Daily Archives: 21. August 2013


21.08.2013 - 20:05 [ antikrieg.com ]

Britannien versucht neuerlich die Durchsetzung von Sanktionen gegen den Iran, nachdem das Höchstgericht diese zurückgewiesen hat

Die britische Regierung sagt, dass sie plant, einen neuen Weg zu finden, um Sanktionen gegen die Bank Mellat durchzusetzen, eine iranische Privatbank, nachdem der britische Supreme Court (Höchstgericht) diese Sanktionen als „irrational“ verurteilt und angeordnet hat, sie aufzuheben.

21.08.2013 - 17:47 [ New York Times ]

Last of the Nixon Tapes Go Online

The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, now part of the National Archives system, posted online the final 340 hours of tapes as well as 140,000 pages of memos and other documents. Among topics covered by the tapes are Watergate, Vietnam and a summit meeting with the Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev.

21.08.2013 - 17:40 [ Zero Hedge ]

Hundreds Dead In Syrian Chemical Attack As Even Impartial Experts Allege ‚False Flag‘

So let’s see: an irrational act by a man who knows every act of his is under the interantional media microscope, and not just any act but the worst chemical weapons attack to date which would promptly force a “democratic” intervention into his country, or merely a false flag attack in which the so-called rebels, aka Qatari mercenaries, are killing their own to pin the blame, and the international retaliation, on Assad?

21.08.2013 - 17:36 [ Russia Today ]

Syria gas attack story has whiff of Saudi war propaganda

Therefore the story is worth analyzing carefully. When we do, several things jump out as suspicious. First the newspaper breaking the story was Al Arabiya, initially saying that at least 500 people have been killed, according to activists. From there it got picked up by major international media. Making the story more fishy by the minute were reports from different media of the alleged number of dead that changed by the minute – 635 then to 800 by USA Today and 1,300 by Rupert Murdoch’s SkyNews.

21.08.2013 - 17:30 [ Asia Times ]

And now, a message from our (Saudi) sponsors

by Pepe Escobar

There he is, Egypt‘s new pharaoh, Pinochet Sisi, in full regalia/glory. Subtitles are superfluous. This is General Abdel Fattel al-Sisi‘s Oscar moment. He‘s thanking his sponsors/producers. When he mentions „Saudi Arabia“ the room goes wild. When he mentions [King] „Abdullah“ the room goes wild.

21.08.2013 - 17:15 [ Weißes Haus ]

Statement by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest on Allegations of Chemical Weapons Use in Syria

If the Syrian government has nothing to hide and is truly committed to an impartial and credible investigation of chemical weapons use in Syria, it will facilitate the UN team’s immediate and unfettered access to this site. We have also called for urgent consultations in the UN Security Council to discuss these allegations and to call for the Syrian government to provide immediate access to the UN investigative team. The United States urges all Syrian parties including the government and opposition, to provide immediate access to any and all sites of importance to the investigation and to ensure security for the UN investigative team.

21.08.2013 - 17:14 [ Informationsstelle Militarisierung e.V. ]

Ägyptische Militärregierung wird weiter aus EU unterstützt

Falls sich die EU tatsächlich für eine „Referenz für die arabische Welt … was Rechtsstaatlichkeit angeht, was Menschenrechte angeht, was Demokratie angeht“ hält, wäre sie ohnehin verpflichtet, den Militärputsch und die Massaker auf den Straßen scharf zu verurteilen und ihre Schlüsse daraus ziehen: Das wäre auch ein erster Schritt, die Macht der Militärs in Ägypten zumindest auf lange Sicht nicht aus dem Ruder laufen zu lassen. Denn wenn Martin Gehlen in der Zeit Online schreibt, „die Armee könnte bald einflussreicher sein als unter Mubarak“, dann ist das noch untertrieben (5). Sie ist jetzt schon mächtiger als je zuvor.

21.08.2013 - 17:10 [ thenational.ae ]

Obama ‚opposed to intervention in Syria‘

The Obama administration is opposed to even limited US military intervention in Syria because it believes rebels would not support American interests.

The revelation was made in a letter to member of Congress from General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staffs.

21.08.2013 - 16:16 [ Reuters ]

Russia calls for investigation into alleged Syria chemical attack

„All this cannot but suggest that once again we are dealing with a pre-planned provocation. This is supported by the fact that the criminal act was committed near Damascus at the very moment when a mission of U.N. experts had successfully started their work of investigating allegations of the possible use of chemical weapons there,“ Lukashevich said in a statement.