Iraqi Volunteer Forces Reject Cooperation with US Army

The Iraqi Volunteer Forces (Hashd al-Shaabi) categorically rejected a Bloomberg report on their cooperation with the American troops in Iraq.
"There is no cooperation and coordination with the Americans to win back the regions controlled by the ISIL," Spokesman of Iraqi Volunteer Forces Karim al-Nouri said in reaction to news reports on Hashd al-Shaabi's cooperation with US forces.
A Bloomberg View column, citing two unidentified American administration officials, claimed Hashd al-Shaabi forces groups are sharing use of a military base with US troops.
Earlier today, Pentagon Spokesman Colonel Steve Warren also rejected that the US army is sharing its new military base in Iraq's Anbar province with volunteer forces.
Earlier this month, Secretary-General of the powerful Badr Organization Hadi al-Ameri underlined that the Iraqi forces, including the Shiite volunteers, have no need to the US assistance in their fight against the ISIL terrorist group.
Al-Ameri said that sending more American troops will damage the plan to free Iraqi cities and towns from ISIL control.

@темы: link, Iraq, US, so-called ISIL

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Takfiri militants in Russia's Caucasus pledge allegiance to ISIL

Based on the voice recording which emerged on video sharing website YouTube on Sunday, militants in Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkaria regions have all pledged allegiance to ISIL leader Ibrahim al-Samarrai aka Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, AFP reported on Wednesday.
Listing the four Russian regions in the recording both in Arabic and Russian, a male voice says all the militants “of the Caucasus... are united in this decision and there are no disagreements among us on this issue.”
The move was warmly welcomed by the terror group, with Abu Mohammed al-Adnani, an ISIL spokesman, naming a local militant as the group’s Caucasus leader.
He said in a recording of his own that Baghdadi accepts the allegiance and “names Sheikh Abu Mohammad al-Qadari as (governor) of the Caucasus.”
Reports identified Qadari as Rustam Aselderov, a militant who swore fealty to ISIL in December 2014.

@темы: link, Russia, Press TV, so-called ISIL

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Paper Gold Fraud Rampant in New York and London

@темы: video, gold/silver, economy

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Yemen: Human Cost of Saudi-Led Bombing Campaign

New evidence of the plight of civilians in Yemen, shows how Saudi war has led to thousands of deaths, as it has so far claimed the lives of at least 4,717 civilians, mostly women and children.

@темы: link, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, fascism, genocide

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Foreign investment in Israel cut by half in 2014

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Israel dropped by nearly 50% in 2014 compared to 2013 according to a report by the The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), which tracks changes in global foreign direct investment worldwide. The report contains one very glum statistic; in 2014 $6.4 billion were invested in Israel, whereas in 2013 $11.8 billion were invested - a decline of about 46%.
"We believe that what led to the drop in investment in Israel are Operation Protective Edge and the boycotts Israel is facing," Dr. Roni Manos of the College of Management and one of the authors of the report's summary told Ynet.

@темы: link, economy, Israel

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A New Problem For Greece Emerges: How To Do the Russian "Unpivot" After Capitulating

While Greece is collectively scratching its head why Tsipras et al were at loggerheads with Europe for 4 months, during which time the Greek economy entered a recession and saw its banks not only depleted of all cash but become de facto wards of the ECB, just to reach an "agreement" that could have taken place back in February, and attention shifts to just how Tsipras will pass last night's impromptu capitulation through hard-line leftist parliamentarians, Greece now has another problem: how to unpivot the aggressive pivot toward Russia in the past few months, which culminated with the signing of an energy deal last week in St. Petersburg.
It goes without saying that if Greece is scrambling to go back into the Troika's good graces, Belgium will make it very clear that any overtures to Putin are to be "cease and deceased" (sic) immediately. Which opens a can of worms for the Marxists in government: how to slam shut the door to their ideological Plan B, when everyone knows the Grexit fiasco will repeat again in a few months, and Greece will again be knocking on the Kremlin's door.

@темы: link, Zero hedge, Greece, economy

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South Korea says it will send aid to North Korea during its worst drought

North Korea recently expressed through its Korean Central News Agency that it is in the midst of its worst drought in over 100 years and South Korea is willing to offer help under one simple condition — just ask.
Foreign Minister and authority on inter-Korean ties Hong Yong-pyo spoke on behalf of South Korea saying that they will be monitoring the drought situation in the North and will offer aid if it is requested according to Yonhap News Agency.
North Korea’s dramatic announcement regarding the drought was seen by many countries as a means of asking for help without actually requesting it outright. So far there has been a mixed response.
The U.S. recently stated that they had looked into the claims and had no plans to provide any assistance based on the information they had gathered.
It has offered food aid to North Korea in the past as recent as 2012 in return for halting both the country’s nuclear weapons program and missile development.
North Korea violated the agreement and the offer was withdrawn.
China on the other hand said that it does plan to provide aid in the form of food as one of the North’s few allies.

@темы: link, nature, Refreshing News, Korea

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Greek parliament will reject to ratify the current proposal–will the government fall?

At the emergency Euro-top in Brussels on Monday, Tsipras and Varoufakis have brought up a ‘final and best’ proposal to be considered by its European ‘partners’ (read: creditors). The country now ‘suddenly’ found 2.7B EUR of savings/income for 2015 and 5.2B EUR for next year. The majority of the gap will be closed by an extensive VAT reform which would result in an additional cash inflow of 1.4B EUR in 2016. The government also wants to reduce the pension payments by 800M EUR, and it’s now specifically including yachts in a ‘luxury tax raise’ which should bring in 47M EUR. The corporate income tax would also be increased again to 29% from next year on.
The European leaders seem to be optimistic about this new proposal and aims to have a binding solution by the normal euro-top which starts on Thursday.
However, not everybody is happy with the new plan, and Prime Minister Tsipras is getting a lot of heat from the Greek parliament and even some hard-liners in his own party have openly declared they will not accept the newest proposal.

@темы: link, Investment watch blog, Greece, economy

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Commerzbank Suggests Greece Could Sell Gold Reserves to Make Payment

“According to the latest [International Monetary Fund] statistics, the Greek central bank holds 112.5 tons of gold, worth ?3.8 billion at current market prices. This equates to a good 1% of Greek government debt and 66% of Greek foreign currency reserves. Greece could in theory meet the ?1.5 billion payment due to the IMF at the end of the month by selling 47 tons of gold from its reserves, if no agreement is reached with international creditors on the payment of bailout funds,” the analysts said in their research note.
They also noted that this scenario, an emergency sale of Greece’s gold, could be one reason why gold hasn’t benefited from increased risk aversion sentiment.

Bankers alchemy. Turning worthless paper into gold. (c) WRH

@темы: link, (c), gold/silver, Greece, economy

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What's Really Going On At Fukushima?

Fukushima will likely go down in history as the biggest cover-up of the 21st Century. Governments and corporations are not leveling with citizens about the risks and dangers; similarly, truth itself, as an ethical standard, is at risk of going to shambles as the glue that holds together the trust and belief in society’s institutions. Ultimately, this is an example of how societies fail.
Tens of thousands of Fukushima residents remain in temporary housing more than four years after the horrific disaster of March 2011. Some areas on the outskirts of Fukushima have officially reopened to former residents, but many of those former residents are reluctant to return home because of widespread distrust of government claims that it is okay and safe.
Part of this reluctance has to do with radiation’s symptoms. It is insidious because it cannot be detected by human senses. People are not biologically equipped to feel its power, or see, or hear, touch or smell it (Caldicott). Not only that, it slowly accumulates over time in a dastardly fashion that serves to hide its effects until it is too late.

@темы: link, nuclear, Japan, Zero hedge

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French Unemployment Hits Record High: 80th Consecutive Month Of Rising Joblessness

While French president Hollande is busy "grilling" (in the words of The Local) president Obama over the latest US "spying on its allies" snafu, the French economy continues to deteriorate and according to the latest French labor ministry data, in May the number of French jobseekers rose by another 0.5%, or 16,200, to 3.552 million, 10k more than expected, and a new all time high.
The number was 5%, or 168,500 greater, compared to a year ago as the so-called European recovery has yet to have a positive impact on what is supposed to be Europe's second strongest economy.

@темы: link, France, Zero hedge, economy

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What Really Happened Radio Show: Michael Rivero Wednesday June 24 2015

@темы: video, WRH

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Cyber Attack on Canadian Government a Hoax? Michael Rivero - June 23, 2015

@темы: Goddard Report

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Why Is Hillary Clinton Falling in the Polls? Michael Rivero - June 8, 2015

@темы: Goddard Report

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What Really Happened Radio Show: Michael Rivero Wednesday June 10 2015

@темы: video, WRH

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MISSISSIPPI HAS HIGHEST INFANT MORTALITY RATE & HIGHEST INFANT VACCINE RATE

To be clear, ranking as the most highly vaccinated state is NOT something to be proud of.
More educated states are seeing more and more parents opt out of some of the 49 doses of vaccines administered to our children before kindergarten. Ranking first in vaccination compliance only indicates that Mississippi families are being exploited for its reputation of ignorance and lack of education. It is an embarrassment, not a badge of honor.
As citizens of this state, it is time we take notice of our state’s archaic vaccine law. As it is now, the state of Mississippi requires children first be vaccine-injured before a parent can begin the uphill, long battle to secure said injured child from further damage. That is barbaric! Meanwhile, forty-eight other healthier states provide religious and/or philosophical vaccine waivers.

@темы: link, US, Medical Tyranny, 12160

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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ATTEMPTS TO TACK 20 YEARS ONTO MAN'S SENTENCE...

...FOR POSSESSION OF BOOKS

Robertson, who says he's worked for the FBI and CIA as an asset in the past, alleges that the government is retaliating against him for "refusing to conduct an overseas operation requested by the CIA."
"The government is trying to use my case to establish a legal precedent, where even if a person is not charged with actual terrorism offenses they can still try them as a ‘terrorist’ using the sentencing adjustment,” Robertson told TheIntercept. “This is not just about prosecuting my case specifically, it’s about creating a precedent whereby the government can simply go through the books you own and use them to frighten people into believing that you’re a terrorist."

@темы: link, US, dictatorship, Blacklisted news, fascism

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Japan Scientists:

High radiation levels near West Coast after Fukushima disaster — Almost 30 Bq/m3 of cesium offshore — Secret documents reveal US gov’t previously ordered radiation test results in Pacific be hidden to avoid contamination fears...

@темы: link, nuclear, Japan, US, the state

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Airlines want smaller carry-on bags to free up overhead bins...

in other words, you might have to check your current carry-on bags for a fee...
Millions of fliers might soon want to buy new carry-on suitcases.
Global airlines announced Tuesday a new guideline that recommends shrinking carry-on bags, in an effort to free up space in packed overhead bins.
The guideline, which is not binding, means that many existing bags currently in compliance with airline rules would not be given preferential treatment in the boarding process. While details of how the guideline will be implemented are murky, and could vary from airline to airline, it raises the possibility that many fliers would be forced to check their favorite carry-on bag.
Fliers might ultimately need to buy smaller suitcases or pay a fee to check their bags, typically $25 each way.
The recommendation by the International Air Transport Association suggests an "optimal" carry-on size at 21.5 inches tall by 13.5 inches wide by 7.5 inches deep. That's smaller than the current maximum size allowed by many airlines. For instance, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines all currently allow bags up to 22 inches by 14 inches by 9 inches — although gate agents don't always enforce those more-generous measurements.
"Once again, the airlines find a way to make their problem the passenger's problem — and an expensive problem at that," said travel industry consultant Henry Harteveldt. The lack of overhead space is due to airlines cramming too many seats on planes and charging passengers to check their suitcases, he said.

@темы: link, corporations

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What Really Happened Radio Show: Michael Rivero Tuesday June 9 2015

@темы: video, WRH