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World's fastest supersonic cruise missiles, developed by Russia & India, to be purchased by Philippines next year - report

RT
Mon, 09 Dec 2019 20:04 UTC

The Philippines is on course to become the first foreign nation to acquire BrahMos, the world's fastest supersonic cruise missile, which was jointly developed by India and Russia, according to a report.

"As far as the Philippines Army is concerned, the consensus on the BrahMos system is a done deal," a source familiar with the talks told the Hindustan Times.

Now, it's all about the price negotiations and we hope the deal will be finalized next year.

The source mentioned that New Delhi may offer a preferential loan to Manila for the purchase, and the cost will determine how many systems the Philippines will end up buying.

Iran: We are ready for full prisoner swap, 'ball is in the US' court'

The Jerusalem Post
Mon, 09 Dec 2019 20:01 UTC

El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Irán, Mohamad Yavad Zarif.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday the Islamic republic is ready for a full prisoner exchange with the United States, tweeting: "The ball is in the US' court."

"After getting our hostage back this week, fully ready for comprehensive prisoner exchange," Zarif said.

The United States and Iran on Saturday swapped prisoners - American graduate student Xiyue Wang, detained for three years on spying charges, and imprisoned Iranian stem-cell researcher Massoud Soleimani, accused of sanction violations - in a rare act of cooperation between two longtime foes.

Separately, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei said Iran had always sought an "all for all release" with the United States.

"We are ready to cooperate to return all Iranians who are being held unjustly in America," Rabiei was quoted by the state news agency IRNA as saying.

Comment: See also:

'We can make a deal together': Trump thanks Iran for 'very fair negotiation' that led to prisoner swap

Trump on Giuliani trip to Ukraine: Plenty of good information he wants to report to Congress and AG

Kristinn Taylor
The Gateway Pundit
Sat, 07 Dec 2019 18:56 UTC

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© Adriii Derkach’s press office via AP
Rudy Giuliani, US president Donald Trump’s personal attorney, meets with Ukrainian lawmaker Adriii Derkach in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday. Photograph:

President Trump spoke to the press Saturday at the White House as he departed for Florida for speeches before the Israeli-American Council National Summit in Hollywood and a Republican fundraising dinner in Aventura, telling reporters that his personal attorney former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani "found plenty" of "good information" during his recent trip to Ukraine and Europe. Trump said he believes Giuliani wants to present a report to the Attorney General William Barr and to Congress. Trump added Giuliani has not told him what he found.

Giuliani reportedly traveled to Budapest and Ukraine to meet with Ukrainians about corruption.

Comment: OAN has been on the case too, scoring interviews with other parties concerned in the Biden-Burisma scandal, who claim that :

One America's Chanel Rion has been tracking down Ukrainian witnesses as part of an exclusive OAN investigative series, which dismantles the baseless Adam Schiff impeachment hoax. She spoke with Ukrainian former Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko, who said Yovanovitch perjured herself before Congress.

Russia to expand number of Zircon hypersonic cruise missile-capable ships

RT
Mon, 09 Dec 2019 19:24 UTC

In a new push towards re-arming the country's military with modern weaponry, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has ordered an expansion in the number of vessels fitted with cutting-edge Kalibr and Zircon cruise missiles.

Russia has introduced a whole range of state-of-the-art arms in recent years, and is now seeking to equip at least 70 percent of troops with them. So far, however, the goal has not been met and the tally of the newest hardware in the military's possession is currently at about 68 percent.

Beefing up the capabilities of the country's navy is among the top priorities, and Russia's defense minister ordered that the trusted Kalibr and perspective Zircon missiles be added to additional blue-sea military vessels.

The 3M-54 Kalibr cruise missiles boast an impressive operational range of up to 600km, and they have already been battle-tested during Russia's counter-terrorist operation in Syria, proving able to strike targets with pinpoint accuracy.

Adelson to Trump: 'Biggest thing you did for Israel' was breaking Iran deal

Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Mon, 09 Dec 2019 18:44 UTC

Donald Trump's speech to the Israeli American Council on Saturday night in the presence of his biggest donors, Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, has caused some shock waves. Largely because he referred to Jewish wealth. Here are some surprises from the speech.

The biggest thing Trump did for Israel was breaking the Iran deal, per Sheldon Adelson:

I said to Sheldon, "What do you think was bigger? ... Israel and the embassy going in, and it became Jerusalem, the capital of Israel? Or the Golan Heights [recognition as Israeli territory]?" He said, "Neither." I said, "What do you mean 'neither,' Sheldon?" He said, "The biggest thing you did for Israel was breaking up and terminating the horrible, one-sided, catastrophic deal that was made by President Obama." (Applause.) Right?

I said, "I never thought of it that way, Sheldon, but I agree with you. If you want to know the truth, I agree with you."

(In 2015, Trump said of Adelson supporting a then-rival: "Sheldon Adelson is looking to give big dollars to [Marco] Rubio because he feels he can mold him into his perfect little puppet.")

Comment: It's comforting to know that Trump is continuing the long American tradition of bowing down to a certain hostile foreign power and doing their bidding, like a snivelling little bootlicker. It just wouldn't be 'Merica without doing what Israel tells you to do.

Two children would have made it home after school, if it weren't for Israeli sniper fire

Gideon Levy and Alex Levac
Haaretz
Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:30 UTC

Two children, aged 11 and 13, from a refugee camp near Ramallah, were hiding from army forces during a stone-throwing incident. When they stood up they were wounded - shot from a distance by an IDF sniper

Anyone who sees Amir Zubeideh would find it hard to believe that there are soldiers who are capable of aiming their rifles at such a small child - he looks younger than his 11 years - and shooting him with live ammunition. Anyone who hears his chirpy voice and sees his sweet face, won't believe it. It's also hard to understand how Israel Defense Forces soldiers shot his friend, Rami Abu Nasara, who's a little older, already 13, bar-mitzvah age. The two children were targeted from a distance, first Rami and then Amir, by a sniper who took aim and fired, while they hid, frightened, behind a concrete wall and then tried to run for their lives.

Comment: The depravity of Zionism on full display. The US should be ashamed for continuing to support Israel.

Alleged ex-Mossad handler claims Maxwell and Epstein were Israeli spies who used underage sex to blackmail politicians

Emma Parry
The Sun, UK
Tue, 03 Dec 2019 18:33 UTC

GHISLAINE Maxwell and her paedophile lover Jeffrey Epstein were both Israeli spies who took pictures of powerful men having sex with underage girls to blackmail them, their alleged Mossad handler has sensationally claimed.

The pair allegedly ran a "honey-trap" operation where they would provide young girls to politicians in order to squeeze them for information for the Israelis.

The unsubstantiated claims have been made by Ari Ben-Menashe who claims he is a former Israeli spy.

Ben-Menashe claims that he was the "handler" of Ghislaine's dad Robert Maxwell, who was also a spy, and that it was the former newspaper baron who introduced Epstein and his daughter to the Israeli intelligence agency.

He makes the unverified claims in a new book called "Epstein: Dead Men Tell No Tales".

In a preview of the book, shared with Sun Online, Ben-Menashe says: "Mr Epstein was the simple idiot who was going around providing girls to all kinds of politicians in the United States.

"See, f**king around is not a crime. It could be embarrassing, but it's not a crime.

"But f**king a fourteen-year-old girl is a crime. And he was taking photos of politicians f**king fourteen-year-old girls — if you want to get it straight.

"They [Epstein and Maxwell] would just blackmail people, they would just blackmail people like that."

Comment: That much has been fairly clear for over a decade, but it's nice to see some mainstream coverage acknowledging it.

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Trump accused of 'Jewsplaining' after chiding American Jews for 'not loving Israel enough'

RT
Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:43 UTC

© Reuters/Loren Elliott
An audience member wears a Trump yarmulke before a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Hollywood, Florida, U.S., December 7, 2019.

President Donald Trump has been accused of talking down to American Jews, after urging them to give more support to Israel.

More must be done in the United States to promote solidarity with Israel, Trump told nearly 4,000 Israelis and American Jews at the Israeli-American Council conference in Florida.

We have to get the people of our country, of this country, to love Israel more, I have to tell you that. We have to do it. We have to get them to love Israel more. Because you have people that are Jewish people that are great people - they don't love Israel enough.

While his grievance was well received by the staunchly pro-Israel group, the president found himself under attack from outraged social media users - many of whom said they were personally offended as Jews.

Comment: This isn't the firs time Trump has dutifully pushed the Israeli Lobby's political line. But maybe the Lobby is overreaching itself?

Saudi terror attack on US soil, or not? Journalists suspended from Twitter just for discussing Pensacola shooter's motivation

Anna Slatz
The Post Millennial
Mon, 09 Dec 2019 05:54 UTC

Comment: It's pretty clear what happened at Pensacola Naval Base the other day: a visiting Saudi military officer shot dead two American officers.

What is completely unclear is what the heck US authorities/media are doing with the narrative about it...

Following the Pensacola Navy Base shooting having been deemed a terror attack, multiple journalists and media personalities have been suspended from Twitter for reporting details on shooter Mohammed Alshamrami.

Filmmaker Mike Cernovich, The Post Millennial editor-at-large Andy Ngo, and Fox host Pete Hegseth are among those who have been suspended from Twitter for utilizing Alshamrami's manifesto or social media excerpts to speculate on his motivation for carrying out the deadly attack.

Comment: The whole thing is nuts. It's outright censorship, no doubt about it, but why? Why tip their hand? What was so important about this shooting incident in Florida to make them do that?

You've got a Saudi soldier 'losing it' and shooting dead American servicemen, then initial media reporting about an 'anti-American and anti-Israel manifesto found online thanks to SITE Intelligence [Mossad]', but then US authorities back down from that position and instead resist the temptation to spin a 'terror attack' out of it...

Instead they now have Twitter and other social media platforms actively 'cleaning up' mentions of the now-dropped terror narrative.

One wonders whether 'Israel' 'offered' the US this 'terror attack gift', but the Americans declined it so as not to offend Saudi Arabia and hurt mutual business arrangements (not least whatever set-up involves training Saudi Air Force pilots at Pensacola).

Then again, the above 'attack-that-was-not-a-terror-attack' may never have been earmarked for 'a terror production' in the first place. It was the second such shooting by a sanctioned officer at a US Navy base inside a week:

Sailor kills 2, wounds 1 before taking own life at Hawaii's Pearl Harbor base

The only thing we can be sure of is that efforts are underway by some in US govt/media to downplay the fact that the 'lone gunman' in Pensacola was a Saudi national.

Moscow to rearm all Northern Fleet units with S-400s to create anti-missile dome over Russian Arctic

RT
Sun, 08 Dec 2019 22:22 UTC

The anti-aircraft regiment of Russia's Northern Fleet will be equipped with state-of-the-art S-400 air defense systems in the next few years to create an anti-missile dome able to thwart any enemy incursion, the Russian Navy said.

Russian anti-aircraft missile forces and radio-technical troops stationed in the Arctic are going through a comprehensive rearmament process, which will see Russia's most advanced long-range air defense missile system being delivered to them, Vice Admiral Alexander Moiseev, the commander of Russia's Northern Fleet, said on Sunday.

All Russian military units in the region are set to be equipped with S-400s "over the coming years," he noted. The build-up will protect the Russian part of the Arctic with what Moiseev called "a de facto anti-missile dome," effectively impenetrable for any type of weaponry, including enemy aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles.

Comment: The US is working towards weaponizing space, so it's not too presumptuous of Russia to work towards defending its positions in the Arctic.

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Puppet Masters

World's fastest supersonic cruise missiles, developed by Russia & India, to be purchased by Philippines next year - report

Iran: We are ready for full prisoner swap, 'ball is in the US' court'

Trump on Giuliani trip to Ukraine: Plenty of good information he wants to report to Congress and AG

Russia to expand number of Zircon hypersonic cruise missile-capable ships

Adelson to Trump: 'Biggest thing you did for Israel' was breaking Iran deal

Two children would have made it home after school, if it weren't for Israeli sniper fire

Alleged ex-Mossad handler claims Maxwell and Epstein were Israeli spies who used underage sex to blackmail politicians

Trump accused of 'Jewsplaining' after chiding American Jews for 'not loving Israel enough'

Saudi terror attack on US soil, or not? Journalists suspended from Twitter just for discussing Pensacola shooter's motivation

Moscow to rearm all Northern Fleet units with S-400s to create anti-missile dome over Russian Arctic

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