Daily Archives: 9. Januar 2015


09.01.2015 - 23:20 [ Radio Utopie ]

Mohamed Merah: Ein durch Vorratsdatenspeicherung gefundener Sündenbock für rechtsradikale Attentäter?

Bezüglich der militärisch präzise und eiskalt exekutierten Morde am französischen Elitesoldaten Imad Ibn-Ziaten vom 1. (24.03.2012) Fallschirmspringerregiment am 11. März in Toulouse, an den französischen Elitesoldaten Abdel Chennouf und Mohamed Legouaddes vom 17. Fallschirmspringerregiment am 15. März in Montauban, an Rabbi Yonatan Sandler, seinen Kindern Aryeh, Gavriel und an Miriam Monsonego am 19. März in Toulouse, sowie dem durch eine Spezialeinheit der französischen Polizei am 23. März vermeldeten Tod des mutmasslichen alleinigen Täters Mohamed Merah eine These über mögliche Hintergründe, Abläufe und Motive der Verbrechen. Ebenso über mögliche Abscheulichkeiten der politischen Instrumentalisierung.

09.01.2015 - 23:16 [ Techdirt ]

Spanish Judge Says Use Of ‚Extreme Security Measures‘ For Email Is Evidence Of Terrorism

After a series of moves that include introducing copyright laws that threaten the digital commons and open access, as well as criminalizing online calls for street demonstrations, Spain is fast emerging as a serious rival to Russia when it comes to grinding down the digital world. Unfortunately, it seems that lack of understanding extends to the judiciary too, as shown by recent events reported by Rise Up, an „autonomous body based in Seattle“, which aims to provide secure and private email accounts for „people and groups working on liberatory social change“. Here‘s what happened to some of its users in Spain:

09.01.2015 - 23:12 [ Mondo Weiss ]

Media obsesses over ‘free speech’ in Charlie Hebdo case while ignoring Israeli targeting of journalists

The subsequent taking of hostages in a Parisian kosher supermarket by an acquaintance of the shooters was an even more despicable act, leading to the deaths of at least four. Both incidents are horrific tragedies, and deserve harsh condemnation.

Yet they have exponentially overshadowed equally tragic recent attacks on journalists. In its November 2012 attack on Gaza, “Operation Pillar of Defense,” the Israeli government admitted that it was targeting journalists. This trend was revisited only months ago in Israel’s summer 2014 assault, “Operation Protective Edge,” an incursion that left 2,310 dead—over 1,500 of whom were civilians, including at least 500 children—and 10,626 wounded.

09.01.2015 - 18:25 [ Ceiberweiber ]

Jazenjuk: Russland begann den Zweiten Weltkrieg

Der ukrainische Ministerpräsident Arsenj Jazenjuk wird in Deutschland immer besonders nett behandelt, auch in den Medien. So konnte er sich unwidersprochen in der ARD darüber auslassen, dass der Zweite Weltkrieg angeblich von Russland ausgegangen ist. Zugleich werden, obwohl bekannt ist, dass viele Millionen Euro in der Ukraine versickert sind, von Kanzlerin Angela Merkel 500 Millionen an deutscher Unterstützung zugesagt. Und in Polen geht man schon dazu über zu bestreiten, dass es die Rote Armee war, die Auschwitz am 27. Jänner 1945 befreit hat.

09.01.2015 - 14:46 [ Buzzfeed ]

Israelis Are On The Ground Assisting In The Search For Nigeria’s Missing Schoolgirls

(12.Mai 2014) “There are ongoing security ties and cooperation between Israel and Nigeria. In the wake of this crisis, Israel increased its assistance and we have been providing support in any manner possible,” said one military official, who only recently returned from Nigeria. “We have been involved on this from the beginning.”

09.01.2015 - 14:36 [ africansecuritynetwork.org ]

Cameroon’s Security Apparatus : actors and structures

Three rapid intervention battalions, the so-called BIR. As mentioned. (…) The last BIR was created in 2007 in the RMIA 2: 1000 men were then recruited. The BIR were created with the assistance of Israeli instructors who not only trained them but provided their high-tech equipment.
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Finally, the presidential guard does its training in a special centre: the instruction and training centre of Minkama (Obala).The Israelis are still training the presidential guard and providing its equipment.
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it is very hard to have an accurate idea of the number of staff attributed to the secret units, namely the presidential guard, the DSP (direction de la securite presidentielle) and the DGRE (Direction generale des renseignements exterieurs). The manpower of these units are unknown, and are often excluded from that of the armed forces. The BIR are also trained and organised in a parallel way by the Israelis and it is very hard to get a clear idea of the number of staff that are integrated.
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In fact, Cameroon’s armed forces have no real military action planning capacity. The only operational structure is the BQG (Brigade de Quartier General), which is responsible for the security of Yaoundé. This organisation depends organically on the army, but is operationally at the disposal of the Chief of Staff and, in reality, is dependent on the President. During the riots, the chief of BQG set up an operational centre: he led the operations using an Israeli technique, which consisted of infiltrating rioters with soldiers wearing civilian clothes who can transform themselves, in a few seconds, into a repressive force, once the leaders have been identified.

09.01.2015 - 14:29 [ Jewish Telegraphic Agency ]

Netanyahu: Paris Islamist attack requires global response

(8.Januar) “These extremists are part of a global movement, and this necessitates a global response,” Netanyahu said of the slaying a day earlier of 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo offices, which witnesses said was carried out by at least three men who said they were supporters of al-Qaida and had come to avenge perceived insults to Islam in items published by the weekly.

09.01.2015 - 14:11 [ Youtube ]

Here Lies My Brother

On May 15, 2014, Mohammad Abu Daher, 16, was fatally shot in the back by an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank city of Beitunia. One hour earlier, Israeli forces shot and killed Nadeem Nawara, 17, in the same spot.

09.01.2015 - 14:03 [ Trend.az ]

US ‘concerned’ over Hamas-Turkey relations

“Our position on Hamas has not changed. Hamas is a designated foreign terrorist organization that continues to engage in terrorist activity and demonstrated its intentions during the summer’s conflict in – with Israel,” U.S. State Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki said during daily press briefing on Jan. 8.

09.01.2015 - 13:26 [ Electronic Frontier Foundation ]

Europe Releases its TTIP Proposals on Intellectual Property

Secrecy is trade negotiators‘ stock-in-trade, and it has allowed them to sneak through rules on topics such as copyright and patents that would never pass muster under public scrutiny. EFF has not hesitated to call them out over this, whether the trade agreement in question is the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between Europe and the United States, or the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA).