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The West must desist from its staunch opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin's policy in Ukraine, and form an alliance with Moscow in order to defeat Islamic State (IS), UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage has said.
Farage demanded the West stop antagonizing "the Russian bear" by poking him "with a stick", and insisted President Putin is "on our side" in the global war against jihadist extremism.
The right wing MP called upon Western leaders to "grow up" and "recognize the real threat facing all of our countries, communities and societies." It's time for Europe to halt the geopolitical theatre in Ukraine, he warned, and prepare a plan like "like Syria, like Iraq, like Kenya like Nigeria" to deal with the real and substantive "threat that faces us."
Farage sparked controversy earlier in 2014 when he publicly declared Putin to be the statesman he harbors the most admiration for.
In a European Parliament (EP) debate on Tuesday morning, the UKIP chief offered a sympathetic interpretation of Russia's actions in Ukraine. Farage argued EU leaders had directly encouraged the uprising in the conflict-ridden state, which he says has predictably prompted a retaliatory reaction from Moscow.
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Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb made a rare joint plea to jihadist organizations, which was posted online.
"Stop the infighting between you and stand as one rank against America's campaign and that of its satanic alliance that lies in wait for all of us, to break us stick by stick," they stated, according to Reuters.
The groups urged militant fighters and their supporters to "stop the campaigns of mutual slander, and direct the honest pens and swords against the head of infidelity, America, and its unjust aggressive alliance."
"In the face of this unjust crusaders' campaign, we have no choice but to stand in front of the hater of Islam and Muslims, the US and its allies, who are the real enemies of the Muslim world," said the statement by the Al-Qaeda groups.
Comment: NATO's Terror Hordes in Iraq a Pretext for Syria Invasion
To undermine Iran, which is predominantly Shiite, the Bush Administration has decided, in effect, to reconfigure its priorities in the Middle East. In Lebanon, the Administration has coöperated with Saudi Arabia's government, which is Sunni, in clandestine operations that are intended to weaken Hezbollah, the Shiite organization that is backed by Iran. The U.S. has also taken part in clandestine operations aimed at Iran and its ally Syria. A by-product of these activities has been the bolstering of Sunni extremist groups that espouse a militant vision of Islam and are hostile to America and sympathetic to Al Qaeda.
IS, which was previously aligned with Al-Qaeda, has distanced itself from the organization in recent months. It has also engaged in battles with other Islamic militant groups in Syria amid the country's civil war, including the Nusra Front - which is backed by Al-Qaeda.
© UnknownSenior social worker Siobhan Condon likes the rush of power
Siobhan Condon, 41, bragged about the power she felt at breaking up the family and revelled in the judge giving the parents a 'massive rollicking'.
She even referred to the solicitor in the case complimenting her 'fine nails and shoes' before saying she was about to 'do the mammoth grim task' of removing the youngsters from their home and signing off with three kisses.
The children, all aged under ten at the time, were put into foster care following the court hearing last year.
Their mother reported Miss Condon's comments to Essex County Council after spotting them on the social worker's Facebook page, which was open to the public and gave enough information to identify the family.
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Speaking during a floor debate at the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee expressed his support for President Barack Obama's plan to combat IS (previously known as ISIS/ISIL) and said that failure to authorize the plan would lead to devastating consequences for the US.
"I understand that my colleagues are war weary. I'm war weary. I understand the American people are war weary," Engel said, as quoted by The Hill. "But I think doing nothing would invite something very similar that happened to my city, New York City, on that fateful day of Sept. 11, 2001."
Comment: Pathetic excuses to get people riled up for another war campaign. The US is apparently always reluctant to go to war, weary and so on, yet they have to do it to stop some danger, humanitarian catastrophe, which they themselves created.
"If we do nothing, ISIS (IS) will plot and plan and we'll have many more 9/11s in the United States, in Europe, in the Middle East," he claimed.
The House is currently debating whether or not to pass an amendment that would allow President Obama to direct the military to arm and train rebel factions in Syria in order to fight the Islamic State.
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This very reason is perhaps why many are raising their eyebrows at a drill scheduled for today and Wednesday (September 16-17) in Nebraska which simulates a nuclear explosion near I-80 in the vicinity of Scottsbluff.
As reported by the local ABC News affiliate KOTA News, Regional West Medical Center is scheduled to participate in the drill in the capacity of training to decontaminate victims, ensure accurate reporting, and treating injuries.
The drill is part of a larger exercise involving 21 government agencies.
Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Dave Edwards stated that "Every time we do an exercise, it is to test our plans. Not necessarily how the staff reacts, but are our plans in place correct."
Last year, the same hospital worked with staff to prepare for a live shooter scenario.
While it is important to stress that this writer is not predicting a false flag event during the time of this scheduled exercise, it is also important to stress the prevalence of such drills in false flag operations.
With the support of America's indefectible British ally, President Barack Obama has ordered a series of US bombing raids on Iraq allegedly with a view to defeating the rebel army of the Islamic State (IS).
"We will not waver in our determination to confront the Islamic State ... If terrorists think we will weaken in the face of their threats they could not be more wrong." (Barack Obama and David Cameron, Strengthening the NATO alliance, op ed published in the London Times, September 4, 2014, emphasis added)
But Who is behind the Islamic State Project?
In a bitter irony, until recently the rebels of the Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were heralded as Syria's "opposition freedom fighters" committed to "restoring democracy" and unseating the secular government of Bashar al Assad.
And who was behind the jihadist insurgency in Syria?
Those who ordered the bombing campaign are those who are behind the Caliphate Project.
The Islamic State (IS) militia, which is currently the alleged target of a US-NATO bombing campaign under a "counter-terrorism" mandate, was and continues to be supported covertly by the United States and its allies.
In other words, the Islamic State (IS) is a creation of US intelligence with the support of Britain's MI6, Israel's Mossad, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Saudi Arabia's General Intelligence Presidency (GIP), Ri'āsat Al-Istikhbārāt Al-'Āmah ( رئاسة الاستخبارات العامة). Moreover, according to Israeli intelligence sources (Debka) NATO in liaison with the Turkish High Command has been involved in the recruitment of jihadist mercenaries from the outset of the Syrian crisis in March 2011.
Comment: For more indepth analysis:
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As The Wall Street Journal reports,
The International Monetary Fund on Thursday warned the West African Ebola epidemic requires a "large scale" global intervention to control a crisis that is ravaging economies in the region.
The IMF, the world's emergency lender, said it is in talks to boost bailouts for Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia as the disaster slams economic output and overwhelms government financing.
"Beyond the human toll that this outbreak is exacting, the Ebola outbreak looks set to cause significant harm to the economies of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone," IMF spokesman William Murray said in a news conference Thursday.
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"The United States, which I would not characterize as bad or cruel (that country is what it is, obsessed with the certainty about its exclusiveness and there is no way of reforming it), is sending its emissaries all over the world and persuading everybody to be against us," Lavrov said.
"That is true. But they have managed to persuade practically no one, except for the EU and some of its closest allies outside NATO and the European Union."
Lavrov said Russia by no means had the feeling it was all alone. "I cannot agree that everybody is against us, that everybody is trying to steer clear of us, that we have no partners with whom we can develop a constructive and decent agenda," Lavrov said. "The geographic scope of international contacts in Russia and outside it is a confirmation of that. And not just the geographic scope, but the content of the agreements we conclude."
Comment: Lavrov, or course, is entirely correct. The U.S. is a hypocritical government, one that acts as though it cares about human rights and freedoms, but through its actions, both overt and covert, it shows that what it really cares about is hegemony, power, and control. It will do whatever it takes to achieve those means, and they have to break international law to do it, well, the UN will have to live with it.
Basta ya! People everywhere are stirring against corrupt US-aligned governments
Spain said it would use "the full force of the law" to block a planned nonbinding referendum on independence in Catalonia, including a suspension of the regional government's ruling authority if necessary.
The warning Tuesday by Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo was one of strongest by the Madrid government against a proposed Nov. 9 vote in the wealthy industrial region. It was made as Catalan leaders debated a backup plan should the vote be blocked - an early election of the region's parliament that would test support for political parties seeking independence.
Mr. Garcia Margallo was asked specifically whether the central government's options in dealing with the separatists included invoking article 155 of the Spanish constitution, which allows Madrid to supersede the authority of a regional government that is acting outside the law.
Comment: The Scots' referendum is producing non-linear effects:
Scotland provides inspiration to Okinawa's independence movement
In a letter on Tuesday to Mr. Obama, Ms. Johnson Sirleaf wrote that "I am being honest with you when I say that at this rate, we will never break the transmission chain and the virus will overwhelm us." She urgently requested 1,500 additional beds in new hospitals across the country and urged that the United States military set up and run a 100-bed Ebola hospital in the besieged capital, Monrovia.
Infectious disease experts have sharply criticized as inadequate the Obama administration's response to the Ebola crisis, particularly in Liberia, a country founded by freed American slaves. Global agencies like the World Health Organization and the United Nations have also come under criticism for responding too slowly to the Ebola outbreak.
Comment: Instead of getting fired these social workers are offered another position elsewhere. The same goes for these corrupt and violent police officers or teachers. They will remain within this psychopathic system, as they are a perfect fit.