Ankara and Baku want to cement their close military ties even further:

MP: Azerbaijan, Turkey start creating single army
[[[Azerbaijan and Turkey have begun forming a unified army]]]], member of the Azerbaijani parliamentary committee on security and defense, MP Zahid Oruj told Trend today. [[[There are opportunities to improve the army and to use NATO standards]]]]]. After Azerbaijan’s power increases, its influence will also increase in the region.

So Azerbaijan starts its transition from a proxy of NATO to a full member and [[[[will continue to play a central role in the global drug trade]]]]] as well as in the support of terrorism from Russia’s North Caucasus [[[to Syria.]]]]
[ed note:Turkey wich is one of worlds top legal exporters of opium for ''supposedly''medicinal use mostly to west and europe,see, http://thenakedfacts.blogspot.com/2013/01/free-tradebilateral-agreementslicensing.html  is probably looking towards Syria in futurefor its  clandestine illegal importation and distribution of the opium trade outside its legal constraints in higher volumes,considering the potential lucrative opportunities these would present.keep n mind in past oliver north ran these networks in beeka valley,Lebanon (sunni side) ,and having Syrian regime toppled,offers an expansion and distribution possibility wich oliver north never acomplished...keep in mind in any war such as Syria ,people in hopelessness turn to drugs to escape reality,this is true even in muslim countries,though not in as high numbers as western hemisphere,but it certainly presents scrupulous duplicitous ,islamist(fake muslims)parties to take advantage of such opportunities..also i should mention oliver norths best friend lt general paul e vallely is directing Syrias rebels from Turkey,wich is what leads me to believe this is also the objective,though not onbly one,for turkey(they also have energy interests,zionist western interest to accomodate by toppling Syrian govt)

Leahy Freeze on Mexico Drug War Funds Will Save Lives and Money"  http://www.cipamericas.org/#sthash.Jy3u9qjQ.dpuf 
Patrick Leahy, chair of the Appropriations Committee, blocked release of $95 million dollars in funding for the Merida Initiative, citing the lack of a clear strategy on the part of the U.S. State Department and the Mexican government.“The whole things looks like just coughing up money with no accountability,”Leahy was quoted as saying in the legislative monitor, CQ Roll Call.The decision is a long-overdue recognition that the drug war in Mexico has been a bloody fiasco. The Merida Initiative, a Bush-era plan to attack cartels in Mexico and reduce trafficking of prohibited drugs to the U.S. market, began in 2008. Congress has appropriated $1.9 billion dollars from the federal budget for the program over the past five years, most aimed at bolstering Mexican security forces. Since the drug war was launched and armed forces deployed to fight the cartels, the homicide rate in Mexico soared 150%, between 2006 and 2012.No Justification
Last August the State Department asked the committee to obligate some $229 million assigned to the Merida Initiative in the 2012 budget. At first, Leahy decided to hold up the entire amount, after receiving a two-and-a-half page explanation from the State Department that he felt failed toadequately describe spending and objectives.In April, the committee released $134 million,but held up the rest pending more information from State and the Mexican government on how the money would be spent, what the goals were and how the programs and resources would help achieve those goals.Since then, neither government has clarified publicly or to their respective Congresses the state of drug war cooperation or where they want to take it. Thursday’s announcement confirms the hold on the funds and obliges both governments to define a joint strategy that shows some signs of viability.Contacted shortly after the hold, a top Leahy aide summed up the reason behind suspension of the aid, “We received less than three pages of explanation.Senator Leahy does not sign away a quarter of a billion dollars just like that.”
Since the Merida Initiative requests are usually buried in multi-billion dollar foreign operations and defense funding bills, it has not gotten the scrutiny it deserves. Leahy’s action turns the spotlight onto a situation that should never have gone on as long as it did.Representatives in Washington must go further now and call for a full review of the Merida Initiative before appropriating or releasing any funds. It is arguably among the most wasteful and counter-productive programs in the federal budget and raises grave concerns regarding human rights. A series of human rights stipulations have only served to whitewash an aid package that has encouraged a sharp rise in violations by Mexican armed forces and police by rewarding the perpetrators, who rarely face any consequences for their actions.Mexican and U.S. human rights groups have been calling to suspend the Merida Initiative for years. As that demand was ignored, the death toll mounted and organized crime groups grew more vicious and ambitious. The governments seemed to think it was enough to assure people it was just the darkness before the dawn and ask citizens to have patience.For the mothers and fathers of the war’s victims, patience is not a virtue. A caravan of family members of Mexican victims visited Leahy’s office and other Congressional members last September urging an immediate end to the drug war. The nation-wide caravan aimed to show how the Merida Initiative and other U.S. aid support for the war on drugs has devastated their families. Their stories brought many staffers to tears.It’s about time someone in government called for a halt to throwing good money after bad at Mexico’s drug war. It not only doesn’t work; it kills.[ed notes;click link for whole piece...meanwhile here is the problem sister Laura,they Mexican govt will do what Colombia(most likjely advised by washington) did when same approach was forced into public debate after genocide in Casanare on behalf of us corporations became clear was aided with us funds,and also later when the false positive scandals broke out,wich exposed the relation ship between us aid under plan Colombia/Integrated action, rightwing dathsquad paramilitary training alongside army and us advisers exactly where crimes took place...what happened when human rights organizations forced the leahy law applications?the Colombian govt reshuffled the military personnel and military brass responsible from units responsible to new units,wich made leahy law void and no longer applicable!!Expect same in Mexico,then resumption of that money pipeline back into it...note to my brother Pali remember that back in pl6,the reshuffled lists?wish i had categories on blog back then,so id go into archive and fish it today..its somewhere on my blog..good old days on pl6
btw how about we start 
applying leahy law against israhell?shhh dont let senator Leahy hear you utter such words!

USAF Transports 24 Tons of Cocaine to Miami
P J Watson, Infowars, Aug 7 2013
The USAF recently airlifted nearly 24 tons of cocaine from Costa Rica to Miami, the cocaine capital of the world, in a program described as being “shrouded in secrecy.” According to the Costa Rica Star, a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III out of Dover AFB landed at the Daniel Oduber Quiros International Airport on Saturday July 27 loaded almost 24 tons of cocaine in pallets and then set off for its ultimate destination of Miami, but not before stopping in Nicaragua and Honduras. The USAF agreed to transport the cocaine after a successful Costa Rican program that was destroying 300 kilos of the drug an hour had to be suspended because of a broken incinerator. Following the airlift, Costa Rica’s Organization of Judicial Investigations said they would no longer authorize the transportation of cocaine to Miami and would go back to stockpiling the drug in secure warehouses. The report cites another newspaper article which detailed how “two magistrates at the Judicial Branch were in the dark about the USAF arriving in Costa Rica to pick up a massive amount of cocaine,” noting that no proof of permission for the US aircraft to enter Costa Rican airspace was ever seen by legislators at the Costa Rican National Assembly. The exact identity of the Globemaster was also kept secret until further enquiry revealed it to be the “Spirit of Delaware.” When the plane arrived, the Costa Rican consulate in Miami was supposed to confirm the delivery and destruction of the cocaine, but no such advisory has been forthcoming, although the Organization of Judicial Investigations claims the drugs were destroyed. The USAF’s involvement in transporting cocaine is sure to raise eyebrows given the CIA’s previous alleged involvement in cocaine trafficking. The fact that the aircraft stopped off in Nicaragua is also noteworthy given the history of the CIA smuggling cocaine into the US to fund the Contras in Nicaragua during the Reagan administration. In Apr 2011, Jesus Vicente Zambada Niebla, the “logistical coordinator” for the Sinaloa drug-trafficking gang that was responsible for purchasing the CIA “rendition” jet that crashed with four tons on cocaine on board back in 2007, told the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago that he had been working as a US government asset for years. According to court transcripts, Niebla was allowed to import “multi-ton quantities of cocaine” into the US as a result of his working relationship with the FBI, DHS, DoJ and DEA. Niebla’s assertion that he smuggled drugs from Mexico into the US while working for the US government adds further weight to the already voluminous body of evidence that confirms the CIA and US banking giants are the top players in a global drug trade worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year. Such revelations were brought to light primarily by Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Gary Webb’s “Dark Alliance” series of investigative reports written for the San Jose Mercury News and subsequently published as a book. According to authorities, Webb committed suicide in 2004 despite the fact that he was found with two gunshot wounds to the head and after Webb himself had complained of death threats and “government people” stalking his home.

NSA spying abroad ‘yields results’: US ambassador to Colombia

The United States’ ambassador to Colombia said Wednesday that his country’s intelligence agency NSA’s spying schemes are also in the interest of the South American country.Ambassador Michael McKinley responded to concerns of the Colombian government over media reports the NSA has been spying on Colombian citizens and businesses.McKinley told radio station Blu that Washington will establish a dialogue with Bogota through diplomatic channels to ease the concerns.The ambassador made clear that the US are open to discussions with the Colombian government, stating that “we believe it is important to respond to concerns.” McKinley defended the intelligence gathering operations, stating “we gather information to protect our citizens and to provide information to our allies.”“We collect information about common interests with partner countries and allies. The information has yielded significant results in the fight against drug trafficking and terrorism and should not be overlooked,” the ambassador added.On Tuesday, Brazilian newspaper O Globo reported that Colombia was one of the NSA’s main surveillance targets in Latin America.  The foreign ministry responded, rejecting “acts of espionage that violate the right to privacy of individuals, and of international conventions.” 
[ed notes:what Colombian concerns?the public?the us colombian govts could give a s#it about those!They did it thru us funded DAS ,so this isnt something new,us has been doing this for a long time in Latin America..One can argue this has been ongoing since the early days of Operation Condor, up until today!We all recall the results hes talking about,spying on human rights organizations critical of us foreign policy,colombian supreme court,political opposition and european ngos,journalists,etc.. .. see...

Far Worse than Watergate:Widening Scandal regarding Colombia's Intelligence Agency http://justf.org/content/far-worse-watergate

 

Colombia is top heroin supplier for US: UNODC http://colombiareports.com/colombia-is-top-heroin-supplier-for-us-unodc/
In spite of increased competition from Mexico, Colombia continues to be the main supplier of heroin consumed in the United States, said the United Nations’ Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Tuesday.In its annual report on drug trafficking, the UNODC said that according to statistics provided by Washington, Colombia continues to be the US’ main supplier country of the illicit drug even though it’s dwarfed by Afghanistan and Mexico when it comes to production.
However, according to the UN report, “the available information on heroin production in Colombia and Mexico, two important supply countries for the United States market, is inconsistent and does not fully explain the heroin supply situation in the region, given that the potential cultivation is greater in Mexico, while the United States reports Colombia as its main supplier. 
 Colombia ‘a success story’: US drug czar http://colombiareports.com/colombia-a-success-story-us-drug-czar/
Colombia is “without a doubt” a “success story” in terms of counter-narcotics programs and general public security progress, US Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske said Wednesday.The chief of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy praised Colombia while in Vienna to attend the presentation of the UNODC’s annual drug trafficking report.

Rule of U.S. Law in Mexico http://www.cipamericas.org/archives/9694
“I don’t think there is any evidence that these programs work,” legal scholar and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill law professor Deborah M. Weissman told the Americas Program.“There’s no doubt that the Mexican legal system needs improvement. Mexicans know that,” said Weissman. “They’re not doing nothing about it. What they’re doing is vastly different than what the United States is pushing on them.” When the reforms started, Mexican jurists felt that the reforms came from the top down, without meaningful participation from local lawyers or judges or examination of existing Mexican Rule of Law initiatives, explains Weissman.Weissman points out that what the U.S.-backed legal reform programs are doing in Mexico is strengthening prosecutors, and that there is no training for jury trials under the new system. “If you look at the allocation of Rule of Law money; it’s for surveillance it’s for ‘activating’, whatever the heck that means, [[[[new prisons in Mexico]]]]; it’s for training Mexicans with regard to the adversarial and oral trial systems, yet they do not introduce the jury system.”A study carried out by researchers working for the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States found that compared with citizens of other countries, Mexicans expressed confidence in the ability of jurors to make fair decisions, and showed willingness to participate as jurors. “The great majority of Mexicans have also supported the broader application of lay participation in the administration of justice,” reads the study. Regardless, in the U.S. government reports reviewed by Weissman, there is no reference to training or introducing jury trials in Mexico.U.S. funding for legal reforms in Mexico was integrated into the Mérida Initiative, a U.S. foreign aid package launched in Mexico in 2008 to provide funding and support for militarizing the drug war. In 2009, USAID awarded a $66.3 million dollar contract to Coffey International, the Australian company that owns Management Systems International. The contract, which ends in 2014, was to provide “support for legal reforms” in Mexico as part of the Merida Initiative.
[[[[[“These Rule of Law programs are always married to military expansion, just like theuilt several Cololmbian political pri Merida Initiative,” said Weissman, who notes that Rule of Law programs are a centerpiece of the U.S. Army’s counterinsurgency manual. “You have a Rule of Law program in what is essentially a plan to militarize the drug war. You see that everywhere.”]]]]
[ed notes:wich serves the us military industrial complex,and prison industrial complex..keep in mind us corporations and us gov actually funded and built a few of Colombias prisons(for political prisioners,some of wich have abismal record of torture and human rights abuses).Plan meridia is modelled on Colombias ....and just as Plan Colombia destroyed justice system there,it too will have same outcome in Mexico,thats the goal after all...criminalization of social movements!!!
Weissman, whose detailed examination of the U.S. role in Mexico’s legal reforms will be published next year in the Cardozo Law Review, is skeptical about what exactly the United States has to teach other countries about law. “We are so punitive, and so disproportionate, and so racist, how could we be the model?” she asked

NICARAGUAN-CHINESE CANAL PROJECT MUST HAVE WASHINGTON TREMBLING....
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and Chinese business magnate Wang Jing on June 14 formally sealed a pact granting Wang exclusive rights to build a multi-billion-dollar inter-oceanic canal through the Central American nation—the night after the country's National Assembly, dominated by Ortega's Sandinista Front, voted up Law 840, a bill approving the project, by 61-25. Wang's HK Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co. will start with a study to determine whether the project is viable. Under the plan, the company would have a 50-year contract to develop and run the canal, with Nicaragua receiving a minority share of any profits. Ortega pledges the project will eradicate poverty in the country, one of the hemisphere's poorest. "This is a historic day for Nicaragua... a day of fulfilling prophecies and realizing dreams," said first lady Rosario Murillo, during the nationally televised ceremony. Murillo called it a "day of miracles" and said the canal project represents a "prophecy of prosperity for Nicaraguan families.""One of Nicaragua's great riches is its geographic position," Sandinista congressman Jacinto Suarez said during debate on Law 840. "That's why this idea has always been around... Global trade demands that this canal is built because it's necessary. The data show that maritime transport is constantly growing and that makes this feasible. Opposing it is unpatriotic."However, Bill Wild, chief project adviser for HK Nicaragua, was more cautious in his own comments. "There's a compelling commercial reason to build the canal," he said. "We have to prove now that the actual rate of return that the investors will get is adequate." (Nicaragua Dispatch, June 15; AP, June 14)

DEA OPIUM DRUG RUNNING IN PERU !!
Among the 25 are six members of the National Police, a provincial prosecutor, and a pilot contracted by the DEA. [ed note...us funds peruvian national police n gives military assistance)
The group is accused of overseeing the commercialization of poppy crops in Rodríguez de Mendoza province, a remote high jungle area ofAmazonas.[[[[[[[The pilot, whose name has not been released, worked for a local company used by the DEA]]]]]. Opium production has boomed in Amazonas region over the past five years, and authorities say morphine laboratories have been established in the jungle. (La Republica, http://www.larepublica.pe/19-05-2013/investigan-policias-y-un-fiscal-por-corrupcion-y-lavado-de-activos RPP, Aeronoticias, May 19 http://aeronoticias.com.pe/noticiero/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38704:piloto-de-la-dea-participo-en-trafico-de-drogas&catid=49:49&Itemid=628

Sibel Edmonds on Turkey, Israel and Gladio B
Corbett Report, Feb 15 2013







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Sibel Edmonds of Boiling Frogs Post joins us for the third part of our series on Gladio B, NATO’s effort to radicalize, enable and protect Islamic terrorists in order to further its own geopolitical ends. In this edition we discuss the Jul 2003 “Hood Event” in Turkey; the transition from Gladio A, which used secular ultra-nationalists as false flag terrorists, to Gladio B, which uses al-Qaeda-style theocratic Sunni extremists; Israel’s role in funding both sides of the regional conflict; and how the Kurds have been used and abused by every would-be regional power in the area. Sibel also takes questions on Ayman al-Zawahiri and begins to discussHuseyin Baybasin (aka “Europe’s Pablo Escobar”) and the NATO-protected heroin operations in Europe. This is Part #3 of a series. Here are Part #1 and Part #2

on u.s. policy:colombias children  should be subjected to this?
look at the childs body closely! 

YOU MAKE ME SICK,MADE IN U.S.A. ... BIOLOGICAL WARFARE ON COLOMBIA'S POOR...

Ineffective US Fumigation Policy Adversely Affects Afro-Colombians
Increasingly, Afro-Colombian communities are bearing the brunt of the U.S.-financed aerial fumigation efforts in Colombia. In 2011 and 2012, fumigations took place in the departments of Nariño, Valle del Cauca, and Choco—regions populated primarily by Afro-Colombians. The fumigations join the wealth of mining, industrial, and development projects that regularly violate these communities’ right to free, prior, and informed consultation regarding actions taken on their lands.Aerial fumigation of coca crops is conducted with the chemicalglyphosate—marketed in the United States as Roundup. Conclusive findings on glyphosate’s long-term safety remain elusive; while some studies have found that the chemical harbors no carcinogenic qualities, the United Nations argues that adverse health effects—specifically for children—are an undeniable possibility.[i] 

MADE IN U.S.ACOLOMBIAN DEATH SPRAY

[[[[[Extensive anecdotal evidence from sprayed communities continues to raise legitimate concerns as to the chemical’s safety. Reports from Afro-Colombian community groups indicate widespread skin, respiratory, and gastrointestinal issues on locals after fumigations take place.[ii] Worst affected are pregnant women, the elderly and children. ]]]]]]]Equally troubling is the damage to Afro-Colombians’ food security and the environmental effects of spraying. Imprecision in spraying campaigns has led to the killing of non-coca crops used for sale and consumption, including banana, yucca, corn, and rice fields. [iii] Such crops provide basic food security for many of the communities sprayed, and once destroyed, can prompt displacement of rural farmers. In June and September 2012, the over 6,000 inhabitants of La Mamuncia-Lopez de Micay in Cauca’s daily food items were destroyed, along with a cacao project supported by the Cauca government that served as this community’s main source of income. Furthermore, as the chemical spray seeps into streams and aquifers, its harmful impact further damages humans and the environment. Studies show that glyphosate has a negative effect on aquatic life and biological diversity. Poisoning of Afro-Colombian communities’ main water sources remains a major concern. In other words, however “targeted” or “harmless” aerial eradication programs may be in theory, the collateral damage of spraying is staggering and this damage is highly destructive to Afro-Colombian rural communities.The aerial fumigation efforts also deepen Colombia’s already significant internally displaced population. Vulnerable communities—notably Afro-Colombian and indigenous peoples—are regularly forced off their land due to threats, violence, and the internal armed conflict. Under the constant threat of—even licit—crop destruction through spraying and related violence between drug traffickers and the state, these groups are regularly forced to leave their ancestral lands and seek safer havens.Beyond Valle del Cauca, Afro-Colombian groups have responded to the threats posed by coca cultivation and fumigation efforts. Over 5,000 Afro-Colombians took to the streets to protest fumigation in September 2011 with some protestors blocking the main road to the department for several days. The Inter-Ethnic Forum of Choco (FISCH) and COCOCAUCA, two regional groupings of Afro-Colombian community councils and organizations, have publicly denounced the harmful effects of fumigation efforts on Afro-Colombians and repeatedly asked U.S. and Colombian authorities to seek alternatives to fumigation. Sadly, Afro-Colombian organizations’ efforts to halt fumigation efforts have fallen on deaf ears. *This blog posting is a summary of a presentation by Gimena Sanchez-Garzoli, WOLA Senior Associate for the Andes. Additional research support was provided by Adam Schaffer, Program Assistant for Drug Policy and the Andes. 

Petition to the UN for a Moratorium on Aerial Spraying in Colombia http://www.mamacoca.org/cartaun/CartaUNen.htm

The aerial fumigation of coca crops has not only been an ineffective policy to curb cocaine production but has also led to significant human, agricultural, and environmental damages in Colombia and throughout the Andean region. Because of the grave effects chemical spraying has on local populations, a collection of NGOs throughout the world are petitioning to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for an immediate end to fumigation as a tool of the drug war, acknowledgment of the practice as a violation of international humanitarian law, and greater regulation of the agro-chemical industry. To achieve these ends, the petition looks the United Nations to provide leadership in bringing an end to this unjust and ineffective practice.

[ed notes;also see... Colombia's Agent Orange? » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names ...  Death Falls from the Sky Plan Colombia's fumigation campaign ...  Monsanto and the 'Drug War' Outsourcing War | International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

Former Colombia colonel is lynchpin to international drug smuggling conspiracy: Report
A retired Colombian colonel is suspected of being at the center of a nexus of corruption involving neo-paramilitaries, Mexican drug cartels, and numerous corrupt members of the Colombian security forces.According to local media, the retired colonel, known only by his alias "Mano Negra" (Black Hand), has been instrumental in the neo-paramilitary organization "Los Urabeños'" infiltration of the Colombian security forces. 

[ed notes:only known as ''mano negra-black hand'' LoL ... real reason why its unknown or rather kept secret by state prosecutor and the ''DEA''?Because the retired colonel had without a doubt received training by us military advisers before retirement...thats why his real name isnt divulged by those behind this so called investigation...i will speculate and say he ran units before supposedly retiring wich were directly funded by us govt thru plan colombia,or plan integration or one of other key us aid programs Financing his unit..possibly even thru the DAS

It is through him supposedly that the neo-paramilitaries allegedly enlisted members of the security forces to assist in the transport of drugs.[ed notes;ah that old misdirection tricksigh!it wasnt really the neoparamilitaries who recruited army service members,its the oppositite,the elite political class and its networks of rightwing parapoliticians who ran the military who outsourced and ran paramilitary groups from behind the scenes...the cas eof neoparamilitaries corruptng colombias military is a smokescreen(it happens but it isnt the primary driving factor)behind it...

Mano Negra is not just a middle man who received small payments for his services according to reports. In exchange for his assistance, the retired colonel has allegedly negotiated for himself a leadership position among Los Urabeños and he is heavily involved in the coordination of international and national drug shipments. As a purported paramilitary leader, Mano Negra reportedly receives a cut from the entire Los Urabeños operation.The information comes from three alleged key witnesses -- a retired member of the security forces, and two former members of Los Urabeños -- who have been assisting the Prosecutor General's investigation.These same witnesses allege that Mano Negra has links to the infamous Mexican drug cartel, "Los Zetas,"(leaders trained by u.s. military base fort benning) having sent retired Colombian special ops soldiers to train members of the cartel and to provide them with protection.The investigation is reportedly being conducted with close collaboration between Colombia's prosecutor general and the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), both of whom allegedly have in their possession records which corroborate the allegations made by the three key witnesses.
In the past few months, 21 members of Colombia's security forces have been arrested on charges of drug trafficking. Many of these arrests are allegedly owed in part to the information provided by the aforementioned witnesses.The DEA is reportedly preparing requests for extraditon of various members of Los Urabeños.[ed notes;of course it is,insuring him a reduced sentence,in ordr to keep quiet about who his real handlers are,the CIA most likely)Cooperation between the notorious Colombian neo-paramilitaries and the Mexican cartel made headlines after multiple large-scale cocaine shipments were seized in Cartagena intended for Los Zetas.

Sibel Edmonds on NATO, Terrorism, 9/11 and Drug Running
Corbett Report, Jan 30 2013

http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2013-01-30%20Sibel%20Edmonds.mp3
In this ground-breaking interview, famed FBI whistleblower and Boiling Frogs Post founder Sibel Edmonds lays out the thread connecting NATO’s Gladio operations to Turkish paramilitaries and ultra-nationalists, and how the operation continues through cooperation with terrorists and the Islamization of Central Asia and the Caucasus. From Abdullah Çatlı’s remarkable life (and death) to the rise of Fethullah Gulen’s $25 billion (CIA-supported) Islamic network to the NATO takeover of the Afghan poppy crop in the wake of 9/11, you won’t want to miss a moment of this riveting conversation.
Gladio Revisited Corbett Report, Feb 1 2013
As one of the most thoroughly-documented examples of a decades-long program of officially-sanctioned false flag terror, Operation Gladio remains a woefully under-reported piece of the War on Terror puzzle. Today we go behind the trite summarizations of this program to look at it in-depth, examine its roots, and discover how it is continuing to operate right through to the present day.

US Marines and the Drug War in Guatemala
Nineth Montenegro, the second vice president of Guatemala’s congress, told Toward Freedom she found out about the operations through reports in the newspaper.
“There was no discussion in congress. It was an agreement [made by the executive] that the President approved,” said Montenegro. “Some here think there was a violation, because legislative power is independent and it is the only [power] which can authorize the arrival of troops or military or support. It never went to congress.”One of the documents referenced in the agreement was signed by Castillo Armas, a military dictator who took power after the US backed coup against President Jacobo Arbenz in 1954.Such references make it clear that the legal elements permitting present day US military engagement in Guatemala were created in the wake of the coup in 1954, and have been maintained ever since.The day after they received the request from the US Embassy, the Guatemalan government responded in the affirmative. Toward Freedomobtained the exchange of notes between the US and Guatemala which legalized the presence of US troops and private security contractors hired by the US Department of Defense in Guatemala for 120 days, beginning July 17th. [11]The agreement allows US personnel to carry arms, to import and export goods without inspection or taxation by the Guatemalan government, to freely transit into, out of, and throughout the country without interference by the Guatemalan government, and to make free and unlimited use of radiofrequencies.[12] US soldiers and contractors are granted immunity from prosecution in Guatemala should injury or death of civilians or military personnel result from the operation.

[ed notes;click link for whole expose,just citing few paragraphs,then also see my other post on same issue from yesterday(probably on second page of my blog by now)

Remilitarization Gives Rise to New Tensions and Violence in Guatemala

On October 6, the Guatemalan army gunned down six indigenous protesters in Totonicapán and injured at least 30 more. Thousands had gathered to oppose unpopular government reforms, and while the police held their distance, the military advanced and shot into the crowd.The event was a tragic manifestation of one of the public’s worst fears since President Pérez Molina took office in January 2012: that the Guatemalan armed forces would resort to deadly force in order to repress and silence dissent, anexperienceall too familiar in the nation´s collective historic memory.Pérez Molina(TRAINED AT US SCHOOL OF AMERICAS/ASSASSINS)has made no secret of his intention to deploy the armed forces in ever-greater numbers and ever-expanding roles - the military now overwhelmingly dominates citizen security initiatives. Whether walking down Guatemala City’s central avenue, the “Sexta,” or driving on any major highway, Guatemalans are once again likely to encounter soldiers patrolling with semi-automatic rifles or checking papers at military roadblocks.The government has opened at least five new military bases and outposts since the beginning of 2012, and has sent soldiers to fight drug cartels, to protect historic sites and nature reserves, and to back up the police during evictions and protests. Soldiers have also been deployed en masse to reduce crime in Guatemala City´s poorest neighborhoods.Seeing soldiers on the streets may not new in Guatemala, but under Pérez Molina, it has become symbolic of his administration’s approach to governance; and for the first time in over 15 years, current and former military personnel permeate the leadership of civilian institutions and dictate the administration’s approach to governance.This swift remilitarization is deeply controversial, and the reasons behind it are much more complex than first meet the eye.In fact, some argue that the motivation for militarization has little to do with providing security for Guatemalan citizens – instead, it is about protecting the status quo, ensuring impunity for the armed forces and defending multinational economic investments. The US government has been eager to offer support to the Guatemalan military, despite the problematic implications.The Remilitarization of Guatemalan Institutions
The dramatic images of thousands of heavily armed soldiers in Guatemala City are shocking and troublesome, yet the remilitarization of Guatemala today isn’t simply about more soldiers on the streets. It also refers to something much less visible –an institutional culture disturbingly similar to the counter-insurgency model that dominated during the internal armed conflict.Numerous governmental agencies are now run by former military, including the Interior Ministry and offices within the National Civilian Police and intelligence services. According to Guatemalan security analysts, upwards of 40% of security-related positions are held by former military, including many who were directly involved in the counter-insurgency campaigns; some have even been named in cases before Guatemalan courts for their role in crimes against humanity during the conflict.Many of these policymakers, including Pérez Molina himself, hail from the generation of armed forces that was active during genocide campaigns such as Operation Sofia; a generation that participated in the extermination of entire villages, that used rape as a tool of war, and justified the use of torture and brutality in their campaigns against civilian, mostly indigenous, communities. This is the generation taught to believe that anyone who rejected existing structures of racism, economic dominance by a minority elite, and political exclusion, were “subversives”, “guerrillas,” “terrorists” and “internal enemies.”Emboldened by the administration’s fierce pro-military stance, retired members of the military and other ultraconservative and fanatically nationalistic groups have launched their own campaigns in the press and social media, sending direct,and very public, threats to those who seek justice and defend human rights.As Guatemala spirals back into a reality frighteningly reminiscent of the 1980s, those who have become the intentional or collateral victims of remilitarization find themselves with little support from state institutions. Nevertheless, indigenous communities, activists and other civil society organizations –despite fear of repression or retaliation –continue to denounce remilitarization in all its forms. They recognize that the way forward for Guatemala is not to be found by returning to the nefarious practices of the past.

[ed notes:these are just a few excerpts,please click link for whole article,worthwhile ,good read!

ON THE U.S. PLAN COLOMBIA.... (US FUNDED)COLOMBIAN ARMY SOLDIERS CAUGTH  TRAFFICKING COCAINE
Colombian soldiers caught trafficking a half ton of cocaine
Two Colombian soldiers have been arrested after they were caught transporting half a ton of cocaine, authorities said Thursday.The lieutenant and his subordinate were caught with 41 kilograms of the illicit drug at the check point between Sonso to Buga, both located in the southwestern Valle del Cauca department.According to the armed forces, the two members of the military were off duty at the time of their arrest.
Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon and Armed Forces Commander General Alejandro Navas announced an investigation to establish whether a "drug trafficking cartel" is active within the armed forces.

[ED NOTES:SURE HE WILL LOL LET ME SAVE YOU THE TIME,'AND TELL YOU WHAT HELL COME BACK AND SAY...'NO THESE ARE ISOLATED CASES OF ROTTEN APPLES'' WITHIN MILITARY LOL ANYWAY CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING

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At least 17 Colombian soldiers and colonels have been linked to organized crime and drugs

The Promises and Challenges of Bolivia's Socialist Government
by W. T. Whitney Jr. http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2013/whitney140113.html

It turns out that prosecutors, judges, and the police have engaged in corruption throughout Morales's presidency. High officials are in jail and now some of President Morales' own ministers are implicated.
The government announced on December 25 that two "Ministers of the Presidency" and a former "Minister of Government" are being investigated. As of late November, a dozen judicial officials and prosecutors had been jailed, among them Fernando Rivera who was responsible for the 18-month jailing of U.S. citizen Jacob Ostreicher. The Brooklyn native was accused of having relied upon drug traffickers to fund large land holdings and rice-farming operations. His recent release came about through the intervention of actor Sean Penn and US congresspersons.The confiscation and selling off of Ostreicher's properties epitomizes the most prominent category of corruption. Wielding new powers, officials have confiscated contraband, properties allegedly financed through drug dealings, assets of foreign corporations, and land delivered to the state under agrarian reform. Truckers, managers, and other employees of those targeted have been implicated as accomplices. Confiscated assets become ripe for profitable sell-offs after 15 days have passed during which time bosses and underlings are unable to demonstrate the legal nature of their activities. And transnational corporations and even property-rich right-wingers eager to accommodate a potentially confiscatory left-wing government have gone along with handing selected assets.According to Jorge Lora Cam, source of much of this information, official corruption is widespread. The "Minister of Transparency" in August 2012 reported "8,000 ongoing judicial processes for corruption, though [so far]only 100 prisoners." The same ministry revealed in December 2010 that, "between 2006 and 2010, 71 accusations of corruption were received involving 568 functionaries." Lora Cam suggests officials of former regimes serving local and international oligarchs were well versed in corruption. They were the model, he says, and their influence remains.Meanwhile, the government continues with its socialist agenda. On December 29 Morales announced nationalization of four companies controlled by Spain's Iberdrola Corporation -- two electricity distribution centers, one electrical services enterprise, and an investment company. Bolivia's National Electricity Corporation will operate these companies plus another nationalized in May 2012. Morales cited high fees charged to rural customers as justifying the take-over.Nevertheless, in a show of confidence in Bolivia's socialist government, international bankers in October spent $4.5 billion on Bolivian bonds sold at low interest rates to finance infrastructure projects.Foreign markets and foreign investment have been key considerations also as Bolivia's nascent lithium extraction and processing industry gets underway. President Morales was present on January 4 on the edge of the Uyuni salt flats in southern Bolivia at opening ceremonies for a pioneering state-owned lithium production plant. Bolivia possesses large deposits of lithium, essential in the manufacture of batteries used in electric cars, cell phones, and laptop computers.On the Island of the Sun, Morales denounced "this age of violence against human beings and nature." He called for "a new age -- an age where human beings and Mother Earth are one." In regard to the here and now, Jorge Lora Cam calls for "the exercise from below of practices marked by solidarity, participation, transparency, and social control. That's the only way society can eradicate Mafioso groups and networks. [Otherwise] the fundamental rights of the indigenous and people in general will be ignored."

YOUNG ORGANIZERS, UNWITTING VICTIMS OF THE U.S.-FUNDED FIGHT AGAINST GANGS IN EL SALVADOR
On December 12, 2012, 12 young people were arrested in the poor community of El Progreso 3, in the northeastern part of San Salvador. Dressed all in black with their faces covered, police from the much-feared Anti-Gang Unit stormed the community in the middle of night, going home to home, trampling down doors and pulling young people from a community center. The police claimed that the goal of the raid was to arrest suspected gang members, but several young community leaders were also apprehended, while their terrified families and neighbors looked on. The students were taken directly to jail, charged with illicit association, and thrown into crowded cells already filled with accused criminals awaiting trial.Now, nearly a month after the raid, neighbors and members of the Movement of Popular Resistance-October 12 (the MPR-12), a national alliance of community organizations and unions, are demanding that the six youth leaders arrested be released from the overcrowded temporary jail where they are being held in inhumane conditions. Community members gathered in front of the downtown office of the Ombudsman of Human Rights to show support for these falsely accused youth leaders and demand that the national police and specialized anti-gang units stop terrorizing the communities in and around the areas where the students were arrested.About 50 people, including family members and neighbors of the arrested youth, addressed the Salvadoran press and held signs declaring "Organizing to Improve Our Communities Is Not a Crime" and "Stop the Criminalization of Protest." Ana Gladis Rivera spoke about her twenty-five-year old son, Emerson Rivera, who, along with a friend and fellow youth organizer, Giovanni Aguirre, has been in hiding since the raid, fearing that to turn himself over to the authorities would land him in another overcrowded jail cell.Like the others, Emerson's mother was indignant at the charges of illicit association brought against her son, who has organized popular education schools, soccer tournaments, and health campaigns in the community, and has worked with his neighbors on infrastructure projects in which the municipal government declined to invest. The MPR-12 alliance awarded Emerson and Giovanni scholarships in recognition of their local and national youth organizing work, and the two were expecting to start their university studies this month. Rivera believes that her son and his fellow youth organizers are being targeted because of their involvement with the leftist FMLN party and their outspoken criticism of the administration of Mayor Norman Quijano of the right-wing ARENA party. Quijano, who is also ARENA's candidate for the 2014 presidential elections, has been widely criticized for his disregard for the poorer sectors of San Salvador. In November, Quijano ordered the violent eviction of thousands of street vendors, the majority of whom are single mothers with no other source of income.Since the young men are charged with being tied to gang or organized crime, their cases are part of a specialized court system made up of police judges trained by the U.S.-run International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA). Under this specialized system, it seems that the police need very little, or even no, evidence to charge suspects with illicit association. In their first hearing in December, neither the youths nor their lawyers were able to present evidence in their defense.

[ed notes:click link for whole article...

Former “Emerald Czar” lawyer
(and current Supreme Court justice)
Fernando Castro Caballero.

US GOVT STILL NOT SEEKING EXTRADITION OF COLOMBIAN EMERALD CZAR AND PARAMILITARY DEATHSQUAD LEADER,EXPOSING THE PLAN COLOMBIA FACADE... “Emerald Czar” Document Spurs Controversy, Investigation ...
Colombian prosecutors will investigate allegations in a recently published State Department cable that billionaire Víctor Carranza was “responsible for the October 1997 Miraflores massacre.” Reports of the new probe came via RCN and W Radio in Colombia, who joined a number of other media outlets in covering our declassified dossier on Colombia’s “Emerald Czar.” (En Español @ VerdadAbierta.com)
Pivoting off of our document release, Semana magazine columnist Daniel Coronell points out that Carranza’s former attorney, Fernando Castro Caballero, who just took a seat on Colombia’s Supreme Judicial Court, will have the final word on another important human rights case allegedly tied to Carranza: the 1997 Mapiripán massacre.Coronell says that a recent investigation has found that Castro had far stronger links to Carranza than he has previously said: [A]n investigation by Equipo Nizkor found documents that show that the link was much closer than the magistrate wants to admit. The truth is that doctor Castro Caballero served as Víctor Carranza’s legal advocate in the formation and financing of paramilitary groups.Coronell’s concerns about Carranza’s ability to manipulate the Colombian justice system are echoed in a declassified U.S. State Department cable published as part of our “Emerald Czar” collection.[ed notes:the us govt never,and even today hasnt asked for extradition,wich further exposes the facade and charade regarding the us and colombian extradition program...see why not here.. carranza,farouk,yair kleins financiers Colombi... - THENAKEDFACTS Links to this post - THENAKEDFACTS    ]

A cable from the U.S. Embassy in 1996 cites a source who explains that there had been two processes open against Víctor Carranza. In the first, none of the witnesses came forward. In the second, all of the witnesses had died.Coronell cites another cable from the collection in which a paramilitary leader using Carranza’s reported alias “freely admitted” that “he and men under his command” were “responsible for the October 1997 Miraflores massacre” and that the Colombian Army “had facilitated the operation ‘from beginning to end.’”“If Víctor Carranza is identified as the paramilitary chief of Meta and allied with the Castaño family,” asks Coronell, “should his former lawyer pronounce the final word of justice in the case of the Mapiripán massacre?”After previous attempts to prosecute Carranza failed to produce a conviction, the Human Rights Unit of the Colombian Prosecutor General’s Office (Fiscalía) opened a new investigation of Carranza’s paramilitary connections in February 2012 based largely on the testimony of former paramilitary chiefs linking Carranza to the financing and operations of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).

[ed notes:the us govt cant demand extradition because carranza will sing and testify,that he did exactly what us military advisers did as well,train paramilitaries in conjunction with colombia military personnel,and he will most probably reveal how he was connected in such activities doing so, thru a covert cia program called key 51,wich other rigthwing paramilitary deathsquad leaders already testified to in courts,such as baqero and others...it gets even better,trust me,the I.C.C.(imperial tool) to wich colombia is a signatory has recently said(after years of inaction of course)claimed they would step in,to handle cases wich colombia courts hampered or failed to investigate,especially high profile cases such as this one..meanwhile they havent(no surprise ,they are a fraudulent front)...more interesting news... the following..  A Big Day for the US and the ICC: Rewards for Justice Program Extended
The new year has brought some big news for the relationship between the ICC and the United States. According to the great folks at the American Non-Governmental Organizations Coalition for the International Criminal Court (AMICC), on January 3 Congress passed an expansion of the Rewards for Justice Program. The program will now cover individuals indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).The enhancement of the rewards program will mean that financial rewards can be dolled out by the American government to anyone who helps in the achieving ”the arrest or conviction in any country, or the transfer to or conviction by an international criminal tribunal (including a hybrid or mixed tribunal), of any foreign national accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, or genocide, as defined under the statute of such tribunal.’” According to the legislation (full text of original bill here), the expansion of the program was done in order to “target other individuals indicted by international, hybrid, or mixed tribunals for genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity.” [ed notes:here is the kicker,both  ICC,AND US GOVT are silent on the Carranza case...and neither are demanding arrest nor extradition..and we understand why of course...whats great is that both us govt and ICC by taking no action in regards to this case expose themselves even more then they already are..though justice for victims of Carranza is nowhere to be found,this case is prime evidence that US GOVT and ICC want no justice and have no interest in seeing it happen contrary to their claims to champion just that..

Increase in Narco-Politics Denounced in Paraguay
The seizure of 300 kilograms of cocaine, a light aircraft and a motorboat at a farm belonging to a retired army general who is supporting presidential candidate Horacio Cartes, has revived accusations against that politician.The accusations came from Rafael Filizzola, candidate for Vice President of the Republic in the upcoming elections, on the Liberal Radical Authentic Party ticket. Filizzola asserted that narco-politics (politicians connected to drug trafficking) are becoming more and more prevalent throughout the country.The police action at the farm of General Carlos Maggui, whose son is hoping to become a legislator for the Colorado party which nominated Cartes as its presidential candidate, was just one of the drug-related seizures Filizzola mentioned, at farms belonging to Cartes.In the operation, four people were arrested and four others managed to escape. One of them was injured after a shooting against police agents, according to the official report.In his statements, Filizzola said that it was hard to believe in coincidences in a country where narco-politics are becoming an increasingly troubling problem.Luis Rojas, chief of operations of the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat, revealed that they managed to intercept the light aircraft on a portion of Maggui's property, when there was a shooting against the drug dealers.According to information gathered by the secretariat, the drugs were meant to be unloaded at a secret runway so that they could be transported by motorboat along the river Aguaray up to a specific point from where they would continue by land until reaching Ciudad de Pedro Juan Caballero.Filizzola said it was a strategic place for air and river drug traffic and by making such open accusations, he joins a number of different political parties in their claims against Cartes, a wealthy businessman that hopes to become the nation's president.

sex party in Honduran embassy in Bogota
The embassy of Honduras in Bogota has been robbed after an employee used the office to throw a party involving prostitutes and an abundance of alcohol, reported a Honduras newspaper Thursday.According to Honduran newspaper El Heraldo the embassy was robbed of computers and cell phones and invitees to the extra-official party defecated in the ambassador's private office and on the military attache's desk.The newspaper said the party and subsequent robbery put Honduran national security, joint efforts to fight crime, and the diplomatic mission in Bogota at risk.According to the newspaper, the December 20 party had been thrown by an assistant of the ambassador who, in contravention of the rules, was allowed to live in the embassy and was even given the keys to the building.The employee reportedly felt "lonely" and invited Colombian friends over, with whom the Honduran left the embassy, got "completely drunk" and returned with an unknown number of prostitutes.Instead of firing the embassy employee, Ambassador Carlos Humberto Rodriguez took the party organizer into his home while trying to stop the scandal from going public.The ambassador failed to respond to requests to clarify the situation.