Reports from Cairo saying Egyptians have surrounded the Israeli embassy, demanding the Israeli ambassador leave. Israeli planes bombed Egyptian forces on the Gaza border. Three Egyptians were killed.
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U.S. Media never reported the weeks of Israeli attacks on Gaza, West Bank, and Lebanon, now Israel kills Egyptian soldiers, cry me a river Israel!
For several weeks Israeli air forces have been bombing Gaza and West Bank, the U.S. media ignored it. Israeli ground forces have conducted several raids into Lebanon, the U.S. media ignored it.
Then Israel say eight Israelis were killed in an attack on a bus, carrying Israeli soldiers and civilians, north of the Red Sea resort of Eilat. They use that attack to justify their current escalation of attacks against Gaza. They claim it was Hamas who attacked the tour bus. The U.S. media was all over it.
Here’s the problem, Gaza is nowhere near the resort of Eliat. Secondly, those who were attacked say the attackers were Egyptian soldiers, not Palestinians.
U.S. media went along with Israeli claims that the attackers were from Gaza. Again, an Israeli media interview with the driver of the tour bus, said that the attackers definitely came from an Egyptian border post, and were wearing Egyptian army uniforms.
Israel killed dozens of Palestinians in their attacks prior to the August 18th attack on the tour bus, and Israel has killed dozens more since they launched their “retaliatory” attacks on Gaza. Many of those killed by Israel are women and children.
The latest reports say that Israel has also attacked Egyptian troops, killing three. The report was made by the Egyptian government.
Of course Palestinians are now responding with their own rocket attacks against Israel. International journalists in the area say it looks like it could escalate into a full blown war. Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barak is vowing a “full force” attack against Palestinians.
Just last week, I posted that Israeli officials stated they were going to go to war in September, to stop Palestine from becoming a recognized member of the United Nations, and to attack Syria.
When you look at the casualties that Israel has suffered, compared to the casualties Israel has caused, you’ll know who the real terrorist is. Cry me a river U.S. media, cry me a river Israel!!!
Afghans celebrate independence from U.K. by destroying British Embassy
The British embassy in Afghanistan is under attack as I write this. It began with massive explosions. Pics show a multi-story building with its facade completely destroyed. Smaller explosions and constant gunfire is ongoing.
The Taliban are claiming they launched the attacks. Insurgents are still inside the embassy compound. At least 12 people killed, officials expect the number to increase. At least two of the killed are confirmed to be U.K. citizens.
Afghanistan gained independence from Britain on August 19, 1919.
U.S. & Europe preps for attacks on Syria by cancelling bi-annual war games with Egypt
The United States has cancelled its bi-annual “Bright Star” war games with Egypt. The two countries have been holding such war games for decades.
This comes as the U.S. and Europe push for UN action against Syria, but officially its because of the political transition taking place in Egypt.
Bright Star war games have also included France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. If you notice it includes many of the U.S. led NATO countries that also want to take out the Syrian government.
President Obama wants war with Syria, EU leaders want war with Syria, Canada wants war with Syria, it’s all about the oil baby!
“The future of Syria must be determined by its people, but President Bashar al-Assad is standing in their way. We have consistently said that President Assad must lead a democratic transition or get out of the way. He has not led. For the sake of the Syrian people, the time has come for President Assad to step aside.”-President Barack Obama, written statement.
“Our three countries believe that President Assad, who is resorting to brutal military force against his own people and who is responsible for the situation, has lost all legitimacy and can no longer claim to lead the country.”-joint statement from British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel
“I join with (U.S.) President Obama and other members of the international community in calling on President Assad to vacate his position, relinquish power and step down immediately.”-Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister
Syria is “…a proxy for Iran, a supporter of terror, and a threat to United States interests and our allies in the region.”-Eric Cantor, U.S. House Majority Leader
All these statements were made after President Assad announced an end to the crackdown on the insurgency. He also invited the United Nations to investigate claims of human rights abuses, however, U.S. officials, and the U.S. media are reporting that some how the UN already conducted an investigation and found Assad guilty. That was fast!
Major oil pipelines run through Syria, from Iraq and Iran to Turkey, Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea. 90% of the oil goes to Europe. Remember, we’re attacking Libya, and the majority of Libyan oil goes to Europe, in fact almost all of Italy’s oil supplies come from Libya.
It’s really starting to look like Europe, with the help of the United States, is trying to save its sorry economic ass by taking direct control of their major suppliers of oil.
Corporate Incompetence: TEPCo knew explosion could occur, but just didn’t want to believe that it would!
In a case of hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil, a Japanese government investigation into the corporate mind of Tokyo Electric Power Company revealed that officials just couldn’t believe the worse case scenario could happen at Fukushima Daiichi.
TEPCo officials admitted that they discussed the possibility of explosions inside the reactor buildings, but dismissed the possibility as unlikely.
Then, just one day after the 11 March 2011 quake/tsunami, Reactor 1 exploded. TEPCo officials were focused so much on other concerns, that it took the second explosion, in Reactor 3 on 14 March, to wake them up.
Some government officials conclude that Tokyo Electric officials don’t realize just how dangerous a nuclear reactor can be.
Corporate Incompetence: Nuclear Plant workers say Reactor 1 was already melting down even before the Tsunami hit, decreasing radiation levels due to fuel rods being washed away
Many workers who were at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant the day of the 11 March 2011 quake and tsunami, say reactor 1 was already in trouble and possibly melting down, immediately after the 9.0 quake.
“There’s certainly a great deal of evidence that appears to suggest that the first reactor, reactor number one, was melting down by the time the tsunami hit. So, if that’s the case that the reactor was melting down as a result of the earthquake, and not as a result of the tsunami, a nine-point earthquake is something that has the potential to happen throughout Japan, and that would put the reliability and the design safety of all of these reactors in question.”-Robert Jacobs, Hiroshima Peace Institute
Also, Tokyo Electric Power Company has been reporting decreasing radiation levels coming from Pacific Ocean water inlets and outlets. It’s not a sign they have things under control, because they certainly don’t. Rather, after 5 months of ongoing nuclear disaster, what’s happened is that the remains of nuclear fuel rods have been washed out into the Pacific Ocean by TEPCo’s continued water injection.
“When you have a fragile structure that’s already suffered a great deal of damage and when you have continual aftershocks at the level of six-point, or there’s been some even higher, what we have now is we have the radioactive core that has melted down into the basement, into the bottom of the containment vessel of these reactors, and if the radiation level is going down, where it’s been monitored inside the buildings, and if the water pressure is going down, and the temperature is going down, it’s not that the radiation is just suddenly going away, it means that the radioactive material, the melted core, is simply moving further away from where it’s been measured.”-Robert Jacobs
Turkey gives Syria ultimatum, threatens war, United States makes the usual statments that preceed military action
“If these operations do not stop, there will be nothing left to say about the steps that would be taken. This is our final word to the Syrian authorities, our first expectation is that these operations stop immediately and unconditionally.”-Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkish Foreign Minister
August 15, Turkey gave Syria an ultimatum; stop military operations or face the consequences. This follows the increase of Turkish troops along the border with Syria, and the recall of all military officers who retired within the last five years.
Also, on the the same day U.S. President Obama issued this statement, through his spokesman Jay Carney: “We are looking, together with a broad array of international partners, to increase pressure on President Assad.” Also: “By his actions he has demonstrated that he has lost legitimacy to lead, and the president has no doubt that Syria will be better off without him.”
The statements from the Obama administration are now stereotypical in signalling military action. Turkey is a member of the U.S. led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
U.S. Army suicides break record again
“There’s actually two things that we’re doing; one is we’re returning them back, we’re letting them have a little break and returning them back to the battle zone. And if they’re not going back, if they’re being discharged, or staying in the service away… we’re trying to tell them they’re not sick. If they insist that they’re sick or stressed we’re giving them a lot of anti-psychotics medication.”–Karen Kwiatkowski, former Pentagon official
Despite claiming to have increased efforts to solve the suicide problem, the U.S. Army hit another record in July, 2011: 22 active-duty soldiers and ten reservists killed themselves, the highest number for any month since the U.S. Army began publishing monthly suicide reports in 2009.
So far 160 active-duty and reserve Army soldiers have committed suicide this year. That’s not counting veterans.
Percentage wise the U.S. Marine Corps isn’t far behind the U.S. Army. Each of the past six years has seen a record number of active duty and reserve suicides.
Israel preparing to let go of United States, finds new supporter: China
Israeli military industries have long had cooperative relationships with Chinese military industries. Now the Israeli government is making big moves towards wooing the Chinese government.
On August 14, General Chen Bingde, of China’s People’s Liberation Army, met with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, in Tel Aviv. Barak visited China two months ago.
The Israelis are trying to win increased support from the Chinese. Possibly they realize the United States government is flat broke, and can’t continue to give Israel billions of the U.S. taxpayers’ money.
A Jewish commentator, Eran Shayshon, stated, on the same day that General Chen showed up in Israel, that Israel must adopt an “open tent” policy towards the BRIC economies. BRIC stands for Brazil, Russia, India and China. They’re the only countries with good economies.
This is the first time a Chinese military official has visited Israel. General Chen will be there for the next three days.