The Tony Blair House Journal (editor Alan Rusbridger) reports on Kanye West’s disgusting private performance for the Kazakh dictator and his family, and takes a sideswipe at David Cameron for visiting that country.
But peculiarly they fail to mention that Tony Blair receives US $4 million a year as a consultant to the worker murdering Kazakh dictator, and that Alistair Campbell and Jonathon Powell as well as Blair visit to give this support – which has included a behind the scenes campaign to help Nazarbaev win the Nobel Peace Prize, fortunately with no result to date.
“How your MP voted last Thursday on the Syria votes.”
And a special thank you to those 59, predominantly Labour, MPs from Scottish constituencies without whom WWIII could be starting any time now.
I had flicked on Sky News again (before I disappeared here) and Tim Marshall said it was the Israelis, not the U.S. He said the Israelis were ‘using an American system’ – that’s all the U.S. had to do with it.
Target practice, he said. Called it “black sparrow” in military jargon. Set up a target, fire at it and hit it, to show your enemies what you’re capable of.
RT had previously tweeted “Syrian radar doesn’t detect any missiles landing on their territory” but did they detect the launches? Or are they relying on the Russians?
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RT Tweet
Opinion: US evokes ghost of Hitler as PR campaign against Assad goes crazy (by @Robert_Bridge)
http://rt.com/op-edge/us-hitler-campaign-against-assad-329/
“Bashar al-Assad now joins the list of Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein who have used these weapons in time of war,” Kerry told NBC’s Face the Nation. Kerry called the attack an “affront against the decency and sensibilities of the world.”
I swear I’m going to throw up before this word-campaign of the Americans is over
“Or are they relying on the Russians”
Not a bad guess Dreolin, they did send a reconnaissance ship to Syria.
http://www.tidewaterreview.com/news/national-world-news/sns-rt-us-syria-conflict-russia-ships-20130902,0,7783647.story
Kosovo is interesting, if one takes what CNO Vern Clark told Bob Woodward about it seriously, since it took 78 days to accomplish what the Clinton administration had planned to take only 48 hours of bombing because there was no follow up planning when the strikes didn’t succeed.
The CNO had good credentials for such claims, as the attack submarine USS Toledo sank the Russian alllegedly unsinkable Kursk sub after it ran into the USS Memphis while leaving port, thinking that it had sunk it when it was only damaged.
Then, of course, Vern overdid his sendoff of the USS Jimmy Carter which was intended to hit Indonesia’s Aceh province with an earthquake-caused tsunami when, in fact, it caused a massive tragedy all around the Indian Ocean.
Seems that NATO is now preparing for something similar all around the Mediterranean and beyond.
America doesn’t learn from its mistakes: it just makes them bigger.
Loved the article in the DM, showing the Kerrys having a cozy, candle-lit dinner with the so-called MIddle East Hitlers back in 2009.
Wonder if there photos all round Washington, showing the American Secretary of State cornering the Assads in Damascus.
Can’t beat the DM when the world enters the dirtiest times.
Meanwhile, back at the….travel agent.
http://www.wttc.org/news-media/news-archive/2013/keynote-address-wttc-asia-summit-seoul/
Your man has an unrivalled record of flying round the world on expensive freebies, so I suppose he’ll be worth every penny of, what, £400K for an appearance?
Or are they relying on the Russians?
For long range surveillance, yes. The unit mentioned by the Russian release was the very fancy decimetric phased-array radar at Armavir, which keeps an eye open for incoming (to Russia) from France to Iraq. The Syrians probably only have search radars with a range of, say, 200 miles, as well as shorter-range target acquisition sets. Details may prove me wrong, but I’d guess the missile launch was outside the range of these.
The missile test was simply a coincidence, Komodo. Planned well in advance yadda yadda etc. It certainly wasn’t intended to goad Syria (or Russia) into shooting at the missile in the Gulf of Tonkin stylee. No sir.
There was no risk that the purpose of this “test” could be misconstrued or become a flashpoint in a highly volatile situation.
Got it?
Here, Kerry, check this out
http://www.mfs-theothernews.com/2013/09/al-qaeda-militants-kill-24-civilians-in.html
http://en.alalam.ir/news/1512664
“There was no risk that the purpose of this “test” could be misconstrued or become a flashpoint in a highly volatile situation.”
That’s what I was wondering. Why would anyone carry out a “test” in a region that looks like this:
https://twitter.com/_kazumasa_/status/374834291395407872/photo/1
‘missile tests’ yeah right, more like testing the Syrian defences. probaly the S300 at work – the Russians even called the missiles ‘targets’ – only one thing targets missiles and that’s AMD like S300.
A more ‘conspirital’ narrative is emerging on the webosphere of an aborted Israeli false flag attack on a US ship – maybe they are seeing if it can pull off something along those lines because they are getting desperate after being sidetracked by Obama.
The headline “Israel/US Missile Tests As Tensions Rise”.
The reality “Tensions Rise after Israel/US Tests Missile”.
Maybe there’s a strong desire to kick things off before the UN publishes its results. Are they due a week on Friday? I do hope Carla del Ponte is in charge of the investigation. Given her findings the last time the heart-eaters gassed folks, perhaps she can’t be relied upon to point the finger in the right direction this time (even though it is not part of the UN team’s remit)
I was wondering where the Russian fleet was, Dreoilin. Now I know.
I can’t see anything getting out of hand in the Eastern Med with all that firepower cruising around…
As Obama blinks on Syria, Israel, Saudis make common cause
Thanks for all the brilliant and informative comments here this afternoon.
It’s quite easy to get your ‘sparrows’ and your ‘arrows’ mixed up.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/09/03/u_s_israeli_missile_test_unnanounced_test_of_arrow_defense_system_caught.html
When out this afternoon, I had told a friend that Arrow missiles had been fired!
Another fine product of the Raytheon Corp. $125,000 a pop.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-7_Sparrow
Mike; They haven’t announced when.
“Officials at the OPCW, headquartered in The Hague close to the U.N.’s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal and the European Union’s Europol police organization, say team members will make no comment on their return.
That means the first time their full findings are expected to be known will be after they are sent to U.N. headquarters in New York.
What remains unclear is when exactly that will happen.
Trapp said the painstaking testing will take several days and the labs working on the samples won’t sacrifice accuracy for the sake of quick results.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/08/31/un-chemical-weapons-experts-pull-out-syria/#ixzz2dqWaB1dP
FYI – LABOUR MPS not in the list of 220 who voted nay
Austin, Ian
Blackman-Woods, Roberta
Blears, Hazel
Blomfield, Paul
Bradshaw, Ben
Burden, Richard
Champion, Sarah
Clwyd, Ann
Connarty, Michael
Cooper, Rosie
Crausby, David
Cryer, John
Dakin, Nic
Davidson, Ian
Fovargue, Yvonne
Greenwood, Lilian
Hain, Peter
Hanson, David
Heyes, David
Hilling, Julie
Hodgson, Sharon
Hoyle, Lindsay
Johnson, Diana
Keeley, Barbara
Love, Andrew (Labour
McDonagh, Siobhain
Mitchell, Austin
Munn, Meg (Labour
Primarolo, Dawn
Qureshi, Yasmin
Reynolds, Jonathan
Smith, Angela
Spellar, John
Turner, Karl
Woodcock, John
Woodward, Shaun
This is what Obomber wants to ‘support’.
Al-Qaeda militants kill 24 civilians near Ras al-Ain
Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist groups operating in Syria, including the al-Nusra Front, are trying to capture Kurdish territories and make them part of a state they want to create in the region. Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist groups operating in Syria, including the al-Nusra Front, are trying to capture Kurdish territories and make them part of a state they want to create in the region.
Al-Qaeda linked terrorists in Syria have beheaded all 24 Syrian passengers traveling from Tartus to Ras al-Ain in northeast of Syria, among them a mother and a 40-days old infant.
Gunmen from the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and Levant stopped the bus on the road in Talkalakh and killed everyone before setting the bus on fire.
According to media reports, the attack was carried out because the passengers who were from three different villages in Ras al-Ain, supported anti-terrorist Kurdish groups which were formed recently to defend Kurdish population against anti-Syria terrorists.
Bodies of a mother and her 40-days infant were also seen among the dead, which were recognized by their relatives.
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http://en.alalam.ir/news/1512664
Yes I know it’s an Iranian site and that the report will be disbelieved by some for that reason.
David Owen said earlier that he is very fearful of a Sunni Shia divide with the war spreading into Lebanon and Iraq. He is hoping for a political solution to be found at the G20. A snowball’s chance of that in hell I should say.
Lord Owen: How the G20 could break the deadlock on Syria
http://www.lorddavidowen.co.uk/1568/
The warmongers in the video here. Rice, Boehner, Obama and Pelosi. What a foursome.
Syria: Obama Makes New Military Action Vow
President Obama says the US will help the Syrian opposition after military strikes intended to “degrade Assad’s capabilities”.
http://news.sky.com/story/1136626/syria-obama-makes-new-military-action-vow
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2410132/David-Miliband-defies-Ed-insist-intervention-Syria-increasingly-necessary.html
Krishnamurky, not surprised to see Ann Clywd and Hazel Blears in that list but very surprised to find John Cryer there as I was acquainted with his father, Bob, and could not really believe he had his father’s genes if he voted for war. So I checked it out and discovered:
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/10649045.MP_John_Cryer_explains_why_he_missed_important_parliamentary_vote/
France is as bad as the US, AA. With the upcoming G20 there’s rumored to be great pressure on Putin. Do you think the UK will take a second vote post G20?
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/09/your-labor-day-syria-reader-part-2-william-polk/279255/
AlcAnon posted a link to emails between Macdonald and Furst at 1.48 am who are employed by:
http://www.acc.army.mil/contractingcenters/acc_ri/
The screens are not easily readable on my computer. Unless this is misinformation put out by ACC the finger points directly at the US (surprise, surprise). Here is a more readable transcript.
http://cryptome.org/2013/09/dia-sy-cw-funds.htm
Interesting to see John Dross engaging in a civil discussion with “Krishnamurky”, who recently called for “Rib cage anorexia” of Jews aboard “cattle trucks”. No criticism of that post was offered by John Dross or any other Murrayista.
Komodo, your calling me a “tool”, asking me whether I “shag goats” and accusing Habbabkuk of “beating his wife” disqualify you from any decent discussion.
@John Goss – We have to be ready for the second vote, the MPs on this list need reminding , the devil can be beat ! Only they need to show up too next time, Blomfeld & Co may be excused on religious grounds. Like the fake new labourite David Milliband, there must be some magic in all the meat pies eaten by the Union Leaders who sagely voted him out. BTW – strange silence from crypto AoC Wellby on this key issue affecting the flock.
Anon,
I hope you’ll permit me to share my thoughts about your approach to discussion.
I sometimes see you referring to people in the third person, and making comments about them, rather than approaching them directly. Do you think that conversing with John is futile, and thus you’d rather make remarks about him addressed to the gallery, rather than talking to him directly? I’m pretty sure it would be better if you were to try to change his mind about whatever you disagree with – more productive and civil, imo.
I am unsure if I qualify as a “Murrayista”, but I have repeatedly criticised Krishnamurky (alternatively English Knight or Hasbarista) for persistent anti-Jewish posts. However, even though racism of all kinds is challenged here, you persist with the implication that everyone posting here is vehemently anti-Jewish. That isn’t true, but saying so also rather shuts the conversation down. I think people are wary of discoursing with you as a result.
For what it is worth, I didn’t see the “Rib cage anorexia” post, but if people ignored it, perhaps people are just better at not rising to the bait? Krishnamurky prefers to make drive-by points, persuades nobody of anything, and rarely stops to explain what he/she thinks. The openly racist stuff gets deleted anyway, and you can always report it using the contact form.
Excellent Bill Blum Anti-Empire Report;
http://williamblum.org/aer/read/120
(h/t to Joe E @ Medialens)
Krishnamurky The AoC did speak about Syria six days ago. He trod the middle line.
Welby warns against ‘rushing to judgment’ over Syria intervention
The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned against “rushing to judgment” over military action in Syria insisting that it could have “unforeseeable consequences” across the entire Muslim world. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10269721/Welby-warns-against-rushing-to-judgment-over-Syria-intervention.html
He spoke in the Lords here @ 5.54pm
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ldhansrd/text/130829-0001.htm#13082910000229
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Thanks Macky. Will read later.