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Report indicates US will bring new advanced nuclear bombs to Germany


RT
Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:44 UTC
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© Fabrizio Bensch / Reuters
A German Air Force Panavia Tornado IDS jet fighter.
Starting third quarter 2015, the US Air Force is starting preparations to bring in new B61 nuclear bombs to Luftwaffe's Büchel Air Base, according to ZDF TV channel. German parliament previously called for American nukes to be removed.

The base in Rhineland-Palatinate in western Germany hosts German Panavia Tornado multipurpose aircraft that are capable to deploy the USAF nuclear bombs stored there under a nuclear sharing deal. The base is the only location in Germany that has nuclear weapons since 2007 and has 20 of them, according to the Royal United Services Institute.

The US is currently working on a new variant of the B61, Mod 12, which would be more accurate and have smaller yield than modifications 3 and 4 currently deployed in Europe.

Comment: The US is keeping Germany in the NATO fold to prevent it from turning friendly to Russia.
STRATFOR Chief outlines psychopathic Zio-Anglo-American plans for world domination in speech to Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

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Headphones

91-year old Nazi SS radio operator charged with 260,000 counts of accessory to murder

Corey Charleon and Allan Hall
The Daily Mail, UK
Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:52 UTC
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  • The woman, 91, is charged with 260,000 counts of accessory to murder
  • She is alleged to have been a radio operator for Auschwitz commandant
  • Prosecutors say she is an accessory because she helped camp function
  • Earlier this year a 94-year-old man was convicted by the same reasoning
A 91-year-old woman has been charged with 260,000 counts of accessory to murder on allegations she was a member of the Nazi SS who served in Auschwitz, German prosecutors claim.

Schleswig-Holstein prosecutors' spokesman Heinz Doellel said Monday the woman is alleged to have served as a radio operator for the camp commandant Rudolph Hoess, who was hanged after the war for his crimes against humanity, from April to July 1944.

Prosecutors argue that the accused, whose name wasn't disclosed due to German privacy laws, can be charged as an accessory because she helped the death camp function.

Doellel says there are no indications the woman is unfit for trial, though a court likely won't decide on whether to proceed with the case until next year.

Her duty rosters show she was in his service from April until Juli 1944 and the indictment states 'she was a helper in the systematic murder of the Jews transported there.'

Comment: These stories seem to come at a time when Israel will benefit from reminding everyone of the Jewish holocaust. It is the perfect distraction from the genocide in Palestine.

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Bad Guys

U.S. soldiers told to look the other way, child sexual abuse by Afghan allies

Joseph Goldstein
The New York Times
Sun, 20 Sep 2015 12:52 UTC
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Dan Quinn was relieved of his Special Forces command after a fight with a U.S.-backed militia leader who had a boy as a sex slave chained to his bed.
In his last phone call home, Lance Cpl. Gregory Buckley Jr. told his father what was troubling him: From his bunk in southern Afghanistan, he could hear Afghan police officers sexually abusing boys they had brought to the base.

"At night we can hear them screaming, but we're not allowed to do anything about it," the Marine's father, Gregory Buckley Sr., recalled his son telling him before he was shot to death at the base in 2012. He urged his son to tell his superiors. "My son said that his officers told him to look the other way because it's their culture."

Rampant sexual abuse of children has long been a problem in Afghanistan,particularly among armed commanders who dominate much of the rural landscape and can bully the population. The practice is called bacha bazi, literally "boy play," and American soldiers and Marines have been instructed not to intervene — in some cases, not even when their Afghan allies have abused boys on military bases, according to interviews and court records.

The policy has endured as American forces have recruited and organized Afghan militias to help hold territory against the Taliban. But soldiers and Marines have been increasingly troubled that instead of weeding out pedophiles, the American military was arming them in some cases and placing them as the commanders of villages — and doing little when they began abusing children.
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Blackbox

Russian troops and bases in Syria? Facts and propaganda

Politikus.ru
The Saker
Tue, 22 Sep 2015 09:46 UTC
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While the hunters for the traces of the Russian militaries in the Ukraine and Syria were monitoring social networks trying to dig out photos proving our marines' presence at the Syrian port Tartus, the Western media resorted to different tactics - the one of assumptions and presumptions. Good logical thinking, indeed, for any of the numerous versions they have been advancing might well shoot under certain circumstances.

We would like to remind the readers that the Western journalists and the Russian restless Fifth Column both aim at proving by all means the Russian servicemen's presence in Syria. Being unable to present any direct evidence thereof, "the debunkers" chose to recourse to their favourite technique - reading tea leaves.

One of the "researchers" Ruslan Leviev, for instance, made an error having placed a bet on the Russian marines - alas, their presence on the board of the large landing ship as well as at the Syrian port Tartus is nowhere close to a sensation being totally legal and regulated by Order 321 from 23 August 1997. Moreover, it is our army's duty to protect military facilities abroad, so even finding the Russian marines on the airfield 5 kilometers from Latakia will hardly be a scoop. Sorry, Ruslan, a wrong shot.

Comment: Just like with Ukraine, the West is searching in vain for "Russian troops" in Syria. Of course, Russia does have some military in Syria: advisers, trainers, etc. They have for years, and it's all entirely legal. But no, Russia does not have actual troops engaged in fighting on the ground (or in the air). Rather, it appears as if Russia is simply expanding its existing support - more equipment, more training, more intelligence, upgraded facilities - in order to show the West that it will support and defend the sovereignty of Syria against any foreign-backed subversion.

So even the prospect of Russian military support to the Assad government seems to be enough to make Washington nervous that their plans for regime change may not be effective. As the Stratfor analysis said: "Even this level of the Russian logistical and operational support could crush the insurgents' resistance." And they're trying to smear and discredit this Russian support by fabricating news of direct Russian involvement in the fighting.

As the article above suggests, we can't yet know for certain what is going on around the Latakia base. The West would like us all to think Russia is constructing a major airbase, shipping tons of weapons, and planning to join the fighting in full. In line with this, Stratfor has released more images, showing what they say are Su-25 and Su-30 fighter jets, and Mi-24 helicopters, newly delivered to the base. At the very least, it appears as if Russia is supporting the renovations of the airfield, and continuing to supply weapons to the Syrian military, in addition to humanitarian aid. But such an airfield can always be put to new and different uses in the future, depending on if Assad asks for more direct help from Russia, and how Russia responds.

Whatever the case, the Americans should remember that Russians don't bluff.

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Quenelle - Golden

Gung-ho Americans, steady Brits, and a lack of French resistance: The dynamic narrative of the 'French train terror attack'

Geoff Dyer
The Guardian
Sat, 29 Aug 2015 10:04 UTC

Comment: The following article is an analysis of the 'dynamic narrative' surrounding the phony 'thwarted terror plot' on a French train going from Amsterdam to Paris last month, published in the ultra-liberal London Guardian.

Its author - a 'journalist', supposedly - while acknowledging that there is no accurate account of what actually happened because there are countless versions of what happened, apparently delights in the fact that Western authorities published utter drivel about the incident...


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All-American Action Heroes: Chris Norman, Anthony Sadler, French president François Hollande, Spencer Stone and Alek Skarlatos.
A narrative straight out of the second world war changed every time you read it and, true or not, each re-mix added something delightful

The story of the French terror train was - and remains - uplifting, heroic, wonderful. From an early stage, however, a simple scenario - tourists overpower gunman - showed an extraordinary capacity to shift shape, to subtly adjust itself in sync with the expectations of competing national interests. The different versions didn't cancel each other out in the way that a new scientific theory renders earlier ones obsolete. Functioning more like re-mixes that combine to enhance the value of the original track, they overlapped and supported each other in certain key areas while diverging in others. What follows is not a painstaking forensic reconstruction but an account of how the events were experienced via the usual jumble of internet, TV and newspapers.

The first version I heard was epic in its simplicity: a gunman on a train in France had been taken down by off-duty US marines. Sands of Iwo Jima on a TGV! So the Guardian seemed guilty of sloppy usage when it referred not to "marines" but "soldiers" - a distinction jealously patrolled by both wings of the military. But then it turned out that there were no marines involved. The heroes were actually a member of the US air force, Spencer Stone; a national guardsman, Alek Skarlatos; and a student, Anthony Sadler. A major letdown for the Marine Corps, this version played even better to an impartial audience. While marines might have been expected to go on the offensive these were three Californians on holiday, one of whom - according to early reports - responded with the simple command, "Spencer, go!" This was later amended to "Let's go!" with its echo of the doomed heroics - "Let's roll!" - onboard United 93. Either way, Spencer and his buddies went. No UN resolutions were required for an invasion - sorry, I mean intervention - where evidence of weapons of considerable destruction was plain for all to see.

Comment: Westerners - particularly Americans and British - are 'the people of the lie'. They love lies, and the spicier the lie, the more they relish it. Here a British 'journalist' is clearly indicating that he doesn't believe the official account of an alleged 'foiled terror attack', but no matter; the official lies made him feel good about himself, and reinforced his belief in the sanctity of his beloved Authorities. Is it any wonder the British and American regimes have no problem "shaping behavior through the use of dynamic narratives"? Their subjects BEG for 'pleasant lies'!

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The simple truth: The U.S. caused Europe's refugee crisis

Russ Baker
WhoWhatWhy
Tue, 15 Sep 2015 09:24 UTC
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© UNHCR / A.Kitid
A UNHCR staff member distributes blankets to people waiting to cross the Greek-FYR Macedonian border.
One thing you can almost always count on: When a major narrative takes over the news, it will be devoid of any sort of useful context. Put another way, when we are saturated with a "mega-problem," we can be sure that we will not be told the real cause — not if it so happens the US had something to do with it. No, it is always just a new thing to occupy us, to push out other stories, to encourage copious amounts of superficial debate (of the sort that typically rages over spectator sports), that never begins to get at the truth.

And so it is with the epic deluge of refugees fleeing the Middle East for Europe.

I was among the unfortunately small numbers of journalists warning about the rush to war with Saddam Hussein, and pointing out how virtually the entire US establishment was complicit in this charade, thus justifying a war based on counterfeit claims. Shortly after the hostilities, I wrote about the role of The New York Times in stoking the machine, principally via its star reporter, Judith Miller.

But that colossal gamble was just for starters.

Comment: Endless media coverage for weeks, and yet this simple truth is nowhere to be found in mainstream sources. Yes, the U.S. is responsible, but no, it will not take any responsibility. The consequences of its actions are someone else's problem, in this case, Europe. That's how the American Empire rolls: wanton destruction and chaos. Like typical psychopaths, they just don't care. As long as they get what they want.

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Snakes in Suits

Thinning the field: Scott Walker quits US presidential race

Tim Walker
The Independed
Mon, 21 Sep 2015 02:20 UTC
Scott Walter quits race

Apparently union busting doesn't seem to play well outside Wisconsin?
The Wisconsin Governor has failed to make progress in a crowded Republican field

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has dropped his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, saying that the race has "drifted into personal attacks", and suggesting that front-runner Donald Trump is to blame.

During a brief press conference in Madison on Monday afternoon, Mr Walker announced that he was suspending his campaign, and urged others in the crowded GOP field to consider doing the same, so that "voters can focus on a limited number of candidates, who can offer a positive conservative alternative to the current front-runner."

As Mr Walker launched his presidential campaign on 13 July, few could have predicted he would leave the race again so soon. The 47-year-old former Boy Scout instantly became a top seeded candidate, leading the polls in the key primary state of Iowa for several months.

Long admired both by top Republicans and the party's rank-and-file for having forced through conservative reforms in traditionally blue Wisconsin, as Governor he did pitched battle with public sector unions and triumphed in a closely fought recall election in 2012.

His efforts had impressed major GOP donors including billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch, who had donated to Mr Walker in Wisconsin and indicated support for his presidential bid.


Comment: What Walker actually did was eviscerate the possibility of workers bettering the conditions they labor under. Not a wonder the Kochs and their elitist cronies love him.

But the Governor proved to be a lacklustre national campaigner, demonstrating little screen charisma and performing poorly in the party's two televised debates.
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Red Flag

Anonymous general who predicts anti-Corbyn mutiny should be named by Government Communications HQ - says SAS veteran


RT
Mon, 21 Sep 2015 16:44 UTC
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A former SAS soldier has blasted the anonymous British Army general who predicted a military coup if Jeremy Corbyn is elected prime minister. He said the comments threaten democracy and that the military has no excuses for declining to investigate.

Ben Griffin, who served in the Parachute Regiment and the Special Air Service in Iraq and Afghanistan and is now a member of anti-war group Veterans for Peace UK, told RT the general's comments published in the Sunday Times are an affront to democracy.

"Why is this General cowering behind a reporter?" he said.

"He should go public with his statement. He is threatening the democratic will of the British people and he exposes the lie that the armed forces exist to protect our freedoms."

Comment: A classic manipulative ploy, however serious a warning. How many times have we heard it now? "For reasons of national security we have to continue to lie to you, abolish laws that were designed to protect you, abuse and imprison you, bomb the life out of innocent populations that have never done anything to you," and the list drones painfully on and on. Or, as in the case of Corbyn, "You can't put a maverick in charge of a country's security." Sigh.

See also:

Jeremy Corbyn win revitalizing UK's Labour Party, Cameron sulks, snipes

UK's Israel Lobby begs Labour Party members not to vote for Jeremy Corbyn as new leader

US media freaks out after socialist Jeremy Corbyn wins UK Labour Party leadership

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Eye 1

Belgian privacy watchdog: Facebook spies on people just like the NSA


RT
Mon, 21 Sep 2015 22:39 UTC
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© Dado Ruvic/Reuters
Facebook is spying on people in "the very same way" that the US's National Security Agency (NSA) does, said the at a court hearing where the social network stands accused of violating the privacy of internet users.

"When it became known that the NSA was spying on people all around the world, everybody was upset. This actor [Facebook] is doing the very same thing, albeit in a different way," said Frederic Debussere, a lawyer representing the Belgian privacy commission (BPC) at the Monday court hearing.

The Belgian watchdog has filed a lawsuit against the social network, accusing it of breaching EU law and violating the privacy rights of internet users. The BPC issued a report in March, arguing that Facebook tracked everyone, even users who had logged-out and people who don't even have a Facebook account at all, via the use of cookies and the 'like' or 'share' buttons which can be found on more than 13 million websites worldwide.

This is possible, the report claimed, because the cookies are automatically installed on the computers of internet users each time they visit a page containing a Facebook plug-in, such as the 'like' button.

According to EU law, websites must ask for a user's permission before installing any cookies. This is why Facebook's policy is considered to in "violation of the European law"by the BPC.

Comment: CIA to increase spying on Twitter and Facebook

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MIB

Total Bollocks from MI5

Craig Murray
Craigmurray.org.uk
Mon, 21 Sep 2015 22:17 UTC
In the last decade, now 7/7 has dropped out of this statistic, only one person has been killed in the UK by an Islamic terrorist attack. Let me repeat that. In the last decade, one person has been killed in the UK by an Islamic terrorist attack. That unfortunate death was Lee Rigby.
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Rigby's tragic murder illustrated how easy it is for terrorists to commit an outrage. Two very disorganised Nigerian nutters murdered him with knives. Unfortunately, if a couple of nutters decide to go at someone on the street, they have a high chance of success.

Which is why you would have to be a lunatic actually to believe MI5's repeated claims during the last decade that there are thousands of dedicated terrorists out there, fanatical determined and organised, but in a decade of constant effort they have succeeded in killing nobody else. There were, MI5 claim, six actual terrorist plots this year but fortunately MI5 saved all of us.

If you believe MI5's stories, there are two possibilities. The first is that we have security services of a quite incredible efficiency, able to foil random terrorism, generally regarded as near impossible. The second is that we have thousands of dedicated terrorists of such incredible ineptitude that they can't manage to kill anybody, even when they could choose any random undefended target in the entire UK and any method from knives to poison to hit and run to shooting to bombs, and don't mind losing their own lives in the attempt. We have rubbish terrorists.
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