Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Brazil's Human Rights Plan Angers Military Leadershttp://insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2009/december/31/latam-09123102.htm

A plan of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government to investigate human rights abuses during the military dictatorship (1964-1985) has angered Brazil's military leaders, Brazilian newspapers reported Wednesday.

O Globo, a newspaper from Rio de Janeiro, carried the headline "Military crisis forces Lula to reconsider decree." The paper explained that the military said they were angry with a part of the program which includes measures that could lead to the conviction of officers from the military period.

comment-it is a known fact that some military officials and commanders in the  brazilian armed forces,were around at time of the military dictatorship when then president joao goulart,was overthrown by a coup instigated and supported by washington(plan operation condor).These people were trained by school of americas,and have managed to escape prosecution and accountability for their part.If lula buckles under pressure,and does allow the investigations ,to exempt,their role in the coup,then it will be a travesty of justice and a huge diservice to what he initially set out to do.This investigation must expose us governments role and whatever military brasilian officials were implicated.No less will suffice.Also see this...

DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS SHED LIGHT ON U.S. ROLE IN BRAZILIAN COUP President Johnson urged taking "every step that we can" to support overthrow of Joao Goulart..Audio: http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB118/index.htm#audio  U.S. Ambassador Requested Pre-positioned Armaments to aid Golpistas; Acknowledged covert operations backing street demonstrations, civic forces and resistance groups

Bolivarians need to defeat the capitalism that persists in Venezuelahttp://www.venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/5045

An interview with Venezuelan analyst Luis Britto, where assesses the role of 2009 in the progress of the Bolivarian revolution, as well as the internal and external challenges still to come.

Morales says that Manfred Reyes Villa is in the U.S.http://www.telesurtv.net/noticias/secciones/nota/64407-NN/morales-asegura-que-manfred-reyes-villa-esta-en-eeuu/

Bolivia's President Evo Morales, said Friday that the former mayor of Cochabamba (center) and presidential candidate in elections last December 6, Manfred Reyes Villa, inundated by corruption claims and an order of constraint, is now in the U.S.

In a press conference at the Government Palace, the head of State regretted that "the criminals purchased the judiciary authorities and the police."  "From the information I have  Manfred is already in the U.S. and two state structures are guilty: the judiciary and the national police,for allowing him to flee" he said.

comment-anotehr wanted criminal,who sougth refugee from prosecution in US.Can the us government,please hand over,manuel rosales,elligio cedena,posada carrilles and manfred villas?

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Colombia: who killed Gov. Cuéllar, and why?http://ww4report.com/node/8123

Campaign for release of political prisoners in Colombiahttp://www.anncol.eu/conflicto-social-y-armado/11/campaña-por-la-liberación-de-los-presos-políticos-en-colombia-334

7500, mostly prisoners of conscience and social activists - when they are workers, peasants, indigenous students fighting for a worthy Colombia, with peace and social justice

Following the attacks of 11 September 2001 in New York, United States devised and imposed "Plan Colombia", which officially is a comprehensive development program designed to solve the Colombian internal conflict, but actually seeks to annihilate all political opposition and social development in the country and serves the economic interests of the private sector. After coming to power in 2002, Álvaro Uribe Vélez authoritarian running quickly put his "democratic security policy" true war strategy that has a network of one million informants, private security companies and peasant-soldiers, which leads to a criminalization of critical thinking, strengthening the Criminal Code, massive raids in towns and camps, detention and imprisonment, often without a warrant or evidence, if not wholly made, thousands of leaders and activists of movements agricultural workers and students and human rights defenders. Thus, on the basis of assembly of military intelligence and police, backed most of the time by the prosecutor, was built around a system of repressive justice side without jurisdiction or competence.

The prison policy in Colombia deliberately seeks the destruction, disruption and isolation of the social and political protest opposing the neoliberal and repressive government. Detention conditions in Colombian prisons are inhumane. Prisoners die of starvation or cold, depending on the region. Inmates sick or elderly die from lack of or inadequate care. Babies under 3 years are imprisoned with their mothers. These inhumane conditions and regular use of torture to induce farmers, indigenous students to accept unjustified accusations and judgments.

Mary OGrady Incites Violence in Colombian Peace Communityhttp://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2284/1/

In her latest pro bono public relations initiative on behalf of right-wing Latin American regimes, The Wall Street Journal’s Mary Anastasia O’Grady interviews a former commander of the 5th Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)—Daniel Sierra Martínez, alias “Samir”— who deserted the organization in 2008 and is now serving as a primary accomplice in Colombian government efforts to prove campesinos are terrorists.

Venezuela Says Colombia Planning Attack in Venezuelan Territoryhttp://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/5041

carlos_da_mackeral1_9: New West Bank Roadblock Cripples Agriculture http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/new-west-bank-roadblock-cripples-agriculture/

The number of U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan in 2009 has doubled that of 2008http://www.voltairenet.org/article163427.html

The long planned war on Yemenhttp://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2009/12/long-planned-war-on-yemen.html

In 2009- US spent tens of millions of dollars boosting Yemen's coastguard and border security and providing helicopters with night-vision cameras. The US has also provided intelligence gathered over Yemen by unmanned drones.

The UK has also invested heavily in aid to Yemen. It has quadrupled its development assistance since 2007, allocating £105m between 2009 and 2011, though no figures on funds for military training were available Both the US and UK have trained Yemen's counter-terrorism unit

VIDEO-Crony Capitalism Unchangedhttp://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=4647&updaterx=2009-12-29+10%3A45%3A07

carlos_da_mackeral1_9: The war for legitimacy is a war Israel may never win... http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/the-%E2%80%98war%E2%80%99-for-legitimacy-is-a-war-israel-may-never-win/

carlos_da_mackeral1_9: Egypt's bigger problem By Marwan Bishara http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/imperium/2009/12/2009122910191805124.html 

good read...

Criminal neglecthttp://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/69963

"The tools Israel musters in its relations with Washington are well known: an extremely effective lobby that is backed by a wealthy and influential American Jewish community and that works hard to establish influence with each new Congress and administration; close military-security-intelligence relations based on a communality of interests and shared regional threat assessments--once regarding the Soviets, now the Iranians and militant Islam; the perception of common value-systems; and currently, though not always, a prime minister who knows the American system well...None of these components exists in the US-Palestine relationship."

WHO Chief Yet to be Vaccinated Against Swine Fluhttp://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5irACiJBJQIdVCWQoIVvGqw-rMyvQ

'World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan revealed Tuesday that she has yet to be vaccinated against the swine flu virus, which has killed over 11,500 people world-wide. "I have asked my medical service to enquire where I can go to get my vaccination," she told reporters in Geneva, pointing out that she has just returned from leave. The WHO director-general stressed that she would "of course" get vaccinated and that "many of my staff" at the WHO have already taken their jabs against the A(H1N1) virus.'

The Bomber's Briefshttp://rense.com/general89/bombers.htm

Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu Arrested... For Having a Norwegian Girlfriendhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1239177/Israeli-nuclear-whistleblower-Mordechai-Vanunu-arrested--having-Norwegian-girlfriend.html

'Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu has been arrested for breaking a ban on contact with foreigners - one of the conditions of his 2004 release from jail. Isreali police claimed Vanunu met with 'a number of foreigners,' something he was ordered not to do for fear he might divulge classified information. However, his lawyer Avigdor Feldman said Vanunu was arrested because he has a Norwegian girlfriend whom police have already interrogated. 'Vanunu was arrested (for) a relationship between a man and a woman, with a Norwegian citizen,' Mr Feldman said.  'He is not being accused of giving any secrets. She is not interested in nuclear business - she's interested in Mordechai Vanunu (and he) is probably interested in her.

Video: Obama has announced the partition of Pakistan – Webster Tarpleyhttp://rt.com/Politics/2009-12-30/obama-partition-pakistan-blackwater.html

FDA continues world colonization, opens another international facility in Mexicohttp://www.naturalnews.com/027829_FDA_Mexico.html

I find it fascinating that the FDA is opening "safety" offices around the world, and yet at the same time it refuses to even conduct safety testing of pharmaceuticals right here in the USA. Did you know that the FDA conducts no tests whatsoever on the drugs it approves? Instead, it relies on drug companies to conduct their own clinical trials, and then the FDA just believes whatever the drug companies say.

Video: The Globalists’ Agenda – New World Order Quotes from Politicians (1950 – 2009)http://video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/the-globalists-agenda-new-world-order-quotes-from-politicians-1950-2009-part-2-of-3/461978897

Canada : Hijacked by Big Brother - The Surveillance State Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDsK1n9RKh8

Canada : Hijacked by Big Brother - The Surveillance State Time to save Canada from losing it's national sovereignty. Tamil Toronto Police Canada RCMP police state CFR council foreign relations bilderberg group trilateral commission club of rome think tank IMF world bank WTO world trade organization NAFTA north american union amero NAU security

Colombian Government pursues to halt Bolivarian Revolutionhttp://www.abn.info.ve/go_news5.php?articulo=213274&lee=17

Chavez affirmed that he has proofs about a false positive being prepared in Colombia. According to him, by means of this practice, young people from shantytowns are kidnapped, killed and then dressed with guerrilla cloths, and they put rifles in their hands to then broadcast the case on television as a success of the Government against the guerrilla movement.

“Our Government neither supports nor allows the entrance of any alien armed force in our territory except our glorious Bolivarian Armed Forces and its militia,” he affirmed.

To Venezuelan soldiers, the President said “You have to be always on the alert, especially in the western frontier. The command in Colombia is no longer in Bogota, but in Washington. From Colombia, the empire is using Colombian military forces to prepare an aggression against Venezuela and you, soldiers from the west, are at the front line of the battle. And I will always be with you, in strategies and tactics.”

“We are compelled to prepare every day more and better for the defense of our Homeland. I hope they will not dare to, but if they dare to attack us they will regret for 500 years,” he added.

The Avatar, Maitreya and our 'New Age' Illuminati Religionhttp://moneyteachers.org/Deadmanmusings8.htm

The Avatar, master over the elements, is really Lucifer, the angel of light. Just as the Avatar has power over the 4 elements, Lucifer has power over Satan (also known as the Demi-urge). According to the Illuminati, he will ultimately free us from the physical elements so that we can merge with him as one collective consciousness.  Maitreya also claims the title of "Avatar". He is admittedly the servant of Lucifer inasmuch as his movement's founder, Benjamin Creme, is an admitted Luciferian. Just like Nimrod was a Luciferian- Satanist and his wife as well.'

Bus Passengers Could Carry Electronic Tags: Another Step on the Road To Microchip Implantshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/6858769/xmashold-Bus-passengers-could-carry-electronic-tags.html

'Sophisticated technology would not only consign the paper ticket to history, but would also make redundant touch-in-touch-out cards, such as the Oyster used in London. Instead passengers would board buses and trains equipped with readers which capable of monitoring their journey from the tags and charging them the correct fare automatically.'

Rothschild Zionist Miliband Hails Iranian Anti Government Protestorshttp://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=114839&sectionid=351020101

'British Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Monday hailed the "great courage" of pro-opposition supporters who took part in illegal protests in Tehran one day earlier, during which several people were killed and public property was damaged.'

Chavez Says Colombia Preparing to Attack ‘Fake’ Venezuelan Basehttp://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=16678

  'Colombia is preparing to attack Venezuela in an operation that will be made to look like its objective is a base of Colombian guerrillas, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said    “They say, and many people believe, there are guerrilla bases in our territory supported by the government,” Chavez said, in a speech to troops today that was shown on state television. “They are preparing the terrain to attack Venezuelan territory, simulating an encampment.”    Chavez said Colombia’s military would justify the attack with lies, making reference to a scandal in the neighboring country that came to be known as the “false positives.” Colombia fired at least 27 officers and soldiers a year ago for allegedly killing poor slum-dwellers and dressing them as guerrillas in an attempt to win benefits from the government, prosecutors alleged.'

A Tale of Two Terroristshttp://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2009/12/tale-of-two-terrorists.html

The photos in the press of alleged terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab are so blurry, that his identity is somewhat obscured. I find this really odd. But, it is not just the poor quality of the photos, it is the fact that there appears to be two different looking alleged terrorists!

Monday, December 28, 2009

When you lose the whole shamehttp://anncol.eu/terrorismo-de-estado/8/cuando-se-pierde-del-todo-la-vergüenza333?templateId=333

  How ironic, that show put on by Álvaro Uribe Velez in Cucuta, one of those most responsible for the climate of social deprivation and predatory violence that continues in the city and chaos on the regional economy. And as such,poses as bearer of peace, ardent patriot and integrationist. This can only occur when everything is lost including his  shame.

Make no mistake our people can not be fooled into believing Uribe represents the country , the same country he has shattered into pieces and  delivered to foreign corporations, covered in blood since it is on behalf of the oligarchy and the American empire. Missing are the stories of the blood toll at the hands of mercenary troops led by the gringos.

 He said in Norte de Santander, where the scandal erupted in what they called false positives, which NGOs say data over fifteen hundred each month where dozens of civilians die at the hands of so-called emerging bands(rigthwing paramilitary groups), he says having pardoned more than nineteen thousand paramilitaries who killed hundreds of thousands of Colombians, stole their land, imposed an unforgivable wave of terror inspired by their school of thought that due to his political project all is much better yet the reality is ,that his policies have spread like a fatal plague over the nation.

And what of the paramilitaries who crossed to kill President Hugo Chávez, the police and spies of the DAS captured in Venezuela, the kidnapping of Rodrigo Granda, the paramilitary groups that cross the border, asylum Carmona Estanga. Are these acts of good neighborliness?

What about the fate of Ragonvalia bridges. How many bridges and miles of roads were destroyed by the Air Force bombing in the demilitarized zone with bombs over 500 pounds from Kafir aircraft(kaffir jets are israeli figther jets). They were works built by the FARC-for  the peasants.

Anyone making a serious analysis of the results of the visit know you will not solve anything. The more you win some votes for the referendum and re-election  the more you expose that the Constitutional Court has lost all shame.

flashback-Colombia buys 24 Israeli fighter jetshttp://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=41986&sectionid=351020703

Colombian narco-army seeks to destabilize the government of Rafael Correahttp://anncol.eu/economia/16/ejército-colombiano-menosprecia-a-sus-colegas-ecuatorianos330?templateId=330

48 FRONT COMMUNIQUE  Communiqué of the 48th FARC Front  1 .- Some Colombian army officers stationed on the border between Colombia and Ecuador have commented in an arrogant tone, contemptuous and mocking at the same time, that in case of an armed conflict with Ecuador: "Those little Indians of the Ecuadorian army we will  return them back to workers clothing in less than blink of an eye. "

2 - The front 48 shows them,the brother people of Ecuador, that we will continue to denounce Colombia and the world to the aggression and permanent provocation of the Colombian army in the border area and its incursions into the neighboring republic on  the orders of the Pentagon and Washington's expansion plans that aim to crush the sovereignty of our nations.

3 .- We call upon the inhabitants of the Colombian-Ecuadorian border to fraternize much more and create an impenetrable human wall, with the monitoring and reporting, avoiding penetration from Colombia to Ecuador for the purpose of destabilizing militias from colombia,wich are  obeying disintegration plans drawn up by the gringo American Empire, through the American Cain Álvaro Uribe Vélez.

comment-the ecuadorian people and ecuadorian government,stand in solidarity with Farc,and denounce uribes gova nd us for disrespecting their territorial sovereignty...see..

Flashback-US military base was "fundamental" in Colombian raid to kill Raul Reyeshttp://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/7300-ecuador-military-base-used-to-catch-raul-reyes-ecuador.html

also see...

Flashback-Colombian Attack in Ecuador in 2008 had U.S. supporthttp://www.abn.info.ve/noticia.php?articulo=211373&lee=16

Quito, 10 Dec. ABN .- The Colombian bombing at a temporary camp of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2008 in Angostura Ecuadorian territory, had the support of strategic intelligence from the U.S. base in Manta .This was confirmed by the Commission on Transparency and Truth or Angostura Commission chaired by Francisco Huerta, created by the government of Ecuador in March to investigate the Colombian attack on Ecuadorian territory bordering Colombia, killing at least 26 people, among them the top leader of FARC, Raul Reyes, and the breaking of relations with Colombia by Ecuador on March 1 of that year, considering President Rafael Correa Colombian aggression as a violation of the sovereignty of Ecuador ."Strategic intelligence processed from the Manta base was essential for monitoring and location of Raul Reyes, a priority target for the government of Colombia," 

the document delivered by President Correa Huerta and the press, after nine long months of investigations, as the BBC reported. In the same report given Thursday to the executive committee says there is no participation from the government of Ecuador on facts related to the FARC. "One can not say under any suspicion, that there are links in the national government with the FARC," the Commission report.

In wake of airline incident: Drumbeat for US war in Yemenhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/dec2009/yemn-d29.shtml

The Erosion & Rotting of a Nation’s Foundationhttp://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2009/12/28/dennis-hastert-a-portrait-of-a-political-system-termite/

U.S. taxpayers are spending more than $40,000 per month on office space, staff, cell phones and a leased SUV for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, even as he works as a lobbyist for private corporations and foreign governments.

Now, this is pretty rotten on its own, but here is why I characterized our lobby-serving anti-public political system rotten, and those crafting and drafting the laws serving this system and themselves, as PSTs: The payments are perfectly legal under a federal law that provides five years of benefits for former speakers — but only if Hastert never makes use of his government-funded perks in the course of his lobbying work. Ethics experts say that sort of separation is hard to maintain.  Hastert “has to be meticulous in his schedule to make sure there is no bleed from his publicly subsidized office into his private practice,” said Kenneth Gross, a former Federal Election Commission general counsel and congressional ethics authority. Steve Ellis, vice president of the watchdog group Taxpayers for Common Sense, called the arrangement “really concerning.”  “It is specifically prohibited — federal dollars can’t be spent on lobbying operations,” Ellis said. “We are paying for his staff [and] for a car, and we need to be very sure that he isn’t spending a dime of that money on lobbying operations. “That all needs to be above board, in the clear and transparent. And it’s not.”

Chavez says Obama illusion overhttp://hondurasoye.wordpress.com/

 Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said in a New Year’s message the “illusion” around President Barack Obama was over and rich nations had left the world on the verge of ecological disaster.

“Let’s not kid ourselves: the Obama illusion has finished, and the shameless interventionism of the American administration shows that,” wrote Chavez. Having opposed the Copenhagen climate change summit’s final agreement as a behind-doors deal between major powers that ignored nations on the margins, Chavez said rich nations were making a mockery of U.N. principles of equality. “Those leaving us on the verge of an unimaginable ‘ecocide,’ those who caused climate change, should be forced to accept their responsibilities,” he said.

VIDEO: The US-Colombian Military Agreement (Faultlines – AL JAZEERAhttp://hondurasoye.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/video-the-us-colombian-military-agreement-faultlines-al-jazeera/

El Salvador: another anti-mining activist assassinatedhttp://www.ww4report.com/node/8114

Dora "Alicia" Recinos Sorto, 32, was assassinated—the second anti-mining activist killed this week in the small community of Nueva Trinidad in El Salvador's Cabañas department. Recinos Sorto was eight months pregnant and carrying her two-year old child when she was shot on her way back from doing laundry at a nearby river. She and her husband, José Santos Rodríguez, were outspoken opponents of the non-operational El Dorado mine which Vancouver-based Pacific Rim is seeking to reopen despite widespread community opposition.

More Oil, Less Migrantshttp://allafrica.com/stories/200912280960.html

carlos_the_mackaral:  Tarpley on Russia Today: Nigerian Terrorist Patsy Yet Another CIA Ploy in US-backed Buildup of al Qaeda in Yemen Civil Warhttp://tarpley.net/2009/12/28/tarpley-on-rt-nigerian-patsy-helps-us-meddling-in-yemen-civil-war

Honduras Action Alert: This is not the change we wanted!http://www.nicanet.org/?p=890

However, the coup regime manipulated the numbers on the vote count, closing the counting for a full 24 hours to do so. And, the United States is busy twisting the arms highly dependent Central American countries to assemble a “coalition of the willing” that will join the Obama Administration in recognizing the electoral farce in Honduras. This U.S. led process of legitimatizing the regions first successful military coup of the 21st century sends a chilling and unmistakable message to all of Latin America. And it is not the change we wanted to see. It is time for us to tell the Obama Administration that “No We Can’t.”

carlos_the_mackaral:  Roy Tov - On An Israeli Art Student http://www.roytov.com/refugee/arik.htm

Obama's Role in the Militarization of Mexico; http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=16654

Note: "The militarization of Mexico has led to a steep increase in homicides related to the drug war. It has led to rape and abuse of women by soldiers in communities throughout the country. Human rights complaints against the armed forces have increased six-fold.... The Mexican Armed Forces are not subject to civilian justice systems, but to their own military tribunals. These very rarely terminate in convictions." "The Perils of Plan Mexico", Laura Carlsen, counterpunch MW---More than 50 Mexican human rights organizations have petitioned Congress to withdraw support for the Merida Initiative. Their letter reads: "We respectfully request that the U.S. Congress and Department of State, in both the Merida Initiative as in other programs to support public security in Mexico, does not allocate funds or direct programs to the armed forces …

DEA impersonates FARC to capture international criminalshttp://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/7473-dea-impersonate-farc-to-capture-international-criminals.html

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has been impersonating FARC guerrillas to track down and capture illegal drug traffickers across the world.

comment-The DEA is the biggest drug trafficking agency in the western hemisphere.Also the DEA has no credibility,it is involved in narco trafficking with colombian drug cartels down in Colombia.Lets look at some scandals involving DEA shall we?..see..

Max LeMieux, executive director of the Eastern Missouri American Civil Liberties Union, called for an independent group to investigate the DEA, and stated that a "trial can't be fair when people who testify lie on the stand.http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/124/scandals2and3.shtml

DOJ shadow man strikes at Nashville Scene in DEA scandal storyhttp://narcosphere.narconews.com/node/1122

Both the AP and Nashville Scene stories were reported after Narco News published an exclusive story on Jan. 9 based on a leaked memo drafted by Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney Thomas M. Kent. In the memo, Kent alleges that DEA agents in Bogotá are in league with narco-traffickers and are implicated in money laundering and murder

OpEdNews - Article: Major DEA Scandal & Time Magazine by sibel edmondshttp://www.opednews.com/articles/Major-DEA-Scandal--Time-M-by-Sibel-Edmonds-090614-565.html

This second project report is based on the first-hand documented experience of Mr. Sandalio Gonzalez, retired Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Special Agent in Charge. Time Magazine reporters Tim Burger and Tim Padgett had an opportunity to speak at length with Mr. Gonzalez and several other veteran DEA agents with direct knowledge of a major corruption case involving several DEA agents on drug traffickers' payrolls in Colombia. The involved corrupt US officers were also directly involved in helping Colombia's paramilitary death squads launder drug proceeds.

Further presented was the documented cover up of this major scandal by the DEA and DOJ IG offices. Despite corroboration by a number of other sources, including several veteran DEA agents and other government officials with first-hand knowledge of the case, and documented evidence disclosed and provided, and despite being given an 'exclusive' to the story as insisted on by them, Time Magazine never published the story, and no reasons were ever provided.

comment-The DEA doenst figth narcotrafficking,it poses as an anti drug combat mechanism,wich has been exposed for  what it is,an agency that is itself involved in narco trafficking...

One Day We’ll All Be Terroristshttp://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_57927.shtml

Our descent is the familiar disease of decaying empires. The tyranny we impose on others we finally impose on ourselves. The influx of non-Muslim American activists into these facilities is another ominous development. It presages the continued dismantling of the rule of law, the widening of a system where prisoners are psychologically broken by sensory deprivation, extreme isolation and secretive kangaroo courts where suspects are sentenced on rumors and innuendo and denied the right to view the evidence against them. Dissent is no longer the duty of the engaged citizen but is becoming an act of terrorism. 

Inside the Military-Industrial-Media Complex: Impacts on Movement for Social Justicehttp://www.truthout.org/topstories/122709vh4

U.S. Intelligence Found Iran Nuke Document Was Forgedhttp://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49833

U.S. intelligence has concluded that the document published recently by the Times of London, which purportedly describes an Iranian plan to do experiments on what the newspaper described as a "neutron initiator" for an atomic weapon, is a fabrication, according to a former Central Intelligence Agency official. Philip Giraldi, who was a CIA counterterrorism official from 1976 to 1992, told IPS that intelligence sources say that the United States had nothing to do with forging the document, and that Israel is the primary suspect. The sources do not rule out a British role in the fabrication, however.

Holocaust survivor stages hunger strike for Gaza (AFP)http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091228/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaegyptdemo

An 85-year-old Holocaust survivor was among a group of grandmothers who began a hunger strike in Cairo on Monday to protest against Egypt's refusal to allow a Gaza solidarity march to proceed.

London: 2000 Demonstrators in front of Israeli Embassy in Londonhttp://english.wafa.ps/?action=detail&id=13554

Exactly one year to the day when Israel started its devastating bombing of Gaza, a vigil took place outside the Israeli Embassy in London. Over 2000 supporters of Palestinian human rights turned up, Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) said, today.

comment-this is exactly what needs to take place here in united states.the pro israeli jewish organizations in united states,have long acted without interference and impunity. they are exhorting big influence over our foreign policy.we need to start protesting,adl,bnai brith,jinsa,aipac and every israeli consulate and embassy in the united states!!!!!!!!!!

System change not climate changehttp://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/features/61235

A capitalist economic system dependent on fossil fuels and the exploitation of natural resources to generate profit has left people and ecosystems across large parts of the planet – including swathes of Africa – vulnerable to climate change, Ama Biney writes in this week’s Pambazuka News. The ‘derisory’ funding developed nations have offered to ‘assist developing countries to adapt to climate change’ is not enough to solve the problem, Biney argues. The real focus, says Biney, should be on ‘transforming the exploitative, unsustainable, profit-driven ethos that underpins the current system of wealth accumulation that simultaneously damages the environment’.

We're Screwed!http://www.fairfieldweekly.com/article.cfm?aid=16014

'Do you believe everything the government tells you? Economist and statistician John Williams sure doesn't. Williams, who has consulted for individuals and Fortune 500 companies, now uncovers the truth behind the U.S. government's economic numbers on his Web site at ShadowStats.com. Williams says, over the last several decades, the feds have been infusing their data with optimistic biases to make the economy seem far rosier than it really is. His site reruns the numbers using the original methodology. What he found was not good.'

The 20,000 Snooper Army: Vast Number of Town Hall Bureaucrats Get Power to Enter Your Home Without a Warranthttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1238800/The-20-000-snooper-army-Vast-number-town-hall-bureaucrats-power-enter-home-warrant.html#ixzz0axxOT3PV

'As many as 20,000 town hall snoopers have assumed powers to enter people's homes without a warrant and search for information, a survey revealed last night. The research details for the first time how a raft of intrusive laws has allowed council staff to barge into homes and businesses uninvited.  The bureaucrats are benefiting from the 1,043 state powers of entry in primary and secondary legislation – more than 400 of which have been created by Labour. These include checking for fridges which do not have the correct eco-friendly energy rating, making sure a hedge is not too high and inspecting a property to ensure 'illegal or unregulated hypnotism' is not taking place.

The truth behind the US-Colombia Military Agreementhttp://www.periodico26.cu/english/opinion/sept2009/military-bases110909.html

The Air Force document emphasizes the necessity to improve "full spectrum" military operations throughout South America – not just in Colombia – in order to combat "constant threats" from "anti-U.S. governments" in the region.

Canadian Mining in Latin America: Paramilitaries, Assassinations, and Impunityhttp://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2280/1/

Latin Waves is a weekly syndicated radio program focused on building community across borders. The show was started as a resource to educate the public about the extraordinary changes and social movements that are happening in Latin America. Host Sylvia Richardson talks to Upside Down World editor Cyril Mychalejko about Canadian Mining in Latin America, violence associated with mining projects in the region, and the urgent need for reforms to be passed in Canada.

Colombia to be a threat in 2010: Chavezhttp://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/7469-colombia-to-be-a-threat-in-2010-chavez.html

Threat to Venezuela in 2010 will come from Colombia, 'the Israel of South America', says Chavezhttp://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/latinoamerica/presidente-de-venezuela-hugo-chavez-hace-un-llamado-a-venezolanos-para-defender-soberania_6845247-1

The President of Venezuela expressed in 'Lines Chavez' that "the agents of international reaction are preparing the script to reverse the process of emancipation that is taking place in our (south)American lives."  He explained that one of the most important factors in that script will be the permanent presence of U.S. troops in Colombia.  "See the fledgling imperial threat against Venezuela from Colombia: Colombia our sister nation has turned into the Israel of South America," Chavez said in his letter.

He warned that this situation of uncertainty arises from the confirmation that U.S. foreign policy has not changed with the Government of Barack Obama over that of his predecessor George W. Bush.  "Do not be fooled: the illusion is over Obama, and the blatant intervention of the new administration proves this gringas(north americas) intentions" argued the president

FARC deny having security guarantees to release hostageshttp://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/7467-farc-deny-having-security-guarantees-to-release-hostages.html

History of US Rule in Latin America: Resistance to the Coup in Hondurashttp://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2009/december/27/centam-09122701.htm

The United States has had four presidents who received the Nobel Peace Prize. I haven't checked, but I presume that's a record for heads of state. All four have left their imprint on Latin America, "our little region over here that has never bothered anybody."

Castro Condemns Honduras 'Farce'http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2009/december/27/centam-09122703.htm

Colombia-2009: Games overshadow Uribe government spieshttp://www.telesurtv.net/noticias/opinion/1599/colombia-2009-juegos-de-espias-ensombrecen-gobierno-de-uribe/

The Colombians were seen this year from one of the most notorious scandals in the country's institutions, following in early 2009 revealed that the Department of Administrative Security (DAS) conducted illegal spying. Judges, politicians, former government officials, opponents, journalists, human rights activists and NGOs were subjected to illegal surveillance by the secret police, directly subordinated to the presidency.  The disclosure of interception of telephones and emails were made by the Week magazine in February. Since then its been exposed over the year the controversy on the aims pursued by the DAS agents to commit such unlawful and even the need to transform or even to remove the body.  The opposition is in full swing and several victims of the espionage directly blamed the problem on President Álvaro Uribe, who rejected the allegations, but the no doubt persists since it appears he was who ordered the wiretapping communications.  Amid the controversy, the authorities claimed that DAS was infiltrated by drug mafias and paramilitary groups and even, in the version of the then defense minister and now presidential candidate, Juan Manuel Santos, to foreign governments benefited from the leakage information.  Meanwhile, concerns increased by Colombian society after it was disclosed with the passing weeks and months new evidence on these systematic practices illegal,came to ligth and the truth gained in intensity.  Several legislators took the case to the Organization of American States and UN bodies to the seriousness of the problem, described by many as the worst scandal in the democratic history of Colombia.  According to the opposition Liberal Party, there were hundreds of Colombians who for more than five years have been subjected to surveillance, inspection and control without any legal authorization by the DAS In their persons, in their homes and family relationships have been followed. members of the opposition and judges,an atrocity which he said that the party policy was  to denounce to the international community He even claimed that the presidential campaign of 2006 was subjected to a systematic dirty war cited by the intelligence agency.  Consistent with the revelations, the candidates of the last presidential campaign were the subject of continuous monitoring, to the point that their phones activated an alarm to the DAS agents began to intercept.  The scandal became so great in resonance in Colombia it forced the government to undertake to ensure the integrity and security of the judges of the High Courts and prevent the recurrence of incidents such as the wiretapping done against some of the judges and politicians.   Uribe called for intelligence reform the institution in an attempt to alleviate the concerns and dilute the scandal amid soaring Colombian reality.  However, some analysts and the media did not escape the fact that the president didnt seek to eliminate the organism .It produced within days , one statement made by the U.S. State Department on the issue of illegal wiretapping.  Previous to that statement, the Colombian president had not seemed interested in removing the intelligence service, but in preserving it. The truth is that DAS, created at the end of the decade of the 50s of last century, and is directly answerable to the presidency, is still active.  While some heads began to roll in the body, some managers resigned and hundreds of officers were called as witnesses, and even investigated by the prosecution, so far it is unknown who is behind what is known here as chuzudas'''' .  Scandal that permeated even the national border in recent weeks, following complaints from neighboring countries like Ecuador and Venezuela around several of its institutions were illegally infiltrated and monitored by DAS agents, raising diplomatic tensions.  For many analysts and observers consulted by Prensa Latina, all indications lead to the head of state because a surveillance operation of such magnitude requires a direct order from the Casa de Nariño, which the image and credibility of the government is challenged before the national and global public opinion.

Weapons to defend sovereignty is a priority, says MoD reporthttp://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/justicia/armamento-para-defender-la-soberania-es-prioridad_6846927-1

If Colombia is not updated in the purchase of weapons deterrent over the next five years, will remain at high risk of facing a foreign military attack, reveals the document.

The document sets forth also a kind of 'shopping list' unavoidable: "We must move forward in strengthening the capacities for surveillance, border control and satellite monitoring, as well as mobility and coverage contramovilidad (...) Buying equipment against chemical and biological weapons and air defense, including weapons, surveillance equipment and early warning. " Also covers aircraft and frigates upgrade engines, acquiring defensive capability against armored vehicles and even a 'surgery' to the present organization of the Armed Forces: Moving from the Divisions and Commands Set to "theaters of operations that would be activated only in case of aggression external ".

The blog of the future of the Armed Forces also appear peacekeeping missions abroad (such as those already in the Sinai and Haiti) and operations such as multinational forces under negotiation for Afghanistan.

comment-incredible the uribe and us gov are openly arming colombias rigthwing gov wich in turn it is destabilizing all its neighbors ,then they cook a report playing victim ,claiming they need more us military hardware to defend itself against regional threats.lol uribes government and us governemnt are the agressors in the region,not the victims!!!!!!

In Yemen, Saudi jets Bomb Civilian Areashttp://presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=114757&sectionid=351020206

'Houthi fighters in Yemen say Saudi warplanes have carried out several attacks on residential areas in the country's beleaguered north. In a statement released on Sunday, the fighters said that Saudi jets launched over 30 airstrikes on villages in the northern parts of the country. Saudi forces have also fired some 660 rockets and artillery rounds at civilian areas along the border, websites close to the fighters reported.'

comment-the us,yemni government,and saudi government,are all breaking geneva conventions,by failing to protect civilian centers,this is also colective punishment.several international laws are being violated.What else is new?

The massacre at Kunduz and the policy of targeted killingshttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/dec2009/pers-d28.shtml

German military commanders and politicians are intent on using the recent massacre at Kunduz to circumvent restrictions imposed on the German army following the crimes it committed in the Second World War and permit “targeted killings.”

Just 16 Ships Expel as Much Pollution as All the Cars in the Worldhttp://www.naturalnews.com/027803_pollution_ships.html

Large shipping vessels owned by globalist corporations are used to deliver slave labor goodies from China 'Large shipping vessels have become commonplace in today’s global marketplace as goods are imported and exported across the world. While the high levels of pollution they create are something that most people don’t think too much about, some scientists are beginning to evaluate their environmental effect. One of the most disturbing facts discovered about these giant ships is that a mere 16 of them emit as much sulfur as do all the cars in the world combined.'

Gaza One Year On: 'Punish, humiliate, terrorize'http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/gazaoneyearon/2009/12/20091217144217514772.html

As the one year anniversary of Israel's attack on the Gaza Strip is marked, it is vital to re-examine Operation Cast Lead within the wider context of Israel's approach to both Gaza and the Palestinians. There is a danger that the scale of the devastation and the international protests which followed the war can deflect attention from the broader Israeli policies of collective punishment and deliberately-engineered socio-economic collapse. The first important part of this context for both before - and since - Israel's attack on the Gaza Strip is the crippling blockade.

Is Al Jazeera English, Another Fox News?http://www.paltelegraph.com/opinions/editorials/3345-is-al-jazeera-english-another-fox-news

Shockingly, the report seemed to me to be very "FOX NEWS" in its style. Ayman put much emphasis on the Palestinian military group Hamas and its military wing, Ez Eldin Al Qasam brigades in terms of rockets made in Gaza.

“Population Reduction Is The Best Method to Stop Global Warming”http://euro-med.dk/?cat=5

Fabian Socialist Double Speak - Common Purposehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeNSdAPxXO4

Northwest Bomb Plot 'Oddities'http://www.legitgov.org/northwest_bomb_plot_oddities.html

'Write a book critical of the CIA -- you cannot fly. Carry explosives (allegedly from Yemen) on board when the US is trolling for an excuse to invade and occupy Yemen for its oil -- yes you can! The US needs false flags to provide cover for illegal invasions and occupations. The 9/11 terrorist attacks (aka inside job, six ways to Sunday) worked well for the US government; the security-industrial complex made billions and US corporaterrorists were able to negotiate the wholesale theft of Iraq's oil.'

Brain Scanning May be Used in Security Checkshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/may/10/biometric-scanning-brain-security-checks

'Distinctive brain patterns could become the latest subject of biometric scanning after EU researchers successfully tested technology to verify identities for security checks. The experiments, which also examined the potential of heart rhythms to authenticate individuals, were conducted under an EU-funded inquiry into biometric systems that could be deployed at airports, borders and in sensitive locations to screen out terrorist suspects.

Islamophobia and the American Presidencyhttp://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/69878

"The Islamophobic discourses underlying the 2008 election weren’t novel or newfangled, but they did reinvigorate dormant or tacit narratives of American nationhood as a domain of restricted access. These narratives of nationhood are replete with nostalgia and the implicit belief that a true American is somebody who is white and Christian. Islamophobia has become an acute element of America’s national identity."

Jay Rockefeller Trying To Give President Emergency Control Of Internethttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xm6PgEcZeM

9/11 firefighter hero Jim Ryan dies of pancreatic cancerhttp://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/12/27/2009-12-27_the_other_victims_of_911_li_firefighters_death_and_the_renewed_call_for_bill_to_.html

"We Can Make Him Disappear": Immigration Officials Are Holding People In Secret, Unmarked Jailshttp://www.alternet.org/rights/144656/%22we_can_make_him_disappear%22:_immigration_officials_are_holding_people_in_secret

"If you don't have enough evidence to charge someone criminally but you think he's illegal, we can make him disappear." Those chilling words were spoken by James Pendergraph, then executive director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Office of State and Local Coordination, at a conference of police and sheriffs in August 2008.

The FBI Deputizes Businesshttp://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/3-infragard-the-fbi-deputizes-business/

Absurd Florida lawsuit against Colombian rebelshttp://www.fightbacknews.org/2009/12/16/absurd-florida-lawsuit-against-colombian-rebels

In a bizarre twist, the lawsuit also targets about 100 Colombians who are alleged to be FARC members, including Ricardo Palmera and Anayibe Rojas Valderrama, (also know as Sonia.) Ricardo Palmera is the well-known FARC peace negotiator, who is currently being held in the Colorado Super Max. Sonia is being held in a Texas prison. The National Committee to Free Ricardo Palmera has campaigned for the immediate release of both prisoners. "The mercenaries went to another country to fight in a civil war. They were helping to keep Colombia's death squad government in power and ending up getting caught. They now are using the U.S. court system to attack the FARC, an organization that is fighting for freedom and justice in Colombia," says Tom Burke.

The Religious Right And World Vision's "Charitable" Evangelismhttp://www.swans.com/library/art15/barker39.html

"We analyse every project, every programme we undertake, to make sure that within that programme evangelism is a significant component. We cannot feed individuals and then let them go to hell."  —Ted Engstrom (former president of World Vision International)

Israel army fail to stop embarrasing video reporthttp://undercurrentsvideo.blogspot.com/2009/12/israel-army-fail-to-stop-embarrasing.html

Saturday, December 26, 2009

US Aids S. Sudan Secession http://alethonews.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/us-aids-s-sudan-secession/

 The United States is pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the pocket of South Sudan government to help it prepare for secession from the North.”The United States government, one of their goals now, is to make sure southern Sudan in 2011 is a viable state,” Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, representative of South Sudan in Washington, told The Washington Times Friday, December 25. Washington offers $1 billion in annual aid to South Sudan.

Hitmen Assassinate Prominent Woman Activist in Cabañas; Pro-Mining Violence Continueshttp://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2279/1/

heavily armed men took the life of a respected anti-mining activist in Cabañas, El Salvador, another prominent community leader has been assassinated. On December 26 at 3:30 pm Dora “Alicia” Recinos Sorto, 32, was killed as she returned from doing laundry at the river near her home in Cantón Trinidad, in the municipality of Sensuntepeque, Cabañas.

US and Colombian Activists Target "World of Coca-Cola"http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2225/61/

"They systematically violate human rights in Colombia. All workers have the right and obligation to defend their rights. Simply exercising those rights has cost the lives of workers in Colombia," Caja Marca said "Lastly we came here to demand justice. These are the men of war. These are the ones who put seven US military bases in Colombia. These are the ones who create paramilitaries. We accuse Coca-Cola of financing assassins. We want truth and reparations," Caja Marca said.

A $100m Bad Idea Then, a $650m Bad Idea Nowhttp://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=36374

With the US government’s popularity ratings at all-time lows across the region, it should have been clear that a government propaganda arm would have trouble being respected as a legitimate news source. Al Hurra remains a 'bad idea' that failed, but it will be around for at least another year, notes James J Zogby.

The US government-funded TV network Al Hurra was intended to be an important component of American efforts to win hearts and minds in the Arab world. It was a bad idea when it was launched in 2004. It has failed, and yet it won’t die. This month the US Congress approved another $112 million to fund al Hurra in 2010, making the “bad idea’s” cost to date for American taxpayers more than $650 million.A year before the network was launched, its founder came to see me to convince me of the value of his idea. I listened, but was not convinced.

Copenhagen: Morales and Chavez a `smashing success' -- an insider's report from the ALBA delegationhttp://links.org.au/node/1433

Bolivia's President Evo Morales followed Chavez’ remarks by saying: Barack Obama said a while ago -- the only delegate to walk in and out of the stage from a concealed door -- that he came here not for more words but for action. Well, then you should act by using the money you are spending for wars against the peoples of Afghanistan and Iraq, for militarising Colombia with seven military bases to save lives, to save the planet our Mother Earth.

Nasrallah: Israel’s greed, brutality have no bordershttp://www.islamidavet.com/english/2009/12/27/nasrallah-israels-greed-brutality-have-no-borders/

“Israel is an entity that has stolen Palestine and Jerusalem Al-Quds. This entity’s greed, terrorism and brutality have no borders,” “Millions of refugees in Palestine and outside Palestine have been living far away from their homes for decades. More than 11,000 prisoners and detainees are living in very harsh conditions in Israeli prisons,” he noted.

“[Palestinian] houses are being demolished and agriculture is being destroyed in order to force Palestinians to flee,” Nasrallah said.“We call on the [Islamic] Ummah to show vigilance against the real nature of the hegemony and not be tricked by the rhetoric and pledges of freedom, democracy and human rights,” the Hezbollah chief added.  “We condemn the American plots and the crimes committed by the US administration in Iraq and Afghanistan and we condemn the US participation in Israeli crimes in Palestine and Lebanon,” Press TV quoted Nasrallah as saying.

TIMELINE OF U.S.- NATO MIDDLE EAST WAR 2000-2010http://fromthewilderness.ning.com/group/stopnato/forum/topics/timeline-of-us-nato-middle

No Peace on Earthhttp://kennysideshow.blogspot.com/2009/12/no-peace-on-earth.html

Indian police stop Kashmir procession, 60 hurthttp://article.wn.com/view/2009/12/26/Indian_police_stop_Kashmir_procession_60_hurt/

At least 60 mourners were injured here on Saturday when the police fired teargas canisters and fired in the air besides swinging bamboo sticks to break up a mourning procession by hundreds of Shia

ICTS Provides Security at Amsterdam's Airporthttp://www.ictseurope.com/aviation/airlines-security-service.html

'ICTS is the main security vendor for the European operations of Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. We are also the sole provider of security services at all of American Airlines’ and US Airways European stations.'

People are already asking how Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab was able to get onto an airplane in Amsterdam bound for Detroit with a bomb strapped to his leg when the Amsterdam airport uses the full-body "see your naked butt" scanners.

As it turns out, security at the Amsterdam airport is run by ICTS, THE VERY SAME ISRAELI-OWNED COMPANY THAT RAN SECURITY AT EVERY SINGLE AIRPORT FROMWHICH THE 9/11 TERRORISTS DEPARTED, APPARENTLY ALSO BYPASSING SECURITY CHECKS!http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/ICTS.html

’Israel resembles a failed state’http://www.voltairenet.org/article163401.html

| One year after Israel’s Operation Cast Lead, the conditions of Palestinians in Gaza have not improved; in many respects things may seem even more dire, as hopes of a serious peace effort have been dashed. However, it would be a mistake to miss the more dynamic situation that suggests Israel’s power and impunity are not as invulnerable as they might appear. Ali Abunimah focuses on the silver lining around the cloud, not least that of an unbroken and still vibrant Palestinian resistance.

Israel: racketeering, gangsterism, fierce colonialismhttp://www.telesurtv.net/noticias/contexto/1598/israel-chantaje-gangsterismo-colonialismo-feroz/

The right-wing government of Benjamin Netanyahu, in fact, continues to build homes for Jews in Jerusalem and in the Palestinian territories it goes ahead with the wall wich is destroying Palestinian houses and orchards, continues with its policies of aggression and gangsterism, targeted assassinations and kidnappings of people whose only weapons are ideas. To make matters worse, unlike what happened with apartheid South Africa, there are no sanctions against Israel or U.S. or international community.

The Netanyahu government takes and continues with plans to convert the Palestinian territories into as many Bantustans as it can,just as happened to  South Africans, separated by roads, walls, extremist Jewish settlers.

Britain’s Jews in Crisis Over National Loyalty, Identity and Israelhttp://www.redress.cc/zionism

'Britain’s leading Jewish institutions are facing their worst crisis in living memory as their loyalty to the United Kingdom and support for basic universal principles of human rights and common decency come under growing scrutiny. In recent weeks Redress Information & Analysis has been approached by a number of existing and former employees and volunteers of prominent Jewish bodies, all pointing to an acute internal crisis within their institutions.'

AKAKA BILL SCHEMES UNRAVEL AT THE SEAMS ON VOICES OF TRUTH - ONE-ON-ONE WITH HAWAI`I'S FUTUREhttp://voicesoftruthtv.com/?ep=model-for-freedom&from=1&sec=episode

They're Building Nuclear Missile Parts in Woodstock? You Can't Escape America's War Economyhttp://www.alternet.org/story/144748/they're_building_nuclear_missile_parts_in_woodstock_you_can't_escape_america's_war_economy

Colombians Refuse to Be Displaced: Over 5,000 Occupy the Piñuña Negro Police Inspectors Office in Putumayo Indigenous and Afro-Colombian Campesinos Demand an End to Coca Eradication and Plan Colombiahttp://www.narconews.com/Issue63/article3998.html

Canada: The Practices of Corporate Mininghttp://dissidentvoice.org/2009/12/canada-the-practices-of-corporate-mining/

Accountability for War Crimes Is Imperative An Interview with Cindy Sheehan http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/12/accountability-for-war-crimes-is-imperative/

Top Ten Most Glaringly Blatant Instances of Zionist Control in Canada for 2009http://ziofascism.net/blog/

British-israelis inside the government and so called 'anti-terror and security services' behind false flag operations, loyal to whom ?http://islamic-intelligence.blogspot.com/

"Doubts about FARC responsible for the crime is insulting the Governor," says defense ministerhttp://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/justicia/dudas-sobre-responsabilidad-de-farc-en-crimen-de-gobernador-son-insultantes-dice-mindefensa_6840087-1

The defense minister, Gabriel Silva, referred to the Agency's information center Anncol,who often plays the positions of the FARC wich were replicated by the Venezuelan channel Telesur.

Silva said "these concerns are almost insulting, to the horrific death of Governor Luis Francisco Cuellar

Anncol ensures that it spoke to a FARC commander and it was  confirmed that the group was not responsible for the murder. But it also stated that the slain leader, despite being a civilian and in the state of helplessness in which he was killed, allegedly he was not protected by the rules of international humanitarian law because of his official capacities . According to the UNDP, Cuellar was a legitimate military target by being a "member of the State institutions.

The agency also mentioned that he(Cuellar) had been summoned to the Prosecutor's Office to give a deposition over his role in 'para-politics' scandal.

Sources familiar with the investigation told the newspaper that while the governor was being investigated for  alleged ties to the AUC, all signs still point to the case the 'Teofilo Forero'.

comment-the sources familiar with investigation are, the lead investigating agency DAS. heres their statement from another source concerning cuellars death...

http://www.noticierocentral.com.mx/topico/Te%C3%B3filo+Forero+CastroOfficial Information  National Director of the Department of Administrative Security (DAS), Felipe Munoz, said "In our intelligence activities we realize that this (FARC)is the group responsible, in particular alias 'Egg' and alias 'Nicuro' who not only Planned and executed this crime, also others more appalling. "

comment-some backround on this parapolitics scandalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombian_parapolitics_scandal

On [November 21, 2006, Rafael García Torres, the former Information Technologies Chief of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) (Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad) was questioned by the Supreme Court after being arrested and charged with taking bribes from paramilitaries and narcotraffickers in exchange for erasing or altering their judicial history from the state intelligence database. García claimed to have knowledge of Jorge 40's plans to corrupt congressmen and install those friendly to his causes.

comment-the DAS is implicated in scandals for ties to rigtwing paramilitary groups,to paramilitary coup attempts in venezuela  ..heres some more scandals involving the DAS...

The DAS' 'Political War'http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/7338-the-das-political-war.html

Venezuela arrests 'Colombia spies'http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/10/2009102922252954951.html

Documents allegedly describe joint US-Colombian spy operationshttp://intelligencenews.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/01-291/

US bans Colombian intelligence agency as aid recipienthttp://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/7448-us-bans-colombian-intelligence-agency-as-aid-recipient.html

comment-after years of DAS scandals some involving US GOVERNMENT and DAS,only now does US  GOV cut funds to DAS.This is of course because numerous ngos started exposing the relationship between both and DAS other activities.

The new DAS scandalhttp://www.cipcol.org/?p=752

The DAS is still recording

Between the 19th and 21st of January, most of the “secrets” of many of Colombia’s top personalities were destroyed on the 11th floor of the main DAS headquarters. “We received the order to gather everything we had in several offices in the building, and in other buildings, and bring it to the Counter-Intelligence office. For two days external disk drives were gathered, hard drives were changed out of computers, CDs, voice files and confidential documents were collected. I alone, without counting my colleagues, carried two boxes full of those things,” one of the DAS detectives who participated in this unique collection told Semana. “Of all the boxes that were taken to Counter-Intelligence, with documents, recordings and the rest, only one remained, which was taken out of the 11th floor at the end of the afternoon of Wednesday the 21st. I don’t know what was left in that one, or where they took it. I just know that everything else was destroyed,” the source affirms.

The suspicious mission of recovering and destroying information was carried out by a small group of officials. Though they sought to do it in the most discrete manner, it was inevitable that a few DAS members would notice the unusual things going on during those days. But what was it that they were destroying with such urgency? Much of the files that don’t exist today were, among others, recordings, secret documents and intelligence analyses that contained information about a wide variety of personalities whom the DAS was watching.

Supreme Court justices, journalists, opposition politicians, generals in the armed forces, prosecutors, and even some high government officials made up the group that, for the past several months, was being monitored by the security body.

comment-the DAS in  Colombia is now leading investigations,or rather blaming Farc for the death of governor Cuellar,even thougth DAS and governor Cuellar were involved in the parapolitics scandals that showed both had ties to AUC.The question now,is,why is DAS leading investigations into this incident after so many scandals ?For starters DAS has ties to AUC,and that was revealed in one such scandal.why would anyone trust DAS?its easy for DAS to blame FARC,but you can bet it wont  investigate wether AUC killed Cuellar,for fear Cuellar would sing in the investigations being conducted by bogotas attorney general into the governors role in the earlier parapolitics scandal that had been restarted since march..

Colombia: ex-para names US banana companies in murder of trade unionistshttp://ww4report.com/node/8096

How creditors decide the fate of the Congohttp://www.voltairenet.org/article163393.html

The 19 creditor nations that make up the Paris Club [1] met on 18 November to consider the case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after two reports related to the review of the very controversial Chinese contract. This contract, mortgage giant quantities of minerals in favor of China in exchange for building infrastructure in the DRC, might finally be revised in the direction desired by the lender of Western funds represented by the IMF [2].L’ingérence sournoise du FMI et de la Banque mondiale en République démocratique du Congo" , por Renaud Vivien, Yvonne Ngoyi, Victor Nzuzi, Dani Ndombele, José Mukadi et Luc Mukendi, Réseau Voltaire, 8 octobre 2009.

Following this, the matter seemed settled: the Paris Club would provide the financial guarantees requested by the IMF to conclude a new three-year program with the Congolese government from now until the end of 2009 and delete the beginning of 2010 an important part of public external debt. Far from it! The Paris Club decided to turn "punish" the DRC is demanding the maintenance of two one-sided contracts signed with Western transnationals.

The Paris Club proves once again that is a body governed by the North in which the South not only play a walk-on. No member of the Congolese government was invited to the discussions made at Bercy, the French Ministry of Finance, or has established the Paris Club. This club is defined as a "non-institution", having no legal personality. The advantage is clear: the Paris Club does not incur any liability with regard to their actions and therefore can not be prosecuted in court because it officially does not exist!

However, their decisions have serious consequences for the populations of Third World because it is in their midst that is decided, in concert with the IMF and World Bank, that an indebted country of the South "deserves" a rescheduling or debt relief. When he gives the green light, the country concerned, where isolated in the face of this united front of creditors, should apply neoliberal measures dictated by lenders of funds, whose interests overlap with the private sector.

But in reality, the DRC, like other countries in Africa full of natural resources, is the scene of a fierce competition between Western countries and China, whose appetite continues to grow to the point where today the third largest trading partner for Africa , after the United States and France. The Paris Club is therefore the instrument that Western countries have used, such as Canada and the United States, demanding that the Congolese government that it reverse its decision to terminate the contract giving rise to the consortium Kingamyambo Musonoi Tailings (KMT) and review the agreement creating the Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM), in which the United States and Canada have important interests. 

The lender of funds applicable to Western policy of "two weights, two measures" depending on whether a contract with China or with a Western company. The private sector interests take precedence over considerations of legality and development since the fraudulent nature of these two conventions have been reported by the Commission to "revisit" mining contracts, established in the DRC in 2007 [3]."Au terme de la revisitation, Contrats miniers : 23 maintenus, 14 résiliés, 2 à finaliser", Groupe @venir CD, 16 novembre 2009

The northern states are served in the Paris Club and international financial institutions, which are over-represented, as a Trojan horse to monopolize the national resources of the South 

It was the trio infernal - Paris Club, IMF, World Bank - which since 2002 has organized the bleaching of the odious debt restructuring of the DRC left by the late dictator Mobutu. This was the time to lend money to the government to clear the debts of the old dictator, to allow the transitional government into debt again but by imposing anti-social policies, including a new Mining Code very favorable to corporations. 

In 2009, the debt continues to stifle the Congolese people whose human rights are trampled to ensure the repayment of debt service. Despite the impact of listing of creditors that promised debt cancellation by the Congolese, it today stands at 12.3 billion dollars or the equivalent to the sum claimed the DRC at the time of death of Laurent Kabila in 2001. .. That debt is the archetype of an odious debt, void in international law since she was hired by a dictatorship, without benefit to the community and with the complicity of the creditors. The Congolese government could then divorce her, which would allow it also does not accept the dictates of the Paris Club. 

For the CADTM, the blackmail of the Paris Club is not a surprise: this instance is illegitimate, since its creation at the same time judge and party. It should therefore simply be abolished, and the debt of the DRC. 

Meanwhile, the Congolese government should unilaterally suspend payment of the debt, the example of Ecuador in November 2008 and Argentina in 2001 had decreed the most important suspension of payment of foreign debt in history, more than 80 billion dollars both in relation to private creditors as compared to the Paris Club, and that no reprisals would take place. 

The economic crisis requires strong and immediate action against the debt and the benefit of people. To do so, the South would have an interest in forming a united front for non-payment of debt.

USA Spends Trillion Dollars to Make Terrorist War Last Foreverhttp://english.pravda.ru/world/americas/23-12-2009/111344-terrorist_trillion-0

“They spent a trillion dollars to add more fuel to the fire of the terrorist war. The Americans crushed Iraq and Afghanistan . There are too many people in these two countries who lost their homes, jobs and loved ones because of the USA, and those people are ready to do anything to harm the Americans. Washington will have to pay for this politics. As for the situation in other countries, one may say that there is no country in the world that can defend itself against terrorist attacks. Recent attacks in India’s Mumbai prove that,” the expert said.

History Repeats the Same Old Lieshttp://thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=11863

'So as Queen Elizabeth II pays tribute to British troops she continues an old tradition: giving the official seal of approval to Western involvement in the drugs trade. Although of course, no one will say as much but that is what Western forces are in Afghanistan for. It’s also no coincidence that Helmand Province has seen some of the hardest fighting and where British forces have their biggest base. For Helmand is the very heartland of Afghanistan’s poppy production and Camp Bastion is there to ensure it continues.  It’s not just ‘foreign policy’ however but a lucrative business where vast amounts of money can be made. What’s more none of it need be accounted for, which is why it is so appealing to the West’s ruling elite. Vast amounts of money can be made and used to finance secret ‘Black Budget’ projects, which needn’t be accounted for or even known about. All Queen Elizabeth II has to do is make a few fine sounding noises to cover what is essentially a criminal enterprise.'

Chevron Using Six Public Relations Firms to Discredit Indigenous Groups In $27.3 Billion Environmental Case In Ecuadorhttp://chevrontoxico.com/news-and-multimedia/2009/1120-chevron-using-six-public-relations-firms-to-discredit-indigenous-groups-in-environmental-case.html

'Chevron has retained at least twelve public relations firms and lobbyists to discredit claims of Amazon indigenous groups on the eve of an expected multi-billion dollar judgment against the oil giant in an environmental lawsuit in Ecuador, according to representatives of the tribes in the U.S. Although Chevron is near the top of the list of highest-spending lobbyists in Washington, the campaign seems to be backfiring. Politico, one of the most influential publications on Capitol Hill, reported this week that Chevron's lobbying was "drawing fire from environmentalists, media ethicists, state pension funds, New York's attorney general, members of Congress, and even Barack Obama when he was a Senator".'

Hordes of Angry Activists and a $27 Billion Court Case Is Making Oil Giant Chevron Pretty Nervoushttp://www.alternet.org/workplace/144652/hordes_of_angry_activists_and_a_%2427_billion_court_case_is_making_oil_giant_chevron_pretty_nervous

Perhaps the largest coordinated activist campaign in history is being launched against the San Ramon-based Chevron Corporation. Foregoing boycotts and other traditional market campaign techniques, non-governmental organizations are creatively communicating the business case for why Chevron should change its ways, focusing on mobilizing company shareholders and consumers to compel the company to come clean and pursue social and environmental leadership.

Saudi Regime Launches New Air Strikes Against Houthi Shias in Yemenhttp://current.com/items/91770597_saudi-regime-launches-new-air-strikes-against-houthi-shias-in-yemen.htm

This report from Press TV includes an interview with a senior commentator on the reasons why there is a complete media blackout on the situation of the Houthi Shias and the Attacks on the Houthi Shias

World Conference on Social Movements will take place in Boliviahttp://pressenza.com/npermalink/bolivia-calls-world-conference-of-social-movements?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pressenza%2FQrjW+%28News+from+Pressenza+IPA+in+english%29

Merry Christmas! Ed Hanway, Cigna CEO, is getting a $73,200,000 golden parachutehttp://CIGNA.com

Ed Hanway, CEO of Cigna, one of the nation’s largest health insurance companies, will step down at the end of this year, in just over a week. When he does, he’ll get $73,200,000 as compensation for a job well done. What makes Hanway worth $73.2 million? Well, for one example, he’s presided as Cigna denied a liver transplant to 17-year-old Nataline Sarkisyan, causing her death and widespread outrage.

Israel Recalls all of its Ambassadors Worldwidehttp://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=114663§ionid=351020202

flashback-rabbi_nthe_rubble: Israeli Diplomat Carrying Large Quantity Of Explosives Arrested In Argentinahttp://beirut.indymedia.org/ar/2006/09/5612.shtml

flashback-False Flag Attacks in Argentina: 1992 and 1994 http://www.voltairenet.org/article162474.html

VARIOUS GOVERNMENTS HELP THE CIA CONTINUE THE TERRORISM AND THE WARShttp://aangirfan.blogspot.com/2009/12/various-governments-help-cia-continue.html

KARKARE KILLED BY FASCISTS AND GANGSTERS?http://aangirfan.blogspot.com/2009/12/karkare-killed-by-fascists-and.html