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Scientologist Republic of Bulgravia: The Church of Scientology wanted a 'Balkan Holy Land'

Lily Lynch
Balkanist.net
Tue, 27 Aug 2013 07:50 UTC
Inside the Church of Scientology's secret (and aborted) mission to bring several Balkan countries under its dominion
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When it comes to the Church of Scientology, no fiction could ever trump reality in terms of sheer bizarreness. Perhaps nowhere is this fact more evident than in the revelation that the church had a completely delusional plan to unite the countries of Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, and the entire former Yugoslavia into a single, Scientology-controlled megastate.

Like the voice booming from Ezekiel 37:22-24 ("I will unite them into one land on the mountains of Israel. They will have one King to rule over them, and they will no longer be divided into nations or split into Kingdoms"), the followers of Dianetics and Scientology leader David Miscavige sought a Holy Land of their own. No Hollywood screenplay writer could ever imagine the totalitarian nightmare of a Hollywood Holy Land, even if that screenplay writer was a Scientologist (and we all know there are plenty of those). Let's take a look back at the terrifying, Xenu-fearing dystopia that never was, and breathe a collective sigh of relief that the only terrain Scientology controls today is Hollywood.

Comment: Scientologist leaders in Ukraine and Slovakia? The Charge of the Scientology Brigade

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Pentagon: We made Afghan corruption worse


RT
Wed, 07 May 2014 08:19 UTC
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Despite the initial belief that the United States would leave behind a competent governing body in Afghanistan, a new report by the Joint Chiefs of Staff found that the military contributed significantly to increased corruption in the country.

According to the Center for Public Integrity - a nonprofit investigative news outlet - senior military officers have filed a report with the Joint Chiefs walking through some of the Pentagon's mistakes in Afghanistan. One important takeaway from the report is that corruption by public officials was a problem even at the start of the US' presence in Afghanistan, and was made worse by American willingness to pour money into the nation without proper oversight.

"Corruption alienates key elements of the population, discredits the government and security forces, undermines international support, subverts state functions and rule of law, robs the state of revenue, and creates barriers to economic growth," the report stated.

By the end of its study, the military came away with a few important conclusions, noting that the US embrace of Afghan warlords at the start of the war helped keep in place a corrupt leadership force.

"The US' initial support of warlords, reliance on logistics contracting, and the deluge of military and aid spending which overwhelmed the absorptive capacity of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) created an environment that fostered corruption and impeded later [anti-corruption] efforts," the report reads.
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Scientologist leaders in Ukraine and Slovakia? The Charge of the Scientology Brigade

Wayne Madsen
Strategic Culture Fountation
Tue, 01 Apr 2014 07:30 UTC
Arseniy Yatsenyuk
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The almost simultaneous rise to power of Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the acting prime minister of Ukraine and Andrej Kiska as president of Slovakia has prompted fears that the secretive U.S.-based Church of Scientology is making a power grab in Central and Eastern Europe.

Scientology's founder, L. Ron Hubbard, a writer of science fiction yarns, began his religious sect in 1954. Many disgruntled members of the so-called «church» later claimed that Hubbard's interest was hardly ethereal. They claimed he sought to enrich himself by misusing the tax-exemptions granted to religious organizations by the U.S. tax code. Other critics of the church charged that Hubbard was working with the Central Intelligence Agency's MK-ULTRA program and used his church as a cover for the agency's mind control operations

One thing cannot be debated about Scientology and that is the sect's propensity for secrecy surrounding its operations and ultimate goals. Whenever the sect, or «cult» as some allege, is in the news, there is an effort by Scientology's leadership to silence critics through intimidation, manipulation of social media like Wikipedia, and ensuring its members adhere to total secrecy.

Comment: Scientologist Republic of Bulgravia: The Church of Scientology wanted a 'Balkan Holy Land'

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Footage: Huge explosion levels Aleppo Hotel in Syria


Youtube/The Telegraph
Thu, 08 May 2014 07:05 UTC
Footage purports to show moment an Aleppo hotel and several other buildings are flattened by a 'huge explosion'

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Oy Vey! Netanyahu's 'destruction of Israel' mantra

John V. Whitbeck
Al Jazeera
Sun, 04 May 2014 06:52 UTC
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When, in response to the threat of potential Palestinian reconciliation and unity, the Israeli government suspended "negotiations" with the Palestine Liberation Organization on April 24 (five days before they were due to terminate in any event), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office issued a statement asserting: "Instead of choosing peace, Abu Mazen formed an alliance with a murderous terrorist organisation that calls for the destruction of Israel."

In a series of related media appearances, Netanyahu hammered repeatedly on the "destruction of Israel" theme as a way of blaming Palestine for the predictable failure of the latest round of the seemingly perpetual "peace process".

The extreme subjectivity of the epithet "terrorist" has been highlighted by two recent absurdities - the Egyptian military regime's labelling of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has won all Egyptian elections since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, as a "terrorist" organisation and the labelling by the de facto Ukrainian authorities, who came to power through illegally occupying government buildings in Kiev, of those opposing them by illegally occupying government buildings in eastern Ukraine as "terrorists". In both cases, those who have overthrown democratically elected governments are labelling those who object to their coups as "terrorists".
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Putin takes responsiblity for West's mess in Ukraine, unilaterally orders Russian military away from border, sets out roadmap for peace


RT
Thu, 08 May 2014 04:28 UTC
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© Reuters/Marko DjuricArmed men in Ukrainian military uniforms stand guard beside an armoured personnel carrier at a checkpoint in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine May 7, 2014.
Moscow's call on pro-federalization protesters in Ukraine to postpone the referendums was welcomed by the West and Kiev, yet they still do not recognize the need to halt the military op in southeast as a prerequisite for national dialogue and elections.

Ukraine presidential hopeful Pyotr Poroshenko (UDAR Party) has welcomed President Vladimir Putin's statements, saying that the situation significantly improved following the news from Moscow. "We have an appeal to stop an illegal referendum, Russia accepting presidential elections. I think this is great news for stabilizing the situation in eastern Ukraine," Poroshenko told reporters in Berlin.

On Wednesday, Putin called the presidential election in Ukraine, now scheduled for May 25, "a move in the right direction" adding however it would mean nothing unless all citizens of Ukraine have a full understanding of how their rights would be guaranteed afterwards.

The direct dialogue between Kiev and representatives of the southeastern regions is the "key element" of settling the conflict, Putin said, supported on this by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss President Didier Burkhalter. In order to "create the necessary conditions for this dialogue," Putin urged rescheduling of the referendum planned by anti-government protesters to determine the future of southeastern Ukraine.
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Sanctions against Israel hijacked by the "western left" - detrimental to long-term Palestinian interests?


5Pillarz.com
Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:17 UTC
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© 5Pillarz.comDoes BDS sideline armed resistance, which many Palestinians remain committed to?
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement - which calls for a commercial, cultural and political boycott of Israel - is championed by most pro-Palestinian activists as a major asset in the struggle against the Zionist entity.

Israel itself is becoming incresingly vocal in its condemnation of it which has led many to conclude that Tel Aviv considers it as a major threat.

But Kashif Iqbal, a masters student at SOAS, argues that BDS has been hijacked by the "western left" and has become very detrimental to long-term Palestinian interests.

Not only does BDS accept the terms of the Zionists, it seems to spend most its time trying to "look innocent" according to Western and Zionist norms. Hence the people behind the movement spend more time condemning Palestinians for being "anti semitic" or "homophobic" than they do condemning Zionist policies - I remember one of the movement's latest articles claiming that the struggle must be against homophobia within in the movement as much as it is against Israeli occupation!
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Create the problem, send in your solution! U.S. to send team to Nigeria to deal with terrorist group it created

Darlene Superville
huffingtonpost.com
Tue, 06 May 2014 06:15 UTC
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Worldwide protests demand the rescue of kidnapped Ni­ger­ian girls: Rallies in Ni­ger­ian and American cities protest the government’s weak response to the crime.
President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the U.S. will do everything it can to help Nigeria find nearly 300 teenage girls missing since they were kidnapped from school three weeks ago by an Islamist extremist group that has threatened to sell them.

Obama said the immediate priority is finding the girls, but that the Boko Haram group must also be dealt with.

"In the short term our goal is obviously is to help the international community, and the Nigerian government, as a team to do everything we can to recover these young ladies," Obama said in an interview with NBC's "Today," in some of his first public comments on what he said was a "terrible situation" in the West African nation.

"But we're also going to have to deal with the broader problem of organizations like this that ... can cause such havoc in people's day-to-day lives," Obama said of Boko Haram.

The brazen April 15 abduction has sparked international outrage and mounting demands, including by some in Washington, for Nigeria to spare no effort to find and free the girls before they can be sold into slavery or otherwise harmed.

Nigeria's police have said more than 300 girls were abducted from their secondary school in the country's remote northeast. Of that number, 276 remain in captivity and 53 managed to escape.

Obama said he was glad the Nigerian government was accepting help from U.S. military and law enforcement advisers.

Comment: See also: Nigerian terror group Boko Haram linked to Mossad and the CIA

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U.S. imperialism's biggest cheerleaders: The liberal media

Ian Sinclair
The Huffington Post
Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:05 UTC
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In his essential book on UK foreign policy, Web of Deceit: Britain's Real Role in the World, historian Mark Curtis notes "the ideological system promotes one key concept that underpins everything else - the idea of Britain's basic benevolence." Criticism of foreign policies is possible "but within narrow limits which show 'exceptions' to, or 'mistakes' in, promoting the rule of basic benevolence". I would only add one caveat to Curtis's enduring maxim - the ideological system in the UK also promotes the basic benevolence of the United States, our closest ally. And arguably it is the UK's liberal media who are the biggest cheerleaders and apologists of the US as an active and aggressive world power.

Writing about President Obama's State of the Union address in January Simon Tisdall, the Guardian's foreign affairs commentator, explained the speech "was evidence of unabashed retreat from attachment to the imperious might, the responsibilities and the ideals that once made America an unrivalled and deserving superpower" (my emphasis added). Writing two months later, the BBC's North America Editor Mark Mardell argued this retreat was so significant the White House now "thinks military power is a relic from a past age." Mardell seems to be unaware the Obama Administration has launched drone attacks on seven nations since coming to office.
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Editor of Executive Intelligence Review: US using Ukraine as excuse to provoke confrontation with Russia


Press TV
Thu, 08 May 2014 05:51 UTC
Jeff Steinberg
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The United States is trying to provoke a confrontation with Russia and using the crisis in Ukraine as an excuse to achieve its goal, a political commentator says.Jeffrey Steinberg, senior editor at Executive Intelligence Review, made the remarks in a phone interview with Press TV on Wednesday .

"I think, this entire crisis, if you look at it honestly, has been provoked from the United States and some other NATO member countries in Europe. The illegal coup d'état that took place in February was in reaction to the fact that the legally- elected Ukrainian government refused to sign a partnership deal with the European Union that would have meant economic destruction of the country," Steinberg said.

"And that government is violently overthrown by... the children and grand children of the wartime pro-Nazi Ukrainians, who fought with the Axis (the Axis powers) against the Soviet Union, United States, Britain and others in World War Two," he added.

"These violent people carried out the military coup, and the United States and most European countries have refused to acknowledge that, and fully support the overthrow of a legitimately-elected and certified government," the veteran journalist noted.
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