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Saturday, August 2, 2014

The CIA and the Nazis Conspiracy




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Where there is war, there is usually a hidden agenda which has been governed by the "players behind the scenes". While the soldiers fighting to the death, they think of various ways to reap the money in the middle of tribulation. Stealing the valuable mines, smuggling the armaments, seek the key position of the new government, or they could secretly play money in the opponents military industry.

Actually, all for the sake of money. Jewish labor -- who can be paid cheap -- of course be the reason. Because of this, many referred to the Holocaust as a conspiracy. In addition, the Nazi Germany's war machines also widely supported by a large supply of funds from the United States conglomerate.

In Nazi Germany superiority,  reportedly about how the United States and German entrepreneurs play money to build a business venture, while millions of soldiers from both countries dying on the battlefield. This is about the exploits of CIA special agent and SS which in the field of business apparently conspired to secure billions of dollars of top entrepreneurs of both countries. A few years ago this secret was revealed, so many people disappointed.

Hidden agenda was revealed gradually, beginning with the evidence on indirect involvement of UK- USA in Holocaust tragedy.

On the surface, both London and Washington strongly opposed the pressure and massacres committed by Nazi troops against tens of thousands of minorities. However, in hindsight, they apparently had never actually attempted to rescue them, despite all efforts to escape was in sight. Allegedly, reluctance to free it because those were the forced labors, a key driver of industrial joint venture between the United States and Germany.

At Auschwitz, for example, the bomb's factory, chemical and Germany's main armament owned by IG Farben -- which was fully supported by the United States oil tycoon, Rockefeller -- during World War II reaped the huge profits as driven by the thousands of Jews who did not need to be paid. In addition to Rockefeller -- who entered with Standard Oil flag -- in the scope of other vital industries also planted the money owned by General Motors, IBM, Ford, The Chase and National City Bank, ITT and many others. Initial amount of money to reach eight billion dollars.

No wonder if then appeared cynical insinuation, that the United States  soldiers who fighting to the death in Germany were really depressing. They did not know the plane that bombed them was actually made of money from the people of their country. Both Standard Oil and IG Farben itself were equally cartel in the field of strategic industries. IG Farben monopolized chemical industry, film and pharmaceuticals in Germany. While Standard Oil, in the United States was the ruler of oil fields. Thanks to the Rockefeller support, IG Farben supplying 85 percent of German ammunitions during World War II.

Rockefeller and other American businessmen secretly planting stock and established the joint ventures in Germany since 1926. Germany itself for Rockefeller was like a "second home", because of his ancestor -- Johann Rockefeller -- was an immigrant from Germany.

Identified, the CIA and the Waffen SS hired specifically to guard, given the joint industry increasingly involved many influential people. Among these were Averell Harriman (king rail in the United States), Fritz Thyssen (industrialist, the main financial backers of Nazi), and United States bankers George Herbert Walker and Prescott Bush. Uniquely, in the military industrial complex there was also interests of Joseph Stalin, leader of Russia who was also a big enemy of Nazi Germany. This industrial complex apparently deliberately localized in Poland in order to avoid interference of Hitler and his cronies.

Trading with the Enemy Act published by the United States legislature seemed like toothless in the face of Rockefeller dark practices. Perhaps because Standard Oil providing synthetic rubber which was sorely needed by the United States war vehicles. Many United States officials were also reluctant to deal with the Rockefeller family because he mastered many oil fields across the United States.

Very unlikely if the Government of the United States did not know or gave permission with regard to the export of such goods. Conversely, it was easy to understand if the later the bombings carried out by United States never touched Auschwitz. Most bombs fell close to 14 miles of the factory complex and the concentration camp there. The placement of this vital compound outside of Germany allegedly also made ​​possible on the advice of CIA officials. And, it was a ridiculous fact when the war had just ended, the CIA directly headquartered in Farben-owned skyscraper in Frankfurt.

Rows of these facts strengthen accusations that the Holocaust was nothing more than an evil conspiracy. The Jews were also later argued. Entering the 1930s, they were like a given wind in building breweries, banks, factories and shops. But after that they were forced to support the Aryanization project by submitting their assets to the cost of starting war.

They were then used as milking cows. About ten million people were exploited in factories as slaves and forced laborers. Those who were no longer able to work would soon be herded into camps experiment as the final solution. Six million Jews and other minorities reported dead in torture project led by Reinhard Heydrich.

When the war has just occurred, many Jews already knew what tempest that would overwrite them. They then attempted to hire a ship and fled to Palestine. This escape effort ironically thwarted by the British army and the United States.

William R. Perl, a former activist who was then drafted into the United States Army intelligence officer, remembered well how the British warship, HMS Lorna opened fire on a passenger ship Tiger Hill until the ship was on fire and sinking when approaching the land of Palestine. Fifteen thousand Jewish immigrants who were trapped inside became the escape victims, while other ships were forced to return to Germany. Shots were launched from British intelligence MI6 towards the ship "MV Struma".

Why did they expel the refugees behind it if there was no specific intent? This question as cynical as later statement: that the first victim of British troops during World War II were actually not the Germans, but the unarmed Jewish immigrants.

CIA conspiracy with the German secret army was believed to still braided until the war was over. It was not a secret anymore, when Germany surrendered, the United States and the Russian government immediately sent a special team to hunt down the smart German scientists, along with weapons and the secret findings they have made. Each trying to bring home as much as possible, and each of course involving the intelligence unit and  elite troops.

Nazi intelligence itself more aligned to the United States rather than Russia. It was characterized by General Reinhard Gehlen's machination, Nazi intelligence leader. In order for his evil reputation when in SS could escape from the trap of Nuremberg Tribunal, he hurriedly contacted CIA Director Allen Dulles and made an offer. He was ready to hand over hundreds of Germany's key scholar as long as the CIA wanted to delete the track record of Nazi intelligence and willing to accept him as part of CIA. If this offer was rejected, then he was ready to affiliate with the KGB and submited all the valuable assets into Russsia's hands.

Facing the offer, Dulles was helpless. He also "gave up" and wanted to shut down the entire story of Nazi intelligence crime, even if the CIA would need to rewrite the past history of this unit. Dulles guaranteed the whole secret of this unit would be safe in his hands and Gehlen unit could directly under the auspices of CIA. This open attitude directly "paid" with 760 Nazi German scholars who were gradually shipped directly to the United States until 1955 to strengthen the scientific community in the country.

President Harry S. Truman was well aware this scholars package could be the target of the opposition taunts due to loosening the immigration rights for Nazi leaders was very prohibited by law. That's why he ventured to give special rights to CIA to execute this project in a special operation with code "Paperclip". In this operation, they entered the United States through a special gate which was overseen by the Joint Intelligence Objectives Agency.

Among those who passed the selection were Arthur Rudolph and Wernher von Braun. Arthur Rudolph was operations director of  Mittlewerk  factory in the concentration camp complex Nordhausen-Dora. He was considered responsible for the torture of 20,000 forced laborers. Early records showed, Rudolph was 100% Nazi, dangerous and threatening. However, the latest record of the CIA stated: nothing in the footsteps of his life entangled with criminals or Nazi activities. In the United States, Rudolph and Braun developed the Saturn 5 rocket which successfully led Apollo module to the moon.

Besides them, there were Kurt Blome: vaccine maker,  Walter Schreiber : psychopathic doctor in concentration camp, Klaus Barbie : butcher of thousands of French citizens in the SS,  Heinrich Rupp : the SS agent who later became a figure behind the scenes of Iran-Contra affair, Licio Gelli : Italian secret agent, a fanatical supporter of Nazis who then with the approval of the United States became the supplier of Exocet missiles to Argentina.

Among the many figures, Gelli was assessed as the most valuable to the CIA because he had a wide influence. In addition to having a close relationship with George H. Bush, Pope Paul VI and Juan Peron (Argentina), he also formed a closeness with  former Libyan leader the late Gaddafy and became a CIA-KGB double agent. Gelli also co-founded the Red Brigades in Italy.

Operation Paperclip finally discontinued in 1957 following a strong protest launched by the West German government. West German government embarrassed to exploitation done by the CIA against the Germans. Especially because as the founder of Bundesnarichtensdient intelligence agency (BND), Gehlen became difficult for siding with his country.



However, outside of this project, these people yet can never fully remove their bad habits. They still like to play behind the scenes and still like to torture people.



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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

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Glad to imagine the state funds to buy weapons and military equipment used to buy nutritious food and good for human health, feed the hungry, provide adequate housing, free medical care, free education for the poor and homeless. I can never understand what is thought by the government to prioritize the purchase of sophisticated military equipment, but its people are malnourished due to poverty. "You said you are rich, but why your children are starving? You're stupid, you know? I say you are stupid because if you're smart, you should know that the most basic needs of living things called humans are eating the foods, not eating the bullets, missiles, nuclear, et al. Unfortunately, even though you are stupid but you sit in government and become a leader who always feel smart. Ohhh dahling, ... it seems we need the strong hands to shift people like them."

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* Russian media tactics under scrutiny

FUTURE : How to live forever 

Today's African Proverb : "The world is permanent but we human beings are not" - A Luo proverb sent by Rage Moi, Mombasa, Kenya
True. Only death is the one certainty in this world. 2 other divine secrets relating to human life are: birth and marriage.

The world is vast. Are we always able to realize all our desires? Why to this day my heart is not moved by the desire to marry him?

I repeat : until the day we die, can we materialize all our desires? Mmm...maybe not. Who cares if we can't realize all our desires? No one, because it's not our desire to make the earth is still spinning. It's not our desire that makes us have to die. And after we die, we can't continue to strive to realize our desire as when we are still alive. Why? Because we are already dead of all things: body and desire. We will blend with the timeless dimension of silence and quietness. No more sorrow, heartache, tears and even happiness. All is not mine. Thank you for completing my life so far with all the elements of life.

The death is awaited by a life that fills the time with our wishes, desires. Our desires have made ​​our lives become valuable to live, and therefor let's fill our lives with lots of good wishes in good ways to realize them in a limited time. Don't ask for the death comes to you, and don't do the things that can cause you to die.

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FRAMEWORK
Pictures in the News | April 21, 2014



Young men in folk costumes throw water from their buckets on a young woman in Nyiregyhaza, northeast of Budapest, Hungary. According to an old tradition, on Easter Monday in Hungarian villages, young men pour water on young women, who then exchange the water vessels for beautifully colored eggs. PHOTOGRAPH BY: ATTILA BALAZS / MTI


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Friday, December 27, 2013

Russia: Skeptical. Germany: Pragmatic




For historical reasons, Germany and Russia are destined to have a special relationship. The success of the policy of reconciliation between former enemies of World War II in the last 15 years has helped, in turn, to reconcile the Europe post-cold war. During the crucial years of German reunification, German policymakers enthusiastically praised the constructive role played by the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, and the first Russian president, Boris Yeltsin.

The good relations still continues until today. Polls show that the Russian elite considers Germany as a true friend and a prominent defender in the West. Moscow does not consider Germany -- a non-nuclear state -- becoming a geopolitical rival in the post-Soviet space as well as, for example, against the United States. Germany is the most important partner in Russia's foreign trade relations. German business lobbies enthusiastically praise the new opportunities in the Russian market. German industrialists want to be the Russia's main modernization partner.

After doing business with the Kremlin and through the political elite since the 1970s, Germany welcomed the strengthening of the state's role in Russian domestic politics, which could better ensure law and order and reduce crime and corruption. Correspondingly, the German elite enjoying their country's role as a liaison between the interests of Europe with Russia, especially in economics and often as a mediator between Russia and the United States.

But German intellectuals regard recent developments in Russia with the presence of the skepticism. Though the  political and economic relations between Russia and Germany seems is as usual,  but Russia's image in the German media may not be as bad as ever since the fall of Soviet Union.

Similar to the countries of North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean, the countries in the former Soviet Union region, particularly around the Black Sea and the Caspian region have increased significantly and be the EU's new strategic environment. Countries in this region is undergoing a complex process of political and economic transformation. If the process of economic reform and liberal democratic failed in these countries, then the instability could hit the EU itself.

EU- Russia relations have to enter a number of specific issues, including energy interdependence, different values and the future of the countries of the former Soviet region. German policy makers are seeking policies that can promote business success by engaging Russia on liberal reforms, and encourage the growth in the countries of former Soviet region.

Berlin was frustrated when the EU failed to address the developments in the eastern part of the continent of Europe in an appropriate manner. France, Spain, and Italy have traditionally emphasized the pro- Mediterranean approach within the European Union. The European Union has failed to include Russia and the former Soviet republics in a wider European context. The EU decision to avoid the term "to expand Europe" and put countries like Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan as "strategic environment " as well as Egypt, Morocco, and Libya has led to frustration and a feeling of neglect among pro - Western elites in the post-Soviet space. It seems Germany should take on the role of mediator for eastern European neighbors .

After Chancellor Willy Brandt did rapprochement to improve relations with East Germany, Poland, and the Soviet Union during the 1970s, Chancellor Helmut Kohl in the 1990s took the lead in designing Russia's role in Europe in the future. German policy regarding Russia in 1991-2005 designed to incorporate Russia into the larger European architecture. Kohl's always friendly to the desire of the former Soviet countries wishing to join NATO because he was afraid of provoking a negative reaction in Russia. German leadership has been the strongest advocates for the acceptability of Moscow in the debt negotiations in Paris and London Clubs as well as in formal arenas such as the G-7 and the World Trade Organization (WTO). When the post-Soviet Russia began to experience severe economic problems in the 1990s, Germany appeared as a financial lender.

Together with France, its main ally in Europe, Germany has begun a summit between French-German-Russian on a regular basis since 1997. Troika meeting is intended to allow a strategic partnership with Russia on European economic and security issues when other European countries are still not ready. The partnership is designed to make Moscow feel that although it's not a member of the European Union or NATO, but it's not excluded from decision-making in Europe.

In this regard, Russia has made several attempts to integrate itself into the new European order. In October 1999 the EU summit held in Helsinki, Finland and at the time of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin proposed to enhance the strategic cooperation between the EU and Russia. Putin then began his presidency with a concrete proposal to incorporate Russia in European security and economic architecture of the 20th century. When Gerhard Schroeder became Chancellor of Germany, he started a broad energy dialogue which almost developed into a strategic energy alliance between the EU and Russia in 2005. In his speech to the Reichstag in September 2001, Putin proposed the merger of major energy resources of Siberia with technology over the European Union. In 2002 he proposed the abolition of the visa regime between Russia and the European Union.

The European Union responded to Putin's offer carefully and formulates a step by step approach through cooperation in four areas, namely foreign, economic, domestic security, and cultural issues, but only a little real progress has been achieved.

During the Cold War, the European Union's ambition to conduct an economic union consisting of countries which share their goals above the interests of the same community. After the Cold War, the EU has developed into a community of values ​​and laws, and Russia does not understand this change immediately. Russia may have been able to align itself more closely with Europe within the framework of mutual strategic interest. Given the difficult transition to democracy and a market economy with the rule of law, however, Russia has not been able to incorporate itself against the civilization based on EU's liberal values​​. As a result of this discrepancy, Russia became increasingly frustrated with the EU.

Progress has been made in the field of economic cooperation. Shortly before the Chancellor's final term in 2005, Schroeder made ​​a deal in construction of Russia-Germany gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea. When it is finished, the track will make Germany into a major distributor of Russian gas in Europe. Pipeline project -- which is then criticized by Poland and the Baltic states -- will reduce the existing gas transportation monopoly of the transit countries, such as Poland, the Baltic states, Ukraine, and Belarus. Overall relationship between the EU and Russia soured in 2006. Russia started using gas exports as a political tool, raised the prices and cut off the supplies to its nearest neighbor. Russia refused to ratify the Energy Charter, which would put the Russian pipeline system under the international supervision.

Fearing that they could be the target of geopolitical extortion, Europeans have decided to diversify their reliance on energy exports from Russia. In its turn, the Russian authorities have threatened to divert their energy cooperation in Asia if the EU rejects the Russia's deal.

In 2006, the European Union summit in November in Finland, Germany, under Schroeder enthusiastically supported the idea of energy alliance with Russia, saying such cooperation would create the preconditions for a free trade zone in the future between the EU and Russia. Given Russia's aggressive actions against energy depends on the state of Europe, Germany and other EU countries began to fear the Cold War would happen again.

Indeed, this tough stance shows Moscow desire to challenge the status quo of the European energy policy. Russia wants to see its strength as a supplier of energy rises in the face of consumer countries. The Russian authorities also want to rewrite the conditions for the involvement of foreign companies in the Russia energy sector. Existing mechanisms provide -- in view of Moscow -- too many privileges to foreign companies and discriminate the domestic companies.

Foreign Minister Frank - Walter Steinmeier, who previously served as head of the Schroeder administration, had suggested that Europe involving Russia and former Soviet countries. Steinmeier version foresaw the continuation and deepening energy ties with Russia and Central Asia. He had criticized the idea of ​​Poland to establish a Western energy alliance. The minister, though critical of the review shortcomings of Russian democracy, understood the importance of cooperation with Russia over the issue of international terrorism, nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and security issues such as illegal migration and drug trafficking. As the former of Schroeder 's right hand, Steinmeier was responsible in designing cooperation with Russia along the four general areas above. He shared sympathy with Schroeder for the EU - Russia's strategic alliances and understood that the Kremlin had to do a recentralization of decision-making in the energy sector to dismantle the systematic robbery over Russian resources. Steinmeier thought that the failure to involve Russia could lead to Russia united with China facing the West.

Steinmeier's ministry has developed an approach to Central Asia and the Caucasus : the energy cooperation , transfer of democracy , and possible solutions to resolving the conflict in Transdnistria, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno - Karabakh. In the energy sector, Germany attempts to diversify its imports from Russia by supporting the incorporation of the producing countries and the Caspian / Black Sea with transit countries, a common European energy alliance in which the exporting countries, transit countries and consumer countries to act according to the established agreements. Steinmeier main focus is directed to open new doors for economic cooperation as a step towards the creation of a free trade zone between the EU and the countries of the post - Soviet space. Germany wants to deepen economic cooperation with EU countries along the ancient Silk Road and encourage the countries to regional cooperation, thus making in the countries of the former Soviet region in the southern region as a bridge between the EU and ASEAN.

In the subsequent period, German Chancellor Angela Merkel (since 2005) to fully appreciate the business opportunities the German and European in Russia's market economy which is growing rapidly in Russia. She remains committed to a strategic partnership between Germany and Russia, particularly on energy issues. Having grown up in East Germany during the Soviet occupation, Merkel is skeptical about the prospects for Russia  democracy as well as their human rights record and she seems to share a lot of anti-Russia sentiment in countries of the former Soviet region. As a result, Merkel takes a cautious approach and pragmatic cooperation with Russia and countries of the former Soviet region.

Russia and Central Asia are posed as Merkel's agenda in EU's internal or G-8. Merkel needs the support from all European Union member states and she worries that Russian policy is too tight will raise tensions with the United States and Poland and as well as other European countries. Merkel worries if the ambitious agenda to include the countries of former Soviet Union will provoke the unnecessary tensions, when the West need Russia as a strategic partner in Iran, North Korea, and the Middle East. Merkel has ambitious targets to fight the international terrorism, maintaining the peace in Afghanistan, in the Middle East, and Africa, to prevent the Iran's nuclear bomb, and addressed the problem of Kosovo's independence. Merkel wants to tackle this issue and demonstrates her leadership in Europe when French and English facing leadership changes.

Although she will not actively to engage Russia, Merkel can not completely ignore Russia, given the EU 's dependence on Russian energy supplies. Merkel uses a pan-European consensus in order to convince Russia to ratify the Energy Charter that will control the energy transport network with the European Union, and gives equal rights to the EU energy companies in Russia market, in front of the domestic firm.

Considering the interests of the countries in the former Soviet region, then the  EU enlargement may be discontinued for many years after the entry of Romania and Bulgaria in 2007. Ukraine has high hopes for Merkel, and Georgia is expected to receive more support from Berlin in support the EU peacekeeping mission to Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The countries of post-Soviet require more Western support actively in building a social system of the market economy. With the uncertainty about the political future of EU, Merkel can not make a lot of promises to the neighboring countries in eastern German. There is a concrete gesture that Russia will block any proposal of Germany to unite the countries of former Soviet region. Russia will not agree to build a new gas pipeline in the Caspian region that will interfere with the territory of Russia, and Russia is reluctant to share the responsibility for the peace maintenance in the countries of former Soviet Union.

Merkel will concentrate on building a general consensus outside the European Union and security policies in the EU member states and carefully to avoid indication of the existence of a special relationship between Germany and Russia. Merkel does not want to be accused to approve Russia policy over the countries of central and eastern Europe. Meanwhile, Steinmeier will probably make his several trips to countries in the former Soviet territory during the German leads the EU to initiate a broad dialogue with Russia, Ukraine, and other countries related to the foreign policy and security.
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So, in the case of Khodorkovsky, Merkel is just like an aunt who happily welcomes the arrival of his nephew by saying, "Oh, dear, you come at the invitation of me!" whereas, she knows for sure, his nephew is in trouble with his ​​mother. (So, "Dear Aunt" Merkel, please do not be flirtatious. Russia is anti flirty, you know? ehhehhe... )

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Increase Progress for Peace


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15266992

US disrupts 'Iranian terror plot'
www.bbc.co.uk
The US says it has broken up a plot by agents linked to Iran to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington using explosives.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15269348

US to pressure Iran over 'plot'
www.bbc.co.uk
The US says it will increase international pressure on Iran after it charges two Iranians with conspiracy to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington.

http://www.euronews.net/2011/10/12/us-accuses-iran-of-planning-terror-attacks/

US accuses Iran of planning terror attacks
www.euronews.net
world news - An Iranian man has appeared in a New York court accused of plotting to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15325686

Shock over 'Iran plot' suspect
www.bbc.co.uk
Shock and disbelief in southern Texas home of Manssor Arbabsiar, arrested over an alleged Iranian-backed plot to kill the Saudi envoy to the US.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15344831

Iran pours scorn on Saudi 'plot'
www.bbc.co.uk
Iran's President Ahmadinejad says US allegations of a plot to assassinate a Saudi envoy are as false as its claims were about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/11/manssor-arbabsiar-iran-assassination-plot-plea_n_1006013.html

Manssor Arbabsiar, Charged In D.C. Assassination Plot, To Plead Not Guilty
www.huffingtonpost.com
NEW YORK -- An American citizen charged with plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States intends to plead not guilty at a formal hearing later this month, his court-appointed attorney said Tuesday afternoon.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/mansour-arbabsiar-recalled-as-upbeat-about-finances-during-summer-encounter/2011/10/12/gIQA3nnOgL_story.html

Mansour Arbabsiar recalled as upbeat about finances during summer encounter
www.washingtonpost.com
An old friend remembers Mansour Arbabsiar — the man accused of conspiring to kill the Saudi ambassador — with lots of cash in hand, the picture of optimism, during an August encounter in Iran’s Kurdistan province.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/world/iran/qods.htm

Qods (Jerusalem) Force, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC - Pasdaran) Iran Intelligence
www.globalsecurity.org
While the Constitution of Iran entrusts the military with guarding Iran's territorial integrity and political independence, it gives the Revolutionary Guard [Pasdaran] the responsibility of guarding the Revolution itself.

http://www.jamestown.org/programs/gta/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=37058&cHash=30481c30cd

The Jamestown Foundation: Can Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Maintain its Operational Capa
www.jamestown.org
One of the only books of its kind in existence, Pakistan's Troubled Frontier examines the militants and movements in Pakistan's volatile northwest region and offers expert analysis that is invaluable to today's policymakingcommunity.

http://www.cfr.org/iran/irans-revolutionary-guards/p14324

Iran's Revolutionary Guards - Council on Foreign Relations
www.cfr.org
In the aftermath of the June 2009 presidential election, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has become major to the regime's power projection. Some analysts have seen the guard's hand in a creeping militarization of Iran's domestic policy.


http://www.economist.com/node/14327633

Showing who's boss
www.economist.com
God and mammonAFP BACK in 2007 the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) announced an important change of mission.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/13/world/la-fg-iran-banking-20111014

U.S. considers sanctions on Iran's central bank
articles.latimes.com
The Obama administration said it was "actively" considering sanctioning Iran's central bank in retaliation for an alleged Iranian assassination plot, a move that could severely damage Iran's economy.

http://saudiembassy.net/embassy/adelbio.aspx

Ambassador Adel A. Al-Jubeir
His Excellency Adel A. Al-Jubeir was appointed by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz as Ambassador to the United States on January 29, 2007. Ambassador Al-Jubeir presented his credentials to President George W. Bush at the White House on February 27, 2007.

http://english.iribnews.ir/newsbody.aspx?ID=15840

IribNews.IR News Page
IRIB central news agency, main english news are broadcasted by islamic republic of iran broadcasting - IRIB News Official Web Site

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/netanyahu-and-obama-are-at-point-of-no-return-1.266672

Netanyahu and Obama are at point of no return
www.haaretz.com
Obama has decided his moderate Mideast coalition is more important than Netanyahu's extremist one.

http://af.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idAFTRE79F19G20111016

Iran could scrap directly elected president - leader | Reuters
af.reuters.com
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran could do away with the post of a directly elected president, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday, in what might be a warning to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and possible successors not to overstep the executive's limited powers.


The United States governement has accused Iran's military involvement in the assassination attempt of Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, Adel al - Jubeir. So far, according to American officials, there were two suspects in these efforts. The first man was Gholam Shakuri, members of the Quds force which was affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. The second man was Manssor Arbabsiar, who was arrested on 29 September when he arrived at the airport John F. Kennedy from Mexico.

Arbabsiar, 56, who is a U.S. citizen and holds the Iranian passport, in cooperation with U.S. authorities after being arrested. According to him, Shakuri is still in Iran. On Tuesday (October 11, 2011), Arbabsiar appeared in the Manhattan courtroom wearing a blue shirt and jeans. His hair was gray and there was a scar in his left cheek.

As stated in court documents, the murder plan started in May 2011 when Arbabsiar approaching someone in Mexico who claimed as the drug cartels member. The man was about to recruited by Arbabsiar to assist an assassination attempt. But, it turned out, he was the informant of drug agency, DEA, which working undercover.

According to the informant, Arbabsiar handed over the money worth U.S. $ 100 thousand in July and August as a down payment of a tariff of U.S. $1,5 million. Murder plan was later approved by Shakuri. Through telephone conversations intercepted by U.S. authorities, even Shakuri ordered Arbabsiar to launch an attack as soon as possible.

U.S. foreign ministries assessed, it was quite possible the Iranian government were designing the activities of terrorism against diplomats from certain countries, including the U.S.. On that basis, Hillary Clinton hoped the international community through a variety of sanctions to punish Iran.

U.S. allegations on Iran provoked strong reactions from the Land of the Mullahs. Iran's ambassador to the UN, Mohammad Khazaee accused the United States has a political motivation behind the accusations. Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani even suggested it was a U.S. effort to divert the issue of domestic economic crisis.





The Iranian government was urging the U.S. to provide the access to meet Arbabsiar. Tehran warned would give the harsh response in case of improper actions to its citizens. "Any action that does not correspond to Iran, both associated with politics and security, will be dealt with harshly by Iran," said the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei on October 17, 2011. He called Washington to design a plan to divert attention from Occupy Wall Street's protest.

Arbabsiar's arrest had been announced by Washington on Tuesday (11 Oct), and Iran claimed the murder was planned as a "comedy show". Skepticism to the plan was also voiced by the experts and officials of Washington itself. Even the FBI's chief called the allegation was more like a Hollywood screenplay. But, the intelligence committees in U.S. Congress, on Sunday (16 Oct) stated that the allegations were very real and should be taken very seriously. Dianne Feinstein said that she was also initially skeptical when she was notified about the case. But then Feinstein believed the accusation was very real. "We recommend our country does not have to look like want to fight," Feinstein said in a Fox News Sunday program. " But we must stop the bad behavior, without war."

President Barack Obama said Iran would get a very harsh penalty for this incident. The military sanctions option has surfaced after tensions between Iran and the west associated with its nuclear program. A U.S. official has proposed to impose the sanction by freezing the relation to Iran's Central Bank. If it is done, Tehran is believed to be having trouble in accepting its oil export payments.

So far, the chairman of intelligence committees in U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Rogers has given the approval. "Give pressure on China and Russia! And say, listen up! You will be in the countries involved in terrorism or siding with the international community!" he said in the program This Week on ABC.

On the other hand, the Iranian foreign ministry has called Swiss charge d'affaires which represented the U.S. interests in Iran. That was done because of diplomatic relations between Washington and Tehran have been broken since the Islamic revolution of Iran in 1979. In contrast, the Iranian diplomatic mission in America was represented by the Pakistani embassy.

"It's no doubt that the U.S. allegations are baseless," said a ministry official to representatives of Switzerland, as reported by Iranian radio station, IRIB. "But to give the personal information about defendant and consular access to him was the U.S. government tasks. The delay in granting the access is a violation of international law and the U.S. government's responsibility," said an official who did not want his name mentioned.
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..... ...United States truly overwhelmed by the actions of the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in March last year. Very disturbed by the attitude of Netanyahu, U.S. to throw the hard words that had not been thrown to any Jewish leaders, "It's embarrassing!"

The emergence of hardline figures such as Netanyahu as the Jewish leader made the U.S. more trouble when the U.S. had been distraught because it could not make another hard-line leader in the Middle East region to be benign, he is the president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The two leaders who were hostile to each other as destined to be present simultaneously in the conflict region. They were equally fond of to catapult the controversial rhetoric which could spread the embers of hostility, both domestically and surrounding region.

Both were really trying the U.S. power and credibility in the Middle East and destroyed the new order of America's relations with Muslims which had been declared by President Obama in 2009.

Netanyahu accused Iran of seeking the nuclear bombs to meet the ambitions of Ahmadinejad to wipe the Israel off the world's map. To face it, Netanyahu urged the U.S. to revive the peace with the Palestine and Arab states.

On the contrary, Ahmadinejad warned that the collapse of U.S. mediation would support his doctrine that resistance was on the weapon, not on a negotiation, and it was the only way to reclaim the Arab's land annexed by the Israel, especially the Jerusalem. His call for Muslims to defend the city sacred to Muslims, Jews and Christians echoed throughout the Arab and Islamic world. No doubt if the Netanyahu plan to build 1600 new homes in West Bank (which was annexed by Israel in the Jerusalem area) sparked outrage from his loyal listeners.

"Ahmadinejad is very frightened" wrote the columnist in the daily Haaretz, Akiva Eldar. "Jerusalem is the arena for Iran and its regional allies to fight with the U.S. and its allies in the Middle East."

Iran expanded its influence in the region by supporting the Hezbollah group in Lebanon and Hamas in Palestine, which made fun of the peace talks between Israel and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that was supported by the West.

Netanyahu finally did apologize to the United States for the announcement of the plan, which was really insulting its allies, because it happened to coincide with the arrival of Joe Biden.

The U.S. failure to mediate the peace talks between Israel - Palestine would be a victory for Ahmadinejad, who claimed himself as the leader of resistance against the U.S. and Israeli hegemony in the Middle East.

On other hand, the tensions caused by Jerusalem case would make Washington in trouble to rally the support of Arab countries in imposing the sanction on Iran, related to its nuclear program.

For Obama administration, the success of reviving the peace talks between Israel - Palestine was very important to expand the U.S. influence, including its efforts to fight the Al Qaeda, creating the stability in Iraq and Afghanistan, to stop the Iran's nuclear ambitions and set back the U.S relations with Arab countries and Islamic world.

Increasing tensions in the Middle East, again, it could happen anytime, would be further complicating the Obama's effort to tame the conflict in region , was coupled with the problems faced in the country.

I think Obama does not have the time and energy for it now. He's got the economic agenda that must be saved. I predict that Washington will extend the Israel - Palestine's negotiation in order to focus on dealing with Iran. They're trying to build the international consensus and impose sanction, which it will certainly get a strong reaction from Iran. So, if they can maintain the process continues to run, they can be likened to driving with an automatic pilot. Although it's not achieve anything, at least they can win that front.

The dispute over Jerusalem, which could widen the confrontation between Iran and Israel, in fact it is the advantageous to Netanyahu and Ahmadinejad. The confrontation could help the Israeli leader to maintain the right-wing coalition of hard-line, and boosting the appeal of Israel to the Israelis who worried about Iran, though many were worried that the policy could damage the relations with the U.S

Meanwhile, Ahmadinejad would use the threat of Israeli or U.S. military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities to mobilize the national sentiment and weaken the opposition action against the legitimacy of his power. At the same time, Obama was getting stuck because he had to avoid war with Iran, and to save the momentum of Middle East conflict resolution, with Jerusalem as its heart.

Dialogue bids and the U.S. nuclear deal has been rejected by Ahmadinejad. Therefore, the U.S. continued to pursue the tougher sanctions to stop Israel attacking Iran, which it would potentially create a war in the surrounding region.

Now, the U.S. credibility and its interests are at stake in efforts to deal with conflict that involved the emotions and attention of other countries, far from the "Holy Land", especially the Muslim countries. What is clear now is the tensions, problems and others in the Middle East has a huge impact. It gives a strategic value in the U.S "operating areas", which including Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq and most of the Arab world.
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(CZ-LA1018)


http://ciscazarmansyah.blogspot.com/2011/07/knick-knacks-about-irans-nuclear.html

Newstories: Knick-Knacks About Iran's Nuclear
ciscazarmansyah.blogspot.com

http://www.spiegel.de/international/topic/german_foreign_policy/archiv.html

German Foreign Policy - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten
www.spiegel.de
Daily news, analysis and opinion from Europe's leading newsmagazine and Germany's top news Web site.

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2081566,00.html

Should Germany Sell Tanks to Saudi Arabia?
www.time.com
Reports of a weapons deal between Berlin and Riyadh has sparked protests from human-rights advocates, church leaders and, most surprisingly, some of Chancellor Angela Merkel's closest party allies are at a loss to justify the sale of weapons to a nation with a history of oppression.


http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,773931,00.html

Contradiction Coalition: Tank Deal Reveals New Arms Exports Approach - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - Inter
www.spiegel.de
A secretive plan to sell tanks to Saudia Arabia has caused a furor within Germany's governing coalition, members of which are demanding an explanation. The deal, which violates a tradition of avoiding weapons sales in conflict areas, signals a fundamental shift in German arms trade.



The German government reportedly was planning to sell 270 the latest model tanks to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the efforts to counter Iranian influence in the Middle East region. Based on reports magazine Der Spiegel, German Chancellor Angela Merkel approved the plan to sell it in a secret meeting on June 27, 2011.

Markel expressed the approval after obtaining the green light from Israel government and the United States. Both of these allies argued that Saudi Arabia's strong military would serve as a counterweight to Iranian forces. After all, according to King Abdullah as simulated source Der Spiegel, Iran is a neighboring country that should be avoided. "Iran launches missiles scares the world," said the King.

The tank type would be sold to Saudi Arabia Germany was Leopard 2A7 +. Tanks made by Munich-based company, Krauss-Maffei Weggmann, have weighs 67.5 tons, 10.97 meters long, and equipped with 120-millimeter cannon, and capable of releasing the missile as far as 4 kilometers. Leopard fleet would replace the Saudi's obsolete tanks. From the 1000 units owned by the Arabia kingdom, only a third which have modern furnishings, the US-made M1A2 Abrams.

Through the sales package of more than 200 Leopard tanks, the company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann would handle the maintenance, training, and replacement of parts in the future. The package was estimated to be worth at least 5 billion euros (about USD 6.9 trillion).

In terms of economics, the sales of Leopard tanks fleet would benefit Germany. The main director Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, Frank Haun, admitted that the company he led, affected by the economic crisis in Europe. Moreover, the German government has strict policies in exporting the weapons. German-made weapons are strictly prohibited for sale to countries that don't abide by human rights conventions.

Motivated by the policy, a number of parties in Germany to assess their government is reneging on commitments. The reason is, Saudi Arabia clearly indifferent to human rights when they sent 150 tanks and 1,000 soldiers to Bahrain in order to reduce the demonstration on 14 March. Tank fleet was stationed at Pearl Field, in the heart of the capital of Bahrain, Manama.

"The deal of the sale of arms equipment must be stopped," said former German Defense Minister Volker Ruhe.
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Tonight I'll ask him about this topic, "Dahling, what is the Germany interest of this situation?" ... There are the U.S, Iran, German, Arab,... hmm...

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CZ

"Thank you for your perception! I like your romantic side, even if I do not always comment and I'm glad that you're in my circle of friends."
(Courtesies by: Wolfgang A. Gerhardt)

Wolfgang A.Gerhardt : May be you like this Sunday collage

Cisca Zarmansyah : Before today, there never was a person doing this to me. You create a simple matter to look special. This is a special thing for me.

Cisca Zarmansyah : Thank you. I love it. I love you, my friend.

CieL- FreYa Ceastle : Hmm, he's so nice...















"I am me.
In all the world,
there is no one else exactly like me.
Everything that comes out of me
is authentically mine,
because I alone chose it --
I own everything about me:
my body,
my feelings,
my mouth,
my voice,
all my actions,
whether they be to others or myself.
I own my fantasies,
my dreams,
my hopes,
my fears.
I own my triumphs and successes,
all my failures and mistakes.
Because I own all of me,
I can become intimately acquainted with me.
By so doing,
I can love me
and be friendly with all my parts.
I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me,
and other aspects that I do not know
-- but as long as I am friendly
and loving to myself,
I can courageously and hopefully
look for solutions
to the puzzles and ways
to find out more about me.
However I look and sound,
whatever I say and do,
and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time
is authentically me.
If later some parts of how I looked,
sounded,
thought,
and felt
turn out to be unfitting,
I can discard that which is unfitting,
keep the rest,
and invent something new
for that which I discarded.
I can see,
hear,
feel,
think,
say, and do.
I have the tools to survive,
to be close to others,
to be productive,
and to make sense
and order out of the world of people
and things outside of me.
I own me,
and therefore,
I can engineer me.
I am me,
and I am okay."

VIRGINIA SATIR
(American Phychologist and Educator, 1916-1988)