Der Punkt, den alle übersehen, einschliesslich des UNO-Generalsekretärs und der russischen Medien, ist dass ungeachtet dessen, ob Assad chemische Waffen eingesetzt hat oder nicht, es noch immer ein Kriegsverbrechen der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika und des Vereinigten Königreichs ist, wenn sie eine nackte Aggression gegen Syrien begehen.

Während Untersucher versuchen, die Fakten rund um das herauszufinden, was möglicherweise eine schreckliche chemische Attacke in Syrien war, benutzen einige Medien die Situation als eine Gelegenheit, unrichtige Behauptungen über den Iran zu verbreiten.

The history of chemical and biological warfare is riddled with false allegations, misinformation and propaganda

Der Professor für Informatik und Öffentliche Angelegenheiten Edward W. Felten hat jetzt ein Gutachten an das Gericht übermittelt, das zeigt, wie aussagekräftig und intim diese “Metadaten” sind:

Und was berichten sie da? Wie die muslimischen Rebellen zwar ansagen, sie würden nur Regierungs-Kram beschießen, aber dann täglich per Artillerie das christliche Viertel von Damaskus unter Beschuss nehmen.

„Wobei, das muß man zur Abrundung schon noch sagen, im Moment niemand von einem Krieg spricht. Die Rede ist von möglicherweise einem begrenzten Militärschlag als Strafmaßnahme.“

Ambassador Bashar Ja‘afari told reporters he asked Ban „to mandate immediately the investigation team present now in Damascus to investigate three heinous incidents that took place in the countryside of Damascus on the 22nd, 24th and 25th where members of the Syrian army inhaled poisonous gas.“

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The leak-and-response cycle of the past couple months has been highly entertaining and the pattern is nearly always the same.

1. Leak reveals evidence of NSA overreach or wrongdoing.
2. NSA issues statement explaining how leak is being misinterpreted or is an aberration.
3. NSA attends hearings and issues statements declaring it doesn‘t abuse its power. (Frequently qualified with „not under this program.“)
4. New leak reveals evidence of NSA overreach or wrongdoing, proving NSA‘s most recent statements were pretty much „incomplete lies“ or „least untruthful“ answers.
5. Repeat.

Der Funkverkehr und alle Richtfunk-Telefongespräche in Syrien werden seit geraumer Zeit von Schiffen der Bundesmarine vor der syrischen Küste abgehört, nach übereinstimmenden Berichten der “Zeit” , des “Spiegel” und der “Bild”- Zeitung.

Laut marinetraffic.com hatte die „Oker“, ein Flottendienstboot der deutschen Marine im August 2012 in Cagliari (Sardinien) abgelegt und fuhr in Richtung östliches Mittelmeer. Die „Oker“ ist kein bewaffnetes Schiff, weshalb sie nach Meinung der Bundesregierung ohne Bundestagsmandat operieren durfte.

Perhaps the most important of these amendments is putting the armed forces high above the country’s Constitution, by making the selection of the Defense Minister a truly exclusive right of the Military Council of the Armed Forces, which contradicts the very concept of ​​a civil state.
The amendments also disproportionately favor the judiciary and exclude it from state oversight, making its budget an almost completely closed secret, thus placing it with army above the state and above the Constitution.
The changes also put an end to the illusions of independence of the judiciary, as they give the President of the Republic the power to appoint the country’s Public Prosecutor. In the suspended Constitution, the Public Prosecutor is nominated by the Supreme Judicial Council. (..)

God save Egypt – free, proud and steadfast against the coup…

Egypt’s Salafist Nour Party has decided to participate in the 50-member committee tasked with proposing amendments to the country‘s temporarily suspended 2012 constitution, state news agency MENA reported.

The decision follows previous statements by Nour spokesmen stating that the party will not take part in the constitutional committee

The 10-person expert committee charged with making recommendations for a new or revised Egyptian constitution finished its task this week. The draft constitution will now head to a larger, 50-person committee for further review or changes before being sent to be voted on by the Egyptian people.

Egypt is considering a new constitution that will ban ­religion-based political parties, reverting to the type of restrictions imposed under Hosni Mubarak and now viewed by authorities as critical for stability after the military’s removal of an Islamist government sparked weeks of violence.

Egyptian police have arrested 60 members and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood over the past 24 hours, security officials say.

„It would be premature, at the least, to discuss any Security Council reaction until the U.N. inspectors working in Syria present their report,“ the Interfax news agency quoted Titov as saying.

Legal analysts say US would ‚undoubtedly face some tough questions about the legality‘ of military intervention in Syria

Abbott claims it is not yet clear whether a military strike on Syria is legal, following an alleged chemical attack by the regime on the country‘s civilians

Iraq has put its security forces on high alert ahead of an expected international strike on neighboring Syria, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday.

„I am not yet convinced. What we want is to receive information showing the use of these arms,“ Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said Wednesday in an interview on state broadcaster RTBF.

United Nations inspectors, in Syria to determine whether forces have used chemical weapons in the civil war, need four days to conclude their investigation and time to analyze the findings, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday.