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Ron Paul says Western powers fomenting Ukrainian conflict, US should 'stay out'


RT.com
Fri, 02 May 2014 20:56 UTC
Ron Paul
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Ron Paul
Former United States congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul has called on the US to stay out of the intensifying Ukraine conflict, saying it was Western powers that initially stirred unrest there and which continue to incite the tense situation.

On the brink of what he calls a "civil war," Ukraine must be allowed to resolve its differences free of Western forces antagonizing and incentivizing further clashes, Paul said, especially in the nation's east where pro-Russian Ukrainians are moving to protect the area from the Western-backed government in Kiev.

"Western Ukraine right now is being urged on by its Western supporters, meaning its NATO supporters, the European Union, the United States and the IMF (International Monetary Fund)," Paul wrote on his website, ronpaulchannel.com.

Paul said the US and its allies provoked the Ukrainian conflict in the first place, despite what American media outlets and Western leaders claim about Russia's culpability.

"The truth is, the coup of several weeks ago to overthrow the elected leader Viktor Yanukovych was stirred up by the same group: NATO, the European Union, the U.S., and the IMF," he wrote.
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The clueless gaffe-prone buffoon, John Kerry

Justin Raimondo
Antiwar.com
Wed, 23 Apr 2014 09:52 UTC
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In a candid moment, the US Secretary of State reveals the secret of American foreign policy

Oh, the burden of empire! It weighs so heavily on John Kerry's shoulders:

"Secretary of State John Kerry attested Tuesday to the massively complex challenges Washington faces in Ukraine, Russia, Iran and the Middle East, declaring 'it was easier' during the Cold War.

"In a candid moment during a State Department speech, the top US diplomat said changing global power dynamics made a quaint memory of the early East-West stalemate, when American children would 'crouch under our desks at school and practice' safety steps for a possible nuclear attack.

"'During the Cold War... it was easier than it is today - simpler is maybe a way to put it,' Kerry told aid and development experts.
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Obama's new Ukraine: A Russophobic, failed state ruled by fascists

Mike Whitney
Counterpunch
Fri, 02 May 2014 09:41 UTC
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Trashed items smolder amid debris at a square following clashes in Odessa, Ukraine, on Friday.
"While Russia has been making efforts to de-escalate and resolve the crisis, the Kiev regime has chosen to launch airstrikes on peaceful residential areas, literally destroying the last hope for preserving the Geneva accords." Dmitry Peskov, Putin's spokesman

"The crisis in Ukraine is not the result of 'Russian aggression,' but of a criminal strategy by the US and its European allies to install a hostile regime on Russia's borders in Ukraine and, ultimately, dismember Russia itself." Johannes Stern, "NATO boosts military build-up against Russia as protests spread in east Ukraine," World Socialist Web Site
Fighting broke out on Friday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk when Kiev's coup government deployed military helicopters to fire on the city while troops and armored vehicles stormed checkpoints. At the time this article went to press, two helicopters had been shot down killing at least two pilots while one was captured. In an impassioned statement on Russian TV, Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, appealed to allies in the EU to do whatever they could to persuade Ukrainian authorities to call off the operation and stop the violence.
"We are calling on the European capitals, the United States of America to give an assessment of the current events and are of course calling on those carrying out airstrikes on residential areas to...immediately end the punitive operation and any violence against its own people..."
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Oz ex-foreign minister Bob Carr rejects 'bigot' accusations over remarks about Israeli lobby influence

Matthew Knott
TheAge.com.au
Fri, 11 Apr 2014 09:34 UTC
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Bob Carr in his Sydney office.
Bob Carr has denied being self-indulgent, a snob or a bigot following attacks from former Labor colleagues over the publication of a diary recounting his 18 months as foreign minister.

Pro-Israel leaders have also dismissed Mr Carr's claims they wielded ''extraordinary influence'' over former prime minister Julia Gillard as ''scurrilous gossip'' and a ''figment of his imagination''.

In his book, Diary of a Foreign Minister, Mr Carr suggests Ms Gillard supported Israel in a controversial United Nations vote on Palestinian recognition because Australian foreign policy had been ''subcontracted'' to Melbourne-based pro-Israel group the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council.

The member for Melbourne Ports Michael Danby, who is Jewish and a strong supporter of Israel, told ABC radio: ''No lobby in Australia, I understand, has that kind of influence.
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Juice Rap News: Israel vs. Palestine (ft. Kerry, Bibi & Norman Finkelstein)


RT
Wed, 30 Apr 2014 08:47 UTC
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Decades of failed peace talks have led nowhere; but do not lose hope just yet. Join Robert Foster as he attempts to host the first ever Middle East Peace Raps, using rhyme and reason to bring together Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, and a representative of Hamas.


Comment: Yes, unify, but not around the Western U.S.-led unipolar world kept in check by violence. Instead around the multipolar world concept promoted by Russia. Forget the clash of civilizations, it's time for the cooperation of civilizations, but first, the West must fall.

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Just three weeks before all-Ireland elections, Irish nationalist leader Gerry Adams spends third night under arrest by British security forces

Mark Moloney
anphoblacht.com
Sat, 03 May 2014 06:11 UTC
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Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said that "dark forces" within the PSNI are behind the timing of Gerry Adams' arrest.

Speaking to reporters at the Assembly, the Sinn Féin MLA said Gerry Adams has been the single most important person in building peace in Ireland.

"I view his arrest as a deliberate attempt to influence the outcome of the elections due to take place all over this island in three weeks," he said.

The Mid-Ulster representative added that the allegations against Gerry Adams in relation to the death of Jean McConville have come from elements within society who are hostile to the Peace Process and wish to see it collapse.

Martin McGuinness also added that he has every confidence that Gerry Adams will continue to lead Sinn Féin through the upcoming election campaign.

Comment: Ah, the plasticity of democracy!

Your opponent is likely to win more votes than you'd like? No problem, just arrest him!

Your client regime is falling because the voters want something else? No problem, cancel the elections!

Your candidate lost by a narrow margin? No problem, saturate the media with lies about unsound vote-counting procedures, then have the court you own rule in his favor!

Someday, soon, (we can hope), people in the West are going to realize this whole democracy thing is a complete and utter farce.

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As Ukrainians call for Moscow intervention, EU 'foreign minister' Catherine Ashton justifies Kiev junta bloodshed: "The state's monopoly on the legitimate use of violence needs to be respected"


RT
Sat, 03 May 2014 04:46 UTC
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Ashton: "It's ok for my boys to kill unarmed civilians, but Yanukovych couldn't arm his forces against armed thugs..."
Kiev's government and its western allies bear full responsibility for the recent bloodshed in Ukraine, Russia's presidential spokesman has said, adding it is now impossible to convince people in the region to disarm because their lives are under threat.

Spokesperson for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, released an official statement following the tragic events in Odessa. 39 anti-government activists have died in a fire at the Trade Unions House there, after the building was set ablaze by pro-Kiev radicals. Some anti-Kiev protesters burned to death, while others suffocated or jumped out of windows, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said.

"The authorities in Kiev not only bear direct responsibility, but are complicit in these criminal activities. Their arms are up to the elbows in blood," Peskov said.

He said the tragedy in Odessa was the product of "the connivance of those who consider themselves the authority in Kiev."
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Bizarro Earth

On the edge of war: Ukrainian military storms Kramatorsk, 1 dead, 9 injured


RT
Fri, 02 May 2014 05:13 UTC
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The Ukrainian army's assault on Kramatorsk has finished, witnesses say, adding that the military did not enter the town. Preliminary reports say that one self-defense activist was killed and nine were injured.

It is unclear whether there are any casualties on the army's side.

Meanwhile coup-appointed interior minister Arsen Avakov has said on his Facebook page that Kiev is not planning to stop the special military operation in Kramatorsk, adding that the military assault will continue at sunrise. He added that the military took control of a TV tower in Kramatorsk overnight.

"The military attacked the barricade on the road to Yasnogorka (town adjacent to Kramatorsk)," an eye-witness in Kramatorsk told RT when the assault started late on Friday. "The lights have been turned off on the nearby street. Shots are being heard across the city, signal rockets light up the sky from time to time. People are saying the Ukrainian army is shooting at everything that moves right now."
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Anti-Russian ethnic cleansing operations underway: NATO-trained Right Sector fascists kill 10 civilians in East Ukraine, 40 in South Ukraine


RT
Sat, 03 May 2014 04:48 UTC
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Members of the Ukrainian far-right radical group Right Sector
Over 10 people have died and around 40 have been injured after members of Right Sector opened fire on civilians in eastern Ukraine, the People's Mayor of Slavyansk has said.

Civilians had reportedly formed a human chain to protect their village from members of the right-wing group.

"In the village of Andreevka (suburb of Slavyansk) during the night people blocked entry to Right Sector members, forming a human chain along the road. Members of Right Sector opened fire, killing over 10 people," The People's Mayor of Slavyansk Vyacheslav Ponomarev told Russia's Interfax news agency in a telephone conversation.

According to the People's Mayor, members of Right Sector would not allow anyone to move the wounded and opened fire on people who tried to approach them.

RT's stringer, Graham Phillips, who is in Andreevka, said over 100 Ukrainian soldiers had set up camp in the village yesterday and had now left. He uploaded a video onto his YouTube feed showing the dead body of a man who had been shot dead by soldiers, according to local residents.

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Bad Guys

Senators introduce pro-Keystone XL bill to bypass Obama administration

Suzanne Goldenberg
The Guardian
Thu, 01 May 2014 18:08 UTC
Senator Mary Landrieu, of Louisiana
© Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP
Senator Mary Landrieu, of Louisiana.
Led by a Louisiana Democrat and North Dakota Republican, senators pressure White House to build controversial pipeline

Barack Obama faced a new challenge on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline on Thursday when Democrats and Republicans in the Senate introduced a bill taking the decision out of his hands.

The bill, introduced by Louisiana Democrat Mary Landrieu and North Dakota Republican John Hoeven, would bypass Obama, authorising immediate construction of the 1,660-mile pipeline.

The two senators said they were hoping for a vote as early as next week. Landrieu said she hoped to "greenlight construction of the pipeline immediately". The senators claimed they had the support of all 45 Republicans and 11 Democrats.

But it was unclear whether there would be a binding vote on the bill, or whether the senators would gather the 67 votes needed to over-ride a likely veto from the White House.

The bill introduced on Thursday reflects growing frustration from Keystone supporters in Congress at the Obama administration's repeated delays of the project. The administration announced another indefinite delay last month.

Six of the 11 Democrats supporting the bill - including Landrieu - are up for re-election, and several face tough battles in conservative and oil-producing states.

Landrieu has come under fire from her Republican challengers over her failure to get the Keystone project moving. "The construction of the Keystone pipeline is very important," she said on Thursday. "It is time to stop studying and start building."
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