Re: #36 - Main news thread - conflicts, terrorism, crisis from around the globe

[KneelB4Zod!]

Former US Secretary of Defense James Mattis hits back against Trumppic.twitter.com/3hyynYqSo2

— Ali Özkök (@Ozkok_A) 18. října 2019

[KneelB4Zod!]

Y.N.M.S‏ @ynms79797979 · 2 min.
Raqqa:
The deployment of the Syrian Arab Army continues in the vicinity of Ein Arab on the border with Turkey in an orderly and deliberate manner.

Ali Özkök‏ @Ozkok_A · 40 sek.
Reports claim that Assad forces took control of the whole border region to Turkey from Kobani to the west till the Euphrates river.


Idlib:

Y.N.M.S‏ @ynms79797979 · 2 min.
Urgent :

Warplanes target terrorist points and locations in the vicinity of # Al-Nqair town in the southern countryside of Idlib.

Y.N.M.S‏ @ynms79797979 · 16 min.
Russian Air Force steps up strikes in northwest Syria as new Idlib operation approaches

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/russian-air-force-steps-up-strikes-in-northwest-syria-as-new-idlib-operation-approaches/

[KneelB4Zod!]

Guy Elster‏@guyelster · 10 min.
Turkey’s pro-government media hailed the cease-fire agreement as a clear win for #Erdogan

“Great Victory” read Yeni Safak’s banner headline. “Turkey got everything it wanted.”

Sabah newspaper headlined: “We won both on the field and on the (negotiating) table"

(From AP)

[Slovák]

U.S. attempts to substitute int'l law with its own 'order' fraught with another Cold War - Patrushev

Russia officially suggests moving work of UNGA First Committee to Geneva or Vienna
http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?pg=2&id=932544

Russia urges BRICS ... to focus on the following top-priority tasks: to minimize the risks of an armed conflict, give up any bloc mentality and a policy of new dividing lines, ensure strategic stability in the missile and nuclear sphere, and gradually resolve all conflicts,
http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=932564

[KneelB4Zod!]

Y.N.M.S‏ @ynms79797979 · 17 min.
Believe it or not, the M4 path is controlled by the SDF

Y.N.M.S‏ @ynms79797979 · 12 min.
Turkey to Syria will not cross the "red line" agreed with Russia.

#BREAKING #Turkey army continues to attack Ras Ayn in Syria despite the ceasefire agreement: AP https://t.co/CYmBkQbZ4w

— Guy Elster (@guyelster) 18. října 2019

Syrian Arab Army soldiers at rest in the city of Ras al Ain northeastern #Aleppo countryside #Syria #Syrianarmy #SANAplease feel free to follow for daily Syrian Arab Army updates pic.twitter.com/PC7fcDpYeN

— Steele M (@SteeleM35085377) 18. října 2019

The Turkish press publishes some video footage of the involvement of Turkish troops in the fight against YPG/PKK elements in the Tel Abyad-Rasalayn area. pic.twitter.com/KydxgW6ypp

— Ali Özkök (@Ozkok_A) 18. října 2019

Idlib:

Al-Masdar News‏@TheArabSource · 14 min.
Russian Air Force attacks jihadist-held town in southern Idlib: video https://aml.ink/8AjRm #Russia #Syria



Y.N.M.S‏ @ynms79797979 · 11 min.
Russian warplanes carried out several raids on terrorist outposts in the town of Rakaya,KfrSjnh in the southern countryside of Idlib

[Slovák]

Has ISIS not been the Cartel all along?

[KneelB4Zod!]

The Grayzone‏ @GrayzoneProject · 5 hod.
The US has backed 21 of the 28 ‘crazy’ militias leading Turkey’s brutal invasion of northern Syria

@MaxBlumenthal on how Washington's 'moderate rebels' became Turkish mercenaries, and the absurd cover-up of their Western enablers.

https://thegrayzone.com/2019/10/16/us-backed-crazy-militias-turkeys-invasion-syria/

[KneelB4Zod!]

Abdulla Hawez‏@abdullahawez · 1 hod.
Ethnic map of the US-Turkey agreed on 'safe zone':

Yellow line: supposed safe zone area
Black: the areas already captured by TR-backed forces
Green: Kurds
Purple: Arabs

[KneelB4Zod!]

Danny Makki‏ @Dannymakkisyria · 6 min.
Yesterday: Ceasefire agreement in northern #Syria

Today: Turkish airstrikes kill 5 civilians and wound over 20

[KneelB4Zod!]

Brasco_Aad‏ @Brasco_Aad · 26 sek.
-breaking-

The Dutch Air Force killed at least 70 innocent Iraqi civilians in an bombing raid on Hawija, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq on 3 june 2015.

https://www.ad.nl/buitenland/zeventig-doden-door-nederlandse-bom-in-irak~abc563af/?referrer=https://twitter.com/i/cards/tfw/v1/1185170145272090625?cardname=summary_large_image&autoplay_disabled=true&forward=true&earned=true&edge=true&lang=cs&card_height=343.9999694824219&scribe_context=%7B%22client%22%3A%22web%22%2C%22page%22%3A%22home%22%2C%22section%22%3A%22home%22%2C%22component%22%3A%22tweet%22%7D&bearer_token=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPYXBAAAAAAACLXUNDekMxqa8h%252F40K4moUkGsoc%253DTYfbDKbT3jJPCEVnMYqilB28NHfOPqkca3qaAxGfsyKCs0wRbw

[Slovák]

Militants from Syria, Iraq actively moving to Afghanistan, Africa, Asia-Pacific region - Patrushev
Interfax

[KneelB4Zod!]

Y.N.M.S‏ @ynms79797979 · 7 min.
Erdogan: Turkey wants to reach "reasonable agreement" with Russia on withdrawal of Kurdish forces modeled on Manbij

[KneelB4Zod!]

Yury Barmin‏ @russia_mideast · 23 min.
Erdogan says he wants to reach an deal with Putin on withdrawal of the Kurdish formations from Manbij and other areas taken by Damascus. According to him, if SAA-controlled territory is cleared from the PKK he has no problem with Damascus taking control

https://ria.ru/20191018/1559942993.html

[KneelB4Zod!]

More pictures of the absolutely massive third Freedom March entering Barcelona, showing the size of the rally.

Cheered on by crowds of people on bridges.#VagaGeneral18O#MarxesXLlibertat#MarxesPerLaLlibertat #objectiuindependencia pic.twitter.com/Ljql0B5QSG

— Ian56 (@Ian56789) 18. října 2019

[boris]

[Zambeezi]

What #Bolivia faces if @evoespueblo loses Sunday's elections, and the country returns to those who governed during the neoliberal period?#EleccionesBolivia2019https://t.co/gblWu0l95y

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) October 18, 2019

[Zambeezi]

socialism will get the 'blame' of course to 'justify' the austerity and 'sell off' or 'encumbering' of national assets like transportation..  

Hundreds of students once again occupied metro stations in Chile's capital Santiago, in order to allow users to travel free, after ticket prices rose to over $1, one of the most expensive transportation costs in the region.
Calls for 'mass evasions' are expected for the next days https://t.co/Pl7Zn1dHUY

— teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) October 18, 2019

Metro riders are throwing up and/or choking after being gassed by Carabineros inside of the subway train. This is today on Línea 5 in Santiago, Chile. @PiensaPrensa pic.twitter.com/lnFJg6qpq7

— Camila (@camilateleSUR) October 18, 2019

....but ALL of Latin America (down to indigenous tribes and farmers) understands quite well
the 'game' of plunder played by traitorous bootlickers who sell out their own country for political/private gain and IMF 'debt for assets' shuffle.


Bolivia requires all armed soldiers to attend a mandatory re-education institute
that unscrambles the neoliberal lies then trains them to recognize/resist the bait/deceptions and propaganda
to help GUARD their nation against western backed coups and insurrections.

[KneelB4Zod!]

Back from poker...

[KneelB4Zod!]

Y.N.M.S
@ynms79797979
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US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said US forces would not take part in the creation of a "safe zone" in northern Syria, adding that the United States was "continuing a deliberate withdrawal from northeast Syria."¨

Y.N.M.S
@ynms79797979
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"US ground forces will not participate in the imposition of the safe area, but we will remain in contact with Turkey and SDF," the minister told reporters.

[KneelB4Zod!]

Russian Military Police patrols on the M4 highway. pic.twitter.com/CQJPg8Lyrv

— Ali Özkök (@Ozkok_A) October 18, 2019

[KneelB4Zod!]

The legend and his weapon pic.twitter.com/z9YwhLu3Q6

— ZOKA (@200_zoka) October 18, 2019

[Anon]

Sitting in the Oval Office next to the president of Italy, and referring to the battleground between the Turkish military and Syrian Kurds. “They’ve got a lot of sand over there. So there’s a lot of sand they can play with.”

"It's a lot of sand. They've got a lot of sand over there so there's a lot of sand that they can play with" pic.twitter.com/e1iFMXNvtI

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) October 16, 2019

Lotta sand, great sand, big sand !

Can you see how empty is everything he says? He wants to look pompous so he uses words as great, big, "uuuuge" etc. to make his speeches sound important. Without such adjectives his speeches would be just sentences composed of a few words lol. It's all empty talk and it sounds like speech aimed to metally unfit audience from psych-ward. "Big water, ocean water"...

ahaha yeah, "big water" moment was exact thing that came to mind when I saw the clip.

Nobody knew there was all that sand. Big sand. But i found it. Now the Turks and Syrians want it. Let them fight. Not our problem (not real quote but coulda been )

[ShockJock]

You missed the point he made:  They and their countries are all WORTHLESS.  There's nothing for America to be involved with.

The whole involvement of my country and its military was a complete waste of time and money.  THAT is what he meant with "a lot of sand over there."

He's doing exactly what I and others who voted for him want: Getting us OUT of endless wars.  I am glad he withdrew our troops.   Now I want him to do the same globally.

Let the world fend for itself.  Let the savages have-at each other.  When the dust settles, America will still be here to do business with the survivors.

[Anon]

The Clinton witch just can't help herself. She attacked Tulsi Gabbard on a radio podcast earlier (yesterday) and actually it seems she was too cowardly to call Tulsi by name instead referring to her as the Russian asset in the Democratic Presidential race, and also attacked the other previous Presidential candidate Jill Stein overtly as a Russian asset. Here's their responses with devastating truth bombs, lol:

Great! Thank you @HillaryClinton. You, the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long, have finally come out from behind the curtain. From the day I announced my candidacy, there has been a ...

— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) October 18, 2019

... powerful allies in the corporate media and war machine, afraid of the threat I pose.

It’s now clear that this primary is between you and me. Don’t cowardly hide behind your proxies. Join the race directly.

— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) October 18, 2019

@DrJillStein
10h10 hours ago

It's a shame HRC is peddling conspiracy theories to justify her failure instead of reflecting on real reasons Dems lost in 2016. You can slander progressives as “Russian assets”, but you can't hide the fact that the DNC sabotaged Sanders & elevated Trump to set the stage for HRC.




@DrJillStein
10h10 hours ago

HRC's rant is exhibit A for how the establishment is using the new Cold War to crack down on dissent & feed the war machine. Instead of addressing the crises working people face, they're painting progressives as the enemy. It's as if they're trying to lose to Trump again.

[Anon]

You missed the point he made:  They and their countries are all WORTHLESS.  There's nothing for America to be involved with.

The whole involvement of my country and its military was a complete waste of time and money.  THAT is what he meant with "a lot of sand over there."

He's doing exactly what I and others who voted for him want: Getting us OUT of endless wars.  I am glad he withdrew our troops.   Now I want him to do the same globally.

Let the world fend for itself.  Let the savages have-at each other.  When the dust settles, America will still be here to do business with the survivors.

All that was done is a small number of US troops were moved to another part of Syria. Meanwhile thousands of troops are being deployed to Saudi.

[Anon]

Consecutive day after day there is a new crisis in another country, this time CHILE...:


A state of emergency has been declared in the Chilean capital, Santiago, after protests sparked by increased metro ticket prices turned violent.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50106743




@AFP
39m39 minutes ago

#UPDATE Chile's president declares a state of emergency in Santiago and gives the military responsibility for security after a day of violent protests over increases in the price of metro tickets

#UPDATE Chile's president declares a state of emergency in Santiago and gives the military responsibility for security after a day of violent protests over increases in the price of metro tickets https://t.co/POMcaJYtT2 pic.twitter.com/9Nzq9FgaH2

— AFP news agency (@AFP) October 19, 2019

[Anon]

Total chaos in Santiago: fires, excesses and looting extend mass evasion day in the Metro

https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2019/10/18/santiago-en-llamas-incendios-y-saqueos-extienden-jornada-de-incidentes-en-la-capital.shtml

[boris]

Back from poker...

Welcome back!
Poker Stars VR?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/886250/PokerStars_VR/
would be cool to meet and play in VR with you.

[Zambeezi]

People don’t realise that but US political leadership stopped using “SDF” to describe YPG.

Now they only talk about YPG. Quite interesting. https://t.co/WEzCalsR7a

— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) October 18, 2019

Ragıp Soylu
@ragipsoylu
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4h
Apparently YPG doesn’t want to withdraw from Ras al-Ayn.
They tried to capture a neighbourhood from opposition’s SNA over night with a fresh offensive.

Frankly I’m not surprised. PKK had been like that for the last three decades


Ragıp Soylu
@ragipsoylu
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43m
NEW — PKK, parent organisation of YPG/SDF, says a ceasefire in Northern Syria would be only meaningful if it would facilitate withdrawal of “invader” Turkey
“We cannot accept any other option. We have to maintain our struggle to this end”

So, they won’t abide by a ceasefire


Ragıp Soylu
‏@ragipsoylu
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21m
PKK says asking SDF/YPG to withdraw from the designated area would only legitimize the Turkish invasion.
“In this respect the deal’s other clauses don’t have any moral or political legitimacy other than the ceasefire”

So they won’t withdraw from Ras al-Ayn either

The YPG/PKK has broken the ceasefire. They continue to attack FSA. USA has lost leverage over YPG. For Turkey it is a legitimation of their offensive to expand. Rasalayn could lead long-term to a kind of bleeding effect in the ranks of YPG.

— Ali Özkök (@Ozkok_A) October 19, 2019

[Zambeezi]

#Barcelona pic.twitter.com/T6LvLChWJA

— Ali Özkök (@Ozkok_A) October 19, 2019