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By Craig Murray There is no starker proof of the golden chains in which Israel has entangled the British political class, than the incredible fact that “diplomat” Shai Masot has not been expelled for secretly conspiring to influence British politics by attacking Britain’s Deputy Foreign Minister, suggesting that he might be brought down by “a little scandal”. It is incredible by any normal standards of diplomatic behaviour that immediate action was not taken against Masot for actions which when revealed any professional diplomat would normally expect to result in being “PNG’d” – declared persona non grata. Obama has just expelled 35 Russian diplomats for precisely the same offence, with the exception that in the Russian case there is absolutely zero hard evidence, whereas in the Masot case there is irrefutable evidence on which to act. To compare the two cases is telling. Al Jazeera should be congratulated on their investigation, which shames the British corporate and state

File photo Members of the US Special Forces have carried out a ground operation in the Syrian province of Deir Ezzor aimed at capturing leaders of the ISIS terrorist group, according to media reports and comments by US-led coalition officials. The operation allegedly took place near some town north of the Deir Ezzor provincial capital on Sunday. The Washington Post ( January 9, 2017 ): The troops, who landed on helicopters, spent about 90 minutes in the area, then left carrying Islamic State captives and bodies, according to witnesses quoted by the website Deir al-Zour 24, which monitors Islamic State activity in that province. A U.S. official said U.S. forces intercepted a vehicle thought to be carrying senior Islamic State members, but declined to say whether the militants had been captured or killed. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an operation that the Pentagon has not yet publicly announced, said there were no American casualties. The raid appe

Appeared in Bulgarian at A-specto , Very often, cinematography reflects the spirit of the times much more accurately than all socio-political analysis and published material. In 2015, another film of Coen brothers, ‘Hail Caesar’, came to the American screens; a slightly absurd comedy about Hollywood of the 50s of the last century, typical for these directors. On the screen is America in 1950, where the joy of the economic upswing after recently winning World War II borders the dark paranoia of McCarthy, with cartoon margins of leftist professors and writers who worship the invented by them, but not existing in reality, image of the USSR, and the money, both all-powerful and powerless. This film became the symbolic epitaph of the events of 2016, which can be called “the year of the great turning point in global politics.” Donald Trump, wishing to bring back Great America, is in fact, the United States from the era of President Dwight Eisenhower. This is America, which is so powerfu

Houthi-Saleh forces have destroyed a Saudi-led coalition convoy near the Yemeni city of Taiz, according to the video released on January 8. Anti-Saudi forces have destroyed a notable number of military equipment, including Caiman MTV, Oshkosh M-ATV armoured vehicles. There are no confirmed reports about casualties of the Saudi coalition. However, according to pro-Houthi sources over 20 pro-Saudi fighters have been killed.

Israel plot to 'take down' Tory minister: Astonishing undercover video captures diplomat conspiring with rival MP's aide to smear Deputy Foreign Secretary Israeli Embassy made vow to ‘take down’ Foreign Office deputy Sir Alan Duncan Bombshell footage covertly filmed in restaurant, obtained by Mail on Sunday Senior diplomat is egged on by a senior aide to another Conservative Minister  The Israeli Embassy made a shocking vow to ‘take down’ Boris Johnson’s Foreign Office deputy, a secret film reveals today. The bombshell footage, covertly filmed in a London restaurant and obtained by The Mail on Sunday, shows a senior diplomat making the astonishing threat to target Sir Alan Duncan. Extraordinarily, he is egged on by a senior aide to another Conservative Minister, Robert Halfon.  The video comes in a film claiming to expose the way that the Israeli government has ‘infiltrated’ both the Conservative and Labour parties via its embassy in the UK, using secret cash a

© rtd.rt.com With dozens of US military bases encircling China with a "giant noose," and America's historic nuclear presence in the Pacific region, a war between the greatest military power and the world's second largest economy "is no longer unthinkable," journalist John Pilger says. In his documentary, 'The Coming War on China,' which is being aired on RT's documentary channel RTD this weekend, the multi-award winning journalist and filmmaker claims he aims "to break the silence." Pilger sets out several remarkable historic facts which bear testament to America's "sabre-rattling" in the Asia Pacific. WATCH 'THE COMING WAR ON CHINA' ON RTD In the West, "the threat of China is becoming big news, the media is beating the drums of war as the world is being primed to regard China as a new enemy," the UK-based Australian journalist says. The mainstream media such as CNN get exclusive access to classified US s

A man chants slogans during an anti-North Korea rally in central Seoul, South Korea, February 11, 2016. © Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters If Seoul launches an operation to assassinate North Korea’s leader in the event of war, US special operations forces would participate, Yonhap news agency claims. “The South Korean military will form a special brigade based on that of the US sometime later this year,” a high-ranking government official told the agency on condition of anonymity, adding that US special agents are expected to be under Korean command during the operation. “Although the brigade is modeled after that in the US, it will be tailored to the special environments of the peninsula,” the source was cited as saying. The South Korean task force charged with eliminating the North Korean government in case of a war would be 1,000 to 2,000 strong, the report added. Seoul announced plans for creating an anti-Kim unit earlier this week, citing a rising threat from Pyongyang. The idea has been ci

By Finian Cunningham US ruling power is in deep trouble because there are growing signs that the mass of citizens are no longer beholden to the supposed authority residing in Washington. Once the legitimacy of would-be authorities begins to collapse in the eyes of the people , then profound political change is in the offing, as history shows us through countless empires that came and went – often ignominiously. The so-called American Deep State comprising the military-intelligence apparatus and its operatives in the political and media establishment has put its credibility on the line over allegations of Russian interference in the US elections. Those allegations are threadbare, indeed baseless , despite concerted, overweening attempts by the Deep State to conjure up something of substance. The latest high-level intelligence report from the CIA  , NSA, FBI and other US spy agencies on alleged Russian cyber hacking may have “wowed” President Barack Obama, various members of