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Global economic reset: Three pillars holding the monetary system together are crumbling

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In my last article, I outlined the deliberately engineered trend toward the forced "harmonization" of national economies and monetary policies, as well as the ultimate end goal of globalists: a single world currency system controlled by the International Monetary Fund and, by extension, global governance, which internationalists sometimes refer to in their more honest public moments as the "new world order."

The schematic for the new world order, according to the admissions of the internationalists, cannot possibly include the continued existence of U.S. geopolitical and economic dominance. The plan, in fact, requires the destabilization and reformation of America into a shell of its former glory. The most important element of this plan demands the removal of the U.S. dollar as the de facto world reserve currency, a change that would devastate our current financial structure.

I outlined with undeniable evidence the reality that major governments, including the BRICS governments of the East, are fully on board with the globalist agenda. There is no way around it; the BRICS, including Russia and China, have openly called for a global monetary system centralized and dictated by the IMF using the SDR basket. This same plan was outlined decades ago in the Rothschild-owned magazine The Economist. We are witnessing that plan being implemented in front of our very eyes today.

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De Mistura: Syrian crisis on agenda for UN, Russia and US

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Staffan de Mistura, the UN special envoy for Syria, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov wait for the start of an international conference on the Syria conflict in Vienna, Austria, November 14, 2015.
The United Nations special envoy for Syria says the UN as well as Russia and the United States will hold talks over the deadly conflict gripping Syria in the Swiss city of Geneva later this week. Staffan de Mistura told Reuters on Wednesday that the trilateral Geneva negotiations, scheduled for December 11, were part of the preparatory work for a new round of international negotiations seeking to find a solution to the crisis. "It's to talk about how to better organize the future Vienna meetings," the UN envoy said.

The news of the three-way Geneva meeting was first broke by Russia's Ria Novosti news agency, citing Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov. The Russian diplomat said, "We will present our vision of the situation (in Syria), with emphasis on the need to intensify the fight against terrorism. It is a priority for us. We call for an increase in joint efforts in this area."

Two rounds of such international talks, attended by Iran, were held in the Austrian capital, Vienna, on October 30 and November 14. At the end of the mid-November round of the Vienna negotiations, the participants agreed to meet again in "approximately one month" to review progress toward a ceasefire and the start of a political process in Syria.

Last week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced the fresh talks on the conflict and diplomats said the negotiations were likely to be held in New York on December 18.

Comment: It's not what is said in a meeting, it is what is done in the field.


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Yemeni forces kill 14 Blackwater mercenaries in Ta'iz

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The Yemeni army and popular forces killed over a dozen Saudi-hired Blackwater militias in an attack on a military base in the province of Ta'iz.

A sum of 14 Blackwater mercenaries, including a British, a French, an Australian and six colombians were killed in an attack on Al-Amri military base in Zobab region in Ta'iz province near the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, the Arabic-language Al-Masira news channel quoted an unnamed military source as saying on Wednesday.

After pulling out its troops from Yemen, the UAE recruited and sent Colombian forces to Yemen to replace its regular troops.

Yemeni Army Spokesman Sharaf Luqman has said that the Blackwater forces dispatched to Yemen comprise Al-Nusra, the ISIL and Al-Qaeda terrorists.

The UAE had previously sent mercenaries from Latin America, specially Colombia, to Yemen without prior coordination with Saudi Arabia.

The United Arab Emirates has quietly built an army of Latin American mercenaries to fight for Yemen's deposed government in a proxy war.

In a program launched by Blackwater founder Erik Prince and now run by the Emirati military, the force of 450 Latin American troops - mostly made up of Colombian fighters, but also including Chileans, Panamanians and Salvadorans - adds a new and surprising element to the already chaotic mix of forces from foreign governments, armed tribes, terrorist networks and Yemeni militias that are currently embroiled in the Middle Eastern nation, Fox News reported.

It seems there are also going to be hundreds of other foreign mercenaries — Sudanese and Eritrean soldiers — brought into Yemen.

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Fed up: Iraqi defense committee calls to review and cancel security agreement with US

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Iraqi soldiers train with members of the U.S. Army 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, at Camp Taji, Iraq
The Iraqi parliament's Security and Defense Committee has called for a review and cancelation of the agreement with Washington on security, a committee member has stated.

Iraq needs either to overhaul the terms of the agreement on security or annul it, Hamid Mutlak, an Iraqi Parliamentarian and member of the Defense and Security Committee told Sputnik.

"The [Iraqi] government and the parliament need to be review its security agreement with the US, because Washington is not serious about its implementation. We will demand its cancelation," Mutlak stated.

He also commented on the deployment of the Turkish troops in Iraq.

"Iraq will be defended only by its sons, but Turkey will withdraw [its troops], since the land of Iraq is sacred, and its sovereignty is a red line. We have a right to give this issue an international character and to demand from the UN Security Council the withdrawal of Turkish troops," he said.

Comment: Iraq is likely aware that the US has no real interest in fighting ISIS but is only active in the Middle East in order to maintain control over Iraq and other countries in the area. Iraq would be best served by kicking the useless Americans out and aligning with Russia, who has shown real, tangible results in fighting ISIS


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Saudi Arabia and Allies exhausted with futile aggressions in Yemen

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The Saudi-led aggressors have become frustrated and disappointed with over nine months of war of attrition in Yemen which has brought them no result despite spending billions of dollars on military hardware.

Not only the Saudi leaders, but the US and other Arab countries in the Saudi-led coalition are tired with the prolonged war against the Yemeni people and revolutionary forces.

Some US decision-making centers in the US have blatantly warned Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman that the time is up for the Saudi regime in Yemen.

The Saudi officials have held several rounds of talks with UN special envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in Riyadh to find ways to get out of the Yemen quagmire. The Saudi regime has now given up its previous preconditions for settling the Yemen crisis.

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Kicking ASSIS and taking names: Russia destroys 204 terrorist targets in Syria in the past 24 hours

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Russian warplanes have carried out 82 sorties and hit 204 terrorist targets in Syria in past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
​"In the last 24 hours, Russian jets conducted 82 sorties against 204 terrorist targets in Syria, located in the provinces of Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, Hama and Homs. Furthermore, 32 of the sorties were conducted at night," the ministry's spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.
The airstrikes involved Su-24M, Su-25SM and Su-34 strike aircraft carrying out missions with escort by Su-30 Flanker-C fighter jets. After the combat missions all aircraft have safely returned to the Hmeymim airbase, the spokesman added. Since September 30, Russia has been conducting an aerial campaign in Syria against the Islamic State (ISIL, or Daesh in Arabic) extremist group, which is outlawed in Russia, following a request from President Bashar Assad.

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Cool heads prevail: Su-24 downing gave grounds for war, but Russia chose not to respond 'symmetrically'

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev
The downing of a Russian Sukhoi bomber by the Turkish Air Force was sufficient reason to start a war, but Moscow chose not to respond symmetrically, says Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

"What did 20th-century countries used to do in a similar situation? A war began," Medvedev said on the Talk to the Prime Minister TV program.

Medvedev said Ankara had "violated the norms of the international law," giving Russia what's called in international judicial language 'a casus belli', or a reason to start a war.

"That was a direct assault on a foreign state. In the present situation a war is the worst what could happen. That's why a decision was taken not to give a symmetrical answer to what the Turks had done," the PM explained.

Comment: The world should be grateful for the patient statesmanship of Russia.


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Investigating Saudi Arabia's sponsorship of Turkish politics, terrorism, and the frenzied conflict in Syria

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In recent weeks one nation after another is falling over themselves, literally, to join the turkey shoot known, erroneously, as the war in Syria, ostensibly against the Islamic State or Daesh. The most wanted but most feared question is where will this war frenzy lead, and how can it be stopped short of dragging the entire planet into a world war of destruction?

On September 30, responding to a formal invitation or plea from the duly-elected President of the Syrian Arab Republic, the Russian Federation began what was an initially highly effective bombing campaign in support of the Syrian Government Army.

On 13 November following the terror attacks claimed by ISIS in Paris, the French President proclaimed France was "at war" and immediately sent her one and only aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, to Syria to join the battle. Then on December 4, the German Parliament approved sending 1,200 German soldiers and six Tornado jets to "help" France. Reports out of Germany say the Germans will not work with Russia or the Assad regime, but with CentCom command in Florida and coalition headquarters, not in Damascus, but in Kuwait. The same week the UK Parliament approved sending British planes and forces to "fight ISIS" in Syria. Again we can be sure it's not to help Russia's cause in cooperation with the Syrian Army of Assad to restore sovereignty to Syria.

Comment: The author lays out critical pieces of the puzzle, and accurately highlights just how dangerous a situation the world is in. And remember, Saudi Arabia is not only a massive supporter of head-chopping terrorists, while proudly bombing, shelling and starving civilians, they're also the head of the UN Human Rights Council:
Britain conducted secret vote-trading deals with Saudi Arabia to ensure both states were elected to the UN human rights council (UNHRC), according to leaked diplomatic cables.
This frenzy of lies and mayhem is spiraling out of control. Also see:


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Russian PM on Ukraine's debt: 'They won't pay us back because they are crooks'

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Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, center, gives an interview on the work of the Russian Government to Russian television journalists in a live broadcast of the In Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev program.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has told reporters that Ukraine has no intention of repaying a $3 billion debt to Russia and sharply criticized Western governments for covering up Kiev's violations of perfectly legal financial agreements.

"I have a feeling that they [Ukraine] will not return anything [to us] because they are crooks," Medvedev said on Wednesday during an interview with several leading Russian TV channels. "They refuse to return the money and our Western partners not only render us no help, they are actually hindering our efforts," he added.

The Russian PM also reminded journalists that Ukrainian debt to Russia had been well planned, and that the initial agreement was sealed between the two national governments.

"Ukrainian authorities asked Russia to participate in bond placements so that they could solve some routine tasks of the Ukrainian economy. When two governments make an agreement this is obviously a sovereign debt," Medvedev noted.

The PM also said the approach of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other players in the field of international finance was far from correct: "It is very surprising that international financial organizations have started saying this was not sovereign borrowing. This is rubbish. This is obviously a blatant and cynical lie," Medvedev stated.

Comment: This move may show just how relevant (or not) the International Criminal Court actually is.


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US Attacks Syrian Military. How will Russia respond?

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The United States is currently denying that its Air Force struck the Syrian military in the Deir ez-Zor province on the evening of December 6, but the Syrian government is confirming that a direct assault on the SAA did, in fact, take place.

Given the history of the United States and its 5-year proxy war against the secular government of Bashar al-Assad and the hesitancy of the Syrian government to admit when it has actually sustained damage, it is safe to assume that the claims of the latter can be believed.

Thus, it appears that, on the evening of December 6, four US-led coalition planes launched nine missiles against the SAA's Saeqa military camp in Deir ez-Zor province.

At least four Syrian soldiers were killed and thirteen others were injured. A sizable amount of ammunition, armored vehicles, military vehicles, and various forms of military equipment were also destroyed in the raid.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry has stated that "Syria strongly condemns the act of aggression by the US-led coalition that contradicts the UN Charter on goals and principles. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent letters to the UN Secretary General and the UN Security Council."

Coalition spokesman Col. Steve Warren has denied the accusations, however, saying that "We've seen those Syrian reports but we did not conduct any strikes in that part of Deir ez Zor yesterday. So we see no evidence." He admitted that airstrikes did take place in the region but claimed that they were conducted around 55 km away.

Comment: However Russia responds it will be measured and highly effective. She will not be goaded.