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Today's News, March 20-22, 2009
RED STORM RISING PPPPP
Paraphrasing Denis Diderot: "Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last banker." Banker was originally "priest."
Chavez nationalizes Grupo Santander's Banco de Venezuela. Bank will channel funds to small farmers and grass roots groups.
Workers strike at Malawi uranium mine. Police fire tear gas at sit-in demonstration workers.
Demonstrations continue throughout France. Universities barricaded in France with Sarkozy fearing a "May 68" uprising.
Bomb blast at Greek state real estate agency. No injuries in blast at Hellenic Public Real Estate Corporation.
Protest over bank officials' bonus payments in Moscow. Interfax, 20 Mar. "Police detained ten Nashi youth movement activists near the Sberbank central office in Moscow on Thursday . . . the demonstrators demanded that Sberbank managers voluntarily refuse to accept the bonus payment for last year. 'We believe that such a lavish remuneration at a time of crisis is an open challenge to the state and society,' [a spokesperson for the group said]." No URL.
INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
British MP George Galloway banned from entering Canada. Neocon Immigration Minister Jason Kenney calls Galloway an "infandous street-corner Cromwell." Infandous is as infandous does for Stephen Harper and his band of right-wing kooks.
Obama offers "new beginning" to Iran in video to Iranian people and government. Video coincides with Iranian spring festival of Nowruz.
Incoming Israeli Foreign Minister Lieberman lives in illegal West Bank settlement. Washington Post hints at clash with Obama administration. With Rahm Emanuel as Chief of Staff, there will be no conflict.
African Union suspends Madagascar. Andry Rajoelina's new government, formed as a result of popular street protests, not recognized by EU and Obama administration.
U.S. NEWS:
Dodd in political hot water in Connecticut over AIG bonus payments. Blame game between Dodd and Geithner on corporate hand outs. Considering the scandals involving old Senator Tom Dodd, this apple did not fall far from the tree.
AIG bonus recipients live opulent life style in Connecticut. AIG Financial Products HQ'd in town of Wilton, Connecticut.
Obama says he was "stunned" to learn of AIG bonuses. Makes comments on Jay Leno's Tonight Show.
COUNTRY FOCUS OF THE DAY: Sierra Leone. Denials on responsibility for attack on All People’s Congress (APC) headquarters in Freetown. APC rival faction and opposition party all deny role.
PAST SIGNIFICANT NEWS:
In a first, U.S. Army confirms existence of Israeli nuclear weapons.U.S. obligated to cease foreign aid to Israel pursuant to Symington Amendment of 1976.
Netanyahu plans to name Franklin spy handler and ex-Mossad chief Uzi Arad as Israeli national security adviser. Arad is banned from visiting the United States but the Lobby is trying to change that.
NSA wants to move National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) to Fort Meade. Former NCSC Rod Beckstrom cites NSA power grab as reason for his resignation.
Bolivia expels U.S. diplomat. Francisco Martinez, politial officer at US Embassy in La Paz accused of conspiring on behalf of CIA with groups opposed to President Evo Morales government. Obama administration defends U.S. Embassy's actions. Change, Senor Obama?
Pentagon spy nonsense continues under Obama. University of California developing "spy beetle." Everyone get a can of Raid
"The Dogs of War" author Frederick Forsyth just happened to be in Guinea-Bissau the day the President and Army chief were assassinated. Forsyth helped finance a 1973 coup in Equatorial Guinea, that served as a basis for the "The Dogs of War." Forsyth says twin assassination is "garnish on the cake" for his new novel.
Russian retired general says U.S. may have planned satellite collision between Iridium and Russian Cosmos. Says event may have been part of U.S. operation "Orbital Express." WMR was the first to report that the collision may have been part of a covert U.S. operation.
Iran asks INTERPOL to issue arrest warrants for Israeli war criminals. Olmert, Livni, and Barak on list over Gaza atrocities. Others include Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, Commander in Chief of the Israeli Air Force Ido Nehoshtan, Commander of the Gaza war -- Operation Cast Lead -- Maj. Gen. Yoav Galant, Head of Military Intelligence Directorate Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, Commander of Battalion 13 in the Golani Brigade Lt. Col. Oren Cohen, Deputy to the Givati Brigade Col. Ron Ashrov, Commander of the Israel Paratroopers' Brigade in Gaza Col. Hertzi Halevy, Commander of 401st Armored Corps Brigade convoy Col. Yigal Slovik, Commander of the 101st Battalion in the Paratrooper Brigade Lt. Col. Avi Blot, Lt. Col. Yoav Mordechai, who served as a commander of the Golani infantry brigade's 13th Battalion in Gaza, Givati squad commander Col. Tomer Tsiter, and Brigade commander in Battalion 51 Col. Avi Peled.
Peru to buy Israel "Strike" missiles. El Mercurio (Santiago), 23 February 09. Army Chie General Otto Guibovich announces purchase of Israeli and Russian anti-aircraft missiles to replace agng Russian missiles bought in the 1970s.
George Soros buys into AMDOCS. Israeli firm at heart of Israeli surveillance in United States. WMR was one of the first to call Soros and his gang out on their work for the agents of Mossad and the Rothschilds.
Paradigm Stanford Capital Management Core Alternative Fund linked Biden's son and brother linked to Allen Stanford's operations. Hunter and James Biden Paradigm Global Advisors LLC involved with Stanford hedge funds.
French commentator on website Rue89 - 22 Feb. 09 -- Police reinforcements arrived in Guadeloupe "do some Negro-bashing" or "casser du nègre." For the racist and fascist Sarkozy government, bashing blacks and Arabs is the order of the day.
French territorial parliamentary representatives demand from Sarkozy (AFP, 19 Feb. 09): "the president of the republic adopt as a matter of urgency the measures necessary to emerge from the current crisis overseas: an increase in purchasing power and salaries for the least well-off; the fight against the high cost of living." The demand came from parliament members from Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guiana, Reunion, and Wallis and Futuna. No URL available.
Former CIA agent Roger d'Onofrio Ruggiero helped Liberia's Charles Taylor and Sierra Leone rebels smuggle diamond for weapons. Deals involved Libya and Bulgarian company, Kintex.
Anti-capitalist protest in Ireland. 100,000 hit streets of Dublin. Video of protest.
Military officers under investigation for corruption in Iraqi reconstruction contracts. One whistleblower, Dale Stoffel, was assassinated after he passed on information to U.S. investigators. Stoffel, President of Wye Oak Technology Inc. of Alexandria, VA, procured weapons systems from Ukraine, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Russia and was a mysterious arms dealer [possibly U.S. intelligence].
Shootout at presidential palace in Malabo. Attackers arroived by boat. Possible attempt to free jailed British mercenary Simon Mann
$125 billion fraud scheme in Iraqi contracts unearthed. Scam exceeds Madoff rip-off of $50 billion. Robert J Stein Jr., US comptroller for south-central Iraq and one of few convicted in fraud scheme, was photographed standing next to "mound of money."
Alison Des Forges, human rights expert on Africa's Great Lakes genocide, and Beverly Eckert, 9/11 "official story" skeptic, killed in crash of commuter jet in Buffalo. The crash was very "convenient" for certain parties. WMR has a report on Des Forges and the current situation in east-central Africa.
The new "Blackwater" is Xe, pronounced "Zee." Blackwater Lodge & Training Center is now U.S. Training Center Inc. Xe or "Z" is more appropriate for this fascist firm. Costa-Gavras' 1969 film "Z" was about the assassination of a left-wing Greek Prime Minister and the government's attempt to cover it up. "Z" and "Blackwater" -- perfect together.
AFRICOM motives exposed. U.S.-backed offensive in Uganda blamed for hundreds of civilian deaths.UN official criticizes operation as AFRICOM commander Gen. Kip Ward and the "girlfriend" of Ugandan dictator Yoweri Museveni, Obama's miniskirt-wearing UN ambassador Susan Rice, defend U.S. military involvement in African strife.
Strikes spread throughout Montenegro. From Vecernje Novosti(Montenegro). On 9 February protesters from a number of Podgorica companies assembled in front of the government building in Podgorica. They were joined by workers' from Bijelo Polje and Niksic. In northern Montenegro over 1,200 workers are staging protests every day. They have not received wages for years and many of them have lost their jobs long ago. URL not available.
Israeli ambassador "finger-wagging" at European leaders. Israeli ambassador to Spain Raphael Schutz says Catalan regional interior minister Joan Saura "crossed red line" in marching against Israeli aggression in Gaza. Schutz says interior minister participated in a "jihadist-style" event where "cries in favour of Hamas" went out.El Pais, 6 February, 2009. URL available in Spanish only. Israeli criticism comes after Israeli complaints about Flemish Regional government minister, and Spanish Socialist Party official
"King of Antigua" under investigation. Texas billionaire Allen Stanford being probed by SEC, IRS, FINRA, and FBI. WMR previously highlighted ties between Stanford, the Bushes, and a Maryland auto dealer and his wife.
Former British soldier commits suicide over Madoff losses. William Foxton, a veteran of British UN humanitarian operations and Sultan of Oman's army, is found in Southampton with single bullet wound to head. CHORUS: . . . and police suspect no foul play.
Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL), appointed by Blagojevich, admits to money conversations with Blagojevich's brother. Info comes from wiretapped phone call. WMR reiterates that US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, who was reappointed by Obama and now works for Emanuel machine, is likely using illegal NSA wiretaps.
Financial crisis top "security" threat to U.S. Dennis Blair responds to "Red Storm Rising." Blair cites possibility of "high levels of violent extremism" in the turmoil of the 1920s and 1930." Red-baiting Mr. Blair?
More
Chalmers Johnson: America is broke while billions are sucked in by the Pentagon for fantasy wars. Pentagon "delusional" about its importance to America.
Israeli Defense Ministry officials helped U.S. companies win closed bid Pentagon contracts restricted to U.S. defense contractors. Israelis used sensitive information to help EMC against rivals HP and HDS.
Body of Minot Air Force Base 91st Missile Wing Crew Commander found by Minot police. Capt. Jonathan Bayless was assigned to Minot during August 2007 illegal transfer of nuclear warheads to Louisiana for an operation in the Middle East
U.S. cannot afford 800 military bases worldwide. U.S. has bases in over 130 countries.
Israel's latest surveillance export: Jack Bauer joins Mossad. Ontology "Citer" tracks web habits and movements. |
