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Egypt army picks new PM, protesters plan mass rally

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© Agence France-PresseKamal 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.

MIB

Iran lawmaker says 12 CIA agents arrested

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Tehran - Iran has arrested 12 agents of the American Central Intelligence Agency, the country's official IRNA news agency reported, quoting an influential lawmaker.

Parviz Sorouri, a member of the powerful parliamentary committee on foreign policy and national security, said the alleged agents were operating in coordination with Israel's Mossad and other regional agencies, targeting the country's military and its nuclear program.

"The U.S. and Zionist regime's espionage apparatuses were trying to damage Iran both from inside and outside with a heavy blow, using regional intelligence services," Sorouri was quoted as saying Wednesday.

"Fortunately, with swift reaction by the Iranian intelligence department, the actions failed to bear fruit," Sorouri said.

The United States and its allies suspect Iran is pursuing a nuclear weapon program, a charge Iran denies.

The lawmaker did not give the nationality of the alleged agents nor when or where they were arrested.

The CIA declined to comment on the report.

Comment: "Hezbollah has close ties to Iran."

The above, while it may be true, is never given background so that people can consider the information for themselves. This is a form of managing our perception. How much history and back-up information is given to prove the statement? None. How much history of Hezbollah do we have that is critical and without media-based perception management? None. Is it possible that Iran donates food and clothing to Hezbollah to distribute to displaced, hungry or cold Palestinians, Lebanese, Syrians etc..? For all we know, yes.

If one drinks water from a faucet, can it be said that one has close ties with the people at the Department of Water and Energy? No, but if you really stretch the imagination, then it's feasible that there's a connection. And this is how the media and government(s) work. If it seems possible and sounds possible then they'll say it's possible if it serves their agenda. Next thing you know, the country goes to war, based not on facts but on mere assumptions, accusations and false conclusions.

See: Protocols of the Pathocrats: "Knowledge is power. Those who control information can control the masses; it's that simple."


Crusader

Best of the Web: Bush, Blair Found Guilty of War Crimes by Tribunal


A War Crimes Tribunal in Malaysia has found former US President George W. Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair guilty of war crimes for their roles in the Iraq war, Press TV reports.

The five-panel Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal decided that Bush and Blair committed genocide and crimes against humanity by leading the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a Press TV correspondent reported on Tuesday.

In 2003, the US and Britain invaded Iraq in blatant violation of international law and under the pretext of finding weapons of mass destruction allegedly stockpiled by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

Arrow Down

US: Federal Reserve 2012 bank stress test simulates conditions reminiscent of a 1st stage economic collapse

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The dark clouds in the Federal Reserve's 2012 annual stress test are keeping bankers up at night, as banks are being asked to imagine their balance sheet situation under some horrible economic scenarios.

Under the Fed's bleakest black sky scenario, financial institutions will have to weather 13.1% unemployment, the Dow at 5,600, and Europe in severe recession.

The test, known as the Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review, includes 12 other metrics for the U.S. market including GDP and inflation, with another 11 points for global economies.

Radar

Medvedev: Russia may target missile defense sites

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© AP Photo/Alexander Nemenov, PoolRussian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at an award ceremony in the Gorki residence outside Moscow, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011.
Moscow - Russia will deploy new missiles aimed at U.S. missile defense sites in Europe if Washington goes ahead with the planned shield despite Russia's concerns, President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday.

Russia will station missiles in its westernmost Kaliningrad region and other areas if Russia and NATO fail to reach a deal on the U.S.-led missile defense plans, he said in a tough statement that seemed to be aimed at rallying domestic support.

Russia considers the plans for missile shields in Europe, including in Romania and Poland, to be a threat to its nuclear forces, but the Obama administration insists they are meant to fend off a potential threat from Iran.

Moscow has agreed to consider NATO's proposal last fall to cooperate on the missile shield, but the talks have been deadlocked over how the system should operate. Russia has insisted that the system should be run jointly, which NATO has rejected.

Attention

Egypt protesters battle on to end army rule

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© Reuters/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany Protesters chant slogans against the head of the ruling military council Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, at Tahrir Square in Cairo November 22, 2011.
Street clashes rumbled on in Cairo on Wednesday as protesters derided a deal struck between Egypt's ruling generals and mostly Islamist parties for a faster transfer to civilian rule.

The death toll in five days of violence climbed to 37 by a Reuters count after a man was killed in the city of Alexandria. Hardcore protesters battled police through the night in Cairo.

The Health Ministry said 32 people had been killed and 2,000 wounded in disturbances across the country of 80 million.

Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of the military council that has run Egypt since Hosni Mubarak fell on February 11, promised on Tuesday that a civilian president would be elected in June, about six months sooner than the army had planned.

"Leave, leave," responded crowds in Cairo's Tahrir Square. "The people want to topple the marshal."

Eye 2

Best of the Web: Psychopaths Rule The World: The Devaluation of Human Life

Why is it that what our leaders say is completely betrayed by what they do?


Comment: Educate yourselves:

Political Ponerology: The Scientific Study of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes

Puzzling People: The Labyrinth of the Psychopath

Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us

The Sociopath Next Door


Black Cat

Best of the Web: Goldman Sachs' cEUp d'รฉtat: Introducing Italy's unelected PM Mario Monti

It's Europe's second unelected Prime Minister in just a few weeks, as Italy's government succumbs to the will of 'the market' and our ECB / IMF overlords. Following our look at the BBC's introduction of Greece's Lucas Papademos, here's a quick look at their profile of Monti.
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It's the most glowing profile of a public official / unelected (or for that matter) elected official you're ever likely to see. Here's a quick selection of glowing tributes:
"Mr Monti is a well-respected economist, well connected to the upper ranks of the EU machine"

"he earned the nickname "Super Mario" for the way he took on vested interests"

"the soft-spoken economist from Lombardy"

"He is a tough negotiator, head of a university with the reputation for producing Italy's finest thinkers.

"He has been seen as rather above politics"

Black Cat

Introducing Greece's new PM Lucas Papademos

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Lucas Papademos: technocrat
"The euro area financial system is robust and well-capable of withstanding shocks...balance sheets of...banks...have continued to strengthen" [Lucas Papademos, ECB Financial Stability Review June 2006]

Papademos has an interesting CV, one that is lovingly glossed over by the BBC:
BBC: "As head of the Bank of Greece, he oversaw his country's move from the drachma to the euro in 2002."
Alternative: "Papademos was head of Greece's Central Bank when Goldman Sachs was helping 'the Greek government to mask the true extent of its deficit with the help of a derivatives deal that legally circumvented the EU Maastricht deficit rules'."

BBC: "More recently, as an adviser to outgoing Prime Minister George Papandreou, he took part in the negotiations between Athens and the "troika" of international creditors (the IMF, the European Commission and the European Central Bank) bailing out the Greek government."

Bad Guys

Astounding Corporate Ties of "Humanitarian" USAID with Monsanto in Nepal

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After a decade of fighting, ending in 2006, Nepal's Maoist insurgents had finally achieved their dream of ending the nation's 240-year-old monarchy and establishing a secular "federal republic" in 2008. For those keeping score, the terms "Maoist" and "Marxist" and even "secular" or "federal republic" are for rhetorical consumption only, as Nepal's new "Maoist" government built on the back of a violent revolution, fully funded and supported by the West now flirts with the forces of Wall Street/London corporate-fascism in a predictable turn of events that fully betray the "People's War" propaganda that sent tens of thousands of well-intentioned, heroic men to their deaths on both sides.

Natural News has exposed that USAID along with Monsanto and the Nepalese government have started a "pilot program" indoctrinating some 20,000 farmers in the use of patented, poisoned, economy-wrecking GMO crops, in particular Monsanto's infamous hybrid maize breeds. The program has also received backing from members of neighboring India's government who have already helped introduce Monsanto's GMO crops throughout their country - beginning the wholesale destruction of India's food security and domestic farming industry.