The Daily WAR (01-22)

Reading between the lines, and thinking outside the box . . .

 

 

THE HOLY ROMAN...

[Sacrum Romanum / Heiliges Römisches] [Vaticams]

 

B16's mixed signals

B16's new name for sovereignty

Europeans dominate Vatican laity appointments

 

 

...EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION

[Imperium Nationis Germanicae / Reich Deutscher Nation] [Satan's Throne?]

 

Searchers closing in on Nazi treasure chest

How the BND eavesdropped on Afghan ministry

 

 

EUROPE/RUSSIA

[Europress]

 

Vote for Rome mayor is a shift to the right

Georgia threatens to block Russian bid to join WTO

Georgia "plans war in Abkhazia"

Russia threatens Georgia with force

 

 

MIDEAST/AFRICA/ASIA

 

Carter: Israel rejected Hamas truce offer

Demonizing Carter

12 IAF jets fly over Beirut

 

US Syrian "nuke" charges - why now?

US accuses Iran, Syria of trying to destabilize Iraq

Iran: US allegations "totally unfounded"

 

US Marines to "stir things up" in Afghan province of Helmund

Afghan insurgency spreading north [where the German troops are]

Brown: NATO's Afghan mission in trouble

 

Egypt, Ethiopia to send more troops to Darfur

 

 

PROVOKING PERSIA

 

Iran: UK behind 1980 embassy siege

Persian prostitute scandal rattles government

Iran, Sri Lanka urge nuke disarmament

Iran holds key to India's energy security

India ignores US on Iran gas pipeline

Iran steps into enemy's territory

 

Israel: Allies won't oppose Iran strike

Ominous signs that WH advisers want more wars

The consequences of bombing Iran's nuclear plants

 

 

HOUSE OF ISRAEL

[US drought monitor][Interactive primary map]

 

The all-powerful, all-wise state

 

Obama vows to back Petraeus

Wright resurfaces to reignite race row

Queen of Darkness would devastate US

No end in sight for Democrats?

McCain's bizarre undiscovered foreign policy ideas

Will the right sit this election out?

 

Mississippi River flooding dooms farmers

 

 

ECONOMY

[Market data]

 

Buffet: Recession may be worse than feared

The great silence: The current break-down of the US financial system is portentous

 

EU threat to UK rescue

Financial crisis hits profits at Allianz

Deutsche Bank posts first loss in 5 years

 

Pump prices lift BP and Shell to $15bn in 1Q

Gas in US may soon cost $10

Behind record oil prices, troubling signs in production

 

Corn futures advance to record as weather delays planting

Wall Street grain hoarding brings farmers, consumers near ruin

Food crisis: The greatest demonstration of the historical failure of the capitalist model

Food-buying panic hits Canadian stores

Food security to top agenda of Egypt-Sudan meeting

China "may lease foreign fields"

"Blood food"

 

 

MISC

[CFR Opinion Roundup][Newseum][Global Incident Map][Earthweek][Day-Night Map][Tonight's Sky][Moon phase]

 

Tomb of Antony & Cleopatra to be uncovered

1001 fun quizzes

 

 

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    * "Here I have to reveal a trade secret, which punctures the mystique of intelligence analysis. Generally speaking, 80% of the information one needs to form judgments on key intelligence targets or issues is available in open media. Truth be told, everyone with a high-school education can do it."

 

    * "In his usual form, former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter told a packed crowd to stop whining about corporate media and become their own intelligence operatives. We the people have the same resources and tools that intelligence networks rely heavily on; it's called 'Google.' As our own intelligence operatives we can't allow CNN, FOX, NBC, and ABC to edit and cherry pick information, but ask questions and find the answers ourselves."

 

    * "Many apparently separate developing daily events don't make the slightest sense, if you don't look at them in their strategic context. In the face of Orwellian control of the media, it is even more necessary, to judge contemporary developments with the eye of an historian, who has not forgotten the lessons of [history]."

 

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