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International, U.S.

World War 3: U.S. occupation of Afghanistan; 16 September 2012. Attack on Camp Bastion bigger than first reported! Mujahideen dressed in U.S. Army uniforms! More Green on Blue attacks! U.S. launching airstrikes! U.S. reneges on prison handover, Karzai getting pissed!

16 September 2012

“The insurgents appeared to be well-equipped, trained and rehearsed, officials said. Dressed in U.S. Army uniforms and armed with automatic rifles, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and suicide vests, the insurgents attacked coalition fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft parked on the flight line, aircraft hangars and other buildings…”-American Forces Press Service, U.S. Department of Defense

The latest U.S. Defense Department report says the attack on Camp Bastion not only killed several U.S/ISAF/NATO personnel, but damaged helicopters, destroyed at least six AV-8B Harriers, damaged two other Harriers (current users of the Harrier are USMC, Italy & Spain), destroyed three refueling stations, damaged hangers, etc.

The DoD report conflicts with ISAF’s report concerning Mujahideen casualties. ISAF claims 18 Mujahideen killed, the U.S. DoD says 14.

Mujahideen claimed their goal was to eliminate Red Coat Prince Harry.

A U.K. Ministry of Defence statement admitted damage to the base was “significant” and a “clearance operation” was underway.

ISAF is now reporting that Afghan police forces in Zabul Province have shot and killed four U.S./ISAF/NATO personnel: “Four International Security Assistance Force service members died today in southern Afghanistan following an insider attack suspected to involve members of the Afghan police.”

In Helmand Province, two Red Coats (British empire thugs) were shot and killed by an Afghan cop. Three other Red Coats were wounded before the cop was killed by return fire.

Hundreds of protestors have taken over Kabul University. They are protesting the anti-Islam movie made by a right wing U.S. christian/convicted con man.

U.S. led airstrikes have killed at least eight people in Laghman Province, and 16 people in Kunar Province.  Many people are wounded. U.S. occupation leaders claim they were targeting Mujahideen, however, local government officials say all eight of the people killed in Laghman were women.

President Hamid Karzai condemned the U.S. led airstrikes, and he said that the United States is not allowing Afghan officials access to Bagram Prison, even though the U.S. claimed they officially handed over the prison last week: “Delay in the handing over of prisoners after September 9th is a serious violation of the agreement signed between Afghanistan and the United States.”

Karzai says the United States is refusing to hand over 600 prisoners!!!  Human rights groups had warned this would happen.

 

 

International, U.S.

World War 3: Australians, Belgians & French join protests. Plot twists on anti-Islam movie, now there’s a porn connection! FBI cancels trip to Libya! Evacuations ordered in Sudan & Tunis! U.S. Congress lack of action could reduce funding for security. Burger King next on hit list! Libya attacks were set up!

“They call us the terrorists? But everyone is terrorizing our people!”-Sarah Jacob, Australian protestor

15 September 2012, in Australia, police tear gassed hundreds of protestors. At least six cops and several protestors were wounded.  Eight people arrested.

The producer of the movie, Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, surrendered himself to Los Angeles county sheriff’s deputies, in California. He is being questioned about violating his federal probation.

It also turns out that he did not actually direct the anti-Islam movie.  Gawker.com claims they’ve talked to many of the actors in the movie, and they say it was directed by porn man Alan Roberts.

In Belgium, 120 people detained during protests.

The U.S. Department of State has ordered all non-essential diplomatic personnel to evacuate Sudan and Tunisia!

The Federal Bureau of Investigation put on hold their trip to Libya, citing the ongoing violence!  This after the Obama administration said they would comment no longer on the anti-U.S. violence: “I’m going to frustrate all of you, infinitely, by telling you that now that we have an open FBI investigation on the death of these four Americans, we are not going to be in a position to talk at all about what the U.S. government may or may not be learning about how any of this happened, not who they were, not how it happened, not what happened to Ambassador Stevens, not any of it, until the Justice Department is ready to talk about the investigation.”-Victoria Nuland, spokeswoman

U.S. Representatives on the House Intelligence Committee revealed that this was not the first time the U.S. consulate in Libya was attacked, in fact they said it was attacked four previous times in the past few months: “It’s clearly a target that they wanted to hit and they wanted to cause casualties…..It’s just too many coincidences here.”–Mike Rogers, Representative for Michigan’s 8th congressional district

President Obama had said that there was no “actionable intelligence” that the consulate was going to be attacked. 

On 14 September a report by the Office of Management and Budget said budget cuts under sequestration will reduce funding for U.S. embassy/consulate security by $129 million USD: “Members of Congress should work together to produce a balanced plan that achieves at least the level of deficit reduction agreed to in the BCA that the President can sign to avoid sequestration.”

The United Nations evacuated personnel from Libya, for security reasons.

A few days ago the airport in Benghazi, Libya, had been closed to allow U.S. drones to patrol.  Apparently the airport was closed again, for several hours, this time due to security issues.

In France, dozens of people were detained for questionable identifications, during protests outside the U.S. embassy.

Al Qaeda in Yemen is demanding the deaths of all U.S. diplomats!

In Lebanon,  police surrounded a Burger King when they heard it was going to be attacked.

In China, an official government statement said they would never piss off Muslims: “We are against of any actions to vilify the image of Islam or to hurt the feelings of Muslims. We believe the dignity of a religion should not be vilified or defamed.”–Hong Lei, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman

However, there are thousands of Muslims (even Buddhists) in China that would dispute that claim.

International, U.S.

World War 3: U.S. occupation of Afghanistan; 15 September 2012. More Green on Blue attacks! Mujahideen assault Prince Harry’s base! Parliament wants U.S. out! Secret Obama agreement allows U.S. to stay until 2024! Iran praised for helping Afghans!

15 September 2012

ISAF said: “An individual believed to be an Afghan Local Police member turned his weapon against International Security Assistance Force service members in southern Afghanistan today, killing two. An ISAF service member returned fire, killing the attacker.”

Afghans protesting the anti-Islam movie, made by a right wing U.S. christian con artist, burned the U.S. flag and effigies of Obama.

In Helmand Province, ISAF has released more details about what happened at Camp Bastion, where Henry of Wales (aka Prince Harry) is based.  At least 20 Mujahideen attacked the based, killed two ISAF personnel (locals say they were U.S. Marines), wounded several soldiers and damaged several helicopters, before ISAF forces killed all but one of the attackers.

There are conflicting accounts of the Camp Bastion attack:  ISAF says the attack started at 21:00 hours on 14 September.  Local government officials say the attack started at 02:00 hours on 15 September.  ISAF says 19 Mujahideen were killed, locals say 16.  ISAF says two personnel were killed, Mujahideen say 10 ISAF personnel were killed.  Mujahideen also stated that their objective was to assassinate Prince Harry (so two U.S. Marines died fighting for the royal family of the British Empire, the American Colonies have come full circle)!

Also in Helmand, nine women and three children were killed when the van they were riding in drove over a mine.

The Afghan parliament is demanding President Hamid Karzai cancel a defense agreement with the United States. The agreement was signed with President Barack Obama, it allows U.S. forces to stay for another ten years after Obama’s claimed 2014 pull out date!  The Members of Parliament want U.S. forces out now!

The United Nations praised Iran for helping refugees fleeing the U.S. led war in Afghanistan: “My very deep appreciation and gratitude for what has always been a very generous refugee policy in Iran anchored in the best of Iranian hospitality and Islamic tradition.”-Antonio Gutierrez, UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Many refugees in Pakistan have been forced back to Afghanistan, where human rights groups say they are being put into death camps.  The United States caused the problem and is doing nothing about it, yet Iran is: “The problem is that the countries who have claimed to support human rights are also the same countries that have caused these Afghan refugees to flee their country. These countries [United States, European countries] have to take responsibility and help to provide a safe environment for these refugees to return to Afghanistan.”– Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar, Iran’s  Interior Minister

International, U.S.

World War 3: U.S. occupation of Afghanistan; 12 Sep – 15 Sep. U.S. Marines killed on Prince Harry’s base! British suddenly pulling out! Proof the Mujahideen are running a more effective government!

15 September 2012

Two U.S. Marines were killed.  ISAF simply said:  “Two International Security Assistance Force service members died following an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan today.”  However, British media reports that those killed were U.S. Marines based at the same location as Henry of Wales (aka Prince Harry).

ISAF also said: “An International Security Assistance Force service member died following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan today.”

So far 252 U.S. personnel have died in Afghanistan this year.

14 September 2012

British Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, announced that U.K. forces will leave Afghanistan in 2013, earlier than first planned.  U.K. military leaders have suddenly reversed earlier insistence on remaining in Afghanistan for a long time.

In Laghman Province, reports say a NATO drone airstrike killed a Mujahideen commander.  However, other reports say the airstrike killed four civilians.

Amnesty International has accused the current Afghan intelligence boss of human rights violations.  Human Rights Watch also made the same accusations.

13 September 2012

Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry claims that government forces have killed 15 Mujahideen in Kandahar, Baghlan, Kapisa, Zabul, Wardak, Jowzjan, Khost, and Ghazni provinces.

President Hamid Karzai canceled a trip to Norway, because of the anti-Islam movie causing riots across the Muslim world.

12 September 2012

The United Nations revealed that Mujahideen are running a more effective and efficient government, than the U.S. puppet government of Hamid Karzai: “Revenue extorted from nationwide enterprises such as narcotics producers and traffickers, construction and trucking companies, mobile telephone operators, mining companies and aid and development projects goes to the Taliban Financial Commission which answers to the Taliban leadership.”-UN Security Council report

Of course the extortion the UN is talking about is basically the same thing as taxes.  In fact, the UN stated that the Mujahideen impose a 10% tax on harvests, and a 2.5% percent tax on the rich!

The next time you pay your taxes, just remember that the UN Security Council called it extortion.

 

 

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

Government Hypocrisy: United States renews Iran sanctions exemptions for 11 countries! Sign that the U.S. isn’t ready for war with Iran, yet.

14 September 2102, U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, revealed that eleven countries are being exempted from U.S. sanctions against Iran.

They are: Japan, Belgium, Britain, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain.

As in the first round of exemptions, these latest exemptions are good for 180 days.  This smacks of a government trying to buy time; time to prepare for war, and time to allow allies to stock pile oil.

Hillary Clinton made a statement that sounded like a broken record: “We have brought significant pressure to bear on the Iranian regime, and we will continue to work with our partners to ratchet up the pressure on Iran to meet its international obligations.”

International, U.S.

World War 3: Anti-Islam movie producer wanted for probation violation! Instead of removing video from internet YouTube tries to block viewers from the Middle East! U.S. becoming isolated!

“This video — which is widely available on the web — is clearly within our guidelines and so will stay on YouTube. However, given the very difficult situation in Libya and Egypt we have temporarily restricted access in both countries.”-Google statement

14 September 2012, reports had said the Obama administration was asking YouTube to remove the preview of the anti-Islam movie.  Instead YouTube (owned by Google) simply blocked viewers from predominately Muslim countries.

In fact YouTube must be suspected of allowing the video to be posted knowing full well it would spark world wide riots. The reason to suspect such a claim is that YouTube began blocking Middle Easterners from viewing the video within a few hours of the assassination of the U.S. ambassador to Libya.

More info about the con man who made the movie.  Nakoula Basseley Nakoula served one year in Federal prison near Lompoc (pronounced lom-poke), California.  He is now serving a five year probation, which he is now in violation of since going into hiding.  Federal officials were not able to tell reporters if Nakoula paid the court ordered $794,700 restitution, as part of his bank fraud conviction.

In Egypt, 10,000 protestors are demanding their new government end relations with the United States.  Egyptian police erected concrete walls around the U.S. embassy.

Tens of thousands of Iranians took to the streets protesting the United States and Israel. They also asked all Muslim nations to become united against the empirical West.

In the Indian controlled portion of Kashmir, thousands of protestors warned that any U.S. citizens in the country needed to leave now.

In Bahrain, a U.S. puppet and home of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, the government did not call out police to stop the protestors.  Protests were peaceful, the government asked its security agency to block internet access to the movie.

In Afghanistan, protestors demanded President Hamid Karzai end relations with the United States.  The government has banned YouTube.

In Iraq, thousands of Sunni and Shi’a took to the streets.  One banner said “Freedom doesn’t mean offending two billion Muslims!”

In Nigeria, protestors clashed with police, and chanted “To Hell With America, To Hell With Israel!”

In Pakistan, police barricaded the U.S. embassy, in an attempt to protect it.

In Syria, protestors said “He who curses the Prophet doesn’t seek democracy!”

In Qatar, a thousand protestors called for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from their small country.  Police have barricaded the U.S. embassy.

In United Kingdom, hundreds of people protested at the U.S. embassy.

Hundreds of people began protesting in Turkey.

In Palestinian territories (which are really Israeli run death camps on massive scale) hundreds of people began protesting.

Hundreds of protestors surround the U.S. embassy in Indonesia.  The government is trying to block internet access to the movie.  They have barricaded the U.S. embassy.

Protests are beginning in Malaysia, Bangladesh and Mauritania.

France and Austria have issued warnings to U.S. citizens. They believe large scale protests will spread through Europe, and turn violent, especially against U.S. citizens.

Since 11 September, the U.S. Department of State has issued warnings to 65 embassies and consulates.

U.S. political leaders have been demanding foreign governments protect U.S. embassies, but the image of dozens of embassies being barricaded is metaphorical for the United States becoming isolated from the World!

International, U.S.

World War 3: German embassy burning! Obama asks YouTube to remove anti-Islam movie trailer. United Nations outposts attacked! New wall being erected around embassy in Egypt! Obama says U.S. empire will not retreat from World! Iran says this is last days for Zionists!

“The United States of America will never retreat from the world!”-Barack Obama, President of the United States

14 September 2012, Egyptian police are erecting an Israeli style concrete wall around the U.S. embassy!

Egyptian nomads take over UN Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) compound in the Sinai. Two Colombians and one Egyptian soldier wounded.

Reports say the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood actually canceled planned protests!

The German embassy in Sudan is on fire!  Despite U.S. media claims that no protestors entered the U.S. embassy, an unnamed embassy staffer admitted such when they said: “They were all expelled. They didn’t get far.”

The Obama administration is asking YouTube to investigate the possibility that the Innocence of Muslims preview violates YouTube posting policies.

Another protestor killed in Yemen!

“I am confident that Zionists are goners and the world will be freed from their existence and justice will be established!”-Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran

 

 

International, U.S.

World War 3: U.S. preparing for war with Libya & Egypt? USN & USMC on way to Libya! Iran calls U.S. leaders “blatant” liars!

“The U.S. politicians’ claims of supporting and respecting different cultures are…a blatant lie!”-Ali Larijani, Iran’s Majlis (parliament) Speaker

“I don’t think that we would consider them an ally……we are going to have to see how they respond to this incident….”-Barack Obama, President of the United States, regarding the ongoing riots outside the U.S. embassy in Egypt

The latest reports say Egyptian police are now fighting in the streets against the protestors.  Several protestors wounded.

A 50 member USMC Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team, along with two USN destroyers (USS Laboon and USS McFaul) are headed to the Libyan coastline.

“I have directed my administration to provide all necessary resources to support the security of our personnel in Libya, and to increase security at our diplomatic posts around the globe.”-Barack Obama, President of the United States

“Justice” has now become a universal code for going to war: “We will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act. And make no mistake, justice will be done!”–Barack Obama, President of the United States

Muslims around the World are outraged about a anti-Islam movie made in the United States.  According to the movie’s producer (an Israeli-American), it was financed with $5 million USD from 100 Jews.

“U.S. President Barack Obama must apologize to all Muslims of the world and prevent distribution of this offensive film by issuing an immediate order!……the wave of Islamic Awakening has begun in the world and those in the U.S. who try to douse the burning flames of this awakening by such plots as producing these films are mistaken!”-Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Iran’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee

The U.S. ambassador to Libya (who was one of the supporters of the assassination of Gaddafi) was assassinated, along with three other U.S. citizens.

International, U.S.

World War 3: U.S. ambassador to Libya assassinated, blowback for assassinating Gaddafi! Moroccans surround U.S. embassy!

“Desecration is not part of freedom of expression but a criminal act that has now greatly hurt the righteous sentiments of 1.5 billion Muslims all over the globe.”-Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan

12 September 2012, a day after the U.S. consulate in Libya was attacked, the U.S. government revealed that U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens was killed. Stevens is being credited as being a player in the push to overthrow and assassinate Moammar Gaddafi. Three other U.S. citizens were also killed.

Gaddafi had made reparations to Europeans and the United States, and even gave up his weapons of mass destruction program, inorder to be accepted by the West.  The Bush Jr administration even took Libya off the terrorist list (do you remember that all you red neck right wing neo-christian conservatives?) The true reason he was overthrown and brutally assassinated, was because he was pushing the African Union to stop taking the U.S. dollar for oil deals, and create their own oil money called the Gold Dinar.  Remember, Saddam Hussien, in Iraq, announced he was not taking U.S. dollars for oil anymore, but instead would take the Euro.

Many U.S. officials say the attack on the U.S. consulate was done under the cover of the protests being held against an anti-Muslim movie produced in the United States. In other words this is another case of payback/blowback against stupid U.S. foreign policies!!!

But wait there’s more! Now people in relatively liberal Morocco have surrounded the U.S. consulate. Protests have begun in the countries of Tunisia and Sudan as well.  Egyptians are again surrounding the U.S. embassy in Cairo!

 

International, U.S.

World War 3: U.S. occupation of Afghanistan; 08 Sep – 11 Sep. Lacking money, the UN shuts offices in Afghanistan! Haqqani Network denies they have Idaho POW! U.S. base at Bagram attacked, again! Attacks increase! More cops join Mujahideen! Chinese evacuate!

11 September 2012

UN Special Envoy to Afghanistan, Jan Kubiš, announced that United Nations’ offices in Kunar Province will be closed.  This is part of the closing of at least nine UN offices throughout Afghanistan.  The official reason is lack of money!

In Parwan Province, Bagram airfield was hit by several rockets. One Chinook helicopter was destroyed and several other helicopters damaged. Three Afghan government intelligence agents were killed. Many personnel were wounded. Mujahideen immediately claimed they launched the attack.

In Farah Province, two Afghan cops were killed in firefights with Mujahideen, three other cops were executed after being captured.

In Herat Province, five Afghan cops, including the police chief, were killed by explosion.  The explosion went off near a meeting of village elders.

In Helmand Province: “We will do our best to kill Prince Harry and Britain’s other troops based in Helmand. It is not important for us to kidnap him. We will target him and we will kill him.”-Mujahideen statement

Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry says: “During the past 24 hours, Afghan National Police, Afghan army and intelligence agency and the NATO-led coalition carried out five joint clearance operations in Laghman, Ghazni, Herat and Helmand provinces, killing 16 armed Taliban insurgents and detaining 16 others.”

In Nangarhar Province, overnight U.S. forces carried out another illegal night raid. Local government officials say one person was killed, a child wounded.  At least three people were kidnapped by U.S. led forces.

10 September 2012

In Kunduz Province, a suicide bomber blew up his car, killing 15 people including seven cops, wounding 25 others.  Police forces were the target.

In Laghman Province, ISAF said four U.S. led occupation tankers (AFV crewman) were wounded when a bomb exploded under the bridge they were crossing.

In Badghis Province, there are reports that as many as 36 cops have joined the Mujahideen.

The United States officially handed over control of Bagram Prison to Afghan officials. Analysts and human rights groups say the move is ceremonial and that the U.S. still maintains control over the use of the prison: “Major questions also hang over the extent of Afghan control, as well as the immediate and long-term fate of the more than 3,000 inmates, said to include around 50 foreigners not covered by the agreement.”-Agence Frances-Presse

09 September 2012

In Farah Province, four explosions killed one child, and wounded nine civilians and six cops. The target was local political leaders.

In Maidan Wardak Province, six people were killed.  Local government officials say they don’t know why, but they’re blaming Mujahideen.

In Herat Province, Afghan army officials say they killed nine Mujahideen.

ISAF said: “An International Security Assistance Force service member died following an improvised explosive device attack in southern Afghanistan today.”

In Helmand Province, five government personnel were killed, two wounded when they drove over a mine.  Afghan cops also claim they killed three Mujahideen in gunbattles.

In Kandahar Province, U.S. led occupation forces launched airstrikes, killing at least seven people.

U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, Idaho, has the distinction of being the only prisoner of war.  For some reason the Pakistani group known as Haqqani Network believe they are being held responsible for his imprisonment.  They say they are not the ones holding Bergdahl captive, and accusations by U.S. leaders are more lies: “The American soldier is with the ‘Emirate Center’ [a Mujahideen group based in Afghanistan]……The Americans also know it.”

08 September 2012

In Kabul Province, six people (mostly children) killed, four wounded, after explosions near the U.S. and Italian embassies.  Local government officials say a suicide bomber blew himself up in a market. Then a rocket landed in the same area and exploded.

Also in Kabul, two rival clans got into a firefight during a funeral. Several people wounded.

Afghanistan’s Aynak copper mine is one of the largest copper mines in the world. A Chinese company won a contract to operate the mine, however, the war in Afghanistan has gotten out of hand: “…..Chinese workers have left the Aynak copper mine due to security issues but not all of them. The workers will return back to Afghanistan as soon as the security improves.”-Afghan government statement

In Uruzgan Province: “A bomb placed at the entrance of Malik Abdul Majid’s house killed him and another elder and wounded two of Majid’s sons.”-Abdullah Hemat, provincial government spokesman