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From PressTV
Erdogan’s ominous foretelling of Brussels attacks: Premonition or Freudian slip?
Last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned European countries that they could become a victim of terrorist attacks like the car bombing in the Turkish capital on March 13 that killed 37 people. And the only city that came to his mind as an example of a possible target was the Belgian capital Brussels.
“There is no reason why the bomb that exploded in Ankara cannot explode in Brussels, in any other European city,” Erdogan said during a Friday speech to commemorate a famous World War I battle in the Turkish coastal town of Canakkale.
A few days later on Tuesday, two bomb attacks at Brussels airport killed at least 14 people and left nearly 100 people wounded, while a separate bombing in a metro station killed around 20 people and injured about 100 more.
From Russia Today
Russian aid convoys come under militant fire in Syria – truce center
Published time: 22 Mar, 2016 21:25
© Sergey Pivovarov / Reuters
Russian convoys carrying humanitarian aid have been attacked by militants while on their way to the Syrian provinces of Damascus and Hama, according to a statement by the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the warring sides in Syria.
“While delivering humanitarian cargo to the settlements of Harasta, the Damascus province, and Kafr Nan, the Hama province, Russian aid convoys have come under fire by militants. None of the Center personnel and Syrian nationals taking part in the operations were injured,” the statement goes.
The Russian center successfully delivered humanitarian aid to the village of Kafr Nan on March 20.
“It should be noted that before, despite the critical situation people are facing there and a desperate need for help, no organization has sent an aid convoy to Kafr Nan,” the statement stressed.
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From Russia Today
Syria condemns Brussels bombings, says they resulted from ‘wrong policies, tolerance for terrorism’
Published time: 22 Mar, 2016 15:46
People are seen at the scene of explosions at Zaventem airport near Brussels, Belgium, March 22, 2016, in this handout courtesy of David Crunelle via Twitter © David Crunelle / Reuters
The Brussels attacks that killed over 30 people and injured dozens more are the inevitable result of certain countries’ “wrong policies” and a “tolerance for terrorism” in favor of certain agendas, a Syrian Foreign Ministry official has said.
The bombings in the Belgian capital are “an inevitable consequence of the wrong policies and of tolerance for terrorism to realize certain agendas,” a source in the Syrian Foreign Ministry told SANA state news agency on Tuesday. The source added that bombings were the consequence of some countries “describing terrorist groups as moderate.”
It urged nations to unite their efforts “to curb the conduct of the countries supporting terrorism and compel them to stop providing support to the terrorist organizations in any form in preservation of the peace and stability of the region and world.”
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From Russia Today
Brussels attacks stem from ‘EU foreign policy fiasco’ – Bulgarian PM
Published time: 22 Mar, 2016 13:00
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov © Stoyan Nenov / Reuters
Bulgaria’s prime minister has said the foreign policy of “certain EU states” has blown up in the face of European politicians and made the Brussels attacks possible. Europe should show that it won’t let the terrorists “destroy our civilization,” the PM said.
“It is unfair and unjust that people we take care of deliver a stab at the very heart of Europe,” Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said in comments on the terror acts in the Belgian capital on Tuesday. “We see in that the failure of the foreign policy of a whole series of European states.”
“Terrorists cannot be integrated [into our society],” Borisov added.
The head of the Bulgarian government also issued a special statement, calling on Europeans “to show the world they would not allow terrorism to ruin our civilization.”
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
AIPAC’s plans to ‘come together’ undone by Trump
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Hear out Donald Trump. Ignore Donald Trump.
There were two distinct approaches to the Trump moment this week at AIPAC’s annual conference here, and there were mutual warnings that one or the other side would get burned.
The burn came fast, and it came to those who said listening to the front-runner in the race for the Republican presidential nod was the right thing to do.
After days of repeated warnings to its activists not to disrupt Trump, and to treat speakers with respect, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee leadership issued an extraordinary apology on Tuesday morning – but not to Trump.
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From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
AIPAC apologizes for cheering of Trump’s Obama knock
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In an emotional apology, the AIPAC leadership expressed regret to President Barack Obama for an attack on him from its stage by Donald Trump, and for the loud applause it earned.
“While we may have policy differences, we deeply respect the office of the President of the United States and our President Barack Obama,” Lillian Pinkus, the newly installed president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, said Tuesday, joined by other AIPAC lay and professional leaders.
AIPAC’s evident anguish in the aftermath of Trump’s remarks — delivered to its annual conference Monday night in Washington, D.C. — seem to reflect a divide among the 18,000 members in attendance. While many in the arena leapt to their feet in appreciation of the hard-line positions on Iran, terrorism and the current administration by the Republican presidential front-runner, others sat on their hands or even absented themselves from the event.
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From PressTV
Iraq’s volunteer forces say US Marines must leave
A group of Iraqi volunteer forces have called on the US marines, recently deployed to the country under the pretext of fighting Daesh, to leave or they will be treated as “forces of occupation.”
Washington announced Sunday that a detachment of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, an air-ground force of 2,200 troopers, had arrived in Iraq to join the fight against the Takfiri Daesh terrorists.
“The forces of occupation are making a new suspicious attempt to restore their presence in the country under the pretext of fighting their own creation, Daesh,” Iraqi Asa’ib Al al-Haq forces said Tuesday.
US officials did not disclose the exact number of the marines that were dispatched to the Arab country.
Pentagon says there are about 3,500 American forces stationed in Iraq, a figure that according to US Army Colonel Steve Warren, stationed in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, is an underestimation.
In late February, a US official said that the US army’s elite Delta Force units were preparing for operations to target, detain or kill what is said to be the main Daesh operators in Iraq.
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From Russia Today
2 sides of German migrant crisis: Refugee & right-wing activist speak to RT Doc
Published time: 22 Mar, 2016 17:49
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In an effort to get different viewpoints on the current refugee crisis engulfing Germany, RT Documentary delved into the lives of those extremely concerned by the issue – an average migrant family and a group of far-right activists.
The city of Cologne, which hit the headlines after the alleged New Year’s Eve mass sexual assaults, was again in the spotlight with its traditional carnival that attracts thousands of revelers eager to take part in the costume craze every year.
The 2016 festivities, which involved both locals and tourists, seemed a perfect occasion for an attempt to reveal what actually disturbs and dissatisfies those who come from different backgrounds but happen to live in the same community.
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From The Independent
Two Welsh Guard soldiers ‘forced to rape each other’ during initiation ceremony
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Bernie Sanders says anti-Semitism is a factor in BDS
WASHINGTON (JTA) — It would be a mistake to count out anti-Semitism as a driver of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, Sen. Bernie Sanders said.
“I think there is some of that, absolutely,” Sanders, I-Vt., said Monday evening on MSNBC after being asked if he would link BDS to anti-Semitism like his rival for the Democratic presidential nod, Hillary Clinton.
“Israel has done some very bad things, so has every other country on earth,” Sanders said. “I think the people who want to attack Israel for their policies, I think that is fair game. But not to appreciate that there is some level of anti-Semitism around the world involved in that I think would be a mistake.”
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From Russia Today
Brussels attacks: EU’s Federica Mogherini breaks down during emotional conference (VIDEO)
Published time: 22 Mar, 2016 12:19
European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini reacts to news of the Belgium blasts during a joint news conference with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Amman March 22, 2016 © Muhammad Hamed / Reuters
Federica Mogherini, the EU Foreign Policy Chief, cut a news conference in Jordan short as she broke down in tears when speaking of the Brussels bombings.
Mogherini, who was at a joint press conference with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in Amman on Tuesday, said the terror attacks mark a “very sad day” for Europe, comparing the continent’s pain to the suffering experienced in the Middle East.
“It is… a very sad day for Europe as Europe and its capital is suffering the same pain that this region has known and knows every single day”, said the EU commission’s vice-president.
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