubt Russia is keeping a close eye on Washington's ISIS operating so close to its borders:

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Eye 1

Ukrainian official discusses politics, briefcases of cash, and 'black financial flows'

Graham Stack
Business New Europe
Sat, 18 Jul 2015 12:02 UTC
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In his first interview since being fired as head of Ukraine's state security service on June 16, Valentyn Nalivaichenko alleged that Ukraine's leading political parties are behind huge flows of secret funds moving to and fro from offshore jurisdictions.

He is only the highest ranking among a clutch of disillusioned insiders who claim that black financial flows remain intrinsic to Ukrainian politics.

"Officials on the highest level have not stepped back from business ties, but it not just business, not just accountants, who are using these [offshore] schemes, but also the 'enforcers' [informal parliamentary party whips] who run $500,000 through offshores each week. A simple question - where is this money going to?" Nalivaichenko asked. "The answer: to pay off MPs, government officials, law enforcement."


Comment: It's business as usual with the oligarchs:

Corrupt to the core: The lasting legacy of Ukraine's oligarchy


Comment: See also:

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Arrow Down

Hillary Clinton: An unabashedly war-hungry corporate shill

Stephen Lendman
Global Research
Fri, 17 Jul 2015 00:00 UTC
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All US presidential cycles are money controlled corrupted processes with no legitimacy whatever. Voters have no say despite believing otherwise.

They naively think electing new bums replacing old ones improves things. Their choices are among an array of long ago bought and paid for candidates supporting what most harms them.

The late Gore Vidal said "(b)y the time a (candidate) gets to be presidential material, (he or she has) been bought ten times over."

"There is only one party in the United States, the Property Party (with) two right wings: Republican and Democrat," he explained.

Hillary Clinton perhaps represents the worst choice among an array of aspirants looking more like a police lineup. Previous articles explained her warmongering lust for endless conflicts. She's unabashedly hawkish.

Comment: With Hillary in charge, nothing is likely to improve for the average American and certainly not for the hapless residents of countries who will be in the cross-hairs of her war-machine.

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Eye 2

US/Israeli/Saudi 'behavior' problems

Robert Parry
consortiumnews.com
Fri, 17 Jul 2015 21:07 UTC
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There is a madness in how the mainstream U.S. media presents the world to the American people, a delusional perspective that arguably creates an existential threat to humanity's survival. We have seen this pattern in the biased depiction of the Ukraine crisis and now in how Official Washington is framing the debate over the Iranian nuclear agreement.

In this American land of make-believe, Iran is assailed as the chief instigator of instability in the Middle East. Yet, any sane and informed person would dispute that assessment, noting the far greater contributions made by Israel, Saudi Arabia and, indeed, the United States.
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Dollar

Analyst suspects hostile short-selling by Western financiers caused recent crash of Chinese markets

Liang Shih-huang
China Times
Fri, 03 Jul 2015 21:09 UTC
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© ReutersA man watches a board showing the graphs of stock prices at a brokerage office in Beijing, China, July 6, 2015.
A recent sell-off in China's stock markets is the first major challenge facing the country since the introduction of margin trading, and is believed to have been caused by hostile short-sellers.

In a report on the Chinese news site ifeng.com, an analyst said the sell-off was similar to what took place in Hong Kong in 1997, when the territory's benchmark Hang Seng Index plunged 60% after peaking at 16,673 points.

The steep drop in share prices in Hong Kong in 1997 was caused by financier George Soros, who shorted both the Hong Kong dollar and the Hang Seng Index futures, the analyst said, adding that similar practices were observed in the last two trading sessions in China.

Comment: Given how many times we know Soros et al have done this in the past, it's plausible that the recent slump on Chinese markets is the result of a Western financial weapon.

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Attention

Saudis threaten ground offensive in Yemen, Syria before Iran recovers from sanctions


Sputnik
Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:58 UTC
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Saudi Arabia will launch a military offensive to gain momentum in Yemen and Syria before a nuclear deal leads to an economic recovery in Iran, which would enable Tehran to channel funds to its proxy forces in the region.

Lifting sanctions over the next year could potentially leave Iran flush with more than $100 billion in unfrozen funds and new revenues - resources the Saudis say Tehran will use to expand its proxy wars.

"An Iran without sanctions will pump billions of dollars to its proxies, which are destabilizing Yemen, Syria, and Iraq," said Jasser al Jasser, managing editor of the pro-government Al Jazeerah daily. "Saudi Arabia will not allow Iran to take advantage of this deal."

Comment: Ah yes, Iran gets blamed for 'destabilizing' regions because those regions don't want to be a part of the murderous elites from Saudi Arabia and the West. Events are going to start flaring up as Saudi Arabia plays with its new military 'toys' from the US.

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Nuke

The Royal Navy has 4 submarines carrying letters with instructions on what to do in the event of nuclear attack


Business Insider Australia
Thu, 16 Jul 2015 20:28 UTC
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A Trident II (D-5) missile underwater launch.
Somewhere out in the North Atlantic, every hour of the day, every day of the year, a lone submarine glides through the ocean with no real destination. Since 1969, one of the four boats of the UK's Continuous At-Sea Submarine Deterrent has always been on patrol. Its location is known to only a handful, even many of her crew will have no idea where they are.

While many Royal Navy captains hold responsibility for their crew, Trident submarine commanders also bear a far more macabre role: the duty to play Britain's final political and diplomatic hand possible. Within the bowels of each boat lays two safes, an outer and an inner, and within that inner safe sits the letter of last resort.

Comment: Imagine if all nuclear countries have a similar program?

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Stock Down

What's the real story behind the $3.8 trillion Chinese correction?

Pepe Escobar
RT.com
Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:41 UTC
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The recent Mother of All Corrections in Chinese stocks - which wiped out a $3.8 trillion on paper - inevitably led the usual US "experts" to forecast, once again, China's imminent collapse. Hong Kong even resuscitated the "regime change" meme.

Nonsense.

The roller coaster lasted a few days. And then it was gone. Significantly, major US funds - including Fidelity and Goldman Sachs - were among the first to declare the turbulence over, and move on. Goldman Sachs, by the way, soon reverted to bullish. Its chief China economist, Kinger Lau, predicted that Shanghai will rally 27 percent over the next 12 months.

So this is not a bubble. At least not yet. Beijing has a lot of tools to - as newspeak goes - "support the market." According to Little Helmsman Deng Xiaoping's maxim, "Socialism with Chinese characteristics," which will stop at nothing to control the "irrational exuberance" of the markets.

The IMF - considering its disaster capitalism record all across the developing world, not to mention the post-1997 Asian financial crisis - is never a reliable source. But in this case, IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard at least did not make a fool of himself; he emphasized China's casino stock market "doesn't reflect on the fundamentals" of its economy. The slump, he added, "was very much a sideshow."
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TV

South Front military updates: Iraq and Novorossia


South Front
Fri, 17 Jul 2015 17:34 UTC
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The Iraqi Government officially announced the start of military operations to "recapture Anbar" in western Iraq from ISIS. Although the announcement did not detail the nature of these operations, ISIS's positions in the province are entrenched and distributed, challenging military operations that focus upon clearing only one city at a time under ISIS's control.

Operations led by Shia militia groups were already underway in the vicinity of ISIS-held Fallujah prior to the announcement of the ISF's new Anbar operation, indicating the independence of several groups from the command and control of the Iraqi government. Nonetheless, attacks and engagements around Ramadi increased following the announcement.

Ramadi had been mostly quiet after the fall of the city to ISIS in late May 2015, and its reemergence as a frontline suggests that the Iraqi government may intend to designate the city as its main objective while Iran-backed Shia forces prioritize Fallujah.

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Black Magic

That old black magic: FBI tracked Chattanooga shooter's family for years

Tony Cartalucci
Land Destroyer
Fri, 17 Jul 2015 00:00 UTC
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Once again, another convenient shooting has helped supercharge anger, hatred, fear, and division across the Western World after an alleged "Islamist extremist" opened fire on and killed 4 US Marines at a recruiting station in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Without any knowledge of how the US has in fact created Al Qaeda and its many global affiliates, including vicious terrorist groups plaguing Southeast Asia, and the most notorious to date, the so-called "Islamic State" (ISIS), the American public will predictably react in a manner that will simply further justify America's meddling across the globe amid its self-created and perpetuated "War on Terror." It will also help in efforts to further tighten control over the American public itself, with increased justifications for expanding police state measures and future pushes to disarm the American people.

Yahoo News would report in their article, "Shootings at Chattanooga military facilities leave 4 Marines, gunman dead; act called 'domestic terrorism'," that:
A U.S. official told the Associated Press that Abdulazeez had not been on the radar of federal law enforcement before Thursday's shooting.

Comment: See also:

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