Daily Archives: 23. Oktober 2015


23.10.2015 - 18:46 [ Times of Israel ]

Security chiefs refused order from PM in 2010 to prepare military to strike Iran within hours if necessary, TV report says

(4.November 2012) The report cited sources close to Ashkenazi and Dagan – who since stepping down from their respective posts have both been outspoken in their opposition to a strike on Iran – to the effect that as the two men were leaving the meeting, Netanyahu “matter-of-factly” instructed them to initiate the “P Plus” code, which is essentially a readying of the military to imminently launch an attack.

Ashkenazi and Dagan reportedly vehemently objected to the order.

23.10.2015 - 18:39 [ Think Progress ]

REPORT: Israeli Security Officials Say Netanyahu ‘Tried To Steal A War’ With Iran In 2010

(5. November 2012) The request, delivered to the top seven security officials but not to the full security cabinet, angered Dagan and Ashkenazi, leading Dagan to reportedly say that Netanyahu and Barak “tried to steal a war –- it was as simple as that.” To Dagan, the meeting betrayed standard protocol for launching a war. “You may end up going to war based on an illegal decision. Only the security cabinet is authorized to make such a decision,” he said.

23.10.2015 - 18:25 [ Haaretz ]

Report: U.S. Officials Detected Israeli Planes in Iranian Airspace in 2012

An Israeli plan to attack the heavily fortified Fordo from the inside was deemed to be a “suicide mission” by the United States, which refused to sell Israel the materiel it felt was needed to carry out the strike, the Journal reported.

U.S. officials, according to the Journal, believed that Israel was serious about striking Iran and the Obama administration stepped up surveillance of Israeli air activity. Israel was found to be practicing “strike missions” and undetected flyovers in Iran.

23.10.2015 - 18:23 [ Wall Street Journal ]

Spy vs. Spy: Inside the Fraying U.S.-Israel Ties

The U.S. closely monitored Israel’s military bases and eavesdropped on secret communications in 2012, fearing its longtime ally might try to carry out a strike on Fordow, Iran’s most heavily fortified nuclear facility.

Nerves frayed at the White House after senior officials learned Israeli aircraft had flown in and out of Iran in what some believed was a dry run for a commando raid on the site.

23.10.2015 - 18:06 [ Radio Utopie ]

Brisante Dokumente an Universität nach Besuch des C.I.A.-Direktors verschwunden

John Brennan, Direktor der C.I.A., hielt am Freitag, den 16. Oktober 2015 an der Juristischen Fakultät der University of Washington eine Rede. Während des Zeitraums seines kurzfristigen Aufenthaltes auf dem Campus entwendeten Unbekannte auf professionelle Weise ohne Spuren zu hinterlassen Dokumente, die in der vom Verfassungsgericht von El Salvador eröffneten Untersuchung zu Kriegsverbrechen, unterstützt von der C.I.A., von hoher Bedeutung sind.

23.10.2015 - 15:47 [ Sputnik ]

Lavrov Speaks to Press Following Meeting With Kerry on Syria

Lavrov dismissed media reports, claiming that the Russian, US, Saudi Arabian and Turkish foreign ministers during a Vienna meeting agreed on resignation of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

„Rumours have begun to circulate that we are discussing or will be discussing that President Assad must go after some time. This is not true,“ Lavrov said.

23.10.2015 - 15:44 [ Youtube ]

LIVE: Lavrov holds press conference following meeting with Kerry in Vienna

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is due to meet US Secretary of State John Kerry and Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel Jubeir in Vienna on Friday, October 23.
The main topic on the agenda is expected to be the crisis in Syria and the fight against the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).
A coalition led by the United States, and which includes Saudi Arabia, started targeting IS in Syria in September 2014. The Russian Air Force has been carrying out air strikes against IS targets in Syria since September 30, 2015.

23.10.2015 - 15:26 [ PressTV ]

Time to end Israeli occupation of Palestine: Iran’s UN envoy

The Iranian envoy, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of NAM, denounced Tel Aviv as the source of “instability, despair and rage in the Middle East,” adding that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands as well as the failure to punish the regime for its crimes against the oppressed nation pose a “threat to world peace.”

23.10.2015 - 15:13 [ Trend ]

Four national security ministry generals fired in Azerbaijan, more expected

Those dismissed are the Chief of the MNS Main Directorate for Combating Transnational Economic Crime Major General Subahir Gurbanov, Chief of the MNS Main Directorate Major General Tarverdi Mammadov, Chief of the MNS Main Directorate Major General Parviz Safarov, Military Unit Commander Major General Vugar Allahguliyev, Chief of the MNS Airports Directorate Colonel Parviz Valiyev, the Deputy Chief of the MNS Personnel Department Colonel Tehran Babatov, and heads of departments of Khatai and Pirallahi districts of Baku, and Masalli district.

23.10.2015 - 09:38 [ Willy Wimmer / Sputnik ]

Die Welt hält den Atem an: Schafft es Putin, der Welt wieder Hoffnung zu geben?

Es ist viel nachgedacht worden über die globale Polizeirolle, die die Vereinigten Staaten sich nach 1990 angemaßt haben. Augenfällig wurde allerdings, dass über das amerikanische Budget eine Armee herangezüchtet worden ist, die den amerikanischen Haushalt dominiert. Eine Armee, die diese Rolle einmal eingenommen hat, lässt sie sich kaum noch nehmen. Sollten die Republikaner den nächsten amerikanischen Präsidenten stellen, dürfte über die sogenannten Präsidentendirektiven zur ziemlich breit angelegten „nationalen Sicherheit“ uns allen noch Hören und Sehen vergehen. Diese Armee kann eigentlich gar nicht mehr nach USA zurück, ohne umgehende Staatsstreichüberlegungen hervorrufen zu müssen. Selbst wenn man seit Präsident Eisenhower und seinen Warnungen vor dem „militärisch-industriellen Komplex“ ohnehin bestimmte Vermutungen in diesem Kontext haben dürfte, dann würde die Militärherrschaft endgültig manifest. Von Russland heute ist das nicht bekannt.

23.10.2015 - 09:37 [ Salzburg24.at ]

Kerry und Lawrow beraten in Wien über Syrien

Wien wird Schauplatz eines hochrangigen Treffens zur Syrien-Krise: US-Außenminister John Kerry und Russlands Chefdiplomat Sergej Lawrow wollen am Freitag gemeinsam mit ihren Amtskollegen aus der Türkei und aus Saudi-Arabien über eine Lösung des seit 2011 andauernden Syrien-Krieges beraten.

23.10.2015 - 09:29 [ RT ]

Enormes Absatzplus für deutsche Waffenhändler in Israel und Saudi Arabien– Kritik aus der Opposition

Deutsche Waffenverkäufe sind in der ersten Hälfte des Jahres 2015 im Vorjahresvergleich auf 3,5 Milliarden Euro um 59 Prozent angestiegen. Zu den Profiteuren deutscher Schmiedekunst dürfen sich Großbritannien, aber auch Israel und Saudi Arabien zählen. Das absolutistische saudische Herrscherhaus gilt als „Hauptsponsor des Dschihadismus“.

23.10.2015 - 07:45 [ Haaretz ]

There‘s a Method to Netanyahu‘s Hitler-Mufti Madness

Benjamin Netanyahu is a scion of personal and political dynasties of renowned orators. His grandfather, Nathan Mileikowsky, who bequeathed his pen name “Netanyahu” to his children, preached Zionism to crowds of Polish and Lithuanian Jews a century ago. His political predecessor, Menachem Begin, mesmerized many with his soaring rhetoric.

23.10.2015 - 07:43 [ Techdirt ]

UK Goes Full Orwell: Government To Take Children Away From Parents If They Might Become Radicalized

In other words, the High Court Judges within the Family Division are now tasked with determining whether children will be made wards of the state based solely on suspicions of possible radicalization. Children torn from mothers and fathers in Muslim homes will be subject to the whims and inherently flawed watch of the larger citizenry. A citizenry, mind you, that has had its vigilance unduly ramped up by the government‘s past actions and requests. It‘s hard to imagine a better recipe for the unfair targeting of Muslim families than this.

23.10.2015 - 07:37 [ Radio Utopie ]

Deutscher Patriot Act: Staat will Terrorgesetze bis 2021 verlängern lassen

(26.August) Während im Schatten von Operation Asyl die Flüchtlingsheime in der Republik brennen, laufen die nach Kriegsausbruch in 2001 geschaffenen und in 2011 zum zweiten Mal verlängerten Terrorgesetze Ende 2015 erneut aus. Mit dem Auslaufen vom „Terrorismusbekämpfungsergänzungsgesetz“, Pendant des 2001 blitzkriegartig in den Vereinigten Staaten installierten „Patriot Act“, würden Geheimdienste und Geheimpolizeien eine Reihe bisheriger Vollmachten und Ermächtigungen über die Bevölkerung verlieren. Da kommt natürlich auch „rechter Terror“ recht günstig für den Apparat, dessen Unterwanderung und Steuerung auch der rechtsextremen Szene für den staatssicheren Zweck im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes legendär ist.

Derweil macht das Parlament natürlich Urlaub und dessen „Opposition“ begreift noch weniger als sie tut. Dabei tut sie schon nichts.

23.10.2015 - 07:33 [ Zeit ]

Koalition plant Ausbau der Sicherheitsbehörden

Auch SPD-Innenexperte Burkhard Lischka forderte eine Stärkung: „Wir brauchen eine erhebliche Personalaufstockung sowohl beim Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz als auch beim BKA.“ Dem Bericht zufolge sollen die Voraussetzungen dafür noch bei den laufenden Haushaltsberatungen geschaffen werden.

23.10.2015 - 07:27 [ Rolf Kleine, Leitender Redakteur Politik - BILD / Twitter ]

Goldene Eintrittskarte zum Gespräch mit Israels MP Netanjahu @BILD_Politik

(22.Oktober)

23.10.2015 - 07:26 [ Haaretz ]

Apologies to the Fuhrer

Netanyahu’s attempt to place the mufti at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict shows just how bankrupt the extremists in Israel have become. It’s a declaration of all-out war on the Palestinian people. It’s ‘us or them.’

23.10.2015 - 06:54 [ Reuters ]

Saudi says Assad must be removed from power to crush Islamic State

(22.Oktober) Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Thursday that to eliminate militant group Islamic State, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must be removed from power.

Jubeir also said that Assad was the magnet „that attracted foreign fighters from all over the world to fight on the side of Daesh (Islamic State) against Assad‘s regime,“ he told Al Arabiya al-Hadath television channel in Vienna, after talks with Austria‘s foreign minister.

23.10.2015 - 06:53 [ James Petras ]

Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Terrorist Unleashed

(20.Oktober) The Erdogan regime’s ‘hypothesis’ is that ISIS or the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) was responsible for the terrorist attack, a position echoed by all of the NATO governments and dutifully repeated by all of the Western mass media. Their most recent claim is that a Turkish member of ISIS carried out the massacre – in a ‘copy-cat action’ after his brother, blamed by the Turkish government for an earlier bombing which left 33 young pro-Kurdish activists dead in July in Suruc, on the Syrian border.

The alternative hypothesis, voiced by the majority of the Turkish opposition, is that the Erdogan regime was directly or indirectly involved in organizing the terrorist attack or allowing it to happen.