veteranstoday--2020-10-07--Analysis of the Key Players in the Nagorno Karabagh War

By Harut Sassounian for VT Publisher , The California Courier www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com At the time of writing this analysis , on Oct. 5 , 2020 , the war between Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh on one side , and Azerbaijan , Turkey and Islamist mercenaries on the other , is continuing with countless deaths of soldiers and civilians , and widespread damage of cities and villages .
This week , I will analyze the role of each of the key players in the conflict : Azerbaijan ’ s President Ilham Aliyev , refusing to accept Nagorno Karabagh Armenians ’ right to self-determination @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to solve the conflict militarily , launched a massive attack against Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh on Sept. 27 , 2020 .
Before the war , Azerbaijan secured the support of the Turkish armed forces and a large number of terrorists from Syria paid by the Turkish government .
The Presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkey have ignored all appeals for ceasefire , including a joint statement by France , Russia and the United States .
Aliyev announced that there will be no ceasefire and no negotiations until Armenian forces leave Nagorno Karabagh .
Azerbaijan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nagorno Karabagh , but unleash a second genocide on Armenians .
This is an existential threat to the Armenian people .
It is a war against all 10 million Armenians worldwide .
Fortunately , Armenians have understood the serious danger to their existence and have joined hands to repulse the enemy .
After the Azeri/Turkish attack fails , Armenia should refuse all proposals for negotiations and safeguard the land of Nagorno Karabagh which has been liberated with the blood of brave Armenian young men .
Azerbaijan and Turkey have attacked not only Armenian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ major cities and villages .
This is a war crime for which Azerbaijan and Turkey should be held responsible in front of the European Court of Human Rights and the International Court of Justice .
Armenia should also file a complaint with the United Nations since Azerbaijan is a signatory to the UN “ International Convention Against the Recruitment , Use , Financing and Training of Mercenaries.
” The Convention calls for punishment “ by appropriate penalties which take into account the grave nature of those offenses.
” Turkey should have no role @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keeps talking about one nation , two states , referring to Azerbaijan and Turkey .
Why does he then not accept the same concept for Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh ?
He has no right to speak about Nagorno Karabagh ’ s status , since Turkey itself occupied Northern Cyprus in 1974 .
For far too long , Turkey has armed and trained terrorists in Syria , Iraq and Libya , and now in Azerbaijan .
The international community is just as guilty as Turkey for not sanctioning it for its terroristic activities .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ away with murder and no country will say a word .
It is time to muzzle Erdogan and check his expansionist desires .
Besides the physical war , there is also a war of propaganda and falsehoods being waged by Azerbaijan and Turkey .
As usual , Turkey is lying about the most obvious facts .
If it can deny the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians , it can also deny that it has military forces and advisors in Azerbaijan fighting against Armenia and Nagorno Artsakh .
Turkey also denies that it has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Karabagh .
Hundreds , if not thousands , of Islamist terrorists have been recruited by Turkey from Northern Syria to go to Azerbaijan to fight against Armenia and Nagorno Artsakh .
Many of their phone calls have been recorded in recent days stating that they were misled by Turkey into believing that they will only perform guard duties , not fight in a war .
The terrorists stated that they want to leave , but are prevented from doing so .
They have come to Azerbaijan after Turkey offered them a couple of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ denials of Azerbaijan and Turkey , Armenia ’ s National Security Services have recorded the terrorists ’ phone calls speaking in Arabic and Turkish and advising their fellow terrorists not to come to Azerbaijan .
Russia is the only world power that can stop the fighting as it has done many times before .
Either Russian President Vladimir Putin is unable to pressure Azerbaijan and Turkey to declare a ceasefire or unwilling to do so , until it can secure concessions from Armenia , Azerbaijan and Turkey for its own benefit .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Collective Security Treaty Organization ( CSTO ) which has a mutual defense agreement with Russia and several other former Soviet states .
So far Armenia has not applied to CSTO to come to its defense from Azerbaijan ’ s attacks on the Republic of Armenia , announcing that it can protect its own territory .
Armenia should ask CSTO to secure its protection from attacks by Turkey and Azerbaijan .
If Armenia applies and CSTO rejects to fulfill its treaty obligations , then we will know that CSTO is a paper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scenes discussions between Armenia and CSTO to come to Armenia ’ s rescue at the appropriate time , before Armenia is in danger .
Supporting Armenia is also in Russia ’ s own interest .
First of all , the Caucasus region is considered Russia ’ s sphere of influence which Turkey should not be allowed to encroach .
Secondly , the Islamist terrorists that Turkey has sent to Azerbaijan could end up being a threat to Russia ’ s security .
The sooner Russia pressures Azerbaijan and Turkey to send the terrorists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interests .
Armenia is also displeased that Russia sells sophisticated jets and missiles to Azerbaijan .
This is an inappropriate conduct for a strategic ally of Armenia .
It is understandable that Russia is making these military sales for its own economic benefit , but Armenians have to constantly remind Russia that it is undermining its own reputation in Armenia by supplying weapons to Armenia ’ s enemy .
The Iranian government has always maintained a neutral position in the Armenia Azerbaijan conflict .
In the current war , Iran was alarmed when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Injuring a child .
Iran also expressed its serious concern with Azerbaijan importing mercenary terrorists which could pose a danger to Iran ’ s security .
It is shameful that the Israeli government continues to provide sophisticated drones and missiles to Azerbaijan in return for Azeri oil .
Would Israel , if it existed during World War II , have sold weapons to Hitler in return for financial gains ?
No wonder Armenia last week recalled its newly-appointed Ambassador from Tel Aviv .
American Armenians should impress upon American Jews and American Jewish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Azerbaijan is morally repugnant and it will be held responsible for the deaths of Armenian civilians and soldiers .
Even during the height of this war , scores of Azeri cargo planes have been seen in Israel loading advanced weapons for Azerbaijan !
France is the only country in the world that has told the truth about the conflict .
French President Emmanuel Macron declared that Azerbaijan was the one that initiated the attack on Nagorno Karabagh and also confirmed that Turkey has sent Islamist terrorists to Azerbaijan .
It is not clear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , nevertheless , Armenians worldwide appreciate the French position .
The United States , if it wanted to , could also pressure Turkey to stay out of the Armenian-Azeri conflict .
Unfortunately , despite Pres .
Trump ’ s statement that he will look into the conflict , nothing has been done .
Trump ’ s close friendship with Erdogan does not give Armenians any comfort that the United States will play a moderating role in the conflict , particularly at a time when Trump is infected with the coronavirus .
The only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Representatives is its planned adoption of Resolution 1165 which condemns Azerbaijan for its attack on Nagorno Karabagh and denounces Turkey for its participation in the war on the side of Azerbaijan .
Going beyond condemnation , the United States should sanction Azerbaijan and Turkey , cut off all military and foreign aid to both countries , and designate them as terrorist states !
In conclusion , Armenia can not rely on anyone but its own people to defend its homeland .
It is very encouraging that Armenians worldwide have come to the support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and humanitarian supplies .
All Armenians have to continue to counter Azeri and Turkish military and propaganda attacks .
When Azerbaijan sees that its military has failed to yield any results , it will be forced to admit that Nagorno Karabagh will never become a part of Azerbaijan .
After these vicious Azeri and Turkish attacks , no Armenian will agree to have the people of Nagorno Karabagh live under the brutal rule of the corrupt dictator Aliyev .

By Harut Sassounian for VT
Publisher, The California Courier
www.TheCaliforniaCourier.com
At the time of writing this analysis, on Oct. 5, 2020, the war between Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh on one side, and Azerbaijan, Turkey and Islamist mercenaries on the other, is continuing with countless deaths of soldiers and civilians, and widespread damage of cities and villages. This week, I will analyze the role of each of the key players in the conflict:
AZERBAIJAN
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, refusing to accept Nagorno Karabagh Armenians’ right to self-determination and following up on his numerous threats to solve the conflict militarily, launched a massive attack against Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh on Sept. 27, 2020. Before the war, Azerbaijan secured the support of the Turkish armed forces and a large number of terrorists from Syria paid by the Turkish government.
The Presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkey have ignored all appeals for ceasefire, including a joint statement by France, Russia and the United States. Aliyev announced that there will be no ceasefire and no negotiations until Armenian forces leave Nagorno Karabagh. Azerbaijan and Turkey not only want to occupy Nagorno Karabagh, but unleash a second genocide on Armenians.
This is an existential threat to the Armenian people. It is a war against all 10 million Armenians worldwide. Fortunately, Armenians have understood the serious danger to their existence and have joined hands to repulse the enemy. After the Azeri/Turkish attack fails, Armenia should refuse all proposals for negotiations and safeguard the land of Nagorno Karabagh which has been liberated with the blood of brave Armenian young men. Azerbaijan and Turkey have attacked not only Armenian military targets, but also civilians in major cities and villages. This is a war crime for which Azerbaijan and Turkey should be held responsible in front of the European Court of Human Rights and the International Court of Justice.
Armenia should also file a complaint with the United Nations since Azerbaijan is a signatory to the UN “International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries.” The Convention calls for punishment “by appropriate penalties which take into account the grave nature of those offenses.”
TURKEY
Turkey should have no role in the Nagorno Karabagh conflict. Erdogan keeps talking about one nation, two states, referring to Azerbaijan and Turkey. Why does he then not accept the same concept for Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh? He has no right to speak about Nagorno Karabagh’s status, since Turkey itself occupied Northern Cyprus in 1974.
For far too long, Turkey has armed and trained terrorists in Syria, Iraq and Libya, and now in Azerbaijan. The international community is just as guilty as Turkey for not sanctioning it for its terroristic activities. Erdogan has learned that he will get away with murder and no country will say a word. It is time to muzzle Erdogan and check his expansionist desires.
Besides the physical war, there is also a war of propaganda and falsehoods being waged by Azerbaijan and Turkey. As usual, Turkey is lying about the most obvious facts. If it can deny the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians, it can also deny that it has military forces and advisors in Azerbaijan fighting against Armenia and Nagorno Artsakh. Turkey also denies that it has recruited Islamist terrorists to fight in Nagorno Karabagh.
TERRORIST MERCENARIES
Hundreds, if not thousands, of Islamist terrorists have been recruited by Turkey from Northern Syria to go to Azerbaijan to fight against Armenia and Nagorno Artsakh. Many of their phone calls have been recorded in recent days stating that they were misled by Turkey into believing that they will only perform guard duties, not fight in a war. The terrorists stated that they want to leave, but are prevented from doing so. They have come to Azerbaijan after Turkey offered them a couple of thousand dollars a month. Despite the denials of Azerbaijan and Turkey, Armenia’s National Security Services have recorded the terrorists’ phone calls speaking in Arabic and Turkish and advising their fellow terrorists not to come to Azerbaijan.
RUSSIA
Russia is the only world power that can stop the fighting as it has done many times before. Either Russian President Vladimir Putin is unable to pressure Azerbaijan and Turkey to declare a ceasefire or unwilling to do so, until it can secure concessions from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey for its own benefit.
The problem is that Armenia is a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) which has a mutual defense agreement with Russia and several other former Soviet states. So far Armenia has not applied to CSTO to come to its defense from Azerbaijan’s attacks on the Republic of Armenia, announcing that it can protect its own territory. Armenia should ask CSTO to secure its protection from attacks by Turkey and Azerbaijan. If Armenia applies and CSTO rejects to fulfill its treaty obligations, then we will know that CSTO is a paper tiger. There may be behind the scenes discussions between Armenia and CSTO to come to Armenia’s rescue at the appropriate time, before Armenia is in danger.
Supporting Armenia is also in Russia’s own interest. First of all, the Caucasus region is considered Russia’s sphere of influence which Turkey should not be allowed to encroach. Secondly, the Islamist terrorists that Turkey has sent to Azerbaijan could end up being a threat to Russia’s security. The sooner Russia pressures Azerbaijan and Turkey to send the terrorists back, the better for its own interests.
Armenia is also displeased that Russia sells sophisticated jets and missiles to Azerbaijan. This is an inappropriate conduct for a strategic ally of Armenia. It is understandable that Russia is making these military sales for its own economic benefit, but Armenians have to constantly remind Russia that it is undermining its own reputation in Armenia by supplying weapons to Armenia’s enemy.
IRAN
The Iranian government has always maintained a neutral position in the Armenia Azerbaijan conflict. In the current war, Iran was alarmed when Azeri missiles fell inside the Iranian territory Injuring a child. Iran also expressed its serious concern with Azerbaijan importing mercenary terrorists which could pose a danger to Iran’s security.
ISRAEL
It is shameful that the Israeli government continues to provide sophisticated drones and missiles to Azerbaijan in return for Azeri oil. Would Israel, if it existed during World War II, have sold weapons to Hitler in return for financial gains? No wonder Armenia last week recalled its newly-appointed Ambassador from Tel Aviv. American Armenians should impress upon American Jews and American Jewish organizations that Israel’s arming of Azerbaijan is morally repugnant and it will be held responsible for the deaths of Armenian civilians and soldiers. Even during the height of this war, scores of Azeri cargo planes have been seen in Israel loading advanced weapons for Azerbaijan!
FRANCE
France is the only country in the world that has told the truth about the conflict. French President Emmanuel Macron declared that Azerbaijan was the one that initiated the attack on Nagorno Karabagh and also confirmed that Turkey has sent Islamist terrorists to Azerbaijan. It is not clear what France will do beyond mere words, nevertheless, Armenians worldwide appreciate the French position.
UNITED STATES
The United States, if it wanted to, could also pressure Turkey to stay out of the Armenian-Azeri conflict. Unfortunately, despite Pres. Trump’s statement that he will look into the conflict, nothing has been done. Trump’s close friendship with Erdogan does not give Armenians any comfort that the United States will play a moderating role in the conflict, particularly at a time when Trump is infected with the coronavirus.
The only positive action coming from the House of Representatives is its planned adoption of Resolution 1165 which condemns Azerbaijan for its attack on Nagorno Karabagh and denounces Turkey for its participation in the war on the side of Azerbaijan. Going beyond condemnation, the United States should sanction Azerbaijan and Turkey, cut off all military and foreign aid to both countries, and designate them as terrorist states!
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, Armenia cannot rely on anyone but its own people to defend its homeland. It is very encouraging that Armenians worldwide have come to the support of Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh donating funds and humanitarian supplies. All Armenians have to continue to counter Azeri and Turkish military and propaganda attacks. When Azerbaijan sees that its military has failed to yield any results, it will be forced to admit that Nagorno Karabagh will never become a part of Azerbaijan. After these vicious Azeri and Turkish attacks, no Armenian will agree to have the people of Nagorno Karabagh live under the brutal rule of the corrupt dictator Aliyev.


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A debate in Parliament recently on the Occupied Palestinian Territories drew some very silly remarks from the ‘ usual suspects ’ .
It was opened in commonsense vein by Stephen Kinnock who said : “ It is so vital and urgent that the rule of law be brought to bear as the foundation upon which a viable and sustainable Palestine can be negotiated and built—a Palestine that protects the rights of its citizens and lives in peace with its neighbours. “ The illegal Israeli settlements… .
cause violence on a daily basis and they are a flagrant breach of international @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In 2018 , we marked 25 years since the signing of the Oslo accords .
That moment in 1993 was meant to herald a new and lasting era of peace and co-existence—the beginning of a genuine two-state solution—but since then , the number of illegal settlers has increased from 258,000 to more than 610,000 .
Fifty thousand homes and properties have been demolished , and an illegal separation barrier has been built that carves up the West Bank and brutally disconnects towns , cities , families and communities from each other.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their current path… .
further annexation ’ Labour ’ s Jeff Smith kept the show on a sane level by reminding the House that Israel ’ s accords with the UAE and Bahrain have led only to a suspension of trouble , not an end .
“ Netanyahu has said that the plans for annexation remain on the table , and many of us fear that his Government could still bring those plans into practice ” .
You can count on it .
That is the Zionist Project ’ s main purpose .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ away from a visit to the West Bank—the one thing that came from many human rights groups and a range of people on the ground including diplomats and strong supporters of Israel—is that unless there are consequences for their actions , this Israeli Government will continue on their current path .
That means , ultimately , moves towards further annexation and the end of a two-state solution.
” But from there the debate went downhill to the extent that a colleague , Elizabeth Morley , decided to write to the most irritating participants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and , I think , well worth sharing with readers .
Thank you all for taking part in this debate .
It was disappointing but not surprising that both the Minister and those who declare themselves Friends of Israel ostensibly pay only lip service to peace , justice , and the rule of international law where Israel is concerned .
FoIs invariably shift blame onto the Palestinians , urging HMG to apply more pressure on them than on Israel .
To Mr Crabb , concerned about the threat of violence and death for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he force himself to try and extend his concern to non-Jewish Israelis too , let alone to Palestinians in the Occupied territory .
Mr Wakeford wondered if new elections in Palestine would “ bring not only an impetus for negotiation , but hope for the Palestinian people to move forward and find peace in the middle east ?
” Has he forgotten what happened after Hamas won the legislative election in 2006 with an overwhelming majority ?
The so-called free world refused to accept that outcome , thereby facilitating a further 15 years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would say settlements are not just unhelpful , they are illegal .
His remark that it is Palestinians ramming Israeli cars that makes the settlements necessary is nothing if not laughable .
Mr Moore , possibly blinded by his support of Israel , says “ Violence against Jews in the region had been taking place even before the state ’ s establishment in 1948 ” .
He should remember that in the same period the non-Jews of Palestine had suffered violence both from the British Mandatory and from the Jewish terror gangs who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the declaration of the State of Israel .
As for his remark that : “ For millennia , Jews lived in the west bank , known as the biblical lands of Judea and Samaria ” , he should recall that the proportion of Jewish to non-Jewish Palestinians in what was fondly known as the Holy Land before the Balfour Declaration was approx .
5 % to 95 % !
Regarding his comments on Gaza , would he consider his life would have improved after Israel withdrew settlers but destroyed its infrastructure , polluted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to electricity and water , made it unfit for human occupation and , to use David Cameron ’ s phrase , turned Gaza into “ an open-air prison camp ” surveilled night and day from land , sea and air ?
Finally , as for “ Palestine—meaning modern-day Israel ” – no , it does not !
Mr McCabe is worried about Palestinian text books .
Has he ever studied Israeli textbooks ?
I assume not .
So let him , and others who are similarly worried , read the recent study by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s School of Education which shows that the occupation barely figures in Israeli school textbooks , in which Palestinians are all but invisible , while at the same time the Jewish control and the Palestinians ’ inferior status appear as a natural , self-evident situation that one doesn ’ t have to think about .
The Bible is used as a historical source and as a moral justification for Jewish occupation of the West Bank .
[ See https : //www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-in-israeli-textbooks-the-palestinians-are-all-but-invisible-1.8933768 ] Mr Largan follows up his cynical remark about Palestine recognition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the genocide of Jewish people ” .
I would suggest he and others of that persuasion ( Mr McCabe included ) brush up their somewhat flimsy knowledge about Hamas and its history .
Mr Clarke-Smith says : “ Conflict is in no way as clearcut as it is so often presented , just as the settlements issue requires greater nuance than some are willing to provide.
” To him I would say : On the contrary , “ the conflict ” IS clear cut !
It started with the Balfour Declaration , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jews to take over Palestine .
Let him “ nuance ” the history of Palestine beyond all recognition !
Good to see the Minister dismissed Mr Shannon ’ s puerile attempt to divert attention to Iran .
I have copied in my MP .
Unfortunately he did not take part in the debate .
Nevertheless , I am confident that he would have agreed with those who urged HMG to recognise Palestine , ban settlement goods and cease trade with companies profiting from the Occupation .
Thank you for your attention.
” Crabb @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Parliamentary Chairman of Conservative Friends of Israel ( CFI ) , a lobby group at the centre of UK government which in 2014 claimed to include 80 % of Conservative Party MPs .
An utterly shameful state of affairs when you consider what message is sent by eagerly waving the flag of a brutal , lawless and racist regime that has few friends outside the conceited Westminster and Washington ‘ elites ’ .
He is also a Christian who believes in the practical value of prayer .
But if he ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Zionist Project , which god does he pray to ?
In 2017 he told the Jewish Chronicle : “ My interest in supporting Israel through CFI is less to do with faith and much more to do with basic values about liberalism , tolerance , democracy and freedom .
When you put yourself on the side of Israel you are putting yourself on the side of those values , which as a Conservative I believe are the essential underpinnings of prosperity in the modern world .
“ You can not fail to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ freedom and liberalism.
” Funny man .
Israel ’ s ‘ values ’ don ’ t include letting the Palestinians have their freedom or even the slightest sniff at the underpinning of prosperity .
“ As I have emphasised to you on numerous occasions in the past , the way forward is for a renunciation of violence and terror by Hamas and a resumption of full peace talks .
It was very encouraging to see Israel and the United Arab Emirates reach a ground-breaking peace agreement over summer and this has to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the Hamas leadership remain determined to turn Gaza into a terrorist statelet , rather than a prosperous home for Palestinians.
” The way forward is , and always has been , compliance with international law and UN resolutions and an end to Israel ’ s illegal and vicious military occupation which , even Crabb must see , deprives Palestinians of any hope of prosperity .
Mrs Morley , I think , would have pointed out to Crabb ( as she did to someone else ) that if he and his colleagues truly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because that ’ s the last thing their adored Israel wants – they are “ doing all the wrong things , namely : • None failing to sanction Israel for its decades long illegal occupation of Palestine and its ongoing crimes against Palestinian life ; • None failing to hold Israel to its obligations under international law as regards the return of refugees ; • None failing to stop selling lethal weapons to Israel which are used to maim and murder Palestinians , including children .
By not banning settlement products , HMG @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Israeli settlements whose main aim is the displacement , disenfranchisement , elimination by any means of the Palestinian people on their own land .
In fact HMG are for ever tilting the balance in Israel ’ s favour in countless other ways .
And no amount of peace deals with Israel ’ s other Arab nations will make any difference.
” Managing it , never solving it And I ’ d be saying to Mr Crabb , if you are seriously interested in Christianity you should connect with the Christian churches out there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tendency .
And I do mean the real Christians , those in the front line battling the jackbooted mayhem in the Holy Land .
And he ought to acquaint himself with the Kairos Document .
Eleven years ago a group of Christian Palestinians issued “ a cry of hope in the absence of all hope ” , reflecting their country ’ s decades of suffering under brutal Israeli occupation .
They said they had reached a dead end in the tragedy of the Palestinian people because international decision-makers contented themselves with ‘ managing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The situation was , and still is , destroying human life and that must surely be of concern to the Church .
“ We call out as Christians and as Palestinians to our religious and political leaders , to our Palestinian society and to the Israeli society , to the international community , and to our Christian brothers and sisters in the Churches around the world.
” Eight years later , in 2017 , came an Open Letter from Christian Palestinians to the World Council of Churches and the ecumenical movement .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the National Coalition of Christian Organisations in Palestine ( NCCOP ) saying the situation for Palestinians was “ beyond urgent ” .
They were concerned that States and churches were still dealing with Israel on a business-as-usual basis and ignoring the criminal reality of the military occupation .
After all , the world ’ s churches had come together in opposition to apartheid in South Africa and helped to defeat it .
So why hadn ’ t they done the same for Palestine ?
Then came a third Red Alert “ standing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” .
On the 10th anniversary of their first warning document , Kairos Palestine reached out to world ’ s Churches yet again , saying that life in Palestine had deteriorated even further under another decade of illegal occupation .
• “ The oppression is more aggressive and brutal.
” • “ Our imprisoned and besieged sisters and brothers in Gaza , non-violently gathered for the March of Return , were the targets of a bloody and deadly response.
” • “ Threats to annex the Jordan Valley and the settlements themselves grow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ major powers.
” • “ We are experiencing the continued dispossession of our land , our freedom and our human rights.
” • “ Add to this , three more appalling developments : • US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel ; • the US Secretary of State ’ s announcement that the US government no longer deems West Bank settlements to be ‘ inconsistent with international law ’ ; • and the State of Israel ’ s recent adoption of their Nation State Law which clearly reveals that de facto @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • “ The failure of the peace process is further evidence that the current status quo is unsustainable.
” The statement went on : “ There are still many who use the Bible to justify the occupation and who unquestioningly support the State of Israel .
And , for the most part , the global Church is failing us .
We are standing as if on the edge of a cliff , looking into an abyss.
” The essential point of their 2017 Open Letter was that time had run out : it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the chilling words : “ This could be our last chance to achieve a just peace .
As a Palestinian Christian community , this could be our last opportunity to save the Christian presence in this land.
” So did the efforts of these Palestinian clergy , Christ ’ s front-line troops who daily face hostility , abuse and physical danger , finally get through to our comfy Holy Joes here in the UK ’ s leafy suburbs ?
Has the penny dropped that the wellspring of their faith , the birthplace @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may be lost for ever if Israel gets its way ?
How has the World Council of Churches responded to all those urgent pleas from Palestine ?
And did the message percolated down through the ranks ?
And have our spiritual leaders , those upstanding ‘ men of the cloth ’ , been mobilising their troops ?
They promised to study and analyse .
“ We want churches in Palestine to know that their perspective is heard and it is vitally important , ” said the WCC ’ s general secretary .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spirit to work on specific objectives , strategies and partners for advocacy to end the occupation and to work for just peace in Palestine and Israel.
” Or was it all bollox ?
Meanwhile , if Mr Crabb is the true , prayerful Christian he claims to be he ’ ll be eager to read The Jerusalem Declaration on Christian Zionism by the Patriarch and Local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem in 2006 .
It says among other things : “ We categorically reject Christian Zionist doctrines as false teaching that corrupts the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alliance of Christian Zionist leaders and organizations with elements in the governments of Israel and the United States [ add the UK ] that are presently imposing their unilateral pre-emptive borders and domination over Palestine .
“ We reject the teachings of Christian Zionism that support these policies as they promote racial exclusivity and perpetual war .
“ We call upon all Churches that remain silent , to break their silence and speak for reconciliation with justice in the Holy Land .
” We call upon all people to reject Christian Zionism and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the expense of others .
“ We are committed to non-violent resistance as the most effective means to end the illegal occupation.
” And Palestinians – Muslim and Christian – are one people .
Don ’ t anyone forget that .
“ A man is known by the company he keeps ” , said Aesop the legendary storyteller .
So what is Mr Crabb , who prays a lot , doing wedded to an organisation that celebrates the Israeli regime ’ s cruel and criminal ambition to crush its Palestinian neighbours , including @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been in that land ?

A debate in Parliament recently on the Occupied Palestinian Territories drew some very silly remarks from the ‘usual suspects’.
It was opened in commonsense vein by Stephen Kinnock who said:
“It is so vital and urgent that the rule of law be brought to bear as the foundation upon which a viable and sustainable Palestine can be negotiated and built—a Palestine that protects the rights of its citizens and lives in peace with its neighbours.
“The illegal Israeli settlements…. cause violence on a daily basis and they are a flagrant breach of international law, yet they continue and expand. In 2018, we marked 25 years since the signing of the Oslo accords. That moment in 1993 was meant to herald a new and lasting era of peace and co-existence—the beginning of a genuine two-state solution—but since then, the number of illegal settlers has increased from 258,000 to more than 610,000. Fifty thousand homes and properties have been demolished, and an illegal separation barrier has been built that carves up the West Bank and brutally disconnects towns, cities, families and communities from each other.”
‘This Israeli Government will continue on their current path…. further annexation’
Labour’s Jeff Smith kept the show on a sane level by reminding the House that Israel’s accords with the UAE and Bahrain have led only to a suspension of trouble, not an end. “Netanyahu has said that the plans for annexation remain on the table, and many of us fear that his Government could still bring those plans into practice”.
You can count on it. That is the Zionist Project’s main purpose.
“The single message that I took away from a visit to the West Bank—the one thing that came from many human rights groups and a range of people on the ground including diplomats and strong supporters of Israel—is that unless there are consequences for their actions, this Israeli Government will continue on their current path. That means, ultimately, moves towards further annexation and the end of a two-state solution.”
But from there the debate went downhill to the extent that a colleague, Elizabeth Morley, decided to write to the most irritating participants. It’s a classic put-down and, I think, well worth sharing with readers.
Elizabeth wrote:
Dear MPs,
Thank you all for taking part in this debate.
It was disappointing but not surprising that both the Minister and those who declare themselves Friends of Israel ostensibly pay only lip service to peace, justice, and the rule of international law where Israel is concerned. FoIs invariably shift blame onto the Palestinians, urging HMG to apply more pressure on them than on Israel.
To Mr Crabb, concerned about the threat of violence and death for Jewish Israeli citizens, I would suggest he force himself to try and extend his concern to non-Jewish Israelis too, let alone to Palestinians in the Occupied territory.
Mr Wakeford wondered if new elections in Palestine would “bring not only an impetus for negotiation, but hope for the Palestinian people to move forward and find peace in the middle east?” Has he forgotten what happened after Hamas won the legislative election in 2006 with an overwhelming majority? The so-called free world refused to accept that outcome, thereby facilitating a further 15 years of violence.
To Mr Howell I would say settlements are not just unhelpful, they are illegal. His remark that it is Palestinians ramming Israeli cars that makes the settlements necessary is nothing if not laughable.
Mr Moore, possibly blinded by his support of Israel, says “Violence against Jews in the region had been taking place even before the state’s establishment in 1948”. He should remember that in the same period the non-Jews of Palestine had suffered violence both from the British Mandatory and from the Jewish terror gangs who committed atrocity after atrocity right up to the declaration of the State of Israel. As for his remark that: “For millennia, Jews lived in the west bank, known as the biblical lands of Judea and Samaria”, he should recall that the proportion of Jewish to non-Jewish Palestinians in what was fondly known as the Holy Land before the Balfour Declaration was approx. 5% to 95%! Regarding his comments on Gaza, would he consider his life would have improved after Israel withdrew settlers but destroyed its infrastructure, polluted its land and waters, restricted access to electricity and water, made it unfit for human occupation and, to use David Cameron’s phrase, turned Gaza into “an open-air prison camp” surveilled night and day from land, sea and air? Finally, as for “Palestine—meaning modern-day Israel” – no, it does not!
Mr McCabe is worried about Palestinian text books. Has he ever studied Israeli textbooks? I assume not. So let him, and others who are similarly worried, read the recent study by Prof. Avner Ben-Amos of Tel Aviv University’s School of Education which shows that the occupation barely figures in Israeli school textbooks, in which Palestinians are all but invisible, while at the same time the Jewish control and the Palestinians’ inferior status appear as a natural, self-evident situation that one doesn’t have to think about. The Bible is used as a historical source and as a moral justification for Jewish occupation of the West Bank. [See https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-in-israeli-textbooks-the-palestinians-are-all-but-invisible-1.8933768]
Mr Largan follows up his cynical remark about Palestine recognition by describing Hamas as “openly committed to the genocide of Jewish people”. I would suggest he and others of that persuasion (Mr McCabe included) brush up their somewhat flimsy knowledge about Hamas and its history.
Mr Clarke-Smith says: “Conflict is in no way as clearcut as it is so often presented, just as the settlements issue requires greater nuance than some are willing to provide.” To him I would say: On the contrary, “the conflict” IS clear cut! It started with the Balfour Declaration, which gave a free ticket to foreign Jews to take over Palestine. Let him “nuance” the history of Palestine beyond all recognition!
Good to see the Minister dismissed Mr Shannon’s puerile attempt to divert attention to Iran.
I have copied in my MP. Unfortunately he did not take part in the debate.
Nevertheless, I am confident that he would have agreed with those who urged HMG to recognise Palestine, ban settlement goods and cease trade with companies profiting from the Occupation.
Thank you for your attention.”
*
Crabb is an especially sad case. He’s Parliamentary Chairman of Conservative Friends of Israel (CFI), a lobby group at the centre of UK government which in 2014 claimed to include 80% of Conservative Party MPs. An utterly shameful state of affairs when you consider what message is sent by eagerly waving the flag of a brutal, lawless and racist regime that has few friends outside the conceited Westminster and Washington ‘elites’.
He is also a Christian who believes in the practical value of prayer. But if he’s such a dedicated supporter of the Zionist Project, which god does he pray to?
In 2017 he told the Jewish Chronicle:
“My interest in supporting Israel through CFI is less to do with faith and much more to do with basic values about liberalism, tolerance, democracy and freedom. When you put yourself on the side of Israel you are putting yourself on the side of those values, which as a Conservative I believe are the essential underpinnings of prosperity in the modern world.
“You cannot fail to be impressed by Israel as a beacon of freedom and liberalism.”
Funny man. Israel’s ‘values’ don’t include letting the Palestinians have their freedom or even the slightest sniff at the underpinning of prosperity.
And he recently wrote:
“As I have emphasised to you on numerous occasions in the past, the way forward is for a renunciation of violence and terror by Hamas and a resumption of full peace talks. It was very encouraging to see Israel and the United Arab Emirates reach a ground-breaking peace agreement over summer and this has to be the way forward. It is tragic that the Hamas leadership remain determined to turn Gaza into a terrorist statelet, rather than a prosperous home for Palestinians.”
The way forward is, and always has been, compliance with international law and UN resolutions and an end to Israel’s illegal and vicious military occupation which, even Crabb must see, deprives Palestinians of any hope of prosperity.
Mrs Morley, I think, would have pointed out to Crabb (as she did to someone else) that if he and his colleagues truly want peace – which I personally doubt because that’s the last thing their adored Israel wants – they are “doing all the wrong things, namely:
failing to recognise Palestine;
failing to sanction Israel for its decades long illegal occupation of Palestine and its ongoing crimes against Palestinian life;
failing to hold Israel to its obligations under international law as regards the return of refugees;
failing to stop selling lethal weapons to Israel which are used to maim and murder Palestinians, including children. By not banning settlement products, HMG actively assist those who support the illegal Israeli settlements whose main aim is the displacement, disenfranchisement, elimination by any means of the Palestinian people on their own land. In fact HMG are for ever tilting the balance in Israel’s favour in countless other ways. And no amount of peace deals with Israel’s other Arab nations will make any difference.”
Managing it, never solving it
And I’d be saying to Mr Crabb, if you are seriously interested in Christianity you should connect with the Christian churches out there instead of constantly hobnobbing with the Zionist Tendency. And I do mean the real Christians, those in the front line battling the jackbooted mayhem in the Holy Land.
And he ought to acquaint himself with the Kairos Document. Eleven years ago a group of Christian Palestinians issued “a cry of hope in the absence of all hope”, reflecting their country’s decades of suffering under brutal Israeli occupation.
They said they had reached a dead end in the tragedy of the Palestinian people because international decision-makers contented themselves with ‘managing’ the crisis rather than solving it. The situation was, and still is, destroying human life and that must surely be of concern to the Church. “We call out as Christians and as Palestinians to our religious and political leaders, to our Palestinian society and to the Israeli society, to the international community, and to our Christian brothers and sisters in the Churches around the world.”
Eight years later, in 2017, came an Open Letter from Christian Palestinians to the World Council of Churches and the ecumenical movement. It was a heart-rending cry for help from the National Coalition of Christian Organisations in Palestine (NCCOP) saying the situation for Palestinians was “beyond urgent”.
They were concerned that States and churches were still dealing with Israel on a business-as-usual basis and ignoring the criminal reality of the military occupation. After all, the world’s churches had come together in opposition to apartheid in South Africa and helped to defeat it. So why hadn’t they done the same for Palestine?
Then came a third Red Alert “standing on the cliff-edge looking into an abyss”. On the 10th anniversary of their first warning document, Kairos Palestine reached out to world’s Churches yet again, saying that life in Palestine had deteriorated even further under another decade of illegal occupation.
“The oppression is more aggressive and brutal.”
“Our imprisoned and besieged sisters and brothers in Gaza, non-violently gathered for the March of Return, were the targets of a bloody and deadly response.”
“Settlements continue to expand.”
“Threats to annex the Jordan Valley and the settlements themselves grow without a word of condemnation from the major powers.”
“We are experiencing the continued dispossession of our land, our freedom and our human rights.”
“Add to this, three more appalling developments: US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; the US Secretary of State’s announcement that the US government no longer deems West Bank settlements to be ‘inconsistent with international law’; and the State of Israel’s recent adoption of their Nation State Law which clearly reveals that de facto apartheid has become de jure apartheid.”
“The failure of the peace process is further evidence that the current status quo is unsustainable.”
The statement went on:
“There are still many who use the Bible to justify the occupation and who unquestioningly support the State of Israel. And, for the most part, the global Church is failing us. We are standing as if on the edge of a cliff, looking into an abyss.”
The essential point of their 2017 Open Letter was that time had run out: it was beyond urgent. And it ended with the chilling words:
“This could be our last chance to achieve a just peace. As a Palestinian Christian community, this could be our last opportunity to save the Christian presence in this land.”
So did the efforts of these Palestinian clergy, Christ’s front-line troops who daily face hostility, abuse and physical danger, finally get through to our comfy Holy Joes here in the UK’s leafy suburbs? Has the penny dropped that the wellspring of their faith, the birthplace of Jesus, is being stolen and may be lost for ever if Israel gets its way?
How has the World Council of Churches responded to all those urgent pleas from Palestine? And did the message percolated down through the ranks? And have our spiritual leaders, those upstanding ‘men of the cloth’, been mobilising their troops? They promised to study and analyse.
“We want churches in Palestine to know that their perspective is heard and it is vitally important,” said the WCC’s general secretary. “We will continue with the same passionate spirit to work on specific objectives, strategies and partners for advocacy to end the occupation and to work for just peace in Palestine and Israel.”
Or was it all bollox?
Rejecting Christian Zionism
Meanwhile, if Mr Crabb is the true, prayerful Christian he claims to be he’ll be eager to read The Jerusalem Declaration on Christian Zionism by the Patriarch and Local Heads of Churches in Jerusalem in 2006.
It says among other things:
“We categorically reject Christian Zionist doctrines as false teaching that corrupts the biblical message.
“We reject the alliance of Christian Zionist leaders and organizations with elements in the governments of Israel and the United States [add the UK] that are presently imposing their unilateral pre-emptive borders and domination over Palestine.
“We reject the teachings of Christian Zionism that support these policies as they promote racial exclusivity and perpetual war.
“We call upon all Churches that remain silent, to break their silence and speak for reconciliation with justice in the Holy Land.
” We call upon all people to reject Christian Zionism and other ideologies that privilege one people at the expense of others.
“We are committed to non-violent resistance as the most effective means to end the illegal occupation.”
And Palestinians – Muslim and Christian – are one people. Don’t anyone forget that.
“A man is known by the company he keeps”, said Aesop the legendary storyteller. So what is Mr Crabb, who prays a lot, doing wedded to an organisation that celebrates the Israeli regime’s cruel and criminal ambition to crush its Palestinian neighbours, including their Christian communities, who have always been in that land?
Stuart Littlewood
6 October 2020


veteranstoday--2020-10-06--#UNRIG Video (21:34) Mike Harris on Chinese Threat, Red Mafia Deep State Threat, How Trump Can Fix I

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veteranstoday--2020-10-07--Trumpster Blues: McCloskey’s Indicted on Weapons and Evidence Tampering

VT : Note that pro-Trump Russian media loves the McCloskey ’ s and has gone crazytown racist .
What ’ s that whirring noise ?
Its Russia ’ s honored dead who fought Fascism and now have to be buried in a nation that has a newfound love of….fascism .
For Mark and Pat , they just needed to keep their mouth ’ s shut .
As Trump ’ s regime collapses around them , the lashing out has already begun .
RT/Moscow : Mark and Patricia McCloskey , the St. Louis couple who brandished guns after protesters allegedly broke @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and threatened to kill them , have been indicted by a grand jury .
Jurors agreed to indict the McCloskeys Tuesday for unlawful use of a weapon and evidence tampering , the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported , citing the couple ’ s lawyer .
The felony indictments essentially mean that jurors found probable cause that the McCloskeys were guilty of the weapons violations , as charged by St. Louis Circuit Court Attorney Kimberly Gardner in July , and expanded the case to also include evidence tampering .
ALSO ON RT.COM ‘ So it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ News panelist STOPS Newt Gingrich from discussing ‘ Soros-elected ’ district attorneysWith the indictments secured , Gardner won ’ t need to go through a preliminary hearing to convince a judge that there is enough probability of guilt for the case to proceed to trial .
The evidence-tampering charge apparently concerns the pistol that Patricia McCloskey waved at protesters .
Patricia McCloskey claimed that the pistol was inoperable when she surrendered it to police after the incident .
However , it was reported that Gardner ’ s staff ordered the police crime lab @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to make the otherwise out-of-service weapon capable of “ lethal use.
” McCloskey ’ s attorney , Joel Schwartz , at the time accused the prosecutors ’ office of tampering with the evidence to charge the couple .
“ It ’ s disheartening to learn that a law enforcement agency altered evidence in order to prosecute an innocent member of the community , ” Schwartz said back in July .
ALSO ON RT.COMInoperable pistol seized from St. Louis couple was fixed to make sure it was ‘ ready for lethal use ’ to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from a June 28 incident that has sparked a firestorm of controversy over the rights of citizens to defend themselves in the age of Black Lives Matter protests .
The McCloskeys said demonstrators broke through their neighborhood ’ s iron gates , trespassed on their property and threatened to burn their house down and kill them and their pets .
Protesters said they came through an unlocked gate and marched past without going onto the McCloskeys ’ property .
Mark McCloskey told reporters earlier Tuesday that while none of the demonstrators was charged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – both lawyers in their early 60s — face felony charges that “ could cost us four years of our life and our law licenses.
” He said they are being persecuted “ because we had the gall to protect our home and our family against the mob.
” Missouri Governor Mike Parson , a Republican , said at the time Gardner ’ s charges were announced in July that he would pardon the McCloskeys if they were convicted .
President Donald Trump and Senator Josh Hawley , a Missouri Republican , also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ asking the Department of Justice to open a civil-rights investigation .
The McCloskeys even spoke at the Republican National Convention ( RNC ) in August .
Democrats , such as television writer Knell Scovell , cheered the grand jury indictments .
“ Indicted – and that ’ s why they fit in perfectly at the RNC , ” Scovell tweeted .
Author and Young Turks host Adrienne Lawrence tweeted sarcastically about the McCloskeys potentially losing their law licenses : “ That ’ d be a shame .
”

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Jurors agreed to indict the McCloskeys Tuesday for unlawful use of a weapon and evidence tampering, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported, citing the couple’s lawyer. The felony indictments essentially mean that jurors found probable cause that the McCloskeys were guilty of the weapons violations, as charged by St. Louis Circuit Court Attorney Kimberly Gardner in July, and expanded the case to also include evidence tampering.
GOP convention speakers indicted on gun charges and evidence tampering https://t.co/BFgMCOlxY4 — Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) October 6, 2020
ALSO ON RT.COM‘So it’s verboten?’: Fox News panelist STOPS Newt Gingrich from discussing ‘Soros-elected’ district attorneys With the indictments secured, Gardner won’t need to go through a preliminary hearing to convince a judge that there is enough probability of guilt for the case to proceed to trial.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey were charged with unlawful use of a weapon and evidence tampering, both felonies, the McCloskeys’ lawyer said in an interview. https://t.co/Coiif0lxwL — The New York Times (@nytimes) October 7, 2020
The evidence-tampering charge apparently concerns the pistol that Patricia McCloskey waved at protesters. Patricia McCloskey claimed that the pistol was inoperable when she surrendered it to police after the incident. However, it was reported that Gardner’s staff ordered the police crime lab to take apart and reassemble the gun to make the otherwise out-of-service weapon capable of “lethal use.”
McCloskey’s attorney, Joel Schwartz, at the time accused the prosecutors’ office of tampering with the evidence to charge the couple. “It’s disheartening to learn that a law enforcement agency altered evidence in order to prosecute an innocent member of the community,” Schwartz said back in July.
ALSO ON RT.COM Inoperable pistol seized from St. Louis couple was fixed to make sure it was ‘ready for lethal use’ to charge McCloskeys – report
The charges stem from a June 28 incident that has sparked a firestorm of controversy over the rights of citizens to defend themselves in the age of Black Lives Matter protests. The McCloskeys said demonstrators broke through their neighborhood’s iron gates, trespassed on their property and threatened to burn their house down and kill them and their pets. Protesters said they came through an unlocked gate and marched past without going onto the McCloskeys’ property.
Mark McCloskey told reporters earlier Tuesday that while none of the demonstrators was charged with trespassing, he and his wife – both lawyers in their early 60s — face felony charges that “could cost us four years of our life and our law licenses.” He said they are being persecuted “because we had the gall to protect our home and our family against the mob.”
Missouri Governor Mike Parson, a Republican, said at the time Gardner’s charges were announced in July that he would pardon the McCloskeys if they were convicted. President Donald Trump and Senator Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, also have defended the couple, with Hawley asking the Department of Justice to open a civil-rights investigation. The McCloskeys even spoke at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in August.
Democrats, such as television writer Knell Scovell, cheered the grand jury indictments. “Indicted – and that’s why they fit in perfectly at the RNC,” Scovell tweeted. Author and Young Turks host Adrienne Lawrence tweeted sarcastically about the McCloskeys potentially losing their law licenses: “That’d be a shame.”


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veteranstoday--2020-10-07--Former UN inspector, convicted child sex offender, suspected of spying for Israel

Haaretz/Israel – Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter says the FBI has had him under investigation for more than three years on suspicion of spying for Israel .
FBI spokesman James Margolin declined to comment on Friday .
Ritter has been out of prison since 2014 after serving 2 and a half years on a 5 and a half year sentence for multiple felony convictions related to child sex .
Ritter , a former U.S. Marine intelligence officer , mentioned the spying allegation during a question-and-answer session after a screening of his new documentary on the UN Special Commission , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after the 1991 Gulf War to destroy Iraq ’ s weapons of mass destruction .
Ritter was caught twice in 2001 in April and June 2001 , and arrested shortly after the second incident , [ 42 ] [ 43 ] in connection with police stings in which officers posed as under-aged girls to arrange meetings of a sexual nature .
He was charged with a misdemeanor crime of “ attempted endangerment of the welfare of a child ” after the second , but charges were dropped after he completed six months of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ record was sealed on condition that he avoid further trouble for a period of time .
[ 43 ] After this information was made public in early 2003 , Ritter said that the timing of the leak was politically motivated .
[ 42 ] [ 43 ] [ 45 ] Ritter was arrested again in November 2009 [ 46 ] over communications with a police decoy he met on an Internet chat site .
Police said that he exposed himself , via a web camera , after the officer said she was a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said in his own testimony during the trial that he believed the other party was an adult acting out her fantasy .
[ 47 ] The next month , Ritter waived his right to a preliminary hearing and was released on a $ 25,000 unsecured bail .
Charges included “ unlawful contact with a minor , criminal use of a communications facility , corruption of minors , indecent exposure , possessing instruments of crime , criminal attempt and criminal solicitation ” .
[ 48 ] Ritter rejected a plea bargain and was found @ @ @ @ @ @ @ count in a Monroe County , Pennsylvania courtroom on April 14 , 2011 .
[ 1 ] [ 49 ] In October 2011 , he received a sentence of 11⁄ to 51⁄ in prison .
[ 50 ] He was sent to Laurel Highlands state prison in Somerset County , Pennsylvania in March 2012 and paroled in September 2014 .
[ 51 ] “ I was withdrawn from Iraq in January 1998 at the behest of the FBI , which was calling me an Israeli spy , ” Ritter said .
“ It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this day.
” He said his most recent meetings with representatives of the FBI and the U.S. Attorney ’ s office were in June and lasted six hours .
Ritter , who resigned from UNSCOM in August 1998 after seven years as a weapons inspector , said he did cooperate with Israel as part of his job , and with the knowledge of his bosses .
According to the 90-minute documentary , “ In Shifting Sands : The Truth About UNSCOM and the Disarming of Iraq , ” former UNSCOM chief inspector Rolf @ @ @ @ @ @ @ asking for information about Iraq ’ s weapons programs and initially got one response – from the United States .
Ritter said Israel also started cooperating in early 1994 and provided a significant amount of information to UNSCOM .
In early 1996 , UNSCOM started using sophisticated equipment in Iraq to monitor radio frequencies to try to determine what the Iraqis might be concealing about their chemical and biological weapons programs and their long-range missile program , Ritter said .
“ There was certain information that was encrypted , ” he said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ states to have it processed and then have the information passed back to us.
” The United States was assiduous in refusing to feed that information back to UNSCOM .
Great Britain did a better job , and Israel was magnificent , Ritter said .
In the documentary , Ritter repeated his charge that the United States used UNSCOM to spy on Iraq .
He also accused the United States of manipulating UNSCOM to provoke a confrontation with Saddam Hussein as a pretext for U.S. air strikes on Iraq .
Ritter said the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on several occasions in connection with the documentary .
“ I ’ ve been fully cooperative .
Indeed , my posture with the FBI about this film has been one of 100 percent disclosure on my part , ” he said .
“ I ’ m an American citizen exercising my First Amendment rights of freedom of speech .
I am not a tool of Iraqi propaganda , and I am not an agent of the government of Iraq or any other government , ” Ritter said .
“ If the FBI had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I invited them to bring that to my attention , and if they had , I would have ceased production of the film immediately.
” The FBI did not , so Ritter said he went ahead with the documentary .

Haaretz/Israel – Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter says the FBI has had him under investigation for more than three years on suspicion of spying for Israel. FBI spokesman James Margolin declined to comment on Friday.
Ritter has been out of prison since 2014 after serving 2 and a half years on a 5 and a half year sentence for multiple felony convictions related to child sex.
Ritter, a former U.S. Marine intelligence officer, mentioned the spying allegation during a question-and-answer session after a screening of his new documentary on the UN Special Commission, known as UNSCOM, which was created after the 1991 Gulf War to destroy Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction.
Arrests and conviction (Wikipedia)
Ritter was caught twice in 2001 in April and June 2001, and arrested shortly after the second incident,[42][43] in connection with police stings in which officers posed as under-aged girls to arrange meetings of a sexual nature. He was charged with a misdemeanor crime of “attempted endangerment of the welfare of a child” after the second, but charges were dropped after he completed six months of probation,[44] and the record was sealed on condition that he avoid further trouble for a period of time.[43] After this information was made public in early 2003, Ritter said that the timing of the leak was politically motivated.[42][43][45]
Ritter was arrested again in November 2009[46] over communications with a police decoy he met on an Internet chat site. Police said that he exposed himself, via a web camera, after the officer said she was a 15-year-old girl.[1] Ritter said in his own testimony during the trial that he believed the other party was an adult acting out her fantasy.[47] The next month, Ritter waived his right to a preliminary hearing and was released on a $25,000 unsecured bail. Charges included “unlawful contact with a minor, criminal use of a communications facility, corruption of minors, indecent exposure, possessing instruments of crime, criminal attempt and criminal solicitation”.[48] Ritter rejected a plea bargain and was found guilty of all but the criminal attempt count in a Monroe County, Pennsylvania courtroom on April 14, 2011.[1][49] In October 2011, he received a sentence of 11⁄ 2 to 51⁄ 2 in prison.[50] He was sent to Laurel Highlands state prison in Somerset County, Pennsylvania in March 2012 and paroled in September 2014.[51]
“I was withdrawn from Iraq in January 1998 at the behest of the FBI, which was calling me an Israeli spy,” Ritter said. “It’s an investigation going on to this day.” He said his most recent meetings with representatives of the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s office were in June and lasted six hours.
Ritter, who resigned from UNSCOM in August 1998 after seven years as a weapons inspector, said he did cooperate with Israel as part of his job, and with the knowledge of his bosses.
According to the 90-minute documentary, “In Shifting Sands: The Truth About UNSCOM and the Disarming of Iraq,” former UNSCOM chief inspector Rolf Ekeus wrote to 60 countries in 1991 asking for information about Iraq’s weapons programs and initially got one response – from the United States.
Ritter said Israel also started cooperating in early 1994 and provided a significant amount of information to UNSCOM. In early 1996, UNSCOM started using sophisticated equipment in Iraq to monitor radio frequencies to try to determine what the Iraqis might be concealing about their chemical and biological weapons programs and their long-range missile program, Ritter said.
“There was certain information that was encrypted,” he said. “We had to go to member states to have it processed and then have the information passed back to us.”
The United States was assiduous in refusing to feed that information back to UNSCOM. Great Britain did a better job, and Israel was magnificent, Ritter said.
In the documentary, Ritter repeated his charge that the United States used UNSCOM to spy on Iraq. He also accused the United States of manipulating UNSCOM to provoke a confrontation with Saddam Hussein as a pretext for U.S. air strikes on Iraq.
Ritter said the FBI also brought him in for questioning on several occasions in connection with the documentary. “I’ve been fully cooperative. Indeed, my posture with the FBI about this film has been one of 100 percent disclosure on my part,” he said. “I’m an American citizen exercising my First Amendment rights of freedom of speech. I am not a tool of Iraqi propaganda, and I am not an agent of the government of Iraq or any other government,” Ritter said.
“If the FBI had legitimate reason to believe that I was, I invited them to bring that to my attention, and if they had, I would have ceased production of the film immediately.” The FBI did not, so Ritter said he went ahead with the documentary.


veteranstoday--2020-10-07--Church of England unleashes 400 pedophiles back onto British youth

Church of England forgave pedophiles en masse , allowed them to continue working with children , inquiry finds [ Editor ’ s Note : This is a doubly sickening story .
First , we have the continuing epidemic of the ‘ unholy ’ church leadership allowing this to go for so long , and then the failure of the British legal and political systems to hold them to account .
By all I mean from the Bishops on down to the priests who should have been sent off to some horrid windswept island as a cold hell on earth , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ post death .
Even this current report is just a whitewash to get it all swept under the rug .
There was really no need for a ‘ commission ’ at all , but simply trials for the serious priest crimes , and conspiracy charges on the church leadership .
It is way past time for any clergy who have earned hard time imprisonment to get the magical priest ’ s penance .
It is overdue for priests to be routinely lie detector tested .
To not do so is aiding and abetting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has happened .
The Brits really know how to cover for all their elite class people , with the church criminals right up there at the top … Jim W. Dean ] Jim 's Editor ’ s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim 's work includes research , field trips , Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more .
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Click to donate > > A shocking new inquiry has found that , not only did the Church of England forgive some 400 pedophiles , but it allowed them to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse ( IICSA ) found that between 1940 and 2018 , some 390 people employed by the church , as clergymen or in trusted positions , were convicted of child sex abuse .
They were ‘ forgiven ’ for their crimes by the church and allowed to continue their duties , often in close proximity to children , the IICSA found .
“ The culture of the Church of England facilitated it becoming a place where abusers could hide , ” the report reads .
The inquiry found the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consistent manner to victims and survivors of abuse , compounding their trauma over a period of decades .
In 2018 alone , there were some 2,504 concerns raised about possible abuse of children or vulnerable adults , including 449 allegations of recent sexual abuse .
“ Over many decades , the Church of England failed to protect children and young people from sexual abusers , instead facilitating a culture where perpetrators could hide and victims faced barriers to disclosure that many could not overcome , ” chair of the inquiry , professor Alexis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ church for regarding forgiveness “ as the appropriate response to any admission of wrongdoing.
” One such case highlighted is that of Timothy Storey , a man who was permitted to continue working with children after apologising “ for everything he had done wrong.
” Storey is currently serving a 15-year prison sentence for multiple offences against young girls , including rape .
As part of the findings announced Tuesday in the damning report , the panel found that record-keeping of abuse claims was “ almost non-existent.
” The panel decried the church @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of legal justice by meting out its own ‘ forgiveness , ’ precluding sex offenders from being held responsible for their crimes and prevented from re-offending .
The church was also blasted for its handling of the reverend Ian hughes scandal , in which he was convicted in 2014 of downloading 8,000 child porn images , including 800 in the most serious category .
At the time , Bishop Peter Forster claimed Hughes had been “ misled into viewing child pornography ” .
The report further condemned what it dubbed as “ tribalism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ loyalty to its own over the safety and wellbeing of children .
It cited a “ culture of fear and secrecy within the Church about sexuality ” which then facilitated a climate of sex abuse .
The church issued an apology and expressed shame after the inquiry ’ s findings were released .
“ The report makes shocking reading and while apologies will never take away the effects of abuse on victims and survivors , we today want to express our shame about the events that have made those apologies necessary , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gibbs .
“ The whole Church must learn lessons from this Inquiry .
Our main focus in response must be recognising the distress caused to victims and survivors by the Church ’ s failures in safeguarding , ” Gibbs added .
The inquiry held public hearings in July 2019 , which led in part to the findings of the report .
The panel made eight recommendations , including an improved complaints process for victims of abuse , the reintroduction of immediate expulsion from the church for anyone convicted of child sex offences and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ survivors .

Church of England forgave pedophiles en masse, allowed them to continue working with children, inquiry finds
…from Russia Today, Moscow
[ Editor’s Note: This is a doubly sickening story. First, we have the continuing epidemic of the ‘unholy’ church leadership allowing this to go for so long, and then the failure of the British legal and political systems to hold them to account.
By all I mean from the Bishops on down to the priests who should have been sent off to some horrid windswept island as a cold hell on earth, leaving them to experience the warmer version post death. Even this current report is just a whitewash to get it all swept under the rug.
There was really no need for a ‘commission’ at all, but simply trials for the serious priest crimes, and conspiracy charges on the church leadership for thier coverups. It is way past time for any clergy who have earned hard time imprisonment to get the magical priest’s penance.
It is overdue for priests to be routinely lie detector tested. To not do so is aiding and abetting the crime, which is exactly what has happened.
The Brits really know how to cover for all their elite class people, with the church criminals right up there at the top … Jim W. Dean ]
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Priest preverts
– First published … October 07, 2020 –
A shocking new inquiry has found that, not only did the Church of England forgive some 400 pedophiles, but it allowed them to continue working with children.


veteranstoday--2020-10-07--Saudi Arabia: Immigrant workers held in monstrous conditions…

Saudi Arabia may be the land of two Holy Mosques , but its human rights record is dismal On the evening of October 04 , while clearing the social media notifications on my phone , I found a thumb stopper tweet from Saudi Arabia ’ s Human Rights Council ( HRC ) that reports directly to Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud , King of Saudi Arabia .
The tweet read – # SaudiArabia is committed to strengthening # WorkersRights .
Coincidentally , that same morning , I had received two video messages on my phone , sent by one of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ undocumented migrant workers are locked up in a hellish deportation centre at Al Kharj area in Riyadh .
One of the videos starts with showing migrant workers lying in front of an overflowing toilet , under the washbasin , on untidy blankets and cardboard , near a food waste heap .
Then the camera moves to the windowless hall , where around 250 migrant workers are sitting and lying on the floor without even having space to stretch their hands or legs .
The room , which is about 250 square metres in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 80 inmates at maximum capacity .
But in every room , 250 to 300 migrant workers are housed , a 54-year-old Indian migrant engineer who has lived in one of the cells for four months in the centre , told The Lede .
There are 52 such cells in the deportation centre .
read more…

Saudi Arabia may be the land of two Holy Mosques, but its human rights record is dismal
On the evening of October 04, while clearing the social media notifications on my phone, I found a thumb stopper tweet from Saudi Arabia’s Human Rights Council (HRC) that reports directly to Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia.
Here’s what Saudi Arabia’s detention camps look like, the one’s that migrants refer to as ‘hell’ pic.twitter.com/KwAIOfs6Fc — Ömer Kablan (@Kablano) October 4, 2020
The tweet read – #SaudiArabia is committed to strengthening #WorkersRights.
Coincidentally, that same morning, I had received two video messages on my phone, sent by one of my sources, exposing how documented and undocumented migrant workers are locked up in a hellish deportation centre at Al Kharj area in Riyadh. 'We are detained in a very inhumane condition.' Ethiopian migrants speak out from filthy, crowded cells in Saudi Arabia. https://t.co/EFmo1v77pa — AP Africa (@AP_Africa) October 2, 2020 One of the videos starts with showing migrant workers lying in front of an overflowing toilet, under the washbasin, on untidy blankets and cardboard, near a food waste heap. Then the camera moves to the windowless hall, where around 250 migrant workers are sitting and lying on the floor without even having space to stretch their hands or legs. Saudi Arabia: thousands of Ethiopian migrants held in ‘hellish’ conditions – new investigation https://t.co/OAQQEODbKc — Ayyaantuu Oromiyaa (@ayyaantuu) October 2, 2020 The room, which is about 250 square metres in area, is meant to house only 80 inmates at maximum capacity. But in every room, 250 to 300 migrant workers are housed, a 54-year-old Indian migrant engineer who has lived in one of the cells for four months in the centre, told The Lede. There are 52 such cells in the deportation centre. read more… https://www.thelede.in/governance/2020/10/06/hell-on-earth-indian-migrants-detained-in-saudi-deportation-centre-speak-to-the-lede


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veteranstoday--2020-10-07--#UNRIG Video (10:39) Treason Coming For Cheney, Brennan, Comey, Obama and Clinton? Gold War Cover-Up

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veteranstoday--2020-10-07--Russia successfully test-fires hypersonic cruise missile

[ Editor ’ s Note : Color me surprised .
This is the first time I have ever seen a missile ‘ disappear ’ on launch due to its speed being faster than the eye could see .
But it is a long way from having the technology and a good launch , to have enough produced and deployed to enjoy the added defense fruits of the labor .
Russia has to operate under the reality of having significantly fewer weapons than the US and NATO .
Russia actually decreased its defense budget for the year .
The flip side @ @ @ @ @ @ @ production costs versus the sky high ones , on purpose , of the US .
Russia also has wisely not built a major offensive capability into its military .
As a practical matter , it can not afford to .
Just to defend the large size of the country uses up all the military power it can budget for .
For those with a working mind , they can figure out that the need for a European NATO could be viewed as another hoax , another long term money generator for the defense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ situation .
It has no military interests , like Russia does not , and having to do ‘ in you face ’ naval patrols off the US coasts , showing that they can get close to our shores for a first strike positioning , like the US has always been doing with the US Navy .
Yet our troops are indoctrinated that we are out defending the country on the other side of the world , when we are really positioning ourselves to launch first strikes .
There is only one major power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planet , and that is the US .
That excludes the submarine forces , which of course roam all over .
Americans need to review their military A , B , Cs to not get sucked into the silly propaganda the US puts out about defending us from threats .
The real perversion in all of this is our involvement and supporting of proxy terrorism , creating a whole new criminal military class of ex-military people , where if the US were a member of the ICC , many would have future appointments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their minds about the inconsistency of the oath they took in light of the work they really do , such as using the Kurds to help steal the Syrian people ’ s oil , water and farmland resources ?
Has one veterans organization ever publicly opposed this ?
I think not… Jim W. Dean ] Jim 's Editor ’ s Notes are solely crowdfunded via PayPal Jim 's work includes research , field trips , Heritage TV Legacy archiving & more .
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Click to donate > > Russia has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a move praised by President Vladimir Putin as a step toward strengthening the country ’ s security .
Speaking to the president by video conference on Tuesday , chief of the Russian army ’ s general staff , Valery Gerasimov , said the launch of the Tsirkon ( Zircon ) hypersonic cruise missile had been successfully carried out from the White Sea on Tuesday .
The Russian Defense Ministry also published a video of the launch , which shows a rocket starting up from an open launch container situated on the upper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ circling in the air and flying toward its target in the Barents Sea .
“ The task was completed successfully , a direct hit was registered , ” Gerasimov said .
“ The range of the flight reached 450 kilometers , maximum altitude totaled 28 kilometers , and the duration of the flight totaled 4.5 minutes.
” “ The missile developed a speed of over Mach 8 , ” he added .
Putin praised the test-launch , describing it as an important event that contributes to the nation ’ s security .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you for the work done , for its results , and express hope that in the future all of the specialists involved in the rearmament of the Russian military will [ continue to ] work as efficiently and as persistently as it has done to this point , ” the president said during the video meeting with Gerasimov .
The Zircon hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile is expected to enter service in the coming years .
The testing of the missile began five years ago , with nearly a dozen launches completed by 2018 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ missile in an address to the Russian parliament , describing it as one of the main strategic systems capable of evading US missile defenses .
Hypersonic weapons can take missile and nuclear warfare to a new and stronger level since they can travel much faster than current ballistic and cruise missiles , at different altitudes , and with the maneuverability that makes them difficult to track and target with current missile defense systems .

…from PressTV, Tehran
[ Editor’s Note: Color me surprised. This is the first time I have ever seen a missile ‘disappear’ on launch due to its speed being faster than the eye could see.
But it is a long way from having the technology and a good launch, to have enough produced and deployed to enjoy the added defense fruits of the labor.
Russia has to operate under the reality of having significantly fewer weapons than the US and NATO. Russia actually decreased its defense budget for the year. The flip side to that is it has significantly lower production costs versus the sky high ones, on purpose, of the US.
Russia also has wisely not built a major offensive capability into its military. As a practical matter, it cannot afford to. Just to defend the large size of the country uses up all the military power it can budget for.
For those with a working mind, they can figure out that the need for a European NATO could be viewed as another hoax, another long term money generator for the defense industries.
China is in a similar situation. It has no military interests, like Russia does not, and having to do ‘in you face’ naval patrols off the US coasts, showing that they can get close to our shores for a first strike positioning, like the US has always been doing with the US Navy.
Yet our troops are indoctrinated that we are out defending the country on the other side of the world, when we are really positioning ourselves to launch first strikes. There is only one major power that can maintain aggression all over the planet, and that is the US. That excludes the submarine forces, which of course roam all over.
Americans need to review their military A,B,Cs to not get sucked into the silly propaganda the US puts out about defending us from threats. The real perversion in all of this is our involvement and supporting of proxy terrorism, creating a whole new criminal military class of ex-military people, where if the US were a member of the ICC, many would have future appointments there.
Does it not enter into their minds about the inconsistency of the oath they took in light of the work they really do, such as using the Kurds to help steal the Syrian people’s oil, water and farmland resources? Has one veterans organization ever publicly opposed this? I think not… Jim W. Dean ]
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Zircon
– First published … October 07, 2020 –
Russia has successfully test-launched a hypersonic cruise missile, in a move praised by President Vladimir Putin as a step toward strengthening the country’s security.
Speaking to the president by video conference on Tuesday, chief of the Russian army’s general staff, Valery Gerasimov, said the launch of the Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missile had been successfully carried out from the White Sea on Tuesday.
The Russian Defense Ministry also published a video of the launch, which shows a rocket starting up from an open launch container situated on the upper deck of the ship’s bow circling in the air and flying toward its target in the Barents Sea.
“The task was completed successfully, a direct hit was registered,” Gerasimov said. “The range of the flight reached 450 kilometers, maximum altitude totaled 28 kilometers, and the duration of the flight totaled 4.5 minutes.”
“The missile developed a speed of over Mach 8,” he added.
Putin praised the test-launch, describing it as an important event that contributes to the nation’s security.
“I would like to thank all of you for the work done, for its results, and express hope that in the future all of the specialists involved in the rearmament of the Russian military will [continue to] work as efficiently and as persistently as it has done to this point,” the president said during the video meeting with Gerasimov.
The Zircon hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile is expected to enter service in the coming years.
The testing of the missile began five years ago, with nearly a dozen launches completed by 2018. Back then, Putin mentioned the missile in an address to the Russian parliament, describing it as one of the main strategic systems capable of evading US missile defenses.
Hypersonic weapons can take missile and nuclear warfare to a new and stronger level since they can travel much faster than current ballistic and cruise missiles, at different altitudes, and with the maneuverability that makes them difficult to track and target with current missile defense systems.


veteranstoday--2020-10-07--FBI Director Statement on Election Security

The right to vote in a free and fair election is one of the foundations of American democracy. The leaders of the #FBI , @CISAgov , @NCSCgov , and @NSAgov want you to know how their organizations work together to protect your voice—no matter how you cast your vote. #Protect2020 pic.twitter.com/TaJBhWYwqL
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