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World history brought to life: Mikhail Gorbachev reflects on past, future
Post Date: 2011-10-27 19:37:27 by A K A Stone
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2011 marks two milestone events involving former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Twenty-five years ago this month, Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan broke the freeze of the Cold War in Reykjavik, Iceland, by agreeing to move toward nuclear disarmament. And 20 years ago, after incorporating the freedoms of Glasnost and Perestroika’s less-oppressive government tactics, Gorbachev facilitated the demise of the communist Soviet Union. Last week, I attended a presentation and Q&A session featuring Gorbachev at Lafayette College in Easton. Gorbachev, the Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1990 for his role in ending the Cold War, was direct, provocative and reflective in sharing ...
Berlin Mocks Israel's Protest against Iranian Official's Visit to Germany
Post Date: 2011-10-27 17:38:39 by Brian S
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Berlin dismissed Israel's protest against a visit to Germany by Iranian Deputy Finance Minister Mohammad Reza Farzin. Iran's Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance Dr. Mohammad Reza Farzin was the keynote speaker at a Wednesday forum organized by the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). Farzin's address was scheduled despite official protests by Israel and the anti-Iran terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO). Farzin is one of the top Iranian officials to visit Germany over the past two years. Israeli papers alleged that the matter of the visit was discussed in a recent meeting between Zionist regime's Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon ...
Chinese Military Suspected in Hacker Attacks on U.S. Satellites
Post Date: 2011-10-27 11:43:59 by Brian S
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Computer hackers, possibly from the Chinese military, interfered with two U.S. government satellites four times in 2007 and 2008 through a ground station in Norway, according to a congressional commission. The intrusions on the satellites, used for earth climate and terrain observation, underscore the potential danger posed by hackers, according to excerpts from the final draft of the annual report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The report is scheduled to be released next month. “Such interference poses numerous potential threats, particularly if achieved against satellites with more sensitive functions,” according to the draft. “Access to a ...
war calls American Hero who survived 911 a "moonbat"
Post Date: 2011-10-27 07:44:08 by A K A Stone
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Please remove me from future "Moonbat" ping lists. Thanks. I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one... war posted on 2011-10-27 7:40:16 ET Reply Trace Private Reply Edit
Russia Delivers Radar Jammers To Iran
Post Date: 2011-10-26 15:32:02 by Brian S
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By AFP Published Tuesday, October 25, 2011 Russia has sent a set of mobile radar jammers to Iran and is negotiating future deliveries that Moscow believes do not contravene the current UN sanction regime on the Islamic state, an official said Tuesday. The Avtobaza truck-mounted jammers are a part of a broader line of arms that Russia hopes to sell Iran despite concerns over Tehran's nuclear programme, the deputy head of the military and technical cooperation agency said. "This is a defensive system," the agency's deputy director Konstantin Biryulin was quoted as saying by the state RIA Novosti news agency. "We are not talking about jets, submarines or even S-300 ...
Merkel Wants 'Permanent' Supervision Of Greece, Warns Of War If Euro Fails
Post Date: 2011-10-26 13:01:54 by Brian S
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Brussels - Peace should not be taken for granted if the euro fails, German chancellor Merkel told MPs Wednesday (26 October) ahead of the eurozone summit where an increase of the bail-out fund firepower may lead to Germany's own state assets being taken as collateral. In a dark blue jacket reflecting the mood in and about the eurozone, Merkel abandoned her usual cautious rhetoric warned outright of a war. "Nobody should take for granted another 50 years of peace and prosperity in Europe. They are not for granted. That's why I say: If the euro fails, Europe fails," Merkel said, followed by a long applause from all political groups. "We have a historical ...
Russia Supplies Electronic Jamming Devices To Iran
Post Date: 2011-10-25 18:23:50 by Brian S
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Russia has supplied Iran with electronic jamming equipment as part of the military-technical cooperation between the two countries, a Russian official told a local news agency. Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Konstantin Birulin, said that this material did not fall within the list of weapons banned by a UN resolution punishing Tehran for its disputed nuclear program. (AFP)
Russia, China Pressuring IAEA On Iran: Diplomats
Post Date: 2011-10-25 18:22:30 by Brian S
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By Simon Sturdee (AFP) – 9 hours ago VIENNA — Russia and China are urging the UN atomic agency to soften or even not issue an eagerly awaited report detailing Iran's suspected efforts to develop nuclear weapons, diplomats told AFP on Tuesday. "It does seem like the Russians and Chinese are pressuring the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) to refrain from reporting on the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear programme," one Western diplomat said. Another Western envoy to the agency said however that they expected the IAEA head, Yukiya Amano, to resist such pressure and publish the report the week before a November 17-18 meeting of the 35-member ...
Citi On Whether Europe Can Ruin The World; Or How To Use An Insolvent Continent As An Excuse For Global Printing
Post Date: 2011-10-25 18:18:11 by Capitalist Eric
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While Citi's Stephen Englander does not go as far as concluding that a collapse of Europe would be sufficient (but certainly necessary) to "ruin" the world, he does have a very relevant conclusion in a piece just released to clients: namely that central banks everywhere, but in Europe, are using the recessionary slow down in the insolvent continent, which nobody seems to believe any more will be able to avoid a recession (an event which S&P stated in no uncertain terms would lead to a downgrade in France and other core countries), as the perfect political smokescreen to push the turbo print button on their respective money printers. To wit: "Eurozone weakness has also ...
Is she about to blow? Scientists investigate riddle of rapidly inflating volcano
Post Date: 2011-10-25 15:24:20 by Ferret Mike
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A previously dormant South American volcano is inflating with astonishing speed, scientists have discovered. Researchers from several U.S. universities say Uturuncu, which rises 6,000 meters in southwest Bolivia, is blowing up like a big balloon as its magma chamber grows around 10 times faster than normal. 'It's one of the fastest uplifting volcanic areas on Earth,' said Oregon State University professor, Shan de Silva. Waking up: Uturuncu, which rises 6,000 meters in southwest Bolivia, is blowing up like a big balloon, according to scientists 'What we're trying to do is understand why there is this rapid inflation, and from there we'll try to understand what ...
'Unknown Territory' For Europe If Summit Fails: France
Post Date: 2011-10-25 12:56:34 by Brian S
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"We are living in crucial times. If the summit is a failure, this could tip the European continent into unknown territory," the sources from the ruling UMP party quoted the prime minister as saying during the meeting. "Pressure does not stop growing on the eurozone and the whole of the global economy," the sources quoted him as saying. "It is undeniable that the forecasts for global economic growth are undergoing brutal falls." "If the results of the European summit are positive, the pessimism (on growth rates) will abate," he said. "An agreement must be found with Germany," he said. He also denounced press reports that Paris was ...
Italian Gov't On Brink Of Collapse...
Post Date: 2011-10-25 12:55:14 by Brian S
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Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right coalition government in Italy appears in danger of collapsing over European Union demands for a demonstration of concrete action on economic reform by Wednesday’s summit of eurozone leaders. The EU ultimatum delivered to Mr Berlusconi in Brussels on Sunday risks breaking his coalition instead of giving it an external impetus to move ahead on measures to cut Italy’s debt and promote economic growth. The ultimatum was delivered as part of efforts to resolve the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, but the Italians’ failure to reach agreement on reform threatens EU leaders’ stated goal of finalising at Wednesday’s summit a ...
Largest Ever EU Rebellion Rocks British PM
Post Date: 2011-10-25 12:53:23 by Brian S
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David Cameron on Monday suffered his largest parliamentary rebellion since becoming prime minister as around 80 Conservative lawmakers defied their leader to vote in favour of holding a referendum on Britain's EU membership. Cameron's government, which is against holding a referendum, in the end won the House of Commons vote 483-111 due to support from the Liberal Democrats -- the Conservatives' euro-friendly junior coalition partners -- and the main opposition Labour Party. But the eurosceptic wing of the Conservative Party delivered Cameron a blow by ignoring whip pressure to vote in favour of a referendum in the biggest show of internal party dissent since he took office in ...
Gaddafi sodomized: Video shows abuse frame by frame (GRAPHIC)
Post Date: 2011-10-25 00:22:18 by A K A Stone
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SIRTE, Libya — An analysis of video obtained by GlobalPost from a rebel fighter who recorded the moment when Col. Muammar Gaddafi was first captured confirms that another rebel fighter, whose identity is unknown, sodomized the former leader as he was being dragged from the drainpipe where he had taken cover. A frame by frame analysis of this exclusive GlobalPost video clearly shows the rebel trying to insert some kind of stick or knife into Gaddafi's rear end. Full coverage: Death of Muammar Gaddafi GlobalPost correspondent Tracey Shelton said there is some question as to whether the instrument was a knife from the end of a gun, which Libyans call a Bicketti, or a utilitiy tool ...
U.S. Ambassador Flees Syria...
Post Date: 2011-10-24 18:39:40 by Brian S
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AMMAN | Mon Oct 24, 2011 6:03pm EDT (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it had pulled its ambassador out of Syria because of threats to his safety, prompting Syria to follow suit in a worsening of ties already tattered by U.S. opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's efforts to crush anti-government protests. The U.S. envoy, Robert Ford, had antagonized Syria's government with his high-profile support for the demonstrators trying to end 41 years of Assad family rule. Assad supporters attacked the U.S. Embassy and Ford's convoy in recent months. Ford left Syria as a government crackdown on protests and a nascent armed insurgency intensified and as more ...
Warming could exceed safe levels in this lifetime
Post Date: 2011-10-24 14:04:14 by Skip Intro
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(Reuters) - Global temperature rise could exceed "safe" levels of two degrees Celsius in some parts of the world in many of our lifetimes if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, two research papers published in the journal Nature warned. "Certain levels of climate change are very likely within the lifetimes of many people living now ... unless emissions of greenhouse gases are substantially reduced in the coming decades," said a study on Sunday by academics at the English universities of Reading and Oxford, the UK's Met Office Hadley Center and the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. "Large parts of Eurasia, North Africa and Canada ...
U.N. Report Seen Worsening Fear Over Iran Nuclear Plans
Post Date: 2011-10-24 12:41:07 by Brian S
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VIENNA | Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:20am EDT (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog is expected to publish intelligence soon pointing to military dimensions to Iran's nuclear activities but stopping short of saying explicitly that Tehran is trying to build atom bombs, Western diplomats say. Russian and Chinese reluctance may frustrate any Western bid to seize on next month's report by the U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to press for expanded United Nations sanctions on Iran, a major oil producer. Moscow and Beijing signaled concern last week that the timing of the IAEA document could damage any chances for diplomacy to resolve the nuclear row. In contrast, Western envoys ...
Leading U.S. Columnist: Slash Defense Aid To Israel
Post Date: 2011-10-24 12:01:00 by Brian S
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Veteran Washington Post columnist Walter Pincus has urged the U.S. administration to reevaluate the extent of the defense aid that the United States provides to Israel. Pincus, who has been reporting on intelligence, defense and foreign policy for the Washington Post for 45 years, says the change in U.S. policy that he is calling for is a necessity in light of Israel's decision to slash its defense budget by some NIS 3 billion, in keeping with the recommendations of the Trajtenberg Committee. In an article published last week, Pincus writes: "If Israel can reduce its defense spending because of its domestic economic problems, shouldn't the United States - which must cut ...
Libyas new kook leader makes Libya Sharia compliant.....Lifts Gadaffi's ban on Polygamy
Post Date: 2011-10-24 08:50:40 by A K A Stone
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Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, the chairman of the National Transitional Council and de fact president, had already declared that Libyan laws in future would have Sharia, the Islamic code, as its "basic source". But that formulation can be interpreted in many ways - it was also the basis of Egypt's largely secular constitution under President Hosni Mubarak, and remains so after his fall. Mr Abdul-Jalil went further, specifically lifting immediately, by decree, one law from Col. Gaddafi's era that he said was in conflict with Sharia - that banning polygamy. In a blow to those who hoped to see Libya's economy integrate further into the western world, he announced that in future ...
El Narco: Meet DEA Agent Daniel
Post Date: 2011-10-24 08:40:44 by A K A Stone
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This is the first of three excerpts from Ioan Grillo's new book, "El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency," released by Bloomsbury Press on Oct. 25. In the book, Grillo interviews an American agent who infiltrates a drug cartel. Turns out, life inside is sometimes just like the movies. Editor's note: Strong language used throughout the excerpt may not be suitable for all readers. “All my life I’ve tried to be the good guy, the guy in the white fucking hat. And for what? For nothing. I'm not becoming like them; I am them.” — Johnny Depp in Donnie Brasco, 1997 When DEA agent Daniel saw the movie “Miami Vice” at a cinema in ...
U.S. pulls out ambassador from Syria
Post Date: 2011-10-24 07:36:40 by A K A Stone
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Reuters) - The United States has pulled its ambassador out of Syria over security concerns after his cultivation of contacts with protesters led to attacks on his embassy and residence by backers of President Bashar al-Assad, diplomats said on Monday.
Robert Ford left Syria over the weekend, the Western diplomats told Reuters, following a series of incidents that resulted in physical damage but no casualties.
"Articles, more inciting against Ford than usual, have appeared in state media recently. He left on Saturday," said one of the diplomats, who like others asked not to be identified due to the sensitivity of the issue.
U.S. embassy officials were not immediately available for ...
Withdrawal of US Troops From Iraq Highly Suspect Think-tank designs for Iran leave only Israeli attack & coaxed provocation for total war on table.
Post Date: 2011-10-23 22:10:25 by A K A Stone
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For ten months the Obama administration has presided over the "Arab Spring," a geopolitical gambit years in the making, and executed simultaneously in multiple nations throughout the Middle East and North Africa in the beginning of 2011. The regional conflagration was stoked by a steady stream of first, denial, even feigned surprise, with covert support for US-backed opposition groups, then more overt support, and finally NATO airstrikes, weapons, training, and special operations forces lent to the rebellion in Libya and weapons and support sent to Syria's militants. These collective efforts stretching from Tunisia and leading up to Iran's doorstep serve a singular agenda ...
Is the US Declaration of Independence illegal?
Post Date: 2011-10-23 21:57:30 by A K A Stone
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Was the Declaration of Independence legal? In Philadelphia, American and British lawyers have debated the legality of America's founding documents. On Tuesday night, while Republican candidates in Nevada were debating such American issues as nuclear waste disposal and the immigration status of Mitt Romney's gardener, American and British lawyers in Philadelphia were taking on a far more fundamental topic. Namely, just what did Thomas Jefferson think he was doing? Some background: during the hot and sweltering summer of 1776, members of the second Continental Congress travelled to Philadelphia to discuss their frustration with royal rule. By 4 July, America's founding ...
Karzai: Afghanistan To Back Pakistan If It Wars With U.S.
Post Date: 2011-10-23 19:25:30 by Brian S
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Afghanistan would support Pakistan in case of military conflict between Pakistan and the United States, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in an interview to a private Pakistani TV channel broadcast on Saturday. The remarks were in sharp contrast to recent tension between the two neighbors over cross-border raids, and Afghan accusations that Pakistan was involved in killing the chief Afghan peace envoy, former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani, by a suicide bomber on September 20. “God forbid, If ever there is a war between Pakistan and America, Afghanistan will side with Pakistan,” he said in the interview to Geo television. “If Pakistan is ...
World power swings back to America
Post Date: 2011-10-23 19:15:05 by A K A Stone
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The American phoenix is slowly rising again. Within five years or so, the US will be well on its way to self-sufficiency in fuel and energy. Manufacturing will have closed the labour gap with China in a clutch of key industries. The current account might even be in surplus. Assumptions that the Great Republic must inevitably spiral into economic and strategic decline - so like the chatter of the late 1980s, when Japan was in vogue - will seem wildly off the mark by then. Telegraph readers already know about the "shale gas revolution" that has turned America into the world’s number one producer of natural gas, ahead of Russia. Less known is that the technology of ...
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