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Nusra front terrorists fire missiles on Aleppo

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The Nusra Front terrorist group has launched 60 missiles in an attack on the Syrian city of Aleppo over the past hour, killing nine people, an Aleppo militia source said on Tuesday.


"Nusra Front fighters and their allies have launched 60 missiles on Aleppo in the past hour. Tishreen, Masaken, Al-Sabil and Al-Nil streets have sustained the most damage. Nine civilians have been killed and 45 have been injured," the source told RIA Novosti.

The militants began by firing at Christian areas of the city, the source said, adding that the missiles were launched from the Bani Zeid, Kafr Hamrah and Bustan al-Basha districts.

The Nusra Front, which an extremist organization not included by the Syrian ceasefire agreement and outlawed in many countries, including Russia, has in recent days been increasingly active around Aleppo and in the Latakia province.

Comment: No doubt that in the Western press, any and all civilian deaths will be blamed on the regime and/or Russia, because the Western-backed terrorists can do no wrong.


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Turkish Parliamentarians end up in massive brawl over lifting lawmakers' immunity from prosecution

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A debate in the Turkish parliament over lifting lawmakers' immunity from prosecution ended in a massive punch-up, on Monday; the previous meeting on the issue on Thursday was also postponed because of a scuffle.

The video circulating in the Internet caught the parliamentarians of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and oppositional Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) violently trading kicks and punches.

The scuffle is believed to have been sparked by Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag after he criticized last week's fistfight and brawl, saying that the advisers had been involved in violence, according to Turkish Hurriyet Daily News.

HDP İstanbul deputy Garo Paylan was quick to respond by calling the minister's remarks slander.

Attention

Inherent Resolve results: US service member killed near Irbil, Iraq in 'enemy fire'

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US Defense Secretary Ash Carter says an American service member has been killed in Iraq. A statement from the US-led forces in Iraq added the fatality was "a result of enemy fire."

"It is a combat death, of course. And a very sad loss," the senior official told reporters at a press conference in Germany.

According to Carter, the serviceman was killed "in the neighborhood" of Irbil, northern Iraq. Irbil is the capital of semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

No further official details were given apart from the US-led Operation Inherent Resolve stating that a coalition "service member was killed in northern Iraq as a result of enemy fire."

Info

French minister claims EU-US talks on TTIP will likely halt as Europe offers more than gets in return

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Washington wants the all-encompassing TTIP trade deal with Europe to go through, but is unwilling to budge on many points, jeopardizing the entire talks, France's trade minister said a day after negotiation papers were leaked by Greenpeace.

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has been discussed behind closed doors since 2013. It will affect a trade zone inhabited by 850 million people, and has received staunch criticism from many Europeans, who believe it is not in their best interest.

"In view of the United States' state of mind today, that seems to be the most likely option," trade secretary Matthias Fekl said on Europe 1 radio, when answering if he thought the negotiations were in danger of stopping.

"We want reciprocity. Europe offers a lot and gets very little in return. This is not acceptable," Fekl said. "It is an agreement which, as it would be today, would be a bad deal... It can not be agreed without France and even less against France," he added.

"Trade is not an end in itself, it is a tool," Fekl said, adding that "It would make no sense to have held the COP in December in Paris, this superb deal for the environment, and sign a few months after an agreement that would unravel it."

Arrow Up

Seven reasons Iran could become an entrepreneurial powerhouse

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An Iranian woman walks past a decorated wall in a pavement in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 30, 2016.
The headlines about Iran's economy have faded, but the momentum hasn't. The $400 billion economy, the second largest in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia, is expected to grow by almost 7% next year, according to the World Bank.

Consider what happens if you match that kind of economic growth with a university system that produces 233,000 scientists and engineers a year, in an environment newly connected to most of the world's economy. The product could be thousands of startups and small businesses — if nothing gets in the way.

A couple of months ago I spoke to Nasser Ghanemzadeh, founder of Opatan, an Iranian cloud startup. He was in San Franciso attending a workshop organized in part by the venture capital firm 500 Startups.

"The most important thing we want is the expertise is the mentorship and the knowledge, " he said. " Most of the experiences are here in Silicon Valley.

"In the last three years, more than 200 startups have formed in Iran. A movement has begun. It's accelerating."

The business environment there still faces big hurdles. Whether the businesses thrive or not will depend in part on how much government policies support them, and whether geopolitical turmoil interferes with growth. Economic freedom and personal freedom usually go hand-in-hand.

But here are seven reasons to look to Iran to produce a generation of fast-growth companies.

Comment: See also:
Iran: Women outweigh clerics in parliament for first time
Iran to replace all Turkish food imports to Russia


Sheeple

This is what you missed while the media distracted you with bathrooms and Justin Bieber's hair

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Despite the ongoing uproar over who can use which bathroom (newsflash, North Carolina, we've all done fine up to this point without your help) and debate on the finer points of Justin Bieber's dreadlocks and subsequent shoring of them, plenty of actually-pertinent news items have been divulged recently.

While Bieber's hairstyle offers not one iota of newsworthiness, North Carolina's draconian so-called 'bathroom law' deserves some attention — but not endless headlines for weeks on end. In fact, myriad developments both in the U.S. and abroad demand the attention that was instead devoted to these two topics.

So, without further ado, the following comprises only a partial list of stories infinitely more newsworthy than hairstyles and unfounded bathroom paranoia.

Star of David

Israeli justice minister announces controversial plan to basically annex West Bank

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Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked has announced she will push for a controversial plan to extend Israeli civil law to West Bank settlements - a move that critics say would be tantamount to the annexation of territories beyond the Green Line.

"Conditions need to be equal. There are basic laws that do not apply in Judea and Samaria [West Bank]. It is my goal to equalize conditions within one year, either by a GOC [General Officer Commanding] decree or through legislation," Shaked said at a conference in Jerusalem on Sunday, as quoted by Ynet News.

Shaked is seeking to revive the 'Norms Bill,' which was first introduced in 2014 and sought to provide Jewish settlers living in the occupied territories with the same legal rights as citizens living in Israel.

Comment: Further reading: Israel 'outraged' that people are catching on to their pathology


Bad Guys

Western powers continue to export political chaos to Libya

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On April 19, the US imposed sanctions on Khalifa al-Ghweil, the leader of a self-declared government in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. On April 1, the similar sanctions was imposed by the EU. Western officials believe that this is an important effort to force Libya's warring factions to accept the authority of a unity government backed by the United Nations. Ghweil was the only named figure added to the Treasury sanctions list, but Obama's executive order allows US officials to target all opponents of the peace plan.

Prime Minister of the UN-backed government, Fayez Serraj, landed in Tripoli by boat on March 30 in a bid to set up his new administration. But he has been prevented from occupying critical ministries in the capital because of opposition from Mr. Ghweil, whose administration is backed by a number of Islamist militias and groups from the nearby city of Misurata. Earlier in January, the Ministry of Defense, located in Tripoly and headed by al-Ghweil, called all units to ingore Serraj's orders. Then, the forces loyal to Misurata arrested commanders assigned by Serraj and declared a mobilization.

Comment: Further reading: Western powers install new puppet, press ahead with plans for another war in Libya


Top Secret

CIA Director Brennan: Do not release '28 pages,' could implicate Saudis

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9/11, what are its secrets?
John Brennan, the director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), has said that it would be a mistake to release the 28 classified pages from the 9/11 Commission report because they contain "un-vetted" information that could implicate Saudi Arabia in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

A number of former and current congressmen have called on the White House to declassify the document that sheds light on the Saudi royal family's possible complicity in the 9/11 attacks. They say it proves two Saudi nationals who were behind the September 11 incidents received support and assistance from Riyadh while in the United States. In an interview with NBC News on Sunday, Brennan said, "This chapter was kept out because of concerns about sensitive methods, investigative actions, and the investigation of 9/11 was still underway in 2002." The CIA chief said releasing the 28-page classified document would give ammunition to those who want to tie the terrorist attacks to Saudi Arabia.

"I think there's a combination of things that are accurate and inaccurate [in the report]," Brennan said. "I think the 9/11 Commission took that joint inquiry and those 28 pages or so and followed through on the investigation and then came out with a very clear judgment that there was no evidence that ... Saudi government as an institution or Saudi officials or individuals had provided financial support to al-Qaeda," he claimed.

The September, 11, 2001 attacks, also known as the 9/11 attacks, were a series of strikes in the US which killed nearly 3,000 people and caused about $10 billion worth of property and infrastructure damage. US officials assert that the attacks were carried out by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists - 15 of them were Saudi citizens -- but many independent researchers have raised questions about the official account.

They believe that rogue elements within the US government orchestrated the 9/11 attacks in order to accelerate the US war machine and advance the Zionist agenda. Analysts argue that Saudi Arabia only played a minor role in 9/11, but the operation was essentially carried out by Israeli and American intelligence agencies to destroy the seven countries in five years, that were enemies or threats to the Zionist regime.

According to American political analyst Mark Gelnn, the media frenzy over Saudi Arabia's possible role in the 9/11 attacks is aimed at distracting people from much deeper involvement of Israel as the truth would endanger its existence. "I believe that the entire operation is one that is rooted in distracting people away from what the truly problematic elements are with regards to 9/11," Glenn told Press TV last week. "And I believe this revolves all around Israel's role in 9/11."


Comment: Does the reveal within the "28 pages" implicate Saudi Arabia? Israel? or both? It may be just a touché moment aimed at Saudi Arabia in light of the monarchy's recent disfavor with Obama and the US. But most likely, as Mark Glenn states, implicating Saudi Arabia is a strategic distraction to protect Israel. (Just imagine all the scrambling going on behind the scenes!!!) If the truth is not told, Israel gloats and wins yet another round. There is obviously much more to find out about the events of 9/11, and some aspects we, the public, may never know for sure. But, someone knows!


Bad Guys

Another coup attempt: Washington planning regime change in Venezuela

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Venezuela's Maduro
According to President Obama, the world's only superpower, the unipower, the exceptional country is threatened by small Venezuela in South America!

In an executive order last year, renewed this year, President Obama declared Venezuela to be an "unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States" and declared a "national emergency" to counter the "Venezuelan threat" 1.

This manufactured "extraordinary threat" serves as the Obama regime's excuse for overthrowing President Maduro in Venezuela. It is a Washington tradition to overthrow elected Latin American governments that try to represent the interest of the people, and not the interest of US corporations and banks. I wrote about Washington's attack on Latin American reformers on April 11 2 and on April 223.


Decades ago US Marine General Smedley Butler confessed that he was "a gangster for capitalism," imposing the will of New York Banks and the United Fruit Company on Latin American countries by force of arms.

In his book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins reports the 1981 assassinations of Panama President Omar Torrijos and Ecuador President Jaime Roldos, both of whom got in the way of US corporate interests.

After being duly demonized by the US media, in 2009 Honduras President Manuel Zelaya, who thought that Honduras should be for Hondurans and not for the United Fruit Company, was overthrown in a military coup greenlighted by Obama and Hillary Clinton. The president chosen by the people was replaced with Roberto Micheletti, a tool of US corporations, chosen by Washington.

Washington has been conducting economic warfare against Venezuela in order to undermine President Maduro's public support. The media is controlled by the elite and blames Maduro for the economic problems caused by Washington.

Comment: Venezuela US backed opposition says collected signatures for vote to oust Maduro