The U.S.-led NATO war to topple the Libyan regime of Muammar Gadhafi helped create a nation of disparate rebel militias that to this day, two years later, refuse to give up their arms. This, along with the weakness of the central government in Libya, is making the fruits of our “democracy promotion” hard to recognize.
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by James Corbett
BoilingFrogsPost.com
November 5, 2013
As long as there have been positions of power, there have been those courageous few willing to speak truth to power. And as long as there have been those willing to speak truth to power, there have been those trying to throw them in jail.
Palestine Information Center – 05/11/2013
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowments and Heritage said Israeli groups seek to enact laws and regulations aiming at partitioning the Aqsa Mosque between Muslims and Jews, and defining times and areas where collective and individual Jewish prayers can be held.
Shuaib Almosawa, a freelance journalist in Yemen, has a must-read report up at Foreign Policy investigating a U.S. drone strike in Marib, Yemen on August 8, 2013. It must be read in full, but Noah Shactman, an editor at Foreign Policy, sums up the piece quite appropriately on Twitter.
At each of the over 200 cities I’ve traveled to this past year with my book Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control, I ask the audience an easy question: Have they ever seen or heard from drone strike victims in the mainstream US press? Not one hand has ever gone up. This is an obvious indication that the media has failed to do its job of humanizing the civilian casualties that accompany President Obama’s deadly drone program.
RT | November 4, 2013
Turkish border guards seized three vehicles loaded with over 1,000 kg of chemicals as they tried to illegally cross the border into Syria. One of the smugglers was arrested, while others managed to escape.
The Turkish General Staff reported that the chemicals were seized after a convoy of three vehicles refused to stop and attempted to illegally cross the border near the southeastern Turkish town of Reyhanli on Saturday.
This week on Radio Liberty, James and Dr. Stan discuss the fundamental psychology that drives people’s perceptions of the market and what is possible in the world of finance and economics. We also take your calls on a range of issues, including the Chinese-US feud, Obamacare, and much more.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Operations/Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
November 5, 2013
STEADFAST JAZZ – AIRCREW TESTED DURING COMBAT FLYING MISSIONS
Story by SHAPE Public Affairs Office
by Judith Curry Groupthink: A pattern of thought charaterized by self-deception, forced manufacture of consent, and conformity to group values and ethics. Groupthink: Collective Delusions in Organizations and Markets, by Roland Benabou, published in the Review of Economic Studies. … Continue reading →
Published on Nov 5, 2013 James Corbett for BoilingFrogsPost with an Eyeopener Report CONTINUE WATCHING: http://ur1.ca/fzm2m TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: http://www.corbettreport.com/?p=8204 The term “war on journalism” is an apt description of the current state of affairs because there is a war being waged on the public right now. It is a war for the hearts and minds of the population, and […]
Yesterday we looked at the lead-up to last night's historic Senate vote for ENDA. The anti-gay filibuster was shut down 61-30, every Democrat plus 7 Republicans voting for equality.
Itar-Tass
November 4, 2013
Rasmussen: NATO’s Steadfast Jazz exercise ‘graduation test’ for NATO Response Force
BRUSSELS: NATO’s Steadfast Jazz exercise is a “graduation test” for the alliance’s Response Force, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said at the monthly press conference on Monday, November 4.
On the 34th anniversary of the seizure by Iranian militants of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, a growing number of experts here believe Washington and the Islamic Republic may be moving toward détente, if not rapprochement. While hardline demonstrators in Tehran Monday marked the anniversary with ritual chants outside the long-abandoned embassy of “Death to […]
It was merely coincidence that on the same week that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki came to Washington to plead for more intelligence and military aid for his imploding nation that former Gen. David Petraeus published a 7,600-word online essay on "How We Won in Iraq." Or was it? Petraeus, who left the CIA in […]
There is a clear pattern in the history of intelligence accountability in America. In each of the major seasons of investigation – the Church Committee inquiries of 1975, the Iran-Contra affair in the late 1980s, the 9/11 Commission – a moment occurred when the necessity for public investigation became blindingly evident. The end of October […]
At least 56 Iraqis were killed and 117 more were wounded, mostly in northern Iraq. At least two separate bombings occurred in the Tikrit-Shirqat region.
Today everyone thinks it's wonderful that the Clinton's corrupt bagman, Terry McAuliffe, is going to win the Virginia governorship. Even I can admit that he's probably better than the Republican alternative, Ken Cuccinelli, an extreme right-wing ideologue and crazy-eyed fanatic. But what a heartbreak that election is! It's the ultimate "lesser-of-two-evils" choice. In New Jersey, the election is anything but that-- a Republican that hides his Cuccinelli side and poses as a "moderate" and one of the best candidates the Democrats have put up for any election, anywhere.
"Some people remain skeptical, especially the establishment types who would gladly have handed [Mayor Michael] Bloomberg yet another four years. But, given the skillful campaign that [Democratic mayoral candidate Bill] de Blasio has run and the huge mandate that a record-breaking victory would confer, he could well prove to be a more formidable mayor than they suggest.
In an article for the Guardian, John Pilger describes the suppression of Australia's bloodied history while veneration for its colonial wars and the rise of militarism excludes the true story of the 'the greatest expropriation of land in world history'.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Transformation
November 1, 2013
NATO Civil-Military Fusion Centre Reaches Out to Young Members in Community
MCS 2nd Class Adam Bennett, NATO ACT Public Affairs
Over 200 high school students from the Global Studies and World Languages Academy at Tallwood High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia attended a recent NATO ACT sponsored education and knowledge sharing exchange.
The Young Turks | September 8, 2013
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Hurriyet Daily News
November 4, 2013
Turkey hosts Invitex-Eastern Mediterranean military exercise
ANKARA: The Invitex-Eastern Mediterranean military exercise for 2013 is due to take place in Turkey from Nov. 4 to 14.
NATO, the U.S. Navy and the Turkish Navy-Air Force-Coast Guard platforms will participate in the exercise, a statement from Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) said Nov. 4.
Media outlets remain oblivious to the IPCC's tainted-by-activism personnel.
RT | November 2, 2013
Russian oil output, the largest in the world, reached 10.59 million bpd (barrels per day) in October, setting the record for the country’s post-Soviet period, Energy Ministry data showed.
The landmark was reached due to Rosneft increasing production at the Vankor field in the Krasnoyarsk Region, the Vedomosti paper reports.
Lisa Linowes | Wind Action | November 4, 2013
The U.S. wind power market staggered this year adding less than seventy (70) megawatts of new wind in the first three quarters. This is down from 4,743 megawatts installed during the same period in 2012.
Only three states reported wind expansions:
This will not go over well for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Via Business Insider
The Tip, of the tip, of the Iceberg!
December 3, 2010: U.S. navy officer Michael “Vannak Khem” Misiewicz becomes emotional as he embraces his aunt Samrith Sokha, 72, at Cambodian coastal international see port of Sihanoukville, Cambodia. Misiewicz passed confidential information on ship routes to Malaysian businessman Leonard Francis’ Singapore-based company, Glenn Defense Marine Asia Ltd., or GDMA, according to court documents. (AP)
NO – Not everything is a conspiracy…. We know that. BUT, just ONCE can we have a clean mass shooting without the usual “coincidences”? If you do want to control an operation like this, LA is THEE place to do it.
“We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.”
Nancy Pelosi on The Affordable Care Act.
RT | November 4, 2013
An independent report has charged that medical personnel, working under the direction of the Department of Defense and CIA in military defense facilities, violated medical ethics by participating in the torture of detainees.
Bot tak left a link to this news of Israeli outrage from another source.
P5+1 negotiating with Iran
Up until now, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, who initiated unprecedented diplomacy with the U.S., has spoken very positively about the negotiations with Western powers. That has apparently changed, with French media reporting the reformist president saying he is “not optimistic.”
United States European Command
November 4, 2013
U.S. Air Force units arrive to Iceland in support of NATO exercise
By 1st Lt. Leah Davis
48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
By SASAN FAYAZMANESH | CounterPunch | November 4, 2013
On October 22, 2013, the following exchange took place at the Daily Press Briefing between Deputy Spokesperson for the Department of State Marie Harf and an unidentified, tenacious reporter:
Later this week, Secretary of State John Kerry is going to Israel to follow up on so-called “peace talks.”
“We and the parties remain focused on our goal of achieving a permanent agreement which ends the conflict and all claims, and creates peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians,” the State Department said last week.
Al-Manar | November 3, 2013
Palestinian Resistance announced on Sunday its fighters has managed to control and then down an Israeli drone flying over the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Resistance movement, Hamas, said its fighters managed to down the drone.
Micheal Vail, editor of StratRisks.com and BlackListedNews.com joins us once again, this time to discuss the “war on journalists” that is being waged at the moment. From Feinstein’s attempt to redefine journalism to the recent revelations about spying on reporters to attempts to label journalists as terrorists, we examine the roots and ramifications of this latest war on the people.
As Americans fret about the Obamacare website and wonder how the country became enslaved to the highest healthcare costs in the world, we turn back the pages to look at how the modern medical paradigm came together in the early 20th century, courtesy of the Rockefeller Foundation and their cronies. Join us this week as we explore the real history of modern healthcare and the real motivations behind the family that brought it to you.
The UK government is charging Glenn Greenwald’s partner David Miranda with “terrorism” and “espionage” for trying to carry documents leaked by Edward Snowden through a London airport in August.
Reuters:
Stars and Stripes
November 4, 2013
NATO forces mobilize across eastern Europe for war games
By John Vandiver
STUTTGART, Germany: NATO’s largest war game in years, which kicked off in Poland on Saturday, will involve some 6,000 troops at locations spread out across the region over the course of nine days.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Operations
November 4, 2013
MARITIME LIVE EXERCISE – THE SHIPS ARE UNDERWAY FOR STEADFAST JAZZ 2013
Story by Peter Wojtas Lt (OF-2) Polish Navy
Public Affairs Officer
Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (SNMCMG1)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Allied Command Operations
November 4, 2013
KFOR INTERVENES FOLLOWING DISTURBANCES IN THE VOTE IN MITROVICA POLLING STATIONS
Story by KFOR Public Affairs Office
On Saturday afternoon, 2 November 2013, as a result of attacks on polling stations in north MITROVICA, KFOR troops rapidly intervened.
