Ministry of Defence of Georgia
May 14, 2013
Georgian Servicemen Killed in Afghanistan
Three Georgian military servicemen were killed as a result of the insurgent attack on the Georgian military base in Afghanistan.
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The killed soldiers served in the 42nd light Infantry Battalion of the IV Infantry Brigade.
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Jules Romains: Fraternization versus fratricide, the forbidden subject of peace
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Jules Romains
From The Black Flag (1937)
Translated by Gerard Hopkins
You have to wonder to what levels of depravity Syrian rebels have to descend to in order to fall out of favour with western leaders, and the CIA and other intelligence agencies which have been supplying them large quantities of weapons. Sectarian insurgents have used the equipment kindly supplied by friendly governments to video themselves […]
Israel’s official silence following its airstrikes on weapons depots in Syria earlier this month fueled accusations in every direction. Damascus condemned it as an attempt to destroy the regime, Tehran said the real targets were Iran and Hezbollah, analysts in the U.S. said it was a demonstration of “credibility.”
But now a Syrian rebel commander has a different take: “The assault was in support of Assad.”
Quite a public expulsion........ Odd? Timing?Coincidentally or not, the actual post I am in the midst of working on was about Russia.Making it more timely then ever.Later today or tomorrow it will be upCaught red-handed: Russia releases alleged U.S. spying letter after arresting CIA agency
Recorded live 5-9-13. The one-year anniversary of the School Sucks Live Show
Recorded live 5-9-13. The one-year anniversary of the School Sucks Live ShowTopic:This live show was recorded immediately after my 90-minute discussion with Dan Carlin (coming soon), and the gears of my brain were really turning in different ways. I wanted to discuss methods and theories for examining and interpreting history. Often history is a story told through the "Great" Man Theory, opposed to the Trends and Forces Theory. Reflecting on a series of shows I did about the Nazis, I realize that there is considerable synthesis between the two.
Recorded live 5-9-13. The one-year anniversary of the School Sucks Live Show
When the Iran-Contra scandal broke out, President Reagan went on national television and played dumb.
By Richard Silverstein | Tikun Olam | May 13, 2013
IDF rains white phosphorus indiscriminately on civilian targets
By Brendan Sasso and Jordy Yager – The Hill - 05/13/13
Federal prosecutors secretly obtained two months’ worth of telephone records of Associated Press journalists in what the news agency described Monday as a “massive and unprecedented intrusion.”
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by James Corbett
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May 14, 2013
Ma’an – 14/05/2013
BETHLEHEM – A Facebook page promoting Nakba commemoration events in Jaffa was temporarily blocked overnight, Palestinian activists said Monday.
Fatima Huleiwi, an activist with Jaffa Youth, told Ma’an that it was not the first time that Facebook had blocked the group’s user page.
International Solidarity Movement | May 14, 2013
Qaryut, Occupied Palestine – Settlers from the illegal colony of Shilo set fire to land belonging to the nearby village of Qaryut. Around 25 families own land in this area. The land contained wheat crops and olive trees and is next to land previously stolen by settlers, which they had been cultivating for themselves only two days before.
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, The Washington Post reports this week that in addition to the escalating sexual assault problem in the the military, there have been an uncomfortable number of sex crimes, convictions and what can only be called crimi
There have been nine congressional hearings on the Benghazi controversy – with more to come – but almost no one in Congress dares put the spotlight on the unfolding scandal surrounding the Guantanamo Bay prison where most of the remaining 166 inmates have opted to “escape” from indefinite detention via the only way open to [...]
Congressional hearings, White House damage control, endless op-eds, accusations, and defensive denials. Controversy over the events in Benghazi last September took center stage in Washington and elsewhere last week. However, the whole discussion is again more of a sideshow. Each side seeks to score political points instead of asking the real questions about the attack [...]
A funny thing happened after post-9/11 whistleblowers started being gagged, persecuted, prosecuted, raided, threatened and retaliated against. They began to organize. They gathered the wagons around and took to the press. It’s a phenomenon not uncommon in America, particularly when individuals believe they are being unfairly targeted by the government for doing the right thing. [...]
This week on Radio Liberty with Dr. Stan Monteith, James discusses the recent scandal over the IRS’ targeting of tea party and patriot groups for extra scrutiny in their 501c4 filings. James and Stan discuss the illusion of the rule of law and how that is finally being peeled back for everyone to see. They also take your calls on a range of subjects, from the internet sales tax to the cashless society to the Federal Reserve.
Fourteen people were killed and 23 more were wounded in attacks across Iraq. Among them was a prominent cleric and a councilman.
Photo credit: Cherri Gregg/via CBS Philly
The 1993 Waco siege is often categorized as one of the more violent, militaristic, domestic actions by U.S. law enforcement in recent memory. And it should be. At the Branch Davidian’s “compound” a fatal combination of government arrogance, fear, impatience, and aggression lead to 76 bodies, including 20 children.
U.S. Department of Defense
May 13, 2013
Stavridis Highlights NATO’s Progress as ‘Force for Good’
By Jim Garamone
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The admiral said he looks at the alliance effort in Libya with quiet satisfaction…Aircraft, aircrew and ships from NATO and partners such as Sweden, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates worked together to protect life in Libya, he added.
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Henri Barbusse: Selections on war
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Henri Barbusse
From Light (1918)
Translated by Fitzwater Wray
By Paul Craig Roberts | IPE | May 10, 2013
Over the last several years I have watched the rise of an important new intellect on the American scene. Ron Unz, publisher of The American Conservative, has demonstrated time and again the extraordinary ability to reexamine settled issues and show that the accepted conclusion was incorrect.
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 053. Author’s Forum: Property, Freedom and Society, Austrian Scholars Conference (March 11, 2010). This is from a short speech at the Austrian Scholars Conference 2010 on the Author’s Forum about Property, Freedom and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe (Mar. 11, 2010).
By David Swanson | War Is A Crime | May 7, 2013
Some human rights groups, especially Amnesty International, seem to have forgotten an important human right: peace. A petition has been launched to remind them.
After a very lengthy legal process, “former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty on Friday of genocide and crimes against humanity during the bloodiest phase of the country’s 36-year civil war,” Reuters reports.
One of the most important subjects that I cover here at this blog are of course Health related issues, and especially exposing the lies pushed forward by our so called Medical and Pharmaceutical industries. It is so important that everyone stays healthy in this war against the criminals out for our very enslavement.For the longest time I and others in this, the REAL truth movement, have harped on the fact that vaccines and the policy of vaccinations themselves are complete frauds, and that vaccines themselves promote the very diseases that they are supposed to be fighting...
Will this be spun as a reason for a no fly zone?ht to anonymous linkie person..you know who you are :)
1) The Banker Occupied Government of the US has said Americans can eat up to 1,200 Becquerels per kilogram of Cesium 134 and 137 in their food. Canada permits 1,000 Becquerels per kilogram whereas Europe allows 600 and Japan only 100. The bankers are allowing the farms of Chernobyl and Fukushima to send their toxic radioactive food to America and Canada.
Photo blog by Dylan Collins | Al-Akhbar | May 13, 2013
On Wednesday, 8 May 2013, Israel held its annual Jerusalem Day celebration, commemorating its annexation of East Jerusalem and the Old City during the 1967 Six-Day War.
Aryn Baker at TIME reports on a video out of Syria depicting the savagery of rebel commander Khalid al-Hamad:
When considering the likelihood of increased U.S. intervention in Syria, it’s useful to try to gauge the opinions of people in positions of policymaking and power.
By Sharmine Narwani – Al-Akhbar – 2013-05-13
The Middle East is treading water these days. Two years of rhetoric about ousting dictators, revolution, freedom, honor, dignity, and democracy – without result – has people on edge, their disillusionment now demanding an outlet.
There are no outlets though. Sensing the fast-growing disenchantment with undelivered promises, even the “bright new leaders” are tightening the reins and demanding compliance.
He disappeared more than a decade ago, just 18-years-old and teaching abroad, separated from his family for the first time in life. His mother and father, sick with worry, heard nothing. For all they knew he was dead. Then, one day they opened a newspaper and learned their son was being held in a military [...]
Political Cartoonists love to portray North Korea as an irrational and infantile force. It’s either a baby with a nuclear rattle or a little truant in need of a timeout. The relative youth of the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, encourages such representations, but the practice predates his ascension to power. According to the dictates [...]
It reminds one of Mark Twain’s oft quoted words: “The report of my death was an exaggeration.” By now this has become an intellectual fad. To advocate the two-state solution means that you are ancient, old-fashioned, stale, stodgy, a fossil from a bygone era. Hoisting the flag of the “one-state solution” means that you are [...]
The Heritage Foundation, which has been a bulwark of the War Party since its inception in 1973, has an annual budget of $82.4 million: much of this is spent lobbying on behalf of larger military appropriations and US military intervention worldwide. The American Enterprise Institute (otherwise known as Neocon Central) has an annual budget in [...]
Has a weapon ever been invented, no matter how terrible, and not used? The crossbow, the dreadnought, poison gas, the tank, the landmine, chemical weapons, napalm, the B-29, the drone: all had their day and for some that day remains now. Even the most terrible weapon of all, the atomic bomb, that city-buster, that potential [...]
Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. KDKA-1020AM, Pittsburgh with Chris Moore May 12, 2013 [download audio]
