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Turkey plans to 'act militarily' against ISIS in coming days


RT
Thu, 05 Nov 2015 17:10 UTC
Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioglu
© Umit Bektas / Reuters
Turkey has plans to "act militarily" against Islamic State (formerly ISIS/ISIL) in the coming days, the country's foreign minister says. It comes amid speculation that the jihadists are partly behind last month's Ankara bombings that killed 102 people.

"Daesh [ISIS] threatens our way of life and security...We have plans to act militarily against them in the coming days. You will see. We should all stand together against this danger," Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioğlu said during a conference on the future of the Middle East, held in Erbil in northern Iraq's Kurdish region.

The foreign minister went on to state that Turkey will continue to support Iraq and the Iraqi Kurdish region in its fight against Islamic State and other terror groups.

Comment: Has NATO member Turkey changed its tactics against Russia and Syria and begun concentrating on its own terrorist problems? Maybe a cover for Erdogan to 'clean up' Turkey after his election win?

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Radar

You need us: Pentagon expert says Russians could annihilate US army


Sputnik
Thu, 05 Nov 2015 00:00 UTC
US Army soldiers walking
Despite the size of its military budget, the US Army isn't as strong as one might think it is and it would certainly lose to the Russian Army in a direct confrontation on a battlefield, retired US Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor said, according to Politico Magazine.

The deployment of the US Army 2nd Cavalry Regiment from Germany to Hungary that was intended to scare Russia was a joke and it wouldn't help in a real-life fighting scenario, said Macgregor, who also holds a Ph.D. in international relations from the US Military Academy at West Point.

This Stryker parade [the line of US military vehicles that drove from Germany to Hungary] won't fool anyone in Moscow," Macgregor said, adding that perhaps the Russians may not know how to do certain things well, but when it comes to fighting wars they're second to none.

Comment: Is the U.S. military that bad? Even if it isn't, the Pentagon wants the American people to buy into the idea that more military funding is needed, since after all, the adversary is resourceful and dangerous. To get on board, the populace should accept that austerity is necessary in the form of deteriorating domestic infrastructure and social problems, in order for the government to protect us.

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Boat

Be very afraid: France sending aircraft carrier to support military operations against ISIL


Sputnik
Thu, 05 Nov 2015 16:26 UTC
Charles de Gaulle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
© AFP 2015/ PATRICK BAZ
France will send a naval task force led by the Charles de Gaulle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to support military operations against Islamic State terrorists, the French presidential office announced Thursday.

France conducted its first airstrikes in Syria in late September, as part of a US-led international coalition that has been targeting ISIL positions in Syria and Iraq.

"A decision has been made to deploy a naval task force led by the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to take part in operations against the Islamic State," the office said in a statement.

In October, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said that the French Air Force had carried out airstrikes on an ISIL training camp, adding that "it is not the first time, it is not the last time," when French aircraft had bombed the terrorists in Syria.

Comment: "Me too, me too!" France seems to be carrying on 'fighting' terrorists as if not realizing everything has changed when Russia started pounding ISIL in Syria. Or is there some other reason for France to send a naval task force?

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Briefcase

Better late than never: New Zealand publishes TPP trade deal text online


RT
Thu, 05 Nov 2015 16:20 UTC
Shipping dock
© Stefan Wermuth / Reuters
The New Zealand government has released the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP) agreement. This is the first time the controversial deal has been published online, a month after it was officially agreed.

The New Zealand authorities say the agreement will continue to undergo legal review.

Text of agreement

The TPP, headed by the US and including Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam, has been widely criticized for being surrounded with secrecy and reached behind closed doors.
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Best of the Web: Alternate reality? US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher stands up to State Department, tells the truth about US policy in Syria and Russia


RT
Wed, 04 Nov 2015 16:02 UTC
Dana Rohrabacher
© Shuji Kajiyama / ReutersU.S. Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-Ca)
US double standards towards Russia and refusal to work with President Putin in the Middle East and elsewhere have resulted in an Islamist takeover in Libya and bloodshed in Syria, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-California) has told senior US diplomats.

"The double standard that we have been judging Russia with, and basing our policy on that double standard, has caused us great harm," Rohrabacher said at a hearing of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday morning. "Had we been working with the Russians all along in good faith, I believe the situation in the Middle East would have been totally different, and better, more stable."

The California lawmaker took exception to Russia-bashing by his colleagues, as well as Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland and her colleague Anne Patterson, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. Nuland and Patterson were at the House committee hearing to brief lawmakers on US policies in the wake of Russia's intervention in Syria against Islamic State militants.


Comment: This is the second US politician who has gone on record denouncing US foreign policy in Syria and Russia. Is there a shift occurring where even those working within the US government are standing up against the lies and brutality of the American Empire?

Alternate reality? CNN broadcasts U.S. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard telling the truth about Syria

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Rocket

Remember the Aleppo! Syrian army tightens noose on terrorists, recovers vast territory


FARS News
Thu, 05 Nov 2015 16:12 UTC
allepo syria
The Syrian army, backed up by massive air support, continued to tighten noose on the Takfiri militants in Aleppo province on Thursday, inflicting heavy casualties on the terrorists. The army destroyed ISIL positions, weapons and ammunition and vehicles in an area in the vicinity of the Air Force Academy.

The army troops also killed and injured a group of terrorists from the al-Nusra Front and other affiliated groups in the villages of Berneh, Tal Haddiyeh, Doulamah and Khan Touman in the Southwestern countryside of Aleppo. Tens of the militants' machinegun-equipped vehicles were also destroyed. The army, backed up by the Syrian airstrikes, destroyed positions of Takfiri terrorists in the neighborhoods of al-Rashideen 4, al- Sheikh Khuder, Salah Eddin, al-sheikh Said and Bustan al-Qaser.

Meanwhile, the Syrian air raids destroyed terrorists' positions in al-Ameriyeh village in the Southeastern countryside of Aleppo. Earlier reports said the Syrian air raids hit the headquarters and positions of ISIL terrorists in the villages of Rasem al-Abed, Kwairis Gharbi and Kaskis to the East of the Thermal Station, killing and injuring scores of the terrorists and destroying their vehicles and equipment.
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Russia expected to sign a massive deal to supply 5th generation fighters to India


Russia Insider
Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:32 UTC
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A collaboration contract for joint work and delivery of 154 Perspective Multirole Fighter (PMF), the derivative Indian version of the PAK FA T-50 fifth generation fighter jet, is expected to finally be signed during the Indo-Russian summit this December, The Financial Express reports.

The agreement, which already was supposed to have been signed this July, includes a fixed order of 154 aircraft, a definite work share commitment, and a detailed order of the number of single- versus double-seat PMF (aka Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft) fighter planes. According to the draft agreement, the aircraft will be built in India, but all of the components will be manufactured in Russia.
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Dominoes

Iran has begun flying Iraqi volunteer battalions to fight ISIL in Syria


Sputnik
Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:38 UTC
Iranian Air Force
© AP Photo/ Ebrahim Noroozi
The first photographic evidence of an Iranian Air Force plane that brought Iraqi Shiite volunteer fighters to Syria to fight against ISIL terrorists has appeared on the Internet.

A picture posted on the Instagram account of the Iranian group Holy Defense shows an Iraqi soldier standing in front of an Iranian C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft supposedly in Syria.

Comment: With Russia taking the lead, a real war on terror is now being fought in the Middle East. See:

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Russia's search for a collective resolution in Syria could end U.S. stranglehold over Middle East


Sputnik
Thu, 05 Nov 2015 14:54 UTC
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© Sputnik/ Dmitriy Vinogradov
The firmness Russia has adopted in its military operation against ISIL in Syria proves that Moscow intends to reduce US hegemony in the Middle East and play the key role in resolving political and economic problems in the region.


Comment: After having first-hand experience of the US' duplicitous aggression in Ukraine, it must have become very obvious to the Russians what was at stake if they tried to remain 'cooperative' with these snakes in suits.


Nearly one year has passed since a US-led coalition launched airstrikes against the Islamic State (ISIL) terrorist group, and still there no results.

Recently, Russian leader Vladimir Putin called for Iran, Egypt, Jordan, the UAE and Qatar to cooperate and participate in the talks over the Syrian problem.

Comment: While Russian influence is radically changing the Middle East, things are afoot in Europe as well. Also see:

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Chess

Is Berlin willing to brave Washington's wrath and restore ties with Russia?


Sputnik
Thu, 05 Nov 2015 03:35 UTC
putin meeting germany
© Sputnik/ Michael Klimentyev
Berlin is ready to restore its relationship with Russia, clearly understanding that it would "create friction" with Washington, which, in turn, will use all its influence over Eastern European states to restrain the rapprochement of the two. But for now, Germany is only "testing the waters" before its final decision, according to Stratfor.

Berlin is "testing the waters before making a decision on the future of Germany's relationship with Russia," according to an article published on the website of an American intelligence agency Stratfor (also known as Strategic Forecasting and widely known as the "shadow CIA") following the meeting between President Putin and German Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel in Moscow on Wednesday.

"Germany sent a signal Wednesday that it is rethinking its relationship with Russia, when Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow," the article says.

"Berlin is looking for ways to modify or even lift the current punitive measures against Moscow. However, such a decision would probably create friction between Germany and most Central and Eastern European countries, which means that Berlin is still not ready for a formal change of direction," it adds.

The author then gives his reasons why Russia and Germany might be of some interest to each other.

Comment: Perhaps Germany will find it in itself to open the door. Following the US lead has brought nothing but hardship to all the EU countries. Russia is a natural trading partner, eager for business on a mutually respectful basis.

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