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Daily Archives: 4. September 2016
Where Has Hillary Clinton Been? Ask the Ultrarich
Mr. Trump has pointed to Mrs. Clinton’s noticeably scant schedule of campaign events this summer to suggest she has been hiding from the public. But Mrs. Clinton has been more than accessible to those who reside in some of the country’s most moneyed enclaves and are willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to see her. In the last two weeks of August, Mrs. Clinton raked in roughly $50 million at 22 fund-raising events, averaging around $150,000 an hour, according to a New York Times tally.
ZDF-Prognose #MecklenburgVorpommern 18 Uhr.
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Tiger forces within artillery Ramouseh @MIG29_
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NEW MAP: Battle of #Aleppo. Significant advances by #SAA + allies. #Syria
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Update 4-Army establishes full control over Armament Academy in Aleppo, kills terrorist leaders in Daraa
Army units, in cooperation with allied forces, carried out a special and swift military operation, Army units, in cooperation with backed forces,establish full control over the area of the Military Academies to the south of Aleppo city and chase down the fleeing terrorists in the area.
Assad-Armee befreit strategisch wichtige Militärschulen in Aleppo
Die Soldaten der Spezialeinheit „Tiger Forces“ unter Leitung von Generalmajor Suheil Al Hassan schnitten die wichtigste Versorgungsroute der Terroristen ab, die die Siedlung Khan Tuman mit Ramuse, einem Stadtteil von Aleppo, verbindet. Danach wurde die Offensive auf dem Gelände der Militärschulen fortgesetzt.
Die Kräfte der Nationalgarde, des Volksheeres und der Regierungstruppen griffen die Stellungen der Terroristen von der Gegenseite an.
UN report urges Somalia to ensure freedom of expression as it is critical to political transition
“The trend of arrest and detention of journalists and other media workers seems to indicate an intention to intimidate or harass journalists and media owners which inevitably leads to self-censorship or to media workers eventually leaving the profession,” says the report produced jointly by the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
Waffenlieferung in den Nordirak: IS-Kämpfer erbeuteten Bundeswehr-Gewehre
(8.3.2016) Kämpfer des „Islamischen Staats“ (IS) haben demnach im Nordirak Gewehre aus den deutschen Waffenlieferungen für die kurdischen Peschmerga erbeutet. Zudem wurden weitere Waffen aus den Lieferungen der Bundeswehr von Kurden auf dem Schwarzmarkt verkauft – teilweise um damit die Flucht nach Europa zu finanzieren.
Nordirak: Peschmerga verkaufen Bundeswehr-Waffen
(21.1.2016) Sturmgewehre und Pistolen aus Bundeswehrbeständen werden inzwischen auf Waffenmärkten im Nordirak angeboten. Das haben Recherchen von NDR und WDR in der kurdischen Autonomieregion ergeben.
Strong comeback for banks in Cyprus
„First-half of the year results are a strong indication that the banking system is springing back and is on the verge of expanding again,“ said Marios Mavrides, a financial analyst and parliamentary deputy.
Medien: PKK-Kämpfer töten 13 Soldaten und Dorfwache in der Türkei
Kurdische Rebellen haben nach Medienangaben 13 Soldaten sowie eine Dorfwache getötet. Wie die Nachrichtenagentur Anadolu berichtete, wurden drei Soldaten am Samstag in der Früh in der südöstlichen Provinz Hakkari getötet. 20 weitere Soldaten seien bei dem Einsatz gegen Kämpfer der verbotenen Arbeiterpartei Kurdistans (PKK) an der Grenze zum Nordirak verletzt worden, drei von ihnen schwer.
Turkish side altering position on Cyprus guarantees, says Anastasiades
„I heard something (which is) different from the guarantees of 1960, but that does not mean that we agree with it,“ Anastasiades said after yet another brainstorming meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci in their quest for a solution reuniting the divided island.
#PDKI meeting with #PYD to discuss #Iran & #Syria‘s war against the Kurdish nation. #Twitterkurds #Rojhelat #Rojava
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To Iranian eyes, Kurdish unrest spells Saudi incitement
That competition, officials in Tehran worry, has now spread inside their borders, thanks to what they fear is Riyadh‘s exploitation of the Islamic Republic‘s communal rifts.
They point to clashes — the first in almost 20 years — between the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) fighters and Revolutionary Guards in the northwest in June and July that left several dead on both sides.
Iraq And KRG Agree To Split Kirkuk Revenues 50/50 And Fight ISIS In Mosul
The agreement came to fruition during recent meetings in Baghdad between high-level officials from Baghdad and Erbil, including Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani.
Iran has routine transactions with major European banks
He said that the European banks have grievances about the heavy penalties imposed on them by the US Department of Treasury, so they act cautiously.
URGENT: Abe, Xi to meet Monday in Hangzhou after G-20 summit
The meeting between Abe and Xi, the first in nearly a year and a half, will take place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou at a time of renewed tensions between the Asian powers over the sovereignty of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
Prince Mohammed meets with leaders of UK, Indonesia
Prince Mohammed first met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo to review bilateral relations between their countries and the latest developments at Islamic and international arenas, the Saudi Press Agency said.
After that, he met with British Prime Minister Teresa May to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Britain and the latest developments on the regional and international levels.
Turkey will never allow ‚artificial state‘ in northern Syria, PM says
„We will never allow the formation of an artificial state in the north of Syria,“ Yildirim said in a speech in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, where he announced an investment programme to rebuild parts of the largely Kurdish region that have been destroyed by security operations.
Israel’s plan to retool occupation includes color-coding ‘good’ and ‘bad’ Palestinians
Launched this month, as much of the world was on holiday, Avigdor Lieberman’s plan for the Palestinians – retooling Israel’s occupation – received less attention than it should.
What does EC President Jean-Claude Juncker do in a Greek tavern?
Jean-Claude Juncker tells the FAZ that he is satisfied to see the prices on the Menu list to be in €uro: grilled octopus 16, stuffed mussels 10, pork on skewer 10…. and he reminds the German and possibly the Greek audience that he “fought a lot so that Greece remains in the eurozone.”
Vanguard Nigeria: NAF to Deploy Additional Personnel to Niger Delta
„The planned deployment is aimed at strengthening the existing NAF manpower disposition, especially in Bayelsa and to enhance Nigerian Air Force (NAF) involvement in ‚Operation Delta Safe.“
ESM Regling: Greece could secure short-term debt relief measures, if…
Greece could secure short-term debt relief measures “very soon” if it implements remaining reforms agreed under its bailout program, the head of the euro zone’s bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Klaus Regling said on Saturday.
France‘s Sarkozy warns against conservative party division
Nicolas Sarkozy said on Sunday that party unity was the key to victory for his Les Republicains party in France‘s 2017 presidential election.
At the same time, though, he mocked a call by Alain Juppe, his main rival, for a code of good conduct in the campaign before the party‘s November primaries.
TTIP: „EU setzt Verhandlungen mit den USA fort“
Ungeachtet der Kritik aus mehreren Mitgliedsländern will die EU- Kommission die Verhandlungen über das umstrittene transatlantische Freihandelsabkommen TTIP fortführen. „Wir werden weiterverhandeln mit den USA“, sagte Kommissionspräsident Jean- Claude Juncker am Sonntag vor Beginn des G- 20- Gipfels im chinesischen Hangzhou.
Sadr followers go on strike in Najaf, Wasit and Babel
Officials in Najaf said, “Dozens of employees went on a strike today in response to the call made by Muqtada al-Sadr to push the government to carry out reforms and fight corruption.”
“Dozens of Sadrist movement’s followers in Babel went on a strike for two days in a number of directorates such as agriculture, water resources, roads and bridges and housing,” the officials added.
Our long stagnant-paycheck nightmare may finally be nearing an end
Those pressures, amplified by laws providing significant minimum-wage hikes in California, New York and elsewhere, also are triggering changes for the workers who need raises the most. Beginning last year, large companies such as Wal-Mart, Starbucks, McDonald’s and JPMorgan Chase increased what they pay their lowest-level employees.
Veranstaltung In Berlin mit einer Delegation der japanischen Eisenbahnergewerkschaft Doro Chiba. Fünf japanische GewerkschafterInnen berichten über die Verbindung von gewerkschaftlichen und politischen Klassenkämpfen!
DORO-CHIBA arbeitet seit den 1970er Jahren eng mit dem japanischen Studenten-Verband Zengakuren zusammen! Zengakuren-Studenten errangen einen Erfolg, als sie 2012 die Leitung des AStA übernahmen und die alte, pro-neoliberale Führung ersetzten. Zengakuren ist ein sehr traditionsreicher japanischer Studentenverband, der vor allem in den 60er, 70er und 80er Jahren große Bewegungen u.a. gegen US-Stützpunkte in Japan anführte und auch heute im antimilitaristischen und antiimperialistschen Kampf gegen den Kriegskurs der Regierung Abe beteiligt ist.
Behaving Badly – Animals As Leaders
Animals As Leaders Los Angeles, California
Corruption in the European Union
EU corruption has historically taken a wide range of forms demonstrated so vividly with successive scandals in banking, tax avoidance, a host of malpractice and fraud cases to secretive TTIP negotiations that circumvents public interest needs. The result is that public support for the EU has been seriously undermined with 70 per cent of Europe’s population believing corruption is now centred on politics and corporations.
Thoroughly at Home – Animals as Leaders
Animals As Leaders Los Angeles, California
No 271
Das Dritte sehe ich als das Politische an, umso wichtiger, weil in diesem Jahr auch etwas passiert, was bisher auch noch zu wenig zur Kenntnis genommen wird, nämlich, dass wahrscheinlich die Umbenennung unserer Erdepoche von Holozän in Anthropozän, also Menschenwelt, geschehen wird. Menschenwelt, das bedeutet, dass wir wie nie zuvor sozusagen an planetarische Grenzen stoßen und von daher eine andere Qualität – v.a. in Industrieländern – von Politik brauchen. Diese Form der Freihandelsverträge, die ja auch mit der ursprünglichen Theorie des Freihandels wenig zu tun haben, macht es nicht möglich, die großen Herausforderungen, die mit dem Anthropozän verbunden sind, zu bewältigen. […]
Militär, Polizei und Konzerne „üben“ bereits seit 2004 gemeinsam „Terrorszenarien“
Derzeit führt nun der Staat seinen Erpressungsversuch weiter fort, die vier Attentate bzw „Vorfälle“ in Würzburg (18.7.), München (22.7.), Reutlingen und Ansbach (24.7.) mit zehn Toten innerhalb von einer Woche für eine Akzeptanz des Einsatzes der Bundeswehr im Inneren als Ordnungsmacht zu benutzen. Minister und Funktionäre kündigen in regelmäßigen Abständen gemeinsame „Übungen“ von Polizei und Militär an, für November 2016, nein, für Februar 2017, etc, etc. Die gesamte Informationsindustrie spielt mit. Dabei setzen praktisch alle Beteiligten, auch die „Opposition“
– auf das Durchhalten der kollektiven Ignoranz der „politischen Klasse“ gegenüber der Verfassung, sowie offenkundiger Rechts- und Faktenlage
– die Politikunfähigkeit praktisch der gesamten Bevölkerung
– das Erstarken rechter und xenophobischer Kräfte, die der Bevölkerung Religionen und Bevölkerungsgruppen als Sandsack hinhalten und so Druck von der Nomenklatura nehmen.
US beekeepers fear for livelihoods as anti-Zika toxin kills 2.5m bees
Earlier this week, South Carolina beekeepers found millions of dead honey bees carpeting their apiaries, killed by an insecticide. Video posted by a beekeeper to Facebook showed thousands of dead insects heaped around hives, while a few survivors struggled to move the bodies of fellow bees.
Construction of Golan Goal Hydel Power Project in progress
The sources said the project is the part of the present government programme launched for overcoming load shedding in the country by 2018.
Syrian Army anti-tank crew annihilates jihadist tank in the Golan Heights
According to the ‘Golan Regiment’ of the pro-government National Defence Forces (NDF) who recorded the footage, the hostile tank was operated by militants loyal to Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra).
Surge in Europe’s arms sales to Asia
Even though the European integration has been built and developed on a “pacifist” platform after the Second World War’s tragedies, France, Germany, Britain, Sweden, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands keep selling arms worth billions of dollars to Asia-Pacific nations.
Europe is Selling Massive Amounts of Lethal Weapons to Asia
Though irrelevant as a diplomatic broker and a fighting force, the European bloc (in reality, its single member states) has still found its pragmatic and lucrative way to impact on Indo-Pacific affairs.
‘Everything that we have done since 9/11 is wrong’ — the worldview of Major Todd Pierce (Retired)
Everything that we have done since 9/11 is wrong. We are embarking on a totalitarian foreign policy that is a hallmark of how Hannah Arendt defines fascism… The false claims about radical Islam show how little we understand about ourselves or the Middle East
Some Hindsight: The Lies That Dumped America Into the Syrian War
Checking out the news these days, it might seem pretty clear why the U.S. is at war in Syria: destroy ISIS. That is almost certainly the way the two main presidential candidates will see it during their upcoming first debate, in a rare point of agreement.
Syrian Army captures several points near key gas field in northeast Homs
The Syrian Arab Army’s 18th Tank Division launched a counter-attack against the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) in the northeastern countryside of the Homs Governorate on Saturday, seizing several points near the Mahr Gas Fields.
British Journo: Syrian Kidnapper Who Shot Me Twice Is Now a CIA-Vetted ‚Moderate‘
British reporter Anthony Loyd recounts in The Times (UK) today his reaction when he saw his former Syrian „rebel“ kidnapper Hakim Abu Jamal, aka Abdel Hakim al-Yaseen and Hakim Anza, celebrating a victory in northern Syria two weeks ago as part of a supposedly CIA-vetted „moderate“ rebel group.
The man who shot me now works for the CIA
It was the face of a man I last saw in May 2014 when he leant forward to shoot me twice in the left ankle at almost point-blank range while my hands were tied. It was punishment for having attempted to escape his gang of kidnappers in northern Syria who had hoped to sell me on.
„Bild“: Awacs-Einsatz im Kampf gegen IS startet in wenigen Wochen
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Die fremden Mächte in Syrien: Was ändert sich mit dem Einmarsch der Türken?
In Syrien tummeln sich lokale Kräfte, Regional- und Weltmächte. Neu sind die Türken mit Bodentruppen präsent.
Straflos Krieg führen und foltern
Der Rechtsstaat – dieser aufdringlich angepriesene Felsen, auf dem die amerikanische Demokratie errichtet ist – liegt in Trümmern.
Germany‘s Merkel has ‚constructive‘ bilateral meeting with Erdogan
German Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed bilateral relations with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan before the start of the G20 summit in China, their first meeting since the failed July 15 coup, a German government spokesman said.
Already strained ties worsened after the coup attempt, when Ankara complained that Berlin had not been swift and decisive enough in condemning it.
Temer Appoints Dictatorship Defender to Amnesty Commission
The same commission in charge of reparations to dictatorship victims will be lead by a former military who defended such repression.
Die brasilianische Tragödie
Eine Bande von Kriminellen, wie es im bissigen und warnenden Gedicht von Chico Buarque heißt: „Offizieller Krimineller, krimineller Kandidat für das Amt eines Bundeskriminellen, Krimineller mit Vertrag, mit Krawatte und Kapital“ – hat soeben aus ihrem Bau im Legislativen Palast Brasiliens heraus einen (fälschlicherweise „weich“ genannten) Staatsstreich gegen die legitime und verfassungsmäßige Präsidentin Brasiliens, Dilma Rousseff, vollbracht. Und wir sprechen von „fälschlicherweise weich genannt“,