Re: #35 - Main news thread - conflicts, terrorism, crisis from around the globe

[Anon]

Donald Trump got "rolled" by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a National Security Council source with direct knowledge of the discussions told Newsweek.

In a scheduled phone call on Sunday afternoon between President Trump and President Erdogan, Trump said he would withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria. The phone call was scheduled after Turkey announced it was planning to invade Syria, and hours after Erdogan reinforced his army units at the Syrian-Turkish border and issued his strongest threat to launch a military incursion, according to the National Security Council official to whom Newsweek spoke on condition of anonymity.

The U.S. withdrawal plays into the hands of the Islamic State group, Damascus and Moscow, and the announcement left Trump's own Defense Department "completely stunned," said Pentagon officials.

"President Trump was definitely out-negotiated and only endorsed the troop withdraw to make it look like we are getting something—but we are not getting something," the National Security Council source told Newsweek. "The U.S. national security has entered a state of increased danger for decades to come because the president has no spine and that's the bottom line."

Newsweek granted the National Security Council official anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. The source said it would not be surprising to see a Turkish incursion in the next 24 to 96 hours.

https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-official-who-heard-call-says-trump-got-rolled-turkey-has-no-spine-1463623

[Talos]

Ragıp Soylu
@ragipsoylu
I think Turkish/US partnership is now damaged beyond repair.

You have Pentagon officials who hold grudges about Turkish Parliament decision in 2003 to block US invasion of Iraq through Turkey.

Pentagon must be feeling betrayed with safe zone debacle. And Turks feel the same

[Anon]

These would be those nukes in Turkey, specifically the 50 B61 nuclear bombs at İncirlik NATO airbase. pic.twitter.com/bgUBNjDDQV

— Northern Light (@HelpfulWrits) October 7, 2019

[blue wizard from the east]

"Syrian National Army" commander: We will not allow pro-Assad forces to enter Manbij. We'il be in town soon.

Sputnik Agency: Turkish vehicles and armored vehicles entered the gate of Jarablus towards Manbij countryside

[blue wizard from the east]

Trump: We have only 50 soldiers in northern Syria

Trump: We have only 50 soldiers in northern Syria

[Talos]

Ali Özkök
@Ozkok_A
Reports come up that Hezbollah allegedly hacked CNN

PHOTO OF HACK

https://mobile.twitter.com/laraseligman/status/1181306171417939970

[Anon]

Ali Özkök
@Ozkok_A
Reports come up that Hezbollah allegedly hacked CNN

PHOTO OF HACK

https://mobile.twitter.com/laraseligman/status/1181306171417939970

What'd be the point in that?

False flag hack?

[Talos]

Ali Özkök
@Ozkok_A
NEW: Armoured vehicles cross the #Turkey border to #Syria. They are on the way to the #Manbij frontline

[blue wizard from the east]

Ali Özkök
@Ozkok_A
NEW: Armoured vehicles cross the #Turkey border to #Syria. They are on the way to the #Manbij frontline

There will be a race to Manbij.

[blue wizard from the east]

Ali Özkök
@Ozkok_A
NEW: Armoured vehicles cross the #Turkey border to #Syria. They are on the way to the #Manbij frontline

There will be a race to Manbij.

A #Turkish Armed Forces convoy is making entrance via #Jarabulus en route to #Manbij contact line.

Bir #Türk Silahlı Kuvvleri konvoyu #Cerablus üzerinden #Menbiç sınır hattına doğru intikal ediyor.#TürkMilletiOrdusununYanında pic.twitter.com/cZI63ApjpY

— XXVII (@XXVII27_) October 7, 2019

[Anon]

Ali Özkök
@Ozkok_A
Reports come up that Hezbollah allegedly hacked CNN

PHOTO OF HACK

https://mobile.twitter.com/laraseligman/status/1181306171417939970

The Pentagon TV "Hezbollah" glitch was just the freezing of a commercial for #Declassified pic.twitter.com/BTfPUsYaZR

— Relic (@RelicHq) October 7, 2019

[Matjaz]

Here we go...:

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@op_shield
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1 m
#Breaking

Turkish Air forces carried out airstrikes near Semalka border crossing.

Semelka sınır kapısına hava harekatı yapıldığı aktarılıyor.


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@op_shield
·
1 m
Heavy Turkish air activity over Derik.

Derik'te hava hareketliliği yaşanıyor. Semelka sınır kapısı yakınında bir nokta vuruldu

Allegedly video of the airstrikes:

#Sondakika

Kimliği belirsiz savaş uçakları Irak sınırındaki YPG Hedeflerini vurmuş pic.twitter.com/YBkmWnXpbD

— Turkey Reports - (@TurkeyReports0) October 7, 2019

Strange place to sstart the operation though. It's border crossing between Iraqi Kurdistan and Syrian Rojava...

They plan to cut supply route from Kurds in Iraq.

[blue wizard from the east]

They plan to cut supply route from Kurds in Iraq.

They have attacked a convoy bringing supply.

[Zambeezi]

School bus drivers in Quito are now on strike and have joined mobilizations against IMF austerity.

Chants: "Lenin Moreno, hypocrite and traitor, the people reject you in all of Ecuador" pic.twitter.com/m0AmIFyKOE

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) October 7, 2019

'The Drone Revolution' - the Equadoran people have adopted the slur term for the male honeybee 'drones'
President Lenin Moreno hurled the derogatory 'zángano' term used for 'mindless' 'uneducated'.

¡En la lucha del Pueblo nadie se cansa! Saludamos a nuestro hermano pueblo indígena, ejemplo de organización y disciplina. Unidos en la diversidad, ¡Venceremos! Muchas luchas y un solo corazón, llamado Ecuador . #ElParoRecienEmpieza #YoTambienSoyZangano #YoParoPorMiPueblo pic.twitter.com/l9Ohj1G1oa

— La Kolmena (@LaKolmenaEC) October 6, 2019

‘The drone revolution’: Ecuadorians revolt against repressive US-backed President Lenin Moreno’s neoliberal policies
https://thegrayzone.com/2019/10/07/ecuador-revolt-lenin-morenos-neoliberal-drone-zangano/


Riot police thugs enter a residence, then leave after beating a man to unconsciousness and left laying on the floor bleeding.

#SOSEcuador | Policías encapuchados revientan a un joven desarmado. ¡El mundo tiene que saber esto!

El Estado de Excepción de @Lenin ha dado el permiso para que las fuerzas de seguridad del #Ecuador masacren a la población. #RevolucionDeLosZanganos #YoTambienSoyZangano pic.twitter.com/NyvSGJGfOo

— Amauri Chamorro (@amaurichamorro) October 7, 2019

[Anon]

So we are talking about “redeployment within Syria “ away from Turkey fire.

Trump’s tweet on ending US role in Syria war has not came up at all in this call.

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) October 7, 2019

[Zambeezi]

Head of #Iraq PM Adel Abdel Mahdi's office  confirmed to me PM has no intention to resign and that the US ambassador -if news is correct- is expressing his wishful thinking.

US Ambassador privately warns that Iraqi PM's resignation 'appears inevitable'. https://t.co/SbOM4mDKXs

— Elijah J. Magnier (@ejmalrai) October 7, 2019

Now that the situation in #Iraq is settling down, we notice how upset the #US is with PM Adel Abdel Mahdi who purged the Security forces from CIA and US loyal Generals and more in my latest article.https://t.co/mIrFDxqM14

— Elijah J. Magnier (@ejmalrai) October 7, 2019

One thing is certain:The uprising in #Iraq forced the actual government to act against corruption, lift any political protection on any one accused or suspected of being corrupted and imposed a fast rhythm to re-construct, find job opportunities, and offer a proper infrastructure

— Elijah J. Magnier (@ejmalrai) October 7, 2019

[Zambeezi]

Now Muqtada is calling on the government to resign

— TØM CΛT (@TomtheBasedCat) October 7, 2019

there is a flood of sniper videos coming in
here if you want to see them
https://twitter.com/realsadaam
https://twitter.com/thestevennabil

There is no doubt that this is being provoked.
There is only ONE suspect that is obvious. spit.
same as it ever was.

[Talos]

حسين تقريبًا
@Husseinnalii
لحظة قتل متظاهر سلمي أعزل أمام الكاميرا..

The moment a peaceful protester was killed in front of the camera in Iraq

Video
https://mobile.twitter.com/Husseinnalii/status/1181282929881812992

[Anon]

The Turkish defence ministry has posted a tweet saying all preparations for a possible military operation into northeastern Syria are completed

— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) October 7, 2019

[Anon]

Alert: #Iraq has cut internet access again as of 22:00 UTC; connectivity at 22%, the lowest level since crisis began with some providers now totally offline

Access was partially restored for six hours during and after President Salih's speech.

https://t.co/7GF42YLDWU pic.twitter.com/CUF9UVkqh5

— NetBlocks.org (@netblocks) October 7, 2019

[Anon]

House Foreign Affairs Committee
‏
@HouseForeign
3h3 hours ago

Chairman @RepEliotEngel denounces the Trump Administration’s reported plans to withdraw the United States from the Open Skies Treaty.

https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/_cache/files/4/6/46136e03-1d92-431b-aa31-7d20d2f266f9/5B01C6DD219BB03F508CB4377B03183E.ele-letter-to-o-brien-open-skies-treaty-final.pdf

[Anon]

Downing St briefing in modern times. The diplomatic repercussions will be significant. If it is even half true, the bad blood between the UK and EU could last a decade. @JGForsyth

— Robert Peston (@Peston) October 7, 2019

[boris]

Lmao, GLP front page is a sight. Four super pinned threads on Turkey/Syria situation to compensate for lack of a dedicated thread to such ongoing events, and more tellingly the lack of posters who visit the site.

Once you go Zod you never go back!

[Zambeezi]

About 30 Chinese officials, led by Vice Finance Minister Liao Min, entered the U.S. Trade Representative’s office for two days of negotiations, to be followed by the first minister-level trade talks in more than two months. https://t.co/18PTn1EvyQ

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) October 8, 2019

Hopes for a deal dim as US-China trade talks get underway in tense atmosphere
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/us-china-trade-war-deal-hopes-dim-talks-underway-11980092

[Zambeezi]

9:30pm I walk past one tiny stretch of the now-parked Indigenous caravans. Many other communities are also en route to Quito, set to arrive by Wednesday. @teleSURenglish pic.twitter.com/U0YXsIRUua

— Camila (@camilateleSUR) October 8, 2019

ROIDERS
Indigenous protests convulse Ecuador; oil fields stopped president decries 'coup attempt'
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ecuador-protests/indigenous-protests-convulse-ecuador-477-people-arrested-idUSKBN1WM1EP

QUITO (Reuters) - Thousands of indigenous protesters marched into capital Quito on Monday in a fifth day of action against austerity measures that have sparked the worst unrest in years, prompting President Lenin Moreno to accuse opponents of attempting a coup.

“What has happened is not a manifestation of social discontent in protest of a government decision.
The lootings, vandalism and violence show there is an organized political motive to destabilize the government.”




Moreno claims a 'coup attempt' orchestrated by Correa and leftist Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

“They are behind this coup attempt, and they are using and instrumentalizing some indigenous sectors,” Moreno said.
He added that he had temporarily moved government operations to the southern city of Guayaquil, the financial capital.

“What has happened is not a manifestation of social discontent in protest of a government decision.
The lootings, vandalism and violence show there is an organized political motive to destabilize the government.”

Correa, who lives in Belgium, has been fiercely criticizing Moreno, including with a video circulating on social media where he sings
“Ecuadoreans, to the streets ... Goodbye, Lenin!”

[Zambeezi]

too funny... 2 blocks from the palace. haha... these are just the locals. They're waiting for the coming thousands of indigenous 'drones' starting to arrive!!

.@IainB_teleSUR reports: in the center of the Ecuadorean capital, protests against the government's recently announced austerity measures continue, while heavily militarized security forces try to quell the demonstrations #ElParoSigue pic.twitter.com/iIwxNsNNpf

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) October 8, 2019

tear gas shuts down the party...

10pm: Police disperse vast amounts of tear gas just outside of Ecuador's National Assembly—the absolute worst I’ve seen yet. @teleSURenglish pic.twitter.com/5GZjG7E6eN

— Camila (@camilateleSUR) October 8, 2019

more are coming... lots more

[Zambeezi]

popcorn?



same meeting.. nvr mind

[KneelB4Zod!]

Good morning

[KneelB4Zod!]

Very sad truth about Hong Kong. Hoping that the government would be able to restore order and punish all the terrorists rioters. https://t.co/oKBq815loq

— Confused Patrick (@enoughfakenews) October 7, 2019

[KneelB4Zod!]

Syrian Kurds protest near US-occupied military base seeking protection from Turkish occupation pic.twitter.com/73ScbxQXbD

— RT (@RT_com) October 7, 2019