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Lavrov slams Turkey for effectively allying with ISIS & playing major role in their illegal oil trade


Sputnik
Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:17 UTC
ussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
© Sputnik/ Kirill Kallinikov
Turkey's decision to shoot down a Russian bomber involved in an anti-terror mission against the self-proclaimed Islamic State terrorist group means that Ankara has effectively sided with IS.

Heading off any denial of this fact, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated Turkey's role in the terrorist group's illegal oil trade.

Discussing the downing of the Russian Su-24 bomber on Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had harsh words for his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu.

According to a press release from Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lavrov pointed out that, "by shooting down a Russian plane on a counter-terrorist mission of the Russian Aerospace Force in Syria, and one that did not violate Turkey's airspace, the Turkish government has in effect sided with ISIS."

Comment: As usual, Lavrov's right on the money - with this attack Turkey has openly come out on the side of ISIS. Also see:

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Snakes in Suits

Turkish Prime Minister boasts he gave order to shoot down Russia's plane


Sputnik
Wed, 25 Nov 2015 21:10 UTC
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
© REUTERS/ Murad Sezer
As details continue to emerge about the downing of a Russian bomber along the Turkey-Syria border on Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has admitted to personally giving the order to fire on the aircraft, Canadian news outlet ThinkPol reported.

Hours after the incident which destroyed a Russian Su-24 bomber and left one pilot dead, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went on the defensive, blaming an alleged incursion of Turkish airspace.

"We did not want this situation to happen, but everybody has to respect Turkey's right to defend its borders," he told reporters, adding that the military's actions were "fully in line with Turkey's rules of engagement."

Comment: Does Davutoglu think he can gain some points in his government for this outrageous act?

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Quenelle - Golden

No one's buying Turkey's 'official lies' about shooting down Russian Su-24


Sputnik
Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:41 UTC
turkey supports IS
© Illsudconsalvini
The Turkish government's official explanation for shooting down a Russian Su-24 bomber was that it had violated Turkish airspace. But Ankara's timeline of the events is already raising questions.

In the wake of the downing of a Russian bomber along the Turkey-Syria border on Tuesday, many were demanding answers. In a letter to the United Nations Security Council, the Turkish ambassador gave his government's view of the incident.

"This morning (24 November) 2 SU-24 planes, the nationality of which are unknown have approached Turkish national airspace in Yayladagi/Hatay region. The planes in question have been warned 10 times during a period of 5 minutes via 'Emergency' channel and asked to change their headings south immediately," the letter, obtained by Wikileaks, reads.

Comment: Turkey has proven to the world that they are a terrorist regime. It only takes two firing neurons to see that they're lying, and are desperately trying to protect their terrorist assets. Also see:
But now that Turkey showed its hand, Putin isn't holding back. During his meeting with the King of Jordan the day of the attack, Putin made clear Turkey's close relationship with ISIS, calling it a "terrorists' accomplice" and explicitly stating what everyone knows but no one says publicly:
We have long been recording the movement of a large amount of oil and petroleum products to Turkey from ISIS-occupied territories. This explains the significant funding the terrorists are receiving. Now they are stabbing us in the back by hitting our planes that are fighting terrorism. ... If ISIS is making so much money - we are talking about tens or maybe even hundreds of millions, possibly billions of dollars - in oil trade and they are supported by the armed forces of an entire state, it is clear why they are being so daring and impudent, why they are killing people in such gruesome ways, why they are committing terrorist attacks all over the world, including in the heart of Europe.
Turkey shoots down Russian warplane: NATO's act of war


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Don't expect truth from MSM - Turkey is lying

Paul Craig Roberts
PaulCraigRoberts.org
Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:43 UTC
SU24 Shot Down
© AFP/Getty ImagesPhotos of Russian Sukhoi Su-24 jet shot down by Turkish F-16 – dead in flame.
Tyler Durden at Zero Hedge has posted the flight paths of the Russian aircraft according to Turkey and to Russia.

We know that Turkey is lying for three reasons.

One reason is that NATO governments lie every time that they open their mouths.

A second reason is that Turkey's claim that the SU-24 was in Turkey's airspace for 17 seconds but only traveled 1.15 miles means that the SU-24 was flying at stall speed! The entire Western media was too incompetent to do the basic math!

A third reason is that, assuming Turkey's claim of a 17-second airspace violation is true, 17 seconds is not long enough for a Turkish pilot to get clearance for such a serious and reckless act as shooting down a Russian military aircraft. If the SU-24 was flying at a normal speed rather than one that would be unable to keep the aircraft aloft, the alleged airspace violation would not have been long enough to be noticed.

A shootdown had to have been pre-arranged. The Turks, knowing that the Russians were foolishly trusting to the agreement that there be no air to air encounters, told pilots to look for an opportunity. In my recent article, I gave a reason for this reckless act.

Turkey's explanation to the UN Security Council gives itself away as a lie. The letter states: "This morning (24 November) 2 SU-24 planes, the nationality of which are unknown have approached Turkish national airspace. The Planes in question have been warned 10 times during a period of 5 minutes via 'Emergency' channel and asked to change their headings south immediately."
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Downing of Russian jet appears to be 'preplanned provocation' - Lavrov


RT
Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:00 UTC
Lavrov
© Iliya Pitalev/Sputnik Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The downing of a Russian warplane in Syria by Turkey appears to be a pre-planned provocation, the Russian Foreign Minister said. Ankara failed to communicate with Russia over the incident, he added.

"We have serious doubts that this act was unintentional. It looks very much like a preplanned provocation," Lavrov said, citing Turkey's failure to maintain proper communication with Russia, the abundance of footage of the incident and other evidence.

Lavrov added that many Russian partners called the incident "an obvious ambush."

Earlier in the day, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu slammed Russia for "attacks on Turkmen" in Syria, which according to Ankara preceded the incident with the downed Su-24.

The Russian FM said the region where the incident happened is not just home to Turkmen people. There are also hundreds of foreign fighters affiliated with known terrorist groups and elements of their infrastructure such as weapons depots and command points there, he said.

"I asked [Turkish FM Çavuşoğlu] whether Turkey's close attention to this region, including the calls to create a buffer zone there, was motivated by a desire to protect this infrastructure from destruction. I didn't receive any reply to this question," Lavrov said.
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Red Flag

A welcoming party for the Syrians and Kurds? Turkey sends another 20 tanks to Syrian border


Sputnik
Wed, 25 Nov 2015 17:06 UTC
Syrian Kurdish tank patrol
© AP Photo/ Mursel Coban, Depo Photos
The Anadolu news agency reports that the Turkish authorities have sent tanks to its border with Syria.

The Turkish military has sent 20 more tanks to an armored brigade it has stationed at Turkey's western border with Syria, Turkey's Anadolu agency reported on Wednesday.

"Accompanied by police and gendarmes, 20 tanks were sent by rail from Turkey's western provinces by railway to Gaziantep in the south of the country, and then redirected to the Syrian border," a military source told the agency.

It was also reported that the Turkish air force sent 18 fighter jets on a patrol exercise at its border with Syria on Wednesday.
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Dollars

SOTT Exclusive: Dutch government invests €1.3 million in anti-Russian propaganda

Amari Roos
Sott.net
Wed, 25 Nov 2015 22:29 UTC
koenders
© Martijn Beekman/ANPDutch Foreign Affairs Minister Bert Koenders: Pretends to care about truth
During a recent Dutch parliamentary budget debate, Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Bert Koenders announced that the government would invest €1.3 million in an 'independent' Russian language media outlet. The money will be donated to the Dutch 'NGO' Free Press Unlimited that runs a regional platform on which Russian-language media organisations can exchange articles and news items.

Koenders claimed:
"The Russian government is exerting an ever tighter control on journalists and media organizations. With our support, we want to ensure that Russian-language media directs themselves, without interfering with what content they broadcast. By stimulating the independent press we want to improve the availability of independent news, so that the Russian-speaking public has options to choose from. That is directly in Dutch interest."
Referring to the results of a €500,000 Dutch-funded study by the European Endowment for Democracy (EED) into the 'Russian-language media landscape', he added:
"At this moment, the Russian-speaking public in the former Soviet Union pretty much only have access to one-sided news, which is also often contaminated with misinformation from the Kremlin."
The EED came up with several recommendations that the Netherlands, UK, US, Sweden, Germany, and the European Union have agreed to implement.

Taking a look at what 'independent' media outlets the Netherlands has thus far supported financially gives us an idea where this €1.3 million will end up, i.e. not to media outlets that present objective news, but to those outlets that present news that is in line with whatever the West deems as 'true'. Here are two small examples.
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Turkish attack on Russian jet - the context


Moon of Alabama
Wed, 25 Nov 2015 15:46 UTC
Erdogan turkey
Erdogan's act of madness?
Erdogan criticized Syria harshly on Tuesday for shooting down the Turkish fighter jet, saying: "Even if the plane was in their airspace for a few seconds, that is no excuse to attack."

"It was clear that this plane was not an aggressive plane. Still it was shot down," he said.
--Turkey hardens military position after Syria downs jet June 27, 2012
A violation of one to two kilometers is accepted as "natural" given the speed of aircraft, the statement [by the the General Staff] said. This year's violations of Turkish airspace lasted between 20 seconds and nine minutes, which showed "airspace violations can be resolved by warning and interceptions," the statement said.
--Turkey could have downed 114 planes for airspace violations: Army June 25, 2012
Turkish fighter jets and military helicopters have dramatically increased their incursions into Greek airspace, according to a study based on data from the Greek military, forcing the cash-strapped Greek air force to respond.
--Turkey buzzes weakened Greece - In growing numbers Ankara's fighter jets test Greek territorial claims. - July 23, 2015
Turkey also regularly violates Iraq's airspace by flying bombing attacks against Kurds in north Iraq.

Comment: See also:

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Attention

Supreme Court admits British troops committed 'mass murder' in Malaya massacre


RT
Wed, 25 Nov 2015 15:47 UTC
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© Wikipedia A wounded insurgent being held and questioned after his capture in 1952.
Relatives of 'innocent' Malayans slain by British troops in 1948 have lost their fight for an inquiry, but their lawyer says the UK courts have conceded 'mass murder' occurred.

The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the appeal brought by relatives of the 23 men killed in the attack - referred to as Britain's 'My Lai' after a similar atrocity carried out by US troops in Vietnam - would not be upheld.

The Malayan Emergency was fought from 1948 to 1960 in what is modern-day Malaysia between Commonwealth armed forces, including thousands of British troops, and anti-colonial guerrillas.

The UK's involvement stemmed largely from British ties to tin and rubber interests which were seen as critical to the UK's post-war recovery.

Comment: Tragic, unspeakable. "The UK's involvement stemmed largely from British ties to tin and rubber interests which were seen as critical to the UK's post-war recovery." In short, they were stealing other people's stuff as usual.

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Dollars

Pentagon: Increasing demand for US weapons from global armed conflicts


Press TV
Wed, 25 Nov 2015 09:36 UTC
Rixey
© archive.defensenews.comVice Adm. Joe Rixey, director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency
The US Defense Department says there is a growing demand for US weapons due to the ongoing fight against the ISIL terrorist group as well as other armed conflicts across the world. "It's worldwide. The demand signal is coming in Europe, in the Pacific and in the Middle East," Vice Admiral Joe Rixey, who heads the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), told Reuters in an interview late on Monday.

US foreign arms sales jumped 36 percent to $46.6 billion in fiscal 2015 and look set to remain strong in coming years, Rixey said. "Projections are still strong," he said. The Pentagon official said the US government is working hard to keep up with surging arms sales, largely through process improvements and better training.

torpedos
© www.counterpunch.orgCouple o' these, couple o' those, a nice box...
US companies and some foreign countries have expressed growing frustration in recent months about delays in arms sales approvals. The demand for US weapons in the past 10 years has shifted from fighter jets to US missile systems, helicopters and munitions. Rixey said requests from countries that were "well-behaved" and protected US technology were generally processed quickly.

Rixey said his agency was coordinating more closely with the US State Department, the US Commerce Department and other Pentagon agencies and leaders to advocate for US arms sales as a key instrument of US foreign policy.


Comment: What? How does that work, exactly?


Comment: Cha-Ching, Cha-Ching...the sound of profits from killing, maiming, destabilizing societies. War is just another business, capiche? Create ISIL and sell arms to combat it...how can an exceptional country lose on such an exceptional deal?

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