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Putin Press Conference Should Be Aired in Germany to Show Alternative View
Read more: http://sputniknews.com/world/20151217/1031921570/putin-press-conference.html
“Willy Wimmer, a former German deputy defense secretary said that the best way to explain the policy of Russia to the German people would be to transmit events like the recent press conference given by Russian President Vladimir Putin live on German TV and radio stations in German language live.”
And deprive the zionazis spin machine its ability to totally control the message? Imagine the hysterics from the zio-media and their colonial quislings…
And speaking of the zio-media:
Pants on Fire: German Media Waging Information War Against Russia
Read more: http://sputniknews.com/europe/20151217/1031923909/russia-media-agencies-misinformation.html
“German media controlled by the US falsely accuse Russian forces of committing war crimes in Syria, according to an Austrian media outlet.
The Western media agencies, especially those headquartered in Berlin, are spearheading the information war effort, acting on orders from Washington and spreading lies, half-truths and misinformation about Russia’s actions in Syria, Contra Magazin reports.
According to the author, these media outlets accuse Russia of bombing hospitals, bakeries and killing civilians, citing sources like an article in the Washington Post or some eyewitnesses allegedly sent to Syria on behalf of the UN.
Nevertheless, the US and European media agencies keep citing official sources while never providing direct links to specific statements or online publications by said sources that would confirm their accusations against Russia, Contra Magazin notes.
Also, while covering the situation in Syria, the Western media often prefer to omit the fact that certain Western countries are responsible for funding Daesh, instead focusing on claims that Russia seeks to keep Assad in power to further its interests, the author points out. They also often ignore the fact that since the talks in Vienna, Russia maintains contact with the Syrian opposition and helps it fight against Daesh.
Lying became an integral part of the Western freedom of the press, the author remarks, so it’s small wonder that in order to back up their accusations against Russia these media agencies cite eyewitnesses who either come straight from the US or are funded by so called ‘philanthropists.'”
Just another body part licking sycophant… Every single day I have less and less respect for feed the starving Ethiopian children.. By now it is far worse than disgust.. And if anyone has any doubt, every year more money flows from the 3rd world to the London and wall street bankers than all the aid and investment for those countries by a wide margin. Don’t wonder why the US$ is so strong.. Is because the plant is being plundered.. Now that communism is destroyed, capitalism means the 1% get richer and the 99% get poorer..
Amnesty international imperial toolkit.. The Russian human rights violations in Ukraine..
They used pictures from social media to create a report.. Made up a story to fit the pictures and viola.. Instant atrocities…
http://humanrightsinvestigations.org/2014/09/13/amnestys-russian-troops-in-ukraine/
Putin Threatens To Shoot Down Turkish Jets In Syria, Calls Erdogan An Ass Kisser
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-17/let-them-fly-there-now-putin-threatens-shoot-down-turkish-jets-syria-calls-erdogan-a
“Let Them Fly There Now”
Putin takes cue from Trump, talks rough to Erdogan.
Putin: “If someone in Turkey decided to kiss Americans on a certain body part, I don’t know whether it was right or not.”
Here is the live Q&A.
https://www.rt.com/news/326198-putin-2015-media-marathon/
So has Russia stopped hitting the oil trucks?
No,they are still hitting them. There are many targets they hit,those are just some of them.
Just a guess, but I think they may have run out of oil trucks to hit.
The FLIR footage they showed (also run by western media as ‘coalition air strikes’) looked like the RuAF was pretty effectively damaging the trucks.
Caught On Tape: Chaotic Aftermath Of A Russian Strike On ISIS Oil Tankers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lwGIypeliRs
“On Tuesday, Lieutenant General Sergey Rudskoy, chief of the main operations department of the Russian General Staff, gave reporters an update on Moscow’s efforts to squeeze ISIS by dismantling the group’s illicit oil trade from the air.
“The intensity of air strikes at Islamic State and other terrorist targets has been increased, Rudskoy told reporters, adding that The Kremlin’s warplanes have destroyed six oil production facilities and seven truck convoys in the past three days alone [..]
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-16/caught-tape-chaotic-aftermath-russian-strike-isis-oil-tankers
Russia counted over 8000 oil trucks.. They have destroyed 1300 or so of them…
Considering in 2 months Russia has hit 4000 or so targets, even if they went only after oil trucks it would take like 6 months to just get the trucks..
Closing the border would end this fast.. Now that UN has passed about IS funding bill.. Turkey will be considered a terrorist supporter and can be under international sanctions if they buy IS oil. Also difficult for Russia to bomb every truck, without intelligence since the border is controlled by turkey and terrorists. It could just be civilian supplies.. Over 10 million people depend on imports from turkey. Only being able to control the border would stop this. And that’s difficult when Turkey wont cooperate. Thats why Putin’s 6 months has now changed to open ended.. As long as it takes to get Syrian border under syrian government control. The south is easier since The US has stopped supporting the terrorists there and Jordan is not providing direct military assistance to terrorists. In the north the backstabbing pasha gangster has been increasingly sending in more arms… faster than Russia can blow it up. People are carrying ammonia nitrates in wheel barrows and Turkish companies manufacturing it has doubled their stock price and sales. IS uses it in VIED’s to create HUGE explosive vehicles… They carry is over by hand.. The same stuff was used by the guy who blew up the FBI building..
IMF says ukraines $3 billion owed to Russia is a sovereign debt and…
IMF Chief Lagarde to Appear in Court Over Corruption Charges
Read more: http://sputniknews.com/world/20151217/1031921218/imf-lagarde-corruption.html
The great advantage in promoting corrupt people to leadership positions, yes?
Thanks to world current events, I’m officially a person with no life at all. I spend nearly 100% of my free time catching-up with the news, but I also do try to reserve at least a portion of that time to read the comments on key articles (not fool proof, I know! But it’s the best method I have at my humble disposal to gouge public opinion. If you guys have a less time-consuming technique, you let me know ;-) ).
I’m sure by now, we’ve all heard about the whoppers Putin dropped on Turkey this morning at his Press Q&A…
Here’s an article about that event and as I always say; feel free to skip it, nothing new there we don’t already know – but the comments are particularly delightful [scroll to the bottom and make sure to hit: ‘view all’].
The even more hilarious part is that the naysayers stand out like the sore losers they are; “Kremlin troll! Move to Russia if you like it so much! Traitor! Putin lover” (etc). In other words; aside from puerile accusations, they have no leg to stand on.
Needless to say… most comments support Putin’s words and Russia’s actions.
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Putin accuses Turkey of ‘licking the Americans in one place’ as he insists his forces are targeting ISIS in Syria
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3364153/Putin-accuses-Turkey-licking-Americans-one-place-insists-forces-targeting-ISIS-Syria.html
-TL2Q
Some comedy relief: Putin endorses Donald ‘Mein Hair’ Trump!
(How does he know he’s an ‘absolute leader’–have the votes already been dialed in?)
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-17/putin-endorses-absolute-leader-trump-colorful-talented-guy
Meanwhile, Trump’s Hildabeeste adversary sounds off:
http://townhall.com/columnists/brentbozell/2015/12/16/hillary-says-relatives-of-benghazi-heroes-are-liars-n2094150
Here is an article you might want to see on Trump.Maybe Putin read it:
http://fortruss.blogspot.ca/2015/12/the-clinton-trump-deal-why-you-must.html
http://fortruss.blogspot.ca/2015/12/part-ii-clinton-trump-deal-why-you-must.html
^ Seconded!
This is essential reading folks.
Bravo to Joaquin Flores btw, it really does show he put a lot of thought into this two-parter piece.
RE: the Flores piece.
A mountain being made from a gopher hole, in my opinion. A Clinton would have as much decision making power as a trump or a bush. The idea that a mainstream politician in the USA could be given support by the zio-media and actually represent some sort of intelligent choice for voters is insane (in einstein’s oft quoted line about people who continue repeating the same mistake thinking each time somehow the end result will change for the better). Whether a demican or republicrat quisling is selected to run the pindo colony means little. Likewise the subtle differences between the approved quisling candidates. It’s discussing what color to paint the bathroom with.
Also the U.S. Vs Europe, or Russia, or China meme is geopolitics hamstrung with tunnel vision. The U.S. is a colony just like any country in Europe. The conflict in the Ukraine is not a U.S. Vs Russia war, it’s a war of western oligarchs trying to rein in portions of the globe not under their absolute control.
Flores briefly touched on the main reason I think trump is running, to draw attention from rand Paul, and not mentioned, Bernie sanders, so a more “reliable” quisling will get selected. The zionazis/nazis running the ZPC/NWO well remember the problems they had from the kennedys and nixon (for very different reasons), they make sure their quislings are completely controllable now.
@ vot tak
I’m not disagreeing with your post, I feel the spirit of it is more or less bang on money, particularly the part where you said this is an oligarchic mad dash for global domination. Can’t agree more with you there, but I still think Flores’ article is quite illuminating, and not only for this specific case and these specific characters, but the dynamics he describes there can be juxtaposed to other countries with similar politics going on, like France for instance, Greece, Spain, Sweden and so on, you only need to change the names and see the same themes/schemes repeating themselves.
Personally, I can’t stand Trump, but I’m willing to take him on an ‘enemy of my enemy’ basis; not to be trusted but could prove himself to be useful, provided he’s not lying, that is!
Now that Putin, the man himself endorsed him, it’s getting even harder to oppose him. The fact that he’s the only candidate (maybe there’s another one, I don’t know) who’s not rabidly belligerent towards Russia ‘trumps’ all the other negatives including the basic reality that I can’t stand the sight of him and his ridiculous hair.
And I whish he was but I don’t think Sanders is the answer.
True; he recently said he wants Russia to be included in NATO (probably because his anti-Russia rhetoric is not going down well with his supporters). But I don’t think we need more and more countries being absorbed into this NATO nightmare, quite the opposite; it needs to be disbanded. If countries want to cooperate militarily, that should be left to the individual countries to arrange.
For those interested, here’s an article about Sanders:
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Bernie Sanders: Anti-Russian Propaganda and “Vermont Socialism”
“The presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders — an anti-Russia, Israel-supporting politician from Vermont — revives an archaic feud among leftists [..]”
“Despite giving demagogic anti-corporate speeches, Sanders brags that he is even more in line with big oil’s anti-Russia campaign than President Obama. “The entire world has got to stand up to Putin. We’ve got to deal with sanctions, we’ve got to deal with freezing assets,” he declared in a TV interview with FOX news host Bill O’Reilly.
In the same interview, he declared: “You’ve got to totally isolate them politically. You’ve got to totally isolate them economically… You freeze assets that the Russian government has all over the world [..]”
And far more at the link> http://journal-neo.org/2015/06/28/bernie-sanders-anti-russian-propaganda-and-vermont-socialism-to-strengthen-empire/
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Lastly, here’s Trump answer to Putin’s comments:
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Donald Trump ‘Greatly Honored’ By Putin Praise
“[..] Putin, who is usually loath to comment on political processes in other countries, gave voice to his thoughts on Mr. Trump at his end-of-the-year Q&A session with reporters this week in Moscow.
‘He is an outstanding man, unquestionably talented’, Putin told journalists after his three-hour marathon press conference.
‘He is the absolute leader of the presidential race, as we see it today. He says that he wants to move to another level relations, a deeper level of relations with Russia’, Putin said. ‘How can we not welcome that? Of course, we welcome it’.
Trump was quick to respond to the compliment.
‘It is always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond’, Mr. Trump said in a statement.
‘I have always felt that Russia and the United States should be able to work well with each other towards defeating terrorism and restoring world peace, not to mention trade and all of the other benefits derived from mutual respect’, said the Republican frontrunner”
http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/putin-praises-trump-outstanding-and-talented-trump-greatly-honored/ri11906
-TL2Q
Oh!!! And I wouldn’t trust Rand Paul as far as I can throw him either :/
Why is his father not disowning him? Well… your guess is just about as good as mine…
But I do have another rather similar case of a socialist [if you have issues with the word ‘socialist,’ let’s just call them: men who were concerned about the plight of the common person on the street, shall we? It’s a mouthful, I know, but there you go…]
The case in point here is [UK’s] Tony Benn[*] and his evil spawn Hilary Benn…
( [*] = Tony Benn – recently deceased – was one of the very few within the English establishment defending the cause of the downtrodden masses)
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Hilary Benn launches shock and awe campaign in Syria debate – [Thursday 3 December 2015]
“Syria may not be liberated, but Hilary Benn has been. Freed from the burden of his father’s shadow. Freed from the necessity of toeing a party line. Free to be himself. Free of doubt. Where others – both for and against extending air-strikes on Syria – had spoken with hand-wringing angst of the torment they had suffered in squaring their consciences, Benn knew only moral certainty. The vote to go to war had never been in question. What had been lacking was a leader the House of Commons could unite behind. Now they had their man [..]”
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/03/syria-debate-hilary-benn-launches-shock-and-awe-campaign-against-labour
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BTW, this little piece of filth, was also one of the many UK MPs in favor of the Iraq war all the way back in march 2003!
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But let’s go back to good ol’ Rand Paul, shall we? In his own words…
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Sen. Rand Paul: U.S. Must Take Strong Action Against Putin’s Aggression
“Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is a gross violation of that nation’s sovereignty and an affront to the international community. His continuing occupation of Ukraine is completely unacceptable, and Russia’s President should be isolated for his actions.
It is America’s duty to condemn these actions in no uncertain terms. It is our role as a global leader to be the strongest nation in opposing Russia’s latest aggression [..]”
[Blah… freakin’ blah…]
“[..] The real problem is that Russia’s President is not currently fearful or threatened in any way by America’s President, despite his country’s blatant aggression.
But let me be clear: If I were President, I wouldn’t let Vladimir Putin get away with it.”
LINK> http://time.com/17648/sen-rand-paul-u-s-must-take-strong-action-against-putins-aggression/
-TL2Q
Voting is a farce now, and none of the cadidtate are worth voting for — they are all sociopaths, except maybe Sanders, and his foreign policy is terrible, and he can’t be trusted.
My penultimate vote was for Cynthia Kinney (who had no chance of winning anyway), and it I had to get a poll worker to help me because the electronic machine kept marking down Bush instead, and it took us a few tries. The last time I voted, with write-in, for an actual socialist — Socialist Equity Party — and was told the it would not even be counted because he hadn’t registered separately in over 200 voting districts in the state, to qualify as a candidate.
Voting is like going to the backyard to get a stick to be beaten with by your evil stepfather, with a choice between a heavy one or a thinner one with thorns. It’s completely rigged, even on the primary level.
But the big reason in having voting is create a myth that’s it’s meaningful so that people who vote think they have done something and pretend they don’t have to take other actions which may be effective, such as organizing and/or educating people, boycotting the media, suing the government or corporations, helping organized groups who are effective in opposing fascism, and so on (depending on what your capabilities are). In a real democracy voting is not the core but the icing on the cake — the core is direct democracy and involvement. Saker’s work with the blog is probably worth like a million votes just by being a conduit to spread information.
@ blue:
“[..] and it I had to get a poll worker to help me because the electronic machine kept marking down Bush instead, and it took us a few tries”
Oh, I so feel for you, those Diebold (diabolic?) machines should be outlawed…
…but there you go! :/
On top of that now we have; dodgy “postal votes” and worse: online internet-based votes, not to mention calls for a Facebook ‘thumbs up / thumbs down’ type voting facility too… *shaking head in despair*
“Voting is like going to the backyard to get a stick to be beaten with by your evil stepfather, with a choice between a heavy one or a thinner one with thorns. It’s completely rigged, even on the primary level”
Totally agree with you there.
There’s a ‘Halloween Special’ episode of The Simpson’s where they illustrate this issue brilliantly; Aliens take over the planet and two Alien characters are the only two [Kang vs. Kodos] choices they gave earthlings to vote for as their new overlords.
The punch-line is Homer’s answer to people complaining about the alien dictatorship they’re toiling under: “Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlcngdW2Ju4
(Meaning… and not to patronize anybody… but it didn’t matter who they voted for, the ‘alien overlords’ were set to win, whatever the result)
“But the big reason in having voting is create a myth that’s it’s meaningful so that people who vote think they have done something and pretend they don’t have to take other actions which may be effective, such as organizing and/or educating people, boycotting the media, suing the government or corporations, helping organized groups who are effective in opposing fascism, and so on (depending on what your capabilities are) [..]”
Amen to that sister! Or brother…
…doesn’t matter either way.
Amen to that my fellow freedom-fighter sibling.
:)
-TL2Q
Brother will do — Saker has a way to go to catch up to the length of my beard. :-)
Already the total vote count doesn’t reflect the number of eligible voters — or what should be the number if they didn’t cage and otherwise finagle the rolls, not to mention gerrymandering. It’s a farce.
Modernized T-90 Can Bury the Project of New Russian Tank T-14 Armata
ttp://defence-blog.com/army/modernized-t-90-can-bury-the-project-of-new-russian-tank-t-14-armata.html
When was the last time the US government told a weapons maker to come back when the price is reduced.
I guess it’s the difference between owning weapons manufacturers and them owning you.
Quite the looker that T-14.
A new UNSC Resolution aimed at those financing or supporting Daesh in any manner was passed under UN’s Article 7, which is why I believe Saudi formed its “coalition.” Here’s the resolution’s text, http://www.scribd.com/doc/293552696/Resolution-on-cutting-off-Daesh-financing
Given the amount of publicly available information as to Daesh’s supporters, lots of countries and individuals ought to be squirming–US, Turkish, Saudi and Qatari primarily. Israel’s buying of contraband oil ought to land it in very hot water, as should Turkey and the Barzani Kurdish Mafia whence it comes. Lots of arms shipments were announced publicly by Saudi, Ukraine, USA, and other states and their officials–McCain, Ash, Graham, Petraeus, and several Republican presidential candidates come to mind.
Interesting that Article 7 is now in play.
Something a very big turn of psychology or threats definitely behind the past 48 hours about faces we’ve seen.
http://www.rferl.org/content/us-congress-to-pass-imf-reforms-raising-status-of-russia-china-/27432701.html
December 17, 2015
After years of delay, U.S. lawmakers are set to approve reforms boosting the power of major emerging countries like China and Russia at the International Monetary Fund.
After balking for years at the reforms, which would maintain the U.S. status as the IMF’s largest shareholder, Republican leaders in a behind-the-scenes compromise December 16 included the changes in a big spending bill heading toward passage in Congress this week.
Story today tripped over this link somehow out of millions very uncovered is that Mexico is in dire danger of default sovereign bonds, as they did August/1982, from story right in the Mx papers! So again all the MSM coverage & hysteria is misdirection, alllways about non-events. Covered in first 5 minutes:
ALERT THE REALIST NEWS Emerging Markets Corporate Bonds Forex ‘Signs don’t look so good’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pHATLrIfy8
Gains near the turkish border… Dec gains… The area of the SU24 shoot down.
Operation in #Latakia #اللاذقیة province continue SAA advancing in 3 Axis
http://www.mediafire.com/download/hy9fz171ck5914y/North+Latakia+14km+17dec+26azar+with+Librated+area%282%29.JPG
everyone called @SeymourHersh a liar about his sarin gas piece. Now, everything is being revealed. Turkey provided sarin gas to rebels.
PHOTO: Shia Fighter firing an “Toophan” the #Iran’ian version of BGM-71 TOW.
https://twitter.com/2Rook14/status/677627276134060037
Putin on the hunt…..
https://twitter.com/IraqiSecurity/status/677628518499491840
Interesting loadouts: Su-34 “26 Red” with 2 R-73 AAMs + 2 KAB-500Kr + dumb bombs, Su-25SM “30 Red” with 4 B-8 + 2 B-13 rocket pods.
This AFP video from Hmeymim for the first time shows Su-34 “26 Red” deployed to Syria:
https://t.co/IlH9Lxrktp
Speaking of heavy payload. #RuAF Su-30SM with 6 OFAB-250-270 unguided bombs, 2 R-27s, 2 R-73s AA missiles
https://twitter.com/green_lemonnn/status/677618776419016704
Russian Deputy Defense Minister honors a number of #SAA Leaders & Heroes led by Colonel Suheil al-Hassan
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/677589495244570624
Syria terminates agreement on visa-free regime with Turkey — foreign ministry
https://t.co/vmCReSw6C5
Few more pics of “Badr Military Wing” in #Syria
https://twitter.com/2Rook14/status/677483931000684549
ВМФ Ropucha class LST BSF Yamal returns to mid-Bosphorus in exactly 8days 6 hours, possibly #fastestroundtrip ever
https://twitter.com/YorukIsik/status/677605806791983104
CIA officially denies that it is trying to erase a letter from the Russian alphabet
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2012/12/17/cia-officially-denies-that-it-is-trying-to-erase-a-letter-from-the-russian-alphabet/?postshare=2891450389601108&tid=ss_tw
The al-Ikhbariya video shows RuAF Su-27S “10 Red”! And what looks like a MiG-29 @ 2:02.
https://t.co/S4PB8EgwX9
Israel will pay 20 million dollars in compensation to families of Turkish citizens killed on Gaza flotilla.
Israeli and Turkish officials have signed a deal to renew full diplomatic ties. (Via Channel 10)
Syria Drastic reduction in ATGM launches in first half of December 2015:
http://justpaste.it/DecemberATGM
Shia Fighter with “Toophan” the #Iran’ian version of BGM-71 TOW also using other things
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/677659509913989120
SAA in #Daraa. Kornet ATGM, T-55s and a Shilka.
https://twitter.com/DPRKJones/status/677654139225178116
CIA-vetted Aleppo rebels lash out at Jordan
The Nour al-Din al-Zenki faction in Aleppo criticized Amman following reports the country would blacklist the rebel group.
“This list, if it appears in the same form that it has reached us, will explode the Riyadh conference from its foundations,” Almasri warned in reference to the agreement reached last Thursday among Syrian opposition figures in a Saudi-backed conference.
The rebel group has been reportedly financed and armed by the Turkey-based Military Operation Center that is supervised by the US Central Intelligence Agency. Starting from 2014, Nour al-Din al-Zenki was one of a number of Aleppo insurgent factions armed with US-manufactured TOW anti-tank missiles.
Meanwhile, Russia’s RIA Novosti news reported Thursday that Jordan had submitted to Moscow a list of “160 organizations possibly tied to terrorist groups in Syria.”
A powerful U.S.-backed rebel group in Aleppo has been designated a terrorist group by Jordan:
https://t.co/wIAYlL2Na1
After the bombing of the SAA military base.. Now all aircraft are targeted inside Syria.
New Russian Air Defenses in Syria Keep U.S. Grounded
There is a new crisis for the international effort to destroy the Islamic State, created by the Kremlin. The U.S. has stopped flying manned air-support missions for rebels in a key part of northern Syria due to Russia’s expansion of air defense systems there, and the Barack Obama administration is scrambling to figure out what to do about it.
Russia’s military operations inside Syria have been expanding in recent weeks, and the latest Russian deployments, made without any advance notice to the U.S., have disrupted the U.S.-led coalition’s efforts to support Syrian rebel forces fighting against the Islamic State near the Turkey-Syria border, just west of the Euphrates River, several Obama administration and U.S. defense officials told us. This crucial part of the battlefield, known inside the military as Box 4, is where a number of groups have been fighting the Islamic State for control, until recently with overhead support from U.S. fighter jets.
But earlier this month, Moscow deployed an SA-17 advanced air defense system near the area and began “painting” U.S. planes, targeting them with radar in what U.S. officials said was a direct and dangerous provocation. The Pentagon halted all manned flights, although U.S. drones are still flying in the area. Russia then began bombing the rebels the U.S. had been supporting. (U.S. manned airstrikes continue elsewhere in Syria.)
https://t.co/GJjOhYDpbo
Gee US admits they have a military presence inside the Russian federation, China, India, and tumbkatu amongst other countries… Inside the US embassy in Moscow sits some military attaches with the rank of generals and admirals..DOH!
Putin admits Russian military presence in Ukraine for first time
Russian president concedes military intelligence officers were operating in the country but insists it’s not the same as regular Russian troops
Asked by a Ukrainian reporter an hour into the briefing about two Russian military intelligence officers captured by Kiev and currently on trial in Ukraine, Putin said: “We never said there were not people there who carried out certain tasks including in the military sphere.” He insisted this was not the same as regular Russian troops.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/17/vladimir-putin-admits-russian-military-presence-ukraine?CMP=share_btn_tw
Yazidi children fed to captured women..
http://allnewspipeline.com/Islamic_Cannibalism_Hidden_From_American_Public.php
So if Syria goes the way of Libya, does that mean that the Golan Heights become an uncontested part of Israel since there would be no other country to claim that territory?
You get nuggets even reading the imperial press….
Like this little nuggets about when the Syrian Army tried to cut the supply lines to terrorists from Turkey, The turks intervened to drive back the syrian army from doing so.. We already know Turkey actively engaged in firing artillery and mortars onto SAA positions so terrorists could take over large parts of northern syria.. But it is good to see it disguised in the imperial press.. Many of the northern towns fell when tens of thousands of terrorists were allowed to gather in Turkey and then push south under Turkish military providing cover and communications. After Putin’s warning I really want to see Turk troops try to enter Syria to prop up their terrorists! The neocons are still urging turkey that they can defeat and take over the Russian federation in under a week and not to be afraid of the bears bite….. Or send in the imperial forces or heck pygmies.. what ever it is to save mccains terrorists.. Reminds of the recruitment for foreign workers who arrived in Kuwait and then shipped in enclosed containers to Iraq.. They had no idea they were in iraq until shells started landing in the middle of their work.
The Struggle for Azaz Corridor Could Spur a Turkish Intervention
The Azaz corridor connects the eastern part of Aleppo, currently under rebel control, with Turkey. The northern border post of Bab al-Salam supplies the rebellion with humanitarian aid and logistical support. In February, the Syrian army tried unsuccessfully to cut the road between Baskuy and Zahra, but rebel reinforcements coming from Turkey swept Bashar al-Assad’s forces aside and launched assaults on Idlib, Jisr al-Shughour, and Ariha, all of which fell quickly. Even the regime-held western part of Aleppo was under threat until the Russian intervention came to relieve the defenders.
Currently, the tens of thousands of civilians and fighters remaining in eastern Aleppo have been devastated by bombings and are surrounded by the Syrian army. Recovering the entire city and its environs is crucial for Assad, and that goal once again requires cutting the supply road of Azaz. In that scenario, the surrounded rebels in Aleppo would be forced to evacuate the city, as happened in Homs. To be sure, ousting the rebels will be difficult — although only five kilometers separate the main regime-controlled Shiite pockets northwest of Aleppo (Bashkuy and Zahra-Nubl), the area in question is a dense urban zone, so the army would likely be forced to go house by house. Moreover, that small corridor is of high strategic value to the rebels, so it is very well defended. The Russian air force is intensively bombing rebel positions in Anadan and Haritan, suggesting that a general offensive is brewing. Yet if the regime and its Shiite allies want to succeed this time, they will need the PYD’s support.
PUTIN’S REVENGE
Ankara wants to protect its allies in Azaz, hoping that it will be the base for reconquering IS territories in the eastern part of Aleppo province once the group is sufficiently weakened by Western coalition airstrikes. Otherwise, the PYD and/or the Syrian army will be the ones who benefit from the Islamic State’s withdrawal.
TURKISH INTERVENTION?
The Azaz corridor holds major strategic importance for Turkey, but will that be enough to spur direct intervention? If the corridor falls and Ankara fails to respond, rebel groups would interpret it as a sign of weakness, while the international community would view it as capitulation to Russia. With the Azaz border link closed, Russia could then help the Syrian army and its Shiite allies lock other Turkish crossing points between Bab al-Hawa and Jisr al-Shughour, effectively putting the entire province of Idlib in a net. This would mean a near total defeat for Ankara’s Syria policy. And if the corridor’s fall were accompanied by ethnic cleansing of the area’s large Turkmen population (who are ethnic kinsmen of the Turks) or IS violence against civilians, Turkish public opinion would be further riled up.
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-struggle-for-azaz-corridor-could-spur-a-turkish-intervention
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20151218/1031939698/us-airbase-construct-north-syria.html
US constructing airbase in northen Syria in Kurdish area. May be thats why Kerry has been saying nice things – do it while pulling one over your eyes by pretending to be agreeable!
Assad was packing his bags to leave but Hamas now got their tickets all set, leaving Turkey… So Assad is staying.. Wait for it… Hamas will be crawling back to Iran soon.. Traitors they wanted Palestinian refugees to attack the SAA. Luckily not many took them up on the offer!!! Not all that much room back in the gaza strip to host another million Palestinians. Palestinians commandos now work with the NDF militias and SAA.. ONLY the Iranians now support Hamas.. Oh wait.. They got back stabbed as well..
Battle and control maps of Palmyra
Battle for Palmyra: The Territorial Control as of December 14, 2015
http://edmaps.com/html/syrian_civil_war_in_maps.html
Eastern and Southern Aleppo: The Territorial Control as of December 12, 2015 (8h00 PM – Aleppo Time)
http://edmaps.com/Syria_Battle_for_Southern_and_Eastern_Aleppo_December_12.png
Russians now able to retarget ICBMs instantly before launch http://dlvr.it/D2bg7k
The Russian Strategic Missile Force now has a new combat control system that allow operators to instantly re-target their intercontinental ballistic missiles before launch.
“The talk is about re-targeting Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles immediately before their launch when a need arises suddenly to deliver a strike against other unplanned targets due to a sharp change in the situation. In this case, the new control system will enter new target coordinates into a missile in a remote control mode instantly to destroy the targets,” a source in Russia’s General Staff told TASS.
India’s defense ministry gave green light for purchase of 5 S-400 air defense systems http://dlvr.it/D2ZZ80
Aegis Ashore facility in Romania is “technically capable” http://dlvr.it/D2ZYfc
Really weird, they swap 3 super carriers to different home bases.. But the crews remain at their old bases.. Only the ship itself is changed.
USS George Washington completes carrier swap http://dlvr.it/D2ZBHr
USSGW completes 52k mile voyage home after 7 yrs as @USNavy’s fwd-deployed @aircraftcarrier http://go.usa.gov/ckTzy
https://twitter.com/PacificCommand/status/677669825045512195
Russia’s United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation is working on a new class of space launch vehicles using retired intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM).
Russia to convert more retired ICBMs into space launch vehicles
Putin: Russia to add more than 40 ICBMs this year
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said his nation will be buying missiles for its S-300 air defense system.
Russia announced that it has moved a S-300 missile system into Georgia’s breakaway republic of Abkhazia.
S-300 deployed in Abkhazia
ISIS Routed at the Syriac Christian City of #Sadad in East #Homs: 20+ Killed
If #ISIS launches another rapid offensive, they can cut off the #Homs-#Damascus highway!
ISIS offensive near #Sadad ultimately aims to reach the #Qalamoun where some ISIS fighters are still resisting #Hezbollah & the #SAA.
Al-Assad’s Syria at the Beginning of the Russian-Backed Reconquista (October 8, 2015)
http://edmaps.com/assad_syria_october_8.png
The Islamic State Territorial Control in September 2015: One Year after the US-Led Direct Intervention in Syria
http://edmaps.com/Islamic_State_Territorial_Control_September_30_2015.png
SouthernAleppo Photo Allegedly taking today showing Iraqi Shiite’s. Massing up.
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/677666414824701954
Bunch of reporters who got to climb on the Moskva
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/677664094648983553
Syrian Reporter with Colonel Alexander Hoevertz the “Captain on Board” of #Moskva #Москва
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/677662572691214337
Moskva battle stations,with open missile hatches… and short range SAM’s on the ready..
https://twitter.com/IvanSidorenko1/status/677661895227277312
Pres. Assad interviewed by Dutch TV, Thanks Kerry for allowing him to stay.. I was already packing to leave.
https://t.co/LhXyllqKpj
Putin on #Turkey downing Su-24 It is impossible not to be able to identify our airplanes.
Live: #Russia briefing on downed #Su24 black box decoding. Su-24 never crossed #Turkey border & posed no threat @mod_russia
heh the briefing is in RUSSIAN…
https://twitter.com/mod_russia
full transcript here
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/50971
Wrong transcript… mod Russia means ministry of defense… NOT President of Russia..
apologies thought that was the one wanted……..