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Germany and Russia working on secret deal to end Ukraine crisis

Margareta Pagano
The Independent
Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:11 UTC
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© Getty ImagesPutin shakes hands with Angela Merkel during a meeting last month
Germany and Russia have been working on a secret plan to broker a peaceful solution to end international tensions over the Ukraine.

The Independent can reveal that the peace plan, being worked on by both Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin, hinges on two main ambitions: stabilising the borders of Ukraine and providing the financially troubled country with a strong economic boost, particularly a new energy agreement ensuring security of gas supplies.

More controversially, if Ms Merkel's deal were to be acceptable to the Russians, the international community would need to recognise Crimea's independence and its annexation by Russia, a move that some members of the United Nations might find difficult to stomach.

Sources close to the secret negotiations claim that the first part of the stabilisation plan requires Russia to withdraw its financial and military support for the various pro-separatist groups operating in eastern Ukraine. As part of any such agreement, the region would be allowed some devolved powers.
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Russia rightly fears that the U.S.-backed Kiev junta will destroy MH17 evidence


RT
Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:00 UTC
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Ukrainian rescue servicemen inspect a part of the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, July 20, 2014.
Kiev authorities may be seeking to "destroy evidence" which implicates their role in the crash of the Malaysian jet, Russia's UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said, expressing concerns over the ongoing military operation in E. Ukraine in breach of UN resolution.

According to Churkin, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko promised a cease-fire in the disaster area,"but this promise was immediately broken, while Ukrainian officials have publicly announced a new task - to cleanse of the militias and take control of this territory," Churkin said in New York.

Such actions directly violate UN Security Council resolution 2166, which calls for a ceasefire and for thorough and impartial investigation into the Boeing tragedy under the ICAO umbrella, Churkin added.

"We fear that Kiev authorities are moved by the intention to destroy evidence, implicating their role in the Malaysian airliner catastrophe," Churkin said.
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Vader

Post-9/11 torture report "accidentally" leaked by White House


RT
Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:46 UTC
Witness Against Torture
© Reuters / Larry Downing
When the CIA first began using its controversial interrogation and detention methods after the September 11th attacks, it reportedly declined to tell the Secretary of State and other American ambassadors about its actions.

The revelation comes from the Senate's still-unreleased report scrutinizing the United States' post-9/11 interrogation techniques, and first came to the public's attention Wednesday when the White House unintentionally emailed a document detailing the findings to an Associated Press reporter.

The report - parts of which could be declassified by the White House in the coming days - also apparently found that some of the ambassadors who were briefed on the CIA's activity were told not to notify their superiors in the State Department. One congressional official confirmed to the AP that these findings are documented in the Senate's report, while a former CIA official said then-Secretary of State Colin Powell may not have known about the agency's techniques when they first started using them.

The White House document noted that the CIA employed slapping, humiliation, sleep-deprivation, exposure to cold temperatures, and waterboarding in its attempts to interrogate suspects. The document does not go as far as saying the methods are legally considered torture, but it does reportedly say the Senate report categorizes the techniques as "torture by a common definition."

Comment: It's obvious this document was intentionally leaked by the White House to the press. As Roosevelt said:
"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way."
The White House is most likely managing the fallout of the report by leaking them to gauge reaction.

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CIA admits to searching Senate computers

Greg Miller
Washington Post
Thu, 31 Jul 2014 15:39 UTC
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© Chip Somodevilla/GETTY IMAGESCIA director John O. Brennan.
CIA Director John O. Brennan has apologized to leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee after an agency investigation determined that its employees improperly searched computers used by committee staff to review classified files on interrogations of prisoners.

The embarrassing admission by the agency follows a dispute that erupted earlier this year when the CIA and the committee traded accusations of snooping on one another, allegations that led to an extraordinary public feud between Brennan and senior lawmakers.

The conflict centered on computers that the CIA set up at a secret office in Northern Virginia to enable committee aides to examine records of the agency's use of harsh interrogation measures on al-Qaeda suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Vader

Pepe Escobar: Crime (Israel) and punishment (Russia)

Pepe Escobar
Asia Times Online
Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:58 UTC
Crime and punishment in Israel and Ukraine
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The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but that it was impossible to avoid joining it ...

A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledgehammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one's will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic - George Orwell, 1984
So Obama, Merkel, Cameron, Hollande and Italian Premier Matteo Renzi - let's call them the Fab Five - get on a video conference call to muster their courage and "increase pressure" asking for a cease-fire in Gaza. Later in the day, Israel's Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu delivers his answer, in plain language: he remains dead set on achieving his version of a Final Solution to Gaza. [1] With or without "pressure".

So what's left for the Fab Five after having their illustrious Western collective behinds solemnly kicked? They decide to dump Gaza and instead sanction Russia - again! How brilliant is that as an exit strategy?
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The Milibands, the Mossad and deception in general: Interview with Gilad Atzmon

Gilad Atzmon
gilad.co.uk
Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:23 UTC
Alimuddin Usmani Interviews Gilad Atzmon
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Alimuddin Usmani: In a recent text you called the British labor opposition leader, Ed Miliband, a shameless Zionist. Ed's father, Ralph Miliband, was a Marxist and a member of Hashomer Hatzair. Is there a contradiction between being both a Marxist and a Zionist?

Gilad Atzmon: This raises a few questions that deserve close attention. First, can someone be a Marxist and a Zionist simultaneously? Theoretically, NO; practically, YES.

On the theoretical level, there is a blatant contradiction between Marxism and Zionism. Marxism is universal and cosmopolitan, Zionism is tribal and nationalist. Can anyone be a cosmopolitan and a nationalist or universal and tribal? Ordinary people probably can't, but the Jew can - Ralph Miliband clearly got away with it and he wasn't the only one.

While the term 'Jewish Left' is an oxymoron due to the impossible contradiction between ethno centrism and the universal, it turns out that quite a few Jews have managed to overcome this hurdle. They operate tribally within their racially oriented Jews-only political cells, but they also identify as Marxists, Socialists and leftists. They must believe that no one notices the duplicity. But many do.
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Confiscation of foreign wealth in U.S. begins with institution of FBAR, FinCen, and FATCA

Jeff Berwick
The Dollar Vigilante
Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:06 UTC
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We have been reporting on how the US government is using very nefarious and egregious methods on tracking its own citizen's financial information, fining them and even instituting the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) as a form of subterfuge capital controls which is closing off international banking to Americans (as we reported yesterday in Mexico)

FinCen, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, has, in essence, been making nearly any international transfers of money viewed as a criminal activity. FATCA has been making it harder and harder for Americans to open international bank accounts. And FBAR, the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts, has made it a highly punishable offense for any American with a foreign account worth over $10,000 if they do not file an FBAR each year.

The problem with FBAR is that countless Americans with foreign accounts and US expats are completely unaware of its existence. And, despite the fact that there are literally tens of thousands of rules in the US tax code for things like this, ignorance of its requirement is not excusable.
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New Russian law creates legal conditions to disclose U.S. taxpayer information


RIA Novosti
Mon, 30 Jun 2014 11:45 UTC
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© Fotolia/Vladislav Kochelaevs
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing Russian banks to transfer data directly to the US tax authorities, according to the corresponding document published online.

The legislation creates the legal conditions necessary for Russian financial institutions to register online with the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and subsequently fulfill their obligations under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).

The US FATCA requires foreign banks to supply the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with information on American taxpayers' bank accounts. Under FATCA, signed into law in 2010, financial institutions worldwide are required to report details on the accounts and transactions of US taxpayer clients to the IRS and act as fiscal agents for the US, with the right to charge a 30 percent tax on their passive income related to the United States. Banks can be sanctioned if they do not join FATCA.

As under Russian law, banks are not allowed to disclose information to foreign government institutions, the US was previously in negotiations with Russia on signing an intergovernmental agreement that would simplify the process for all banks acceding to FATCA requirements.
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Latest US hoax: Trying to control the MH17 narrative with fake satellite images

Paul Craig Roberts
Information Clearinghouse
Tue, 29 Jul 2014 00:00 UTC
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© Office of the Director of National IntelligenceImages released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence claim to show the movements of a surface-to-air missile launcher, and evidence of a buildup of Russian military activity in Ukraine.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has declared the purported satellite photos placed on Twitter by the US Ambassador in Ukraine as fakes.

I could tell that the images were fakes not only from their low resolution and absence of proper designation, but also from the unprofessional way in which the information was released.

Of course, many users of social media would have no experience and could easily fall for the hoax, which was clearly the US government's intention.

The anti-Russian propaganda campaign being conducted by Washington follows in the footsteps of the campaigns conducted against Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi, Assad, and Iran. Washington's campaign of lies against Russia proves the absence of integrity in the US government and is reckless as it can lead to war.

Comment: When the US government has no proof it just resorts to lying and using its extensive propaganda mill to attempt to control the narrative. Fortunately there are others watching who are not so easily fooled:

Is that evidence?: U.S. discloses intelligence on downing of Malaysian jet

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Attention

Warnings of extreme economic instability

Eric King
King World News
Wed, 30 Jul 2014 00:00 UTC
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Victor Sperandeo
Today a legendary trader and investor spoke with King World News about the Fed's move, and also warned that an unknown event may trigger an avalanche of selling in global markets. Victor Sperandeo has been in the business 45 years, and has worked with famous individuals such as Leon Cooperman and George Soros. Another legend, hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones, said, "Victor Sperandeo is gifted with one of the finest minds I know. No wonder he's compiled such an amazing record of success as a money manager."

Incredibly, Sperandeo was interviewed in Barrons in September of 1987, where, with astonishing accuracy, he predicted that the stock market would crash. The market crash took place one month later and it just added to his legendary reputation. Below are the warnings issued by Sperandeo.

Comment: Financial chaos and collapse may be just around the corner. It would be wise to get your own "financial" house in order.

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