state sponsored terrorism

 Times of India

via NPRShamila N. Chaudhary (@ShamilaCh) is senior adviser to the dean at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, a fellow at the school's Foreign Policy Institute and senior fellow at New America. She served as director for Pakistan and Afghanistan on the National Security Council during the Obama administration.

Another stroke of sheer luck for Imran Khan! What timing. How convenient.

I’d started working on this yesterday: Personal matters kept me from finishing.Shocked and flummoxed cannot begin to describe my feeling when reading 5 eyes alt media present Khan's win as  anything remotely close to being a good thing for Pakistan. But then what else to expect from 5 eyes alt media that actually claimed the US backed Kurds were the best fighters against US backed ISIS.??  Or one that suggests another nations government needs to be violently overthrown.

BBC

Israel says it has shot down a Syrian warplane which entered its airspace - a rare incident between the two foes.

Syria say's it was Syrian airspace.  According to the Israeli reports it definitely was over Syrian airspace. Israeli occupied Golan

No word on if Israel is assisting with this operation- But, you can be sure they are! Pay particular attention to where these terrorists are going after their evacuation.

CNBC

Ahead of a NATO meeting, the president blasted the German government on Wednesday for backing the new natural gas pipeline link from Russia to Germany.

Cause you German folk are supposed to freeze in the dark! I'm being sarcastic 

RAND :  Military Industrial Complex Linked- Time to make a deal on Syria?Trump Putin Summit Pending

 Was hoping to get to this last week- no such luck- Still worth reading.  I'm omitting the parts about the recent success in Daraa including the taking of the very strategic border crossing between Jordan and Syria since that was all covered in friday's post: What of Daraa? Israel Warns Syria- "Rebels" Reach Deal with RussiaWithout further adieu...Pepe Escobar- Asia Times excerpts in blue

The latest on the situation in DaraaReuters UK- Yesterday