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British Joint Force commander says West losing social media war with extremists


RT
Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:47 UTC
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© AFP Photo / Essam Al-Sudani
Fanatics are beating the West in the social media war to win hearts and minds through "lies," according to the head of Britain's Joint Forces Command, which includes Special Forces, defense intelligence and cyber warfare units.

General Richard Barrons warned Russia and extremist groups including Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) are outpacing the West on social media.

"We are dealing with opponents in ISIL and Russia who do this for a living. ISIL uses Twitter and Facebook in 23 languages. We barely do it in our own," Barrons told the Telegraph.

"If you are fortunate enough to be the commander who is going to run the fight for Mosul, probably the most important thing you want to do as you launch your operation is to get into the minds of the 1 million citizens of Mosul through their computers and their mobile phone."

Comment: People are becoming less inclined to listen to the constant lies from the West and are more open to searching for the truth or listening to other lies.

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ISIS claims '50 killed' in attacks on Egyptian checkpoints in Sinai


RT
Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:37 UTC
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© Reuters / StringerFILE PHOTO: Debris is seen at a location where an attack took place on security forces in North Sinai, January 30, 2015.
At least 50 Egyptians, including soldiers, were killed after an Islamic State affiliate launched simultaneous attacks on army checkpoints in the Sinai Peninsula, officials said. It comes two days after Egypt's top prosecutor was assassinated.

The identities of those killed were not immediately clear, Reuters reported. Sources earlier said there were soldiers among the dead. The army also said that troops have been killed.

The assaults took place just south of the town of Sheikh Zuweid and targeted at least six military checkpoints, officials told AP. Two of the checkpoints were completely destroyed.

The militants took soldiers captive and seized weapons and several armored vehicles, the officials added, stating that the attackers used mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles.

Comment: Islamic State violence knows no bounds.

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Quenelle

Ukraine won't pay, so Gazprom won't deliver


Sputnik News
Wed, 01 Jul 2015 11:44 UTC
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© Sputnik/ Maksim Blinov
Russian energy giant Gazprom has shut the valves for gas deliveries to Ukraine and will not deliver any fuel until Kiev makes a prepayment, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said Wednesday.

"Ukraine has not made a prepayment for gas deliveries for July. As of 10:00 this morning, July 1, Gazprom has halted gas deliveries. Gazprom will not deliver any gas to Ukraine at any price until there is a prepayment," Miller said.

Comment: Ukraine won't pay, so Gazprom won't deliver. It makes sense, but it'll surely be twisted by Kiev and the Western media. Also see:

Ukraine's Naftogaz has a fit, suspends Russian gas purchases until new price deal

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Eye 1

Spanish 'Gag Law' brings country one step closer to overt police state


Sputnik News
Wed, 01 Jul 2015 11:48 UTC
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© AP Photo / Andres Kudacki
Protests are expected across Spain today as the government's controversial Citizen Safety Law comes into effect. While officials claim the measures will ensure demonstrations are safer, critics argue that the so-called 'gag law' will turn Spain into a police state, limiting the right to protest.

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's Citizen Safety Law has been one of the most hotly-debated pieces of Spanish legislation in recent times, with political opponents and civil rights activists arguing that it will simply act as a tool for the government to shut down public unrest.

Despite assertions from the ruling Popular Party (PP) that "demonstrations will be freer because they will be protected from violent elements," political opponents say it will turn Spain into a "police state" and have vowed to repeal the measures if they win this year's national elections.

Comment: Society is burning and Western governments respond by increasingly draconian measures.

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Wall Street

Greece becomes first developed country to default to the IMF

Tyler Durden
Zerohedge
Tue, 30 Jun 2015 01:59 UTC
Faced with almost impossible choices...
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And just as promised earlier in the week, Greece has now passed the midnight deadline for repayment of the €1.6 billion bundled loans due to the IMF and is thus in default.

Yes we are fully aware that using the pejorative term 'default' makes us members of the ignorati, but what else do you call it when you fail to pay back a contracted debt in a timely fashion? (and don't say 'arrears') Anything else is semantics.
  • *IMF SAYS GREECE FAILED TO MAKE PAYMENT DUE TUESDAY
  • *IMF TO CONSIDER GREEK REQUEST FOR PAYMENT DELAY IN DUE COURSE
  • *IMF BOARD INFORMED THAT GREECE IS NOW IN ARREARS
"I can also confirm that the IMF received a request today from the Greek authorities for an extension of Greece's repayment obligation that fell due today, which will go to the IMF's Executive Board in due course," IMF spokesman Gerry Rice says in e-mailed statement.

This is the first time an advanced economy has defaulted to The IMF and is by far the largest default The IMF has ever faced.

Comment: So what will the question be for the upcoming referendum?

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Let the hounds loose: Over 1,200 inmates including Al-Qaeda suspects escape Yemeni prison


RT
Wed, 01 Jul 2015 01:47 UTC
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© Reuters / Khaled Abdullah

Around 1,200 prisoners, including some Al-Qaeda suspects, managed to stage one of the biggest jailbreaks in years in Yemen's south-eastern town of Taiz, after violence broke out and guards abandoned their posts, according to officials.

"Groups of Al-Qaeda supporters ... today attacked the central prison in the city of Taiz and more than 1,200 of the dangerous prisoners escaped," the Saba state news agency quoted a security official as saying.

This marked one of the biggest prison escapes in the country in the last few years, signaling a lack of security, as various forces fight to gain control of the country.

Comment: This happens every time; the radicals that Libya and Syria had locked up were deliberately let loose. Yemen is going down in flames like Libya.

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Bad Guys

Islamic State threatens to oust Hamas and Fatah from Gaza


Sputnik
Wed, 01 Jul 2015 01:31 UTC
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As the self-proclaimed Islamic State continues to gain territory across not only Iraq and Syria, but Africa and Afghanistan as well, the terrorist group may now have set their sights set on the Gaza Strip.

"We will uproot the state of the Jews and you and Fatah, and all of the secularists are nothing and you will be over-run by our creeping multitudes."

That quote comes from a video statement released by the Islamic State and addressed to the "tyrants of Hamas." In the eyes of IS, Hamas is too lenient on both religious dogma and Israel, as is Fatah, the rival faction operating under support from the United States.

"The rule of sharia will be implemented in Gaza, in spite of you," the video continues. "We swear that what is happening in the Levant today, and in particular the Yarmouk camp, will happen in Gaza."

Comment: Well if the Palestinians weren't enough of a reason for Israel to attack then perhaps ISIS will fit the bill.

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Control Panel

Ukraine's Naftogaz has a fit, suspends Russian gas purchases until new price deal


Sputnik
Tue, 30 Jun 2015 01:21 UTC
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Ukraine's Naftogaz said Tuesday it will suspend purchases of natural gas from Russia's Gazprom starting July 1 as the sides have failed to agree the price for the third quarter of 2015.

"Naftogaz suspends purchases of gas from the Russian company as the previous additional agreement to contract between Naftogaz and Gazprom expires on June 30 while the sides failed to agree new conditions for gas deliveries during today's trilateral talks in Vienna," the Ukrainian company said in a statement.

"The transit of gas through the Ukrainian territory to Gazprom customers in Europe under the existing contracts will continue in full," Naftogaz stressed.

Comment: Ukraine is broke and of course is trying desperately to get cheap gas from Russia. So to them Russia should bend over and comply while being accused of 'invading' Ukraine.

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Dominoes

White House says no federal bailout for Puerto Rico


RT
Wed, 01 Jul 2015 01:10 UTC
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© Reuters / Ana Martinez
The United States will not provide a federal bailout for Puerto Rico, which says it cannot pay its $72 billion public debt, the White House announced. Officials pushed Congress to allow the commonwealth to declare bankruptcy, however.

Speaking to reporters, White House spokesperson Josh Earnest said the US will send experts from the Treasury Department and other agencies to consult with Puerto Rico and help guide it through its financial crisis. However, he specifically dismissed talk of a federal bailout.

"There's no one in the administration or in DC that's contemplating a federal bailout of Puerto Rico," Earnest said. "But we do remain committed to working with Puerto Rico and their leaders as they address the serious challenges."

Comment: More economic dominoes falling!

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Mr. Potato

SOTT Exclusive: Israeli PM Bibi "I'm a Yahoo" loses mental faculties, writes fantastical letter to flotilla activists

Harrison Koehli
Sott.net
Tue, 30 Jun 2015 18:55 UTC
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"Bibi, this is your conscience speaking!" "Does not compute! Does not compute!"
A top secret anonymous source has just informed me: Netanyahu is taking the day off after suffering a more-acute-than-usual bout of "dis-connection from reality", during which - his moral adviser Aineeda Conscience later told him - he wrote an ill-advised, sarcastic, and downright mean letter to a group of social activists attempting to break Israel's permanent siege of Gaza. Because Bibi never takes her advice, Ms. Conscience is currently visiting her analyst 5 days a week to deal with feelings of inadequacy and job stress resulting from the fact that Bibi seems to need constant advice on the very basics of morality. "What's the point?" she reportedly told close friends after Bibi once again rebuked her, telling her she wasn't even real and should get a real job in the IDF killing Palestinian babies.

This all came to light after the IDF illegally assaulted (in the friendliest of fashions) another flotilla attempting to break the siege of Gaza. (See here and here, for example.) Here's some coverage from RT...

[Warning: listening to the Israeli spokesperson may induce vomiting]

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