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Friday September 14th, 2012
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Obama Sends More Drones, Marines to Libya, But Did They Ever Leave?
posted 09/14/2012, 12:48 AM (Antiwar.com)
[Category: Geopolitics]
The Obama administration has ordered military reinforcements to Libya following the attack on the US consulate building this week, but the truth is drones had never left Libya’s skies and US Marines have been carrying out missions on the ground since the end of NATO’s war there last year.
The US suspects al-Qaeda affiliates were involved in starting the attack on the US consulate in Libya, which killed the American ambassador and three others, and has not only started an FBI inves... (more) |
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Wednesday September 12th, 2012
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Tuesday September 11th, 2012
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Monday September 3rd, 2012
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Tutu: Bush, Blair should face trial at the Hague
posted 09/03/2012, 12:27 AM (Associated Press)
[Category: Geopolitics]
 LONDON (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu called Sunday for Tony Blair and George Bush to face prosecution at the International Criminal Court for their role in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Tutu, the retired Anglican Church's archbishop of South Africa, wrote in an op-ed piece for The Observer newspaper that the ex-leaders of Britain and the United States should be made to "answer for their actions."
The Iraq war "has destabilized and polarized th... (more) |
Khamenei: Iran will not develop nuclear weapons
posted 09/03/2012, 12:27 AM (Digital Journal)
[Category: Geopolitics]
“The Islamic Republic of Iran insists on (its) stance (regarding the establishment of) a Middle East free of nuclear weapons, and the United Nations should make serious efforts to allay the current concerns about nuclear weapons,” he added. Khamenei further said, “Unfortunately, the (structure) of the United Nations is flawed, and the most tyrannical powers in the world, which possess nuclear weapons and have a record of using them, have dominated the United Nations.”... (more) |
WoW and Battle.net service pulled from Iran due to US sanctions -- Blizzard
posted 08/27/2012, 11:10 AM (VG247)
[Category: Geopolitics]
Blizzard issued a response regarding the inability to access Battle.net or World of Warcraft servers from Iran. According to the post, the issue stems from applied US sanctions instead of government bans on specific content – although the latter is still true as well.
“United States trade restrictions and economic sanction laws prohibit Blizzard from doing business with residents of certain nations, including Iran,” reads the post. “Several of you have seen and cited the text... (more) |
Russia's Top Cyber Sleuth Foils US Spies, Helps Kremlin Pals
posted 08/24/2012, 9:08 AM (Wired)
[Category: Geopolitics]
Kaspersky has 300 million customers. His geek squad uncovers US cyberweapons. And he has deep ties to the KGB’s successors in Moscow.... (more) I don't know about you, but I'd much prefer to be spied on by the Russian government than the U.S., the Russian government poses me absolutely no threat, I can't say the same for the U.S. Of course, this article is likely an attack on him from the U.S. angry at him for exposing their Stuxnet cyber terrorism. Funny isn't it, how the U.S. claims there are "cyber terror threats" everywhere yet the U.S. is the only government to ever use it in practice? Same goes for the "nuclear threat." - Chris |
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Thursday August 23rd, 2012
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Brazil: Drug dealers say no to crack in Rio
posted 08/19/2012, 12:19 AM (Associated Press)
[Category: Geopolitics]
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Business was brisk in the Mandela shantytown on a recent night. In the glow of a weak light bulb, customers pawed through packets of powdered cocaine and marijuana priced at $5, $10, $25. Teenage boys with semiautomatic weapons took in money and made change while flirting with girls in belly-baring tops lounging nearby.... (more) Unfortunately, the CIA doesn't have as high standards. - Chris |
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Thursday August 16th, 2012
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Wednesday August 15th, 2012
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Julian Assange will be granted asylum, says official
posted 08/15/2012, 12:24 AM (The Guardian)
[Category: Geopolitics]
Ecuador's president Rafael Correa has agreed to give Julian Assange asylum, officials within Ecuador's government have said.
The WikiLeaks founder has been holed up at Ecuador's London embassy since 19 June, when he officially requested political asylum.
"Ecuador will grant asylum to Julian Assange," said an official in the Ecuadorean capital Quito, who is familiar with the government discussions.
On Monday, Correa told state-run ECTV that he would de... (more) |
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Wednesday August 1st, 2012
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US terror drone strikes kill 18, injure more than dozen in Somalia
posted 08/01/2012, 10:05 PM (PressTV)
[Category: Geopolitics]
 US assassination drone strikes have claimed the lives of at least 18 people and wounded 117 others in southern Somalia, Press TV reports.
Sahal Mohamed Gedi, a Somali military official confirmed the news, adding that the aerial strikes took place in Luglow on the outskirts of North Kismayo side on Sunday.
Somalia is the sixth country, where the United States has used assassination drones to launch missile strikes. The US military has also used drones in Afgh ... (more) |
CIA "Manages"¯ Drug Trade, Mexican Official Says
posted 07/29/2012, 1:47 PM (The New American)
[Category: Geopolitics]
 The Central Intelligence Agency's involvement in drug trafficking is back in the media spotlight after a spokesman for the violence-plagued Mexican state of Chihuahua became the latest high-profile individual to accuse the CIA, which has been linked to narcotics trafficking for decades, of ongoing efforts to "manage the drug trade." The infamous American spy agency refused to comment.
In a recent interview, Chihuahua state spokesman Guillermo Terrazas Villanueva told Al Jazeera... (more) |
Singapore to Relax Death Penalty for Some Drug Traffickers
posted 07/10/2012, 9:51 AM (StoptheDrugWar.org)
[Category: Geopolitics]
Singapore, once famously called "Disneyland with the death penalty" by author William Gibson, will move to relax the imposition of mandatory death sentences for drug traffickers. The wealthy Southeast Asian city-state's deputy prime minister said Monday the government will produce a draft law by year's end that will give judges more discretion in some drug trafficking and murder cases, Reuters reported.
Singapore, which was been ruled by the same party since 1965, is a notori... (more) |
Mexico urges U.S. to join drug policy 'review'
posted 07/09/2012, 8:04 AM (AFP)
[Category: Geopolitics]
WASHINGTON — Mexico’s incoming president Enrique Pena Nieto called Sunday for a “new debate” on the drug war raging in his country and urged the United States to play a “fundamental role” in the review.
A week after returning the once-authoritarian Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to power on campaign promises to reduce the violence that is blighting Mexican life, Pena Nieto said it was time for a re-evaluation.
“Yes, I do believe we should open up a new deba... (more) Sounds like meaningless bluster to pacify the plebs. - Chris |
UN calls for 'billionaires tax' to help world's poor
posted 07/06/2012, 2:42 AM (AFP)
[Category: Geopolitics]
The United Nations on Thursday called for a tax on billionaires to help raise more than $400 billion a year for poor countries.
An annual lump sum payment by the super-rich is one of a host of measures including a tax on carbon dioxide emissions, currency exchanges or financial transactions proposed in a UN report that accuses wealthy nations of breaking promises to step up aid for the less fortunate.
The annual World Economic and Social Survey says it is critical t... (more) |
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Wednesday June 20th, 2012
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Assange asks Ecuador for asylum
posted 06/20/2012, 4:28 AM (Glenn Greenwald)
[Category: Geopolitics]
 Julian Assange was scheduled within days to turn himself over to British authorities for extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning in connection with a sexual assault case in which he has never been charged. Instead, Assange earlier today went to the Embassy of Ecuador in London and sought asylum from that country under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patino, issued a statement indicating that his government is “evaluati... (more) |
Mexico's drug war rocks U.S. expat stronghold
posted 06/19/2012, 4:03 AM (Reuters)
[Category: Geopolitics]
AJIJIC, Mexico (Reuters) - For decades, American and Canadian expats have flocked to the shores of Chapala, seeking refuge in the spring-like climate of Mexico's largest natural lake, where English author D.H. Lawrence once came for inspiration.... (more) Sounds like propaganda to keep us from fleeing! - Chris |
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Wednesday June 13th, 2012
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Venezuela bans private gun ownership
posted 06/01/2012, 10:38 AM (BBC)
[Category: Geopolitics]
Venezuela has brought a new gun law into effect which bans the commercial sale of firearms and ammunition.
Until now, anyone with a gun permit could buy arms from a private company.
Under the new law, only the army, police and certain groups like security companies will be able to buy arms from the state-owned weapons manufacturer and importer.... (more) |
Washington Times Covers Bilderberg
posted 05/31/2012, 1:12 PM (Washington Times)
[Category: Geopolitics]
Chantilly's Westfields Marriott hotel is the site of an “unprecedented” security crackdown as the world’s richest and most powerful arrive for the annual Bilderberg conference.
Hundreds of demonstrators are expected to protest the highly secretive gathering, which kicks off Thursday and lasts through the weekend. The off-the-record meeting, well known in conspiracy lore but typically given little to no media attention each year, once again will bring together heads of state, billi... (more) |
Bilderberg power masters meet in the US
posted 05/27/2012, 9:33 PM (RT)
[Category: Geopolitics]
 Every time a “Bilderberg Meeting” takes place, important things happen. The last time they met in the US was an election year, 2008 – and the world got Obama. This year they’re back in the US: will they decide who the next president of the United State
When in 2008 they gathered from June 5 to 8 in Chantilly, Virginia – just a stone’s throw from the Washington DC – Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were neck-in-neck in the battle for the Democratic Party’s presidential candidacy. <... (more) |
9/11 'truther' leading Egyptian presidential race
posted 05/22/2012, 11:04 PM (Washington Times)
[Category: Geopolitics]
 An Islamist who believes that the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States were an American conspiracy is the front-runner in Egypt’s presidential race, a new poll shows.
Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh, formerly a leading figure in the Muslim Brotherhood, led the field of 13 candidates with 32 percent of the vote in a survey released Monday by the Washington-based Brookings Institution.
Mr. Abolfotoh expressed his views on the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade C... (more)
Lets hope the U.S. doesn't murder him. - Chris
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China buying oil from Iran with yuan
posted 05/14/2012, 12:17 AM (BBC)
[Category: Geopolitics]
 China is buying crude oil from Iran using its currency the yuan, an Iranian diplomat has said.
Oil transactions are usually settled in dollars but US sanctions make it difficult for Iran to accept payments in the US currency.
Iran is using the revenue to buy goods and services from China, Mohammed Reza Fayyad, Iran's ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, confirmed.... (more) |
Bolivia Seizes Unit of Spanish Power Company Red Electrica
posted 05/02/2012, 6:24 AM (Bloomberg)
[Category: Geopolitics]
Bolivia is nationalizing the local assets of Spain’s Red Electrica Corp. (REE), giving the government control of the Andean nation’s power grid two weeks after neighboring Argentina seized its biggest oil company.
President Evo Morales signed the decree today, saying the Alcobendas, Spain-based company’s local investment was inadequate and energy should be controlled by the government, according to a statement on the presidential website. Bolivia generated 45.7 million euros ($60.... (more) |
Obama escalates in Yemen – again
posted 04/27/2012, 8:09 AM (Glenn Greenwald)
[Category: Geopolitics]
The United States has begun launching drone strikes against suspected al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen under new authority approved by President Obama that allows the CIA and the military to fire even when the identity of those who could be killed is not known, U.S. officials said. . . .... (more) |
Ending the Drug War in Latin America
posted 04/15/2012, 5:43 PM (Jacob G. Hornberger)
[Category: Geopolitics]
The Internet is abuzz with talk about how Latin American leaders are increasingly considering the idea of drug legalization.
Latin America should not hesitate to end the war on drugs — and the sooner, the better. Latin American countries are paying the biggest price for the drug war. Murders, assassinations, kidnappings, robberies, thefts, muggings, gang wars, infringements on civil liberties, military involvement in law enforc... (more) |
Central American Presidents Hold Drug Legalization Summit
posted 03/26/2012, 3:16 PM (StoptheDrugWar.org)
[Category: Geopolitics]
In a historic meeting in Antigua, Guatemala, Saturday, three Central American heads of state attended a regional summit to discuss alternatives to the current drug prohibition regime, which has left their countries wracked by violence. No consensus was reached and three other regional leaders failed to attend, but for the first time, regional leaders have met explicitly to discuss ending the war on drugs as we know it.... (more) |
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Wednesday March 21st, 2012
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Wednesday March 14th, 2012
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Ugandans React Angrily To Kony 2012 Propaganda Film
posted 03/14/2012, 11:54 PM (Prison Planet)
[Category: Geopolitics]
The viral Kony 2012 propaganda film has stoked anger amongst those it was ostensibly designed to help – Ugandan citizens – who see through the movie as a transparent ploy to legitimize a US military invasion of Africa.
During a screening of the documentary in northern Uganda, the area that was worst affected by Joseph Kony’s LRA, crowds reacted with confusion, anger and eventually violence, throwing rocks at the screen in protest against the underhanded motive behind the film.
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A Perimeter Approach to Security and the Transformation of the U.S.-Canada Border
posted 03/13/2012, 9:49 PM (Dana Gabriel)
[Category: Geopolitics]
Through a series of bilateral meetings, U.S. and Canadian officials are busy working out the details of the perimeter security action plan. This includes a recent joint crime forum that dealt with border and law enforcement issues. These various discussions are part of the implementation process which when finished would bring about the complete transformation of the northern border and another step closer in the creation of a fully integrated North American security perimeter.... (more) |
RAP NEWS 12: Yes We KONY?
posted 03/13/2012, 1:31 AM (YouTube)
[Category: Geopolitics]
Rap News Episode 12: YES WE KONY. It's March, and the Internet delivers 2012's first globe-consuming meme: the unstoppable, Stop-Kony 2012 video, which has highlighted the plight of African child soldiering like never before. But is it really good? Is it really bad? Or is the world really more complex than 'good guys' and 'bad guys'? Whatevers; one thing's for sure, this is momentous: never had a 27-mi... (more) |
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