IAEA: Iran Did Not Underreport Enrichment

They added that nothing indicates that Iran made any deliberate attempts to conceal the amount of uranium it had enriched, that Iran had been cooperating on the matter to improve future estimates, and that no nuclear material could have been removed from the facility.

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Destabilizing Pakistan, America Plays with Fire

The fact is, most Pakistanis believe religion is a private matter and should be separate from the public sphere. But that doesn't inhibit the TTP and other jihadist outfits from imposing their sectarian will by force and now, with the complicity of the state.

While the Western media portray the country as a hot-bed of fundamentalist extremism, the Taliban-linked parties were shown the door in the 2008 national elections, installing "secular" parties busily negotiating their rights away. Closely associated with the venal Musharraf regime, the five-party alliance, the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), which had garnered some 15% of the vote in 2002 and controlled the NWFP government suffered a devastating loss. As socialist critic and historian Tariq Ali wrote on the deadly embrace of Pakistani elites and their American neocolonial partners,

Back in the heart of Pakistan the most difficult and explosive issue remains social and economic inequality. This is not unrelated to the increase in the number of madrassas. If there were a half-decent state education system, poor families might not feel the need to hand over a son or kdaughter to the clerics in the hope that at least one child will be clothed, fed, and educated. Were there even the semblance of a health care system, many would be saved from illnesses contracted as a result of fatigue and poverty. No government since 1947 has done much to reduce inequality. ...

I spent my last day in Karachi with fishermen in a village near Korangi Creek. The government has signed away the mangroves where shellfish and lobsters flourish, and land is being reclaimed to build Diamond City, Sugar City, and other monstrosities on the Gulf model. The fishermen had been campaigning against these encroachments, but with little success. "We need a tsunami," one of them half joked. We talked about their living conditions. "All we dream of is schools for our children, medicines and clinics in our villages, clean water and electricity in our homes," one woman said. "Is that too much to ask for?" Nobody even mentioned religion. (The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power, New York: Scribner, 2008, p. 27)

Lees verder: Tom Burghardt op Global Research

NIC Global Trends 2025 report: US influence on the decline

The Global Trends 2025 report released from the US National Intelligence Council (NIC) has confirmed what analysts have been saying for years: The United States is in the beginning stages of a long period of decline.

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General in Iraq: Deal letting U.S. troops stay may break down

SAMARRA, Iraq | In a blunt assessment, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, Army Gen. Raymond Odierno, said Thursday that there is a 20 percent to 30 percent chance that the United States and Iraq won't reach a deal to allow U.S. troops to operate in Iraq past Dec. 31.

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Verkiezingsfraude is alweer in volle gang

De Pers bericht over de kennelijke verkiezingsfraude bij de early votings in de VS. Voornamelijk leden van de zwarte bevolking lijken de dupe.

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Khomeini

Was the Ayatollah Khomeini secretly working with the US and UK governments?

Was Iran working with the CIA at the time of the 1980 hostage crisis and the October Surprise?

Was Iran working with the CIA at the time of the Lockerbie Bombing?

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Melamine may be in US food supply

In China, ANYTHING made with Chinese-manufactured milk powder before September 14th was PULLED from their store shelves.

In the US, this garbage is still being sold!

Foods at risk: ANY food manufactured in China and potentially any food containing milk powder. US food manufacturers imported millions of pounds of milk powder from China before September 14th. The FDA continues to allow to be sold.

This includes chocolate, cookies, cakes, and even things like packaged macaroni and cheese.

Lees verder op Brasscheck TV

US Faces International Condemnation in Wake of Syria Strike

While the White House has declined comment and other US officials defended the strike on a Syrian border town yesterday which killed eight, international condemnation rained down on the strike from a number of sources.

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Nine die in US helicopter attack inside Syria: report

Nine people were killed on Sunday when US helicopters attacked a village inside Syria along its border with Iraq, the private television channel al-Dunia reported on Sunday.

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Iran was iets te moeilijk?

Early Voting Sees Reports of Voter Intimidation, Machine Malfunctions

Early voting has begun, and problems are already emerging at the polls. In West Virginia, voters using touchscreen machines have claimed their votes were switched from Democrat to Republican. In North Carolina, a group of McCain supporters heckled a group of mostly black supporters of Barack Obama. In Ohio, Republicans are being accused of trying to scare newly registered voters by filing lawsuits that question their eligibility.

Lees verder op Democracy Now

U.S. official issues a blunt warning on security pact

The chairman, Admiral Mike Mullen, also pointedly accused Iran of working to undermine efforts to negotiate and approve a status of forces deal.

Speaking to reporters in Riga, Latvia, Mullen said he respected the need for Iraqis to engage in "a healthy debate" over important issues of sovereignty, such as the Dec. 31 expiration date of the UN Security Council Resolution authorizing the American-led military effort.

"But we are clearly running out of time" he warned. He said he was "increasingly concerned" about the sharp public criticisms within Iraq of the proposed text.

Indeed, his remarks came amid reports that the Iraqi cabinet had decided Tuesday to ask the United States for unspecified changes in the draft security pact that would allow U.S. troops to remain in Iraq for another three years.

Lees verder op IHT

Warning over US election problems

Researchers are warning of potential problems during the US election with record numbers set to vote and many states using new voting machines.

Lees verder op BBC

Staat van beleg in VS?

Volgens Congresman Burgess(R) wel, in ieder geval.



Dit plaatst het bericht over binnenlandse militaire ordetroepen wel in een ander perspectief. Wat betekent dat op termijn voor ons?

Kredietcrisisje in een cocktail met nog wat opgeklopte Europese terreurpaniek? Doen ze in de VS namelijk ook!

Met hulp van een dooie CIA-agent.

Turkey Pulls Out of Deal to Buy Iranian Gas Under Pressure From US

Iranian president's two-day lobbying visit ends in disappointment as Istanbul rejects 1.87bn deal Turkey delivered a humiliating snub to Iran's visiting president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, yesterday by backing out of a lucrative energy deal under pressure from the US government, which feared it would enhance Iranian nuclear ambitions.

Signing the £1.87bn agreement to provide Turkey with Iranian natural gas - on which memoranda of understanding had already been agreed - was to have been the crowning achievement of Ahmadinejad's two-day visit to Istanbul, which Turkish officials had agreed to after intense Iranian lobbying. Iran is Turkey's second-biggest energy supplier after Russia and has been seeking to woo Turkish investment in its South Pars gas fields.

But as Ahmadinejad met his Turkish counterpart, Abdullah Gül, at Ciragan Palace in Istanbul, it emerged that US intervention had effectively torpedoed a deal.

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Canada, U.S. agree to use each other's troops in civil emergencies

Canada, U.S. agree to use each other's troops in civil emergencies
David Pugliese , Canwest News Service
Published: Friday, February 22, 2008

Canada and the U.S. have signed an agreement that paves the way for the militaries from either nation to send troops across each other's borders during an emergency, but some are questioning why the Harper government has kept silent on the deal.

Neither the Canadian government nor the Canadian Forces announced the new agreement, which was signed Feb. 14 in Texas. Bron

Met dank aan Abdul Haq

Pakistan beschuldigt VS van steun aan terrorisme

De Morgen meldt:

Harde bewijzen
Zowel president Pervez Musharraf, legerleider Ashfaq Pervez Kayani als de chef van de spionagedienst ISI, Nadeem Taj, zouden in vergaderingen met twee Amerikaanse hoogwaardigheidsbekleders op 12 juli harde en ook indirecte bewijzen voorgelegd hebben van Amerikaanse steun aan terrorisme binnen Pakistan.

Het artikel in Hindustan Times

Ondertussen dreigt Musharraf afgezet te worden. De vraag is wie hem dan zou vervangen. Gematigde krachten, of Taliban-aanhangers? Hou in gedachten dat Pakistan atoomwapens heeft...

'VS beschermde Karadzic'

In 2000 kwam de CIA erachter dat Karadzic persoonlijk vergaderingen bleef voorzitten van zijn zogenaamde Servische Democratische Partij (SDS). ,,In Amerika werden ze stapelgek toen zij beseften dat Karadzic ze voor de gek hield'', aldus de bron.

De Pers

Tja...je krijgt wat je geeft...

The Coming Catastrophe?

It’s no secret that the U.S. is currently putting the finishing touches on several contingency plans for attacking Iranian nuclear and military facilities. With our ground forces stretched to the breaking point in Iraq and Afghanistan, none of the most likely scenarios involve a ground invasion. Not that this administration wouldn’t prefer to march into the seat of Shiite Islam behind a solid, moving line of M1 Abrams tanks and proclaim the country for democracy. The fact is that even the President knows we can’t pull that off any more so he and the neo-cons will have to settle for Shock and Awe Lite.

More at Global Research

Turkish newspaper reveals Maliki’s wait-game

Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyat [via alriyadh] revealed why Maliki is playing a time game and why the Kurds want to sign the agreement as soon as possible:

Iraqi government asked both Turkey and Iran to provide written guarantees on security cooperation with Iraq, in exchange for abandoning the security agreement the U.S.

The newspaper uncovered, that Baghdad is waiting for answers from Tehran and Ankara, and will cancel the whole idea of the agreement in case Iran and Turkey provide such guarantees.

Uruknet

This actually means that US military presence would no longer be necessary. If it ever was. It also means that a US/Israeli attack on Iran would become virtually impossible, without upsetting Nato-partner Turkey, and without sparking a major new wave of violence and political instability in Iraq.

Let's just hope no 'incident' will happen in the near future, to prevent this deal from happening.