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SOTT EXCLUSIVE: More fear-mongering as ISIS terror threats increase

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Two reports out today from the US and UK are ramping up 'the terror threat from ISIS'.

First from the UK, as reported by the billionaire-owned Daily Express:
Terrorists are plotting to blow up five European passenger jets in a Christmas "spectacular", security experts say.

The threat has been taken so seriously it came close to leading to an outright ban on all hand luggage, a senior insider has revealed.

Mobile phones and electronic devices could still be banned from plane cabins, with the threat of a 9/11-style coordinated attack on London and other major cities feared imminent.

The warning comes as Whitehall officials admit that a terror strike on the UK is now "almost inevitable" particularly with British jihadis returning from fighting alongside the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

An airport security source told the Sunday Express: "We've been told that five planes are being targeted in a high profile hit before Christmas. They've been waiting for the big one.

"We have many scares but this one nearly got hand baggage pulled from all airlines. The threat is still alive and real."

The plot, which has been known about for the past two months, is thought to involve Islamists smuggling bombs on to planes bound for major European destinations before Christmas.

The well-placed security insider said talks had been held about how to deal with it, with suggestions made to ban hand luggage.

The source said: "High level negotiations are continuing at Governmental level but at the moment there has been little done to respond.

"There is paralysis because of the difficulty of banning hand luggage which is one of the strongest weapons we have against the new threats.

"All electronics may be banned from hand luggage and placed in the hold, that has been considered, and there has been behaviour analysis training at airports but while it's effective, it's difficult to roll out quickly and is not a sufficient safety net.

"The threat is aimed at Europe. The U.S has improved their security over the summer but we have not.

"Everyone is expecting something catastrophic very soon."
The Orwellian response to this alleged threat is to further clamp down on airport security to the extent of making travel extremely stressful for ordinary people... right in time for holiday season.

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Putin: Since EU doesn't want our gas, we will redirect our resources

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© RIA Novosti / Michael KlimentyevRussian President Vladimir Putin (L) and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in the Presidential Palace in Ankara December 1, 2014.
Russia is forced to withdraw from the South Stream project due to the EU's unwillingness to support the pipeline, and gas flows will be redirected to other customers, Vladimir Putin said after talks with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

"We believe that the stance of the European Commission was counterproductive. In fact, the European Commission not only provided no help in implementation of [the South Stream pipeline], but, as we see, obstacles were created to its implementation. Well, if Europe doesn't want it implemented, it won't be implemented," the Russian president said.

The South Stream project is at the stage when "the construction of the pipeline system in the Black Sea must begin," but Russia still hasn't received an approval for the project from Bulgaria, the Russian president said.

Investing hundreds of millions of dollars into the pipeline, which would have to stop when it reaches Bulgarian waters, is "just absurd, I hope everybody understands that," he said.

Comment: Shutting down the South Stream project is a stunning move by Putin. Russia working with other countries for mutual benefit can bring astounding results.


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By way of deception? Bomb blast in Malmö, Sweden, is second to hit local justice center this year

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© Stig-Åke Jönsson/TTPolice in Malmö seal off the scene after an explosion at the justice centre on November 30th 2014.
Police have yet to make any arrests after a justice centre in Malmö was bombed late on Sunday night. The explosion resulted in substantial damage in what was the second attack on the building this year.

The bomb exploded just before midnight and damaged the main entrance and front of the building. Such was the force of the blast that several nearby properties had its windows blown apart.

No one was seriously hurt but there was one person who had some minor injuries after being cut by shards of glass.

Police have been speaking to people in the area in the wake of the incident to try and determine what happened.

"There are some witnesses who said that someone was at the building and then ran away shortly before the detonation," said Stephan Söderholm, information officer with the Skåne police.

Comment: Something to do with this perhaps? Sweden becomes first European state to recognize Palestine


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Lavrov and Mu'Allim: Syria-Russia diplomatic meeting in Sochi


Comment: While it's impossible to verify, the following piece on the current talks between Syrian and Russian diplomats provides what could be a view into what is really being talked about, and the secret alliances and plans to counter Western aggression and proxy warfare in Syria and neighboring states. We'll just have to wait and see if any of the dynamics described below play out. In the meantime, it's good to know that Russia is supporting Syria, the latest victim of the West's cynical policy of using terrorism to effect its 'geopolitical strategy'.


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The Foreign Minister and Minister for Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic, Mr. Waleed Al-Mu'allim, is in Sochi to meet with Russian President, Vladimir Putin, and Russian F.M., Sergei Lavrov. The meeting is face-to-face which required the Syrian top diplomat to fly to Russia. You can assume that the reasons for the trip have to do with secrecy, confidential exchanges of information and the need to prevent Western eavesdropping. This meeting could be the most important of the entire war in Syria.

Pay no attention to press conferences or summaries offered up by both sides to the talks at the end. This meeting is not about publicity or orotund denunciations of terrorism. Both countries have staked out clear positions on ISIS, American meddling and the incessant violations of international law by the West, its troglodyte Arabian allies, and the Zionist Apartheid State.

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Robots at the doorstep: Amazon's Christmas gift to customers

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© REUTERS/Noah BergerKiva robots transport goods at an Amazon Fulfillment Center, ahead of the Christmas rush, in Tracy, California, November 30, 2014.
Amazon.com Inc has installed more than 15,000 robots across 10 U.S. warehouses, a move that promises to cut operating costs by one-fifth and get packages out the door more quickly in the run-up to Christmas.

The orange 320-pound (145 kg) robots, which scoot around the floor on wheels, show how Amazon has adopted technology developed by Kiva Systems, a robotics company it bought for $775 million in 2012. Amazon showcased to media on Sunday ahead of Cyber Monday, the biggest online shopping day of the year.

The robots are designed to help the leading U.S. online retailer speed the time it takes to deliver items to customers and better compete with brick-and-mortar stores, where the bulk of Americans still do their shopping.

Comment: Amazon owners will be happy with the robots and average customers may also be happy as long as they have the jobs and incomes to buy the goods. But, if the robots take over all the jobs, will the customers have the income to buy? If people don't have the money to buy, do the movers and shakers of our society care to feed them to keep them alive? Not likely.


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Ottawa investigates reports ISIS captured Canadian-Israeli woman

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© www.therakyatpost.comGillian Rosenberg
The Canadian government said on Sunday it was investigating reports that a Canadian-Israeli woman who joined Kurdish militias fighting in northern Syria has been captured by Islamic State (Isis) fighters.

According to a blog linked to Isis, several female fighters who fought alongside the Kurds have been taken prisoner, including Gill Rosenberg, a Canadian-born resident of Tel Aviv. Israel Radio reported Kurdish sources denying the claims, saying Rosenberg was not in the area when it was attacked.

A Canadian government spokesman said in a statement his country was "pursuing all appropriate channels" as it sought further information and was in touch with local authorities.

Asked by an Israeli television station about the reports, the Israeli defense minister, Moshe Ya'alon, said: "I cannot confirm that and I hope that it isn't true." The Shin Bet, Israel's general security service, told the Jerusalem Post: "There are no further details at this stage".

Rosenberg, 31, joined Kurdish troops fighting Isis earlier this month. A former pilot who served in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF), she reportedly contacted Kurdish fighters over the internet before travelling through Iraq to train at one of their camps on the Syrian border.


Comment: There were few details on the alleged kidnapping, only that it occurred after three suicide attacks on sites where Kurdish fighters were holed up. Posts on Rosenberg's Facebook timeline indicate she arrived in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan region, on Nov. 2 and then traveled through Turkey and into northern Syria sometime before Nov. 9. A source linked to the YPG (Kurdish Militia), said earlier this month that she was their first female foreign recruit and had crossed into Syria to fight Islamic State militants.

Israel has maintained discreet military, intelligence and business ties with the Kurds since the 1960s, making use of this buffer against shared Arab adversaries. The Kurds are spread through Syria, Iraq, Turkey and Iran.

Worried about spillover from the Syrian war, Israel has been cracking down on members of its 20-per cent Arab minority who return after volunteering to fight with ISIS or other rebels opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's rule. Israel bans its citizens from traveling to enemy states, among them Syria and Iraq. It is possible Rosenberg could face prosecution if she returns to Israel.

Just like Israel to have volunteers to do the dirty work and then not let them back into the country! Another consideration: The U.S. and Canada "do not negotiate" with terrorists (even if they are more or less "home grown"). The fight in Syria and other Middle East locations seems to attract a number of idealistic young recruits, fascinated by barbarity and savagery, or perhaps disillusioned by the posturing and agendas of their home countries, willing to be pawns-at-risk in the most dangerous game on earth. One can hope that the reports of Rosenberg's kidnapping are merely propaganda. Any other result could be horrifically short, tragic and brutal.


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Not a 'cowboy' - Hagel knew war too well to be a good neocon secretary of defence

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Hagel's resignation earlier this week, was brought about largely by a US Congress with little appetite for geo-political nuance and complexity
When President Obama nominated Chuck Hagel to lead the Pentagon in 2012, the decorated Vietnam War veteran became the first enlisted man to serve as the Secretary of Defence.

Unlike his predecessors, Robert Gates, Leon Panetta, and Donald Rumsfeld, Hagel, as an infantry squad leader, has seen firsthand the carnage of combat. And, like all who are confronted with the reality of war, he hated it.

"Every Vietnam veteran understands that," Hagel said during a 2012 interview. "Any veteran who has ever served in a war understands that, and I think we should never forget the consequences of war."

To understand Hagel is to understand why he opposed the 2007 surge. He called the Iraq war, "the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam". It was his opposition to the Iraq surge that led some Senate Republicans, particularly John McCain (R-AZ), to vehemently oppose his nomination.

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The ends and means of US-sponsored 'colour revolutions'

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The series of "colour" revolutions that have occurred in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) since 2010 have not happened by chance, especially since these were not a spontaneous protest by those "dreaming of democracy" but a result of the implementation of specific projects by certain Western powers to restructure the world order.

These processes of regime change occurred under the pressure of massive street protests and with the support of non-governmental organizations financed from abroad. The purpose of the colour revolutions was a coup using mainly non-violent methods of political struggle, in the interests of, and with the dominant and direct participation in planning, organization and financing by, Western nations and, above all, the United States.

Or rather, the aim was not simply an overthrow of the existing legal governments but a personified replacement of the countries' leaders, so that the "heat wave" of popular anger against the authorities would bring new faces which are in no way better than the previous ones but merely more satisfactory to the puppeteers in Washington.

The preparatory stage for unwinding the colour revolutions in the MENA region was certainly the military invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the subsequent overthrow of Saddam Hussein. In this way the strategists in Washington, in order to solve the White House's problem of achieving full submission of the Middle East to the United States, chose Iraq as the primary objective.

Comment: The US has been influencing, overthrowing and destroying the governments of other nations for many decades, all to meet its own economic and hegemonic objectives in the chosen country. The color revolutions described are just one more sneaky tool to achieve these ends and are being implemented at great expense to all parties involved. Worst of all are probably the protesters who may have the sincere intent to bring about reforms to their countries, but who are actually the unwitting dupes of US plans. The color-change phenomenon is insidious, manipulative and, ultimately, malevolent. And part and parcel of how the US operates today in order to influence more control over the lives of many hundreds of millions around the world.


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It's time to partition Ukraine - seriously

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  • Ukraine is an artificial state created by Stalin out of Russian and Polish lands
  • A good solution would be to return those lands to Russia and Poland, and return western Poland (East Prussia) to Germany
  • This would be just, and defuse the current, hysterical rush to war
The spin in the US has been relentless; Russia is expanding towards a 21st century empire.

Here, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov explains in detail how this is undiluted rubbish.

What has actually happened is that Moscow deftly called the Brzezinski-inspired bluff in Ukraine - with all its overtones.

No wonder the Empire of Chaos is furious.

And yet there is a solution to defuse the current, hysterical rush to war logic.

Here I have examined in some detail how Washington is playing Russian roulette. Now it's time to advance a modest proposal - as it has been discussed by a few concerned analysts from the US, Europe and Asia.

Comment: Of course NATA/EU/US will not want or approve this simple plan since it will destroy their goal to harm Russia.

Dancing around the question of Ukraine's federalization


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Best of the Web: Prosecutor in Ferguson case deliberately misled jurors to ensure Wilson acquittal

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Mike Brown, lynched by the KKK in Blue.
The so-called "prosecutor" in the Ferguson shooting Grand Jury deliberately fooled the jurors into believing that Wilson could legally shoot Brown as he ran away.

She did so by using a Missouri law that was ruled unconstitutional by the US supreme court in 1985. She further tried to confuse the jurors by not telling them clearly that US supreme court law overruled Missouri state law.

Ask yourself, why would she go to such lengths? Obviously, because the facts of the case show that Wilson shot the unarmed Brown dead as he was running away from Wilson.

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