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World War 3: U.S. Marines attacked in Turkey. USS Abraham Lincoln leaves Persian Gulf.

18 July 2012, a group of U.S. Marines (Some reports say sailors. Some reports say soldiers, but USN & USMC personnel are not referred to as ‘soldiers’) on shore leave in Turkey were attacked.

A group claiming to be the Turkish Youth Association (TGB) attacked U.S. forces in the port city of Antalya.  TGB members verbally insulted the Marines and tried to put bags on their heads GITMO/Abu Ghraib style. Turkish police broke up the assaults and detained seven people.

People of Turkey are protesting the presence of the USS Abraham Lincoln.  The aircraft carrier left the Persian Gulf on 16 July, the same day the Pentagon announced sending yet another aircraft carrier to the volatile region.

 

 

World War 3: Israel holds emergency War meeting concerning Syria! Israel may be behind assassination of Syrian defense officials! Israelis killed in Bulgaria may be Syrian retaliation! Russia says it will punish those behind assassinations of Syrian officials!

“We expect the organizers of the act of terror in Damascus to be identified and for them to face their deserved punishment.”-Russian Foreign Ministry statement

“Israel is closely monitoring all the developments in Syria.”-Ehud Barak, Israeli Defense Minister

“An explosion occurred in a passenger’s bus with Israeli citizens at the Burgas Airport.”-Dimitar Nikoliv, Mayor of Burgas, Bulgaria

18 July 2012, there are reports that Ehud Barak, the Minister of Defense for Israel, just finished an hours long emergency meeting with IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) top brass.

This after two explosions, one that assassinated the top Syrian defense official, and the other which killed at least three Israelis, and wounded 20, on a bus in Bulgaria!

Prior to the attack on the Bulgarian airport shuttle bus carrying Israeli passengers, IDF officials praised the assassination of Syrian officials, rating it “…a 7 on the Richter scale!”

Witnesses to the Bulgarian bus explosion say the entire bus went up in flames.

Russia and China have stated they will veto any new UN Security Council resolutions against Syria.

World War 3: How many U.S. aircraft carrier groups does it take to go to war with Iran? Not sure, but there’s already 3 U.S. aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf, and another one is on its way! Iranians warned they will attack the latest carrier threat!

“…we are not in the habit of repeating a warning and we warn only once.”-Ataollah Salehi, Major General Iranian Army, 03 January 2012

There will soon be four U.S. aircraft carrier groups in the Persian Gulf.  The USS Enterprise, the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS Abraham Lincoln will soon be joined by the USS John C Stennis.

The announcement was made on 16 July 2012, by the U.S. Department of Defense. The Pentagon also said the deployment of the USS Stennis, in August, will be four months ahead of schedule, and it will be for longer than originally planned.

The United States has also increased the number of other combat ships in the area. But here’s the thing, back in January 2012, Iranian officials singled out the USS Stennis, threatening military action against that specific aircraft carrier if it ever returned to the Persian Gulf.

Back in April 2012, USN Commander Amy Derrick-Frost, of the 5th Fleet,  said it was unusual to have two U.S. aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf at the same time, now there’s going to be four!

Is the U.S. move a deliberate provocation in order to start a full blown World War 3?

Corporate & Government Hypocrisy: Too Big to Fail U.K. bank caught violating U.S. sanctions against Iran! It happened under Bush Jr’s watch!!!

“The vast majority of the Iranian transactions, ranging from 75-90% over the years, were sent through HBUS [HSBC’s U.S. operation] and other U.S. dollar accounts without disclosing any connection to Iran.”-Department of Homeland Security report to U.S. Senate

17 July 2012, testimony in front of a U.S. Senate panel, by Homeland Security officials, revealed that HBUS (the U.S. division of United Kingdom’s HSBC) “concealed Iranian transactions” between 2001 and 2007 (gee that’s during the Bush Jr administration!).

$19.4 billion USD are involved in the “u-turn” transactions (a type of money laundering by Too Big to Fail banks): “From at least 2001 to 2007, two HSBC affiliates, HSBC Europe (HBEU) and later HSBC Middle East (HBME), repeatedly conducted U-turn transactions involving Iran through HBUS, many of which were not disclosed to the bank, even though they knew HBUS required full transparency to process U-turns.”-report to U.S. Senate

U.S. Senator, Carl Levin, said “HSBC’s chief compliance officer and other senior executive in London knew what was going on, but allowed the deceptive conduct to continue.”

Levin also pointed out that the U.S. Department of the Treasury, under George W. Bush, did nothing to stop HSBC.

This is the latest accusation against HSBC. The Too Big to Fail bank has also been accused of helping Mexican drug lords and Saudi Arabian terrorists, among other crimes.  Read about it in the 335 page report at www.hsgac.senate.gov/reports

World War 3: Russia about to pay off debts to Iran, announces financing deal to help Iran avoid U.S. & EU sanctions!

“The problem of the Iranian LCs [Letters of Credit] created by the U.S. and western states’ sanctions against the banking system (of Iran) can be solved by using the banks operating in the Russian regions.”-Alexander Vitalivic, Russian Head of the Iran-Russia Regional Cooperation Workgroup

17 July 2012, Russian officials announced, at the Iran-Russia Regional Cooperation Workgroup meeting, that Russia is willing and able to help Iran avoid any bad economic effects from U.S. and European Union sanctions!

“The presence of small and medium size banks and financial institutions of the (Russian) regions (on the scene of transactions with Iran) will be useful for motivating an increase in exchanges and preventing decrease in exports.”-Alexander Vitalivic

Also, Russian Head of Iran-Russia Joint Trade Council, Yuri Papoyev, announced that Central Bank of Russia (CBR) is ready to make due payments to Iranian parties: “After meetings with the Russian Central Bank officials, they agreed to make due payments and open LCs [Letters of Credit] for Iran in the least time possible.”

Class Warfare: New poll shows U.S. Democrats & Republican voters want to cut the Military!!! Republicans hate benefits for military families! More proof your Elitist leaders are out of touch!

“The idea that Americans’ would want to keep total defense spending up so as to preserve local jobs is not supported by the data.”-Steven Kull, Program for Public Consultation

On 16 July 2012, the Program for Public Consultation (run through the University of Maryland) announced that surveys showed both Democrats and Republican voters want to drastically cut tax spending on the U.S. Department of Defense!

The survey was also conducted by the Stimson Center’s Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program, and the Center for Public Integrity’s National Security program.

According to the survey, 80% of people who consider themselves Democrats favor drastic cuts to the military, but, so do 74% of people who consider themselves Republicans!

And when the survey asked specifically about healthcare spending on military families and retirees, Republicans jumped on that, with a call for cutting that budget by $7.4 billion USD!

Don’t worry Red voters, Democrats also wanted to cut benefits for military families and retirees, but by only $6.6 billion!

More details here.

 

LIBOR: Barclays says order to rig rates came from Bank of England. Governments calling the shots!

“…unprecedented degree of government intervention in the financial system…..not the first time LIBOR had come up….It didn’t seem an inappropriate action given that it was coming from the Bank of England.”-Jerry del Missier, statements made to U.K. Parliament

16 July 2012, former chief operating officer of Barclays, Jerry del Missier, told a parliamentary committee that the ‘order’ to manipulate interest and currency rates came directly from the Bank of England!

The Bank of England (BoE) is the central bank of the United Kingdom, similar to the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank.  Missier referred to the “lowballing” order from central banks as “…a time when governments were tangibly calling the shots.

Missier, from Canada, quit his job at Barclays just hours after chief executive, Bob Diamond, resigned.

The LIBOR scandal now involves dozens of Too Big to Fail banks around the western world, and Japan’s TIBOR and European Union’s EURIBOR. The scandal involves banks in North America, Europe and Japan (the regional members of the Trilateral Commission).

And don’t blame Obama, this started under the Bush Jr administration!

Check my blog for other LIBOR reports.

One Year Later: Radioactive village fenced off! Rice fields left to contamination!

Midnight 16 July 2012, a ceremony was held as Iitate Village, in Fukushima Prefecture, was officially fenced off.

Iitate is now divided into three zones, based on radiation levels.

In the most radioactive area only people with homes in the area are allowed in, but only for a few hours and never overnight!

This is the beginning of government efforts to manage decontamination efforts, more than one year after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident began.

However, 85% of Iitate is woodland and rice fields, and the government has not announced any plans to decontaminate those areas.