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Despite its war crimes, European Union wins Nobel peace prize

Luke Harding
The Guardian
Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:10 UTC
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© Aris Messinis/AFPA Greek protester feels the full force of the EU's peace n love in front of the Greek parliament during a 24-hours general strike in Athens on February 7, 2012
Nobel committee praises EU as force for peace after second world war

The 2012 Nobel peace prize has been awarded to the European Union, with the Norwegian committee ignoring the current economic crisis and instead praising the EU's decades-long historical role in promoting reconciliation and peace.

Speaking in Oslo, Thorbjørn Jagland, head of the Nobel committee, shrugged off the euro's woes and said the EU had been a force for peace both after the second world war, binding Germany and France together, and following the bloody slaughter of the 1990s in the Balkans.

He said: "The main message is that we need to keep in mind what we have achieved on this continent, and not let the continent go into disintegration again." The collapse of the EU could lead to a resurgence of the "extremism and nationalism" that had led to so many "awful wars", he warned bluntly.

Comment: Blessed be the peacemakers ...

List of EU war crimes since 9/11:
  • Complicity in the deaths of 1.5 million Iraqis as all EU member states joined the U.S. in invading Iraq under the false pretext of non-existent WMDs.
  • Complicity in the deaths of 40,000+ Afghans as all EU member states joined the U.S. in invading Afghanistan under the false pretext of the 'War on Terror'.
  • Complicity in the deaths of 40,000 Libyans as several key EU member states joined the U.S. in bombing Libya back to the stone age.
  • Complicity in the deaths of 30,000+ Syrians as several key EU member states joined the U.S. in arming, training, funding and directing the Free Syrian Army aka al-Qaeda in Syria.
The official EU position supported and facilitated ALL of these illegal wars, with troops, funding, use of member states' air bases and other material, therefore the EU politburo should be arrested and tried for crimes against humanity.

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Mr. Potato

World gone truly mad! European Union wins 2012 Nobel Peace Prize


RT
Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:09 UTC

The European Union was announced the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2012. A heated debate emerged over the validity of the award amidst the backdrop of Europe's as-yet-unsolved economic crisis.

The 27-nation organization was awarded the prize for its role in "uniting the continent," and its contributions "to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe."

The unanimous decision was made by a five-person panel chaired by Thorbjoern Jagland, the Council of Europe's Secretary-General and a strong advocate of the EU in Norway. "The EU helped transform Europe from a continent of war to a continent of peace," Jagland said.

The EU will receive a $1.2 million award on December 10 by the Nobel Committee.

The news came 60 years after the creation of the EU's predecessor organization, the European Coal and Steel Community, which helped rebuild a continent decimated by two World Wars.

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Rocket

Massive U.S.-Israel air drill set for this month

Yaakov Laapin
Jerusalem Post
Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:14 UTC
Three-week defense exercise, postponed from spring, will be largest of its kind to date, simulate missile defense scenarios.

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The US and Israel will commence the largest-ever joint air defense drill of its kind in Israel on October 21, an army source said on Tuesday.

The exercise, named Austere Challenge 12, was originally scheduled for last spring but was postponed due to regional tensions with Iran.

On October 14, large numbers of American soldiers are expected to begin arriving in Israel, where they will set up aerial defense positions on Israeli territory and on US Navy vessels off the Israeli coastline.

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The exercise, named Austere Challenge 12, was originally scheduled for last spring but was postponed due to regional tensions with Iran.
And there are no such tensions now? Do they expect us to believe that this is "unrelated to any pinpoint developments in the region"? And what about the curious coincidence with the earthquake drill scheduled for the 21st of October that assumes mass casualties of 7,000 and 70,000 wounded?

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Monkey Wrench

Engineering Collapse: S&P cuts Spain credit rating to near junk

Daniel Bases
Reuters
Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:22 UTC
Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy
© Reuters/Sergio PerezSpain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy
Standard & Poor's on Wednesday cut Spain's sovereign credit rating to BBB-minus, just above junk territory, citing a deepening economic recession that is limiting the government's policy options to arrest the slide.

The S&P downgrade comes with a negative outlook reflecting the credit ratings agency's view that there are significant risks to economic growth and budgetary performance, plus a lack of clear direction in euro zone policies.

"In our view, the capacity of Spain's political institutions (both domestic and multilateral) to deal with the severe challenges posed by the current economic and financial crisis is declining," S&P said in a statement.

Comment: With elections looming, the U.S. government could certainly do with some additional distractions and unsettling images of a collapsing Spanish economy to scare voters with. The above speculation about Moody's next move seems redundant, given the current direction global financial manipulations.

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Monkey Wrench

Your right to resell your own stuff is in peril

Jennifer Waters
Market Watch
Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:08 UTC
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A Supreme Court case could limit the resale of goods made overseas but sold in America.
Tucked into the U.S. Supreme Court's agenda this fall is a little-known case that could upend your ability to resell everything from your grandmother's antique furniture to your iPhone 4.

At issue in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons is the first-sale doctrine in copyright law, which allows you to buy and then sell things like electronics, books, artwork and furniture, as well as CDs and DVDs, without getting permission from the copyright holder of those products.

Under the doctrine, which the Supreme Court has recognized since 1908, you can resell your stuff without worry because the copyright holder only had control over the first sale.

Put simply, though Apple Inc. has the copyright on the iPhone and Mark Owen has it on the book "No Easy Day," you can still sell your copies to whomever you please whenever you want without retribution.
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Eye 1

U.S. Army calls social network use and 'frustration with mainstream ideologies' indicators of violent extremism


RT
Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:13 UTC
social networks army
© AFP Photo / Behrouz Mehri
When the US Army asked the Asymmetric Warfare Group for a guide to identifying the radicalization of troops into violent extremists, some items - like asking about WMDS - were expected to make the list. But how about involvement in social networks?

Documents obtained by Wired's Danger Room reveal that the AWG, a US military unit created during the War on Terror to provide additional means of support to American troops, may have had a rather peculiar notion about what breeds extremism among US troops. According to presentations that Danger Room has come to possess, frustration with mainstream ideologies and displaying a concentrated rhetoric among other recruits may be warning sides of radicalization, as well as factors such as being "highly emotional," involved in "social networks" or being a "youth" also indicating a great risk for expediting the process into identifying as a violent extremist.
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Oscar

Selling War: NYPD chief says city on alert for "Iran terror"


Ynet news
Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:14 UTC
Commissioner Raymond Kelly says New York City's police force placed on high alert as concerns mount over possible retaliation by Tehran, Hezbollah over tightening international sanctions

Raymond Kelly
© APCommissioner Raymond Kelly
New York City's police commissioner said Wednesday that a potential retaliatory attack on New York City by Iran is an ongoing concern for the NYPD.

Commissioner Raymond Kelly spoke at the NYPD Shield Anti-Terrorism Conference.

According to the New York Post, Kelly said that a possible conflict between Iran and Israel was of concern to the law enforcement agency due to the city's large Jewish population.

"We've been concerned about Iran for a while, and I think the history of those events throughout the world since January give us cause for concern," he said.

"Obviously if there's any action involving Israel and Iran we have to be very cognizant of the potential of retaliation here in New York City," Kelly was quoted by the New York Post as saying.

Comment: All that is needed now is a false-flag attack on U.S. soil and Netanyahu will have the war he so much desires. Rest assured that if there is a terror attack on the U.S. in the near future it will not be perpetrated by Iran, as Iran has everything to lose and nothing to gain from such a move. For Israel's Mossad, on the other hand, it is a different story.

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Hourglass

Kucinich: U.S. 'Immeasurably' closer to war in Syria as American troops to be deployed in Jordan


From the Trenches
Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:09 UTC
US News Ohio Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinich believes the deployment of American troops in Jordan - which was announced Wednesday - brings the United States "immeasurably" closer to being dragged into the civil war in Syria.

"I can see in a moment how it happens: we're a few dozen miles from the Syrian border and all of a sudden we are within the reach of physical danger. All it takes is a single incident," Kucinich said in a phone interview with U.S. News.

The Ohio congressman complained that the commander-in-chief sent the troops to Jordan "without notifying Congress." Ironically, Kucinich noted, the Obama administration announced the deployment exactly ten years after the House of Representatives authorized President George W. Bush to invade Iraq.

Comment: Perhaps that is the whole point?

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Blackbox

Israel plans 'huge earthquake drill' next week that assumes mass casualties of 7,000 dead, 70,000 wounded

Scott Krane
IsraelNationalNews.com
Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:10 UTC
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Israel is planning a huge emergency drill for next week amid speculation and fears that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will order a unilateral strike on Iranian uranium enrichment facilities. The drill tests the country's ability to cope with an earthquake, and assumes hypothetical mass casualties of 7,000 dead, 70,000 wounded and 170,000 without a home.

The drill will also include a scenario simulating a toxic chemical leak at the northern coastal port in Haifa. This is the first time a Home Front drill has dealt with a natural disaster scenario as opposed to a war scenario.

"The drill is designed to improve preparations for an earthquake, but will also prepare the public and ministries for other emergency scenarios," Home Front Commander Eyal Eisenberg said during a press conference.
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Light Sabers

Hezbollah confirms sending drone into Israeli airspace


PressTV
Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:02 UTC
Nasrallah
Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah
Hezbollah Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah confirms the Lebanese resistance movement has sent a drone deep into the Israeli airspace evading radar systems.

The operation code-named Hussein Ayub saw Hezbollah's drone fly hundreds of kilometers into the Israeli airspace and getting very close to Dimona nuclear plant without being detected by advanced Israeli and US radars, Nasrallah said during a televised speech late on Thursday.
"This is only part of our capabilities," he stressed, adding that Israelis have admitted to their security failure despite being provided with the latest technologies by Western powers.
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