Re: #32 - Main news thread - conflicts, terrorism, crisis from around the globe

[Zambeezi]

Russia Eases rules for purchases made through intermediaries to alleviate secondary buyers’ fears of U.S. sanctions
Russia Makes It Easier for Buyers of Its Weapons to Avoid US Sanctions
https://www.checkpointasia.net/russia-makes-it-easier-for-buyers-of-its-weapons-to-avoid-us-sanctions/

►Reports found that Russia sold the second-most weapons in 2018 despite five years of declining sales.
►Countries trading with Russia’s defense and intelligence sectors currently face secondary sanctions under U.S. measures imposed in August 2017

►The new decree relaxes export control rules
(that required secondary arms buyers to inform Russia in writing that it was the final buyer)

►These countries can now avoid direct contact with Russia
by making the primary arms buyer responsible for informing Moscow
that the secondary buyer vows not to resell the weapons.

►Russia’s relaxed regulations will free up Sub-Saharan African, Latin American and certain Southeast Asian states to purchase small arms and light weapons from Russia without fear of secondary sanctions.

►The measures do not impact China, India, Egypt, Algeria and Vietnam
(which either ignore U.S. sanctions or negotiate exceptions for themselves)

[Zambeezi]

Guy Elster‏@guyelster · 4 min.
#BREAKING #Israel PM Netanyahu says he will annex Jordan Valley if he wins the upcoming elections, says Trump peace plan is an historic opportunity to annex the West Bank

gee. i don't see a problem...

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BREAKING: US President Trump fires National Security Advisor Bolton.

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Guy Elster‏@guyelster · 4 min.
#BREAKING #Israel PM Netanyahu says he will annex Jordan Valley if he wins the upcoming elections, says Trump peace plan is an historic
opportunity to annex the West Bank

He says that he will annex west bank every election if he goes through with it this time the Palestinians will just have to start fighting back like in Gaza and Jordan is not going to be happy with the Jordan valley being annexed so Jordan will probably start smuggling arms to the West bank.

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BREAKING: US President Trump fires National Security Advisor Bolton.

Trump fires Bolton: I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions
https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/trump-fires-bolton-i-disagreed-strongly-with-many-of-his-suggestions-1.7830001

Trump has just announced that he has fired John Bolton just days after reports emerged that the national security adviser opposed the president’s secret plan to hold peace talks with the Taliban at Camp David
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/sep/10/trump-news-today-latest-economy-north-carolina-republicans-live?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_reddit_is_fun_golden_platinum

President Trump Fires John Bolton
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/10/724363700/trump-fires-john-bolton-in-final-break-after-months-of-policy-divisions

Trump sacks national security adviser John Bolton
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49655279

Trump fires national security adviser John Bolton
https://www.axios.com/john-bolton-fired-donald-trump-tweet-a69a3771-2a62-4b15-a643-76f38d0614fb.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100

Trump says he fired national security advisor John Bolton after botched Taliban negotiations
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/10/trump-says-he-fired-national-security-advisor-john-bolton.html

NYT
John Bolton Fired as National Security Adviser
http://archive.is/G3DZ4

[Zambeezi]

America's war on Afghanistan: 18 years, trillions of dollars, nothing achieved – @GeorgeGalloway on #Afghanistan tensions pic.twitter.com/eouqNqWQuc

— RT (@RT_com) September 10, 2019

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BREAKING: US President Trump fires National Security Advisor Bolton.

Good, i wonder whats going on....
Is this a political move for his 2020 campaing? is this a move for him against endless wars? Who will replace Bolton, maybe someone even worse :'(
This is indeed a very very interesting thing to happen now

[Zambeezi]

It is hard to miss the absurdity of American officials lecturing other governments about the need to be “normal”...
The Absurdity of Pompeo’s ‘Normal Nation’ Rhetoric
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/larison/the-absurdity-of-pompeos-normal-nation-rhetoric/

It is hard to miss the absurdity of American officials lecturing other governments about the need to be “normal” when our government’s foreign policy is anything but that. If there is any country in the world that is less “normal” in the scope and ambitions of its foreign policy than ours, I can’t think of which one it would be.

Of course, Pompeo condemns Iran for its “abnormality” while touting the very destructive actions of the Saudis and the UAE, because he and the administration don’t object to destructive behavior if the “right” people are engaged in it. The idea that the Iranian people can “convince” their government to change its foreign policy is based on two false assumptions.
►The first is that most Iranians want their government to make these changes. According to the best information we have, that isn’t true. Most Iranians reject Pompeo’s demands.
►The second is that the Iranian people are in a position to force a change in policy when they are being suffocated by U.S. sanctions and faced with an increasingly repressive government.

Even if most Iranians wanted their government to give in to Pompeo’s demands (and they don’t), hard-line elements in the government have been greatly strengthened by the “maximum pressure” campaign and the external threat to the country has made it that much less likely that Iranian leaders would consider making any more concessions to the U.S. Pompeo defines current Iranian regime behavior as “abnormal,” but it is Trump’s bankrupt Iran policy that is encouraging more of that behavior.

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BREAKING: US President Trump fires National Security Advisor Bolton.

Good, i wonder whats going on....
Is this a political move for his 2020 campaing? is this a move for him against endless wars? Who will replace Bolton, maybe someone even worse :'(
This is indeed a very very interesting thing to happen now

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Note Trump is firing Bolton at the same time as Nethayahu announces live on TV that he's gonna annex the complete West Bank.

This is the third time in  few days that Trump is pissing on Bibi's party.(read my earlier posts).

The Adelson's(big supporters of Trump and untill recently nethanyahu) are dumping Bibi.

Trump is in love with Iran and wants to talk 'without preconditions.

This will become weird in the next few weeks.

Just keep in mind we've been in this situation before in 2012,only with Obama as president.

it seemed like Obama was ready to bomb Iran ,but he changed his mind in the last moment.

But the outcome this time is less clear.

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[Zambeezi]

Interfax news

Patrushev reaffirms Russia's decision not to be first to deploy intermediate-, shorter-range missiles

Lavrov says Trump did not divulge any U.S. state secrets to him at 2017 meeting
Peskov confirms alleged U.S. spy Smolenkov worked at Russian Presidential Executive Office
Suspected spy Smolenkov had no direct access to Putin - Peskov

Moldovan foreign minister to visit Moscow to discuss withdrawal of Russian troops from Transdniestria
OSCE offers Moldova help in evaluating condition of Russian ammo depots in Transdniestria - Dodon
Transdniestrian representatives to attend Moldovan-Russian Intergovernmental Commission meeting - Dodon

Medvedev: Russia was never fully integrated with G8
Medvedev expects normalization of Russia-EU relations
Russia-EU relations at 'zero level', recovery depends on new EU heads - Medvedev
MEDVEDEV: RUSSIAN-EU RELATIONS CURRENTLY AT ZERO LEVEL, IF NEW EU LEADERSHIP WISHES TO NORMALIZE THEM, WE'LL DO THAT
OMV chief: no point commenting on sanctions against Nord Stream 2 yet, but operator taking various scenarios into account


Decision on resuming Georgian-Russian talks in Prague to be made in late Sept - early Oct - Abashidze

PUTIN APPOINTS YEVGENY IVANOV AS STATE SECRETARY, DEPUTY FM - DECREE


Putin confident about strengthening Russian-Tajik strategic partnership for Central Asia's security
Gazprom to step up exploration, update resource base in Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk production centers to supply gas to China via Mongolia



Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan unhappy about restrictions on exports of their coal to Ukraine through Russia - paper
Ukraine, Azerbaijan need common stance on settling conflicts in post-Soviet republics - ambassador
Ukraine wants to participate in Southern Gas Corridor project - ambassador in Baku

Poroshenko again fails to show up at Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigations, lawyer presents written testimony
Poroshenko summoned for questioning in 2 cases on Tuesday


Monument to Slovenians killed in WWI, WWII to be unveiled in Moscow - Russian PM
Economic dialogue with Russia important to Slovenia - PM


Rosneft: Attempts to limit company's recovery of investments in Venezuela illegal, we have right to defend ourselves

Up to 12,000 terrorist fighters migrate from Syria to Iraq - Kosachyov

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CNN is reporting Bolton resigned

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[boris]

it is Sept 11 here in Australia, kind of funny Bolton is fired on Sept 11!!

[boris]

Pompeo press conference in about 10 mins
http://www.reuters.tv/l/PIkR/2019/09/10/pompeo-mnuchin-bolton-hold-white-house-briefing

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[KneelB4Zod!]

Assad curse strikes again...

[boris]

live now!

[Talos]

Massive rocket barrage hits Israel from Syria?

[Talos]

It looks like from Gaza probably revenge for the Iraq bombing

[Talos]

Reports that Netanyahu rally comes under rocket fire

[KneelB4Zod!]

#BREAKING Footage of #Israel PM Netanyahu taken away during the rocket alert in Ashdod pic.twitter.com/tlaLRdUBAf

— Guy Elster (@guyelster) September 10, 2019

[KneelB4Zod!]

Multiple rockets were fired from Gaza towards Ashdod where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was holding an election rally. Footage of Iron Dome Air Defences intercepting the rockets #Israel #Gaza pic.twitter.com/LyecCtvmmi

— CNW (@ConflictsW) September 10, 2019

[Talos]

After Netanyahu annexing threat looks like Netanyahu has finally got his war

[Talos]

Look out for a surprise missile barrage from Syria tonight in retaliation for Abu Kamal bombing.

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Guy Elster
@guyelster
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#BREAKING US imposes sanctions over Iran, Hamad, ISIS, Hezbollah and Al Qaeda

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Elijah J. Magnier
@ejmalrai
#Iraq Moqtada al-sadr in presence of Sayyed Ali Khamenei and Sardar Qassem Soelimani during the 10th of Moharram Ashoura' in #Iran.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ejmalrai/status/1171490588882960384

Very inteteresting to see Al Sadr in Iran

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Guy Elster
@guyelster
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#BREAKING US imposes sanctions over Iran, Hamad, ISIS, Hezbollah and Al Qaeda

What an insult to compare Hezbollah and Iran to the likes of ISIS

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Guy Elster
@guyelster
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#BREAKING US imposes sanctions over Iran, Hamad, ISIS, Hezbollah and Al Qaeda

What an insult to compare Hezbollah and Iran to the likes of ISIS

That's how the false rhetoric being created. People, who don't follow facts and situation closely already have them in the same basket...

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Mohamad Bazzi
@BazziNYU
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John Bolton was fired on Ashura. What more symbolism could Iran ask for?

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Guy Elster
@guyelster
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#BREAKING #Iran says #Bolton's departure shows failure of US "maximum pressure"