[osint] Troops Veterans Aren't Paying Their Fair Share? Obama is bald-faced Liar
So, when Obama and Panetta, look the Troops in the eyes, and say We can't break faith with those fighting Our contingency operations, that's called a poker face. When they say they will fight to preserve the DoD Budget, now that they've already cut it by $500 Billion? That's a bald-faced lie. http://tinyurl.com/3zy2e3z Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Troops Veterans Aren't Paying Their Fair Share? http://waronterrornews.typepad.com/.a/6a00e551d9d3fd88330154358fa1ec970c-po pup Obama-BuffettWell, the POTUS has declared that he has a plan to reduce the deficit by $1Trillion to $4 Trillion over the next 10 years, depending on what part of his marketing you're reading. He has said that it's time for all of us to pay our fair share, and pointed to the words of one of his biggest contributors: Warren Buffett. Buffett is an astute investor who was able to put together a few million in campaign donations for Obama (and for Hillary) in 2008, ensuring they backed TARP which netted Buffett a few billion more in net worth. Buffett has campaigned for higher taxes on the rich, for as long as he's been an Obama supporter. To hear the spin, Buffett is paying less in taxes than his secretary, but Buffett doesn't say that being rich, he doesn't need (and likely doesn't take much of) an income. He doesn't say how much he pays his secretary, but evidently, this translates into needing to raise taxes on those that make $250k/year, as opposed to the tens of billions that Buffett has in wealth. At any rate, the reported increase in taxes on the small segment of America would supposedly increase tax revenue by $35 Billion, less than the worth of Warren Buffett, and a small part of the total claimed deficit reduction. At best, it's a token (1% to 3.5% of the claimed savings) and a slogan, to politicians, but a helluva cut in takehome pay for the people that employee others. So, who are these miscreants that aren't paying their fair share? The ones that will pay to balance the budget deficit? Well, Military Retirees are evidently a big part of those not paying their fair share. While the POTUS and his SecDef talk out of both sides of their mouths, the POTUS plans to slash military retirement pay and benefits. Evidently, Twenty years of risking life and limb, of sacrificing comfort, and time with family, is insufficient to earn a full retirement. He wants an independent commission to rubber stamp his idea of cutting up to 44 years of retirement pay($21 Billion). And he wants those that do retire to pay for it themselves, with a 401k plan, instead of a retirement plan. And those health benefits, earned by wounds, injuries, and constantly beating up their bodies? To get those, the military retirees should pay $200 more http://www.stripes.com/obama-deficit-plan-would-re-examine-military-retirem ent-1.18 in the first year (and increasing every year) to get those treated. That's $7 Billion more Obama sees in new taxes, er, savings. He also wants to increase, again, the amount Combat Veterans pay for their prescriptions to get another $20.6 Billion out of our Veterans. It seems our Veterans will pay more than the evil rich people that sign our checks. And the $500 Billion he's already asked to be cut from the Department of Defense? Oh, that's only part of what he thinks should be cut. He wants to cut another $260 Billion cut and claims another $1 Trillion will be saved by retreating from Iraq and Afghanistan. Nevermind that he's already planned to retreat from both, and already claimed those savings from doing so. Nevermind that we're talking about a 10 year plan in a city where only the budget for next year is sometimes approved. He also wants to cut Medicare ($248 Billion) and Medicaid (and TriCare for Troops and Veterans). These are likely as much smoke and mirrors as the rest, but he claims his plan will cut $320 Billion over 10 years, beginning in 2017, when someone else would take the blame, if it ever got passed by the 2017 Congress, and it won't. Oh, yeah, he'll veto it, if he doesn't get to tax the rich, but the 2017 budget won't be passed until at least 2016, so this isn't going to happen. So, evidently, the biggest portion of people that Obama thinks are not paying their fair share are the Troops, Veterans, the Elderly, Farmers($2Billion), and the poor. Those are the people from whom he expects to extract 96+% of his budget savings ($965 Billion to $3.65 Trillion), not those evil rich people like Warren Buffett and the guy that signs your paycheck($35 Billion). And, yeah, a portion of that money he's claiming is based on his speculation that the economy will grow over the next 10 years, increasing the taxes we all pay. Supposedly, the way that will happen is that by increasing our debt, we'll get more tax revenue. We all saw the signs for that in 2009. He told us then that if we didn't spend twice as much as he wants to charge us now, unemployment would be 8+%. When he got his
[osint] Not Satisfied with Assaulting GOP Lawmakers with Beer, Thousands Cheer as Liberal Suggests Urination Instead
Obama's Brown Shirts - this is exactly how Hitler got his start. SS thugs (known as Brown Shirts before Hitler became Chancellor) beat up the opposition, stifled free speech at every turn, stirred up hate against Jews, and much more - and Obama and his Democrats and union thugs (today's SS) are modeled entirely on the Hitler Youth and Brown Shirts. Their methods and policies are virtually identical to those of the National Socialists (Nazi's) in 1930's Germany. I have been unable to find the slightest difference between them - other than today's technology. Jerry - Big Government - http://biggovernment.com - Not Satisfied with Assaulting GOP Lawmakers with Beer, Thousands Cheer as Liberal Suggests Urination Instead Posted By Brett Healy On September 18, 2011 @ 12:27 pm In Big Labor, Congress, Culture, News, Politics, State Politics | 109 Comments http://biggovernment.com/bhealy/2011/09/18/not-satisfied-with-assaulting-go p-lawmakers-with-beer-thousands-cheer-as-liberal-suggests-urination-instead/ print/#comments_controls Will any of the lawmakers, journalists, labor leaders and other activists in att endance at Fighting Bob Fest repudiate the notion, made by a speaker there, that protesters should escalate their harassment from beer to urine? Don't hold your breath. [Madison, Wisc.] Thousands of liberal political activists, gathered here Saturday for an annual conference, cheered and laughed as a speaker recounted the recent assault of a GOP lawmaker. The crowd attending the Fighting Bob Fest also rejoiced at the suggestion that protesters, instead of dumping beer over the heads of Republicans, should urinate on them. This is Wisconsin, this is the place where you had some guy pour a beer on the head of a Republican State Senato r? said Fest speaker Greg Palast as the crowd erupted with cheers. No, no, no, that's all wrong. You can't do that. That's just wrong. I'm from New York. If you're going to pour beer on a Republican, you have to drink it first. The crowd can then be heard breaking out in loud and sustained cheers and laughter. Madison Police on Friday cited Miles Kristan, commonly referred to as 'Pink Dress Guy' with disorderly conduct for an incident that occurred Wednesday evening. According to police reports, Kristan dumped a beer over State Representative Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and two of his colleagues GOP Reps Scott Suder (Abbotsford) and John Nygren (Marinette) at the Inn on the Park hotel bar and restaurant. The incident has brought to a head concerns by conservatives in Madison that law enforcement there have not taken threats to public safety seriously. Many on the Left, however, have openly mocked the incident as humorous and minimal, although most of this has come in the form of facebook and twitter postings and none in such a public fashion as Palast, an author and freelance journalist, brazenly did on Saturday. Read more http://maciverinstitute.com/?p=7601 [1] http://biggovernment.com/bhealy/2011/09/18/not-satisfied-with-assaulting-go p-lawmakers-with-beer-thousands-cheer-as-liberal-suggests-urination-instead/ print/ Description: Description: ht tp://biggovernment.com/wp-content/plugins/cleanprint-lt/BlogPrintButton.png[ 2] _ Article printed from Big Government: http://biggovernment.com URL to article: http://biggovernment.com/bhealy/2011/09/18/not-satisfied-with-assaulting-gop -lawmakers-with-beer-thousands-cheer-as-liberal-suggests-urination-instead/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to:
[osint] International community legitimizes Palestinian terror if it recognizes a Palestinian state
Palestinian Authority: International community legitimizes Palestinian terror if it recognizes a Palestinian state http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157 http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157doc_id=5679 doc_id=5679 Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik The Palestinian Authority Minister of Prisoners' Affairs says that the PA will interpret international recognition of a Palestinian state as international legitimization of Palestinian prisoners' acts of violence for which they are imprisoned. Minister Issa Karake: The recognition of the state means recognition of the legitimacy of the Palestinian struggle that the Palestinian nation fought, in the search for freedom and independence. In addition, it [recognition of a state] indicates that the struggles of the prisoners are legitimized and legal according to UN Resolutions... The PA has claimed for many years that all its terror, including murder of civilians by suicide bombings, is justified by UN resolution 3236 which recognizes the right of the Palestinian people to regain its rights by all means in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. According to this PA justification of terror, all Palestinian prisoners responsible for killing Israeli civilians are turned into role models by the PA http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=448 . This PA ideology makes heroes http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157doc_id=5626 out of terrorists like Ahlam Tamimi http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157doc_id=4813 , serving 16 life sentences for assisting a suicide bomber who killed 7 children and 8 adults; Anas Jaradat, who headed the Islamic Jihad in Jenin and was responsible for 3 car bombings in Israel, causing the death of dozens; and Salim Hajja, serving 16 life sentences for involvement in three suicide bombings, killing more than 51 and wounding hundreds. Palestinian Media Watch http://palwatch.org/ has documented that these terrorists were honored by the PA in the last month (see also PMW report From Terrorist to Role Model http://palwatch.org/STORAGE/special%20reports/PA%20honors%20terrorists%20Final%20Eng.pdf ). Now, PA Minister Karake says that international recognition of a Palestinian state will be interpreted by the PA as international support for the PA position that killing Israelis is a Palestinian right. The following is the statement by Issa Karake, PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs: [PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs, Issa] Karake while visiting prisoners' families at Qalandiya refugee camp... explained that the international recognition of the Palestinian State changes all the imprisoned Palestinians into prisoners of a state, prisoners of war held hostage in another state... He noted that the recognition of the state means recognition of the legitimacy of the Palestinian struggle that the Palestinian nation fought, in the search for freedom and independence. In addition, it [recognition of a state] indicates that the struggles (Arabic- Nidalat) of the prisoners are legitimized and legal according to UN Resolutions, international laws and the third and fourth Geneva Conventions. [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Sept. 8, 2011] The Palestinian Authority uses the word nidal - literally 'struggle' - as a general term that includes all acts against Israel - including violence against civilians. PA leaders and officials have legitimized Palestinian violence by quoting UN resolution 3236 which recognizes the right of the Palestinian people to regain its rights by all means. The PA interprets all means as including violence against civilians, but has chosen to ignore the continuation of the resolution which states that the use of all means should be in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations... The UN Charter prohibits targeting civilians, even in war. Chapter 1, Article 1, opens by saying that the international disputes should be resolved by peaceful means. The following are some examples: Abbas Zaki, member of the Fatah Central Committee, does not believe that a Palestinian-Israeli agreement will be achieved in the shadow of the extreme right-wing [Israeli] government, but he leaves the door open to a 'return to [UN] Resolution 181 and to all forms of the struggle, including the armed struggle, if the negotiations fail... In addition, [there will be] a return to UN Resolution 3236, which grants the Palestinian people the right to all forms of the struggle, including the armed struggle...' He called for 'a gathering that will bring together the Fatah and Hamas leadership, under Mahmoud Abbas' ... and added: 'We are in favor of anyone who defends the homeland and bears arms in order to defend it, because he supports the idea of Fatah and of the resistance. [Al-Ghad (Jordan), May 22, 2010] PA Representative in Lebanon Abbas Zaki: We have [U.N.] General Assembly Resolution 3236,
[osint] Palestinians Question Basis for Peace Negotiations
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2011/09/20/Abbas-questions-basis-for-neg otiations/UPI-57271316528630/ Abbas questions basis for negotiations Published: Sept. 20, 2011 at 10:23 AM Comments (1) Email Print Listen http://www.upi.com/img/fb_share.png Slideshow 1 of 2 http://www.upi.com/enl-win/3e2fd47635231fa0156e509f1d1c619f/UPI-57271316528 630/ Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech in Ramallah, West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a speech in the presidential compound in Ramallah, West Bank, September 16, 2011. Abbas said he would ask the UN Security Council next week to accept the Palestinians as full members of the United Nations. UPI/Debbie Hill http://www.upi.com/enl-win/3e2fd47635231fa0156e509f1d1c619f/UPI-57271316528 630/ http://www.upi.com/img/clear.gif Related Stories . Saudis give $200 million to Palestinians http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/09/20/Saudis-give-200-million-t o-Palestinians/UPI-42271316525294/?rel=57271316528630 . Netanyahu urged not to sanction P.A. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/09/19/Netanyahu-urged-not-to-sa nction-PA/UPI-75371316432159/?rel=57271316528630 . Poll: Palestinians say U.N. bid to succeed http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2011/09/18/Poll-Palestinians-say-UN- bid-to-succeed/UPI-37081316378177/?rel=57271316528630 UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Palestinian President http://www.upi.com/topic/Mahmoud_Abbas/ Mahmoud Abbas said he's not opposed to giving negotiations with Israel another try but questioned the basis for such talks. Palestinian authorities are expected to push for a unilateral statehood initiative at the United Nations this week. Washington promised to veto the measure if it moves before the U.N. Security Council, saying any independent action from the Palestinians undermined ongoing peace efforts with Israel. Abbas, in an interview with London's pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat, said he wasn't adamantly opposed to negotiations. I am not against a return to the negotiating table but on what basis? he asked. The so-called Middle East Quartet of the United States, Russia, European Union and United Nations met Monday night in an attempt to construct a formula to restart peace talks and stave off a Security Council showdown, diplomats said. U.S. Republican lawmakers on a House appropriations committee threatened Palestinian aid should Abbas continue with his statehood initiative at the United Nations. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu offered to meet with Abbas at U.N. headquarters this week and restart negotiations. Netanyahu in August said that Israel would be willing to resume peace talks based on its 1967 prewar borders if the Palestinians abandoned state recognition efforts and recognized Israel as a Jewish state. Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2011/09/20/Abbas-questions-basis-for-ne gotiations/UPI-57271316528630/#ixzz1YVQiifWu http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2011/09/20/Abbas-questions-basis-for-neg otiations/UPI-57271316528630/#ixzz1YVQiifWu [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *
[osint] 6 Male, 1 Female Muslim Held in Terror Plot to Bomb Britain
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ Description: Description: MailOnline - news, sport, celebrity, science and health stories Tuesday, Sep 20 2011 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/weather/index.html 3PM 19°C 6PM 16°C 5-Day Forecast Six men and a woman held as police 'smash terror plot to bomb Britain' * Men detained following raids in Birmingham's Moseley, Sparkbrook, Sparkhill, Ward End and Balsall Heath * Woman, 22, arrested in Saltley on suspicion of failing to disclose information contrary to the Terrorism Act 2000 * One of the addresses searched by police today is registered to Mohammed Irfan - previously jailed for his part in plotting to kidnap a Muslim British soldier and behead him live on the internet By http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=authornamef=Andy+Dolan Andy Dolan and http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=authornamef=James+Slack James Slack Last updated at 7:57 AM on 20th September 2011 Police and security officials believe they have smashed a plot by home-grown terrorists to kill hundreds in an Al Qaeda-inspired attack on Britain. One of 14 homes raided by officers yesterday belongs to a convicted terrorist involved in a conspiracy to capture and behead a British soldier. Acting on intelligence from MI5, counter-terrorism police in Birmingham arrested six men and a woman, who were all born in Britain and hold UK passports. Description: Description: Police forensic officers cover a car in Birmingham following the arrests of six men in Birmingham as part of a large intelligence-led counter-terrorism operation Police forensic officers cover a car in Birmingham following the arrests of six men in Birmingham as part of a large intelligence-led counter-terrorism operation Description: Description: Investigation: A car was taken away by the police after an anti-terrorism operation this morning Investigation: A car was taken away by the police after an anti-terrorism operation this morning Description: Description: Sealed off: The road was cordoned off after police swooped in Sealed off: The road was cordoned off after police swooped in They are suspected of being in the latter stages of planning an atrocity, though a precise target had yet to be chosen. Police say they swooped to protect public safety. Whitehall sources say it is the biggest plot to have been disrupted by the security services this year. It comes only three months after officials downgraded the threat to the UK from severe to substantial. Fourteen Birmingham addresses, including one business, were being searched yesterday. They included a terraced property owned by Mohammed Irfan, 34, and Mohammed Rizwan, who preach at a mosque. Forensics officers were also seen yesterday searching a neighbouring home in the citys deprived Ward End district. Description: Description: Questions: Police speak to a taxi driver outside a home close to where the terror arrests took place Questions: Police speak to a taxi driver outside a home close to where the terror arrests took place Irfan was jailed for four years in February 2008 after admitting being part of plot to behead a Muslim soldier as warning to other Muslims about joining the British Army. He was released on licence in October 2009. Those under arrest were said by neighbours to include a nursery nurse and two brothers. One of the addresses was an imposing five-bedroom detached home occupied by a taxi driver and his five sons. A neighbour said two of the sons had been seen firing an air rifle at a target in the garden on Sunday. The arrests were carried out across the largely Asian inner-city neighbourhoods of Alum Rock, Sparkbrook, Ward End and Moseley, a suburb popular with students and young professionals. Description: Description: Map Although the terror suspects were home-grown, sources said the plot had an international dimension. West Midlands Police said six men aged between 25 and 32 were arrested overnight on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism in the UK following a joint investigation by both police and MI5. A 22-year-old-woman, named by neighbours as nursery nurse Salma Kabal, from Alum Rock, was said to have been arrested at 7am on suspicion of failing to disclose information contrary to the Terrorism Act 2000. Neighbours in the terraced street yesterday said Kabal comes from a moderate Pakistani family and is the eldest of five children. Her mother is said to work as a school dinner lady, while her father is a former council worker. She married two years ago but was said to have divorced her husband six months ago. One neighbour said: He moved in with her and wore a long Islamic beard. He didnt seem to work, but was more extremist than his wife. I understand they split up because he wanted to take her to live in a madrassa in Karachi in Pakistan. The husband was believed to be Ashiq Ali, who was arrested with his brother Bahader, 28,
[osint] Obama's Phony Debt Plan
Obama's phony debt plan Rosy growth projections contrast with grim reality 3 Comments and 5 Reactions http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/19/obamas-phony-debt-plan/#dis qus_thread |Share http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/19/obamas-phony-debt-plan/prin t/ Tweet http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/19/obamas-phony-debt-plan/prin t/ |Email http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep%0d%0a%20/19/obamas-phony-debt- plan/print/ |Print http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/19/obamas-phony-debt-plan/prin t/ | By http://www.washingtontimes.com/staff/the-washington-times/ THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times Monday, September 19, 2011 Without any trace of irony, the White House's new 10-year deficit-reduction plan is titled Living Within Our Means and Investing in the Future. It achieves neither of these objectives, but you would never know that by looking at the deceptively rosy future it promises. President Obama's agenda continues the conceit of long-term Washington budget projections that bear no relation to reality. It overstates the administration's ability to predict and influence events. The use of smoke and mirrors is a necessary political trick because highlighting massive purported savings, particularly in the out years, enables Mr. Obama to claim credit for trillions in deficit reduction that are supposed to appear long after he is off th e political stage. He reckons to cut deficits by $3 trillion in 10 years - but so long as we're pulling numbers out of a hat, why not $6 trillion in 20 years or $30 trillion in 100 years? Ten-year economic scenarios are the height of egotism; even Soviet dictator Josef Stalin was content with overseeing five-year plans. The base-line economic assumptions in Mr. Obama's plan are as fantastic as any that have emerged from this White House. As with past projections, unemployment levels are too low, growth projections are too high, and deficit numbers are astronomically more optimistic than realistic. The fiscal 2010 budget projected the deficit would be $581 billion in 2012. The fiscal 2012 budget projected a federal deficit of almost double that. The proposal introduced Monday bumps that figure up to more than $1.3 trillion. The a ctual deficit will be even higher. The projections are always off because the Obama team clings to highly unrealistic economic-growth assumptions. The latest deficit proposal says that during the previous six quarters, real gross domestic product (GDP) had grown at an average rate of 3 percent, implying that this is a robust trend that is likely to continue. Mr. Obama's first budget projected that this year's economic growth would be more than 5 percent, but second-quarter GDP growth in 2011 was only 1 percent, and growth almost ground to a halt in the first quarter at 0.4 percent. Rather than a push for greater spending, these facts should prompt renewed soberness and caution for economic crystal-ball gazers at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The assumptions in Mr. Obama's plan double down on already-bankrupt hopes. For Mr. Obama's deficit numbers to make sense (using the plan as applied to the Office of Management and Budget midsession review base line) the economy is expected to grow at a rate of almost 5 percent in 2012, almost 8 percent in 2014 and 8.5 percent in 2016. If Mr. Obama could deliver that kind of growth, he wouldn't now be trying to explain away 9 percent unemployment and approval ratings in the low 40s. These baloney growth assumptions illustrate why politicians love to talk about the wonderful, magical, faraway out years. Too bad we live in the troubling times delivered by the fierce urgency of now. C Copyright 2011 The Washington Times, LLC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for
[osint] Turkey to freeze EU ties if Cyprus gets EU presidency
This would be a GOOD thing. B Turkey to freeze EU ties if Cyprus gets EU presidency http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4123679,00.htm Comments strongest yet by Ankara over its opposition to Cyprus presidency and could mark start of a new low point in ties between European Union and Turkey Reuters Published: 09.18.11, 12:46 / http://www.ynetnews.com/home/0,7340,L-3082,00.html Israel News http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4123679,00.html http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4123679,00.html EU-candidate Turkey will freeze relations with the European Union if Cyprus is given the EU presidency in 2012, Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay was quoted as saying by state-run news agency Anatolian late on Saturday. The comments were the strongest yet by Ankara over its opposition to the Cyprus presidency and could mark the s tart of a new low point in ties between the European Union and Turkey which began accession talks to the bloc in 2005. Turkish PM Erdogan during Cairo address (Photo: EPA) The comments also come at a time of heightened tension in the eastern Mediterranean where Turkey is locked in a row with Cyprus over potential offshore gas deposits. Turkey's relations with one-time ally Israel are also at a low. If the peace negotiations there (Cyprus) are not conclusive, and the EU gives its rotating presidency to southern Cyprus, the real crisis will be between Turkey and the EU, Anatolian quoted Atalay as telling Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio and TV at the end of a trip to northern Cyprus. Because we will then freeze our relations with the EU. We have made this announcement, as a government we have made this decision. Our relations with the EU will come to a sudden halt. The internationally-recognized Greek Cypriot government is due to take on the six-month rotating EU presidency in July 2012. Cyprus has been divided since a Turkish invasion in 1974 triggered by a brief Greek-inspired coup. UN-sponsored peace talks between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots have stumbled since they were relaunched in 2008. In July, Turkey's European Union minister said freezing ties with the Greek Cypriot EU presidency was an option but Atalay's comments were the first time Ankara has said it would definitely halt relations. Greek Cypriots represent the island internationally and in the European Union, while Turkey is the only country to recognise the Turkish Cypriot state. Greek Cypriots say Turkey cannot join the bloc until the Cyprus conflict is resolved. The rotating presidency has lost some importance since the EU's Lisbon treaty, which established a permanent head of the European Council that groups national governments, and a new foreign and security policy chief. But a determined country can still shape the agenda. Of the 35 chapters -- policy areas of EU law -- Turkey has completed one, and 18 have been frozen because of opposition by EU member states including Cyprus and France. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Iranian Ambassador: UN Vote a Step Towards Wiping Out Israel
http://www.investigativeproject.org/3188/iranian-ambassador-un-vote-a-step- towards-wiping http://www.investigativeproject.org/3188/iranian-ambassador-un-vote-a-step-t owards-wiping Iranian Ambassador: UN Vote a Step Towards Wiping Out Israel by IPT News . Sep 19, 2011 at 4:31 pm http://www.investigativeproject.org/3188/iranian-ambassador-un-vote-a-step-t owards-wiping Western diplomatic efforts aimed at heading off a United Nations resolution on Palestinian statehood appear to be making little or no progress. The United States and other allies are trying to find a way to push Palestinians back into direct peace talks with Israel, but those efforts have been rejected. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas http://www.jpost.com/VideoArticles/Video/Article.aspx?id=238567 complained that all hell has broken out against us over the UN effort, but that there was http://online.wsj.com/article/AP6de8fd8a25b542e1a376d188ae644a0b.html no turning back from the present course. That course, Iran's ambassador to Egypt said in a weekend interview, was merely one stage in a broader effort. The push for full membership as a UN member state is a step towards wiping out Israel, said Ambassador Mojtaba Amani http://www.alwatanalarabi.com/arabi/Sub_Details.asp?Sub_id=8436Section_ID= 1 in an interview with Al-Watan al-Arabi. But the Palestinians must that follow a correct example and complete all the measures to prevent the Zionist Entity from depriving them their rights. Abbas reportedly http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/abbas-rejects-netanyahu-compr omises-ahead-of-palestinian-statehood-bid-1.385226 rejected offers of concessions from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, including compromises on language describing the borders of a future state and describing Israel as a home for the Jewish people. From now until I give the speech, we have only one choice: going to the Security Council. Afterwards, we will sit and decide, http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1854086/Wo rld.News/Abbas.presses.Palestinian.U.N..bid.despite.warnings he said. The United States has promised to veto any Palestinian request for full inclusion as a member state before the council. But the PA likely would secure an upgrade of its current status as an observer if it turned to the full UN General Assembly. Western diplomats say that will lead only to disappointment for Palestinians and not get them any closer to actual statehood. And there are risks for the Palestinians if they refuse to alter their course. If Congress follows through on threats to cut off American aid to the Palestinian Authority, the risk of PA collapse is very real, PA central bank chief Jihad al-Wazir told Reuters. Read more at: http://www.investigativeproject.org/3188/iranian-ambassador-un-vote-a-step- towards-wiping http://www.investigativeproject.org/3188/iranian-ambassador-un-vote-a-step-t owards-wiping [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] CAN MUSLIMS CAN NOT BE Good American/Good Canadians?
Subject: CAN MUSLIMS CAN NOT BE Good American/Good Canadians? This is very interesting and we all need to read it from start to finish. And send it on to everyone. Maybe this is why our American Muslims are so quiet and not speaking out about any atrocities. Can a good Muslim be a good American or Canadian? This question was forwarded to a friend who worked in Saudi Arabia for 20 years. The following is his reply: Theologically - no. .. . . Because his allegiance is to Allah, The moon god of Arabia .. Religiously - no.. . .. Because no other religion is accepted by His Allah except Islam ... (Quran, 2:256) (Koran) Scripturally - no. .. .. Because his allegiance is to the five Pillars of Islam and the Quran. Geographically - no .. Because his allegiance is to Mecca, to which he turns in prayer five times a day.. Socially - no. . . Because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews ... Politically - no... Because he must submit to the mullahs (spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and destruction of America, the great Satan. Domestically - no. .. . Because he is instructed to marry four Women and beat and scourge his wife when she disobeys him (Quran 4:34 ) Intellectually - no... Because he cannot accept the American Constitution since it is based on Biblical principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt. Philosophically - no. . . Because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran does not allow freedom of religion and expression. Democracy and Islam cannot co-exist. Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic. Spiritually - no... Because when we declare 'one nation under God,' The Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as Heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in the Quran's 99 excellent names. Therefore, after much study and deliberationwe should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country. They obviously cannot be both 'good' Muslims and good Americans/Canadians. Call it what you wish it's still the truth. You had better believe it. The more who understand this, the better it will be for our country and our future. The religious war is bigger than we know or understand. .. Footnote: The Muslims have said they will destroy us from within. SO FREEDOM IS NOT FREE. THE Armed Forces WANT THIS TO ROLL ALL OVER THE U.S. CANADA. Please don't delete this until you send it on. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, discuss-os...@yahoogroups.com. -- Brooks Isoldi, editor biso...@intellnet.org http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:osint-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtmlYahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: osint-dig...@yahoogroups.com osint-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: osint-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[osint] Obama is Destroying Western Interests in the Middle East, Helping Destabilize the Region, and Putting Millions of Lives in Jeopardy
http://jeffdunetz.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9a443c8dc3ed9a1571202cd e1id=91c61ac24fe=e1333e4251 Obama is Destroying Western Interests in the Middle East, Helping Destabilize the Region, and Putting Millions of Lives in Jeopardy Sep 19, 2011 08:51 pm By Barry Rubin Think of how outrageous my headline is: Destroying Western Interests in the Middle East, Helping Destabilize the Region, and Putting Millions of Lives in Jeopardy Do you think that's extremist, crazy, can't be true because you're not seeing that stuff in the New York Times? You must be a right-wing Republican, you say? No, just a serious Middle East analyst. The tenth anniversary of September 11, almost three years after Obama's election, is a suitable time to confront this issue honestly and fully. So consider fairly and honestly the list of points below. Egypt: Obama supported a revolution overthrowing a U.S. ally - rather than a smooth transition replacing the dictator and instituting some reform without dropping the entire regime - disregarding State Department advice and not even consulting with Jordan, Israel, or Saudi Arabia! He also unilaterally announced his readiness to see the Muslim Brotherhood in power. His analysts denied that the Brotherhood is a radical, anti-American Islamist organization that supports terrorism. The resulting dangerous crisis, including Egypt becoming a new type of Iran, is now clear to all. Israel-Palestinian Peace Process: By distancing himself from Israel, removing all pressure from the Palestinians, unilaterally proposing a freeze of Israeli construction on settlements, and repeatedly messing up the effort to restart negotiations, Obama made the peace process situation worse. His failure to handle properly the Palestinian UN unilateral independence bid has put U.S. policy in a terrible mess, with an American veto leading to large-scale anti-Americanism and probable violence both by Palestinians against Israel and by Muslims against the United States. Israel: The damage the Obama Administration did to Israel was not in bilateral relations or even in the peace process but by its role in the deterioration of the regional situation to a dangerous extent. As a result, the two most powerful regional powers that had decent relations with Israel - Egypt and Turkey - turned around 180 degrees; Hamas rule was entrenched in the Gaza Strip; Hizballah's rule in Lebanon. That's four of Israel's neighbors that became effectively hostile while the Obama Administration didn't even notice. As the level of threat rose, U.S. political-diplomatic support for Israel declined. Turkey: As Turkey continued to move toward being a repressive Islamist state allied with revolutionary Islamism, the U.S. government didn't notice. Farcically, it promoted the Turkish model and made Turkey its mediator over Syria's future! Lebanon: As Lebanon fell under Syria-Iran-Hizballah control, the Obama Administration did nothing. It failed to support the moderates and so they surrendered. Syria: The Administration pursued the factually ridiculous effort to pull Syria away from Iran and engaged it even as Damascus escalated its support for terrorism, aggression toward Lebanon, killing Americans in Iraq, and then repressing its own people. Gaza: The Administration gave Hamas indirect aid, made no serious effort to overthrow a radical, anti-American, genocidal-oriented regime, and pressed Israel to reduce sanctions to a minimum. This ensured the survival and strengthening of a pro-terrorist revolutionary Islamist state on the Mediterranean. Saudi Arabia: Repeated slaps in the face and failure to confront advances by revolutionary Islamists - especially Iran and Syria, as well as abandonment of Mubarak - disgusted this ally. Seeing U.S. weakness, it concluded it has to take care of itself Iran: After wasting a long time in engagement, the administration finally (at the slowest possible speed) did push sanctions. Yet it still has no strategy for opposing Iran's non-nuclear methods of subverting neighbors and expanding its influence. Danger: Obama failed to realize it or to define properly friends and enemies. Leadership: Despite being begged by different allies, the Obama Administration failed to demonstrate leadership. Empowering Islamism: In his Cairo speech and thereafter, Obama emphasized the Muslim identity of Middle Easterners thus undermining Arab identity and nationalism. Endangering the lives of American soldiers and civilians: By refusing to allow a proper analysis of Islamism and terrorism. Consider, for example, the Fort Hood attack in which Americans were killed because military officers feared to do their job lest it hurt their promotions. Libya: Obama entered a war without any strategy for what would happen after Qadhafi fell or any knowledge of who he was helping to promote as the new leadership. Rejection of basic diplomatic principles: Supporting friends and punishing enemies;
[osint] Why gold is so high and Obama so low
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/Outside-View/2011/09/20/Outside-View-Wh y-gold-is-so-high-and-Obama-so-low/UPI-41751316513880/ Why gold is so high and Obama so low Published: Sept. 20, 2011 at 6:18 AM By PETER MORICI COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Since U.S. President Barack Obama took office, the price of gold has more than doubled to about $1,800 an ounce and public approval of his handling of the economy has more than halved. These are much connected events. During the 1980s and 1990s, thanks to new technologies and market deregulation by Presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, the U.S. economy enjoyed a renaissance -- falling inflation, stable growth, low unemployment, and decent returns on stocks and bonds. Sound as a dollar took new meaning as central banks around the world sold off gold holdings and increasingly backed their currencies with greenbacks. The dominance of the dollar, in part, inspired Europeans to create a rival currency -- the euro. Holding gold makes less sense when the U.S. economy is doing well and confidence in the rule of law ensures that investors will get solid returns on portfolio investments. After all, gold is costly to hold and it pays no dividends or interest. In 2000, the U.S. federal budget surplus was $236 billion, the Standard and Poor's 500 index hit its inflation-adjusted peak at 1,520 and gold sold for $280 an ounce. Since, King Dollar has been shattered by Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Thanks to big deficits, the world is awash in dollars and Treasury securities, which function much the same as cash in international finance and commerce. The U.S. economy -- overwhelmed by subsidized imports from China, bleeding to pay for expensive foreign oil and hamstrung by intrusive and often counterproductive new government regulations -- can't grow. By 2007, the year before the financial crisis and Democrats took control of Congress, George W. Bush's free spending on agricultural subsidies, military adventures, prescription coverage for seniors and tax cuts turned Clinton's surplus into a $161 billion deficit. GALLERY: President Obama lays out new tax plan http://www.upi.com/News_Photos/News/President-Obama-lays-out-new-tax-plan/5 671/?sg Enter Nancy Pelosi and then Obama and government spending exploded from less than 20 percent of gross domestic product to nearly 26 percent. Increases in the regulatory bureaucracy and government pay, new Medicaid and Medicare entitlements, and crony spending on fraudulent solar energy schemes, bailouts for Chrysler and GM and similar follies push up federal spending by $1.1 trillion in four years. Inflation would have required only $200 billion. Meanwhile, after nearly two years of economic recovery, real GDP is stuck at 2007 levels, family incomes are falling and the ranks of the unemployed and poor swell every month. The president doesn't grasp the magnitude of the structural problems holding down real growth. He refuses to develop domestic oil and natural gas and genuinely confront Chinese mercantilism. He refuses to address business concerns about over-regulation and a generally hostile environment to private enterprise. In the name of lowering costs, ObamaCare mandates the scope of coverage businesses must offer employees but insurance premiums, drug prices and co-pays are rising at an alarming pace. Obama simply ignores this failure. In the Chrysler bankruptcy, the administration managed to pressure a federal judge to subvert 100 years of bankruptcy law to award company assets, which should have been distributed to creditors, to the UAW and an Italian automaker. In yet another payment to organized labor for campaign support, the National Labor Relations Board -- stuffed with recess appointments -- sued Boeing for opening a factory in South Carolina. Now, the president will decide which states are permitted new manufacturing jobs. He can't persuade Congress to put a limit on carbon dioxide emissions so he proposes to curb those by administrative fiat. He punishes the entire oil industry for the sins of one rogue company. Overreach is so intrusive that it borders on expropriation. U.S. companies are investing in China for good reason. Beijing likes capitalism and aspires to global leadership, things Obama appears to distain. And for all their complaints about intellectual property enforcement in China, U.S. investors may enjoy greater security under the law in the Middle Kingdom than in the Middle West. Over the next several years, GDP growth will likely be no more than 2 percent, perhaps less, and given the paltry targets set for the congressional supercommittee on budget deficits, the federal spending gap will likely exceed $1 trillion for many more years and Social Security likely will be broke within two decades. All that money and U.S. bonds, which function much like money, will eventually drive up inflation. With bonds paying little interest
