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The US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain is seen after a collision, in Singapore waters August 21, 2017 © Ahmad Masood / Reuters Navy and Marine Corps divers have recovered the remains of 10 sailors previously listed as missing following the last week incident when the destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker near Singapore on August 21. Five sailors were injured and ten reported missing after the destroyer USS John S. McCain with the oil tanker east of the Malacca Strait. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. Meanwhile, Vice Adm. Phil Sawyer, commander of U.S. 7th Fleet, arrived in Yokosuka August  25, after assuming command on August 23, the US Navy reported. “Prior to arrival, he participated in the International Maritime Security Symposium hosted by the Indonesian Navy in Bali, Indonesia. A career submariner,  Sawyer  has extensive experience as a commander in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. His most recent assignment was deputy c

Written by  Prof Michel Chossudovsky ; Originally appeared at  Global Research A CBS news article published in 2011 entitled “ Social Media Is a Tool of the CIA. Seriously”   reveals the “unspoken truth” which the mainstream media including CBS have failed to address. The CIA is   “ using  Facebook, Twitter, Google  (GOOG) and other social media to spy on people.” This article published by CBS refutes the lies of the MSM (and CBS). It confirms the insidious relationship between the CIA, the Search Engines,  Social Media and major advertising conglomerates: “You don’t need to wear a tinfoil hat to believe that the  CIA  is using  Facebook, Twitter, Google  (GOOG) and other social media to spy on people. That’s because the  CIA publishes a helpful list of press releases  [link inactive] on all the social media ventures it sponsors, via its technology investment arm  In-Q-Tel . … “ The report acknowledges that “privacy” is threatened by the advertisers, yet at the same time  t

The Russian Aerospace Forces have destroyed 26 more pieces of the ISIS military equipment and 2 fortified strong points belonging to the terrorist group, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Monday. “Russia’s aerospace force during last night and the day of Monday went ahead with successful attacks against facilities of the Islamic State [ISIS] to destroy  four tanks, 16 cross-country vehicles armed with heavy machineguns, six trucks carrying ammunition and two fortified points, including artillery positions ,” the ministry said. The announcement came amid  the continued clashes between the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and ISIS in the Ghanem Ali area in southern Raqqah . According to the defense ministry, following the failure in southern Raqqah ISIS is now trying to re-group its forces in the province of Deir Ezzor. On Sunday, the Russian military announced that its warplanes have destroyed  the most battle-tested and well-armed unit of ISIS in the Euphrates River valley . Ov