„Die Gelöbnisse sollen dazu dienen, in der Bevölkerung Verständnis für die Kriegseinsätze der Bundeswehr zu erzeugen“, sagte der Musiker Konstantin Wecker, einer der Erstunterzeichner des Protestaufrufs. (
Daily Archives: 18. November 2019
Vietnam vs. Afghanistan – Matched Mayhem, Ceaseless War
You see, my granddaughter, Kaya, turns 14 next week and she has never lived in a time when her country wasn’t waging an unrelenting interventionist war somewhere. Not for one moment, and I couldn’t let it go.
Vietnam vs. Afghanistan – abgestimmtes Chaos, endloser Krieg
Siehst du, meine Enkelin Kaya, wird nächste Woche 14 Jahre alt, und sie hat noch nie in einer Zeit gelebt, in der ihr Land nicht irgendwo einen unerbittlichen interventionistischen Krieg geführt hat. Nicht für einen Moment, und ich konnte das nicht einfach auf sich beruhen lassen.
Left wing Brexiteer standing for Stoke North. Do share! @OfLeavers? @MD4MP
Präsident Moon hofft auf Diskussionen für Frieden in Korea mit ASEAN-Staats- und Regierungschefs
Präsident Moon Jae-in hat die Hoffnung geäußert, beim anstehenden Gipfel zwischen Südkorea und dem südostasiatischen Staatenbund ASEAN tiefgründige Diskussionen für Frieden auf der koreanischen Halbinsel und in Ostasien zu führen.
Die entsprechende Äußerung machte Moon in einem Beitrag für Asia News Network (ANN), eine Koalition von 24 Medienanstalten in 21 asiatischen Ländern, eine Woche vor der Eröffnung des ASEAN-Korea-Gedenkgipfels in Busan.
Südkorea und USA beschließen Verschiebung von Luftwaffenmanöver
Ein Beamter des südkoreanischen Verteidigungsministeriums teilte am Sonntag mit, dass die Entscheidung in einem Gespräch der Verteidigungsminister Jeong Kyeong-doo und Mark Esper in der thailändischen Hauptstadt Bangkok gefallen sei. Dort findet zurzeit das sechste Verteidigungsministertreffen der ASEAN-plus-Drei statt.
N. Korean official says Pyongyang not interested in talks ‚that bring nothing‘
North Korea is no longer interested in holding another summit with the United States that will „bring nothing,“ a former chief nuclear envoy of the communist nation said Monday, urging Washington to drop its „hostile policy“ against Pyongyang.
Senior N.K. diplomat departs for Russia
North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui, considered leader Kim Jong-un‘s top strategist in nuclear negotiations with the United States, departed for Russia on Monday, the North‘s state media reported.
Sieben Tote und 30 Verletzte bei Luftangriff in Tripolis
Regierungstreue Kräfte erklärten auf Facebook, „Drohnen der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate“ hätten den Anschlag verübt, um den „Kriegsverbrecher Haftar“ zu unterstützen.
Thousands of people are out now in São Paulo, in solidarity with Bolivian people.The death toll in nearly a month of demonstrations in Bolivia has reached 23, according to most recent report by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
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2pm: Groups from 20 provinces of the department of La Paz and 14 districts of the city of El Alto protest against the coup in Bolivia. They‘re coming together in Plaza San Fransisco to demand that @JeanineAnez resign. @teleSURenglish
Thousands March in Response to Cochabamba Massacre: Bolivia
Three marches have entered the city of Cochabamba already, as they chant for justice and the end of this de facto government that is led by the self-declared president Jeanine Anez.
Last Friday, the Bolivian security forces attacked a crowd of civilians in Cochabamba that were demonstrating in support of the deposed President Evo Morales. The attack would turn into a massacre as nine Indigenous people were killed at the hands of the security forces.
Dramatic getaway of some #PolyU protesters, who abseiled down from a bridge, and sped away on the backs of motorbikes that came out of nowhere on a flyover. Police pelted them with tear gas and projectiles as they perched on precarious ledges #HK
Hong Kong protesters stage dramatic escape from police siege of Polytechnic University, but hundreds remain trapped
Dozens of Hong Kong protesters staged a dramatic escape from a university campus sealed off by police on Monday night by shimmying down plastic hosing from a bridge and fleeing on waiting motorbikes as the police fired projectiles.
Benny Gantz says Netanyahu is inciting against Arabs and calls on Likud to drop alliance with right-wing block (which is not likely to happen) and Liberman says any minority government would be a disaster. Looks more and more like a 3rd election in Israel.
Trump tweets he will ‚strongly consider‘ testifying in impeachment inquiry
Trump responded to Speaker Nancy Pelosi‘s (D-Calif.) suggestion on „Face the Nation“ a day earlier in which she said the president could „come right before the committee and talk … or he could do it in writing.“
„Even though I did nothing wrong, and don’t like giving credibility to this No Due Process Hoax, I like the idea & will, in order to get Congress focused again, strongly consider it!“ Trump tweeted.
Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman is set to meet with Netanyahu again on Monday.
Poll: 49% of Israeli-Arabs back minority gov‘t led by Benny Gantz
The survey, commissioned by Army Radio, showed 49% of Israeli-Arab citizens supporting the Joint List, made up of four separate Arab parties, backing Gantz from outside a coalition government even if it includes secular right-wing politician Avigdor Liberman, head of the Yisrael Beiteinu party.
US trying to hijack fuel hike protests in Iran: Analyst
He emphasized that people in Iran enjoy the right to protest, referring to remarks by President Hassan Rouhani’s chief of staff in which he stressed that all officials should be listening to the protesters’ views.
“Whenever there is some legitimate and legal protests, the United States, the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) as well as people outside the country, the opposition, the son of the past shah step forward in order to hijack the protests, in order to stage violent actions and sabotage,” he said.
Independent candidate Melhem Khalaf wins Beirut Bar Association elections
BEIRUT: Melhem Khalaf, a law professor at Saint Joseph university, has become the new head of the Beirut Bar Association after beating out the political ruling class‘ candidate.
Khalaf, an independent candidate, ran against Nader Gaspard, who was backed by the Free Patriotic Movement, Lebanese Forces, Future Movement and Progressive Socialist Party.
Protest Movement-Backed Candidate Elected Head of Bar Association
A candidate backed by the protest movement that is sweeping the country was on Sunday elected as head of the Beirut Bar Association, scoring a precious win for the nascent movement over the country’s established political parties.
Lawyers who backed Melhem Khalaf erupted in joy and chanted “revolution, revolution” as the results were announced.
Protests as uprising enters second month
A couple dances in front of razor wire set between protesters and the Grand Serail in Beirut’s Riad al-Solh Square. (The Daily Star/Hasan Shaaban)
The US and Iran in Iraq: Protestors take over the streets, demanding government reforms “or else”…
Jeanine Antoinette Hennis-Plasschaert, a Dutch diplomat serving as Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations assistance mission in Iraq since November 2018, visited the Grand Ayatollah Sistani at his home in Najaf. A few days later, Thursday the 14th at 20:00 pm, IRGC-Quds brigade commander Qassem Soleimani landed at Najaf airport and visited Sayyed Sistani to discuss his requests for a solution to the unrest in the country. Soleimani returned to Baghdad the same evening with clear answers: reforms are inevitable within a specific time-table, and the US and Iran should stop intervening because protestors are for the most part sincere and have justified demands.
CBI hears from party leaders as Tories, Labour and Lib Dems try to win business votes
In a bid to secure support from industry ahead of polling day on December 12, the leaders of the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats will each make a speech on stage at the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) Annual Conference at the InterContinental London – The O2.
International Criminal Court may investigate UK ‚war crimes cover-up‘
The ICC said it took the findings very seriously. The MoD has said the allegations are unsubstantiated.
Activist Joshua Wong urges Germany to halt Chinese army training, as Hong Kong protests spiral
Speaking to the top-selling Bild newspaper, Wong said: “It makes me furious that the German Bundeswehr is apparently helping to train Chinese soldiers. Given the riots in Hong Kong, the defence ministry should have ended this programme long ago.”
Why are Hongkongers so angry? Because their baby boomer leaders are living in a parallel universe
Hong Kong as a dispute resolution centre and Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung’s shocking confession that he did not know why people are so angry are typical of the arrogance, self-entitlement and ignorance of the baby boomer leaders
PLA ‘committed to protecting’ Hong Kong as stand-off intensifies
Stopping violence and restoring order ‘most urgent task’ for the city, China’s defence ministry says
Chinese and US defence ministers discuss Hong Kong at Bangkok Asean meeting while clashes continue between police and radicals
Roundup: Experten in Übersee sprechen sich für Chinas Haltung zur HK-Frage aus und fordern ein Ende des Chaos
Anlässlich des 11. BRICS-Gipfels am Donnerstag in der brasilianischen Hauptstadt Brasilia äußerte sich der chinesische Präsident Xi Jinping zur Haltung der chinesischen Regierung zur Situation Hongkongs und erklärte, dass die dringendste Aufgabe für Hongkong derzeit darin bestehe, Gewalt und Chaos zu beenden und die Ordnung wiederherzustellen.
Hong Kong protesters make last stand as police close in on besieged university
Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters were surrounded by riot police on Monday inside a besieged Hong Kong college campus, as almost six months of intensifying anti-government unrest appeared headed for a bitter and perhaps bloody climax.
Hong Kong Protests: How Does This End?
After nearly six months of escalating protests, Hong Kong is a mess, its reputation for efficiency in tatters, its economy in recession, its roads and rails often blocked. And there is no end in sight.
Mendelblit, Don’t Delay
(14.02.2018)
The police announcement Tuesday – that the investigations into two cases involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been completed – came 13 months after Attorney General Avichai Mendelblit decided that a “preliminary examination” of the allegations, which itself took six months, should become full-fledged criminal investigations.
Israeli Prosecutors’ Conference Postponed Ahead of Netanyahu Indictment
State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan announced Sunday the postponement of a conference for senior prosecutors scheduled for Thursday. His office cited “scheduling constraints” and said a new date would be set for the gathering in Jerusalem.
Joint List leader says Netanyahu has ‚sealed his legacy as a bitter criminal‘
The head of the Joint List, the political alliance made up of four separate Arab parties, responded to Netanyahu’s speech, saying “All of us, Arabs and our Jewish partners, will breathe a sigh of relief the day he goes.”
Ayman Odeh further attacked the premier by stating that „This evening he sealed his legacy as a bitter criminal who doesn’t know how to lose, only to harm and incite against those he was supposed to serve.”
A Genuine State of Emergency
It’s hard to exaggerate the gravity of such statements by Netanyahu, who, by virtue of his job, is supposed to serve all Israelis, including the country’s Arab citizens. Netanyahu is appealing to the lowest common denominator, inflaming the Jewish community against the Arab community and inciting the entire Israeli public. “We have to warn against this danger; we have to work together to warn against it,” he said, as if he were talking about an enemy.
Later, he even slandered the Arab Knesset members.
Netanyahu: Minority gov‘t with Arab Joint List ‚terror attack‘ against Israel
At ’emergency conference,‘ Israeli PM warns Tehran would ‚celebrate‘ a Blue and White minority gov‘t
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a rally in Tel Aviv on Sunday decrying the possibility that Benny Gantz is set to form a minority government backed by the Arab Joint List alliance in the coming days.
Democratic candidates reject Obama’s warning of going too far left
“When I talk about health care being a human right and ending the embarrassment of America being the only major country on earth that does not guarantee health care for every man, woman and child, that’s not tearing down the system,” he said, according to the New York Times. “That’s doing what we should have done 30 years ago.”
China sends two global multimedia satellites into planned orbit
They are mainly used for the Ka-band communication technology test, and the user is a German company.
US election 2020: Democrats respond to Obama‘s warning
Answering questions on a forum aired by Univision, a Spanish-language TV network, he was asked whether Mr Obama was „right“ to say voters didn‘t want systemic change.
Mr Sanders, who describes himself as a democratic socialist and progressive, laughed and said: „Well, it depends on what you mean by tear down the system.“
Somalia protests ‚outdated‘ UN arms embargo
The UN on Friday passed a resolution extending a more than decade-long arms embargo on Somalia by one year, saying the move was aimed at preventing al-Shabaab from acquiring arms, chemicals and bomb-making components…
Russia, China and Equatorial Guinea are against the extension of the arms embargo.
Qatar, Somalia discuss means to boost bilateral ties
Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Sunday received a message from Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo on bilateral relations and means to develop them, the Qatari royal court said in a statement.
The message was conveyed by Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre during a meeting with the Qatari emir at the royal palace.
Berlin und der Putsch (II)
Lizenz zum Töten
Hinzu kommt, dass die vom Auswärtigen Amt als „Interimspräsidentin“ titulierte Áñez bereits am Freitag ein Dekret unterzeichnet hat, das den Streitkräften freie Hand bei der Niederschlagung von Protesten gibt. Seit dem Putsch durch Boliviens weiße Elite kommt es zu Demonstrationen, Streiks und Straßenblockaden; sie werden vorwiegend von der indigenen Bevölkerung des Landes abgehalten, die Morales weithin unterstützt und Áñez‘ Abtritt fordert – binnen 48 Stunden, hieß es gestern.
Astronomy Picture of the Day 2019 November 17
Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, WISE
Leonids Meteor Shower Peak
Watch the Leonid Meteor Shower peak live from Mathias West Virginia Saturday 11/16/2019 starting at 8PM Eastern time. We are expecting 10-15 meteors per hour. Thanks to Ed Abel for hosting the stream.
Leonids Meteor Shower 2019 – Leoniden Meteorstrom
Anwohner wollen keine Waffenverbotszone in Eisenbahnstraße mehr
Inzwischen hat der Stadtrat von Leipzig beschlossen, bei der Bewertung der Wirksamkeit der Zone deutlich mehr Gruppen einzubeziehen als bisher geplant. Vorgesehen ist, dass neben Stadträten auch Vereine und Anwohner dazu gehört werden, welchen Nutzen die Waffenverbotszone hat. Bisher sollten an dem Prozess nur das Ordnungsdezernat und die Fachhochschule der Polizei beteiligt werden.
Massenproteste gegen Regierung in Prag
Die Hauptinitiatoren der Bewegung „Eine Millionen Momente für Demokratie“ stehen liberalen und konservativen pro-EU-Kräften nahe und wollen die Regierung zu einer stärker proeuropäischen Politik zwingen. „Wir machen keine weitere Revolution oder so etwas – wir versuchen tatsächlich, das zu bewahren, was 1989 erreicht wurde“, erklärte beispielsweise einer der Initiatoren, Benjamin Roll. Aus ihrer Sicht läuft die Korruption der gegenwärtigen Regierung den Interessen der EU zuwider.
Tropenhelm auf: Mehr deutsches Militär nach Afrika
Emmanuel Ma cron ruft nach mehr EU-Militär in Afrika, und Berlin setzt den Tropenhelm auf. Paris sieht im Zerfall der meisten Staaten Westafrikas, den es 2011 durch den Krieg gegen Libyen gemeinsam mit Großbritannien und den USA herbeigeführt hatte, ein Sicherheitsproblem erster Ordnung. Das frankophone Kolonialreich droht anderen in die Hände zu fallen.
US, South Korea Postpone Joint Military Drills as ‚Act of Goodwill‘ Toward North Korea
The U.S. and South Korea have been conducting annual military exercises since 1955, months after the end of the Korean War, in order to maintain their combat abilities to defend against North Korea. There are about 28,500 American troops currently stationed in South Korea.