Daily Archives: 8. Februar 2016


08.02.2016 - 20:00 [ World Socialist Web Site ]

Obama administration continues suppression of torture photos

Shortly after taking office in 2009, President Obama promised to release torture photos that had been suppressed by the Bush administration, but he quickly reversed himself and repudiated his promise. Obama stated that releasing the photos would “inflame anti-American opinion” and “put our troops in greater danger.”

Nobody has been prosecuted in the wake of the Central Intelligence Agency torture scandal, which culminated in a December 2014 report by the Senate Intelligence Committee. The executive summary of that report, which is the only portion made public so far, exposed not only a systematic practice of torture, but a longstanding and ongoing conspiracy to cover up those crimes and shield the perpetrators from accountability.

Nor was anyone prosecuted after the CIA broke into Senate staffers’ computers during the investigation to delete incriminating files. To this day, the Obama administration is working to suppress the full Senate report on CIA torture and to prevent its release…

The photos released on Friday constitute an additional 198 exhibits that should be admitted into evidence in a future war crimes trial of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, John Brennan, Leon Panetta, Robert Gates, James Clapper, John Ashcroft, John Kerry and others. The defendants in such a trial would not only include the direct perpetrators, but also all those who made themselves accomplices by attempting to cover up and conceal the underlying crimes. To these 198 exhibits will be added the remaining 1,800 photos that are still being withheld by the Obama administration.

08.02.2016 - 18:49 [ Itar-Tass ]

Putin discusses Russian-Turkish relations with Kazakhstan leader

Presidents of Russia and Kazakhstan Vladimir Putin and Nursultan Nazarbayev have discussed in a telephone conversation on Monday the deterioration of relations between Russia and Turkey… During the talks with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davotoglu who arrived in Astana on February 6, the Kazakh leader noted that for his country the crisis in relations between Turkey and Russia „had become a big problem“ and pointed to the need „to seek ways out of the situation.“

08.02.2016 - 18:26 [ Sputnik ]

Tunisia Opposes Foreign Intervention in Libya – Defense Minister

„There must be a Libyan government, recognized by all sides, and we will have to help it, supporting it militarily. The government will then be able to request the deployment of foreign troops by itself. If action on the ground is required, then it is the Libyans who must fight. We are against a foreign ground operation,“ Horchani said

08.02.2016 - 18:16 [ RT ]

Ausnahmezustand in Cizre: Türkische Sicherheitskräfte töten 60 „Terroristen“ in einem Keller

Das türkische Militär hat in der südosttürkischen Stadt Cizre 60 Personen getötet, die sich in einem Keller verschanzt hatten. Laut offiziellen türkischen Militärkreisen soll es sich bei den Getöteten ausschließlich um „neutralisierte“ PKK-Kämpfer handeln. Die Menschenrechtsorganisation Amnesty International spricht von bisher mindestens 150 toten Zivilisten in Folge der Militäroperation in Cizre.

08.02.2016 - 17:52 [ Keep Talking Greece ]

Turkey blackmailed EU: either €3bn per year & EU accession or we send buses full with refugees to Europe

In internal EU memo obtained by Greek media reveals the blatant Turkish blackmail on the refugee crisis. The memo contains a summary of the dialogue between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with European Commissioner Jean Claude Juncker and President of the European Council Donald Tusk on 16th November 2015 during the G20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey. The three Presidents were discussing the Action Plan to tackle the Refugees and Migrants Crisis.

08.02.2016 - 17:14 [ Truthout ]

Big Campaign Cash for Clinton From Monsanto Lobbyist

Clinton is widely seen as a friend to genetically engineered crop technology and agrichemical interests, while her chief competitor for the Democratic nomination, Bernie Sanders, has been a supporter of mandatory GMO labeling.

08.02.2016 - 13:58 [ RT Deutsch ]

„Mascha und der Bär“ erobern die Welt – Milliarden Klicks für russische Trickfilmserie auf YouTube

Die russische Trickfilmserie „Masha i Medved“, in Deutschland als „Mascha und der Bär“ bekannt, ist unter den weltweit 20 Videos in der YouTube-Geschichte, die es geschafft haben, über eine eine Milliarde Zugriffe zu verzeichnen. Die Cartoon-Reihe hat zudem einen völkerverbindenden Charakter. Die größte Anhängerschaft hat die russische Zeichentrick-Reihe in Deutschland, Malaysia, Australien, in den USA, in den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten sowie in der Türkei.

08.02.2016 - 13:49 [ Sputnik ]

Moskau: Westen will Stockholm mit Schreckgespenstern in NATO zerren

„In Schweden wird jetzt lebhaft über die Erhaltung der schwedischen Neutralität debattiert und es gibt Kräfte, die versuchen, Schweden in die NATO hineinzuziehen. Ein ‚Schreckgespenst‘ sind hierbei die im Nato-Bericht angeführten Erklärungen über angebliche russische Atomwaffenübungen. Das hat nur einen Sinn: In der schwedischen öffentlichen Meinung Elemente von Russlandphobie und Angst weiterzuentwickeln, um wiederum zu versuchen, das Land in die Allianz hineinzuziehen“, betonte der ranghohe russische Diplomat.

08.02.2016 - 12:56 [ RT ]

Freeing Julian Assange: The last chapter – John Pilger

What is certain is that the decent world owes much to Julian Assange. He told us how indecent power behaves in secret, how it lies and manipulates and engages in great acts of violence, sustaining wars that kill and maim and turn millions into the refugees now in the news. Telling us this truth alone earns Assange his freedom, whereas justice is his right.

08.02.2016 - 12:47 [ teleSUR ]

UNASUR: Let Julian Assange Go

UNASUR‘s secretary-general expressed his support for the U.N. decision that the WikiLeaks founder‘s detention is arbitrary.

08.02.2016 - 12:40 [ Portal 21amerika.de ]

Ecuador wechselt Militärführung aus

Der Präsident erklärte, dass er in der nun entlassenen Führung der Streitkräfte gute persönliche Freunde gehabt habe. Dennoch stehe fest, dass keine Institution, so wichtig sie auch sei, über dem Gesetz stehe.