Daily Archives: 7. April 2017


07.04.2017 - 22:49 [ Bay Area Indymedia ]

SF Protest – Stop Trumps War on Syria!

The ANSWER Coalition is calling on people and organizations to mobilize nationally coordinated protests Friday at 5:00 p.m. and throughout the weekend to demand an end to the U.S. war against Syria. These protests will be taking place in cities across the country, including Washington, D.C., at the White House.

07.04.2017 - 18:57 [ The Next Web ]

WikiLeaks reveals Grasshopper, the CIA’s Windows hacking tool

In case you haven’t had your dose of paranoia fuel today, WikiLeaks released new information concerning a CIA malware program called “Grasshopper,” that specifically targets Windows.
The Grasshopper framework was (is?) allegedly used by the CIA to make custom malware payloads. According to the user guide:(…)

07.04.2017 - 18:18 [ datenschutzticker ]

Datenschutzmängel in Berliner Krankenhäusern

In ihrem aktuellen Tätigkeitsberich kritisiert die Berliner Datenschutzbeauftragten die fehlende Ausstattung der Gesundheitsbehörden unter anderem mit moderner Technik und den erforderlichen Ressourcen. Vor diesem Hintergrund lassen sich Datenpannen, wie das unbeabsichtigte Offenlegen von Patientendaten gegenüber unbeteiligten Dritten durch die Gesundheitsbehörden, nicht verhindern.

07.04.2017 - 17:55 [ Channel NewsAsia ]

French presidential campaign tightening in final weeks, polls show

An Odoxa poll for Le Point magazine showed 23.5 percent of voters set to back centrist Macron in the April 23 first round, a fall of 2.5 percentage points in a week.
Macron was just half a point ahead of far-right National Front leader Le Pen, whose score was down 2 points.(…)
A second poll by Harris Interactive showed Macron on 24 percent, down two points in two weeks, just ahead of Le Pen on 23 percent, also down two points in two weeks.
Fillon was on 19 percent, up one point, but the big gainer was Melenchon who was up 4.5 points in two weeks to 18 percent.
The 65-year-old Melenchon, a skilled speaker backed by several small leftist groups, aims to take France out of NATO and overhaul the EU.

07.04.2017 - 15:56 [ dejure.org ]

Grundgesetz Art. 26

(1) Handlungen, die geeignet sind und in der Absicht vorgenommen werden, das friedliche Zusammenleben der Völker zu stören, insbesondere die Führung eines Angriffskrieges vorzubereiten, sind verfassungswidrig. Sie sind unter Strafe zu stellen.

07.04.2017 - 15:49 [ Kreml ]

Comment from the Press Service of the President of Russia

The President of Russia regards the US airstrikes on Syria as an act of aggression against a sovereign state delivered in violation of international law under a far-fetched pretext. The Syrian Army has no chemical weapons. The fact of the destruction of all Syrian chemical weapons’ stockpiles has been recorded and verified by the OPCW, a specialised UN body. Vladimir Putin believes that complete disregard for factual information about the use by terrorists of chemical weapons drastically aggravates the situation.

This move by Washington [the US airstrike on an air base in Syria] has dealt a serious blow to Russian-US relations, which are already in a poor state. Most importantly, this move will not bring us closer to the ultimate goal of combatting international terrorism but will instead create a major obstacle to the establishment of an international counterterrorist coalition and to effective struggle against this global evil, something that US President Donald Trump declared as one of his main goals during his election campaign.

Vladimir Putin regards the US strikes on Syria as an attempt to draw public attention away from the numerous civilian casualties in Iraq.

On Friday, the United States launched Tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base in Homs Province in western Syria.

07.04.2017 - 13:25 [ Barbara Lee, Abgeordnete des U.S. Repräsentantenhauses ]

Rep. Barbara Lee: Congress Should Not Be On Recess As Trump Plans War

„I am deeply disturbed by reports that the Trump Administration is currently developing options for a military strike in Syria without Congressional debate and authorization. If President Trump wants to escalate U.S. involvement in yet another war, he should immediately send a new Authorization for Use of Military Force to Congress and Speaker Ryan must bring it to the House floor for debate and vote without delay.

At a time when President Trump stands on the verge of marching our nation into another war with unknown costs and consequences, Congress should not be on recess. I urge the Speaker to honor the Constitution and require a debate and vote on any further use of force in Syria.“

07.04.2017 - 13:20 [ CNN ]

Rand Paul: Military action in Syria needs Congressional approval

„The first thing we ought to do is probably obey the Constitution,“ Paul said on „Kilmeade and Friends.“ „When Nikki Haley came before my committee and I voted for her, I asked her that question. ‚Will you try to take us to war? Will you advocate for war without constitutional or congressional authority?‘ And she said no. So I assumed what she means by this is that, the President, if he decides to do something in Syria, he would come to Congress and ask for a declaration of war. Short of Congress voting on it, I‘m opposed to illegal and unconstitutional wars.“

07.04.2017 - 13:16 [ Washington Examiner ]

Adam Schiff: No US ‚intention‘ to launch another Syria strike

The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says that the Trump administration has no intention of launching a second missile strike against Syria at this time.
In a Thursday evening appearance on MSNBC, Rep. Adam Schiff said he received a call from Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, about the attack not long after it began.

07.04.2017 - 13:05 [ Antikrieg.com ]

Trumps Militärschläge gegen Syrien sind unbesonnen und kurzsichtig

Die Kongressabgeordnete Tulsi Gabbard veröffentlichte heute (6.4.2017) nach den von den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika durchgeführten militärischen Schlägen gegen Einrichtungen der syrischen Regierung folgende Erklärung:

„Es macht mich wütend und traurig, dass Präsident Trump den Rat von Kriegstreibern befolgt und unseren illegalen Krieg zum Sturz der syrischen Regierung eskaliert hat. Diese Eskalation ist kurzsichtig und wird mehr tote Zivilisten, mehr Flüchtlinge, die Stärkung von al-Qaeda und anderen Terroristen und einen möglichen atomaren Krieg zwischen den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika und Russland zur Folge haben.“

07.04.2017 - 12:49 [ thehill.com ]

Gabbard: US attack on Syrian airfield ‚short-sighted,‘ reckless

„This administration has acted recklessly without care or consideration of the dire consequences of the United States attack on Syria without waiting for the collection of evidence from the scene of the chemical poisoning,“ she said in a statement.

“It angers and saddens me that President Trump has taken the advice of war hawks and escalated our illegal regime change war to overthrow the Syrian government. This escalation is short-sighted and will lead to more dead civilians, more refugees, the strengthening of al-Qaeda and other terrorists, and a possible nuclear war between the United States and Russia.

07.04.2017 - 10:31 [ Radio Utopie ]

Luftangriff: U.S.-Imperium nimmt Einladung Russlands und Syriens dankend an

Vor und von dem Angriff auf die syrischen Streitkräfte informierte das Pentagon nach unwidersprochenen Angaben das russische Militär über vorhandene Kommunikationskanäle. Die russischen Militärs wiederum informierten die syrische Seite offensichtlich nicht. Auch wurden die U.S.-Marschflugkörper durch die russischen Luftverteidigungssysteme wie die in Syrien stationierten S-400 Systeme nicht abgeschossen. Das läuft auf eine Opferung syrischer Soldaten durch die russische Seite hinaus, und, im Falle einer Weitergabe der Informationen an die syrische Regierung oder das syrische Militärs, auch durch die informierten syrischen Stellen selbst. Die Reaktion des russischen Außenministeriums auf den U.S.-Angriff: „unüberlegte Problematisierung“. Reaktion des Kreml: eine zeitweilige „Aussetzung“ der Kooperation zwischen der russischen und u.s.-amerikanischen Luftwaffe in Syrien.

07.04.2017 - 03:11 [ Tampa Bay Times ]

U.S. strike against Syria planned by CentCom commanders at MacDill Air Force Base

„We did not target anything we thought to be chemical weapons, for obvious reasons,“ Thomas said. „We did not target any Russians or Russian facilities on the base.“
But the U.S. did warn Russian military forces about the impending strike through the usual communications channels, Thomas said, which are used to avoid conflict.

07.04.2017 - 03:08 [ news.com.au ]

Russia warned before US attack in Syria

The US military gave Russian forces advanced notice of its strikes on a Syrian air base and did not hit sections of the base where the Russians were believed to be present, Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said on Thursday.

Davis, briefing reporters on the operation, said the US military had „multiple“ conversations with Russian forces on Thursday before the strike, using a line of communication that had previously been established to prevent an accidental clash in Syria during the fight against Islamic State.

07.04.2017 - 02:52 [ Chosunilbo ]

U.S. Vice President to Visit Korea This Month

During his stay on April 16-18, he is expected to meet with acting president Hwang Kyo-ahn to discuss a wide range of issues, not least the North Korean nuclear and missile threat and the deployment of a U.S. Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense battery here.

07.04.2017 - 02:16 [ Zeit ]

USA greifen Assads Luftwaffenbasis an

Der Schlag wurde während eines Treffens von Trump mit dem chinesischen Präsidenten Xi Jinping ausgeführt. Die Vorgängerregierung von Barack Obama hatte mit militärischen Schritten gegen die syrische Regierung lediglich gedroht, sie aber nicht ausgeführt.