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Business/Economics, International

World War 3: Germany sells Egypt attack submarines, Israel orders Germany to stop sale! Germany says F-off Israel!

“No country in the world has the right of veto to decisions taken by the German government!”-Thomas de Maiziere, Germany’s Defense Minister

16 September 2012, perhaps German officials are finally getting tired of Israel?

Israel has arrogantly claimed they can veto Germany’s sale of Type 209 attack submarines to Egypt!  Two weeks ago it was revealed that Egypt was buying two of the German made subs, the same type that Germany has been selling to Israel.

Israeli media quoted Israeli government officials as saying this was “a marked deterioration in relations between Israel and Germany”.

The German media says it’s time to stop supporting Israel: “It’s a serious matter when Germany, as the world’s third largest arms exporter, apparently pays little consideration to the consequences of its policy of exporting submarines to Israel.”– Die Tageszeitung

 

International

World War 3: Another Egyptian army post, and towns, under attack in Sinai, Egyptians killed!

“The shooting continued for three hours causing much panic and fear and then as is always the case things return back to normal as if nothing has happened.”-Mohamed El-Menei, local politician in the town of Sheikh Zuwayed

16 September 2012, an Egyptian army post in the Sinai was attacked.

Five Egyptian are wounded, one soldier was killed. The attackers target the army outpost, then moved on to the town of al-Arish where they attacked a police station.  One woman and a child were wounded.

Apparently the attacks were in retaliation for the arrests of people in another town called Sheikh Zuwayed.  Egyptian government forces have been arresting people they suspect of being involved with the 05 August 2012 attacks that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers.

 

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, Opinion, U.S.

World War 3: Palestinians trapped in the Israeli/Palestinan Authority controled West Bank death camp taking to the streets!

“We staged these strikes because of prices, tax rates and the fact that the Palestinian Authority steals tax revenue……..We pay double taxes, both to the Transportation Ministry and to the Ramallah municipality. Why is that?”-West Bank taxi driver

15 September 2012, people in the United States don’t understand life in the slow motion death camp known as West Bank.  Unfortunately for many people in the United States they see nothing wrong with double or even triple taxation (local, state and federal taxes for the same things, like fuels, roads and education)!

Unlike the Gaza Strip, where the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) routinely use Palestinians as target practice on a weekly, if not daily basis (never reported in U.S. main stream media), the Palestinians in the West Bank are subject to extreme economic controls (similar to what the NAZIs did to the Polish Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War 2).

Many West Bankers (which include Palestinian Christians and Jews, not just Muslims) are blaming the Palestinian Authority (PA), the political party in charge within the West Bank.  The PA has a policy of trying not to piss off its Israeli masters.  Many taxes collected by the PA end up going to the Israeli government, after PA officials skim off what they can for themselves!

It’s gotten so bad that commentators on West Bank TV recently tried to criticize the PA, live on television, their audio was cut off.

A veteran Palestinian ‘peace negotiator’ stated that the only way for West Bank Palestinians to rise up against Israel is to get rid of the PA.

One of the games Israel has been playing is to hold back on tax reparations, calling it “measured assistance”.  Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says this is the only way to control the West Bankers.  Measured assistance also creates an economy so bad that West Bankers are willing to work for peanuts inside Israel, if the Israeli government will let them.  Recently the Israeli government approved 5,000 work permits for desperate West Bankers.

According to the World Bank there are almost three million people living in West Bank (many international organizations say it’s much more), which is 5,628 square kilometers (2,173 sq mi) in size.  But the Palestinians are being squeezed out almost weekly.  For the past few years the Israeli government has authorized the building of hundreds of internationally illegal settlements in West Bank, which means illegally evicting the Palestinians.  Many Israelis are evicting Palestinians on their own and building their own settlements without government authorization.

On 12 September Israeli courts allowed the expansion of one settlement onto private Palestinian land.  The settlers had used an old military order to justify their expansion.  However, that order was modified in 1979, to state that the military can not take land for civilian use.  The courts claim that Palestinians will be compensated for the land, but, where can they go after they’re forced to sell it?

West Bank just saw the end of a week of protests against the economic conditions there (did you see mentions of it in the U.S. main stream media?), now more protests because of a anti-Islam movie, made by a pro-Israeli right wing U.S. christian con artist.  Will there finally be intifada against the Israeli puppet Palestinian Authority?

International, U.S.

World War 3: People of Argentina join anti-U.S. protests!

15 September 2014, several Argentinian Muslim groups are demanding action against the United States regarding the anti-Islam movie, made by a right wing U.S. christian con artist.

The Islamic Center of the Republic of Argentina (CIRA), and the Argentine Islamic Association (ASAI), are condemning the movie. They are asking the government to ban the movie because it violates Argentine anti-
discrimination laws.

Officials with Argentina’s National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism (INADI) said they are considering the request.

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: Yemen Parliament wants U.S. Marines out, now!

15 September 2012, Yemen’s parliament demands the United States remove U.S. Marines from their country, now!

U.S. President Barack Obama sent in USMC because of the growing anti-U.S. riots.  Thousands of Yemenese are protesting the anti-Islam movie made by a right wing U.S. christian con artist.

Yemen is in a civil war, no thanks in part to the United States.  The government of Yemen is seen as a puppet of the U.S. by most of the people there.  Sending in U.S. forces only adds fuel to the fire of Yemen’s civil war.

San’a police have killed at least five protestors since 13 September.

International, U.S.

World War 3: Sudan tells Obama to keep his Marines out of their country!

15 September 2012, the government of Sudan is telling U.S. President Barack Obama to back off on his plan to send Marines.

Obama says the USMC is needed to boost security around the U.S. embassy.

Thousands of Sudanese are protesting the anti-Islam movie made by a right wing U.S. christian con artist.  Both the U.K. and German embassies had been attacked. The German embassy was set on fire.  Police drove back the protestors, killing five protestors who were attempting to climb the walls of the U.S. embassy.

Sudan has barricaded the U.S. embassy and claims there is no need to send in U.S. forces.  Also, such a move could destabilize Sudan.

Idaho, Kit Bashing, Technology

2012 Pocatello Airport: Idaho National Guard A-10C Thunderbolt 2

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Photos by AAron Hutchins.  Model kit builders take note of the mass of raised rivets all over the tank-killer.  Click pics to make bigger:

2012 POCATELLO AIRPORT: U.S. ARMY SHERPA