GE's Whirled Events

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►Iran-backed Shiite forces in Iraq now estimated at 100,000 – US military spox

►Erdogan to Visit Tehran Next Week to Launch Turkey-Iran-Russia Coalition

... "Given the reports claiming that Erdogan had come to Iran the night of coup
and then returned to Turkey after its failure,
the Turkish president's visit to Tehran is highly important
in establishing new relations between Tehran and Ankara," Arabic language al-Hayat newspaper said in a report.

Sources told al-Hayat daily that a trilateral meeting, consisting of the Iranian, Turkish and Russian officials,
is due to be held to confer on ways to terminate the Syria war,
adding that part of Erdogan's trip to Tehran will be focused on this issue.

... According to al-Arab, the triangle of Iran-Turkey-Russia
is forming an international coalition to confront the West.
Really? ok.

►Lavrov: Russia did not violate UN Security Council resolution, using the airfield in Iran

►Russia asks US to reread UN resolution on Iran — ministry

Russian Defense Ministry has advised US Department of State officials to check their knowledge of international law following the latest statements regarding the use of an airdrome in Iran by Russian warplanes, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov has told the media.

Iraq/Iran:

►Iraqi Parliament Speaker Due in #Iran for Talks

Turkey:

Turkey wants to open Incirlik NATO airbase for Russia

So we can quickly summarize developments of a few last weeks:

Russia has permanent base in Syria as well as multiple others for their use.

Iran opened all Iranian military bases for Russian forces, strategic and fighter bombers are stationed in Hamadan.

Iraq opened its airspace for Russian air force operations.

Chinese army is going to support Damascus with humanitarian aid as well as with advisors/instructors.

Turkey wants to open NATO airbase for Russian airforce.

BM-21 GRAD ‏@bm21_grad · 4 min.
Russian MoD released footage of Fighter/Bomber Su-34s flying from Hamedan (Iran) releasing maximum combat load over Syria

Russian Air Force begins East Syria bombing campaign from Iran (towards Iraq border... where the 'secret'/uninvited US air bases are.)

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(this one is 'interesting'...)

►Syrian Army, Kurdish militia clash in northeastern Syria

►Calm prevails over Al-Hasakah after Kurdish, government forces clash

(basically what happened... is the US backed NDF 'rebels' TANGLED
with the Kurd 'Police' in the semi-autonomous Kurd governorate in N. Syria.
The SAA and Hezbollah had to step in and calm things down.
Most likely the 'Syrian Rebel hot heads were having a testosterone driven turf war
with the local Kurd 'authorities'. Shit Happens.)

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►Turkey's interest in Russian missile system may spark new tension with NATO

►Russian officials suggest use of Turkish NATO Incirlik base for Syria raids

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even Egypt? This is how it starts...:

Sa'ka ‏@BTelawy 2 hod.
#Egypt will hold a joint drill in October with Russian paratroopers in the context of the fight agst terrorism.

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Russia's new Tor-M2U air defense system is a class apart - ‘The Russian bagel’
The system is designed to destroy enemy weapons
at short range
as they fly towards their target
at a radius of 15 kilometers (9.3 miles).

NATO without air superiority is really just a bunch of weak ass baby killers hiding behind metal.
No air force, no hope.
NATO has fundamentally failed at everything modern warfare.
Hopefully they will be decimated soon by real men in real militaries so the world
can finally get rid of the fascism they have been peddling
since the Napoleon Wars.

(there's a LOT of anger out there... and it's not all Muslim.)

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zerohedge ‏@zerohedge 2 minHá 2 minutos
Expecting War? Russia Conducts Armored Train Drills For First Time In 15 Years

Battle Footage south Aleppo:





Missilito ‏@Missilito · 3 hod.
PHOTO: Russian Baltic Fleet air-cushioned landing craft World's Largest. Baltic Fleet drills started.
(obvious advantage: no 'deep water' port/harbor is needed)

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SorosLeak: NGOs manipulating elections in all EU member states.
From Ferguson to unrest overseas, Soros Hack reveals all.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...rseas-new-reports-reveal-soros-influence.html

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Breaking911 Weather ‏@B911Weather 7 minHá 7 minutos
483 New Yorkers Have Tested Positive For The #Zika Virus, Including 49 Pregnant Women
http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/zika-virus.page

 

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The first article in the above post has an important little gem:

Aside from the PMF (Iraq's Popular Mobilization Force),
another outfit – Iran's Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force –
is now forecast to play a massive role over in Iraq’s Mosul, which has been in IS’ grip since 2014.

During a Tuesday press conference, Garver commented
on the prospect of Shiite militias participating in the liberation
of the Sunni-dominated Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city.
This was upon hearing reports from the PMF (Iraq Shia Militia)
that Iran’s prominent military commander from the Syrian theater of operations,
General Qassem Soleimani, has moved his troops
to the outskirts of Mosul to gear up for the operation. (that's HUGE news)

►This was reported by the Long War Journal after remarks translated from the Fars News Agency.

However Garver, according to Fox, also stated: (lol )
“We are not coordinating with the Iranians in any way, we are not working with them in any way.”
He added that “the government of Iraq comes up with the plan, we are supporting [their] plan for the seizure of Mosul.”

Soleimani is said to be planning a coordinated operation with Iraqi government forces and the PMF.

This multi-pronged approach to fighting IS in Syria and Iraq
also got a new player in the face of China,
as Beijing announced Damascus’s blessing
to have the Chinese military provide humanitarian aid to Syria
while also training Syrian personnel.

That is extremely significant.
I have read many, many articles
analyzing and noting that the US was 'determined' that the PMU
(much less Iran/Qud/Hezbollah) was to have NO PART in the strike force against Mosul.
It was going to be 'strictly' a party that no SHIA were invited to.
Why?
Well 1. reason was certainly pride and revenge against Russia/Iran for the Syrian conflict takeover.
the OTHER was most certainly the future partitioning of North Iraq they have planned...
namely the creation of 'Kurdistan'.
Currently, the Germans are arming the Peshmerga to the teeth... on 'credit' of course.
The Russians as well, have 'donated' over 1 million Kalashnikov rounds to Erbil's private army: The Peshmerga
for the Mosul purge.

The main difference is the objectives: Peshmerga/Erbil/Kurds WANT Mosul for a future 'Kurdistan'.
The PMF (PMU) militia are ALL about Iraq Sovereignty in the re-capture of Mosul...
Tehran and Baghdad are ALL about stopping the West from creating any more puppet govs in the ME.

This is the FIRST article I've seen
CLEARLY outlining that Iran ITSELF is (now) openly declaring
its intentions to be ACTIVELY involved in Mosul.
in other words...
any 'plans' in the works between Washington and Erbil
about 'annexing' Mosul into a future 'Kurdistan'...
ain't gonna happen.
Iran aims to help Iraq hold on to its territorial integrity...
so the message from Iran and Iraq is clear:
They won't sit back while the Pentagon 'Nation-builds' a Kurdistan.

This bold Statecraft HAD to have been 'hatched' in Moscow.
It 'smells' like it has 'RUSSIA' written ALL over it.

 

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Tidbits from Today............

►Russian warship Yaroslav Mudry starts anti-piracy mission in Gulf of Aden

The Russian combat ship embarked on an anti-piracy mission from port of Djibouti in the area of the Horn of Africa.

Djibouti
Camp Lemonnier, a United States Naval Expeditionary Base, is the only permanent US military base in Africa,
and home to the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) of the U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM).
(toldja. It's the ONLY base the Pentagon admits to.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Lemonnier

It's subtle... but I think this is a mssg to the hegemons
that Russia 'knows' what they're up to
and hasn't 'forgotten' or 'abandoned' Africa to the globalists.


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Vlad ‏@okkupant186 · 15 min.
Reports say that already 16 #Rus long range bombers where active since this morning.
They are ready for sorties in #syr anytime now

Enrico Ivanov‏@Russ_Warrior 46 sek.
#Russia about to start the biggest military operation in #Syria since the ceasefire declaration
as #US can't separate terrorists from rebels

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SOROS / Russia
(his 1990 orgs were 'discovered' and booted by Putin admin long ago and even MORE thorough recently
Keep in mind.... the Russian 'article' was a PRO Soros article... LAMENTING their purge... but.. of course...
it's the Western backed 'Moscow Times'... so hey... whaddyaexpect?)

While ago I read Russia has arrest warrant on Soros.
Dunno if it is true but all organizations associated with him were wiped out of Russia.
I found a 4 year old article published in The Moscow Times where they wrote this:

"In the 1990s, many impressive independent think tanks were formed,
largely with Western financing.
George Soros' Open Society Institute was the pioneer.

Other American foundations followed suit:
the Eurasia Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Ford Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation, and the MacArthur Foundation.
The European Union and the World Bank also made major efforts.
The leading foreign think tanks were Carnegie Moscow Center,
the Russian European Center for Economic Policy and, briefly, the World Bank's Bureau of Economic Analysis."

The article is called "Rise and Fall of Russia's Economic Think Tanks"
and it clearly shows whose asset this newsweb is
as it clearly denounces wiping out such organizations:

"The third blow was devastating.
In January 2006, Putin signed the law on nongovernmental organizations.
Its obvious intention was to restrain all independent organizations
through a massive aggravation of bureaucratic impediments.
The regime exposed think tanks to all kinds of harassment through audits and raids,
claiming that they might not have complied with all tax laws."
https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/rise-and-fall-of-russias-economic-think-tanks-20279

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IRAQ & KURDISTAN

Conflict News ‏@Conflicts 31 min.
IRAQ: Peshmerga will be considered occupiers: Iraqi MP
(this is Kurd/Erbil media... firing up the 'faithful' for 'Independent Kurdistan or Die!' Stupid move.)

"A member of the Iraqi parliament stated on Thursday that
Peshmerga forces will receive the same treatment as the Islamic State (IS)
if they do not withdraw from liberated areas."​

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan24) – A member of the Iraqi parliament stated on Thursday that Peshmerga forces will receive the same treatment as the Islamic State (IS) if they do not withdraw from liberated areas.

Mohammed Saihoud an Iraqi MP from the State of Law bloc, led by the former Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki, said that “if Peshmerga forces do not retreat from the liberated areas, they will be considered as occupiers, not liberators.”

“IS and Peshmerga forces are equal before the gunfire of the Iraqi security forces and Hashd al-Shaabi if they insist on the occupation of the liberated areas,” the Shia MP told an Iraqi news outlet.

Last Wednesday, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) spokesperson responded to the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’ who said that Peshmerga forces should remain in their current positions and do not advance further towards Mosul.

The KRG spokesperson Safeen Dizayee told Kurdistan24 that Peshmerga forces will not withdraw from the areas in their control because Peshmerga is the source of security and stability for people.

Dizayee stated that Peshmerga forces will make further advances towards the Islamic State (IS)-held areas surrounding Mosul that are considered outside of the Kurdistan Region administration.

“The areas were liberated by the blood of the Peshmerga forces. Peshmerga will not retreat,” he reaffirmed.

Arif Taifoor, the commander of Peshmerga forces in Khazir frontline told Kurdistan24 on Thursday
that the Peshmerga forces will liberate all the areas included in the Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution,
particularly IS-held Christian-populated areas and they will stay there.

Kurds are making a HUGE mistake
if they side with the same party
that is fully responsible for the destabilization of the middle east.
Thay have passively allowed illegal military instalations of the US army
on territory that THEY CONTROL...
despite the fact that support
from the Russian coalition was offered
and even provided for in military equipment, CAS
together with the diplomatic level
as the diplomatic mission of Rojava was opened in Moscow almost a year ago.

They (still) have the great opportunity
to do something for the land where they live,
stick together with other people of the region
and wipe out hegemonic proxy armies.

Following this, the weight of their claims
will rise significantly because of proven loyalty
to the whole region, not only for their personnal aims.

This is the only way that they can achieve their aims.
and Kurds should not miss this chance...
otherwise
their destiny will follow the destiny of ISIS as Iraqi official said...(above)

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Iraq:

Conflict News ‏@Conflicts 32 min.
VIDEO: #US Marine with Ezidi Protection Force (HPE) in a sniper battle with #ISIS in Shingal - @EzidiPress




Turkey:

Turkish regime shifts stance on Assad’s future in Syria

Iran:

►Iran is ready to host Russian air force on other Iranian airfields on their mission against terrorism


►George Galloway explains the truth behind ISIS and the conspiracy at Oxford Debate Society




►Indonesia sends bold message amid South China Sea tensions
Thursday, 18 Aug 2016 | 6:34 AM ET

The nation sunk more than 60 boats for illegally fishing near its declared economic zone.



Aug 19, 2016 Kalibr Launches
►The Russian Defense Ministry has said Black Sea Fleet warships
launched three cruise missile strikes on terrorist targets in Syria.



►Newest Russian Capability & Deployment Plans & Upgrades in ME Terror Fight

 

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(shows determination of Iraq to keep pushing back against hegemon proxies)

►Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces begin important offensive in ISIS bastion Eastern Ramadi

Aug 21, 2016

Iraqi forces and PMU Militia are making headway in their battle against Takfiri terrorists in Jazeerat Al-Khaldiyah east of Ramadi.
The strategic region connects the largest cities in the western province of Anbar
and straddles the main highway which connects the Iraqi capital with neighboring Jordan.

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(a concise targeted description of the Assange/Wikileak indictment of Hillary's complicity in ISIS gunrunning into Libya then into Syria)
►Daesh-Gate: The Scandal That Could End Hillary Clinton's Campaign

Russian-Israeli journalist and political analyst Israel Shamir
offers his insights on why Trump's comments
about Obama and Clinton being 'the founders of ISIS'
may just put an end to Hillary Clinton's White House ambitions.

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►ISIS uses Qurans to disguise bombs in Iraq

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Russians who practice female genital mutilation (FGM)
could face ten years imprisonment under a new bill.
The bill says that FGM “has no place in a civilized society,”
and was presented to parliament
by United Russia deputy Maria Maksakova-Igenbergs.

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►Turkey expressed its willingness to reconcile with Bashar Assad

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►Iran unveils new missile defense system

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Yemen:

Conflict News ‏@Conflicts 1 min.
►Ex-president Saleh offers 'all Yemen's facilities' to Russia

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Wounded SAA soldier in Southwestern Aleppo today 8-21-16

 

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Iran:

Conflict News ‏@Conflicts · 13 min.
IRAN: #Russia's use of #Hamedan airbase (for attacking positions in #Syria) has ended for now, #Iran MFA spox said.- @AbasAslani

Yemen:

►Invisible: The media’s role in Yemen’s 500 days of Brutal War
(great article indicting the sustained blackout of the Yemeni War.)

KSA:

►Moscow, Riyadh discuss anti-terrorism fight, settlement in Syria, Yemen - Russian Foreign Ministry
(Saudis got on the phone pretty damn quick )

Turkey:

Conflict News ‏@Conflicts · 54 min.
BREAKING: Border region must be completely cleansed of #ISIS: Turkish FM - @AlArabiya_Eng

(stay tuned... next 'hot spot' is Jarabulus )​

Libya:

The Associated Press ‏@AP · 38 min.
BREAKING: Spokesman: Libya's parliament passes `no confidence' vote in UN-backed government in blow to efforts to unite country.
(hahaha more like a 'no thank you' vote )

India:

►India has a role to play in combating terrorism: Syrian prez Assad

"As a growing power, India has a role to play in meeting the challenge of terrorism,
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said as the two countries agreed to upgrade their security consultations."

pete john ‏@petejohn10 · 14 min.
►CONFIRMED: India pledges support for Assad after meeting in Damascus
(BRICS and Syrian Alliance are tightening the anti-hegemonic ranks... 'coming out of the closet' against Atlanticist bullying)

Russia:

►Russia’s only aircraft carrier prepares for #Syria deployment

Admiral Kuznetsov

"The carrier has arrived at the 35th dockyard
to undergo a second stage of upgrades
and to restore its technical readiness.
All works are expected to be completed
by the end of September when the ship will be ready for deployment,"

 

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Photojournalist behind ‘Aleppo boy’ image posed with child executioners

 

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►Foreign ministers of Japan, China, South Korea to meet

... eighth annual meeting in Tokyo tomorrow, where they will discuss
trilateral cooperation amid fraught ties among the three countries.

Japan's Foreign Ministry, in a statement yesterday, said
they will discuss "trilateral cooperation as well as regional and global issues".

(will they realize that much of the enmity between them is a little red white and blue virus?)

►UAE deposits 1 billion USD in Egypt's Central Bank for 6 years

... This support comes within the framework of "strategic co-operation and co-ordination"
between the two countries, reported WAM.

The UAE aims to support Egypt to promote its development
and as a recognition of Egypt's pivotal regional role.

(Sunnis simply trying to 'buy' more loyalty. )

►Fake ISIS Attack in Prague, Intended as Protest, Causes Panic

... Sporting detachable beards, the men drove a Hummer onto Old Town Square in Prague on Sunday,
wielding fake submachine-style BB guns and waving an Islamic State flag.
Accompanied by a camel and a goat, they shouted “Allahu akbar” and fired guns without pellets.

►State Department can't say who in Iran got another $1.3 billion

The State Department confirmed Monday that the Obama administration
has paid Iran another $1.3 billion to settle a failed arms deal from 1979,
but couldn't describe who in the Iran government it paid,
and couldn't say what form that payment took — cash, check or otherwise.

The State Department also admitted it can't guarantee
that the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps
wouldn't be able to get its hands on the money eventually.

►China takes control of North Sea oil drilling

China has moved to dominate British oil production in what one expert described as an exercise in “soft power”

►Russian flights from Iranian base not suspended: Iranian official

(20 Iranian lawmakers protested against perceived 'permanent' deployment... a diplomatic 'squabble' ensued....
so now Hamedan will only be a 'gas station". )

►(Finally) Armenia: Russian soldier given life imprisonment by Armenian Court for Family of 7 Murders



(this LONG 'story' marks the end of warranted & brooding Armenian outrage at the Russian Military Bureaucracy.
Glad to see Justice served & Crime avenged.)

 

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Sergey Bobkov ‏@sbobkov 37 min.
Bold move for #China: building major Navy base in Eastern Africa, will finish by next year, can house up to 2k men.

(look familiar?)

►China is building its first overseas military outpost just miles from the largest US military base in Africa.

The Chinese naval base in Djibouti is positioned on a 90-acre plot of land
and expected to be completed next year, according to the Wall Street Journal.
China’s construction of the base represents one of Beijing’s latest efforts
to establish itself as a global maritime power.

The Chinese naval base is close to Camp Lemonnier, the US base in Djibouti,
which supports roughly 4,000 US and allied military and civilian personnel and defense contractors.
It is the primary base of operations for US Africa Command.

Sky News Newsdesk ‏@SkyNewsBreak 4 min.
►South Korean news agency Yonhap says that #NorthKorea has fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile

Japan PM Says North Korea Missile Launch 'Unforgivable', Threat to Security

►North Korea said to be dispatching hit teams to kill defectors

SEOUL--North Korean leader Kim Jong Un became so enraged(lol) by a spate of recent defections
that he sent assassins to South Korea and elsewhere
to silence the renegades, according to government officials here.

AJSB ‏@A_J_S_B 19 min.
►Georgia arrests 7 terrorists that wanted blow gas pipeline between #Russia-#Armenia.
Georgia accuses #Saakashvili & $Ukraine for the plot.
(Brought 2U by the Kriminals in Kiev )

 

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Tues Aug. 30
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The Int'l Spectator ‏@intlspectator 1 hHá 1 hora
BREAKING: France will call for an end to EU-US free trade talks
(good. drive a wooden stake into TTIP)

►German EU commissioner warns Turkey it can forget EU membership as long as Erdogan is in the power

Andrey Davydov ‏@FarEasterner · 18 min.
►Germany reportedly leaving both Incirlik & anti-ISIS coalition

(Big news if true. wonder what's in store for Angela Merkel now?
Possible moves being made to have her removed from power and this could be the start of it.)

Conflict News ‏@Conflicts · 28 min.
►FRANCE: Turkey's Syria foray could spark escalation: Hollande - AFP

The Associated Press ‏@AP · 57 min.
►French President Francois Hollande criticizes Turkey's "contradictory" military intervention in Syria.

Hassan Ridha ‏@sayed_ridha · 27 min.
WSJ: Turkish offensive on Islamic State caught U.S. off guard.

LouDobbs: Notice Everything "Blindsides" Obama? Turk offensive on Islamic State caught U.S. off guard.

Laura Wells
‏@wellsla
"Turkish Airlines is..cutting back service this fall— including eliminating 13 weekly flights between #Turkey&..#US"
This is about 1/3 of total flights - Turkish economy is getting slammed

►Hotel occupancy rates in Istanbul plunge under 40 pct: Association

EPIC: A Turkish judge aboard a boat of Syrians arrived on Greek island of Chios today, claim persecution by Erdogan


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►Report: Turkey tasks MIT with hunting down alleged coup plotters in Europe

Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT)
has been tasked with locating, arresting and even killing
military officers who fled Turkey after allegedly taking part
in a failed coup attempt last month, according a story in the Vatan daily on Tuesday.

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►Kremlin reveals Putin's plans for G20 summit in China

In particular, the Russian president is to hold meetings with
►British Prime Minister Theresa May,
►Turkish President Recep Erdogan
►Saudi Crown successor, Prince Muhammad bin Salman

(4 hours ago - Putin meeting on Ukraine w/ Merkel/Hollande @ G20 called off) lol

►Putin/Obama

"It is obvious that the presidents [of Russia and the United States]
will meet at the G20 summit in one way or another...
"we're reminded of last year’s G20 summit in Turkey
when Putin and Obama had talked for quite a long time,
secluding themselves in the hall of a hotel
during the break between the sessions."

 

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US in balancing act as Turkish, Kurdish forces clash in Syria


(Both spox trying SO hard to make utter chaos seem like minor issues.
If I lied that constantly I'd have a nervous breakdown. srsly.)

►Syria’s civil war is the most dangerous and destructive crisis on the planet

►Debacle that is U.S. Syria policy is today on naked display

 

[NotAnIllegalImmigrant]

(basically what happened... is the US backed NDF 'rebels' TANGLED
with the Kurd 'Police' in the semi-autonomous Kurd governorate in N. Syria.
The SAA and Hezbollah had to step in and calm things down.
Most likely the 'Syrian Rebel hot heads were having a testosterone driven turf war
with the local Kurd 'authorities'. Shit Happens.)

What? That is is completely wrong. The NDF is pro-Assad militia organized and funded by the Syrian government. They are not a rebel group and are definitely not backed by the US. And Hezbollah has no presence in Hasakah.

 

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What? That is is completely wrong. The NDF is pro-Assad militia organized and funded by the Syrian government. They are not a rebel group and are definitely not backed by the US. And Hezbollah has no presence in Hasakah.

This is true... I was wrong/confusing them w/SDF at the time of writing.. so militia (not rebels).
things were 'breaking' when I wrote that. Good catch.
Before the SyAAF airstrikes began... there was an attempt by SAA to mediate btw. NDF & the Asayish.
Hezbollah apparently was never involved in that.
Glad to see you paying attention.. sometimes I wonder who reads this stuff lol.
Cheers,
G.

 

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Paris attackers trained in Manbij

Conflict News ‏@Conflicts · 12 min.
VIDEO: French #YPG fighter: #Paris attackers trained in #Manbij - @K24English



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Troubled Waters: Global Trade is in the toilet.
►Shipping Giant Hanjin to Enter Receivership

zerohedge ‏@zerohedge 2h2 hours ago
Global Supply Chains Paralyzed After World's 7th Largest Container Shipper Files Bankruptcy, Assets Frozen

►Russia and Turkey restart talks on EU gas pipeline

►As Europe Questions TTIP, China Pins Hopes on Free Trade Deals With UK/Canada
(more Brexit opportunities...)

 

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Erdogan signs a new decree: seizes thousands of companies and sacks tens of thousands of public employees in a new wave of purge.

Passports of spouses of those who are wanted for arrest will be revoked. (The goal is to separate families of those in hiding.)

7,669 police personnel are sacked.

323 officers from Gendarmerie Command were dismissed.

1,519 were fired from Religious Affairs Directorate.

2,018 employees were fired from Health Ministry.

All companies in which trustees were appointed are transferred to the state.

Diplomas from all Gulen-linked schools are canceled.

Diplomas from all Gulen-linked schools and universities abroad won't be recognized in Turkey.

According to the new decree, those who were fired from their position can no longer apply for a new job.

28,163 people were fired from Education Ministry.

All social benefits, including pensions, of those fired from their jobs will be cancelled.

Passports of spouses of those whose passports were revoked in the past will also be cancelled.

Official Gazette publishes names of hundreds of students (graduated from Gulen-founded schools), announcing to cancel their diplomas.

New decree will allow thousands of teachers to be recruited with only a verbal exam, presumably lists suggested by the ruling party.

It is up to a prosecutor's discretion to allow those who are imprisoned over "writing crimes" to leave the penitentiary.

If a court decides to appoint an administrator to a company, that company will be transferred to the state.

The Finance Ministry will have the authority to sell all properties, including media outlets, seized during the state of emergency.

Village guards (against PKK rebels) on state payroll will be able to operate in anywhere they want.

Passports of all who worked or studied abroad in institutions affiliated w/ the "terror group" (Gulen-linked institutions) will be cancelled.

2,346 personnel were fired from higher education institutions.

At least 45,000 people were purged from public institutions today. The total number of those purged since July 20 rises to ~ 150,000.

50,000 have been detained since the coup attempt on July 15, including teachers, judges, journalists, academic personnel, soldiers.

SOURCE
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►Midnight decree fires 51,000 from Turkey’s state bodies, bans return to job

 

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Sept. 4, 2016 G20/China Begins....

►US will help bring Turkey coup plotters to justice: Obama
(**wink,wink**)

US President Barack Obama and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold a meeting on on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou

►Obama: USA, Russia still divided divided on Syria

“We’re not there yet,” he said. “I think it’s premature for us to say there’s a clear path forward,
but there’s the possibility at least for us to make some progress.”

(Gotta be one of the most arrogant people on the planet... but his handicap is lower and putting has improved this summer.)

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►G20 meeting: Obama tells May that US won't prioritise UK trade deal
(We have to punish you first)

►Brexit: Japan warns firms may move European HQ out of Britain in unprecedented warning - The strongly worded report from Japan's foreign ministry says the firms might want to move to continental Europe "if EU laws cease to be applicable in the UK"
("It's just one big club... and YOU'RE not in it." (anymore)... such bullshiit... amazing how petty everything becomes. Childish. )


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KURDS



►Thousands of Kurds protest against Turkish President Erdogan in Germany

Turkey needs to be taken out from Syrian territory, says senior PKK figure Bayik

Speaking in the video message that was played in the 24th International Kurdish Culture Festival in Cologne on Saturday, Bayik said,
“I call all the people of Kurdistan and the people of Rojava foremost
to stand against the invasion of the Turkish state
and to raise the resistance in the social sphere, the fields of politics, diplomacy and military.”

“The war will deepen
as the Turkish state has entered the territory of Rojava and Syria
with the support of certain powers.

If acting powers do not want the war to escalate even more
in Syria and in the Middle East in general,
Turkey needs to be taken out from the territory of Syria and Rojava.
The purpose of the Turkish state is clear.
They want to eliminate all the Kurdish people through Rojava.”

►Syrian Kurds vow to fight to the death to stop Turkey 'invading' their territory

The Syrian Kurds, who have been the most effective US ally in the war against Isis in Syria,
now see themselves as victims of international betrayal.

The US support for the Turkish military intervention in Syria on August 24th,
and
demand that the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG),
(who had just captured the strategic town of Manbij from Isis after a hard-fought siege),
should (now) pull back east of the Euphrates river,
were bitter blows to the Kurds.

Without whole-hearted US support,
they are vulnerable to attacks by the numerous enemies who encircle them,
notably Turkey and possibly, in future, the Syrian government.

►11 soldiers reported killed in Turkey, clashes with Kurdish militants

►Conflict News ‏@Conflicts 1 hod.
TURKEY: 21 Turkish security forces killed in escalating fighting with PKK in the country's southeast.

Kurd Defeats



Conflict News ‏@Conflicts 1 hod.
►MORE: Turkey also claims to have "killed or wounded" 100 PKK fighters in recent fighting

►Military’s Offensive at Southeast of Turkey: 27 Killed, 30 Wounded

Twenty seven members of the militant Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)
were killed in airstrikes and ground attacks in southeastern Turkey,
while 30 others were wounded.

►Kurdish offensive against ISIS in northern Aleppo goes horribly wrong

In the early morning hours, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF),
spearheaded by the Kurdish YPG, launched renewed attacks on ISIS villages
directly north of Aleppo city.

During an assault on Tall Qarrah,
upwards of 30 YPG combatants were shot dead by entrenched ISIS fighters
who were expecting the offensive, Amaq Agency reported.

Adding insult to injury, two armored Kurdish vehicles,
a T-72 tank and a BMP, were also destroyed during the clashes.

**Trying to wrap your head around the Kurd Situation? Go HERE and HERE for a start

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What About SOUTH SYRIA?
(long known routes for gun running, insertions, smuggling money, weapons, spec ops along Jordan border since 2012 Libya/Benghazi)


►Foreign Intelligence Services Try to Unite ‘Opposition’ Groups in South of Syria

Representatives of foreign intelligence services
continue to try to organize a union of various groups under names
such as the Jabhat Fath Janub (the Front of the Conquest of the South),
the Jabhat As-Soir al-Janubiyah (the Southern Revolutionary Front) etc.
in the south of Syria.

The main purpose of the foreign ‘experts’
is to form relatively serious force,
consisting of disparate local groups,
with support of the Jabhat al-Nusra.
And this force should become a real threat for Damascus.

At the same time, there also is an unclear situation at the south,
in Suwayda Province, near the Syrian border with Iraq and Jordan.
Young men from among the Syrian refugees,
trained by American and British instructors in training camps in Syria and Jordan,
are also sent to the battlefield.
Officially, their goal is to fight against the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group,
whose troops are trying to keep this desert area under control
in the interests of illegal transportation of produced oil.

However, taking into account the fact
that a significant part of the population of the region is so-called Druze –
an esoteric ethnoreligious group, which is neutral to Damascus and has ties with Israel –
from the point of view of preservation of the state sovereignty of Syria,
the situation is quite alarming.

There's also a small consortium of 'investors'... neocons all.. some names you'd recognize...
who did the exploratory work and determined there to be significant oil / gas deposits
the Syria side of the Golan Heights. They're licking their chops at the prospects
of a balkanized Syria.
The company name escapes me... but w/ a little digging you can find it.

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BOOM!


Alwasat ‏@alwasatengnews 10 hod.
►#Erdogan, Bashar al-Assad to meet in Moscow Sept 18-22: As-Safir Newspaper
(needs confirmation...)

 

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►I found a curiously insightful essay
describing what is about to happen
at the above tripartite meeting in Moscow. HERE
(I don't even know who wrote it. Good stuff.)

Hey.. it's only a thread right?
So... I decided to post the entire text for some Sunday viewing.
Anyone who's been following this epic confluence of world powers and intrigue
would benefit from digesting this.
It's got a little bit of everything including some history.

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Beirut: Russian President Vladimir Putin is suggesting a tripartite summit in Moscow this September,
between himself and his Turkish and Syrian counterparts, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Bashar Al Assad.

If it does happen, this would be the first time
that the two friends turned sworn enemies come face-to-face
since their last meeting in Damascus in January 2011.

During their meeting in St. Petersburg in August,
Putin and Erdogan agreed on a basket of political issues
related to their country’s roles in the Syrian battlefield.

The understanding comes amidst a warming of ties
between Ankara and Moscow
after the failed coup attempt in July
and Russia’s military involvement in the Syria War since September.

Erdogan sought Russian assistance
in amputating the Kurdish threat on the Syrian-Turkish border,
and in taking border towns and cities
that he sees as vital for his country’s security.

If the Russians cooperated on seriously handling the Kurdish threat,
he was willing to fall in-line with President Putin’s strategy for Syria,
realizing that a clean cut victory against Al Assad,
as Erdogan had anticipated back in 2011,
was becoming increasingly difficult.

Instead of getting further entrenched in the Syrian War,
which has backfired on Turkey with an influx of refugees
and major terrorist attacks in cities like Ankara and Istanbul,
the Turkish government prefers to let the Russians lead on Syria
if Turkish interests are preserved
and a face-saving back-out plan is engineered by Moscow.

Serious steps have already been taken in this direction,
aimed solely at pleasing Erdogan,
including allowing his tanks to invade the Syrian border city of Jarabulus
and bombing Kurdish military positions in Al Hasaka.

In exchange for Russian cooperation on both issues,
Erdogan has agreed to let the Syrian Army re-take Aleppo,
and surrendered to Putin’s insistence on the fate of Al Assad.

Putin is investing in the US’s visible absence from the region
during the last five months of President Obama’s tenure,
and trying to hammer out an agreement
that will become a de-facto reality
by the time a new president reaches the Oval Office next January.

For his vision in Syria to pass
he needs full Turkish cooperation
and a thawing in Turkish-Syrian relations.

Putin’s suggested dates for the tripartite summit are 18-22 September.

Last week,
a senior Syrian military delegation in Moscow
discussed details of the tripartite summit,
headed by President of the National Security Bureau General Ali Mamlouk,
and Commander of Military Intelligence General Mohammad Mhalla.

Meanwhile,
the Commander of Turkish Intelligence General Hakan Fidan
will be visiting Damascus for the same purpose
between 10-15 September 2016.

If it happens, there will be no warmth at the summit,
the Syrians have conditioned: no handshakes, no side-talks, just one photograph
and high politics negotiations behind closed doors.

The political endgame will be signed off completely by the Russians
and it will include a formula based on the Vienna communiqué of last October and UNSCR 2254.

It has to happen before the US elections, said source in Damascus,
and all sides will market it and treat it as start of the “political transition.”

It won’t be a transition from government to opposition
but rather from Baath rule into a power-sharing one
that ushers gradual democracy on the long run.

Erdogan has seemingly agreed to Russian plans
that all “sovereignty” portfolios: Foreign Affairs, Interior, Finance, Education, and Justice,
are kept with the Syrian regime.

The remaining portfolios in the 30-man cabinet
will be divided equally in tens,
between the regime, the opposition (without going into detail which opposition this would be) and independents.

The Syrians have seemingly agreed to appoint three vice-presidents:
one independent, one opposition, and one government figure.

The transition period will then start and last for 18-months,
and it will supervise drafting of a new constitution,
restoring calm to different cities and towns,
and combating terrorism.

At the end it will also supervise parliamentary and presidential elections,
and if Putin gets his way,
Al Assad is entitled to run for a new tenure at the president,
which will last until 2024.

Some History

Syrian-Turkish relations were always strained after collapse of the Ottoman Empire back in 1918.
When the two republics were young, they often clashed politically,
with the Turks accusing Arab nationalists in Damascus of betraying the Ottoman crown,
and consecutive governments in Damascus accusing the Turks
of having been an occupying force, no different from French colonizers.

In 1939, the Turks reached a deal with the French mandate regime in Syria,
calling for a step-by-step annexation of the Sanjak of Alexanderetta,
a narrow coastal plain backed by a chain of mountains
on the lower valley of the Orontes River.

Its main city was Antioch, a prosperous metropolis that Turkey laid claim to after World War I.

The 1920 Treaty of Sevres
had fixed the post-Ottoman Syrian-Turkish border,
giving Alexanderetta to Syria.

Prosperity in the post-war era had muzzled dissent in the Sanjak,
but due to the world depression,
ethnic and religious communities began sinking back into communal loyalties,
inspired no doubt by the surge in Syrian and Turkish nationalism.

Relations never recovered after the Turkish annexation of Alexanderetta,
and were on the verge of a complete show-down
when in 1998,
the Turkish army amassed on the Syrian border, threatening war with Damascus
if Al Assad did not extradite Abdullah Ocelan,
leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
who was operating from Syria and leading a guerrilla war
against the Turkish government.

Ocelan was forced to leave and eventually captured by the Turks,
and remains in Turkish custody until today.

Relations gradually improved in the upcoming years,
when Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezar took part in Al Assad’s funeral in June 2000.

When the AKP came to power in Turkey,
then-Prime Minister Erdogan put full focus on Syria,
boosting trade and commerce, lifting visas for Syrians,
and investing in a strong personal friendship with President Bashar Al Assad.

The relationship collapsed at the start of the Syrian conflict in 2011,
when the Turks pushed for a power-sharing formula
between Al Assad and the outlawed Syrian Muslim Brotherhood.

Diplomatic relations were subsequently severed,
and the Turks have since been the main political and financial backers of the Syrian Opposition,
establishing the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the summer of 2011,
followed by the Syrian National Council (SNC).

For the past five years, Erdogan has not missed an opportunity
to call for Al Assad’s downfall while as recently as last April,
Al Assad accused Erdogan of being a “butcher” and “thug.”

More recently, thanks to Russian mediation, the relationship has somewhat cooled.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has twice called for normalization with Damascus
while Syrian state-run media has stopped accusing Turkey
of being behind the battles of Aleppo,
putting full blame on Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

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AJSB ‏@A_J_S_B 1 hod.
#Turkey PM:
#EuphratesShield is not only important for our security but also for #Syria's TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY.
(see what's happening here?)

 

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Funny... we were just talking about S. Syria and the smuggling across the Jordan border....
well.. they got caught by the SyAAF.

►Syrian Army sets alight ISIS convoy in southern Syria, 10 oil trucks destroyed

Sweida, a region bordering Jordan, is otherwise not an oil rich province.
This could possibly suggest some corrupt elements of the National Defence Forces (NDF)
have sold off oil to the Islamic State for personal profit, and to compensate for meager wages.

 

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UnBoom



Lizzie Phelan ‏@LizziePhelan · 20 min.
#Putin's press secretary #Peskov denies meeting between #Erdogan and #Assad previously reported by AsSafir to take place later this month.

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G20 - Russia and N. Africa

Egypt: Putin and Al Sisi meet & greet firm up plans for more joint military exercise

Sa'ka ‏@BTelawy · 6 min.
►#G20summit Photos of the meeting btw Presidents al-Sisi and Putin in #China. #Egypt #Russia

Sa'ka ‏@BTelawy · 7 min.
"I want to start by saying once again that Egypt is a priority partner and Russia’s longstanding and reliable friend" Russian leader said.

Sa'ka ‏@BTelawy · 5 min.
"Economic cooperation matters are at the centre of our attention. In short, we have plenty to discuss and we are very pleased with this."

Sa'ka ‏@BTelawy · 2 hod.
We are interested in Cairo’s leading position in strengthening regional security & stability in North Africa -Russian Defense Minister said.

Sa'ka ‏@BTelawy · 2 hod.
He added: We aim to further consistently develop relations btw the Russian & Egyptian armed forces [...] to maintain our countries security.

Sa'ka ‏@BTelawy · 58 min.
#Egypt: Photos of the meeting btw the Egyptian and Russian Defense Ministers in #Moscow

@mod_russia · 50 min.
Defence Ministers of Russia and Egypt held III session of the joint Russian-Egyptian military cooperation commission
https://www.facebook.com/1492252324...252324350852/1795497520692996/?type=1&theater

Sa'ka ‏@BTelawy · 20 min.
"Sergei Shoigu noted that the Arab Republic of #Egypt was the most important partner of #Russia in North Africa"

Sa'ka ‏@BTelawy · 17 min.
"Russian DM called signing of the GLONASS [..] granted to #Egypt the access to the RU global satellite positioning system, an imprtant evnt"

 

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More Brexit 'punishment' from the Globalist Cabal

►EasyJet moves base maintenance of all its 250 aircraft to Malta
(If Trump were PM.... there'd be some 'paybacks'. They would be YUGE HaHaHa)

►Britain will regain sovereignty without delay: Brexit minister

Britain will leave the European Union and restore its sovereignty,
the minister responsible for negotiating Britain's exit from the European Union said on Monday,
vowing there would be no delay and no second referendum.