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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 2/27/2017 12:33:20 AM
	What A Sad, Sorry Week For Liberty… FEBRUARY 26, 2017 By Truthstream Media People are cheerleading for the same oppressive state that created the problems to begin with. In the name of immigration control we are now entering an even bigger “papers please” police state which will threaten everyone’s civil liberties. And then there’s Jeff Sessions and his support for the ongoing failure called the Drug War and its attendant for-profit prison system. Of course, always in the background is more war on the horizon. Melissa Dykes breaks down the week in (fading) liberty… (activistpost.com)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 2/27/2017 9:17:00 AM
	Syrian army advances against Islamic State near Aleppo: Monitor Move into IS-held areas in northwest Syria came as militant group retreated after losing al-Bab to Turkey-backed rebels on Thursday Syrian army tanks on the eastern outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on 17 February (AFP) Sunday 26 February 2017 11:15 UTC Last update: Sunday 26 February 2017 11:24 UTC The Syrian army and its allies made a sudden advance on Saturday and Sunday into areas held by Islamic State in northwest Syria, a war monitor said, as the militant group retreated after losing the city of al-Bab to Turkey-backed rebels on Thursday. The eastwards advance in an area south of al-Bab has extended Syrian army control across 14 villages and brought it within 25km of Lake Assad, the stretch of the Euphrates above the Tabqa dam. Islamic State's holdings in northwest Syria have been eviscerated over recent months by successive advances by three different, rival forces: Syrian Kurdish groups backed by the United States, the Turkey-backed rebels, and the army. By taking Islamic State territory south of al-Bab, the army is preventing any possible move by Turkey and the rebel groups it supports to expand southwards and is moving closer to regaining control of water supplies for Aleppo. Fighting in the area is continuing as the army and its allies advance, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor, said on Sunday. Islamic State's loss of al-Bab after weeks of bitter street fighting marks the group's effective departure from northwest Syria, once one of its most fearsome strongholds and an area of importance because of its location on the Turkish border. Steady advances since 2015 by the Syrian Democratic Forces, the Kurdish-led alliance of armed groups, had already pushed Islamic State from much of the frontier by the middle of last year and have since then threatened its stronghold in Raqqa. Turkey's entry into Syria's civil war via the Euphrates Shield campaign in support of rebel groups fighting under the banner of the Free Syrian Army was intended both to push Islamic State from the border and to stop Kurdish expansion there. (middleeasteye.net)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 2/27/2017 10:02:33 AM
	Iran Launches Naval Drills Amid Escalating Tensions With US Suman Varandani International Business TimesFebruary 26, 2017 The drills come just days after the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' Ground Forces, including the artillery, air defense, drone, infantry and air force units, participated in exercises. Just days after ending its military drill, Iran launched naval drills Sunday at the Gulf and the Indian Ocean junction, a naval commander told Reuters. The event comes amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran as President Donald Trump vowed to get tough with Tehran. Iran's annual exercises, which will be held in the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman, the Bab el-Mandab and northern parts of the Indian Ocean, are aimed at training the navy in the fight against terrorism and piracy, Rear Adm. Habibollah Sayyari said, according to state media IRNA. The drills will include navy ships, submarines and helicopters, as they would showcase their skills along Iran's southeastern coast. The area of the drills covers over 770,000 square miles. Last month, Iran conducted a ballistic missile test sparking concern and resulting in Trump warning Tehran it had been “put on notice.” The U.S. also has been considering fresh sanctions on the country, while Trump blamed former President Barack Obama's administration of being too easy on Iran. Also last month, a U.S. Navy destroyer fired warning shots at four Iranian fast-attack vessels, which belonged to the country's Revolutionary Guards, near the Strait of Hormuz, for closing in at high speed. These vessels will not be participating in the current war games, Reuters reported. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that imposing sanctions will not get any results. “We don’t respond well to coercion. We don’t respond well to sanctions, but we respond very well to mutual respect. We respond very well to arrangements to reach mutually acceptable scenarios,” Zarif said. Tehran has agreed to limit its nuclear development program in exchange for a multilateral nuclear treaty signed by Iran, the U.S. and several other nations that freed billions of dollars of Iranian assets previously frozen by Washington." data-reactid="20" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;">Tehran has agreed to limit its nuclear development program in exchange for a multilateral nuclear treaty signed by Iran, the U.S. and several other nations that freed billions of dollars of Iranian assets previously frozen by Washington. (Yahoo News)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 2/27/2017 10:31:22 AM
	Former Director Of IMF Gets Prison Time For Fraud ByWhitney Webb Posted on February 25, 2017 Credit – Europa Press While the current director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, avoided prison time despite being found guilty of negligence in a high-profile fraud case, one of her predecessors has not been so lucky. Rodrigo Rato, director of the IMF from 2004 to 2007, was just recently sentenced this past Thursday to 4.5 years of prison by a Spanish court for his misappropriation of bank funds, i.e. fraud. Rato’s conviction followed a lengthy trial where he and 64 other executives and former board members of the failed Spanish bank Bankia and its founder bank Caja Madrid. Rato is probably the most high profile of all those implicated in the case as he served as Spain’s economy minister and was a leading figure in the ruling People’s Party before taking on the IMF’s top position. Following his departure from the international banking institution, Rato chaired Bankia for two years just before it was bailed out and nationalized by the Spanish government in 2012. The bail-out ultimately cost €19 billion. The former chairman of Caja Madrid, Miguel Blesa, received an even harsher sentence than Rato, receiving a total of six years in jail – also for the misappropriation of bank funds. The Bankia case is one of several investigations involving the corruption of Spain’s rich and powerful. For instance, last week, the Spanish king’s brother-in-law was found guilty of using his royal and political connections to overcharge and extort regional government through public contracts. However, the Bankia case is arguably the keystone of these investigations as Bankia’s collapse and bail-outare considered emblematic of Spain’s nearly-decade-long financial crisis. These cases, collectively, are said to be seen as a test of whether or not the Spanish elite are accountable to the law, which may have been a factor in Rato’s sentencing. This article (Former Director of IMF Gets Prison Time For Fraud) is free and open source. You have permission to republish this article under a Creative Commonslicense with attribution to the author and True Activist. http://www.trueactivist.com/former-director-of-imf-gets-prison-time-for-fraud/ Category: True Activist
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: ARE WE NOW IN THE END TIMES? 2/27/2017 10:48:17 AM
	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 14 FEBRUARY 2017 UN: Soldiers kill 101 in clashes with Kamwina Nsapu Human rights spokeswoman says death toll suggests 'disproportionate' force with at least 39 women among victims. Instability rose across Congo in recent weeks after President Kabila refused to step down [File: Kenny Katombe/Reuters] Soldiers targeting the Kamwina Nsapu group in central Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least 101 people over five days in February, the UN said. At least 39 women were among the victims killed amid the violence between February 9 and 13, the UN's human rights spokeswoman Liz Throssell said on Thursday, citing sources in the country. The soldiers fired indiscriminately with machine guns when they saw the fighters, who were armed mainly with machetes and spears, she said. "We are deeply concerned at the reported high number of deaths, which, if confirmed, would suggest excessive and disproportionate use of force by the soldiers," she said. The violence is also part of a broader surge in instability across Congo in recent weeks after President Joseph Kabila refused to step down when his constitutional mandate expired in December. At least 11 people were killed on Monday in clashes between the army and a group loyal to a traditional chief slain in fighting with police last year, said local activist Jean Rene Tshimanga, president of the Civil Society of Kasai-Central province. "This morning, we learned again that [the group] attacked the men in uniform [who] repelled them," Tshimanga told Reuters news agency. He did not know how many of the dead were fighters and how many army soldiers. Neither provincial nor military officials could be immediately reached for comment. Similar clashes have uprooted tens of thousands. Analysts say violence in Congo, a tinderbox of conflicts linked to land, ethnicity and mineral resources, has been exacerbated by Kabila's failure to step down. On Saturday, the Congo's UN peacekeeping mission said Kamwina Nsapu had committed violent atrocities and used child soldiers, and it also criticised the army for what it said was a disproportionate use of force against the militia fighters, who are typically only lightly armed. Source: Reuters news agency (aljazeera.com)
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