Geopolitical mosaic: Estonians offered Putin to take mind, and John Bolton decided to "hurt" Russia and China
The CIA and Saudi Arabia started the occupation of Daraa and the creation of a no-fly zone in Syria. - According to Assad's motorcade - from mortars? - Syria: Kurdish tragedy. “Al-Qaida has invented bombs.” It remains to obtain a patent. - "Fragmented and weakened." - American alert in Pakistan. - Why was the gun taken away from the mayor? - About "Go Home". - Swiss refugee difficulties. - In Britain, lost thousands of documents. - The “fallback” country is joking about Obama's arrival. - The ECHR does not want Latvia to give out the US Chalovsky. - “X” against Russian vodka, or Putin offered to take up the mind. - “A sheep before a wolf.” - In Moldova will change the Soviet passport. - The EU and Ukraine respect each other. “The IMF will take over Ukraine.” - 68 years of the American bombing of Nagasaki. - Candidate for Australian parliamentarians in knowledge of geography surpassed George W. Bush. - Charges are brought against friends of Tsarnaev in the USA. - Medal for Bill Clinton. “Why American soldiers kill themselves.” - From sergeant to corporals. - “Blue” does not need “Playboy.” - “Stripping” in American cities. - “Android” and “iOS” are watching you. - Closed without explanation. - Cars will serve instead of the NSA people. - For the Snowden family will be monitored. - “Reboot” did not turn into “overload”. - "Intellectual and Cowboy." - America will hurt the Russians and the Chinese?
The CIA and Saudi Arabia started the occupation of Daraa and the creation of a no-fly zone in Syria. “Brigadier General John Wright was appointed commander for the operations and coordination of the proxy war in Syria,” an anonymous source told Fars News. Reports about it Mixednews.ru.
"The 57, a veteran of American troops who fought in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, set up his office in the Jordanian city of Amman as a first step and began coordinating with Saudi Arabia," the source said. He added that Mr. Wright had a meeting with Bandar bin Sultan in Amman. "After this meeting, anti-Syrian groups led by the CIA were supplied with grenade launchers and Stinger anti-tank missiles."
In addition, the source said: "All members of the US-directed groups are recruited from Syrian youth, and currently three thousand members of these groups are training at the Jordanian base of Al-Mukar near the Syrian border." He noted: "After the occupation of the city of Daraa, the United States is seeking to impose a non-flying zone in Syria."
By Assad's motorcade - from mortars? The Syrian opposition claims that yesterday morning it struck the motorcade of Syrian President’s cars - in the heart of Damascus. He writes about it MIGnews.com.
Captain Firas al-Bitar, commander of the Tahrir ash-Sham Brigade, said that his people, having received information about the movement of the presidential motorcade, fired at him with mortars in the al-Malki district. A tuple allegedly fired 17 mortar shells.
Firas Al-Bitar said: “The attack shook the regime, despite the fact that Assad was not injured. There were two tuples - one with a real Assad, the second with a twin. We attacked the motorcade with Assad. ”
Syrian opposition resources on the Internet report that Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, two generals and officers, died as a result of the shelling.
Syria: Kurdish tragedy. Miraculously surviving residents of Kurdish villages in Syria, subjected to attacks by militants, in an interview with the correspondent. "Voices of Russia" Kamizu Dzhabrailova was told how they were saved.
From the middle of July, in a number of Kurdish regions of Syria, near the border with Turkey, there are fights between the self-defense units of the Syrian Kurds and the Islamist militants from the Syrian "opposition" who attacked them.
Militants hit the rear of the Kurdish villages away from the fighting zone. In the villages and small towns remained old men, women and children. There is no doubt that the operations were planned by the militants as punitive and intimidating. The correspondent of Voice of Russia contacted the residents of Kurdish villages, who miraculously escaped from the massacre. They managed to get to Afrin (a city near Aleppo) - to the zone that is controlled by Kurdish troops.
Juma Kahlo, a former resident of Tal Hasil village, says:
The bloody crime of militants from the Front of Al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in northern Syria shocked the international community. This correspondent told "RT" Irina Galushko.
In the border with Turkey, the city of Tell Abyad, militants executed 450 Kurdish hostages. Militants said they thus avenged. For what? For the fact that the Kurds defeated them in battle.
The UN noted that there is an investigation of the messages. If the information is confirmed, these actions will be recognized as a war crime.
According to the spokesman for the Free Syrian Army, battles are really taking place in the north of Syria, in which "many civilians are killed and most Kurdish houses are destroyed." In recent days, the situation has worsened in the city of Ain al-Arab, which is surrounded by militants of the factions of the Front al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Further, Fahd al-Masri stressed that none of the leaders of European countries made statements about what had happened. All stood aside - except Russia.
“The Kurds are interested in whether the silence of the Europeans will continue until the massacre takes place both in Halabja and Anfale during an operation in Iraq,” the spokesman said. - We talked to many European representatives and told them what was going on. We are fighting al-Qaida, which is a great threat to European states and all of humanity. However, Europe is silent. ”
Al-Qaeda has invented bombs. It remains to obtain a patent. Specialists of the Yemeni branch of Al-Qaida have created explosive devices that will not be detected by the security services of the leading airports. This is reported in the Los Angeles Times, transmits "RT".
The author of the book “Last Refuge: Yemen, Al-Qaeda and the US War in the Arabian Peninsula,” Gregory Johnsen, told the American edition: Al-Qaida has all the power needed to make bombs that are able to pass all checks at airports. It is sad.
Johnson believes that al-Qaeda enjoys the support of some tribes in the north of Yemen. Despite the fact that it conducts operations extremely rarely, the “Yemeni branch” does not allow the special services of many states to relax.
"Specially prepared and well-hidden bombs make American fighters against terrorism wake up in the middle of the night," writes the Los Angeles Times.
At the same time, experts note that the US tactics in the fight against Yemeni supporters of al-Qaeda leaves much to be desired. Beats "drones"Do not lead to the death of leaders, but only destroy ordinary members of the organization from the Bedouin tribes.
"Fragmented and weakened." The al-Qaida network is largely fragmented and weakened, but still represents a threat. Such conclusions, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to France-Presse, are contained in the report of UN experts.
According to the report, al-Qaida and its affiliates are now “isolated as never before.” They are united only by the desire for violence and freely interpreted ideology. At the same time, the threat of terrorist attacks remains high, and its cells are introducing new methods of action with regard to the goals, tactics and technologies used.
AFP notes that the UN report generally coincides with the estimates of the US government.
American alert in Pakistan. The United States partially evacuated personnel from the consulate general in Lahore because of the terrorist threat. This was reported by the State Department, reports correspondent RIA "Novosti" Alexey Bogdanovsky.
The US Foreign Office said: “On August 8, 2013, the State Department ordered non-critical personnel from the US government leaving the Consulate General in Lahore, Pakistan. The State Department ordered this reduction due to specific threats related to the consulate in Lahore. ”
According to the Department of State, the presence of foreign and local terrorist groups poses a potential threat to US citizens throughout Pakistan.
Why was the gun taken away from the mayor? Paul Renaud, mayor of the village of Chavannes (population - less than 200 people), located in the heart of France, warned the prefect representing the central government at the local level, that he would commit suicide if the Gypsy camp again came to his place. He also made a statement on this on local radio, specifies Vyacheslav Prokofiev ("Russian newspaper").
At the end of July, fifty vans with nomads arrived in Chavannes. They were placed on the local football field. Further complaints about the Gypsies began: noise, din, theft, hooliganism. The aliens unwittingly connected to the power grid, which passes next to the football field, staged a garbage dump.
Monsieur Renaud noted:
According to the village head, all the week that the Gypsies lived in the territory of Chavannes, he “did not find a place for himself and was on the verge of collapse.” “People who voted for me, who trusted, saw my powerlessness to change anything. That is the reason, ”explained Renaud. He no longer wants to see aliens. And if they appear, he will fulfill his threat. The mayor had already been visited by the gendarmes: they took away his hunting rifle.
About "Go Home". Human rights organizations criticized billboards urging migrants to leave Britain. The shields were placed on London vans as part of the government campaign against illegal migration, Go Home. An open letter was published yesterday by the newspaper The Guardian, reports "Lenta.ru".
The appeal was signed by representatives of the British branch of Amnesty International, the British human rights organization Refugee Action and the British charity organization Freedom from Torture (Freedom from Torture).
The authors of the documents called the campaign “Go Home” “cynical” and stressed that it creates a “atmosphere of fear” in the country.
The text states: “This campaign instills hostility and intolerance in our society, can undermine the UK’s willingness to provide asylum in accordance with the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, and should be immediately terminated.”
At the same time, human rights defenders condemned checks near the stations of the London Underground, in connection with which, in their opinion, “the question arises of the racial orientation of migration control.”
“Lenta” reminds that in the UK against the background of a significant increase in the level of immigration migration reform was launched. According to the latest census, the number of migrants in England and Wales increased by 2,1 million people (from 2001 to 2011).
Swiss refugee difficulties. Significant restrictions imposed by the authorities of the city of Bremgarten for asylum seekers. From now on, refugees are forbidden to appear on playgrounds, in public swimming pools and even in libraries. Reports about it "RT" with reference to The Independent.
In July, a new refugee center opened in Bremgarten. The local authorities then informed the citizens that asylum seekers are prohibited from appearing in 32 so-called “exclusive zones”.
On the air of the German television channel ARD, the mayor of the city, Raymond Tellenbach, said that such measures had been taken for security reasons: to avoid conflicts and prevent drug use.
The head of the Federal Office for Immigration, Mario Gattiker, who approved the restrictions, said that they are necessary for the “peaceful coexistence of local residents and refugees.”
True, the representative of the Swiss non-state Refugee Council called the restrictions "intolerant and inhumane." He has already demanded that the government lift the ban.
Meanwhile, in Switzerland there are almost twice as many asylum seekers per capita than in neighboring states. In the country, there are one refugee per 332 resident, and in other countries, one refugee per 625 resident. To accommodate all comers, in Switzerland, even military bunkers are being re-equipped into refugee centers.
In June, a referendum was held in the country, in which the Swiss called for tougher restrictions for asylum seekers. According to the rules now adopted, military conflicts cannot be a reason for granting refugee status.
In Britain, lost thousands of documents. According to "Russian newspaper", the Service for Combating Large-Scale Financial Fraud (SFO) lost thousands of documents obtained during an investigation into the military-industrial corporation BAE Systems. About this ITAR-TASS informed the representative of the supervisory authority. “SFO deals with random data loss,” he said.
“RG” recalls that the investigation was closed several years ago. But the loss that occurred between May and October 2012 of the year was found only in May of 2013. According to the service, 32 thousands of pages of documents were sent to a single recipient who turned out to be incorrect.
Here is such an amazing mistake. Documents should be sent to 59 recipients. At the same time, the 81 audio tape was lost. Electronic media is also lost.
However, in SFO they assure that approximately 98% of materials were returned. The missing data made up only “three percent of the entire array” of the case documentation and “had no relation to the national security of the kingdom”.
The “fallback” country jokes about Obama's arrival. The Swedish edition of The Local published a comic open letter to the American president, listing in it what the US leader should know about Sweden. This tells "InoTV".
“Dear President Barack Obama! - noted in the letter. “Despite the fact that our country has become a“ backup option ”for you, our politicians are extremely excited by the fact that you kicked off Russia, and that your first bilateral meeting will be held with the authorities of Sweden ... Your visit to Sweden will be a pleasant breeze before you will head to Russia for the G20 summit. ”
The author of the letter suggested that the Swedish authorities would express outrage at Russia's behavior. As soon as Obama complains that Russia has provided asylum to Snowden, local politicians will complain to the American president about the training bombardment of Sweden, produced by Russian aircraft last Easter.
"The Local" advises the US president not to worry about the fact that during the meeting uncomfortable topics may emerge - say, about civilian casualties after attacks by American UAVs. Theme Guantanamo also will not. Speak, will be? Well, then Mr. Obama could offer a neutral state to accept several inmates from prison.
The ECHR does not want Latvia to give out the US Chalovsky. The European Court of Human Rights adopted documents on the case of a citizen of Latvia Denis Čalovský accused of cybercrime and suspended the process of his extradition to the United States, reports "Voice of Russia".
This was reported by RIA "News»Lawyer of Chalovsky Ilon Bulgakov. “The ECHR suspended the procedure for extradition of Chalovsky to the USA,” she said.
In a statement to the press, the Latvian Foreign Ministry confirmed that yesterday the Bureau of the representative of the Latvian government in international human rights institutions received a letter from the ECHR in which the court informs about its decision to apply temporary protection measures in the case of Chalovsky against Latvia.
The European Court points out that it is in the interests of the parties and to ensure proper consideration of the case that Chalovsky cannot be extradited to the United States as long as the legal proceedings on his case continue in court.
"X" against Russian vodka, or Putin was offered to take up the mind. Tallinn gay bar "X" announced a boycott of Russian vodka. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to DELFI. Thus, the institution, as noted, decided to protest against the "harassment of sex minorities in Russia."
A boycott was reported by an employee of the establishment, “Christie, guarding the entrance to the bar on holidays.”
"There is no more Russian vodka, and it will not be until Putin takes hold of the mind," she said. “He must still notice that there are other nations and other people around.”
According to this employee, the owner of the bar poured vodka supplies into the sink.
An employee of the institution notes that “against the Russians” the bar has nothing. One of these days is planned to hold a “Russian holiday”, during which guests will be offered tea from a samovar.
"Sheep before the wolf." The President of Georgia said that he was trying to improve relations with the leadership of Russia, but did not achieve success. Such a statement, as reported "Lenta.ru" With reference to REGNUM, he did in an interview with Rustavi-2.
Saakashvili said: “I have always told pleasant things to Russian President Vladimir Putin, he behaved like a sheep in front of a wolf, but the wolf will never feel good about the lamb”.
The President of Georgia also urged his people to take into account his (presidential) experience and adhere to the course towards European integration. Here is the conclusion Saakashvili made: "We should not be rams, we have already passed this path, but we did not gain anything from it."
According to the president, it is possible to improve relations with Russia only if the Georgian people are ready "to abandon an important part of their territory, abandon development, hope for the future."
The blame for the 2008 conflict of the year, as before, Saakashvili lays on Russia, accusing her of intending to "control Georgia and tear away Abkhazia and South Ossetia."
In Moldova will change the Soviet passport. The Moldovan government has initiated a program to replace Soviet passports with new ones, reports "RG" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
“In September, 2014, participation in elections with outdated documents will become impossible,” said Pavel Filip, Minister of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic. “The government decided to simplify the replacement procedure as much as possible and make it free, citizens will not have to bypass various institutions.”
The EU and Ukraine respect each other. The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine said that the Association Agreement with the EU complies with the Constitution. “The principle of respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states is one of the fundamental principles of international law, it is also embodied in the provisions of the agreement, in particular in part XXUMX article XXUMX, according to which Ukraine, the EU and the member states reaffirm their commitment to the principles of respect for independence and sovereignty territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders ", - quotes the message of the Ministry of Justice day.kiev.ua with reference to "LigaBusinessInform".
The statement notes: “The Association Council and the Association Committee will have the authority to make binding decisions, as well as recommendations, within the scope of the agreement and in the cases provided for by it”. Further: “The decisions of the Council and the Association Committee will be legally binding when they are adopted by both parties ... Consequently, the Council’s powers do not contain signs of supranationality, since they do not provide for the delegation of sovereign powers to an international body, decisions are made by agreement of the parties.”
The Ministry of Justice also emphasizes that “the provisions of the agreement on the creation and activities of international association bodies comply with the Constitution of Ukraine, the current legislation and the practice of implementing Ukraine’s contractual obligations”.
According to the Ministry of Justice, "the draft association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union and its member states meets the requirements of the Constitution of Ukraine and the legislation of Ukraine."
For Ukraine will take the IMF. As Andrei Zolotarev writes ("Wave"), the leadership of the IMF 29 July spread information according to which the Fund considers it necessary to introduce careful monitoring of the economic situation in Ukraine. Moreover, Reuters notes, the IMF requires Ukraine to have full access to information about the state of the economy. Such a decision was made at the request of American lenders and dictated by information about the crisis processes in the Ukrainian economy.
In December, the 2012 of the year expired the IMF program to finance the Ukrainian economy. Of the declared 15,5 billion dollars, the government received 3,4 billion dollars. “Due to non-compliance with the requirements of the fund,” Ukraine’s lending was then stopped.
30 July The Ministry of Finance redeemed another portion of the debt to the fund, but Ukraine should return to the IMF by the end of the year about 2,5 billion dollars. In general, the debt to the IMF on previously taken loans is approximately 8 billion dollars.
The current desire of the fund to take control of the Ukrainian economy is dictated by fears that Ukraine will go bankrupt.
It is hardly coincidental, the analyst notes that the IMF made its statement after the visit to Ukraine of Russian President V. Putin. The veiled goal of the fund is to make clear to the leadership of Ukraine that attempts at rapprochement with Russia are fraught with an increase in creditors' claims.
68 years of American bombing Nagasaki. The duty of all countries of the planet is to build a world without nuclear weapons. This statement was made by the Japanese Prime Minister on the 68 anniversary of the bombing of the city of Nagasaki, correspondent ITAR-TASS Alan Bulkaty.
Abe called on the whole world to remember the lessons of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue said: “There are still more than 17 thousand nuclear warheads in the world. 90% of them belong to the USA and Russia. Please reduce the number of warheads faster and more resolutely. ”
Candidate for Australian parliamentarians in knowledge of geography surpassed George W. Bush. As transmits RIA News", the Australian parliamentary candidate from the nationalist party "United Nation" in an interview with reporters called Islam a country, and at the same time mixed up some key notions of this religion. This was written by the newspaper "Daily Mail".
27-year-old Stephanie Banister, a mother of two children and a welder by profession, was detained in one of the Australian supermarkets. There she put anti-Islamic propaganda leaflets on products.
In an interview with the local television channel Channel Seven, she said:
The candidate confused the notion of “haram” (something forbidden by Muslims) with “halal” - on the contrary, by actions approved (permitted food). “Less than two percent of Australians are haram,” said Banister, speaking of the consumption of halal foods.
Banister is under investigation in the case of damage to goods in the supermarket. She will have to withdraw from the election if she is charged.
Friends of Tsarnaev in the United States charged. Boston terrorist Jokhar Tsarnaev’s university friends have been charged with conspiring to obstruct justice in the investigation of the attack, report "Vesti" with reference to Interfax.
Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbaev, two students from Kazakhstan, were arrested in May. They confessed that they were trying to destroy the evidence. The FBI claims that these students threw out Tsarnaev’s backpack with fireworks and a laptop. Later, the security services found them in a landfill.
Medal for Bill Clinton. Barack Obama announced that he would award former President Clinton for his services to America with one of the country's two highest awards - the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This was reported by the White House, reports correspondent RIA "Novosti" Alexey Bogdanovsky.
Obama also wished Bush Jr. recovery. He underwent an 6 August surgery to remove a blood clot from the cardiac artery. Bush is now recovering, and Obama wished him a quick recovery over the phone.
Why American soldiers kill themselves. Participation in hostilities is not associated with an increase in suicide among military personnel and cannot serve as an explanation for the increase in suicide incidents in the American army. These are the data of the latest report of US medical professionals, reports "RT".
In 2012, the United States recorded a record number of suicide incidents among the military - 350. Between 2011 and 2012, the rate increased by 16%.
Last year, every 25 watch drove accounts with the lives of at least one American military. The number of suicide victims in the armed forces of the United States has already exceeded the number of soldiers killed on the battlefield or in car accidents.
However, the authors of a medical study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, claim that the military kill themselves for the same reasons as civilians.
In this regard, it is curious that this study was funded by the US Department of Defense.
The report states that in the period from 2001 to 2008, the year was able to examine the 150 data of thousands of soldiers. The cause of suicide became alcoholism, depression and all sorts of mental disorders. But there was no evidence that hostilities led to a serious state of mind, as mentioned in a report published in 2011 by the Journal of Psychiatric Research.
Many critics argue that the suicide rate in the army increased after the 2008 year, in a period that the authors did not mention. This approach does not consider such factors as head injuries, acquired stress syndrome and other serious consequences. The use of civil standards in analyzing situations with the military is unacceptable.
From sergeant to corporals. An American marine in the rank of sergeant Robert Richards, convicted of abusing the bodies of the Taliban liquidated in Afghanistan, has been demoted to corporals. This was reported in the US Marine Corps, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Surzhansky.
The incident occurred in July 2011 year in the Afghan province of Helmend. In 2012, the video spread online: four marines, including Richards, urinate on the bodies of dead Taliban.
"Blue" does not need "Playboy." The leadership of the US military has decided to stop selling erotic magazines in retail outlets at US military bases around the world. Demand fell on them. This was reported by Judd Ensti, a representative of the Pentagon agency Ixchendzh Service, trading in the bases of the ground forces and military air forces, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Bekrenev.
Since 1 August, the implementation of the 891 magazine titles has been discontinued, of which 48 fall into the category “for adults”. Even such well-known publications as Playboy and Penthouse will not appear on store shelves anymore.
Not surprisingly, let us add: the American army is turning more and more blue, and the US president constantly supports the rights of gays. Pentagon holidays are now held in blue.
"Stripping" in American cities. TSA VIPR teams conduct unauthorized sweeps during sporting events, music festivals, and at metro stations. They also search people without good reason, notes rusfact.ru with reference to intellihub.com.
Sources in alternative media had previously predicted that there would be a massive deployment of teams from TSA VIPR (militarized special units ensuring transport safety, including preventive actions; created on the recommendation of the September 11 Events Commission) that would patrol local neighborhoods, transit zones and participate in higher level events.
The creation of a new militarized police has been slow, over a decade. The population has not yet understood the situation.
But now at the Union Station in New York, passengers noticed armed agents patrolling the area and searching people randomly.
TSA refuses to tell if they caught any terrorists. The facts of detention and search were confirmed by civil rights lawyers.
Leading media have already admitted that TSA VIPR conducts unauthorized sweeps during sporting events, music festivals, at subway stations, searching people without sufficient grounds. About this writes, for example, "New York Times".
“Android” and “iOS” are watching you. In the updates of the operating systems "Apple" and "Android" users found the functions of surveillance, writes "RT".
In the latest iOS7 enthusiasts found a menu item where the user's favorite places and the number of visits are automatically saved. The option can be disabled, but for this the iPhone owner will have to rummage through the settings.
Regarding the operating system from “Google”: the latest Android 4.3 “pleased” its fans with the option of continuous network scanning and geolocation - even with Wi-Fi turned off. As stated in the accompanying description, "when Wi-Fi is turned off, Google applications and others can scan nearby networks for better geolocation and other purposes."
These "other goals" and embarrassed users. The function assumes that the location of the phone will be determined automatically and used by applications.
Closed without explanation. The owner of the US mail service "Lavabit" announced the temporary closure of the resource. This mailer was used by Edward Snowden, reports RIA News".
Lavabit was founded in 2004 by programmers from Texas. He gained wide media notoriety when it turned out that Snowden had used the address [email protected] to contact human rights activists invited to his press conference at Sheremetyevo on 12 July.
The owner of the service, Laydar Livizon, does not disclose the reasons for the closure. He notes that he is deprived of the opportunity to "legally" tell about the events that led him to this decision.
A statement posted on the company's website states: “I think you have the right to know what is happening, and the first amendment should guarantee me the right to speak in such situations. Unfortunately, Congress passed laws that do not allow this. ”
Levizon said that he is preparing to file a lawsuit in court, and in the case of a favorable decision, the work of the resource will be resumed.
Instead of people the NSA will serve the machine. The director of the NSA of the USA, General Keith Alexander, said that in the framework of the fight against leaks of secret information, the department intends to reduce the number of system administrators by 90% RIA News" with reference to the "Huffington Post".
According to Alexander, about a thousand system administrators work in the NSA. Speaking in New York at an interdepartmental colleague in the presence of the heads of the FBI and the CIA, the general noted that most of their employees could be replaced with the latest technology.
For family Snowden will follow. Father Edward Snowden’s lawyer Bruce Fein has no doubt that during Lon Snowden’s visit to Russia, the American services will track all the movements of him and his client. Reports about it "Voice of Russia".
“This is another reason why we should be very careful because we don’t want to jeopardize Edward’s security,” the lawyer added.
“I assume that everything that I say or do in the framework of the Snowden case is intercepted and recorded in one way or another,” he noted. “Even when I go abroad for business, the FBI monitors my movements.”
The reboot did not turn into an overload. Washington does not consider the “reset” in relations with Russia completed. “There are still important relations between us, we are still in contact with Russia both on cooperation issues and on issues that cause controversy. We will continue this process, ”White House spokesman Jay Carney said. Interfax.
Carney expressed confidence that the heads of state will meet in St. Petersburg. “Russia hosts the G20 summit and is one of its participants, so I am sure they will meet,” he said.
At the same time, the representative of the White House said that Obama condemned the adoption in Russia of a law banning gay propaganda among minors.
“The president condemns discriminatory laws against individuals on the basis of their religious, racial, gender, or sexual orientation in any country,” said Carney. “We absolutely clearly oppose such laws in any country, including Russia,” he added.
"Intellectual" and "cowboy." The topic of the cancellation by Barack Obama of the scheduled meeting with Putin is devoted to a review of Western newspapers from "Foreign Press".
The news that Obama has canceled the meeting with Putin can clearly signal the end of the "reset", writes "Forbes".
In recent months, Putin has invented a whole series of provocations. His decision to shelter Snowden, despite repeated requests from the White House for extradition, and especially the granting of asylum to him - the very “straw that broke the camel’s back,” notes Doug Sean.
There are still a long number of claims to the Russians: arms supplies to Bashar Assad, including C-300, maintaining economic ties with North Korea, Russia's attitude towards Iran as its ally in the Middle East.
“Russia is constantly creating obstacles for us in important diplomatic and economic issues - there is every reason to let it feel the taste of its own pill,” the material says.
Obama’s decision to cancel the September meeting with Putin in Moscow is a step that highlights the decline of Russian-American relations, The Wall Street Journal writes. “This is also an unconventional harsh rebuff from the US administration, which vows to establish a dialogue with opponents,” said journalists Carol Lee and Alan Cullison.
“Let the Russians understand: they cannot simply command the United States and at the same time conduct business as usual,” said an unnamed high-ranking official in the US administration.
The editorial comment "The Washington Post" is entitled "President Obama must learn to talk to Russia."
Putin is campaigning to defeat the domestic opposition, and one of its aspects has become such a disgusting feature as anti-Americanism. The refusal of a personal meeting of Obama with Putin is a tactical device, the newspaper explains. A long-term strategy in relations with Russia should include cooperation, but it must meet the highest values of the United States.
"Bloggers and activists, arbitrarily punished by Putin, girls from the disgraced punk group Pussy Riot, orphans whose hopes were dashed, young Russians who came out to protest from city coffee shops to the streets, would be good for them all," Obama’s move says in the article. “They will clearly hear that the US President supports them, that the highest aspiration for freedom and human dignity does not belong to one country or a block of countries — this applies to all people around the world,” the authors conclude.
“Cancellation of the already scheduled visit is certainly an injury, but canceling the meeting, not even postponement, is better than failure,” expert Eurasia Group, a former US Department of State employee Cliff Kupchan, told the Corriere della Sera interview. - There was a risk of an extremely tense atmosphere, after which Obama and Putin would appear in public, showing signs of mutual hostility. We were already close to this situation two months ago when these leaders met at G8 in Northern Ireland. ”
Kupchan emphasizes Obama's sensitivity: “He has a personal, complex relationship with Putin, practically he is not able to come to any particular result. And the decision of Russia to host the American traitor was added to this, which objectively makes an official visit impossible at this stage. ”
“Putin is a skillful and cold-blooded politician, but he is also a man who likes to demonstrate his physical qualities. He is very different from Obama's rational intellectual. Paradoxically, Putin looks more like a “cowboy” of George W. Bush, and in fact he felt more comfortable with him, ”says Kupchan.
America will hurt the Russians and the Chinese? The former US representative to the UN, John Bolton, said on American television that it’s time for Washington to abandon its delicate methods in its relations with Russia and "fight" with President Putin, The Washington Times reports.
"In the end, Mr. Putin is not against raising America’s anxiety," he said. "InoTV".
Bolton said: "In my opinion, in order to understand Putin’s way of thinking, we also need to do things that would hurt him." And he added: “And although Putin has probably lost his sleep due to the fact that he cannot hold a bilateral meeting with his friend Barack Obama, such a move does not harm the interests of Russia.”
In addition, the politician noted that, having canceled a personal meeting with Putin, Obama, "in fact, simply slapped his eyelashes, it is a purely symbolic gesture."
According to Bolton, the United States is at the same time "hurting" and China, which "provided Edward Snowden with a shelter for a couple of days and allowed him to fly to Moscow." Bolton logically remarked: “It seems to me that Putin, seeing that we didn’t do anything with China, decided that he could do this with impunity as well ...”
The CIA and Saudi Arabia started the occupation of Daraa and the creation of a no-fly zone in Syria. “Brigadier General John Wright was appointed commander for the operations and coordination of the proxy war in Syria,” an anonymous source told Fars News. Reports about it Mixednews.ru.
"The 57, a veteran of American troops who fought in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, set up his office in the Jordanian city of Amman as a first step and began coordinating with Saudi Arabia," the source said. He added that Mr. Wright had a meeting with Bandar bin Sultan in Amman. "After this meeting, anti-Syrian groups led by the CIA were supplied with grenade launchers and Stinger anti-tank missiles."
In addition, the source said: "All members of the US-directed groups are recruited from Syrian youth, and currently three thousand members of these groups are training at the Jordanian base of Al-Mukar near the Syrian border." He noted: "After the occupation of the city of Daraa, the United States is seeking to impose a non-flying zone in Syria."
By Assad's motorcade - from mortars? The Syrian opposition claims that yesterday morning it struck the motorcade of Syrian President’s cars - in the heart of Damascus. He writes about it MIGnews.com.
Captain Firas al-Bitar, commander of the Tahrir ash-Sham Brigade, said that his people, having received information about the movement of the presidential motorcade, fired at him with mortars in the al-Malki district. A tuple allegedly fired 17 mortar shells.
Firas Al-Bitar said: “The attack shook the regime, despite the fact that Assad was not injured. There were two tuples - one with a real Assad, the second with a twin. We attacked the motorcade with Assad. ”
Syrian opposition resources on the Internet report that Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, two generals and officers, died as a result of the shelling.
Syria: Kurdish tragedy. Miraculously surviving residents of Kurdish villages in Syria, subjected to attacks by militants, in an interview with the correspondent. "Voices of Russia" Kamizu Dzhabrailova was told how they were saved.
From the middle of July, in a number of Kurdish regions of Syria, near the border with Turkey, there are fights between the self-defense units of the Syrian Kurds and the Islamist militants from the Syrian "opposition" who attacked them.
Militants hit the rear of the Kurdish villages away from the fighting zone. In the villages and small towns remained old men, women and children. There is no doubt that the operations were planned by the militants as punitive and intimidating. The correspondent of Voice of Russia contacted the residents of Kurdish villages, who miraculously escaped from the massacre. They managed to get to Afrin (a city near Aleppo) - to the zone that is controlled by Kurdish troops.
Juma Kahlo, a former resident of Tal Hasil village, says:
“July 28 around 4 hours of the evening the armed forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant surrounded our village and issued an ultimatum to surrender. In the village at that time there were no self-defense fighters. At the same time, the neighboring village was also surrounded. In two villages combined, there were about 40 thousands of people.
Those who will resist, the Islamists promised to cut off their heads, because, according to their statements, those who oppose them are infidels, and with infidels they will only speak with the tongue of the sword. They also said that the wives and property of the infidels were "halal" (permissible) for them ... <...>
... when the Islamists broke into the village and fighting started from house to house, the real massacre began. At first, we held the line of defense somehow from the last forces and could see what was happening in the captured part. According to my calculations, they immediately killed about 70 people - women, children and the elderly. Women and children shouted, the old people tried to say something, but they were immediately killed right in the courtyards, in front of their loved ones. They kept them to watch. And women and children were bullied and then killed. We also saw all this, but could not do anything - we had almost no ammunition left. Some of the houses were burning, there was smoke, and under its cover we tried to get anyone out of the village. I and my family got to the neighboring village, from where we got to Afrin ... ”
Those who will resist, the Islamists promised to cut off their heads, because, according to their statements, those who oppose them are infidels, and with infidels they will only speak with the tongue of the sword. They also said that the wives and property of the infidels were "halal" (permissible) for them ... <...>
... when the Islamists broke into the village and fighting started from house to house, the real massacre began. At first, we held the line of defense somehow from the last forces and could see what was happening in the captured part. According to my calculations, they immediately killed about 70 people - women, children and the elderly. Women and children shouted, the old people tried to say something, but they were immediately killed right in the courtyards, in front of their loved ones. They kept them to watch. And women and children were bullied and then killed. We also saw all this, but could not do anything - we had almost no ammunition left. Some of the houses were burning, there was smoke, and under its cover we tried to get anyone out of the village. I and my family got to the neighboring village, from where we got to Afrin ... ”
The bloody crime of militants from the Front of Al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in northern Syria shocked the international community. This correspondent told "RT" Irina Galushko.
In the border with Turkey, the city of Tell Abyad, militants executed 450 Kurdish hostages. Militants said they thus avenged. For what? For the fact that the Kurds defeated them in battle.
The UN noted that there is an investigation of the messages. If the information is confirmed, these actions will be recognized as a war crime.
According to the spokesman for the Free Syrian Army, battles are really taking place in the north of Syria, in which "many civilians are killed and most Kurdish houses are destroyed." In recent days, the situation has worsened in the city of Ain al-Arab, which is surrounded by militants of the factions of the Front al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Further, Fahd al-Masri stressed that none of the leaders of European countries made statements about what had happened. All stood aside - except Russia.
“The Kurds are interested in whether the silence of the Europeans will continue until the massacre takes place both in Halabja and Anfale during an operation in Iraq,” the spokesman said. - We talked to many European representatives and told them what was going on. We are fighting al-Qaida, which is a great threat to European states and all of humanity. However, Europe is silent. ”
Al-Qaeda has invented bombs. It remains to obtain a patent. Specialists of the Yemeni branch of Al-Qaida have created explosive devices that will not be detected by the security services of the leading airports. This is reported in the Los Angeles Times, transmits "RT".
The author of the book “Last Refuge: Yemen, Al-Qaeda and the US War in the Arabian Peninsula,” Gregory Johnsen, told the American edition: Al-Qaida has all the power needed to make bombs that are able to pass all checks at airports. It is sad.
Johnson believes that al-Qaeda enjoys the support of some tribes in the north of Yemen. Despite the fact that it conducts operations extremely rarely, the “Yemeni branch” does not allow the special services of many states to relax.
"Specially prepared and well-hidden bombs make American fighters against terrorism wake up in the middle of the night," writes the Los Angeles Times.
At the same time, experts note that the US tactics in the fight against Yemeni supporters of al-Qaeda leaves much to be desired. Beats "drones"Do not lead to the death of leaders, but only destroy ordinary members of the organization from the Bedouin tribes.
"Fragmented and weakened." The al-Qaida network is largely fragmented and weakened, but still represents a threat. Such conclusions, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to France-Presse, are contained in the report of UN experts.
According to the report, al-Qaida and its affiliates are now “isolated as never before.” They are united only by the desire for violence and freely interpreted ideology. At the same time, the threat of terrorist attacks remains high, and its cells are introducing new methods of action with regard to the goals, tactics and technologies used.
AFP notes that the UN report generally coincides with the estimates of the US government.
American alert in Pakistan. The United States partially evacuated personnel from the consulate general in Lahore because of the terrorist threat. This was reported by the State Department, reports correspondent RIA "Novosti" Alexey Bogdanovsky.
The US Foreign Office said: “On August 8, 2013, the State Department ordered non-critical personnel from the US government leaving the Consulate General in Lahore, Pakistan. The State Department ordered this reduction due to specific threats related to the consulate in Lahore. ”
According to the Department of State, the presence of foreign and local terrorist groups poses a potential threat to US citizens throughout Pakistan.
Why was the gun taken away from the mayor? Paul Renaud, mayor of the village of Chavannes (population - less than 200 people), located in the heart of France, warned the prefect representing the central government at the local level, that he would commit suicide if the Gypsy camp again came to his place. He also made a statement on this on local radio, specifies Vyacheslav Prokofiev ("Russian newspaper").
At the end of July, fifty vans with nomads arrived in Chavannes. They were placed on the local football field. Further complaints about the Gypsies began: noise, din, theft, hooliganism. The aliens unwittingly connected to the power grid, which passes next to the football field, staged a garbage dump.
Monsieur Renaud noted:
“What angered me the most was the fact that a wooden cross was hung on our old grave in our cemetery, and satanic“ sixes ”were painted on the stone wall of the churchyard with pink fluorescent paint.
According to the village head, all the week that the Gypsies lived in the territory of Chavannes, he “did not find a place for himself and was on the verge of collapse.” “People who voted for me, who trusted, saw my powerlessness to change anything. That is the reason, ”explained Renaud. He no longer wants to see aliens. And if they appear, he will fulfill his threat. The mayor had already been visited by the gendarmes: they took away his hunting rifle.
About "Go Home". Human rights organizations criticized billboards urging migrants to leave Britain. The shields were placed on London vans as part of the government campaign against illegal migration, Go Home. An open letter was published yesterday by the newspaper The Guardian, reports "Lenta.ru".
The appeal was signed by representatives of the British branch of Amnesty International, the British human rights organization Refugee Action and the British charity organization Freedom from Torture (Freedom from Torture).
The authors of the documents called the campaign “Go Home” “cynical” and stressed that it creates a “atmosphere of fear” in the country.
The text states: “This campaign instills hostility and intolerance in our society, can undermine the UK’s willingness to provide asylum in accordance with the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, and should be immediately terminated.”
At the same time, human rights defenders condemned checks near the stations of the London Underground, in connection with which, in their opinion, “the question arises of the racial orientation of migration control.”
“Lenta” reminds that in the UK against the background of a significant increase in the level of immigration migration reform was launched. According to the latest census, the number of migrants in England and Wales increased by 2,1 million people (from 2001 to 2011).
Swiss refugee difficulties. Significant restrictions imposed by the authorities of the city of Bremgarten for asylum seekers. From now on, refugees are forbidden to appear on playgrounds, in public swimming pools and even in libraries. Reports about it "RT" with reference to The Independent.
In July, a new refugee center opened in Bremgarten. The local authorities then informed the citizens that asylum seekers are prohibited from appearing in 32 so-called “exclusive zones”.
On the air of the German television channel ARD, the mayor of the city, Raymond Tellenbach, said that such measures had been taken for security reasons: to avoid conflicts and prevent drug use.
The head of the Federal Office for Immigration, Mario Gattiker, who approved the restrictions, said that they are necessary for the “peaceful coexistence of local residents and refugees.”
True, the representative of the Swiss non-state Refugee Council called the restrictions "intolerant and inhumane." He has already demanded that the government lift the ban.
Meanwhile, in Switzerland there are almost twice as many asylum seekers per capita than in neighboring states. In the country, there are one refugee per 332 resident, and in other countries, one refugee per 625 resident. To accommodate all comers, in Switzerland, even military bunkers are being re-equipped into refugee centers.
In June, a referendum was held in the country, in which the Swiss called for tougher restrictions for asylum seekers. According to the rules now adopted, military conflicts cannot be a reason for granting refugee status.
In Britain, lost thousands of documents. According to "Russian newspaper", the Service for Combating Large-Scale Financial Fraud (SFO) lost thousands of documents obtained during an investigation into the military-industrial corporation BAE Systems. About this ITAR-TASS informed the representative of the supervisory authority. “SFO deals with random data loss,” he said.
“RG” recalls that the investigation was closed several years ago. But the loss that occurred between May and October 2012 of the year was found only in May of 2013. According to the service, 32 thousands of pages of documents were sent to a single recipient who turned out to be incorrect.
Here is such an amazing mistake. Documents should be sent to 59 recipients. At the same time, the 81 audio tape was lost. Electronic media is also lost.
However, in SFO they assure that approximately 98% of materials were returned. The missing data made up only “three percent of the entire array” of the case documentation and “had no relation to the national security of the kingdom”.
The “fallback” country jokes about Obama's arrival. The Swedish edition of The Local published a comic open letter to the American president, listing in it what the US leader should know about Sweden. This tells "InoTV".
“Dear President Barack Obama! - noted in the letter. “Despite the fact that our country has become a“ backup option ”for you, our politicians are extremely excited by the fact that you kicked off Russia, and that your first bilateral meeting will be held with the authorities of Sweden ... Your visit to Sweden will be a pleasant breeze before you will head to Russia for the G20 summit. ”
The author of the letter suggested that the Swedish authorities would express outrage at Russia's behavior. As soon as Obama complains that Russia has provided asylum to Snowden, local politicians will complain to the American president about the training bombardment of Sweden, produced by Russian aircraft last Easter.
"The Local" advises the US president not to worry about the fact that during the meeting uncomfortable topics may emerge - say, about civilian casualties after attacks by American UAVs. Theme Guantanamo also will not. Speak, will be? Well, then Mr. Obama could offer a neutral state to accept several inmates from prison.
The ECHR does not want Latvia to give out the US Chalovsky. The European Court of Human Rights adopted documents on the case of a citizen of Latvia Denis Čalovský accused of cybercrime and suspended the process of his extradition to the United States, reports "Voice of Russia".
This was reported by RIA "News»Lawyer of Chalovsky Ilon Bulgakov. “The ECHR suspended the procedure for extradition of Chalovsky to the USA,” she said.
In a statement to the press, the Latvian Foreign Ministry confirmed that yesterday the Bureau of the representative of the Latvian government in international human rights institutions received a letter from the ECHR in which the court informs about its decision to apply temporary protection measures in the case of Chalovsky against Latvia.
The European Court points out that it is in the interests of the parties and to ensure proper consideration of the case that Chalovsky cannot be extradited to the United States as long as the legal proceedings on his case continue in court.
"X" against Russian vodka, or Putin was offered to take up the mind. Tallinn gay bar "X" announced a boycott of Russian vodka. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to DELFI. Thus, the institution, as noted, decided to protest against the "harassment of sex minorities in Russia."
A boycott was reported by an employee of the establishment, “Christie, guarding the entrance to the bar on holidays.”
"There is no more Russian vodka, and it will not be until Putin takes hold of the mind," she said. “He must still notice that there are other nations and other people around.”
According to this employee, the owner of the bar poured vodka supplies into the sink.
An employee of the institution notes that “against the Russians” the bar has nothing. One of these days is planned to hold a “Russian holiday”, during which guests will be offered tea from a samovar.
"Sheep before the wolf." The President of Georgia said that he was trying to improve relations with the leadership of Russia, but did not achieve success. Such a statement, as reported "Lenta.ru" With reference to REGNUM, he did in an interview with Rustavi-2.
Saakashvili said: “I have always told pleasant things to Russian President Vladimir Putin, he behaved like a sheep in front of a wolf, but the wolf will never feel good about the lamb”.
The President of Georgia also urged his people to take into account his (presidential) experience and adhere to the course towards European integration. Here is the conclusion Saakashvili made: "We should not be rams, we have already passed this path, but we did not gain anything from it."
According to the president, it is possible to improve relations with Russia only if the Georgian people are ready "to abandon an important part of their territory, abandon development, hope for the future."
The blame for the 2008 conflict of the year, as before, Saakashvili lays on Russia, accusing her of intending to "control Georgia and tear away Abkhazia and South Ossetia."
In Moldova will change the Soviet passport. The Moldovan government has initiated a program to replace Soviet passports with new ones, reports "RG" with reference to ITAR-TASS.
“In September, 2014, participation in elections with outdated documents will become impossible,” said Pavel Filip, Minister of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic. “The government decided to simplify the replacement procedure as much as possible and make it free, citizens will not have to bypass various institutions.”
The EU and Ukraine respect each other. The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine said that the Association Agreement with the EU complies with the Constitution. “The principle of respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states is one of the fundamental principles of international law, it is also embodied in the provisions of the agreement, in particular in part XXUMX article XXUMX, according to which Ukraine, the EU and the member states reaffirm their commitment to the principles of respect for independence and sovereignty territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders ", - quotes the message of the Ministry of Justice day.kiev.ua with reference to "LigaBusinessInform".
The statement notes: “The Association Council and the Association Committee will have the authority to make binding decisions, as well as recommendations, within the scope of the agreement and in the cases provided for by it”. Further: “The decisions of the Council and the Association Committee will be legally binding when they are adopted by both parties ... Consequently, the Council’s powers do not contain signs of supranationality, since they do not provide for the delegation of sovereign powers to an international body, decisions are made by agreement of the parties.”
The Ministry of Justice also emphasizes that “the provisions of the agreement on the creation and activities of international association bodies comply with the Constitution of Ukraine, the current legislation and the practice of implementing Ukraine’s contractual obligations”.
According to the Ministry of Justice, "the draft association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union and its member states meets the requirements of the Constitution of Ukraine and the legislation of Ukraine."
For Ukraine will take the IMF. As Andrei Zolotarev writes ("Wave"), the leadership of the IMF 29 July spread information according to which the Fund considers it necessary to introduce careful monitoring of the economic situation in Ukraine. Moreover, Reuters notes, the IMF requires Ukraine to have full access to information about the state of the economy. Such a decision was made at the request of American lenders and dictated by information about the crisis processes in the Ukrainian economy.
In December, the 2012 of the year expired the IMF program to finance the Ukrainian economy. Of the declared 15,5 billion dollars, the government received 3,4 billion dollars. “Due to non-compliance with the requirements of the fund,” Ukraine’s lending was then stopped.
30 July The Ministry of Finance redeemed another portion of the debt to the fund, but Ukraine should return to the IMF by the end of the year about 2,5 billion dollars. In general, the debt to the IMF on previously taken loans is approximately 8 billion dollars.
The current desire of the fund to take control of the Ukrainian economy is dictated by fears that Ukraine will go bankrupt.
It is hardly coincidental, the analyst notes that the IMF made its statement after the visit to Ukraine of Russian President V. Putin. The veiled goal of the fund is to make clear to the leadership of Ukraine that attempts at rapprochement with Russia are fraught with an increase in creditors' claims.
68 years of American bombing Nagasaki. The duty of all countries of the planet is to build a world without nuclear weapons. This statement was made by the Japanese Prime Minister on the 68 anniversary of the bombing of the city of Nagasaki, correspondent ITAR-TASS Alan Bulkaty.
Abe called on the whole world to remember the lessons of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue said: “There are still more than 17 thousand nuclear warheads in the world. 90% of them belong to the USA and Russia. Please reduce the number of warheads faster and more resolutely. ”
Candidate for Australian parliamentarians in knowledge of geography surpassed George W. Bush. As transmits RIA News", the Australian parliamentary candidate from the nationalist party "United Nation" in an interview with reporters called Islam a country, and at the same time mixed up some key notions of this religion. This was written by the newspaper "Daily Mail".
27-year-old Stephanie Banister, a mother of two children and a welder by profession, was detained in one of the Australian supermarkets. There she put anti-Islamic propaganda leaflets on products.
In an interview with the local television channel Channel Seven, she said:
"I do not object to Islam as a country, but it seems to me that their laws should not be welcomed in Australia."
The candidate confused the notion of “haram” (something forbidden by Muslims) with “halal” - on the contrary, by actions approved (permitted food). “Less than two percent of Australians are haram,” said Banister, speaking of the consumption of halal foods.
Banister is under investigation in the case of damage to goods in the supermarket. She will have to withdraw from the election if she is charged.
Friends of Tsarnaev in the United States charged. Boston terrorist Jokhar Tsarnaev’s university friends have been charged with conspiring to obstruct justice in the investigation of the attack, report "Vesti" with reference to Interfax.
Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbaev, two students from Kazakhstan, were arrested in May. They confessed that they were trying to destroy the evidence. The FBI claims that these students threw out Tsarnaev’s backpack with fireworks and a laptop. Later, the security services found them in a landfill.
Medal for Bill Clinton. Barack Obama announced that he would award former President Clinton for his services to America with one of the country's two highest awards - the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This was reported by the White House, reports correspondent RIA "Novosti" Alexey Bogdanovsky.
Obama also wished Bush Jr. recovery. He underwent an 6 August surgery to remove a blood clot from the cardiac artery. Bush is now recovering, and Obama wished him a quick recovery over the phone.
Why American soldiers kill themselves. Participation in hostilities is not associated with an increase in suicide among military personnel and cannot serve as an explanation for the increase in suicide incidents in the American army. These are the data of the latest report of US medical professionals, reports "RT".
In 2012, the United States recorded a record number of suicide incidents among the military - 350. Between 2011 and 2012, the rate increased by 16%.
Last year, every 25 watch drove accounts with the lives of at least one American military. The number of suicide victims in the armed forces of the United States has already exceeded the number of soldiers killed on the battlefield or in car accidents.
However, the authors of a medical study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, claim that the military kill themselves for the same reasons as civilians.
In this regard, it is curious that this study was funded by the US Department of Defense.
The report states that in the period from 2001 to 2008, the year was able to examine the 150 data of thousands of soldiers. The cause of suicide became alcoholism, depression and all sorts of mental disorders. But there was no evidence that hostilities led to a serious state of mind, as mentioned in a report published in 2011 by the Journal of Psychiatric Research.
Many critics argue that the suicide rate in the army increased after the 2008 year, in a period that the authors did not mention. This approach does not consider such factors as head injuries, acquired stress syndrome and other serious consequences. The use of civil standards in analyzing situations with the military is unacceptable.
From sergeant to corporals. An American marine in the rank of sergeant Robert Richards, convicted of abusing the bodies of the Taliban liquidated in Afghanistan, has been demoted to corporals. This was reported in the US Marine Corps, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Surzhansky.
The incident occurred in July 2011 year in the Afghan province of Helmend. In 2012, the video spread online: four marines, including Richards, urinate on the bodies of dead Taliban.
"Blue" does not need "Playboy." The leadership of the US military has decided to stop selling erotic magazines in retail outlets at US military bases around the world. Demand fell on them. This was reported by Judd Ensti, a representative of the Pentagon agency Ixchendzh Service, trading in the bases of the ground forces and military air forces, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Andrey Bekrenev.
Since 1 August, the implementation of the 891 magazine titles has been discontinued, of which 48 fall into the category “for adults”. Even such well-known publications as Playboy and Penthouse will not appear on store shelves anymore.
Not surprisingly, let us add: the American army is turning more and more blue, and the US president constantly supports the rights of gays. Pentagon holidays are now held in blue.
"Stripping" in American cities. TSA VIPR teams conduct unauthorized sweeps during sporting events, music festivals, and at metro stations. They also search people without good reason, notes rusfact.ru with reference to intellihub.com.
Sources in alternative media had previously predicted that there would be a massive deployment of teams from TSA VIPR (militarized special units ensuring transport safety, including preventive actions; created on the recommendation of the September 11 Events Commission) that would patrol local neighborhoods, transit zones and participate in higher level events.
The creation of a new militarized police has been slow, over a decade. The population has not yet understood the situation.
But now at the Union Station in New York, passengers noticed armed agents patrolling the area and searching people randomly.
TSA refuses to tell if they caught any terrorists. The facts of detention and search were confirmed by civil rights lawyers.
Leading media have already admitted that TSA VIPR conducts unauthorized sweeps during sporting events, music festivals, at subway stations, searching people without sufficient grounds. About this writes, for example, "New York Times".
“Android” and “iOS” are watching you. In the updates of the operating systems "Apple" and "Android" users found the functions of surveillance, writes "RT".
In the latest iOS7 enthusiasts found a menu item where the user's favorite places and the number of visits are automatically saved. The option can be disabled, but for this the iPhone owner will have to rummage through the settings.
Regarding the operating system from “Google”: the latest Android 4.3 “pleased” its fans with the option of continuous network scanning and geolocation - even with Wi-Fi turned off. As stated in the accompanying description, "when Wi-Fi is turned off, Google applications and others can scan nearby networks for better geolocation and other purposes."
These "other goals" and embarrassed users. The function assumes that the location of the phone will be determined automatically and used by applications.
Closed without explanation. The owner of the US mail service "Lavabit" announced the temporary closure of the resource. This mailer was used by Edward Snowden, reports RIA News".
Lavabit was founded in 2004 by programmers from Texas. He gained wide media notoriety when it turned out that Snowden had used the address [email protected] to contact human rights activists invited to his press conference at Sheremetyevo on 12 July.
The owner of the service, Laydar Livizon, does not disclose the reasons for the closure. He notes that he is deprived of the opportunity to "legally" tell about the events that led him to this decision.
A statement posted on the company's website states: “I think you have the right to know what is happening, and the first amendment should guarantee me the right to speak in such situations. Unfortunately, Congress passed laws that do not allow this. ”
Levizon said that he is preparing to file a lawsuit in court, and in the case of a favorable decision, the work of the resource will be resumed.
Instead of people the NSA will serve the machine. The director of the NSA of the USA, General Keith Alexander, said that in the framework of the fight against leaks of secret information, the department intends to reduce the number of system administrators by 90% RIA News" with reference to the "Huffington Post".
According to Alexander, about a thousand system administrators work in the NSA. Speaking in New York at an interdepartmental colleague in the presence of the heads of the FBI and the CIA, the general noted that most of their employees could be replaced with the latest technology.
For family Snowden will follow. Father Edward Snowden’s lawyer Bruce Fein has no doubt that during Lon Snowden’s visit to Russia, the American services will track all the movements of him and his client. Reports about it "Voice of Russia".
“This is another reason why we should be very careful because we don’t want to jeopardize Edward’s security,” the lawyer added.
“I assume that everything that I say or do in the framework of the Snowden case is intercepted and recorded in one way or another,” he noted. “Even when I go abroad for business, the FBI monitors my movements.”
The reboot did not turn into an overload. Washington does not consider the “reset” in relations with Russia completed. “There are still important relations between us, we are still in contact with Russia both on cooperation issues and on issues that cause controversy. We will continue this process, ”White House spokesman Jay Carney said. Interfax.
Carney expressed confidence that the heads of state will meet in St. Petersburg. “Russia hosts the G20 summit and is one of its participants, so I am sure they will meet,” he said.
At the same time, the representative of the White House said that Obama condemned the adoption in Russia of a law banning gay propaganda among minors.
“The president condemns discriminatory laws against individuals on the basis of their religious, racial, gender, or sexual orientation in any country,” said Carney. “We absolutely clearly oppose such laws in any country, including Russia,” he added.
"Intellectual" and "cowboy." The topic of the cancellation by Barack Obama of the scheduled meeting with Putin is devoted to a review of Western newspapers from "Foreign Press".
The news that Obama has canceled the meeting with Putin can clearly signal the end of the "reset", writes "Forbes".
In recent months, Putin has invented a whole series of provocations. His decision to shelter Snowden, despite repeated requests from the White House for extradition, and especially the granting of asylum to him - the very “straw that broke the camel’s back,” notes Doug Sean.
There are still a long number of claims to the Russians: arms supplies to Bashar Assad, including C-300, maintaining economic ties with North Korea, Russia's attitude towards Iran as its ally in the Middle East.
“Russia is constantly creating obstacles for us in important diplomatic and economic issues - there is every reason to let it feel the taste of its own pill,” the material says.
Obama’s decision to cancel the September meeting with Putin in Moscow is a step that highlights the decline of Russian-American relations, The Wall Street Journal writes. “This is also an unconventional harsh rebuff from the US administration, which vows to establish a dialogue with opponents,” said journalists Carol Lee and Alan Cullison.
“Let the Russians understand: they cannot simply command the United States and at the same time conduct business as usual,” said an unnamed high-ranking official in the US administration.
The editorial comment "The Washington Post" is entitled "President Obama must learn to talk to Russia."
Putin is campaigning to defeat the domestic opposition, and one of its aspects has become such a disgusting feature as anti-Americanism. The refusal of a personal meeting of Obama with Putin is a tactical device, the newspaper explains. A long-term strategy in relations with Russia should include cooperation, but it must meet the highest values of the United States.
"Bloggers and activists, arbitrarily punished by Putin, girls from the disgraced punk group Pussy Riot, orphans whose hopes were dashed, young Russians who came out to protest from city coffee shops to the streets, would be good for them all," Obama’s move says in the article. “They will clearly hear that the US President supports them, that the highest aspiration for freedom and human dignity does not belong to one country or a block of countries — this applies to all people around the world,” the authors conclude.
“Cancellation of the already scheduled visit is certainly an injury, but canceling the meeting, not even postponement, is better than failure,” expert Eurasia Group, a former US Department of State employee Cliff Kupchan, told the Corriere della Sera interview. - There was a risk of an extremely tense atmosphere, after which Obama and Putin would appear in public, showing signs of mutual hostility. We were already close to this situation two months ago when these leaders met at G8 in Northern Ireland. ”
Kupchan emphasizes Obama's sensitivity: “He has a personal, complex relationship with Putin, practically he is not able to come to any particular result. And the decision of Russia to host the American traitor was added to this, which objectively makes an official visit impossible at this stage. ”
“Putin is a skillful and cold-blooded politician, but he is also a man who likes to demonstrate his physical qualities. He is very different from Obama's rational intellectual. Paradoxically, Putin looks more like a “cowboy” of George W. Bush, and in fact he felt more comfortable with him, ”says Kupchan.
America will hurt the Russians and the Chinese? The former US representative to the UN, John Bolton, said on American television that it’s time for Washington to abandon its delicate methods in its relations with Russia and "fight" with President Putin, The Washington Times reports.
"In the end, Mr. Putin is not against raising America’s anxiety," he said. "InoTV".
Bolton said: "In my opinion, in order to understand Putin’s way of thinking, we also need to do things that would hurt him." And he added: “And although Putin has probably lost his sleep due to the fact that he cannot hold a bilateral meeting with his friend Barack Obama, such a move does not harm the interests of Russia.”
In addition, the politician noted that, having canceled a personal meeting with Putin, Obama, "in fact, simply slapped his eyelashes, it is a purely symbolic gesture."
According to Bolton, the United States is at the same time "hurting" and China, which "provided Edward Snowden with a shelter for a couple of days and allowed him to fly to Moscow." Bolton logically remarked: “It seems to me that Putin, seeing that we didn’t do anything with China, decided that he could do this with impunity as well ...”
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