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The Syria story: 2019
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 11:38 PM
THGRRI
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 11:50 PM
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 11:57 PM
Thursday, February 15, 2018 12:08 AM
Thursday, February 15, 2018 1:56 AM
1KIKI
Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.
Thursday, February 15, 2018 5:28 AM
CAPTAINCRUNCH
... stay crunchy...
Quote:Originally posted by THGRRI: US forces reportedly killed more than 100 Russian mercenaries inside Syria https://www.vox.com/world/2018/2/13/17008446/us-troops-syria-russia-mercenaries-killed Dozens of Russians Are Believed Killed in U.S.-Backed Syria Attack https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/world/europe/russia-syria-dead.html
Thursday, February 15, 2018 10:25 AM
Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: I was listening to a news report on TV I never listen to - one of those international news shows in English, with many accents. I think Christiane Amanpour was one of the newscasters/ hosts. And they brought on an Israeli investigative reporter and asked him about what was going on. When it comes to Israel, his report was that Israel was acting out of the mindset 'if someone comes to kill you, you should rise up and kill him first'. But that Israel had planned a much more extensive mission. Only Netanyahu called Putin, and Putin told him to stand down. So Netanyahu did. Also, I'd lost track of this, but Israeli police have opined there's enough corruption evidence against Netanyahu to bring charges. So Netanyahu seems like he's on a deadline.
Thursday, February 15, 2018 10:49 AM
Thursday, February 15, 2018 2:50 PM
Thursday, February 15, 2018 5:40 PM
Monday, February 19, 2018 6:16 PM
Tuesday, February 20, 2018 4:48 PM
Friday, February 23, 2018 7:28 PM
Monday, March 5, 2018 11:22 PM
Quote:Originally posted by THGRRI: Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: For the first time ever, an Israeli jet was shot down. Israel needs to rethink whether it still has air superiority. You're kidding right? Or is that a real attempt to save face for Russia? Either way, sad Air supremacy is a position in war where a side holds complete control of air warfare and air power over opposing forces. And that my fried would be Israel and the U.S. The Russian air force watched these two raids from the ground. I would add, from inside bunkers.
Quote:Originally posted by 1kiki: For the first time ever, an Israeli jet was shot down. Israel needs to rethink whether it still has air superiority.
Tuesday, March 6, 2018 10:42 AM
Friday, March 9, 2018 3:27 PM
Sunday, January 6, 2019 9:40 AM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Sunday, January 6, 2019 11:30 AM
JEWELSTAITEFAN
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Ah, Syria. Much has happened since Syria was posted about as its own independent topic. For one thing, Israel and Saudi Arabia became open partners in the "topple Syria" project. Of course, one warlike theistic government would have much in common with another. Since Saudi's proxies (terrorists) have failed to do the job, Israel has pulled a lot of provocations in Israel. The one that caused Russia to respond was the shooting down of a Russian reconnaissance aircraft as if flew over the Mediterranean. As a result, S300s were installed in Syria. Isreal then launched an attack on Damascus airport, using a commercial jetliner as a human shield for its attack. But, no matter. Despite Trump's weaseling out of his withdrawal of American troops, the Kurds ... facing "extermination" by Turkish troops ... are drawing up agreements with the Assad government. So despite the Trump administation's plan to carve up Syria ... like "Picot-Sykes on acid" ... the fun is done. Our pet terrorists ... both the jihadi and the Israeli kind ... have lost. Fuck the deep state and their plans for world domination. The sooner Trump stops listening to/ tolerating these assholes, the better off we'll all be.
Sunday, January 6, 2019 1:54 PM
Quote:I'm sorry, Trump is no longer withdrawing troops from Middle East? How new is that? I know it was incredibly stupid of him to announce to the world our future troop movements, but I thought it was a done deal.
Quote:Are you hoping the Kurds flourish, or are exterminated?
Friday, March 1, 2019 12:37 PM
Quote:US Army Takes 50 Tons Of Gold From Syria In Alleged Deal With ISIS As the remaining pockets of ISIS fighters faced imminent defeat in northeast Syria, the United States allegedly gave them an offer they couldn’t refuse: give us your massive caches of gold - or die. According to reports by Syrian state news agency SANA, U.S. forces struck a deal with ISIS whereby the terrorist group would give up 50 tons of gold across eastern Syria’s Deir el-Zour province in exchange for safe passage. The precious metal, worth about $2.13 billion, was plundered by the self-designated “caliphate” as its reign of terror spread across Syria and Iraq between 2015 and 2017. Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah reports that local sources claim U.S. Army helicopters have already transferred the gold from the U.S. forces’ base in Kobani, the Kurdish-controlled city that lies close to Syria’s northern border with Syria. A portion of the gold was also distributed to the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which dominates the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The news comes after SANA claimed that locals witnessed U.S. helicopters airlifting large cases of gold amounting to about 40 tons from the al-Dashisha area in Hasaka’s southern countryside earlier this month. The gold was purportedly looted by ISIS from Mosul in Iraq and other parts of Syria. The Syrian state media outlet claimed that ISIS leaders were on-hand to guide the U.S. helicopters to the places where the gold was stashed, “closing a deal by which Washington spared hundreds of the terror organization’s field leaders and experts.” The claims by the Syrian government outlet coincide with reports by U.K.-based war monitor, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR), which alleged that the U.S. and its Kurdish allies had been sparing ISIS fighters in hopes of acquiring the group’s war spoils. The SOHR said: “The U.S.-led coalition forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) deliberately do not target the areas under the control of the ISIL terrorists and commanders in Eastern Euphrates in Deir el-Zour as they are trying to locate this treasure by forcing the ISIL militants to speak about its location after surrendering.” Syrian and Russian media alike have long alleged that, contrary to Washington’s claims, it is waging a war on the extremist group. U.S. forces are instead collaborating with them in myriad ways. During the destruction of ISIS-controlled Raqqa in Syria by the U.S.-led coalition, a secret deal was struck with the group that granted members safe passage as it evacuated the area. The deal, uncovered by the BBC, ensured the survival and freedom of many top ISIS leaders and a number of foreign fighters. The U.S. still maintains its base in al-Tanf at the Syrian-Jordanian border in contravention of international law and against the wishes of the Syrian government on the pretext of combating ISIS. Moscow has repeatedly accused the United States of forming new armed groups from the remains of ISIS, where they are allegedly given free rein and pop up “like a jack-in-the-box” to ambush Syrian troops before fading back into the U.S.-controlled region.
Saturday, March 23, 2019 10:33 PM
Sunday, March 24, 2019 2:25 AM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: According to mideast newpapers, a UK-based Syrian rights group, and the BBC ... Quote:US Army Takes 50 Tons Of Gold From Syria In Alleged Deal With ISIS As the remaining pockets of ISIS fighters faced imminent defeat in northeast Syria, the United States allegedly gave them an offer they couldn’t refuse: give us your massive caches of gold - or die. According to reports by Syrian state news agency SANA, U.S. forces struck a deal with ISIS whereby the terrorist group would give up 50 tons of gold across eastern Syria’s Deir el-Zour province in exchange for safe passage. The precious metal, worth about $2.13 billion, was plundered by the self-designated “caliphate” as its reign of terror spread across Syria and Iraq between 2015 and 2017. Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah reports that local sources claim U.S. Army helicopters have already transferred the gold from the U.S. forces’ base in Kobani, the Kurdish-controlled city that lies close to Syria’s northern border with Syria. A portion of the gold was also distributed to the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which dominates the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The news comes after SANA claimed that locals witnessed U.S. helicopters airlifting large cases of gold amounting to about 40 tons from the al-Dashisha area in Hasaka’s southern countryside earlier this month. The gold was purportedly looted by ISIS from Mosul in Iraq and other parts of Syria. The Syrian state media outlet claimed that ISIS leaders were on-hand to guide the U.S. helicopters to the places where the gold was stashed, “closing a deal by which Washington spared hundreds of the terror organization’s field leaders and experts.” The claims by the Syrian government outlet coincide with reports by U.K.-based war monitor, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR), which alleged that the U.S. and its Kurdish allies had been sparing ISIS fighters in hopes of acquiring the group’s war spoils. The SOHR said: “The U.S.-led coalition forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) deliberately do not target the areas under the control of the ISIL terrorists and commanders in Eastern Euphrates in Deir el-Zour as they are trying to locate this treasure by forcing the ISIL militants to speak about its location after surrendering.” Syrian and Russian media alike have long alleged that, contrary to Washington’s claims, it is waging a war on the extremist group. U.S. forces are instead collaborating with them in myriad ways. During the destruction of ISIS-controlled Raqqa in Syria by the U.S.-led coalition, a secret deal was struck with the group that granted members safe passage as it evacuated the area. The deal, uncovered by the BBC, ensured the survival and freedom of many top ISIS leaders and a number of foreign fighters. The U.S. still maintains its base in al-Tanf at the Syrian-Jordanian border in contravention of international law and against the wishes of the Syrian government on the pretext of combating ISIS. Moscow has repeatedly accused the United States of forming new armed groups from the remains of ISIS, where they are allegedly given free rein and pop up “like a jack-in-the-box” to ambush Syrian troops before fading back into the U.S.-controlled region. https://themindunleashed.com/2019/02/50-tons-gold-syria-isis.html If true ... and I have no reason to believe that it isn't ... this is exactly what happened in Libya. Qaddafi had a large gold reserve; and was going initiate a pan-African gold-based currency. THAT, of course, was his mortal sin: Like Saddam, he was going to go off the petrodollar reservation, and that just wouldn't be tolerated, So, whatever happended to that approximately 150 tons of gold and approximately the sameamount in silver? No one is saying, but I'd bet that some western nation stole it. MORE ABOUT LIBYAN GOLD https://awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2016/01/10/who-stole-143-tons-of-gold-from-the-libyan-people/ Aside from rhyming with Iraq (It too was going off the petrodollar. Was its gold stolen as well?) and Libya, Venezuela is another one of those oil-states with plans to go off the petrodollar reservation. So it's not surprising that Britain refuses to give Venezuela its gold back, which it held "in trust" for the Venezuelan government. And of course the USA is doing everything it can to keep Iranian oil (and gas) off the world market. If Saudi Arabia chooses to peel from the petrodollar, that will be the death-knell. The one knotty "petrodollar" problem that the USA can't seem to solve is Russia, which is also a big oil exporter and which is adding to its huge reserves of gold, and which (with China) is developing a non-petrodollar, non-SWIFT system of exchange. No wonder the western central banks are so anxious about their dollar reserves!
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