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YPG Commander: Kurdish Forces Ready to Assist Syrian Army in Sweida Offensive


Sputnik
Mon, 06 Aug 2018 19:25 UTC
Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
© AFP 2018 / Delil souleimanFighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
After defeating various hardline Islamist militant groups in Deraa and Quneitra, the Syrian Army is set to oust Daesh* terrorists from the Sweida Governorate in southern Syria.

Kurdish forces are willing and ready to assist government forces in their Sweida anti-Daesh campaign, the Firat news agency reported on Sunday, citing a YPG commander.

In an interview, Commander General Sipan Hemo said the YPG has repeatedly demonstrated its competence in battling and defeating Daesh terrorists in many parts of Syria.
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'They look like letter boxes': Gaffe-prone Boris Johnson sparks outrage over offensive Burqa comments


RT
Mon, 06 Aug 2018 12:15 UTC
Boris Johnson
© Marcos Brindicci / ReutersFormer Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. May 21, 2018
Former British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson has added to his long list of offensive comments by describing women who wear the niqab as "letter boxes" and compared those that adorn the burqa to a "bank robber".

Johnson, who quit his ministerial position in July, due to his dissatisfaction at what he sees as PM Theresa May's "soft brexit" approach, made his comments in his latest Telegraph column which focused on Denmark's recent decision to impose a full-face veil ban for those of the Islamic faith.

Johnson labelled the religious symbol "oppressive", and claimed of the niqab: "It is absolutely ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking like letter boxes." On those that wear the burqa he appeared to draw comparisons with a female student who turned up to school "looking like a bank robber" - adding they should be asked to remove their face covering.
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'Religious propaganda': German 'evangelical Christians' cause mayhem on Spanish train


RT
Mon, 06 Aug 2018 16:38 UTC
Train
Spanish police have detained nine German citizens who engaged in "religious propaganda" and caused panic on the Valencia metro on Sunday.

The troublemakers, who called themselves "evangelical Christians" began shouting at passengers between the Xativa and Alameda metro stations, according to the Europa Press news agency.
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'Mental torture': Tommy Robinson whines over lack of TV, inability to eat prison food during recent incarceration


RT
Mon, 06 Aug 2018 08:08 UTC
Tommy Robinson prison
© Andrew Winning / ReutersIn several prison complaint forms posted to his Facebook page on Friday, Robinson’s claims of mistreatment included being moved from a prison where only 7% of inmates were Muslim to one where a third of them are; being locked up for 23 hours a day “for his own protection,”; and accused prison authorities of “punishing” him with no TV access in his cell.
Recently released Tommy Robinson claims he was 'mentally tortured' in prison complaining of no TV, inability to eat prison food and being moved to facility with larger Muslims population.

Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, the former leader of the English Defence League (EDL) got a 13 month sentence in May for contempt of court. On Wednesday, the defense team for the darling of the British and international right successfully appealed the sentence and he was released on bail pending a retrial.

In several prison complaint forms posted to his Facebook page on Friday, Robinson's claims of mistreatment included being moved from a prison where only 7% of inmates were Muslim to one where a third of them are; being locked up for 23 hours a day "for his own protection,"; and accused prison authorities of "punishing" him with no TV access in his cell.

Comment: More on the Tommy Robinson saga:

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Twitter suspends Candace Owens for pointing out NYT's bigots racism by changing 'white' to 'Jewish' and 'black' - then apologizes

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Mon, 06 Aug 2018 16:21 UTC
Candace Owens
© realclearpolitics.comTurning Point USA Communications Director Candace Owens
In response to the New York Times' decision to stand by their most recent hire - open bigot Sarah Jeong, who really hates white people, men (especially white men), and cops - black conservative Candace Owens carried out a thought experiment we mentioned last week in which we replaced the word "white" with "black" to illustrate Jeong's animus.

A sample of Jeong's controversial tweets:




Comment: See also:

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Light Sabers

Bannon vs Soros: America's billionaires battle for political control over Europe

Eric Zuesse
Strategic Culture Foundation
Fri, 03 Aug 2018 11:10 UTC
NY Stock Exchange
A contest for political control of Europe is gearing up between two American teams, one headed by the long-established George Soros, and the other now being set up by the upstart Steve Bannon, US President Donald Trump's former campaign-manager. Soros has long led America's liberal billionaires in controlling Europe, and Bannon is now organizing a team of America's conservative billionaires to wrest that control from the liberal ones. Whereas Soros claims to represent the public's interests, Bannon claims to represent the population's interests - that's the 'populist' side of America's billionaires, versus the established 'public-interest' (Soros) side of them.

Two American brands of 'philanthropists' will thus now be fighting for control over Europe's political markets (or institutions).

It's a battle to serve either 'the public' or else 'the people', and each political brand will be struggling to keep Europe as an ally in American billionaires' war against Russia (which all American billionaires want to defeat), but each team does this from a different ideological perspective, one being 'liberal', and the other being 'conservative'.

Just as there is liberal-conservative political polarization between billionaires domestically within a nation, there also is such political polarization between billionaires regarding their given nation's foreign policies; and America's billionaires are politically very highly polarized, both nationally and, increasingly, internationally as well. None of them is progressive, or left-populist. The only 'populism' that any billionaire currently promotes is right-'populist', which is Bannon's team. (Stalin was left-'populist'; and Hitler was right-'populist'; but neither dictator really was at all populist, which is simply democratic and against the aristocracy.) Both teams demonize each other within the United States for control over the US Government, but both are now competing against each other internationally for control over the entire world, by two different brands: liberal versus conservative. Both brands endorse 'democracy' or "the allies"; and both support spreading that 'democracy' by means of invading and occupying 'dictatorships' or "the enemies." In Europe, this is called "imperialism"; in America, it is called "neo-conservatism" or "neoconservatism"; but no American billionaire actively opposes it (because to oppose it would be to oppose the aristocracy itself, the billionaires' control over the Government - the very system that has been enormously successful for them, far more than the public itself recognizes).

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Attention

Motorcade carrying US ambassador to Bangladesh attacked amid massive protests over country's road safety


RT
Sun, 05 Aug 2018 16:24 UTC
Thousands of students protest traffic accidents Bangladesh August 2018
© Mohammad Ponir Hossain / ReutersThousands of students protest over recent traffic accidents in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5, 2018.
A motorcade carrying the US ambassador to Bangladesh came under attack in the capital, Dhaka, the US Embassy said. The incident comes amid massive protests over road safety.

An official US Embassy vehicle, which was transporting US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat, was attacked in the Mohammadpur district of Dhaka late Saturday "by a group of armed adult men, some on motorcycles," the embassy said in a statement on Sunday. The ambassador, as well as her security team and drivers, did not sustain any injuries in the attack, the statement added, saying that everyone "departed the area unharmed."

However, two security vehicles were damaged in the incident. The attack came after the US ambassador left the residence of Badiul Alam Majumder, a secretary of a local civil society advocacy group known as Shujan, around 11:00pm (local time) on Saturday.
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Bizarre: Bin Laden's son reportedly marries daughter of Mohammed Atta


Sputnik
Mon, 06 Aug 2018 16:15 UTC
hamza bin laden
© AP Photo / CIA
The ceremony is believed to have taken place somewhere in Afghanistan.

Hamza bin Laden, 29, the son of the late Osama bin Laden, has recently married a daughter of the lead 9/11 plane hijacker, according to bin Laden's half-brothers as quoted by The Guardian.

The name of the bride has not been disclosed, but the media outlet speculates this could be a Egyptian national in her late teens or early 20s, the daughter of Mohammed Atta, one of the leaders of the 9/11 attack and who personally rammed the northern tower of World Trade Center in New York City.

"We have heard he has married the daughter of Mohammed Atta," Ahmad al-Attas, bin Laden's half-brother, said. "We're not sure where he is, but it could be Afghanistan."

Ahmad and and Hamza bin Laden's other half-brother, Hassan al-Attas, said that Hamza has taken on a senior position in Al-Qaeda and is believed to be the second in command to the group's current leader.

Hamza earlier made public statements urging followers to wage war on Washington, London, Paris and Tel Aviv.

Comment: This plot sounds like bad fan fiction written by a cheap propagandist. But then, truth is sometimes stranger than fiction!

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2 dead, at least 55 injured in massive highway explosion in Bologna, Italy


RT
Mon, 06 Aug 2018 18:05 UTC
Bologna blast
© Ruptly / Video courtesy: Twitter user @Amemacula
Two people have died and at least 55 others are injured following an enormous explosion on the highway in Bologna, Italy, according to the ANSA news outlet.

The explosion was heard just before 2pm in the Borgo Panigale area, on the outskirts of the city. At least 14 of the injured people are serious condition.

The blast happened after a truck carrying flammable liquids was involved in a crash with other vehicles. The police shared video footage showing that a large section of the road collapsed following the incident.

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Details of Steven Seagal's special Russia-US envoy mission affirmed


RT
Mon, 06 Aug 2018 14:43 UTC
Putin and Seagal
After being announced as Russia's special representative on humanitarian relations with the US, the exact nature of Hollywood star and martial artist Steven Seagal's mission has been revealed.

A statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday says that Seagal's unpaid role aims to strengthen"contacts, mutual understanding and trust between the peoples of Russia and the United States."

His duties will involve promoting bilateral ties in a wide range of fields including culture, art, science, education, sports, public and youth exchanges, that will see him participate in relevant events both in Russia and abroad, and maintain contacts with US partners.

Seagal will also engage in efforts to preserve "Russia's memorable places in the United States, study and popularize the legacy of Russian America and other pages of our common history that are of great interest to citizens of both countries," the ministry said.

Comment: See also: Moscow appoints action star Steven Seagal special envoy on Russia-US humanitarian relations

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