[cia-drugs] Asia's Coming Water Wars
22 August 2006In light of Iran's recent statements regarding its nuclear research program, PINR recommends the following past analysis: "Intelligence Brief: Iran and the U.S. Maneuver Carefully Toward Confrontation"http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_reportreport_id=470--Asia's Coming Water Wars Drafted By: Chietigj Bajpaee http://www.pinr.com While the world's attention is focused on record high oil prices, water, like oil, is increasingly emerging as a catalyst for international instability and conflict as the recent upsurge in violence in Sri Lanka illustrates. On July 20, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (L.T.T.E.) shut down the Maavilaru dam's sluice gate near the town of Kantalai in the northeastern Trincomalee district, which cut off water supplies for 60,000 people in government-controlled areas. This led the Sri Lankan military to commence an aerial bombardment of Tiger positions and a ground offensive to gain control of the reservoir's control point. The Tigers claim that their actions were sparked by the government's failure to build a water tower to supply L.T.T.E.-controlled areas and responded by going on the offensive in Mutur. With more than 500 people killed since fighting erupted over the disputed waterway, the 2002 ceasefire has now collapsed in all but name.Water is increasingly emerging as a scarce commodity, fueled by population pressures, intensive irrigation, and erratic weather patterns brought on by global warming. According to the International Water Management Institute, by 2025 one-third of the world's population will lack access to water. Developing countries bear the brunt of water shortages given the lack of clean drinking water and adequate sanitation in these states, which has been exacerbated by rapid development, population pressures and significant urban-to-rural migration. Developing countries are also the most likely to face water-related conflict given the lack of cooperative management mechanisms between developing states on managing shared water resources. Of the world's 263 international basins, three-fifths of them lack a feasible cooperative management framework. While water disputes alone are not likely to spark a conflict, they are likely to fuel already existent, long-standing tensions within and between states. Since 1948, close to 40 incidents of hostilities have taken place over water resources, most of which have taken place in the Middle East. In the Middle East, the Jordan River Basin and the Tigris-Euphrates Basin are the most likely regions of water-related conflict, while in Africa the Nile River, Volta River, Zambezi River, and the Niger Basin are conflict-prone zones. In the 21st century, however, Asia may emerge as the new focal point of water-related conflict given the rapid growth of the region, which is likely to put pressure on water resources, coupled with the concentration of long-standing internal and inter-state tensions, which can act as a spark for turning water-related disputes into full-scale conflicts. Asia is home to 57 international basins, the third largest after Europe and Africa. In Asia, three regions are the most likely candidates for water-related conflict: Central Asia, South Asia and the Mekong sub-region in Southeast Asia. Central Asia's water fault-lines include the division of the Caspian Sea between the five littoral states (Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan) and a dispute over access to water from the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers between upstream states (Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan) and downstream states (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan). South Asia's water tensions include the Indo-Pakistan dispute over the Wular Barrage, Indo-Bangladesh water dispute over the Farakka Barrage and the Indo-Nepal dispute over the Mahakali River Treaty. In Southeast Asia, water-related tensions arise from attempts by the six riparian states (Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam) to construct dams in order to reroute the Mekong River system. While management systems have been established for these disputes -- such as the Mekong River Committee (1957) and its successor the Mekong River Commission, the treaties of Sarada (1920), Kosi (1954) and Gandak (1959) between India and Nepal, the Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan (1960), the Ganges Waters Treaty between India and Bangladesh (1977), and the 1998 "Agreement on the Use of Water and Energy Resources of the Syr Darya Basin" between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan -- they have been poorly enforced. Furthermore, all three regions are plagued by long-standing historical animosities and internal instabilities and water disputes serve to focus these tensions. The fact that these river systems run through multiple countries -- notably the Aral Sea, Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna and Mekong Rivers are each shared by at least five states --
[cia-drugs] Russian airliner crashes in eastern Ukraine
http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNewsstoryID=13258122src="">ss/topNewscom/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNewsstoryID=13258122src="" ]Russian airliner crashes in eastern UkraineTue Aug 22, 2006 08:58 AM ET KIEV (Reuters) - An airliner flying from southern Russia to the country'ssecond city of St Petersburg crashed on Tuesday in flames in easternUkraine, the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry said. The ministry said helicopters circling the site about 45 km (30 miles) northof the regional town of Donetsk saw the Tu-154 in flames. Russia'sEmergencies Ministry said 160 passengers and 10 crew were aboard theaircraft belonging to Pulkovo Airlines. __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS Independent broker dealer Independent director Central intelligence agency Central intelligence agency employment YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
[cia-drugs] I Was a Propaganda Intern In Iraq
http://www.countercurrents.org/iraq-marx220806.htm "I Was a Propaganda Intern In Iraq" By Willem Marx Amy Goodman 22 August, 2006Democracy Now! We speak with Willem Marx, a former intern with the Washington-based government contractor, the Lincoln Group. He spent a summer in Baghdad paying to plant pro-American articles secretly written by the U.S. military in the Iraqi press. He held a loaded submachine gun while being driven through Baghdad by two Kurdish security men. He had three million dollars in cash locked inside his bedroom in the Green Zone. Armed with a gun, he interrogated Iraqi employees about whether they were doing their job. He spent a summer in Baghdad paying to plant pro-American articles in the Iraqi press that were secretly written by the US military. He was just 22 years old and he was an intern at the Lincoln Group, the Washington-based government contractor. The company gained notoriety last November after the Los Angeles Times first revealed it was being paid by the Pentagon to plant stories in the Iraqi press as part of a secret military propaganda campaign. A subsequent Pentagon investigation in March cleared the Lincoln Group of any wrongdoing. Today, we speak with that former intern of the Lincoln Group. Willem Marx is a freelance writer and a graduate student in journalism at New York University. His article detailing his experience is published in the latest issue of Harpers Magazine. It's titled "Misinformation Intern: My summer as a military propagandist in Iraq." He joins us on the line from Uzbekistan. AMY GOODMAN: Today, we speak with that former intern of the Lincoln Group -- his name, Willem Marx. He joins us on the line from Uzbekistan. He's a freelance writer and a graduate student in journalism at New York University. His piece -- his latest piece appears in Harper's magazine, detailing his experience. Its called Misinformation Intern: My Summer as a Military Propagandist in Iraq. Willem Marx, thank you for joining us. WILLEM MARX: Hi, Amy. Good to be with you. AMY GOODMAN: It's good to have you with us. Well, why don't you start out just explaining, how did you get this job? WILLEM MARX: Well, it started when I was approaching my final exams at Oxford just over a year ago, and a cousin of mine who lived in New York told me about a company that was offering internships in Baghdad. I had a place to study at NYU the following September, and I thought that a summer working in Iraq would be a very good experience for me as a burgeoning young reporter. And I sent off my resume. I saw a sort of position offered as a media intern. It didn't give a huge amount of detail. And it seemed like an opportunity that very few people my age would get. And having sent off my resume, I was contacted by the company, went through a few telephone interviews, and soon found myself flying over to D.C. to pick up a military identification card and then, a few days later, landing in Baghdad. AMY GOODMAN: When you came to this country, you met the founders of the Lincoln Group? WILLEM MARX: Yes, I did. Two men -- one called Christian Bailey, who is a Brit like me, and another former Marine called Paige Craig, who -- they have their headquarters in Washington, D.C. AMY GOODMAN: And can you tell us any more about them and about that part of -- WILLEM MARX: Absolutely. Absolutely. I arrived in D.C., having not been there for a few years, since I visited a cousin at a university there. I didn't know the city very well. They put me up in a hotel near their office, and the morning after I had arrived, I walked up there. It was on K Street, the heart of the lobbying industry. And I was introduced to both of them. Paige Craig was very military, not particularly friendly, and just, you know, muttered a few words to me, whereas Christian Bailey had also gone to Oxford, and so we chatted about that for a while. Neither of them were very forthcoming really about what I would be doing out in Iraq. Pretty sort of sketchy on details. But both, you know, were telling me there were great opportunities for young people like me. They were a company that was growing rapidly. And they welcomed me on board and wished me good luck. AMY GOODMAN: Willem Marx, we're going to break, and then we're going to come back to hear about your time in Iraq, your time in the Green Zone and out. Willem Marx, former intern with the Lincoln Group. Stay with us. AMY GOODMAN: Our guest is Willem Marx. We're speaking to him now in Uzbekistan, a freelance writer and graduate student, spent the summer, last summer, in Iraq as an intern with the Lincoln Group and has written a piece about it in the latest edition of Harper's magazine called "Misinformation Intern: My Summer as a Military Propagandist in Iraq." Willem Marx, had either man who founded the Lincoln Group been to Iraq? WILLEM MARX: Yes. Paige Craig, the former Marine, had
Re: [cia-drugs] Give up the shit kicking of Ruppert you morons!
Personally, I wish Mike well. If he could join me in disseminating the truth, we could come that much closer to saving the United States of America instead of what prophecy states. I pray that this happens now that he is safe in Venezuela. Peace, Arlene Johnson Publisher/Author http://www.truedemocracy.net Click on the icon that says Magazine to access my e-zine. Password for 2006: message -Original Message- From: Duncan M. Roads [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Aug 23, 2006 1:06 AM To: cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [cia-drugs] Give up the shit kicking of Ruppert you morons! Hi Kris, Many hold your views, and I don't blame them. I still don't think it justifies the behaviour of some on this list in terms of kicking someone when they are down. Mike has had to put up with far more crap than most on this list even know of. For instance, while downunder speaking at one of our conferences, his hotel room was entered by someone who could bypass the security electronics without leaving any record of being opened. His laptop was taken the night before his presentation. I didn't see any sign of this on the list. He didn't use it as a beat-up to get attention, sympathy or money. Nobody is perfect in this world. Mike has given a lot of effort to issues that not many are able to effectively tackle, and he should be thanked for some of them. I don't find Mike's comments about Americans to be disgusting. In fact the whole world now thinks the same, if not worse. I don't know about Mike's stated reasons for leaving, nor do I think it is really that important. We all know that if you stick your head above the horizon and start making waves, that sooner or later the powers that be come along and kick it off. In my dealings with Mike I have found him honourable, honest, and easy to deal with. I found you to be the same sort of person. For what it is worth, I certainly was not thinking of you when I wrote that email to the list. I am just so sick of weenies sitting on sidelines sniping at people having a go. I would like to see some of those cowards do something for a change instead of drinking beer and bitching about others. Duncan On 23/08/2006, at 5:56 AM, RoadsEnd wrote: Duncan, First off, I do think that discussion is furthered better by civil discourse instead of invectiveness. While, yes none of us are perfect, I do not think that is what I am talking about. Bona fides and good material doesn't make a complete story. I have been a large supporter of Mike Ruppert, but am not any more, because of actions of Mike. I find Mike's statements about the people of this country disgusting and I do not believe Mike stated reasons for leaving. Sorry, but that is the truth. Maybe is something in my make-up, but I find it hard to believe whiny demagogue that lie and then use epideictic rhetoric to sell the lie. If Mike Ruppert really wanted to work together with folks to do something ? he would. He hasn't It is not hatred, it is disgust. Whether it's agenda, ego, circumstance, combination, or just the way the cookie crumbles ? this too shall pass. Peace, K On Aug 21, 2006, at 3:36 AM, Duncan M. Roads wrote: You know, there is nothing more pitiful than watching a bunch of pathetic wanna-be's standing around kicking the shit out of someone when they are down. I don't agree with many of Ruppert's conclusions, but fair suck of the sap, what are the heinous crimes he has committed to warrant such crap? I dunno about some on this list, but I have been trafficking on various incarnations of the CIA-DRUGS list and before, since 1996 - and I can assure you weenies that Ruppert was out there fighting the good fight for what he believed in a long long time before you came along. You people are free to disagree and argue about the content of his research and findings, but I really think you suck when you act like cowardly high school bullies and write crap like this. There is not one of us researchers and publishers who is a perfect human being. Most of us like a drink, sex and most of us burn midnight candles networking and writing - all because we care enough to turn off the Simpsons and try to change the shit going on around us. Why you have such high expectations of Mike Ruppert is totally beyond me. All it leads to is bitter disappointment when you grow up and realise that he doesn't walk on water. Just like you can't walk on water. I've got ten years of emails from this list and its former incarnation, and I can show you many, many issues Ruppert was involved - in way before you decided to activate a brain cell. On some issues he was right on, on others he was way off. And anyway, so what? What has he ever done to you that warrants such hatred? Made a few statements you don't agree with? Told you what he thinks of you maybe? By all means, come crying to this list if he commits
Re: [cia-drugs] Re: ruppert to leave the USA for good
Yes, all oil is abiotic. The Illuminati are even lying about that in order to control us. I feel that Mike made the decision to leave the US for the same reasons basically as I did. Neither of us was forced to leave it, but left before the government could do us anymore harm. Mike has been betrayed countless times. I know because he told me. I have been betrayed two major times and several other times. This continues too, but every time I land on my feet. See my Travel Journal Blog for details as to why I left the US at http://arleneljohnson.livejournal.com/ People who were on this listserv in January 2002 may remember a certain post that inspired me to get out! Peace, Arlene Johnson Publisher/Author http://www.truedemocracy.net the home of The Journal of History Click on the icon that says Magazine. Password for 2006: message -Original Message- From: RoadsEnd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Aug 22, 2006 10:36 PM To: cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com Cc: RoadsEnd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [cia-drugs] Re: ruppert to leave the USA for good Peak oil is a bull-looney social engineering and profit-making enterprise. Have you ever seen fossils in rock? You seen fossils in coal? They look kind of similar don't they? Now how do you get fossils in coal seams if the coal is made-up of fossils? All oil is abiotic. The peak-oil crisis' comes from the oil monopoly trust that is held by the same secret societal forces that have been setting the stage for some time now. Grow bio-mass locally. Desist the thralldom. tents444, you are wrong twice, IMHO, because forces within the USA most assuredly facilitated the 19 lone cadre and mad arab in a cave in their roles in the play. So you may be wrong in your acceptance of Mr. Ruppert's forced exile. Mike blames America and her people, that is scapegoating and misdirection. America has had an amazing program of psychological warfare mounted against it. America's people have been quite stiff-necked to this program and have been a problem to the nefarious secret societal networks that have been used against us hoi polloi. As I have said before, Mike targeted activists, then tried stuff first the CIA-Drugs movements, later the 9-11 movement and then lead activist down the peak-oil rabbit hole. MHO, Peace, Om K On Aug 20, 2006, at 1:54 PM, tents444 wrote: --- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, mark urban [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mike wrote a piece that is on the rense.com website about bidding farewell to america. That is a great article. Here is the URL: http://www.rense.com/general73/ces.htm I agree with nearly all of it. As for all the personal infighting crap in the replies here, I wouldn't know about that stuff, since I don't know Mike Ruppert personally. I hope his website stays up: http://www.fromthewilderness.com It has a lot of good info. I agree with the peak oil theory. It is already happening. And abiotic oil is too deep and too inaccessible right now to make much difference. Even when some abiotic oil bubbles up to become accessible it is not doing so in a great enough way to offset the huge demand for oil. So the peak oil theory still holds true. Peak Oil is nothing more than the truth of supply and demand setting prices. And abiotic oil deep in the earth costs too much to bring up right now. I disagree that the USA facilitated 9-11. But that is only an opinion. I think it is more likely that the hijackers picked the day of the simulated hijackings to pull off the real thing. Brilliant on their part. This caused the delay of intercepting aircraft since they thought there was a simulated hijacking going on. Same as the terrorist attacks in London. The bombers picked the day of a simulated terrorist attack scenario that the authorities were doing that day. So the USA and Britain facilitated the terrorist attacks due to their stupidity. We can all agree on their stupidity can't we? :) My favorite paragraph from Mike Ruppert's article: QUOTE: My permanent exodus from the US was actually ordained thirty years -- to the month -- before I left for good on July 18th, 2006. It was thirty years ago that my then-fiance, a career contract agent for the CIA, disclosed to me that her people were interested in giving a major boost to my career with LAPD if I would become involved with her anti-terror operations that involved overlooking (i.e. protecting) large drug shipments coming in while facilitating the movement of large quantities of firearms going out. I refused to compromise my ethics as a police officer and -- as I wrote on page 6 of Crossing the Rubicon - that has determined the course of my life ever since. UNQUOTE. Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM Yahoo! Groups Links Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM Yahoo! Groups Links
[cia-drugs] Is The Israeli Army Really So Lethal??!!
Interesting piece from a listserv of which I am not a member. Their posts appear in my Suspected Mail. Peace, Arlene Johnson Publisher/Author http://www.truedemocracy.net To: PIR [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[PIR] IS THE ISRAELI ARMY REALLY SO LETHAL??!! Date: Aug 23, 2006 12:24 AM Attachments:unknown-152 B IS THE ISRAELI ARMY REALLY SO LETHAL??!! By Yvonne Ridley UNLIKE many Middle East military analysts, I think it is a wee bit premature to hail the victory of the heroic Lebanese resistance fighters. The Hizb'Allah boys haven't half given the Israeli squaddies a good kicking but maybe, just maybe, the Zionists fought like a bunch of arthritic grannies deliberately. Let's say, for instance, that the fourth largest army in the world, which specialises in using its weapons on women and children, threw in the towel on purpose. By failing to nail Hizb'Allah in the first few days they were able to continue their genocidal bombing campaign right up until the final seconds before ceasefire ... as a result more than 1000 innocent civilians died and one million Lebanese were made homeless. Now if the Israeli Army was as lethal as we are all led to believe, then the invasion of Lebanon should have been over in a matter of days as precision targetting using bunker busting bombs from the US would have taken out all of Hizb'Allah's artillery positions. And if they had used Surface to Air Missiles (SAMS) with any degree of efficiency would that not have knocked out the home made rockets that were fired on northern Israel? Of course if their mission was accomplished in a matter of days there would have been no need to continue blitzing Lebanon in such a genocidal fashion, and there is no way the army would have needed to penetrate Lebanon right up to the Litani River. It's just a thought. Of course I would love to say that the Israeli soldiers really are a bunch of ninnies who couldn't fight their way out of a paper bag! And that isn't as daft as it sounds either. Not when you consider the heroic resistance of the Palestinian people ... bits of kids armed with nothing more than stones have kept the Zionist war machine at bay for years and the Intifada has certainly had an impact on neutering the machismo bullies of the Israeli Army. So I guess if the Palestinian shabaab aren't intimidated, then the Israeli squaddies certainly wouldn't scare off the Hizb'Allah boys, and I suppose it is easy to see why this band of resistance fighters could easily psychologically freak out their uniformed, Jewish cousins. One British soldier told me recently: When you hear gunfire you keep your head down and that's what you are trained to do, so it can really psyche you out when the Hizb'Allah and other Muslim fighters run towards the line of fire or explosions. They're just crazy and it is unnerving when your enemy doesn't fear death. It doesn't matter how undisciplined or poorly trained they are - no one from a Western army wants to face that sort of enemy! Well quite, but at the same time I'm still not convinced Hizb'Allah really did out manoevre the Israeli Army physically and psychologically. I suppose some of you might think well, who is she to discuss such military matters? Well, a long time ago, I spent five years working (part-time) as a media commentator/writer promoting the British Army. Part of my job was to study NATO, identify military hardware as well as write and talk authoritively about the world's most professional army ... I'm not being boastful, just giving you the facts. Before I achieved the rank of Captain in the Territorial Army, I had to go through exactly the same sort of training that any professional British soldier would go through, take part in NATO exercises and play war games. So while I might not have the authority of a Field Marshal, I can give an informed opinion. And the first thing I would like to point out is that one of the most sophisiticated fighting machines in the world had failed to dent Hizb'Allah's comparitively modest army after more than 30 days of fighting, shelling, bombing etc. I hate myself for writing this - but I simply do not believe the Israeli Army is so incompetent. The facts just don't stack up. Since its inception, the Zionist Army has battered its counterparts in Egypt, Syria and Jordan in days not weeks. And, as I said before, it has also dealt with civilians in a brutal and uncivilised way. In fact one story which I can now write about for the first time highlights the cowardice typical of some of the men who make up part of the rank and file of the Israeli Army. The incident I am referring to threatened to spill over into a massive diplomatic spat, and happened in Jerusalem five or so years ago when a senior British Army officer wtinessed some soldiers punching and kicking a frail, Palestinian woman from his hotel room. The British Army hero ran down to the hotel
Re: [cia-drugs] Asia's Coming Water Wars
Meanwhile in the USA, water is being privatized to an alarming degree. One of these days when water isn't available, those who are buying up water resources, will command such high prices that the average consumer won't be able to obtain water. I may have read this here or elsewhere. I can't recall. What will you do when you can't get a drink of water in the USA? Wouldn't it be a good idea to prevent water privatization now before this happens? Peace, Arlene Johnson -Original Message- From: Vigilius Haufniensis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Aug 23, 2006 12:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [cia-drugs] Asia's Coming Water Wars 22 August 2006 In light of Iran's recent statements regarding its nuclear research program, PINR recommends the following past analysis: Intelligence Brief: Iran and the U.S. Maneuver Carefully Toward Confrontation http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_reportreport_id=470 -- Asia's Coming Water Wars Drafted By: Chietigj Bajpaee http://www.pinr.com While the world's attention is focused on record high oil prices, water, like oil, is increasingly emerging as a catalyst for international instability and conflict as the recent upsurge in violence in Sri Lanka illustrates. On July 20, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (L.T.T.E.) shut down the Maavilaru dam's sluice gate near the town of Kantalai in the northeastern Trincomalee district, which cut off water supplies for 60,000 people in government-controlled areas. This led the Sri Lankan military to commence an aerial bombardment of Tiger positions and a ground offensive to gain control of the reservoir's control point. The Tigers claim that their actions were sparked by the government's failure to build a water tower to supply L.T.T.E.-controlled areas and responded by going on the offensive in Mutur. With more than 500 people killed since fighting erupted over the disputed waterway, the 2002 ceasefire has now collapsed in all but name. Water is increasingly emerging as a scarce commodity, fueled by population pressures, intensive irrigation, and erratic weather patterns brought on by global warming. According to the International Water Management Institute, by 2025 one-third of the world's population will lack access to water. Developing countries bear the brunt of water shortages given the lack of clean drinking water and adequate sanitation in these states, which has been exacerbated by rapid development, population pressures and significant urban-to-rural migration. Developing countries are also the most likely to face water-related conflict given the lack of cooperative management mechanisms between developing states on managing shared water resources. Of the world's 263 international basins, three-fifths of them lack a feasible cooperative management framework. While water disputes alone are not likely to spark a conflict, they are likely to fuel already existent, long-standing tensions within and between states. Since 1948, close to 40 incidents of hostilities have taken place over water resources, most of which have taken place in the Middle East. In the Middle East, the Jordan River Basin and the Tigris-Euphrates Basin are the most likely regions of water-related conflict, while in Africa the Nile River, Volta River, Zambezi River, and the Niger Basin are conflict-prone zones. In the 21st century, however, Asia may emerge as the new focal point of water-related conflict given the rapid growth of the region, which is likely to put pressure on water resources, coupled with the concentration of long-standing internal and inter-state tensions, which can act as a spark for turning water-related disputes into full-scale conflicts. Asia is home to 57 international basins, the third largest after Europe and Africa. In Asia, three regions are the most likely candidates for water-related conflict: Central Asia, South Asia and the Mekong sub-region in Southeast Asia. Central Asia's water fault-lines include the division of the Caspian Sea between the five littoral states (Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan) and a dispute over access to water from the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers between upstream states (Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan) and downstream states (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan). South Asia's water tensions include the Indo-Pakistan dispute over the Wular Barrage, Indo-Bangladesh water dispute over the Farakka Barrage and the Indo-Nepal dispute over the Mahakali River Treaty. In Southeast Asia, water-related tensions arise from attempts by the six riparian states (Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam) to construct dams in order to reroute the Mekong River system. While management systems have been established for these disputes -- such as the Mekong River Committee (1957) and its successor the Mekong River Commission, the treaties of Sarada (1920), Kosi (1954) and Gandak
Re: [cia-drugs] Fwd: If you treasure your internet... a must read
Sure. This is what Bush wants. Are we going to stand by and see it come to fruition? This is one of the ways in which Bush differs from the Illuminati; he wants the US to control the internet; the Illuminati want the UN to control it. Who should control it? WE should that's who. We are the ones who are using it now, so we should control it, not the NSA or any other entity. Bush is controlling the Congress. Who do you think caused the anthrax attack on the Congress some time back? Bush, of course, so as to intimidate Congress. So who should be out of office? Bush, of course, and Cheney too for that matter. If enough of the American people demanded that Congress initated impeachment proceedings, then we'd be able to get rid of Bush. Peace, Arlene Johnson Publisher/Author http://www.truedemocracy.net -Original Message- From: kayforpeace [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Aug 22, 2006 12:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com Subject: [cia-drugs] Fwd: If you treasure your internet... a must read --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] CONGRESS POISED TO UNRAVEL THE INTERNET http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/082006b.shtml Lured by huge checks handed out by the country's top lobbyists, members of Congress could soon strike a blow against Internet freedom as they seek to resolve the hot-button controversy over preserving 'network neutrality.' The telecommunications reform bill...sets the stage for the privatized, consolidated and unregulated communications system that is at the core of the phone and cable lobbies' political agenda, says Jeffrey Chester. Commentary Terra, terra, terra! but where's the beef? By Bev Conover Online Journal Editor Publisher Aug 14, 2006, 00:43 Clair Pellar may have gone to that big Wendy's hamburger joint in the sky, but the question that brought her 15 minutes of fame is more relevant today with each terror scare: Where's the beef? The latest terror plot is the most preposterous of all. Yet, the corporate media have taken to it like flies to honey while the sheeple are dumping all their liquids and gels into airport trash bins for the privilege of boarding an airliner, after waiting in interminable queues to be grotesquely searched and groped by perverse airport security personnel. Imagine, we're being told that terrorists were plotting to blow up airliners by mixing liquid chemicals in the planes' bathroom cubicles, then detonating them, therefore, travelers will not be allowed to bring any liquids -- with a few exceptions and at the discretion of the perverse security personnel -- gels or toothpaste aboard the planes. Instead, the potentially explosive stuff must be dumped in trash bins right in the airport terminals. Got it? You are to dump and pour your liquids and gels into trash bins, allowing the possibly deadly stuff to mix and go BOOM right in the terminal. It's for your own safety. Right? Perhaps you should consider that in the Bush-Blair-neocons' bizarro world it is less messy to blow you and the terminal up, rather than have all this debris raining down from the sky. Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, however, plans to give 11 boxes of unopened, potentially explosive, items to the city's homeless shelters. Homeless population control? You would think this would have raised some suspicions among passengers-in-waiting and the corporate media. But no. Not a peep. Certainly not by the media and the passengers they chose to quote or put on the air. Okay, there haven't been any explosions in the terminals. But George W. and Poodle Blair must be laughing themselves silly over the stupidity of the keep us safe at any price crowd. You can visualize *Saturday Night Live* Bush impersonator Will Ferrell gleefully saying, Terra, terra, terra! This latest absurdity, allegedly hatched by Blair and his cohorts, would have us believe that a bunch of guys (the number of which keep changing), none of whom had airline tickets, some of whom had no passports and none of whom had whatever substances to make their bombs, were going to blow up 10 airliners. Despite that, according to the Brits, the Bushies conveniently messed them up by insisting the would-be perpetrators be grabbed now, despite the absence of hard evidence, making it nigh on to impossible under UK courts' evidentiary rules to convict the alleged wannabe terrorists. But does any of this bother the corporate media that regurgitates ad nauseum whatever officials (unnamed, of course) tell them? Have they all been lobotomized so that they are incapable of asking, Where's the beef? Of course, it wouldn't occur to them that these terror alerts are trotted out whenever Bush and Blair need to divert attention from their current evil or their evil yet to come. Skepticism requires critical thinking and the ability to connect the dots -- none of which the corporate media mavens, most of whom also have erased
[cia-drugs] The Arctic and Future Energy Resources
21 August 2006A related piece to today's analysis can be found at: "Economic Brief: Alaska Pipeline Shutdown and the Rise of Oil Prices"http://www.pinr.com/report.php?ac=view_reportreport_id=538-- "As Arctic oil and gas become readily available, however, it is likely that territorial claims and tension between states will increase." The Arctic and Future Energy Resources Drafted By: Michael Piskur http://www.pinr.com The recent decision by energy company BP to temporarily halve its output from Alaska's Prudhoe Bay field has brought to attention the risks and rewards of Arctic oil production. The sudden reduction by 200,000 barrels per day reflects the difficulty of extracting Arctic oil and gas. U.S. markets have withstood the cut without major repercussions, but with crude oil prices moving toward US$80 per barrel, gasoline averaging over $3 per gallon and no sign that costs will decrease, the United States continues to look for ways to diversify its energy sources. Meanwhile, Canada, Russia and the United States have sparred over territorial claims in the Arctic region, and record energy prices are creating renewed interest in projects that had not been considered cost-effective.The Arctic region holds vast energy resources, possibly greater than 25 percent of global reserves, most of which is offshore beneath thick ice and deep water. The oil and gas contained in this area had been unreachable or far too costly and dangerous to extract. Rising global temperatures, however, are causing formerly impenetrable ice sheets to melt and access to Arctic energy resources is increasing.Despite some national claims to ownership, the North Pole was traditionally considered international territory. Increased access to Arctic oil and gas has brought several territorial disputes. These include disagreements between Russia and Norway over the Barents Sea; Canada and the United States on several matters; Russia and the United States over the Bering Sea; and Canada and Denmark over Hans Island. Additionally, Denmark has gone so far as to claim the entire North Pole under the pretense that it is a natural continuation of Greenland. Thus far, these countries have looked to independent third parties for solutions.Canada and the United States Clash Over the ArcticThe Northwest Passage connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by way of waters around the Arctic Archipelago. During the next 20-30 years, continually melting Arctic ice will increase access to what will become a vital shipping lane. Climate studies have shown that temperatures are rising faster at the earth's poles than the rest of the planet, which will increase annual navigation via the Northwest Passage from approximately 30 days to 120 days by century's end. As such, the Northwest Passage could reduce the trip from London to Tokyo by some 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) compared to traveling through the Suez Canal, or by nearly 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) when going through the Panama Canal.While the United States and the European Union designate the Northwest Passage as international waters, Canada claims it as an internal strait. Last year, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper reprimanded the U.S. ambassador for criticizing his government's intent to establish Canada's ownership of the region. Likewise, after several instances in which U.S. commercial and military vessels passed through the disputed area without informing Canada, the Canadian military stated it will no longer refer to it as the Northwest Passage, but rather as Canadian Internal Waters. Another point of contention is over the Beaufort Sea, which contains significant energy resources. While it currently remains frozen year round, increasing temperatures are expected to open the Beaufort Sea to oil and gas exploration in the future. Alaska and A.N.W.R.BP's shutdown of 26 kilometers (16 miles) of pipeline has returned attention to the issue of oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (A.N.W.R.), a matter that has been debated since the 1979 oil crisis. Proponents of drilling in A.N.W.R. look to the area as a means to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, citing U.S. Geological Survey estimates of 10.4 billion barrels of oil in the region. However, other U.S. agencies and private firms have performed surveys of A.N.W.R. that found only 4.3 to 7.7 billion barrels of recoverable oil. Opponents focus on environmental concerns and question the impact oil from A.N.W.R. will have on reducing import needs, as the United States consumes in excess of seven billion barrels of oil annually. The U.S. Geological Survey also estimates that 200,000 trillion cubic feet of methane hydrate gas exists under Alaskan territory outside of A.N.W.R. While only a fraction of this amount is extractable, to recover even one percent would double proven U.S. gas reserves. As such, the U.S. Interior Department
[cia-drugs] Asia's Coming Water Wars
"In Asia, three regions are the most likely candidates for water-related conflict: Central Asia, South Asia and the Mekong sub-region in Southeast Asia." Asia's Coming Water Wars Drafted By: Chietigj Bajpaee 22 August 2006http://www.pinr.com While the world's attention is focused on record high oil prices, water, like oil, is increasingly emerging as a catalyst for international instability and conflict as the recent upsurge in violence in Sri Lanka illustrates. On July 20, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (L.T.T.E.) shut down the Maavilaru dam's sluice gate near the town of Kantalai in the northeastern Trincomalee district, which cut off water supplies for 60,000 people in government-controlled areas. This led the Sri Lankan military to commence an aerial bombardment of Tiger positions and a ground offensive to gain control of the reservoir's control point. The Tigers claim that their actions were sparked by the government's failure to build a water tower to supply L.T.T.E.-controlled areas and responded by going on the offensive in Mutur. With more than 500 people killed since fighting erupted over the disputed waterway, the 2002 ceasefire has now collapsed in all but name.Water is increasingly emerging as a scarce commodity, fueled by population pressures, intensive irrigation, and erratic weather patterns brought on by global warming. According to the International Water Management Institute, by 2025 one-third of the world's population will lack access to water. Developing countries bear the brunt of water shortages given the lack of clean drinking water and adequate sanitation in these states, which has been exacerbated by rapid development, population pressures and significant urban-to-rural migration. Developing countries are also the most likely to face water-related conflict given the lack of cooperative management mechanisms between developing states on managing shared water resources. Of the world's 263 international basins, three-fifths of them lack a feasible cooperative management framework. While water disputes alone are not likely to spark a conflict, they are likely to fuel already existent, long-standing tensions within and between states. Since 1948, close to 40 incidents of hostilities have taken place over water resources, most of which have taken place in the Middle East. In the Middle East, the Jordan River Basin and the Tigris-Euphrates Basin are the most likely regions of water-related conflict, while in Africa the Nile River, Volta River, Zambezi River, and the Niger Basin are conflict-prone zones. In the 21st century, however, Asia may emerge as the new focal point of water-related conflict given the rapid growth of the region, which is likely to put pressure on water resources, coupled with the concentration of long-standing internal and inter-state tensions, which can act as a spark for turning water-related disputes into full-scale conflicts. Asia is home to 57 international basins, the third largest after Europe and Africa. In Asia, three regions are the most likely candidates for water-related conflict: Central Asia, South Asia and the Mekong sub-region in Southeast Asia. Central Asia's water fault-lines include the division of the Caspian Sea between the five littoral states (Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Turkmenistan) and a dispute over access to water from the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers between upstream states (Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan) and downstream states (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan). South Asia's water tensions include the Indo-Pakistan dispute over the Wular Barrage, Indo-Bangladesh water dispute over the Farakka Barrage and the Indo-Nepal dispute over the Mahakali River Treaty. In Southeast Asia, water-related tensions arise from attempts by the six riparian states (Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam) to construct dams in order to reroute the Mekong River system. While management systems have been established for these disputes -- such as the Mekong River Committee (1957) and its successor the Mekong River Commission, the treaties of Sarada (1920), Kosi (1954) and Gandak (1959) between India and Nepal, the Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan (1960), the Ganges Waters Treaty between India and Bangladesh (1977), and the 1998 "Agreement on the Use of Water and Energy Resources of the Syr Darya Basin" between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan -- they have been poorly enforced. Furthermore, all three regions are plagued by long-standing historical animosities and internal instabilities and water disputes serve to focus these tensions. The fact that these river systems run through multiple countries -- notably the Aral Sea, Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna and Mekong Rivers are each shared by at least five states -- creates the potential for regional conflict over water. Mekong River Delta: Dams a Barrier for CooperationThe Asian Development Bank
[cia-drugs] Fwd: RB: Renee Boje is finally free
Begin forwarded message:From: "renee boje" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: August 22, 2006 9:41:38 PM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: RB: Renee Boje is finally freeReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reefer refugee Renee Boje is finally free. In 1998 fearing persecution over medical marijuana charges, Boje fled from the US to Canada on the advice of her lawyer. Boje faced a 10 year mandatory minimum to life sentence in a US Federal Prison for her minor involvement in a well known medical marijuana and research garden owned by cancer patient and marijuana activist Todd McCormick and best selling author and Aids patient Peter McWilliams.In 2001 Boje Married Canadian marijuana activist and author Chris Bennett and in 2002 she gave birth to their Canadian son, Shiva Sun Bennett. Many had hoped that Boje's marriage to a Canadian and the birth of her Canadian son would be enough for her to be allowed to stay in Canada and avoid the ten year sentencing she was facing in the US. But sadly through the decision of the same Justice Minister who allowed US authorities to raid Emery Seeds, this was not to be the case.As some may recall Boje lost her fight against US extradition when the Liberal Justice Minister Irwin Cotler decided against her in 2005. Boje and her family were devastated by the decision because they were told by her lawyers that the Minister’s appeal was her best chance for winning her freedom in Canada and that there was a 99% chance she would lose her appeal in the higher courts with the current Conservative government in power. Boje appealed Cotler's decision and in that intervening period she received an offer from the US for a plea bargain and negotiations then were initiated between Boje's Canadian lawyer John Conroy and Federal US Prosecutors in LA.On August 10th Boje traveled to Los Angeles for an August 14th court date in which she pled guilty to possession of ½ of a gram of marijuana. Judge George H. King who was the judge throughout the McCormick and McWilliams hearings sentenced Boje to one year’s probation, giving her permission to reside in Canada with her family. Boje returned to Canada on August 15th and Canadian officials almost denied her entry into Canada, but relented and let her stay for one week while a decision about her status was in the works at Immigration Canada. In the end after a week of worrying she might be deported Canadian Immigration officials granted Boje a 6 month visitors permit, which will likely give her time to secure Canadian citizenship so she can remain in Canada permanently with her family.Attached is a photo of Renee Boje and her son Shiva Bennett taken today by her friend Tim.For further information refer to Boje’s website at: http://www.reneeboje.comContact Renee Boje at [EMAIL PROTECTED]---Attachment: http://drugsense.org/temp/DSCN1018.JPG--To unsubscribe from freerenee, send a message to[EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the command "unsubscribe"http://www.reneeboje.com/ __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS Independent broker dealer Independent director Central intelligence agency Central intelligence agency employment YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___ =
[cia-drugs] Fwd: 5.5 TON DC9 COKE BUST: WORSE THAN SNAKES ON A PLANE
Begin forwarded message:From: "daniel hopsicker" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: August 22, 2006 9:42:10 PM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: 5.5 TON DC9 COKE BUST: WORSE THAN SNAKES ON A PLANE 5.5 TON DC9 COKE BUST: WORSE THAN SNAKES ON A PLANE at www.madcowprod.com/08232006.html An unidentified 40-year old American wearing a green polo was in charge of the contingent of drug traffickers on the ground awaiting the arrival of the DC9 "Cocaine One" airliner arriving from Venezuela on the evening of April 11th with a spectacular haul of 5.5 tons of pure cocaine aboard, according to a recent article in Mexican newspaper Proceso by a respected Mexican journalist. The news that an American was involved in the drug shipment is just one of the new details which can be gleaned by reading what newspapers in Mexico and Venezuela have been reporting. In both countries, unlike the U.S., the story has been front page news for several months. Reinforcing what we've learned about the powerful forces behind the DC9's flight in the U.S., the plane's progress through Mexico was being arranged through the involvement by Mexican Federal officials. The Mexican press is filled with reports of the involvement of a sizeable number of officers in the Federal Preventive Police (PFP), a 7-year old FBI-trained federal police force whose main mission, ironically, is enforcing Mexico's laws against drug trafficking. Ironically, the seized plane has been spotted at an airport in Mexico City, complete with new paint job and registration, put back into service by the same Mexican Federal investigative agency being accused of responsibility for the flight. read the whole storyTHeMadCowMorningNewswww.madcowprod.com/08232006.html-- daniel hopsickerMadCowMorningNews www.madcowprod.com __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS Independent broker dealer Independent director Central intelligence agency Central intelligence agency employment YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___ =
[cia-drugs] Re: ruppert to leave the USA for good
It doesn't really matter that much if oil is biotic or abiotic in the end. Or even if there is a lot of abiotic oil. What matters is the cost of extraction. It is simple supply and demand. So the Peak Oil theory still holds true. Mike Ruppert doesn't own the Peak Oil theory by the way. He is just one of many people who believe it still holds true. It is not really a belief in Peak Oil. It is more a belief that costs are determined largely by supply and demand. Abiotic oil is not coming in cheap enough and fast enough to counteract the huge increasing demand for oil. So the cost of oil keeps going up. --- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, Arlene Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone who believes that there isn't enough abiotic oil in Russia, needs to read the 19th edtion. It's free on my Web site for everyone in this listserv. That's because all my editions are free to the people who belong to this listserv. The 19th doesn't even need a password to access. Peace, Arlene Johnsom Publisher/Author http://www.truedemocracy.net Click on the 4th icon, the one that says Magazine to access my e- zine and then scroll down till you see #19. -Original Message- From: tents444 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Aug 22, 2006 2:38 AM To: cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com Subject: [cia-drugs] Re: ruppert to leave the USA for good Bob, I never paid much attention to the vreeland stuff. I ignore most conspiracy theory stuff because I know it would take all my time to thoroughly investigate it and come to a reasonable conclusion. I doubt many people have spent enough time either. So most of us take it all with a grain of salt. So when you list this and that concerning a multitude of issues and try to string them together into some conclusion, then I pretty much ignore it. Because investigating just one part of your theories would take a very long time. So because of the multitude of facts you string together, for that alone I don't believe you are an expert, or that your conclusions are necessarily true. You are just one more person with an opinion. But you didn't address my point about abiotic oil and that Peak Oil theory still remains true even with the existence of abiotic (not from biological sources) oil. As far as I know no one has found a way to pull up enough deep abiotic oil at a reasonable price to make a real dent in the huge demand for oil. So Peak Oil pricing is happening now. It just costs too much to pull up oil from deep levels. And it isn't refilling oil reservoirs fast enough to make a real dent in the huge demand for oil. And everyone needs to read part 2 of Mike Ruppert's article from Venezuela describing the incredible harassment he has endured: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs/message/36033 The full Mike Ruppert article from Venezuela is here: http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/081606_burning_bridge.shtm l The Rense.com page has only the first part of the article: http://www.rense.com/general73/ces.htm eco --- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, muckblit muckblit@ wrote: As for all the personal infighting crap in the replies here, I wouldn't know ...that it's crap, because it's all citations from publicly known Ruppert history, from his own mouth and writings. But you kill the messenger, ignore specifics. Unsurprisingly you add that you are wrong on many other topics as well, failing to cite specifics on any of those knee-jerk subliminally cloned positions. -Bob --- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, tents444 tents444@ wrote: --- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, mark urban mcurb@ wrote: Mike wrote a piece that is on the rense.com website about bidding farewell to america. That is a great article. Here is the URL: http://www.rense.com/general73/ces.htm I agree with nearly all of it. As for all the personal infighting crap in the replies here, I wouldn't know about that stuff, since I don't know Mike Ruppert personally. I hope his website stays up: http://www.fromthewilderness.com It has a lot of good info. I agree with the peak oil theory. It is already happening. And abiotic oil is too deep and too inaccessible right now to make much difference. Even when some abiotic oil bubbles up to become accessible it is not doing so in a great enough way to offset the huge demand for oil. So the peak oil theory still holds true. Peak Oil is nothing more than the truth of supply and demand setting prices. And abiotic oil deep in the earth costs too much to bring up right now. I disagree that the USA facilitated 9-11. But that is only an opinion. I think it is more likely that the hijackers picked the day of the simulated hijackings to pull off the real thing. Brilliant on their part. This caused the delay of intercepting aircraft since they thought there was a
[cia-drugs] The B.T.C. Pipeline and the Increasing Importance of Energy Supply Routes
"Russia will continue to convert its immense energy reserves into greater political influence, both within its respective regions and around the globe, by expanding its exports to the rapidly expanding Chinese and Indian economies." - The B.T.C. Pipeline and the Increasing Importance of Energy Supply Routes Drafted By: Michael Piskur http://www.pinr.com On July 13, world leaders and energy industry officials gathered in Turkey to inaugurate the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (B.T.C.) pipeline, the east-west hub intended to connect energy supplies in the Caspian region and Central Asia to Western markets. The first shipment of Azerbaijani crude oil, originally pumped on May 10, 2006, arrived in Italy to coincide with the inauguration. This occasion came just days before the annual G8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, where Moscow and Washington clashed over such issues as Russian membership in the World Trade Organization and the exploration of gas and oil reserves in the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea.The B.T.C. pipeline connects the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oil fields to Turkey's Mediterranean port city Ceyhan through Baku, Azerbaijan, and Tbilisi, Georgia. As the world's second longest pipeline at 1,760 kilometers (1,094 miles), the majority of which is far underground, and with a path that traverses a politically unstable region, the B.T.C. pipeline has been criticized for being prone to sabotage or malfunction. Western leaders, however, hail it as one of the most important projects of the 21st century.The World Bank's International Finance Corporation and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development funded the US$4 billion project. British Petroleum is the main operator and controls a 30.1 percent stake in the pipeline. Other major contributors include State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (S.O.C.A.R.), American firms Unocal Corp. and Chevron, Norway's Statoil, Turkish state oil firm T.P.A.O., and Italy's Eni SpA.B.T.C. Provides an Alternative to Russian EnergyFrom its inception, the B.T.C. pipeline was designed to challenge Russian hegemony over energy in the Caspian Sea region. Planning for a pipeline that could carry oil from the landlocked Caspian to the Mediterranean Sea -- while avoiding Russia and politically unstable areas such as Armenia -- began in earnest in 1999 and construction commenced in September 2002. The Western governments and firms behind the pipeline intended for it to rival the Russian-backed Blue Stream pipeline, which sends Russian gas to Turkey and Italy. [See: "Economic Brief: The Blue Stream Gas Pipeline"]Since much of Europe's energy -- 50 percent of the E.U.'s imported natural gas and about 25 percent of its imported oil -- is imported from Russia primarily through the state-owned energy giant Gazprom, Moscow has been firmly opposed to the B.T.C. since planning for it began more than ten years ago. In light of this year's Russia-Ukraine gas dispute that temporarily cut natural gas supplies to Europe, and Moscow's heavy-handed use of political leverage against its smaller neighbors, the European Union has made diversity of energy resources and providers a top priority. The B.T.C. pipeline will account for only a small percentage of global oil, but the West considers a stable -- and not Moscow-controlled -- supply to be worth the financial and political costs.In addition to the B.T.C. pipeline, several other projects intended to subvert Russian influence are in development. The Nabucco pipeline, a major part of the European Union's diversification strategy, will carry natural gas from Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Iran to Austria and Western Europe. Construction is slated to begin in 2008 and conclude in 2011; Nabucco is expected to achieve a maximum transport of 30 billion cubic meters of gas per year. Additionally, a number of extensions to the B.T.C. pipeline have been discussed and would connect oil and gas from Central Asia to Western Europe. Furthermore, oil from Kazakhstan travels through two pipelines controlled by Moscow, but Western involvement in the Central Asian country, particularly by the United States, and increased Chinese investment have intensified the "Great Game" being played in the oil-rich region by the world's major energy consumers.Kazakhstan signed on to transport nearly 200 million barrels of oil per year through the B.T.C. pipeline and has begun to explore oil shipments to China. With at least nine billion barrels in proven reserves and a shared border with both Russia and China, it could prove to be the most widely contested portion of the geopolitically crucial region.Turkey Positions Itself as a Global Energy HubDuring the inauguration ceremony, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan alluded to his country's historical role as the bridge between Europe and Asia when he referred to the B.T.C. as "the Silk Road of the 21st century" that would increase stability and cooperation
[cia-drugs] Putin: Ruble Rise May Be Critical For Econ - Agency -2-
http://www.easybourse.com/Website/dynamic/News.php?NewsID=44841lang=fraNewsRubrique=2 Putin: Ruble Rise May Be "Critical" For Econ - Agency -2-Tuesday August 22nd, 2006 / 14h44 The agency cited Kudrin saying the Finance Ministry has prepared a list of measures for ensuring the ruble's appreciation isn't excessive, without specifying in detail. Kudrin said much of the upward pressure on the ruble is coming from high global oil prices, which are generating an enormous trade surplus and consequent inflows of capital into the country. Kudrin's own ministry effectively sterilizes the bulk of that inflow by taxing away almost all of the extra revenue oil companies receive when the price of the Urals benchmark blend of crude is above $27 a barrel, and diverting it to an off-budget Stabilization Fund. Kudrin was pressured by the Kremlin and government colleagues last year into spending more of the oil windfall and diverting less to the Stabilization Fund, accordingly. He has since argued repeatedly that the increase in government spending has been a cardinal factor in driving the ruble's exchange rate upwards. According to central bank data, the ruble rose 6.7% in real terms against the euro-dollar currency basket used by the central bank in its monetary policy-making. The ruble edged higher against both elements of the basket Tuesday, rising by one kopek against the dollar to $1=RUB26.70, and by two kopeks against the euro to EUR1=RUB34.38 at the bank's official fixing. Agency Web site: http://www.itar-tass.ru -By Geoffrey T. Smith, Dow Jones Newswires; (+7 495) 974 8055; [EMAIL PROTECTED] __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS Independent broker dealer Independent director Central intelligence agency Central intelligence agency employment YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
[cia-drugs] Bush's administration's FTAA hemispheric commerce initiative is dead!
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=66704 Published: Wednesday, August 23, 2006Bylined to: Merco Press Agency Bush's administration's FTAA hemispheric commerce initiative "is dead"! Merco Press Agency: A top Argentine trade official was quoted in Buenos. Aires as saying the Free Trade Area of the Americas, or FTAA, a hemispheric commerce initiative pushed by the Bush administration, "is dead." Carlos Alvarez, a high-level official in the Southern Cone Common Market, or Mercosur, trade bloc's permanent secretariat, said "the FTAA is dead because it implies an asymmetrical model of negotiations between north and south." Alvarez was referring to the opposition that the FTAA has encountered from Mercosur's members. Mercosur's full members are Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. Chile and Colombia are among the associate members of the trade bloc. Venezuela, the world's fifth-largest exporter of crude oil, recently signed its accession agreement and expects to phase in all membership requirements by 2010. "Unlike other times when there was a greater dependency on the dominant power, the current period is one of having development strategies that will allow the (South American trade) bloc to operate with greater autonomy," Alvarez said. He defended Mercosur's decision to back Venezuela's candidacy for one of the rotating seats on the UN Security Council for the 2007-2008 period. "It's not the same Mercosur of the 1990s, essentially trade, as the one today, where they talk about productive development, social and in the energy" area, Alvarez said. Mercosur, one of the world's largest trade blocs, has more than 210 million consumers. Since the founding in 1991 of Mercosur in the central Argentine city of Cordoba, trade within the bloc has surged from $4.12 billion to nearly $21.11 billion, while the region's gross domestic product, or GDP, climbed from $650 billion to $990 billion, and direct foreign investment soared from $2.6 billion to $20.24 billion. Brazil and Argentina, the two largest economies in the trade bloc, account for some 97% of the regional GDP, according to economists. Some 97% of trade within the bloc is also dominated by Argentina and Brazil __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS Independent broker dealer Independent director Central intelligence agency Central intelligence agency employment YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
[cia-drugs] No question that George W. Bush and the neocons lost the strategy initiative
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=66772 Published: Wednesday, August 23, 2006Bylined to: Bob Chapman No question that George W. Bush and the neocons lost the strategy initiative THE INTERNATIONAL FORECASTER editor Bob Chapman writes: As we mentioned earlier, Israel is a spent source ... they would have us believe Hezbollah lost 530 fighters ... and perhaps they did ... but we hardly believe Israels claimed losses of 114 combatants. Weve been told they may have lost 60 tanks and that would be a minimum of 240 plus other troop losses. We believe their losses were probably about the same as their enemies. Worst of all, the Israel Army couldnt even make it over 20 miles ... after 34 days they only made it to the Litani River. Wait until the American people find out how much supplies, equipment and ordinance Mr. Bush sent to Israel for this latest war and the billions more dollars it cost us. The loss means, short of nuclear warfare, Israel is not the formative force it once was. This will indirectly escalate the civil war in Iraq where 2,500 Iraqis are dying monthly and our troops are caught in between in a meat grinder. Sunnis are killing Shiites and vice versa and both are killing our troops. If the US backs the Sunnis they will have the far more numerous Shiites all over them. If they chose to back the Shiites they will be backing Iran. This just shows you how idiotic our foreign policy has been. We couldnt expect less could we with the gang that couldnt shoot straight in the White House? There is no question George and the neocons have lost the strategy initiative and there is nowhere to turn yet these morons insist on attacking Iran and Syria. We suppose Bushs brain, the man in leather, Karl Rove, has declared that the election cry will be, the global war on terror, and these idiots will attack Iran and Syria anyway. In the elections we have few real choices thus our policy has to be to get rid of almost all the incumbents no matter what the party. That is the best we can do. We cannot wait for the Democrats to win both Houses in 2008. We have to get rid of them in November, otherwise we could easily end up with a dictatorship. We have to take the initiative. We cannot allow the Democrats to deliberately lose. We have to beat them to the punch. Just one House in the hands of Democrats will neutralize George and the neocons. Bob Chapman[EMAIL PROTECTED] THE INTERNATIONAL FORECASTER P. O. Box 510518, Punta Gorda, FL 33951, USABob Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vheadline.com/chapman __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS Independent broker dealer Independent director Central intelligence agency Central intelligence agency employment YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
[cia-drugs] Iraq is the greatest strategic mistake in the history of USA
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=66771 Published: Wednesday, August 23, 2006Bylined to: Bob Chapman Bob Chapman: Iraq is the greatest strategic mistake in the history of USA THE INTERNATIONAL FORECASTER editor Bob Chapman writes: In spite of free trade and globalization, USA Illuminists have run into serious problems over the last five years; the exposure that 9/11 was an inside job, that the occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq have been a failure, that the invasion of Lebanon was disastrous and that external polling data, since 2003 shows a collapse of US prestige worldwide as a result of wars and other factors. On the way to world government FTAA is dead, thanks to Venezuelas Hugo Chavez Frias ... the Doha Round of WTO negotiations are dead. CAFTA still hasnt been approved by the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica and if AMLO is elected, as he should be NAFTA will come unglued. The efforts by this imperial faction have all sorts of problems. Since 9/11 George and the neocons have sought to impose its concept of unilateral global hegemony, with disastrous consequences. In general terms the White House has insulted many important people. Even General William Odom, former head of NSA says, that the war in Iraq is the greatest strategic mistake in the history of the US. As the result of economic and monetary policies well have stagflation or depression for another seven years. The insiders are going to find out again that military Keynesianism does not work. That is why the Fed officially terminated M3. They want to hide the disintegrating US economy, and the implications for the dollar, by obscuring this significant measure of monetary inflation. We are facing an open terrorist fascist dictatorship based on corporatism and finance capital in our government today. This is the same cabal that has attempted to force fascism on our country since the 1920s. Bob Chapman[EMAIL PROTECTED] THE INTERNATIONAL FORECASTER P. O. Box 510518, Punta Gorda, FL 33951, USABob Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vheadline.com/chapman __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS Independent broker dealer Independent director Central intelligence agency Central intelligence agency employment YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
[cia-drugs] Fwd: [narconews] Daria: Two Days in the Life of Oaxaca's Revolution
Begin forwarded message:From: "Daniel A. Feder" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: August 23, 2006 4:44:41 PM PDTTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [narconews] Daria: Two Days in the Life of Oaxaca's RevolutionReply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] August 23, 2006Please Distribute WidelyDear Colleague,The revolutionary actions and resultant state repression in the Mexican state of Oaxaca continue to escalate. In the wake of the violent expulsion of the popular movement from the occupied Channel 9 state television facilities, the people have seized at least ten commercial radio stations and converted them into popular communications media. In the neighborhoods surrounding these stations and other parts of Oaxaca City, residents have, in many cases spontaneously and without organized leadership, barricaded the streets and organized their own security patrols.Correspondent James Daria reports from one of these neighborhoods:"At night, wandering through the blockade, this reporter was able to witness the birth of not simply just another roadblock but the birth of social and community consciousness among neighbors, friends and family. The small numbers of teachers were aided by local residents who joined the encampment, making up the majority of the people. Women brought food and drink to the protesters and children ran throughout the occupied streets free of traffic. The atmosphere was one of a radical block party and an excuse to socialize with one another. Walking further I bumped into my two of my neighbors who brought hot coffee. We walked through the encampment and met up with other neighbors, friends and family."Walking back to the house to make more coffee, the first reports of police attacks against encampments at other antennas began to be heard on the many radios. Fireworks began to sound throughout the city. One bang means alert, two bangs mean we are being attacked. We returned to our block together for security. Leaving the pots and pans in the house, the neighbors grabbed sticks, broom handles and metal rods. As they armed themselves with homemade weapons of self defense, they hatched a plan to ring the church bell."The ragged group of instant revolutionaries roamed the streets of the neighborhood as we discussed why resistance to the state government was so important. My neighbor, a housewife who is originally from the coast and is raising four children alone while husband is away working in the United States, talked as she walked towards the church with stick in hand. 'All of us here have been fucked over in one way or another by the government,' the mother explained. The other family, made up of parents and two daughters-one of whom was eight months pregnant but armed with a stick and a shopping bag filled with rocks, reiterated their commitment to defend their neighborhood. 'We are poor. We are the people,' was the common sentiment. 'We poor people have nothing to lose, the rich do.'"Follow this remarkable story, with new updates daily, on this special page of The Narco News Bulletin:http://www.narconews.com/otroperiodismo/oaxaca/en.html From somewhere in a country called América,Dan FederManaging EditorThe Narco News Bulletinhttp://www.narconews.com[EMAIL PROTECTED]Narco News is supported by:The Fund for Authentic JournalismP.O. Box 241Natick, MA 01760http://www.authenticjournalism.orgThe Fund receives online donations at this web page:http://www.authenticjournalism.orgApply for your co-publisher's account, here:http://www.narconews.com/copublisher/application.phpSubscribe for free alerts of new reports:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/narconewsSuscríbete gratis para alertas de nuevos reportajes en español:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/narconewsandesInscreva-se para alertas gratuitos de reportagens do último minuto emportuguês brasileiro:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/narconewsbrasilYahoo! Groups Links* To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/narconews/* To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]* Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ __._,_.___ Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM SPONSORED LINKS Independent broker dealer Independent director Central intelligence agency Central intelligence agency employment YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "cia-drugs" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___ =
