08 March 2013/25 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/18 Esfand 1391
VP Maduro has sworn in as interim Presidente, evening of 08 March 2013.
“Long live commander Chavez!!!” shouted after Nicolás Maduro Moros swears in as interim Presidente.
Defense Minister Diego Molero says the military supports Nicolás Maduro Moros.
Presidential elections will be held in 30 days.
The following statements were made during the 06 March 2013/23 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/16 Esfand 1391 U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee questioning of Department of Justice oversight.
“In the case of bank prosecution. I’m concerned we have a mentality of ‘too big to jail’ in the financial sector….Assistant Attorney General Breuer said that one reason that DoJ has not sought these prosecutions is because it reaches out to ‘experts’ to see what effect the prosecution will have on the financial markets.”-Chuck Grassley, U.S. Senator from Iowa
“…I am concerned that the size of some of these institutions becomes so large that it does become difficult for us to prosecute them when we are hit with indications that if we do prosecute…..it will have a negative impact on the national economy, perhaps even the world economy.”-Eric Holder, U.S. Attorney General
Another U.S. Senator, and economist, went nuts when she heard those statements: “It has been almost five years since the financial crisis, but the big banks are still too big to fail? That means they are subsidized by about $83 billion a year by American taxpayers and are still not being held fully accountable for breaking the law! Attorney General Holder’s testimony that the biggest banks are Too Big to Jail shows once again that it is past time to end Too Big to Fail!”-Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
Where’s the main streamer media on this one?
Those of us who’ve been dealing with long term unemployment have already seen our economy “negatively impacted”, it’s time for those who destroyed our economy to pay!
08 March 2013/25 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/18 Esfand 1391
China voted for the latest UN sanctions against Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which led to Pyongyang’s declaration of war.
Now China is calling for calm: “China calls on relevant parties to exercise calm and restraint, and avoid actions that might further escalate tensions.”-Hua Chunying, spokeswoman Chinese Foreign Ministry
Chinese officials defended their vote against Democratic People’s Republic of Korea by saying it was “…objective and fair…”
08 March 2013/25 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/18 Esfand 1391
Israeli soldiers attacked protesting Palestinians at the al-Aqsa Mosque. Palestinians responded with firebombs.
The protest has been ongoing since Israeli soldiers stormed the Mosque on 03 March 2013. They broke up a Qur’an recitation, with one IDF troop kicking and trampling the Qur’an.
No mention by U.S. media!
Also not mentioned is that fact that Israel has not stopped attacking Gazans. The latest attack involves an attack by IDF personnel on farmers in the town of Jabalia. One Palestinian wounded. This is yet another violation of the most recent cease fire agreement. Last week six Palestinians were wounded by IDF troops in Gaza Strip.
The navies of United States, Greece and Israel have begun two week long war games. This is a continuation of war games started in 2011 called Noble Dina. The main purpose of the war games is to protect new natural gas operations in the massive Leviathan petroleum fields under the Mediterranean Sea.
08 March 2013/25 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/18 Esfand 1391
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has declared the 1953 non-aggression pact void! As of 11 March 2013 the northern half of Korea will now consider itself at war with the southern half, and the United States!
Officials in Pyongyang are shutting down their operations at the Demilitarized Zone.
There are reports that Kim Jong Un visited front line military units deployed on an island off the western coast of the Korean Peninsula. Apparently he ordered the military to quickly annihilate the enemy in a single attack.
Other reports say Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s KCNA news agency is reporting that the people are “…ready to fight a Korean style all-out war.”
KCNA also reported that the war will not be confined to the peninsula, and it mentioned future precision strikes targeting “…enemy deployed on five islets…”
The latest claims by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea come after the Republic of Korea declared “…Kim Jong-un’s regime will perish from earth.”
That threat from the South was in response to the North’s threat to use nukes in a first strike against its enemies. See more of the tit for tat here.
07 March 2013/24 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/17 Esfand 1391
At a rally held in Pyongyang, Korea, a military officer revealed to the crowds that they have inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBM), armed with new smaller nuclear warheads, aimed at the United States.
This comes shortly after the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea said they reserve the right to make preemptive nuclear strikes against the capital cities of their enemies, like the U.S.
That followed the United Nations Security Council passing a new sanctions resolution against the East Asian country. Also, Australia announced it would not allow Pyongyang to re-open their embassy in Canberra.
And those actions followed a threat from Pyongyang to nullify the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953.
That threat came because of the announced military war games held by the United States and the Republic of Korea. Those war games are being conducted now.
This year’s tit for tat can be traced back to the launch of a rocket by Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which was followed by an underground nuclear weapons test.
04 March 2013/21 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/14 Esfand 1391
In Farah Province, an eight years old boy tending the family’s sheep was killed by U.S. led ISAF drone strike. It happened in the Aab Solakh area of Pusht Rod district.
In Badghis Province, two mercenaries (Arbaki) joined the Mujahideen.
In Uruzgan Province, the mayor of Chora district, and a trainer for a local police academy, were wounded after they drove over a landmine. They were medivaced out. Also in Chora district, an ISAF armored vehicle hit a landmine and was destroyed.
03 March 2013/20 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/13 Esfand 1391
In Badakhshan Province, Mujahideen attacked a police supply convoy. Various reports say the battle lasted several hours, resulting in between six and 15 people killed and 12 wounded. Two trucks were destroyed.
In Kabul City, body guards of a politician open fired on a civilian vehicle killing a woman, and wounding two men inside. They later admitted they mistook the car as a militant vehicle, because it failed to stop at a local police checkpoint. Local police had warned the body guards that there might be an attack on the politician.
U.S. led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) announced they will spend $11 million USD on rebuilding Salang tunnel. Of course that money is coming from taxes paid by the people of the various countries involved with ISAF.
02 March 2013/19 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/12 Esfand 1391
In Paktia Province, two Afghan National Army troops joined the Mujahideen.
Reports that a civilian contractor working for ISAF in southern Afghanistan, has been killed in an explosion. No details given.
01 March 2013/18 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/11 Esfand 1391
In Uruzgan Province, Australian Diggers called in an Apache helicopter airstrike that killed two children. The AH-64 crew fired at the boys instead of the intended target. ISAF confirms: “I offer my personal apology and condolences to the family of the boys who were killed…”-USMC General Joseph Dunford
In Pakistan, the Religious Scholars Council has ruled suicide attacks in Afghanistan, Palestine and Kashmir are now officially permitted. The Pakistan clerics were to attended a conference with Afghan clerics, but changed their minds saying there are too many opposing opinions on how to handle the continued occupations of Afghanistan, Palestine and Kashmir.
06 March 2013/23 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/16 Esfand 1391
After nine years, the U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) has issued his Final Report. It proves the George W. Bush administration not only arrogant, but inept and possibly down right criminal.
First, realize that the reconstruction would not have been necessary if the Bush Jr administration had not invaded Iraq. U.S. taxpayers were forced to spend about $1 trillion USD on invading and occupying Iraq (that does not include tax money spent in 2012). Another $60 billion tax dollars were spent on reconstructing the country after we destroyed it!
The Final Report from SIGIR shows that most of the corruption involving reconstruction money involved U.S. citizens, not Iraqis, and even saw the Bush administration putting convicted felons in control of untold tons of cash (yes, tons of cash, there was so much U.S. tax money being sent to Iraq they weighed it instead of counting it!).
To make matters worse, former Secretary of State, and Desert Storm hero, Colin Powell has re-admitted he lied about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction in his latest book, It Worked For Me: In Life and Leadership. Powell also says the Bushy Boy administration never debated any justifications about invading Iraq, they just wanted to do it. This makes the U.S. invasion of Iraq a war crime under international law. The very law that the United States help create.
Second, the final SIGIR report listed lessons to be learned from the Iraq occupation, lessons that were available from the British occupation of Iraq after the First World War (WW1). Obviously the Bush administration was inept when it came to learning lessons from history, even though Bushy Boy has a four year degree in History from Yale!
In 2006 I wrote my Senior Thesis on the 20th Century history of Iraq, from the end of WW1 up to the takeover by Saddam Hussein. There is plenty of historical data from the British occupation to have given any future occupier fair warning of what to expect. I concluded that the United States was making the same mistakes as the British Empire and would eventually pullout after wasting a lot of time, lives and tax money, just like the British did. One things for sure, Texans like Bushy Boy like to do things big, and he more than exceeded anything the British Empire did when they tried to directly control Iraq.
SIGIR found that many reconstruction projects, being run by U.S. contractors, were never completed, or poorly completed with at least 40% of projects being deficient, and that none of the projects actually addressed what Iraqis needed! In other words, U.S. contractors had a field day creating projects to justify taking your tax money!
And for all those main streamer media reports blaming corruption on Iraqi officials, SIGIR’s Final Report blames most of it on your fellow ‘mericans. So far 98 contractors and U.S. government personnel (including military officers) have been suspended. 104 people have been indited, 82 convicted (including U.S. military officers).
Here’s a list of a few of those honorable U.S. citizens convicted of ripping you off: U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Hopfengardner
Robert Stein, a convicted felon
Philip Bloom, contractor
Steven Merkes, Department of Defense (DoD)
U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Debra Harrison
William Driver, Harrison’s husband
U.S. Army Reserve Colonel Curtis Whiteford
U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Michael Wheeler
So far only $191 million have been recovered. Don’t forget, your fearless leaders are still spending your tax dollars in Iraq, while expecting you to take it in the shorts!
Now what about Afghanistan? According to Stuart Bowen, lead investigator for SIGIR, U.S. spending in Afghanistan is being investigated and it’s turning out to be bigger than Iraq, at least $90 billion spent so far for reconstruction in the Central Asian country: “…Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction [SIGAR] has his hands full…..quite a number of auditors and investigators who have served with me have now moved over to work in his office…”
Now don’t think this means U.S. military adventurism is over, Bowen warned: “Stabilization and reconstruction operations are a reality with us to stay…..we will have them again.”
Watch the PBS NewsHour interview here.
06 March 2013/23 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/16 Esfand 1391
Israeli media reporting that Syrian rebels have captured a UN peacekeeper convoy in the Golan Heights. The rebels consider the UN forces enemies, even though the UN is actually supporting the overthrow of the President of Syria.
“The command of the Martyrs of Yarmouk announced that it is holding forces of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force until the withdrawal of forces of the regime of (President) Bashar Assad from the outskirts of the village of Jamla. If no withdrawal is made within 24 hours we will treat them as prisoners.”-video posted on internet
28 February 2013/17 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/10 Esfand 1391
In Kunar Province, two explosion rocked Damkan district. The first targeted government border police, killing seven. The second explosion targeted the people who came to help the victims of the first explosion, at least three civilians killed. Since U.S. led drone strike follow this MO, the United States is suspected.
In Helmand Province, the Red Coat controlled Camp Bastion was attacked again. The Brits claim no one was hurt in the rocket attack.
President Hamid Karzai banned any Afghan based private security companies from working for U.S./NATO occupying forces. Afghan government sources say the order is the result of investigations that show Afghans hired by U.S./NATO forces are being forced to torture their fellow Afghans.
According to the Wall Street Journal, its reporters have seen a UN report which blames the UN for corruption in Afghanistan. The Law and Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan (LOTFA) is being accused of colluding with suppliers and overcharging in contracts involving the Afghan National Police (ANP).
The on again off again contract for U.S. supplied (and paid for) COIN aircraft for Afghanistan is back on. Afghanistan will get 20 A-29 Super Tucanos. They will cost U.S. taxpayers as much as $950 million USD.
27 February 2013/16 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/09 Esfand 1391
In Kabul City, a suicide bomber attacked a bus load of Afghan National Army (ANA) personnel. Reports vary from saying seven people wounded to 17 people killed.
Responding to inquiries from the Associated Press, U.S./NATO/ISAF officials admitted their earlier claim that Mujahideen attacks were down by 7%, is wrong!
26 February 2013/15 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/08 Esfand 1391
In Ghazni Province, 16 or 17 ANP personnel were killed. Reports are confusing, one said Mujahideen attacked the police station, another said the cops were poisoned.
In Herat Province, ANA claims they killed 28 Mujahideen, wounded 20 and captured six others. They say three Arabs were among those killed. Two ANA troops killed, two wounded.
According to Alliance of Health Organizations (AHO), and the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA), the United States has been attacking hospitals, and continues to do so: “Most NGOs who deliver healthcare in this country experience this almost on a monthly basis…”-Andreas Stefansson, SCA
The United States is a co-creator and signatory of the Geneva Conventions which bans attacks on medical personnel.
U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, said claims that U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) were torturing and killing innocent people in Maidan-Wardak province will be investigated. This comes after President Karzai ordered all U.S. forces out of the province.
25 February 2013/14 Raby’ ath-Thani 1434/07 Esfand 1391
In Logar Province, a suicide bomber attacked an ANA base, in Baraki Barak district, killing or wounding dozens of Afghan troops.
In Helmand Province, four people were killed and six wounded after the van they were in drove over a landmine.
In Farah Province, reports that U.S./NATO/ISAF personnel abandoned a base in the Khak-e-Safid district.
The soon to be imposed electronic ID cards for all Afghans has proven to be racists. The issue revolves around the use of languages and ethnicity in determining who is “Afghan”. Officials were hoping to force 100% of “Afghans” to get the ID card before upcoming elections, but now think only 50% of “Afghans” will have the monitoring system by then. The official reason for the mandatory electronic IDs is to prevent fraud. Some critics think the cards will not be issued to any Afghan who does not recognize the government, and therefore will be classified as illegal residents.
A record 42 Green on Blue attacks hit U.S./NATO/ISAF forces in 2012. 62 occupiers were killed.