Ukraine SITREP April 20th, by Duff.

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1.‘We’re not interested in a fair fight’ – US army commander urges NATO to confront Russia

http://rt.com/news/250981-russian-threat-nato-hodges/

2.Russia launches North Pole-2015 drifting Arctic station

http://tass.ru/en/russia/790336

Norway wants Moscow’s explanations after Russian vice-premier’s visit to Spitsbergen

http://tass.ru/en/world/790355

Norway in Arctic dispute with Russia over Rogozin visit

First Latin American SITREP - Saker Community

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Some caveats, greetings and pointers: foreword

Hopefully this will be the first of many Latin America SITREPS. The Saker has given us a valuable opportunity to speak out and offer you our view on the current stories developing in our continent.

Mainstream MSM, as we all know, have done a well known job on misinforming, deforming and distorting the last 15 years of Latin American awakening, it’s key importance and fundamental role in the constitution of the Global South (a non-geographical, global entity) and the negation of the historical subject that has been the central nerve of the Latin American epoch change: the poor of the earth, as Cuban patriot and apostle José Martí once said.

August 21 Iraq SITREP by Mindfriedo: American Hostage Crisis

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NB: The term Salafi may refer to a Puritan Sunni (or rarely Shia) but in these SITREPs is being referred synonymously with Wahabi Takfiris. 

The titles Farooq and Siddique were originally those of Ali ibn Abi Talib (as), but over the ages, for whatever reasons, have been associated with Omar ibn Khattab and Abu Bakr (the second and first Caliphs).
Similarly the term Salaf may have referred to a pious worshipper but, as is the norm now, the term Salafi Jihadism is associated with Wahabism. To avoid confusion, the term Salaf here does not refer to its “original” purpose/meaning.
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