September 18, 2018
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Arms Manufacturers In UK Classrooms
Andrew Smith discusses how schools in the UK involve the arms industry to teach school children about weapons manufacture and trade. BAE Systems invests tens of millions of pounds in order to improve its image in the eyes of school children (inc. transcript). Continue reading
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The implications of US-China trade war By Nick Beams
The US is demanding that the trade deficit with China be reduced, but the conflict does not merely centre on that issue. China has made offers to increase its imports from the US, all of which have been rejected. The key US demand is that the Chinese government completely abandon its program of economic development… Continue reading
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Western demands on Syria By Thierry Meyssan
While on the ground, the war is ending, and only Idlib still needs to be freed from the terrorists, the Western powers are starting trouble all over again. They have just presented their demands to the UN special envoy, Staffan de Mistura. Unsurprisingly, the United States refuse the process led by Russia, for the unique… Continue reading
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Syria News Links 18 September 2018
18 September 2018 16:12 — William Bowles New security system to be established in Idlib — Russian defense chief http://tass.com/defense/1022145 Turkey: Civilians to stay in Idlib, ‘terrorists’ to be removed https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/turkey-civilians-stay-idlib-terrorists-removed-180918112856499.html Continue reading
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Russia reveals the MH17 ‘smoking gun’ By Pepe Escobar
18 September 2018 — Asia Times Defense Ministry provides missile engine evidence, shifting blame to the Ukrainian military The Russian Defense Ministry may have finally unveiled the “smoking gun” able to solve the mystery surrounding Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, shot down on July 17, 2014 over the Donetsk Oblast, a province in eastern Ukraine. Continue reading
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Economist magazine calls for soldier MPs to lead UK By Julie Hyland
The New Statesman tells us: “Perhaps the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq will help to produce a new type of one-nation politics that can bring Britain back together after the shocks of the financial crisis and Brexit” Continue reading
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Syria – Israel Provocation Kills Russian Soldiers – Moscow Will Take Political Revenge By Moon of Alabama
Yesterday Turkey and Russia agreed on a further de-escalation in Idelb province in Syria. This agreement takes away the chance of an imminent wider war in which the U.S. and some of its allies would use a fake ‘chemical attack’ as a pretext to launch missiles against a large number of Syrian government targets and… Continue reading
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Russian Il-20 downed by Syrian missile after Israeli F-16s used it as cover during attack – MoD
The Russian military says an Israeli raid on Syria triggered a chain of events that led to its Il-20 plane being shot down by a Syrian S-200 surface-to-air missile. Moscow reserves the right to respond accordingly. Continue reading
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