McGurk is expected to hold discussions with Iraqi political leaders, including Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi, in addition to Muqtada al Sadr, Ayad Allawi, Osama al Nujaifi and Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan Nechirvan Barzani.
Daily Archives: 15. Mai 2018
Thousands of Yemeni people condemn Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Gaza
Thousands of Yemeni people have taken to the streets of the capital Sana’a to strongly condemn the Israeli massacre of unarmed Palestinian demonstrators along the Gaza border, vowing to remain united with the Palestinian people against the atrocities of the Tel Aviv regime.
EU and Iran ‚make good start‘ on salvaging nuclear deal
Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammed Javad Zarif, met with his EU, British, French and German counterparts in Brussels today. „We are on the right track … a lot will depend on what we can do in next few weeks,“ Zarif said after a 90-minute meeting in Brussels. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini insisted European powers were serious about salvaging the deal.
N. Korea cancels high-level talks with S. Korea over military drill
The North‘s Korean Central News Agency said the Max Thunder drills between the South Korean and U.S. air forces are a rehearsal for invasion of the North and a provocation amid warming inter-Korean ties.
Beide Koreas führen am Mittwoch erste hochrangige Gespräche nach Gipfel
Süd- und Nordkorea führen am Mittwoch ihre ersten hochrangigen Gespräche über die Umsetzung der beim innerkoreanischen Spitzentreffen angenommenen Panmunjom-Erklärung.
Das südkoreanische Vereinigungsministerium teilte mit, dass Nordkorea das Treffen am Dienstagvormittag vorgeschlagen habe. Die südkoreanische Seite habe dem Vorschlag zugestimmt.
Zur Stunde laufen die Gespräche zwischen den E3 – @HeikoMaas, den Außenministern aus Frankreich und Großbritannien – @FedericaMog und @JZarif zur Zukunft des Atomabkommens mit #Iran. #JCPOA
Nordkorea lädt acht südkoreanische Journalisten zur Schließung von Atomtestgelände ein
Nordkorea hat acht südkoreanische Journalisten zur Berichterstattung über die Schließung des Atomtestgeländes in Pyunggye-ri zwischen dem 23. und 25. Mai eingeladen.
Dies hat Nordkorea laut dem Vereinigungsministerium heute mitgeteilt.
@FedericaMog speaks to the press following EU/E3 & EU/E3+Iran meetings #IranDeal #JCPOA
Nordkoreanische Delegation besucht China
Nordkorea hat nur eine Woche nach dem Spitzentreffen zwischen den Staatschefs beider Länder eine Delegation nach China geschickt.
Am Montag wurde eine Gruppe von über zehn Nordkoreanern am Flughafen Peking gesichtet. Der nordkoreanische Botschafter in China, Ji Jae-ryong, empfing die Delegation.
Activist blasts Trump administration’s ‘outrageous’ statement on Gaza massacre
Becker, western regional coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition, a protest umbrella group consisting of many antiwar and civil rights organizations, made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV on Tuesday.
Here’s the full list of all the weapons the UK sold to Israel last year
The government had already released the details [pdf] of all “strategic exports” (weapons-related sales) from the UK in 2017. And as Green Party co-leader Lucas tweeted, it includes exports to Israel:(…)
Last Week at the Military Commissions: The 9/11 Case is Back in Motion
The court picked up where it left off in January on the AE 524 series, stemming from a defense motion to compel the government to produce witnesses associated with the CIA’s post-9/11 Rendition, Detention, and Interrogation (RDI) program for pretrial interview by the defense.
PICS: Thousands march in Cape Town in support of Palestine
Several thousand people marched from Keizersgracht Street to Parliament in Cape Town in support of Palestine, this after Israel opened fire on Palestinian protesters on the Israel-Gaza border on Monday, leaving at least 60 dead and over 2,200 wounded.
The protesters had gathered in their tens of thousands to denounce the move by the US to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Belgium summons Israeli ambassador over offensive Gaza remarks
Belgium‘s foreign minister Didier Reynders Tuesday summoned the Israeli ambassador Simona Frankel after she indicated that Palestinians killed in Monday‘s violence in the Gaza Strip were „terrorists.“
UN Security Council holds emergency meeting on Israeli violence against Palestinians
Belgium on Tuesday demanded a UN inquiry into the violence in Gaza and summoned Israel‘s ambassador to the foreign ministry after she described all the Palestinian victims as „terrorists.“
Torra urges Rajoy to ‘fix time and place’ for first meeting
A day after being sworn in as head of government, Torra met with Puigdemont in Berlin, where the deposed president is seeking refuge from prosecution in Spain.
„China herausfordern“
Hinzu kommen westliche Pazifik-Manöver unter Einbindung der Bundeswehr. Im Juli 2016 haben deutsche Marinesoldaten erstmals an RIMPAC teilgenommen, einem regelmäßig abgehaltenen US-Manöver im Pazifik.[6] Kurz zuvor hatte Frankreich routinemäßige Patrouillenfahrten von EU-Kriegsschiffen im Südchinesischen Meer verlangt (german-foreign-policy.com berichtete [6]). Nun hat Chellaney diese Forderung wiederholt. Hinter Chinas aktuellem Bestreben, „kritische Seewege [zu] kontrollieren“, stehe sein „Verlangen, seinen Einfluss in großen Teilen der Welt zu sichern“, behauptet Chellaney im Interview mit einer führenden deutschen Tageszeitung; man müsse jetzt reagieren. „Kriegsschiffe der internationalen Gemeinschaft müssen entlang der künstlichen chinesischen Inseln patrouillieren, Manöver ausüben“, fordert der Experte aus Indien: „Es gibt eine große Koalition von Partnern, die Peking herausfordern sollten.“[7] Deutschland gehört nach seiner Überzeugung dazu.
U.S. Sanctions Iran Central Bank Governor for Terrorist Support
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions on Valiollah Seif, Iran’s central bank governor, and Ali Tarzali, the assistant director of the international department at the central bank of Iran. They were named “specially designated global terrorists” for allegedly assisting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-Quds Force to support Hezbollah.
Übersicht aller Störungen 15.5.2018
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Prozess gegen Heckler & Koch: Morde mit deutschen Waffen in Mexiko und Brasilien
Prozessbeginn in Stuttgart wegen illegaler Waffenexporte. Marielle Franco in Brasilien und Studierende in Mexiko mit Heckler & Koch Waffen ermordet.
A dozen Google employees quit over military drone project
The controversial program is called „Project Maven,“ and it has Google applying its usual machine-learning and image-recognition expertise to millions of hours of drone footage collected by the military. The goal is to identify people and objects of interest.
„The EU is determined to preserve this deal“ @FedericaMog on the #IranDeal and on today‘s meetings with @JZarif and E3 foreign ministers (France, Germany, UK)
Gleich geht es los. Mission impossible? Mit BM Heiko #Maas zur Rettung des Atomabkommens mit #Iran nach Brüssel. Dort Treffen mit den Außenministern Frankreichs und Großbritanniens sowie EU-Chefdiplomatin #Mogherini. Dann Verhandlungen mit Irans AM #Sarif.
Russia appears to have turned its back on Iran‘s forces in Syria — and now Israel looks in charge
Russia on Friday reportedly declined to export its advanced S-300 missile defense system to Syria.
A bunch of Syrian air defenses reportedly were destroyed by Israel on Wednesday, but Russia still declined.
The developments indicate Russia may have turned its back on protecting Iranians, who were the targets of the Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday night.
Now, undefended Iranian forces in Syria are at the mercy of Israel, who seems capable of striking when and where it likes, despite Iran being Russia‘s ally.
Life expectancy in the United States vs. peer nations.
Tesla Model S Driver Says Autopilot Was On Before Crash Into Firetruck: Police
(14.May) The owner of a Tesla Model S that crashed into a parked firetruck in Utah last Friday said she had the car’s semi-autonomous Autopilot system engaged at the time of the incident, police said Monday.
Australia Bans Cash For All Purchases Over $10,000 Starting July Of 2019
(12.May) Australia‘s Liberal Party government has announced that it will soon be illegal to purchase anything over $10,000 with cash. The government says it‘s „encouraging the transition to a digital society“ and cracking down on tax evasion. But not everyone is happy with the move.
US, Sweden and Finland Boost Military Cooperation to Form New Alliance
(14.May) Washington wants to make sure that the PESCO agreement will not protect Europe’s defense industry from US companies.
In anticipation of today‘s ceremony opening @usembassyjlm in #Jerusalem, the official Facebook page of Abbas’ Fatah Movement posted a photoshopped image of President Trump being “arrested” on the Temple Mount by soldiers of “Palestine.”
UberPop in der gesamten Schweiz eingestellt
Der amerikanische Fahrtenvermittler hatte in der Vergangenheit hartnäckig aber erfolglos versucht, sein Geschäftsmodell vor den Gerichten zu verteidigen. Zuletzt hat Uber sogar argumentiert, die Tätigkeit der Fahrer bei UberPop sei als „Hobby“ anzusehen, da man damit keinen Gewinn erwirtschaften könne, und deswegen genehmigungsfrei.
BGH-Urteil: Dashcamvideos sind als Beweismittel vor Gericht zulässig
Venezuela’s Pemon People Reclaim Sacred Kueka Stone Stolen by German Artist
(11.May) The cleansing ritual performed before the stone’s return seeks to re-establish the stone’s power and avoid any supernatural event due to its arrival. The Pemon people believe the theft provoked the massive landslide that killed tens of thousands of people in Venezuela in 1999.
Uber to allow sexual assault and harassment victims to sue company
The new rules mark a conciliatory step made by the Uber chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi. He was hired last August amid a wave of revelations and allegations about rampant sexual harassment in its workforce, a cover-up of a massive data breach, dirty tricks and stolen trade secrets.
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Tesla bursts into flames after fatal crash in Switzerland (PHOTOS)
A 48-year-German driver died on Thursday when his car hit a barrier on a motorway in the canton of Ticino, southern Switzerland. The car burst into flames and was attended to by Bellinzona firefighters, who say the blaze may have been caused by the Tesla battery.
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The Vice President of the Obama administration, which meddled in the elections and internal affairs of no less than a dozen sovereign countries, is working to “stop election meddling”. The joke writes itself.
(14.5.2018)
US Intel Vets Dispute Russia Hacking Claims
(12.12.2016) we draw on decades of senior-level experience – with emphasis on cyber-intelligence and security – to cut through uninformed, largely partisan fog. Far from hiding behind anonymity, we are proud to speak out with the hope of gaining an audience appropriate to what we merit – given our long labors in government and other areas of technology. And corny though it may sound these days, our ethos as intelligence professionals remains, simply, to tell it like it is – without fear or favor.
We have gone through the various claims about hacking. For us, it is child’s play to dismiss them. The email disclosures in question are the result of a leak, not a hack.
US-Präsidentschaftswahlkampf: Demokraten sind mithilfe deutscher E-Mails gehackt worden
(24.3.2018) Der Hackerangriff auf das Nationale Komitee der US-Demokraten (DNC) war offenbar global organisiert. So nutzten die Hacker nach SPIEGEL-Informationen für ihren Angriff auch deutsche E-Mail-Adressen. Das geht aus einem Rechtshilfeersuchen der US-Behörden an die Bundesrepublik hervor.
Donna Brazile: Demokratische Vorwahlen waren laut Ex-Parteichefin zugunsten Clintons manipuliert
(3.11.2017) In einem Buch, das Brazile bald veröffentlicht, beschreibt sie zudem eine aus ihrer Sicht „unethische“ Vereinbarung zwischen Clinton und der Demokratischen Partei. Die Vorwahlphase sei zugunsten Hillary Clintons und gegen deren parteiinternen Widersacher Bernie Sanders manipuliert worden, schrieb die Ex-Parteichefin.
Die Vereinbarungen zwischen der Parteiführung und dem Clinton-Lager habe es bereits seit August 2015 gegeben, lange bevor der interne Auswahlprozess überhaupt gestartet worden sei.
Sudden Death of Attorney Who Served the Lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Charges of “Fraud, Deceptive Conduct … and Negligence”
(8.8.2016) On Friday, July 1, just ahead of the long Fourth of July weekend, a happy, exuberant process server, 38-year old Shawn Lucas of One Source Process, served a lawsuit at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Senator Bernie Sanders’ supporters and named the DNC and its then Chair, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, as defendants. It leveled the following serious charges: fraud, negligent misrepresentation, deceptive conduct, unjust enrichment, breach of fiduciary duty, and negligence.
Wasserman Schultz tritt nach HillaryLeaks als DNC-Chefin zurück …
(25.7.2016) Kurz vor Beginn dieses Parteitages trat Debbie Wasserman Schultz als Vorsitzende des Democratic National Committee (DNC) zurück. Der Grund dafür sind von WikiLeaks öffentlich gemachte E-Mails, die nahe legen, das DNC im Vorwahlkampf nicht (wie es die Statuten eigentlich verlangen) neutral war, sondern sich auf Seiten Clintons geschlagen hatte und für sie arbeitete (vgl. Clinton wählt Swing-State-Gouverneur und Abtreibungsgegner als „Running Mate“). Um Clintons Konkurrenten Bernie Sanders zu schaden, setzte man der Whistleblowerplattform zufolge auch unfaire Mittel ein – darunter auch eine – so WikiLeaks – „bezahlte Trollfabrik“.
Florida to monitor Broward election chief after judge finds ‘unlawful’ ballot destruction in Wasserman Schultz race
(14.5.2018) In light of the ruling, Gov. Rick Scott’s administration — which has expressed concerns with how Broward County Election Supervisor Brenda Snipes has handled the case — told POLITICO that he’s reviewing the judge’s order and will have her office monitored.
“During the upcoming election, the Department of State will send a Florida elections expert from the Division of Elections to Supervisor Snipes’ office to ensure that all laws are followed so the citizens of Broward County can have the efficient, properly run election they deserve,” Scott’s office said in a written statement.
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In Primaries, Democratic Progressives Take On Party Elites
Our Revolution president Nina Turner discusses the first major primary day of the 2018 election season and the ongoing clash between progressives and the Democratic Party establishment
Democracy means one person, one vote. It does not mean billionaires like Sheldon Adelson buying elections.
Our job:
-Overturn Citizens United
-Move toward public funding of elections
-End voter suppression
“It’s totally undemocratic and unconstitutional to tell me I would need to support a Democrat even if they don’t display Democratic values,” Lynch said. “This has nothing to do with party loyalty —….” @theintercept Agreed!
(9.5.2018)
Nina Turner ‚Our Revolution‘ President; From Democrat To Irrational
(6.7.2017) To bring about change one has to understand the system; understanding how Congress works. Like it or not when it comes to Congress there are only two parties, Democrat and Republican. If you don’t work to support one of them you are helping the other. We saw that in the last Presidential election and we saw it in 2000 when we ended up with George W. Bush.
I’m so honored to receive the endorsement of Our Revolution! Here‘s why this is such a big deal:
The inspiring and hardworking activists and grassroots organizers of Our Revolution are at the heart of the progressive movement in this country, working with leaders to address a rigged political system and growing economic inequality. Now, together, we‘re bringing the political revolution to New York, and I’m proud to join them in the fight to create a more *democratic* Democratic Party!