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World War 3: Japan scrambles record number of interceptors in 2011

Japan’s Air Self Defense Force announced that Fiscal Year 2011 was a record setting year for intercepts of foreign military aircraft entering Japan’s air space.

425 Japanese fighters were scrambled (usually F-15 Eagles), which is 39 more than 2010.

247 intercept missions were against Russian aircraft.  156 missions against Chinese aircraft.

The JASDF says Russia and China have greatly increased their military reconnaissance flights around Japan.  JASDF also pointed out that such intercept missions dropped sharply when the Cold War ended (officially in 1991), but have seen an even sharper increase since 2005.

Japan’s fiscal year ends in March.

Business/Economics, International

What Economic Recovery? Spain hits record unemployment, highest in Europe!

April 27, 2012, Spain’s National Statistics Institute announced that Spain’s unemployment rate is officially at 24.4%, the highest ever for Spain, and currently the highest in Europe!

That’s 5.6 million people out of work in a country with a population of 46 million people!

The 24.4% rate is for the first quarter of 2012.  It’s a 370,000 increase from the last quarter of 2011!

Now realize that Spain is considered the fourth largest economy in Europe!

The government of Spain plans on enacting even more spending cuts, and increases in taxes.  Mmmm, I think that’s whats actually making things worse?

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

World War 3: World Bank giving Afghanistan $150 million annually. 12 cops killed. DA assassinated. More “leaders” captured.

April 28, 2012, Mujahideen Spring Offensive rolls on.

In Kandahar Province, two cops and two Mujahideen were killed.  The anti-government freedom fighters tried to blow up the provincial government building, but were caught in a firefight with security guards.

In Wardak Province, ten cops were killed on April 27, after they drove over a mine.

Also on April 27, Mujahideen assassinated the District Attorney for the Farsi district of Herat Province.  Herat has suffered daily attacks for at least a week now.

Despite the increasing attacks by Mujahideen, Afghan government officials (backed up by ISAF officials) continue to make claims of capturing “Taliban” and “Haqqani” leaders.

The April 28 claim says they captured five “leaders” after seek and destroy/capture missions in Khost, Kandahar, Helmand, Nangarhar and Ghazni provinces.

As usual they also claim to have captured a plethora of weapons.  I have questioned the reliability of these reports before.  These reports are being issued every 24 hours and it just seems unbelievable their claims of the number of leaders, weapons and even drugs captured on a daily basis, and yet the Mujahideen Spring Offensive is actually picking up speed.

ISAF announced that another U.S./NATO troop was killed, this time in a non-combat incident. As is their SOP no further details were given.

As of April 28, at least 133 NATO service members have been killed since the beginning of 2012.

April 28, the Trilateral Commission’s World Bank has announced that they will give Afghanistan $150 million USD every year, for the next three years!

World Bank officials say they decided to provide Afghanistan with the money, because after the supposed U.S./NATO pullout in 2014 international donations (government grants?) are expected to take a huge drop.

This is proof that the current Afghan economy is being propped up by donations, mainly from occupying countries.  The World Bank is afraid that without the $150 million per year the U.S. puppet government of Afghanistan will not survive (gee, something similar happened after the Soviets pulled out in 1989).

The U.S. based World Bank has already provided the U.S. puppet government of Afghanistan with more than $2 billion USD since the U.S. invaded in 2001.  World Bank officials also admitted that money given to the puppet government has not been spent properly.

International, U.S.

World War 3: Four more U.S./NATO troops dead. More huge drug stashes found.

International Security Assistance Force announced that four more U.S./NATO personnel were killed on April 26, 2012.  They were killed by an explosion.

At least 131 NATO service members including 88 U.S. troops, 15 British troops and 28 soldiers from the other occupying countries have been killed since the beginning of 2012.

Reports are confusing, ISAF might actually be re-reporting the deaths of four U.S./NATO soldiers already reported on Thursday. One was shot by an Afghan soldier, the other three were killed when they drove over a mine.  If not, then there is a steady increase in the number of attacks on U.S./NATO forces.

The Afghan government is reporting more “leaders” captured, this time in Khost and Helmand provinces (the usual provinces).

In Kandahar, officials claim they’ve captured 7,000 kilograms (15,400 pounds) of hashish.

 

 

Business/Economics, International

What Economic Recovery? Postal Service to be fully privatized

April 27, 2012, Japan’s House of Councillors passed a bill that would merge the country’s two postal service providers into one privatized corporation.

There is already a 2005 law that requires the Japanese government to give up all financial control of their postal system by September 2017.

This new bill, a resolution to the 2005 law, drops the deadline date, but also allows the new privatized single postal service to begin operations without government approval.

There is opposition to the privatization of Japan’s postal service.  When the 2005 law was passed it was done by dissolving Japan’s House of Representatives, most of whom were opposed to privatization.  In other words it was passed by unfairly eliminating the governmental opposition.

To try and counter the 2005 law, a new law was passed that froze any further sale of government held Japan Post stock.  However, this new law overrides that and the current government says they will use the money to pay for post March 11, 2011, disaster reconstruction (which indicates the government is broke).

Note: Japan is part of the Trilateral Commission (Europe, North America, Japan/Asia)

International, U.S.

World War 3: Soldier from Georgia killed in Afghanistan. More U.S./NATO deaths. Mujahideen launch major attack on Afghan cops. Another Afghan soldier kills U.S./NATO soldier.

April 26, 2012, Badakhshan provincial officials report that Mujahideen attacked a police check point.  At least three police officers were killed, three others were wounded and 16 others were taken prisoner.

On top of that 21 police officers have gone missing.  Officials say the check point had a total of 43 cops, which means all the police were killed, wounded, captured or ran away!

In Kandahar Province three U.S./NATO personnel were wounded after their vehicle ran over a mine.  Other international reports say three soldiers were killed.  Mujahideen claim they killed five U.S. soldiers with the mine.

In Helmand Province, a soldier from the country of Georgia (not a current NATO member, but a puppet of the United States), has been killed by an explosion: “He had been serving in the Georgian Armed Forces since 2004. Sergeant Khujadze also participated in a peacekeeping mission in Iraq. In 2011 he was awarded with the Medal for Participation in Peacekeeping Operations.”-Georgian government statement

This makes the 16th soldier from the country of Georgia to be killed in Afghanistan.

The announcement from Georgian officials came after International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) reported another NATO death.  Since ISAF does not give details, and since Georgia is being considered for membership in NATO, it could be possible that ISAF was referring to the Georgian soldier’s death.

ISAF also claims that more members of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan were captured, this time in Wardak Province.  At least one militant was killed. ISAF also says a “Haqqani” leader was captured in Khost Province.

Also in Wardak Province, local officials say three women were killed when their house was hit by a rocket. No one knows who fired the rocket. The incident took place on April 23.

On the night of April 25, a man wearing Afghan army uniform shot and killed a U.S./NATO soldier.  Occupying forces returned fire and killed the Afghan soldier.  USFOR-A team is investigating the incident.

According to icasualties.org U.S./NATO deaths are now at 127 for 2012.

 

Business/Economics, International, Technology, U.S.

What Economic Recovery? Nintendo suffers first loss ever in 30 years!

April 26, 2012, Kyoto-based video game maker Nintendo reported its first ever loss.

Nintendo officials say they lost $530 million USD in fiscal year 2011.  Japan’s fiscal year ends in March.

2011 sales crashed 36%.  However, total sales was still about $7.9 billion USD.

Company officials blame the sales crash on the high asking price for their 3DS system.  They dropped the price in August, hoping to increase sales.  By dropping the price they ended up cutting their profits.

Today’s reported loss is the first loss for Nintendo since 1981!

Nintendo has a new game system that will be for sale in Europe, North America and Japan, before December 2012.

 

International, U.S.

World War 3: More lies from Afghanistan

“Since December, all U.S. counter terrorism and special forces missions have been Afghan led.”-Lieutenant Colonel Jimmie Cummings, U.S. Army

According to a new study, Lt Col Cummings is a liar.  Just today I questioned the daily 24 hour battle reports being given by the Afghan National Security Forces. Their reports seem canned in that it’s almost the same number of killed and wounded everyday, just about the same locations everyday, the same claims of weapons captured, and even the same claims of illegal drugs destroyed.

Either the “Taliban” are more active than we’re being told, or someone is lying about Afghan/Coalition (occupiers) military operations.

A new report by the Kabul based Afghan Analysts Network (AAN) says that many of the so called Afghan led operations are actually led by U.S./NATO forces, and sometimes no Afghan forces are involved at all!

In their report titled Death of an Uruzgan Journalist: Command Errors and Collateral Damage, the authors focus on a 2011 incident, where a suicide bomber blew up a radio station.   In the aftermath a U.S. soldier killed an innocent reporter who was a survivor of the suicide bombing.

Initially the U.S. tried to cover it up by insisting the Afghan troops were the ones who responded to the bombing.  International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) refused to comment on whether U.S. led occupying forces were the ones who responded.

The AAN report says even now ISAF continues to present the incident as an “Afghan led” response.  AAN says what they discovered in trying to find out what happened to a reporter who had been targeted in the past, by both Mujahideen and U.S. occupying forces,  is that the United States is trying to give the impression that most military operations are fully under the direction of the Afghan government, possibly to justify an early withdrawal of U.S. troops.

 

 

 

 

 

International, U.S.

World War 3: Red Dawn for Real! Russian Airborne landing in Colorado! All part of the War on Terror!

In 1984 I saw the movie Red Dawn.  I was already in the U.S. military, hyped up on anti-commie propaganda.

The movie envisions (but doesn’t really go into the details) a United States that has lost favor with the world, and the Soviets take advantage and invade the U.S. state of Colorado.

Well, here it is 2012, and the United States has lost favor with the world, and Russian airborne forces are headed for Fort Carson, Colorado!

“This is the first time such an event is being held. The Russian airborne will contribute a special task group that will exercise with U.S. special service weapons.”-Colonel Aleksandr Kucherenko, Russian Defense Ministry

According to Russian officials, this first time joint war game between Russian and U.S. forces, on U.S. territory, is being done in the name of the U.S. led War on Terror: “According to the exercise scenario, soldiers of the two countries will hold a tactical airborne operation, including reconnaissance of an imaginary terrorists’ camp and a raid.”-Colonel Aleksandr Kucherenko, Russian Defense Ministry

When does this go down? May 24-31, 2012.

International, U.S.

World War 3: Israel doing a 180 on Iran, now says Iran is NOT a threat! Egypt is!

April 25, 2012, Israel’s Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Benny Gantz, told Israeli media that Iran was not a nuclear threat!

He based his statements on a report that was published back in February. That report cited 16 intelligence agencies that said Iran is not a nuclear threat. But General Gantz is not the first, or most important, Israeli official to back off of Iran.

On April 22, Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company canceled its deal with Israel, causing Israeli politicians to have a shit fit: “This is a dangerous precedent that diminishes the peace treaty!”-Yuval Steinitz, Israeli Finance Minister

As a result, probably the most influential politician in Israel, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, announced that Egypt was now Israel’s greatest threat: “We have to be prepared for all possibilities…The Egyptian issue is much more disturbing than the Iranian issue!” (statement was reported in an Israeli newspaper, which was paraphrasing what Lieberman was telling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a closed door/private meeting)

This is just proof that what our glorious leaders tell us (whatever it is about) is unadulterated crap!