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A 16-year-old Swedish teenager was rescued from the hands of ISIS terrorists by Iraqi Kurdish forces near the city of Mosul. ALALAM reports: According to a Tuesday statement by the government in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, the anti-terrorist forces carried out the operation on February 17 near Mosul, located about 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of the capital, Baghdad. The 16-year-old girl from the Swedish town of Boras “was misled” by a member of Daesh in Sweden to travel to Syria and later to Mosul, the statement said.

Wikileaks have released a series of secret documents by the US Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) that reveals their program of countering conspiracy theories by installing over 700 “American Spaces” abroad that are tasked with spreading anti-conspiracy propaganda.  The goal of the program is to advance “U.S. policy priorities and goals” in foreign countries, employing propagandists in 700 different locations to protect Israel for any blame for the crimes it commits or its role in the 9/11 attacks.

Donald Trump has performed a controlled demolition on Jeb Bush’s candidacy for President, after Trump exposed the Bush family’s role in allowing the 9/11 attacks to take place, a political analyst has claimed.  Dr. Kevin Barrett claims that the Bush family were complicit in the atrocities of September 11, 2001. Presstv.ir reports: “Is Donald Trump responsible for the destruction of Jeb Bush’s candidacy for the White House?” Dr. Barrett asked. “I think the short answer to that is: Yes, he is responsible. Donald Trump has conducted a controlled demolition of the candidacy of Jeb Bush.

A study by the CIA has raised serious concerns over Israel’s survival beyond the next 20 years.  The CIA say that an “inexorable movement away from a two-state to a one-state solution, as the most viable model based on democratic principles of full equality that sheds the looming specter of colonial Apartheid while allowing for the return of the 1947/1948 and 1967 refugees.

It appears oil traders are disappointed with Al-Naimi's comments. Suggesting hopefully (for some) that the 'freeze' is the start of a process, al-Naimi then dropped the tape-bomb:

• *SAUDI ARABIA WON'T CUT OIL PRODUCTION: NAIMI
• *HIGH-COST PRODUCERS MUST LOWER COSTS OR LIQUIDATE: NAIMI

He then added that "not all the countries will freeze; The ones that count will freeze." WTI Crude (April) front-month futures have erasd yesterday's gains.

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