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Emotional manipulation? James Foley wrote this letter to his family after Isis capture

Antonia Molloy
Independent
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:18 UTC
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Jamey Foley, beheaded by Western-backed ISIS freaks
The parents of James Foley, the American journalist murdered by Isis, have released a letter written by their son during his captivity.

All letters "Jim" wrote to his family were confiscated by the jihadists in Syria - but last June he asked a fellow hostage, who was about to be released, to commit a letter to memory.

In the dictated message, which his family posted on the Facebook page Find James Foley, the journalist speaks about how he is coping with being held hostage and his yearning desire for freedom.

Comment: ISIS plays a definite role in the Middle East. For a perspective on the executions it has been carrying out, and the agendas they serve, check out the following articles:

Greater Israel: The plan is on track

ISIS: The creation of Saudi money and ideology in conjunction with Obamas foreign policy

Government agents directly involved in almost all high profile US terror plots

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Smiley

Putin acts like a gentleman: "We're not going to block U.S. military transit"

Joshua Kucera
Eurasia.net
Mon, 18 Aug 2014 17:12 UTC
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Map of NDN routes, including those through Russia
Russia does not intend to block U.S. and NATO military transit routes to Afghanistan, President Vladimir Putin said, in spite of the recent spike in tensions with the West.

The U.S.'s Northern Distribution Network has been the quiet success of U.S.-Russia relations over the past several years; as of last year 100,000 containers of U.S. and NATO had been shipped to and from Afghanistan through Russia (and Central Asia and the Baltic states). The U.S. set up the route so as to not be dependent on its volatile relations with Pakistan, a decision that was vindicated in 2011 when Pakistan -- shut down its territory to U.S. and NATO military cargo. And even while NATO and Russia have suspended nearly all cooperation, the NDN keeps operating.

Putin spoke last week in Yalta and took questions from members of the Duma. And one was an implicit criticism of the Russian government's decision to continue cooperating with the U.S. and NATO on transit to Afghanistan. Leonid Kalashnikov of the Communist Party, asked Putin why Russia wasn't responding like Pakistan did: "When the U.S. military accidentally bombed a [Pakistani] checkpoint a few years ago ... they [Pakistan] immediately shut down the transit of U.S. forces and equipment," Kalashnikov said. "We have the same sort of transit with respect to members of NATO, which we entered into on a bilateral basis. Maybe it's time to also suspend this transit, as it doesn't serve our interests. In 2014, when the Americans leave there [Afghanistan], will will get one more flashpoint -- which is their fault -- in the south."

In his answer, Putin defended the agreement with the U.S., but also made a curious defense of his policy of letting NATO set up a transit facility in the city of Ulyanovsk in 2012, a decision that exposed him to some nationalist criticism. Putin essentially says, 'it wasn't a bad decision because no one ended up using it.'
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Bad Guys

Cold blooded murder: The Ukrainian Genocide

Brad Cabana
Rock Solid Politics
Sat, 09 Aug 2014 17:06 UTC
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This woman's eyes have haunted me since 4:00 p.m. Ukraine time, June 2, 2014. Her name was Inna Kukuruza. She was a wife, a mother, and a citizen of Luhansk city. On that day, June 2, 2014, she made a fatal mistake walking past the City's Administration building after work. She, and many others, had her life ended in a hail of unguided rockets fired by a lone Ukraine air force jet. However, unlike the rest of those dead around her, she did not die immediately. She lay there for seconds, all filmed by the ever present phone cameras, and asked to speak with her daughter. Then she died. What the picture above doesn't show is her mangled legs, or her missing foot. She bled to death. My heart broke for her at that moment.

It was just the beginning of a campaign by the Ukraine military, and its paramilitary forces known as "National Guards", of killing civilians throughout the Ukraine provinces (known as Oblasts) of Donetsk and Luhansk. A slaughter that Europe has not seen since the civil war in the former Yugoslavia. Yet, through all the fog of war, a clear pattern has emerged. The Ukraine army approaches a "rebel" (NAF) area, normally a community. They establish fire bases around it, with varying types of artillery, and then they start shelling. It was the same in Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Gorlovka, Donetsk, Luhansk, and every other community in the two break away provinces.
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Bad Guys

Propaganda: Gaza children cheer for rockets to hit America

Katie Yoder
CNS News
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:59 UTC

Comment: The following article is a blatant propaganda piece to make Palestinians look like evil incarnate.The historical example it uses to support its claim that this is Palestinians wishing rockets would land on the U.S., is that of Palestinians allegedly dancing in the streets following 9/11:
The Truth Behind The "Celebrating Palestinians"

A full viewing of the video tape reveals the games the video crew played. They wanted video of celebrating Palestinians and that is what they orchestrated in front of the camera. The full video clearly shows a few Palestinians jubilant with many more pedestrians, indifferent to their "performances", hurrying past. The Palestinian woman who was offered cake says she abhors the acts in New York and Washington. The video clips the crew produced are intended for one purpose: to deceive Americans into further support for Israel. The point of the video clips (which if you think about it, was insensitive to air right after the terrorists' attacks) is to make Palestinians look bad. The pro-Israel group calling themselves "Honest Reporting" on its web pag titled "Palestinian Celebrations" asked its readers to contact the media to demand that they show even more of the Palestinians celebrating: "We encourage you to contact local editors and producers, and demand that they show the videos and publish the photographs." Why the need to run over to Palestinian areas and start to video tape? What is the reaction of Palestinians when camera crews come and people come handing out candy? Almost universally on U.S. networks, anchors presented the footage as if it were representative of all Palestinians, additionally failing to note any context to the images. Who was doing what in the video and why does this get so much play and a video that Israelis took of themselves right here in the metro area gets no play in the days and weeks after 9/11. And why not give the context of why some people might be happy. Perhaps Palestinians might like that the country that supplies weapons that kill them and supports the country that kills them took a hit. I would like to know what these Israelis were so happy about.

The terrorist group Hamas fired at least 117 rockets into Israel Sunday, CNN reported, as violence there escalated again. But major U.S. media have censored Palestinian's anti-American reaction to this ongoing attack on an ally. In one Al Jazeera America video, children cheered on the rockets, wishing they would land in the United States.


Comment: What about the dancing Israelis on 9/11 itself?

Or the Israelis who regularly gather on hilltops to cheer as innocent Palestinians are being bombed?

And where's all the footage of these 117 rockets being fired at Israel, and their after-effects? Perhaps this offers a clue.

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Chart Pie

Communist Party sez Russia should throw off 'strangling noose' of World Trade Organization


RT
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:15 UTC
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© RIA Novosti/Kirill Kallinkov
CPRF activists protest against Russia's joining the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Revolution Square in Moscow.
Communist Party MPs have prepared a bill detailing Russia's exit from the World Trade Organization, claiming membership leads only to problems and promotes attempts at the 'external management' of the national economy.

The bill on the ending of Russia's WTO membership has been prepared by lawmakers Valery Rashkin and Sergey Obukhov.

"Russia must quit the WTO agreement to protect its agriculture, manufacturing, and other branches of economy. Russia's membership in the WTO in times when a great number of foreign countries are introducing stricter sanctions against our country is against common sense," reads the explanatory note attached to the bill.

"In reality it is a strangling noose on our country's neck, and an attempt to introduce external management of Russia as a nation," the head of the Communist Party's legal department Vadim Solovyov was quoted as saying by the ITAR-TASS news agency.

The move was timed to coincide with the two-year anniversary of Russia's entry into the World Trade Organization, and MP Rashkin called it a "sad date."

Comment: Historically, the WTO has never been an organization that has created or supported a robust economic system.

Palast on the 'End-Game Memo': How the top 5 U.S. banks conspired with the WTO in the late 90s to dump $88 trillion of worthless junk into the economies of 155 nation-states

And the rich get richer: Government leaders conclude new WTO deal for the benefit of corporations

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TV

Ukrainian oligarchs launch 'Ukraine Today', 24-hour English TV channel


Radio Free Europe
Sun, 24 Aug 2014 14:16 UTC
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UT, chronicling Ukraine's journey to complete European self-destruction
A new 24-hour English-language television channel called "Ukraine Today" began satellite and internet broadcasting from Kyiv on August 24 with news stories about developments in Ukraine.

The channel uses a "UT" logo and is part of Ukraine's 1+1 Media Group - which includes eight Ukrainian television channels and five online news platforms.

Oleksandr Tkachenko, the general director of the 1+1 Media Group, says Ukraine Today is challenging "a large-scale information war" by Russian state media, which he accuses of broadcasting "lies and distortions" about Ukraine to support of the agenda of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The new channel is headed Ukrainian journalist Tetyana Pushnova, a former editor for the 1+1 Media Group's TSN website.

The channel reportedly plans to start satellite broadcasts to the United States in the future and to eventually broadcast in the Russian language.

Comment: This venture is owned by Ukrainian media company 1+1 Media. Guess who owns that? PrivatBank Group, controlled by Ukrainian-Israeli billionaire Igor Kolomoyski, one of the key funders of ethnic genocide in eastern Ukraine.

Stand by for 'objective news' from UT (ahem)... Henceforth, Ukraine Today can be abbreviated to Un-True.

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Blackbox

Cover-up in progress: Ukraine, Netherlands, Australia, Belgium signed "non-disclosure agreement" re: causes of MH17 crash

Live Journal
Global Research
Sat, 23 Aug 2014 13:48 UTC
mh17 crash
On August 8, Ukraine, the Netherlands, Australia and Belgium signed a non-disclosure agreement pertaining to data obtained during the investigation into the causes of the crash of Malaysian Airlines MH17

In the framework of the 4-country agreement signed on 8 August between Ukraine, the Netherlands, Belgium and Australia, information on the progress and results of the investigation of the disaster will remain classified.

This was confirmed at a briefing in Kiev under the auspices of the office of the Prosecutor General Yuri Boychenko. In his words, the results of the investigation will be published once completed only if a consensus agreement of all parties that have signed the agreement prevails.

Any one of the signatories has the right to veto the publication of the results of the investigation without explanation.

Following the signing of this agreement, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ratified the agreement and allowed for the participation of Malaysian staff to participate in the investigation.

International experts admit that for the survey of the wreck Malaysian Boeing 777 will take several weeks.

The second phase will involve searches pertaining to the remains of the victims of the crash of flight MH17.

Thus, it is safe to assume the results of the investigation are actually classified and the final expert opinion will not be released. (or only after a few years, when the political causes of the disaster will lose their relevance).

The conclusion is simple - the intermediate results of the investigation directly prove the innocence of Russia and/or the Donesk militia.

Comment: Imagine if Russia were involved. Would the West support such a veto?! All evidence points to Kiev's involvement, and yet, if this report is true, they have the authority to block the release of conclusions if they don't like the results! How's that for transparency?

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Better Earth

Silent diplomacy in action? France open for dialogue with Russia re: Ukrainian crisis


Itar-Tass
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:01 UTC
Fabius
© EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius
France holds a firm position towards Russia over the problem of east Ukraine, but is open for dialogue, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in an interview with newspaper Figaro.

"As for Ukraine and Russia, our position remains unchanged: firmness and dialogue," Fabius said, adding that "No reasonable people can offer to fight with Russia forgetting about history and geography."

Ukraine "should have an opportunity to have good relations with neighbouring Russia and the European Union which is also a neighbour," the top French diplomat said. "This will be no easy to attain this," Fabius said, noting that growth of patriotic moods in Russia and Ukraine is observed.

Meanwhile, French authorities intend "to promote conflict settlement and de-escalation of the situation" between Kiev and Moscow, Fabius added.

The Elysee Palace has earlier proposed to hold a new meeting between the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine in "the Normandy format". Such meeting was held in early June on the sidelines of a ceremony on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Normandy Allied Landings.

Comment: What politicians say and do are most often at odds. Sometimes high words mask low intentions and deeds. But other times, official hostility masks behind-the-scenes diplomacy. Witness Merkel's recent support for the decentralization and federalization of Ukraine. Aside from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics joining Russia (a near impossibility), this is probably the best compromise available, one which is rumored to be supported by the Russians. Could it have something to do with the change in leadership Novorussiya saw when DPR Defense Minister Strelkov resigned in mid August?

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More Lavrov diplomacy: Moscow backs sharing border incident details with Ukraine, OSCE


Itar-Tass
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:53 UTC
russian border
© ITAR-TASS/Dmitry Rogulin
Russia's top diplomat has welcomed a German initiative proposing shared information on security of the Russia-Ukraine border among Russia, Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

"We support Germany's initiative that Russian, Ukrainian and OSCE representatives working in Ukraine and Russia should share information regularly in the real-time mode about all incidents," said Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday.

"We are also interested in this because our territory has been shelled from Ukraine from time to time. According to our estimates, this is done not deliberately but it is not easier for those people who suffer from such shelling."

Russia would also support faster supply of essential equipment for the OSCE mission, including drones, Lavrov said.

OSCE observers have not registered any instances of illegal crossing of the Russian-Ukrainian border, Lavrov said on Monday in comments on Western accusations that Russian military are involved in the conflict in south-eastern Ukraine.

"We have responsibility for the border. If somebody has facts showing there has been some illegal border crossing, we ask them to demonstrate these facts," he said. "Laying claims that are not substantiated is hopeless," the foreign minister added.

Lavrov said Russia had taken certain steps so that "nobody doubt it is interested in ensuring due control on the border, preventing people or hardware that is not allowed from crossing it".

"All this is reflected in reports by OSCE observers, who are not reporting anything wrong," the foreign minister said.

Comment: What a relief to know there still exist sane politicians in the world! While the West immediately interprets any and all Russian actions as hostile and aggressive, even preemptively fabricating 'events' to prove Russia is evil incarnate, Russia takes the peaceful, diplomatic course of action: Yes, we are being shelled by Kiev, but we know they're not doing it on purpose. It seems that the world is slowly waking up to the fact that Russia's leaders are not demons, but exemplars of the way things should be done.

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Bullseye

Lavrov continues to merit his good reputation, calls for more aid, obeying international law, investigating MH17 and Maidan snipers


Itar-Tass
Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:34 UTC
russian aid convoy
© ITAR-TASS/Dmitry Rogulin
Thanks, Russia! Where is the rest of the world?!
Russian trucks carried nothing but humanitarian cargo for southeastern Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.

"All trucks have returned to Russia," he said.

Russia has sent a note to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry about its plans to send a new humanitarian aid convoy, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told a media briefing on Monday.

"We have sent a note to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry about our plans to prepare a next humanitarian aid convoy," Lavrov said, adding that Russia had proposed a list of cargoes which were being prepared for delivery.

"We are ready for closest cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)," the foreign minister added.

Humanitarian aid distribution involving Red Cross International Committee's representatives begins in the city of Luhansk on Monday.

Russia will remain donor of Red Cross missions, Lavrov said. Delays in sending new humanitarian convoy will violate the norms of international law, he added.

Misinformation on Ukrainian developments

Enough misinformation exists on "Russia's invasion of Ukraine", Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.

"There are reports saying the Ukrainian army destroyed a Russian military convoy and that airborne assault vehicles carrying certain documents had been seized. Even if one can imagine this as being the truth, who would carry so many documents? This is ridiculous," he said.

Comment: Watch Lavrov's press conference below:



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