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Best of the Web: Ron Paul: 'Get NATO, foreign countries out of Ukraine to end civil war'


RT
Sun, 15 Feb 2015 10:57 UTC
Ron Paul
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The best thing for Ukraine is to force NATO, the US, and regional players out of the country, former US congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul said. Without foreign meddling in the civil war, Kiev will focus on the nation's economic collapse.

"Get the foreigners out of there [Ukraine], get the Europeans out, the US out, get NATO out, and get the Russians out," Paul said at the International Students for Liberty Conference in Washington on Friday. "There will be less of a civil war going on there because they will have to worry about their debt. This is an economic matter too. You have to realize that the country is totally bankrupt."


"I'm not pro-Putin, I'm not pro-Russia, but I'm pro-facts," Paul stressed when defending his stance. "Crimea is not exactly a foreign country, according to the Russians. But I'm neutral on that," the former presidential candidate stated.

Paul - a 79-year-old retired doctor who spent nearly three decades in the US Congress representing the state of Texas - reiterated his previous statements, noting that what happened in Ukraine last year was a "coup" that was planned by "NATO, EU" and western Ukrainians. "One thing for sure that we do know, is we [US] had the conversations between our State Department and our ambassador before the coup - who will we put in place. And they planned part of the coup."
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Oops! Separatists report NATO troops trapped in Debaltsevo, Ukrainian military admits no Russian invasion occurred

George Eliason
Global Research
Mon, 16 Feb 2015 10:30 UTC
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© RIA Novosti / John TrastOSCE observers
In an interview with Ukrainian Espesso TV, Ukrainian military expert Major Aleksander Taran confirmed what General Muzenko head of the Ukrainian Armed Forces had to say on the subject.

During a briefing with General Muzenko he announced that "To date, we have only the involvement of some members of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and Russian citizens that are part of illegal armed groups involved in the fighting. We are not fighting with the regular Russian Army. We have enough forces and means in order to inflict a final defeat even with illegal armed formation present. "- he said.

Comment: No wonder they've violated the ceasefire in Debaltsevo. If these reports are true then of course old NATO wouldn't want to be caught in another bald faced lie of blaming others for exactly what they are doing. If only the shot-callers weren't utterly psychopathic then they'd likely call it quits out of shame by now.

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Obama adviser John Podesta's biggest regret: Failure to break UFO secrecy

Caitlin Dickson
Yahoo! News
Sat, 14 Feb 2015 01:28 UTC
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© AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, FileJohn Podesta
Outgoing senior Obama adviser John Podesta reflected on his latest White House stint Friday, listing his favorite moments and biggest regrets from the past year. Chief among them: depriving the American people of the truth about UFOs.

Podesta's longtime fascination with UFOs is well-documented, as his brief political hiatus following four years as President Bill Clinton's chief of staff freed him up to pursue his otherworldly passion.

At a 2002 press conference organized by the Coalition for Freedom of Information, Podesta spoke on the importance of disclosing government UFO investigations to the public.

"It's time to find out what the truth really is that's out there," he said. "We ought to do it, really, because it's right. We ought to do it, quite frankly, because the American people can handle the truth. And we ought to do it because it's the law."


Comment: It's good to see at least one politician speak out publicly on this issue, and do so sanely. Unfortunately, Podesta's judgment seems to go only so far. Hillary Clinton's campaign? Seriously?

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Pistol

More terrorism circus? Two dead, five injured in Copenhagen shootings

Dean Schabner and Anthony Castellano
ABC7
Sun, 15 Feb 2015 00:00 UTC




Danish police shot and killed a man early today who investigators believe was behind shootings at a free speech event and a synagogue in Copenhagen, killing two men and wounding five police officers, and was likely inspired by last month's terror attacks in Paris.

The suspected gunman was killed in a shootout with police in the Noerrebro district of Copenhagen, Danish investigator Joergen Skov told The Associated Press.

According to Copenhagen police, at about 5 a.m., the suspect was returning to an address that was under police surveillance. When officers tried to make contact with the suspect, he shot at them. The officers returned fire, killing him.

Skov said "nothing at this point suggests there were other perpetrators" in the Saturday shootings. Police officials said at a news conference Sunday that they knew who the suspect was but have not yet identified him, only saying he was from Copenhagen.

Comment: Saudi Arabia condemned the attacks in Copenhagen and North Carolina. According to one of the witnesses, the shooting didn't start until swat teams arrived.


Meanwhile, Bibi Netanyahu didn't waste time in inviting the European Jews to migrate to Israel. He offered a similar invitation to French Jews while nation is still mourning the loss of life in the Charlie Hebdo shootings. Despite the terrible tragedy of events like this, they always seem to be good for Israel, as Netanyahu said in reference to 9/11.

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Ukraine truce being observed 'in general'


RT
Sun, 15 Feb 2015 19:19 UTC
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© Reuters/Valentyn OgirenkoUkraine's President Petro Poroshenko talks to military staff in Kiev February 14, 2015.
A ceasefire that came into force midnight Sunday in Eastern Ukraine is holding in most places but not all, with both sides playing the blame game. But the city of Donetsk has had its first night without shelling in months.

The spokesperson of Ukraine's Joint Staff, Vladislav Seleznev, has confirmed that all shelling of Ukrainian positions has stopped at 3 AM local time.

"The military posture is fairly stable," reported Donetsk region's police chief Vyacheslav Abroskin.

According to the Donetsk militia representative Eduard Basurin, Donbass self-defense forces 'selectively' taped the enemy batteries without a second thought and in full conformity with previous statements of Donbass leadership.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has confirmed that ceasefire in Ukraine is "generally respected".

"We can say that in whole the truce is observed, though some ceasefire agreement violations have been registered here and there," Fabius said.

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War Whore

Busted: Kiev MPs try to fool US senator with 'proof' of Russian tanks in Ukraine


RT
Fri, 13 Feb 2015 12:30 UTC
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© APEvidence of Russian troops in Ukraine?
MPs in Kiev hoodwinked a US senator, presenting his office with photos of columns of Russian military hardware allegedly roaming Ukrainian territory. The photos turned out to have been taken during the conflict in South Ossetia back in 2008.

The photos were "presented to the Armed Services Committee from a delegation from Ukraine in December," told The Washington Free Beacon Senator Jim Inhofe's communications director Donelle Harder.

The Americans planned to publish the photos with credits to the Ukrainian MPs, and "they were fine with that," the spokesperson said.

Yet, after thorough checking, images of the Russian convoys turned to be taken years ago, in 2008 during Georgia - South Ossetia war.
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SOTT Focus: Behind the Headlines: Weekly Broadcast - 15 February 2015


Sott.net
Sun, 15 Feb 2015 19:00 UTC
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Welcome to the radio network of SOTT.net, your media source for independent, unbiased, alternative news and commentary on world events. The Behind the Headlines talkshow takes place each Sunday on the SOTT Radio Network. Analyzing global impact events that shape our world and future, and connecting the dots to reveal the bigger picture obscured by mainstream programming, Behind the Headlines is current affairs for people who think.

From the crisis in Ukraine to the ISIS in Iraq, from increasingly extreme weather to surviving in a world ruled by psychopaths, your hosts, their colleagues (and occasional guests) explore the deeper truths driving world events by exposing the manipulations behind what passes for 'news'.

This week on Behind the Headlines, your hosts examine Putin's peace deal with Europe and the Axis of Evil's likely response(s).

Behind the Headlines airs live this Sunday, 15 February 2015, from 2-3.30pm EST / 11am-12.30pm PST / 7-8.30pm UTC / 8-9.30pm CET.

Running Time: 01:59:00

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U.N. official reveals real reason behind warming scare


Investors.com
Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:43 UTC
Christiana Figueres
© Associated PressU.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres speaks during an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2014.
Economic Systems:The alarmists keep telling us their concern about global warming is all about man's stewardship of the environment. But we know that's not true. A United Nations official has now confirmed this.

At a news conference last week in Brussels, Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of U.N.'s Framework Convention on Climate Change, admitted that the goal of environmental activists is not to save the world from ecological calamity but to destroy capitalism.

"This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time, to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the Industrial Revolution," she said.
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Life Preserver

Ceasefire orders given in Novorossiya and Ukraine


RT
Sat, 14 Feb 2015 17:06 UTC
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The eastern Ukrainian militias have stopped all military action in accordance with the Minsk peace deal. They will suppress any provocations that may be organized by Kiev forces, said Aleksandr Zakharchenko, head of Donetsk People's Republic.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has ordered troops to cease fire at Sunday midnight local time (22:00 GMT) in line with the Thursday Minsk agreement. Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on his Facebook page that "all National Guard and Interior Ministry units will halt fire at midnight."


Comment: What about Right Sector's goons?


Meanwhile, Defense Ministry spokesman of Donetsk People's Republic, Eduard Basurin, has ordered that all eastern Ukrainian militia units halt fighting "on the entire line of contact," RIA Novosti reports. A similar statement has come out of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic, saying that local militia are to stop all combat actions at midnight.


Comment: 'Colonel Cassad', a highly reliable source on the military situation in Novorossiya, says that there has been a significant reduction in military action along most of the front. So the ceasefire orders are being largely followed. There were a number of firefights involving small-arms over the night, and artillery fire around Debaltsevo (which Kiev continues to deny is encircled). Overall, though, the truce appears to be holding.

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Shaky ceasefire: Kiev violates truce in Debaltsevo, rebels suppress fire


Sputnik News
Sun, 15 Feb 2015 15:54 UTC
donetsk artillery
© REUTERS/ Alexei Chernyshev
Hours after the beginning of the ceasefire between the Kiev forces and the independence supporters of Donbas, conflicting parties accuse each other of violating the truce.

"As of 02:30 [00:30 GMT] the shelling of the ATO [the Kiev-led anti-terrorist operation] forces continues. As of now, our positions have been shelled 9 times," the ATO spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov said Sunday on Facebook, adding that the positions of Kiev forces are being shelled near the villages Zolotoye, Popasnaya and Toshkovka in Luhansk region and Chernukhino and Sanzharovka in Donetsk region.

According to Seleznyov, Ukrainian troops adhere strictly to the ceasefire regime.

The leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Alexander Zakharchenko has called an emergency meeting Sunday regarding the violation of silence regime in Donbas by Kiev forces, the deputy head of DPR militia said.


Comment: This was easily predicted. With thousands of troops encircled in Debaltsevo, the UAF had two options: surrender or attempt to fight their way out. They chose the second, thus violating the terms of the truce. In response, the NAF understandably retaliated. That's not to say the ceasefire is a total failure. It seems to be holding in the hours after this initial conflict. More to come.

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