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Civilians were killed in New Zealand-US raid on Afghan village

Tom Peters
World Socialist Web Site
Sat, 05 Jul 2014 02:52 UTC
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An investigation by journalist Jon Stephenson, broadcast on Maori Television on Monday, found that a raid on an Afghan village on August 22, 2010, involving New Zealand, US and Afghan soldiers, resulted in 21 casualties, all of them innocent civilians.

According to the report - based on interviews with survivors, NGOs and Afghan government officials, and cell phone videos of the dead - six people were killed, including a three-year-old girl, and 15 were wounded.

The night-time raid on the village of Tirgiran in Baghlan province was in retaliation for an insurgent attack on New Zealand soldiers in neighbouring Bamiyan province on August 4 that killed Lieutenant Tim O'Donnell.

The US-led attack, which unleashed awesome firepower against an apparently defenceless village, was typical of the operations of the occupation forces. The war, which has lasted more than 12 years and caused tens of thousands of deaths, is a neo-colonial venture that faces widespread and entrenched opposition. The aim of such attacks is to terrorise the population into submission.

Comment: Oops we did it again, but not really. It was the others, or... there really were some (imaginary) Taliban over there, we kind of had to just blow up the whole village, or... we only killed the (imaginary present) insurgents in that village, and nobody else, or... we did it to protect ''our people'', ...

And the excuses and lies continue to pile up. Meanwhile, innocent people, including many children, keep getting killed on a daily basis by these ''heroes''.

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Best of the Web: End of the $Dollar: France lashes out against US dollar, calls for 'rebalancing' of world currencies


RT.com
Mon, 07 Jul 2014 06:26 UTC
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French Finance Minister Michel Sapin
The French government wants to break the monopoly the dollar has on international transactions after the country's largest bank, BNP Paribas, was slapped with a record $9 billion fine and a 1-year dollar trading ban.

Michel Sapin, the French finance minister, called for a "rebalancing" of the currencies used for global payments, saying the BNP Paribas case should "make us realize the necessity of using a variety of currencies" the Financial Times reports.

"We [Europeans] are selling to ourselves in dollars, for instance when we sell planes. Is that necessary? I don't think so. I think a rebalancing is possible and necessary, not just regarding the euro, but also for the big currencies of the emerging countries, which account for more and more of global trade," the finance minister told the FT at a conference over the weekend.

Comment: As Sott.net editors made clear on last night's Sott Talk Radio show, there is growing evidence that the USA's days as the dominant world power are numbered, and indeed, that the 'Number 1' position that the USA has enjoyed for the last 100 years has been an aberration, an anomaly that has caused untold suffering on the planet and only came about through manipulation, threats, dirty tactics and aggression.

The reality of the situation is that the majority of the world's resources are found in Eurasia, and that the nations of the Eurasian landmass have been kept artificially divided and 'down' by the machinations of the US elite and their ideological kin in Western Europe. With the resurgence of Eurasian nations, primarily Russia and China, and the increasing exposure of the US economy being backed mainly by military force rather than tangible assets, the old status quo is being seen as no longer tenable, and the USA is increasingly being exposed as a failing and desperate Empire that is acting in increasingly erratic and irrational ways as it sees the writing on the wall.

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Bad Guys

Donetsk becomes a ghost town following continued Kiev crackdown

Alec Luhn
The Guardian
Sun, 06 Jul 2014 12:30 UTC
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It was like one of the illicit apartment concerts from Soviet days, only with better cocktails. Dozens of young people packed into a basement room, singing along to classic Russian and Ukrainian tunes strummed out by a rotating cast of guitarists.

They had gathered to say goodbye to Izba Chitalnya ("village reading room"), Donetsk's hippest cafe-bar, which was closing due to poor business as a result of the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine. When they belted out the first lines of the beloved No One Will Hear by the Russian band Chaif - "I haven't heard from my old friends, it's sad, and the daily newspaper leaves my soul empty" - it was almost as if they were singing about the turmoil in their own city.

It has been three months since pro-Russian protesters seized the Donetsk regional administration building, sparking the most serious separatist conflict in the former Soviet Union since it fell apart in 1991. At least 423 people have died, according to a June estimate by the UN.


Comment: Well, what really sparked this conflict was the western sponsored coup, and installation of a completely insane Nazi regime, death squads and all.


The upshot for Donetsk, once a city of a million people, is as much psychological as physical. Tens of thousands have fled and hundreds of businesses have closed. A surreal atmosphere pervades the city centre, where ATMs have run out of cash, shops shut early, and it is not uncommon to see men with machine guns posted outside a sushi restaurant or behind the wheel of a city ambulance. People strive to live as normally as possible: on one memorable occasion this month when a firefight endured for hours near the regional police headquarters, locals blithely went about their business in nearby districts as if they couldn't hear the shooting.

Comment: These people just want to be left alone. They are being punished for invoking their right to disassociate from the abomination in charge of Kiev, which is but a tendril of the US/NATO empire.


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Changes ahead? Pyongyang calls for Koreas' federalization & reunification without outside interference


RT
Mon, 07 Jul 2014 02:12 UTC
Kim Jong Un
© Reuters/ KCNANorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends an unveiling ceremony of statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il during the completion ceremony of Songdowon International Children's camp in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang May 3, 2014.
North and South should no more be victims of outside efforts to exploit Korea's division, Pyongyang has stated, calling on Seoul to make steps toward reunification through federalization in which differing ideologies and social systems would co-exist.

"The north and the south should specify the reunification proposals by way of federation and confederation and make efforts to realize them and thus actively promote co-existence, co-prosperity and common interests," Pyongyang said in a statement.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) says that both nations should seek "reasonable reunification proposals" supported by all "to achieve reunification through a federal formula in Korea where differing ideologies and social systems exist."

Presently a concrete wall runs 240 kilometres along the front line south of the Military Demarcation Line as a barrier across the Korean peninsula. Now the North is calling on the South to "join hands" to settle disagreements and pursue "the reunification issue of the country in line with the desire and wish of the nation."

DPRK urged to focus on the joint declaration of 15 June, a document that was signed in 2000 in Pyongyang between South Korean president Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
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Eye 1

NSA spying outrage: Berlin outraged by alleged US spying


RT
Sun, 06 Jul 2014 00:00 UTC
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
© Reuters/Osman OrsalGerman Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier
The arrest of a German intelligence employee for allegedly spying for the US has caused an uproar among German politicians. The country's foreign minister has demanded an immediate clarification of the situation from Washington.

"If the reports are true, then we're not talking about trifles," Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on a visit to Mongolia, DPA reports. He added that prompt clarification of the details in the case were in the "US's own interest."

Earlier, US Ambassador to Germany John B. Emerson was summoned to the German Foreign Office to answer questions concerning the recent arrest of a 31-year-old German foreign intelligence agency (BND) employee, who confessed to having spied for the US.

Comment: As Sott.net editors made clear on last night's Sott Talk Radio show, there is growing evidence that the USA's days as the dominant world power are numbered, and indeed, that the 'Number 1' position that the USA has enjoyed for the last 100 years has been an aberration, an anomaly that has caused untold suffering on the planet and only came about through manipulation, threats, dirty tactics and aggression.

The reality of the situation is that the majority of the world's resources are found in Eurasia, and that the nations of the Eurasian landmass have been kept artificially divided and 'down' by the machinations of the US elite and their ideological kin in Western Europe. With the resurgence of Eurasian nations, primarily Russia and China, and the increasing exposure of the US economy being backed mainly by military force rather than tangible assets, the old status quo is being seen as no longer tenable, and the USA is increasingly being exposed as a failing and desperate Empire that is acting in increasingly erratic and irrational ways as it sees the writing on the wall.

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Bad Guys

IS, the Iraqi jihadist group claiming world muslim leadership


Yahoo! News
Sun, 06 Jul 2014 10:27 UTC
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
© AFP PhotoAn image grab taken from a propaganda video released on July 5, 2014 by al-Furqan Media allegedly shows the leader of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, aka Caliph Ibrahim, adressing Muslim worshippers in Mosul, Iraq
The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group which spearheaded a sweeping militant assault that overran swathes of Iraq is now claiming leadership of the world's Muslims.

Known for its ruthless tactics and suicide bombers, IS has carried out frequent bombings and shootings in Iraq, and is also arguably the most capable force fighting President Bashar al-Assad inside Syria.

But it truly gained international attention last month, when its fighters and those from other militant groups swept through the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, then overran swathes of five provinces north and west of Baghdad.

The group led by "caliph" Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and backed by thousands of fighters in Syria and Iraq, some of them Westerners, appears to be surpassing Al-Qaeda as the world's most dangerous and influential jihadist group.
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Was kidnapping of 3 Settler teens an Israeli false-flag operation?

Karin Brothers
Global Research
Fri, 04 Jul 2014 19:38 UTC
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The three kidnapped teens, from left to right: Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel
Evidence that came to light after Israel removed its gag order on information regarding the June 12 kidnapping and murder of three Jewish Israeli students suggests that it could have been an Israeli government operation that was intentionally used to punish Hamas and break up the new Palestinian unity government.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had immediately accused Hamas of the kidnapping - without presenting any evidence - and proceeded to "conduct a search" throughout the entirety of the West Bank until the bodies were reportedly found on June 30th.

The "search" entailed arresting and beating up about 600 Hamas members (including legislators) and trashing about 2100 homes; Israeli forces killed at least 7 Palestinians. Israel also heightened its daily air strikes on the Gaza Strip, which has been under the Israeli blockade since Sept. 2006. The Gaza government appealed to the UN for relief, which responded by condemning the kidnappings rather than the massive abuse of the Palestinian population. And then urging "all parties" to show restraint.

Comment: It wouldn't come as a big surprise if this was an Israeli "false flag" operation - it's one of their specialties and psychopaths don't care about 'their own people' anyway.

There are two possible scenarios, if this is true, LIHOP and MIHOP. "Let it happen on purpose" (LIHOP) lets events happen unfettered to exploit the situation for some political/ military gain; "Make it happen on purpose" (MIHOP) means that the events were staged from start to finish by the "injured" party. Whatever happened, it very much looks like at least LIHOP was involved.

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Police investigating Westminster paedophile ring - 'more than 10' UK politicians implicated

Gordon Rayner, and David Barrett
Telegraph
Sun, 06 Jul 2014 18:31 UTC
Cyril Smith
© REX FEATURESCyril Smith: paedophile in power.
More than 10 current and former politicians are on a list of alleged child abusers held by police investigating claims of a Westminster paedophile ring.

MPs or peers from all three main political parties are on the list, which includes former ministers and household names.

Several, including Cyril Smith and Sir Peter Morrison, are no longer alive, but others are still active in Parliament.

The existence of the list was disclosed by Peter McKelvie, the whistleblower whose claims prompted Operation Fernbridge, the Scotland Yard investigation into allegations of a paedophile network with links to Downing Street.

Mr McKelvie, a retired child protection team manager who has spent more than 20 years compiling evidence of alleged abuse by authority figures, said he believed there was enough evidence to arrest at least one senior politician.

It comes as David Cameron ordered the most senior civil servant at the Home Office to conduct a fresh investigation into what happened to a missing dossier on alleged paedophiles in Westminster in the 1980s.

Comment: See also:

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Fascist Kiev orders 'loyalty checks' of Slavyansk police after militia forced out


RT
Sun, 06 Jul 2014 18:17 UTC
Mariupol
© Reuters/Marko DjuricaFirefighters extinguish a fire at the police HQ in the southeastern port city of Mariupol on May 9, 2014 after Kiev's tanks fired shells at it.
An internal investigation will be launched against all Ukrainian police officers who stayed in the city of Slavyansk and were reportedly detained after the militia of Donetsk People's Republic broke out of the besieged city and relocated their forces.

Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs issued a statement on Saturday evening, announcing that soon a new head of Slavyansk police will be appointed, while in the meantime "an internal investigation of each member of the local police force will be launched."

The decision to investigate Slavyansk's law enforcement officers, was also announced by Deputy Interior Minister Sergei Yarovoy.

"During these official investigations we will determine if police officers in Slavyansk collaborated with the separatists or remained faithful to the oath to the Ukrainian people," Yarovoy said, adding that a new police force in the city will be formed. He also said that police officers from other Ukrainian regions have already voiced their wish to come serve in Slavyansk.

According to unconfirmed reports from the ground, many of those police officers, who did not leave the city along with self-defense forces or fled earlier, have already been arrested by Ukrainian forces, as was promised by Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.

Comment: A fascist government that demands an oath of loyalty deserves none.

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U.S. State Dept., NY Times caught faking photos of Russian forces in Ukraine

Jim W. Dean
PressTV
Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:02 UTC
Obama
Idiot president, idiot government, idiot media.
The State Department and the NY Times got caught red-handed with faked evidence of Russian aggression in East Ukraine. But the story is now one of a double and maybe a triple hoax.

One might become curious at the US repeatedly claiming that Russian troops and agents were the tip of the spear on the East Ukraine civic building takeovers. Why? Because day after day the charges went on and on without any proof being put on the table.

Now mind you, this is after we have had several big intercept releases, which we assume were from Russian intelligence, starting with Victoria Nuland and her potty mouth discussing who was going to be in the post-coup government in Kiev. This is the same Ms. Nudlemann that was shoehorned into a top level State Dept. job some years ago with only four years of college and no diplomatic experience. It is the kind of placement that would catch the eye of counter-intelligence people of someone being planted.

What made her position so strange is that she had started as an assistant to Dick Cheney, so her qualifications were family and Israel Lobby political connections. That she was kept over from the Bush thugs by Obama is still mind boggling, when all the NeoCons should have been cleaned out in the first day security sweep.
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