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World News (April 19, 2018 Edition): Rudy Giuliani Joins Trump Legal Team – Syrian rebels give up Damascus area town to government – Moscow: Containers with chlorine from Germany, smoke bombs from UK’s Salisbury found in E. Ghouta

– Rosenstein Told Trump He Is Not The Target Of Mueller’s Probe

– Rudy Giuliani Joins Trump Legal Team

– Syrian rebels give up Damascus area town to government

– DOJ Caves, Will Hand Over Comey Memos Later Today

– Govt stopped raid on company suspected of money laundering because it is ‘biggest Tory donor’

– Nerve agent used against Skripals is ‘out in the wild,’ ex-MI5 officer tells RT (VIDEO)

– New laws would allow children to be artificially created from the genes of dead humans… “posthumous conception” creates living from the dead

– Staged suffering? Interview with boy in Douma video raises more doubts over ‘chem attack’

– Containers with chlorine from Germany, smoke bombs from UK’s Salisbury found in E. Ghouta – Moscow

– Russia & Iran drop dollar trade by extending oil-for-goods supply agreement

– HR McMaster’s Father Died Under “Suspicious” Circumstances, Police Say

– Global Silver Scrap Supply Falls To 26-Year Low

– EPA Faces Lawsuit For Withholding Records Related To Pesticide Rule Change

– US defense stocks skyrocket thanks to America’s adventures in the Middle East – RT’s Keiser Report

– US Sub That Attacked Syria “Not Welcome” Back To Italy:

“The fact that it is the same submarine [involved in the Syria attack] further reinforces the rightness of the order… are not welcome in the port of Naples and, therefore, they are not allowed to travel through or stay…”

– Deutsche Bank “Mistakenly” Sends $35 Billion Out The Door

– “A Calamitous Collapse”: Former Podesta Group Employees Reveal Truth Behind Firm’s Downfall

– Pittsburgh Police Ordered To Bring Riot Gear For “Large-Scale” Protests If Mueller Fired

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Migrant Crisis & Crime (April 19, 2018 Edition): Migrants Bully And Beat Up German Boy For Eating Pork – An Ambulance Was Needed

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Compulsory Biometric ID Announced by European Commission

– Compulsory Biometric ID Announced by European Commission:

The European Commission has announced plans to make biometric ID cards compulsory across the bloc which will allow authorities to bar “terrorists and criminals” from accessing money and other services.

Plans to introduce mandatory ID cards across all 28 EU member states — including Britain — have been in development for more than two years in Brussels as part of the Commission’s goal of building an effective “security union”, Die Welt reports.

Set to be equipped with data including the holder’s fingerprint, the cards would be designed to tackle identity fraud and make it harder to falsify documents, according to Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos.

“We have to tighten the screws until there is no room left for terrorists or criminals and no more means for them to carry out attacks,” he told the German newspaper on Monday.

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World News (April 18, 2018 Edition – Part 2): Criminal Referral Issued For Comey, Clinton, Lynch And McCabe; Rosenstein Recusal Demanded – Arctic Sea Ice Volume Surges 3 TRILLION Cubic Meters Since Early March!

– Criminal Referral Issued For Comey, Clinton, Lynch And McCabe; Rosenstein Recusal Demanded

– Arctic Sea Ice Volume Surges 3 TRILLION Cubic Meters Since Early March!

– Russia Threatens To Halt Critical Rocket Engine Exports To The U.S.:

The raft of new Russian retaliatory measures specifies a ban on “imports of US agricultural, alcoholic, tobacco products and medical drugs” and also halts cooperation “in nuclear energy, aircraft manufacturing and supplies of rocket engines.”

– The Latest: British regulator considers Russian broadcaster

– Puerto Rico Hit With Island-Wide Blackout

– IMF Sounds The Alarm On Global Debt, Warns “United States Stands Out”

– Putin Reportedly “Ready For Deep Concessions”, Seeks Deal With Trump (Hmmm.)

– US Told Russian Embassy No New Sanctions Are Coming

– UK Spies Are the World Champs in False Flags, Lying and Deception and Have Been for Centuries

H/t reader squodgy:
“So shamefully true.
I was so proud to be British.
As I learnt of these acts, including the London & Manchester bombings, my faith dissipated.
Then Treason May, the bankster’s moll took over.”

– Fatal Southwest Airlines Accident Blamed On “Metal Fatigue” Inside Exploded Engine: NTSB

– Blackwater Founder May Train Arab Forces To Dominate Syria

– China Prepares “Emergency Response Plan” Amid Escalating US Trade War

– Zombies And The End Of The “Global Synchronized Recovery”

– “Disastrously delayed spring” in Britain

– Motherload! Huge collection of female octopuses guard eggs off Costa Rican coast (PHOTOS)

– North and South Korea Reportedly Set to Announce Official End to War (I am not buying it.)

– The Federal Reserve Has Done A Great Job Destroying The Middle Class

– No (Wall Street) Bank Left Behind!:

Big banks just cashed in the first installment of benefits corporate America will reap from the new federal tax law… The haul: more than $2.3 billion.

– Mastermind Of Iceland’s “Great Bitcoin Heist” Flees To Sweden After Brazen Prison Break

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Migrant Crisis & Crime (April 18, 2018 Edition): Grandma Shoots Machete-Wielding Intruder With A Crossbow

– More Migrants Reporting Themselves for Terrorism to Avoid Deportation

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World News (April 18, 2018 Edition – Part 1): US Opens New Military Base In Former ISIS Stronghold… So Much For President Trump’s Promises To Pull US Troops Out Of Syria

– US Opens New Military Base In Former ISIS Stronghold:

Despite the US’s insistence that it intends to pull troops out of Syria (at some point, possibly in the distant future), local media report that the US has set up a new military facility in Eastern Deir ez-Zor – not far from ISIS’s last major stronghold in Syria, which was crushed by the Syrian Army back in November shortly before they declared victory against ISIS. The region is also known for being rich in oil.

– Mattis Wanted Congressional Approval Before Syria Strike, Was Overruled By Trump

– Turkish Fighter Jets “Harass” Helicopter Of Greek PM Tsipras:

Two Turkish fighter jets harassed the Chinook helicopter carrying Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the Greek Armed Forces Chief Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis as they were flying from the islet of Ro to Rhodes.

– The Death Of Retail Real Estate Continues: 77MM Sq.Ft Of Shopping Space Closed In 2018 Already:

2018 is set to surpass 2017’s record of 105 million square feet closed…

– Syria’s Raqqa devastated, ‘de-facto occupied & run by a gang of incompetents’ – Russia’s UN envoy

– Berezovsky acted with UK intel, paid with life when he decided to return home – Russian prosecutor

– ‘The city won’t give us land, so we’re taking it’: Police & protesters clash in Cape Town (VIDEO)

– Climate change is still risky business for some meteorologists

– The next Grand Solar Minimum, Cosmic Rays and Earth Changes (an introduction)

– Woman Who Died In Southwest Jet Incident Identified As Wells Fargo VP

– Germany Cracks Down On Middle-Eastern Crime Families:

“The police cannot win a war with the Lebanese because we outnumber them.” – Criminal clan members to Gelsenkirchen Police Chief Ralf Feldmann.

– “I Don’t Get Confused”: Nikki Haley And Larry Kudlow Trade Barbs Over Russia Sanctions:

“A number of senior White House officials told reporters that Haley made a mistake by making the announcement ahead of President Trump and that it shouldn’t have been made public on the Sunday morning show. A senior official said Trump was angry about the situation. (Uh-huh. And who selected this witch?)

– Autonomous Drones Will Soon Decide Who To Kill

– Employee Of Bombed Syrian Research Site Says No Chemicals Released Is Proof None Existed

– 4 Ways to get a Second Passport and Foreign Citizenship in 23 Countries

– How a Bizarre Nazi Military Machine Left a Lasting Mark on the Environment

– PDF: Black Death and Abrupt Earth Changes in the 14th century

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Famed War Reporter Robert Fisk Reaches Syrian ‘Chemical Attack’ Site, Concludes “They Were Not Gassed”

– Famed War Reporter Robert Fisk Reaches Syrian ‘Chemical Attack’ Site, Concludes “They Were Not Gassed”:

Robert Fisk’s bombshell first-hand account for the UK Independent runs contrary to nearly every claim circulating in major international press concerning what happened just over week ago on April 7th in an embattled suburb outside Damascus: not only has the veteran British journalist found no evidence of a mass chemical attack, but he’s encountered multiple local eyewitnesses who experienced the chaos of that night, but who say the gas attack never happened.

Fisk is the first Western journalist to reach and report from the site of the alleged chemical weapons attack widely blamed on Assad’s forces. Writing from Douma in eastern Ghouta, Fisk has interviewed a Syrian doctor who works at the hospital shown in one of the well-known videos which purports to depict victims of a chemical attack.

Importantly, the report, published late in the day Monday, is causing a stir among mainstream journalists who–minutes after the Saudi-sponsored jihadist group Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) accused the Syrian Army of gassing civilians–began uncritically promoting the “Assad gassed his own people” narrative as an already cemented and “proven” fact based on the mere word a notoriously brutal armed group who itself has admitted to using chemical weapons on the Syrian battlefield in prior years. Also notable is that no journalist or international observer was anywhere near Douma when the purported chemical attack took place. 

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Sergey Lavrov’s interview with the BBC: The Douma event was staged and it did not involve any chemical weapons (Video)

Lavrov to BBC: The Douma event was staged and it did not involve any chemical weapons. The irrefutable proof is in the visiting of the place.

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World News (April 17, 2018 Edition): Doctor working in the hospital in Duma: “There were no patients with symptoms of a chemical gas attack!” – Saudi Arabia Would Send Troops To Syria As Part Of “Islamic Coalition” – US Says Russia ‘Hacked’ Syrian Attack Evidence As Russia Finds Rebel Chemical Weapon Lab

– Trust between Russia and US nearly lost, but not zero – Lavrov to BBC

– False Alarm Set Off Syrian Air Defense Overnight – State Media

– Saudi Arabia Would Send Troops To Syria As Part Of “Islamic Coalition”:

The Trump administration is hoping to secure a commitment from a handful of Middle Eastern states to assemble what is effectively an Arab army for a permanent military “stabilizing force” in Syria.

– US Says Russia ‘Hacked’ Syrian Attack Evidence As Russia Finds Rebel Chemical Weapon Lab

– What the Hell is This? Syrian Chemical Weapons Lab Bombed. Check Out the Board of Directors.

– Optimism of Manufacturers “Plunged” the Most Ever: NY Fed

– 35,000 Soldiers Participate In Norway’s Biggest War Drill Since The Cold War

– “They Know What’s Going To Happen” – Governments, Big Banks Are Stockpiling Gold:

The writing is on the wall and major financial institutions across the world are warning about the economic disaster to come. Unabated money printing, tariff trade wars, rising interest rates and retail slowdowns point to one result, and it’s going to be brutal.

Big banks and governments know what’s coming and they are preparing for this eventuality by stockpiling huge amounts of “real money” ahead of the crisis.

– Starbucks To Close Over 8,000 Locations For Sensitivity Training After Arrest Of Two Black Men

– Bitcoin Tumbles After Mystery “Whale” Dumps $50 Million In One Trade

– Stephen Lendman: Russia v. America: Good v. Pure Evil Geopolitically

– Woman Who Was Partially Sucked Out Of Southwest Jet After Violent Depressurization Has Died

– Woman Partially Sucked Out Of Southwest Jet After Violent Depressurization After Engine Explosion

– Trump Becomes America’s Top Arms Dealer In Quest To Boost US Weapons Sales

– “I Want To Set The Record Straight”: Hannity Expains His Relationship With Michael Cohen

– What Hyperinflation In Venezuela Really Looks Like

– China Will Abandon Barriers For Foreign Automakers

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World News (April 16, 2018 Edition): Russia Reveals Who “Staged” Syria Gas Attack, As US Claims Moscow “May Have Tampered” With Site -Take The Red Pill: The History Of Syrian False Flags Exposed – Syria ‘DESTROYED chemical weapons’ BEFORE alleged attack, Russia says in SHOCK claims

– Russia Reveals Who “Staged” Syria Gas Attack, As US Claims Moscow “May Have Tampered” With Site:

“We have not just a “high degree of confidence,” as our Western partners claim, but we have incontrovertible evidence that there was no incident on April 7 in Douma”

– Michael Cohen’s Mystery “Third Client” Is Sean Hannity

– Paul Craig Roberts Has One Awkward Question For Washington Warmongers:

“Do chemical weapons only release their elements when they explode from intended use but not when they explode from being militarily attacked?”

– Take The Red Pill – The History Of Syrian False Flags Exposed

– Syria ‘DESTROYED chemical weapons’ BEFORE alleged attack, Russia says in SHOCK claims

– Trump Halts Plan For More Russia Sanctions; Russian Stocks, Ruble Jump

– Obama And Lynch “Jeopardized” Clinton Email Investigation: Comey

– Russian Engagement Helped Avoid Libyan Scenario in Syria – Berlusconi

– Why Theresa May Must Be ‘Impeached’

– Police probe two killings in London in just HALF AN HOUR: Young father becomes 59th victim of capital’s murder epidemic – just moments before a woman in her 30s is stabbed to death

– ‘Big Freeze’: Russian Counter-Sanctions Draft May Put Boeing ‘on Hold’

– ‘US, UK & France want new intl. order with no UN supervision’ – ex-OSCE VP Willy Wimmer to RT

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Russian President Vladimir Putin Warns Of Global “Chaos” If West Hits Syria Again

– Putin Warns Of Global “Chaos” If West Hits Syria Again:

Shortly after US Ambassador Nikki Haley revealed that Russia would be slapped with a third round of sanctions on Monday for “enabling the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons in civil war,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said that further attacks on Syria by Western forces, “in violation of the U.N. Charter,” would send international relations into “chaos.”

In a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, Putin and Rouhani agreed that the Western strikes had damaged the chances of achieving a political resolution in the seven-year Syria conflict, according to a Kremlin statement. –Reuters

The US-led strike was denounced by Putin as an “act of aggression,” and a “war crime” by Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei.

“Vladimir Putin, in particular, stressed that if such actions committed in violation of the U.N. Charter continue, then it will inevitably lead to chaos in international relations,” the Kremlin statement said.

The United States, France and Britain launched over 103 missiles on Saturday night at three Syrian facilities in retaliation for a suspected poison gas attack in the city of Douma seven days prior. While the West has conclusively blamed the Assad government for the attack, serious questions have arisen over everything from Assad’s motive, the type of nerve agent used, to the credibility of the first responders – an NGO known as the White Helmets who have a reputation for staging evidence.

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World News (April 15, 2018 Edition): China: “The Arrogant US Has A Record Of Launching Wars On Deceptive Grounds” – Thousands of US troops and Marines arrive in Jordan – Hundreds of thousands demand release of independence leaders in Barcelona

– China: “The Arrogant US Has A Record Of Launching Wars On Deceptive Grounds”

– 30 Year-Old Soviet Missile Defense Destroys 70% of Trump’s ‘Nice, New, Smart!’ Missiles

– ‘It’s too late to leave!’ Apocalyptic blaze surrounding nuclear reactor sets off emergency

– Trump Lied to the American People Last Night, 23 Times in 7 Minutes, Destroying his Presidency

– Thousands of US troops and Marines arrive in Jordan

– ‘Double standards: US, UK, France stand by Saudis in Yemen but pose as moral crusaders in Syria’

– Hundreds of thousands demand release of independence leaders in Barcelona

– Trump Hits Russia With New Sanctions Over Syria Gas Attack

– First known epidemic of drug-resistant typhoid is spreading through Pakistan, infecting at least 850 people over the past two years – as doctors admit: ‘We’re out of options’

– Bitcoin Bounce Continues, Shiller Says Cryptos “Could Be With Us Forever”

– ‘Where’s the legal basis?’ Corbyn challenges legality of Syria missile strikes

– “We Sent A Message”: UK Pushes Back Against More Syrian Airstrikes

“Mission Accomplished!”????? – Haley: US Not Withdrawing Troops From Syria “Until Goals Accomplished”, Will Hit Russia With More Sanctions Monday

– Trump vows to sanction MORE airstrikes against Syria if Assad dares to use chemical weapons again, as Nikki Haley tells UN Security Council members they have FAILED miserably to tackle his evil regime

– Syria, chemicals weapons and missile strikes: FAKE NEWS theater at its finest… you are being subjected to an elaborate psyop

– Eyewitness Testimonies During Syria “Chemical Attack'” Explain How Video Was Staged

– ‘Security Council, unite’: US, UK & France want UN to back their illegal Syria strikes

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Anti-GMO activist found dead in hotel pool, hours before planned delivery of 200,000 petition signatures to the EPA

– Anti-GMO activist found dead in hotel pool, hours before planned delivery of 200,000 petition signatures to the EPA:

An activist who opposed genetically engineered mosquitoes has been found dead in the swimming pool of a Washington D.C. hotel, just hours before she was due to submit a petition with over 200,000 signatures to the EPA.

Derrick Broze of Activist Post has investigated the story and spoken to a close friend of the victim, whose name is Mila de Mier from Key West, Florida (see below).

The mysterious death has also been covered by WJLA, which reports:

The D.C. Fire Department says the reported incident happened at the Cambria Hotel & Suites Washington, D.C. Convention Center on 899 O Street, NW. They say they were called to the scene at around 9:35 a.m. Medical crews say they attempted to treat the victim but later pronounced her dead.

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Here Is A List Of All The Times Trump Warned Against Attacking Syria – What A Difference An Electoral Victory Can Make!!!

– “These ‘Freedom Fighters’ Fly Planes Into Our Buildings” – A List Of All The Times Trump Warned Against Attacking Syria:

President Donald Trump ran on a platform of “America First” non-interventionism, promising to bring US troops home from the Middle East and to back away from other lower-profile military entanglements.

Instead, the president has presided over an unprecedented increase in military spending, authorized a small troop surge in Afghanistan and now launched his second round of airstrikes – much to the delight of the mainstream media establishment Trump claims to despise.

As we pointed out earlier, even John McCain, who has seized every opportunity to spite Trump and his allies, praised the president for taking action against the Assad regime.

Trump’s transformation from noninterventionist to neocon hawk is a relatively recent development. In a testament to his transformation, the Daily Caller gathered all of Trump’s tweets warning against a military intervention in Syria.

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World News (April 14, 2018 Edition): “People Are Dancing In The Streets”: Syria, Russia, Iran Shrug Off Trump’s Airstrikes – Syria Claims It Intercepted 71 Out Of 103 Cruise Missiles; Pentagon Denies – Independent Swiss Lab Says ‘BZ Toxin’ Used In Skripal Poisoning; US/UK-Produced, Not Russian – “We Successfully Hit Every Target”: Highlights From Pentagon Press Briefing On Syria Airstrikes

This post contains a lot of information.

The article “Dental Insurance Sent us “Free” Internet-Connected Toothbrushes” is amazing!

Now even Alex Jones is saying: “Fuck Trump!”

Watch the video if you do not believe this.

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– “People Are Dancing In The Streets”: Syria, Russia, Iran Shrug Off Trump’s Airstrikes

– Syria Claims It Intercepted 71 Out Of 103 Cruise Missiles; Pentagon Denies

– Independent Swiss Lab Says ‘BZ Toxin’ Used In Skripal Poisoning; US/UK-Produced, Not Russian:

Somebody has some explaining to do… or did the Syrian airstrikes just ‘distract’ the citizenry from the reality surrounding the Skripal poisoning.

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What a coincidence!!!

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– “We Successfully Hit Every Target”: Highlights From Pentagon Press Briefing On Syria Airstrikes

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Trump Praises “Perfectly Executed Strike” In Syria: “Mission Accomplished!” – #WW3

“Mission Accomplished!”

And we all know what that means…

More WAR!!!

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– Trump Praises “Perfectly Executed Strike” In Syria: “Mission Accomplished!”:

Investigators from the OPCW have barely begun sifting through the evidence on the ground in Douma, but that hasn’t stopped the US, France and the UK from patting themselves on the back for a “job well done” after last night’s brutal bombing campaign in Damascus and Homs.

And true to form, President Donald Trump was up early Saturday (as he is most weekends) to fire off a gloating tweet about the coalition’s airstrikes, which purportedly targeted regime bases and facilities dedicated to the production of chemical weapons.

In a series of tweets, the president lauded the “perfectly executed strike last night” and offered a “thank you” to France and the UK for “their wisdom and the power of their fine Military.”

“A perfectly executed strike last night. Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military. Could not have had a better result. Mission Accomplished!”

And while Trump’s plan to eliminate some discretionary domestic spending from the “omnibus” spending bill passed last month has reportedly hit the rocks ahead of its formal release early next month, the president eagerly seized the opportunity to gloat about the passage of a bill that he had expressed major reservations about only weeks before.

“So proud of our great Military which will soon be, after the spending of billions of fully approved dollars, the finest our Country has ever had,” Trump tweeted.

Of course, the president wasn’t the only US politician to applaud the “one-time” military intervention in Syria.

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Trump Orders Syrian Military Strikes, 3 Waves Of Airstrikes Launched At Various Targets – #WW3

I’ve told you before the election that Donald Trump, like Hillary Clinton, is a Freemason and an Illuminati puppet.

On Friday the 13th, how appropriate!!!

And what could possibly go wrong now???

“If there is a strike by the Americans, then we refer to the statements of President [Vladimir] Putin and the chief of staff that the missiles will be downed and even the sources from which the missiles were fired.”

– Russian ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin

Related info:

– Russia Has “Irrefutable Evidence” UK Staged Syrian Chemical Attack

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– President Trump Orders Military Strikes, Huge Blasts Heard In Damascus:

Summary:

  • Around 9pm ET on Friday, April 13, the US, UK and France launched attack on Syrian regime targets
  • Strikes targeted regime bases and chemical weapon production facilities in Damascus and Homs
  • The Strikes consisted of 3 waves of attacks and are now complete
  • Russia was not pre-notified about tonight’s “kinetic activity”
  • Double the number of weapons was used compared to last year’s Syria strike, when 59 Tomahawk missiles were launched.
  • Regime and Russia condemn what they call a ‘flagrant violation’, but have not retaliated so far.

Update 7:  Russia responds. Here is the full statement posted by Russia’s ambassador to the US, Anataoly Antonov:

The worst apprehensions have come true. Our warnings have been left unheard.

A pre-designed scenario is being implemented. Again, we are being threatened. We warned that such actions will not be left without consequences.

All responsibility for them rests with Washington, London and Paris.

Insulting the President of Russia is unacceptable and inadmissible.

The U.S. – the possessor of the biggest arsenal of chemical weapons – has no moral right to blame other countries.

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Update 6: The White House has released the list of US demands from Assad regime

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Russia Has “Irrefutable Evidence” UK Staged Syrian Chemical Attack

Now what?

A staged false flag in Manhattan or London (on a much larger scale than 9/11)?

Both attacks are IMHO already well planned.

Let’s see which one TPTB choose first.

Update:

And why not attack Syria?….

– Trump Orders Syrian Military Strikes, 3 Waves Of Airstrikes Launched At Various Targets, Huge Blasts Heard In Damascus – #WW3

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– Russia Has “Irrefutable Evidence” UK Staged Syrian Chemical Attack:

As the blame game over the alleged chemical attack in Syria escalates ahead of what is expected to be an imminent, if contained, air strike campaign by the US, UK and/or France against Syria, on Friday morning, Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow had “irrefutable evidence” that the attack – which allegedly killed more than 40 people in an April 7 chemical weapons strike on the former rebel outpost of Douma  -was staged with the help of a foreign secret service.

“We have irrefutable evidence that this was another staged event, and that the secret services of a certain state that is now at the forefront of a Russophobic campaign was involved in this staged event,” he said during a press conference according to AFP.

Speculation that said “certain state” was the UK was confirmed shortly after, when Russia’s defense ministry alleged that Britain was involved in the suspected chemical attack. According to defense ministry spokesman, Major General Igor Konashenkov, the Kremlin has evidence that Britain was behind the attack.

Quoted by Reuters, he said: “We have… evidence that proves Britain was directly involved in organising this provocation.”

As RT further adds, the Russian Defense Ministry presented what it says is “proof that the reported chemical weapons attack in Syria was staged.”

It also accused the British government of pressuring the perpetrators to speed up the “provocation.” During a briefing on Friday, the ministry showed interviews with two people, who, it said, are medical professionals working in the only hospital operating in Douma, a town near the Syrian capital, Damascus.

During a briefing on Friday, the ministry showed interviews with two people, who, it said, are medical professionals working in the only hospital operating in Douma, a town near the Syrian capital, Damascus.

In the interviews released to the media, the two men reported how footage was shot of people dousing each other with water and treating children, which was claimed to show the aftermath of the April 7 chemical weapons attack. The patients shown in the video suffered from smoke poisoning and the water was poured on them by their relatives after a false claim that chemical weapons were used, the ministry said.

“Please, notice. These people do not hide their names. These are not some faceless claims on the social media by anonymous activists. They took part in taking that footage,” said Konashenkov.

“The Russian Defense Ministry also has evidence that Britain had a direct involvement in arranging this provocation in Eastern Ghouta,” the general added, referring to the neighborhood of which Douma is part. “We know for certain that between April 3 and April 6 the so-called White Helmets were seriously pressured from London to speed up the provocation that they were preparing.”

According to Konashenkov, the group, which was a primary source of photos and footage of the purported chemical attack, was informed of a large-scale artillery attack on Damascus planned by the Islamist group Army of Islam, which controlled Douma at the time. The White Helmets were ordered to arrange the provocation after retaliatory strikes by the Syrian government forces, which the shelling was certain to lead to, he said.

The UK rejected the accusations, with British UN Ambassador Karen Pierce calling them “grotesque,” “a blatant lie” and “the worst piece of fake news we’ve yet seen from the Russian propaganda machine.”

One of the interviews published by the ministry showed a man who said his name was Halil Ajij, and who said he was a medical student working at Douma’s only operational hospital. This is how he described the origin of the footage:

“On April 8, a bomb hit a building. The upper floors were damaged and a fire broke at the lower floors. Victims of that bombing were brought to us. People from the upper floors had smoke poisoning. We treated them, based on their suffocation.”

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