"I'm Petro 'Ukronazi' Poroshenko, and I approve this message"
Really, how low can the Ukronazi Banderastan sink....?
See for yourself: (the text at the end says "each person has his/her own path/road/fate")
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"I'm Petro 'Ukronazi' Poroshenko, and I approve this message"
Really, how low can the Ukronazi Banderastan sink....?
See for yourself: (the text at the end says "each person has his/her own path/road/fate")
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S-400 anti-aircraft systems
S-400 anti-aircraft systems
Not a single month passes without the United States unloading on Turkey, which seems to stay on course buying the top-notch S-400 anti-aircraft systems. Washington has already put on hold F-35 deliveries to the Turkish Air Force and warned that carrying on with the deal could jeopardize Ankara's ties with the US and NATO.
Comment: As if the US/NATO didn't have a big hand in screwing that up already!
Following suit, some mainstream media rushed to explain how Turkey's industry will suffer if the S-400s reach Turkish soil. Others warned that having the F-35 and the S-400 within one military would compromise critical advantages of the fifth-generation fighter jet.
Military analysts who talked to RT said much of the fuss is about Ankara not bowing to Washington and NATO and pursuing its own interests.
Comment: See also:
- US suspends Turkey's F-35 sale over Russia's S-400 missile deal - Losing Turkish-produced parts in the process
- Washington will lose if it refuses to sell Turkey F-35s, Russia can sell them Su-35s
- Turkey aiming for S-400 missile deal with Russia despite US threats to cancel offer of F-35s and Patriot missiles
US Army terminal missile defense system (THAAD) to be deployed in Eastern Europe, controlled by NATO
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A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptor is launched from the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska, during a test on July 30, 2017.
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptor is launched from the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska, during a test on July 30, 2017.
Questions have swirled for years on when, where and if THAAD would deploy to Europe, particularly as the situation on the eastern flank has heated up since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.
The THAAD system, according to the USEUCOM statement, will deploy this summer "in support of NATO Ballistic Missile Defense" - in other words, it's filling in for the operational Aegis Ashore missile defense system while it undergoes a "limited period of scheduled maintenance and updates."
The Aegis Ashore in Deveselu, Romania, has been operational since 2016. It is part of the European Phased Adaptive Approach, or EPAA, designed to defend U.S. troops and its allies in Europe against possible ballistic missile attacks.
Comment: From who? Russia?? Why the build-up unless the US foresees a conflict that it itself will start?
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Inside the courtroom, District Judge Michael Snow branded the WikiLeaks founder a "narcissist who cannot get beyond his own selfish interest."
Just hours after his arrest by British police on Thursday morning, Assange was found guilty of failing to surrender to bail in 2012. Assange pleaded not guilty to the charge, with his lawyers arguing that he would never have received a fair trial if he had been extradited to Sweden on sexual assault charges and that he was therefore forced to seek asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy.
Comment: Of all the parties forming the UK government, only Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party has shown some spine in opposing Assange's potential
Leader of the opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, has publicly opposed UK's possible extradition of WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange to the US, saying he exposed evidence of atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Hours following Assange's arrest in London on Thursday, Corbyn tweeted a video statement of Labour MP Diane Abbott, who argued in Parliament that WikiLeaks had "lifted the veil on US military operations in a variety of theaters, none of which have produced a favourable outcome for the people of those countries."
"Julian Assange is not being pursued to protect US national security, he is being pursued because he has exposed wrongdoing by US administrations and their military forces," said Abbott.
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Omar Barghouti, founder of the BDS movement.
Omar Barghouti, founder of the BDS movement.
According to a statement released by the Arab American Institute (AAI), the group sponsoring his talks, Barghouti was told his travel block was due to an "immigration matter." Airline staff told him they had orders from the U.S. Consulate in Tel Aviv and and U.S. immigration services not to let him on the plane.
The denial sparks questions whether legislation circling on Capital Hill to curtail boycotts against Israel has come with a shadow policy to prevent its most vocal advocates from entering the country.
Comment:
- BDS co-founder: EU must end its complicity with Israel's illegal settlements
- Israel's arrest and interrogation of BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti is next step in 'war against BDS movement'
- Israel imposes travel ban on BDS founder Omar Barghouti
- NYT buries Barghouti's op-ed calling Israel a 'moral and political failure' in the int'l edition
- Israeli Intelligence Minister Katz calls for 'civil targeted killings' of BDS leaders
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Members of the media are reflected in a window of a police van as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen inside, after he was arrested in London.
Members of the media are reflected in a window of a police van as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seen inside, after he was arrested in London.
"What we're seeing right now is criminalization of journalism; the criminalization of publishing," analyst Patrick Henningsen said hours after the UK police forcibly removed Assange out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.
This "very unfortunate" development affects each and every journalist, but the "supine mainstream media isn't protesting what's going on," he added. The leading Western outlets are "in lockstep with the government of the US, the UK, Spain and others" and just don't see Assange as their colleague.
Tip of the iceberg: Top Obama WH lawyer charged with lying about collusion with Ukrainian government
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Greg Craig and Barack Obama
Greg Craig and Barack Obama
According to the formal indictment of Craig, which the Department of Justice released Thursday afternoon, the Democrat superlawyer "did unlawfully, knowingly, and willfully falsify, conceal, and cover up" his work on behalf of the Ukrainian government.
"The purpose of the scheme was for CRAIG to avoid registration as an agent of Ukraine," the indictment alleges. "Registration would require disclosure of the fact that" an unnamed Ukrainian had "paid CRAIG and the Law Firm more than $4 million[.]"
Comment: For those willing to look behind the soundbites, plenty of evidence of Ukrainian collusion with Democrats, and especially Killary and Slick Willy, can be found:
- The real collusion story: Ukraine conspired with Hillary Clinton to meddle in US elections
- Russophobic US Congressman admits 'Hillary Clinton & DNC colluded with Ukraine'
- Sean Hannity pushes US Congress to investigate Ukraine's election meddling collusion with DNC
- Beyond DNC leaks: Funding hacks and sedition, the Ukraine connection
- Clinton Foundation's deep financial ties to Ukrainian oligarch
- Pay to play: Ukraine oligarch, big Clinton Foundation donor, demanded meeting with Bill to discuss Maidan failure
- Another Twitter storm: Trump blasts AG over 'Clinton collusion with Ukraine', says acting FBI director got '$700k from H'
- Ukrogate: Six Americans who should be investigated for their questionable Ukrainian ties
- Watchdog files complaint, alleges DNC worked with Ukraine, violated federal law
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Sudanese antigovernment protesters cheer as they drive towards a military vehicle after Sudan's defense minister said that President Omar al-Bashir had been detained "in a safe place" and that a military council would run the country.
Sudanese antigovernment protesters cheer as they drive towards a military vehicle after Sudan's defense minister said that President Omar al-Bashir had been detained "in a safe place" and that a military council would run the country.
Speaking on state television on April 11, Awad Ibn Ouf said that Bashir had been detained "in a safe place" and that a military council will oversee a two-year transitional period followed by elections.
The announcement came as tens of thousands of people marched through the capital, Khartoum, some shouting that the "regime has fallen."
Comment: RT adds:
As thousands of protesters gathered for a sit-in outside the army headquarters in Khartoum, television and radio stations broadcast footage of military marches and patriotic music. People who took part in a protest vigil outside the army headquarters were chanting "[The government] has fallen. We won" as they awaited further news, according to Reuters.Interesting that the coup comes when the atmosphere in Sudan has been warming to Russia:
The news agency also reports that troops raided the headquarters of the Islamic movement led by al-Bashir.
It is believed that a military-run transition body was established, but this is yet also to be confirmed. In the meantime, a Sudanese group that coordinated the protest demanded that power be handed over to a civilian - not military - interim entity.
The latest twist of the crisis in Sudan comes after clashes between anti-government activists and uniformed security forces over the past days.
In all, 49 people are said to have died in protest-related violence since demonstrations erupted over government plans to sharply increase the price of bread in December 2018.President al-Bashir came to power in a 1989 coup carried out by the military on the heels of a 21-year civil war. In the mid-2000s, he faced allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity following a conflict in western region of Darfur.© Reuters/Stringer
Sudanese demonstrators chant slogans during a protest against President Omar al-Bashir
The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant and a travel ban on al-Bashir. He also won consecutive polls in 2010 and 2015, but promised at the beginning of 2019 that he would not seek re-election once his term ended in 2020.
- Sudanese president looks to Putin for protection against US Empire
- Sudan willing to offer Russia a military base on Red Sea shore
- Sudanese President reveals he discussed military base creation with Putin
- Russian ambassador to Sudan dies suddenly - 8th dead diplomat in 10 months
- Truth teller? Sudan's President says CIA and Mossad 'stand behind' Isis and Boko Haram
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Facebook logo is reflected in glasses in this picture illustration taken April 1, 2019.
Facebook logo is reflected in glasses in this picture illustration taken April 1, 2019.
Facebook has come under increasing pressure around the world to ensure its social media platform is not abused for political purposes or to spread misinformation.
The action against accounts with alleged links to Congress, the party led by the Gandhi family that has dominated Indian politics for much of its post-independence era, marks a bold move by Facebook.
The platform has more than 300 million users in India, where it has been a key political campaigning tool in the election - the largest democratic exercise in the world - starting on April 11.
Comment: Clearly, Facebook is on a worldwide censorship mission, and it's not exactly Mark Zuckerberg who is at the helm:
- 'I've been a bad boy' Zuckerberg wants government internet regulation, says Facebook has 'too much power over free speech'
- Facebook teams up with Atlantic Council to meddle in elections around the world
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People gather near the fence of al-Hol displacement camp in Hasaka governorate, Syria March 8, 2019.
People gather near the fence of al-Hol displacement camp in Hasaka governorate, Syria March 8, 2019.
The death toll has been skyrocketing in the makeshift Al-Hol camp since December, when it saw a massive influx of new arrivals fleeing the former Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) stronghold of Al-Baghuz Fawqani as the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) mounted a large-scale offensive on the area.
The camp, which was initially supposed to house no more than 20,000 residents, has now become home to over 74,000 people, with its capacity long overstretched.
Comment: See also:
- Syria: Russian DM finds 300 fresh graves near Rukban refugee camp
- Russian MoD slams US for blocking evacuation convoys at Syria's Rukban camp - UPDATES
- UN refugee agency finally agrees with Russia: Terrorists in Rukban camp are using civilians as human shields
- Moscow says situation in US-controlled Rukban refugee camp in Syria like that of WWII concentration camps
- Deadlocked situation for Rukban refugee camp due to US actions
Comment: Western puppet Poroshenko has a lot to worry about with the upcoming presidential election, and so is resorting to the desperate thug tactics he knows so well: