Washington’s statements threatening to use military force against Syria unilaterally are unacceptable, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said in a statement.
Daily Archives: 30. August 2013
Who wins in Syria? Why, the world‘s arms makers, of course
Now, it’s hard to predict what a war will cost. Just ask the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld boys; remember their estimates that the Iraq war would, in essence, pay for itself through increased oil revenue and recovered assets?
Wahlalternativen? Die AfD ist so neoliberal wie Merkel!
Es fragt sich, inwieweit sich etwa durch die Beteiligung der Euro-kritischen AfD die krisenpolitische Position einer weiterhin von der Union geführten Bundesregierung wirklich ändern würde.
Julian Assange told: stop using embassy to make fun of politicians
Julian Assange has been told to stop using the Ecuadorean embassy in London to poke fun at Australian politicians as part of his Senate election bid, it has been reported.
The South American nation‘s president, Rafael Correa, chastised Assange after a video appeared online in which the WikiLeaks founder – along with Juice Rap News – ridiculed Tony Abbott, Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.
US intel assessment based on ‘terrorist lies’ and ‘media hype’ – Syrian Foreign Ministry
The intelligence assessment the US administration presented as evidence that the Syrian government deployed chemical weapons on its own people is baseless and based on “terrorist lies” and “media exaggeration,” Syrian foreign ministry sources say.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said during a speech Friday that US intelligence had determined “with high confidence” that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was responsible for killing hundreds of people in a chemical weapons attack last week.
Watch: Ron Paul, Julian Assange Talk Syria
Former Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange often praise each other, but for the first time next week Internet users can watch the libertarian champion interview the publisher of secret documents.
RT.com partially banned by Reddit
RT.com has been banned on Reddit’s /r/news section, with moderators accusing it of spamming. Puzzled with absurd allegations, RT views the sanctions as an act of censorship with many redditors expressing the same concern.
An Illustration of How the NSA Misleads the Public Without Technically Lying
The Wall Street Journal published an important investigation last week, reporting that the National Security Agency (NSA) has direct access to many key telecommunications switches around the country and “has the capacity to reach roughly 75% of all U.S. Internet traffic in the hunt for foreign intelligence, including a wide array of communications by foreigners and Americans.” Notably, NSA officials repeatedly refused to talk about this story on their conference call with reporters the next day. Instead the Director of National Intelligence and the NSA released a statement about the story later that evening.
Paul Craig Roberts – Wird Obama sich selbst zum Kriegsverbrecher verdammen?
Wenn Obama jetzt Syrien angreift, ohne Deckung von der UNO oder von der NATO oder vom amerikanischen Volk oder vom Kongress und indem er Repräsentantenhaus und Senat ignoriert, wird Obama vor der ganzen Welt eindeutig als Kriegsverbrecher dastehen.
South Africa Opposes Syria Strikes
Continental powerhouse South Africa says it opposes Western military intervention in Syria, a stance that appears to mirror that of other African nations and align with United Nations Security Council members China and Russia.
After British Vote, Unusual Isolation for U.S. on Syria
With a few exceptions in the past half-century, there has been a simple rule of thumb when it comes to international conflict: America does not use force without Britain at its side.
Kriegsverbrecher am Werk
In dieser kriegshetzerischen Rede des amerikanischen Außenministers kommt die ganze Scheinheiligkeit und Obszönität der Kriegsverbrecher – der „Führer“ des Westens – zum Ausdruck
Kerry says US will not wait for UN on Syria
Secretary of State says US will not wait for UN weapons inspectors to finish work before decision on military action.
Court delivers blow to Portugal bailout programme
The ruling announced on Thursday night came only five months after the court rejected public spending cuts of up to €1.3bn, forcing the government to rewrite this year’s budget to meet deficit reduction targets agreed with international lenders.
Das Portugiesische Austerity-Programm ist verfassungswidrig.
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Letta says law must be upheld in Berlusconi fraud conviction
A Senate committee is set to vote September 9 on stripping Berlusconi of his seat in the upper house as part of an anti-corruption law that kicked in after his August 1 conviction for fraud on film rights at his Mediaset media empire.
Berlusconi left off list awarded Italian life senator honor
in a move that sends a clear political message to Berlusconi that he will receive no special treatment, Napolitano kept him off a list of four life senators named just a week before voting starts on whether to strip Berlusconi of his parliamentary seat under a law passed last year.
Greece civil servants call strike for September 18, 19
Greece‘s umbrella trade union for the public sector called on Friday a 48-hour strike for the middle of next month to protest planned civil sector firings and transfers that form part of the country‘s international bailout.
RF, China walk out of UN SC meeting after US call for immediate action in Syria
The Russian and Chinese officials walked out of the U.N. Security Council meeting in New York on Wednesday, August 28, after U.S. Permanent Representative Samantha Power had called for an immediate action in Syria.
Der kolumbianische Präsident lässt die Armee die Hauptstadt patrouillieren.
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Once Again, Will People Say That Reporters Revealing Details Of US Intelligence On Syria Be Called Criminals?
We‘ve pointed out many times now how the old guard media seems to hate the new guard, in part because they‘re not getting their stories the „old fashioned way“ — which is buddying up to government officials and having them as „sources“ where the reporter acts as an unofficial press officer for the government. Instead, when a Glenn Greenwald comes along, and gets information from Ed Snowden, he‘s accused of criminal acts.
Sunni cleric implicitly endorses Western strike on Syria‘s Assad
A prominent Sunni Muslim cleric offered tacit support on Friday for any Western strike on Syria in response to an apparent chemical attack on civilians, suggesting foreign powers were God‘s instrument for vengeance.
Australian troops accused of mutilating body of Afghan man
It is alleged the Australians took the dead man‘s hands back to the Australian base at Tarin Kowt
Contractors await outcome to Egypt strife
The U.S. Army Tacom Life Cycle Management Command in Warren had a contingent of employees stationed in Egypt until this summer and recalled them to the U.S. when the political situation began to deteriorate, said Maj. Gen. Michael Terry, commander of Tacom since June 2012.
Terry, who attended the annual Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium in Troy last week, said he was unaware of any recent directives or administrative decisions to hold off on contracts or purchasing orders involving Egypt.
Offices of German defense contractors raided in Greece bribe probe
A spokesman for prosecutors in Bremen told Deutsche Welle Friday the offices of Rheinmetall Defense Electronics and Atlas Elektronik were searched by police seeking evidence in connection with bribery and tax evasion allegations.
Seltener Moment in TV-Sendung “Beckmann”: Klare Worte ohne Blatt vor dem Mund
Gestern bei “Beckmann”, einer ARD-Tlak-Sendung, wagte sich Nahost-Experte Lüders von einer in der Syrien-Diskussion scheinbar allgemeingültigen Sprachregelung weg und wandte stattdessen reine Logik an. Aber nicht nur das. Er sprach auch offen über im Irak-Krieg verwendete Uranmunition, über US-Beteiligung an Giftgas-Einsätzen und über eine mögliche Verschwörung gegen Syrien.
Low-paid Germans mind rich-poor gap as elections approach
With no national minimum wage and a fifth of workers in insecure mini-jobs, critics say German prosperity is being built on exploitation of the downtrodden
Antimilitaristischer Spaziergang – Kein Krieg in Irak, Afghanistan, Syrien, …
Freitag, 6. September 2013
18:00 (UTC+02)
US-Airbase Wiesbaden
Nie wieder Krieg! Keine Intervention in Syrien
Sonntag, 1. September 2013
11:00 (UTC+02)
TTZ, Marburg
Matinee zu Syrien
mit dem außenpolitischen Sprecher der Fraktion DIE LINKE im Bundestag Wolfgang Gehrcke und der Journalistin Christiane Reymann
Demonstration: STOPPT DEN KRIEG HÄNDE WEG VON SYRIEN
Frankfurt am Main – Das „Frankfurter Solidaritätskomitee für Syrien“ ruft zu einer Demonstration unter dem Motto „ NATO, Golfmonarchien, Israel:
Hände weg von Syrien!“
am Samstag, dem 31. August 2013, anlässlich des diesjährigen Antikriegstages, in Frankfurt
am Main auf.
Nein zum Krieg gegen Syrien!
Samstag, 31. August 2013
12:00 (UTC+02)
Köln, am Römerbogen auf der Domplatte
Kundgebung zum Antikriegstag 2013 – Nie wieder Krieg!
Nearly 80 Percent of Americans Want Congress to Approve of Syrian Intervention
As more than 100 lawmakers on Capitol Hill implore the Obama administration to ask for their approval before taking military action in Syria, the American public steps in to back them up.
NSA Tailored Access Operations – Neue Einblicke in die Hacker-Einheit
Die Existenz der Tailored Access Operations (TAO), einer speziellen Abteilung bzw. Einheit der NSA zur geheimdienstlichen Aufklärung durch Infiltration ausländischer Rechner und Netzwerke, war schon länger bekannt.