Bereits zuvor waren laut Angaben der syrisch-kurdischen Regionalverwaltung mindestens 218 Zivilisten bei Angriffen der türkischen Streitkräfte und der mit ihnen verbündeten syrischen Milizen ums Leben gekommen, darunter 18 Kinder. Am Wochenende wurden erneut 20 Zivilisten bei Attacken der Türkei getötet.
Daily Archives: 20. Oktober 2019
Live Updates: Bolivians Head to Polls in Key Election
Bolivians will vote in an election on Sunday to decide whether to extend the rule of President Evo Morales to nearly two decades amid a rise in right-wing governments in the region who have been facing major protests in neighboring Chile, Ecuador and Argentina over harsh austerity measures.
Condemning Trump on Syria? It’s ‘buffet outrage’
The more recent set of causes for our Kurdish misadventure began in 2011, when President Obama ordered President Bashar Assad of Syria to “step aside.” Beyond the arrogance that leads American presidents to think they can and should decide who may rule other countries lay the utter impossibility of achieving that goal.
Verurteilung Trumps wegen Syrien? Es ist „Empörung am Buffet“.
Obwohl die Entscheidung der Kurden, Assad um Verzeihung zu bitten und sich ihm beim Wiederaufbau eines weltlichen Staates anzuschließen, seit Jahren überfällig ist, ist sie willkommen und klug.
This is my #Tripoli ?? #طرابلس #لبنان #لبنان_ينتفض #لبنان_يثور
As a Lebanese person who DJs and studied movements in the Middle East, this is literally the dream that combines it all (h/t @eliasjescart) #لبنان_ينتفض
if you thought you’ve seen it all a birthday in the protest #لبنان #lebanonprotest #لبنان_يثور #اجا_وقت_نحاسب #لبنان_ينتفض #الشعب_يريد_إسقاط_النظام
A family got stuck in protests in Furn el Chebbak and the mum said her kid was scared. So the protesters sang Baby Shark. ???? Love you Lebanon.
How to protest, Lebanese style ?
every time i think i cant find a weirder video of the protests in lebanon im wrong
#Lebanese protesters play cards in #Beirut as others chant amongst the flames. Only in #Lebanon
Hezbollah opposes resignation of government: Nasrallah
Hezbollah opposes the resignation of the government and supports the current cabinet “but with a new agenda and new spirit,” party leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said Saturday.
Lebanese Forces resign from government
The Lebanese Forces’ parliamentary bloc requested Saturday that its four ministers in Prime Minister Saad Hariri‘s government submit their resignation.
Vierter Tag mit Protesten in Libanon
„Ihr solltet alle gehen, wir vertrauen euch nicht“, stand auf dem Schild eines Demonstranten. „Das libanesische Volk hat jetzt das Wort, nicht die politischen Anführer“, hieß es auf einem anderen.
YPG-Kämpfer beginnen Rückzug aus Nordsyrien
Kurdische Quellen und Aktivisten sagten heute laut dpa, dass sich die Kämpfer der kurdischen Volksverteidigungseinheiten (YPG) zurückziehen. Das türkische Verteidigungsministerium teilte ebenfalls mit, es verfolge den Abzug der YPG. Es gebe dabei „keinerlei Hindernisse“.
Gantz urges Netanyahu to hand coalition mandate back to president
Given by the Israeli president the first stab at forming a governing coalition, Netanyahu is expected to fall short of collecting the lawfully-required 61 votes as his 28-day coalition effort will end on October 24.
Israel to attend U.S.-led maritime security meeting in Bahrain
Background: The Bahrain maritime security meeting is a follow-up to the U.S.-led anti-Iran conference held in Warsaw in February. Around 60 countries attended that conference and have participated in ongoing meetings since.
The state of play: According to the State Department, the Bahrain meeting on Oct. 21-22 will focus on maintaining maritime and aviation security in the Middle East and promote steps to interdict and prevent shipments of illicit weapons of mass destruction.
Netanyahu warns of ‚dangerous‘ minority gov‘t led by Gantz
(18.10.2019)
“Gantz refuses unity,” he wrote, claiming that Blue and White‘s leader Benny Gantz, his ally Yair Lapid and Avigdor Liverman, head of Yisrael Beiteinu party, refused to rule out a minority coalition.
@TulsiGabbard #IamTulsi 20years, 1 month, and 13 days on active duty. US Army retired 1SG. You have my vote.
Special Operations Vet 6 deployments #IamTulsi
When you accuse a soldier or veteran, and Congresswoman of being a Russian asset, you better show more proof than her unapologetic attitude towards ending our forever wars. Until then, #IamTulsi too.
Pro Trump former Green Beret Commander (Middle East, Central/South America) that loves our country and my brothers and sisters in Arms. #IamTulsi
I support Tulsi Gabbard and I am no Russian Bot that MSM calls all Tulsi‘s Supporters. Actually I am a Native to this land which is now America. @HillaryClinton has no idea what war is sitting behind a desk!! @TulsiGabbard knows first hand of war!! #IamTulsi #Tulsi2020
Both Gabbard‘s haters and her supporters treat her foreign policy like it‘s something wildly extraordinary, but it‘s actually just the mainstream US foreign policy consensus that Americans considered normal before 9/11. Shows how far the Overton window has been moved since then.
Doppelagent Putin
(15.04.2018)
Putins Rolle dabei ist ähnlich dem eines der vielen Monarchen vor und im Ersten Weltkrieg. Und seine Funktion, wie der „prorussischen“, also der pro-regierungs-russischen Lobby insgesamt, ist es, in verdeckter Dialektik mit ihren spiegelbildlichen „proamerikanischen“ bzw „proeuropäischen“ Pendants in der U.S.-Hegemonie die jeweilige innere Opposition, gerade die fortschrittliche und pazifistische, in Verbindung mit dem jeweils anderen Blockgegner zu bringen, sie von diesem absorbieren zu lassen und so im Inneren erst zu diskreditieren und letztlich neutralisieren zu können.
Tulsi Gabbard Has Enemies In High Places
The morning of February 28, 2016, Tulsi Gabbard was in a pretty good spot. She was the rising-star Congresswoman from Hawaii, the darling of the Democratic party, whose anti-regime change platform was breathing fresh life into a stagnating institution. She was their future. But the revelations — revealed by Wikileaks through troves of leaked internal emails — that the Democratic National Committee was actively conspiring against Bernie Sanders in order to ensure Hillary Clinton won the nomination at that years convention changed everything. That day, Tulsi Gabbard took a stand…
If Tulsi was a “ nobody” or “had no chance to win” like the other candidates & their media sycophants say, then this massive ploy to destroy her wouldn’t be in play. But the fact that they’re trying so hard to take her out shows what a threat she poses to their game! #Tulsi2020
Tulsi Gabbard responds to Hillary Clinton: Clinton „knows she can‘t control me“
Hillary Clinton implied Russians are „grooming“ Tulsi Gabbard to run as a third-party candidate to disrupt the election, a charge which Gabbard denies. In a live interview with CBSN, Gabbard responds to Clinton‘s claims and says she will not run as a third-party candidate.
‚I am not a Russian spy‘: Jill Stein slams Clinton‘s accusations
„I am not a Russian spy,“ Stein said Saturday on CNN‘s „Smerconish.“ „I think this is a completely unhinged conspiracy theory for which there is absolutely no basis in fact. Not for myself and not for Tulsi Gabbard. I think it‘s really outrageous that Hillary Clinton is trying to promote this crazy idea.“
She added, „You know, you can‘t just slander people. You have to present some basis and fact.“
Democrats Have No Answer for Trump‘s Anti-War Posture
What’s truly striking, though, and increasingly apparent, is that President Trump possesses—as a foreign policy autocrat, of sorts—the power to derail the Democrats and place 2020 hopefuls in an awkward position of defending U.S. forever wars. It’s already happening, at least among mainstream “liberal” media and political personalities who’ve flooded the networks with anti-Trump vitriol since the Syria withdrawal.
US expands ‚axis of evil‘
(6.5.2002)
The United States has added Cuba, Libya and Syria to the nations it claims are deliberately seeking to obtain chemical or biological weapons.
A Syria War?
(13. März 2007)
Syria is surrounded by unfriendly forces. Turkey, a close ally to Israel in the north, Jordan in the south, the U.S.-occupied Iraq east and Lebanon west of it.We know from Seymour Hersh (and in fact, „we“ does mean „6 Billion Jurors in the Court of Puplic Opinion“), that the Bush Administration and the royal dynasty of Saudi Arabia, in coordination with the Israeli Government, are funding Sunni islamists and terrorist militias in the north of Lebanon and all over the middle east, allegedly to prevent the so-called „Shiite crescent“.
We know, that the Lebanese Leader of the Druze, Walid Jumblatt, met with Dick Cheney in Washington last fall and advised him, if the United States does try to move against Syria, members of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood would be „the ones to talk to“.
1961: The C.I.A. Readies a Cuban Invasion, and The Times Blinks
(26. Dezember 2014)
What unfolded 10 days later, on April 17, was exactly the “bloody fiasco” Mr. Dryfoos had feared. And, as he feared, The Times was indeed blamed by President John F. Kennedy. Two weeks after the Bay of Pigs disaster, Mr. Catledge was among a group of editors summoned to the White House to discuss with the president the issue of newspapers prematurely disclosing government security information.
As an example, President Kennedy cited the January report from Guatemala by the other Mr. Kennedy.
Mr. Catledge countered that the information had already appeared in The Nation.
“But it wasn’t news until it appeared in The Times,” President Kennedy said.
Then, in an aside to Mr. Catledge, the president said, “Maybe if you had printed more about the operation, you would have saved us from a colossal mistake” …
U.S. and Allies Say Syria Leader Must Step Down
(18. August 2011)
“We have consistently said that President Assad must lead a democratic transition or get out of the way,” Mr. Obama said in a written statement released Thursday morning after coordination with allies in Europe. “He has not led. For the sake of the Syrian people, the time has come for President Assad to step aside.”
Almost simultaneously, Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany issued a joint statement urging Mr. Assad “to face the reality of the complete rejection of his regime by the Syrian people and to step aside in the best interests of Syria and the unity of its people.” Canada made a similar appeal, as did the European Union.
Trump Just Created a Moral and Strategic Disaster
(14.10.2019)
History is littered with instances of one-time allies abandoned by Washington to their fate — the Bay of Pigs invasion; the fall of South Vietnam; numerous internal uprisings, like Hungary in 1956, that were fanned by the United States only to be smothered when aid, implicit or explicit, was withheld. The United States has abandoned the Kurds — a stateless people who live in parts of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Armenia and Iran — on numerous occasions in just the past half century. The most infamous of these betrayals came when Saddam Hussein attacked them with poison gas in 1988, and the Reagan administration protected the Iraqi government from congressional sanctions.
The Democrats support the “Forever War”
The violence that is being inflicted upon the Kurdish people of Syria is tragic. The role played by the Kurdish bourgeois nationalist leadership, however, has been shortsighted and criminal. Once again, they hitched their wagon to imperialism, hoping to gain its support for the carving out of an ethnic Kurdish state. The results were entirely predictable. As Henry Kissinger infamously stated after betraying the Kurds following a 1975 deal brokered between the Shah of Iran and Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, “Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.”
In its most despicable passage, the New York Times editorial places Trump’s action within the context of a US history that is “littered with instances of one-time allies abandoned to their fate—the Bay of Pigs invasion; the fall of South Vietnam …”
For the Times to cast the Bay of Pigs or the fall of Saigon as an example of Washington’s “betrayals” testifies to the drastic rightward shift in the ex-liberal media.
Die Demokraten unterstützen den „ewigen Krieg“
Heute ist die Demokratische Partei das Sprachrohr der CIA. Sie stützt ihre Amtsenthebungsuntersuchung gegen Trump voll und ganz auf die Sorge der Geheimdienste, dass das Weiße Haus eine zu versöhnliche Außenpolitik gegenüber Russland angenommen habe.
Alle pseudolinken Organisationen, die aus den bürgerlichen Protestbewegungen der 1960er und 1970er Jahre hervorgegangen sind, können ohne Übertreibung als proimperialistisch bezeichnet werden. Sie laufen den Demokraten hinterher und rechtfertigen die Aggressionskriege im Namen von „Menschenrechten“ und sogenannten „demokratischen Revolutionen“.
Große Teile der Arbeiterklasse und der Jugend sind der Trump-Regierung feindlich gesinnt, sehen aber im Pro-Kriegslager der Demokraten keine Alternative.
Clinton fuels new ‚red scare‘ with political attacks against Gabbard
“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.” Journalist Edward Murrow said those words 65 years ago, responding to Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy and his accusations of Americans being “Russian stooges” and “fellow travelers.” Murrow declared that, despite the best efforts of political opportunists, “We will not walk in fear, one of another.”
Those words came to mind after former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton accused current Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard of being a “Russian asset” in the 2020 election.
„Königin der Kriegstreiber, Verkörperung der Korruption und Personifikation der Fäulnis“
Nachdem Hillary Clinton Tulsi Gabbard vorwarf, Instrument der Russen zu sein, revanchiert sich die Präsidentschaftsbewerberin mit Vorwürfen gegen die gescheiterte Kandidatin
Unfassbares Versagen der „Linksfraktion“ bei parlamentarischer Aufklärung über Schattenarmee „IS“
(27. August 2014)
Waffenlieferungen in den Irak bzw nach Kurdistan: Versagt „Die Linke“ im Bundestag bei der parlamentarischen Aufklärung über die Schattenarmeen unter dem Label „Islamischer Staat“ bwz bei der Aufklärung und Kontrolle der Aktivitäten der Geheimdienste, vorneweg dem Bundesnachrichtendienst B.N.D.? Oder ist das bereits aktive Selbstsabotage und Kollaboration?
Urteilen Sie selbst.
Turkish ISIS fighter tells Rudaw: I want to go somewhere with ‘more freedom, like Europe’
(19.10.2019)
“I want to live in a place where I can live freely,” Qasim told Rudaw, surrounded by tens of fellow ISIS detainees in a windowless room. “I want to go to any country that has more freedom like the European countries, for example, Germany or Sweden.”
Türkische Militäroffensive in Syrien: Verfassungsschutz fürchtet Rückkehr von IS-Kämpfern
(18.10.2019)
Der Rückzug der USA aus Syrien könnte nach Ansicht des Verfassungsschutzes die Sicherheitslage in Deutschland deutlich verschlechtern. „Ich habe die Sorge, dass der IS wieder an Stärke gewinnt“, warnt der Präsident des Bundesamts für Verfassungsschutz, Thomas Haldenwang, im SPIEGEL.
Pelosi arrives in Jordan with bipartisan congressional delegation
“Our bipartisan delegation is visiting Jordan at a critical time for the security and stability of the region,” Pelosi said in the statement. “With the deepening crisis in Syria after Turkey’s incursion, our delegation has engaged in vital discussions about the impact to regional stability, increased flow of refugees, and the dangerous opening that has been provided to ISIS, Iran and Russia.”
Erdogan says will discuss Syrian forces’ presence in north Syria with Putin in Sochi
„Yesterday, I held talks with US President Donald Trump. On Tuesday we will be continuing talks with Mr. Putin. In the area of the operation are forces of the regime [of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad] under Russia’s protection. We will be tackling the issue with Mr. Putin,“ he stressed.
US is out of the picture in Syria-Turkey crisis. Putin now owns this mess
The mood both in Washington and in the Middle East is that the ceasefire is not the real deal. It expires on Tuesday, October 22, the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recip Tayyip Erdogan will meet in Sochi to discuss the future of Syria. It seems pretty clear: that‘s when the world will find out that the real deal will be for the future of this volatile region.
Kurdish forces agree to withdraw from TurkeySyria border
A senior Syrian Kurdish official has said his forces will pull back from a border area in accordance with a US-brokered deal after Turkey allows the evacuation of its remaining fighters and civilians from a besieged town in northeast Syria.
AOC on Sanders endorsement
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez formally endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders at a rally in Queens on Saturday. In an exclusive interview with CBS News political correspondent Nikole Killion, Ocasio-Cortez explained why she is endorsing so early in the race.
Crowds come out in force for Bernie Sanders’ comeback rally in Queens
Sanders supporters who were interviewed emphasized — as did filmmaker Michael Moore and Sanders campaign co-chair Nina Turner, who took the stage before Sanders — that it was Sanders who transformed Democratic politics by drawing masses of voters to the progressive agenda in 2016, when it initially was written off.
“When I say there is no one like Bernard Sanders, I mean that,” Turner said. “We’ve got some people in the mainstream and neoliberal media who really can’t see the difference.”
Defiant Boris refuses to sign EU letter begging for Brexit delay after rebel MPs sank deal vote
BORIS Johnson last night refused to sign a letter begging the EU for a Brexit delay after rebel MPs sabotaged his new deal.
Brexit-Hängepartie: Drei Briefe stiften Verwirrung, EU berät
Keinen Kommentar gibt es bis dato aus EU-Kreisen zu der fehlenden Unterschrift auf dem Antrag – also dem ersten Brief.
Boris Johnson sends the EU THREE letters: One (not signed by him) asks to delay Brexit beyond Oct 31, the second makes clear the first is from Parliament – not the Government, and the third urges Brussels NOT to grant an extension
– The first was letter demanded by Benn Act, which asks the EU to delay Brexit
Johnson beantragt Aufschub – EU berät
Premier Johnson hat noch in der Nacht in einem Brief an EU-Ratschef Tusk die Brexit-Verschiebung beantragt – diesen aber nicht unterzeichnet. Die EU berät nun, wie es weitergeht.
V-Mann-Verdacht im Raum
Keiner der Ministerialbeamten, die sich nach dem Lkw-Anschlag auf den Weihnachtsmarkt am Berliner Breitscheidplatz für die schnelle Abschiebung des einzigen lebenden Tatverdächtigen stark machten, will vorher einen Blick auf die Protokolle der Vernehmungen von Bilel Ben Ammar geworfen haben.
Soldiers Patrol Streets of Chile Amid State of Emergency
The last time Chile experienced a state of emergency was in 2010, when the population carried out some looting after the earthquake.
Prior to that date, a state of emergency was declared 30 years ago during the military dictatorship led by Augusto Pinochet.
Justified as a measure to control disturbances, the state of emergency is in force in the province of Santiago, in the province of Chacabuco and in the municipalities of Puente Alto and San Bernardo.
Ecuador: Regierung sagt Dialog mit Gewerkschaft ab, UNO und OAS untersuchen Menschenrechtsverletzungen
Präsident Lenín Moreno hat den angesetzten Termin für einen Dialog mit der Gewerkschaft Gemeinsame Front der Arbeiter (FUT) kurzfristig abgesagt. Diese hatte kurz zuvor für den 30. Oktober eine weitere Demonstration angekündigt, da sie nicht mit den Plänen der Arbeitsmarktreform und den Massenentlassungen einverstanden ist.