Hillary Clinton is repeating the methodology of the Iran/Contra affair, using “black” funds to finance the operation to ensure President Correa is not re-elected.
I had two excellent sources for the news that the US/UK strategy against Julian Assange was to ensure the defeat of President Correa in Presidential elections next spring, and then have him expelled from the Ecuadorean Embassy. One source was within the UK civil service and one in Washington. Both had direct, personal access to the information I described. Both told me in the knowledge I would publish it.
Of course Assange is not the only reason Clinton wants rid of Correa; but it adds spice and urgency.
We now have completely independent evidence from Chile that this CIA operation exists, from journalists who were investigating a smuggling operation involving 300 kg per month of cocaine, organised by the Chilean army and security services.
The links to US intelligence emerged after an anonymous source from the Agencia Nacional de Inteligencia (ANI) told Panoramas News that the smuggling of 300 kilos of cocaine was in fact a highly sensitive CIA/DEA operation that would help to raise money to topple the government of Ecuador. The operation is similar to the one carried out by the Agency in Central America during the Iran-Contra scandal in the 1980’s, the source said.
A few days ago I published information I had received that Patricio Mery Bell, the director of the news programme which broke the story, had been lured to a meeting with a young lady “informant” who had worked with CIA-backed anti-Cuban groups in Miami. She had then accused him of sexual assault (does any of that scenario sound familiar?) He was arrested and his materials had been confiscated. However I took the article down after jst a few minutes because I had received the information in emails from sources I did not know previously, and was unsure it could stand up. It does now appear that this is indeed true.
My Washigton informant had told me, as I published, that the funds for the anti-Correa operation were not from the CIA budget but from secret funds controlled by the Pentagon. This could not be done by CIA funds because, perhaps surprisingly, for the CIA to operate in this way is a crime in the United States.
Whether my informant knew or suspected that the “secret Pentagon funds” were drug money I do not know. They did not mention narcotics.
A graph of blatant disproportionate Israeli aggression during 2008 , where the Israeli used there losses to justify the Cast Lead Massacre :
2008 Casualties prior to Gaza ‘War’
Michael Howard qua Home Secretary of the time, I meant.
Just back from London. Unlike the Cast Lead protests when we closed Kensington High Street off to traffic and were then kettled, this time the Met had kindly provided compounds for us constructed of double rows of metal barriers placed along the kerb and extending about 10 ft out into the roadway. We were directly opposite the Royal Garden Hotel. No bystanders were allowed on the actual pavement. You either walked on or entered the compound. No argument.
At the beginning, protesters were outnumbered by the police. We were being filmed by a policeman. Half an hour later the compound was full, very noisy and most chanting and waving placards. Many cars hooted in support and the rush hour traffic gradually slowed up.
From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free
In our thousands and our millions, we are all Palestinians
What do we want? Justice? When do we want it? Now.
Stop the killing, stop the crime, Free, Free, Palestine!
etc etc There was great anger in the crowd which was almost palpable in the young people especially on the killing of children.
I met up with Lauren Booth of Press TV, a beautiful looking and serene woman unlike her half sister Cherie. I told her that her brother in law had been on the box today asking for de-escalation or some such before a solution could be found. She just smiled.
I also spoke to John Rees of STWC and commended him for STWC organising the protest and for his good articles on the STWC website.
The Met’s plan was foiled as several splinter protest groups had formed, one nearer the tube station and one outside the gates to Palace Green which contains Taub’s nest. Some 50 or so police were guarding the gates in a double line. Pathetic. I told them that they were guarding the murderers. You feel that they have contempt for protesters for Palestine.
When I left the protest was still going strong but I noticed that vans full of police parked in the side streets were moving off towards the main protest. At the Cast Lead protest, this was the point when the riot police came in with dogs and horses and kettled the crowd. That is when violence broke out and several young men were arrested, charged and sentenced to prison sentences by Isleworth Court magistrates.
I hope that there was no violence today.
Tomorrow I hope to wake up early and get to the magistrates’ court in North London where David Lawley Wakelin is being charged following his protest at the Leveson Inquiry when Bliar was giving ‘evidence’. You may remember he appeared at the entrance behind Judge Leveson, calling out that Bliar was a war criminal and that he had profited from the Iraq war via J P Morgan. If he receives a prison sentence or fined, it will be an absolute travesty. Bliar is the one that is due to stand in a dock.
http://www.defendtherighttoprotest.org/solidarity-with-david-lawley-wakelin-why-it-is-tony-blair-and-not-me-who-should-be-in-the-dock/
One funny today, or three actually. I must be showing my age as I was offered a seat on the tube journeys, once by a lovely young black man and twice by two young women. I was very touched.
Sorry to hear that Craig is poorly and hope he is better soon. Will catch up tomorrow. There was a horrible feeling of deja vu today standing in that London street. . I think it was my fourth time.
Craig was one of the speakers last time –
mary 1 Nov, 2011 – 8:44 am I heard Craig here at this massive rally in Hyde Park and Kensington when Cast Lead was being enacted on Gaza.
{http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt4S8AGPGfk}
Turkey expresses its opinion.
http://en.trend.az/regions/met/turkey/2088562.html
No equivocation there. Crime against humanity.
Israel TV stations are elsewhere reported as saying that the invasion will be tomorrow. Tickets are presumably being sold to the media. Who will not be going into Gaza. That would be too painful for the audience.
Well done, Mary. Don’t forget there’s a price on Blair’s head –
http://www.arrestblair.org/
Habba – Thatcher was all for muticulturalism – Howard, Lawson, Joseph, Brittan….
Mary @ 15 Nov, 2012 – 8:53 pm
Excellent! Appreciate the commentary and my very best to you.
Thanks for that report Mary, you must be shattered, Suhayl, please put that kettle on, Mary needs a brew.
Today, polling stations in Norfolk were poorly frequented, wonder what happened in Corby.
Looks like Question time will be lively tonight. I’d love to jam that transmission one day, but it will take some trickery to do.
@ Komodo : yes indeed. To the extent that Harold MacMillan quipped “these days the cabinet contains more old Estonians than old Etonians”. That was quite nice.
Good point Mary: where is Blair? Has he given up sunning himself amongst friends, or is he still the Archangel Envoy to the Middle East, or whatever his statesmanlike sinecure was called?
He should be walking among them, calming the rough winds with a book-signing in Barnes&Noble (Tel Aviv branch) if there is such a thing.
We really could do with his input to make it look like anyone in Westminster or Washington gives a shit.
VICE: Hey, what’s happening over there? What are the repercussions of the Gaza attacks in the West Bank?
Anonymous source in the West Bank: We heard that everything had escalated in Gaza yesterday and that the Israelis were firing more regularly. The rockets kept coming in and people here in Ramallah felt the need to take to the streets, so a lot of people gathered in the main square and moved from there.
Where were they going?
They started chanting that they wanted to go all the way to Bethel, which is a settlement just outside Ramallah. On the way there, they were chanting that they want unity for the three factions in Palestine: Fatah, Hamas, and The Popular Front.
Who was marching?
Oh, it was everyone. Everyone was there together; men, women, the elderly, and children. It was quite fascinating to see everyone together like that on the streets. They kept walking towards Bethel and I didn’t know what was going to happen. I was kind of scared, because I knew if people actually did reach Bethel they’d have been met with Israelis firing live ammunition at them.
They didn’t make it there, though, right?
No, on the way—surely enough—the Palestinian Authority (PA) showed up like they always do, stopped the crowds, formed a line on the main road, and didn’t let anyone pass. The crowd stuck around, though. They were shouting at the soldiers and trying to humiliate and shame them, asking them whose side they were on.
How did the soldiers react?
They kept quiet and let the people talk. It was non-violent: They didn’t want to attack anyone and the crowd wasn’t interested in starting a fight with the soldiers. They just wanted to discuss these issues —they wanted to feel that they have agency. They stayed there for three or four hours and you could see that the soldiers were being affected by it—getting embarrassed, almost—which was gratifying. Even the slightest sign that soldiers had been affected satisfied the people there. I was happy to see that and happy that no one got hurt.
What happened today?
Today we saw more people walking around and chanting, but you could hear the anger in their voices this time. They’re fed up with how things are, so they were saying stuff like: “We hope those rockets hit Tel Aviv.” And, you know, I can understand where they’re coming from. The Israelis are taking really fierce measures and people in Gaza are suffering. There are a lot dead already and they don’t want it to continue, so they’re angry.
Do you think protests in the West Bank might get violent tomorrow, if this is the way people are going?
Well, we’ve heard that people have been preparing for tomorrow—laying tires and stuff—up by the main checkpoint already. The bigger protests normally happen on a Friday. After prayers, they go out, take to the streets, and march. Their destination tomorrow will be the main checkpoint, Qalandia. It’s probably going to be violent, but no more so than other protests out here. People will throw some stones, then the Israeli police will attack with tear gas and rubber bullets. I don’t think it’ll go any further tomorrow—at least I hope it doesn’t. But things don’t look good, all-in-all: people are dying and it looks like there’s a war coming.
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Our team out in the West Bank told me they’re planning on leaving as early as possible in the morning, in order to avoid any potential troubles at the checkpoint. We’ll see how they got on in the film they’re making out there, set for release as soon as they can get home and edit it all together.
http://www.vice.com/read/we-just-spoke-to-people-in-israel-and-palestine-about-the-gaza-attacks
Mike, he’s got to show his face some time and he who waits gets to drink tea and read a book whilst waiting.
Should anybody win the lottery this weekend, I’d like a proper xmas present this year 🙂 It’ll take me a week a to get used to the best, a new jobs opportunity for an old lag, but then I will be able to shoot turkeys at a mile, its the season to be jolly, with extra cranberries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CheyTac_Intervention
@ $7 per round, you’d need to win Lottery just to shoot it, Nevermind.
CHEYTAC .408/419 Grain Cartridge
Ballistic Coefficient: Weight: Length: Velocity:
Muzzle Energy:
MSRP: $142 (20/BX)
U.S Pricing only
.949 (average over 3,500 yards) 419 Grain 4.303 3,000 fps
8,372 ft. lbs.
I see Silverstein is referring to it as Pillar of White Phosphorous
“They got the guns, but we got the numbers,” as a great frontman once sang.
I wouldn’t recommened shooting anyone, Nevermind, but I feel the time is coming when it’s no longer enough to ask our leaders to stop what they’re doing. We’ve seen where global austerity and conflict ends up. It was called the Second World War.
Capitalism was able to reorganise then. Can it do the same now with a contained Middle Eastern war?
“I wouldn’t recommened shooting anyone, Nevermind,”
With his weapon of choice, he’d be lucky to get some mashed cranberries from a turkey.
Three days ago, Israel and the US warned of “punitive measures” should Palestine proceed with their UN bid for statehood:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/12/palestinian-leadership-obama-un-recognition
They didn’t mention what they’d do to Gaza, of course.
An hour or so ago, I heard a report from Harry Fear that Israeli tanks had entered the West Bank.
I think that Hasbara etc. must have been told to stay away from this blog or something. After the massacre on Mavi Marmarma, we were inundated here. Idiotic, dishonest support for Israel is notably absent at present. I wonder why?
Clark; I am simply mystified by this. Now that Obama has reconstituted himself, why delay?
I need some perspective outside my bubble to understand. What is the problem?
More talk of “punitive measures” by Israel:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/14/israeli-minister-threatens-abbas-un
Sorry that my links are from the Guardian; I thought I’d seen an article somewhere else, but now I can’t find it.
Sorry Ben, I don’t understand your question.
Clark; It’s from your guardian link;;;
“The Palestinian leadership has rejected a personal appeal by Barack Obama to delay its bid to win recognition of a Palestinian state at the United Nations general assembly, insisting that it will submit a resolution no later than 29 November.”
Why delay? What is Obama’s need for delay?
This was the earliest report I saw about the possible poisoning of Yasser Arafat:
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/07/03-0
Several more links on the following page; do a word search on the page for “Arafat”:
http://www.stallman.org/archives/2012-may-aug.html
It’s amazing what you find when you dig under the surface of the on-air talent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Power
Ben, no idea; something to do with Iran and/or Syria, perhaps? Or just “free beer… tomorrow”?
Re: Samantha Power above. I suppose the interesting thing is just how explicit she is. We don’t get this from the on-air talent. Of course they need election. Sam Power is the real deal, in tactical terms, towards the end of freedom for the many, cloaked in protection of them. Like Nicolo before her, she’s a real piece of work.
She’s one of those, “who’s that”?
And much too under the radar, which is quite a good trick too.
But look at how the ever dim Paxo fawns upon her, thinking her intellectual and profound, no doubt submitting to a spanking just for the pleasure of it, in the presence of her majestically connected American being. He clearly fancies her. He’s more like a student at a seminar, than critical and evaluative journalist. Why should we have to pay for this useless crap. If these people desire to erogenise themselves in world donination, why are we funding it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVzJtXab3p8
Herbie, you don’t have to pay for it, just don’t buy a licence, and don’t watch TV; I don’t, and I don’t feel that I’m missing much. You can watch most stuff on the Internet anyway.
N_,
Thank-you for the list – and intention is the trick I use, a subliminal way of delivering the complete list – lock, stock and barrel…
Yet the heinous sickness at the focal point of Israel has long diffused; ubiquitous strands of world-wide neurosis and disorder we must understand, master, to know -and to others we must prove and we must assure and we must bring to reason before intention denies Israel her life support.
So N_ your request for a list is clearly part of that process.
Won Mind – Won Victory…
why are we even doing this…? let’s be honest… it is all a load of bollonie……
we go on and on and …on…but do we solve / talk about anything…?