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On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 1:33 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send cypherpunks mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://cpunks.org/mailman/listinfo/cypherpunks > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of cypherpunks digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: When is it necessary to take up arms? (Zenaan Harkness) > 2. Creating The Devil In Their Own Image (Zenaan Harkness) > 3. US Military Chopper Transfers ISIL Leaders from Fallujah to > Unknown Location - 21 February 2016 (Zenaan Harkness) > 4. Reminders of why USAgov and NATO must be dismantled > (Zenaan Harkness) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 22:29:27 +0000 > From: Zenaan Harkness <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: When is it necessary to take up arms? > Message-ID: > < > caosgnstgjd0xopdk_h8mpalg7gr1krn46kulcu52crd3fxu...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On 4/9/16, listo factor <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 04/09/2016 07:57 AM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > >> Serious analysis interposed with the lighter side of Ukraine's current > >> predicaments: > > > > Interesting. For those attracted to the study of Russian-Ukrainian > > relationship, I also propose the following: > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor > > Equally serious, but unfortunately it lacks any "lighter side". > > Stalin's USSR did a lot of pretty bad stuff from what I understand, > and this is just one example of which the drum was recently beaten due > to the CIA's Ukrainian Maidan (to drum up anti Russian sentiment of > course). > > Putin's Russia is worlds away from Stalin's USSR, in time, intentions, > deeds, and the experiences of the nation's people - Russians have been > through hell and back like few in 'the West' ever have; I am most > interested in contemporary reality for obvious reasons. > > The contradictions, deceptions and lies in the Western MSM dialogue > are shameful. The CIA's coups are shameful. The West's sanctions > against Russia are shameful (notwithstanding that Western firms, > Western farmers and the Western financial system are all taking the > greatest hits from those "sanctions"). Compare America's foreign > minister Kerry's current "Russia played a constructive role in Syria" > with modern history: > > http://russia-insider.com/en/john-kerry-would-be-butcher-syria-forced-praise-russia-delivering-syria-iran-deals/ri13810 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 22:30:31 +0000 > From: Zenaan Harkness <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Creating The Devil In Their Own Image > Message-ID: > <CAOsGNSQ5QO1fxYR=k8XRp3sip5B9Tui= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > in reply to: [email protected], > > http://thesaker.is/creating-the-devil-in-their-own-image/ > > Creating The Devil In Their Own Image > February 21, 2016 > > > This comment was chosen by Mod HS from the post “International > Military Review – Syria, Feb. 18, 2016”. The moderator believes this > comment reflects the West’s obsession with President Vladimir Putin > and how their media demonizes him. The commenter, mmiriww, responds > to the article written by Sharon Tennison. where she shares her > thoughts as the Ukraine situation worsened. Unconscionable > misinformation and hype was being poured on Russia and Vladimir Putin. > Journalists and pundits scoured the Internet and thesauruses to come > up with fiendish new epithets to describe both. Wherever Sharon makes > presentations across America, she finds the first question ominously > asked during Q&A is always, “What about Putin?”. > > > Comment by mmiriww > Is Putin incorruptible? A U.S. insider’s view of the Russian > president’s character and his country’s transformation. > “What about Putin” > > It’s time to share my thoughts which follow: Putin obviously has his > faults and makes mistakes. Based on my earlier experience with him, > and the experiences of trusted people, including U.S. officials who > have worked closely with him over a period of years, Putin most likely > is a straight, reliable and exceptionally inventive man. He is > obviously a long-term thinker and planner and has proven to be an > excellent analyst and strategist. He is a leader who can quietly work > toward his goals under mounds of accusations and myths that have been > steadily leveled at him since he became Russia’s second president. > I’ve stood by silently watching the demonization of Putin grow since > it began in the early 2000s – – Like others who have had direct > experience with this little known man, I’ve tried to no avail to avoid > being labeled a “Putin apologist”. If one is even neutral about him, > they are considered “soft on Putin” by pundits, news hounds and > average citizens who get their news from CNN, Fox and MSNBC.I don’t > pretend to be an expert, just a program developer in the USSR and > Russia for the past 30 years. But during this time, I’ve have had far > more direct, on-ground contact with Russians of all stripes across 11 > time zones than any of the Western reporters or for that matter any of > Washington’s officials. I’ve been in country long enough to ponder > Russian history and culture deeply, to study their psychology and > conditioning, and to understand the marked differences between > American and Russian mentalities which so complicate our political > relations with their leaders. As with personalities in a family or a > civic club or in a city hall, it takes understanding and compromise to > be able to create workable relationships when basic conditionings are > different. Washington has been notoriously disinterested in > understanding these differences and attempting to meet Russia > halfway.In addition to my personal experience with Putin, I’ve had > discussions with numerous American officials and U.S. businessmen who > have had years of experience working with him – – I believe it is safe > to say that none would describe him as “brutal” or “thuggish”, or the > other slanderous adjectives and nouns that are repeatedly used in > western media. > > I met Putin years before he ever dreamed of being president of Russia, > as did many of us working in St.Petersburg during the 1990s. Since all > of the slander started, I’ve become nearly obsessed with understanding > his character. I think I’ve read every major speech he has given > (including the full texts of his annual hours-long telephone > “talk-ins” with Russian citizens). I’ve been trying to ascertain > whether he has changed for the worse since being elevated to the > presidency, or whether he is a straight character cast into a role he > never anticipated – – and is using sheer wits to try to do the best he > can to deal with Washington under extremely difficult circumstances. > If the latter is the case, and I think it is, he should get high marks > for his performance over the past 14 years. It’s not by accident that > Forbes declared him the most Powerful Leader of 2013, replacing Obama > who was given the title for 2012. The following is my one personal > experience with Putin. > > The year was 1992… > > It was two years after the implosion of communism; the place was > St.Petersburg. For years I had been creating programs to open up > relations between the two countries and hopefully to help Soviet > people to get beyond their entrenched top-down mentalities. A new > program possibility emerged in my head. Since I expected it might > require a signature from the Marienskii City Hall, an appointment was > made. My friend Volodya Shestakov and I showed up at a side door > entrance to the Marienskii building. We found ourselves in a small, > dull brown office, facing a rather trim nondescript man in a brown > suit. He inquired about my reason for coming in. After scanning the > proposal I provided he began asking intelligent questions. After each > of my answers, he asked the next relevant question. I became aware > that this interviewer was different from other Soviet bureaucrats who > always seemed to fall into chummy conversations with foreigners with > hopes of obtaining bribes in exchange for the Americans’ requests. CCI > stood on the principle that we would never, never give bribes. This > bureaucrat was open, inquiring, and impersonal in demeanor. After more > than an hour of careful questions and answers, he quietly explained > that he had tried hard to determine if the proposal was legal, then > said that unfortunately at the time it was not. A few good words about > the proposal were uttered. That was all. He simply and kindly showed > us to the door. Out on the sidewalk, I said to my colleague, “Volodya, > this is the first time we have ever dealt with a Soviet bureaucrat who > didn’t ask us for a trip to the US or something valuable!” I remember > looking at his business card in the sunlight – – it read Vladimir > Vladimirovich Putin. > > 1994 > > Putin as Deputy Mayor of St. Petersburg in the early 90s. > > U.S. Consul General Jack Gosnell put in an SOS call to me in > St.Petersburg. He had 14 Congress members and the new American > Ambassador to Russia, Thomas Pickering, coming to St.Petersburg in the > next three days. He needed immediate help. I scurried over to the > Consulate and learned that Jack intended me to brief this auspicious > delegation and the incoming ambassador. I was stunned but he insisted. > They were coming from Moscow and were furious about how U.S. funding > was being wasted there. Jack wanted them to hear the “good news” about > CCI’s programs that were showing fine results. In the next 24 hours > Jack and I also set up “home” meetings in a dozen Russian > entrepreneurs’ small apartments for the arriving dignitaries > (St.Petersburg State Department people were aghast, since it had never > been done before – – but Jack overruled). Only later in 2000, did I > learn of Jack’s former three-year experience with Vladimir Putin in > the 1990s while the latter was running the city for Mayor Sobchak. > More on this further down. > > December 31, 1999 > > With no warning, at the turn of the year, President Boris Yeltsin made > the announcement to the world that from the next day forward he was > vacating his office and leaving Russia in the hands of an unknown > Vladimir Putin. On hearing the news, I thought surely not the Putin I > remembered – – he could never lead Russia. The next day a NYT article > included a photo. Yes, it was the same Putin I’d met years ago! I was > shocked and dismayed, telling friends, “This is a disaster for Russia, > I’ve spent time with this guy, he is too introverted and too > intelligent – – he will never be able to relate to Russia’s masses.” > Further, I lamented: “For Russia to get up off of its knees, two > things must happen: 1) The arrogant young oligarchs have to be removed > by force from the Kremlin, and 2) A way must be found to remove the > regional bosses (governors) from their fiefdoms across Russia’s 89 > regions”. It was clear to me that the man in the brown suit would > never have the instincts or guts to tackle Russia’s overriding twin > challenges. > > February 2000 > > Almost immediately Putin began putting Russia’s oligarchs on edge. In > February a question about the oligarchs came up; he clarified with a > question and his answer: “What should be the relationship with the > so-called oligarchs? The same as anyone else. The same as the owner of > a small bakery or a shoe repair shop.” This was the first signal that > the tycoons would no longer be able to flaunt government regulations > or count on special access in the Kremlin. It also made the West’s > capitalists nervous. After all, these oligarchs were wealthy > untouchable businessmen – – good capitalists, never mind that they got > their enterprises illegally and were putting their profits in offshore > banks. > > Four months later Putin called a meeting with the oligarchs and gave > them his deal: They could keep their illegally-gained wealth-producing > Soviet enterprises and they would not be nationalized …. IF taxes were > paid on their revenues and if they personally stayed out of politics. > This was the first of Putin’s “elegant solutions” to the near > impossible challenges facing the new Russia. But the deal also put > Putin in crosshairs with US media and officials who then began to > champion the oligarchs, particularly Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The latter > became highly political, didn’t pay taxes, and prior to being > apprehended and jailed was in the process of selling a major portion > of Russia’s largest private oil company, Yukos Oil, to Exxon Mobil. > Unfortunately, to U.S. media and governing structures, Khodorkovsky > became a martyr (and remains so up to today). > > March 2000 > > I arrived in St.Petersburg. A Russian friend (a psychologist) since > 1983 came for our usual visit. My first question was, “Lena what do > you think about your new president?” She laughed and retorted, > “Volodya! I went to school with him!” She began to describe Putin as a > quiet youngster, poor, fond of martial arts, who stood up for kids > being bullied on the playgrounds. She remembered him as a patriotic > youth who applied for the KGB prematurely after graduating secondary > school (they sent him away and told him to get an education). He went > to law school, later reapplied and was accepted. I must have grimaced > at this, because Lena said, “Sharon in those days we all admired the > KGB and believed that those who worked there were patriots and were > keeping the country safe. We thought it was natural for Volodya to > choose this career. My next question was, “What do you think he will > do with Yeltsin’s criminals in the Kremlin?” Putting on her > psychologist hat, she pondered and replied, “If left to his normal > behaviors, he will watch them for a while to be sure what is going on, > then he will throw up some flares to let them know that he is > watching. If they don’t respond, he will address them personally, then > if the behaviors don’t change – – some will be in prison in a couple > of years.” I congratulated her via email when her predictions began to > show up in real time. > > Throughout the 2000s > > St.Petersburg’s many CCI alumni were being interviewed to determine > how the PEP business training program was working and how we could > make the U.S. experience more valuable for their new small businesses. > Most believed that the program had been enormously important, even > life changing. Last, each was asked, “So what do you think of your new > president?” None responded negatively, even though at that time > entrepreneurs hated Russia’s bureaucrats. Most answered similarly, > “Putin registered my business a few years ago”. Next question, “So, > how much did it cost you?” To a person they replied, “Putin didn’t > charge anything”. One said, “We went to Putin’s desk because the > others providing registrations at the Marienskii were getting ‘rich on > their seats.’” > > Late 2000 > > Into Putin’s first year as Russia’s president, US officials seemed to > me to be suspect that he would be antithetical to America’s interests > – – his every move was called into question in American media. I > couldn’t understand why and was chronicling these happenings in my > computer and newsletters. > > Year 2001 > > Jack Gosnell (former USCG mentioned earlier) explained his > relationship with Putin when the latter was deputy mayor of > St.Petersburg. The two of them worked closely to create joint ventures > and other ways to promote relations between the two countries. Jack > related that Putin was always straight up, courteous and helpful. When > Putin’s wife, Ludmila, was in a severe auto accident, Jack took the > liberty (before informing Putin) to arrange hospitalization and > airline travel for her to get medical care in Finland. When Jack told > Putin, he reported that the latter was overcome by the generous offer, > but ended saying that he couldn’t accept this favor, that Ludmila > would have to recover in a Russian hospital. She did – – although > medical care in Russia was abominably bad in the 1990s. > > A senior CSIS officer I was friends with in the 2000s worked closely > with Putin on a number of joint ventures during the 1990s. He reported > that he had no dealings with Putin that were questionable, that he > respected him and believed he was getting an undeserved dour > reputation from U.S. media. Matter of fact, he closed the door at CSIS > when we started talking about Putin. I guessed his comments wouldn’t > be acceptable if others were listening. > > Another former U.S. official who will go unidentified, also reported > working closely with Putin, saying there was never any hint of > bribery, pressuring, nothing but respectable behaviors and > helpfulness. > > I had two encounters in 2013 with State Department officials regarding > Putin: > > At the first one, I felt free to ask the question I had previously > yearned to get answered: “When did Putin become unacceptable to > Washington officials and why? Without hesitating the answer came back: > “‘The knives were drawn’ when it was announced that Putin would be the > next president.” I questioned WHY? The answer: “I could never find out > why – – maybe because he was KGB.” I offered that Bush #I, was head of > the CIA. The reply was, “That would have made no difference, he was > our guy.” > > The second was a former State Department official with whom I recently > shared a radio interview on Russia. Afterward when we were chatting, I > remarked, “You might be interested to know that I’ve collected > experiences of Putin from numerous people, some over a period of > years, and they all say they had no negative experiences with Putin > and there was no evidence of taking bribes”. He firmly replied, “No > one has ever been able to come up with a bribery charge against > Putin.” > > >From 2001 up to today, I’ve watched the negative U.S. media mounting > against Putin …. even accusations of assassinations, poisonings, and > comparing him to Hitler. No one yet has come up with any concrete > evidence for these allegations. During this time, I’ve traveled > throughout Russia several times every year, and have watched the > country slowly change under Putin’s watch. Taxes were lowered, > inflation lessened, and laws slowly put in place. Schools and > hospitals began improving. Small businesses were growing, agriculture > was showing improvement, and stores were becoming stocked with food. > Alcohol challenges were less obvious, smoking was banned from > buildings, and life expectancy began increasing. Highways were being > laid across the country, new rails and modern trains appeared even in > far out places, and the banking industry was becoming dependable. > Russia was beginning to look like a decent country – – certainly not > where Russians hoped it to be long term, but improving incrementally > for the first time in their memories. > > My 2013/14 Trips to Russia Modern Russia, thriving > > In addition to St.Petersburg and Moscow, in September I traveled out > to the Ural Mountains, spent time in Ekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk and > Perm. We traveled between cities via autos and rail – – the fields and > forests look healthy, small towns sport new paint and construction. > Today’s Russians look like Americans (we get the same clothing from > China). Old concrete Khrushchev block houses are giving way to new > multi-story private residential complexes which are lovely. High-rise > business centers, fine hotels and great restaurants are now common > place – – and ordinary Russians frequent these places. Two and three > story private homes rim these Russian cities far from Moscow. We > visited new museums, municipal buildings and huge super markets. > Streets are in good repair, highways are new and well marked now, > service stations looks like those dotting American highways. In > January I went to Novosibirsk out in Siberia where similar new > architecture was noted. Streets were kept navigable with constant > snowplowing, modern lighting kept the city bright all night, lots of > new traffic lights (with seconds counting down to light change) have > appeared. It is astounding to me how much progress Russia has made in > the past 14 years since an unknown man with no experience walked into > Russia’s presidency and took over a country that was flat on its > belly. > > So why do our leaders and media demean and demonize Putin and Russia??? > > Like Lady MacBeth, do they protest too much? > > Psychologists tell us that people (and countries?) project off on > others what they don’t want to face in themselves. Others carry our > “shadow” when we refuse to own it. We confer on others the very traits > that we are horrified to acknowledge in ourselves. > > Could this be why we constantly find fault with Putin and Russia? > > Could it be that we project on to Putin the sins of ourselves and our > leaders? > > Could it be that we condemn Russia’s corruption, acting like the > corruption within our corporate world doesn’t exist? > > Could it be that we condemn their human rights and LGBT issues, not > facing the fact that we haven’t solved our own? > > Could it be that we accuse Russia of “reconstituting the USSR” – – > because of what we do to remain the world’s “hegemon”? > > Could it be that we project nationalist behaviors on Russia, because > that is what we have become and we don’t want to face it? > > Could it be that we project warmongering off on Russia, because of > what we have done over the past several administrations? > > There is a well known code of ethics among us: Is it the Truth, Is it > Fair, Does it build Friendship and Goodwill, and Will it be Beneficial > for All Concerned? > > It seems to me that if our nation’s leaders would commit to using > these four principles in international relations, the world would > operate in a completely different manner, and human beings across this > planet would live in better conditions than they do today. > > Sharon Tennison > > > http://www.sott.net/article/278407-Is-Putin-incorruptible-US-insiders-view-of-the-Russian-presidents-character-and-his-countrys-transformation#comment108960 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 22:31:57 +0000 > From: Zenaan Harkness <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: US Military Chopper Transfers ISIL Leaders from Fallujah to > Unknown Location - 21 February 2016 > Message-ID: > < > caosgnst0neaxwsps8wntar6+wkzsgx7qp_rysp2hzb7yjrx...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > America 'encouraging' Iraq into allowing permanent US military bases in > Iraq. > > America the 'global cop' is also America the 'schoolyard bully'. > > Bloody and shameful. > > > ---- > > http://www.islamicinvitationturkey.com/2016/02/21/source-us-military-chopper-transfers-isil-leaders-from-fallujah-to-unknown-location/ > > US Military Chopper Transfers ISIL Leaders from Fallujah to Unknown > Location - 21 February 2016 > > Informed sources disclosed that a US-made helicopter has taken several > senior ISIL leaders out of Anbar province in Western Iraq to an > unknown location. > > “A US chopper landed in a farm near the main road linking > al-Saqlaviyeh to Fallujah in Anbar province and took off after one > hour with ISIL leaders on board,” the Arabic-language Sama Baghdad > news website quoted informed Iraqi sources in Fallujah city as saying > on Sunday. > > The sources noted that several ISIL leaders had gathered in Fallujah > farm as if they had been informed of the helicopter’s imminent landing > in the farm. > > In a relevant development on February 13, senior Iraqi security > sources lashed out at the US and its regional allies for supporting > Takfiri terrorists in Iraq, and said that Washington is the main cause > of ISIL’s survival in his country. > > “We have compelling evidence that a US helicopter landed in Albu Arim > palms of Fallujah city to take out the ISIL leaders who were in > contact with the Americans,” a senior Iraqi security official, > speaking on the condition of anonymity, told FNA. > > He noted that other US aircraft were flying over the region to protect > the airplane which was boarding the ISIL leaders, adding, “The US took > out the ISIL leaders in order to rescue them from possible attacks by > the Iraqi Army and security forces.” > > In relevant remarks in October, Spokesman of Iraq’s Kata’ib Hezbollah > (Hezbollah Battalions) popular forces Jafar al-Hosseini disclosing > that captured ISIL leaders have acknowledged receiving logistical > backup and intelligence support from the US. > > “As the ISIL commanders captured in Iraqi popular forces’ recent > military operations have confessed, the US supports for the terrorist > groups are not limited to the dispatch of logistical support,” > Al-Hosseini told FNA. > > He reiterated that the US has provided the ISIL with intelligence > about the Iraqi forces’ positions and targets. > > “ISIL commanders trusted the US officials who had assured them that > the Iraqi forces would not attack Fallujah because the US had urged > the Iraqi government to prevent the popular forces from entering > Fallujah and raid Beiji instead; hence the terrorists left Fallujah > for Beiji to stay on the alert in there,” Al-Hosseini added. > > Al-Hosseini had also stated on Wednesday that his forces plan to win > back the city of Ramadi only after expelling the American forces from > Anbar province. > > “Our forces have two operations underway; first seizing Ramadi from > ISIL and second keeping away the American forces from Anbar province,” > al-Hosseini told FNA. > > He underlined that preventing the US forces from getting close to > Anbar province will expedite operations for winning back the province, > specially after the military operations in Salahuddin province that > led to the liberation of the city of Beiji. > > Iraqi officials have on different occasions blasted the US and its > allies for supplying the ISIL in Syria with arms and ammunition under > the pretext of fighting the Takfiri terrorist group. > > Also in October, the Iraqi army and volunteer forces discovered > US-made military hardware and ammunition, including anti-armor > missiles, in terrorists’ positions and trenches captured during the > operations in the Fallujah region in Al-Anbar province. > > The Iraqi forces found a huge volume of advanced TOW-II missiles from > the Takfiri terrorists in al-Karama city of Fallujah. > > The missiles were brand new and the ISIL had transferred them to > Fallujah to use them against the Iraqi army’s armored units. > > On October 10, the Iraqi forces discovered US-made military hardware > and ammunition from terrorists in Beiji. > > “The military hardware and weapons had been airdropped by the US-led > warplanes and choppers for the ISIL in the nearby areas of Beiji,” > military sources told FNA. > > In February 2015, an Iraqi provincial official lashed out at the > western countries and their regional allies for supporting Takfiri > terrorists in Iraq, revealing that the US airplanes still continue to > airdrop weapons and foodstuff for the ISIL terrorists. > > “The US planes have dropped weapons for the ISIL terrorists in the > areas under ISIL control and even in those areas that have been > recently liberated from the ISIL control to encourage the terrorists > to return to those places,” Coordinator of Iraqi popular forces Jafar > al-Jaberi told FNA. > > He noted that eyewitnesses in Al-Havijeh of Kirkuk province had > witnessed the US airplanes dropping several suspicious parcels for > ISIL terrorists in the province. > > “Two coalition planes were also seen above the town of Al-Khas in > Diyala and they carried the Takfiri terrorists to the region that has > recently been liberated from the ISIL control,” Al-Jaberi said. > > Also in February 2015, a senior lawmaker disclosed that Iraq’s army > has shot down two British planes as they were carrying weapons for the > ISIL terrorists in Al-Anbar province. > > “The Iraqi Parliament’s National Security and Defense Committee has > access to the photos of both planes that are British and have crashed > while they were carrying weapons for the ISIL,” Head of the committee > Hakem al-Zameli said. > > He said the Iraqi parliament has asked London for explanations in this > regard. > > The senior Iraqi legislator further unveiled that the government in > Baghdad is receiving daily reports from people and security forces in > al-Anbar province on numerous flights by the US-led coalition planes > that airdrop weapons and supplies for ISIL in terrorist-held areas. > > The Iraqi lawmaker further noted the cause of such western aids to the > terrorist group, and explained that the US prefers a chaotic situation > in Anbar Province which is near the cities of Karbala and Baghdad as > it does not want the ISIL crisis to come to an end. > > Also in February 2015, a senior Iraqi provincial official lashed out > at the western countries and their regional allies for supporting > Takfiri terrorists in Iraq, revealing that US and Israeli-made weapons > have been discovered from the areas purged of ISIL terrorists. > > “We have discovered weapons made in the US, European countries and > Israel from the areas liberated from ISIL’s control in Al-Baqdadi > region,” the Al-Ahad news website quoted Head of Al-Anbar Provincial > Council Khalaf Tarmouz as saying. > > He noted that the weapons made by the European countries and Israel > were discovered from the terrorists in the Eastern parts of the city > of Ramadi. > > Meantime, Head of Iraqi Parliament’s National Security and Defense > Committee Hakem al-Zameli also disclosed that the anti-ISIL > coalition’s planes have dropped weapons and foodstuff for the ISIL in > Salahuddin, Al-Anbar and Diyala provinces. > > In January 2015, al-Zameli underlined that the coalition is the main > cause of ISIL’s survival in Iraq. > > “There are proofs and evidence for the US-led coalition’s military aid > to ISIL terrorists through air(dropped cargoes),” he told FNA at the > time. > > He noted that the members of his committee have already proved that > the US planes have dropped advanced weaponry, including anti-aircraft > weapons, for the ISIL, and that it has set up an investigation > committee to probe into the matter. > > “The US drops weapons for the ISIL on the excuse of not knowing about > the whereabouts of the ISIL positions and it is trying to distort the > reality with its allegations. > > He noted that the committee had collected the data and the evidence > provided by eyewitnesses, including Iraqi army officers and the > popular forces, and said, “These documents are given to the > investigation committee … and the necessary measures will be taken to > protect the Iraqi airspace.” > > Also in January 2015, another senior Iraqi legislator reiterated that > the US-led coalition is the main cause of ISIL’s survival in Iraq. > > “The international coalition is only an excuse for protecting the ISIL > and helping the terrorist group with equipment and weapons,” Jome > Divan, who is member of the al-Sadr bloc in the Iraqi parliament, > said. > > He said the coalition’s support for the ISIL is now evident to > everyone, and continued, “The coalition has not targeted ISIL’s main > positions in Iraq.” > > In Late December 2014, Iraqi Parliamentary Security and Defense > Commission MP disclosed that a US plane supplied the ISIL terrorist > organization with arms and ammunition in Salahuddin province. > > MP Majid al-Gharawi stated that the available information pointed out > that US planes are supplying ISIL organization, not only in Salahuddin > province, but also other provinces, Iraq TradeLink reported. > > He added that the US and the international coalition are “not serious > in fighting against the ISIL organization, because they have the > technological power to determine the presence of ISIL gunmen and > destroy them in one month”. > > Gharawi added that “the US is trying to expand the time of the war > against the ISIL to get guarantees from the Iraqi government to have > its bases in Mosul and Anbar provinces.” > > Salahuddin security commission also disclosed that “unknown planes > threw arms and ammunition to the ISIL gunmen Southeast of Tikrit > city”. > Bu Konuyu Sosyal Medyada Paylaş > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 22:33:19 +0000 > From: Zenaan Harkness <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Reminders of why USAgov and NATO must be dismantled > Message-ID: > <CAOsGNSQs= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > http://russia-insider.com/en/kosovo-evil-little-war-almost-all-us-candidates-liked/ri13583 > " > Kosovo: An Evil Little War (Almost) All US Candidates Liked > Nebojsa Malic > Originally appeared at RT ( > https://www.rt.com/op-edge/337034-kosovo-us-candidates-war/ ) > > Although the 2016 presidential election is still in the primaries > phase, contenders have already brought up America’s failed foreign > wars. Hillary Clinton is taking flak over Libya, and Donald Trump has > irked the GOP by bringing up Iraq. But what of Kosovo? > > The US-led NATO operation that began on March 24, 1999 was launched > under the “responsibility to protect” doctrine asserted by President > Bill Clinton and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. For 78 days, NATO > targeted what was then the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia – which > later split into Serbia and Montenegro – over alleged atrocities > against ethnic Albanians in the southern province of Kosovo. > Yugoslavia was accused of “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide” as bombs > rained on bridges, trains, hospitals, homes, the power grid and even > refugee convoys. > > NATO’s actions directly violated the UN Charter (articles 53 and 103), > its own charter, the 1975 Helsinki Final Act and the 1980 Vienna > Convention on the Law of Treaties. The war was a crime against peace, > pure and simple. > > Though overwhelmed, Yugoslavia did not surrender; the June 1999 > armistice only allowed NATO to occupy Kosovo under UN peacekeeping > authority, granted by Resolution 1244 – which the Alliance has been > violating ever since. > > US Secretary of State at the time, Madeleine Albright, was considered > the most outspoken champion of the “Kosovo War.” She is now a vocal > supporter of candidate Clinton, condemning ( > https://www.rt.com/usa/331671-clinton-steinem-albright-backlash/ ) > women who don’t vote for her to a “special place in Hell.” > > Clinton visited the renegade province in October 2012, as the outgoing > Secretary of State. She stood with the ‘Kosovan’ government leaders – > once considered terrorists, before receiving US backing – and > proclaimed unequivocal US support for Kosovo’s independence, > proclaimed four years prior. > > “For me, my family and my fellow Americans this is more than a foreign > policy issue, it is personal,” Clinton said. Given the Kosovo > Albanians had renamed a major street in their capital ‘Bill Clinton > Avenue’ and erected a massive gilded monument to Hillary’s husband, > her comments were hardly a surprise. > > She is unlikely to be condemned for those remarks by her rival for the > Democratic presidential nomination, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. > While arguing that Congress should have a say in authorizing the > intervention, Sanders entirely bought into the mainstream narrative > about the conflict, seeing it as a case of the evil Serbian “dictator” > Slobodan Milosevic oppressing the unarmed ethnic Albanians. He saw > “supporting the NATO airstrikes on Serbia as justified on humanitarian > grounds” ( http://feelthebern.org/bernie-sanders-on-nato/#kosovo-crisis > ). > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8S19u91Dfs > > One Sanders aide, Jeremy Brecher, resigned in May 1999 ( > > http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/bernie-sanders-troubling-history-supporting-us-military-violence-abroad > ) arguing against the intervention as it unfolded, since the “goal of > US policy is not to save the Kosovars from ongoing destruction.” > > Trouble is there was no “destruction.” Contrary to NATO claims of > 100,000 or more Albanians purportedly massacred by the Serbs, postwar > investigators found fewer than 5,000 deaths – 1,500 of which happened > after NATO occupied the province and the Albanian pogroms began. > > Western media, eager to preserve the narrative of noble NATO defeating > the evil Serbs, dismissed the terror as “revenge killings.” NATO > troops thus looked on as their Albanian protégés terrorized, torched, > bombed and pillaged across the province for years, forcing some > 250,000 Serbs, Jews, Roma, and other groups into exile. > > After George W. Bush was re-elected in 2004, his administration > adopted the Clinton-era agenda for the Balkans, including backing an > independent Albanian state in Kosovo. None of the Republicans, save > 2012 contender Ron Paul, have criticized the Kosovo War since. > > Billionaire businessman Donald Trump actually has been critical – > though back in 1999, long before he became the Republican front-runner > and the bane of the GOP establishment. In October that year, Trump was > a guest on Larry King’s CNN show, criticizing ( > http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/10/08/trump.transcript/ ) > the Clintons’ handling of the Kosovo War after a fashion. > > “But look at what we’ve done to that land and to those people and > the deaths that we’ve caused,” Trump told King. “They bombed the hell > out of a country, out of a whole area, everyone is fleeing in every > different way, and nobody knows what’s happening, and the deaths are > going on by the thousands.” > > The problem with Trump, then as now, is that he is maddeningly vague. > So, these remarks could be interpreted as referring to the terror > going on at that very moment – the persecution of non-Albanians under > NATO’s approving eye – or the exodus of Albanians earlier that year, > during the NATO bombing. Only Trump would know which, and he hasn’t > offered a clarification. > > Though he has the most delegates and leads in the national polls for > the Republican nomination, the GOP establishment is furious with Trump > because he dared call ( > https://www.rt.com/op-edge/332416-trump-iraq-us-elections/ ) George W. > Bush a liar and describe the invasion of Iraq as a “big fat mistake.” > According to the British historian Kate Hudson ( > http://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/aug/14/usa.kosovo ), however, > the 2003 invasion was just a continuation of the “pattern of > aggression,” following the precedent set with Kosovo. > > #MarchPogrom of Serbs in #Kosovo happened under UN & NATO > administration. Crime without punishment for 11th year. > pic.twitter.com/sy9c4GlndW > — Anti-Serbism Monitor (@AntiSerbism) > March 17, 2015 ( > https://twitter.com/AntiSerbism/status/577732537344221184 ) > > Last week Secretary of State John Kerry reluctantly branded ( > https://www.rt.com/usa/335971-isis-genocide-iraq-syria/ ) the actions > of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria > “genocidal” towards the Christians, Yazidis, Shiites and other groups. > He cited examples of how IS destroyed churches, cemeteries and > monuments, and murdered people simply because of who they were. > > It was March 17, eight years to the day since 50,000 Albanians began a > three-day pogrom in Kosovo, doing the very same things – while their > activists in the US were raising funds for the very same John Kerry, > as he ran for president as the Democratic candidate. > " > > > > ---------------- > > http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/karadjic-told-me-i-saved-serbs-genocide-god-knows-we-are-right/ri13574 > " > Karadjic Told Me: 'I Saved Serbs From Genocide. God Knows We Are Right' > Personal reflections on a Serb leader who was sentenced to 40 years in > prison for crimes against humanity > Daria Aslamova (Komsomolskay Pravda) > > Photo: Radovan Karadjic and Daria Aslamova, 1993 > http://russia-insider.com/sites/insider/files/lfkf.jpg > > Translated by Julia Rakhmetova and Rhod Mackenzie > > The author is a veteran war correspondent who reported from numerous > hot spots throughout the world > > This man gave me my first professional tape recorder (his own). With > this man I drank wine at night in the town of Pale near Sarajevo in > March, 1993, during the Bosnian War, with him reading me his poems in > Serbian. A poet and psychiatrist, the Serbian politician Radovan > Karadjic was sentenced ( http://www.kp.ru/daily/26508.4/3377436/ ) to > 40 years' imprisonment by a duplicitous International Criminal > Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for ‘crimes against humanity’ ( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity ). > > They even blamed him for ‘genocide ( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide ) against Bosnian Muslims ( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosniaks )’ in the town of Srebrenica > when he had nothing to do with it. He was a politician, not a general. > (By the way, when the ‘world community’ refers to the massacre of > Muslim men in Srebrenica, it forgets that it was in reprisal for the > murder of Serbian villagers in neighboring towns and villages). > > There was a cruel civil war taking place in Bosnia back then, which > began with shootings at a Serbian wedding party in Sarajevo. Bosnian > Muslims got help from the West and the Muslim world, but no one helped > the Serbs. Even Russia, though making loud statements, refused to > supply arms. > > The Bosnian Muslims received $2 billion (!) to purchase arms over the > 3 years of the war, and 4,500 Al-Qaeda jihadists came to the country > thanks to the US, including Osama Ben Laden. They cut off Serbs’ heads > and threw them like cabbages into a basket. We have shocking > photographs http://www.kp.ru/share/i/4/1084796/big.png (not > recommended for people under 18 and sensitive adults) of those > murders. The murderers are still alive and recruiting new young > terrorists around the world, including for ISIS. When arrested, they > were provided with new passports. And now for that interview with > Karadjic. > > "My job was great”, - he said. “Thousands of Serbs were liberated > and avoided genocide. Our biggest mistake was poor propaganda. The > world is against us because we were proud and didn’t want to be > humiliated by making excuses. We let this happen, and now the world > considers Serbs evil incarnate. > > Yes, it’s bad for us. But as a psychiatrist, I can say that the > law that applies to an individual, such as ‘stay alone and you will > become mature’, also applies to a nation. Forced isolation will break > him down if he is spiritually weak, or he will rise above it, if he is > worth it. Now the Serbs are alone but this will bring them spiritual > growth and wisdom. God knows we are in the right.” > > Sometimes it seems to me that he’s talking about us Russians. > " > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > cypherpunks mailing list > [email protected] > https://cpunks.org/mailman/listinfo/cypherpunks > > > ------------------------------ > > End of cypherpunks Digest, Vol 34, Issue 14 > ******************************************* >
