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Mitt’S Shameful Libya Statement
Post Date: 2012-09-12 11:19:21 by Brian S
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That it’s fundamentally dishonest hasn’t stopped Mitt Romney from repeating his central critique of Barack Obama’s foreign policy over and over – the idea that the president “went around the world and apologized for America.” So it shouldn’t be surprising that Romney’s response to the attacks on U.S. diplomatic installations in Egypt and Libya was rooted in the same caricature of Obama as apologizer-in-chief.“It’s disgraceful,” Romney’s statement, which was released late Tuesday night, read, “that the Obama administration’s first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with ...
Buchanan: Has Obama called Bibi’s bluff?
Post Date: 2012-09-11 11:49:59 by Brian S
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9/11/2012 04:22 AM RESIZE: AAA Print What is Bibi Netanyahu up to? With all his warnings of Iran’s “nuclear capability,” of red lines being crossed, of “breakout,” of the international community failing in its duty, of an “existential threat” to Israel, what is the prime minister’s game? The answer is apparent. Bibi wants Iran’s nuclear program shut down, all enrichment ended, all enriched uranium removed and guarantees that Iran will never again start up a nuclear program. And if Tehran refuses to surrender its right even to a peaceful nuclear program, he wants its nuclear facilities, especially the enrichment facility at Fordow, deep ...
Suspected Hezbollah member arrested in Mexico
Post Date: 2012-09-10 21:27:36 by A K A Stone
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An alleged member of the radical Islamic movement Hezbollah has been arrested in Mexico and handed over to US authorities, Mexican media reported Sunday. Reforma newspaper identified the detained man as Rafic Mohammad Labboun Allaboun, a Lebanese-American , who was wanted by the US government. Allaboun was arrested in the city of Merida late Saturday as part of an operation conducted by Mexican immigration agents and local police, the report said. Two other suspected Hezbollah members – George Abdalah Elders and Justin Yasser Safa of Belize – were arrested along with Allaboun, according to the paper. Since US law enforcement authorities had put out an international alert on ...
Why Is Putin Stockpiling Gold? Russia Is Bulking Up Its Gold Reserve
Post Date: 2012-09-07 14:28:16 by Brian S
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I can’t imagine it means anything cheerful that Vladimir Putin, the Russian czar, is stockpiling gold as fast as he can get his hands on it. According to the World Gold Council, Russia has more than doubled its gold reserves in the past five years. Putin has taken advantage of the financial crisis to build the world’s fifth-biggest gold pile in a handful of years, and is buying about half a billion dollars’ worth every month. It emerged last month that financial gurus George Soros and John Paulson had also increased their bullion exposure, but it’s Putin that’s really caught my eye. No one else in the world plays global power politics as ruthlessly as ...
Senior Catholic Cleric: 'If Jews Want Respect, They Must Respect Others'
Post Date: 2012-09-07 11:25:43 by Brian S
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The "price tag" vandalism this week of the monastery at Latrun, in which the culprits sprayed the building's facade with the words "Jesus is a monkey" and set the front door alight, prompted a fierce statement of condemnation signed by Catholic church leaders here. One of the statement's senior signatories, who holds the title of custos (Latin for guardian ) of holy sites on behalf of the Vatican, is a Franciscan priest of Italian origin named Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa. Prior to the church's statement, which questioned what was going on in Israeli society that would prompt such an act, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the vandalism, calling ...
Iran’s Strategic Diplomatic Victory Over The Washington-Israeli Axis
Post Date: 2012-09-06 15:15:59 by Brian S
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by James Petras / September 6th, 2012 Iran chaired, hosted and led the recently rejuvenated Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Teheran, attended by delegates from 120 countries, including 31 heads of state and 29 foreign secretaries of state. Even the United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon, notorious mouthpiece of Washington, felt obligated to address a forum attended by two-thirds of the member countries of the UN, despite State Department and Israeli objections. Any objective evaluation of the meeting, its venue, the attendance, resolutions and political impact leads to one paramount conclusion: the NAM meeting was a strategic diplomatic victory for Iran and a ...
THE REPUBLICANS CROSS THE RUBICON
Post Date: 2012-09-05 12:03:06 by Capitalist Eric
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During the 1980s NPR was continually on the case of the Reagan administration. NPR certainly had a Democratic slant, and a lot of its reporting about the Reagan administration was one-sided. Yet, NPR was an independent voice, and it sometimes got things correct. In the 21st century that voice has disappeared, which was the intention of the George W. Bush regime. Bush put a Republican woman in charge who made it clear to NPR producers and show hosts that the federal part of their funding was at risk. Money often over-rules principle, and when corporations added their really big money NPR collapsed. Today the local stations still pretend to be funded by listeners, but if you have noticed, ...
US Slips Down the Ranks of Global Competitiveness
Post Date: 2012-09-05 10:04:47 by calcon
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The United States has slipped further down a global ranking of the world's most competitive economies, according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) survey released on Wednesday. New York City Photo: Jumper | Photodisc | Getty Images New York City, financial capital of the United States The world's largest economy, which was placed 5th last year, fell two positions to the 7th spot - marking its fourth year of decline. A lack of macroeconomic stability, the business community’s continued mistrust of the government and concerns over its fiscal health were some of the reasons for the downgrade, according to the annual survey. "A number of weaknesses are chipping away at its ...
In New Egypt Shake-Up, Islamists Put In Governor Posts, Human Rights And Press Agencies
Post Date: 2012-09-04 20:58:04 by Brian S
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CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's Islamist leadership took a new move Tuesday to put its stamp on the country's government, appointing members of the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood as provincial governors and installing ultraconservatives and other Islamists in the state's top human rights body and a powerful media council. The shake-up was the latest step by President Mohammed Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood to reshape state institutions that were long the monopoly of ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak, his ruling party and the military that backed him. Supporters have praised the moves as part of a drive to cleanse the system of Mubarak loyalists after Morsi was inaugurated in late June ...
Israeli Settlers 'Desecrate Christian Monastery'; Church Leaders Decry Vandalism, 'Teaching Of Contempt' For Christians In Israel
Post Date: 2012-09-04 17:33:34 by Brian S
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Israeli police are investigating after vandals attacked a famous Christian monastery - setting fire to its door and spray-painting "Jesus is a monkey" on the wall. The Latrun Monastery, on occupied land in the Ayalon Valley, 15 miles west of Jerusalem, was daubed with pro-settler graffiti. Officers believe it was in possible retaliation for the eviction of 50 families from the nearby unauthorised Migron settlement on Sunday. Migron, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, was cleared after an Israeli court ruled it had been illegally built on Palestinian land. The settlers left the area quietly and moved to temporary housing at another settlement, but eight youths who protested ...
Iraqi PM Nouri al Maliki: Ending Zionists' Occupation, Only Way of Achieving Peace
Post Date: 2012-09-02 23:35:33 by Brian S
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(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Nouri al Maliki appreciated Iran for its hospitality and said: “Iraq is one of the founder countries and I am happy to have this opportunity to discuss the increasing challenges and changes of the world.” “Realizing NAM goals is possible through cooperation and solidarity of member states and we believe that NAM can turn into a pole” he said and added: “NAM should evolve itself with regard to changes in the world and its new goals". Maliki said: “the Syrian government and its opponents should not get into armed fight in spite of the efforts to prolong this civil war.” Iraqi PM said: “there should two approaches be ...
China manufacturing dips to a nine-month low in August
Post Date: 2012-09-02 22:35:01 by A K A Stone
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China's manufacturing activity fell to a nine-month low in August, adding to fears that its economy is slowing faster than estimated. The official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell to 49.2, the lowest reading since November 2011, data released over the weekend showed. PMI is a key gauge of manufacturing activity and a reading below 50 shows contraction. Analysts said China was being hurt by a slowdown in global and domestic demand. "China's manufacturing sector continues to struggle, weighed down by a significant domestic slowdown, a wholly unsupportive external climate and a completely insufficient policy response," Alistair Thornton of IHS Global Insight said ...
Desmond Tutu Says Bush And Blair Should Face Trial At International Criminal Court Over Iraq
Post Date: 2012-09-02 13:04:13 by Brian S
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LONDON — 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 the world to a greater extent than any other conflict in history,” wrote Tutu, who was awarded the Nobel prize in 1984. “Those responsible for this suffering and loss of life should be treading the ...
Israel About to Go Nuclear, Iran to Re-enter Stone Age
Post Date: 2012-09-01 21:50:59 by A K A Stone
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Dateline: Tel Aviv From this moment the State of Israel declares a state of war exists between the State of Israel and the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Because Israel views the threats by the government of the IRI in conjunction with its efforts to develop nuclear weapons and means of delivery as existential threats, Israel will take all actions necessary, specifically including unilateral and preemptive military action, to protect its citizens from the threats posed by representatives of the government of the IRI and to assure Israel's continued survival. To minimize civilian casualties, the population of Iran should immediately and permanently evacuate populated areas ...
Iran: Bushehr Reactor Reaches Full Capacity
Post Date: 2012-09-01 12:27:48 by Brian S
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior Iranian nuclear official says the sole reactor at the country’s Bushehr nuclear power plant has reached full capacity. Iranian deputy nuclear chief Mohammad Ahmadian said Saturday the reactor was brought to its “full capacity of 1,000 megawatts” Friday evening. The reactor went into operation for the first time last year at minimum capacity. The Islamic Republic built the nuclear power plant in the southern Iranian port of Bushehr with Russian help. The facility is a cornerstone of Iran’s drive to become a technological leader among Muslim nations, with efforts such as a space program and long-range missile development. The United ...
U.S. Scales-Back Military Exercise with Israel, Affecting Potential Iran Strike
Post Date: 2012-09-01 12:24:20 by Brian S
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Seven months ago, Israel and the United States postponed a massive joint military exercise that was originally set to go forward just as concerns were brimming that Israel would launch a strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. The exercise was rescheduled for late October, and appears likely to go forward on the cusp of the U.S. presidential election. But it won’t be nearly the same exercise. Well-placed sources in both countries have told TIME that Washington has greatly reduced the scale of U.S. participation, slashing by more than two-thirds the number of American troops going to Israel and reducing both the number and potency of missile interception systems at the core of the ...
Ya'alon: US Is Undermining Military Threat Against Iran
Post Date: 2012-08-31 16:35:44 by Brian S
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Vice premier says mixed messages from foreign powers help discredit the military option against Iranian nuclear facilities. Vice Premier Moshe Ya'alon said on Friday he feared Iran did not believe it faced a real military threat from the outside world because of mixed messages from foreign powers, including the United States. "We have an exchange of views, including with our friends in the United States, who in our opinion, are in part responsible for this feeling in Iran," he told Israel's 100FM radio station. "There are many cracks in the ring closing tighter on Iran. We criticize this," he said, also singling out UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for ...
Romney’sPre-Election Rhetoric On Russia Unacceptable – Putin’s Spokesman
Post Date: 2012-08-31 11:46:15 by Brian S
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Vladimir Putin’s press secretary has blasted Mitt Romney’s anti-Russian statements and said relations between the countries must not become hostage to the politician’s election battle. Dmitry Peskov was asked to comment on Romney saying he was not going to be as flexible in relations with Russia as his opponent President Barak Obama. “As the head of the state [Vladimir Putin] has repeatedly stressed, Russia always has been and in future always will be interested in the further development of bilateral Russian-American relations,” Peskov told reporters. He added that senior officials from both countries have stressed that bilateral relations shouldn’t be ...
Iran Increases Underground Nuclear Capacity Sharply-Diplomats
Post Date: 2012-08-30 15:23:21 by Brian S
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* Fordow site is buried deep underground for protection * Israel sees Iran's nuclear ambitions as existential threat * Iran denies nuclear weapons aims, says programme peaceful VIENNA, Aug 30 (Reuters) - A U.N. watchdog report is expected to show that Iran has expanded its potential capacity to refine uranium in an underground site by at least 30 percent since May, diplomats say, adding to Western worries over Tehran's nuclear aims. The U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is due this week to issue its latest quarterly report on Iran's disputed nuclear programme, which the West and Israel suspect is aimed at developing bombs. Tehran denies this. Language used by ...
Republican Senators Plan To Introduce Resolution Pledging Military, Economic And Diplomatic Backing For Israel Should It Strike Iran
Post Date: 2012-08-29 13:46:15 by Brian S
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TAMPA, Fla. (JTA) -- Republican senators plan to introduce a non-binding resolution pledging military, economic and diplomatic backing for Israel should it strike Iran. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told JTA on Tuesday that he and Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) were drafting the resolution for introduction next month in the Senate. Graham, attending the Republican National Convention in Tampa this week, said he was seeking Democratic co-sponsors. The resolution would underscore the Senate's hopes for peace and for sanctions to force Iran to make its nuclear program more transparent, he said. "But in the event Israel had to take preventive action, we would have their back," ...
The RNC shouldn’t honor Ron Paul at the convention [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-08-29 10:05:09 by calcon
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With the cancellation of the first night of the Republican convention in Tampa, organizers scrambled to adjust the schedule and find space across the remaining three nights for events originally slated for Monday. Unfortunately, it appears that convention planners missed an opportunity to reverse the ridiculous and regrettable decision made by the Romney campaign to feature a video tribute to retiring congressman Ron Paul, who has not even endorsed Governor Romney. Paul did win as many as 175 delegates, and his acolytes are already trumpeting their supposed success in influencing the platform that will be unveiled in Tampa. Romney’s political advisers are of course more concerned with ...
Doug Casey on the 'Worsening Storm,' QE3 and the Hard Assets Alliance
Post Date: 2012-08-26 10:13:58 by Capitalist Eric
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Introduction: Doug Casey has appeared on hundreds of radio and TV shows and has been the subject of articles in People, US, Time, Forbes, The Washington Post and numerous other publications. For nearly three decades, Doug Casey: and his team have been correctly predicting major budding trends in the overall economy and commodity markets. Daily Bell: Welcome, Doug. Give us an update on what you call the "Greater Depression." Doug Casey:: A depression is a period of time when most people's standard of living drops significantly. I think we can argue that this one really started in 2008. For the last couple of years, by printing up trillions of currency units, governments have ...
U.S. Funds Israeli Missile Defense But Can’t Get the Technology
Post Date: 2012-08-24 21:07:30 by We The People
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The United States has spent over $200 million on a highly effective missile defense system and plans to spend nearly $700 million more on it — yet U.S. troops in the field, including the highest-ranking military officer in the land, are still largely at the mercy of insurgents’ rockets. Why?The answer is that U.S. taxpayers have been shelling out big bucks for the defense of a foreign country; and that country, in turn, has been unwilling to disclose to Washington the details of the missile defense system it is funding. All the while, a company owned by that same country’s government is raking in profits manufacturing and selling the system.The country in question is Israel, ...
Presstitute Media Cover-up Culture
Post Date: 2012-08-21 10:51:12 by Capitalist Eric
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Conspiracy theories have now blossomed into what the smug presstitute media calls a“conspiracy culture.” According to the presstitutes, Americans have to find some explanation for their frustrations and failings, so Americans shift the blame to the Bilderbergers, the Rothschilds, the New World Order and so forth and so on. Readers will not be surprised that I disagree with the presstitutes. Indeed, the conspiracy culture is the product of the presstitute media’s failure to investigate and to report truthfully. I am certain that the Western media is worse than the Soviet media was. The Soviet media devised ways for helping the public to read between the lines, whereas the ...
Obama 'cancelled missions to kill bin Laden THREE TIMES after getting cold feet - until Hillary Clinton stepped in
Post Date: 2012-08-20 18:21:28 by jwpegler
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Barack Obama cancelled three operations to kill Osama bin Laden before finally going ahead with the mission at the insistence of Hillary Clinton, according to a new book. The explosive allegation is contained in an expose by journalist Rich Miniter, who argues that the White House’s carefully-crafted narrative of Obama as a decisive leader who dispatched the al-Qaeda leader despite the doubts of advisers is a myth. Bin Laden was eventually killed by US Navy SEALs inside his compound in Abbotobad, Pakistan in May 2011. The killing of bin Laden is at the centre of Obama’s re-election campaign and is likely to be highlighted yet again by his aides on the eleventh anniversary of ...
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