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International, U.S.

World War 3: U.S. supported Mexican Generals connected to Drug violence in so called Drug War. More than 3,000 U.S. supported Mexican military personnel court martialed because of corruption!

May 19, 2012, Mexico’s Ministry of Defense reporting that in the past week three Mexican military Generals were arrested for working with drug lords. Two of those generals are retired, one other is active duty!

Prosecutors say the generals were paid bribes by the Beltran-Leyva Cartel.

But this is the tip of the ice berg. In the past five years of the U.S. encouraged Mexican Drug War, 3,000 Mexican military personnel have been court martialed for corruption, and other crimes!

Mexico’s National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA) said those 3,000 included personnel with the ranks of corporal all the way up to colonels.  There are dozens of offenses listed, including being AWOL, theft, fraud, abuse of authority, to the most serious crime of homicide.  The court martials began in 2007, and are ongoing!

President Felipe Calderon, with the encouragement of then U.S. President George W. Bush, began the Drug War in 2006.  Since then more than 50,000 people have been killed!

The United States Northern Command (NORTHCOMM) works closely with the Mexican military: “The level of communication, interchange, cooperation, and training exchanges between U.S. and Mexican armed forces has increased dramatically over the last two years and represents a historic opportunity for long term strategic improvement of the U.S.-Mexico security partnership.”-U.S. General Victor Renuart, March 2010

NORTHCOMM is also behind training Mexican police.

In March 2012, it was revealed that a U.S. Navy SEAL was to train the Mexican military. The U.S. Pentagon sent Rear Admiral Colin Kilrain (a Navy SEAL) to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, to oversea the training.  What is significant about that is up ’till now only Russia and China had U.S. Admirals or Generals assigned to U.S. embassies!

Congressman Henry Cuellar said that sending a Rear Admiral to Mexico was a sign of how bad things are there: “I would call it a very violent situation where they have no regard to human life.”

Here’s a clue; ever since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan the illegal drug production there has skyrocketed to record levels.  Ever since the U.S. pushed the Mexican government into this Drug War, the drugs haven’t stopped and the violence is now at record levels.

 

International, U.S.

World War 3: Afghans say cops behind violence. More explosions and deaths. France to support puppet government in a “different way”.

May 19, 2012, in Afghanistan’s Khost province at least 13 people were killed by a suicide bomber.  The target of the bomber was a police check point.

In Kandahar Province two would be suicide bombers were captured.  Officials say they confessed and said they were trained in Pakistan.

Seek & destroy/capture operations were conducted in Kabul, Nangarhar, Nuristan, Baghlan, Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul and Uruzgan provinces.

Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry said Afghan and U.S./NATO occupying forces captured a suicide bomber on a motorcycle in Farah Province, on May 18.

Battles also raged in several provinces.  Afghan and occupying forces killed nine Mujahideen throughout Afghanistan in the past 24 hours.

Afghan officials say two of their soldiers were killed, and six wounded in Farah Province.  One killed and two wounded in Helmand, and, one killed and one wounded in Kapisa provinces.

Afghan officials claim they captured three members of the Mahaz Mullah Dadullah group.  They are Mujahideen believed to be connected to the  “Taliban”, however, Taliban reps claim no such group is connected to them.

The Independent Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan issued a new report that says U.S. supported corrupt police are behind a lot of the violence in Afghanistan.

The report does say that some provinces have become stable after the creation of local police forces, but in other provinces violence has gotten worse: “… causing further insecurity and human rights violations. Many of such cases as murdering, robbery, extortion, insecurity and disorder, rape and harassment of people is mentioned in this report.”

New French President, Francois Hollande, reminded U.S. and NATO that he was pulling out French troops early, but said France will support the occupation of Afghanistan in other ways: “We will continue to support Afghanistan in a different way. I’m pretty sure I will find the right means so that our allies can continue with their mission and at the same time I can comply to the promise I made to the French people.”

For the second day in a row ISAF did not issue their usual 24 hour Joint Command Morning operational update.

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

What Economic Recovery? New U.S. tariffs on Chinese solar panels could be the final nail in the coffin for Idaho’s Hoku Materials

Troubled Hoku Materials polysilicon factory in Pocatello, Idaho, could be finally done in by the latest U.S. tariffs against Chinese solar panel companies.

Hoku Materials is a division of Hoku Corporation, which in turn is a subsidiary of Tianwei New Energy Holdings, which is an affiliate of China South Industries Group Corporation (CSGC).  Hoku Corp turned to China for financial help a few years ago, which is how it became a a subsidiary of Tianwei New Energy Holdings.

The Chinese companies were hoping to get around any possible future U.S. tariffs by taking over Hoku, but it’s now clear that was a wasted investment for them.

On May 17, 2012, the U.S. Commerce Department announced new tariffs on Chinese solar product makers, claiming that China dumped (sold for far less than what it cost to make them) their products on the U.S. market.

The new action, approved by President Obama, imposes tariffs of 31% or more on solar products coming from China. So far, Hoku Materials’ contracts for polysilicon are with Chinese companies only.  Despite several official start-up announcements, their polysilicon factory in Idaho has yet to actually start up!

Prior to the new U.S. tariff announcement, stock in Hoku Corp was trading at less than 30 cents per share.

GOOD AND BAD NEWS FOR IDAHO’S HOKU MATERIALS

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

World War 3: Money for Taliban coming from United States? 158 U.S./NATO troops killed. More airstrikes. Turkey to train police.

May 18, 2012, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said two U.S./NATO personnel were killed during a Mujahideen attack, in eastern Afghanistan.  ISAF SOP means they don’t give anymore info.

At least 158 occupying personnel, including 110 U.S. troops, 20 British soldiers and 28 soldiers from other occupying member countries, have been killed since January 2012.

In Maidan Wardak Province a U.S./NATO airstrike was called in after Mujahideen were spotted laying mines.  The airstrike took place at about 02:00 hours. According to local officials, the airstrike killed at least five Mujahideen, plus three were killed later on.

The Ministry of Interior Affairs of Afghanistan announced that 500 police trainees will be sent to Turkey for training.   The announcement was made after another group of 500 cops returned from the six months course in Turkey. So why is the U.S. there, and why is the U.S. spending tax dollars paying for police training?

May 17, 2012, the United States Treasury Department imposed sanctions on two people in Afghanistan, for supporting the Taliban with money. The sanctions are meant to target financial sources within the United States!

However, the evidence Treasury officials used was old.  The most recent money transfer was made in 2002, when one of the men was paid $500,000 USD to buy a factory.  The money supposedly came from Osama bin Laden.

Treasury officials also said that during the late 1990s to 2001, when the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, about $2.8 million USD was transferred out of European banks to the two men.  The two men acted as banks, in order for the Taliban government to avoid sanctions.

The sanctions against the two men are meant to block any transactions involving U.S. banks, or individuals living in the U.S.  In a round-a-bout way the U.S. Treasury has revealed that one major source of financing for the Taliban was the United States!

So far, no 24 hour, ISAF Joint Command Morning operational update for May 18, 2012.

 

 

International

World War 3: Return of the Empire Wars; Queen of Spain disses Queen of England

May 16, 2012, Queen Sophia of Spain has refused an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II of England.

Initially Sophia accepted an invitation to Elizabeth’s celebration of 60 years on the British throne, but the Spanish government protested forcing Sophia to cancel.

The protest is over who controls the island of Gibraltar.  Spain lost the islands to the British in 1713.  The Spanish government argues that the 1713 deal did not include the entire island.

Spain is also supporting Argentina in its claim against the British for the Malvinas islands (Falklands). The United Nations recently ruled that Gibraltar and Malvinas are two of ten areas that the United Kingdom illegally occupies.

Business/Economics, International, Technology

Government & Media Hypocrisy: Japan launches South Korean satellite

April 13, 2012, North Korea launched a satellite (not a ballistic missile as western media continued to report!), which ended in failure, yet didn’t fail to bring world wide condemnation, which included Japan’s mobilization of Patriot missile forces.

May 17, 2012, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced they will be launching an H-2A rocket, carrying South Korean and Japanese satellites. The launch is scheduled for May 18.

The hypocrisy comes from Japan’s threats to shoot down the North Korean satellite launch back in April!  All western news media reported the North Korean satellite launch as a “missile launch”.

International, U.S.

World War 3: Soldiers killed. U.S./NATO kills civilians. Governor attacked. More drug busts. British planting IEDs?

May 17, 2012, the governor’s office in Afghanistan’s Farah Province has been attacked by suicide bombers.  As many as 11 people killed.

Reports say that after the explosions there was a two hour firefight between Mujahideen and Afghan forces.  At least nine people were wounded.  The dead include Mujahideen, police and civilians. The governor somehow survived the attack.

An Afghan national army soldier was killed when Mujahideen attacked in Badakhshan Province.

Two Afghan national army soldiers were wounded in Kunar Province.  Another soldier wounded in Helmand Province.

A Scottish soldier, on trial in the United Kingdom for killing a fellow soldier in 2009, stated that he had never been trained for night fighting.  But get this, he swears that the people he was shooting at were digging by a road, as if they were planting mines in the middle of the night. In fact his fellow soldiers thought they were the enemy as well: “We were all in agreement that there were insurgents laying or arming an IED in the road.”-Lance Corporal Michael Pritchard

Turned out those suspected Mujahideen were really British troops!  What are British troops doing digging by the road at night?

U.S./NATO forces have killed civilians yet again.  Reports out of Afghanistan are confusing, but sometime in the past week an airstrike killed five civilians and wounded two others.  It included women and children.  The attack took place in Kunar Province, and ISAF originally reported four Mujahideen killed.

But from the beginning locals said most of those killed were women and children. The U.S./NATO attack took place just days after NATO apologized for killing civilians the week before.

According to the United Nations, the number of civilians killed in Afghanistan hit a record high of 3,021 in 2011.  So much for the U.S. occupation making Afghanistan more secure!

24 hour, ISAF Joint Command Morning operational update for May 17, 2012: More seek & capture missions for “leaders” and “facilitators”, in the provinces of Paktika, Paktia, Kunduz, Kandahar and Helmand.  They claim “several” Mujahideen captured.

In Paktia Province, Afghan and occupying forces came under heavy attack and called in airstrikes. International Security Assistance Force claims “multiple” Mujahideen killed/captured.

In Helmand Province ISAF reports yet more drugs busted; 1,130 kilograms (2,480 pounds) of opium.  Unlike previous drug busts where everything is supposedly destroyed, U.S./NATO troops decided that “A portion of the cache was confiscated for analysis…”

To show that ISAF’s 24 hour report is not up to date, they reported the end of a 10 day search & capture offensive in Farah Province.  The operation ended on May 13, and resulted in Mujahideen captured, along with weapons and drugs. (this is the same province that just had the governor’s compound attacked)

 

 

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

What Economic Recovery? It’s official, Toshiba & Hitachi end TV production in Japan. Blame Korea, U.S. & digital broadcasting!

May 17, 2012, Toshiba announced no more TV set production in Japan, no thanks to competition from South Korea, and crashing sales in the United States!

Toshiba reported a $620 million USD loss for the past Japanese fiscal year!

The company also revealed that TV sales in Japan have crashed ever since television broadcasters switched to digital broadcasting last year.

Toshiba will continue TV production in factories outside of Japan.  Hitachi also announced they will end TV production in Japan, in September.

Business/Economics, International, U.S.

World War 3: Japan sues U.S. over Iran sanctions! U.S./U.K. media lie about Japanese bank freezing Iranian accounts!

May 17,2012, according to Japan’s NHK the Japanese bank, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, is suing the United States over a court order to freeze Iranian accounts.

Western media has been reporting that the Japanese bank has frozen the accounts, but that’s not what Japanese media says.  Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ filled the suit on May 16, but refuses to make any public comments.

The U.S. court order is not about current sanctions against Iran, but is an old civil suit claiming that Iran was responsible for the 1983 bombing of the USMC barracks in Beirut, after the U.S. invaded Lebanon.

The families of the killed Marines have been led to believe Iran should pay, yet there is no concrete evidence that Iran was behind it.  Lebanese who claim to be connected to the bombing say they were simply defending their country against the U.S. invaders.

Yasuhiro Sato, chairman of the Japanese Bankers Association, says any sanctions imposed on Japanese banks doing business with Iran, will cripple Japan’s struggling economy. So who are the sanctions really against?

 

International, U.S.

World War 3: Australia to give Afghanistan $100 million per year! U.S. to pay Pakistan $365 million per year! Germany to pay $190 million per year! Tribal leaders assassinated. U.S./NATO/Afghan forces on offensive. More big drug busts.

May 16, 2012, in Afghanistan’s Herat Province three village elders were assassinated.  They were shot while attending morning prayers in a Mosque.  A fourth elder was wounded.

In Uruzgan Province a tribal elder, and his son, were assassinated by gunman on a motorcycle.

To show you how important the U.S./NATO supply route through Pakistan is, Pakistani officials revealed that the United States has agreed to give Pakistan an additional $365 million USD per year to re-open supply routes!  Those supply routes have been shut down for the past six months.

It works out to about $1,500 USD per supply truck, per day.  In return, not only will Pakistan re-open the supply routes, but their military will provide the convoys with security (which they have not done before).

According to Pentagon sources, as much as 30% of U.S./NATO supplies for Afghanistan operations pass through Pakistan.

Australia’s Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, announced that beginning in 2015 Australia will give Afghanistan $100 million (Aussie and British media reports did not specify if it was in AUD or USD) per year, for three years: “To consolidate and build on the security gains of the transition strategy, the Afghan National Security Forces will need ongoing funding and training and mentoring support…” 

On top of that she also said that the Australian government will consider keeping special operations forces in Afghanistan, after most of their Diggers leave at the end of 2014.

Germany has also announced they will be bribing, I mean paying, the Afghan government $190 million USD per year, after German troops leave in 2014.  The deal was just signed by Hamid Karzai and Angela Merkel.  The German Chancellor said the West is planning on staying a long time: “This shows we are committed to Afghanistan in the long term.”

These pledges of hundreds of millions of USDs is on top of what our Western governments are already giving the U.S. puppet governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan!

With the economies of the Western countries collapsing, it makes you wonder where they’re gonna get all this money they’re pledging for Afghanistan?

Afghan government officials claiming major offensive against Mujahideen.  In Helmand Province on May 15, they captured nine tons of explosives.  Officials claim three people were spotted laying mines, and a U.S./NATO airstrike was called in, killing them.

On May 16, in Paktika Province, a U.S./NATO airstrike was called in when Afghan and NATO forces came under heavy fire.  Afghan officials revealed that a major offensive was launched on May 14, and will continue until all Mujahideen are cleared from the province.  They say at least nine Mujahideen were killed by the airstrike.

Afghan Interior Ministry officials also claim that in the past 24 hours of their offensive in Paktika, as well as Badakhshan Province, they’ve killed at least 14 Mujahideen.

In Kandahar Province, Afghan army claims they killed a potential suicide bomber before he could carry out his mission.

24 hour, ISAF Joint Command Morning operational update for May 16, 2012: ISAF reports more attempts/successes to capture “leaders” in Helmand and Kunduz provinces.

ISAF also reports that occupation troops came under attack when they launched a drug bust operation in Helmand Province.  Mujahideen were killed.

The drug bust yielded more than 5,000 kilograms (11,000 pounds) of morphine waste, 400 kilograms (880 pounds) of ammonium chloride, 400 kilograms of morphine base and 4,000 liters (1,057 gallons) of liquid morphine.

ISAF claims that all items captured in drug busts are destroyed.