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Donald Trump just said something that he was not supposed to say, and it is something that Barack Obama will never admit. Originally appeared at endoftheamericandream During an appearance on Sirius XM’s “Breitbart News Daily” on Tuesday morning, Trump stated that the Turkish government “looks like they’re on the side of ISIS more or less based on the oil”. This makes Trump the first presidential candidate to tell the truth about this to the American people. By now, just about everyone knows that ISIS is using Turkey as a home base , and I have previously written about how Turkey is “training ISIS militants, funneling weapons to them, buying their oil, and tending to their wounded in Turkish hospitals”. But a major U.S. politician, especially one running for the White House, could get into really hot water for saying these kinds of things about our NATO ally. You see, the truth is that the American people are not supposed to know that Turkey is actually on the same side as ISIS and has

According to the President of Iraqi Kurdistan Masoud Barzani, the anti-IS coalition forces will need 3 months to get Mosul under their control. The military situation in and around the city of Mosul is unfolding quite differently than that of the other major militant stronghold – Aleppo (READ MORE: THE STRONGHOLD OF ALEPPO ). Mosul is the second largest city in Iraq, after Baghdad. It is a city of 1.5 million people (according to UN estimates). It is a city where Sunni Arabs, Shia Arabs, Kurds, Yezidis, Armenians, Assyrians, Turkmens, and even some followers of Christianity have coexisted for a very long time. Mosul is also the informal political and economic capital of Sunni Iraq. An ethnically multifaceted city, it has the highest percentage of Christians of all the Iraqi cities. Fig.1 Ethnographic Map of Mosul City. Map source: @peshmerga_46/Twitter Economically, Mosul is a sufficiently large center of oil production. Before the Russian operation to target and destroy the oil car

According to Ukrainian Media, the newest Ukrainian Grom-2 short-range missile system is capable to target Moscow and “change the strategic balance” between Ukraine and Russia. The Grom-2 short-range missile system (Photo: ukrmir.info) The new Ukrainian Grom-2 short-range missile system will allow Kiev to “change the strategic balance” between Ukraine and Russia, as well as to crush the self-proclaimed republics in Donbass region, the Ukrainian Apostrophe news portal reported. Reportedly, the new missile system, which is financed by Saudi Arabia , is designed to compete with the Russian Iskander short-range ballistic missile system. As local analysts told Ukrainian media, testing of the new Ukrainian system could be started already in next month, and the Grom-2 will be able to compete with the Russian system, and at a lower cost. According to the website, citing local experts, the Grom-2 system is even capable to target Moscow . The author of the article stressed that very soon “any a

The first part of the video depicts the worst-case escalation scenario of the conflict in Syria. The last part of the video shows, we hope, the most possible developments concerning Syria. Possible Scenarios of the Conflict in Syria   In terms of the actual failure of diplomatic efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis, the threat of a direct armed conflict between Russia and the United States is becoming more and more of a reality. In simulating a possible armed conflict between the Armed Forces of the involved countries, we can state with some confidence that it will commence with a series of provocative actions. Possibilities include air strikes of “unknown aircraft” on civilians, the use of chemical weapons, destruction of humanitarian convoys, “shooting” at military aircraft or ships of the coalition forces, and possibly even encompassing their complete destruction. The United States and Western countries

By Finian Cunningham US President Barack Obama has just given the Pentagon orders to assassinate commanders of the Al Nusra terror network in Syria. American media reports over the weekend say the new urgency arises from US intelligence fears that al Qaeda-affiliated groups are preparing to mount terror attacks against Western targets from strongholds in Syria. The purported US «kill list» will be acted on through drone strikes and «intelligence assets». The latter refers, presumably, to US special forces that are already operating in northern Syria alongside Turkish military. Last week, a similar announcement was carried in the British press, which reported that elite British SAS troops had received orders to kill up to 200 jihadi volunteers from Britain who are suspected to be active in Syria (and Iraq). Again, the same rationale was invoked as in the latest American plan. That the assassination program was to pre-empt terror attacks rebounding on Western states. A British defense

The Lithuanian Weaponry Fund has sold the M14 semi-automatic rifles, supplied to the Lithuanian Army by the US in 1999, although the sides signed an agreement to ban sale of the weapons. The M14 semi-automatic rifle (Photo: didzgalvis.lt) The M14 semi-automatic rifles, supplied to the Lithuanian Army by the US in 1999, were sold to individual persons, although the countries signed an agreement to ban sale of the weapons, the Delfi informational website reported on Tuesday. The agreement between the Lithuanian government and the US, according to which Lithuania committed not to transfer the delivered rifles to third parties, was signed in 2002, three years after the supply. “The US government provided a support to Lithuania in the form of the preowned M14 semi-automatic rifles, which were sold to third parties in 2014, although Lithuania and the US signed an agreement to ban sale of the weapons,” the article reads. According to Delfi, the rifles were on free sale, any private pe

The Russian military has released a rare footage of Bastion coastal defence system targeting militants in Syria. The Bastion system launched cruise missile P-800 (Oniks) on ‘terrorist objects’ at 0:35

PHOTO: ZUMA PRESS German police have carried out a large-scale operation targeting Islamists in 60 cities, including Berlin, the German Interior Ministry (Bundesministeriums des Innern) reported on November 15. Mmedia reports say that raids have targeted offices and mosques linked to the Islamist missionary network ‘The True Religion,’ (banned November 15 morning) which is known to have been distributing free Korans at infostands throughout Germany. The ministry announced that authorities believe the group has acted in violation of Germany’s constitution and incited hatred. The so-called “missionary network” advocates armed jihad and supports terrorist organizations. In total, some 190 mosques, offices, and apartments associated with the group have allegedly been searched in 10 federal states.