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Syrian football fans unfurl banner slamming US air strikes - 'F*ck Trump'


Sputnik
Sun, 15 Apr 2018 22:38 UTC
syrian sports fans f*ck Trump
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After US-led coalition members hit Syria with over 100 missiles last Friday, the fans from the Syrian Tishreen Football Club pulled no punches while expressing their attitude toward the US administration's recent actions.

The fans unfolded a banner reading "F**ck Trump" in a message to Washington calling on it to stop killing the Syrian people on the pretext of establishing "peace."

Donald Trump ordered on Friday a massive missile strike against Syrian targets in response to the alleged chemical attack in the city of Douma in the Damascus suburb. Jointly with the United Kingdom and France, the United States had launched 103 missiles, 71 of which were intercepted by Syrian air defense systems. According to the Syrian authorities, which have repeatedly said that they had destroyed their chemical weapons stockpiles, the strikes damaged Syrian infrastructure and left three civilians wounded.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the attack had been conducted illegally.

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Sherlock

Six reasons not to take the official Litvinenko poisoning report seriously

William Dunkerley
The Guardian
Fri, 05 Feb 2016 21:33 UTC
Litvinenko
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Alexander Litvinenko’s grave in Highgate Cemetery in London.
Inquiry points the finger at Vladimir Putin and the Russian state, but its findings are biased, flawed and inconsistent

An inquiry into the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko in the heart of London in 2006 has concluded that he was "probably" murdered on the personal orders of Vladimir Putin. This is a troubling accusation.

The report (pdf) said that Litvinenko, who died from radioactive poisoning, was killed by two Russian agents, Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitry Kovtun, who were most likely acting on behalf of the Russian FSB secret service.

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Biohazard

Wait a second, don't WE have chemical weapons too?

Ryan Dawson
Anti-Neocon Report
Sat, 14 Apr 2018 22:12 UTC
chemical weapons usa
"Chemical weapons are bad," spouts warmonger Sebastain Gorka. Yes, yet all the nations that participated in the bombing of Syria the US, UK, France, and Israel each have stockpiles of chemical weapons as well as nuclear weapons. The only one that won't admit to having nukes is Israel. But they were photographed and the whistle blower was jailed. But you see even when Israel undoubtedly built nuclear weapons, and even stole materiel and secrets from the US to do so, everyone is looking away. This way they don't have to sign a non proliferation treaty because they have never admitted to having hundreds of nuclear bombs. Israel has also used chemical weapons. The rained down White Phosphorus or MK77 on practically helpless Gaza during Operation Cast Lead in 2009. They used Depleted Uranium in 1973 and were the first country to do so. The US used both of these weapons in Iraq, particularly in Fallujah.
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Dollar

War is a racket: Syria air strikes instantly add nearly $5 billion to missile-makers' stock value

Jen Wieczner
Fortune
Sun, 15 Apr 2018 21:07 UTC
Tomahawk Missile
© Jpeg Wallpapers
The Tomahawk missile used in the strike is made by Raytheon
Raytheon stock surged Friday morning, after 59 of the company's Tomahawk missiles were used to strike Syria in Donald Trump's first major military operation as President.

Trump ordered the airstrike on the Syrian government Thursday night in retaliation for a deadly chemical weapons attack on civilians earlier this week that killed as many as 100 people. The U.S. blamed the attack on the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.


Comment: Just a pretext. The Douma "chemical weapon attack" was a fake.


The Tomahawk missile used in the strike is made by Raytheon, whose stock opened 2.5% higher Friday, adding more than $1 billion to the defense contractor's market capitalization.

Comment:
smedley butler war racket


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Newspaper

Bush family spokesman: Former first lady Barbara Bush in failing health


Breitbart
Sun, 15 Apr 2018 20:56 UTC
Bush family
© The Associated Press
Former first lady Barbara Bush is in "failing health" and won't seek additional medical treatment, a Bush family spokesman said Sunday.

"Following a recent series of hospitalizations, and after consulting her family and doctors, Mrs. Bush, now age 92, has decided not to seek additional medical treatment and will instead focus on comfort care," spokesman Jim McGrath said in a news release.
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Road Cone

Bloomberg's unhinged fantasy of the US' failed attack on Syria

Toluse Olorunnipa , Jennifer Jacobs , Anthony Capaccio , and Margaret Talev
Bloomberg
Sat, 14 Apr 2018 18:50 UTC
Wreckage at the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) compound near Damascus on April 14.
© Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images
Wreckage at the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC) compound near Damascus on April 14.
President Donald Trump's outrage over another apparent chemical weapons attack by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was clear. And for the second time in his presidency, the U.S. commander-in-chief demanded retaliation.

As images of sick or dying children flooded global media all week, the U.S. guided-missile destroyer USS Winston Churchill churned toward the Mediterranean to join a flotilla of allied warships, including another U.S. destroyer, the USS Donald Cook.

It was a ruse.


Comment: The staged chemical weapons attack? Sure was:

While both vessels carry as many as 90 Tomahawk missiles -- the main weapon used in the Friday evening strike on Syria -- neither ship in the end fired a shot. Instead, according to a person familiar with White House war planning, they were part of a plan to distract Russia and its Syrian ally from an assault Assad's government could do little to defend itself against.


Comment: Quite the source you got there Bloomberg!


Comment: Trump, like Bush, will become the embodiment of all that is wrong with America, and the world, if he carries on: About Those 'Nice, New, Smart' Missiles And The 'Chemical Weapons' Sites in Syria

Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: World in Chaos: Anti-Russia Hysteria, Israel Murders Palestinians, US Leaving Syria?

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Stormtrooper

Boy riding ATV killed by cop after being tasered from his patrol car

Jack Burns
The Free Thought Project
Sat, 14 Apr 2018 20:08 UTC
Damon Grimes atv
It took nearly nine months and several petitions by the Detroit Free Press until Michigan State Police (MSP) and Detroit Police allowed the body camera and dash camera footage to be released showing the minutes leading up to and the hours following the tasing murder of Damon Grimes by MSP Trooper Mark Bessner. The 16 hours of recordings show the horror, outrage, and insensitive comments made by many officers on the scene. One video even recorded the moment of his death.

As TFTP reported, Bessner attempted to force Grimes to pull his ATV off of the road by shooting his taser at him. The thoughtless plan backfired when Grimes apparently seized and slammed into the back of a parked pickup truck-killing him.

The mid-August killing of the rising 9th grader stunned not only the community but Grimes' family who immediately began calling for justice. They also filed a $50 million lawsuit against the Michigan State Police and demanded an inquiry into the death of their beloved family member.

Now, video has been released showing how this horrific incident unfolded.

Comment: See the video mentioned here.

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Heart - Black

Activist lawyer burned himself to death to protest 'global warming' - amidst record cold around the planet

Gwynne Hogan and Amanda Woods
NY Post
Sat, 14 Apr 2018 18:33 UTC
David Buckel
© REUTERS/Jeff Zelevansky
David Buckel burned himself to death in New York's Prospect Park on Saturday.
A "green" activist who was a pioneering lawyer for gay and transgender rights - including in the notorious "Boys Don't Cry" rape murder case - committed suicide by setting himself on fire Saturday morning in Brooklyn's Prospect Park in a grisly act of protest against the ecological destruction of the Earth.

David Buckel, 60, left behind a charred corpse and a typed suicide note that said he was burning himself to death using "fossil fuel" to reflect how mankind was likewise killing itself, police sources said.

He left the note in a manila envelope marked "To The Police," recovered from inside a black metal pushcart he discarded at the scene.

Comment: A rather bizarre case and there are signs that this accomplished lawyer was not only misinformed but probably also unstable: These reports of record cold are from just this week:

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Star of David

Israel refuses Ghana MP access to occupied territories, denies Palestine exists


Middle East Monitor
Thu, 12 Apr 2018 12:32 UTC
AmiMehl

Ami Mehl, Israeli Ambassador to Ghana
"There is no OPT, there is no Palestine, there was never Palestine," says Israeli Ambassador to Ghana

Israeli Ambassador to Ghana Ami Mehel angrily denied the existence of Palestine in a radio interview yesterday following Israel's decision to bar a Ghana MP from entering the country this week.

Mehel flew into a rage after being questioned by a journalist as to why Ghanaian parliamentarian Ras Mubarak was prevented from entering the occupied territories via the Allenby Crossing, despite having been granted a visa. The use of the term "oPt", an acronym for the occupied Palestinian territories, prompted Mehel to refuse to answer the question if the journalist used such terminology.
"Excuse me lady, excuse me! You said something that is unacceptable for me. If you want to talk to me, you will use the terminology that I use," he demanded. "There is no OPT, there is no Palestine, there was never Palestine. It's Israel, he wants to enter Israel!"
The ambassador denied that Mubarak had been granted a permit to enter the country and claimed that the MP was told to wait while Israeli authorities investigated the situation but that he left the crossing early of his own accord. Mehel further claimed that Mubarak had lied about the incident because he is "a propaganda machinery of the Palestinian authorities. He never asked for a visa ... its b***ls***t, its propaganda!" Mehl insisted, before being asked to control his language.
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Stop

U of Sydney academics back BDS as Israel guns down Palestinian protesters


Middle East Monitor
Fri, 13 Apr 2018 01:15 UTC
UofSydney protest
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Dozens of academics at the University of Sydney have declared their support for the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, reported The Australian.

According to the paper, the move comes as a response to the lethal crackdown by Israeli occupation forces on Palestinian protesters in the Gaza Strip.

The Australian notes that signatories to the BDS pledge say they "will not attend conferences sponsored by Israeli universities, participate in academic exchange schemes, or otherwise collaborate professionally with Israeli universities until the stated goals have been fulfilled."

The BDS campaign, describes the paper, is an international movement "inspired by the success of boycotts in bringing an end to apartheid in South Africa".

Nick Riemer, a senior lecturer in English and linguistics at the University of Sydney and a member of its BDS group, "said the response from fellow academics was encouraging" and expressed his hope that the pledge would spread to other Australian universities.

"People are already talking at Melbourne about the possibility of something like this," he said. According to the Sydney BDS website, some 40 academics have currently endorsed the pledge.

Comment: As Israel attacks, kills, injures Palestinian protesters within their border in Gaza, one aspect of the condemnations and blowback has resulted in an uptick in BDS support as exemplified by the University of Sydney.

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