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OPCW welcomed in Syria, free to investigate alleged of chemical weapon attack

RT
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 18:33 UTC

Douma, the suburb of Damascus recently recaptured from anti-government forces.

The first four chemical weapons experts from the OPCW have arrived in Syria on a fact-finding mission (FFM) into the April 7 Douma incident, while Western leaders continue to blame the government for the alleged attack.

"We will facilitate the arrival of the team to anywhere they want, in Douma, to check whether or not there was use of chemical substances," said Bashar Jaafari, Syria's envoy to the UN in New York, adding that a second team is due to arrive on Friday.

The Damascus suburb of Douma was recaptured by the government this week, so experts from the UN-backed Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons are expected to have easier access than on previous occasions when the alleged attacks happened in areas of ongoing fighting or those controlled by radical Islamists.

Comment: So, U.S. has terrorist sources? What a shocker:

Why the failure of capitalism in Russia has led to 'Strongman' Putin's immense popularity at home

Steve Keen
RT
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 19:04 UTC

Russian President Vladimir Putin is reviled as a "bad person" in the Western press and by Western politicians. And those accusations have heightened since the Skripal poisoning incident, which has been blamed on the Kremlin.

I'm neither going to dispute, nor support that characterization. Instead, I want to give some background as to why a "bad person" or "strongman" or, indeed, a hyper patriot, might have been elected Russia's leader in the first place. In other words, I want to explain why Putin has pursued certain policies which have helped to prompt such emotional reactions from many Western analysts.

And elected he was, first in 2000 - when, though the elections were criticized, they were regarded as broadly democratic. He has since been elected another three times, though Russia is no longer regarded as a true democracy by much of the West's media and political establishments.

Russian MoD: Syrian govt forces seize Douma, last militant stronghold in E. Ghouta

RT
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 19:50 UTC

© Omar Sanadiki / Reuters
Buses carry rebels and their families who left Douma, at Wafideen camp in Damascus, Syria, April 9, 2018

Syrian government troops have gained full control of the Douma enclave, the last militant stronghold in Eastern Ghouta, 10km from Damascus, the Russian Defense Ministry says.

The latest development marks a "symbolic event," according to the head of the Syrian Reconciliation Center, Major-General Yuri Yevtushenko. "The raised state flag over a building in the town of Douma... has heralded the control over this area and therefore over the whole Eastern Ghouta."

On Thursday, Russian military police were deployed in Douma, which has been freed from Jaysh al-Islam militants. According to the Russian military, their task is to provide "law and order" in the battle-scarred area.

Kuwait Airlines suspend all flights to Lebanon due to 'serious security threat'

RT
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:17 UTC

Kuwait Airways, the country's national carrier, has announced it will cease all flights to Beirut starting Thursday. The decision was made in light of a security warning that came from the Cyprus government, it said.

The company announced on Twitter that it made a decision to stop all flights bound for Lebanon "on the basis of serious security warnings," adding that it is aimed at "preserving the safety" of its passengers.

Kuwait Airways will no longer fly to Beirut starting April 12, the company said. It is unclear how long the suspension will last, with the company stating that all flights will be terminated "until further notice."

Kurds receive new weapons as US establishes new base in Manbij

Fars News Agency
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 19:32 UTC

© FNA
The US and other western states have increased activities in Northern Syria to support the Kurdish forces in the town of Manbij as tensions between Washington and Ankara have intensified in the region, sources said, adding that the Kurds have received new weapons

The Arabic-language al-Mayadeen news channel quoted Kurdish sources as saying on Thursday that recently a large volume of weapons have been sent to Manbij in Northern Syria, adding that most of them are Saudi arms.

They also revealed that the US-led coalition has set up a coordination center with the Kurds to protect Manbij from the Turkish army attacks.

Meantime, reports said that the US, French and British forces have conducted patrolling missions in Manbij.

Comment: The US has established a new military base in the Syrian area of Manbij in the framework of efforts aimed at countering Turkish threats to launch a military operation in the area, the Russian state-run news agency Sputnik reported on April 12 citing Ebu Adil, commander of the Manbij Military Council within the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

"By deploying additional special forces to the region, the US has expanded its existing military base in Manbij and established a new one on the front line. So right now, there are two American bases in Manbij region. Information about three such bases holds no water," Adil said. "After the Turkish forces attacked Afrin, representatives of the Manbij Military Council met the US military command and expressed serious concern about Turkey's possible military operation in the area."

Israel bars two Gazan youth seriously wounded by Israeli gunfire from travelling to Ramallah for urgent medical care

Al Mezan
Mon, 09 Apr 2018 15:23 UTC

© Associated Press/Adel Hana
Palestinian masked protesters carrying tires walk toward the border fence during clashes with Israeli troops along Gaza's border with Israel, east of Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 5, 2018.

Two young men are in danger of losing their legs if they remain in Gaza hospital; Al Mezan, Adalah petition Israeli Supreme Court after Israeli military took four days to reject transfer request

Israel is refusing to let two young Palestinian men-who were seriously wounded by Israeli military gunfire as unarmed protesters during demonstrations in Gaza-travel to the city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank for urgent medical care.

Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights filed a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court yesterday, 8 April 2018, demanding Israel let the two seriously wounded young men leave the Gaza Strip.

The two men -- Yousef Karnaz, aged 20, and Mohammad Al-'Ajouri, aged 17, both from Gaza-were wounded when Israeli troops fired on them during the 30 March 2018 Land Day protests.

Billionaire Steyer takes his 'impeach Trump' tantrum on the road

Kaylee McGhee
Liberty Headlines
Mon, 09 Apr 2018 17:06 UTC

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'Those who condemn Trump but do nothing to back their words with action are enabling the damage he is inflicting...'

Billionaire Tom Steyer, a well-known liberal activist, is organizing a nationwide town hall calling for President Trump's impeachment, describing it as "the most important issue in America right now."

During the "Need to Impeach" town hall event in Oakland, Calif., Steyer attacked both Republicans and Democrats who weren't fighting for Trump's impeachment.

Many Democrats aren't vocal about removing Trump from office, Steyer said, "because of political posturing before the midterms."

Now, through his 30-stop national tour, Steyer is trying to shame key Democrats.

Comment: It's never going to fly.

Twice as many Brits oppose war against Syria than support it - YouGov poll

RT
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:04 UTC

The largest share of Britons surveyed in a YouGov poll for The Times is against military action against Syrian military targets.

Forty-three percent oppose, while just 22 percent support, airstrikes against Syria, with 34 percent unsure whether they back the action.

The poll's release comes as UK Prime Minister Theresa May is reportedly readying her cabinet to back military strikes on Syria without asking Parliament for consent.

This is contrary to opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn's position. He is insistent that Parliament must have a say on any airstrikes. His views were echoed by the leaders of both the SNP and the Liberal Democrats.

Federal Reserve chair Yellen blames tax cuts for growing deficit, not entitlement programs

Breck Dumas
The Blaze
Tue, 10 Apr 2018 02:46 UTC

© Alex Wong/Getty Images
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen warns in a Washington Post op-ed not to blame program entitlements for U.S. deficit. The column was written in response to a recent piece by senior fellows at the Hoover Institution.

In an op-ed published by The Washington Post on Sunday, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen joined four other authors in pointing to tax cuts and unfunded wars as the major culprits in America's budget woes.

The column was written in response to a recent piece by senior fellows at the Hoover Institution, which warned of a pending debt crisis and implored policymakers to "reform and restrain the growth of entitlement programs and adopt further pro-growth and regulatory policies."

Major entitlement programs in the U.S. include Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and veterans benefits.

The Hoover Institution economists acknowledged that tax policies alone will not fix the budget issues, insisting that "funding programs as they are currently structured will require high taxes for all income levels, taxes that would sharply reduce economic opportunity and growth, which in turn will make funding entitlements that much harder."

Comment: Actually social programs consume around two-thirds of the federal budget and by 2030 could consume all of it. See: US Wars Fund The Welfare State Which Finances The Liberal March Towards Totalitarianism

US federal spending in 2015

Russia claims 'White Helmets' staged Douma chemical attack: Local doctors say 'not a single person' came in for treatment

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 16:29 UTC

Russia claims that the reported chemical attack in Syria last Sunday was staged by the "white helmets," a US-funded NGO lauded by mainstream media for their humanitarian work, while long-suspected of performing less-than humanitarian deeds behind the curtain.

Speaking with EuroNews, Russia's ambassador to the EU, Vladimir Chizov, said "Russian military specialists have visited this region, walked on those streets, entered those houses, talked to local doctors and visited the only functioning hospital in Douma, including its basement where reportedly the mountains of corpses pile up. There was not a single corpse and even not a single person who came in for treatment after the attack."

Ehret an idiot beyond belief

smertzasmert

.. .. are wheel barrel sales are up too?

Jibrish

I doubt any pureblood would object to the "vaccinated" being masked, but if they (the "vaccinated") still feel unsafe then maybe their problem is...

HashAttack2

I said this would happen...now they are looking to mandate companies with less that 100 employees...shits getting real, people[Link]

Bezel Bub

it's all a lie ! :O

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Society's Child

OPCW welcomed in Syria, free to investigate alleged of chemical weapon attack

Why the failure of capitalism in Russia has led to 'Strongman' Putin's immense popularity at home

Russian MoD: Syrian govt forces seize Douma, last militant stronghold in E. Ghouta

Kuwait Airlines suspend all flights to Lebanon due to 'serious security threat'

Kurds receive new weapons as US establishes new base in Manbij

Israel bars two Gazan youth seriously wounded by Israeli gunfire from travelling to Ramallah for urgent medical care

Billionaire Steyer takes his 'impeach Trump' tantrum on the road

Twice as many Brits oppose war against Syria than support it - YouGov poll

Federal Reserve chair Yellen blames tax cuts for growing deficit, not entitlement programs

Russia claims 'White Helmets' staged Douma chemical attack: Local doctors say 'not a single person' came in for treatment

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