Today, General Lloyd Austin became the first African-American to lead the U.S. Central Command, which has a wide-ranging area of responsibility for 20 countries in the Middle East and southwest Asia. His appointment is effective immediately.
Daily Archives: 23. März 2013
U.S., Afghanistan OK Detention Center Transfer
The U.S. has reached an agreement with the Afghanistan government to transfer the Parwan Detention Facility to Afghan control, the Pentagon said Saturday, two weeks after negotiations broke down over whether the U.S. would have the power to block the release of some detainees.
Defense chiefs Hagel and Yaalon agree to meet soon
Yaalon, a former military chief of staff who was installed recently as defense secretary, said Wednesday that he and Hagel would meet in Israel next month, according to media reports.
Pentagon spokesman George Little confirmed that Yaalon and Hagel spoke by phone Tuesday, but said only that Hagel hoped to meet with Yaalon „both in the Pentagon and in Israel in the near future.“
Düstere Prognose: Überlebenskrieg westlicher Eliten
Um sich über Wasser zu halten, brauchen westliche Eliten eine neue Weltordnung und werden wahrscheinlich vor militärischen Methoden nicht zurückschrecken. Zu diesem Schluss gelangt ein russischer Militärexperte.
DHS Ammunition Stockpile: Over A Dozen Congressmen Demanding Investigation
Congressman Leonard Lance (R-NJ) and Representative Timothy Huelscamp (R-KS) both want answers to why DHS needs to be purchasing that much ammunition, seeing that they are a domestic agency. Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) along with 14 other House representatives have written a letter to DHS wanting to know what the Federal agency is buying so many rounds of ammunition and whether or not they are doing it deliberately to restrict the supply to the American people.
Congressmen Demand DHS Explain 1.6 Billion Bullets Purchase
Congressman Leonard Lance (R-NJ) has come out and demanded that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano explain why the Department of Homeland Security has been engaging in huge amounts of purchases of ammunition over the past year.
Reinhard Lakomy – Alles Stasi ausser Mutti
Reinhard Lakomy (* 19. Januar 1946 in Magdeburg; † 23. März 2013 in Berlin)
Cyprus Makes Fitful Progress Toward a Deal on Bailing Out Its Banks
A cutoff of central bank financing and the absence of a bailout agreement could cause Cypriot banks to collapse. It could also lead to a disorderly default on the government’s debt, with unpredictable repercussions for the euro monetary union, despite the country’s tiny economy.
EU Caught Playing Dirty and it’s all about Russian Gas
There was a lot going on this week, but it’s all being overshadowed by the fascinating geopolitical game over Cyprus. This is a stage on which a country’s pending financial collapse hinges explicitly on its hydrocarbons potential, and whoever turns up with aid will win access to exploration blocks.
US to Close 149 Airport Control Towers Due to Budget Cuts
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Friday it will close 149 air traffic control towers run by contractors at small and mid-sized airports across the country due to the mandatory federal budget cuts known as sequestration, leaving many in the airline industry questioning how it might affect safety.
Estonian Army Ruled by Knights Templar – Paper
Several high-ranking military officers in the Baltic nation of Estonia have been exposed as members of a Knights Templar-style order.
The Eesti Ekspress reported this week that the 27 members of the Estonian branch of the Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani include the Chief of Defense, as well as several retired military officers and former defense officials.
Cyprus crisis inspires cartoonists: a gallery
The incredible pressure on Cyprus, from the European Union in general and Germany in particular on Cyprus could not but inspire cartoonists. Sharks are swimming around the island trying to size the banks assets, while Chancellor Angela Merkel has put all cutting option on the table.
‚Single meteor event‘ seen over US East Coast skyline
Cooke said the meteor was widely seen, prompting more than 350 reports on the website of the American Meteor Society alone. Robert Lunsford of the society told USA Today „it basically looked like a super bright shooting star“. The sky flash was spotted as far south as Florida and as far north as New England, the newspaper reported.
Reported meteor lights up East Coast — and social media
That was just the tip of the online iceberg. Through Friday night, new reports of meteor sightings appeared every few seconds on Twitter, some of them from the metropolises of New York City and Washington.
Frankreich und Britannien setzen sich nicht durch: die EU wird das Einfuhrverbot von Waffen nach Syrien nicht aufheben
Bemühungen zur Aufhebung des Waffenembargos laufen seit Wochen, wechselten aber die Tonart nach den Berichten über eine Attacke mit chemischen Waffen in Aleppo am Dienstag. Diese Berichte sind fast sicher falsch, aber das hält Frankreich nicht auf.
Experience: I was a whistleblower
‚I had been prepared to fight the enemy in Iraq, but I never expected to feel betrayed by my own people‘
Studie: Hartz IV reicht nicht für Stromkosten
In Thüringen sind die Stromkosten am Höchsten
The US President and US Congress: End wars and the attack on our civil liberties here in t
We the undersigned, exercising our human right to petition our government for redress of wrongs, hereby do demand:
Parliament will not decide on Saturday as talks with Τroika continue
He said parliament is expecting the outcome of today’s deliberations of the government with Troika. Socratous also said there was no news that the House will receive the bill concerning the bank savings levy.
Tomorrow 6pm #eurogroup on #cyprus
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Credit unions lose €15 million after liquidation of IBRC
Irish credit unions have accused the Government of behaving worse than the Cyprus authorities in imposing losses on the savings of ordinary people. A total of 16 credit unions have suffered losses of approximately €15 million following the Government’s decision to liquidate the former Anglo Irish Bank, subsequently called the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC).
Euro-Krise: EZB macht Zugeständnis bei Irland-Hilfe
(07.02) Kern des Problems ist, dass die irische Regierung zur Rettung der Anglo Irish Bank einen Schuldschein in Höhe von 30 Milliarden Euro zur Verfügung gestellt hatte. Die Anglo Irish Bank war in den Strudel der US-Finanzkrise geraten und wurde verstaatlicht, heute firmiert sie als Irish Bank Resolution Corp (IBRC).
Sprawling and struggling: Poverty hits America‘s suburbs
The number of suburban residents living in poverty rose by nearly 64 percent between 2000 and 2011, to about 16.4 million people, according to a Brookings Institution analysis of 95 of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas. That’s more than double the rate of growth for urban poverty in those areas.
Xi Jinping: Russia-China ties ‚guarantee world peace‘
Xi Jinping has said China‘s friendship with Russia guarantees „strategic balance and peace“ in the world, on the second day of his trip to Moscow.
Cypriot parliament postpones debate on deposit levy
The vote on the bill had been scheduled for Saturday, ahead of a finance ministers meeting to consider a revised bailout for Cyprus, following endorsement of nine bailout related bills at a day-long session of parliament on Friday.
The sources could not say if and when a deposits levy bill will be debated.
Troubled Cyprus prompts Medvedev to create Russia‘s own offshore zone
Russia has a number of so-called offshore zones, or special economic areas with favorable tax legislation. The exclave region of Kaliningrad is one of them. Chukotka region and Republic of Kalmykia were also among the privileged areas which have had reduced taxation until 2004.
Erzbischof Chrysostomos: Zyprisches Kirchenoberhaupt fordert Euro-Austritt
Die Orthodoxe Kirche in Zypern steckt mittendrin in der Bankenkrise. Nun empfiehlt das Oberhaupt, Erzbischof Chrysostomos, seinem Land einen Austritt aus der Euro-Zone. Die Begründung: Mit „diesen Genies in Brüssel“ werde die Währungsunion ohnehin auseinanderfliegen.
The New Soviet Union: Cyprus shows how the EU destroys democracy
As for other words from the USSR era – transnational, class betrayal and colonialism – you already know those, so now I can get started and explain what Ireland must learn from what the European Union nomenklatura did to Cyprus and its president in the early hours of March 16th.
Cyprus Leaders Head to Brussels
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and party leaders are travelling to Brussels for critical talks with the EU on measures aimed at staving off bankruptcy for the island.
Obama: Israel, US in agreement on Iranian issue
There was no mention of settlements or a different timeline on Iran.
The Drums of War are Beating: Iran’s Nuclear Program, Pretext to Justify Further Military Intervention
Even the US National Intelligence Director, James Clapper, recently admitted to Congress that “we do not know if Iran will eventually decide to build nuclear weapons” and implicitly confirmed that Iran is not presently seeking to do so because if it were, such activities would certainly be discovered by the “international community.”5 In spite of all this, President Obama maintains that “all options are on the table”
Obama Boosts Syria Support as Congress Pushes Military Intervention
On Monday, Rep. Eliot Engel, the most senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced legislation that would authorise funding for “limited lethal assistance” to Syrian opposition groups, assuming that the groups would be carefully vetted in the process.
Drumbeat Grows Louder in Congress for Obama to Act on Syria
(19.03.) Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain released a statement today, calling for President Obama to act against Syrian President Bashir al-Assad.