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Rand Paul: Building in Jerusalem none of US's business [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2013-01-13 10:28:03 by A K A Stone
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As week-long visit to Israel comes to a close, senator says US should not meddle in decisions regarding settlement construction. It is “none of our business” whether Israel builds new neighborhoods in east Jerusalem or withdraws from the Golan Heights, and the US should not tell Israel how to defend itself, US Sen. (RKentucky) said on Saturday night at the end of a week-long visit to the country. Paul, a maverick libertarian senator known for his advocacy of slashing US foreign aid, said at a press briefing that the issue of cutting aid to Israel – something he advocates as part of a gradual process – did not come up during his meetings with Prime Minister Binyamin ...
Drone War Escalates; Blowback Breeds New Enemies
Post Date: 2013-01-03 14:58:05 by Capitalist Eric
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While millions of Americans celebrated the birth of the Prince of Peace, agents of the federal government were delivering death by remote control overseas. On Friday, December 28, for example, five people were killed and three others injured in a U.S. drone attack on a house in the Mana Gurbaz area of the remote and mountainous Shawal Valley in Pakistan’s North Waziristan Agency. According to a report filed by Pakistan’s The News International:Official and tribal sources said the drone fired four missiles and pounded a house in the forest-covered Shawal Valley, sited 90 kilometres northwest of Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan. Witnesses indicate that “it was ...
Pope Slams Capitalism, Inequality Between Rich And Poor In New Years Message
Post Date: 2013-01-01 17:52:23 by sneakypete
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The 85-year-old pope rang in the new year with a mass for about 10,000 people in St Peter's Basilica on the day the Roman Catholic Church marks its World Day of Peace with initiatives around the world. He also spoke of peace after the mass, addressing tens of thousands of people who had followed the service from outside in St Peter's Square. "A new year is like a trip. With the light and the grace of God, may it be the start of a path to peace for every person, every family, every country and for the entire world," he said from his window overlooking the square. He thanked the world's peacemakers, saying they deserve praise for working, often behind the scenes, ...
Mcgowanjm Wire 2013 [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2013-01-01 17:18:57 by A K A Stone
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Clinton Injured, US Navy Seal Killed In Secret US Mission To Iran
Post Date: 2013-01-01 10:36:24 by A K A Stone
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A new Foreign Military Intelligence (GRU) report circulating in the Kremlin today is saying that United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton [photo 2nd right] was injured, and a top US Navy Seal Commander killed when their C-12 Huron military passenger and transport aircraft crash landed nearly 3 weeks ago in the Iranian city of Ahvaz near the Iraqi border.
Iranian intelligence agents quoted in this GRU report confirm that the C-12 Huron aircraft is still in their possession in Ahvaz, but will only admit that the plane was “forced to land because of technical problems”.
The US Navy Seal member reported killed in this bizarre incident, this report says, was indentified as ...
Syria rebels 'beheaded a Christian and fed him to the dogs'
Post Date: 2012-12-30 23:34:30 by Abcdefg
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Syria rebels 'beheaded a Christian and fed him to the dogs' as fears grow over Islamist atrocitiesChristian Andrei Arbashe, 38, was kidnapped and beheaded by rebel fighters in northern town of Ras Al-Ayn on the Turkish borderNews came as pro-government forces celebrated their victory against rebels near Aleppo Airport Syrian rebels beheaded a Christian man and fed his body to dogs, according to a nun who says the West is ignoring atrocities committed by Islamic extremists.The nun said taxi driver Andrei Arbashe, 38, was kidnapped after his brother was heard complaining that fighters against the ruling regime behaved like bandits.She said his headless corpse was found by the side ...
China to be surrounded by US stealth jets by 2017
Post Date: 2012-12-27 23:19:52 by A K A Stone
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The United States’ presence in the Asia-Pacific is about to be much more impressive: by 2017, the US is expected to have all but surrounded China, its number one economic rival, with fleets of the most advanced stealth warplanes in the world. According to recent reports from some of the Pentagon’s top-brass, Uncle Sam will be essentially surrounding the United States’ top competitor in only five years’ time. By 2017, the Air Force’s F-22s and B-2s, as well as a fleet of the Marine Corps’ F-35, will all be deployed east. News of the long-term plan stems from a report by Wired’s David Axe this week, who notes that several recent interviews with Defense ...
Hungary bars foreigners from buying farmland
Post Date: 2012-12-23 09:55:27 by A K A Stone
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AFP - Hungary has amended its constitution to bar foreigners from buying farmland, a move the government called "historic," but one that could cause friction with the European Union. Foreigners are already blocked from buying farmland under a temporary measure that formed part of Hungary's EU accession agreement in 2003. But that measure, aimed at helping Hungary avoid seeing its land prices soar to catch up with other EU states including neighbouring Austria, was originally set to expire in 2011, though was extended until the end of April 2014. Hungarian lawmakers on December 17 voted by a large majority to amend the constitution to bar foreigners from buying Hungarian ...
Golden Eagle Snatches Kid in Montreal!
Post Date: 2012-12-19 01:57:44 by Abcdefg
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Poster Comment:You have got to see this! Kid was lucky the eagle dropped him unharmed.
Outsourced prayer lines confuse callers
Post Date: 2012-12-18 22:33:58 by A K A Stone
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DES MOINES — Last month, Lori Danes, 43, called the prayer line of a major television ministry and requested prayer for her mother’s persistent ulcers. But her prayer representative, who called himself “Darren,” prayed in a strong Indian accent that “all the gods would bless her mightily.” “I was stunned,” Danes says. “It was like I’d called a demon prayer line.” The manager of India Prayer Solutions, located in Mumbai, India, apologized for the incident and fired the employee who, he said, had not been properly trained. But dozens of similar incidents have rattled U.S. callers since major ministries began outsourcing their prayer ...
Surveillance State: Ecuador Implements “World’s First” Countrywide Facial- and Voice-Recognition System
Post Date: 2012-12-18 22:17:54 by A K A Stone
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The United States is often considered a world leader when it comes to deploying the latest biometric security and surveillance technologies. But it could have an unlikely new competitor: Ecuador. According to Russian company the Speech Technology Center, the small Latin American country has successfully completed installation of “the world’s first biometric identification platform, at a nation-wide level, that combines voice and face identification capabilities.” As I reported back in September, Speech Technology Center operates under the name SpeechPro in the United States. The company’s controversial technology enables authorities to build a massive database ...
BWAHAHAHAHA! New virus wiping out Iranian hard drives
Post Date: 2012-12-17 22:03:43 by A K A Stone
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The Washington Free Beacon's Adam Kredo is reporting that a new computer virus is wiping out computer hard drives in Iran (Hat Tip: Sunlight). A mysterious new computer virus has infected Iranian computers and is completely wiping users’ hard drives, according to Iranian officials. The “efficient” virus is said to “wipe files on different drives in various predefined times” and cannot be detected by anti-virus software, Iran’s official Information Technology Organization revealed in a statement over the weekend. The malware does not appear to be as sophisticated as previous viruses that have targeted computers governing Iran’s nuclear program, ...
Syria bombs Palestinian refugee camp
Post Date: 2012-12-17 07:27:23 by A K A Stone
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Syrian jets bombed a Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus on Sunday as the regime tried to stop rebels winning more territory in the government heartland. Activists and local residents said at least eight people were killed when air strikes hit a mosque in the camp that was being used as a makeshift shelter for more than 600 people who had escaped heavy fighting in neighbouring districts. The attack came hours after Syrian rebels made advances into the camp, a poor area inhabited by many of the estimated 500,000 Palestinians living in Syria. The fighting in the camp has split residents between those supporting the government and those assisting the insurgency. "There is a state of ...
Wasn't the Connecticut killer just doing what abortionists do every day?
Post Date: 2012-12-16 20:44:24 by A K A Stone
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Comedian turned political commentator Victoria Jackson has caused outrage by apparently comparing the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School with abortion. The former Saturday Night Live star, who is now an outspoken political conservative, posted a message on her Facebook account saying 'this is what you get' when you 'forget the ten commandments.' Jackson, no stranger to controversy, wrote: 'My friend Jim Riley posted: "Wasn't the Connecticut killer just doing what abortionists do every day? It's a wonder we don't have more 20 year old "dads" doing what women and doctors have been an accomplice to for years in America. When you forget the ...
CIA Study: Pollard didn't Seek Info on U.S. A 1987 study now made public shows Pollard's Israeli handlers only wanted information on Israel's enemies.
Post Date: 2012-12-16 08:09:59 by A K A Stone
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A 1987 study ordered by the CIA found that Jonathan Pollard, convicted in the U.S. of spying for Israel, never sought to obtain information about U.S. activities. Rather, he was instructed by his Israeli handlers to obtain information about Israel's enemies. The 1987 study by the Foreign Denial and Deception Analysis Committee was ordered by the CIA. It is now being made public, 25 years later, with heavy CIA redaction. It said Pollard's handlers were Rafi Eitan, advisor on counterterrorism to Prime Minister Shamir, as well as IAF Col. Aviem Sella and Joseph Yagur, Counselor for Scientific Affairs at the Israeli Consulate in New York. “After returning from Paris, Pollard ...
Catfish learning to hunt pigeons on land (VIDEO)
Post Date: 2012-12-10 19:31:45 by A K A Stone
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In an unusual development that researchers are calling evidence of adaptive behavior, some catfish have taken to jumping on land to hunt live pigeons. Discover Magazine's Ed Yong writes, "These particular catfish have taken to lunging out of the water, grabbing a pigeon, and then wriggling back into the water to swallow their prey. In the process, they temporarily strand themselves on land for a few seconds." Researchers captured video of the European catfish, which reside in the River Tarn in southwestern France. In the footage, several of the fish, which range in length from 3 to nearly 5 feet, are seen thrusting their bodies from the shallow banks onto land where they ...
Syrian Rebels Threaten to Use Chemical Weapons Against Civilians
Post Date: 2012-12-10 15:44:32 by A K A Stone
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(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A shocking video posted on YouTube and other Internet networks showed Al Qaeda terrorists who are active in Syria within the framework of the Free Syrian Army are preparing to use chemical weapons against Syrian Shiites. The video showed the group testing chemical weapons on lab rabbits. On the video, it appeared to be a nerve gas that rebels used on the rabbits. Then about a minute later, the rabbits were seen having convulsions. The person carrying out the test, said in the video, "You saw what happened? This will be your fate, you infidel Alawites, I swear by ALLAH to make you die like these rabbits, one minute only after you inhale the gas." On ...
Oren: Chemical Weapons in Wrong Hands Would be 'Game Changer'
Post Date: 2012-12-09 23:37:59 by A K A Stone
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Israeli ambassador to the United States Michael Oren warned Sunday that any evidence of chemical weapons being passed from the Assad regime to terrorist groups like Hizbullah would be a “red line for Israel” and could constitute military action. While Oren could not confirm recent claims that the Syrian regime is mixing and moving components for the deadly sarin nerve gas, he said that Israel is watching the situation "very carefully." "Were those weapons to pass into the wrong hands -- Huzbullah's hands, for example -- that would be a game-changer for us," Oren told "Fox News Sunday." "We have a very clear red line about those chemical ...
US-Led Coalition: Colorado Springs Doctor Rescued From Taliban
Post Date: 2012-12-09 17:09:27 by Brian S
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Officials with the U.S.-led military coalition say an American doctor abducted by the Taliban has been rescued in eastern Afghanistan. Dr. Dilip Joseph, of Colorado Springs, was captured by Taliban insurgents Wednesday outside the Afghan capital, in the Sarobi district of Kabul province. Coalition leaders say he was rescued early Sunday in Afghanistan after intelligence showed he was in imminent danger of injury or possible death. Joseph, a medical adviser for Colorado Springs-based Morning Star Development, was reported to be uninjured, the nonprofit said in a statement. The group also says two of his co-workers, whose names haven’t been released, ...
True Danger From Syrian Chemical Weapons Is If Militants Acquire Them – Russian FM
Post Date: 2012-12-09 11:42:21 by Brian S
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The Syrian government does not intend, and has never planned, to use chemical weapons against rebel forces, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said, addressing rumors the that the Assad regime is preparing to use its chemical weapons arsenal. function showFullDoc(link) { $(".more_link").hide(); $(".tail_text").html("<--RTEditor:genereated--><--RTEditor textarea-->The biggest threat surrounding Syria's chemical weapons is their “probable acquisition by militants,” Lavrov said.“According to our information, and this information we pass to our US colleagues, and European colleagues, [the Syrian] government does not have such ...
Egypt's Morsi Annuls Orders Giving Him Sweeping Powers, But Keeps Dec. 15 Constitution Vote
Post Date: 2012-12-08 19:05:47 by Brian S
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CAIRO -- Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi on Saturday issued a decree annulling the most controversial parts of earlier orders that granted him sweeping powers, including the ability to make laws and decisions that are not subject to judicial reviews. The earlier orders had led to three weeks of violent clashes between Morsi supporters and the political opposition. The president no longer has absolute powers, but his government's draft constitution will stand in its current form and will not be subject to change before a referendum set for Dec. 15, NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin reported from Cairo. The new declaration still calls for the referendum to go ahead as scheduled, but the new ...
Rand Paul Foreign Policy Speech and Trip to Israel Announced
Post Date: 2012-12-08 18:32:33 by Brian S
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Already mentioned as a 2016 presidential hopeful, Kentucky US Senator Rand Paul is planning a trip to Israel and Jordan. According to the UK Telegraph‘s Tim Stanley, Senator Paul is also preparing to give a foreign policy address in the near future. The trip and speech may suggest a few things. The most obvious is that Paul is seriously thinking about a presidential run and the trip to Israel is almost obligatory when the strongest base of support for his party comes from evangelical Christians. Also, as a presidential contender, Paul is trying to show that he is not a clone of his father, retiring Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), and that he is willing to take positions aligned with the more ...
History, Reality and Prophecy
Post Date: 2012-12-08 12:26:34 by A K A Stone
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Israel promised to respond to the UN General Assembly's recognition of Palestine as a state, in violation of the Oslo Agreement, by building an additional 3,000 settlement units on land claimed by the Palestinians. This immediately prompted cries from the Arab League-dominated UN about Israel's "expansionist" policies requiring immediate UN intervention. The UN General Assembly voted to recognize Palestine based on the pre-1967 borders. If they are pre-1967 borders, then what does that mean? It means the borders which existed prior to the Six Days War, which means the borders as they existed in 1948. Let's fire up the WayBack Machine and revisit how the State of ...
Military Faces Though Questions About Targeting ‘Hostile’ Children In Afghanistan
Post Date: 2012-12-08 10:04:45 by Brian S
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The US military is facing fresh questions over its targeting policy in Afghanistan after a senior army officer suggested that troops were on the lookout for “children with potential hostile intent”. In comments which legal experts and campaigners described as “deeply troubling”, army Lt Col Marion Carrington told the Marine Corp Times that children, as well as “military-age males”, had been identified as a potential threat because some were being used by the Taliban to assist in attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. “It kind of opens our aperture,” said Carrington, whose unit, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, was assisting ...
Rand Paul Softens Opposition on Israel Foreign Aid
Post Date: 2012-12-07 11:26:23 by Brian S
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Sen. Rand Paul, an outspoken opponent of all foreign aid, is ready to make an exception for Israel. The freshman Kentucky Republican, who is considering a 2016 presidential run, still says the United States should reduce its spending by cutting foreign assistance to countries such as Egypt and Libya, where U.S. diplomatic missions have been attacked. He also wants to halt aid to Pakistan until it releases from jail a local doctor who helped U.S. forces in the operation that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. But Paul has changed his tune on aid to Israel, which he once said should not be spared from his call for an end to foreign aid. “What I’ve said is that we can’t ...
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