On the other hand, we apparently have MI6 and the CIA secretly bankrolling the very people in Afghanistan who produce 90 percent of the world‘s heroin. And then, of course, more scarce resources can be spent on fighting the failed ‚war on drugs,‘ and yet another pretext is used to shred our civil liberties.
This is a lucrative economic model for the burgeoning military-security complex. However, it is a lose-lose scenario for the rest of us.
AMY GOODMAN: The United States is moving closer toward directly intervening in Syria. On Monday, Democratic Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey introduced a bill to allow U.S.-provided arms, military training and supplies to be sent to some Syrian rebel groups.
Let’s see if the US and the EU condemn Israel’s air attacks. I doubt it. Which would mean, if we are silent, that we approve of them. Silence, to quote Sir Thomas More, gives consent.
So now the Iranians and Hizballah are accused of intervening in Syria – true, though not to quite extent we are led to believe – and Qatar and Saudi Arabia funnel weapons to the rebels – true, but not quite enough weapons, as the Syrian rebels will tell you – and the Israelis have joined in. We are now militarily involved.
Zur Forderung Lafontaines, man müsse die einheitliche Währung aufgeben, um Auf- und Abwertungen wieder möglich zu machen, sagte die Linke-Vizevorsitzende: »Es war eine Warnung, kein Wunsch.«
Die weltweite Rekordjagd an den Börsen geht in die nächste Runde
No official representing the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) will attend a new round of talks aimed at re-launching Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations
The new measures, which Coelho presented on Monday, include raising retirement age for 30,000 civil servants to 66.
Crowds rally and demand to see eduction minister
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The fifth victim was a lieutenant of the Greek Armed Forces. The father of two jumped to death from the balcony of his home. He had left a note. According to defense news portal OnAlert, the man had economic problems and used also to do several works outside the army in order to come along with the families’ expenses.
As many as 75% of Europeans think the economic crisis in their respective countries will get worse next year, according to a research carried out by the Ipsos/CGI polling institute on behalf of French group Publicis.
German constructor Hochtief sold its stakes of Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” to Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment fund for 1.1 billion euros.
Die Bundeswehr will ein neues Aufklärungssystem („AufklSys“) entwickeln, das auf Mikrohydraulik basiert. Es handelt sich dabei um eine Art Wurm aus mehrgliedrigen Zellen, die mit unterschiedlich geladenen (sogenannten elektrorheologischen) Flüssigkeiten gefüllt sind. Dadurch wird der Landroboter beweglich und soll sogar Treppen steigen können.
Die telefonische Umfrage der New York Times und von CBS beinhaltete nicht ohne Absicht eine weitere Frage über die Zustimmung oder Ablehnung zu Drohnen-Einsätzen der U.S.-Armee gegen Terrorverdächtige im Ausland. Diese psycholgisch geschickt aufgestellte Konstellation legte die Antwort förmlich in den Mund:
“Wir brauchen im Augenblick keine zusätzlichen Verluste von amerikanischen Leben”, wird demonstrativ ein Amerikaner mit Name, Altersangabe und Heimatort genannt.
Rainald Grebe erklärt auf musikalische Weise den Alltag einen Politiker, der gerne in seinem Wahlkreis gewählt werden möchte.
(16.11.2010, Neues aus der Anstalt, ZDF)
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Zur Währungsdebatte: Schon immer wurde der Euro von links kritisiert.
„I do think we‘ll be arming the opposition shortly,“ Corker said Tuesday on „CBS This Morning.“ „We‘re doing a lot more on the ground than really is known but we do have to change the equation. … The moderate opposition groups we support are not as good at fighting, they‘re not as good at delivering humanitarian aid.“
There‘s „no question“ someone from Hillary Clinton‘s circle – if not the former secretary of state herself – was involved in the „cover-up“ of any missteps by the administration following an attack on a U.S. consulate last Sept. 11 in Benghazi, Libya, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., told CBS News on Monday.
On the night of Sept. 11, as the Obama administration scrambled to respond to the Benghazi terror attacks, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a key aide effectively tried to cut the department‘s own counterterrorism bureau out of the chain of reporting and decision-making, according to a „whistle-blower“ witness from that bureau who will soon testify to the charge before Congress, Fox News has learned.
Hicks told congressional investigators that as the Benghazi attack unfolded in two waves over eight hours, he repeatedly called defense officials to ask if they could „scramble a fighter…or two over Benghazi“ to scare the insurgents away.
„The answer,“ he said, „was it‘s too far away…there is nothing.“
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., who chairs the House Oversight Committee, said, „He was basically shut down and ostracized.“
The Ansar al Sharia Brigade, the Islamist terror group linked to the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, continues to operate freely in that Libyan city, according to U.S. military officials.
A small team of Special Forces operatives was ready to fly from Tripoli to Benghazi last year after Libyan insurgents attacked the U.S. mission there, but was told it was not authorized to board the flight by regional military commanders, according to a career State Department official scheduled to testify before Congress on Wednesday.
Hours later, according to excerpts of the account by the U.S. diplomat, Gregory Hicks, American officials in the Libyan capital sought permission to deploy four U.S. Special Operations troops to Benghazi aboard a Libyan military aircraft early the next morning. The troops were told to stand down.
Weil die von der NATO unterstützte Terroristenfront in Syrien bröckelt, versuchen die USA mit den bekannten Lügen über Massenvernichtungswaffen eine Militärintervention zu rechtfertigen.
Finance minister admits austerity measures hit where it hurts, but urges awareness of bigger picture
Prof. Shlomo Mor Yosef says Treasury‘s economic plan will prove disastrous for families living below poverty line. ‚With the planned cuts in child benefits, the increase in VAT and the removal of other social services, these families won‘t survive,‘ he warns
Der DK-Radioplayer mit weit über 100 Stücken von allen Künstlern aus dem digitalen Kunstrasen-Universum. Einfach auf das alte Radio klicken und der Player öffnet sich im separaten Fenster.
Umfrage: 65 % gegen Beteiligung Deutschlands an Syrien-Invasion
Secretary Kerry will travel to Moscow, Russia on May 6, where he will meet with senior Russian government officials to discuss Syria, North Korea, Afghanistan, and other bilateral and global issues. Secretary Kerry also plans to meet with representatives from civil society.
On May 8, Secretary Kerry will travel to Rome, Italy, where he will meet with senior Italian government officials to discuss the full range of bilateral and global issues, including events in Afghanistan, Syria, and elsewhere in the Middle East.
.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, who has special responsibility for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, in Rome on Wednesday, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.
Kerry‘s next meeting with Livni, as well as with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, will take place in Rome.
Kerry arrived Tuesday in Moscow for talks with the most powerful ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad‘s regime.
Officials said Kerry hopes to change Moscow‘s thinking on Syria with two new angles: American threats to arm the Syrian rebels and evidence of chemical weapon attacks by the Assad regime.