ShareThis'Blackwater' footage: Who are the mercenaries in Ukraine? 09 Mar 2014 Videos have emerged on YouTube alleging that the US private security service formerly known as Blackwater [currently called Academi] is operating in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. Western press is hitting back, accusing Russia of fabricating reports to justify "aggression." The authenticity of videos allegedly made in downtown Donetsk on March 5 is hard to verify. In the footage, unidentified armed men in military outfits equipped with Russian AK assault rifles and American М4А1 carbines are securing the protection of some pro-Kiev activists amidst anti-government popular protests.
ShareThisIn response to U.S. sanctions over Ukraine, Russia may freeze weapons inspections 08 Mar 2014 Russia broadened its war of words with the United States over Ukraine on Saturday when the Ministry of Defense said it would consider stopping international inspections of its nuclear weapons in response to threatened sanctions from the West. "The unfounded threats towards Russia from the United States and NATO over its policy on Ukraine are seen by us as an unfriendly gesture," the ministry said in a statement distributed to Russian news agencies. Those threats, the statement said, have created new circumstances, giving Russia the right to pull out of the inspections required under the START treaty with the United States and a separate agreement with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
ShareThisFour flew with false ID aboard Malaysia Airlines plane that vanished over South China Sea --Information about suspect passengers has led to speculation about terrorism 09 Mar 2014 Emergency teams expanded their search early Sunday for a Malaysia Airlines flight that is presumed to have crashed in the Gulf of Thailand off Vietnam with 239 people aboard, including up to four that the Malaysian government said may have boarded with false documents, according to reports. Saturday European officials indicated two of the people on board were using passports that had been stolen in Thailand. On Sunday Malaysia's transport minister, Hishammuddin Hussein, said Malaysian intelligence officials were also checking the identities of two other passengers, according to The Associated Press.
ShareThisCounter-terrorism agencies alerted over missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 --Air safety experts probe fake passport link to disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight which vanished over South China Sea 09 Mar 2014 Counter-terrorism agencies across the world are looking into missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 after it emerged that at least four passengers were using false passports... But more ominous questions about who was on board the plane emerged on Sunday as Malaysia's Transport minister, Hishamuddin Hussein, said the identities of four passengers are now being investigated. "All four names are with me," he said, according to Reuters.
ShareThisMalaysia Airlines Flight 370: Ticket purchase adds to mystery 09 Mar 2014 Two people who traveled on the missing Malaysian Airlines flight under the passports of an Italian and an Austrian citizen appear to have bought their tickets together. The tickets were bought from China Southern Airlines in Thai baht at identical prices, according to China's official e-ticket verification system Travelsky. The ticket numbers are contiguous, which indicates the tickets were issued together.
ShareThisThousands protest ahead of Fukushima anniversary 09 Mar 2014 Banging on drums and waving "Sayonara nukes" signs, thousands of people rallied in a Tokyo park and marched to Parliament Sunday to demand an end to nuclear power ahead of the third anniversary of the [ongoing] Fukushima disaster. Participants at the demonstration, one of several planned across cities in Japan, said they would never forget the March 11, 2011, nuclear disaster, the worst since Chernobyl. They also vowed to block a move by the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to restart some of the 48 idled reactors and backpedal on the commitment by the previous government to aggressively reduce the nation's reliance on nuclear power.
ShareThisDefense Radar Detected Possible Turn-Back of Missing Malaysian Jet 09 Mar 2014 Malaysia's defense force radar detected that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 may have "turned back" from its original course, the nation's air force chief said on Sunday. "There is a possible indication that the aircraft made a turn back. It is in some part corroborated by civilian radar," Gen. Rodzali Daud told reporters in Kuala Lumpur.
ShareThisObama knew CIA secretly monitored intelligence committee, senator claims --White House declines to comment after Mark Udall says agency spied on staffers preparing scathing report into CIA torture after 9/11 05 Mar 2014 A leading US senator has said that President Obama knew of an "unprecedented action" taken by the CIA against the Senate intelligence committee, which has apparently prompted an inspector general's inquiry at Langley. The subtle reference in a Tuesday letter from Senator Mark Udall to Obama, seeking to enlist the president's help in declassifying a 6,300-page inquiry by the committee into torture carried out by CIA interrogators after 9/11, threatens to plunge the White House into a battle between the agency and its Senate overseers. McClatchy and the New York Times reported Wednesday that the CIA had secretly monitored computers used by committee staffers preparing the inquiry report, which is said to be scathing not only about the brutality and ineffectiveness of the agency's interrogation techniques but deception by the CIA to Congress and policymakers about it.
ShareThisFBI sending team of agents to Malaysia to support investigation into missing jetliner 08 Mar 2014 The FBI is sending a team of agents to Malaysia to support the investigation into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Because of the Americans aboard the flight, the FBI has offered to send a team of agents to Malaysia to support the investigation into the disappearance if asked, a U.S. official familiar with the issue told CNN on condition of anonymity. Earlier, an official had said FBI agents were heading to the area. The FBI is not ruling out terrorism or any other issue as a possible cause in the jetliner's disappearance, the official said.
ShareThisRand Paul Wins Conservative Straw Poll 08 Mar 2014 (MD) Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, won a presidential straw poll at a prominent conservative conference here on Saturday, capturing 31 percent of the vote among no fewer than 10 potential candidates. The straw poll, conducted at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, is hardly predictive of future presidential success. But the win by the younger Mr. Paul, a first-term senator, reflected the enthusiastic reception he has received at the three-day conference.
ShareThisCrimea hopeful of referendum, ready to join Russia 'by end March' 08 Mar 2014 Crimea has fast-tracked preparations for the republic's referendum and for its possible joining with Russia, statements from the autonomy's leaders reveal. Though no decision has been made by Moscow, they say Crimea may be part of Russia by late March. Earlier on Friday, Grigory Ioffe, first deputy chair of the region's parliament, stressed that the "historic" referendum will be "very democratic and open" and will be held "in full compliance" with both the Ukrainian constitution and the international treaties that Ukraine had adopted.
ShareThisDems slam Darrell Issa in resolution 07 Mar 2014 House Democrats offered a motion on Thursday slamming Rep. Darrell Issa for cutting off Democrats during a hearing on Wednesday, their latest political assault on the controversial [alleged arsonist/insurance swindler] California Republican. Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, offered the privileged resolution targeting Issa. "The House of Representatives strongly condemns the offensive and disrespectful manner in which Chairman Darrell E. Issa conducted the hearing," the text of the resolution reads. The resolution was killed by Republicans who voted to table the motion - in effect set it aside - by a 211 to 186 vote. Ten lawmakers voted present.
ShareThisWas it a terror attack? Two people aboard disappeared Boeing 777 were traveling on STOLEN PASSPORTS 08 Mar 2014 An American national working for IBM in Malaysia has been identified as one of the passengers traveling aboard the Malaysian Airlines plane that vanished off the coast of Vietnam as new information concerning stolen passports has raised fears that it may have been an act of terror. Philip Wood, 51, was identified as the only adult passenger traveling on a U.S. passport on Flight MH307. Earlier today, two oil slicks were spotted by the Vietnamese air force earlier today, as the major search and rescue operation was launched when the aircraft disappeared shortly after losing contact with air traffic controllers.
ShareThisTwo Listed on Missing Jet Had Passports Stolen, Were Not on Plane 08 Mar 2014 Two people listed as passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines jet were not on the plane and had their passports stolen, according to foreign governments and one relative. Luigi Maraldi, 37, was the only Italian on a passenger manifest released by the airline after the jet disappeared over the South China Sea. An Austrian was also on the passenger manifest, but Reuters and The Associated Press both quoted the Austrian foreign ministry as saying that he was safe in Austria. The ministry said that his passport was also stolen.
ShareThisMalaysia Airlines loses contact with plane carrying 239 people 07 Mar 2014 A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing lost contact with air traffic controllers early on Saturday, the airline said in a statement, the plane likely missing in Vietnamese airspace. Flight MH370, operating a Boeing B777-200 aircraft left Kuala Lumpur at 12.21 a.m. (1621 GMT Friday) and had been expected to land in the Chinese capital at 6.30 a.m. (2230 GMT) the same day. "We deeply regret that we have lost all contacts with flight MH370," Malaysia Airlines Chief Executive Ahmad Jauhari Yahya said in a statement.
ShareThisAustralians among 239 people feared dead after Malaysia Airlines plane goes missing 08 Mar 2014 Six Australians are among the 239 passengers and crew on board a Malaysia Airlines flight that has gone missing in Asia. DFAT spokeswoman Kerin Ayyalaraju said Australian consular officials were in "urgent and ongoing contact" with Malaysia Airlines.The passengers included 152 Chinese people, 38 Malaysians, 12 Indonesians, six Australians, three Americans and two Canadians.
ShareThisLooking for Friday's CLG Newsletter? NSAssociate Google Relegated 07 Mar 2014 CLG Newsletter to the Spam Bin Posted by Lori Price, www.legitgov.org 07 Mar 2014 CLG subscribers: If you use Gmail as your email provider, please go to your spam bin to retrieve Friday's CLG Newsletter. Perhaps Google did not like the subject line: U.S. Warship Crosses Bosporus Toward Black Sea - Official.
ShareThisChris Matthews Refers to CPAC as 'Crazy Car' 07 Mar 2014 "Hardball" host Chris Matthews has poured scorn on the Conservative Political Action Conference, calling it a "whole tapestry of weirdness" attended by a "crazy car" filled with Sens. Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Marco Rubio. The MSNBC broadcaster compared CPAC's annual conference to the bar scene in the classic movie "Stars Wars," [LOL!] which he said was full of "wild-eyed creatures from every part of the solar system." "Well, today here in Washington, the whole tapestry of weirdness was reenacted at the annual convention of something called CPAC." he said on his political talk show. "...It was pure Koch brothers' populism being sold out there today, words and phrases crafted to heat up the peanut gallery, translating to cold cash for the oil patch billionaires who approved the script."
ShareThisFive Afghan soldiers killed in air strike by NATO-led force 06 Mar 2014 Five Afghan soldiers were killed on Thursday in an air strike by the NATO-led force in Afghanistan's eastern province of Logar, Afghan officials and the coalition said. The airstrike, at around 3.30 a.m., seriously wounded at least eight other soldiers, said district governor Khalilullah Kamal. A total of 17 people had been injured, his office said.
ShareThisKiev snipers hired by Maidan coalition: Leaked call 07 Mar 2014 A leaked phone call between EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, and Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet has revealed that the Maidan coalition in Ukraine hired snipers to kill both policemen and protesters. In the 11-minute conversation, whose authenticity has been confirmed by the Estonian Foreign Ministry, Paet said last month's deaths were to blame on the snipers hired by the Maidan coalition, which is the main provocateur of the crisis in Kiev.
ShareThisNATO strike kills five Afghan soldiers: Official 06 Mar 2014 A NATO airstrike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Logar has killed five Afghan National Army soldiers and wounded 17 others. A Logar provincial official, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to talk to the media, said the strike was carried out at around 2:00 a.m. local time on Thursday.
ShareThisUS Navy destroyer heads to Black Sea via Bosporus 07 Mar 2014 The USS Truxtun, a US Navy guided-missile destroyer, passed through the Çanakkale Strait en route to the Black Sea on Friday for what the US Navy described as a "routine" deployment that was scheduled well before the crisis in Ukraine. One of the most important US navy destroyers, USS Truxtun entered the Çanakkale Strait from the Aegean Sea at 8 a.m. on Friday. The USS Truxtun was accompanied by a coast guard boat after the destroyer entered the Çanakkale Strait and arrived in Çanakkale at 8:50 a.m.
ShareThisRutgers University Faculty, Students Protest Condoleezza Rice's Commencement Ceremony Appearance --Rice will reportedly receive $35,000 and honorary doctorate for speech 06 Mar 2014 Rutgers University professors and students are up in arms over the academic institution's decision to invite former U.S. Secretary of State [war criminal and unindicted 9/11 co-conspirator] Condoleezza Rice to address this year's commencement ceremony, according to The Star-Ledger. Last week, Rutgers' New Brunswick Facility Council passed a resolution that called upon the university's governing board to rescind the invite that had been sent to Rice. The resolution mentioned how Rutgers should not bestow such an honor on Rice because of her political views with regards to the war in Iraq and former President [sic] George W. Bush's administrative rules on harsh interrogations torture such as waterboarding. According to the faculty resolution, "Condoleezza Rice...played a prominent role in the administration's effort to mislead the American people about the presence of weapons of mass destruction."
ShareThisU.S. Warship Crosses Bosporus Toward Black Sea - Official 07 Mar 2014 A U.S. warship crossed the Bosporus toward the Black Sea Friday afternoon, a Turkish official said, the latest symbol of heightened international tensions over Crimea. The USS Truxtun, a heavily armed guided-missile destroyer, sailed north on the Aegean Sea and passed through the Dardanelles toward Istanbul Friday morning, an official at the Directorate General of Coastal Safety in Istanbul told The Wall Street Journal. The Directorate declined to comment on the old and pending passages of other U.S. warships through Turkey's two straits that connect the Mediterranean to the Black Sea.
ShareThisGatwick Airport: Man Held Over 'Terror Training' 06 Mar 2014 A 21-year-old man has been arrested at Gatwick Airport on suspicion of training for terrorism overseas, Scotland Yard said. Officers from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command arrested the man after he got off a flight from Istanbul at around 2pm on Thursday. He is being held in custody at a West London police station under section six of the Terrorism Act 2006.
ShareThisIdaho lawmakers pass bill allowing concealed guns on college campuses 06 Mar 2014 Idaho lawmakers on Thursday approved a measure allowing concealed guns to be carried onto university and college campuses. The legislation, which cleared the state House of Representatives by a 50-19 vote and was overwhelmingly approved by the state Senate last month, now heads to Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter for his signature. If the Republican governor signs the bill into law as expected, Idaho will be the seventh U.S. state that allows guns on college campuses, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
ShareThisSouth Carolina Democrat slams Christie as hypocrite on Medicaid expansion 04 Mar 2014 A Democratic candidate for South Carolina governor has called out Gov. Chris Christie as a hypocrite after the Republican Governors Associate attacked the candidate for his stance on Medicaid expansion - a stance Christie himself has taken in New Jersey. Democrat Vincent Sheheen is the presumptive Democratic nominee and is set to challenge Republican Gov. Nikki Haley in the general election. In a recent attack add, the Christie-led RGA slammed Sheheen for advocating for the use of government dollars to expand Medicaid. But the problem, according to Sheheen, is that last year, Christie, who is chairman of the RGA, actually made the decision to accept federal dollars for expansion in New Jersey.
ShareThisAh, then came the dawn. Ukraine signs $10 billion shale gas deal with Chevron --Agreement with Chevron, to extend for 50 years, foresaw an initial investment of $350 million by the U.S. major in exploratory work over two or three years 05 Nov 2013 Ukraine signed a $10 billion shale gas production-sharing agreement with U.S. Chevron on Tuesday, another step in a drive for more energy independence from Russia. The deal to develop its western Olesska field followed a similar shale gas agreement with Royal Dutch Shell in January and boosts Ukraine's leadership at a time of fraught relations with Moscow over gas supplies. "The agreements with Shell and Chevron...will enable us to have full sufficiency in gas by 2020 and, under an optimistic scenario, even enable us to export energy," President Viktor Yanukovich told investors shortly before the signing.
ShareThisObama: Crimea Referendum Would Violate International Law 06 Mar 2014 President Barack Obama said Thursday that there is a "path to de-escalation" for the crisis in Ukraine but that the United States and the international community believes that borders cannot "be redrawn over the heads of democratic leaders." "The proposed referendum on the future of Crimea would violate the Ukrainian constitution and violate international law," he said in remarks in the White House. [LOL! The *referendum* violates international law? How about invading, occupying, and droning Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen? Does *that* violation international law? Just curious.]
ShareThisEdward Snowden exposed eroding civil liberties, former spy Christopher Boyce says 06 Mar 2014 When lawmakers in Norway nominated Edward Snowden for the Nobel Peace Prize this year, Christopher Boyce tweeted the news with this comment: "He has my vote." Snowden and Boyce share similarities. Both held top-secret security clearances and walked off with troves of U.S. files. Both gained a mix of fame and infamy. And both faced the government's wrath for their thefts and the exposure of government secrets.
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Arming the Left: Is the time now? By Charles Southwell 21 Oct 2003 As long as we pose no REAL threat to the powers-that-be, to what is shaping up into [is] a dictatorship, we will continue to be ignored. Right now, we are ignored because we present no organized power to fight this onslaught of anti-democratic, totalitarian government that we are up against...
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