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Obama Asks For $500 Million To Equip Syrian Rebels As The ISIS Juggernaut In Iraq Spreads

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It is going from bad to worse for the Iraqi government, whose armed forces according to at least one unconfirmed media report, have suffered major losses.

Perhaps confirming this, is the report from Reuters that overnight ISIS continued it southern creep toward Baghdad, and has now reached a town that is just an hour from Baghdad which is home to four natural gas fields on Thursday, "another gain by Sunni insurgents who have swiftly taken large areas to the north and west of the Iraqi capital."

The overnight offensive included Mansouriyat al-Jabal, home to the gas fields where foreign companies operate, security forces said. The fighting threatens to rupture the country two and a half years after the end of U.S. occupation.

Meanwhile, the Jihadists continue to consolidate their territories not only in the middle of the country but key transit points to Syria where as we reported yesterday, al-Qaeda forces in the two countries merged after ISIS forces and troops from the al Nusra front combined in at least one city. ISIS now control several border posts with Syria and have stolen U.S.-made weapons from Iraqi forces.

Iraq, however, has not been completely paralyzed in light of the oncoming juggernaut and overnight Iraqi forces launched an airborne assault on rebel-held Tikrit on Thursday, landing three helicopters with commandos in a stadium for what appeared to be their boldest counter-attack yet against Sunni insurgents who have rampaged through the north.

Eyewitnesses said battles were raging in the city, hometown of former dictator Saddam Hussein, which fell to Sunni Islamist fighters two weeks ago on the third day of a lightning offensive that has given them control of most majority Sunni regions.

 

The helicopters were shot at as they flew low over the city and landed in a stadium at the city's university, a security source at the scene said. The government did not immediately respond to requests for comment and by evening the assault was still not being reported on state media.

 

The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said fierce clashes ensued, centered around the university compound.

 

Ahmed al-Jubbour, professor at the university's college of agriculture, described clashes taking place inside the colleges of agriculture and sports education.

 

"I saw one of the helicopters land opposite the university with my own eyes and I saw clashes between dozens of militants and government forces," he said.

Perhaps the reason why the air force merely used helicopters and not airplanes is because as we also reported previously, the Iraqi air force "has only two modified Cessna aircraft."

Regardless, for now Baghdad appears to be safe unless of course ISIS manages to run over the Haditha Dam, which as we explained yesterday, is the second largest in Iraq and a critical source of drinking water for the capital. Should the Jihadists hold it hostage, or worse, release the contained water, the flood, or merely the lack of bearable living conditions in Baghdad, will promptly force the local population to evacuate thus opening up the path to the critical energ-rich areas in the south.

We will cross that bridge once we get to it. For now the far bigger focus appears to be on Syria whose eastern portions, as the following AFP map shows, is effectively ISIS territory with the al Qaeda group now controlling all the key border crossings on the Iraqi side.

Which perhaps explains why, literally seconds ago, and likely attempting to pivot from the disastrous events in Iraq, Obama is once again focusing on Syria. According to AP, President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $500 million to train and arm vetted members of the Syrian opposition.

The military training program would deepen the Obama administration's involvement in the more than four-year conflict between rebels and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad. If approved by Congress, the program would supplement a covert train-and-assistance program run by U.S. intelligence agencies.The Senate Armed Services Committee has already approved a version of the sweeping defense policy bill authorizing the Defense Department to provide "equipment, supplies, training and defense services" to elements of the Syrian opposition that have been screened. The Senate could act on the bill before the August recess.

 

The president hinted at the increased support for the opposition forces during a commencement address at West Point last month.

 

"In helping those who fight for the right of all Syrians to choose their own future, we also push back against the growing number of extremists who find safe haven in the chaos," Obama told the graduating cadets.

But wait, didn't Obama do just this a year ago only to find that the arms were going into the hands of Al Qaeda extremists - essentially the same ones the US will be waging war against any minute in Iraq?  Well yes. But this time Obama has a fail safe plan.

  • U.S. FUNDS FOR MODERATE SYRIAN REBELS REQUESTED FROM CONGRESS

Oh, it's just the "moderate" terrorists Obama will be arming. Not the more radical types. But how Obama will make the distinction? Well, that's what polling is all about. To wit: "Excuse me, would you describe yourself as a moderate or extreme al-Qaeda jihadist. Answering affirmatively to the former assures you your own US-made Humvee and a few thousand bullets to shoot at US soldiers across the border in Iraq."

While we wish we were joking, this sadly describes the current all too real state of US diplomacy in the middle east.

 

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Thu, 06/26/2014 - 17:32 | 4899812 hairball48
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Me and Clyde the Raven could give two shits about Syrians, innocent/guilty/ISIS, the whole fucking lot over there. The USA has no dog in those Mid East fights. Fuck'em. Let them duke it out.

The oil will get to market after they get done sorting  things out amongst themselves.

If Barry feels a need to defend someone, how 'bout defending our southern border against the invasion of, illegals and God knows who else, including terrorists.

Hairball

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx7D8p-AoEs

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 22:02 | 4900760 The_Prisoner
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The irony is that no two-shits are given back by Syrians to hairball and Americans.

However, the US is the one stirring shit up and then ducking for cover as the big coward bully that it is. So regardless of given a shit or not, you have a karmic debt to the innocent Syrians who are sufferring in the hands of US-sponsored enemies of mankind shuch as ISIS and Netanyahoo, for you eargerly wait, like a buzzard, to feed on the spoils of war.

Fill up your truck with that!

 

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 17:35 | 4899820 Everybodys All ...
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Does anyone realize that this just so happens to be the same amount of money that the ISIS Al-qaeda removed from the Iraqi banks they overran just this month.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 17:37 | 4899822 virgilcaine
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As the price of oil and gas rises, the price of soccer mom suv a.s.s. drops..it's all supply & demand.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 17:42 | 4899841 Duc888
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Hithatclown: Why is no one talking about impeachment at this point? This is ridiculous.

 

You would actually hhave to have some opposition to Obama.  The Republicans are too busy chowing down on Oblabla's shaft and getting his testes slammed against their collective chins to come up for air and actually do something for the betterment of our Republic.

 

Both 'teams" are owned by the same Masters.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:47 | 4900094 ThisIsBob
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Impeachment?  You like Biden, then Boehner for this?

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 17:44 | 4899845 Duc888
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my bad, double post.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:02 | 4899925 MrButtoMcFarty
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Really shocking how our Sunni Muslim President has to get involved in all these Middle East civil wars....

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:02 | 4899928 drendebe10
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The good news is that the sheeple with re-elect their own corrupt "elected" ruling political elite back to DC in Nov 2016 so nothing changes and the hard working US citizen taxpaying serfs and peasants can continue to be ripped off by being forced to pay for all this crap....  wheeeeeeee 

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:08 | 4899957 Dublinmick
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I predict those fierce ISIs fighters will not be able to stand up to the Kurds. No there will be Kurdistan and they will sell oil to israel from the very large deposits in the north. Kerry was just there they other day when the Kurds were celebrating the queen's birthday.

ISIS may take over the oil fields that China is invested in but they want touch the ones BP has a contract on.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:10 | 4899961 Bernardo Gui
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Obama has gone from incompetent ideologue to laughing stock to an irrelevancy.  The House GOP will rightfully refuse to fund his latest moronic scheme.  And ISIS and the Syrian regime have about as much to fear from Obama as Putin.  he is seen as a pygmie on the world stage.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:10 | 4899962 22winmag
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Hold a bake sale.

 

A community organizer should be able to get that right.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:11 | 4899963 Bernardo Gui
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Obama has gone from incompetent ideologue to laughing stock to an irrelevancy.  The House GOP will rightfully refuse to fund his latest moronic scheme.  And ISIS and the Syrian regime have about as much to fear from Obama as does Putin.  He is seen as a pygmie on the world stage.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:14 | 4899980 SmittyinLA
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you underestimate the corruption and stupidity of the GOP, there is literally no limit.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 22:12 | 4900798 lakecity55
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Uh, isn't it kind of obvious now that the Bath House is a sleeper agent?

Fri, 06/27/2014 - 00:02 | 4901107 falconflight
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The Goiter Ole Party is beyond redemption.  They'll do nothing.

Fri, 06/27/2014 - 01:28 | 4901206 Emergency Ward
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Maybe, maybe not.  Pelosi will have all the Democrats lined up behind Obama, and the Peter King wing of the Patriot-Act Republicans will join her.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:10 | 4899964 Canoe in the Desert
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The Department of State does not seem to have any interest in protecting the plight of Christians in Syria or elswhere.

Fookin nuts to give anyone US$$$. Keep your cheese!

 

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:13 | 4899974 SmittyinLA
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The US state dept is run by AIPAC, and they hate Christians more than Muslims

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:12 | 4899970 SmittyinLA
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I saw some ISIS kids on TV, in the back of a big brand New Ford F350 pickup truck, one was holding a heavy machine gun, the other looked like an M16, they looked to be 8 or 9 years old.

These fascist Muslim assholes are bringing their lil kids into battle.

Hard to tell who is the bigger pervert ISIS or Obama. 

blowback is going to be epic, and they deserve every bit of it, BTW ISIS has nukes through their PAKI backers

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 22:11 | 4900792 lakecity55
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The Bath House is really turned on by boy soldiers.

Fri, 06/27/2014 - 00:01 | 4901104 falconflight
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Yup, the ole missive about foreign entaglements.  Too bad we're the ones to pay for our now not only corrupt, but insane national government.  

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:23 | 4900009 disabledvet
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They cannot take and hold Baghdad Mr. President.

You are leading this country to war and we don't even know who's side we're on.

"Besides the defense contractors" I imagine.

At least we can finally ditch the whole "Christianity" meme.

"Plan Ost" is all this is.
Probably using the exact same plan as the Nazi's.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:26 | 4900026 Bankster Kibble
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"Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!"

"Again?!!!?"

"Nothin' up my sleeve . . . Presto!"

. . . . .

"I think I need a new hat."

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:28 | 4900033 turicum
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Excuse me, but is $ 500 M not peanuts these days?

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 19:12 | 4900167 DYS
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I think you could probably outfit a well-equiped force of 150,000 for that kind of cheese.   That's about the same size as the Marine Corps.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:33 | 4900049 James Dandy
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Just print more money, as long as it promotes the Zionist agenda.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:33 | 4900051 the wet spot
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Why is everyone complaining?  It says right there in the article that all of these Al-qaida rebels were vettted.  They're the GOOD Al-qaida :)

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:41 | 4900075 marcusfenix
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there are no words to express...

there just isn't any.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:49 | 4900103 ncdirtdigger
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Are our returning vets 'moderate' or ' extremist'?

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 23:58 | 4901096 falconflight
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According to the Ministry for the Homeland, they're definitely leaning extremist.  

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:56 | 4900117 TuPhat
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Maybe Obama should open the VA hospitals for AQ wounded.  They aren't doing much for our veterans.  After they heal they could stay in the US to participate in false flag OPs.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 18:57 | 4900123 robertocarlos
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Baghdad will be under ISIL control by August. Get out while the getting is good.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 19:46 | 4900124 NuYawkFrankie
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The Rodeo-Clown in The White House and The Fools On Capitol Hilll MUST GO!

REGIME CHANGE in WASHINGTON  DC.. NOW!!!

 

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 19:07 | 4900148 Tompooz
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What goes around comes around.

Try to imagine a future headline "Islamic State of the Arabian Peninsula approves trillion dollar fund to arm and assist the moderate opposition in the United States".

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 23:56 | 4901090 falconflight
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Nice

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 19:09 | 4900157 DYS
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$500 Million to Equip Syrian Rebels!?!?!

 

Give that man a mothafuhk'n peace prize, BIATCH!

 

Disclosure: I'm *very* short nobel laureats.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 19:11 | 4900160 pashley1411
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Never let a crisis go to waste.    The Sunni CIA/Riyadh jihad army needs MOAR!

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 19:24 | 4900199 Rootin' for Putin
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So, didn't we just arm Syrian rebels with humvees, artillery, various small arms, missiles and grenades plus a helicopter or two?

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 19:26 | 4900209 Shizzmoney
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Can Detroit get $500 million?

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 19:29 | 4900218 Runs-With_Toast
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Dude the CIA made Isis with the saudis / Qatar

 

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 19:47 | 4900272 d edwards
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Syrian rebels-IsIs=same thing! Hell, we've already been arming them.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 19:43 | 4900262 Jack Burton
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The Ape in the White House is out of his mind. But, like all trained apes, Obama is doing what his handlers want him to do. I seriously doubt that any ZH reader actually believes these policies are thought up and then ordered by Obama. We should be clear that the neoc-n establishment does not come and go with elections. No, they are installed in the State Department, CIA, NSA and Pentagon as high ranking officials. They stay in their jobs, no matter the president. These officials are lobbied and controlled by the elites of America via the various "Think Tanks" and "Lobby Organizations". One huge example is AIPAC. The elites use the "think tankers" and "big money lobby boys" to provide the establishment with the Neo-con policies that the President then is advised and ordered to command by the officials on CIA/Pentagon/State Department.

Obama is their bag man, just as Bush was. Orders come down and the president must carry them out, or get "John Kennedied".

The deep state is real. Corporate America runs some of it, Israeli runs some of it, Bankers and Wall Streeters run part of it and the Intelligence insides run their share. These use their powers to command Presidents what to do.

The new policy to up the arming of Syrian rebels is coming straight from AIPAC as Israel is behind much of the Syrian oppostion/straight from corporate America who will make millions providing these arms/ and from CIA who believe they are ordained by god to rule the world, and Al-Qaeda is their pet organization. Thus arms will flow to more terrorists.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 19:49 | 4900280 FredFlintstone
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Best explanation I have heard so far. Thanks.

Fri, 06/27/2014 - 07:07 | 4901432 Everybodys All ...
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Obama fits right in with the new world order crowd in DC. Make no mistake though no matter how he got there and no matter who influences him he is the president and is ultimately to be held accountable for all that happens under his watch. Only cowards and fools blame other people as president. Take your pick.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 19:49 | 4900284 Jack Burton
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Obama is not satisfied to arm Al-Qaeda. He now has his pet nazi's in Ukraine to fund. The arms used to attack Easten cities are now being funded directly from Washington DC. Kiev is bankrupt, it's only ability to invade and attack Eastern cities is based on US financial aid to buy bombs, shell, missiles, mines and small arms ammunition. If you look through a selection of East Ukrainian Self Defense Forces videos, some with english subtitles. The fighters mention again and again they they are fighting fascists from Kiev, but also, and more importantly, they say flat out that they are fighting the United States of America. Because they know that Kiev revolution was a US coup. They also know that Kiev fascists and Army have no money, and can only come east to attack using money given by Washington. These fighters are much better informed of world events than your average America, subject to the liar media of the west.

Sun, 06/29/2014 - 12:24 | 4907127 novictim
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*yawn*

No one falls for the "Nazi" shit you sell, Jack.  Too much has become obvious about Putin for that to fly.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 19:55 | 4900305 novictim
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How many ways can we say this is "stupid"?  

Or, maybe we are mistaken?  

Maybe Obummer has a new weapons system that activates only in the hands of scholars who support pluralism and quote Thomas Jefferson and Voltaire?

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 20:01 | 4900321 virgilcaine
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One must ask is this the future for Merika .?

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 20:01 | 4900323 Bemused Observer
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I wish I was the guy who shuttles these funding requests back and forth...I'd duck behind a potted palm and hastily add "and 5 million dollar gratuity for the server...", then refold it carefully and slip it back in the envelope.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 20:06 | 4900343 Fíréan
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Arms for Iraq have a history of not ending up at the official intended destination.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/HG27Aa01.html

The US government arranged for delivery of at least 200,000 Kalashnikov machine-guns, together with tens of millions of rounds of ammunition, from Bosnia to Iraq in 2004-05, according to a report by Amnesty International, which investigated the sales. But though the weaponry was said to be for arming the fledgling Iraqi military, there is no evidence the guns reached their intended recipient.

More detail and the longer story at the above link ; just one example.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 20:18 | 4900374 Herdee
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Remember when Washington duped Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada into going to the Ukraine and meeting with the new thug that was being supported by neo-nazi militias?Here's the link to the website that tells the results of Europe and Western Countries criminal activities:http://thenewsdoctors.com/ukraine-has-begun-aggressive-actions-against-r...

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 20:39 | 4900458 dutchTender
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Kane west said George bush don't care about black ppl .... hmmmmm ... i believe detroit is shutting off water to some 150,000 african americans today ... yet they got $500 million to throw at syria ....

 

Obama don't care about black ppl either ...

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 20:40 | 4900463 MeelionDollerBogus
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Duuuurrrr
I need to fight Al Qaeda/ISIS by giving tons of money to...
Al Qaeda rebels in Syria
Who's dumber, the one asking, or the one giving the money without question?

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 20:53 | 4900514 Totentänzerlied
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Sounds like an act of war to me. The silence from the ICC, UN, and NATO, not to mention the entire media, is deafening.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 21:01 | 4900537 Circle of DNA
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Cool link Herdee! Stephen Harper is a glorified accountant for the zionists. Pathetic idiot and a psychopath just like the rest of them.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 21:11 | 4900574 crazybob369
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I wonder if there will come a time when the U.S. military will wake up en mass and figure out that they are dying and being maimed for nothing. Worse than nothing really. Perhaps one day they will wake up, lay down their weapons and return home to their loved ones. OK, OK so it's not going to happen, but one can dream.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 21:28 | 4900585 Dewey Cheatum Howe
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And off topic but of EXTREMIST interest concerning Benghazi and that youtube video. The one the state department crafted as an excuse as Benghazi happened and then lied about the guy who made it being a Coptic Christian.

Well this gets better guess who is linked to said video now.

http://shoebat.com/2014/06/17/company-botched-obamacare-website-tied-ben...

n a SHOCKING discovery, CGI Federal – the Canadian Company that built the Obamacare website – appears to have a connection to the “Innocence of Muslims” video the Obama administration blamed for the Benghazi attacks.

And here’s how it was done:

The evidence is well established that in 2010, CGI acquired Stanley Associates, which “provides services to the U.S. federal civilian, defense and intelligence agencies”. [1]

When the crudely produced video “Innocence of Muslims” was posted to a YouTube it needed a boost, especially since it was posted by someone no one had ever heard of and who had only uploaded two videos – that were basically the same.

Well, a YouTube channel known as NewsPoliticsNow3 (NPN3) has been connected to Stanley Associates, the service provider for U.S. defense and “intelligence”.

On September 11, 2012, NewsPoliticsNow3 (NPN3) uploaded a short version of the video (only 1:32 of it). It was in fact  NPN3 (see screenshot below taken 19 hours after video uploaded) which gave the crude movie a new title “Innocence of Muslims”, instead of the name given previously (click on image to enlarge.

....

August of 2010 is when the acquisition of Stanley by CGI was finalized, according to what appears to be a CGI PowerPoint presentation, which also refers to CGI as:

A global leader in IT, business process, and professional services, CGI partners with federal agencies to provide end-to-end solutions for defense, civilian, and intelligence missions

...

This is the same CGI Federal that administer's PRISM technology (yes it is that one) for a certain 3 letter agency that likes to 'parallel construction' aka back dooring things to get around bureacracy and security firewalls.

http://www.triple-tree.com/transactions/transaction_archive/silver-oak-s...

 

 

 

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 21:18 | 4900592 Yes_Questions
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WOAR PIGS!

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 21:26 | 4900625 earleflorida
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Before retreating, troops will destroy all artillary and mobile weaponry, period! Never will they leave them behind for the enemy... thus having built-in contingency plans for quick evacuation, referred often as a 'Scorched`Earth' policy/ strategy.

These weapons are being laid at their feet by Bandar/Bush and Obama's covert operations, which never stopped pursuing the Qatar objective! It has been 'mission-creep' since 2003 when Bush#43 called out the 'Axis-of-Evil'-- the long war? Define long? 

Jordan is so 'up-america's ass', as is the two-faced Erdogan (Turkey) playing games with the Northern Kurd's who will get their legs literally cut-out from beneath them! They think Kurdistan is a safe bet? Erdogan will destroy them all once he has the upper (leverage) hand, as the Ottoman's did to the Armenian's! Turkey is the heart and soul of Ottoman's past and present-- and, as far as they're concerned all of Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine (Israel) and Syria are (presently amongst many other countries ie., Cyprus etc., etc.,) their domain?!?  Important: The last Caliphate was abolished on March 3, 1924 after the great empire was devided up by France, Britain, and the USSA!

The USSA will never let SA go it alone, or for that matter Egypt which is embarking on Arab Nationalism or Nasserism!

Now, to give one half-billion dollars opens the back-door into Iran, the USSA ultimate crown jewel to colonialize once and for all. Afterall it was oil first discovered in Iran, way back in 1901-- and the World War's and wars never stopped!?!

jmo

thankyou Tyler

Ps. Could have missed some POV's, but the editor is out for a half-life Hawaiian weed`break...   ;-))

http://www.mideastweb.org/Middle-East-Encyclopedia/ottoman.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasserism  

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 23:52 | 4901076 falconflight
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Saudi Arabia is working hard to withdraw from the American orbit.  They'll pull the rug out from under the PetroDollar as soon as they get some Pakistani, Russian, and maybe Chinese assurances about Iran.  

Fri, 06/27/2014 - 01:53 | 4901217 earleflorida
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the chinese don't want to get caught up with shiite-sunni secularism in saudi arabia. granted they'll take their oil but iran has such better geography, and shiite's are much more hospitable now that ahmadinejad is gone. pakistan is a mess as the chinese having multiple (building, infrastructure, etc., and security problems for their people's own lives) problems with taliban`muslim rebels stirring up trouble in the autonomous nw xinjiang province, not to forget balochistan and gwadar port where mullah omar resides. not good.

iran cancelled its $500 ml loan gas pipeline with pakistan in dec/2013 for lack of progress, not to forget that pakistan calls the shots in afghanistan which iran isn't to happy about with the usa overlooking its shoulders with 10k-40k troops (think hard and long if obama gets troop`ish mission-creep in the south of iraq with iran sandwiched)?

russia has its own ambitions, as does china... but china is going to bypass the gcc if need be for the religious feuding that seems now set to self-destruct. iraq and iran are a perfect fit for china and russia. the off-shore drilling regarding vietnam will be settled monitarily as will be burma.

as it stands now china is happy in n. africa and coastal regions of all africa. they pay their bills and stay out of local politics with not a hint of creeping colonialism. but, again... pakistan and afghanistan survive on handouts from the usa [imf/wb]

ref: pakistan defence forum, (note: pakistan and india are mortal enemy's... with india actually hating the british and usa privately even with the polite exchanges the msm paints)...     "the asian block: russia-china-india-pakistan-iran alliance"   http://forum.pakistanidefence.com/index.php?showtopic=43344  

the above link is dated mar.23,2005, and it seems prophetic?    

 jmo

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 21:30 | 4900641 tony wilson
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read this and weep unless you are a jew or a city of london type satanist.

 

 

 

The proposal was part of the $65.8 billion overseas contingency operations request to Congress for fiscal year 2015, which begins October 1.

"The administration will develop the details of this envisioned program in consultation with the Congress and our international partners," the White House said.

Washington has been studying options for providing additional assistance to rebel forces beyond the existing aid, which includes mainly "non-lethal" support.

While US officials normally publicly refuse to comment on exactly what they are doing to train opposition groups, Mr Obama's National Security Advisor Susan Rice acknowledged early this month that the Pentagon was aiding Syrian rebels with "lethal and non-lethal support."

About $287 million in mainly non-lethal support has been cleared for the rebels since March 2011, and the CIA has participated in a secret military training program in neighboring Jordan for the moderate rebels.

The request comes at an extraordinarily sensitive time in the Middle East, with Sunni Isis jihadists in Iraq who are threatening to overtake Baghdad joining forces with extremists in Syria.

Rights observers have said members of Al-Qaeda's franchise in Syria, Al-Nusra Front, pledged loyalty to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), giving it control over both sides of the frontier.

The $500 million in aid is part of a proposed $1.5 billion "regional stabilisation initiative" to bolster stability in Syrian neighbors Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq, and to support communities hosting refugees.

The money for the Syrian opposition is one part of a $65 billion request made to Congress for US overseas operations, including $1.5 billion to support Middle Eastern countries struggling with millions of refugees coming from Syria.

The White House also asked for $1 billion to expand America's military presence in Eastern Europe in the wake of Russia's incursions into eastern Ukraine.

In a major foreign policy speech delivered at the West Point military academy last month, Mr Obama said he would "ramp up support for those in the Syrian opposition who offer the best alternative to terrorists and a brutal dictator".

The request still needs to be approved by Congress, where legislators in both parties are sceptical of further US intervention in either Syria or Iraq.

Fri, 06/27/2014 - 02:29 | 4901255 dumbStruck
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"regional stabilisation initiative"  Orwellian newspeak, everything they say has the opposite meaning.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 21:50 | 4900728 Dublinmick
Thu, 06/26/2014 - 21:56 | 4900751 Cathartes Aura
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good work.

h/t DeweyCH

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 23:01 | 4900929 Cathartes Aura
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oh, nicely tied together!

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 22:04 | 4900750 Jack Burton
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"Obama" commander in chief of Al-Qaeda, ISIS and Right Sector Nazi's of Kiev. Well, he is commander and chief! Nobody said he was restricted to commanding the US military.

It beggars belief that Americans sit by and let CNN and FOX tell them what to think, while the AIPAC and Banker criminal gangs run this nation. Nobody seems to get it, they still believe that to be a patriotic American one must support war mongering all across the globe.

 

 

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 22:11 | 4900790 samsara
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What's it going to be named?

The Western Front of ISIS?

 

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 22:11 | 4900791 3rd Pig
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Kennedy that fucker already.

Give him the plaza.

Elm street his ass.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 22:24 | 4900831 Bryan
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Yay, another proxy war!  Way to go, Obummer!

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 22:31 | 4900846 Herdee
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Obama and his Washington cronies and no better than those that came before him.It sounds like a lot of money being talked about but where do you really think the illegal money to finance all this really comes from?Don't believe what The Tylers have told you through their research?Well,check out this link because it's a former high ranking DEA Agent.The biggest money launderers of all are members of The Fed itself!http://thenewsdoctors.com/drug-running-bankster-money-laundering-bob-maz...

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 22:43 | 4900884 Wahooo
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TPTB wanted to continue their raping and pillaging, so of course they found a candidate who could talk hope, change and revolution against TPTB. Well played.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 22:36 | 4900860 Gadfly
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Insanity.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 22:37 | 4900861 tony wilson
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satans spawn on earth.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Thursday told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the emergence of an independent Kurdish state was a “foregone conclusion,” while Israeli President Shimon Peres told reporters in Washington that the “de-facto” state Kurds have created is democratic,

 

 

http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/06/26/israeli-fm-lieberman-tells-kerry-in...

 

 

they would say that : )

http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/06/24/as-israeli-port-accepts-kurdish-oil...

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 23:48 | 4901070 falconflight
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An independent Kurdish State would be the only positive imo that could result from this insanity.  Do you agree?

Fri, 06/27/2014 - 02:48 | 4901266 Dublinmick
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Oh yes yes yes retard, oil flows to Israel forever and evah

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 22:46 | 4900886 Gadfly
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I don't remember anyone asking me if I wanted to spend my tax dollars on this fucked-up bullshit.  Some fucking democracy.  I say we vote on it.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 22:58 | 4900924 The Most Intere...
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Drop a fucking nuke. It's already paid for. Just cost of fuel to get it over there. Fuck this $500 million bullshit. We don't have the fucking money.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 23:07 | 4900948 WMM II
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"Obama Asks For $500 Million To Equip Syrian Rebels"

 

 

should read: 

"Obama Asks For $500 Million To Repair Equipment U.S. of A. Already Sent to Syrian Rebels"

 

:)

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 23:18 | 4900979 Hovel Downs
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Is that half a Billion with a B?  How many camels does that buy.  WTF is going on here.  Fatty hamburger is $4 a pound and propping up a petty dictator cost HALF a BILLION fucking dollars.  

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 23:26 | 4901018 Aussiekiwi
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They are more important than US slaves, they are already under control.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 23:46 | 4901067 pupdog1
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Is this for the Iraq army that we spent ten years and a trillion dollars equipping and training, only to have them drop their rifles and run in a way that would embarass even the French?

Send it to the VA, asswipe.

Thu, 06/26/2014 - 23:53 | 4901082 3rd Pig
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Grassy knoll the mutha

Give him the Dealey dispatch

A Sixth floor sacking

 

Fri, 06/27/2014 - 00:16 | 4901135 Dublinmick
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German intelligentsia backs the nazis. What a surprise. Will Germany fall for it again?

http://rt.com/news/168680-nazi-hipsters-in-germany/

We have the golden circle in Greece and the and privy sector in the Ukrie.

Strangely this time around Hebrews are their friends. All is forgiven.

How stupid are the brainwashed?

I don't often do this, I am not selling anything but some things which are quit obvious are hard to resist.

https://dublinsmick.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/rothschilds-papal-and-royal...

https://dublinsmick.wordpress.com/2013/10/15/bush-rothschild-and-the-roc...

https://dublinsmick.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/hitler-was-a-rothschild-and...

 

 

Fri, 06/27/2014 - 00:35 | 4901156 jack stephan
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Billy Brown: You know why they call you Goon? Because you're retarded. And you're ugly. You're an ugly retard. And they call you Goon because you're ugly and retarded. And you'll always be Goon... Goon, Goon, Goon. And that's what I'm gonna call you for the rest of your life, is Goon. Goon, Goon, Goon, Goon, okay? So fuck you.

Fri, 06/27/2014 - 00:40 | 4901161 damicol
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I have had dealings with all kinds of monkeys in my life,

 

 Nigerian Monkeys, Arab Monkeys, Pakistan Monkeys, and even Egyptian Monkeys, but it never fails to amaze me the depths of stupidity that a Kenyan Monkey can exhibit.

Remarkable

Fri, 06/27/2014 - 01:14 | 4901193 directaction
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We can't possibly be surprised with this development. Congress hasn't encountered a war they didn't like in a dozen decades. And since his election in 2008 neither has the American War Maniac president. 

Fri, 06/27/2014 - 03:21 | 4901283 pcrs
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But this time onyl to nice and friendly moderate terrorists.

I wonder if he has done the background checks before he hands out the weaponry.

monkey shooting AK47

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6LWNQqs7TE

Fri, 06/27/2014 - 04:03 | 4901308 magpie
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Can't be a caliphate without Holy Cities...and the Shia one don't count.

Fri, 06/27/2014 - 06:30 | 4901409 TNTARG
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Israel says disintegration in Iraq may lead to independent Kurdish state

http://rt.com/news/168748-israel-kurdish-independence-iraq/

All according to the plan.

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