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World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan: Karzai blames U.S. War on Terror for terrorism! Australia has warning for Afghans seeking asylum!

12 June 2013/03 Sha’ban 1434/22 Khordad 1391/05 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

In Uruzgan Province, Chinartu District, Mujahideen claim to have shot down NATO/ISAF helicopter.   They say it was a medivac ‘copter that was hit by a rocket.  No comment from ISAF.

In Paktika Province, provincial officials say a U.S. airstrike was called in on Mujahideen, killing ten.

In Helmand Province, Sangin District, local government officials report that an Afghan National Army (ANA) convoy was hit by remote detonated motorcycle bomb.   At least one civilian and one ANA soldier killed, dozens wounded.

In Nangarhar Province, Chaprihar District, locals say NATO/ISAF forces kidnapped three people from their homes.   Locals in Khogiyani District report a similar incident, one person being kidnapped.

The country of Georgia will shut down two of their bases in Afghanistan, after suffering nearly a dozen KIAs (killed in action) in the past week.  However, Georgian officials say they are not reducing their troop numbers.

The country of Australia has been spending tax money on creating public service announcements (PSA), to be presented in Afghanistan.  They basically tell Afghans that if they try to flee to Australia they will be rounded up, sent to Manus Island, and have all their money taken from them: “But when he arrived to Australia by boat, they all were sent to Manus Island. They will spend many years there with no work or money.”-actor in Australian anti-Afghan TV PSA

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In Kandahar Province, Panjwai District, Gorgan village, Mujahideen claim to have shot down a U.S. OH-58 Kiowa, which was part of a U.S. heliborne SOF operation.  ISAF says “A coalition aircraft conducted a hard landing in southern Afghanistan today. Currently no casualties have been reported.”  Also, in the same district, Gerandai village, one child killed another wounded when they stepped on a landmine while foraging for food.

In Kabul Province, Kabul city, the Supreme Court of Afghanistan was hit by suicide car bomb.  At least 17 people killed, 40 wounded.  The Supreme Court is near the United States Embassy.

In Ghazni Province, on the Kabul-Kandahar highway a NATO/ISAF supply convoy was ambushed by Mujahideen.  Local police report two Afghan National Police (ANP) killed, two drivers killed and four Mujahideen killed.  Mujahideen claim they destroyed five supply trucks and killed ten cops and drivers.

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reports that civilian casualties have gone up 24% from the same time last year: “Between 1 January and 6 June this year, we registered 3092 civilian casualties due to the armed conflict…..What is even of more concern is that children account for 21% of all civilians killed or wounded in 2013. This is an increase of 30% compared to 2012 and 34% compared to 2011. This is unacceptable.”-Ján Kubiš, United Nations Special Representative

In Logar Province, a citizen of Kyrgyzstan, who was captured by Mujahideen in April after an Afghan helicopter was shot down, has been released. Mujahideen agreed to free the man after negotiating with the Kyrgyz government.

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In Helmand Province, the U.S. Department of Defense reported a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant was killed.  The DoD is investigating how he died.  He was assigned to the 39th Transportation Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command.

In Ghazni Province, a Polish/NATO troop was killed by explosion.

In Kandahar Province, Zherai District, someone cut off the heads of two boys, 10 years old and 16 years old.  Government officials say the boys begged for food from cops at a checkpoint, and Mujahideen killed them for such begging, however Mujahideen deny killing the boys.    Mujahideen spokesman, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, said most Mujahideen groups have recently prohibited beheading of Afghan nationals.  In Shahwalikot District, five local cops joined the Mujahideen.  Their names were made public.

In Zabul Province, Qalat city, government officials say six suicide bombers invaded the provincial council compound.  Government forces were able to kill them before they blew themselves up.   At least 18 people were wounded in the attack.

In Kabul Province, Kabul Air Base, Mujahideen launched a suicide attack.  A car bomb was blown up at the military gate, five Mujahideen invaded the base capturing a building.  They held it for several hours before Afghan government forces killed them.  In Sarubi District, reports that a ANA soldier shot and killed four NATO/ISAF personnel.  No comment from ISAF.

In Farah Province, Bala Baluk District, Shewan village, ANA and ANA Special Forces officials claim they’ve killed seven Mujahideen during operations to deny Mujahideen safe havens.  Locals say one woman was killed, another wounded in the operation.

President Hamid Karzai stated at the opening of the 10th U.S.-Islamic World Forum, in Doha: “Did we address the sanctuaries of terrorism? And by waging this war on terrorism, have we brought less radicalism to the Muslim world, or caused more radicalism?…….In my view, the West as led by the U.S. needs to explain itself to the Muslim world.”

World War 3, Asia-Pacific Front: Obama increasing military personnel in Australia! Japan & Canada increases wargames in California, preps for war with China!

14 June 2013 (12:10 UTC-07 Tango)/05 Sha’ban 1434/24 Khordad 1391/07 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

It’s been revealed that President Barack Obama is increasing the number of U.S. Marines occupying Australia.

Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and Defence Minister, Stephen Smith, announced that they’ve agreed to allow 1150 U.S. Marines to be deployed in the city of Darwin next year.  Currently about 200 Marines spend six months a year, in the Darwin area, playing army with Aussie Diggers.  There are other U.S. military personnel stationed elsewhere in Australia.

In 2011 Obama announced he would be stationing at least 2500 Marines and U.S. Air Force airmen in Australia.

Analysts point out that the city of Darwin has a strategic advantage to quickly deploy troops against China!

In the U.S. state of California, it was revealed that for the first time ever all three branches of the Japanese Self Defense Forces are taking part in a major war game with U.S. Marines, Canadian navy and New Zealand.  Officials from Australia and Singapore are observing operation Dawn Blitz 2013.

The war games began this past week, and involve (as in recent smaller war games with U.S. Marines) the invasion and capture of islands.  If you’ve been following news out of East Asia you’d know that Japan and China are at odds over certain islands, even threatening war over them.

The U.S. sponsored Dawn Blitz wargames began in 2010, which is about when Japan began ratcheting up their claims on disputed islands.  Recently Japan took over a island and China is demanding it be returned to them.

Japanese claims are upsetting not only China, but Russia, Korea (both north & U.S. ally south) and even U.S. ally Taiwan.  The Obama administration has repeatedly stated they support Japan’s claims on the disputed islands.

World War 3, Economic Front: New twist on Blue Light Specials; Kmart sex crimes? Sears is most hated company in the United States!

13 June 2013 (13:56 UTC-07 Tango)/04 Sha’ban 1434/23 Khordad 1391/06 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

The Manassas Kmart in Virginia will shut down by September.

Also in Virginia, a Springfield Kmart loss prevention employee caught a shoplifter, then tried to force the shoplifter to perform sexual acts.  According to Fairfax County Police, the suspect is charged with “…abduction with intent to defile and forcible sodomy.”

In Canada, a woman discovered Sears has been charging her for critical illness health insurance policy, that she never agreed to.  The charge on her Sears credit account was coming from ACE INA Insurance, which is a vendor partner with Sears Canada.  The charges have been ongoing since 2009, and she had to hire a lawyer o fight them.

According to Yahoo Finance, Sears is the most hated retail store in the U.S.

Most mall based vacated Sears stores will be used as emergency “business continuity services”, to supposedly keep other businesses running in case of natural disasters or civil uprisings/unforeseen events.

Most vacated Kmarts will be used as domestic spying data collection centers, because most Kmarts are not connected to malls or other stores, therefore it’s easier to hide just who is operating the data center.

Sears Holdings officials say the vacated Sears and Kmarts were chosen for such population monitoring/controlling operations because 70% of the U.S. population live near a Sears or Kmart!

Here’s the updated list of Sears/Kmart store closings since the end of 2011:

Arizona: Scottsdale Sears/Great Indoors, Chandler Sears/Great Indoors.

Alabama: Gadsden Kmart (50 jobs lost), Mobile Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Auburn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Anniston Kmart (no word yet on how many jobs lost).

California:   El Monte Sears (at least 40 jobs lost. Damien Arrula, El Monte’s economic development director, said the store manager had lied about what was going on: “The general manager of the store had just indicated to me that they were remodeling.”), two San Diego Sears (at least 80 jobs lost), Pleasant Hill Kmart (more than 50 jobs lost), Torrance Kmart.

Colorado:  Broomfield Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Glenwood Springs Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lone Tree Sears/Great Indoors, Longmont Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Pueblos’ South Side Kmart (52 jobs lost),  Denver Kmart (number of jobs lost have not been made public at this time, but could be at least 40).

Georgia: Macon Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Buford Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Douglasville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Atlanta Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Columbus Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Jonesboro Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Cartersville Kmart (74 jobs lost).

Guam:  Sears Hometown Store.

Florida: Fernandina Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Callaway Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Orange City Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost),  Deland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Stuart Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), West Palm Beach Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Port St. Lucie Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Crystal River Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), New Smyrna Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint Augustine Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Pompano Beach Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost),  Jacksonville Kmart on 5751 Beach Boulevard (71 jobs lost), second Kmart in Jacksonville on 4645 Blanding Boulevard (83 jobs lost), Ocoee Sears (102 jobs lost), Pensacola Kmart on Airport Boulevard closed in 2011, Pensacola Kmart on Mobile Highway closed in February 2013 (69 jobs lost),  Pensacola Kmart on East 9 Mile Road will close in May (73 jobs lost), Hialeah Kmart (67 jobs lost), Bonita Springs Kmart (67 jobs lost), Mount Dora Kmart (100 jobs lost), Lake Mary Kmart.

Hawaii: Honolulu Sears (owned by GGP, 372 jobs lost!!!),  Kauai Sears (41 jobs lost).

Vacant bedroom/bathroom section.

One corner of the half vacant Chubbuck, Idaho, Sears. No official closing announcement was made.

Idaho: Lewiston Sears (at least 60 jobs lost).  No official announcement, but it’s painfully obvious the Chubbuck Sears going’ down. Or, maybe it’s preps for Shop within a Shop, or one of those domestic spy data storage centers?

Indiana:  Anderson Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Saint John Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Indianapolis Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Sears (49 jobs lost).

Illinois:  Alton Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Melrose Park Sears parts and repair center (50 jobs lost), Zion Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Lawn Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), McHenry Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Peru Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lombard Sears/Great Indoors (at least 40 jobs lost), Fairview Heights Kmart (81 jobs lost), Freeport Kmart (45 jobs lost), Pontiac Kmart (more than 47 jobs lost), Homer Glen Kmart (82 jobs lost), Streator Kmart (45 jobs lost), Lombard Kmart (70 jobs lost).  Naperville Kmart (98 jobs lost), Calumet Sears (164 jobs lost), two Sears stores in Grand Crossing area of Chicago (247 jobs lost!). 58 Chicago area stores up for lease or sale.  By the way, Illinois elected officials gave Sears Holdings/Hoffman Estates a $150 million USD tax break to keep their headquarters in the state.  The tax break was not tied to any promise not to close stores.

Iowa:  Cedar Rapids Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Davenport Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Burlington Kmart (50 jobs lost), Coralville Sears (94 jobs lost, this is a store sold to GGP earlier in the year).

Kansas: Lawrence Sears (at least 40 jobs lost).

Kentucky: Middlesboro Sears (in September 2012 the Sears store re-opened under independent ownership, official grand re-opening scheduled for November), Winchester Kmart (back in May, Rankin Paynter bought out what was left of the inventory and gave it to charity), Hazard Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost).

Maine: Lewiston Sears (60 to 70 jobs lost).

Maryland: Ellicott Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Gaithersburg Sears/Great Indoors.

Michigan: Novi Sears/Great Indoors, Brighton Sears Grand/Essentials,  Harper Woods Sears Full line, Monroe Sears Full line, Adrian Sears Full line, Washington Township Kmart, Chesterfield Kmart, Woodhaven Kmart, Flint Kmart (46 jobs lost), Gaylord Kmart (48 jobs lost).

Minnesota: Willmar Kmart, Duluth Kmart, New Hope Kmart, White Bear Lake Kmart, Bemidji Kmart,  GGP owned Sears Auto Center in the Apache Mall closed (10 jobs lost).

Mississippi: Jackson Sears Full line, McComb Sears Full line, Columbus Sears Full line.

Missouri: Lee’s Summit Sears Grand/Essentials, Saint Louis Sears Full line, High Ridge Kmart (59 jobs lost).

Montana: Missoula Kmart (50 jobs lost).

New Hampshire: Nashau Sears Grand/Essentials, Keene Sears Grand/Essentials,  Portsmouth Kmart (30 jobs lost).

North Carolina: High Point Sears, Moorehead Sears, Rocky Mount Sears, Statesville Sears, Durham Kmart (79 jobs lost), Asheville Kmart (53 jobs lost),  West Smithfield Kmart (59 jobs lost), Winston-Salem Kmart (69 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (58 jobs lost).

North Dakota: Jamestown Kmart (45 jobs lost).

New Jersey:  Lawnside Kmart (about 80 jobs lost).

New Mexico: Las Cruces Kmart (58 jobs lost).

New York: Depew (Lancaster?) Kmart (68 jobs lost).

Ohio: Chagrin Falls Kmart, Springfield Kmart, two Toledo Kmarts, Medina Kmart, Columbus Kmart, Columbus Sears/Great Indoors, Zanesville Sears (67 jobs lost), Trotwood Kmart (71 jobs lost).   Also, Van Wert Sears franchise bought out by Kirk Berryman, owner of Computer & Networking Technologies (CNT), who plans on moving the store to a new location.

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City Sears (98 jobs lost, GGP owned, GGP wants a $2 million sales tax rebate, claiming it’s needed to offset capital investments needed to bring the space up to the standards for potential new tenants).

Oregon: Roseburg Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Tualatin Kmart Center (new property owner from California is tearing everything down for new shopping center, so far no indication the Kmart will be part of the new shopping center), Milwaukie Kmart (61 jobs lost).

Pennsylvania: Upper Darby Sears Full line, Pottstown Sears Full line, Pittsburgh Kmart, Wilkins Sears, Warminster Kmart (85 jobs lost), Shippensburg Kmart (46 jobs lost), Moon Kmart (143 jobs lost).

South Carolina: Sumter Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Orangeburg Sears (57 jobs lost), Columbia Kmart on Fort Jackson Boulevard in 2012, Columbia Kmart on Bush River Road in 2009, Columbia Kmart on St Andrews Road (66 jobs lost), Irmo Kmart (no info on how many jobs lost),  both Greenville Kmarts (140 jobs lost between the two).

Tennessee: Antioch Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Cleveland Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Oak Ridge Sears (at least 40 jobs lost), Hendersonville Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Morristown Sears (about 70 jobs lost), Clinton South Kmart.

Texas: Two Sears parts and repair centers closing in The Woodlands (117 jobs lost), rebuild center in Garland (58 jobs lost), Farmers Branch Sears/Great Indoors, Houston Sears Great/Indoors.

Virginia: Norfolk Sears (at least 40 jobs lost),  Midlothian Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Richmond Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Lynchburg Sears (84 jobs lost), Fairfax Kmart (no word on how many jobs lost), Christiansburg Sears (59 jobs lost), Norfolk Kmart on East Little Creek Road (77 jobs lost), recently revealed Manassas Kmart (71 jobs lost).

Washington: Walla Walla Sears Full line (in August 2012, it was reported that an independent owner of Sears Hometown stores will open a store in Walla Walla), Lacey Kmart (at least 40 jobs lost), Kelso Sears (47 jobs lost), Lakewood Kmart (59 jobs lost), Bellingham Sears (92 jobs lost),  Seattle Kmart (85 jobs lost), East Wenatchee Sears (59 jobs lost).

West Virginia: Oak Hill Kmart (59 jobs lost).

Wisconsin: West Baraboo Sears (at least 40 jobs lost, local village officials say the store generated 3% of local tax collections), Rice Lake Kmart (about 71 jobs lost).

On top of that, Sears Holdings sold stores to General Growth Properties (GGP), of which it has been reported that most of those stores will be closed.

Here’s the list of 11 Sears stores now owned by GGP:

Iowa: Coral Ridge Mall (it’s official the Sears is closing, see above), and Mall of the Bluffs

Texas: The Woodlands Mall (this does not involve the two repair centers being closed by Sears)

Florida: West Oaks Mall

Utah: Fashion Place, and Provo Towne Centre (note the evil British empire way of spelling town & center. Due to a favorable lease agreement the GGP owned Provo Sears will continue to stay open under Sears Holdings management)

Oklahoma: Quail Springs Mall (it’s official, the Sears will be closed, see above)

Hawaii: Ala Moana Center (will be closed, see above)

Washington: Bellis Fair Mall (Bellingham store, see above)

Minnesota: Apache Mall  (see update above, GGP will close Sears store by 2014)

Illinois: Market Place Shopping Center

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan: Bliderberger Bill Gates buddies with Karzai? No data on what U.S. contractors are doing with your money!

09 June 2013/30 Rajab 1434/19 Khordad 1391/02 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

In Kabul Province, Kabul city, Mujahideen attacked the NATO HQ at Kabul airport.   The airport was closed for several hours: “Outside the airport, in the civilian area, there is a tall building under construction and they are shooting at the military side from there. The building is surrounded and there is sporadic shooting. Not enough to damage the military side. We don’t know how many [Alex Jones created???] terrorist bombers are in there.”-General Murad Ali Murad

In Badakhshan Province, Wardoj District, two U.S./NATO/ISAF airstrikes on two villages.  At least two children killed, dozens wounded.  Evil ISAF not denying the airstrikes, but is denying that children/civilians were killed: “ISAF conducted a precision strike against a Taliban leader…..that ISAF killed two children during this strike. It is not true.”

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Comission (AIHRC) reports skyrocketing cases of honor killing, despite the ‘stabilizing’ presence of U.S. forces.   In 2012 there were 240 honor killings reported, as well as 160 rapes (15% of rapes are committed by U.S. backed cops).

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In Paktika Province, Khair Kot District, a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel and a U.S. Army major with the 10th Mountain Division, and one U.S. contractor, killed by an Afghan National Army company commander.  The ANA commander was also killed.  Reports say the ANA commander got into an argument with the arrogant U.S. officers.

In Helmand Province, Greshk District, a local cop joined the Mujahideen and killed seven other cops.  The Mujahid got away with all their weapons and ammo.

In Farah Province, a local cop joined the Mujahideen, taking 18 weapons and an armored vehicle with him.  In a separate incident, in Farah city Italian/NATO troops were attacked with hand grenades, one was killed.  Local reports say the attack was led by an 11 years old boy!

In Balkh Province, Shalgar District,  locals report a U.S. led home invasion killed one person.  Apparently the invaders did not find what they were looking for.

“President Hamid Karzai spoke on telephone with Bill Gates, the founder and head of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to discuss the need to enhance efforts to eradicate polio in Afghanistan.”-Presidential Palace statement

According to two U.S. government agency reports (the Congressional Research Service and the Government Accountability Office) there are at least 108000 taxpayer funded private contractors in Afghanistan (30000 U.S.), and there is no way to know what they are actually doing: “CRS found that the Pentagon lacked the ability to document the work each contractor is performing. It also found even when the government has information on contractors, it’s often inaccurate and doesn’t reflect the actual work being done. This leaves the Pentagon unable to determine if the hundreds of billions it’s spending are leading to effective results.“-David Francis, Fiscal Times

07 June 2013/28 Rajab 1434/17 Khordad 1391/29 Wu-Wu (4th month) 4711

In Jowzjan Province, Qarqin District, a battle raged for hours resulting in 40 ANA troops being killed, five wounded.  A NATO/ISAF spy was also killed.  An armored vehicle was destroyed.  Mujahideen did not report any casualties.

In Maiden Wardak Province, reports that a U.S./NATO/ISAF airstrike killed eight people.  Evil ISAF said all killed were Mujahideen.  The village was then raided by ANA forces.

In Parwan Province, Siyagard District, 15 ANA troops joined the Mujahideen.  They brought with them 12 AK-47s and two rocket launchers, with ammo.

About 1230 U.S. soldiers from Fort Polk, Louisiana, are being deployed to Afghanistan.  They will be assigned to the U.S. Army’s 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division.

The global affairs magazine, Diplomatic Courier, condemned the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan, saying “Afghanistan is still the failed state it was prior to the 2001 US-led invasion. It’s high time, therefore, for the West to ‘come clean’….”

The article points out that the U.S. must be behind the skyrocketing illegal drug production and trafficking, as well as being behind the corruption: ” Make no mistake: The U.S.-led coalition of nations present in Afghanistan is by no means blameless. It installed the current leadership and financed sham elections. It lectured against corruption, but looked the other way when it came to act against it. And the phenomenal growth of poppy cultivation and opium trade took place under the very noses of 100,000 foreign troops. [‘In 2001, Afghanistan produced about 200 tons of opium. Today, that figure exceeds 8,000 tons.’]”  

 

 

Rubella outbreak in Japan now at “critical” levels! Global health officials scared!

11 June 2013 (01:32 UTC-07 Tango)/02 Sha’ban 1434/21 Khordad 1391/04 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases says 9408 people were diagnosed with rubella between January and the beginning of June.  That’s four times higher than the same time last year, and the highest in five years.

Last week there were 680 new cases, health officials in Japan are calling the outbreak “critical”.

In United Kingdom, a rubella outbreak is being reported in West Midlands.  38 cases thus far.  Across all the U.K. there are at least 962 cases.

In the United Kingdom, Australia and United States, health officials are asking the news media to get the word out about vaccines.  Some U.S. states are returning to requiring grade school students to get the MMR shot, Florida being the latest state to make that rule.

The vaccine does seem to work for most, but some people have had bad reactions, and a recent study showed that people with specific genes get no benefit from the vaccine.   Women who plan to get pregnant should get the vaccine about 30 days prior to getting pregnant.  Studies show you should not get the vaccine while pregnant.

 

World War 3, West Asian Front: Japan to support U.S. backed al Qaeda rebels in Syria!

11 June 2013 (01:14 UTC-07 Tango)/02 Sha’ban 1434/21 Khordad 1391/04 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

Japanese news media reporting that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has authorized material support for U.S. backed insurgents in Syria.  He’ll make the official announcement at next week’s G8 summit in Ireland.

 

World War 3, Asian Front-Afghanistan: More secret prisons revealed! Disruption Operations!

06 June 2013/27 Rajab 1434/16 Khordad 1391/28 Wu-Wu (4th month) 4711

In Helmand Province, Nawzad District, seven Georgian ISAF  troops killed, nine wounded by suicide bomber.

In Uruzgan Province, an Australian Special Operations Task Group Digger was shot and wounded while on a “disruption operation”.  Digger officials are investigating if the gunshot was intentional or accidental.  They claim Disruption Operations help keep civilians safe!

In Herat Province, the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) reported that 366 civilians were killed in the first two months of 2013.  That’s a 10% increase from the same time in 2012.

In Sar-e Pol Province, Sar-e Pol city, a hotel was bombed.  At least one person killed, 15 wounded.

In Kunar Province, Manogi District, local government officials say U.S./ISAF carried out a night time drone strike.   Three children killed, two women wounded.   ISAF outright denied the provincial government claims: “This claim is not true.  ISAF takes allegations of civilian causalities very seriously.  We do not have any operational reporting that supports these allegation that civilians were killed in Kunar province.”

The U.S. state of New Jersey welcomed home 135 members of the 508th Military Police Company, Army National Guard.

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In Paktika Province, Gayan District, Mujahideen claim they killed five NATO/ISAF troops, and wounded four others in an ambush on the NATO/ISAF convoy.  Three armored vehicles destroyed.

In Helmand Province, Sangin District, two explosions killed six people.

In Uruzgan Province, Char Chino District, people living in the Khod area claim Australian ISAF troops launched a heliborne assault on their village.  Five villagers were assassinated by the Diggers.  (is this what the Diggers call “disruption operations”?)

In Maiden Wardak Province, Maidan Shar city, hundreds of Afghans protested U.S. Special Operations Forces kidnapping, torture and murder operations.   This after a mass grave was found near an abandoned U.S. SOF base, and an Afghan National Army (ANA) officer was arrested for his role.  Reports say local cops open fired on the protestors, killing three and wounding two.

NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, says NATO is getting prepared for a new mission in Afghanistan after 2014.

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In Helmand Province, three ANA troops killed when they drove over a landmine.

In Farah Province, Lash Wa Juwayn District, a father and his three kids killed when they drove over a landmine.  The mother survived but is seriously wounded.

In Maiden Wardak Province, an ANA colonel was arrested for his connection to U.S. SOF personnel torturing and murdering Afghans in Nerkh District.   Several days prior a mass grave was found at an abandoned U.S. special operations base.

In Uruzgan Province, it was revealed that the Australian army has been holding Afghans prisoner in a secret prison on their Tarin Kowt military base.  Afghan legal officials say the prisoners have never been charged with any crime and are calling the Digger run prison “illegal”.

The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs is urging Afghans to stop entering Iran illegally.  More and more Afghans have been flooding into Iran, illegally, in search of jobs and security.  However, Iranian border guards have shot and killed many Afghans, mainly because of illegal drug trafficking.  Iranians say not only is opium being smuggled in, but the U.S. drug meth as well.

Corporate Martial Law: Operant conditioning alive & well in the U.S. of A.!

10 June 2013 (14:12 UTC-07 Tango)/01 Sha’ban 1434/20 Khordad 1391/03 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

“Operant conditioning techniques will and are currently being used to program the behavior of susceptible Internet users….”-The Atlantic

An article on ‘Skinner Marketing’ in The Atlantic reveals how far down the rabbit hole unAmerican corporate America is going.  The scientific term for Skinner Marketing is Operant Conditioning.

The article points out that the latest version of Google Maps is designed to target people with corporate products based on their location.  Other internet applications are totally about collection of your data, mainly for marketing by corporations.

The most common form are free gaming applications.  While you play those games the software somehow is able to guesstimate what kind of person/consumer your are.

The Atlantic article has some warnings: “The beauty of the Internet is that by combining big data, behavioral targeting, wearable and mobile devices, and GPS, application developers can design more effective operant conditioning environments…..[sounds almost like the Matrix movies, don’t it?]……big data, behavioral targeting, Internet cookies, and GPS positioning can all be integrated with operant conditioning techniques to motivate us to lose weight and study harder. But as with any technology, they can be employed to less admirable ends.

Global Martial Law: Reporter overhears NSA talking about disappearing hero whistleblowers and the journalists that publish them!

10 June 2013 (13:55 UTC-07 Tango)/01 Sha’ban 1434/20 Khordad 1391/03 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

Reports that The Atlantic editor at large, Steve Clemons, was following attendees of the Intel & National Security Association dinner on 07 June 2013.   While sitting in the United Airlines lounge, in the Washington DC Dulles airport, he says he hears “….4 US intel officials saying loudly leaker & reporter on #NSA stuff should be disappeared…”

Clemons said you couldn’t help but hear what the intel officials were saying because they “were loud. Almost bragging”.

Were these National Security officials intentionally being loud?  Did they recognize Clemons and were playing a joke on him?  Are U.S. security officials so arrogant that they have no fear of the general public overhearing their nefarious plans?

Global Martial Law: Whistleblower Hero reveals himself!

10 June 2013 (21:53 UTC-07 Tango 09 June 2013)/01 Sha’ban 1434/20 Khordad 1391/03 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

The following is from The Guardian interview with NSA contracted employee turned whistleblower, Edward Snowden, who fled the U.S. to live in communist controlled Hong Kong.

Q: Why did you decide to become a whistleblower?

A: “The NSA has built an infrastructure that allows it to intercept almost everything. With this capability, the vast majority of human communications are automatically ingested without targeting. If I wanted to see your emails or your wife’s phone, all I have to do is use intercepts. I can get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards.

“I don’t want to live in a society that does these sort of things … I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under.”

Q: But isn’t there a need for surveillance to try to reduce the chances of terrorist attacks such as Boston?

A: “We have to decide why terrorism is a new threat. There has always been terrorism. Boston was a criminal act. It was not about surveillance but good, old-fashioned police work. The police are very good at what they do.”

Q: Do you see yourself as another Bradley Manning?

A: “Manning was a classic whistleblower. He was inspired by the public good.”

Q: Do you think what you have done is a crime?

A: “We have seen enough criminality on the part of government. It is hypocritical to make this allegation against me. They have narrowed the public sphere of influence.”

Q: What do you think is going to happen to you?

A: “Nothing good.”

Q: Why Hong Kong?

A: “I think it is really tragic that an American has to move to a place that has a reputation for less freedom. Still, Hong Kong has a reputation for freedom in spite of the People’s Republic of China. It has a strong tradition of free speech.”

Q: What do the leaked documents reveal?

A: “That the NSA routinely lies in response to congressional inquiries about the scope of surveillance in America. I believe that when [senator Ron] Wyden and [senator Mark] Udall asked about the scale of this, they [the NSA] said it did not have the tools to provide an answer. We do have the tools and I have maps showing where people have been scrutinised most. We collect more digital communications from America than we do from the Russians.”

Q: What about the Obama administration’s protests about hacking by China?

A: “We hack everyone everywhere. We like to make a distinction between us and the others. But we are in almost every country in the world. We are not at war with these countries.”

Q: Is it possible to put security in place to protect against state surveillance?

A: “You are not even aware of what is possible. The extent of their capabilities is horrifying. We can plant bugs in machines. Once you go on the network, I can identify your machine. You will never be safe whatever protections you put in place.”

Q: Does your family know you are planning this?

A: “No. My family does not know what is happening … My primary fear is that they will come after my family, my friends, my partner. Anyone I have a relationship with …

I will have to live with that for the rest of my life. I am not going to be able to communicate with them. They [the authorities] will act aggressively against anyone who has known me. That keeps me up at night.”

Q: When did you decide to leak the documents?

A: “You see things that may be disturbing. When you see everything you realise that some of these things are abusive. The awareness of wrong-doing builds up. There was not one morning when I woke up [and decided this is it]. It was a natural process.

“A lot of people in 2008 voted for Obama. I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party. But I believed in Obama’s promises. I was going to disclose it [but waited because of his election]. He continued with the policies of his predecessor.”

Q: What is your reaction to Obama denouncing the leaks on Friday while welcoming a debate on the balance between security and openness?

A: “My immediate reaction was he was having difficulty in defending it himself. He was trying to defend the unjustifiable and he knew it.”

Q: What about the response in general to the disclosures?

A: “I have been surprised and pleased to see the public has reacted so strongly in defence of these rights that are being suppressed in the name of security. It is not like Occupy Wall Street but there is a grassroots movement to take to the streets on July 4 in defence of the Fourth Amendment called Restore The Fourth Amendment and it grew out of Reddit. The response over the internet has been huge and supportive.”

Q: Washington-based foreign affairs analyst Steve Clemons said he overheard at the capital’s Dulles airport four men discussing an intelligence conference they had just attended. Speaking about the leaks, one of them said, according to Clemons, that both the reporter and leaker should be “disappeared”. How do you feel about that?

A: “Someone responding to the story said ‘real spies do not speak like that’. Well, I am a spy and that is how they talk. Whenever we had a debate in the office on how to handle crimes, they do not defend due process – they defend decisive action. They say it is better to kick someone out of a plane than let these people have a day in court. It is an authoritarian mindset in general.”

Q: Do you have a plan in place?

A: “The only thing I can do is sit here and hope the Hong Kong government does not deport me … My predisposition is to seek asylum in a country with shared values. The nation that most encompasses this is Iceland. They stood up for people over internet freedom. I have no idea what my future is going to be.

“They could put out an Interpol note. But I don’t think I have committed a crime outside the domain of the US. I think it will be clearly shown to be political in nature.”

Q: Do you think you are probably going to end up in prison?

A: “I could not do this without accepting the risk of prison. You can’t come up against the world’s most powerful intelligence agencies and not accept the risk. If they want to get you, over time they will.”

Q: How to you feel now, almost a week after the first leak?

A: “I think the sense of outrage that has been expressed is justified. It has given me hope that, no matter what happens to me, the outcome will be positive for America. I do not expect to see home again, though that is what I want.”