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Putin tells rats to leave Aleppo by Friday night.
Post Date: 2016-11-03 00:59:17 by Tatarewicz
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PMF... Russia on Wednesday told rebels holed up in Aleppo to leave by Friday night, signaling it would extend a moratorium on airstrikes against targets inside the Syria city. The Russian Defense Ministry, which is helping forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad try to retake full control of Aleppo, said rebels would be allowed to exit the city unharmed and with their weapons between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. local time on Nov. 4 via two special corridors. Civilians and the sick and wounded would be allowed to leave via six other corridors, it said. President Vladimir Putin had ordered the pause in fighting "to avoid senseless victims," the Defense Ministry said. It added that ...
Former Bush/Cheney Hawk Urges More Aggressive US Foreign Policy
Post Date: 2016-11-02 12:27:43 by Stephen Lendman
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Former Bush/Cheney Hawk Urges More Aggressive US Foreign Policy by Stephen Lendman Nobel Peace Laureate Obama bombed seven countries while commander-in-chief of America’s military - Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Somalia, besides authorizing destabilizing activities in dozens of others. Maybe Foreign Policy contributor John Hannah wants Russia, China, Iran and other countries becoming us war theaters. He’s a senior fellow at the right-wing Foundation for Defense of Democracies, earlier serving as Dick Cheney’s national security advisor. Headlining “No Time to Lose: Why the Next President Must Move Quickly to Reassert US Power,” he claims ...
Putin Planning a November Surprise in Aleppo?
Post Date: 2016-11-02 08:17:14 by Stephen Lendman
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Putin Planning a November Surprise in Aleppo? by Stephen Lendman On October 18, Putin halted Russian aerial operations against eastern Aleppo terrorists - while continuing to provide Syrian forces with intelligence and logistical support. After several days of fierce fighting, terrorists failed to break through government forces encircling them. They remain trapped under siege, able to leave safely through Russian established humanitarian corridors if they cease fighting. So far they refuse, holding thousands of area residents hostage as human shields - perhaps mobilizing for another offensive. Syrian forces strengthened their ranks. Elite Tiger troops, Liwa Suqour al-Sahra Special ...
NYT Mocks Assad and Syrian Suffering
Post Date: 2016-11-02 07:38:46 by Stephen Lendman
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NYT Mocks Assad and Syrian Suffering by Stephen Lendman Meeting with Western journalists on Monday, Assad was forthright, honest and candid, the way he always addresses issues affecting Syria and its people. If accusations claiming he’s committing crimes of war and against humanity were true, as media scoundrels claim, he would have lost public support long ago, he explained. He’s overwhelmingly popular. Syrians want no one else leading them, what media scoundrels never report, substituting state-sponsored propaganda instead, some of the most deplorable reporting in memory. “No one (is) talking about war crimes” and atrocities committed by US-supported terrorists, ...
ICC to Investigate US War Crimes in Afghanistan? Hold the Cheers
Post Date: 2016-11-01 09:01:38 by Stephen Lendman
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ICC to Investigate US War Crimes in Afghanistan? Hold the Cheers by Stephen Lendman According to Professor David Bosco, writing in Foreign Policy, “(t)he prosecutor’s office of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is ready to initiate a full investigation of a range of possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, including some by US personnel, according to several knowledgeable sources.” “The ICC move would mark the first time that a formal ICC investigation has scrutinized US actions and sets up a possible collision with Washington. Established by the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on July 1, 2002, it's mandated to ...
US-Supported Terrorists Fail to Break Aleppo Siege
Post Date: 2016-11-01 08:34:34 by Stephen Lendman
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US-Supported Terrorists Fail to Break Aleppo Siege by Stephen Lendman According to Fars News, thousands of al-Nusra (Al Qaeda in Syria) and affiliated terrorist fighters “failed to meet the coalition’s military objective of lifting the siege on our comrades trapped in the eastern part of the city,” according to what militants reported. After days of heavy clashes, government forces outfought them, repelling “over a dozen offensives” to break through. Amnesty International said “(a)rmed opposition groups have displayed a shocking disregard for civilian lives. Video footage shows they have used imprecise explosive weapons including mortars and Katyusha ...
Terrorists Acknowledge Defeat in Aleppo, Blame al-Muhaysini
Post Date: 2016-10-31 21:56:56 by Tatarewicz
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PMF... TEHRAN (FNA)- Great Epic Operation - a last ditch effort by over 16,000 Jeish al-Fatah terrorists from outside Aleppo to help besieged militants in the Eastern parts of the city - ended in yet another failure even in absence of Russian airstrikes, the militants admitted, blaming their top commander for their "humiliating defeat in Western and Southwestern Aleppo. "Jeish al-Fatah's Great Epic Operation failed to meet the coalition's military objective of lifting the siege on our comrades trapped in the Eastern part of the city," militants told their affiliated media outlets and on their social media pages, adding that "relevant calm has prevailed over the ...
Protecting Aleppo Civilians Requires Eliminating Terrorists
Post Date: 2016-10-31 12:54:25 by Stephen Lendman
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Protecting Aleppo Civilians Requires Eliminating Terrorists, Says Assad by Stephen Lendman “That’s our mission, according to the constitution, according to the law, that we have to protect the people, that we have to get rid of those terrorists from Aleppo,” Assad stressed. “This is where we can protect the civilians. How can we protect them while they are under control of the terrorists?…We need to attack the terrorists, that’s self-evident.” On October 31, Syria’s General Command of the Army and Armed Forces said (US-supported) terrorists in Aleppo are exploiting Russia’s humanitarian ceasefire to escalate attacks on civilians in ...
Wag the Dog
Post Date: 2016-10-31 11:11:42 by ghostdogtxn
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Saudi Warplanes Continue Massacring Yemeni Civilians
Post Date: 2016-10-31 08:06:26 by Stephen Lendman
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Saudi Warplanes Continue Massacring Yemeni Civilians by Stephen Lendman US naked aggression on Yemen gets scant scoundrel media coverage. It includes undeclared drone war begun post-9/11, Obama continuing what George Bush began, civilians harmed most of all. In March 2015, Saudi Arabia and other regional rogue states, backed by America and its NATO partners, began terror-bombing Houthi forces, falsely called terrorists. Casualties are multiples higher than officially reported, civilians ruthlessly slaughtered - war in Yemen another bonanza for US, UK, French and German weapons makers, along with war- profiteers from other countries. Earlier in October, Saudi warplanes terror-bombed a ...
Megacities: Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity - A Pentagon (scaremongering) Video
Post Date: 2016-10-30 14:28:23 by hondo68
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According to a startling Pentagon video obtained by The Intercept, the future of global cities will be an amalgam of the settings of "Escape from New York" and "Robocop" — with dashes of the "Warriors" and "Divergent" thrown in. It will be a world of Robert Kaplan-esque urban hellscapes — brutal and anarchic supercities filled with gangs of youth-gone-wild, a restive underclass, criminal syndicates, and bands of malicious hackers. At least that's the scenario outlined in "Megacities: Urban Future, the Emerging Complexity," a five-minute video that has been used at the Pentagon's Joint Special Operations University. All ...
Russia and Syria Warn About US Shifting ISIS from Mosul to Battle Assad
Post Date: 2016-10-30 13:16:30 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia and Syria Warn About US Shifting ISIS from Mosul to Battle Assad by Stephen Lendman A previous article explained the so-called battle for Mosul is a hoax. It’s about shifting thousands of US-supported ISIS fighters to Syria, along with perhaps letting Turkish forces move in to control evacuated areas. In Moscow, Russian and Syrian foreign ministers expressed concern. Sergey Lavrov said Moscow will “take measures to prevent terrorists moving from Mosul to Syria with their heavy arms, which, of course, will seriously worsen the situation in the Syrian republic.” “We think that it is important not to let this happen…We cannot let the terrorist leave ...
Russia's Eastern Aleppo Aerial Operations Remain Suspended
Post Date: 2016-10-30 13:02:20 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia’s Eastern Aleppo Aerial Operations Remain Suspended by Stephen Lendman On Sunday, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman General Igor Konashenkov said “Russian and Syrian aircraft have not performed any flights over the city of Aleppo for 13 days…” “For comparison, the US-led international coalition has delivered nine airstrikes over the last 24 hours at residential quarters of the Iraqi city with a population of over one million people - Mosul.” “(T)wo out of nine airstrikes at the city’s districts were delivered by B-52H strategic bombers.” The civilian casualty count is unknown, likely hundreds or many more. Putin halted eastern ...
Russia hits out at UN aid chief over 'kill zone' Aleppo
Post Date: 2016-10-30 07:32:19 by Tatarewicz
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United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Russia angrily accused the United Nations' aid chief of bias and arrogance on Wednesday after he told the Security Council that Aleppo had become a "kill zone" under Russian and Syrian bombs. The accusations in turn drew sharp responses from the United States, Britain and France in one of the stormiest council sessions on Syria in weeks. Russia is facing pressure at the United Nations to rein in its Syrian ally and halt the air strikes in rebel-held east Aleppo, where 250,000 civilians have been living under siege since July. UN aid chief Stephen O'Brien said he was "incandescent with rage" over the council's failure ...
Mixed Messages from Moscow on Aleppo
Post Date: 2016-10-29 12:39:24 by Stephen Lendman
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Mixed Messages from Moscow on Aleppo by Stephen Lendman On Friday, Russian General Staff of the Armed Forces head Gen. Sergey Rudskoi said “(s)ince civilians continue dying and the militants have resumed active combat actions against government forces, we've asked the Supreme Commander (President Vladimir Putin) to authorize resumption of airsrikes at illegal paramilitary formations (US-supported terrorists) in eastern Aleppo.” Putin suspended them on October 18. They remain “paused” for 11 days “although the situation around Aleppo remains complicated.” “Militants from the eastern parts of Aleppo and their protectors organized an attack on the ...
Russia Documents US Sabotage of Agreements Between Both Countries
Post Date: 2016-10-29 12:30:40 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia Documents US Sabotage of Agreements Between Both Countries on Syria by Stephen Lendman Russia’s document, titled “Comparison Analysis of Russia-US Agreements Implementation” on the long-running Syrian conflict, submitted to UN authorities, Security Council members and other agencies shows willful US undermining of principles agreed to - typical of how Washington operates, pledging one thing, doing another, a consistent disturbing pattern. The document includes terms both countries agreed to observe in the February and September ceasefire agreements. Russia’s UN Mission said it hoped releasing its “impartial, fact-based analysis” would “shed ...
US-Supported Terrorists Shell Russian Embassy in Damascus
Post Date: 2016-10-29 12:21:17 by Stephen Lendman
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US-Supported Terrorists Shell Russian Embassy in Damascus by Stephen Lendman They’ve done it before without causing casualties or damage. According to Russia’s Foreign Ministry, terrorists fired two mortar rounds at the embassy’s compound. One shell exploded near the diplomatic mission’s entrance, damaging the building and four vehicles. The attack came from terrorist-controlled Jobar district. On Friday, the Security Council addressed the incident, saying its “members…condemned in the strongest terms another mortar shelling of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Damascus (Syrian Arab Republic), which caused significant material damage.” They ...
America Wants War, not Peace, in Syria
Post Date: 2016-10-28 11:45:12 by Stephen Lendman
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America Wants War, not Peace, in Syria by Stephen Lendman If America wanted peace, why did Obama attack Syria unjustifiably in March 2011, using ISIS and other terrorist groups as imperial foot soldiers? Why did he go to war against a nonbelligerent country threatening no one - violating international and constitutional law, with full scoundrel media support? Why is naked aggression called civil war? Why are imported death squads called “moderate rebels?” Why do US and so-called “coalition” warplanes terror-bomb Syrian infrastructure, government targets and civilians, massacring thousands unaccountably - on the phony pretext of combating ISIS? Why are Russia and ...
West Combats Terrorism with Words, Russia with Deeds, Says Lavrov
Post Date: 2016-10-28 11:26:54 by Stephen Lendman
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West Combats Terrorism with Words, Russia with Deeds, Says Lavrov by Stephen Lendman Lavrov knows Russia and its allies alone combat the scourge of US created and supported terrorism. He’s diplomatically polite, at times to a fault. America and its rogue allies continue reigning terror against numerous countries - wars, coups, destabilization, intimidation and bullying their tactics, countries like Syria enduring the horror of imperial viciousness. On Friday, Lavrov held talks with his Iranian and Syrian counterparts in Moscow. “We have no trust in the United States,” said Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem. “We are certain it will not meet its commitments.” ...
Russia and Syria Blamed for Idlib Bombing Hoax
Post Date: 2016-10-28 08:05:08 by Stephen Lendman
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Russia and Syria Blamed for Idlib Bombing Hoax by Stephen Lendman Speaking at the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi on Thursday, Putin said Russian patience has limits. “We(‘ve) show(n) restraint so far and (haven’t) respond(ed) to our partners (sic) in the same gauche manner, but everything has its limits. We can do it,” he explained. So what is he waiting for, given endless US provocations, refusing mutual cooperation on vital issues, rejecting normal relations, heading inevitably for war unless challenged and stopped. He’s not stupid or uninformed. Russia’s intelligence capability likely matches America’s, so he knows what it’s up ...
Hillary Favors Aggressively Interventionist Foreign Policy
Post Date: 2016-10-27 14:22:39 by Stephen Lendman
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Hillary Favors Aggressively Interventionist Foreign Policy by Stephen Lendman The first Bill and Hillary Clinton co-presidency included eight years of Balkan and other wars of aggression. Bush/Cheney exceeded their lawlessness. Obama outdid the worst of both previous administrations - attacking seven countries, destabilizing others, orchestrating coups in Honduras, Paraguay and Brazil, threatening Venezuelan democracy, enforcing puppet rule in Haiti, continuing Plan Colombia aid, responsible for massacres, disappearances and torture of regime opponents, along with instituting increasingly anti- Sino/Russia policies, risking confrontation with both countries. On October 27, the Wall ...
Western Warplanes Terror-Bomb Syrian School, Russia Irresponsibly Blamed
Post Date: 2016-10-27 12:03:00 by Stephen Lendman
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Western Warplanes Terror-Bomb Syrian School, Russia Irresponsibly Blamed by Stephen Lendman Whenever US and/or “coalition” warplanes terror-bomb Syrian schools, hospitals, residential areas, other civilian sites, and vital infrastructure, Moscow and/or Damascus are irresponsibly blamed. On Wednesday, an Idlib province school was terror-bombed. According to the UK-based/Western funded Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a shamless propaganda service, “warplanes believed to be Russian…targeted schools and its surroundings in the village of Hass…in the countryside…south of Idlib province” - killing at least 35, including 11 children, and injuring ...
NATO Head Stokes Tensions with Russia
Post Date: 2016-10-27 07:56:40 by Stephen Lendman
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NATO Head Stokes Tensions with Russia by Stephen Lendman America dominates NATO. The alliance serves its imperial interests. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks for Washington. On October 26, at a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Russia was a key topic. Stoltenberg’s hostile comments contribute to heightened East/West tensions. “Close to our borders, Russia continues its assertive military posturing, including with massive, non-notice exercises,” he blustered. “This month alone, Russia has deployed nuclear-capable Iskander missiles to Kaliningrad and suspended a weapons-grade plutonium agreement with the United States.” “And Russia ...
US and Turkey Aided ISIS Attack on Kirkuk, Iraq Last Month
Post Date: 2016-10-26 12:42:38 by Stephen Lendman
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US and Turkey Aided ISIS Attack on Kirkuk, Iraq Last Week by Stephen Lendman Last week, Pentagon and Turkish aircraft airlifted ISIS fighters from Turkey and al-Hawija (30 miles west of Kirkuk) to Leilan and Daqouq, south of the city - facilitating the subsequent terror attack last Friday, killing an estimated 40 people, mostly Iraqi security force members. Here’s how The NYT misreported what happened, saying “(d)ozens of uniformed Islamic State fighters, some of whom were believed to be part of sleeper cells and others who drove into the city in vehicles, assaulted Kirkuk, setting off gun battles in the heart of the city…divert(ing) attention… from the (Mosul) ...
US-Led Coalition Warplanes Killing Civilians, Media Scoundrels Silent
Post Date: 2016-10-26 12:07:37 by Stephen Lendman
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US-Led Coalition Warplanes Killing Civilians, Media Scoundrels Silent by Stephen Lendman When Russian and Syrian warplanes target terrorists, false accusations of killing civilians follow. When US-led coalition terror-bombing massacres noncombatants, media scoundrels report nothing. On October 26, Amnesty International (AI) headlined “USA must come clean about civilian deaths caused by coalition airstrikes in Syria,” saying: “Eleven coalition attacks examined by (AI) appear to have killed some 300 civilians during two years of strikes targeting” ISIS. Some AI truth-telling is better than none. Mixing it with misinformation tarnishes its alleged good intentions. ...
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