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Russia responding to NATO aggression by forming 3 new army divisions near Western border


RT
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 15:31 UTC
russian military
© Grigoriy Sisoev / Sputnik
Three new army divisions will be formed this year to reinforce the Russian military in the western part of the country, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said. The new units will be formed amid NATO's continuing build-up across Eastern and Central Europe.

"I cannot but mention such a critical task which is the formation of three divisions in the western theater. The task is extremely important," TASS reported Shoigu as telling journalists.

Shoigu also added that alongside the creation of the new divisions, the army will have to set up proper infrastructure including barracks, firing ranges and military hardware depots.

While details of the new formations are unknown, the minister's announcement came amid a US and NATO military build-up in Central and Eastern Europe - against what Washington and its allies call "Russian aggression."
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Clinton email: Secret plan to foment unrest among Palestinians, force Israeli action


Press TV
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 02:56 UTC
Hillary
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Hillary...what does she really see? Probably less than she knows.
Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton considered a secret plan to foment unrest among Palestinians in order to push Israelis into taking actions, a new batch of emails reveals. The proposal was made in a Dec. 18, 2011 email to Clinton by then US ambassador to Israel, Thomas Pickering, as a method to prompt Israel's leaders to resume the failed negotiations with the Palestinians.

Pickering characterized the plan as a potential "game changer in the region," recommending that the United States undertake the campaign to spark protests, led be female Palestinians, against Israel.

Thomas pickering
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Former Ambassador to Israel, Thomas Pickering
"What will change the situation is a major effort to use non-violent protests and demonstrations to put peace back in the center of people's aspirations as well as their thoughts, and use that to influence the political leadership," Pickering wrote. "This is far from a sure thing, but far, in my humble view, from hopeless," he continued. "Women can and ought to be at the center of these demonstrations. Many men and others will denigrate the idea." He said that Israeli soldiers were "fearful, nervous, outnumbered [and] insecure," and would resort to the use of force when encountered by Palestinian men.

Pickering, who also served as undersecretary of state for political affairs under former President Bill Clinton, wrote that the White House must keep its role in the unrest a secret so as not to create tensions with Tel Aviv.

Comment: Pickering is delusional and unfit to advise anyone. He obviously doesn't understand why Israel will never agree to a two-state solution and will not hesitate to take down women in the way. Israel wants piece, not peace.

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Putin: Russia supports Syrian military and rebels who fight against ISIS


RT
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 01:16 UTC
Putin
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Russia supports Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces and will back anti-Assad rebels as long as they are fighting Islamic State, President Vladimir Putin told Germany's Bild, countering claims that Moscow only backs the regime rather than hitting jihadists.

"We support both Assad's army and the armed opposition," Putin said in a lengthy recent interview to the newspaper, now published in full. "Some of them have publicly declared this, others prefer to remain silent, but the work is ongoing."

According to the president, "This is hundreds, thousands of armed people fighting Islamic State [IS, previously ISIS/ISIL]."

"We are coordinating our joint operations with them and support their offensives by airstrikes in various sections of the front line," Putin said.

The Western media has repeatedly criticized Russia over its airstrikes in Syria, claiming they only support the Assad regime and allegedly focus on hitting the Syrian opposition rather than IS.

"They are telling lies," Putin reacted, when asked about the allegations. Despite the existence of evidence showing the facts on the ground, Russia's critics "prefer to ignore it."

"Look, the videos that support this version appeared before our pilots even started to carry out strikes against terrorists. This can be corroborated," the president said.
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10 die in Istanbul blast, Syrian national suspected


Press TV
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 08:37 UTC
Sultanahmet Square
© www.straitstimes.com
Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, Turkey
A large explosion in central Istanbul, Turkey, has left at least 10 people killed and 15 others injured, its governor's office says. The blast took place in Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet square, a major tourist attraction in Turkey's second most populous city. Istanbul has been the target of bomb blasts before. According to Turkey's media reports, at least six Germans, one Norwegian, one Peruvian and one South Korean were wounded.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan alleged that the blast was an "attack by a Syria-rooted suicide bomber. Unfortunately... there are fatalities, including locals and foreigners. This incident showed again we have to stand together in the face of terror," he said.

Meanwhile, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said most of those killed in the attack were foreigners, adding that the suspected assailant has been identified as a 28-year-old Syrian national.

No individual or group has so far claimed responsibility for the bombing but previous attacks were blamed on Daesh Takfiri terrorists. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu convened an emergency meeting following the blast while media has been barred from showing images of the dead or injured or reporting any details of the investigation.

Comment: Does this modus operandi seem familiar? As with other recent terrorist incidents in Western affiliates and the US, there is a pattern...we shall see.

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More details emerge of Right Sector 'showdown' at Transcarpathian resort

Translated by Ollie Richardson
Fort Russ
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:15 UTC
Right ector
© Unknown
New details on the website "Mukachevo.net" have emerged on the massacre on the Transcarpathian resort: Right sector confirmed the involvement of its fighters.

On a social network, photos appeared from the massacre between the guards and visitors that occurred in the Transcarpathian region on the morning of the 10th January in the tourist camp "Xata Magnata".

A member of "Right sector" said that on Sunday morning there was a skirmish between the representatives of the RS (not Transcarpathian "Right sector", but fighters from other regions, among them there were those who took part in the blockade of Crimea, in particular he called out the name of the head of the operational headquarters of the RS on the siege of Crimea, a "Croatian" friend), who rested at the base, and police officers that interfered to protect the recreational facility.

Comment: Including these updates and original information, it sounds like the Right Sector decided they were going to have a banquet in their honor, and weren't going to pay for it. When a guard spoke up they ganged up on him and beat him senseless. He is hospitalized with severe injuries. The rest of the resort, from the chef to police to the owner, were so enraged that they gathered together, beat the tar out of the neo-Nazi thugs, duct-taped them, and tossed them into the snow.

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Putin's classic response to Obama's derogatory comments

Translated by Ollie Richardson
Fort Russ
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 14:02 UTC
Putin Obama
© Unknown
The words of U.S. President Barack Obama about Russia as a regional power and attempts to talk about other countries in a derogatory manner are symptoms of an erroneous attitude and the desire to prove their exclusivity, says the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

"I think that the reasoning on the other countries, the attempted reasoning on other countries in a derogatory manner is the flip side to prove their exclusivity. It seems to me that this is wrong," said Putin in an interview with German magazine Bild, responding to a question on the statement of U.S. President Barack Obama about Russia as a regional power.
"If we say that Russia is a regional power, we should first determine what region we are referring to. Look at the map and ask: "What is it, is it part of Europe? Or is it part of the eastern region, bordering on Japan and the United States, if we mean Alaska and China? Or is it part of Asia? Or perhaps the southern region?" Or look at the north. Essentially, in the north we border on Canada across the Arctic Ocean. Or in the south? Where is it? What region are we speaking about?" — said Putin.

Comment: Obama's getting schooled as usual. Also see: Nobel peace prize-winner Obama dropped 23,144 bombs in 2015

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Kurds seize docs showing ISIS ran major crossing operation through Turkey-Syria border


RT
Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:16 UTC
syrian refugees turkish border
© Rodi Said / Reuters
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) ran the operation through the border town of Tel Abyad.
A complex Islamic State migration operation operated through a Turkish border town less than 2 miles from Syria, passenger manifests seized by Kurdish forces and seen by the Guardian suggest. Pressure on Turkey to control its frontiers continues to mount.

According to the documents that were handed over to the Guardian by the Syrian Kurdish forces, Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) ran the operation through the border town of Tel Abyad. The seven manifests seized by the Kurds contain the names of 70 people - men, women, even infants - that had crossed into the town in the period from December 2014 to March 2015.

The papers all bear IS markings associated with the group's 'department of immigration' and 'department of transport'. All appeared to be traveling from IS-held territory.

To verify the authenticity of the passenger manifests, the Guardian revealed that the Kurdish forces had contacted an IS expert, academic researcher Aymenn al-Tamimi.

"The documents... coincide with other documents illustrating daily bus routes within Islamic State territory. Though private companies provide the actual transportation, the Islamic State bureaucracy is responsible for authorizing and overseeing the routes," he said.

Comment: Given that Turkey has an oil smuggling business going with ISIS, is it too far a stretch to wonder if trafficking in people is another arrangement?

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Where's the money going? US still spends billions on Afghan soldiers that don't exist


Sputnik
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 03:43 UTC
Afghanistan army
© FP 2015/ Noorullah SHIRZADA
Afghan soldiers are struggling against the Taliban, in part because close to 40% of Afghanistan's forces are "ghost soldiers," troops that exist only on paper.

Karim Atal is the head of the provincial council in Helmand, where the resurgent Taliban has seized large areas of land since the United States handed over control to Afghan forces a year ago.

"At checkpoints where 20 soldiers should be present, there are only eight or 10," Atal told the Associated Press. "It's because some people are getting paid a salary but not doing the job because they are related to someone important, like a local warlord."

Comment: The US continues to prove how corrupt its chain of command is. Also see:
Another major source of systematic corruption: the filching of Pentagon money via salaries paid to "ghost soldiers" and policemen, recruits enrolled in the Afghan security forces who don't exist. Here, too, Washington's funds became the basis for embezzlement and "Afghan" corruption.

Up to 90% of Afghan troops and police are illiterate, and about a quarter of the force deserts annually. This has provided rich opportunities for commanders to pad their lists of soldiers with so-called ghosts, keep them on the books, and pocket their salaries. (It is worth recalling that this practice became similarly widespread in the South Vietnamese army during the American war in Vietnam.)

Besides filching salaries, enterprising police and army commanders have made money by reselling Pentagon war materials. For instance,according to documents leaked by the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, a police chief in the eastern town of Zurmat reported fictitious firefights with the Taliban, and upon being restocked with thousands of rounds of ammunition, sold them to a bazaar merchant. Another provincial police commissioner purloined food and uniforms, while leaving his men cold and underfed in the winter. Such acts led to the creation of a significant black market in U.S. military equipment and goods of every sort.

How the Pentagon corrupted Afghanistan


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Putin: Turkey committed a war crime by downing Russian jet - their actions since have been humiliating


Sputnik
Tue, 12 Jan 2016 03:51 UTC
Putin
© Unknown
Turkey's actions following its downing of a Russian Su-24 frontline bomber by Turkey over Syria have been humiliating, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview published on Tuesday.

Relations between Moscow and Ankara deteriorated after a Turkish F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian aircraft over Syria on November 24. Ankara claimed that it downed the jet because it had violated Turkish airspace. Both the Russian General Staff and the Syrian Air Defense Command have confirmed that the Russian jet never crossed into Turkish airspace.

"Instead of trying to provide us with an explanation for the war crime they committed, that is, for downing our fighter jet that was targeting terrorists, the Turkish government rushed to NATO headquarters seeking protection, which looks quite odd and, in my view, humiliating for Turkey," Putin told Germany's Bild newspaper.

Comment: Turkey's actions have certainly been humiliating for the country, but their pathological leadership doesn't seem to care. In fact, they seem to believe that they now have a license to do whatever they want. Fortunately for the rest of the world Russia doesn't play by the same delusional rules, and has reacted appropriately to their madness. Also see:

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South Front: 'Unknown fighters' killing terror leaders in Syria (plus U.S. Navy power projection)


South Front
Mon, 11 Jan 2016 03:21 UTC
south front
International Military Review - Syria (Jan. 11)

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