Geopolitical mosaic: Obama supporters promise to kill Romney, but Lukashenko does not eat people
Three in a boat, not counting Syria. Yesterday, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan said that he had proposed Iranian President Ahmadinejad to hold tripartite talks on the crisis in Syria. The third party to the negotiations should be Egypt. At first, the Quartet was intended, writes MIGnewsbut Ankara understood that
Earlier, a group for discussion was proposing to create Egypt, proposing to gather the envoys of Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
Erdogan developed different options for participation in future negotiations: “We have proposed a three-way system. This system may include Turkey, Egypt and Iran. The second system could be this: Turkey, Russia, Iran. Third: Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
In all systems, let us add, the crew of the Syrian “boat” includes Turkey. This is understandable: in Turkey there are so many Syrian refugees that their number has become a major government problem. At the same time, Ankara provides support to “opposition fighters” fighting against the government troops of Bashar al-Assad. If neither Turkey, nor Saudi Arabia, nor Qatar had armed and helped the Islamist “opposition” in Syria with money, there would be much less refugees in Turkey. Today, their number, reports Rosbalt, exceeded 100.000 people.
SNA spoke of truce. As the correspondent ITAR-TASS Dina DrunkThe Syrian National Council supported the idea of a temporary truce - true, provided that Damascus will go for it first.
SNS leader Abdel Basset Seyda, broadcasting from Doha, said: “We have a positive attitude to any opportunity to stop the slaughter. But we believe that this appeal is primarily addressed to the Syrian regime, which continues to bombard cities and towns ”. At the same time, according to him, the Free Syrian Army "simply defends itself" in order to "stop the military machine of the regime."
Fierce fighting for the city of Maareth al-Numan. Syrian rebels and government troops are fighting for the city of Maareth al-Numan, located in the province of Idlib on the highway connecting Damascus and Aleppo. According to "Lenta.ru" With reference to the Guardian newspaper in the Middle East, the city captured by the 9 rebels of October is under constant shelling and airstrikes. There are almost no buildings left in it. Maareth al-Numan is almost completely abandoned by the inhabitants.
Taking advantage of the lack of enemy reinforcements, the "rebels" took to the ring a military base located on the eastern outskirts of the city. Now they are trying to take it by storm.
Three columns of troops were sent to help the government forces, driven out of Maaret al-Numan, but they got stuck in battles with insurgents on the approaches to the city.
According to some human rights activists, the Syrian military began to use cluster munitions to destroy rebel strongholds. However, official Damascus denies these charges.
Human rights activists found cluster bombs in Syria with Soviet inscriptions. As the ITAR-TASSSyria not only does not use cluster bombs, but does not possess a similar type of weapon. With such a statement made October 15 Ministry of Defense of Syria.
"The Syrian army does not have these types of weapons, these messages are an absolute lie," the statement read on national television said.
The statement was a response to the charges of Human Rights Watch (recall: this is a human rights organization consisting of two people: the owner of the London diner and his assistant) that the Syrian army uses Russian cluster bombs to fight armed opposition units in the northern provinces of the country.
As transmits "BBC Russian Service", earlier the Guardian newspaper wrote about cluster bombs (Russians), referring to Human Rights Watch.
The article “Guardian” explicitly states that Syrian troops use cluster bombs in densely populated areas. The proof is a regular report from Human Rights Watch, which says that there are videos of cluster bombs found in the provinces of Homs, Aleppo, Idlib and Lattakia. HRW states that cluster bombs were apparently dropped from airplanes and helicopters.
The authors of the report even saw inscriptions of Soviet times on unexploded cluster bombs.
We would not be surprised if we learn that two human rights defenders from a diner still think of the USSR as an existing state entity.
"Paper tiger". The former general of the Syrian army, deserter Akil Hashem, who came over to the side of the rebels, said that the capabilities of the Syrian air defense forces in the press are greatly exaggerated, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to UPI.
Referring to his ancient experience gained in the wars against Israel (in 1967, 1973 and 1982), the deserter said that at that time the Syrian aviation and the air defense could not oppose the Israeli Air Force: “19 out of 20 of our tank platoons, each with five armored vehicles and 2K12 "Cube" air defense missile systems, were destroyed in one blow "(1982).
He added that during a two-hour air battle over Lebanon, the Israelis shot down a 92 Syrian fighter without losing a single one.
And now, according to him, Syrian aviation in general can be destroyed right at the airfields.
In addition, to create a no-fly zone with a depth of 75 in the north, relatively small forces would be needed: an aircraft carrier and military base: "One American aircraft carrier with 80-85 modern fighters and the Turkish Air Force Incirlik base would be enough to accomplish this task."
The Syrian "regime" and his army deserter called contemptuously "paper tiger."
The rebels again declared general command. Separate groups of Syrian militants agreed to form a single command to coordinate their actions, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to Reuters.
Single commanders needed terrorists for sponsorship. The bosses of the rebel squads faced a clear reluctance of foreign sponsors to help scattered groups with an unclear program for the future.
October 16 in some secret place in Syria, the leaders of the bandits met. There were both supporters of "democracy" and Islamists. After talking, they relayed to Reuters information about reaching an agreement. True, for some reason they did not sign it.
As always, only a small step separates the full agreement of the fighters for democracy ... Will the sponsors of the Arab Spring give money and weapons - in response to an unsigned agreement? After all, observers, notes "Lenta", have repeatedly noted that neither Western nor Arab countries are in no hurry to supply the rebels with either means of fighting tanks or armaments against enemy aircraft. Dangerous weapons can fall into the hands of terrorists and criminals, who, we add, have temporarily joined the adherents of democracy hardly visible in their background.
Our people in America know what is happening in Syria. Kurt Nimmo, progressive journalist from the site Infowars.com (where English-speaking materials from the “Voice of Russia” and “Rasha Tudey” are often quoted) tells about the fate prepared by the West of Syria.
In the New York Times, he writes, they say that most of the weapons for the Syrian rebels are supplied by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which is explained by the tough Islamic Jihad line adopted by these states: after all, neither the Saudis nor Qatari people accept the secular opposition of Bashar Asad. However, the West wants to support democracy in the Middle East, according to statements by US officials.
In other words, writes K. Nimmo, we have in Libya the Libyan script, voiced by the press in the Libyan manner. The CIA and the fanatical Wahhabis from Saudi Arabia and Qatar support and arm Al-Qaida in the same way they did in Libya. In order to “turn off this reality” to the public, “N.-Y. The Times allegedly debunks the activities of some of the rebels as the “hard line of Islamic Jihad” and insistently inspires readers to believe that the United States actually supports the “more secular opposition groups” fighting the Syrian government.
But the real fight against Assad in Syria is not led by “oppositionists” at all, but by the real Islamists - jihadists, who have been trained in Afghanistan, Yemen, the former Yugoslavia and the Caucasus (in Chechnya).
In Syria, a fanatical “Salafi strain” is currently leading, trying to “replace the secular regime with the Islamist form of government”, being “hypnotized” by the concept of global jihad promoted by Al-Qaeda.
The plan of these guys in Syria is almost identical to the Libyan scenario. The radical Salafis lack only an “agreed framework for the future governance of Syria." Terrorists are constantly being torn apart, there is rivalry between them, and their groups fall into factions.
According to the plan of the interventionist terrorists, Comrade Nimmo writes further, it implies the “balkanization” of Syria: its division into territorial pieces-enclaves: this part - to the Sunnis - to the Alawite-Shiites, that to the Druze, and another - to the Kurds. The latter will be a "natural buffer" for Israel and at the same time will be able to enter the war against Sunni and Shiite Islamist forces. So says Sherko Abbas, a Kurdish dissident. “We must tear apart Syria,” he told the Jerusalem Post in May.
Currently, K. Nimmo adds, an important role in an attempt to destroy Syria and turn it into a "cauldron of sectarian violence" is played by Turkey and Jordan. It is assumed that Syria, like Iraq, will become a haven for al-Qaeda, which is sponsored by the CIA.
Total Islamization and the disintegration of the countries of the Middle East is the agenda of the current American neo-cons. This was warned more than 10 years ago by an American analyst Jason West. Therefore, this is where the events taking place now under the guise of "humanitarian intervention" and called the "Arab spring" lead.
Kurt Nimmo’s view of the democratic “veil” over the Syrian project was confirmed by Susan Rice.
We can do without Security Council. The United States will not wait for the decision of all members of the UN Security Council to be on the "right side stories". This was at a meeting of the Security Council on Syria, said US Permanent Representative to the UN, Susan Rice, reports IA "REGNUM".
She said: “In the face of increasing violence and cruelty, the United States will not wait for all members of this Council to be on the right side of history. Together with our allies, we support the opposition in its quest for inclusive and democratic change. We continue to put pressure on the regime, and we are addressing the growing humanitarian needs in the region. ”
Rice quoted the words of the President of the United States that the future would not belong to the dictators.
Yes, in the vision of the White House, we will add on our own, it must belong to the Islamists. Yes, not dictators, yes, representatives of the people - gentlemen, legally, by democratic vote, elected to their posts. The Muslim Brotherhood, the Taliban, and Al-Qaida are all of them, as they truly desire in the West, to be included in parliaments and governments. Egyptian Mr. Mursi has already entered, formally eliminating from the Brothers.
The day will come when Washington will nominate Ayman al-Zawahiri for the Nobel Peace Prize, whose name, if awarded, will be next to the name of Barack Hussein Obama (by the way, in Enlightened America he is often confused with Osama bin Laden).
Quarrel over Syria. Jean-Jacques Mevel (Figaro, France, source of translation - "InoSMI") spoke about the Sunday "working lunch in Luxembourg", the dessert to which participants "ate it with sour mines" - and all because of the Syrian issue.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius "lamented the decision of Moscow to back up on the most acute problem: Syria and the fate of Bashar Assad." It turned out that Moscow is persisting in supporting the "regime." “Lavrov came to tell us that Assad will remain in power,” said M. Fabius. “The only thing that matters now for Moscow is the preservation of the current government.”
Apparently, the journalist writes, the insistent demands to join the international pressure on Assad, “it’s not too late yet,” have derailed the envoy of President Putin. Sergey Lavrov harshly responded in the sense that Europeans do not know anything about the Middle East, and by their actions they can destabilize the entire region, first of all Lebanon and Jordan.
And the West, writes a journalist, was disappointed.
In the appendage - two reader comments:
“How can Europe defend the revolution led by the Islamists?” We have already seen what she gave in other countries: they were all covered by the cover of sharia. Although I do not support Russia, I must admit that she is right. ”
Iranian media suspect that Turkey does not want to be friends with Russia. In the latest review of the Iranian press from "InoSMI" we are talking about the abolition of the visit of Vladimir Putin to Turkey and the details of the “airplane scandal”.
“Afarinesh” writes that the interception and coercion to land a Syrian airliner contributed to the growth of tensions in relations between Russia and Turkey, and the cancellation of the visit of the President of the Russian Federation to Ankara is a reaction to the Turkish authorities ’action.
“Arman” focuses on the cruel treatment of representatives of the security forces of Turkey with passengers and personnel of the airliner, who “spent almost long hours under arrest”.
According to Tehran-e Emruz, the cancellation of Putin’s visit to Turkey and the sharp protest of the Russian Foreign Ministry about the forced landing of an Airbus indicates that “Russia, defending its partner (Syria), has begun concrete actions.”
“Khorasan” provides additional details: 17 Russian citizens, including several children, were on board the liner, and the landing was carried out under the threat of the use of weapons by Turkish fighter pilots. The newspaper publishes statements by Erdogan that the cargo on board the airbus might have been chemical weapons and spare parts for missiles.
People do not want to live under capitalism. "The world no longer wants to live under the capitalist system, the people want to change it," said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaking at the Baku Economic Cooperation Organization Summit, reports IA "REGNUM".
The ideology of supporters of slavery and colonialism comes to an end. Comrade Ahmadinejad said: “The future system will be based on love and justice. ECO countries are against colonialism because they have suffered from discrimination. We will be able to play an important role in the elimination of injustice and the attainment of justice. ”
120 escaped. Around 120 prisoners escaped from the Al-Jadaid prison in the Libyan capital, reports KM.ru with reference to France-Presse. Captures of the fugitives are now engaged in outfits of local security services. Several fugitives have already been caught and returned to their cells.
According to a security official, escaped prisoners were serving sentences for criminal offenses.
15 explosions. Not less than a dozen explosions thundered yesterday in various parts of the Nigerian city of Maiduguri. This resource told KM.rureferring to the Associated Press.
According to residents of the city, militants of the Islamist group “Boko Haram” staged the explosions. Official sources refrain from commenting on the events taking place in the city. Data on the number of dead and injured are not reported. All central streets of the city are surrounded by police.
As KM reminds, the Boko Haram group has been known since 2002. By attacking its warriors, they seek to “eradicate the Western way of life” and introduce sharia throughout Nigeria. According to the Associated Press, in 2012, there were about 700 people killed by militants.
Scotland will say yes or no to the UK in 2014. Scotland’s independence referendum will be held in 2014 year. The agreement was signed by British Prime Minister David Cameron and the first minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, "Vesti".
In 2014, 700 will mark the anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, one of the most important battles of the Anglo-Scottish Wars. In those days, the mountaineers inflicted a crushing defeat on the English.
Only one question will be put to the vote: “Do you want complete independence?”
London has allowed everyone older than 16 to vote. By the way, teenagers are considered the main supporters of the sovereignty of Scotland.
Do not intervene for Russian: fired. The rector of the University of Helsinki decided to dismiss the lawyer Johan Beckman, who had previously defended the interests of several Russian-speaking citizens in Finland. He writes about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to "Keskisuomalainen".
Rector Thomas Wilhelmson did not disclose the reasons for his decision.
Johan Beckman heads the "Anti-Fascist Committee of Finland" and is the co-chairman of the Eurasian Popular Front - the international division of the Popular Front, Vladimir Putin.
This man is known for actively defending the rights of Russian-speaking residents of Finland. Beckman represented Russian woman Rimma Salonen in court, arguing with her ex-husband about the custody of their son Anton, as well as the spouses Inga and Veli-Pekka Rantala, who were accused by the Finnish authorities of beating their son. He represents the interests of the family of a pensioner Irina Antonova, who died in a Russian nursing home after she had to leave Finland.
In addition, the active Beckman criticized the Finnish professor Teivo Teyvaynen (he made a rally in August in support of Pussy Riot near the Assumption Cathedral in Helsinki).
Finally, one of the reasons for the dismissal could be an article in the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper. In it, the author proposed to create a Russian-Finnish commission on children's rights. Local nationalists opposed the article, and the Finnish media supported them.
Now Comrade Beckman is going to seek a criminal case against the rector - for discrimination and insult honor and dignity.
Strike again. As conveyed today from Athens correspondent ITAR-TASS Sergey Latyshev, trade unions uniting lawyers, notaries, bailiffs, doctors, engineers, pharmacists and journalists, will hold a nationwide strike on October 17. The protesters will oppose the austerity measures implemented by the Greek government under the pressure of international lenders.
Today's strikes are anticipated by larger speeches by workers scheduled for tomorrow, when the largest professional associations of the private and public sectors of the economy join the striking: the General Confederation of Labor of Greece and the Supreme Council of the Civil Service Union. The action will involve drivers of trolley buses, buses, taxi drivers, railway workers and sailors. The work of transport throughout the country will be paralyzed.
The protesters did not agree to financial assistance to Athens from the EU, the European Central Bank and the IMF, which implies a reduction in budget spending.
Incomes of Greek workers fell to the level of the end of 1970's. Tens of thousands of people lost their homes during the crisis and are now forced to sleep in the streets. Around 250.000, a person lives on free meals provided by the church and charitable organizations. Unemployment exceeded 25,1% of the working-age population.
Chinese Mafia in Spain. As the "Lenta.ru", referring to the “El Mundo”, in Spain, conducted a nationwide special operation against the Chinese mafia. Already detained about 100 people. Searches and arrests were carried out, including in the Madrid suburb of Fuenlabrada, where Europe's largest Chinese wholesale market is located. Detainees are suspected of money laundering and other crimes. Interestingly, the detainees are not necessarily Chinese.
Among the detainees, for example, the adviser to the mayor of Fuenlabrada, Borras Jose Hernandez. More arrested porn actor Nacho Vidal. The arrest warrant was also issued in the name of a Chinese-born businessman Gao Ping.
The investigation believes that mass goods were brought from China to Spain by sea. They did not undergo customs clearance and taxes were not paid from their sale. The proceeds were then either forwarded to China in cash or invested through front companies in various legal businesses.
One of the central links of the illegal business turned out to be ... porn actor. According to ABC, it was he who helped the Chinese to launder money through their firms. At the same time, the adviser to the mayor provided the suspects with various services using their official position.
During the operation, cash worth millions of euros was confiscated. The exact amount is not reported, since the money is still considered.
In addition to money laundering, part-time detainees hunted for extortion, bribing officials, organizing prostitution and gambling, and drug trafficking. These people also contributed to illegal migration.
Comrade Linderman will sue Vike-Freiberga. As the correspondent RIA "News" Vadim Radionov, the court of the central district of Riga today will consider the suit of the chairman of the Latvian Native Language Society, Vladimir Linderman, against the former President of Latvia, Vaira Vike-Freiberga.
As stated by a public figure, in February, Vike-Freiberga, speaking on television, called him "a dangerous element for society and an extremist." Linderman also refuted the words of the former President of Latvia about his detention with “campaign materials against the sovereignty of Latvia”.
According to Comrade Linderman, such a phrase discredits and demonizes him in the eyes of people who appreciate the sovereignty of Latvia, and at the same time makes him a criminal.
The chairman of the Native Language Society intends to receive compensation from the ex-president for moral damage in the amount of 5 thousand lats (10 thousand dollars). However, he is ready to take his claim - if the ex-president fulfills certain conditions. Vike-Freiberga has to give up the privileges that the state pays for it - that is, from a limousine, security, an apartment in the city center and a secretary.
Lukashenko does not eat people. Yesterday, Alexander Lukashenko spoke in Minsk with journalists from Russian regional publications. At the event, reports Interfax, he spoke about human rights, the political system of Belarus, foreign policy, Russia and about himself.
According to Comrade Lukashenko, the main human rights in Belarus are the right to life and the right to salary. The political system of Belarus is the same as in Russia, only “somewhat harder”: “yes, yes, no, no, good bye”.
Regarding foreign policy, the president lucidly explained that, from now on, illegal immigrants will have the opportunity to travel through Belarus to Europe: “Everything that comes from Afghanistan, we caught at our own expense, kept, returned to Russia. Tens of thousands of people a year. They gave me a certificate - these are radioactive and explosive substances, drugs. We weed it out. Why do we need it? They do not come to us. " This position was given an economic explanation: “Guys, pay money - we will continue to defend the border. There will be no money - we cannot work in this way. Pay money - we will protect. ”
Further, according to the Belarusian leader, he was very offended by Moscow’s recent accession to the WTO. According to Lukashenko, the Russian authorities "threw" the Belarusian brothers, joining the WTO and refusing to create an alternative organization based on the Customs Union.
Speaking about himself, the Belarusian president said that the Western media called him the last European dictator. But, according to Lukashenko, he is far from Stalin and Lenin. “I am far behind Vladimir Ilyich and Joseph Vissarionovich. I still stomp and stomp to them. They were faced with such tasks ... It will take another half a century, how will they evaluate us, me? If they start supporting the trend, both in the West, I am worse than Stalin: I walked around the streets, caught people, ate them, especially women ... ”
Let out, but not all. In Cuba, exit visas were canceled yesterday. In fact, this means the fall of the Iron Curtain. Citizens of the island will soon be able to travel abroad for up to two years, according to "AN-online".
The new law will come into force on January 14 2013.
However, difficulties with leaving the country will remain among highly qualified professionals - doctors and other specialists. The authorities consider it necessary to protect the "human capital" of Cuba. Dissidents and critics of the Cuban government, too, will not be able to leave with ease, showing a passport and entry visa.
American traditions. Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto demanded to investigate the incident on the island of Okinawa in detail. There, two US marines were arrested yesterday by police. Both of them are suspected of raping a local girl. One American pleaded guilty, report "Vesti".
“It’s impossible to reconcile with this,” Morimoto told reporters in Tokyo. “This is extremely serious.”
The incident occurred on Tuesday morning in central Okinawa. Before the attack on the girl, the servicemen, as is customary among the brave American military and special agents, were pretty drunk with alcohol.
Vesti reminds that a US Marine sergeant was arrested in Okinawa in August, also for an assault on a local woman.
"Export business". As the correspondent RIA "Novosti" Larisa Saenko, the Federal Court of Brooklyn today appointed the first hearing on the "export case" on the illegal supply of high-tech electronics by Arc Electronics to Russia.
The prosecution, like a correspondent. RIA "News"Claims that the head of the company, Alexander Fishenko, is an agent of the Russian government. Fischenko allegedly procured for the military and the FSB. There are eleven people in total, three of whom have escaped.
Romney as an oilman. As the correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Bekrenev, Mitt Romney criticized the energy policy of Barack Obama. Romney promised that if he wins the election, in eight years the country will completely get rid of the need to import oil.
“Oil production in the United States is declining, as the president has reduced the number of licenses issued for drilling on federal lands. The president does not support the oil, gas and coal industries, ”Romney said.
“I plan to make it so that after eight years the United States will become independent from the import of energy resources. I will achieve this by issuing a larger number of drilling licenses, as well as the construction of an oil pipeline from Canada, ”the Republican said. Earlier, he promised to allow the construction of the Keystone X-El pipeline between Canada and the US coast of the Gulf of Mexico blocked by Obama, and at the same time increase oil production in Alaska.
Obama said in response: “Romney’s energy policy will lead oil companies to act in their own interests. He supports oil and gas companies, but he does not have an alternative energy support plan. If we do not invest in alternative energy, as China and Germany do, we will not be able to control our own energy future. ”
Romney really has great connections with the oil business. According to the American press, the bosses of major oil companies donate millions to his election campaign.
Thus, we will add on our own account that Romney’s interests on the “Syrian side” are clear, as well as in Iran, which he (along with Netanyahu) wants to bomb. A typical Oil Democrat voices the wishes of his bosses, magnates, wrapping them in a traditional democratic wrapper. In addition, another thing is clear: the bosses intend to seat their oil protege on the presidential throne for two terms. "Eight years" in the speeches of Romney flash not the first time.
However, this Mr. may not survive the election ...
Kill Romney. Paul Joseph Watson (Infowars.com) writes that theses on violence overwhelm Twitter. Today, threats to kill Romney have become more popular on social networks than statements about the impending rebellion. Here are some (most typical) ones quoted by a journalist:
"If Romney is elected, someone must kill him."
Comrade Watson emphasizes that the authors of these statements do not broadcast from fake accounts. People who spoke so aggressively against Romney, have already made thousands of entries in social networks.
Teri Webster of "Examiner". She notes that there is no reaction from the government about this. Also do not respond to this and the major national media. Recently, the journalist writes, the number of threats against Mitt Romney and his supporters is growing.
Enlightened America. Uri Friedman on the blog blog "Foreign Policy" spoke about the "enlightenment" of current Americans in foreign policy.
Here are some statistics collected by him:
- According to the Pew poll (2012), 41% of Americans believe that China is the leading economic power in the world (the correct answer is the United States, 40% of respondents noted them);
- 73% of Americans do not know that the main goal of America during the Cold War was the fight against communism (Newsweek, 2011);
- almost 25% of Americans do not know that the United States declared independence from Great Britain (“Marist”, 2011);
- 71% of Americans believe that Iran already possesses nuclear weapons (2010, CNN / Opinion Research Corporation);
- 33% of Americans believe that Saddam Hussein personally participated in the 9 / 11 attacks (CBS News / The New York Times, 2007);
- 88% of young Americans did not find Afghanistan on the map, 75% could not find Iran with Israel, and 63% - Iraq (National Geographic Society, 2006).
It would be funnier, add on my own, if journalists and sociologists were doing surveys not among the American youth, but in the Congress and the State Department.
- especially for topwar.ru
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