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
âEmpire of Chaosâ in the House
Honor the late King for the thousands of political prisoners; âterrorismâ 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 â and Iâve seen this from the Maghreb to Java â has been such a powerful legacy; a medieval, toxic âreligionâ (nothing to do with legitimate Islam) that will keep destroying lives and communities and breeding fanatics till Kingdom Come. Hail the King for that â on behalf of the Pentagon. And forget about reading any of this on Arab corporate media â which is totally controlled by the House of Saud.
The House of Saud âreformingâ? Away from that nefarious, barbarian Salafi religious establishment? Thatâs the joke of the millennium. Everything will stay the same.
âWe didnât even really know who we were firing atâ â former US drone operator
Former US drone sensor operator Brandon Bryant admits he âcouldnât standâ himself for his participation in the countryâs drone program for six years â firing on targets whose identities often went unconfirmed.
âI donât trust USâ: Fidel Castro breaks silence on Cuba-America reconciliation
The 88-year-old Castro does not âtrust the US, nor have I exchanged any words with them,â he wrote in a letter addressed to the student federation at the University of Havana and printed in the Communist Party newspaper Granma.
However, âit does not mean I reject a pacific resolution to the conflicts,â Castro continues. âWe will always defend cooperation and friendship with all the people of the world, including our political adversaries.â
Die IdentitÀt und die Zukunft der Republik bildet das Grundgesetz. Und das ist nicht Auschwitz.
Eine Antwort auf die Rede von BundesprÀsident Joachim Gauck, anlÀsslich 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 AuslandseinsĂ€tzen deutscher Soldaten zu prĂ€zisieren. 1994 hatten die Richter grundsĂ€tzlich angeordnet, dass die Volksvertreter bewaffneten AuslandseinsĂ€tzen der Bundeswehr vorher zustimmen mĂŒssen. Nur in EilfĂ€llen ist demnach ausnahmsweise die nachtrĂ€gliche Einwilligung möglich. Ein entsprechendes Gesetz wurde 2005 erlassen.
Gedenken ohne Befreier – und keinen stört das
Dass der russische PrĂ€sident erstmals nicht am Gedenken in Auschwitz teilnimmt, scheint niemanden zu stören, obwohl es die Rote Armee war, die am 27. JĂ€nner 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 dĂŒrfe, aber in Ordnung scheint, dass die Befreier nicht zur Feier eingeladen wurden.
TĂŒrkischer Armee-Offizier war beim Kölner NSU-Bombenanschlag anwesend
Talat T. wurde nun ein weiteres Mal ausfĂŒhrlich befragt. In der tĂŒrkischen Tageszeitung HĂŒrriyet vom August 2013 wird der pensionierte Offizier folgendermaĂen zitiert: Er sei in Berlin in der Wohnung seines Bruders von âSonderpolizistenâ, einer Spezialeinheit, die auch den Tatort besuchte, mehrere Stunden vernommen worden.(…)
Die fragliche Vernehmung durch vier âSonderpolizistenâ, 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 ReprĂ€sentant der sowjetischen Opfer beim Gedenken in Auschwitz nicht anwesend sein, da ihm eine ĂŒbliche Einladung verwehrt wurde. UrsĂ€chlich sind Intrigen der polnischen Regierung, die in Auschwitz gemeinsam mit Vertretern des Kiewer Regimes und den Berliner VerbĂŒndeten auftreten will. Der anti-russische Symbolakt erinnert an europĂ€ische Vorkriegsereignisse, als Berlin und Warschau Gemeinsamkeiten teilten, die in den Holocaust fĂŒhrten.
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 â 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 Abdullahâs Human Rights Record
Under Abdullahâs 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 Arabiaâs terrorism court on vague charges such as âsowing discordâ and âbreaking allegiance with the ruler.â 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 governmentâs 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 ÂŁ5.9m 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. âIn 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,â 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.
KokainaffÀre in Kempten: Chef-Drogenfahnder legt GestÀndnis ab
Der ehemalige Leiter der Drogenfahndung in Kempten im AllgĂ€u hat zum Auftakt seines Prozesses ein GestĂ€ndnis abgelegt. Die bei ihm gefundenen 1,8 Kilogramm Kokain seien „fĂŒr den privaten Gebrauch bestimmt“ gewesen, gab der 53-JĂ€hrige vor dem Landgericht Kempten zu Protokoll. Das in seinem Dienstschrank entdeckte Rauschgift sei ihm zu beruflichen Zwecken ĂŒberlassen worden – „insbesondere fĂŒr 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 â 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 & Poorâs has cut Russiaâs 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 â Ein Film von SebastiĂĄn SepĂșlveda
Basierend auf einer wahren Geschichte aus dem Jahr 1974 erzĂ€hlt der Film Las Niñas Quispe vom Leben dreier Schwestern, die in den Weiten des chilenischen Altiplanos Schafe und Ziegen hĂŒten. Ihr Alltag in der kargen Einsamkeit der Hochebene wird vom Tod der vierten Schwester und von politischen Entwicklungen ĂŒberschattet, 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,â Speaker of the Georgian Foreign Ministry David Kereselidze said at a press-briefing Jan. 26.
UN envoy meets Houthi movement leaders in capital Sanaâa
„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, youâre the only one. You donât have journalists over there anymore, what they have is public relations people. Thatâs 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, âJesus Christ, things are really going to turn ugly now.â 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, âHomeland Securityâ 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 wasnât 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 â Heroic Deed of Red Army âYuriy 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 oâclock 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. Itâs all crystal clear.(…)
Weâd 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 CĂłrdoba, Spain
Wurden Bundeswehrsoldaten zum Verrat von Dienstgeheimnissen aufgefordert?
Verwaltungsgericht Koblenz verhandelt am 29.01.2015 ĂŒber 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. âKnowing that the FBI read the words I wrote to console my mother over a death in the family makes me feel sick,â she said.