Head of the US Air Force Global Strike Command, Lieutenant-General Stephen Wilson, has underscored the importance of bilateral military cooperation between the United States and Russia in the military sphere.
Daily Archives: 27. Januar 2015
‘Empire of Chaos’ in the House
Honor the late King for the thousands of political prisoners; “terrorism” charges against women who dare to drive; the 25 percent of the population living under the poverty line; and last but not least, for facilitating the expansion of al-Qaeda in Iraq, who turned into ISIS. The Pentagon will love you for that.
All that desert storm of Saudi cash spent on global Wahhabi proselytizing and indoctrinating – and I’ve seen this from the Maghreb to Java – has been such a powerful legacy; a medieval, toxic “religion” (nothing to do with legitimate Islam) that will keep destroying lives and communities and breeding fanatics till Kingdom Come. Hail the King for that – on behalf of the Pentagon. And forget about reading any of this on Arab corporate media – which is totally controlled by the House of Saud.
The House of Saud “reforming”? Away from that nefarious, barbarian Salafi religious establishment? That’s the joke of the millennium. Everything will stay the same.
‘We didn’t even really know who we were firing at’ – former US drone operator
Former US drone sensor operator Brandon Bryant admits he “couldn’t stand” himself for his participation in the country’s drone program for six years – firing on targets whose identities often went unconfirmed.
‘I don’t trust US’: Fidel Castro breaks silence on Cuba-America reconciliation
The 88-year-old Castro does not “trust the US, nor have I exchanged any words with them,” he wrote in a letter addressed to the student federation at the University of Havana and printed in the Communist Party newspaper Granma.
However, “it does not mean I reject a pacific resolution to the conflicts,” Castro continues. “We will always defend cooperation and friendship with all the people of the world, including our political adversaries.”
Die Identität und die Zukunft der Republik bildet das Grundgesetz. Und das ist nicht Auschwitz.
Eine Antwort auf die Rede von Bundespräsident Joachim Gauck, anlässlich vom Tag des Gedenkens an die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus und dem 70. Jahrestag der Befreiung des Konzentrationslagers Auschwitz durch die Rote Armee.
Libyen-Einsatz der Bundeswehr vor Verfassungsgericht
Das Verfahren gibt dem Verfassungsgericht Gelegenheit, seine Rechtsprechung zur Bundestagsbeteiligung bei Auslandseinsätzen deutscher Soldaten zu präzisieren. 1994 hatten die Richter grundsätzlich angeordnet, dass die Volksvertreter bewaffneten Auslandseinsätzen der Bundeswehr vorher zustimmen müssen. Nur in Eilfällen ist demnach ausnahmsweise die nachträgliche Einwilligung möglich. Ein entsprechendes Gesetz wurde 2005 erlassen.
Gedenken ohne Befreier – und keinen stört das
Dass der russische Präsident erstmals nicht am Gedenken in Auschwitz teilnimmt, scheint niemanden zu stören, obwohl es die Rote Armee war, die am 27. Jänner 1945 das Konzentrationslager befreite, in dem mehr als eine Million Menschen ermordet wurden. Stellungnahmen zum Holocaust-Gedenktag wirken paradox, wenn zugleich beteuert wird, dass man niemals vergessen dürfe, aber in Ordnung scheint, dass die Befreier nicht zur Feier eingeladen wurden.
Türkischer Armee-Offizier war beim Kölner NSU-Bombenanschlag anwesend
Talat T. wurde nun ein weiteres Mal ausführlich befragt. In der türkischen Tageszeitung Hürriyet vom August 2013 wird der pensionierte Offizier folgendermaßen zitiert: Er sei in Berlin in der Wohnung seines Bruders von „Sonderpolizisten“, einer Spezialeinheit, die auch den Tatort besuchte, mehrere Stunden vernommen worden.(…)
Die fragliche Vernehmung durch vier „Sonderpolizisten“, deren Protokoll hinterher vernichtet worden sein soll, kam jetzt vor dem OLG aber nicht zur Sprache.
Befreiung ohne Befreier (II)
Siebzig Jahre nach der Befreiung wird der Repräsentant der sowjetischen Opfer beim Gedenken in Auschwitz nicht anwesend sein, da ihm eine übliche Einladung verwehrt wurde. Ursächlich sind Intrigen der polnischen Regierung, die in Auschwitz gemeinsam mit Vertretern des Kiewer Regimes und den Berliner Verbündeten auftreten will. Der anti-russische Symbolakt erinnert an europäische Vorkriegsereignisse, als Berlin und Warschau Gemeinsamkeiten teilten, die in den Holocaust führten.
Wait for It: New Horizons Probe Snaps Pictures of Pluto
The high-resolution camera on NASA‘s New Horizons spacecraft has begun capturing images of Pluto in preparation for its flyby less than six months from now — but it will take a few more days to process the image data, the mission‘s principal investigator said.
Giant asteroid that whizzed past Earth has its own moon
A massive asteroid the size of a mountain soared past Earth on Monday, giving astronomers their first chance to learn about the giant rock. Amazingly, they discovered it has its own moon.
9/11 REVISITED: Was Saudi Arabia involved?
(11.2.2012) „Bandar and Tenet had a very close relationship,“ confirmed one CIA officer.
… According to the Wall Street Journal, the FBI planned to „storm the plane and pull those guys off“ until, evidently fearing an international incident, the State Department intervened.
The Truth About Saudi King Abdullah’s Human Rights Record
Under Abdullah’s watch, authorities rounded up scores of peaceful dissidents and human rights activists who dared to criticize the government, subjecting them to unfair trials before Saudi Arabia’s terrorism court on vague charges such as “sowing discord” and “breaking allegiance with the ruler.” Some have received unthinkably harsh punishments, including the human rights lawyer Waleed Abu al-Khair, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for peacefully criticizing the government’s human rights record in newspaper interviews and on Twitter. Another is Fadhil al-Manasif, who is serving a 14-year sentence largely for helping journalists cover 2011 protests by Saudi Shia citizens. Others, including reformists Mohammed al-Qahtani and Abdullah al-Hamid, are serving 10 and 11 year sentences on similar charges.
Leaked video gives glimpse into Saudi beheadings
„I did not kill! I did not kill!“ a woman shrieks as Saudi police wrap her head with a black scarf.
„Praise God,“ a Saudi executioner dressed in white tells her.
Ministry of Justice bids for contract with Saudi prison service
A new commercial arm of the justice ministry, staffed by civil servants, has bid for a £5.9m contract in Saudi Arabia. Just Solutions international (JSi) will also soon start setting up a probation service in Macedonia, and is in the running to build a prison in Oman.
Dempsey Sponsors Essay Competition to Honor Saudi King
Dempsey first met Abdullah in 2001, when he was a brigadier general serving as the U.S. advisor to the Saudi Arabian National Guard. “In my job to train and advise his military forces, and in our relationship since, I found the king to be a man of remarkable character and courage,” Dempsey said.
Obama heads to Saudi Arabia to pay condolences to family of King Abdullah
Obama cut short his visit to India, scrapping plans to visit the Taj Mahal on Tuesday, in order to pay his respects to the late Saudi monarch. Obama will fly to Riyadh after a speech on the future of the U.S.-India relationship.
White House gets drone defense wake-up call
A U.S. official told The Associated Press the man said he didn‘t mean to fly the drone over the White House; he is said to be cooperating with investigators. The New York Times reported he is a government employee, though he does not work for the White House.
Facebook, Instagram Back Online After Widespread Outage
Some users reported that the dating service Tinder, AOL‘s instant messenger AIM, and the instant messaging site Hip Chat had also been offline.
Kokainaffäre in Kempten: Chef-Drogenfahnder legt Geständnis ab
Der ehemalige Leiter der Drogenfahndung in Kempten im Allgäu hat zum Auftakt seines Prozesses ein Geständnis abgelegt. Die bei ihm gefundenen 1,8 Kilogramm Kokain seien „für den privaten Gebrauch bestimmt“ gewesen, gab der 53-Jährige vor dem Landgericht Kempten zu Protokoll. Das in seinem Dienstschrank entdeckte Rauschgift sei ihm zu beruflichen Zwecken überlassen worden – „insbesondere für Schulungszwecke“. Zur Herkunft des Kokains machte er keine Angaben.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Will Sink the Middle Class
Six years into his presidency, President Obama is now taking heat from a surprising place: congressional Democrats, who are lining up against his plan to force the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) through Congress without any debate whatsoever.
Russian government to endorse anti-crisis plan Tuesday — Putin
The president noted that social stability could only be achieved when macroeconomic stability was preserved.
S&P downgrades Russia‘s credit rating to junk
US-based credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s has cut Russia’s sovereign rating to BBB-, leaving it below investment grade for the first time in a decade. Moscow termed the decision „overly pessimistic.“
Rezension: Las Niñas Quispe – Ein Film von Sebastián Sepúlveda
Basierend auf einer wahren Geschichte aus dem Jahr 1974 erzählt der Film Las Niñas Quispe vom Leben dreier Schwestern, die in den Weiten des chilenischen Altiplanos Schafe und Ziegen hüten. Ihr Alltag in der kargen Einsamkeit der Hochebene wird vom Tod der vierten Schwester und von politischen Entwicklungen überschattet, deren Auswirkungen die Schwestern vor existenzielle Fragen stellen.
Chill vibes from the men behind Mood Hut.
Jack Jutson and Liam Butler have become some of Canada‘s best selectors in a short few years. Their rapid rise belies their relaxed, funky and sometimes cerebral approach to DJing, where New Age and ambient sounds sidle up next to vintage disco and their own earthy productions. It‘s an aesthetic shared by their peers in Mood Hut, a label and collective that started as an intimate party series in Vancouver‘s Chinatown neighbourhood and has since spread out into a network of shows, aliases and collaborations.
NATO Deputy Secretary General to visit Georgia
NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow will visit Georgia on January 29-30.
The main purpose of the visit is to monitor the implementation of the NATO-Georgia package,” Speaker of the Georgian Foreign Ministry David Kereselidze said at a press-briefing Jan. 26.
UN envoy meets Houthi movement leaders in capital Sana’a
„He has been convening and chairing daily meetings with 16 political parties in order to build consensus on a way forward,“ added Dujarric.
Argentine president seeks to dissolve intelligence body
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner made the remarks in a Monday TV address, saying she would prepare a draft legislation to set up an alternative body.
Legendary Cartoonist Robert Crumb on the Massacre in Paris
(10.Januar) No, you’re the only one. You don’t have journalists over there anymore, what they have is public relations people. That’s what they have over in America now. Two-hundred and fifty thousand people in public relations. And a dwindling number of actual reporters and journalists.(…)
What was your reaction inside when you first heard about it?
I had the same reaction I had when 9/11 happened. I thought, “Jesus Christ, things are really going to turn ugly now.” That kind of thing, just like 9/11, it gives the government the excuse to crack down, to become very much more, like, you know, “Homeland Security” oriented. And the right wing gets like this kind of like fodder for its arguments.(…)
The gang of guys that worked for that magazine, they just kept at that for decades. Those guys are fairly old, you know, older guys most of them. There wasn’t a whole lot of, you know, 20- somethings or 30-somethings in that group. The cartoonists are mostly older guys. There is lots of critique of the left also. They say the left is hypocritical, bullshitters and opportunists, and all that.
Liberation of Auschwitz – Heroic Deed of Red Army │Yuriy Rubtsov
Auschwitz concentration camp was a network of German Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps built and operated by fascist Germany. The 100th and 322d infantry divisions of the 60th Army liberated Auschwitz III-Monovitz. About 3 o’clock at night on January 27 the 454th regiment of Lviv 100th infantry division (under the command of Major General F. Krasavin) burst into Auschwitz (the original camp). The very same day one more concentration camp – Jaworzno was liberated by the 286th infantry division (under the command of Major General M. Grishin) of the 59th Army. The next day the 107th infantry division (under the command of Colonel V. Petrenko) liberated Auschwitz – Birkenau. It’s all crystal clear.(…)
We’d better listen to the victims of German concentration camps who are still alive and who greeted the Soviet liberators than pay attention on what Neo-Nazi sponsors from Washington, Berlin and Kiev have to say on the occasion. Noah Flug, the late Chairman of the Center for Holocaust Survivor Organizations in Israel, has said that Jews remember that 65 years ago Majdanek and Auschwitz were liberated by Soviet soldiers and the Red Army. In ghettos and concentration camps, the Red Army was the people‘s last hope, it saved them, defeated Hitler, and saved Europe.
Osario from Flores, Carne by Viva Belgrado
Viva Belgrado Córdoba, Spain
Wurden Bundeswehrsoldaten zum Verrat von Dienstgeheimnissen aufgefordert?
Verwaltungsgericht Koblenz verhandelt am 29.01.2015 über Flugblatt eines Atomwaffengegners
WikiLeaks demands answers after Google hands staff emails to US government
Harrison, who also heads the Courage Foundation, told the Guardian she was distressed by the thought of government officials gaining access to her private emails. “Knowing that the FBI read the words I wrote to console my mother over a death in the family makes me feel sick,” she said.