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Syrian state media reports 2 Israeli missiles strike near Damascus airport, scant details


RT
Tue, 26 Jun 2018 23:30 UTC
Israeli missile strike/flag
© American Journal Review
Two missiles have reportedly landed in the vicinity of Damascus International Airport, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency. It was not immediately clear if the missiles were intercepted or if they hit their intended target. There were also no immediate reports of any damage or casualties. Besides pinning the blame on Israel, Syrian state TV provided no further details on the alleged strike that took place on Monday night.

Damascus has repeatedly accused Israel of de-facto helping the terrorists and boosting their morale every time they lose ground to the Syrian government forces. Meanwhile, Israel, which rarely admits to its operations in Syria, maintains its right to intervene whenever it deems it necessary to thwart Iran's growing influence and prevent the potential transfer of weapons to Lebanon's Hezbollah.

Just on Sunday, the Israeli Defense Forces launched a US Patriot missile at a drone allegedly coming towards the Israeli border from Syria. A pro-Damascus commander, however, said the unmanned aerial vehicle that was engaged in operations in southern Syria never intended to cross into Israel and managed to retreat without being hit.
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Cult

Atlantic Council admits Ukraine's Nazi problem, but upset RT reported on it

Bryan MacDonald
RT
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 13:36 UTC
Far right movements, Kiev
© Sergii Kharchenko/Global Look Press
Supporters and members of far right nationalistic movements and parties, Kiev, Ukraine.
RT has accurately and consistently chronicled the rise of neo-Nazism in Ukraine. Now, rather belatedly, NATO's principal mouthpiece has finally joined in, throwing some bizarre shade at this network in the process.

For the uninitiated, the Atlantic Council is NATO's propaganda wing. And whenever its lobbyists, or guest writers, publish opinions which digress from the standard Washington foreign policy establishment position, it usually suggests a change in attitude is on the cards.

Last week, the "think tank" sent Ukraine a clear message: get your extremists & neo-Nazis under control promptly and start taking the threat they pose seriously.

In doing so, the Atlantic Council also finally acknowledged the problem exists. Something readers and viewers of RT have been aware of since the first Euromaidan protests back in 2013. However, for years, this reportage was dismissed by pro-NATO activists as "Kremlin propaganda."

So what has changed? Well, Ukraine's far right has become so emboldened that even the countries' biggest defenders are beginning to realize the threat they pose to the narrative established since the 2014 change of power in Kiev.

Comment: By removing a stable governing structure, a society goes into free fall. The West calls it 'democracy'. And Kiev media call Nazis 'far-right nationalists'.

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Car Black

Turkey election votes were rigged; police find car full of forged ballots

Carly Read
Express
Sun, 24 Jun 2018 15:58 UTC
Erdogan, flags
© NOWTHEENDBEGINS.com
Rigged?
Police in Turkey have arrested three people after sacks overflowing with sealed ballot papers were found in a car they were driving adding fuel to speculation today's election was rigged.

Officers resorted to firing their guns into the air to stop the threesome in the country's southeastern province of Urfa from delivering four sacks stuffed with fake voting cards to the Bilge Primary School, which was being used as a polling station.

When police tried to pull the car over, the driver put his foot on the gas while the remaining two others hurled the sacks and papers out of the window, prompting officers to use force to stop and detain them while the vehicle was searched.

Meanwhile, Turkey's official news agency reports that authorities have launched an investigation after three French, three German and four Italian citizens have been arrested for interfering with votes.

Comment: Fraud from the top down, manipulated from the bottom up, collusion in the middle...the best rigged system Turkey can offer. Voter participation guaranteed whether you show up or not.

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Stop

US Senate bans sale of F-35s to Turkey unless forfeiture of Russian S-400 systems

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Tue, 26 Jun 2018 02:00 UTC
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
© Unknown
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
On June 19, the Senate passed a draft defense bill for FY 2019 that would halt the transfer of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft to Turkey, until the secretary of state certifies that Turkey will not accept deliveries of Russian S-400 Triumf air-defense systems. It paves the way for Ankara's expulsion from the program if it does not bow to this pressure. The support for the measure (85-10) is too strong to be overridden.

Turkey has been one of six major partner nations in the JSF project since 2002. It is responsible for the production of certain components and for providing maintenance services in Europe to other operators of the aircraft. About a dozen Turkish companies are involved in the manufacturing, in accordance with the deal that was reached 16 years ago (2002). Ankara has placed an order to buy more than 100 F-35A Lightning IIs. It has already paid $800 million, so any restrictions that are imposed now will be an illegal breach of obligations by the US.

On June 21, the Senate Appropriations Committee added an amendment to the foreign-aid bill that would put a stop to future deliveries, if Ankara does not cancel the S-400 deal already concluded with Moscow. One of the arguments for blocking the F-35 transfer is the fear that Russia would get access to the JSF, enabling Moscow to detect and exploit its vulnerabilities. It would learn how the S-400 could take out an F-35.

Comment: Mixing politics, foreign relations, military and business...in various levels of incompetence. What could go wrong with that?

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Footprints

Saudi-led coalition claims Hodeidah assault aims to force Houthis to negotiate


Sputnik
Tue, 26 Jun 2018 05:14 UTC
Houthi convoy
© AFP/Navil Hassan
Houthi convoy on way to Hodeidah.
Saudi-led coalition is continuing the operation to establish control over Yemeni port city of Al Hodeidah together with the troops on the side of Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi in order to force the rebels from the Houthi movement to sit down for negotiations, the coalition's spokesman Turki Maliki said Monday.
"Military operations in Al Hodeidah continue in order to put pressure on the Houthis and force them to sit down at the negotiating table. These military actions are part of the political process in Yemen and are in accordance with international law," Maliki said at a press conference broadcast by the Saudi channel Al Ekhbariya.
Maliki also accused the Houthis of disrupting all political efforts that could lead to a negotiated solution to the crisis.

Yemen is engulfed in an armed conflict between the government and the Houthi militia. The Saudi-led coalition of mostly Persian Gulf nations has been carrying out airstrikes against the Houthis at the Yemeni President's request since March 2015.

Military operations in Al Hodeidah began earlier in June when the Yemeni government forces, supported by the Saudi-led coalition, engaged in an offensive to capture the port from the Houthis. The battle continues despite warnings by the international community that the situation would aggravate the acute humanitarian crisis in Yemen.

Comment: Bringing the Houthi movement to the negotiation table is an excuse. SA would rather draw them in and finish them off.
See also:

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Butterfly

Hermit forced to return to civilization after living alone on an island for 29 years

Jordan Barnes
Daily Mail
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 18:38 UTC
island hermit

Nagasaki, 82, proudly lived in the buff after a typhoon washed away his clothes.
Japanese authorities denied a man the chance his wish to die a castaway on an island he called home for three decades.

Masafumi Nagasaki was the only inhabitant of the kilometre-wide Sotobanari island but was forced to return to civilisation after being found unwell by police.

He lived in solitude since 1989 and became known as the 'naked hermit' after being discovered by a traveller who writes about castaways.

lvaro Cerezo told news.com.au Nagasaki was evicted after someone found him on the island looking 'weak'.
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Arrow Up

UN validates Puerto Rico's inalienable right to self-determination and independence


Granma
Tue, 26 Jun 2018 15:32 UTC
UN Special Committee
© Prensa Latina
New York hosted UN Special Committee on Decolonization session for Puerto Rico.
This Monday saw a session of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization, and the approval of a draft resolution that would call upon the U.S. to facilitate the island's self‑determination

The UN Special Committee on Decolonization reiterated Monday, June 18, Puerto Rico's inalienable right to self-determination and independence, in accordance with General Assembly Resolution 1514, on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples.

In a draft resolution adopted by consensus, the Special Committee once again urged the United States to assume the responsibility of promoting a process that allows Puerto Rico to take sovereign decisions to address its urgent economic and social needs.

Promoted by Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Ecuador, Russia and Syria, the text was added to the 36 resolutions and decisions on Puerto Rico adopted by the Committee since 1972.

A press release on the UN news site highlights that this year's document refers to the devastation caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, which exacerbated unemployment, marginalization and poverty, in addition to aggravating problems related to education and health.
The resolution calls on the General Assembly to comprehensively examine the question of Puerto Rico and decide on the issue as soon as possible. It also urges the United States to guarantee the protection of the human rights of the Puerto Rican people, and to return the territory occupied by its military bases, in particular the Vieques and Ceiba islands, and to assume the costs of cleaning and decontamination of these areas. The text also expresses concern about actions carried out against pro-independence activists and calls for rigorous investigations.

Comment: See also:

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Red Flag

After spate of attacks, French butchers issue plea for police protection from vegans

Henry Samuel
The Telegraph, UK
Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:24 UTC
French butchers request protection from vegans
© Patrick Hertzog/AFP
French butchers have issued a plea for police protection against vegans, whom they blame for a series of attacks designed to "spread terror" among meat-lovers.

The butchers say they are coming under "physical, verbal and moral" attack from vegans and animal rights groups in the land of the "steak frites", and warn that animosity against their profession is being fueled by heavy media exposure to the anti-meat cause.

They are asking for the interior minister, Gérard Collomb, to intervene.

Their request comes days after a rotisserie in Lille, northern France, was vandalised - the fourth such incident of its kind in a matter of weeks. In the Hauts-de-France of northern France, seven butchers and charcuteries were attacked and sprayed with false blood in April.

Comment: By imposing their ideology on to society with such brutal force, these vegans are acting just like the Nazis did in Germany.

See also: "The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion" by Jonathan Haidt.

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Footprints

Russia's Supreme Court makes allowances for street protests, softens rules


RT
Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:45 UTC
Russian protest rally
© Andrey Lyubimov/Moskva News Agency
Protest rally of mortgage takers in Moscow.
The Russian Supreme Court has ruled that municipal authorities cannot deny a request for a protest rally because of inconveniences it could bring to non-participants, but noted that protests should not obstruct traffic.

On Tuesday, the Plenum of the Russian Supreme Court passed a statement concerning the practical application of the updated law on street rallies in which it emphasized that organizers of such events must get a license from municipal authorities. At the same time, the court judges significantly cut the list of reasons that allow bureaucrats to deny applications for rallies, in particular saying that this cannot be done because of fears that protests would cause inconveniences to pedestrians.

Comment: New rules. Will they 'walk' the 'talk'?

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Water

San Francisco woman 'calls police' on 8-year-old girl for selling water

Carol Schaeffer
The Independent
Tue, 26 Jun 2018 17:34 UTC
Alison Ettel
© Erin Austin/screen capture
Alison Ettel
The woman, Alison Ettel, says that there was 'no racial component' for her decision and that she only 'pretended' to call police

A white woman in San Francisco was been recorded appearing to call the police on a black eight-year-old girl for "illegally" selling bottled water on the sidewalk.

Footage of the incidents has been viewed millions of times across a number of social media platforms, with the woman, Alison Ettel, being nicknamed "permit Patty".
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