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Syrian army finds US/Israeli-made guns in terrorist arms cache near Damascus

Sputnik
Sat, 13 Oct 2018 16:19 UTC

During operations to clear terrorist-controlled areas across the country in recent months, Syrian forces discovered countless caches of Western and Israeli-made weapons, munitions and supplies.

Authorities in the town of Yalda, about 10 kilometers south of the Syrian capital, have discovered a large stock of weapons and ammunition carefully hidden inside a plastic water tank at a local farm abandoned by militants, the Syrian Arab News Agency reports.

The discovery included NATO-standard sniper rifles, a LAW portable anti-tank weapon, thermal and night vision equipment, grenades and improvised explosive devices, as well as multiple RPG launchers, Kalashnikovs and Dragunov rifles.

Militants were thought to have hidden the weapons at the farm earlier this year before evacuating from the area to Idlib.

Comment: The American Empire is great and good. Just look at how many guns they've given to great and good terrorists.

What intervention should look like: Russian MOD delivers aid to al-Quneitra, Syria

Sputnik
Sun, 14 Oct 2018 16:10 UTC

Russian military has delivered about a tonne of food and medicines to Nabia es-Sahr village in Syria's Quneitra province, aid delivery group chief said.

"We have come to [the village] for the first time... We must continue and increase our aid... We are always welcomed with smiles as people are happy that aid has finally arrived," Vladimir Ladeynov told reporters. Russian medical staff have also arrived in the village to provide assistance.

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the international community to ensure that the process of humanitarian aid provision to Syrian civilians was not affected by politics.

In late August, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia said that the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees adopted a "passive position" on providing assistance to Syrians due to an internal UN directive, adopted in October 2017, which "impedes the involvement of United Nations agencies in efforts to rebuild Syria until political changes are in effect in that country."

Comment: Compare to US standard practices when it comes to "foreign intervention"... The Russians are welcomed with open arms, provide aid, rebuild, and their international reputation gets a boost. Americans just destroy the place, leave it in ruins, make everyone hate them, and proclaim how great and benevolent they are. Well, actions speak louder than words. Russia's new reputation as an effective advocate for peace, and as a highly effective military force, is well deserved.

NewsReal: West Discovers Saudi Arabia Has Human Rights Issues & The Real Reason People Hate Trump

Sott.net
Sun, 14 Oct 2018 16:00 UTC

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In a collective gasp heard 'round the world, the Western establishment media last week discovered that the Saudi regime is capable of doing evil stuff.

The 'brutal murder' of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey is bizarre on a number of levels, not least because everyone knows about it, yet it's not even confirmed that he's actually dead and not just missing.

US Congress appears to be going straight for the jugular, threatening sanctions against its - to this point, from its perspective - unblemished Middle Eastern ally. So 'sanctions', maybe, but cancelling the weapons sales which sustain the proxy war in Yemen? No way!

In addition to discussing the latest Saudi intrigue, this week's podcast explores the ongoing outbreak of Trump Anxiety Disorder across the West, but primarily in the USA. Joe Quinn elaborates on his idea that the real reason people hate Trump is that he is NOT a liar...

Running Time: 01:03:20

Download: MP3

International relations waiting on US mid-term elections: The calm before the storm?

Thierry Meyssan
Voltaire Network
Tue, 09 Oct 2018 14:55 UTC

All international problems are currently suspended, awaiting the results of the US mid-term elections. The partisans of the old international order are gambling on a change of majority in Congress and a rapid destitution of President Trump. If the man in the White House holds fast, the protagonists of the war against Syria will have to admit defeat and move on to other battle fields. On the other hand, if Donald Trump should lose the elections, the war on Syria will immediately be revived by the United Kingdom.

The current situation - extending from the Russian response to the destruction of its Ilyuchin-20 to the US mid-term elections on 6 November - is uncertain. All the protagonists of the war in Syria are waiting to see whether the White House will be able to pursue its policy of breaking away from the current international order, or if Congress will become the opposition and immediately trigger the process for the destitution of President Trump.

China turns its back on US oil

Haley Zaremba
Oilprice.com
Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:39 UTC

Although the Chinese government has not yet gone so far in the ever-escalating trade war as to sanction United States oil, imports are drying up anyway as Chinese buyers shy away from U.S. crude. According to U.S. Census Bureau data released last week, for the first time since 2016, China has halted purchases of U.S. crude, importing zero barrels in August. A major blow coming from the second biggest economy in the world - a blow that is sure to have reverberating repercussions and retaliations.

After Washington lifted restrictions on exports at the end of 2015, China began buying vast quantities of U.S. crude, and has even been giving Canada a run for its money as the number one importer in some instances. Chinese imports represented 23 percent of total U.S. crude exports in 2017 and averaged 22 percent this year - until August. That is definitively no longer the case, as tensions have ramped up significantly in the past months after the Trump Administration began a "trade war" at the beginning of this year.

In just one part of a long series of retaliations, China threatened in June to impose a 25 percent tariff on crude imports. This was in direct response to U.S. President Trump's hefty $50 billion levy on Chinese imports. China took a shot at U.S. crude despite Trump's threats that his $50 billion would be followed with more levies in the case of China's retaliation.

Comment: For more on the impacts of this trade war:

'You have the right to defend yourself and property': Declares Italy's Salvini amidst surge in self-defence weapons requests

Ilias
Voice of Europe
Sun, 14 Oct 2018 12:43 UTC

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini

In July, Interior Minister Salvini announced on Twitter that he would be looking at reforming the self-defence laws to allow homeowners to confront intruders and defend themselves with firearms if need be. "A new law that allows the legitimate defence of decent people in their homes is our priority," Salvini said.

In polls over the summer 39 per cent of the Italian people said they would like to see less stringent criteria for the possession of firearms for the purposes of self-defence.

The trend of increased weapons licences is not limited to Italy. Several other European countries have seen a surge in licence requests and firearms sales since the height of the migrant crisis in 2015 including Germany, Belgium and Austria.

Comment: There have been many high profile cases throughout Europe where homeowners have been jailed for merely defending their property. In Italy, what with the mass migration crisis, one expects this had a strong effect on people's concerns, but a ruling like this would likely be welcome in many other Western countries, where currently the law seems to favor the criminals:

Also check out SOTT radio's: The Truth Perspective: Weapons of Mass Migration: Interview with Michael Springmann on Europe's Migrant Crisis

Thoughtcrime: Danish bill proposes 12 years in prison for 'pro-Russia' opinion

Sputnik
Sun, 14 Oct 2018 10:46 UTC

Danish lawmakers have gone on the offensive against interference in public debate, sparking criticism that a new proposal, which could entail criminal liability for expressing opinions similar to those of Moscow, may become a step toward silencing public debate.

According to a bill brought forward in local parliament, Danes could face a jail term if they voice dissent over the government's position on Russia.

The proposal, which is said to be meant to "strengthen efforts against illegal influence from foreign intelligence services," would introduce criminal penalties for perceived "meddling" in public debates and attempts to influence decision-making. Crimes committed during an election campaign would entail a maximum prison term of 12 years.

Internet Censorship Just Took An Unprecedented Leap Forward, And Hardly Anyone Noticed

Caitlin Johnstone
caitlinjohnstone.com
Sat, 13 Oct 2018 00:01 UTC

While most indie media was focused on debating the way people talk about Kanye West and the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an unprecedented escalation in internet censorship took place which threatens everything we all care about. It received frighteningly little attention.

After a massive purge of hundreds of politically oriented pages and personal accounts for "inauthentic behavior", Facebook rightly received a fair amount of criticism for the nebulous and hotly disputed basis for that action. What received relatively little attention was the far more ominous step which was taken next: within hours of being purged from Facebook, multiple anti-establishment alternative media sites had their accounts completely removed from Twitter as well.

As of this writing I am aware of three large alternative media outlets which were expelled from both platforms at almost the same time: Anti-Media, the Free Thought Project, and Police the Police, all of whom had millions of followers on Facebook. Both the Editor-in-Chief of Anti-Media and its Chief Creative Officer were also banned by Twitter, and are being kept from having any new accounts on that site as well.

Comment: It's clear that the reality creators have had enough with the dissenting voices getting the same exposure as their carefully crafted propaganda, and they're starting to make big moves in blatant censorship. Johnstone is right - people should be making a lot of noise about this. Our access to perspectives that lie outside of 'consensus reality' is under serious threat.

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Read the confidential David Brock memo outlining plans to attack Trump

Joe Schoffstall
Free Beacon
Thu, 26 Jan 2017 01:31 UTC

Memo was handed out to big money liberal donors at posh Florida retreat

David Brock, the seasoned liberal operative and Clinton loyalist who founded Media Matters, huddled with more than 100 donors last weekend at the swanky Turnberry Isle Resort in Aventura, Fla. to map out how Democrats will "kick Donald Trump's ass."

The Washington Free Beacon attended the retreat and obtained David Brock's private and confidential memorandum from the meeting. The memo, "Democracy Matters: Strategic Plan for Action," outlines Brock's four-year agenda to attack Trump and Republicans using Media Matters, American Bridge, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), and Shareblue.

The memo contains plans for defeating Trump through impeachment, expanding Media Matters' mission to combat "government misinformation," ensuring Democratic control of the Senate in the 2018 midterm elections, filing lawsuits against the Trump administration, monetizing political advocacy, using a "digital attacker" to delegitimize Trump's presidency and damage Republicans, and partnering with Facebook to combat "fake news."

Brock sought to raise $40 million in 2017 for his organizations, and hoped the retreat would lead to the creation of a liberal donor network to rival the network of the conservative Koch brothers.

Bush and Blair's Iraq war was key that opened door to Syria's current hell

RT
Sat, 13 Oct 2018 15:30 UTC

If the pain of birth is the price of life, Syria's birth as a truly independent nation has come at the price of eight years of brutal and merciless struggle.

As with the Vietnamese people, so with the Syrians. Their struggle against imperialism and hegemony has earned them a place at history's table that can never be relinquished. Because, if you penetrate beyond the obfuscations peddled by Western ideologues, the conflict in Syria at its core has been anti-imperialist in character.

The hell visited on Syrian society has been in many respects a continuation of the hell visited on Iraq in 2003, after 13 years of sanctions had already killed two million of its people, including half a million children.

During this sanctions period, former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright, in a rare moment of candor for a functionary of the empire, provided us with an invaluable insight into the pristine barbarism which lurks behind the mask of democracy and human rights that such people usually wear for the purposes of confusing the public mind as to who and what they truly are.

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Puppet Masters

Syrian army finds US/Israeli-made guns in terrorist arms cache near Damascus

What intervention should look like: Russian MOD delivers aid to al-Quneitra, Syria

NewsReal: West Discovers Saudi Arabia Has Human Rights Issues & The Real Reason People Hate Trump

International relations waiting on US mid-term elections: The calm before the storm?

China turns its back on US oil

'You have the right to defend yourself and property': Declares Italy's Salvini amidst surge in self-defence weapons requests

Thoughtcrime: Danish bill proposes 12 years in prison for 'pro-Russia' opinion

Internet Censorship Just Took An Unprecedented Leap Forward, And Hardly Anyone Noticed

Read the confidential David Brock memo outlining plans to attack Trump

Bush and Blair's Iraq war was key that opened door to Syria's current hell

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