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Die Außenminister der USA, Russlands, der Türkei und Saudi-Arabiens sind Donnerstag Abend in Wien zusammengetroffen, um über eine Lösung der Krise in Syrien zu beraten. Zuvor hatte US-Außenminister John Kerry mit seinem iranischen Amtskollegen Mohammad Javad Zarif gesprochen.

Dominik Stillhart, director of operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross, which has people on the ground in Syria, told RT he is unaware of any such incidents.

“We’ve seen these reports as well, but in the absence of any firsthand information coming from our teams on the ground, I can neither confirm, nor deny these allegations,” Stillhart said, stressing that international humanitarian law “fully applies to the airstrikes undertaken by [anyone] in Syria, including Russia.“

Die irakische Regierung hat weder um US-Bodentruppen gebeten, noch brauche sie diese. Diese Aussagen kommen nur einen Tag, nachdem die USA erklärten, es werde sich im Kampf gegen den „Islamischen Staat“ nicht zurückhalten. Dabei wurde implizit die Entsendung von Bodentruppen nicht ausgeschlossen. Bagdad sei über die unilateralen Entscheidungen des Pentagon beunruhigt und kritisiere sie, berichtet RT-Reporterin Marina Portnaya

Former US President Bill Clinton, the husband of US Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton, landed this morning at Ben-Gurion International Airport. Clinton arrived here in order to join a memorial in honor of the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

The absence of any serious mention of Israel-Palestine during the first Democratic presidential debate thus speaks volumes. It tells us that even as polls show more and more of the Democratic base shifting its support away from Israel, the leading candidates for the Democratic nomination are reluctant to talk about Israel.

The regime described in Netanyahu’s vision has a name – it’s called apartheid. There is no other term for two populations living in the same area, one with political rights and the other under perennial military occupation. No security argument or warnings about the effects of Islam can whitewash the implications of this vision. Netanyahu’s words should shock anyone who is concerned about the justice of Israel’s cause and the country’s future. Concerned people should unite and form a national salvation front that will work to replace this government.

Its launch officer, a lieutenant, did not acknowledge the authority of the senior field officer—i.e. Capt. Bassett—to override the now-repeated order of the major. The second launch officer at that site reported to Bassett that the lieutenant had ordered his crew to proceed with the launch of its missiles! Bassett immediately ordered the other launch officer, as Bordne remembers it, “to send two airmen over with weapons and shoot the [lieutenant] if he tries to launch without [either] verbal authorization from the ‘senior officer in the field’ or the upgrade to DEFCON 1 by Missile Operations Center.” About 30 yards of underground tunnel separated the two Launch Control Centers.

Dank Captain William Bassett, der diese Geschichte fünf Jahrzehnte lang geheim gehalten hatte, konnte der Krieg vermieden werden. Davon, was geschehen war, erzählte John Bordne, ein Kollege von Bassett.

Der Syrien-Gipfel in Wien wird zum bisher bestbesetzten Treffen der internationalen Spitzendiplomatie. So werden nach Angaben diplomatischer Kreise nun alle UN-Vetomächte an der Konferenz am Freitag teilnehmen. Als letzte der fünf Vetomächte habe auch China seine Beteiligung zugesagt, hieß es am Mittwochabend in diplomatischen Kreisen.