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Peering into the abyss: The Syrian Arab Army is determined to liberate
Idlib and to eliminate the terrorists there. Thus, essentially ending
this international proxy war. The U.S. and its regional allies are dead
set against this. Why is the Trump administration siding with
terrorists?
CrossTalking with Adel Darwish, Afshin Shahi, and Naim Salem.
Moscow is aware of who the people named as suspects in the
Skripal case are, President Vladimir Putin said, adding that these
people are civilians.
Saying that there is “nothing criminal” about the two, Putin also hopes that the people in question will eventually come forward and talk to the media.
“I
want to address them [the suspects]... [I hope] they contact the media.
I hope they appear and tell everything about themselves,” he said, addressing the audience during the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in the Russian city of Vladivostok.
Earlier in September, UK prosecutors named two
Russians they suspect of poisoning Sergei Skripal and his daughter in
Salisbury this March. According to London, their names are Alexander
Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov. Russia denies any involvement and accuses
Britain of spinning the case to stir anti-Russian sentiment.
Beyond identifying them as Russian nationals, the prosecutors gave no indication as to who the men are.
After
London again blamed Russia, implying that officials at the highest
levels of power could be responsible for the poisoning, Kremlin
spokesman Dmitry Peskov rebuffed the allegations. “Neither
Russia’s top leadership nor those with lower ranks, and [Russian]
officials, have had anything to do with the events in Salisbury,” he said at that time.
The
Kremlin spokesman added that Putin didn’t personally speak to the two
individuals identified by the British authorities as suspects in the
case. Russian law enforcement has not made any moves to prosecute them,
Peskov said.
According to the investigators, the suspects who
arrived in Britain from Moscow left traces of the poison used in the
attack in the hotel room they stayed in. They were also caught on CCTV
cameras in Salisbury twice, including on the day of the attack, and
traveled back directly to the Russian capital.
This
trail of evidence from the supposedly highly-trained perpetrators casts
doubt over Moscow’s involvement, according to a number of security
experts. “It seems very strange that these people have absolutely
left what seems to be a very reckless and clear trail of evidence, which
almost seems to be designed, or at least would almost inevitably lead
to, the conclusions that the police and the authorities have come to
today, in other words that Russia were to blame,” Charles Shoebridge, a security expert and former British military officer, told RT.
Annie
Machon, a former MI5 intelligence officer, said the inquiry into the
case has effectively turned into a trial by media, based on “bits of evidence that may look pretty compelling but will never be tested in a real court of law.”
London
also insists that a counterfeit Nina Ricci perfume box was used as
container and delivery device for the chemical used in the poisoning. It
was later found by Charlie Rowley in the town of Amesbury, not far from
Salisbury. They also claim that the noxious agent was in a bottle that
had been altered to make it “perfect cover for smuggling the weapon
into the country and a perfect delivery method for the attack against
the Skripal’s front door.”
Reacting to the prosecutors’
statement, Russian envoy to the UN Vasily Nebenzya joked that the nerve
agent attack has so far had only one benefactor – Nina Ricci.
Russian S-300 and S-400 air defense missile systems are put in
combat mode to practice hitting targets in the largest military drill
the nation has held since the 1980s.
A video released by the
Russian Defense Ministry shows cranes placing surface-to-air missiles on
launch vehicles, while soldiers monitor radar in command centers. The
launchers are later set into firing position, ready to shoot down
incoming aircraft and enemy missiles. The Pantsir-S missile-gun systems
can also be seen securing the area.
“We have repelled an enemy aerial attack. The unit has executed its task with excellence,” the battery commander, Lieutenant Colonel Maksim Voronoy, said.
The air defense units were deployed to Russia’s Far East to participate in Vostok 2018 – a massive week-long exercise involving about 300,000 troops and tens of thousands of combat vehicles.
Last week, I urged the Secretary of State and National Security
Advisor to stop protecting al-Qaeda in Syria by demanding that the
Syrian government leave Idlib under al-Qaeda control. While it may seem
hard to believe that the US government is helping al-Qaeda in Syria,
it’s not as strange as it may seem: our interventionist foreign policy
increasingly requires Washington to partner up with “bad guys” in
pursuit of its dangerous and aggressive foreign policy goals.
Does
the Trump Administration actually support al-Qaeda and ISIS? Of course
not. But the “experts” who run Trump’s foreign policy have determined
that a de facto alliance with these two extremist groups is
for the time being necessary to facilitate the more long-term goals in
the Middle East. And what are those goals? Regime change for Iran.
Let’s have a look at the areas where the US is turning a blind eye to al-Qaeda and ISIS.
First,
Idlib. As I mentioned last week, President Trump’s own Special Envoy to
fight ISIS said just last year that “Idlib Province is the largest Al
Qaeda safe haven since 9/11.” So why do so many US officials – including
President Trump himself – keep warning the Syrian government not to
re-take its own territory from al-Qaeda control? Wouldn’t they be doing
us a favor by ridding the area of al-Qaeda? Well, if Idlib is re-taken
by Assad, it all but ends the neocon (and Saudi and Israeli) dream of
“regime change” for Syria and a black eye to Syria’s ally, Iran.
Second,
one of the last groups of ISIS fighters in Syria are around the Al-Tanf
US military base which has operated illegally in northeastern Syria for
the past two years. Last week, according to press reports, the Russians
warned the US military in the region that it was about to launch an
assault on ISIS fighters around the US base. The US responded by sending
in 100 more US Marines and conducting a live-fire exercise as a
warning. President Trump recently reversed himself (again) and announced
that the US would remain at Al-Tanf “indefinitely.” Why? It is
considered a strategic point from which to attack Iran. The US means to
stay there even if it means turning a blind eye to ISIS in the
neighborhood.
Finally, in Yemen, the US/Saudi
coalition fighting the Houthis has been found by AP and other mainstream
media outlets to be directly benefiting al-Qaeda. Why help al-Qaeda in
Yemen? Because the real US goal is regime change in Iran, and Yemen is
considered one of the fronts in the battle against Iranian influence in
the Middle East. So we are aiding al-Qaeda, which did attack us, because
we want to “regime change” Iran, which hasn’t attacked us. How does
that make sense?
We all remember the old saying,
attributed to Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack, that “if you
lie down with dogs, you wake up with fleas.” The “experts” would like us
to think they are pursuing a brilliant foreign policy that will provide
a great victory for America at the end of the day. But as usual, the
“experts” have got it wrong. It’s really not that complicated: when
“winning” means you’re allied with al-Qaeda and ISIS, you’re doing
something wrong. Let’s start doing foreign policy right: let’s leave the
rest of the world alone!
As US threatens sanctions over S-400 purchase India's dollar holdings decline even as total reserves grow
The world's second biggest gold consumer continues to replenish
its bullion reserves, a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) report shows. At the
same time, New Delhi is slowly but surely reducing its share of US debt bonds.
The annual report from the Indian financial regulator reveals that
the country followed other BRICS partners in adding physical gold to its
foreign exchange reserves. The RBI reportedly bought 8.46 metric tons
of gold during the last fiscal year ending in March. As of the end of June, the country’s central bank held 566.23 metric tons of gold against 557.77 metric tons a year ago. The RBI purchased gold for the first time in nearly a decade. The regulator acquired 200 metric tons of the precious metal in 2009 shortly after the global financial crisis.
According to the RBI, India’s international reserves rose by five percent from June 2017 to June 2018 in comparison to the 6.3 percent growth seen in the same period in the previous year.
“Diversification of India's Foreign Currency Assets
continued during the year with attention being ascribed to risk
management, including cybersecurity risk. The gold portfolio has also
been activated,” the report added.
Meanwhile, the country’s share of US sovereign debt saw a gradual decline from $157 billion in March to $148.9 billion by May, according to the latest US Treasury report.
Eliminating US sovereign bonds has recently become a trend among
major holders. According to the latest statistics, Russia dumped 84
percent of its holdings during 2018, while Turkey’s share of US
Treasuries fell by 42 percent during the first half of the current year.
At the same time, Japan and China, the biggest holders of the US papers also reduced their shares, albeit insignificantly.
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