Wednesday February 10th 2010

No posts. - mpg

Tuesday February 9th 2010

Descent Into Barbarism: The US and NATO Wage War on the World
Must Read - A quote...."February 09, 2010 "Information Clearing House"-- The argument is won: capitalism as an effective system to organise society and provide for human needs has expired. The evidence is conclusive. Trillions of dollars to kickstart the economy in the US and Europe may have given an ephemeral lease of life to the financial class to spin the casino wheel once again, but it is more apparent by the day that the tentative “recovery” has spluttered to a standstill. Gridlocked by unprecedented levels of personal and national debts, the engine of production – the real economy – is in a state of rigor mortis.  --  This collapse has been a long time in the making. Decades of easy credit was up to now a way for the ruling class – government, corporations, financial institutions – to let the majority of workers subsidise the chronic loss in their livelihoods, which have been drained since the mid-1970s by the oligarchy’s self-aggrandisement from wage cutting, regressive taxation and public spending cuts. The political class – whether liberal or conservative, right or left – have facilitated this giant wealth-siphoning process." -- also posted at DProgram & GlobalRsrch & Uruknet

Max Keiser with John Perkins – Economic Hit Men Now Used on Americans Alt (RTYuTb 10m55s 020510)
Must View RT-Video - A quote...."Max Keiser talks with John Perkins (Confessions of an Economic Hit Man). Discussed is how that in the past debt was used as an enslaving tool against foreign countries to insure Americans continued to receive cheap goods is now being turned back against Americans. Financial debt is now being used by Wall Street Banks to destroy Americas freedoms and enslave them. "

8 Bloodthirsty Dictators Who Benefited From U.S. Aid
Related Article - A quote...."Many of the world's most repressive dictators have been friends of America. Tyrants, torturers, killers, and sundry dictators and corrupt puppet-presidents have been aided, supported, and rewarded handsomely for their loyalty to US interests. Traditional dictators seize control through force, while constitutional dictators hold office through voting fraud or severely restricted elections, and are frequently puppets and apologists for the military juntas, which control the ballot boxes. In any case, none have been democratically elected by the majority of their people in fair and open elections. -- They are democratic America's undemocratic allies. They may rise to power through bloody ClA-backed coups and rule by terror and torture. Their troops may receive training or advice from the CIA and other US agencies. US military aid and weapons sales often strengthen their armies and guarantee their hold on power." -- also posted at BLN

Webster Tarpley – Rogue Network of Moles Orchestrated the Crotch Bomber - Alt - (YT 4m25s 020910)
Must View RT-Video - A quote...."(RussiaToday) – Webster Tarpley says that Mutalab was a patsy and wasnt taken off the flight because the government was trying to get more information from him later on. There was an objection from one government agency however, Tarpley also says that government agencies did not talk with each other about this and the government knew that he was going to plant a bomb." -- For more on this issue see.... US-False Flag Ops - Detroit's "Lap-Bomber"

Michael Springman on Alex Jones Tv – CIA Ordered Visas For 15 of The 19 9/11 Hijackers in Jeddah
Videos - Alt/Vid#1 - Alt/Vid#1 - Alt/Vid#1 - Alt/Vid#1 -- A quote...."J. Michael Springmann, formerly chief of the visa section at the U.S. Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has testified that he rejected hundreds of suspicious visa applications by Saudi Arabian men similar to those named as the 9/11 Hijackers Patsies when we was head of the consular section of the US embassy in Jeddah, but C.I.A. officers repeatedly overruled him and ordered the visas to be issued."

The Carp of Truth: Jack Straw, Colin Powell and the Smoking Guns of War Crime
A quote...."Britain's "Chilcot Inquiry" into the origins of the invasion of Iraq has largely faded from the headlines, following Tony Blair's bravura display of pious bluster before the panel of Establishment worthies last month. And in truth, it has been a rather toothless affair, with the already deferential worthies further constrained by the narrow confines placed upon their investigation by the government: chiefly, the cloak of secrecy wrapped around the many documents that detail the deceptions and manipulations of the Bush and Blair regimes as they schemed their way to war."

Secret papers could contradict Iraq evidence: Chilcot
Related Article - A quote...."LONDON: Tens of thousands of secret documents could contradict evidence given by members of the Blair government to the inquiry into the Iraq war, its chairman, Sir John Chilcot, has suggested as the former prime minister lashed out at the hunt for a ''scandal'' and a ''conspiracy'' over his controversial decision to back the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. -- Sir John disclosed that the panel was examining far more documents than previously thought. He said the papers would form the core of the inquiry and show ''what really went on'' in the build-up to the start of the conflict."

UK: Iraq inquiry to question US officials
Related Article - A quote...."In Britain, the head of the Iraq war inquiry is to seek meetings with members of the administration of former US President George W. Bush, over the 2003 war."

Jack Straw agrees to check records of secret calls to US over Iraq
Related Article - A quote...."Secret telephone calls between Jack Straw and Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State in the months before the war against Iraq, became the focus yesterday of the official inquiry into Britain’s decision to join the invasion."

Law Suit against 4 US Presidents & 4 UK PM's for War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity & Genocide in Iraq
A quote...."MADRID/CAIRO: Public inquiries on the decision to wage war on Iraq that are silent about the crimes committed, the victims involved, and provide for no sanction, whatever their outcome, are not enough. Illegal acts should entail consequences: the dead and the harmed deserve justice. -- On 6 October 2009, working with and on behalf of Iraqi plaintiffs, we filed a case before Spanish law against four US presidents and four UK prime ministers for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Iraq. The case presented spanned 19 years, including not only the wholesale destruction of Iraq witnessed from 2003, but also the sanctions period during which 1.5 million excess Iraqi deaths were recorded."

The Peace Movement versus the 9/11Truth movement
Quote of the Day...."In my estimation the black operations of government moles are a key reason for the malfeasance of the media as well as the main explanation for the peace movement’s antagonism against 9/11Truth. The undoubted existence of undercover operatives and agents provocateurs has not been discussed nearly to the extent justified. A major elevation of this topic is ‘way overdue. -- Followers in the anti-war movement “do not realize,” as Paul Craig Roberts wrote Sept. 15th, 2009, in Information Clearing House, “that by accepting the [government’s] 9/11 explanation they have undermined their own opposition to the war. Once you accept that Muslim terrorists did it, it is difficult to oppose punishing them for the event. [Anti-war activists] do not understand that if you grant the government its premise for war, it is impossible to oppose the war.”

Yes, America is Still in an Official State of Emergency
Special Note - A quote...."A reader asked whether the U.S. is still in an official state of emergency, and if so, what that means. - The answer is yes, we are still in a state of emergency."

It Is Now Official: The U.S. Is A Police State
A quote...."February 09, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- Americans have been losing the protection of law for years. In the 21st century the loss of legal protections accelerated with the Bush administration’s “war on terror,” which continues under the Obama administration and is essentially a war on the Constitution and U.S. civil liberties. -- The Bush regime was determined to vitiate habeas corpus in order to hold people indefinitely without bringing charges. The regime had acquired hundreds of prisoners by paying a bounty for “terrorists.” Afghan warlords and thugs responded to the financial incentive by grabbing unprotected people and selling them to the Americans."

Alex Jones Tv – Sarah Palin is Not Going to Save You!!!
Videos - Alt/Vid#1 - Alt/Vid#2 -- A quote...."Sarah Palin delivered a speech prior to her keynote at the Republican Tea Party fest in Nashville scheduled for this weekend. In addition to touching on government spending and the bankster bailout, Palin said the underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab should have been grilled before he was read his Miranda rights. - Neocon Sarah sets her sights on the Tea Party movement. - We need a commander in chief, not a professor of constitutional law, she said, according to the Wichita Eagle."

11 arrested for disrupting Israeli ambassador
Contains Video - Eleven people were arrested Monday evening during a raucous lecture at UC Irvine where Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren came to talk about U.S.-Israel relations. (UCI earlier said that 12 were arrested.)"

Internet Censorship Alert! Alex Jones exposes agenda to ‘blacklist’ dissenting sites and license users
Contains Video - Web Censorship Alert - A quote...."The Western world, from Australia to the United States, UK and parts of Europe, are moving in a unified front toward dictatorial Internet censorship. Australia has led the way, despite outcry from its populace, by “filtering” out certain banned content. In the United States, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, in continuing his family’s tradition of oppressing free humanity, has pushed forward Cybersecurity legislation that has already passed the House. He has done so in the name of warding off ghastly cyber “attackers” conceivably fronting for al Qaeda while ushering in a means to restrict free speech and expression online for the general population." -- For more on this issue see....Attempts to Control the Internet

The New American Century - Alt - (GoglVid - 1hr34m22s - 10 months ago)
Video Documentary - A quote....""In the White House, they weren't thinking of 9/11 as an attack, but as a gift!" - Robert Steele, former CIA agent -- The film looks for the reasons behind the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, whose unfolding is described in chilling detail in a document called "Project for the New American Century", published in the year 2,000, that seems to have served as the actual blueprint for such dramatic events. - Posted February 08, 2010"

DC Air National Guard on 9/11, The Many Deaths of Osama bin Laden – Updates to the 9/11 Timeline as of February 3, 2010 -- A quote...."After a hiatus of a couple of weeks, dozens of new entries have been published in the 9/11 Timeline over the last few days. The largest chunk of them covers events at the DC Air National Guard, based at Andrews Air Force Base, on the day of the attacks. Initially, officers assumed that the first crash into the WTC was an accident. However, after the second crash, Andrews learned the Secret Service wanted fighters launched. Although the Secret Service then said it didn't on the phone, pilots started overwriting recent exercise data on their flight disks."

Major Milestone Reached at AE911Truth:  1,000 Architects & Engineers demand new 9/11 WTC investigation!
A quote...."As of January 2010, over 1,000 architects and engineers have signed our petition demanding a real investigation into the destruction of the three World Trade Center skyscrapers on 9/11. This petition, along with AE911Truth literature and DVDs, will also be presented to every Member of Congress." -- also posted at GlobalRsrch

Wayne Madsen Report on Alex Jones Tv – The Quadrillion $ Derivatives Crisis & Will U.S. Bomb Iran
Videos - Alt/Vid#1 - Alt/Vid#2 - Alt/Vid#3 - Alt/Vid#4 -- A quote...."Alex talks with Washington, D.C.-based investigative journalist, author and columnist Wayne Madsen. Madsen, a former government consultant on contracts for NSA and the Navy’s Naval Data Automation Command, publishes the Wayne Madsen Report."

1st ever WeAreChange TV - Alt - (YouTube - 9 min 44 sec - January 30, 2010)
Video - A quote...."I hope everyone enjoys our pilot for a new weekly WeAreChange show. On our 1st episode we go over the daily news, overview Obama's year in office, give you the weather, sports, and two great interview with Cindy Sheehan and Charlie Veitch of the Love Police."

AP Pulls Iran Nukes Story After Antiwar.com Exposé - posted at AntiWar
Propaganda Exposed (how embarassing for the infauxtainment-complex!  Good job AntiWar) -- Full quote...."Associated Press issued a story yesterday (Monday) entitled “Iran moves closer to nuke warhead capacity.” It was full of inaccurate and misleading information implying that Iran had admitted trying to enrich weapons-grade nuclear material. The story appeared on a wide variety of media. -- Last night, Antiwar.com news editor Jason Ditz issued a story refuting the AP story. -- This morning, Associated Press recalled the story without explanation and replaced it with another, much less inflamatory story written by a different author. -- It is important to question the mainstream media and not let them get away with helping the warmongers with their agenda."

Brazil opposes calls to impose more sanctions on Iran
A quote...."Brazil has warned against imposing a new round of UN sanctions on Iran, saying that the dispute over Iran's nuclear program should be resolved through peaceful means."

Iran vs Israel: What The Media Wants You To Forget
A quote...."The corporate media have been given their orders to throw the focus back on to Iran. Here is a recap of what they are trying to make you forget. -- also posted at WarInIraq

1. Last Spring, Rose Gottemoeller, an assistant secretary of state and Washington's chief nuclear arms negotiator, asked Israel to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Israel refused.
2. The United Nations passed a resolution calling on Israel to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and to submit to inspections. Israel refused.
3. The IAEA asked Israel to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and to submit to inspections. Israel refused.
4. Iran's formal notification to the IAEA of the planned construction of the backup fuel-rod facility underscores that Iran is playing by the rules of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty which Iran has signed.
5. Iran allows IAEA inspections of all its facilities.

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Everything You Need to Know about Iraq's "Elections".
A quote...."OK first and foremost, most important piece of news, confirmed news, which you will obviously not be reading about in your media. -- for the month of January 2010 ALONE, there has been over 1625 sectarian arrests. -- I can give you the breakdown and names by province. But I really have no time to translate the whole article. And I only have two hands and am getting zero help from anyone. -- Sectarians arrests plus death threats against secular candidates plus the gunning down of one female candidate in Mosul --- not a good start, you must agree...  And even though the ban on over 500 candidates has been revoked, the Shiite parties are staging demonstrations asking for the ban to be reintroduced." -- also posted at Uurknet

Yet More Rumors Emerge of Hakimullah’s Death
A quote...."Bringing the total number of “confirmed” deaths of Hakimullah Mehsud to seven, Pakistani media reported today that the Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had confirmed their leader had died in Multan, in Punjab Province.
Hakimullah Mehsud -- The confirmation was quickly disputed by the TTP, who insisted that it was actually the Turkistan Bhittani, a rival faction, which had spread the false rumors about his death, and that Hakimullah was alive, though lying low for the time being." -- So if the US-NRE says you're dead, as in the case of Hakimullah, you're probably alive. Whereas if they say you're alive, as in the case of bin Laden, you're probably dead. - mpg

Hariri vows united Lebanon against Israeli threats
A quote...."Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri voices concern about escalating Israeli threats but insists that Tel Aviv will be confronted by a united Lebanon if a war breaks out."

Jack Abramoff’s old friend now South African envoy to Argentina - posted at OnlineJournal
A quote...."(WMR) -- WMR’s South African intelligence sources report that last year’s posting of former opposition Democratic Party/Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon as South African ambassador to Buenos Aires is part of an effort to coordinate the Zionist and right-wing campaign to destabilize populist and progressive governments in Latin America."

I don’t mean to say I told you so, but…
A quote...."Probably the most controversial claim in my work with John Mearsheimer on the Israel lobby is our argument that it played a key role in the decision to invade Iraq in 2003. Even some readers who were generally sympathetic to our overall position found that claim hard to accept, and some left-wing critics accused us of letting Bush and Cheney off the hook or of ignoring the importance of other interests, especially oil. Of course, Israel’s defenders in the lobby took issue even more strenuously, usually by mischaracterizing our arguments and ignoring most (if not all) of the evidence we presented. -- So I hope readers will forgive me if I indulge today in a bit of self-promotion, or more precisely, self-defense. This week, yet another piece of evidence surfaced that suggests we were right all along ."

Tel Aviv’s hydra-headed monster  - posted at OnlineJournal
A quote...."Government-sponsored Israeli murderers are professional and have decades of experience. It’s highly unlikely that they would leave behind them a trail of hard evidence that would stand up in an international court of law. -- Moreover, even if Benjamin Netanyahu’s name were to appear on an international arrest warrant, there would be very few countries, if any, willing to face Washington’s wrath by putting him behind bars. -- Let’s be realistic. It’s just not going to happen! Britain, for instance, regularly tips off Israelis who are wanted for war crimes and is attempting to change its own laws to ensure Israelis are no longer vulnerable."

MSM: Mossad murdered 530 Iraqi scientists – The Plight of Iraqi Academics
From the History File - (Aljazeera) – 09/05/2006 -- A quote...."Numerous reports for many months have stated that with collaboration from American occupation forces, Israels espionage apparatus, Mossad, slaughtered at least 530 Iraqi scientists and academic professors."

Israeli kidnapped on Lebanese border
A quote...."Ok, so relax. It’s not true. I mean, if that had really happened, we would know about it, right? It would be all over the 24hr news, analysts would be wondering what it meant for the region, and whoever was responsible for snatching the civilian would be condemned as carrying out a gross provocation. In the event that the Israeli citizen was quickly released, we would all breathe a sigh of relief. - So let’s be glad that nothing like this has happened."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Mashaal: US 'vetoed' Palestinian unity
Special Note - A quote...."Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal on Monday accused the US of obstructing efforts to end the rift between his movement and Fatah. -- Mashaal’s allegation came as he arrived in Moscow at the head of a Hamas delegation for talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. This was Mashaal’s third visit to Moscow since Hamas won the January 2006 parliamentary election. -- Mashaal’s talks in Moscow focused on the continued power struggle between Hamas and Fatah and ways of achieving reconciliation between the two parties, sources close to Hamas said." -- For more on this issue see....US Sponsored Civil Wars - Palestine

Israel charged with targeting Palestinian medical teams
A quote...."The Palestinian Red Crescent Society has charged Israel with launching hundreds of attacks against Palestinian medical teams in 2009. -- The aid group, also known as PRCS, said that the Israeli troops fired 15 times at ambulances in the West Bank and Gaza last year, killing one medical worker and wounding 10 more."

Israel to raze 200 Palestinian homes in Jerusalem
A quote...."Jerusalem’s mayor threatened last week to demolish 200 homes in Palestinian neighbourhoods of the city in an act even he conceded would probably bring long-simmering tensions over housing in East Jerusalem to a boil." -- also posted at AlethoNews

Israeli army fire on Gazan farmers and international observers
A quote...."Gazan farmers whose land lies in Israeli defined buffer zone accompanied by international observers have been held down in their field by live gunfire. The Israeli army shot live ammunition for a quarter of an hour after finding the unarmed group fertilizing wheat crops. The international observers loudly informed the soldiers they were unarmed civilians, but the bullets only landed closer. Khuza’a is located 7 kilometers southeast of Khan Yunis. It is about a kilometer from the fence that serves as a border between Israel and Gaza."

Gaza's energy crisis continues
A quote...."RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Pressure exerted on the Palestinian Authority (PA) by international and regional officials has given Gazans a last minute reprieve, albeit temporary, from plunging into darkness and plummeting temperatures." 
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More on the US-NRE's Honduran Coup....

Graphic History of the Honduran Coup, final part
A quote...."In the final part… I focus on piecing together the evidence of the repression that went mostly undocumented in the wake of the Nov 29th Honduran elections. Despite the media’s portrayal of a democratic transition to Porfirio Lobo’s inauguration as president a week ago, the de facto government’s use of violence and threats against resistance members should stand as an ominous augury, especially given its clear links to Lobo and his cabinet. Most troubling of all is the United States’ involvement under the banner of promoting ‘democracy,’ a term that is being increasingly used as a pretext for supporting a regime whose sympathies correspond to the American agenda (be it CAFTA or alarmist left-wing conspiracies), regardless of popular feeling or their worrying record of human rights abuses.” -- *Dan Archer* - click on the cartoons to enlarge them - mpg
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The Dumping Begins: Chinese Reserve Managers Notified That Any Non-USG Guaranteed Securities Must Be Divested -- Financial Alert - A quote...."It appears that this time China's posturing is for real. Following up on our earlier post that Chinese military officials want to "punish" America by selling Treasuries, Asia Times Online is reporting that an explicit directive by the Chinese government has notified reserve managers to sell all risky US assets, including asset backed and corporates, and just hold on to explicitly guaranteed Treasuries and Agency debt. And from following TIC data we know that China's enthusiasm for MBS/Agencies over the past year has been matched solely by that of one Bill Gross." -- also posted at BLN

Deconstructing Europe: How A €20 Billion Liquidity Crisis Is Set To Become A €1.6 Trillion Funding Crisis
Charts - Financial Alert - A quote...."Now that some sort of Greek bailout is imminent, most likely in asset guarantee form, it is high time to evaluate the full impact of Europe's decision to jettison monetary prudence at the expense of patching a crumbling fiscal dam holding back trillions in bad investment decision cockroaches, accumulated over the years. Relying on a presentation by ML's Jeffrey Rosenberg1, we observe that by providing loan guarantees to the periphery, the core (Germany/France/Benelux) may have well destabilized the core problem for the Eurozone, namely a whopping €1.6 trillion (that's in euro) in total 2010 financing needs, a number which consists of €400 billion in 2010 bond maturities, €700 billion in rolling short term debt and €530 billion in combined 2010 fiscal deficits. Germany has just taken an acute liquidity crisis in the periphery, and courtesy of action we already saw earlier in Bund rates, has sown the seeds for a funding crisis of none other than the very heart of the Eurozone."

Germany's exports in 2009 tumbled 18.4%
Deflation Alert - A quote...."Germany's economy has received another blow as new data show the country's merchandise exports fell 18.4% in 2009, the sharpest decline in decades. -- Germany's federal statistics office, Destatis, said on Monday that the country's exports in 2009 tumbled 18.4% and imports dropped 17.2% below the respective 2008 levels, recording the biggest decline in foreign trade since 1950."

Europe could face years-long debt grind
A quote...."Greece's efforts to restore confidence in its finances have only called attention to its woes, and now investors are fretting debt contagion could spread to other countries, starting with similarly troubled Portugal, but with markets wondering who's next."

Monday February 8th 2010

Disinformation Tactics: The Methods Used To Keep You In The Dark
Must Read Analysis -- A quote....There was a time, not too long ago (relatively speaking), that governments and the groups of elites that controlled them did not find it necessary to conscript themselves into wars of disinformation. Propaganda was relatively straightforward. The lies were much simpler. The control of information flow was easily directed. In fact, during the early Middle-Ages in most European countries commoners were not even allowed to own a Bible, nor was the Bible allowed to be interpreted from Latin to another language, let alone any other tome that might breed “dangerous ideas”. This was due in large part to the established feudal system and its hierarchy of royals and clergy. Rules were enforced with the threat of property confiscation and execution for anyone who strayed from the rigid socio-political structure. Those who had theological, metaphysical, or scientific information outside of the conventional and scripted collective world view were tortured and slaughtered. The elites kept the information to themselves, and removed its remnants from mainstream recognition, sometimes for centuries before it was rediscovered." - also posted at DProgram

Wars sending U.S. into ruin - Obama the peace president is fighting battles his country cannot afford
Must Read - Quote of the Day...."The U.S. clearly has reached the point of imperial overreach. Military spending and debt-servicing are cannibalizing the U.S. economy, the real basis of its world power. Besides the late U.S.S.R., the U.S. also increasingly resembles the dying British Empire in 1945, crushed by immense debts incurred to wage the Second World War, unable to continue financing or defending the imperium, yet still imbued with imperial pretensions. -- It is increasingly clear the president is not in control of America’s runaway military juggernaut. Sixty years ago, the great President Dwight Eisenhower, whose portrait I keep by my desk, warned Americans to beware of the military-industrial complex. Six decades later, partisans of permanent war and world domination have joined Wall Street’s money lenders to put America into thrall." -- also posted at Uruknet

Martin Luther King's plan for peace compared with Bush, Obama hypocrisy for endless wars
Must Read - A quote...."The only trial on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King found the US government guilty of his murder. Corporate media did not headline this news, and history textbooks excise this essential understanding of Dr. King’s life; providing an excellent case study of what the US Senate Church Committee disclosed as an active US propaganda program to disinform the American public. For comparison, please consider the corporate media coverage to inform in every detail of O.J. Simpson’s trials."

The Useless Logic of Round Numbers: War is Criminal Any Day
Special Note - A quote...."But truly, do Palestinians in Gaza care much for round numbers? I doubt it. Nor do Iraqis, Afghanis, and, now, Yemenis. Misery is misery, any day, every day; war is an inferno. The smell of death, the scenes of blood in Kabul and Baghdad and Gaza, will remain the same on a Friday, or a Tuesday, 100 day into Obama’s presidency or 514 days later. -- Every minute in a victim’s or potential victim’s life counts. Those who have lived in war zones can comprehend this truth. That’s why Gaza wants to see the end of its misery now, instead of waiting for CNN’s next roundtable discussion assessing the next round number in Obama’s presidency. Iraqis and Afghanis similarly listen to words and judge deeds, caring little for numbers." - also posted at Uruknet

USA Has A History Of Attacking Themselves To Go To War! - Alt - (YouTube - 10 min 58 sec - Feb. 03, 2010)
Video - A quote...."This film exposes how every major war in US history was based on a complete fraud with video of insiders themselves admitting it. Battleship Maine, Sinking of the Lusitania, Pearl Harbor, Gulf of Tonkin, USS Liberty (not covered in this clip), 911 … The film is “The New American Century”.

Christmas Day Crotch Bomber tied to Israel, FBI - posted at Online Journal
Special Note - A quote...."The Christmas Day “terrorist” is the latest in a series of staged incidents meant to make The Clash of Civilizations appear plausible and “the war on terrorism” rational. - The storyline does not hold together. Not even a little bit. As usual, the source of this media-fueled fear campaign traces directly to Tel Aviv -- with a supporting role by the FBI." -- For more on the seven articles shown above see....US-False Flag Ops - Detroit's "Lap-Bomber" & 9/11-NORAD - ICTS

Israel and the US preparing for Iran Part 1 - The Military Perspective
War Warning - Special Note - A quote...."UK, February 8, 2010 (Pal Telegraph) -This year saw an Israeli-US joint exercise "Juniper Cobra 10" take place off the coast of Israel which involved the IDF and the US Navy 6th Fleet. The purpose of the exercise was to participate in countering simulated attacks by ballistic, medium-range and short-range missiles and rockets by Iran on Israel.  -- As part of this build up the US Military has more than doubled its stockpile of weapons in Israel which it states "Israel can use." One would assume that just like the preparation in the build up to the Lebanon Crisis in 2006 and pre Cast Lead in 2008 that this is a very clear indication that both the US and Israel are preparing for a strike on the nuclear facilities in Iran. The US Navy already has a significant naval force in the Gulf and we are now seeing the slow deployment of Israeli Naval Vessels into the region. In order for the Israeli Navy to position to such a location it requires the permission of the Gulf States to enter their waters. One cannot fully understand how these Islamic States could allow Israeli vessels to transit their zone with the intention of carrying out an attack on another Islamic country (Iran). Nothing surprises me anymore when we saw those same states turn their back on Gaza and Palestine." - also posted at DProgram

Vancouver Olympics – Expecting a False-Flag operation!
A quote...."The truth is there is no Islamic army or terrorist group called Al-Qaeda. And any informed intelligence officer knows this. But, there is propaganda campaign to make the public believe in the presence of an identified entity representing the ‘devil’ only in order to drive TV watchers to accept a unified international leadership for a war against terrorism. The country behind this propaganda is the US….” Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook."

For more on the two articles shown above see also....The Vancouver False Flag Red Warning & Red War Warning  - (to be updated when needed) - 02-01-10 - mpg

Intelligence Community Sets Precedent for Exterminating U.S. Citizens
A quote...."In the spring of 2009 the Department of Homeland Security published their Domestic Extremism Lexicon. This document expanded the scope of the DHS mission from hunting islamic suicide bombers an mass murderers to targeting American Anti-Abortionists, Tax Protesters, Constitutionalists and any other enemy of the state. This in itself was shocking enough but when combined with DHS’s Project Endgame - PDF is clear that the policy of the Department of Homeland Security is to round up illegal immigrants and “potential terrorists” / domestic extremists and lock them up in detention camps built by Halliburton subsidiary KBR." -- also posted at DProgram

Frightening Taste Of Internet Censorship As Major Free Speech Websites Blocked
Web Censorship Alert - A quote...."With influential proponents recently calling for a newly regulated world wide web, we got a preview of how that might look this past weekend after both Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com were completely blocked to many Internet users in New Zealand. -- The block was only removed early this morning following a raft of complaints after both websites were unavailable on many ISP’s since Friday." - also posted at Dprogram - For more on this issue see....Attempts to Control the Internet
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Britain, You Better Wake Up
Must Read - A quote...."February 08, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- The more I read about the Chilcot inquiry the more disturbed I am. The fallacy imbued in the heart of British ‘democracy’ is staggering. While some commentators are concerned with questions to do with the legality of the war, the most crucial issue here is actually the disappearance of ethical judgment from our public and political life. Rather than being concerned with morality and ethics British politicians are concerned with legalism. In other words, if someone would manage to prove that the war was ‘legal’ then the murdering of a million and a half Iraqis would be well justified.  --  Let’s all face it, our politicians are corrupted to the bone." -- also posted at Uurknet

'Hold inquiry into [British] Army abuse in Iraq'
Some quotes...."Ministers have been told by a senior judge to consider opening an independent inquiry into all allegations of abuse made by Iraqi civilians against the British Army. -- The move could lead to the biggest investigation into military malpractice ever heard in this country."  --  "Mr Justice Silber says that the Ministry of Defence has already shown itself to be "unable to give proper disclosure" in the case of the Battle of Danny Boy in 2004 in southern Iraq, where it is alleged that British soldiers murdered Iraqi civilians. - He warns that not holding an independent single inquiry could lead to a "further waste of valuable court time". - The judge's letter emerged at the same time as the Government was served with the first claim of abuse brought by an Iraqi woman." -- also posted at Uruknet

US soldier water-boards 4-year-old daughter - Well....it sort'a speaks for itself, doesn't it folks? - mpg
Special Note - A quote...."An American soldier whose unit has served in Iraq and Afghanistan wars admits to using brutal CIA torture techniques on his young daughter because she could not recite the alphabet. -- Joshua Tabor has admitted to water-boarding his little girl, whose custody he won just a month ago, because he knew she was horrified of water. -- The 27-year-old soldier was arrested after he turned up in a Kevlar military helmet, threatening to smash windows."

NATO arrests Afghan official accused of aiding insurgents
A quote...."KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO forces swooped down on the home of a senior Afghan police official, arrested him and accused him of helping insurgents make and plant roadside bombs, Western military officials said Sunday. -- The incident, which took place last week in Kapisa province, east of the capital, Kabul, is likely to raise tensions between foreign forces and the national police. That partnership is considered a crucial element of plans by the Obama administration to pave the way for a drawdown of American forces starting next year." -- also posted at WarInIraq

Tomgram: Pratap Chatterjee, Destabilizing Pakistan
A quote...."Almost every day, reports come back from the CIA’s “secret” battlefield in the Pakistani tribal borderlands.  Unmanned Aerial Vehicles -- that is, pilot-less drones -- shoot missiles (18 of them in a single attack on a tiny village last week) or drop bombs and then the news comes in:  a certain number of al-Qaeda or Taliban leaders or suspected Arab or Uzbek or Afghan “militants” have died.  The numbers are often remarkably precise.  Sometimes they are attributed to U.S. sources, sometimes to the Pakistanis; sometimes, it’s hard to tell where the information comes from.  In the Pakistani press, on the other hand, the numbers that come back are usually of civilian dead.  They, too, tend to be precise. --  Don’t let that precision fool you.  Here’s the reality:  There are no reporters on the ground and none of these figures can be taken as accurate.  Let’s just consider the CIA side of things.  Any information that comes from American sources (i.e. the CIA) has to be looked at with great wariness.  As a start, the CIA’s history is one of deception.  There’s no reason to take anything its sources say at face value.  They will report just what they think it’s in their interest to report -- and the ongoing “success” of their drone strikes is distinctly in their interest." -- also posted at Uruknet

Iran to make 'advanced' attack drones
A quote...."Ahmad Vahidi, the Iranian defence minister, opened two production lines for the manufacture of the aircraft, the Fars news agency reported. -- The drones would be able to carry out "surveillance, detection and even assaults with high precision", the report said."

Iran asks UN atomic body to oversee fuel production
A quote...."Iran on Monday informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in an official letter that from Tuesday, it will begin enriching higher-grade nuclear fuel. -- "Today we handed over the letter," Iran's envoy to the IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, told Press TV. -- He said Iran has asked the UN nuclear agency to dispatch its inspectors to the country to oversee the process of the 20 percent enrichment work." - bold by website editor

Iran detains 7 ’spies’ tied to US-funded radio station
A quote...."Iran has arrested seven people linked to a Farsi-language radio station funded in part by the United States, accusing them of fomenting unrest."

Yemen and The Militarization of Strategic Waterways
Special Note - Geopolitical Alert - A quote...."Among the new programs, Saleh and Petraeus agreed to allow the use of American aircraft, perhaps drones, as well as "seaborne missiles"--as long as the operations have prior approval from the Yemenis, according to a senior Yemeni official who requested anonymity when speaking about sensitive subjects. U.S. officials say the island of Socotra, 200 miles off the Yemeni coast, will be beefed up from a small airstrip [under the jurisdiction of the Yemeni military] to a full base in order to support the larger aid program as well as battle Somali pirates. Petraeus is also trying to provide the Yemeni forces with basic equipment such as up-armored Humvees and possibly more helicopters." (Newsweek,  Newsweek, January 18, 2010, emphasis added)" - bold by website editor

The Orange Revolution, Peeled - posted at AntiWar
Special Note - A quote...."To recall the media hype that accompanied Ukraine’s "Orange Revolution" of 2004, which propelled Viktor Yushchenko, a former central banker and alleged liberal democrat, into power, is like remembering a fever-dream in the morning: the memory of the details are blurred, and all that really remains is the sense that something strenuous, and ultimately unreal, has been passed through. The disputed election of 2004 – eventually decided in Yushchenko’s favor on account of mass street protests – ended with the defeat of Viktor Yanukovich, the candidate of the Russian-speaking eastern section of the country – the man whose comeback in Sunday’s election represented a stunning repudiation of the Orange Revolution and the regime that was born in its wake. How that "revolution" came to be, and what it really represented, is about to undergo a major revision, one in striking contrast to the instant narrative provided by the Western media six years ago."

Yanukovich wins presidential election: preliminary results
Related Article - A quote...."KIEV, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich beat incumbent Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Sunday's presidential runoff by a small margin, with 98.58 percent of the ballots counted, preliminary official results showed Monday."

Japan balks at $2 billion bill to host U.S. troops
A quote...."GINOWAN, Japan — In a country where land is a precious commodity, many U.S. bases in Japan boast golf courses, football fields and giant shopping malls whose food courts offer everything from Taco Bell to Subway and Starbucks. -- They are the most visible point of grievance in a sharpening debate about the cost to Japan of supporting the 47,000 American service members here — about $2 billion a year. That’s nearly a third of the total, and about three times what Germany pays to host U.S. forces on its soil." -- Oh please!!  Japan should just start charging hte US-NRE rent. - mpg
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Gaza Ground Zero - (YouTube - 9 min 41 sec - Monday, February 08, 2010)
Must View Video - It's a must view video, not only for the pictures of Gaza's suffering, but most importantly for the clear, precise and eloquent language used to describe Israel's barbarity. - mpg. -- A quote...."The sociopathic zionist administration of Israel deliberately devastated the already nearly-incapacitated infrastructure which supports the existence of one-and-a-half-million refugees."

Boycott Israeli Products Campaign
Action Alert - Boycott, Divest and Sanction - Bacause if we don't, many more people will be murdered. - mpg -- A quote...."It's only a matter of time before Apartheid Israel launches another "Blitzkreig" campaign--to honor their Nazi heroes--against Lebanon. It's way past the time to stop this rogue regime from murdering any more non-Jews. -- One way to bring that about is to BOYCOTT any and all things from or associated with Apartheid Israel." - bold by website editor -- For more on how to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the state of Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" of this website. - mpg

United solidarity with Gaza
A quote...."On the third night of my abduction by Egyptian authorities last year, after intermittent interrogation and being handcuffed and blindfolded in a two by two meter cell, a state security officer asked me why I had so many "international relationships." The following night my kidnappers drove me home. I was never given a reason for why state security agents kidnapped me from a march protesting the ongoing siege on Gaza. Though, judging from the focus of the interrogation, the reason had something to do with the two years I lived and worked in Gaza and solidarity efforts I have been involved in since then."

Permaculture as Necessity, Not Choice, in Palestine
Must Read - A quote...."This Earth Day in occupied Palestine, the last rain has finished its wet sweep over the ancient land as carpets of deep red hanoon (Rinunculus) flowers burst into another sparkling Spring. But even within the renewed grace of a turning season, Israel’s 62-year old colonial-military occupation disfigures the scenery as Palestinians lose their land to settlements in the West Bank, bury another family member in the wrecked, open-air prison of Gaza, or wait for hours at Israeli checkpoints, and years inside prisons. As always in this part of the world, exquisite beauty and bottomless despair interweave; together they become a living, breathing microcosm of the human capacity for both unmitigated suffering and resourceful tenacity." -- also posted at Aussies4Palestine

Jewish settlers uproot Palestinian grape [vines]
A quote...."AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- Armed Jewish settlers have attacked and uprooted grape trees in Al-Baqa area east of Al-Khalil city under the protection of Israeli occupation forces (IOF), local sources said."

Gaza's recycled rubble - Alt - (YouTube - 3 min 23 sec - February 08, 2010)
Video - A quote...."Palestinians are finding new ways to rebuild houses destroyed during the war on Gaza a year ago.That's because an Israeli blockade is preventing construction materials from getting into the Strip. -- Palestinians are finding new ways to rebuild houses destroyed during the war on Gaza a year ago.That's because an Israeli blockade is preventing construction materials from getting into the Strip."

Flipping the Switch in Gaza
A quote...."This is an utter disgrace and a crime against humanity. Israel causes more suffering and deaths in Gaza: -- Bassam Shalfoh has an unenviable job. Unlike his counterparts in other parts of the world working as power plant maintenance technicians who rush to repair faulty lines and restore electrical power to the people, his job is to do the opposite. -- Wearing a pair of rubber gloves and a hard hat, he does the rounds across Gaza in a van, going from pylon to pylon according to schedule to cut off entire neighbourhoods for stretches of eight hours a day."

Dozens of Palestinians injured as Israelis raid refugee camp
A quote...."Israel police injured dozens of Palestinians in violence that broke out after they raided a refugee camp on the edge of Jerusalem on Monday, a Palestinian news agency reported. - Israeli police moved into the camp early on Monday to arrest tax evaders while Palestinians, mostly schoolchildren, retaliated in the afternoon by hurling stones."

Stop the Wall offices hit in late night raid
A quote...."Late last night Occupation forces raided the Stop the Wall offices in Ramallah. Some 10 military jeeps, hummers and an armoured bus surrounded the building as soldiers searched rooms, turning the office upside down and confiscating computer hard disks, laptops, and video cameras along with paper documents, CDs, and video cassettes." - also posted at Uruknet

Mishaal in Russia on official visit
A quote...."MOSCOW, (PIC)-- Khaled Mishaal, the chairman of the political bureau of Hamas, arrived in Moscow on Monday at the head of a delegation to confer with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on latest Palestinian developments and means of ending the internal Palestinian rift."
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Wall Street owners angry with their purchase
A quote...."Political science professors could require students to read this article from today's New York Times and little else would be needed to convey the essence of the American political system.  The article describes how Wall Street -- which poured massive amounts of money into the Obama campaign and the Democratic Party over the last several years, ensuring unparalleled access and influence -- is now threatening to support the Republicans if Obama keeps saying mean things about them.  Wall Street executives are angry that, after duly purchasing the Democrats (they have receipts and everything), the Obama White House is now rousing the dirty rabble with their anti-banker rhetoric:" -- Awwwww, the poor widdle babies, they're widdle feelings are hurt. - mpg

What Do Rising Sovereign Credit Default Swaps Mean? - Alt
Must Read - Chart - A quote...."Here are the CDS of Greece, Portugal, Spain and the U.S.: -- Rolfe Winkler argues that - in the short-run - the PIIGS countries (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) will slash their budgets and get bailed out by the EU. -- Simon Johnson thinks that the weakening Euro caused by the PIIGS' woes will hurt American exports (weaker Euro equals stronger dollar), and could lead to problems for leading global banks. -- Other commentators fear that the PIIGS' crisis has as much potential as a financial "contagion" as the subprime meltdown and the failure of Lehman. -- But for the long-term view, we need a little more perspective. One of the world's leading economic historians." -- also posted at DProgram

The Bankruptcy of the United States is Now Certain
Must Read - A quote...."It's one of those numbers that's so unbelievable you have to actually think about it for a while... Within the next 12 months, the U.S. Treasury will have to refinance $2 trillion in short-term debt. And that's not counting any additional deficit spending, which is estimated to be around $1.5 trillion. Put the two numbers together. Then ask yourself, how in the world can the Treasury borrow $3.5 trillion in only one year? That's an amount equal to nearly 30% of our entire GDP. And we're the world's biggest economy. Where will the money come from?"

Government debt: a new stage in the global financial crisis
A quote...."The tremors that have passed through financial markets over the past week signal a new stage in the global financial crisis brought on by fears in ruling circles of the onset of vast social struggles as governments attempt to pay for the cost of massive bank bailouts through unprecedented cuts in jobs, wages and social services."

Biggest Bubble in History Is Growing Every Day
It's pretty funny - mpg - A quote...."This is a titanically large foreign-exchange trade,” says David Simmonds, London-based analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc. “It’s the biggest one history has ever seen and there’s nowhere for these reserves to go.” -- China aims to diversify out of U.S. Treasuries into other assets and commodities. The question that governments are grappling with is which markets are deep enough to absorb China’s riches? Gold? Oil? Euro-area debt? The Madoff family’s next Ponzi scheme?" -- From Bloomberg

No Job Growth for Small Business Spurs Recovery Doubt (Update1)
A quote...."Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Small businesses are becoming the Achilles heel of the U.S. recovery by limiting growth and job creation."

Sunday February 7th 2010

No posts. - mpg

Saturday February 6th 2010

Israeli Threatens Syria - Israeli Minister Adds Heat to Exchange With Syria
Special Note - One would have to ask....hasn't the New York Times helped kill enough Americans yet?  Haven't they helped murder enough people in the Middle East yet?  Haven't they helped betray their country enough yet?  Isn't the twenty four trillion dollars (as part of the war cycle) they helped funnel to their rich Bankster friends on Wall Street enough yet?

Just how many more wars do they intend to start?

Let's make this perfectly clear....there are about five million Jews in the United States and another five million in Israel proper.  That's a total of ten million people. There are three hundred million other people who live here in the United States and about 1.5 billion Muslims world wide.

The owners of the New York Times are emphatically NOT the world's newest aristocracy.  Its owners are NOT our new feudal lords and ladies.

The people in this country are not completely stupid (no matter how it may seem at the moment) and this isn't going to be another  "Fistfull of Dollars" "Pro-Iraq-War propaganda-fest" re-run!

This is NOT going to be the Iran-Syria-Lebanon sequel!

Got IT!?!?

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ALREADY!!  - mpg
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Did You Know? - Alt - (YouTube - 5 min 17 sec - January 27, 2010) - By the numbers folks. - mpg
Must View Video - A quote...."On December 27, 2008, Israel launched an Assault on the Gaza Strip. The attack of Dec. 27 caused the deadliest one-day death toll in 60 years of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Over 3 weeks, 1,417 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed"

Crocodile Tears - Alt - (YouTube - 3 min 11 sec - January 20, 2010)
Must View Video - A quote...."Dr. Norman Finkelstein at the University of Waterloo - Clip is from American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein. - Copyright Baraka Productions / Typecast Releasing"

Please, Mr. President, Stop Talking Nonsense
A quote...."There are no more concessions the Palestinians can make for peace. President Obama’s statement that they must is absurd and obscene. Unclear is whether he was speaking out of ignorance of real history or from Zionism’s script." - also posted at Uruknet - More accurately, he was speaking from AIPAC's script. - mpg

Annals of Liberation: Obama [Afghan] Surge Driving Thousands From Their Homes.
A quote...."Barack Obama's Bush-like "surge" in Afghanistan has not even reached its full strength yet, but it is already driving tens of thousands of Afghan civilians from their homes, as they flee an upcoming massive attack in Helmand province. -- The attack -- which the Americans have been trumpeting far in advance -- is designed, we're told, to "protect" the people of the key town of Marjah from the twin scourges of Taliban nogoodniks and drug traffickers. Yet the primary effect of the much-publicized preparations has been to send the residents of the town running for their lives to escape becoming part of the "collateral damage" that always attends these protective, humanitarian endeavors."

Taliban rejects Karzai's offer
A quote...."The Afghan Taliban has rejected the offer of Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's president, to get fighters to reconcile with the government. -- In a statement posted on the Taliban's alemarah.info website on Sunday, the group called the attempt "futile" and "farcical", but said it was open to talks to achieve its goal of an Islamic state. -- "This is not the first time that the Kabul regime and the invading countries want to throw dust into the eyes of the public of the world by announcing reconciliation in words and, in practice, make preparation for war," the statement said. -- "Similarly, they put forward conditions, which are tantamount to escalating the war  rather than ending it." -- also posted at Uruknet

Torture feared in arrest of Iraqi [woman] blogger
A quote...."Following my previous post here (on the tribunal site), I just received fresh information regarding Hiba Al-Shamaree, the fellow Iraqi woman writer/blogger who has been kidnapped/arrested by the Iraqi forces on the 20th of January 2010 in the Sayyediya neighborhood in Baghdad."

China warns against Iran nuclear programme sanctions
A quote...."China has said talks of fresh sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme would "complicate the situation" and could derail diplomatic efforts."

Iran starts mass-producing 2 new missiles - Iran's getting ready for the attack against them. - mpg
A quote...."Iran has launched production lines for two new missiles as a part of its plans to boost defensive capabilities against any possible attack. -- Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi on Saturday inaugurated the production line for an anti-armor missile Toofan-5 and an anti-helicopter missile Qaem. -- "By the mass production and delivery of these modern weapons to the armed forces, the country's defense capabilities will increase both in ground and aerial war," the minister said." -- For more on this see quote shown below....


Iran near $30bn oil deals with foreign firms
A quote...."Iran is in the final stage of talks with five companies to finalize deals for the development of oil and gas fields worth $30 billion, an official says. -- Seifollah Jashnsaz, Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), predicted that the deals will be finalized within two months." - From PressTV

Report: Israeli warships on way to Persian Gulf
War Warning - A quote...."As Israel keeps threatening the regional countries with war, Egyptian maritime sources say the Israeli navy has deployed two missile ships to the Persian Gulf. -- Citing the sources, Yediot Ahronot reported Saturday that two Israeli missile ships passed through the Suez Canal en rout to the Red Sea on Thursday morning."

US rejects EU diplomacy over Iran N program
War Warning - A quote...."Leading US senators Joseph Lieberman and John Kerry inveigh against a top EU official for supporting further diplomatic talks with Iran over its nuclear program. -- Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, the two US officials criticized the European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashto who threw her lot with more dialogue over Iran's nuclear program."

Ahmadinejad orders 20% uranium enrichment - Iran's reply. - mpg
War Warning - A quote...."Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has tasked the country's atomic chief with enriching uranium to 20 percent, in order to meet the demands of the country's cancer patients. -- Speaking at the exhibition of Laser Science and Technology Achievements in Tehran, the president called on Ali Akbar Salehi, to start the process."

Israeli hit squad that killed Hamas commander 'had Irish passports'
A quote...."Members of a hit squad that assassinated a top Hamas military commander used Irish passports to enter and leave Dubai, it's been claimed. -- The suspected Israeli hit team, including at least one woman, entered the United Arab Emirates using Irish documents, police authorities said." -- also posted at AlethoNews
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It wasn't Muslims who trained their cameras on the WTC prior to the first aircraft impact
Must Read - With all the 'chatter' out there, from America's so-called intelligence community, to Zionist shills on FOX and CNN, to Israeli war mongers like their CRIME MINISTER Bennie Nuttyahoo warning of another 'al CIA duh' attack, it might be time to look back at some facts."

The Truth About US Justice
A quote...."February 06, 2010 "Information Clearing House" - -Many of us are still in a state of shock over the guilty verdict returned on Dr Aafia Siddiqui.-- The response from the people of Pakistan was predictable and overwhelming and I salute their spontaneous actions. -- From Peshawar to Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and beyond they marched in their thousands demanding the return of Aafia. -- Even some of the US media expressed discomfort over the verdict returned by the jurors … there was a general feeling that something was not right. -- Everyone had something to say, everyone that is except the usually verbose US Ambassador Anne Patterson who has spent the last two years briefing against Dr Aafia and her supporters."

Why We Can't Afford to Let Obama Give Bush's War Criminals a Free Pass
A quote...."February 6, 2010  In a week when one-year report cards on the Obama administration were piling up and not all the grades were good, Americans searching for the real change we heard so much about on Obama's campaign trail were hit with some news that would send his grades plummeting. Late last Friday, we learned that Obama's Department of Justice plans to go easy on John Yoo and Jay Bybee -- the two assistant attorney generals under Bush who penned the infamous torture memos. For those who have been working long and hard in the accountability movement to make sure no one -- not even presidents or their top advisors -- is above the law, this was a serious setback."

Americans, listen up!
A quote...."It was considered a tragedy when one of my own kin joined a high school program called Junior Reserve Officers Training in high school. That this program professes to not recruit children and in fact are barred from doing so in public high schools has been contradicted by former students who signed on for the war in Iraq in recent years. Some have served their time and now dedicate their lives telling the truth. They were in fact not only recruited while still minors in high school, but also were encouraged and rewarded (sometimes monetarily, per head) for recruiting other children."

The Secret Government Bill Moyers 1987 - Alt - (YouTube - 21 min 43 sec - September 30, 2006)
Video - From the History File - September 30, 2006 -- A quote...."I guess he didn’t know about Operation Northwoods at the time and he didn’t mention Kennedy’s decision to dismantle the CIA or his firing of Dulles… Moyers was also vague about the Gulf on Tonkin incident (because he was working for Johnson at the time?) but overall it’s a good video clip detailing the rise of the CIA, the most dangerously anti-democratic institution in the world."

Press TV – On the edge with Max Keiser - Alt - (PTV-Video - 8 min 52 sec - February 06, 2010)
PTV-Video - Special Note - More Max! - A quote...."Latest on Global Financial Crisis with Max Keiser"

Alex Jones On Russia Today – Fighting Internet Takeover By Pentagon, NSA - Alt - (RTYuTb - 4m56s - 02/05/10)
RT-Video - Web Censorship Alert - A quote...."The House overwhelmingly passed a bill aimed at building up the United States cyber security army and expertise, amid growing alarm over the countrys vulnerability online. The new law will create a mega-agency to represent the government in negotiations over international standards and orders the White House office of technology to convene a cyber security university-industry task force to guide the direction of future research."

Webster Tarpley On The Draconian Internet Takeover - Alt - (RT-YuTb - 4 min 37 sec -  February 05, 2010)
RT-Video - Web Censorship Alert - A quote...."(RussiaToday) – Webster Tarpley on Google’s announcement that it will tighten its relationship with the NSA and how this is another leap forward in the agenda to take over and regulate the free Internet under the cover of fighting foreign cyber spies in China and Russia."

How Corporate Dollars Dominate the Black and Latino Conversation on Network Neutrality - posted at BAR
Web Censorship Alert - A quote...."So why are black and Latino civil rights organizations campaigning for the digital redlining of their own communities? Why are black and brown elected officials, LULAC, the NAACP and similar outfits petitioning the FCC to end the relative freedom of the internet that network neutrality makes possible? And how did voices like those of Navarrow Wright, who echoes the party line of Big Cable and the telecom industry become part of the black conversation on network neutrality?"

For more on the three articles shown above see....Attempts to Control the Internet

Forget Polls, Here’s Tangible Proof the Obama Honeymoon is Over
A quote...."One sign that Washington, D.C., had been home to Obama Mania was the number of independent retailers selling all sorts of Obama merchandise. Every street corner, it seemed, had Obama wares (or Obama wear) for sale. Now, however, most of the winter caps for sale are not emblazoned with the Obama logo. T-shirts depicting our president as a dunking Michael Jordan, a victorious Muhammad Ali, or saber-baring Luke Skywalker (yes, these shirts all existed) are nowhere to be found."
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

The Zionist Story Parts 1-8  February 7, 2010
Alt(1of8) - Alt(2of8) - Alt(3of8) - Alt(4of8) - Alt(5of8) - Alt(6of8) - Alt(7of8) - Alt(8of8)
Must View Videos - A quote...."Australian for Palestine Editor's Comment:  The following 8-part video gives a riveting overview of Zionist history and the catastrophe wrought on the majority Palestinian population in their own homeland for more than 60 years to the present day. The whole calculated Zionist enterprise leaves one gasping at the audacity of its founders to deliberately rid Palestine of its population and perpetually ensnare the Western world in its savage undertaking, demanding nothing less than total commitment to, and veneration for, the state of Israel.  Includes commentary from courageous Israelis like Prof Ilan Pappe and Prof Jeff Halper who constantly challenge the Zionist lies and myths that have so successfully hijacked world media.   It is time for us to speak out in support of the Palestinians as well.  Their situation is continuously deteriorating  as Israel takes more land for new settlers while reducing the Palestinians to a wretched state without homes, water or any kind of security or hope for the future.  Their survival depends on dismantling Israel’s apartheid regime that not only oppresses, divides and discriminates, but also carries out a deliberate policy of ethnic cleansing."

UN likely to refer Goldstone findings to The Hague
A quote...."The United Nations is likely to refer the findings of the Goldstone report to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, diplomatic sources in New York said on Saturday."

[Israeli] Army raids Ramallah to arrest international activists in violation of Oslo Accords
A quote...."Israeli soldiers raided a Ramallah apartment around 3AM to arrest a Spanish and an Australian activist over expired visas in direct violation of the Oslo Accords. -- At three in the morning, the Israeli army forcefully entered an apartment in the Area A city of Ramallah and arrested two activists from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) on suspicion of overstaying their visas. The two, Ariadna Jove Marti, a Spanish journalist, and Bridgette Chappell, an Australian student in the Beir Zeit university, were then taken to the Ofer military prison located inside the Occupied Territories, where they were handed over to the Israeli immigration police unit “Oz”."

Friends of humanity: 2009 the worst ever in the history of Palestinian detainees
A quote...."VIENNA, (PIC)-- Friends of humanity organization reported Saturday that 2009 was the worst year ever in the history of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, during which Israel escalated its arbitrary measures and decisions against them."

West Bank: Weekly Protest Video Round-Up - Bilin/Vid - Ni'ilin/Vid - Nebi Saleh/Vid
Videos - A quote...."Local and international activists braved foul weather conditions to demonstrate in villages up and down the West Bank yesterday. As further evidence of the popular struggle’s growing power, each protest went ahead as planned. Here’s a video round-up of what happened."
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Last Rites for the USA
Special Note - A quote...."February 06, 2010 "Correo del Orinoco" -- A U.S. Supreme Court case decision from 1886, The County of Santa Clara v. the Southern Pacific Railroad (SPRR), is the reason today that the U.S. is a corporate empire. -- Many people mistakenly believe that corporations were given the same rights (not just privileges) as persons in this Supreme Court decision, but nothing could be farther from the truth - the reason my nation is such a dysfunctional system now is not because of a Supreme Court decision, nor a law passed by Congress, nor by a referendum of the people: it's because of a single statement, one sentence, spoken by a Supreme Court Chief Justice before the hearing even began."

Markets Fail When Humans Are Unregulated
A quote...."The entire debate over regulation is misconstrued. It is not the market, an efficient social institution, that is regulated. What is regulated is the behavior of people in markets. If you want good results from markets, good regulation of human behavior is a requirement. -- The market is like a computer. Garbage in, garbage out. -- If people who use markets are not regulated, they issue fraudulent financial instruments. -- They leverage assets with absurd amounts of debt. They market their instruments with fraudulent investment grade ratings. They deal themselves aces."

The OTHER Reason that the U.S. is Not Regulating Wall Street
Special Note - Quote of the Day...."You have to realize that what they’re trying to do is to roll back the Enlightenment, roll back the moral philosophy and social values of classical political economy and its culmination in Progressive Era legislation, as well as the New Deal institutions. They’re not trying to make the economy more equal, and they’re not trying to share power. Their greed is (as Aristotle noted) infinite. So what you find to be a violation of traditional values is a re-assertion of pre-industrial, feudal values. The economy is being set back on the road to debt peonage. The Road to Serfdom is not government sponsorship of economic progress and rising living standards, it’s the dismantling of government, the dissolution of regulatory agencies, to create a new feudal-type elite." -- *Michael Hudson*, Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Missouri, Kansas City

The second wave of mortgage defaults and foreclosures will hit the economy this year
Special Note - A quote..."As we have been forecasting for the last two years, the second wave of mortgage defaults and foreclosures will hit the economy this year. Not only will we have failure in prime loans and option-arm loans, but we are faced with a new crop of subprime and ALT-A loans put into motion by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae and FHA. In addition, we find it of great interest that the FHA is changing the rules to purchase homes. That, of course, means less homes will be purchased." -- also posted at GlobalRsrch

Residential Mortgage Delinquency Rate Surpasses 10%: LPS
A quote...."Home loan delinquency rates in the United States have now surpassed 10 percent, Lender Processing Services (LPS) reported this week. -- When you factor in homes already in the foreclosure process, the total rate of noncurrent mortgages sits at 13.3 percent, according to the data in the Florida-based company’s national loan-level database. -- This rate indicates that more than 7.2 million mortgage loans are now behind on payments, LPS explained, with another one million properties already taken back by banks and in REO status."

Gerald Celente On The Coming War And Financial Collapse - Alt - (RT-YouTube - 4 min 55 sec - Feb. 06, 2010)
RT-Video - More pithy observations from Celente. - mpg

Greece "Dress Rehearsal" for U.S., Deutsche Bank Says
A quote...."The cost of insuring against U.S. and U.K. debt defaults may rise in the same way as it has for so- called European peripheral nations including Greece and Portugal, Deutsche Bank AG said." -- From Bloomberg

South Carolina Bill – Gold and Silver Coin as Legal Tender
A quote...."(SCStateHouse) – To amend the code of laws of south Carolina, 1976, by adding article 18 to chapter 1, title 1 so as to provide that silver and gold coin shall be legal tender in payment of certain debts."

China to levy anti-dumping duties on US chicken
Looks like the US-NRE is starting a trade war with China, a case of truly bad timing. - mpg -- A quote...."China will levy heavy anti-dumping duties on U.S. chicken products, its Commerce Ministry said on Friday, a move likely to aggravate trade relations and antagonise one of the few U.S. industries that profitably exports to China." - bold by website editor - From Reuters

Friday February 5th 2010

U.S. Counterterrorism Officials Insisted that Crotch Bomber Be Let Into Country
Must Read Analysis - A quote...."Undersecretary for management at the State Department, Patrick F. Kennedy, told Congress that the State Department wanted to keep crotch bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab out of the U.S., but that intelligence agencies insisted that Abdulmutallab be let into the country. -- Specifically, on January 27th, Kennedy told the House Committee on Homeland Security that intelligence agencies blocked revocation of Abdulmutallab's visa because it would have foiled a "larger investigation" into Al Qaeda." - also posted at DProgram & InfoWars & GlobalRsrch & ZeroHedge - For more on this issue see....US-False Flag Ops - Detroit's "Lap-Bomber" & Reficultnias's 9/11 Central

The Stupid Propaganda of Umar Fizzlepants Just Dropped a Couple More IQ Points
Must Read - Related Article - A quote...."Ok. This is just getting silly now. -- Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab leapt out of the ranks of anonymity on Christmas eve with a sparkling display of pyrotechnic undies. As it just so happened, his “diaper of doom” show gave all kinds of political cover for the White House authorized attempted assassination of a U.S. citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki. They had missed al-Awlaki but they did succeed in killing 23 children in their bombing of a targeted location." - also posted at PrisonPlanet

Fake "War on Terrorism": In Yemen the US is Fighting against Democracy, not against Al Qaeda
Related Article - A quote...."A pair of trousers catches fire in an aeroplane close to Detroit and missiles rain down on Yemen.  Is this is what is called the butterfly effect?  For Mohammed Hassan, the terrorist threat is only an excuse.  In this latest chapter in our series "Understanding the Muslim world", our specialist explains what is really at stake in Yemen: i.e. undermining democracy in the Gulf in order to keep control over its oil. "
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No Direction Home: Pakistan and the Imperial Principle
Must Read - A quote...."Here's the way the game works. First you get the outright lie, then later, in dribs and drabs, you get a few, grudging crumbs of the truth. -- For example, first you get: "No, there are no Blackwater operatives in Pakistan. None. That's just a conspiracy theory, terrorist propaganda. These kinds of lies just make it harder for us to do good in the region." Then later: "Well, yes, we do have Blackwater operatives in Pakistan. But, uh, we don't actually cut their checks directly in the Pentagon." -- Or what about this more recent example? First: "The United States has no troops in Pakistan. None. We are not going to send troops to Pakistan. That's just wild talk, a conspiracy theory. And it makes it harder for us to do good in the region." -- Then later: "Well, yes, we do have a few troops in Pakistan. All right, a couple hundred. But that's it. We promise. And they're just training their counterparts in Pakistan's military. Oh yeah, and also working alongside paramilitary militias in the frontier regions. And maybe, you know, following up on some of our drone strikes....." -- also posted at Uruknet

Vancouver 2010 Olympics: Preparing for a False Flag Terrorist Attack? - Alt - (YuTb - 7m29s - Feb 05, 2010)
Video - Special Note - A quote...."WeAreChangeVancouver takes you on a Police State Security tour of Downtown Vancouver BC a week before the Olympic Games. -- Throughout history, criminal elements inside governments have carried out terror attacks against their own populations as a pretext to enslave them and start wars. -- This tactic is called a False Flag. -- Many of us that live here in Vancouver are worried about a false flag terror attack perpetrated by mercenaries and blamed on muslims or home grown terrorists (poverty activists, First Nations etc..) -- The internet is filled with speculation that Vancouver might get hit during the games to launch new wars in the Middle East and to revive the globalists failing agenda. -- The CIA is reporting impending AL CIADA attacks. -- We should believe them." -- For more on this issue see....The Vancouver False Flag Red Warning & Red War Warning - 02-01-10 - mpg
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Analysis Finds Little Evidence Iranian Public Sees Government as Illegitimate
Must Read - A quote...."Indications of fraud in the June 12 Iranian presidential election, together with large-scale street demonstrations, have led to claims that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did not actually win the election, and that the majority of Iranians perceive their government as illegitimate and favor regime change. -- An analysis of multiple polls of the Iranian public from three different sources finds little evidence to support such conclusions." -- For more on this issue see....It's The Votes That Count - 06-28-09 - mpg
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The lynch-mob mentality
Special Note - A quote...."If I had the power to have one statement of fact be universally recognized in our political discussions, it would be this one:   The fact that the Government labels Person X a "Terrorist" is not proof that Person X is, in fact, a Terrorist.  --  That proposition should be intrinsically understood by any American who completed sixth grade civics and was thus taught that a central prong of our political system is that government officials often abuse their power and/or err and therefore must prove accusations to be true (with tested evidence) before they're assumed to be true and the person punished accordingly.  In particular, the fact that the U.S. Government, over and over, has falsely accused numerous people of being Terrorists -- only for it to turn out that they did nothing wrong -- by itself should compel a recognition of this truth.  But it doesn't." - That's because the sheeple, peasents, serfs, peons, and assorted boot-licking (or worse) slaves in this country don't really care about their fellow neighbors....until it's them in prison.  Then the really loud squealing starts.  Of course by then, it's too late. - mpg

Voices From Guantanamo: Omar Deghayes
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."Omar Deghayes spent close to 6 years of his life in the US run Guantánamo Bay detention facility, the same prison that President Barack Hussein Obama said he would close down during his presidential election campaign.  Once referred to as a “sad chapter in American history” by Obama, Guantánamo Bay remains in operation today, while its lesser known twin in Afghanistan has undergone ‘improvements‘ and expansion.  A list of the hundreds of detainees in Bagram were only obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) after months of campaigning in January 2010.  Bagram has been holding, interrogating, and sometimes killing suspects [the actual term is "murder"] of the US led ‘war on terror’ since 2001. -- also posted at AlethoNews

Justice Department Bans Justice for Torturers
A quote...."The Obama Justice Department has apparently decided that, since torture is not a crime (at least not anything deserving of prosecution), then concocting legal doctrines that unleashed torturers around the world is also no offense."

US jury convicts Aafia Siddiqui - Protests erupt across Pakistan over torture victim’s frame-up
A quote...."Pakistanis took to the streets in angry protests Thursday after a New York jury convicted Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, an American-educated neuroscientist who was subjected to rendition and torture, on frame-up charges of shooting at US soldiers. -- Thousands demonstrated in Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar and Quetta, chanting slogans demanding Siddiqui’s freedom and the return of her disappeared children. The protesters denounced the US, while burning American flags. Demonstrators carried banners reading “We hate America” and “Shame on the US judiciary.” -- also posted at AmericanEveryman
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US and GB refuse discussion of Afghanistan’s opium problem during conference
Special Note - A quote...." Russia has tried for years to convince them to launch anti-drug projects in Afghanistan and surrounding regions, as the Central Asian countries’ borders with Afghanistan are completely unprotected. -- However, these pleas have fallen on deaf ears- both the United States and Great Britain refuse to even discuss the issue, whatever the importance might be to the Russians. Or anyone else either. -- Even a cursory analysis of the issue will reveal why. The United States would prefer the subject not be brought up at all, especially at an international conference where many embarrassing facts would come to light. -- The evidence would quickly turn into an avalanche of data drawing all to the inevitable conclusion that opium production- and the profits gained from it- is actually controlled by the occupiers themselves."

Situation in Afghanistan creates risks for neighbors - CSTO head
A quote...."The rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan creates security risks for bordering Central Asian states, the head of the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) said on Thursday. -- "We don't predict any military conflict in CSTO member-states any time soon," Nikolai Bordyuzha said in an interview with a Tajik newspaper. -- "However, the situation in Afghanistan, which borders on CSTO members Tajikistan and Uzbekistan is, I repeat, very strained and dangerous," he said."

“Use of mercenaries masks scope of US involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq”
Contains Video - A quote...."There has been a massive increase in the funding of US war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and private military contractors are flourishing in its wake, even though their reputations are at an all-time low." -- also posted at Uruknet

Afghanistan and NATO: Figleaf summit
A quote...."The plan voiced at the London Afghanistan conference to pay off the Taliban is belied by the plan at the Brussels NATO conference two days earlier to bomb them into submission, notes Eric Walberg."

US to launch Fallujah-style attack in Afghanistan - And so it continues....mpg
A quote...."As US and British troops prepare to attack the town of Marjah in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, military commanders and the media are openly comparing the operation to the November 2004 siege of Fallujah, one of the bloodiest war crimes of the Iraq war." -- also posted at Uruknet
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The Expanding US War in Pakistan - And so it continues....mpg
Special Note - Related Article - A quote...."Three US special forces soldiers were killed in northwest Pakistan this week, confirming that the US military is more deeply engaged on the ground in Pakistan than previously acknowledged by the White House and Pentagon (see " The Secret US War in Pakistan," November 23, 2009). The soldiers died Wednesday in Lower Dir when their convoy was hit by a car bomber in what appeared to be a targeted strike against the Americans. According to CENTCOM, the US soldiers were in the country on a mission to train the Pakistani Frontier Corps, a federal paramilitary force run by Pakistan's Interior Ministry that patrols the country's volatile border with Afghanistan. A Pakistani journalist who witnessed the attack said that some of the US soldiers were dressed in civilian clothes and had been identified by their Pakistani handlers as journalists. The New York Times estimates that there are sixty to a hundred such US special forces "trainers" in Pakistan. Capt. Jack Hanzlik, a spokesman for the United States Central Command said there are about 200 US military personnel in Pakistan. " - bold by website editor

Karachi mourners bleed again
A quote...."

• 27 killed, 100 injured in twin blasts
• Explosions rip through bus carrying Shia mourners to chehlum procession, hospital treating injured in bus-bombing
• Bomb disposal official describes attack as suicide bombings, police say devices detonated using cell phones
• Shia alliance announces strike, ANP and PPP announce three days of mourning

This is what happens EVERY SINGLE TIME countries do "business" with the US-NRE's parasitic class.  It really will happen every single time. - mpg

Explosion blows U.S. cover - Three soldiers killed in Pakistan bomb attack part of hush-hush team training Frontier Corps -- Yeah, that's right folks, despite all the lies you've heard from the mass-infauxtainment-complex, the US-NRE does have troops (called "advisors", you'd think they'd pick some new euphemism by now) in Pakistan. - mpg -- A quote...."ISLAMABAD–The deaths of three American soldiers in a Taliban suicide attack in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday lifted the veil on United States military assistance to the country that authorities here would like to keep quiet. -- The soldiers were among 60 to 100 members of a Special Forces Operation team that trains Pakistan's paramilitary Frontier Corps in counter-insurgency techniques, including intelligence gathering and development assistance."
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Iraqis claiming abuse by British forces
A quote...."Lawyers for scores of Iraqis who claim they were abused by British soldiers called on Thursday for a public inquiry into how the country's forces have treated detainees during the US-led war."

66 Iraqis launch torture cases against British troops
A quote...."Lawyers for 66 Iraqis, claiming torture and abuse at the hands of UK soldiers, started legal action Friday calling for a single inquiry into Britain`s detention policy during the Iraq war."

British Authorities Probing New Claims Soldiers Tortured, Raped Iraqi Prisoners
Welcome to the New Roman Empire folks - mpg -- A quote...."Britain's Ministry of Defense has launched an investigation into new claims that soldiers sexually abused Iraqi detainees and subjected them to  mock executions, hooding, and used dogs to incite fear--interrogation methods that were also used by US soldiers and personally approved by former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld."

Short Reflections on the Iraqi Resistance...
A quote...."I feel a little guilty underestimating the formidable resistance put up by the true Iraqis.
This is not so much a Mea Culpa..ok, maybe it is...but not only...  Two things made me open my eyes..."
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The SCO Military Alliance Appraises Membership of Iran, Pakistan
A quote...."Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is assessing Iran and Pakistan's applications for membership and reviewing its criteria for membership, the new SCO Secretary-General Muratbek Sansyzbayevich Imanaliev told a press conference yesterday in Beijing."

Tehran welcomes nuclear deal, with alterations
A quote...."The agreement proposed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would see Iran ship its low-enriched uranium abroad for further processing, then all of it would be returned for use in the Tehran medical reactor, which produces treatments for cancer. -- The Iranian foreign minister warned that his country would not accept the timeline proposed in the draft, which would require Iran to export its uranium and wait for up to a year before receiving the enriched fuel. -- "There must be a guarantee for both sides that this (low-enriched uranium) will definitely be given and (highly-enriched uranium) will definitely be returned, this mechanism makes it possible to reach a compromise," Mottaki said."
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US Steps Up Its Anti-Iran Propaganda To Sell Missile Shield
A quote...."The US has begun using it’s anti-Iran propaganda to justify its decision to deploy a missile shield in Europe. -- Washington’s latest disinformation campaign about the alleged threat from Iran’s advanced missile technology is being implemented to demonize Iran, even though the Islamic Republic has never threatened its neighbors and Iran’s military technology is clearly only being developed to ensure the country can defend itself against any potential enemies." -- also posted at DProgram

Russia Says US Tactical Nukes Must be Withdrawn from Europe
A quote...."US made tactical B61 bunker buster nuclear warheads are stockpiled and deployed by six European countries including five non-nuclear states, including Germany, Turkey, Belgium, Italy and The Netherlands. -- The targets are Iran and Russia. These nuclear weapons are under national jurisdiction, yet because they are Made in America, these five European countries are not considered nuclear states. -- It is worth noting that while Germany has deploy[ed] US made tactical nuclear weapons, it also produces nuclear warheads for the French Navy, in a joint venture relationship between Deutsche Aerospace and Aerospatiale Matra, which are the main shareholders in the Franco-German-Spanish defense conglomerate EADS (European Aerospace Defense Systems Corporation)"

Moscow Wants Answers from U.S. on Romania Missile Shield Plan
A quote...."BERLIN -- Moscow is waiting for clarification from the United States over its plans to deploy missile defense elements in Romania, the Russian foreign minister said Friday. -- Romanian President Traian Basescu said on Thursday his country had approved a U.S. plan to deploy interceptor missiles as part of a missile shield to protect Europe. -- "We expect the United States to provide an exhaustive explanation, taking into account the fact that the Black Sea regime is regulated by the Montreux Convention," Sergei Lavrov said." - Oh Gawd!!  The Russians still think the US-NRE and its parasitic class gives a hoot about treaties.  As one of their infamous quarter-wit brethren once said "it's just a God Damn piece of paper."  (in reference to the US-NRE's former constitution) When will they ever learn? - mpg

New Russian military strategy names NATO as chief threat
Related Article - A quote...."Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on Friday signed a new version of its main military strategy document which named NATO expansion as one of the chief threats to the country's security. -- The document, published on the Kremlin web site, listed first among "chief outside military threats" the fact that NATO is attempting to "globalise its functions in contravention of international law." -- also posted at DProgram

Deliberate Economic Collapse - Alt - (YouTube - 11 min - December 25, 2009)
Video - Related Video -- A quote...."Insight into a deliberate economic collapse this is more like a part 1 there's more to be exposed about this topic , was originally going to use a multitude of perspectives but David Icke's recent interview on Croatian TV explained it rather well. Hopefully will make a follow up to this concerning another aspect of this deliberate economic collapse."
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Turkey can't be silent about Israel's crimes in Gaza - Why not?  Every official in the US-NRE is. - mpg
A quote...."Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticized Israel's conduct in Gaza, saying Ankara cannot be silent when innocent civilians are killed, phosphorus bombs are used, infrastructure is destroyed, and people are forced to live in an open-air prison. -- "I am telling the truth… And I will keep telling the truth. Turkey has an age-old history as a state. When you talk to such a state you must be careful."

Israel Reportedly Training Kurdish Forces
This will make Turkey happy (NOT). - mpg - A quote...."(IsraelNN.com) According to recent media reports, Israeli military and intelligence agents are currently operating in Iraqi Kurdistan. Their primary role, according to reports, is to train elite Kurdish commandos in guerrilla warfare and anti-terror tactics. The Kurds - whose country is currently occupied by Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria - are reportedly again, after many years, accepting Israeli assistance in their struggle for independence."

Israel Has No Say On Hezbollah -- Hariri
A quote...."Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri called for formal recognition that Israel was in constant violation of the cease-fire agreement because of daily military flights over Lebanese territory, Lebanon's Daily Star newspaper reports. -- "We ask the international community to be aware of daily Israeli threats and we assure Israel that betting on schism in Lebanon will fail," the prime minister said. -- Beirut said Hezbollah has the right to maintain an armed resistance so long as the threat from Israel persists. Israel and opponents of the measure said there would be no need for a defensive posture should Hezbollah disarm. -- "It is not Israel who decides what Lebanon wants," said Hariri."

Human Rights Watch Debunks Columbian Demobilization
A quote...."According to the government of Columbia more than 31,000 fighters have been demobilized from the paramilitary coalition known as the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia or AUC. --  However, a report released February 3rd by New York based Human Rights Watch alleges newly emerged successor groups have engaged in activities ranging from mass murder to extortion, in effect replacing the AUC in everything but name." -- also posted at DProgram
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From Gaza to Lebanon: Beware the iron wall, the coming war - posted at Online Journal
Special Note - A quote...."Israel’s 34-day war on Lebanon in July 2006 was an Israeli attempt at destroying Arab resistance, and restoring its metaphorical iron wall. It backfired, resulting in a real -- not figurative -- Israeli defeat. Israel, then, did what it does best. It used its superior air force, destroyed much of Lebanon’s civilian infrastructure and killed more than 1,200 people, mostly civilians. The resistance, with humble means, killed more than 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers during combat. -- Not only had Hizbullah penetrated the Israeli iron wall, it had also filled it with holes. It challenged, like never before, the Israeli army’s notion of invincibility and illusion of security. Something went horribly wrong in Lebanon. -- Since then, the Israeli army, intelligence, propagandists and politicians have been in constant preparation for another showdown. But before such pending battle, the nation needed to renew its faith in its army and government intelligence; thus the war in Gaza in late December 2008."

Ongoing harassment of unrecognised Bedouin villages in the Negev
A quote...."On Tuesday this week the Government of Israel destroyed crops in the Bedouin village of Al-Mazraa. "Crops" hardly defines the one inch high wheat that the community has managed to grow in the desert land. The Bedouin farmers do not have water allocations like their Jewish counterparts, and are dependent on rain. The annual average is 2 inches of rain.. This year was a better year, but even on a good year the wheat does not grow tall enough to be harvested and is used as grazing for the sheep of the residents of this village – one of the poorest communities in Israel. But the government officials were not pleased that this year was blessed with rain – and re-plowed the land to make sure the meager crop will be destroyed. "

'Dubai will issue arrest warrant for Netanyahu'
A quote...."Dubai has said it will issue an arrest warrant for the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if Mossad is proved to be behind the killing of a Hamas leader in the sheikhdom. -- The Israeli premier would have been the first one to have signed the order to kill, Dubai's police chief Dahi Khalfan said on Thursday."

Puting the Independence of the British Judiciary to the Test
A quote...."In December last year, Westminster Magistrates' Court issued an arrest warrant for Israel's former Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, under Britain's universal jurisdiction laws. It was granted in the wake of evidence found by the United Nations fact-finding mission on the conflict in Gaza which concluded that both Israeli forces and Palestinians had committed acts that amount to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity. The mission also concluded that Israeli military planners followed a doctrine aimed deliberately at causing massive damage, destruction and suffering to civilian populations and in addition, that grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention in respect of wilful killings by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) gave rise to individual criminal responsibility." -- also posted at Uruknet
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Google links up with US spy-master to thwart threats to cyberspace
Web Censorship Alert - A quote...."Google is teaming up with the US National Security Agency to battle cyber-attacks from China in a move that is causing disquiet on the internet. -- The alliance of the world’s largest internet search company and the world’s most powerful electronic surveillance agency has provoked concern among privacy advocates. The non-profit Electronic Privacy Information Centre filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking more details yesterday hours after the deal was disclosed by The Washington Post." - also posted at DProgram

The Rising Tide of Internet Censorhsip - The parasitic class is losing control of the masses. - mpg
Web Censorship Alert - A quote...."The focus is back on Internet censorship this week as a pair of articles from Time Magazine and The New York Times came out almost simultaneously advocating for licences to operate web sites. These articles were skillfully skewered by Paul Joseph Watson as lame attempts to shore up a disintegrating establishment media in the face of a blogosphere that is increasingly replacing them." -- also posted at Uruknet & GlobalRsrch & RevRadio

FBI wants records kept of Web sites visited
Web Censorship Alert - A quote...."WASHINGTON--The FBI is pressing Internet service providers to record which Web sites customers visit and retain those logs for two years, a requirement that law enforcement believes could help it in investigations of child pornography and other serious crimes. -- FBI Director Robert Mueller supports storing Internet users' "origin and destination information," a bureau attorney said at a federal task force meeting on Thursday." -- also posted at BLN & RogueGov

For more on the three articles shown above see....Attempts to Control the Internet

What Americans Really Have to Fear -- Violation of Rights by Military
A quote...."The story of my arrest on Sunday (along with six other people) outside the gate of Vandenberg Air Force Base, however, had nothing to do with the security of our country—although we were cited for a “violation of a security regulation” (50 USC Sec 797). If convicted, my fellow protestors and I face a potential fine of $5,000 and up to one year in prison. The real story of our arrests concerns the United States Constitution. -- Most of us were arrested for refusing to present government identification to the military security officials. All of us were orderly and peaceful. None of us was interrupting base operations. Most were elderly (several in their 70s and 80s). We were simply standing quietly along the shoulder of Route 1 holding peace signs. We were protesting in a location and at a time pre-arranged with Vandenberg Base security. Base security officials were expecting us and knew our purpose." -- also posted at ICH & DProgram
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More On The Palestinian Situation....

Gaza's water supply near collapse - (AJYouTube - 3 min 09 sec - February 03, 2010)
Must View AJ-Video - It's actually quite inspiring. - mpg -- A quote...."The Gaza Strip's underground water supply is in danger of collapse due to overuse and contamination, exacerbated by Israel's offensive in December. -- Billions of dollars could be needed over the next 20 years to restore Gaza's aquifer. Meanwhile, Palestinians have taken the onus of re-developing their water system before matters get any worse."

Ban missed golden opportunity in response to Gaza probes: Amnesty International
A quote...."UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- The international watchdog Amnesty International on Friday accused United Nations Secretary- general Ban Ki-moon of missing a crucial opportunity by not assessing Israeli and Palestinian investigations into allegations of war crimes furring the three-week Gaza offensive that broke out in January 2009."

Haniyeh to Israel: Recognize Us First
A quote...."Democratically-elected Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh says Israel must recognize the rights of the Palestinian people before asking for recognition. -- "They have to recognize us first, the right of the Palestinian people, we are the victims. Hamas supports the establishment of a Palestinian state with the 1967 borders," Haniyeh said on Wednesday."

Israel hands down travel ban for Jerusalem researcher
Censorship Alert - A quote...."Jerusalem – Ma'an – Israeli police handed prominent Jerusalem researcher Khalil At-Tafkahi a signed order by the Minister of Internal Security preventing him from traveling outside the country for a period of six months. The order cites "security reasons" for the ban. -- A Palestinian resident of Jerusalem, At-Tafkahi is the Director of the Cartographic Section in the Arab Studies Society (Beit Ash-Sharq) and an expert on settlements and settlement expansion." - bold by website editor

Soldiers attack Palestinian Shepherds and Torture Musab Raba'i - Alt - (YouTube - 6 min 29 sec - Feb. 03, 2010)
Video - A quote...."On the morning of Thursday 7 January 2010, Israeli soldiers attacked and injured Palestinian shepherds from the Musa Rabai family, as they grazed their sheep in Humra valley, near the village of At-Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills. Five members of the family were hospitalized. Before leaving the area, the soldiers arrested one of the shepherds, Musab Musa Rabai. Raba'i was interrogated and tortured for four hours."

PA calls for ICC probe into Israeli war crimes
A quote...."The Palestinian Authority says it has sent a memorandum to The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) in a bid to seek justice for "all Israeli crimes" committed in the occupied Palestinian lands."

Report: Israel Stole $2bn from Palestinian Workers
A quote...."Over the past four decades Israel has defrauded Palestinians working inside Israel of more than $2 billion by deducting from their salaries contributions for welfare benefits to which they were never entitled, Israeli economists have revealed."

Popular resistance expands in An Nabi Salih
Contains Video - Alt - A quote...."10 people were injured by rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas cannisters in today’s demonstration in An-Nabi Salih village, in the north Ramallah region, against the expansion of the illegal Halamish settlement on to village lands."

Pressure continues on Veolia and Alstom to halt light rail project
Action Alert - Boycott, Divest and Sanction - Because if we don't, the Israelis will keep on murdering people with impunity. - mpg -- A quote...."French transport giants Veolia and Alstom are involved in the construction and running of a light rail line which connects West Jerusalem to several illegal settlements in or surrounding occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem. The light rail project is part of the "Jerusalem Transportation Master Plan" sponsored by the Israeli government and the Jerusalem municipality. In reality, the project is intended to strengthen Israel's grip on occupied East Jerusalem. Palestinian officials recently announced that they will call on Arab countries to end business ties with Veolia and Alstom at the planned Arab League summit in March." - also posted at Uruknet - For more on how to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the state of Israel see the upper-left-corner of the "Front Page" of this website. - mpg

Naseer Shamma and the music of resistance
A quote...."Celebrated Iraqi musician Naseer Shamma plays emotive compositions in beautiful tones on the oud to major audiences across the Middle East, stirring musical reflections on human realities in US-occupied Iraq. Although Iraqi current affairs are clearly interwoven into Shamma's sound, it is also unique musical talent that has earned Shamma a reputation as one of the world's preeminent oud players."

Pepe Lobo, Imperialism and the Resistance - Consolidating the Coup in Honduras
A quote...."A country of sharp inequality and class polarization, Honduras recently returned to the frontlines in the battle for Latin America’s soul. The terrain of struggle has shifted on multiple occasions over the last seven months, following the military coup against the democratically-elected President, Manuel “Mel” Zelaya. The battle entered its latest phase last week with the ascension to power of Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo. Lobo was inaugurated on January 27, following his victory in the fraudulent November 29 election last year. Hundreds of thousands of Hondurans greeted the inauguration with a spirited march through the capital, Tegucigalpa, against the coup and his presidency." -- also posted at Uruknet
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Deepening Debt Crisis: The Bernanke Reappointment: Be Afraid, Very Afraid
A quote...."If the economy deteriorates in the L-shaped “hockey-stick” rut that many economists forecast, what political price will President Obama and the Democrats pay for having returned the financial keys to the Bush Republican appointees who gave away the store in the first place? Reappointing Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke may end up injuring not only the economy but also the Democratic Party for years to come. Recognizing this, Republicans made populist points by opposing his reappointment during the Senate confirmation hearings last Thursday, January 27 – the day after Mr. Obama’s State of the Union address."

Secret summit of top bankers
A quote...."THE world's top central bankers began arriving in Australia yesterday as renewed fears about the strength of the global economic recovery gripped world share markets. -- Representatives from 24 central banks and monetary authorities including the US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank landed in Sydney to meet tomorrow at a secret location, the Herald Sun reports." -- also posted at BLN & RogueGov

Sovereign debt fears trigger plunge in global markets
Special Note - A quote...."Stock markets in the US, Europe and other regions plunged yesterday in response to growing fears over the size of sovereign debt in several countries. Greece is on the verge of national bankruptcy and international investors are sceptical about the government’s ability to implement the savage cuts to wages and social spending required to lower its deficit from 12.7 percent of gross domestic product to just 3 percent by 2012. Portugal and Spain face a similar situation. -- Underlying the crisis in the eurozone is the question as to whether US capitalism can finance its mounting debts and remain solvent in the long term. On Wednesday, Moody’s Investors Service warned that America’s triple-A sovereign credit rating will soon come under pressure unless economic growth is higher than forecast, or the Obama administration moves to reduce the fiscal deficit by initiating new and deeper spending cuts. Moody’s warned that the current US debt trajectory was “clearly continuously upward”.

Website Editor's Note: -- As has been said by almost every economist and thousands of bloggers on the web for the last two years....this is a DEBT CRISIS, not a liquidity crisis or even the normal business-inventory cycle (which by the way the US-NRE has now massively built up and thus "inventory replenishment" will no longer offer any more support to the economy going forward).

The worlds governments massively created more credit/debt to help "stabilize" the Banksters (who promptly gave themselves buco-bonuses) but by doing so they just increased their own (i.e. the tax payers’) sovereign debt even more.  Although they did take tens of trillions of dollars of worthless crap off the Banksters' balance sheets, it's not going to do anyone any good, except of course for the Banksters themselves.

So here we are, with the equivalent of twenty four trillion dollars worth of economic crack-cocaine being given to the Banksters in the US-NRE alone, and everyone throughout the world is already staring at ANOTHER economic down-leg.

Just great, wonderful really, nifty idea, hope all you taxpayers out there enjoy the ride, you paid for it.- mpg

Peter Schiff Video Blog - Sovereign debt crisis, Greece defaulting 2/04/10
Must View Video - Related Video - Peter Schiff makes a good point in this video, compare manufacturing GDP to deficit spending. - mpg

US Manufacturing: Guns R Us?
Chart - Here's one chart that says something on the subject, and it says a A LOT about exactely what the US-NRE really does. - mpg -- A quote...."Reader Jason Pl pointed out this post from Jon Taplin, which starts with the less than cheery chart on US durable goods production courtesy Floyd Norris. As you can see, the only growth biz is military:"

Charting The Worst And Soon To Be Shortest Economic "Recovery" Ever - It doesn't look good folks.
Must View Charts - A quote...."The Minneapolis Fed has launched a useful charting service which analyzes not only the Great Recession, which allegedly has ended (must be news to the 1.8 million...and growing...newly uncovered unemployed, but we'll take the NBER's word for it) but the even Greater Recovery that we have presumably been in for the past 6 months or so. At least those Fed critters have a twisted sense of humor. In order to quantify just how funny they are, the Min Fed provides the following preamble "The 2007-2009 recession is widely thought to have ended sometime last summer. How bad was this recession, and how quickly is the economy recovering? How does this recession and recovery compare to previous cycles?"How indeed? Here are the charts which just a cursory perusal will lead the peruser to wonder what on earth the administration is smoking. Recovery indeed."

Consumer Credit Drops For 11th Straight Month, Down -1.8 Billion, November Revised $4.3 Billion Lower
Chart - A quote...."January Consumer Credit dropped for the 11th straight month, declining by $1.8 billion in January to $2,456.8 billion from a $4 billion downward revised $2,458.6 billion in November. Revolving credit dropped by $8.5 billion, or an 11.5% annuallized rate, while non-revolving credit (think auto loans) surged by almost $7 billion, a 5.2% annualized increase.The primary source of capital was "pools of securitized assets" whose total increased from $601 billion to $610 billion as most other funding classes declined."

DATA SNAP:US Jan Jobless Rate Falls To 9.7%; Payrolls -20K
A quote...." The unemployment rate, calculated using a household survey, fell to 9.7% last month from an unrevised 10% in December, the Labor Department said Friday. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast the jobless rate would edge higher to 10.1%. -- Meantime, nonfarm payrolls fell by 20,000 compared with a revised 150,000 drop decline in December. Economists had expected payrolls to be flat. The December figure was revised down sharply from an originally reported 85,000 drop. -- The Labor Department's annual benchmark revision to the survey that produces the monthly payroll report painted a bleaker 2009 picture. Last year, job losses were almost 600,000 more than previously reported, the revisions showed."

Phoenix gives OK to 2% tax on food
Ahhhhhh, the peasents now have to be taxed even on what they eat.  All in an effort to support the New Roman Empire's endless wars of conquest.  One wonders if the peasents have anything to say about their status as the Empire's newest serfs.  One truly wonders if they'll even say anything when at some point in the future, they'll all be made into actual slaves by the Empire's parasitic class? - mpg -- A quote...."The 2 percent food tax will take effect April 1 and expire after five years, though Mayor Phil Gordon said the council has the option of reversing its decision after it hears from the public during 15 budget hearings planned for this month." -- Better speak up peasents. - mpg

Spectacular views of Space
Photo Gallery - You'll probably need high bandwith. - mpg

Thursday February 4th 2010