Hạ Viện Mỹ đả kích thái độ rụt rè của chính quyền Obama về Biển Đông
[URL="http://vi.rfi.fr/chau-a/20160923-ha-vien-my-da-kich-thai-do-rut-re-cua-chinh-quyen-obama-ve-bien-dong"]Ngày 21/09/2016,[/URL] tiểu ban Hải Lực (Seapower and Projection Forces) thuộc Ủy Ban Quân Lực Hạ Viện Mỹ đă mở phiên điều trần về Biển Đông, và đă nghe tham luận của 3 chuyên gia tên tuổi. Không hẹn mà gặp, tất cả các ư kiến đều nêu bật thái độ bị cho là quá rụt rè của chính quyền Obama, với hệ quả là đă không ngăn cản được việc Bắc Kinh áp đặt được quyền kiểm soát thực tế trên khu vực Biển Đông.
Trong tuyên bố khai mạc buổi điều trần với chủ đề « Hải lực tại Biển Đông » (Seapower and Projection Forces in the South China Sea), dân biểu Randy Forbes, chủ tịch tiểu ban Hải Lực, chuyên trách các vấn đề liên quan đến Hải Quân Mỹ, đă không ngần ngại đánh giá rằng chiến lược xoay trục qua châu Á-Thái B́nh Dương của chính quyền Obama là một chủ trương đúng đắn. Vấn đề là những biện pháp cụ thể và mạnh mẽ để thể hiện chiến lược đó không đủ để chống lại đà vươn lên về quân sự và thái độ càng lúc càng hung hăng của Trung Quốc.
Dân biểu Forbes đă tỏ ư rất quan ngại trước nguy cơ Trung Quốc lợi dụng thời cơ mấy tháng cuối trong nhiệm kỳ của tổng thống Mỹ Barack Obama để « thiết lập một vùng nhận dạng pḥng không trên Biển Đông, mở rộng việc bồi đắp băi Scarborough, tăng tốc quân sự hóa các đảo nhân tạo (tại Trường Sa)… nhằm thách thức quyết tâm của Hoa Kỳ ».
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Trong t́nh h́nh đó, Mỹ cần phải có biện pháp mạnh để răn đe không cho Bắc Kinh tiến hành các việc đó, và theo ông Forbes, các ư kiến của giới chuyên gia rất cần thiết để có thể chống lại sự hung hăng của Trung Quốc, trấn an các đồng minh và đối tác của Hoa Kỳ trong khu vực và duy tŕ một thế cân bằng quân sự ổn định trong vùng châu Á-Thái B́nh Dương.
Trong các tham luận của ḿnh, các chuyên gia được mời góp ư – từ James Kraska, giáo sư luật quốc tế tại Học Viện Hải Chiến Hoa Kỳ (US Naval War College), và Andrew Erickson, giáo sư tại Viện Nghiên Cứu về Hàng Hải Trung Quốc cũng thuộc Học Viện Hải Chiến Mỹ, cho đến bà Bonnie Glaser, chuyên gia nghiên cứu Châu Á tại Trung Tâm Nghiên Cứu Chiến Lược và Quốc Tế CSIS, tất cả đều đă phê phán một số hành vi bị xem là quá rụt rè của chính quyền Obama trong việc chống lại những hành vi coi thường luật pháp quốc tế của Bắc Kinh tại Biển Đông.
Các chuyên gia đă cho rằng các động thái như không dám gọi các yêu sách chủ quyền của Trung Quốc tại Biển Đông là « phi pháp », hay là việc tuần tra nửa vời bên trong vùng 12 hải lư của các đảo nhân tạo của Trung Quốc tại Trường Sa, đều phản tác dụng, không những không răn đe được Trung Quốc, mà thậm chí c̣n khuyến khích Bắc Kinh « khẳng định chủ quyền một cách phi pháp trên một số đảo trong vùng ».
Syrian Politician: "WW III Has Begun, And It's Being Fought In Syria"
[URL="http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-22/syrian-politician-ww-iii-has-begun-and-its-being-fought-syria"]Syrian Politician: "WW III Has Begun, And It's Being Fought In Syria"[/URL]
Syrian Social Nationalist Party representative Tarek Ahmad says that the war in Syria has reached a dead end, with the intervention of foreign powers turning the situation into a chaotic mess. Moreover, the politician says that Syria is just one front in a Third World War being waged by Washington and its allies.
The Social Nationalist Party is one of Syria's oldest and largest parties. Up to 8,000 members of its armed branch, known as 'the Eagles of the Whirlwind', have successfully fought alongside the Syrian Army against Islamist militants, including Daesh. At the same time, the party has remained a key member of the Popular Front for Change and Liberation, a bloc of opposition parties in the country's parliament.
Speaking to Sputnik, party representative Tarek Ahmad said that the military situation in the country has come to an impasse, with the political crisis only fueled and intensified due to the intervention of multiple uninvited regional and global powers.
Commenting on the intensification of the conflict between Damascus, its allies, and the United States, following the US-led coalition's attack on Syrian forces in Deir ez-Zor last week, Ahmad warned that it's important to understand that the US position in Syria is tactical – not strategic.
"The US's goal is not limited to Syria," the politician emphasized. "The Syrian front is not the goal in and of itself. We need to look at this issue objectively, and to admit that a Third World War is taking place in Syria, one which is led by the US and its allies – even if these allies are simultaneously victims as well."
"America's main objective," according to Ahmad, "is to bring any world power that threatens them under control. Consequently, [Washington] is waging a war with these powers; and these powers include China and Russia."
Ultimately, Ahmad suggested that "the lies told by President Obama at the UN General Assembly are merely the continuation of the American 'television show', whose plot consists of the US desire to continue this war. Every US action takes place with the aim of continuing this war for control of the world."
With regard to the recently agreed-upon Russian-US ceasefire agreement, which is now looking less and less likely to be restored, the politician suggested that "Russia always understood that the US-Russian agreement on Syria would mean a US defeat in this conflict…if the agreement was adhered to."
Accordingly, it's only natural that the US struck Syrian forces in Deir ez-Zor, and then (baselessly) blamed Moscow and Damascus for hitting a humanitarian convoy in Aleppo. They could not afford to lose their position on the 'Syrian front' of their global conflict against the proponents of a multipolar world.
'S. Korea has plan to assassinate Kim Jong-un,' says defense minister
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[URL="http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/09/205_214524.html"]Korea is "considering launching a special forces[/URL] unit to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un," Defense Minister Han Min-koo said Wednesday.
He made the comment during a parliamentary meeting in Seoul after Rep. Kim Sung-chan of the ruling Saenuri Party asked him about rumors of the plan.
Han said the unit will "take action" if the North shows clear signs of attacking South Korea. This is part of the "Korea Massive Punishment and Retaliation" plan (KMPR), a military response announced after North Korea's fifth nuclear test on Sept. 9, Han said.
The KMPR targets North Korean leadership, including its military headquarters, with a preemptive strike that includes teams of highly trained commandos and simultaneous missile attacks capable of precision strikes, in case of the North's nuclear attack on the South.
"If it becomes clear the enemy is moving to attack the South with nuclear missiles, in order to suppress its aims, the concept [of the special forces] is to destroy key figures and areas that include the North Korean leadership," Han told lawmakers.
Meanwhile, KMPR has been described as a part of a "three-axis system" of South Korea's military in response to North Korea's provocations, with Korean Air and Missile Defense (KAMD) ― Seoul's homegrown anti-missile systems ― and Kill Chain, a pre-emptive strike system by the South Korea-U.S. Joint Command.
"The ministry also plans a supplementary budget to bring the three-axis system to completion by 2020," Han said.
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5 Killed In Shooting At A Washington State Mall; Manhunt Underway
[URL="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/24/495292066/burlington-washington-mall-shooting-manhunt-underway"]5 Killed In Shooting At A Washington State Mall; Manhunt Underway[/URL]
Police say 5 people were killed after a shooter opened fire inside a Macy's at a shopping mall in Burlington, Washington on Friday evening.
Authorities are searching for the suspected shooter, who they say left the scene at Cascade Mall before police arrived. He was last seen walking toward a nearby interstate highway. Skagit County's Department of Emergency Management cautioned people to stay indoors and "stay alert."
"People fled, customers hid in dressing rooms and employees locked the doors of nearby stores after gunshots rang out just after 7 p.m. Friday at the Cascade Mall," according to The Associated Press.
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Swedish Police Admit Losing Control Of 55 No-Go Zones
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According to a new report, crime rates are rising sharply in the no-go areas with police unable to react to crimes. Cases of thefts, sexual assaults, and gang violence are rising and Sweden’s top police authority notes the significant increase of migration in the past year and the number of crimes committed have seen a parallel rise, reports Kronen Zeitung
The report even mentions the number of attacks on emergency services workers has gone up as well. Police spokesman Peter Larsson reiterated the news from earlier in the week that suggested some 80 per cent of the police in Sweden were seriously considering a new career due to the escalation of violence and fear for their own safety.
“We do not come to solve crimes, because we are called daily to so many incidents,” Larrsson told Swedish media Thursday. The number of officers quitting the Swedish police force has also gotten to the point where three officers per day on average quit. The police who stay on are subjected to rocks thrown at them and random attacks in some areas on a daily basis.
One case was highlighted to show how the police are having a tough time solving crimes. Earlier this year multiple cars were set on fire by organized migrant gangs in the multicultural border town of Malmo, sitting at the Danish frontier and the first place of arrival for thousands of newcomers who come to Sweden by foot, car, and train. Police say that although over 70 cars were burned over multiple days, they’ve only been able to catch one suspect.
Sweden has become so violent and unstable in these areas that even migrants from war-torn countries like Somalia are considering returning to their own countries. One migrant who fled Somalia 20 years ago said simply that Sweden was a “war zone.”
There have been many suggestions as to how to deal with the increase in crime and the no-go areas. Police have said that increased funding and better wages will attract more officers to the job but some have even more radical ideas.
Incoming World Bank economic chief Paul Romer has said the best way to accommodate migrants is to purposely leave them to their own area in which police would simply not operate. Romer suggested an area the size of Hong Kong for the migrants to be allowed to live under their own rules outside of Swedish society.