The Daily WAR (10-14)

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

 

 

THE HOLY ROMAN...

[Sacrum Romanum / Heiliges Römisches]

 

B16: Synergy between institutions and the Catholic Church

 

Religion and international diplomacy

 

 

...EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION

[Imperium Nationis Germanicae / Reich Deutscher Nation]

 

Stimulus will breach EU deficit rules

...German stimulus delayed

...Germany set to extend fund for rescue

 

 

EUROPE/RUSSIA

 

Britain "disappears from map of Europe"

...A bit of a provocation

...Blair on shortlist to head EU

...This week in the EU

 

EU energy ministers hold emergency meeting over gas crisis

...EU: Gas supplies to resume today

...Q&A: Why Europe needs Russian gas

 

US ready for "lighting strike" against Russian forces in Caucuses?

 

 

MIDEAST/AFRICA/ASIA

 

Turkey coup plot arrests now over 100

...Probes focus on military raises tensions

 

Israel to ban Arab party from elections

...Don't disqualify Arab lists (op-ed)

...Gaza crisis imperils 2-state plan

 

How Israel's propaganda machine works

...Al Jazeera provides an inside look at Gaza

...Few in US see Al Jazeera's coverage

 

Israel prepares to escalate Gaza war

...Reinforces army before "3rd phase" begins

...The Hamas strategy to defeat Israel

...Israel fails to capture Gaza City

 

Israel is on a rampage - and here's why

...This thing is not going to end

...Blueprint for Gaza attack was long planned

...Who will save Israel from itself?

 

UN adopts resolution harshly condemning Israel

...Israel is committing war crimes

...France urging EU observers to monitor Gaza

...Ahmadinejad, Chavez call for global summit on Gaza

 

Ahmadinejad urges Muslim world to end Israeli "genocide"

...Warns Hamas not to accept truce

...Says Israel could attack others

 

Unusually large US weapons shipment: US-Israel planning a broader war?

...Are Cheney and his London backers pushing for broader war?

...Hezbollah warns Israel against attacking Lebanon

...Israel: Shots fired from Syria at troops

 

The source of Arabs' shame: Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia

 

Musharraf urges India to stop threats of surgical strikes

 

Turabi urges Bashir to surrender to war crimes court

 

 

PROVOKING PERSIA

 

Target Iran: Israel's latest gamble may backfire

 

New US media campaign promotes military strike on Iran

...A serious crisis with Iran?

 

Iran asks Obama not to repeat old US policy

...Obama to "engage" with Iran

...Talks of "new approach"

...German FM: A "sensible" move

 

 

HOUSE OF ISRAEL

 

Bush defends presidency in final news conference

...Bush says attack on US still major threat

 

Obama won't have to kiss AIPAC's ring

...Was Panetta picked in a panic?

...Obama vs. Social Security (round 1)

 

One nation, under God?

 

 

ECONOMY

 

Where did all the dollars go? US is bankrupt!

...Bush & Friends in $2 trillion cash out

...8-year-long Madoff-style ripoff

 

The bond bubble is an accident waiting to happen

...We're borrowing like mad, but can the US pay it back?

...We may want to borrow, but will anyone lend?

 

This really doesn't look good

...China's factory workers head home

 

 

MISC

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

 

It's cold outside! (cartoons)

 

GMOs implicated in honeybee CCD

 

Comet Lulin

 

 

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    * "If people intend to be informed, they must turn to foreign news broadcasts, to Internet sites, (or) to foreign newspapers available on the Internet. People ask me where they can get reliable information. I tell them that their goal cannot be reached without their commitment of time."

 

    * "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."

 

    * "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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