Already, oil trading in Europe has seen oil prices jump $2.00 per barrel since Friday.
It is due to the attacks on Libya.
In a CNNMoney survey 16 out 23 leading economists say rising oil prices are the number one threat to any economic recovery.
Interestingly The Federal Reserve showed little concern over rising oil/fuel prices during its March 15 meeting.
While Germany abstained from voting on UNSCR 1973, it is going to help the U.S. bomb Libya anyway.
The German Luftwaffe will replace USAF/NATO units in Afghanistan, so those units can be used against Libya.
Chancellor Angela Merkel specifically mentioned replacing NATO AWACS units.
The German magazine Der Spiegel has published photos that show U.S. troops in Afghanistan taking part in “trophy killing” of Afghans.
“The guys in my group have murdered an innocent Afghan. He was my age. They planned everything out. I knew about it, but didn’t believe that it would actually happen. Almost everyone in the group knows full well what happened, and they think it’s ok. I’m the only one who doesn’t. I want to do something about it, but I don’t have the courage.” -Facebook posting by alleged whistleblower
Some of the photos show that the victims were handcuffed together. Another photo shows a dead victim with their pants pulled down, and a U.S. soldier grinning. Kind of like the Abu Ghraib photos from Iraq, but this time people were murdered.
“We apologize for the distress these photos cause. The actions portrayed in these photographs remain under investigation and are now the subject of ongoing U.S. court-martial proceedings.” -U.S. Army
Notice that the U.S. Army apologizes for the photos, not the actions of their troops. Army officials have stated that the troops violated policies, but there is no apology to the victim’s families.
The U.S. soldiers, part of the Stryker Brigade, are a self described “Kill Team”. They faked enemy ambushes so they could justify killing unarmed men.
Der Spiegel magazine published only 3 of the 4,000 photos, because most of the photos were too “disgusting”. The photos are being used in the court martial hearings.
Belgium (even though Belgium has been without an operating government for months now), Canada, Denmark, France, Italy (the main user of Libyan oil), Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, and Norway have announced their direct military action against Libya (in the form of actual attacks, or providing military support).
Arab League member Qatar said they will take part in military action. That is now in question since the Arab League now says they were basically tricked into supporting the UNSCR 1973 against Libya.
“the African Union rejects the idea of foreign military intervention in Libya, regardless of its form.” -Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of Mauritania
At the current African Union summit, being held in Mauritania, union members are demanding an end to all military actions in Libya. The African Union is upset that a member of the African Union is being attacked. That’s right, Libya is an African country, despite western media continually referring to Libya as the Middle East.
The African Union boycotted the emergency meeting in Paris, France.
War isn’t free, and there is no true return on the ‘investment’ into war mongering. So how are those countries attacking Libya going to fund their operation? I have a suspicion, but in the case of the United States it’s not oil.
Notice that the lead countries in this act of war are; United States, United Kingdom and France. All of them are in big financial/economic trouble. They are all implementing austerity measures to address lack of funding for their governments. That includes cutting many social programs for their citizens.
The push to attack Libya came fast, especially when compared to how much effort Bush Jr put into pushing for attacking Iraq. Back then it was thought he rushed the process, but compare that to Obama’s push to attack Libya. One U.S. congressman said Obama did not consult with Congress, at least Bush Jr did.
This is all suspicious. Especially when it is clear the Libyan protesters are not peaceful, and that in other Arab countries truly peaceful protesters have been killed, yet there is no call by Obama to take out those governments.
Most people around the world believe the attack on Iraq was about oil. It was, but not for U.S. oil companies. British Petroleum was awarded the biggest oil contracts in Iraq (by the way BP has been quietly taking over oil operations within the United States). In fact most oil contracts in Iraq did not go to U.S. oil companies.
Why would the U.S. take part in oil grabs if its oil companies are not benefiting? This is proof that the United States has become the bully puppet of the British Commonwealth (aka British Empire).
Notice that the price of oil shoots up when something like this happens. Our governments are controlled by the corporations. The corporations make big profits when prices go up. The corporations now use the governments to create situations that cause prices to go up. Of course the corporations are not 100% reliant on oil sources in North Africa and the Middle East. In fact BP has been busy taking over oil production in the U.S., and has just made deals with the Russians. But the price of oil still goes up during war, regardless of where the oil comes from. So they can shut down oil supply in one area, through war for example, driving up the price, and they will still make hugh profits off their other sources of oil. Does anybody notice that despite oil companies saying their operating costs keep going up, they continue to report record profits?
So military action may be for the benefit of the oil corporations, but that doesn’t explain how the governments are going to fund the operations. We the people are going to pay for it. Through increased taxes, new taxes and cuts to the benefits you’re supposed to be getting in return for your tax payments. Anybody remember the official reason for the American colonists revolution against the British Empire? Taxes placed on the American colonists to pay for wars fought by the British Empire, and, lack of representation for the American colonists in the British government. That’s what created the United States.
Here we area again, paying for wars that benefit the British Empire, and with this latest war our Congress wasn’t even consulted! Taxation without representation! Wake up people!
People in the United Kingdom are taking to the streets to protest their government’s involvement in the attacks on Libya.
The Stop the War Coalition says the end result will not be the freedom of Libyans, but control by the western world. They also want to know why their country (U.K. aka Britain) is attacking Libya, supposedly to protect citizens, and has done nothing to stop other countries from attacking peaceful protesters.
In Boston, U.S., Members of Act Now to End War and End Racism were protesting, saying that oil was the only reason that The United States wants to attack Libya.
In Washington DC, more than 100 anti-war protesters, including the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers about Vietnam, were arrested outside the White House.
Protests are taking place on the west coast of the U.S. as well. Some protesters are targeting military recruiters.
U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel , D-NY, said he was angry that Congress was not consulted before the military strikes. He said he was undecided on whether the military action against Libya was justified.
“What we want is civilians’ protection not shelling more civilians.” said Amr Moussa, the head of the Arab League.
Moussa said international military actions have gone beyond any so called no fly zone, and are actually causing more civilian deaths. This is exactly what critics of the resolution warned of.
French president Sarkozy worked hard to convince the Arab League to support a so called no fly zone. When you read the historic resolution it is clear that it is more than a no fly zone, because it authorizes any/all military action.
The Arab League will now hold an emergency meeting. This will affect the military action against Libya because several Arab League members are supposed to be taking part in that action.
The 9.0 quake that struck Japan could very easily cost more than $100 billion in damages. Don’t expect that insurance policy to cover it.
Insurance companies might cover as little as $12 billion of losses.
Eqecat, a catastrophe-modeling firm, estimated that the quake may trigger only $12 billion to $25 billion of insured losses.
And the government of the United States wants a health care system totally controlled by the insurance industry?
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