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Klein: Six major problems with Bill Clinton's statement on Jeffrey Epstein

Aaron Klein
Breitbart
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 18:45 UTC
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Former President Bill Clinton, previously accused of multiple sexual assaults, has issued a statement claiming that he "knows nothing" about Jeffrey Epstein's alleged crimes involving sex trafficking and minors.

This after the controversial financier, formerly an associate of Clinton, pleaded not guilty to sex-trafficking charges in Manhattan federal court. In the case, Epstein allegedly "sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls at his homes" in New York, Palm Beach, and other locations. The indictment also charges that Epstein paid some of his alleged victims to recruit more underage girls.

"President Clinton knows nothing about the terrible crimes Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to in Florida some years ago, or those with which he has been recently charged in New York," reads the statement, tweeted by Clinton's press secretary Angel Ureña.
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Iran is committed to JCPOA and "fully open" to negotiations - Rouhani

Joaquin Flores
Fort Russ
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:00 UTC
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The relations between Iran and the United States may overcome the crisis only if Washington lifts the sanctions against Tehran, says the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.

The Iranian president has expressed hope that the parties to the JCPOA would abide by their commitments, stressing that the door for diplomacy and negotiations is still wide open.

President Hassan Rouhani made the remarks on Wednesday afternoon in a meeting with the visiting French President Emmanuel Macron's top diplomatic adviser Emmanuel Bonne in Tehran.

Comment: Iran has shown quite clearly that it is willing, however there is a faction with great sway in the West that will sabotage any avenue towards a peaceful resolution:

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Light Sabers

'Stop sucking up to racist EU govts': Corbyn blasts May during feud on anti-Semitism & Islamophobia


RT
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:22 UTC
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(L) Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn Reuters / Handout (R) Prime Minister Theresa May
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told Theresa May to stop dishing out "lectures" and "sucking up" to racist European governments, after the Tory PM accused him of ignoring anti-Semitism within his party during a febrile PMQs.

Responding to Corbyn's question in the House of Commons on Wednesday about British citizens who were wrongly deported as part of the Windrush scandal, a fired-up May accused the opposition leader of abandoning his principles on racism and Brexit.

May quipped: "He was an anti-racist. Now he ignores anti-Semitism. He's been a Euroskeptic all his life. Now he backs remain."

The socialist leader, ostensibly riled by May's outburst, fired back at the prime minister, who has days left in office, claiming that she was in no position to give "lectures" on racism and principles.

Comment: Parliament has become the nations longest running pantomime. It serves politicians well by distracting from the dire state of the country.

As for the accusations, Jewish activist Norman Finkelstein points out that Corbyn is not anti-semitic nor is there any evidence of anti-semitism in the Labour party. These are smears concocted by the established powers to discredit Corbyn because he is one of the few politicians openly critical of Israel's genocidal policies against the Palestinian people:

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Coincidence? Iran accused of botched UK tanker raid... just DAY after US call to arms against Tehran


RT
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 23:46 UTC
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The UK and the US have claimed armed Iranian military boats have approached a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf requesting the vessel to change course, but were scared off by a UK warship. Iran has denied the claims.

The incident happened on Wednesday when the tanker British Heritage was sailing through the narrow Strait of Hormuz, London said. The boats, apparently belonging to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, allegedly requested the British vessel to change course and enter Iranian territorial waters.

However, after a 'verbal' warning from a Royal Navy frigate, the boats backed away and let the tanker pass. Unnamed US officials were the first to report the alleged incident to CNN and Reuters. The UK Ministry of Defense has yet to comment on the reports that claimed the entire incident was filmed by US aircraft.

Comment: No proof, anonymous sources and a claim that runs contrary to Iran's objectives and behaviour - likely more war propaganda from the West as it attempts to rally militaries to occupy the area around strait of Hormuz: See also:

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US seeking military coalition to 'safeguard' key shipping lanes


RFE/RL
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 02:38 UTC
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U.S. efforts to bolster security in the Bab al-Mandab off Yemen appear to be a new element in its security strategy.
The United States is moving forward with plans to form a military coalition to safeguard strategic shipping lanes off Iran and Yemen amid raised tensions with Iranian leaders.

Marine General Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters on July 9 that the Pentagon would provide command and surveillance assets for the coalition.

Allied nations joining the coalition would patrol waters near the U.S. command ships and escort commercial vessels with their nation's flags through the heavily traveled waters between the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa.


Comment: Western nations are the only ones illegally seizing tankers, not Iran : British oil tanker slows to 'adjust its arrival time', authorities wrongly blame Iran


Comment: RT reports that Western tankers are being shadowed by the military:
Tehran has vowed to take reciprocal steps after British authorities last week seized a tanker while it was passing Gibraltar under the pretext that it was carrying Iranian oil to Syria. London claims that it had the right to do so, as the tanker was allegedly violating the sanctions regime imposed by the EU on Damascus.

The British oil tanker Pacific Voyager, which recently sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, was apparently accompanied by a UK military vessel during its passage, the Marine Traffic tracking service showed on 9 July. Later, the British warship stopped following the tanker, but was soon replaced by a NATO military vessel in the Gulf of Oman.

It is so far unclear what led the two warships to follow the British oil tanker, but the situation comes amid tensions between the UK and Iran. Tehran has slammed a recent decision by British authorities to seize an oil tanker carrying crude oil, warning that it could take tit-for-tat measures against British vessels unless the tanker is released.

Bloomberg reported on the same day that in the wake of these tensions, an oil tanker belonging to the British energy giant BP took "shelter" inside the Persian Gulf, allegedly fearing that Tehran could follow through on its promise.

London claims that the Grace 1 tanker, seized on 4 June off Gibraltar, was carrying Iranian oil to Syria in violation of European sanctions against the Arab country's government. The 28 crewmembers of the super tanker are being interviewed as witnesses by British authorities in an effort to establish the nature of the freight and its final destination.

Iran denies claims that the oil was destined for Syria and lambasted London's actions as "piracy", warning that the incident has set "a dangerous precedent".
Norway mulls whether it will involve itself in the US' latest acts of belligerence in the region:
Norway has been asked to contribute to a military coalition that the US is working to assemble in order to escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, national broadcaster NRK reported. However, whether Norwegian naval vessels will be sent to the Persian Gulf remains unclear.

Norway's Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide confirmed that her country has been asked to contribute militarily to the nascent coalition.

"I can confirm that Norway has received a request from the US to contribute to some form of mechanism in order to strengthen the safety of shipping through the Hormuz Strait", Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide told NRK.

Despite repeatedly voicing her concern at the development and the military escalation taking place in the Gulf area, Søreide assumed a wait-and-see stance.

"The fact that the US has undertaken this initiative is positive, but it is too early to say anything about any Norwegian contribution. For us to more closely discuss any possible participation with the US and other allies, there must be more clarity in the framework for this cooperation", Søreide pointed out.

Norway is known for its wide contribution to international coalitions. Since 1947, the Scandinavian country has participated in over 40 military operations abroad, and over 120,000 Norwegian troops have served in these operations. Norway has dutifully supported most recent NATO operations, including missions in Lebanon, the Balkans, Mali, Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, and Syria. In 2009, Norway sent frigates to secure maritime traffic against pirate attacks outside Somalia in the Horn of Africa.

In May 2019, four tankers belonging to Norway, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia, were badly damaged as a result of several explosions in the Gulf of Oman. Despite the fact that a UAE-led investigation failed to determine the culprit behind the "sabotage", as well as Teheran's vehement denial, the US rushed to baselessly pin the explosions on Iran. As an answer to the US' belligerent rhetoric, Iran responded by shooting down a US drone.

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La-La-Land: US Media Cites Fake News Disinfo Site to Prove 'Russia' Behind 'Theory' Clinton Hitmen Killed Seth Rich


RT
Thu, 11 Jul 2019 09:12 UTC
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Top: the actual Yahoo! News graphics and title for their 'World Exclusive'. Below, the HuffPo variant.
The man who first reported on the discredited Steele dossier has a brand new conspiracy theory about Russia. The idea that DNC staffer Seth Rich was killed on the order of Hillary Clinton was invented by - guess who?

Yahoo News Chief Investigator Michael Isikoff, who is also the co-author of hit Russiagate book 'Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump,' has a new example of how the nefarious Russians supposedly subverted democracy in the US. According to him, it was Russian intelligence that started a conspiracy theory about the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich on July 10, 2016 during an apparent botched robbery.

The supposed Russian disinformation showed up three days after Rich's death on a website called WhatDoesItMean.com. Befitting of the site's '90s design, it is, well, a badly written thriller fiction about Rich trying to expose the corruption of the Clinton campaign to the FBI, and instead being ambushed by her hit team. It is complete with a gun battle "just blocks from the White House" - all based on a 'report' by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).


Comment: We've long known that whatdoesitmean.com is a loopy disinfo site - probably run by US and/or affiliated intelligence - to derail people, but could never have imagined mainstream US journalists actually citing it - nay, basing a theory on it and splashing it across front pages!

And this goes without saying to most readers, but Hannity wasn't 'peddling' anything; he was outlining a realistic scenario, that US spooks - at the behest or otherwise of the Clinton crime syndicate - offed Rich in vengeance for mortally wounding her election chances. So Hannity was indeed 'forced to retract the story', if he wanted to live...

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Bad Guys

Facebook's secretive spy-tech 'Stormchaser' used to gather information on public sentiment

Mark Bergen, Kurt Wagner
Bloomberg
Mon, 08 Jul 2019 19:29 UTC
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduces new privacy features at the F8 Conference on April 30, 2019.
A month before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a rumor spread on Facebook. People were sharing a viral gimmick familiar to email spammers: Copy and paste this message to all your friends, or Facebook will share your private information. The hoax took off, particularly in pockets of the U.S. and the Philippines.

Inside Facebook Inc.'s Menlo Park, California, headquarters, a small group of staffers watched this rumor gain traction using a special software program they called Stormchaser. The tool was designed to track hoaxes and "memes" - silly, often untrue internet missives - about Facebook on the social network and other company-owned services including WhatsApp.
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Obstruction: Trump ambassadors face unprecedented delays for confirmation at hands of Senate Democrats - 785 days and waiting

Steven Nelson
Washington Examiner
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 20:10 UTC
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© Bl Harbert
The U.S. Embassy in Morocco which is currently without an ambassador in residence.
President Trump is more than half-done with his first term, but in many countries, his foreign policy remains on the runway as Democrats force massive delays on ambassador confirmation votes. Now, Trump allies backed by veteran diplomats are urging a fight as key posts go unfilled.

Data reviewed by the Washington Examiner show delays longer than in recent administrations, with some nominees waiting since 2017 for a vote.

"They need to be there, in place, doing their jobs. Long delays in the appointments of ambassadors needlessly damage U.S. security," said Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., the ranking member of the House intelligence committee.
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Arrow Up

Huawei working with Russian tech firms to cut reliance on US


RT
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:38 UTC
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© Reuters / Aly Song
Chinese telecom giant Huawei has contacted several Russian tech firms to create joint ventures and use their technologies, sources told business news outlet RBC. Huawei plans to significantly increase its sales in Russia.

Over the past few months, Huawei has contacted several Russian firms, including the developers of Elbrus processors and Alt operating systems (OS), as well as a producer of software and information security equipment.

People familiar with the matter said the Chinese corporation is interested in using the Elbrus processor in its hardware, including the servers. Talks on cooperation are currently underway.

Comment: It seems they were working on alternatives even before relations with the US sank to its lowest point, obviously the road was fairly predictable, and not only did they find alternatives but chances are the technology will be even better:

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Saber-rattling or prudent planning? Hamas runs snap military exercise simulating Israeli invasion of Gaza


Sputnik
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 20:00 UTC
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© Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Hamas militants hold weapons as they celebrate the release of Palestinian prisoner Mohammed al-Bashiti, who served 12 years in an Israeli jail after he was convicted of being a member of Hamas' armed wing, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 25, 2016
Hamas, the Palestinian party that governs the Gaza Strip, performed a snap training exercise Tuesday morning that rehearsed an Israeli invasion of the enclave.

According to a Tuesday announcement by Hamas' Interior Ministry, the drills aimed "to test the readiness" of its forces "for a scenario of an extensive attempt to harm public order and stability in the Gaza Strip." The drill involved police, intelligence units and the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' paramilitary wing, the Times of Israel reported.

"The Interior and National Security Ministry is currently carrying out an emergency drill to simulate dealing with a sudden security threat," Interior Ministry spokesperson Iyad al-Bozm wrote on Twitter. "It is taking place in the framework of examining the preparedness of the security forces and services."
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