More than two tons of cocaine has been seized in the North Sea in a joint marine operation including Border Force, Royal Navy and the UK National Crime Agency (NCA).
The ocean-going tug MV Hamal, owned by an Ukrainian company, was seized by the Valiant cutter of Border Force and the HMS Somerset frigate of the Royal Navy. The action on the vessel interception on 23 April, 100 miles near the Scotland Aberdeenshire coast,was taken after an intelligence provided by the NCA.
Daily Archives: 28. April 2015
Somalia:UNSOM Boss Signs with Puntland a free Arms deal amid an invasion against
Nicholas Kay is no longer a neutral when it comes to Somalia‘s political affairs, however, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud is busy for fund-raising when Hawiye and Isaq‘s power is being weakened.
Somalia President arrives in Puntland
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and a delegation of ministers arrived on Tuesday in Garowe, the capital of Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland.
Ship Incident in Gulf Does Not Have Political Dimension -Iran Agency
„This has no relation to military or political matters, but rather to civil matters that the ports authority can respond to,“ the source told Tasnim.
Maersk Line picks Sperry for 80 ship upgrades
Maersk Line has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation‘s (NYSE: NOC) Sperry Marine business unit to upgrade radar and ECDIS systems on more than 80 of its vessels.
Maersk Tigris ship manager declines comment, Pentagon says Iran boards vessel
The Maersk Tigris is managed by Singapore-based Rickmers Ship Management, which is part of Hamburg-based Rickmers Group. A Rickmers Group spokeswoman declined to comment when contacted by Reuters about the vessel. A spokesman for the world‘s biggest container group Maersk Line said the vessel was on timecharter to Maersk Line, declining further comment.
U.S. says Iranian forces fire on and board cargo ship in Gulf
audi-owned Al Arabiya television earlier said an Iranian force fired on and seized a U.S. cargo ship with 34 U.S. soldiers on board, and directed it to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. But the Pentagon spokesman said there were no U.S. citizens on board the ship.
Reuters tracking data showed the Maersk, a 65,000-tonne container ship, off the Iranian coast between the islands of Qeshm and Hormuz. It was listed as sailing from the Saudi port of Jeddah, bound for the United Arab Emirates port of Jebel Ali.
Bastelanleitung für Regierungssprecher
(via @probonotv)
„Neue Erkenntnisse“ der Bundesregierung über den BND
Dank an Tilo Jung für das Video!
BND-Affäre: Opposition verlangt von Merkel Liste der NSA-Selektoren
Bundeskanzlerin Merkel hat in der Affäre um die Zusammenarbeit des BND mit der NSA Aufklärung versprochen. Grüne und Linke im NSA-Ausschuss fordern nun Taten und wollen die Listen mit Tausenden Suchbegriffen sichten.
Die Unverantwortlichen
Der Ursprung der Affäre reicht zurück bis in die Zeit der rot-grünen Koalition unter Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder. Verantwortlich für die Geheimdienste war damals der heutige Außenminister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Seither hat die Regierung dreimal gewechselt und mit ihr die Verantwortlichen im BND und im Kanzleramt. Ein Überblick über die Ereignisse der vergangenen 14 Jahre.
Verzeihen Sie meine politische Erzürnung. Aber noch zwei Legislaturen und eine EU-Armee weiter und wir haben einen europäischen König.
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Sehen Sie, liebe deutsche Presse, doofe #BND-Fragen beantwortet Merkel nicht, nur kluge Europa-Fragen kopenhagener Studenten.
@RegSprecher
Unsere heutige Karikatur: Die #BND-Affäre und Angela Merkel:
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Das ist Chefinsache
In der BND-Affäre werden die Namen möglicher Bauernopfer sortiert. Das darf nicht blind machen: Verantwortlich ist Angela Merkel.
Merkel fordert Aufklärung. Hallo? Geht‘s noch dreister? Wer hat eigentlich die Verantwortung im *Kanzleramt*, wenn nicht die Kanzlerin? #BND
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Russian Spacecraft Spinning Out of Control in Orbit, with Salvage Bid Underway
The problems began shortly after Progress 59 launched into space atop a Russian Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Liftoff occurred at 3:09 a.m. EDT (0709 GMT), with the cargo ship packed with just over 3 tons of food, fuel and other supplies. [How Russia‘s Progress Spacecraft Work (Infographic)]
Ist doch ein Hammer:Erst verschleppen und mauern in Sachen NSA-BND Skandal. Kanzleramt wusste seit 2008 – und dann fordert Merkel Aufklärung
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Angela Merkel hat eine lückenlose Aufklärung der Vorwürfe gegen den #BND gefordert.
(27.April)
Südwesten belegt Spitzenplatz beim Rüstungsexport
Weltweit wird der Südwesten für sein technisches Know-how und seinen Erfindergeist bewundert. Mit einer Branche brüstet sich das Land allerdings weniger gern: Die Rede ist von der Rüstungsindustrie.
Behind Every Refugee Stands an Arms Trader
Humankind has said goodbye to slavery, absolute monarchy, cannibalism and, in principle, child labour. To solve, or at least reduce, the mounting refugee problem, we should begin to discuss how to increase human civilisation by criminalising the arms trade and by abolishing war – as stated in the UN Charter Preamble.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Death of the Republic
On April 22, 2015, the Senate Finance Committee approved a bill to fast-track the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive trade agreement that would override our republican form of government and hand judicial and legislative authority to a foreign three-person panel of corporate lawyers.
The secretive TPP is an agreement with Mexico, Canada, Japan, Singapore and seven other countries that affects 40% of global markets. Fast-track authority could now go to the full Senate for a vote as early as next week. Fast-track means Congress will be prohibited from amending the trade deal, which will be put to a simple up or down majority vote. Negotiating the TPP in secret and fast-tracking it through Congress is considered necessary to secure its passage, since if the public had time to review its onerous provisions, opposition would mount and defeat it.
The Schenker Papers
Demnach hat „Schenker“ europaweit an „Entjudungen“, Raub-, Mord- und Deportationsmaßnahmen teilgenommen, unter anderem in Griechenland und in Frankreich. Die daraus erzielten Einnahmen wanderten in die Kassen des deutschen Staates und wurden nie zurückgezahlt. Heute zählt DB Schenker zu den weltweit führenden Logistikern mit bedeutenden Niederlassungen in den USA oder in Israel. Zu den Einnahmen des DB Konzerns trägt DB Schenker mit rund 20 Milliarden Euro jährlich zu 50 Prozent bei. german-foreign-poliy.com veröffentlicht eine ausführliche Expertise über die nie entgoltenen und bis heute beschwiegenen „Schenker“-Verbrechen in einer vom „Zug der Erinnerung“ erstellten deutschen Fassung („The Schenker Papers“).
US, Japan Unveil New Military ‘Guidelines’ with Eye on China
Japanese Officials Aim to Dodge Specific Questions, Facing Constitutional Questions
Greece replaces Finance Minister Varoufakis as lead in debt talks
Greece’s economic team headed by Varoufakis has been trying to find a compromise with the troika for about 3 months, since Syriza won the general election at the end of January. So far the economic plans presented have been criticized for a lack of detail.
Message to the Senate — Protocol to the Treaty on a Nuclear- Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia
I transmit herewith, for the advice and consent of the Senate to its ratification, the Protocol to the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia, signed at New York on May 6, 2014 (the „Protocol“). I also transmit for the information of the Senate the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia (the „Treaty“) to which the Protocol relates, and the Department of State‘s Overview of the Protocol, which includes a detailed article-by-article analysis of both the Protocol and the Treaty.
Iran insists Israel ‘give up the bomb’ as Tehran seeks nuclear-free Middle East
Mohammad Javad Zarif was speaking at the United Nations for the non-aligned group of countries. Israel has never admitted or denied the widespread assumption it has nuclear weapons. However, Zarif says Israel’s assumed nuclear arsenal was a threat to regional security.
Goldman-Sachs: Eintrag ins Lobbyregister korrigiert
Erfolg für unsere Arbeit: Die Investmentbank Goldman Sachs hat ihren Eintrag ins EU-Lobbyregister überarbeitet – und gibt nun ein Lobbybudget für 2014 an, das 14 Mal so hoch ist wie das für 2013! Wir hatten uns bereits im Januar über den Eintrag ins Lobbyregister beschwert.
Tehran’s deputy mayor arrested in Kuwait
Amroudi who heads cultural affairs in Tehran municipality already served as head of Iranian schools in Kuwait . He was arrested in Kuwait airport on his way to Tehran. Amroudi was in Kuwait at the invitation of the Iran-Kuwait friendship society to participate in a ceremony.
Thousands of Saudi Forces Flee Bases
The European sources said that the Saudi forces‘ mass AWOL forced Riyadh to declare ceasefire and dissuaded it from launching ground attacks against Yemen.
When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him. – Jonathan Swift
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„Zwei Dinge sind unendlich, das Universum und die menschliche Dummheit, aber bei dem Universum bin ich mir noch nicht ganz sicher.“ – Albert Einstein
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BND-Affäre: Warum die SPD taktiert
Der zweite Grund für die Vorsicht der SPD ist Frank-Walter Steinmeier. Auch er war mal Chef des Kanzleramts. Als solcher war er nach den Anschlägen vom 11. September 2001 über das Memorandom of Agreement zwischen BND und NSA informiert. Damals vereinbarten beide Geheimdienste Datenaustausch bei der Terroristen-Aushorchung.