The announcement last week by the United
States of the largest military aid
package in its history – to Israel – was
a win for both sides.
Israeli prime
minister Benjamin Netanyahu could boast
that his lobbying had boosted aid from
$3.1 billion a year to $3.8bn – a 22 per
cent increase – for a decade starting in
2019.
Mr Netanyahu has presented this as a
rebuff to those who accuse him of
jeopardising Israeli security interests
with his government’s repeated affronts
to the White House.
In the past weeks alone, defence
minister Avigdor Lieberman has compared
last year’s nuclear deal between
Washington and Iran with the 1938 Munich
pact, which bolstered Hitler; and Mr
Netanyahu has implied that US opposition
to settlement expansion is the same as
support for the “ethnic cleansing” of
Jews.
American president Barack Obama,
meanwhile, hopes to stifle his own
critics who insinuate that he is
anti-Israel. The deal should serve as a
fillip too for Hillary Clinton, the
Democratic party’s candidate to succeed
Mr Obama in November’s election.
In reality, however, the Obama
administration has quietly punished Mr
Netanyahu for his misbehaviour. Israeli
expectations of a $4.5bn-a-year deal
were whittled down after Mr Netanyahu
stalled negotiations last year as he
sought to recruit Congress to his battle
against the Iran deal.
In fact, Israel already receives
roughly $3.8bn – if Congress’s
assistance on developing missile defence
programmes is factored in. Notably,
Israel has been forced to promise not to
approach Congress for extra funds.
The deal takes into account neither
inflation nor the dollar’s depreciation
against the shekel.
A bigger blow still is the White
House’s demand to phase out a special
exemption that allowed Israel to spend
nearly 40 per cent of aid locally on
weapon and fuel purchases. Israel will
soon have to buy all its armaments from
the US, ending what amounted to a
subsidy to its own arms industry.
Nonetheless, Washington’s renewed
military largesse – in the face of
almost continual insults – inevitably
fuels claims that the Israeli tail is
wagging the US dog. Even The New York
Times has described the aid package as
“too big”.
Since the 1973 war, Israel has
received at least $100bn in military
aid, with more assistance hidden from
view. Back in the 1970s, Washington paid
half of Israel’s military budget. Today
it still foots a fifth of the bill,
despite Israel’s economic success.
But the US expects a return on its
massive investment. As the late Israeli
politician-general Ariel Sharon once
observed, Israel has been a US
“aircraft carrier” in the Middle East,
acting as the regional bully and
carrying out operations that benefit
Washington.
Almost no one blames the US for
Israeli attacks that wiped out Iraq’s
and Syria’s nuclear programmes. A
nuclear-armed Iraq or Syria would have
deterred later US-backed moves at regime
overthrow, as well as countering the
strategic advantage Israel derives from
its own nuclear arsenal.
In addition, Israel’s US-sponsored
military prowess is a triple boon to the
US weapons industry, the country’s most
powerful lobby. Public funds are
siphoned off to let Israel buy goodies
from American arms makers. That, in
turn, serves as a shop window for other
customers and spurs an endless and
lucrative game of catch-up in the rest
of the Middle East.
The first F-35 fighter jets to arrive
in Israel in December – their various
components produced in 46 US states –
will increase the clamour for the
cutting-edge warplane.
Israel is also a “front-line
laboratory”, as former Israeli army
negotiator Eival Gilady admitted at the
weekend, that develops and field-tests
new technology Washington can later use
itself.
The US is planning to buy back the
missile interception system Iron Dome –
which neutralises battlefield threats of
retaliation – it largely paid for.
Israel works closely too with the US in
developing cyberwarfare, such as the
Stuxnet worm that damaged Iran’s
civilian nuclear programme.
But the clearest message from
Israel’s new aid package is one
delivered to the Palestinians:
Washington sees no pressing strategic
interest in ending the occupation. It
stood up to Mr Netanyahu over the Iran
deal but will not risk a damaging clash
over Palestinian statehood.
Some believe that Mr Obama signed the
aid package to win the credibility
necessary to overcome his domestic
Israel lobby and pull a rabbit from the
hat: an initiative, unveiled shortly
before he leaves office, that corners Mr
Netanyahu into making peace.
Hopes have been raised by an expected
meeting at the United Nations in New
York on Wednesday. But their first talks
in 10 months are planned only to
demonstrate unity to confound critics of
the aid deal.
If Mr Obama really wanted to pressure
Mr Netanyahu, he would have used the aid
agreement as leverage. Now Mr Netanyahu
need not fear US financial retaliation,
even as he intensifies effective
annexation of the West Bank.
Mr Netanyahu has drawn the right
lesson from the aid deal – he can act
against the Palestinians with continuing
US impunity.
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An
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By Patrick
Buchanan |
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Its ideology,
its political
religion, is
seen by growing
millions as a
golden calf, a
20th-century god
that has
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Erdogan regime killed more
than 150 innocent civilians
in Aleppo northern
countryside:
General Command of the army
and armed forces said on
Thursday that warplanes of
Erdogan regime perpetrated
on Wednesday a massacre that
killed more than 150
innocent civilians
Syrian army says it
will 'bring down' any
Turkish war planes in its
air space:
"Any attempt to once again
breach Syrian airspace by
Turkish war planes will be
dealt with and they will be
brought down by all means
available," the Syrian army
general command said in a
statement.
Truce
holds in Aleppo but UN
delays evacuations:
The U.N. said Friday that
security concerns had forced
it to delay planned
evacuations from Syria's
Aleppo, despite a truce that
was largely holding for a
second day in the ravaged
city.
Al-Nusra
Front Open Fire at Civilians
Leaving Aleppo - Militia:
"Some 2,000 – 2,500
civilians who wanted to use
the corridors and flee
eastern Aleppo gathered in
Bustan al-Qasr. Al-Nusra
[Front] militants opened
fire and did not allow them
to leave. Several people
were wounded,"
UN
rights chief denounces
Aleppo raids as 'war crimes':
The siege and bombing of
eastern Aleppo in Syria
constitute "crimes of
historic proportions" that
have caused heavy civilian
casualties amounting to "war
crimes", according to the
top United Nations human
rights officia
UN Human Rights
Council votes to open probe
into Aleppo ‘war crimes’:
The UN Human Rights Council
has voted to start an
independent special inquiry
into the situation in the
war-ravaged Syrian city of
Aleppo, indicating that the
blame for most of the
civilian casualties lies
with Syria and Russia.
Moscow summons Belgian
ambassador, presents data on
F-16s bombing of Syrian
civilians:
Russia’s Foreign Ministry
said it has presented,
Belgium’s ambassador in
Moscow, with evidence
proving the involvement of
Belgian Air Force jets in a
recent airstrike on a Syrian
village that killed four
civilians.
Turkish military says it
killed 18 Kurdish militants
in Iraq and southeast:
The Turkish military said on
Friday it had killed 12
Kurdish militants in
southeast Turkey and another
six in air strikes in
northern Iraq, while also
targeting their allied
fighters in northern Syria.
15
women killed, dozens more
wounded in air raid on
shrine near Kirkuk – report:
“It was expected that ISIS
sleeper cells would make a
move one day in Kirkuk now
that the Mosul offensive has
started and they want to
boost their own morale this
way,” Kirkuk Governor
Daesh
puts up fierce resistance
near Mosul:
Daesh are continuing to hold
off advancing Peshmerga
fighters in the plains and
villages around Bashiqa, 15
kilometres northeast of
Mosul, inflicting heavy
casualties on the Kurdish
militias.
Turkey, Iraq reach agreement
'in principle' on Mosul,
U.S. says:
Turkey and Iraq have reached
an agreement in principle
that could eventually allow
a Turkish role in the
campaign to retake Mosul
from Islamic State, U.S.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter
said on Friday after talks
with President Tayyip
Erdogan.
Islamic State fighters kill
13 in assault on power plant
in northern Iraq's Kirkuk:
Islamic State militants
armed with assault rifles
and explosives attacked
targets in and around the
northern Iraqi city of
Kirkuk early Friday
U.S.
says it killed 8 alledged al
Qaeda-affiliated militants
in Yemen:
The U.S. military killed
eight al Qaeda-affiliated
militants in two strikes in
Yemen this month, U.S.
Central Command said in a
statement on Friday.
Israeli forces kill
Palestinian teen for alleged
rock-throwing:
The young Palestinian, later
identified as Khalid Bahr
Ahmad Bahr, 15, was
reportedly shot by Israeli
forces in the back, with the
bullet exiting through his
chest.
Rise
in torture of imprisoned
children;
The “overwhelming majority”
of Palestinian minors held
in Israel’s Megiddo and Ofer
prisons have been tortured
during their detention and
interrogation, the
Palestinian Committee of
Prisoners’ Affairs said
'Libyan coast guard' attacks
migrant boat leaving four
dead and at least 25 missing:
The assailants arrived on a
speedboat carrying the
Libyan coastgaurd insignia
before beating migrants with
clubs, sending many of them
into the water.
Israeli Weapons Fueling War
in South Sudan:
Israeli and Bulgarian arms
have been helping to fuel
war in the South Sudan,
according to a United
Nations panel, with a number
of U.N. leaders threatening
to put an arms embargo in an
attempt to end ongoing
fighting in the world's
newest nation.
South
Africa Wants to Leave the
Contentious ICC:
Since its inception, the
court has been plagued with
the criticism that it holds
a neo-colonial bias against
African states.
Seven
Pakistan troops killed in
Kashmir border fire: India:
Indian border security
forces on Friday said they
shot dead seven Pakistani
soldiers in retaliation to a
ceasefire violation on the
disputed Kashmir border,
with Pakistan refuting the
claims.
China, Philippines
Reportedly Set To Agree To
Joint Oil Exploration In
South China Sea:
According to the report,
Philippine officials said
they were in talks with
their Chinese counterparts
to finalize a deal that
could see both sides working
to find oil and natural gas
in the South China Sea.
Philippines: Anti-U.S.
protesters demand action
after violent police
response:
About 1,000 protesters,
carrying placards that read
“U.S. troops out now”
marched 1.8 mile to the
presidential palace in
Manila to condemn the
violent police action and
seek justice for those
injured.
Duterte gets highest
approval, trust ratings
among top nat’l officials –
Pulse Asia:
President Rodrigo Duterte
garnered the highest
performance and trust
ratings among the top five
national officials in
government, the latest Pulse
Asia survey results showed
Friday.
Hillary’s top assistant
admits to a $12 million
dollary pay-for-play from
Morocco!:
This leaked email from the
13th batch of John Podesta’s
hacked emails shows direct
confirmation that a meeting
was set up with Hillary
Clinton, and it was paid for
with that massive cash
payoff:
The 5
Most Repressive Voter Laws
in the United States:
As the 2016 U.S.
presidential election looms
near, voter suppression laws
in nearly every state are
curtailing voting access to
large segments of the
population—indeed,
curtailing democracy.
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October 20, 2016
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Turkey: Army kills up to 200
YPG fighters in Aleppo:
A Syrian-Kurdish forces
leader, however, said that
while Turkish jets and
artillery were attacking, no
more than 10 fighters had
been killed so far.
Radar
data proves Belgian F-16s
attacked village near
Aleppo, killing 6 - Russia:
Russia insists two Belgium
warplanes flying from an Air
Force base in Jordan
attacked a village in Syria,
citing radar data. Belgium
denies conducting any
airstrikes.
Hundreds of rebels leave
Syrian town of Mouadamiya:
witnesses:
Under an amnesty deal with
the government, 1,800 people
including 700 rebels left
Mouadamiya for Idlib, the
largest area under control
of the myriad insurgent
groups seeking to oust
President Bashar al-Assad
Aleppo humanitarian pause
extended by 24 hours –
Russian Defense Ministry
: The goal is
to allow people wishing to
leave the city to do so,
including both civilians and
militants, who were offered
separate corridors to leave
Aleppo with their arms.
Syrian government forces
prepare corridors out of
Aleppo:
Russia's military has
promised two corridors will
be opened for militants to
flee to the neighboring
rebel-held province of Idlib,
between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m,
while other corridors will
allow civilians to move to
government-held areas.
Reports: 3 Russian officers
wounded in Aleppo:
Russian state-run media say
three Russian officers are
reported to have been
wounded by gunfire along one
of the humanitarian
corridors leading out of the
besieged Syrian city of
Aleppo.
'Kill
all Isil fighters to stop
influx into Syria' - Russia:
"It's essential not to chase
the terrorists from one
country to another, but to
destroy them on the spot,"
Valery Gerasimov said.
‘Don’t chase terrorists to
other countries, kill them
on sight’ – Russia on Mosul
offensive:
The Russian military says it
hopes the US-led coalition
will not allow Islamic State
terrorists holding Mosul to
flee the city and go to
Syria. It warned the
operation is still being
monitored.
ISIS
reassures its fighters after
failed coup attempt against
Baghdadi:
“ISIS media began a campaign
to assure its fighters and
supporters that Baghdadi
would not leave Mosul, and
denied any news regarding
his escape to the Syrian
city of Raqqa,”
ISIS
forces Mosul residents to
donate money to support the
Caliphate:
Iraqi media outlets
announced on Thursday, that
ISIS launched a large
fundraising campaign to
support its “Caliphate
State” in the battles of
Mosul and forced Mosul
residents to donate their
money to support this cause.
Mosul
offensive going faster than
planned, Iraqi PM says;
Howitzer and mortar fire
started at dawn, hitting a
group of villages held by
ISIS about 10-20 km (6-12
miles) from Mosul, while
helicopters flew overhead,
according to Reuters
reporters at two frontline
locations north and east of
Mosul.
U.S.
service member killed in
northern Iraq:
A U.S. service member died
Thursday from wounds
sustained in an improvised
explosive device blast in
northern Iraq, the U.S.
military said.
Yemeni forces kill 30 Houthi
militants in Haja province:
Yemeni pro-government Armed
Forces declared the killing
of 30 militants from among
the Houthi fighters and
their allies, who are loyal
to the former president Ali
Abdullah Saleh.
Army
kills dozens enemy Saudi
soldiers, bombs military
sites in Jizan, Najran:
Among the dozens killed, two
Saudi soldiers were killed
by the army`s snipers in al-Karn
and al-Dawd military site in
Jizan.
Saudi Arabia borrows
$17.5B in first
international bond offering:
HSBC;
The world's largest oil
exporter, Saudi Arabia is
seeking financing as it
moves to diversify its
economy following the global
collapse in crude prices.
US Air Force Chief
Sees Decades of More War
Operations:
"We've been deploying now
for 15 years," Chief of
Staff Gen. David Goldfein
said. "We've probably got
15, 20 years to go."
UK
sends warships to watch
Russian ship in English
Channel:
Britain is sending warships
to monitor a Russian
aircraft carrier group and
other vessels as they sail
through the North Sea and
the English Channel.
Afghanistan: US Kills 8 in
drone strike:
At least eight alledged,
Taliban fighters including
one of their senior
commanders were killed in a
US drone strike in northern
Parwan province, local
officials said on Thursday.
Two
Americans Killed by Afghan
Service Member in Attack
Near Kabul:
An Afghan soldier killed a
U.S. military service member
and an American civilian in
an attack near a coalition
base close to Kabul on
Wednesday in which the
assailant was also killed
Afghan troops causing more
civilian casualties, U.N.
says;
Afghan civilians are paying
the price for increased
fighting in populated areas
around the country, the
United Nations reported on
Wednesday, with government
troops responsible for a
growing share of civilian
casualties.
Anti-U.S.
protest in Philippines turns
violent:
Protesters had gathered to
demand an end to the
presence of U.S. troops in
the country and to support a
call by President Rodrigo
Duterte for a foreign policy
not dependent on the U.S.,
the country’s longtime ally.
Secrecy over UK drone strike
deaths in Syria faces legal
challenge:
Human rights group appeals
against decision not to
publish information
following the deaths of UK
nationals
The
Debates Are Over, and No One
Asked About Climate Change:
. It threatens the economy,
national security and
health, exacerbates poverty
and racism, and threatens to
undermine or compound
virtually all other issues
discussed on the stage
tonight
'She
created this mess': Clinton
aide reveals concerns in
#PodestaEmails13:
An email from Clinton aide
Huma Abedin to Robby Mook
and Podesta from January
2015 discussed Morocco
donating to the Clinton
Foundation’s Clinton Global
Initiative (CGI) to get
access to Clinton.
Donna
Brazile's Russia Dodge!:
VIDEO
- TYT Politics Reporter
Jordan Chariton grilled
interim DNC chair and former
CNN contributor Donna
Brazile on the email,
recently released by
WikiLeaks, that shows her
providing the Clinton
campaign with a town hall
question beforehand.
Chris
Wallace GRILLS Hillary On
Clinton Foundation
Corruption [VIDEO]:
“Emails show that donors got
special access to you,” - ?
Why isn’t it what Mr. Trump
calls pay to play?”
Podesta Says It’s OK for
Illegals to Vote With
Driver’s License: Wikileaks:
In the latest Wikileaks
Podesta documents John
Podesta actually says it is
OK for illegals to vote if
they have a driver’s
license.
James
O'Keefe Releases Second
Video, VOTER FRAUD Uncovered:
Project Veritas' undercover
journalists uncovered
evidence that operatives
working for the Hillary
Clinton campaign and the
Democratic National
Committee are willing to
engage in massive voter
fraud.
Trump
says he'll accept 'clear'
election result, reserves
right to challenge:
Republican Donald Trump on
Thursday said he would
accept a "clear" election
result but reserved the
right to file a legal
challenge, clarifying his
stance a day after he
refused to promise he would
trust the outcome if he
loses on Nov. 8.
Donald Trump accused of
sexual misconduct by 10th
woman:
Karena Virginia appears
alongside lawyer Gloria
Allred to describe incident
involving Trump in 1998,
when she says he touched her
breast
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Shia Muslim
militia convoy attacked in Baghdad,
11 killed:
: Eleven people were killed and
another 23 injured on Monday when a
convoy of Shia Muslim militiamen was
targeted by a suicide car-bomber in
Baghdad’s southern Al-Yousifiya
district, according to a local
police source.
Armed
uprising against ISIS begins in
Mosul:
“A popular uprising is expected to
occur in Mosul against ISIS which
has begun to lose control over the
city. Divisions have emerged between
its leaders and its fighters have
been fleeing since the start of
liberation battles which have been
waged across multiple fronts.”
Explosives,
booby traps slow down Mosul
offensive;
Iraqi officers say gains are made,
but Al Jazeera's reporter says the
advance is not as formidable as the
first day.
US Troops 'In
Harm's Way' as Battle for Mosul
Begins:
"It's fair to say there are
Americans on the outskirts of the
city," Cook said, but he was vague
on how many U.S. troops are embedded
with the advancing forces as
advisers and Joint Terminal Attack
Controllers to call in airstrikes.
Australian
forces help Iraq, Kurds in their
march on ISIS stronghold:
AUSTRALIAN Defence Force personnel
have joined the push to retake the
Islamic State’s self-declared
capital Mosul, in just over 24 hours
recapturing 200 square kilometres of
land and liberating nine small
villages.
Erdogan invokes document
that claims Mosul as Turkish soil:
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan invoked on Monday an early
20th-century irredentist document
that claimed the Iraqi city of Mosul
as Turkish soil.
Coalition
warplanes kill 20 Islamic State
militants in Syria:
United States-led coalition
warplanes killed 20 Islamic State
militants in Syria over the last 24
hours, the Turkish military said on
Tuesday,
Russian,
Syrian air forces cease airstrikes
in Aleppo at 0700 GMT Tuesday:
The Russian and Syrian air forces
halted strikes in Aleppo on Tuesday
for a 48-hour humanitarian pause,
Russia’s defense minister announced.
The ceasefire comes ahead of
schedule.
UN-Backed
Human Rights Council to Discuss
Aleppo;
The UN-backed council, following a
request by Britain on behalf of the
U.S., Saudi Arabia, Turkey, France,
Germany and others, will hold the
special session on Friday.
Yemen
conflict: Both sides accept 72-hour
ceasefire:
The agreement triggers a ceasefire
which would end the siege of the
city of Taiz. “We are here to call
for an immediate cessation of
hostilities, which will be declared
in the next few hours,” said UN
envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed.
UNESCO adopts
anti-Israel resolution on al-Aqsa
Mosque;
UN agency passes resolution that
criticises Israeli policies around
al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied
East Jerusalem.
Somali troops
battle al-Shabab fighters in Afgoye:
At least least four police officers
killed as clashes between Somali
troops and al-Shabab fighters erupt
in Afgoye.
Taliban
Begins Secret Peace Talks With U.S.,
Afghan Officials: Sources:
At least one American official
participated in three rounds of
"informal meetings" held during the
second week of October in Doha,
Qatar, two of the Taliban commanders
said on condition of anonymity.
Russia 'will
retaliate' against British media
after RT's bank accounts closed:
Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for
Russia’s foreign ministry, says
Britain ‘will get as good as they
give’ after NatWest closes channel’s
accounts
Australia
intentionally torturing refugees on
Nauru: Amnesty International report
: The Australian government is
responsible for the deliberate and
systematic torture of refugees on
Nauru and should be held accountable
under international law.
Euro 'house of cards' to
collapse, warns ECB prophet:
The European Central Bank is
becoming dangerously over-extended
and the whole euro project is
unworkable in its current form, the
founding architect of the monetary
union has warned.
Ecuador cut
off Assange’s internet at U.S.
request, WikiLeaks says:
Wikileaks said Tuesday that
Secretary of State John Kerry asked
Ecuador to stop WikiLeaks founder,
Julian Assange, from publishing
leaked emails that could disrupt
peace negotiations with a guerrilla
group in Colombia.
U.K.’s Mass
Surveillance Databases Were Unlawful
for 17 Years, Court Rules:
For nearly two decades, British
spies unlawfully maintained vast
troves of people’s private data
without adequate safeguards against
misuse, a tribunal of senior judges
has ruled.
Six people
found alive with severed hands in
Mexico:
The victims were mutilated by a
criminal group linked to drug
trafficking, which also left a dead
man on the road and two bags with
the severed hands in Tlaquepaque,
near Guadalajara, Mexico's second
biggest city, police said.
Despite
Ongoing Abuses, U.S. Seeks to
Restore Aid to Mexico’s Security
Forces:
U.S. diplomatic officials asserted
that while significant problems
persist, Mexican security forces are
making progress on human rights and
have called on the Obama
administration to release more than
$2 million in aid to Mexico’s
military and police.
The Lives of
Black Women In The USA: Video
- Fault Lines explores the
lesser-known stories of black women
who have fallen victim to police
violence in the US.
VIDEO: Cop
Beats, Tasers, Falsely Arrests
Innocent Man
: “You’re about to get your ass
tased,” warned Corder, as he forced
his way into Deric Baize’s home.
1 in 2
American Adults Already In Facial
Recognition Network:
DMV records, plus a cavalier
approach to mugshot databases, puts
half of the US in the system
Hillary
Clinton Liked Covert Action if It
Stayed Covert, Transcript Shows:
News Analysis -: Hillary Clinton
longs for the days when Americans
knew how to execute a covert action
abroad and not spill the details to
reporters.
The great
Clinton cover-up:
FBI's Hillary email files are
covered in redactions which leave
some pages unreadable
Undercover Footage Shows
Clinton Operatives Admit To Inciting
"Anarchy" At Trump Rallies;
The video documents violence at
Trump rallies that is traced to the
Clinton campaign and the DNC through
a process called "bird-dogging."
CBS, ABC
Horrified! WikiLeaks Bombshell Shows
Which Journalists Invited to
Off-the-Record:
This is how Team Hillary rigs an
election… The media is part of the
campaign team: |
October 17, 2016
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killed in airstrikes on
rebel-held area in Syria's
Aleppo:
Children were among those
killed in the raids that
targeted the Marjeh
neighborhood in eastern
Aleppo, said the Syrian
Observatory for Human
Rights.
Suicide bomber kills three
near Syria-Jordan border:
A suicide bomber believed to
be from the Daesh terror
group killed three people
and injured at least 20
others in an attack on
Sunday, on an outpost manned
by a Syrian rebel group at a
refugee camp on the border
between Syria and Jordan
US
Army Field Commander Shot
Dead in Northern Syria:
"The commander of the US
Special Forces in Tal Abyadh
was shot in the head and
killed by unknown
assailants," the
Arabic-language Sham Times
said.
Terrorists & their
paymasters hold Aleppo
civilians as human hostages
– VA senator:
The US and its allies could
order their terrorist
proxies in Aleppo to allow
civilians to leave, but
instead use them as hostages
to escalate anti-Russia
rhetoric in a bid to prevent
the fall of the rebel
stronghold, Virginia Senator
Richard Black told RT.
Russian & Syrian military to
organize 8-hour
‘humanitarian pause’ in
Aleppo on Oct. 20
; Russia is ready to cease
operations in Aleppo at any
moment to allow medics
access to the Syrian city
and ensure the evacuation of
injured civilians, the
General Staff said
Russian plan for 8-hour halt
in Aleppo attacks too
little, too late:
U.S.: If the plan leads to
"an eight-hour pause in the
unremitting suffering of the
people of Aleppo, that would
be a good thing, but frankly
it's a bit too little, too
late," State Department
spokesman Mark Toner told a
daily briefing
UN
Staff Arrive in Aleppo to
Begin de Mistura Proposed
Militants' Evacuation:
UN Special Envoy for Syria
Staffan de Mistura offered
to accompany Jabhat Fatah al
Sham (also known as Nusra
Front, or Jabhat al-Nusra)
militants if they decided to
leave Aleppo with arms and
to head for the city of
Idlib
U.S.,
Britain say support is weak
for military action against
Syria:
The United States and
Britain on Sunday
acknowledged the Western
world's weak support for any
military action against
Syria's government as they
sought ways to pressure
President Bashar Assad and
his chief backer, Russia, to
halt a deadly offensive in
Aleppo.
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels
seize Dabiq from ISIL:
Northern town considered
central to group's
propaganda for its symbolic
significance falls after
months of air strikes.
Christian militia
leader: Coalition jets
didn’t target ISIS convoys
fleeing Mosul to Syria:
– The
leader of Al-Hashd al-Shaabi’s
Christian militia, the
Babylon Brigades, revealed
on Monday that the
international coalition air
force did not target ISIS
convoys as they fled from
Mosul towards Syria.
Battle for Mosul: Iraqi
forces claim gains
: A
joint operation carried out
by Iraqi forces and Kurdish
Peshmerga troops has
"liberated" a 200 sq km area
around Mosul from the
Islamic State of Iraq and
the Levant (ISIL, also known
as ISIS), Iraqi Kurdistan
President Masoud Barzani
said.
Mosul
operation will test
humanitarian efforts:
The
U.N.'s humanitarian
coordinator for Iraq says
the operation to wrest Mosul
from the Islamic State group
has the potential to become
the single largest, most
complex humanitarian
operation in the world in
2016.
Israel asks Russia to revise
military coordination due to
new Russian S-300 missiles
in Syria:
According to Russian report,
Israel's request was made in
an effort to prevent Russian
missile systems in Syria
from firing at Israeli
aircraft by mistake.
Suicide bomber kills three
police during raid in
Turkey:
Suicide bombers have blown
themselves up during a
Turkish police raid against
suspected Islamic State
militants near the Syrian
border, killing three
officers, Turkey's state-run
Anadolu news agency
reported.
Yemen
President agrees to 72-hour
cease-fire with possible
extension:
Yemen's President Abed-Rabbou
Mansour Hadi has agreed to a
72-hour cease-fire with the
possibility of it being
extended, Foreign Minister
Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi said
on his official Twitter
account Monday.
US
warship 'fired on again' off
Yemen's coast:
Navy says USS Mason used
countermeasures against
missiles from Houthi-controlled
region in direct action
against group.
Hiding US Role in Yemen
Slaughter So Bombing Can Be
Sold as ‘Self-Defense’:
News Analysis - To hear US
corporate media tell it, the
US was dragged into a brand
new war on Wednesday.
Egyptian military claims to
have killed 100 ISIS
terrorists:
The Egyptian military killed
over 100 ISIS fighters in
the three hour attack while
destroying outposts and
armories belonging to the
terrorist group, an Egyptian
military spokesperson
reported.
At
least 60 killed as fighting
surges in South Sudan:
At least 56 rebels and four
government troops were
killed in heavy weekend
clashes in northeastern
South Sudan, in a worrying
surge of violence in the
world's youngest nation.
U.S.bombs Libya's
Sirte to oust Islamic State
militants:
U.S. aircraft hit Islamic
State targets with more 30
strikes over the last three
days on the Libyan city of
Sirte as pro-government
forces push into its last
militant-held districts, the
U.S. military said on
Monday.
War-weary Libyans miss life
under Qaddafi:
Today, "we wait for hours
outside banks to beg
cashiers to give us some of
our own money. Everything is
three times more expensive".
11
dead, 50 000 displaced in
week of Somali bloodshed:
UN; A week of violent
clashes between rival forces
in northern Somalia has
killed 11 people and forced
more than 50 000 to flee,
the UN humanitarian agency
said
In
Somalia, U.S. Escalates a
Shadow War:
The Obama administration has
intensified a clandestine
war in Somalia over the past
year, using Special
Operations troops,
airstrikes, private
contractors and African
allies in an escalating
campaign against Islamist
militants in the anarchic
Horn of Africa nation.
Latest Taliban offensives
kill dozens, displace
thousands in Afghanistan:
Last week the militants also
launched a new attack on
Lashkar Gah, the besieged
capital of volatile Helmand
province in the south. They
killed dozens of security
forces personnel before
being pushed back when
government reinforcements
arrived.
Two
Pakistani soldiers killed in
firing near Afghanistan
border:
At least two Pakistani
soldiers were killed and one
sustained injuries in firing
from across the Afghan
border targeting an outpost
in the restive tribal
region.
‘I
don’t give a sh*t about
human rights’ - President
Duterte:
“I do not care what the
human rights guys say. I
have a duty to preserve the
generation. If it involves
human rights, I don’t give a
sh*t. I have to strike fear
because the enemies of the
state are out there to
destroy the children,” he
said.
Rodrigo Duterte interview:
Death, drugs and diplomacy:
Video - In an exclusive
first interview since he was
sworn in, we talk to Duterte
about his controversial war
on drugs and foreign policy
- including deteriorating
relations with the United
States and potentially
warming relations with
China.
Ukraine rebels accuse Kiev
over commander's death:
Russian-born Arsen Pavlov,
nicknamed "Motorola", was
killed by a bomb blast in
the lift of his apartment
block in the city of Donetsk
on Sunday.
CIA
Prepping for Possible Cyber
Strike Against Russia:
Former intelligence officers
told NBC News that the
agency had gathered reams of
documents that could expose
unsavory tactics by Russian
President Vladimir Putin.
Putin
on Biden cyberthreat: First
time US admits such thing on
highest level:
“One can
expect just about anything
from our American friends.
After all, what did he (Biden)
say that we didn’t already
know? Didn’t we know that US
authorities are spying and
eavesdropping on everyone?”
UK
bank to close RT accounts,
'long live freedom of
speech!' – editor-in-chief
; The UK bank servicing RT
has given notice that it
will close the broadcaster’s
accounts, without
explanation. The UK
government has denied any
involvement in the bank's
decision.
WikiLeaks says Assange's
Internet link was severed by
'state party':
The website’s announcement
came hours after it
published three cryptic
tweets. The messages
referenced Ecuador,
Secretary of State John
Kerry and the United
Kingdom’s Foreign
Commonwealth Office.
A
Peculiar Coincidence
; News Analysis - Today,
Swedish prosecutors were
meant to question Julian
Assange in the Ecuadorean
Embassy, something for which
the Assange legal team has
been pressing for years.
Honduras, Guatemala and El
Salvador’s role in a
deepening refugee crisis:Governments
in Central America are
fuelling a deepening refugee
crisis by failing to tackle
rampant violence and
sky-high homicide rates in
El Salvador, Guatemala and
Honduras which are forcing
hundreds of thousands to
flee.
More
Than 1 Million to Lose
Obamacare Plans as Insurers
Quit:
At least 1.4 million people
in 32 states will lose the
Obamacare plan they have
now, according to state
officials contacted by
Bloomberg. That’s largely
caused by Aetna Inc.,
UnitedHealth Group Inc. and
some state or regional
insurers quitting the law’s
markets for individual
coverage.
Poll:
41 percent of voters say
election could be ‘stolen’
from Trump;The
American electorate has
turned deeply skeptical
about the integrity of the
nation's election apparatus,
with 41 percent of voters
saying November's election
could be "stolen" from
Donald Trump due to
widespread voter fraud.
The
woman who accused Trump of
sexual assault emailed him
THIS YEAR asking to
'reconnect'
: The
Trump campaign released an
email from former The
Apprentice contestant Summer
Zervos, showing that she
hoped to 'reconnect' with
the presidential candidate
in April 2016, years after
her alleged sexual assault.
FBI
releases 100 new pages on
Clinton emails:
The new notes and interview
summaries are likely to shed
new light on the bureau’s
yearlong investigation into
Clinton and her allies and
spark additional outrage
from congressional
Republicans.
Leaked emails reveal Hillary
Clinton’s life of deceit:
“Politics is like sausage
being made. It is unsavory,
and it always has been that
way, but we usually end up
where we need to be. But if
everybody’s watching . .
then people get a little
nervous, to say the least.
So, you need both a public
and a private position.”
In case you
missed it:
NSA
whistleblower says DNC hack
was not done by Russia, but
by U.S. intelligence:
US government whistleblower
William Binney threw his hat
into the DNC hack ring by
stating that the Democratic
National Committee’s server
was not hacked by Russia but
by a disgruntled U.S.
intelligence worker.
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Suicide bombing, shootouts
kill around 55 in Iraq:
police:
Around 55 people were killed
in Iraq in attacks on
Saturday that targeted a
Shi'ite Muslim gathering, a
police check-point and the
family of a Sunni
paramilitary leader opposed
to Islamic State, according
to security and medical
sources.
New
batch of U.S. troops heading
to Iraq:
Roughly 500 soldiers from
the division, based at Ft.
Riley, Kansas, will deploy
to the country this fall.
The soldiers will replace
members of the 101st
Airborne serving at the
American military
headquarters in Baghdad for
most of this year.
US,
Saudis to grant 9,000 ISIS
fighters free passage from
Iraqi Mosul to Syria –
source:
"More than 9,000 Islamic
State (IS, formerly ISIS,
ISIL) militants will be
redeployed from Mosul to the
eastern regions of Syria to
carry out a major offensive
operation
At
least 15 civilians killed in
US-led airstrikes on Syria's
Raqqah:
An airstrike by the
so-called US-led coalition
has killed at least 15
people, including women and
children, in a countryside
in the northern province of
Raqqah.
Russian airstrike kills 11
in Syria’s Idlib:
At least 11 people were
killed and 25 others injured
Saturday when Russian
fighter jets struck an
opposition-held neighborhood
in western Syria’s Idlib
province, according to a
local civil defense
official.
Aleppo trap: Rebel-held East
on lockdown, civilians
blocked off from govt-controlled
areas
; Militants controlling
eastern Aleppo have now
completely barred residents
from leaving the area and
crossing to
government-controlled
districts under threat of
shelling, using them as a
human shield against the
army.
Boris
Johnson: west looking at
military options in Syria:
He insisted no new military
initiative could go ahead
without US support, but
revealed he had held talks
with advisers close to the
Democratic presidential
candidate, Hillary Clinton,
and added that Clinton had
taken a tougher line than
the incumbent, Barack Obama.
President Putin signs
agreement on Russian air
group deployment in Syria:
Russian President Vladimir
Putin signed on Thursday a
law on ratifying an
agreement between Russia and
Syria on the deployment of
an aviation group of the
Russian armed forces in the
Syrian Arab Republic
indefinitely.
Explosion kills 5 at top
Yemeni commander’s funeral
service:
Local officials said the
explosion was caused by a
roadside bomb that went off
near the mourning tent where
condolences were being paid
for Major-General Abdul-Rab
al-Shadadi who was killed
last week
Houthi leader claims US
preparing to invade Yemen:
In a televised speech on
Thursday, Abdul Malik
Badreddin al-Houthi, the
Houthi Andarullah leader,
condemned Washington’s
recent missile attacks
against three mobile radar
sites on Yemen’s Red Sea
coast, claiming the US are
preparing an invasion.
Gulf
of Tonkin 2.0? US Using
Unconfirmed Attack on Navy
Ship to Quietly Start War
With Iran & Russia:
The media has been quick to
pounce on the American
claims as valid — before the
Department of Defense even
concludes the investigation
it putatively initiated.
Britain to demand Yemen
ceasefire at UN security
council:
Britain will present a draft
resolution to the United
Nations security council
demanding an immediate
ceasefire in Yemen following
the deadly airstrike on a
funeral ceremony, the
British ambassador has said.
Israel freezes Unesco ties
for 'denying Jewish holy
sites':
Israel has frozen
co-operation with the UN's
cultural agency, accusing it
of denying Judaism's
connections to the
religion's holiest sites.
Its education minister said
a Unesco draft decision
concerning Jerusalem "denies
history and encourages
terror".
At
least 14 pro-government
fighters killed by IS in
Libya's Sirte:
The majority of those killed
were shot in the heads by
sniper fire, hospital
official Abdellatif Abdel
Ali said.
Libya
coup attempt as Tripoli
militias seek to topple
UN-backed government:
Tripoli militias have staged
an attempted coup against
Libya’s United
Nations-backed government,
seizing key state buildings
and a TV station and
pledging they are ready to
fight to take power.
American aid worker abducted
in Niger:
Hostage driven off towards
Mali by armed men who raided
his house near the capital
Niamey and killed his two
guards.
4
security men killed by
militants in Pakistan;
In a separate incident
yesterday, three
paramilitary Frontier Corps
(FC) soldiers were killed
when unidentified gunmen
opened firing in the
country's restive
Balochistan province.
Hillary Clinton: US would
'ring China with missile
defence': WikiLeaks
: Hillary Clinton privately
said the US would "ring
China with missile defence"+
if the Chinese government
failed to curb North Korea's
nuclear program, a potential
hint at how the former
secretary of state would act
if elected president.
Russia orders all officials
to fly home any relatives
living abroad, as tensions
mount
: Former
Soviet leader Mikhail
Gorbachev has also warned
that the world is at a
'dangerous point' due to
rising tensions between
Russia and the US.
Kremlin: Russia faces
unprecedented cyber-threats
from the US:
US aggressiveness is
growing, and threats to
carry out cyberattacks
against Russia are
unprecedented, presidential
spokesman Dmitry Peskov has
said, adding that Russia
will take “precautionary
measures.”
Dems
request FBI investigation of
Trump campaign links to
hacks:
Top Democrats on four House
committees today asked the
FBI to investigate
connections between Donald
Trump's presidential
campaign and the alleged
Russian hacks of Democratic
organizations and figures,
citing new comments from a
Trump confidant.
Freed
From Gag Order, Google
Reveals It Received Secret
FBI Subpoena:
Google revealed Wednesday it
had been released from an
FBI gag order that came with
a secret demand for its
customers’ personal
information.
3
militia group members
arrested in alleged bomb
plot targeting Somalis in
Kansas
: The men are members of a
small militia group that
calls itself "the
Crusaders," and whose
members espouse sovereign
citizen, anti-government,
anti-Muslim and
anti-immigrant extremist
beliefs, according to the
complaint.
Drowning In Debt: 35 Percent
Of All Americans Have Debt
That Is At Least 180 Days
Past Due:
5 percent of the people
living in this country have
debt in collections. When a
debt is in collections, it
is at least 180 days past
due. And this is happening
during the “economic
recovery” that the
mainstream media keeps
touting
The
$1 Billion Election No One
Is Noticing:
While most media attention
is on the presidential
circus, candidates for
statewide and local offices
have raked in massive
amounts of campaign
donations.
The
Republican Party Has Spent
$0 On TV Ads For Trump After
Spending $42 Million For
Romney In 2012:
With so much stacked against
him, can Donald Trump pull
off a miracle and actually
win this election?
The
Press Buries Hillary
Clinton’s Sins:
As reporters focus on Trump,
they miss new details on
Clinton’s rotten record.
Posting New Secret Trade
Docs, Wikileaks Further
Exposes Corporate Plot:
'Despite its importance both
the US Presidential
candidates Hillary Clinton
and Donald Trump have thus
far given no position on the
TISA Agreement.'
Rigged Debates: Wikileaks
Emails Confirm Media in
Clinton’s Pocket;
Clinton's people asked for
all sorts of special
treatment from the DNC and
the press—and they got it
Trump
denounces 'lies and smears'
: "Right now
I am being viciously
attacked with lies and
smears," Trump said at an
outdoor amphitheater. "It's
a phony deal. I have no idea
who these women are."
Trump
Sexual Assault Accuser Sent
Glowing Email To His
Assistant In April:
Summer Zervos, the former
Apprentice star who alleges
she was sexually assaulted
by Donald Trump, sent an
email to Trump’s assistant
in April praising the GOP
nominee.
Trump
camp puts forward witness to
refute sex assault claim:
Donald Trump’s campaign says
a British man is countering
claims that the GOP
presidential nominee groped
a woman on a cross-country
flight more than three
decades ago.
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Afghan Officials:
More Than 200 Police,
Soldiers Killed:
lawmaker Sheer Muhammad
Akhon put the number of
soldiers and police killed
in the past 10 days in and
around Lashkar Gah at more
than 200. Separately, they
each said 45 civilians had
also been killed in the
fighting
'24
Daesh' killed in airstrikes
in northern Syria:
A total of 24 Daesh
terrorists were killed in
nine airstrikes carried out
by U.S.-led coalition forces
in northern Syria Thursday,
according to a Turkish
military source.
At
least 5 children dead as
rebels shell govt-controlled
area in Aleppo
(DISTURBING VIDEO) A
government-controlled area
in the embattled Syrian city
of Aleppo has been hit by
rebel mortar shells. At
least seven children came
under fire, five of them
were killed.
More
than 65 killed in last 3
days in Aleppo:
Overnight shelling and more
than a dozen airstrikes on
rebel-held parts of Aleppo
killed at least 11 people
Thursday, bringing the death
toll in the last three days
to at least 65, according to
an opposition activist
group.
Royal
Air Force Pilots Ordered To
Shoot Down "Hostile" Russian
Jets Over Syria:
Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots
have been given the go-ahead
to shoot down Russian
military jets when flying
missions over Syria and
Iraq, if they are endangered
by them.
ISIS fighters 'will
be allowed to flee Mosul and
retreat to Syria under
agreement made with the US'
: US agreed a deal for the
safe transfer of 9,000
terrorists, Russia claims
Obama to discuss
bombing Syrian military
positions – officials:
One scenario to be discussed
involves direct US military
action in Syria, including
airstrikes on Syrian
military, radar and
anti-aircraft bases, as well
as arms depots.
Militants kill 12 military
personnel in Egypt's Sinai:
Suspected Islamic State
gunmen killed 12 members of
Egypt's military in North
Sinai province and wounded
six more in an attack on a
checkpoint on Friday, the
military said, adding that
it killed 15 militants in
return.
US launches strikes
against Houthi radar sites
in Yemen:
US
navy bombs three radar sites
controlled by Houthis after
it says its warship came
under missile attacks.
US
airstrikes on radar sites in
Yemen show support for the
Saudi-led bombing campaign:
News Analysis - The US has
carried out its first direct
attack against Houthi
rebels, hitting three radar
stations in rebel-controlled
territory with Tomahawk
cruise missiles.
Yemen's Houthis warn U.S.
against further attacks:
"The direct American attack
targeting Yemeni soil this
morning is not acceptable,"
Brigadier General Sharaf
Luqman, a spokesman for
Yemeni forces fighting
alongside the Houthis, was
quoted as saying by the
Houthi-controlled Saba news
agency.
US Can't Say Who
Launched Missiles from Yemen
at Navy Ships:
The U.S. has yet to
determine who was
responsible for the launch
of missiles at Navy warships
in the Red Sea from areas in
Yemen in the control of
Iranian-backed Houthi
rebels, a Pentagon spokesman
said Thursday.
Iranian warships
deployed off Yemen coast
after US bombs Houthi
targets
: Iran has
deployed a fleet of warships
to the Gulf of Aden, the
republic's naval commander
has confirmed. The
deployment follows US cruise
missile strikes on Yemeni
positions thought to be
under Houthi rebel control.
Yemen
government forces advance
into rebel heartland:
Army troops and allied
tribesmen loyal to Yemeni
President Abd Rabbo Mansour
Hadi battled Al Houthis
inside their stronghold in
the north of the country as
other forces were clearing
mines laid by the fleeing
rebels.
Yemen's Houthi rebels deny
loss of border crossing:
The denial came in a rebel
statement which said the
reports were "baseless" and
attempting to make "illusive
victories," adding that the
rebel army had repelled
advancing of forces loyal to
Saudi-backed Yemeni
government.
US
Congressman to John Kerry:
Are We Committing War Crimes
in Yemen?;
According to Rep. Lieu, it
seems clear that the Saudis
are intentionally targeting
civilians in Yemen and for
the US to support Saudi
Arabia in such an illegal
and immoral war would mean
Washington shares Riyadh's
guilt.
Hillary Clinton Acknowledges
Saudi Terror Financing in
Hacked Email:
Clinton’s private comments
differ from the public line
taken by members of the
Obama administration. John
Brennan, the director of the
CIA, recently called the
Saudis “among our very best
counter-terrorism partners
globally.”
Four
Malian soldiers killed in
mine explosions: sources:
Four Malian soldiers were
killed Thursday and several
others injured in landmine
explosions in the centre of
the sprawling country,
military sources said.
'I'll
humiliate you': Duterte
challenges West to probe
Philippines drugs war:
Philippine leader Rodrigo
Duterte called U.S.
President Barack Obama, the
European Union and United
Nations "fools" on Thursday,
and warned they would end up
humiliated and outsmarted if
they accepted an invitation
to investigate his war on
drugs.
Russia, China to mull joint
response to U.S. missile
shield:
The Russian military says it
will cooperate with Beijing
on minimizing a threat posed
by U.S. missile defense
Russia and India to sign
delivery deal for S-400
missiles on October 15:
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov
said the agreement would be
signed at an India-Russia
summit due to take place in
Goa.
Colombia: President Santos
extends ceasefire with FARC:
Truce extended through the
end of the year as
government seeks to revive a
peace deal after a shock
referendum defeat.
Prepare for severe stock
market crash, warns HSBC
: The technical analysis
team at HSBC is warning
recent stock market moves
look eerily similar to just
before 1987’s ‘Black
Monday’, which saw the
largest one-day market crash
in history.
Chelsea Manning emerges from
her punishment in solitary
confinement:
Manning spent seven days
locked in a cell by herself,
following an earlier suicide
attempt.
The
Pentagon Accounts for More
Than Half of the Federal
Government’s $1 Billion PR
Budget:
More than 5,000 people work
in the federal government’s
PR machines; more than at
the Department of Education.
WikiLeaks releases 7th batch
of emails from Clinton
campaign chair:
The new releases include
further details on handling
Hillary’s email scandal, as
well as the hearing by the
House Committee on Foreign
Affairs into the 2012 attack
on the US embassy in
Benghazi.
Wikileaks Reveals How Wall
Street Buys Influence in the
Democratic Party:
The important revelations in
the leaks of Clinton's Wall
Street speeches, John
Podesta's emails, and
internal Democratic Party
memos
WikiLeaks: Qatar Gave
Clinton Foundation A Million
Dollar Check For Bill’s
Birthday:
“[Qatar] Would like to see
WJC ‘for five minutes’ in
NYC, to present $1 million
check that Qatar promised
for WJC’s birthday in 2011,”
Ami Desai, director of
foreign policy for the
Clinton Foundation, wrote in
2012.
Clinton’s lack of “emotional
connection” to voters is
revealed as worrying:
WikiLeaks release:
“She needs to have a greater
understanding of what people
and families are going
through every day.
Clinton bashes Trump over
Russia praise, but emails
show she praised Putin:
“I would love it if we could
continue to build a more
positive relationship with
Russia,” Clinton said during
a speech to Goldman Sachs on
June 4, 2013.
Trump
Takes the Lead:
The latest Rasmussen Reports
White House Watch national
telephone and online survey
shows Trump with 43% support
among Likely U.S. Voters to
Clinton’s 41%. Yesterday,
Clinton still held a
four-point 43% to 39% lead
over Trump, but that was
down from five points on
Tuesday
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Donald
Trump
turned
in
perhaps
the most
effective
performance
in the
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Turkey
reports killing 47
ISIS militants in
Syria in one day:
“The Turkish army
killed at least 47
Daesh (ISIS)
terrorists in
northern Syria in
the past 24 hours as
part of Operation
Euphrates Shield,”
Turkey’s official
Anadolu news agency
quoted the military
as saying.
15 killed in
Aleppo market
strike: activists:
An airstrike hit the
biggest market on
the rebel-held side
of Syria's Aleppo on
Wednesday, killing
at least 15 people
and leveling
buildings as
rescuers were still
sifting through the
rubble from air
raids that killed
dozens the day
before.
At least 10
killed in northern
Syria blast:
Tuesday's blast took
place in al-Mashi,
which is in the
countryside around
the city of Manbij
and wounded another
20 people, it said.
US-backed forces
captured Manbij and
its surrounding
areas from Islamic
State in August.
Over 600
Militants Handing
Over Heavy Weaponry
to Syrian Army:
Over 200 militants
and their families
will be evacuated
from al-Hamah and
Qudsiyah in Damascus
countryside within
24 hours, the
pro-militant news
agency ‘Orient-TV’
reported. Then, the
army will set full
control of al-Hamah
and Qudsiyah in
Damascus
countryside.
Negotiations
to surrender east
Aleppo under way:
Negotiations to
surrender the
rebel-held east
Aleppo pocket have
begun between the
Syrian Arab Army's
High Command and
Islamist groups, a
local source told
Al-Masdar News on
Wednesday afternoon.
Britain and
France prepare
military escalation
in Syria:
News Analysis -
Parliament met in an
emergency three-hour
session yesterday to
accuse Russia of war
crimes in Syria and
lay the basis for
Britain’s
involvement in
establishing a
no-fly zone and
possibly sending
ground forces into
the war-torn
country.
Turkey-backed Syrian
rebels advance
closer to IS-held
Dabiq:
Syrian rebels
advanced closer to
an Islamic
State-held village
that is of great
symbolic
significance to the
group in a
Turkey-backed
operation in
northern Syria on
Wednesday, a rebel
commander told
Reuters.
Vladimir
Putin knows who
bombed the Aleppo UN
convoy, and now he’s
talking:
We know who attacked
this humanitarian
convoy. This was one
of the terrorist
groups. And we know
that the US is well
aware of this. But
they prefer to blame
Russia. This won’t
help.”
Zakharova
unleashes on Western
journo [Video]:
Maria Zakharova,
Russia's Foreign
Affairs
spokesperson, lets
loose on a Western
journalist after she
is asked "Why is
Russia supporting
Assad, who is
killing civilians?"
Lavrov,
Kerry to attend
Syria talks on
Saturday in Lausanne:
It said the two men
had agreed to hold
the meeting to
consider what
further steps could
be taken to get a
Syria settlement.
Iraqi PM
slams Turkey's Mosul
incursion, mocks
Erdogan with 'video
call' jibe
: "You are not my
interlocutor, you
are not at my level,
you are not my
equivalent, you are
not of the same
quality as me,"
Erdogan said,
addressing
al-Abadi's criticism
of the Turkish
military presence on
Iraq's territory.
US-Saudi
agreement to provide
safe havens for ISIS
to exit Mosul:
The Russian RIA
Nofosti news agency
reported on
Wednesday, that the
United States made
an agreement with
Saudi Arabia to
allow the ISIS
members to exit from
Mosul toward the
Syrian territories
before the security
forces start the
liberation
offensive.
65 thousand
Iraqi soldiers ready
for Mosul liberation
battle:
Iraqi media outlets
mentioned that
around five thousand
fighters belong to
ISIS are controlling
the city where 1.3
million citizens are
besieged inside the
city.
Turkish
ruling party
official shot dead:
News Analysis -
Gunmen burst into
the office of Deryan
Aktert, an AK Party
official in the
southeast, as PKK
claims
responsibility.
German govt
approves more troops
for NATO mission in
Turkey:
The German federal
government has
approved
participation in a
NATO mission to fly
surveillance craft
from a Turkish base,
making progress on a
deal that had been
stalled amid
tensions with
Ankara.
Turkey and
Russia seal pipeline
deal:
While the conflict
between the United
States and Russia in
Syria is
intensifying and
threatening to
provoke a direct
clash between the
two nuclear-armed
powers, NATO member
Turkey is once again
drawing closer to
Russia.
Yemen:
Military source: 55
Saudi soldiers
killed, injured in
Jizan
: A
military source in
Jizan sector has
said that 55 Saudi
soldiers were
reported casualties
in a failed attempt
to move towards
Al-Dood Mountain in
Al-Khubah in Jizan.
Saudi-backed
Yemeni troops open
new front in
northern Yemen -
officials:
Forces loyal to
Yemen's exiled
government clashed
with Houthi fighters
over a strategic
town close to the
border with Saudi
Arabia on Wednesday
in a sign a new
front may be opening
in the 19-month-old
civil war.
US Navy
claims destroyer
targeted again by
Yemen missiles:
US officials said a
US Navy destroyer
was again targeted
in a failed missile
attack from Yemen.
The alleged attack
is said to come from
a Houthi-controlled
area of the country.
It is the second
such incident in
less than a week
Yemen’s
ex-president Saleh
asks Russia for help
to resolve ongoing
domestic conflict:
. Ali Abdullah
Saleh, the former
president of Yemen,
called on Russia to
step in as a
mediator in the
settlement of the
ongoing crisis in
his country, local
news web portal
reported on
Wednesday.
Female
suicide bomber kills
8 in NE Nigeria:
A female suicide
bomber killed at
least eight people
when she detonated
her explosives in a
taxi in Maiduguri,
the capital of
northeast Borno
state in Nigeria,
emergency services
said Wednesday.
Arms dealer
says Clinton and
Obama accidentally
gave guns to ISIS,
Al Qaeda and
Benghazi attackers
- Tried to scapegoat
him for their
screw-up with failed
$10m felony case
New attack
kills 14 worshippers
at mosque:
Blast in northern
Balkh province comes
a day after ISIL
gunman killed 18 at
Kabul shrine on the
holy day of Ashoura.
Islamic
State claims
responsibility for
deadly mosque attack
in Afghan capital:
On Wednesday
afternoon, an
explosion outside a
mosque in northern
Afghanistan killed
at least 14 people
and wounded 24 at a
similar gathering.
There was no
immediate claim of
responsibility for
that assault.
Indian Army
Kills 2 Militants in
3-Day Standoff in
Kashmir:
The Indian army said
a three-day standoff
with suspected
rebels ended
Wednesday after
government forces
killed two militants
inside a building in
the
Indian-controlled
portion of Kashmir.
The building was
extensively damaged
in the fighting.
Gorbachev
says world at
'dangerous' point:
"I don't want to
give any concrete
prescriptions but I
do want to say that
this needs to stop.
We need to renew
dialogue. Stopping
it was the biggest
mistake."
Demonizing Russia?:
Obama
Considers
‘Proportional’
Response to Russian
Hacking in U.S.
Election:
“The president has
talked before about
the significant
capabilities that
the U.S. government
has to both defend
our systems in the
United States but
also carry out
offensive operations
in other countries,”
Putin: White
House uses Russia
scaremongering to
manipulate Americans:
The Obama
administration is
dragging Russia into
the US presidential
election to
manipulate American
voters for the
benefit of Hillary
Clinton, Russian
President Vladimir
Putin said
Calling
Palestinians
'animals,' deputy
Jerusalem mayor vows
retribution after
shooting attack:lived
in 'We false hope
that if we would
help them they would
change their animal
behavior,' says Meir
Turgeman.
US start-up
Geofeedia 'allowed
police to track
protesters':
ACLU said Geofeedia
had been marketing
its services to
police agencies to
help track activists
using location data
and social media
posts.
Nearly 7 in
10 Americans have
less than $1,000 in
savings:
This data is
particularly
worrisome since the
recommendation is
for Americans to
have six months in
expenses saved in
case of an emergency
Republicans
urge Trump to quit
then back him:
While a host of
prominent
Republicans in
Congress have jumped
off the Donald Trump
train, some of them
are climbing back
aboard after taking
heat from loyalists
of the controversial
billionaire
candidate.
Trump
presidency
'dangerous', says UN
rights chief:
Donald Trump's
"deeply unsettling
and disturbing"
views make him a
danger
internationally, the
UN's human rights
chief has said.
WikiLeaks
dumps more John
Podesta emails:
The messages stolen
from Podesta’s
account describe how
Clinton’s closest
advisers considered
responding to key
events during the
campaign.
Email Leak
Reveals More
Collusion Between
State Department And
Hillary Campaign:
A new Podesta email
released by
WikiLeaks today
reveals further
direct coordination
between the State
Department and the
Clinton campaign
during what should
have been a
confidential
investigation.
Leaks Have
Exposed Journalists
In Clinton’s Corner:
CNBC chief
Washington
correspondent and
New York Times
political writer
John Harwood is the
most prominent
journalist who is
cozy in the emails
with the Clinton
camp. The CNBC
anchor is also the
one who should
arguably be the most
embarrassed.
Bill
Clinton: Trump’s
Base Is ‘Your
Standard Redneck’
[VIDEO]
- Bill Clinton
characterized Donald
Trump’s supporters
as the culture “he
grew up in” in
Arkansas during a
voter registration
event in Belle
Glade, Florida on
Tuesday.
WikiLeaks:
Podesta and
Left-Wing Activist
Plot ‘Catholic
Spring’:
A newly leaked email
shows Hillary
Clinton’
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and appears to
be leaving no
stone unturned
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Syria: Airstrikes in
Aleppo, shelling in south
kill 20:
Airstrikes on rebel-held
parts of the northern city
of Aleppo killed at least 14
people Tuesday, while the
shelling of a
government-held neighborhood
in southern Syria hit a
school, killing at least
six, including children
Ban
Ki-moon’s failure to respect
his responsibilities
repeatedly harms the UN:
In a statement to SANA, the
source said the UN Secretary
General “has repeatedly
harmed the credibility and
objectivity of the UN having
made it subject to the will
of some sides and made
himself a party in the
problems sweeping our world
today .”
ISIS
used an armed drone to kill
two Kurdish fighters and
wound French troops, report
says:
In a possible
first-of-its-kind attack on
Western forces, the Islamic
State used a drone loaded
with explosives to strike a
Kurdish and French position
in northern Iraq earlier
this month, according to a
report in the French
newspaper Le Monde.
Pics
of US jets painted in
Russian colors spark Syria
false flag conspiracy
": Photos
showing US jets being
painted Russian colors have
triggered debates and
conspiracy theories online,
with many saying Washington
plans to conduct false flag
attacks in Syria and blame
them on Moscow.
Russia to build permanent
Syrian naval base, eyes
other outposts:
"By doing this Russia is not
only increasing its military
potential in Syria but in
the entire Middle East,"
Senator Igor Morozov, a
member of the upper house of
parliament's International
Affairs Committee, told the
RIA news agency.
Iraq:
Airstrike kills 8 ISIS
militants:
The PUK spokesman in Mosul,
Gayath Sourji, said in a
press statement, “The
international coalition
aircraft carried out an air
strike targeting the
so-called ISIS Diwan al-Hisba
in Hayy al-Tayaran area, in
central Mosul.”
Suicide bombing kills 7:
Leader of al-Hashd al-Shaabi
Odai al-Khedran announced on
Monday, that six persons
were killed and one other
was wounded due to the
explosion of a car bomb,
north of Baqubah.
Turkey’s president tells
Iraqi leader to ‘know his
place’:
Erdogan also said Turkish
troops wouldn’t withdraw
from a base near Mosul,
saying the Turkish army
wouldn’t take orders from
Baghdad. Turkey is training
anti-IS fighters to help
retake Mosul from the
extremist group.
Turkey blasts Clinton's
Syria proposal: "Isn't
America our ally?";
Turkish Prime Minister
Binali Yildirim on Tuesday
criticized U.S. presidential
candidate Hillary Clinton
for comments suggesting that
she would consider providing
arms to support to Kurdish
fighters in Syria.
Arab
coalition operations kill 50
in Yemen:
Saudi special forces along
with the Arab coalition
carried out a military
operation in Yemen’s
mountain tops to combat
Houthi militias near the
Saudi border, Al Arabiya
correspondent reported on
Monday.
Saudi
jets kill 5 civilians in
Yemen:
As many as five people have
been killed and nine others
wounded in two separate
attacks by Saudi warplanes
and pro-Riyadh militants in
southwestern Yemen.
Fragments of US-made bomb
allegedly found at Yemen
funeral bombing site:
Photos and video have
emerged online of what is
claimed to be fragments of a
US-made bomb found at the
scene of a deadly strike on
a mourning hall in the
Yemeni capital Saana.
As
Saudis bombed Yemen, U.S.
worried about legal blowback:
U.S. government lawyers
ultimately did not reach a
conclusion on whether U.S.
support for the campaign
would make the United States
a "co-belligerent" in the
war under international law,
four current and former
officials said.
Missiles Fired From
Rebel-Held Yemen Land Near
US Destroyer:
A U.S. military spokesman
said two missiles were fired
from Houthi-held territory
at the USS Mason, a guided
missile destroyer sailing
north of the strategic Bab
al-Mandab strait. Neither
missile hit the ship.
Obama
Is Killing Yemen:
A Yemeni Journalist Speaks
Out After U.S.-Backed
Bombing Strikes Funeral
US
kills 40 alledged IS
militants in Afghanistan:
The strike took place in
Achin district of the
province late on Monday
after a US drone targeted
insurgents in two different
parts of the district, that
also killed one of the
group's senior leaders,
Ghaznawi Orukzai.
Taliban attack in southern
Afghan city kills 14:
Taliban insurgents trying to
seize a southern Afghan city
killed 14 people including
10 policemen in a
coordinated attack which
started with a car bombing
Monday, officials said.
Gunmen attack Shiite shrine
in Kabul, take hostages:
An Afghan official says at
least three gunmen wearing
military uniforms have
attacked a Shiite shrine in
Kabul and taken an unknown
number of people hostage.
Duterte snubs Washington,
looks forward to historic
China visit:
Duterte criticized US
President Barack Obama for
"arrogance" as he announced
the visit – despite the
Philippines being a key US
ally in the region.
Beijing and Moscow to
cooperate on minimizing US
missile defense:
The Russian military has
said it will cooperate with
Beijing on minimizing a
threat posed by US missile
defense. Moscow argues the
missile shield will upset
the nuclear balance.
Putin
cancels visit to France amid
row over Syria:
: Describing Russian air
strikes in Syria as "war
crimes", Hollande said it
was still necessary to talk
with Moscow, but only if
discussions were "firm,
frank," otherwise it would
be a "charade."
Boris
Johnson calls for anti-war
protests outside Russian
embassy over Syria:
The Foreign Secretary warned
that the "wells of outrage
are growing exhausted" as
MPs expressed their horror
at the human suffering
caused by the bombing of the
city of Aleppo.
Haiti Faces
Nightmare Combination of
Disease and Starvation After
Hurricane Matthew:
. Aerial footage has
revealed widespread,
catastrophic destruction in
western Haiti, with some
towns and villages “almost
wiped off the map” according
to UN Secretary General Ban
Ki-Moon.
Activists just disrupted
Canada’s tar sands pipelines
into the United States:
“In the absence of any
political leadership… these
individuals feel duty bound
to halt the extraction and
combustion of fossil fuels
by personal direct action,”
Climate Direct Action said.
Subpoena to Encrypted App
Provider Highlights
Overbroad FBI Requests for
Information:
A recently revealed grand
jury subpoena shows that the
FBI is likely continuing to
ask companies for more
information than the law
allows
Isn’t
Hillary Clinton’s Syria
no-fly zone worse than
Donald Trump’s lewdness?:
Clinton has stuck by her
position that deposing the
Bashar Al-Assad regime in
Syria is a foreign policy
priority for the U.S. She
has not backed away from her
support for a no fly zone
over Syria
WikiLeaks: : Part 3 of
Podesta emails:
WikiLeaks has released more
emails from Hillary
Clinton’s campaign chairman
John Podesta, revealing the
campaign's ties with some
journalists, attack
strategies against Bernie
Sanders and Donald Trump,
and strange comments about
Catholics and Southerners.
Trump
steps up attacks on U.S.
House speaker, says
'shackles' are off:
"Our very weak and
ineffective leader, Paul
Ryan, had a bad conference
call where his members went
wild at his disloyalty,"
Trump said in a tweet on
Tuesday.
Video
Surfaces of Obama Showing
off His Erection to Giggling
Female Reporters;
Hypocrisy on Trump Much?
How
Hillary Clinton said one
thing in public and another
to the Wall Street bankers:
Behind closed doors, Hillary
Clinton adopted a rather
more accommodating tone with
Wall Street than she has on
the campaign trail.
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