Stephen Lendman: Kiev Declares War!

• Kiev Declares War! 
  by Stephen Lendman, http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/
  In mid-April, CIA director John Brennan went to Kiev. He did so quietly. He held secret talks. He met with Obama’s new friends. He came to plot war strategy. He wants Eastern Ukrainian freedom fighters eliminated. He wants them slaughtered in cold blood.
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  He wants challengers to Washington’s imperium crushed. After his visit, coup-appointed president Okeksandr Turchynov announced a northern Donetsk region “anti-terrorist operation.”
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  To “protect the citizens of Ukraine,” he claimed. To be conducted “stage-by-stage,” he added. So-called “terrorists” are committe freedom fighters. They’re Ukraine’s best and bravest. They’re putting their bodies on the line courageously. They’re doing it for fundamental rights everyone deserves.
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  On April 19, Turchynov declared an Easter truce. Straightaway he broke it. He violated agreed on four-party conflict resolution terms. On April 23, he ordered special operations in Ukraine’s East resumed. They never ended. Turchynov wants more.
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  “I demand that security services resume and conduct productive anti-terrorist operations aimed at protecting Ukrainians living in the east of the country,” he said.
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  Putschist first deputy prime minister Vitaly Yarema announced a “relaunch(ed) active phase (of Kiev’s) “anti-terror operation.” It’s not yet underway, he said. “In the near future, appropriate measures will be taken and you will see results,” he added.
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  “We have obtained the support of the United States, that they will not leave us alone with an aggressor,” he said. “We hope that in the event of Russian aggression, this help will be more substantive.”
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  Two bodies were discovered in Slavyansk. One allegedly was former parliamentary speaker Vladimir Rybak. Self-defense force leader Vyacheslav Ponomaryov called discovered bodies a provocation. “Let’s wait for the official identification and forensic medical examination results,” he said.
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  Turchynov lied saying “terrorists who effectively took the whole Donetsk region hostage have now gone too far, by starting to torture and murder Ukrainian patriots.” He lied saying “(t)hese crimes are being carried out with the full support and indulgence of the Russian Federation.” 
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  Vice President Joe Biden visited Kiev. He addressed putschist legislators. He repeated one Big Lie after another. “…(W)e want to be your partner, your friend,” he said. “We stand with you. (It’s) personal, an emotional commitment, as well, by millions of Americans,” he claimed.
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