CNN Turkey: Turkish Goverment Wrong, Pilots of Downed Russian Plane Alive
CNN Turkey is reporting that the Russian pilots of the Su-24 shot down by Turkey this morning are alive and in a secure location.
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‘Turkey = Terrorism’: Russians Protest Jet Attack on Social Media
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Turkey’s downing of Su-24 jet a “stab in the back,” which caused the phrase to trend on Twitter in Russia.
NATO Calls ‘Extraordinary Meeting’ After Turkey Downs Russian Jet
Brussels (AFP) – NATO allies will hold an “extraordinary” meeting Tuesday at Ankara’s request to discuss Turkey’s shooting down of a Russian fighter jet along the Syrian border, an alliance official said.
Putin: Turkey ‘Stabbed Us in the Back’ by Shooting Down Plane
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a press conference on the downing of a Russian warplane near the Turkish border, in which he seemed to dismiss earlier Russian theories that their plane could have been hit by ground artillery fire from Syrian rebels.
Turkey Shoots Down Russian Fighter Near Syrian Border
On Tuesday morning, two Turkish F-16 fighters engaged a Russian Sukhoi-24 warplane and shot it down with an air-to-air missile, somewhere north of the Syrian port city of Latakia.
LIVE UPDATES: NATO Member Shoots Down Russian Fighter Jet On Syria Border
Turkish fighter jets shot down a warplane near the Syrian border after it violated Turkey’s airspace on Tuesday, a Turkish military official said, with Russia confirming it had lost one of its jets. Live updates below. Turkish F16s warned the
Iran Dictator Khamenei: U.S. and Islamic State Are Working Together
Ali Khamenei, the dictator of the Islamic Republic of Iran, claimed in a meeting with the President of Nigeria on Monday that the United States is assisting the Islamic State terror group.
Dubai Official: Forget Islamic State, Israel Downed Russian Jet Over Sinai
TEL AVIV – Although the Islamic State terror group has already taken credit for downing a Russian passenger plane over the Sinai Peninsula, such a claim has not convinced many within the Arab world who see events through the lens
UN Chief Says Russia and U.S. Must Unite to Destroy Islamic State
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has encouraged Russia and the United States to work together to fight jihadist violence, saying he intends to present a comprehensive plan to combat terrorism by early 2016.
Monitor: Russian, French Airstrikes Drive ISIS Leaders out of Syria’s Raqqa
Heavy bombing by French and Russian warplanes has prompted dozens of Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) leaders to flee Raqqa, Syria, the jihadist group’s de facto capital, according to a monitor group.
Putin to Meet Ayatollah Khamenei During Iran Visit
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a visit to Tehran Monday, the Kremlin said, as Moscow goes on a diplomatic push over the Syria conflict.
China Buys 24 Russian Su-35s to Confront Lockheed F-35s
China gave Russia’s defense industry a huge boost on November 19 by ordering 24 Su-35s, at a cost of $83 million each, to face-off against Lockheed’s $400 million F-35.
Chechen Leader Solves Mideast Problem: Strap Terrorists to Drones, Drop on ISIS
The president of the Russian region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, suggested on his Instagram account that terrorists should be tied to drones and dropped on the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
Russian Bomb-Video Shows ISIS Oil Sector Undamaged by Obama’s ‘Air War’
The weakness of President Barack Obama’s tentative air-offensive against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in northern Syria was exposed November 18 by Russian video that showed hundreds of intact ISIS-run oil tankers parked nose-to-tail near a lightly damaged oil refinery.
Assad Calls Putin ‘Sole Defender of the Christian Civilization,’ Then Edits Remark Out
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad had some harsh words for President Francois Hollande and praise for Russian leader Vladimir Putin in an interview with the conservative French magazine Valeurs Actuelles to be published Thursday. Unfortunately for Putin, Syrian state media omitted Assad’s praise from its official “full” text of the interview.
Anti-ISIS Alliance Between France, Russia, U.S. Takes Shape
The hideous massacre in Paris seems to be galvanizing a global anti-ISIS alliance and a weak U.S. president means that alliance may well have Russian leadership.
World View: Brussels, Belgium, Has Become the Center for European Terror
Contents: Hong Kong ‘boos’ China with paper signs at soccer match; Netherlands – Germany football match cancelled after ‘concrete threat’; Brussels, Belgium, has become the center for European terror
Russia: Hamas and Hezbollah Are Democratic, Not Terrorists
In contrast to the United States, the Russian regime of Vladimir Putin does not see Hamas and Hezbollah as genocidal terrorist organizations bent on a second holocaust, but as democratic and “legitimate societal-political forces” that they can get along with.
Egypt Detains Airport Personnel as Russia Confirms Metrojet Crash Was Terrorism
The Russians have been saying they would not jump to conclusions about the nature of the Metrojet crash in Egypt until a lengthy investigation was concluded but, on Tuesday, Russian security officials suddenly declared the plane was indeed destroyed by a terrorist attack. There have also been reports of police detaining or arresting airport workers, although the Egyptian government has disputed those accounts.
Huckabee: Gov’t Should Protect Citizens, Not ‘Image of Islam,’ US Should Join With Russia Against ISIS
Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee argued “the number one goal of our government is not to protect the image of Islam, it’s to protect American citizens” and “let’s join with the Russians, who are sending airstrikes”
Chess Master Garry Kasparov Talks Putin’s Poker
SAN FRANCISCO — World-famous Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov has made no secret Monday evening of his fierce disdain for Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian rule and for his gang of oligarchs in their war against the West–including the United States of America.
Report: ISIS Groups Join Afghan Taliban
Jihadists linked to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) have joined the ranks of the Taliban in Afghanistan, a source at Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security (SCNS) told the Russian state-owned TASS news agency.
World View: France Launches ‘Massive Attack’ on ISIS – 20 Bombs
Contents: France launches ‘massive attack’ on ISIS – 20 bombs; Beirut wonders why their terror bombing is less important than Paris’s
World View: Paris Attacks: Forces Coalesce for Greater Christian Military Intervention
Contents: World reacts to Paris attack
U.S. Officials Fear Russian Smugglers May Sell Uranium on Black Market
Last month, there were reports of a joint effort between Eastern European countries, especially Moldova, and the FBI to crack down on nuclear smugglers. The deadly contraband for sale in those accounts was cesium, which could be used to create dirty bombs. The authorities were somewhat skeptical about these black marketeers possessing serious nuclear bomb fuel.
