Heute Morgen, am 2. Weihnachtstag, forderte zuerst Außeminister Frank-Walter Steinmeier – exakt nach der von uns bereits im August prognostizierten Zielrichtung von Operation Asyl – „mehr Reisekontrollen“ an einer imaginären „europäischen Grenze“. Steinmeiers Forderung „Frontex zu einer Europäischen Grenzschutzbehörde auszubauen“ erfolgte „vor dem Hintergrund“ des u.a. von Frontex aufgebauten Attentats-Szenarios in Deutschland um „falsche echte“ Presse und Pässe aus Irak und Syrien.
Daily Archives: 26. Dezember 2015
15,000 in Germany protest Turkey‘s military crackdown on Kurdish rebels
The operations mark a new escalation in five months of fighting with the PKK, which initially fought for Kurdish independence but now presses more for greater autonomy and rights for the country‘s largest ethnic minority.
Iraq seeks to reopen oil pipeline through Saudi Arabia
„The Iraqi oil ministry started taking steps to revive the Iraq-Saudi Arabia export pipeline, as part of a plan to diversify its export outlets,“ said the Baghdad-based daily. An Iraqi oil ministry spokesman declined to comment on the report.
Erdogan‘s Oil Plot: Evidence Continues to Mount Against Turkish President
The Norwegian news agency Klassekampen has leaked Rystad Energy‘s report, which has shed light on how large amounts of oil have been smuggled to Turkey from Daesh-controlled zones in Syria and Iraq and then sold at sharply reduced prices — from $25 to $45 per barrel.
Donald Trump: An Evaluation
How did a William Kristol neocon nazi get on Trump‘s staff? What more proof do we need that even if Trump is elected, the establishment will prevail despite Trump.
Trump cannot be a dissident politician without a dissident staff. He doesn‘t know the people who would comprise a dissident staff. Trump knows how to make deals, and the Establishment will staff up a Trump presidency with deals. The minute Trump takes office, he would be already captured.
Saudi Arabia stopping scholarships for Atlantic universities
That ranking comes from the Shanghai Top 300 World Index. No Atlantic Canadian university made the cut this year. Dalhousie University is the closest, holding a spot outside of the top 200.
ISIS and Saudi Arabia: A Dangerous Double Game
The double game has indeed proved dangerous. While neither Qatar nor Saudi Arabia seem to have directly funded the Islamic State, their policies have helped shore up the group and directed funds and weaponry to it.
Steuerschwund trotz Milliardengewinnen in London
Investmentbanken machen Milliardengewinne, zahlen aber kaum Steuern. Nun kommt der Staat den Banken weiter entgegen – derstandard.at/2000028030228/Steuerschwund-trotz-Milliardengewinnen-in-London
Traurige Weihnacht: Jedes 6. Kind auf Hartz IV
In einigen Regionen sei der Anteil sogar noch höher. So sei in Bremen jedes dritte Kind (33,1 Prozent) auf Hartz IV Leistungen angewiesen. In Berlin sind es 32,6 Prozent. In Bayern war der Anteil mit 7,2 Prozent vergleichsweise niedrig. Grundlage der Studie seien Daten der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA). Die verfügbaren Erkenntnisse stammen aus Juli 2015.
They Make Millions Per Employee and Cry They Don’t Make Enough
The corporations comprising the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index are on course to spend nearly $1 trillion on stock buybacks and dividends in 2015, or nearly equal to their total operating earnings for the year.
Putin’s Progress in Syria Sends Kerry Scampering to the United Nations
Imagine if the American people elected a president who was much worse than George W. Bush or Barack Obama. A real tyrant. Would that be sufficient justification for someone like Vladimir Putin to arm and train Mexican and Canadian mercenaries to invade America, kill US civilians, destroy cities and critical infrastructure, seize vital oil refineries and pipeline corridors, behead government officials and prisoners they’d captured, declare their own independent state, and do everything in their power to overthrow the elected-government in Washington?
Cuba Warns Obama Not to Interfere in Internal Affairs
On Monday, Obama suggested he would visit the Caribbean nation in 2016 providing the “conditions” are “right.” For the U.S. leader, these conditions include being able to “talk to anybody,” including U.S. funded “pro-democracy” groups and political dissidents, as well as being able to “nudge” the Cuban government in a “new direction.”
NATO initiates formation of working groups for bringing Ukraine‘s army in line with its standards
Together with the Ernst & Young, it will start operating according to the Western standards. Jointly with the OSCE [Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe] we are developing a system for methodical control over the Armed Forces, civilian control that will be launched from the first quarter next year,“ the official said.
Super PACs rule the airwaves in GOP primaries: Wesleyan Media Project and CRP document the onslaught
Super PACs have sponsored 81 percent of the TV ads in the GOP presidential primaries, up about 71 percent over 2011 and a 12,000 percent jump over 2007.
Clinton Tops List of Arms Company Donations
Most of the funding is channeled through Political Action Committees, which have no limits to how much they donate. About 18 percent comes from individual contributions, totaling almost US$10 million between all of the companies.
French Families Protest Over Housing Crisis
The activists brought a Christmas tree to this year’s event and rang bells in front of the ministry in order to draw the minister‘s attention to a housing crisis they claim is getting worse.
Rosneft gets approval of German regulator for Ruhr Oel restructuring
Rosneft acquired 50% in the joint venture Ruhr Oel GmbH (ROG) with BP Europa SE in Germany in May 2011. ROG holds equity interests in four Germany-based refineries (Gelsenkirchen – 100%; Bayernoil – 25%; MiRO – 24%; and PCK Raffinerie GmbH – 37.5%). Furthermore, the joint venture has equity interests in five supply pipelines and marine terminals on the Northern, Baltic, Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas.
Russian arrested in Israel on US request — Russian Foreign Ministry
„We demand that all information on the grounds for arrest of the Russian national be provided immediately and consular access be provided to him urgently,“ Dolgov underscored.
Iraqi forces to retake Mosul from Islamic State after Ramadi secured: PM
(25.12.2015) „The liberation of dear Mosul will be achieved with the cooperation and unity of all Iraqis after the victory in Ramadi,“ Abadi said in a statement on the state media website on Friday.Army commanders said on Wednesday that the battle for Ramadi would take several days.
Bundeswehr aktuell: Die Kämpfer der Kurden
(29.9.2014) Im Kampf gegen die Terrorgruppe ISIS setzt die
internationale Gemeinschaft – neben Luftschlägen – vor allem
auch auf die kurdischen Kämpfer im Nordirak. Deutschland sandte bereits Rüstungsgüter sowie Soldaten zur qualifzierten Einweisung in die Nutzung des Materials. Am vergangenen Donnerstag versprach Verteidigungsministerin von der Leyen bei ihrem Besuch im Nordirak weitere Unterstützung im Kampf gegen die Terroristen. Deutschland wolle bei der Beschaffung von Minensuchgeräten „verstärkt Hilfe leisten“, sagte die Ministerin nach einem Treffen mit dem Präsidenten der autonomen Kurdenregion, Massud Barsani. Dieser bedankte sich bei der Ministerin für die schon angekommenen und noch geplanten Lieferungen von Unterstützungsgütern.
Turkey not to pull troops out of Mosul, Erdogan says
(19.12.2015) Amid this escalation of tensions, Barzani’s government called the PKK “arrogant” in its relations with Turkey and demanded it withdraw its militias from Iraq entirely, despite the PKK having developed a prominent role in the fight against ISIS in northern Iraq.
Italien schickt Soldaten nach Mosul
(16.12.2015) Derzeit befinden sich 750 italienische Soldaten im Irak. Die 450 Soldaten zum Schutz des Staudamms von Mosul sollen in einigen Wochen im Irak eintreffen.
Obwohl Italien Teil der internationalen Koalition gegen den IS ist, war es gegen eine aktive Rolle zurückhaltend.
Mosul als Brückenkopf des neo-osmanischen Projekts der Türkei?
(8.12.2015) Die Region Bașîqa, in der sich die 600 türkischen Soldaten, davon 400 Spezialkräfte mit 25 Panzern, befinden, steht unter der Kontrolle der Peschmerga und der Regierungspartei KDP. Die KDP ist für ihre enge Anbindung an die Türkei und insbesondere an die AKP Erdogans bekannt und so erfolgte nach Behauptungen der türkischen Presse die Stationierung in Folge eines Abkommens zwischen dem Regierungschef des irakischen Kurdistan, Mesud Barsanî, und der türkischen Regierung vom 4.12.15.
Irakisches Parlament: Türkisches Militär nahe Mosul stationiert
(5.12.2015) In Reaktion auf die Abmachung mit der KDP der südkurdischen Regionalregierung zur Stationierung türkischer Truppen, erklärte Zamili, dass die türkisch-militärische Besatzung auf die Souveränität des irakischen Staates abzielt. Zamili sagte, dass die irakische Luftwaffe den Premierminister Haydar El-İbadi darüber informiert hat und auf Anweisungen wartet, um die türkischen Truppen anzugreifen.
While #Turkey‘s government is cracking down on Kurds in SE Turkey, #KRG PM Nechervan Barzani visits Erdogan in Istanbul tomorrow.
(25.12.2015)
Mit der Rückendeckung der #EU und der #USA kann Erdogan jetzt alle Rücksichten vergessen #Merkel #Steinmeier
(17.12.2015)
Die Türkei nutzt Weihnachten für einen Offensive gegen die Kurden, und löst damit eine fette Kurden-Flüchtlingswelle aus.
„Some 200,000 people have been forced to leave the areas of settlement in Turkey’s south as a result of a special operation which Ankara launched against the outlawed PKK after uneasy ceasefire collapsed in July, Turkish daily Today’s Zaman reports.“
Ankara bekommt drei Milliarden: EU und Türkei segnen Aktionsplan ab
(29.11.2015)
Gewalt gegen Flüchtlinge: Steinmeier gibt geistigen Brandstiftern Mitschuld an Angriffen
Steinmeier sagte nicht konkret, wer mit seiner Kritik gemeint war.
Falsche Reisepässe im Besitz des IS – Steinmeier fordert mehr Kontrollen
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German foreign minister calls for better control of EU‘s borders
Europe needs to regain control of its borders, Germany‘s foreign minister was quoted on Saturday as saying, after reports that forged Syrian passports are in the hands of Islamic State militants.
Trump defends vulgar comments… again
Donald Trump again defended his crass comments against Hillary Clinton, saying „quality people“ have used the term over the years. But one person isn‘t buying any of his explanations: a FOX News host. Lawrence discusses with Howard Dean, Jonathan Allen, and Christina Bellantoni.
Explosion at oil well in Russia‘s south leaves two workers killed, one injured
An explosion at an oil well near the city of Volgograd in Russia‘s south has left at least two workers killed, one injured, a source said Friday, TASS reported.