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The Iran nuclear deal and facts that the Western media is ignoring


Moon of Alabama
Mon, 06 Apr 2015 19:58 UTC
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Some preliminary deal has been agreed upon in Geneva that will restrict Iran's civil nuclear research and production program in exchange for lifting sanctions.

The deal is unfinished. The devil is in the details and those have yet to be agreed upon. The deal will fail when on June 30 those agreements will turn out to be unachievable.

There are many distortions and lies in the "western" reporting on the issue. Facts that are left out include:
  • The whole crisis over a "nuclear Iran" is manufactured based on lies from Israeli and U.S. intelligence services. The target of the U.S. and Israeli operations was never a "nuclear Iran" but an Iranian Islamic Republic that insists on independent internal and foreign policies.
  • Iranian leaders have declared that any weapons of mass destruction contradict the philosophical and religious base of the Islamic State of Iran. They have insisted on this and did not retaliate even when their cities came under chemical attacks during the Iraq-Iran war.
  • All U.S. intelligence services agree that Iran does not have any military nuclear program. There is nothing to fear from a pure civil nuclear program in Iran.
  • All sanctions on Iran are illegal in the very first place. They have no basis in facts or law.
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China looks to make historic shift in relations with Vietnam


Sputnik
Mon, 06 Apr 2015 19:42 UTC
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China's state news agency Xinhua issued a commentary about China's desire to improve relations with Vietnam. Vietnam has been developing closer relations with the United States, which has attempted to pull the country away from cooperation with China and Russia.

China sees "a new spring" in its relations with Vietnam ahead of the country's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's visit to Beijing, a commentary in the country's state-run Xinhua news agency said on Monday.

Vietnam has been the focus of increased attention for Russia, China and the United States in the past several weeks, with rows over Russian refueling flights and a US Congressional visit to the country. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrived with a two-day visit to the country on Monday.

Medvedev's visit to Vietnam also precedes Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's three-day visit to Moscow. Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold negotiations on Tuesday.
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Testing the dragon: U.S. angers China after two U.S. fighter jets land in Taiwan

Michael Martina
Reuters
Thu, 02 Apr 2015 19:21 UTC
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China's Foreign Ministry expressed anger on Thursday after two U.S. fighter jets landed in Taiwan, in a rare official contact between the militaries of the United States and the self-ruled democratic island.

Taiwan's Central News Agency said the two F-18s landed at an air force base in southern Taiwan on Wednesday after experiencing mechanical problems. It said it was not clear where they were coming from or where they were going.

"While this landing was unplanned and occurred exclusively out of mechanical necessity, it reflects well on Taiwan that they permitted pilots in distress to land safely," said U.S. Pentagon spokeswoman Henrietta Levin.

China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Hua Chunying, told a regular news briefing: "We have already made solemn representations to the U.S. side."
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Polish airport with dark CIA ties receives over $30million in funding from the EU


Sputnik
Mon, 06 Apr 2015 19:15 UTC
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Comment: Clearly the Western Empire is not doing using this particular area as a black site for rendition, torture, and whatever other nefarious activities it wishes to conceal from the public.


A small remote airport in north-eastern Poland, once used by the CIA as a rendition hub, has already received over €30 million in EU funds for its re-fit, but experts say it is a perfect example of "how-not-to and where-not-to" invest, as its economic feasibility, projected tourist forecasts, and impact on local employment are desperately low.

Poland's airport project at Szymany, a remote airfield which the CIA used just over a decade ago to fly in kidnapped detainees for torture at a nearby intelligence training camp, still remains one of the largest European-funded re-fit projects.

The Szymany project has already received over €30 million in EU funds as part of the €48.5 million investment aimed to turn the former military airstrip into an international commercial airport.

The experts, however, wonder what the site will be used for as the project obviously suffers from a low degree of economic feasibility.
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Russia and China to hold comprehensive talks during Moscow Victory Day celebrations


Sputnik
Mon, 06 Apr 2015 19:08 UTC
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Russia and China will hold comprehensive talks during Chinese President Xi Jinping's planned visit to Moscow to take part in the Victory Day celebrations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Rossiya Segodnya news agency's general director, Dmitry Kiselev, in an exclusive interview on Monday.

"President Putin invited Xi Jinping to attend the May 9 celebrations. Of course, a comprehensive round of talks will be also held during the visit," Lavrov said.

He said that Russia's relations with China had reached an unprecedentedly good level, describing it as multifaceted, comprehensive and strategic.

The foreign minister also said that Xi Jinping had invited President Putin to visit China in early September when the country will mark the Victory over Japan Day.

Russia has sent out invitations to a number of world leaders to attend the Victory Parade in Moscow on May 9, commemorating the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany and marking the end of World War II.

According to Lavrov, the final list of the Victory Day participants will be announced by the end of April.

On April 4, Kremlin Chief of Staff Sergei Ivanov said at least 25 states had agreed to attend the Victory Day celebrations in the Russian capital.

A number of European leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, are said to have declined an invitation in light of Russia's alleged involvement in the Ukrainian crisis.
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Confidential report finds IDF deliberately targeted UN peacekeepers in Lebanon


Sputnik
Mon, 06 Apr 2015 18:50 UTC
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A confidential Spanish military report revealed that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) deliberately targeted a UN watchtower in Lebanon on January 28, killing a UN peacekeeper.

The incident occurred during a brief exchange of hostilities between Lebanese group Hezbollah and the IDF in a disputed area along the Israeli-Lebanese border. Following a Hezbollah attack that killed two Israeli soldiers, the IDF shelled the border area on January 28. Spanish United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) soldier Javier Soria Toledo, 36, was killed in the attack.

Citing a confidential military report, Spanish newspaper El Pais revealed that Toledo's post was deliberately targeted by Israeli military. The report drew on testimonies from other UN peacekeepers clearly indicating that the IDF had changed the trajectory of artillery fire so as to target the UNIFIL posts in Southern Lebanon.

"Every time, they [IDF] corrected the trajectory from Majidieh to the 4-28," Corporal Ivan Lopez Sanchez reportedly said to military investigators. Majidieh is a town close to the disputed Shebaa Farms and the 4-28 are the coordinates of Toledo's post.
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Best of the Web: Pepe Escobar: Cold War 2.0 - Eurasian emporium or nuclear war?

Pepe Escobar
Asian Times
Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:00 UTC
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A scene from the war-room in Kubrick's classic movie, 'Dr. Strangelove'

General Buck Turgidson: Mr. President, we are rapidly approaching a moment of truth both for ourselves as human beings and for the life of our nation. Now, truth is not always a pleasant thing. But it is necessary now to make a choice, to choose between two admittedly regrettable, but nevertheless *distinguishable*, postwar environments: one where you got twenty million people killed, and the other where you got a hundred and fifty million people killed.

President Merkin Muffley: You're talking about mass murder, General, not war!

General Buck Turgidson: Mr. President, I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than ten to twenty million killed, tops. Uh, depending on the breaks.
A high-level European diplomatic source has confirmed to Asia Times that German chancellor Angela Merkel's government has vigorously approached Beijing in an effort to disrupt its multi-front strategic partnership with Russia.

Beijing won't necessarily listen to this political gesture from Berlin, as China is tuning the strings on its pan-Eurasian New Silk Road project, which implies close trade/commerce/business ties with both Germany and Russia.

The German gambit reveals yet more pressure by hawkish sectors of the U.S. government who are intent on targeting and encircling Russia. For all the talk about Merkel's outrage over the U.S. National Security Agency's tapping shenanigans, the chancellor walks Washington's walk. Real "outrage" means nothing unless she unilaterally ends sanctions on Russia. In the absence of such a response by Merkel, we're in the realm of good guy-bad guy negotiating tactics.

The bottom line is that Washington cannot possibly tolerate a close Germany-Russia trade/political relationship, as it directly threatens its hegemony in the Empire of Chaos.

Comment: Nah, nuclear war isn't their preferred option; that's just a decoy.

Their preferred option is financial armageddon; they're going to pull the plug on the dollar.

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U.S. puppet state Saudi Arabia saving democracy in Yemen a 'cruel joke'


RT
Mon, 06 Apr 2015 17:05 UTC
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© Reuters/Yoan ValatSaudi King Salman
Saudi Arabia, one the most undemocratic states in the world where people have absolutely no say, is incapable of saving democracy in Yemen, said Eric Draitser, geopolitical analyst. That is an insult to the intelligence of people globally, he added.

RT: Saudi Arabia has always been shy about taking part in military action and yet it is leading a whole coalition in Yemen. What has changed in Riyadh under the new King do you think?

ED: There are two questions here. First of all the question is whether or not anything is really changed... Is really Saudi Arabia leading a coalition? I would argue that in some ways they are in name and from the public relation standpoint, but in practice not really because the Saudi military is an extension of the US military. The Saudi military employs foreign mercenaries that they pay essentially to do a lot of their dirty work. There is very real question as to the extent to which Saudi Arabia is really coordinating all of these. One the one hand is Saudi Arabia leading a coalition in practice or Saudi Arabia is leading a coalition in name - that is certainly up for debate. Secondly, there is clearly an attempt to assert a sort of hegemonic military presence from the perspective of Saudi Arabia. You've had political factions which have been put in place in the government in Saudi Arabia in recent months that are seeking to carve out a sort of a reputation for themselves as major military players in the region. They have always been that. But what they are trying to do now is to take on this international issue and to show themselves to be assertive and capable militarily. This is an illusion because ... Saudi Arabia is deeply indebted to the US for all of its military supplies. They are indebted to US military advisers and other military advisers to be fair to show how to use the weapons, how to employ the weapons, how to do the targeting, all of that.

Saudi Arabia is also coordinating with the US on the ground in Yemen. US CIA, US military intelligence, US assets are all on the ground in Yemen providing targeting and other necessary elements of this offensive. It is somewhat of an illusion to think of this is as truly a Saudi military operation. This is international consensus that is led by Saudi Arabia nominally but is backed behind the scenes by the US, and that is really where the attention needs to be focused. What is the US is attempting to do by continuing to foment that civil war in Yemen under the auspice of protecting so-called legitimacy.
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Rise of the Nazis in Ukraine - Neo-Nazi leader becomes top military advisor and Right Sector battalions incorporated into Ukraine military


RT
Mon, 06 Apr 2015 16:16 UTC
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Ukraine's Interpol-wanted leader of extremist group Right Sector, Dmitry Yarosh, has been appointed as an adviser to the country's Chief of General Staff. He has agreed to legalize thousands of fighters as an assault team subordinate to the regular army.

"Colonel General Viktor Muzhenko, Chief of General Staff, and Dmytro Yarosh agreed the format of cooperation between 'Pravy Sector' [Right Sector] and the Ukrainian Armed Forces," Ukraine's defense ministry said in a statement.

The appointment apparently comes after successful negotiations took place between the so-called Ukrainian Volunteer Corps (DUK Right Sector) and Ukraine's top military command regarding possible options of incorporating the armed gangs inside the defense ministry's structure of command.

The Right Sector's armed paramilitary battalions agreed to be "subordinated to military leaders," the ministry said. According to the statement, Muzhenko and Yarosh stressed the need for "unity", confirming fighters' readiness to obey Kiev's central command.

"DUK is ready to perform common tasks with the Army, ready to obey the army leadership in matters relating to national defense against an external enemy, which enables every patriot to protect Ukraine," Yarosh said.

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Best of the Web: Russian economist Mikhail Khazin: World faces recession exceeding Great Depression by 2.5x


Fort Russ
Mon, 06 Apr 2015 15:35 UTC
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The trend of centralization of the global economy will remain in the past. It will be replaced by regionalization. In today's economic instability, only systems with 0.5 to 1 billion people can be effective, - says the economist, member of the Izborsky Club, Mikhail Khazin. According to him, the formation of such systems will begin after the onset of the crisis, and the first prototypes have already appeared.

Khazin noted that the world economy has developed in the framework of expanding markets over the last 400 years. As a result, today it is in a very unstable state, since household spending is several times higher than income: by $3.3 trillion in the US and $2.5 trillion in the EU. The purchasing power of the average salary in the U.S. is at the level of 1958, all the rest - is induced demand due to the growth of private and public debt, said Khazin.

"The global economy harbors a potential recession, exceeding the scale of the Great Depression by 2.5 times," - said the economist.

Globalist tendencies are replaced by regionalization trends, smaller systems become more cost-effective.

"A norm is an economic system with 0.5 to 1 billion people. This means that the world economy should fall into 5-6 relatively independent units as a result of the crisis. An additional factor is that the dollar ceased to be the investment asset for the world economy. The value added generated by the economy today, is insufficient to ensure the normal investment process," - explains Khazin.

Comment: Khazin knows what he's talking about: SOTT EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Russian economist Mikhail Khazin: On gold, the imminent collapse of Western neo-liberalism, and Eurasianism

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