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Boudine:

Look at all the weapons the US gave to ISIS ! duurt 38 minuten.

Gepubliceerd op 10 jan. 2015

Boudine:

Russian missiles scared US out of Persian Gulf

Gepubliceerd op 11 okt. 2015

The United States has pulled the USS Theodore Roosevelt out of the Persian Gulf, due to concerns in Washington over the Russian missile capability, says a military commentator. The warship was withdrawn from the Persian Gulf on Thursday, a day after Russia fired 26 long-range cruise missiles from its Caspian Flotilla against terrorists in Syria, Pentagon officials said. One of the reasons “impacting this decision is …the unreliable ability of those Russian missiles,” said Michael Burns in an interview with Press TV on Saturday. “I don’t think those are battle tested and US policy makers are afraid. God forbids one of those things land near our carrier or near one of our fleet elements,” he added.

US military officials, however, claimed that the aircraft carrier, which houses about 5,000 sailors and 65 fighter jets, was withdrawn because it needed to undergo maintenance. For the first time since 2007, the US Navy has now no aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf. Tensions between Washington and Moscow escalated after Russia launched its air campaign against Daesh Takfiri terrorists in Syria. The airstrikes began hours after Washington refused to comply with Moscow’s demand to take its warplanes out of Syria. The Associated Press reported last week that senior military leaders and defense officials are considering whether or not they should use military force against Russia if American-trained militants in Syria come under Russian fire. The report said weighing the risks of using force in response to a Russian attack was also among the department’s issues.

Boudine:

ISIL is Now Plagued by Massive Desertion

There’s an increasing number of reports stating that after just a week of Russian airstrikes against ISIL (Islamic State) positions, there’s panic and desertion everywhere. About a thousand extremists have already abandoned their positions in Syria and are now heading in the direction of Iraq, Turkey and a number of European states. Successful operations carried out in cooperation with the regular Syrian army has not only managed to interrupt a series of relatively easy victories that ISIL had been scoring on the field of battle, but also stopped the flow of militants from abroad.

US Caught Faking It in Syria

The great danger of faking your ability to do something in the public square is that someone with an actual desire to the job you are pretending to do might come along and show you up.

This is what has just happened to the US in Syria with the entrance of Russia into the fight against ISIL.

And as is generally the case with posers caught with their pants down, the US policy elites are not happy about it.

US-led coalition airdrops 50 tonnes of ammunition for militants in Syria

Boudine:

CrossTalk on Syria: Russia’s Turn duurt 25 minuten.

En tot slot: Bovendien!

De macht van de elite is gebroken, deel 2

Toen wij vorige week het eerste artikel schreven over de macht van de elite, waarvan wij denken dat deze gebroken is, raakten de zaken in een stroomversnelling. Wereldwijd zien wij protesten tegen bezuinigingen, tegen militarisme, tegen TTIP, tegen nucleaire upgrading, tegen zowat alles waar wij al jaren over schrijven. De media doet haar uiterste best te redden wat er nog te redden valt maar vallen keer op keer door de mand doordat ze stellingen die ze deponeren in kranten en nieuws/propaganda/praat programma’s, niet kunnen bewijzen, sterker nog, ze worden vaak al dezelfde dag weerlegt door de verzetsstrijders op het internet, die op hun beurt de zaken wel hard kunnen maken.

Door de interventie van Rusland in Syrië op verzoek van de Syrische overheid en de gevolgen die dit alleen al de afgelopen week heeft gehad, raken steeds meer mensen ervan overtuigd dat onze nieuwskanalen leugens verspreiden. Hoe is het anders mogelijk dat een gigantische coalitie, samen met de Amerikanen, in meer dan een jaar tijd bombardementen van deze coalitie de Islamitische Staat alleen maar gegroeid is. Enkele weken geleden liet de VS weten dat de gematigde rebellen geen invloed meer hebben in Syrië en dat het gevaar grotendeels vanuit de IS komt. Meteen na de aanvang van de Russische interventie werd die lezing aangepast. De VS beweert nu dat het grootste deel van Syrië in handen is van gematigde rebellen terwijl die toch al lang verdwenen waren!

Of de macht van de elite werkelijk is gebroken, daarvan ben ik nog niet overtuigd. Maar er vinden wel grote verschuivingen plaats, nu de grote boze Poetin opeens die enge ISIS bestrijdt!

Het artikel gaat ook over TTIP, met een prachtige aflevering van Lubach!

Boudine:

Nog even een keihard fout feit: De VS-coalitie heeft de elektriciteits-centrale van Aleppo gebombardeerd!

Warplanes of US-led alliance attack power plant in Aleppo

Aleppo, SANA – In blatant violation of international law, warplanes of the US-led alliance violated Syrian airspace and attacked a power plant that feeds Aleppo city, causing a blackout in the city.

A military source told SANA that warplanes of the Washington alliance violated Syrian airspace and attacked civilian infrastructure in Mare’a, Tal Sha’er, and al-Bab in Aleppo countryside on Sunday.

The source added that the warplanes attacked the biggest electric power plant that feeds Aleppo city, which resulted in cutting off power from most neighborhoods in Aleppo city.

This transgression comes only 8 days after two F-16 warplanes belonging to the alliance targeted two power plants in al-Radwaniye area east of Aleppo city, cutting off power from the area.

Tot zover de vrijheid en democratie van het wilde westen!

Why Is The U.S. Silently Bombing Syria’s Electricity Network?

By Moon Of Alabama

October 19, 2015 “Information Clearing House” – The Aleppo power plant is a 1,000 megawatt thermal plant in five units build by Mitsubishi Heavy Industry in 1995-1998. It is situated some 25 kilometers east of Aleppo city center. During the fighting around Aleppo various electricity distribution stations were damaged and electricity in parts of the city has become scarce and unpredictable. But the main power station had so far not been hit.

The plant is in the hands of the Islamic State but there is an informal agreement between the government, which controls the distribution network, and those who hold the power generating station:

[T]he agreement of understanding pertains to the division of the electricity supply between the parties, whereby ISIS will receive 60% of the quota and the Syrian regime will receive 40%.

Both sides will have some electricity and the civilian as well as fighters on both side will be better off than without electricity. No side has a motive to destroy that plant.

But last night the U.S. coalition bombed the Aleppo thermal power plant and destroyed parts of it:

The Russians and the Syrians are sure that it were F-16 planes from the U.S. coalition that bombed the power infrastructure even though the coalition reports do no mention the attacks. Why are these bombings not mentioned in the U.S. coalition reports?

Without the plant Aleppo city, with some 2-3 million inhabitants and refugees, as well as the surrounding areas in Aleppo governate have no electricity. The damage the U.S. bombing caused will make sure that any repair will take a long time. This will make life for people on every side of the war more unbearable and more people will leave to seek refuge in foreign countries.

Is that the purpose of the U.S. bombardment of electricity infrastructure in Syria? If not what else is this supposed to achieve?

Boudine:

Deze is leuk, vooral als je het geluid uitzet:

Hitler on Syria

Boudine:

Iran is er niet bij, want anders komt Saoedi-Arabië niet.

Several foreign ministers open talks over Syria conflict in Vienna

Boudine:

Nog even een Syrië update:

Battle of Aleppo is a Must-win for Russia

By Pepe Escobar

October 26, 2015 “Information Clearing House” – “RT” –

Once again, whatever hangs in the future for Syria on both the political and military fronts depends on the new Battle of Aleppo. The city and its outskirts, with the influx of internal refugees, may be harboring up to three million people by now.
It’s always about Aleppo.

Here’s what’s going on, essentially, on the ground. West Aleppo is controlled by Damascus, via the Syrian Arab Army (SAA).

Some of the northern parts are controlled by the Kurds from the PYD – which are way more engaged in fighting ISIS/ISIL/Daesh than Damascus. The PYD also happens to be considered an objective ally by the Obama administration and the Pentagon, much to the disgust of Turkey’s ‘Sultan’ Erdogan.

East Aleppo is the key. It is controlled by the so-called Army of Conquest, which includes Jabhat al-Nusra, a.k.a. Al-Qaeda in Syria, and the Salafi outfit Ahrar al-Sham. Other eastern parts are controlled by the “remnants” (copyright Donald Rumsfeld) of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), who refused to collaborate with the Army of Conquest.

Across the Beltway, all of the above are somewhat considered “moderate rebels.”

CrossTalk: Situation Syria duurt 25 minuten.

Gepubliceerd op 26 okt. 2015

Russia has acted boldly and within international law in Syria – but what can we expect next? Washington and its allies remain dumbfounded on how to react. What will prevail – reason and realpolitik or an intensified proxy war? We truly face a moment of truth. CrossTalking with Mark Sleboda, Dmitry Babich, and Alexander Mercouris.

Boots on Ground? US considering ‘direct action’ against ISIS

Gepubliceerd op 27 okt. 2015

The US could be set to deploy ground troops in Iraq and Syria – to fight Islamic State. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Washington – “won’t hold back” from supporting its partners – including with direct action on the ground.