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US firm's teargas used against Tahrir Square protesters

Jack Shenker & Luke Harding
The Guardian
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:52 UTC
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A protester throws a teargas canister back at riot police during clashes near Tahrir Square on Monday. Obama the hypocrite tells other dictators to respect protestors while selling them the weapons they need to suppress them.
Egypt's military junta fired CS gas cartridges made by Combined Systems Inc of Pennsylvania, say demonstrators

The teargas used by interior ministry troops in Cairo's Tahrir Square is supplied by a US company. Demonstrators say cartridges retrieved from the scene are branded with the name and address of Combined Systems Inc (CSI).

The firm is located in Jamestown, Pennsylvania. It specialises in supplying what it calls "crowd control devices" to armies and "homeland security agencies" around the world. It also manufactures lethal military equipment.

Protesters say the CS gas seems more powerful than that used by Egyptian police during the country's last popular uprising in February. "It's stronger, it burns your face, it makes you feel like your whole body is seizing up," one witness said. He added: "It doesn't seem to be combated by Coke or vinegar."

Experts told the Guardian the gas was likely to be standard CS gas, but the effects could be exacerbated by physical exertion.

As well as the effects of the teargas, protesters have suffered grave injuries to their heads and faces from rubber bullets. There are also reports of live ammunition being used. Dozens of people have been taken to makeshift hospitals after inhaling the choking gas fired by the Central Security Forces.

Comment: Make no mistake, this 'teargas' does far more than make you 'teary' - it completely disables most people and often leads to permanent damage, sometimes even death. It is another weapon sold to fellow dictatorships in the elites' war against the people.

Here is the Combined Systems Inc website

Its address: 388 Kinsman Rd., Jamestown, PA 16134

Its phone numbers:

Tel: (724) 932-2177
Toll Free: (888) 989-7800
Fax: (724) 932-2166

And its CEO: Don Smith

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MIB

Iran and Lebanon uncover CIA terror networks


ABC News
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:47 UTC
In a significant failure for the United States in the Mideast, more than a dozen spies working for the CIA in Iran and Lebanon have been caught and the U.S. government fears they will be or have been executed, according to four current and former U.S. officials with connections to the intelligence community.

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Wolf

Senators Demand the Military Lock Up American Citizens in a "Battlefield" They Define as Being Right Outside Your Window

Chris Anders
ACLU
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:32 UTC
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While nearly all Americans head to family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, the Senate is gearing up for a vote on Monday or Tuesday that goes to the very heart of who we are as Americans. The Senate will be voting on a bill that will direct American military resources not at an enemy shooting at our military in a war zone, but at American citizens and other civilians far from any battlefield - even people in the United States itself.

Senators need to hear from you, on whether you think your front yard is part of a "battlefield" and if any president can send the military anywhere in the world to imprison civilians without charge or trial.

The Senate is going to vote on whether Congress will give this president - and every future president - the power to order the military to pick up and imprison without charge or trial civilians anywhere in the world. Even Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) raised his concerns about the NDAA detention provisions during last night's Republican debate. The power is so broad that even U.S. citizens could be swept up by the military and the military could be used far from any battlefield, even within the United States itself.
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Gear

Surreal WW3 "Modern Warfare" Programming by Chrysler (Video)

Zen Gardner
Activist Post
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:37 UTC
You're going to find this almost hard to believe. I turned on some raw TV today after three delightful months without it while on the road.

Besides the incredible shopping screech idiocy with gurgling mad housewives drooling for the start of the well named "Black Friday", this Jeep Wrangler commercial came on that left me with my mouth hanging open.


Comment: Anything for a few more sales!!

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Vader

Mossad vs Assad? 'CIA death squads behind Syria bloodbath'


Russia Today
Mon, 21 Nov 2011 09:44 UTC
Moscow has accused the west of stirring up tensions in the Arab world by calling for the overthrow of the Syrian regime. Russia says calls from certain states for the Syrian opposition to avoid dialogue with the government, are only provoking further violence. Author and journalist Webster Tarpley, who's in Damascus, says, it's very simple, western powers are behind the violence in Syria.

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Star of David

Mark Glenn: The tyrants are not going to go quietly


Press TV
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:05 UTC
As Egypt approaches its election set for November 28, protests sparked by constitutional changes giving the military junta more power, continue to spread to other cities across the country.

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Phoenix

North Korea Threatens South with "Sea of Fire"


CBS News
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:07 UTC
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South Korea Marines run during a military exercise on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, Nov. 23, 2011.
North Korea threatened Thursday to turn Seoul's presidential palace office into a "sea of fire," stepping up its rhetoric one day after South Korea conducted large-scale military drills near a front-line island attacked by North Korea last year.

On Wednesday, South Korea mobilized aircraft, rocket launchers, artillery guns and naval boats for the first anniversary of the artillery attack on a military garrison and fishing community on Yeonpyeong Island in the Yellow Sea. Two marines and two construction workers were killed in the attack, the first on a civilian area since the 1950-53 Korean War.

A similar "sea of fire" threatens to engulf Seoul's presidential Blue House if South Korean forces fire a single shot into North Korean territory, the North's People's Army warned in a statement from Pyongyang.

Pyongyang accuses Seoul of provoking last year's attack, saying it struck after warning the South not to hold live-fire drills in the disputed waters. South Korea has said it fired shells southward, not toward the North, as part of routine exercises last year.
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Heart - Black

Six Children 4-12 Years Killed by NATO Warplane, Plane Fired Despite Civilians "Frequently" Present.

Ralph Lopez
Daily Kos
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:28 UTC
Let's break this down. First one witness outright denies that there were any Taliban present whatsoever.

NYTimes:
Zalmai Ayoubi, a spokesman for the governor of Kandahar, said that a NATO reconnaissance aircraft spotted five militants planting mines in the village of Siacha, in Zhare District on Wednesday. The plane targeted the insurgents, killing two and wounding a third, and then pursued the other two suspects as they carried their injured comrade away.

"The plane chased them, the insurgents entered a street where children were playing and as a result of its shooting, seven people have been killed, including six children, and two girls also have been injured," Mr. Ayoubi said. The victims were members of two families.

Abdul Samad, an uncle of four of the children who were killed, disputed the government's version of the attack. He said his relatives were working in fields near their village when they were attacked without warning by an aircraft.

His brother-in-law, Mohammad Rahim, 50, had his two sons and three daughters with him. They were between 4 and 12 years old and all were killed, except an 8-year-old daughter, who was badly wounded, Mr. Samad said.

"There were no Taliban in the field, this is a baseless allegation that the Taliban were planting mines," Mr. Samad said. "I have been to the scene and haven't found a single bit of evidence of bombs or any other weapons. The Americans did a serious crime against innocent children, they will never ever be forgiven."
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Control Panel

Mikko Hypponen: It's Not a Question of Privacy vs Security, It's a Question of freedom vs control


TEDx Brussels
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:10 UTC

Mikko Hypponen is based in Helsinki, Finland. He has been analysing computer viruses for more than 20 years. Mr. Hypponen has assisted law enforcement in USA, Europe and Asia on cybercrime cases. He has written on his research for publications such as Scientific American, New York Times and CNN.com. Mr. Hypponen's recent TED Talk on computer security has been seen by hundreds of thousands of people.
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Attention

Egypt army picks new PM, protesters plan mass rally

Marwa Awad and Tamim Elyan
Reuters
Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00 UTC
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© Agence France-Presse
Kamal Ganzouri, left, accepted the post following talks with Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
Egyptian former prime minister Kamal Ganzouri accepted a request from the ruling generals to form a new government, state media reported, but protesters brushed away their choice and vowed to hold another mass rally on Friday to demand the army quit power.

Ganzouri confirmed he had agreed in principle to lead a national salvation government after meeting with the head of the ruling military council, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, the website of state newspaper Al Ahram reported, citing sources close to Ganzouri.

In an attempt to defuse protests by thousands of Egyptians frustrated by nine months of military rule, the army council promised parliamentary elections would start on time next week. It earlier said it would speed up the timetable for a handover from military to civilian presidential rule.

Violent clashes with police in and around Cairo's Tahrir Square since Saturday have killed dozens, in scenes reminiscent of the popular uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in February.

"The people demand the execution of the marshal," crowds chanted, referring to army chief Tantawi who was Mubarak's defense minister for 20 years.
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