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Will Turkey and Iran Unite Against U.S Sanctions?
On Saturday, August 11th, Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif officially called on the US to abandon the practice of imposing sanctions following Trump’s announcement on increased tariffs for Turkish aluminum and steel. The Iranian minister wrote on his Twitter: Trump’s jubilation in inflicting economic hardship on its NATO ally Turkey is shameful. The US […]
‘Anti-Stalinism’ is Left-Wing Racism – Part 2
By Jay Tharappel – Continued from part 1 Anti Stalinism is Colonalism in Denial Anti Stalinism denigrates the Soviet Union and Joseph Stalin for building “socialism in one country” while professing the correctness of Leon Trotsky’s line of “permanent revolution” which calls for “world revolution”. The reason “world revolution” was the dominant theme in the […]
HAIDAR AL-ABADI BETRAYS IRAN TO UPHOLD TRUMP’S SANCTIONS, PROVING HE IS THE US ZOG’S SERVANT AND A DISGRACE TO ALL IRAQIS
by Jonathan Azaziah – What a disgusting, two-faced, sniveling, subservient piece of trash Haidar al-Abadi is. Delivering a statement on the Tangerine Terrorist Trump’s savage new economic measures against the Islamic Republic of Iran that shocked Iraqis, Iranians and even Western and GCC ZOGs, the Iraqi Prime Minister cynically and rather insanely declared, “We consider […]
Psychotronic and Electromagnetic Weapons: Remote Control of the Human Nervous System
Note to readers: please click the share buttons above This article was originally published on January 31, 2013. In March 2012 the Russian defense minister Anatoli Serdjukov said: “The development of weaponry based on new physics principles; direct-energy weapons, geophysical weapons, wave-energy weapons, genetic weapons, psychotronic weapons, etc., is part of the state arms […]
The grand irony of RussiaGate: How the US becomes more like the USSR every day
sott.net/news When the Soviet regime exiled Sakharov in 1980, everybody assumed the USSR was permanent and impregnable to collapse. There are many ironies in the RussiaGate drama, but none greater than this: The U.S. becomes more like the former U.S.S.R. every day. Longtime correspondent Bart D. sketches out the irony: I look at the US […]
Operation Dollar Dump: Following sanctions Turkey looks for alternatives to US domination
sott.net/news © AFP 2018 / OZAN KOSE The process of de-dollarization, which specifically stipulates scrapping the dollar as the world’s reserve currency, continues to gain strength among the BRICS countries and in Iran. Turkey is also taking active steps in this direction, which indicates its desire to ditch the dollar, Turkish political analyst Can Selcuki […]
The CIA”s Double Standard Revisited
Melvin GOODMAN The Central Intelligence Agency has practiced a double standard for many years. Former CIA director David Petraeus escaped a jail sentence despite providing eight notebooks of highly classified information, including names of covert operatives, to his biographer-mistress. Conversely, Reality Winner, a former Air Force linguist, has been in jail for the past year, […]
The Persian Gulf: What Lies Beneath One Particular Event
The online news publication The Intercept referred to their sources in diplomatic circles in its reports that Arabic countries lobbied to have Rex Tillerson removed from his post as the US Secretary of State because they were not happy with his work. According to information leaked to the press, the US Secretary of State irritated […]
U.S. Is Complicit in Child Slaughter in Yemen
On August 9, a U.S.-supported Saudi airstrike bombed a bus carrying schoolchildren in Sa’ada, a city in northern Yemen. The New York Times reported that the students were on a recreational trip. According to the Sa’ada health department, the attack killed at least forty-three people. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, at […]
Lira Collapse To Jump The Mediterranean
Authored by Tom Luongo, The Turkish Lira crisis is fundamentally different than the Russian Ruble crisis of 2014/15. This one has contagion risk. Back then no one was worried about the fall of the ruble having spillover effect. If Sberbank failed, it wouldn’t jump to Europe. Then again, there was little worry about that since […]
Russian Northern Fleet warships enter Mediterranean Sea in Atlantic voyage
MURMANSK, August 11. /TASS/. A group of the Russian Northern Fleet’s warships has entered the Mediterranean Sea on a long-distance Atlantic voyage, the Fleet’s press office reported on Saturday. “The group of warships comprising the missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov and the large anti-submarine warfare ship Severomorsk, performing long-distance voyage tasks, completed its passage through the […]
Here Are 5 of the Most Disturbing Foreign-Policy Blunders of the Trump Era
— from Alternet President Donald Trump has not only used his “draining the swamp” concept in connection with domestic policy—he has applied it to foreign policy as well, denouncing the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations as foreign-policy nightmares. Trump, in fact, has often been quite critical of Bush and his vice president, Dick […]
Russian missile frigate on anti-piracy mission holds drills in Gulf of Aden
© Ruslan Shamukov/TASS KALININGRAD, August 11. /TASS/. The Russian Baltic Fleet’s missile frigate Yaroslav Mudry staying in the Gulf of Aden on an anti-piracy mission has held air defense, anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare drills and is preparing to escort a convoy of civil ships, Fleet Spokesman Roman Martov said on Saturday. “In accordance with the voyage’s […]
Greetings on Sports and Fitness Day
The message reads, in part: “Widely celebrated in Russia, this wonderful holiday brings together a great number of people, from athletes and coaches to sports and fitness professionals, and all those who enjoy an active and healthy lifestyle. Promotion of mass sports is a key goal and priority for Russia. We will continue to focus on modernising sports infrastructure, training highly skilled specialists, mentors and teachers. It is important to make sure that each […]
Race walker Mizinov from Russia grabs bronze in 20km event at 2018 European Championships
BERLIN, August 11. /TASS/. Athlete Vasiliy Mizinov from Russia competing in the neutral status has won the bronze medal in the 20km race walk at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin. The athlete from Russia covered the distance in 1 hour and 20.50 minutes. The gold went to Spain’s Alvaro Martin (1:20:42) and the silver […]
Greece recalls ambassador from Russia: TASS
Greece has recalled its ambassador to Russia amid tensions over Moscow’s alleged interference in the country’s affairs. Russia’s TASS news agency said on Friday that Andreas Friganas, the ambassador of Greece in the Russian Federation, had been summoned. “Mr. Friganas is being recalled to Greece. He completes his mission in Moscow and will be replaced […]
Iran’s IRGC disbands terror team on Iraq border, kills 11 members
Servicemen enlisted with Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) (Photo by Tasnim News Agency) Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has disbanded a team of terrorists on the country’s border with Iraq, killing 11 of its members. The IRGC announced in a statement that servicemen from its Hamzah Seyyed al-Shuhada’s base had performed the […]
“The evil doer is Saudi Arabia”
A Fox News host has criticized US President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy, saying that Saudi Arabia is to blame for the chaos in the region. President Trump has restored tough sanctions against Iran in order to force Tehran to renegotiate the 2015 nuclear Iran. It is generally believed that Saudi Arabia and Israel pushed […]
Syrian Air Defense Forces Destroy ‘Hostile Target’ Near Damascus: Media
southfront.org Donate Illustrative image The Syrian Air Defense Forces (SADF) have destroyed a “hostile target” near Damascus, the state-run news agency SANA reported on August 11. According to the report, the target was destroyed over the Deir al-Ashair area. No more details were provided. However, according to local sources, the SADF destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle […]
10 Russian wooden churches you need to see before it's too late (PHOTOS)
Russia has preserved much of its wooden architecture in the north, but some of these gravity-defying structures are in danger of crumbling into thin air. Centuries ago almost all buildings in Russia were made of wood – many of these structures were like great works of art. Those that have survived are brilliantly ornate and […]
