Sweden - Mayhem, Rape & Cover-Up Capital of the World

ꕤ SWEDEN Mayhem, Rape & Cover-Up Capital of the World Cover Up by Swedish Authorities Asylum Seeker Rape of 3 Year Old Sweden - Tingsryd, Kronoberg County The government cover-up in Sweden is disgusting, particularly when the Swedish Immigration Agency is: headed by, Anders Danielsson, the former head of Sapo (Swedish security police). People need to know what they're being exposed to by their governments. LINK | here TRANSCRIPT 'The Rape of Sweden' - Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) Cover-up & Media Suppression SWEDISH MIGRATION AGENCY LINK | here More on Sweden Migration Board (SAPO) guy: Anders Danielsson is a lawyer and was Director General of the Security Police (SAPO), from June 2007 to April 2012, when he became director of the then Swedish Migration Board. LINK | here Twitter on Anders Danielsson Swedish Migration Agency LINK | here Sweden:  Rape & Inaction Capital of the World  ... & AFP French Government Propaganda LINK | here Aquittal Sweden: Älvsjö Gang Rape - 3 Accused Somalians & other Prosecutor Does Not Share View on 'Ambiguities' LINK | here Swedes Butchered in Ikea by African 'Asylum seekers' & Down Syndrome Victim Raped in Cafe by 20-Year-Old, Assault-Convicted, African  Denied Asylum Sweden, Skellefteå, Västerbotten County LINK | here Also worth considering: Sweden - Armed Gang Violence Escalates 5 Times Greater In Major Cities Sweden LINK | here ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Various that caught my eye. ꕤ

Assange & the Swedish Hothouse

ꕤ Article SOURCE various Anders Danielsson is the current Director General of the Swedish Migration Agency, which is under the Justice Department. Previously, Daneilsson was head of Sapo (Swedish security police - here), also under the Swedish Justice Department. 1980 - Master of Laws 1982-1984 -- Police Chief training -- Reservist 1990-1991 -- Superintendent Sapo 1992-1997 - National Crime Investigation Dept -- training FBI (1993), several months, USA 1998-1999 -- Director Police Bureau National Police 1999-2002 -- Director Police Bureau National Police, Devel & Strategic Unit 2002-2007 -- County Police at Police Authority in Skane County 2007-2012 -- Director General of SAPO What I found interesting is that Anders Danielsson would have been head of Sapo right at the time that Julian Assange, publisher WikiLeaks, would no doubt have been a target of Sapo, Carl Bildt (then Foreign Minister of Sweden), the FBI and the US State Department, in 2010. Daneilsson underwent FBI training of several months duration in Virginia, USA, in 1993, and as head of Sapo, presumably, maintained good relations with his American counterparts over the years. What is unexpected and very intriguing is that Danielsson is a friend of Carl Bildt's brother, Nils Bildt, dating back to his reservist UN evacuation of Cyprus days: Nils Bildt, entrepreneur, lieutenant colonel and friend since reservist training (brother of Carl Bildt):     "Anders is such a friend that you can call around the clock and without the need to specify what terms he will. He is incredibly reliable. Now I feel that he is the weight of the seriousness of the situation, but occasionally there is a twinkle in his eye, the little bus to arrive. We've had a lot of fun together." http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/han-klarar-flyktingvagen-om-han-far-vara-sig-sjalv/ So, this is a very interesting Swedish hothouse of cross-over relationships:  American and Swedish security and other relationships; Sapo and FBI; Justice Department and Sapo; Justice Department and Swedish prosecutor Ny; Justice Department and Swedish lawyers; Sapo and then Foreign Minister Carl Bildt etc.  Imagine what Daneilsson must know about the shifty Swedish goings on in relation to the US State Department's determined hunt for Australian journalist Julian Assange. Please leak Anders Danielsson.  xxx  ;) Speaking of shifty:  check out Bodström, Säpo & Mossad  https://archive.is/t93UW Written Question 2002/03 1044 Security Service and the Mossad June 3 Question 2002/03 1044 Gustav Fridolin (MP) to the Minister of Justice Thomas Bodström Säpo and the Mossad The Security Service report for 2002 can read the following: "In 2002, the Security Service conducted a continued monitoring of groups and individuals in Sweden who are likely to commit violent acts because of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Until spring 2002, Palestinian groups in Sweden generally manifested their loyalty by demonstrations and fundraisers . During the spring of 2002, however, a change when pro-Palestinian demonstrations in some cases turned violent. Säpo's investigation shows that it was not dealing with organized violent actions, but rather about individual movements. In 2002, the Palestinians carried out a numerous terrorist attacks against Israeli interests in Israel and the Palestinian territories, and SAPO guard with cooperative security and intelligence services development in order to prevent any such attacks internationally. " The Israeli intelligence service Mossad, according to several analysts one of the world's most ruthless organizations and has conducted many of the extrajudicial executions by the Swedish government hard criticized. I would therefore ask the Minister of Justice if the Minister is able to illuminate if there is an organized collaboration between the Swedish security police and the Israeli Mossad. https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/Dokument-Lagar/Fragor-och-anmalningar/Fragor-for-skriftliga-svar/Sapo-och-Mossad_GQ111044/ Got curious about Sapo & Mossad and came across the above 2002 parliamentary question. It's difficult to work out what the question is.   Did Gustav Fridolin, Member of Parliament, ask the Swedish Minister of Justice Thomas Bodström to disclose whether there is a collaboration between Sapo and Mossad to conduct extrajudicial executions in Sweden? Bodström goes on to give a non-answer:  https://archive.is/B85ZW While this is really shocking, we shouldn't be surprised if it was happening.  Generally speaking, states are lawless.  Sweden is definitely known to be lawless.  And Israel was founded on assassinations (including one in Europe), so Mossad conducting assassinations would just be carrying on the Israeli national traditions. Check out what this site has to say about Thomas Bodström: The intermingling between government, prosecutor Ny, and the ‘accusers” law-firm Borgström & Bodström ... intermingling between the Swedish police officer, taken the declaration of her friend and party comrade AA ... Mr Thomas Bodström, member of the social democratic party, is the Swedish former minister of Justice identified as main collaborator with the CIA renditions of political refugees from Sweden that occurred during the government of Göran Persson. At the time of their case against Assange, Thomas Bodström was a permanent resident at Virginia, U.S. There, in his blog Bodströmsamhallet (Bodstrom’s society), he proudly announced that his law firm defended the plaintiff against Assange (see down below). Mr Claes Borgström, then member of the social democratic party, was a government-appointed Gender ombudsman ... also known in Sweden for his claims that “all men carry a collective guilt for violence against women”. "This woman accuser, AA, also an active member of the Social Democratic Party, was at the time the political secretary of the organization “Brotherhood” (now renamed “Religious Social Democrats of Sweden“), [9] integrated by the group of Christian social democrats where former Minister Thomas Bodström was highest ranking member after the ex PM Göran Persson – the U.S. (and Bush’s) friend, according to their own declarations." Bodstrom, Borgström & Ny Marianne Ny, Thomas Bodström and Claes Borgström participated in the same governmental consulting team set by the Swedish government for the formulation of new sexual-crimes legislation. With the time, has Claes Borgström himself felt obliged to acknowledge that he – previously to their initiation of the ‘Assange case’ – has worked together with Marianne Ny in a governmental committee and that he has met her also at a workshop on genders issues. [7] Regarding the ‘expert-assignment’ prosecutor Marianne Ny  received from the part of the Swedish government, it is noteworthy to mention that this assignment was still going on at the time she decided to open a case against Mr Assange – times that overlap, as we wrote before, with the period in which the U.S. government requested the countries participating in the military occupation of Afghanistan to open a prosecution against the founder of WikiLeaks. source:  here ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Well, that was fun.   Too tired to find out if there were Mossad extrajudicial assassinations in Sweden, tho. Must sleep.  lol ꕤ

Sweden Turns Blind Eye to: SÄPO Agent Alleged Killer of PM Olof Palme / Meanwhile ... Assange Banged Up In Britain 5 Years, No Charge, Bogus Sweden Police Allegations

SOURCE http://www.svd.se/bertil-wedin-i-am-not-the-murderer Bertil Wedin: ”I am not the murderer” Av Ola Billger 25 feb, 2014 Stieg Larsson gave the police a tip about him [ie Bertil Wedin] and South African agents named [ie Bertil Wedin] after the murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme. Still the Swedish investigators have not been able to arrange a formal interview with him in 27 years. The alleged go-between Bertil Wedin is today talking to SvD about the accusations. “After the murder I thought: will I be a suspect?” Constantly under investigation, several times pointed out. But never properly interviewed by the Police. The elegant and nowadays 73 years old Bertil Wedin came to the surface in the Palme inquiry almost immediately after the murder on February 28th interest because of his connections with Security Service of the South African Apartheid regime. Today SvD could reveal that the world-famous crime writer and journalist Stieg Larsson named Bertil Wedin in the autumn of 1987 as a possible go-between in the murder of Palme. Stieg Larsson had come across extensive documentation on Bertil Wedin which he compiled and sent to the Police in a memorandum. His partner Eva Gabrielsson says to SvD that all the time up to his death in 2004 Stieg Larsson had suspicions about Bertil Wedin. Other persons have also pointed at Wedin as a go-between, as the one planting the false trail about Kurdish PKK and for spreading negative propaganda about Palme for a long time after the murder. Since November 1985 he lives in north Cyprus, a nation recognised by nobody and who lacks extradition treaties with everyone. “Well, I disliked Olof Palme quite a lot, but I did not hate him”, he says. SvD is meeting with Bertil Wedin close to his home in Kyrenia. We are sitting in the elegant but slightly worn-down Dome Hotel, the same place where Wedin was interviewed by the world press in 1996 when he and the super spy Craig Williamson were alleged to be involved in the murder of Palme. The waiter is wearing a black tie, worn to a shine, and is chatting in a familiar tone with the guests. A mild breeze is sweeping in from the Mediterranean. Bertil Wedin’s eyes are ice-blue , cold and vigilant. “I have nothing to lose from the truth coming out since i am luckily enough not the murderer and had nothing to do with it all.” In spite of the fact that he has appeared in inquiries for 28 years, no formal interview has ever been conducted by Swedish Police. A telephone call is the closest the investigators have been. “A policeman called in 1996 after I had appeared in the press in connection with South Africa. He was a bit loud and easy-going and talked about a permit. I said ‘you don’t need a permit, just come.’ But they never came.” SvD is talking to him for three days going through Stieg Larsson’s memo page by page. In the document it is stated that Bertil Wedin had been a mercenary, had worked for BOSS, the South African Security Service since the 70’s and for was one of the “top pro killers” in Europe. “All these pieces of information are false…except then one about me living with my wife in Cyprus. OK?” One of the sources says that Wedin is “one of the nastiest persons” he has met in his many years working against right wing extremism. That he was supposed to have murdered several people, among them the anti-Apartheid activist Ruth First, one of Olof Palme’s friends, who was killed by a bomb. “I have heard about the letter bomb, of course, but it was completely unknown to me. And I think it is a terrible thing.” Wedin goes on reading, sniffing at the content and commenting some statements. I am aware of my reputation; right wing man and Conservative, not liking Palme and more, but I have done nothing of all this. “They say ‘no smoke without fire’ but there is nothing in this. I am aware of my reputation; right wing man and Conservative, not liking Palme and more, but I have done nothing of all this. Not a single thing. And no one has asked me to do anything either.” Stieg Larsson was not alone in his suspicions: there were several tips directly after the murder and ten years later South African security agents pointed a finger at Wedin as involved in the murder. Bertil Wedin left Sweden in 1975 and moved to Great Britain. He worked among other things as a journalist but was also paid by the South African Security Service. He was charged, accused of breaking into the office of an anti-Apartheid movement in London, but was later acquitted. Three months ahead of the murder of Olof Palme he moved with his family to northern Cyprus. “I wanted to lead another life. Many people I know in this sphere have sooner or later grown tired of it, wanted to do something else.” He says that he tried several times to give Swedish authorities a tip on who was behind the murder. He contacted embassies and the Palme inquiry, but nobody wanted to receive his information. “I had names that I believed were the [gunmen] or the name of the Master Mind”, Bertil Wedin says. However he does not want to disclose those names today. In the memo from Stieg Larsson it is stated that Bertil Wedin went to South Africa in February 1986, shortly before the murder of Olof Palme. Were you in South Africa at the time? “I was not.” He says he was in Cyprus when he heard the news from the BBC World Service on March 1st. “Later I thought: will I be a suspect?” The reason was that he was “a little anti-Palme”. Today, 28 years on, he is no longer particularly interested in talking to the Police, neither to offer tips, nor to straighten out question marks. “I would prefer not to. But I would consider it, of course, but it seems so meaningless. SOURCE http://www.svd.se/bertil-wedin-i-am-not-the-murderer --------------------- COMMENT Came across this Swedish Sapo agent, South African apartheid government spy fellow, Bertil Wedin, when I ran into an article about about star South African spy recruit / alleged NCA defector Olivia Forsyth (mentioned below). So, if I have this straight, there's a Swedish fellow (Bertil Wedin), that's been linked to a notorious South African spymaster (Craig Williamson), whose South African government spy outfit was involved in violent acts of terrorism; and this Swedish guy's been fingered by a renown Swedish crime writer and journalist (Stieg Larsson), as allegedly having been involved in the assassination of Olof Palme (Swedish Prime Minister); and this Bertil Wedin guy has also been implicated as party to the crime of assassination by members of the South African government spying outfit. Yet Wedin, alleged mercenary, South African spy and alleged party to the assassination of a Swedish national icon, has never been formally interviewed by Swedish police. Odd, one would think, particularly given Sweden's zeal in conducting the international legal assault on WikiLeaks' publisher, Julian Assange, the subject of Swedish police allegations of 'sexual misconduct'. Since 1985, Wedin has retreated to the delights of Greek island life (where nobody has an extradition treaty with the unrecognised, North Cyprus, self-declared state). All that lovely Greek island sunshine would at least be a rather therapeutic consolation, when enduring something like 27 years of repeat investigations into one's tangled affairs. Except in Sweden. Sweden's not interested. That's the same sunshine that publisher/journalist Julian Assange, has now been deprived of for 3 years under siege at the Ecuador Embassy in London, pinned in place by Sweden's political and legal manoeuvres and Sweden's inaction.  Inaction seems bizarre at first - but it makes perfect and rather perverse sense, when you consider that inaction has been Sweden's legal and political strategy for blockading Assange in place for almost a 5 years stretch now, pending delivering him up to the US superpower by extradition. Detaining a journalist for 5 years pursuant to flimsy police allegations, with aid of a rubber-stamp European Arrest Warrant, is becoming internationally embarrassing and difficult to explain away. Just when you think there couldn't be anything more humiliating for Swedish justice (and the Swedish 'humanitarian' state) to explain, than nearly 5 years of Sweden doing its utmost to contravene international law (and, inexplicably, even basic, common sense), by blocking the passage of an individual granted political asylum (via the inaction / stalemate MO, by refusing to interview), we find yet more embarrassing, dirt under Sweden's jolly Ikea rug, just begging to be explained. More Swedish government dirt in the story of a Swedish Greek island expatriate, who has gone some 27 years - yes, folks, that's 27 years - without so much as a formal police interview, having been accused of being involved in the killing of a Swedish Prime Minister.  And accused by some of being the shooter. So, ... I take it we can't expect an international arrest warrant on the pretext of some kind any time soon, for immediate apprehension of a Sapo agent, foreign government spy, alleged mercenary, and an alleged assassin of Sweden's much-loved Prime Minister?  Don't suppose there'll be a Sapo or CIA kidnapping either? Yet, at breakneck speed in 2010, during the bombshell WikiLeaks publication of US secrets, Sweden obtained a European Arrest Warrant and Interpol Red Notice for Assange, on the strength of what sure sounds like nothing but, remarkably convenient, Swedish police allegations of 'sexual misconduct.' And before you could say 'Abba', Julian Assange was banged up in Britain - and has been since: for around 2 years under house arrest pursuant to a European Arrest Warrant; for 3 years under siege in the Ecuadorian Embassy; for about a total of 5 years effective detention without charge or interview; on trumped up police allegations of 'sexual misconduct', based on what amounts to 'alleged interviews' that weren't even properly carried out or properly recorded by Swedish law enforcement authorities. Meanwhile, an obliging UK (which has made a legal exception of Assange) has now incurred a cost of £11,884,830.00 British pounds (and counting). The British government's payrolled police-enforcer, brute footsoldiers, stand guard inside and outside the Ecuadorian Embassy, London, where Julian Assange has sought (and was granted) political asylum, in view of (a) political persecution and (b) threat to his life should he be apprehended and extradited to USA, by way of an extradition to Sweden. Please, remind me again what this is about?  'Sexual misconduct?'  Condoms? The UK crown prosecution service has also refused a request under the Freedom of Information Act in relation to communications over potential extradition arrangements, stating that it would affect Great Britain’s diplomatic relations with other countries. In the middle of last year, the UK’s extradition reform panel, which was appointed by the home secretary, met with Eric Holder, the US attorney general, and a number of members of the Defence Department in the United States. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/03/jass-m16.html The facts surrounding this legal and political assault on Assange and on WikiLeaks, and a number of suspicious violations, irregularities, and anomalies in the Swedish police investigation and government handling of such assault on publisher Assange speak for themselves. Yet, Sweden, the US and UK, would have you believe, it's 'nothing' at all to do with the release of: the Collateral Murder video on 5th April 2010 (depicting US war crimes); or the release of the Afghan War Logs: 2004-2010 (comprising 91,000 US reports), on 25 July 2010); and, really - no really - nothing at all to do with an enraged US political and military establishment, which deployed its resources, agents and influence to decommission Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, by any means whatsoever.  Perhaps even by way of 'allegations' put forward by the same Swedish law enforcement establishment, that is answerable to Swedish politicians who, in turn, have made a habit of answering to America and assisting the CIA behind closed doors, against Swedish law and the constitution. Sweden's unusually laissez fair attitude in respect of the accused Sweden Prime Minister Olof Palme alleged assassin (mercenary/Sapo agent), enjoying a peaceful Greek decades-long 'extended holiday' without so much as a formal Swedish police interview, stands in stark contrast to the legal, financial and personal nightmare (and grave threat to life and well-being) that WikiLeaks publisher, Julian Assange, faces. Author/Journalist Stieg Larsson's Memo detailing the connections he found between Bertil Wedin & the murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme Stieg Larssons PM om Palmemordet Här kan du klicka dig igenom det PM där succéförfattaren Stieg Larsson detaljerat beskriver de kopplingar han hittat mellan Bertil Wedin och mordet på Olof Palme. http://www.svd.se/stieg-larssons-pm_8988874 [Swedish] ------- Assange FAQ ------- https://justice4assange.com/ --------------------- MORE SouthAfrica / Book  Olivia Forsyth spy of apartheid era imprisoned by ANC in Angola escaped to British Embassy recruited by 'notorious' Craig Williamson infiltration of ANC supporters spying on lefties defection to ANC journalist One of the most notorious of the Eastern Cape spies was Agent RS407 Olivia Forsyth - code name "Lara" - who infiltrated activist groups at Rhodes University as a student and sang freedom songs while passing on information to the security police. In 1988 her cover was blown and she was detained and tortured in an ANC prison camp in Angola, from which she escaped. [iol] Craig Williamson former South African Police major / spy exposure 1980 /state-sponsored overseas bombings, killings etc = named in a South African court for Olof Palme's assassination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Williamson SAPO connection journalist Bertil Wedin agent of Swedish secret service (SÄPO) / involved South Africa spy outfit Bertil Wedin Since 1985 been living North Cyprus North Cyprus not recognised by anyone but Turkey = has NO EXTRADITION TREATIES http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/13573083.Former_Padgate_high_school_teacher_reveals_life_as_a_spy/ Bertil Wedin: contacts with SÄPO, South Africa, & the Turkish secret service A number of sources within the former South African secret services are now pointing out Bertil Wedin, the Swede who worked for Craig Williamson in London, as the man who actually shot Palme. Mr Wedin has a remarkable profile: He is a notorious right-wing extremist and professional soldier with a past as a Congo mercenary and an officer of the Swedish Army. He also worked as an informer for SÄPO (the Swedish state security police) in the 1970. In the 1980s, Wedin was recruited by the South African secret services and was eventually stationed in London as one of Craig Williamson’s men in the "Long Reach" operation. Since 1985 Wedin has lived in the Turkish part of Cyprus. He has worked for, among others the Turkish Ministry of Information and is said to have excellent contacts with the Turkish secret service MIT. Last, not least, Wedin is also a member of WAcl. [here] Craig Williamson infiltrated Swedish anti-apartheid agency In the 1970s, Craig Williamson, posing as a South African student opposed to apartheid, managed to get himself employed by the International University Exchange Fund (IUEF) in Geneva. The real purpose of this organisation, set up by the Swedish Social Democrats, was actually to channel secret Swedish financial assistance to the anti-apartheid movement, in particular to the ANC. In the Palme era, Sweden was the only Western country providing generous support to the ANC and Palme was an outspoken enemy of the Apartheid regime. In 1980, it came to light that Williamson was spying for the South African secret service and had managed to divert considerable sums destined for anti-apartheid groups to none other than the hit squads of the South African secret service. Through his infiltration of IUEF Williamson acquired excellent insider knowledge of Swedish politics and, above all, of some of Palme’s closest collaborators. He must also have understood Palme’s instrumental role in the fight against South African apartheid. [here] The Swedish connection In Sweden, speculation about possible involvement of extreme-right circles within the police and the military in Palme’s murder have flourished for ten years. The recent allegations made by a number of former members of the South African secret services have given rise to new questions in Sweden about this "police link". The number of hints pointing in this direction is alarming. [here]

SWEDEN - SAPO - RUSSIAN SPIES & WAR PROPAGANDA

PROPAGANDA Associated Press  SAPO - chief analyst Wilhelm Unge accused Russia of conducting "extensive" espionage op Well, when it's published in 'The Eagle' in Texas .. it must be true. Hey, Wilhelm: #FreeASSANGE http://www.theeagle.com/news/world/sweden-russia-biggest-threat-of-its-envoys-are-spies/article_00d05a63-3093-5f22-a375-415fc0902488.html CHECK this out: More Sapo fairytales - April 7, 2014 Wilhelm Unge says Russia spies & war! http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/04/07/Russia-intensifies-espionage-in-Sweden-security-service-says/7991396892729/ Russia intensifies espionage in Sweden, security service says Sweden's Sapo intelligence service noted an increased involvement in Russian espionage in Sweden, including possible war plans. By Ed Adamczyk Follow @adamczyk_ed Contact the Author | April 7, 2014 at 2:16 PM STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 7 (UPI) -- Russia’s intensified espionage efforts in Sweden include preparations for war, the Swedish government security service Sapo warned Monday. “The most serious threat we see right now are war preparations,” Sapo chief counter-intelligence analyst Wilhelm Unge said. “It’s no secret Russia is engaged in this. It’s a little bit worrying.” He stressed, though, that alleged Russian preparations did not signify anything dramatic. Unge said evidence included simulated flight attacks on Swedish targets, an increase in attempted recruitment of spies, increased signals intelligence and the purchase of a large number of maps. Of the simulated flight attacks, Unge said, “You don’t carry out these kinds of things unless you can actually conceive carrying out an attack in the future.” The comments came as part of Sapo’s annual intelligence assessment, which noted 14 other countries, including China and Iran, having espionage interests in Sweden. Russia has, by far, the largest, Sapo said. Unge noted the increased spying by Russia was likely a result of Russia’s interest in Crimea and Ukraine, but gave no other details. [The Local] http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2014/04/07/Russia-intensifies-espionage-in-Sweden-security-service-says/7991396892729/ COMMENT All fun stuff, but Sweden's Sapo article circulated by Associated Press gave me the most laughs. So about this time every year, someone at Sapo is going to make an announcement that the Russians are preparing for war and that they're on an aggressive Sweden spy recruitment and snooping drive? LMAO  COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. About as convincing at that Russian 'submarine' Sweden and NATO were scaremongering about. Speaking of NATO, it's the US colonies in the Baltics and Eastern Europe on steroids. Check out this random list of maybe a just a couple of days of news: ........ USA and NATO Launched joint drills in Black Sea 6 warships, incl. US guided missile cruiser Vicksburg >Canada >Germany >Romania >Turkey >Italy vs x3 Russian navy fleets drills http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-03/12/c_134062480.htm USA announced non-lethal aid package to Ukraine >drones >30 armoured Humvees >to 200 unarmoured Humvees http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-03/12/c_134062480.htm USA announces: 3,000 soldiers to be deployed to Eastern Europe >> training exercises with: Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-03/12/c_134062480.htm NATOAggression Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov slammed NATO for its increasing military activities near Russian borders http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-03/12/c_134062480.htm -- NATO Massive training exercise off Scotland will showcase Nato military might Joint Warrior Apr 13-24 12,000 armed forces, allied [Herald Scotland] 58 warships + submarines Over 50 fixed-wing aircraft abt. 3000 land forces prep for next drill: Trident Juncture [Herald Scotland] NATO Trident Juncture Sept-Nov 2015 Iberian Pen. * largest live exercise of kind for over decade * http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/massive-training-exercise-off-scotland-will-showcase-nato-military-might.120644424 NATO Nato's HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps - based in Gloucestershire = standby Joint Task Force Headquarters in 2015/16 Alliance will run training exercise involving abt 850 UK troops. [HeraldScotland] NATO Exercise Arcade Fusion = in Baltic States towards late 2015 for devel. of NATO Very High Readiness Joint Taskforce UK = lead nation NATO Very High Readiness Joint Taskforce to be established 2017 drills meantime in Baltic States http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/massive-training-exercise-off-scotland-will-showcase-nato-military-might.120644424 -- USA NATO EU BALTIC 3,000 US military to be deployed to Eastern Europe starting next wk training w forces fm Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania -- GEORGIA NATO selected site 20km from Tbilisi,Georgia military exercises to start this year South Ossetian & Russia to take measures NATO creep RUSSIA - signed Integration Treaty with SouthOssetia in response to NATO expansion into Georgia http://www.eurasianet.org/node/72526 -- BULGARIA Bulgaria joint military drills NATO allies Bulgaria + US held next 3.5 mths abt 350 US military in Bulgaria bilateral drills [gulftimes] Bulgaria US NATO drills to involve: >armoured personnel carriers >helicopters >tanks http://www.gulf-times.com/opinion/189/details/430788/waiting-game-in-ukraine-as-ceasefire-holds -- USA NATO guided-missile destroyer USS Cole wraps up EU deployment / Black Sea Patrolling Mediterranean providing Ballistic Missile Defence https://www.dvidshub.net/news/157005/uss-cole-wraps-up-deployment-returns-norfolk -- Norway Largest military drill in Finnmark since 1967 navy’s new frigate made port at Kirkenes only few miles from border to Russia’s Kola Pen ............................................... So much for: 'the Russians are coming!' [ Oops, in a rush - layout a work in progress. ]

FOREIGN SERVICE UPDATES

Libya Serbian Ambassador to Libya Oliver Potezica denies Serbians abducted among 20 medical workers http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes.php?yyyy=2015&mm=03&dd=17&nav_id=93509 -- Japan  Several threats to US Ambassador to Japan, Caroline Kennedy, & Consul Gen. threatened / poss. military base  http://sputniknews.com/asia/20150317/1019602684.html -- New Zealand Myanmar New Zealander jailed for offending Buddhist faith / Philip Blackwood  >> 2 yrs hard labour for a promotional poster of Buddah 90 percent of Myanmar's people are Buddhist Religious violence with Muslims http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/new-zealander-jailed-offending-buddhist-faith-6257428 -- New Zealand NZ spying on Solomons 'deplorable': former special secretary Embassy listening posts Honiara http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/268891/nz-spying-on-solomons-%27deplorable%27-former-special-secretary -- Saudi Arabia US embassy STILL closed. Closed until further notice. Security warning. http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/231178667 LatAm ... Uh-oh, Obama heading over  >> YANKEE GO HOME!  Summit of Americas next month Panama / Jamaica stop-over http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/18/obama-travel-panama-jamaica/ -- Philippines - BIG STORY Philippines deadly anti-terror raid - deaths of 44 police commandos Get impression US is trying to keep LOW-PROFILE on USA command USA reportedly ordered a military general to fire artillery to support embattled commandos but Filipino commander refused  Philippines -  USA forces prohibited from local combat under constitution in this former American colony. http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/03/18/deadly-filipino-anti-terror-raid-bittersweet-for-us-forces/24951213/ -- SierraLeone Vice President of Sierra Leone has been sacked for going to hide in a foreign (USA) embassy  {Unclear if he got spirited away by US.  But he did seek asylum at US embassy.} http://pulse.com.gh/news/for-seeking-aslylum-sierra-leone-vice-president-sacked-id3578804.html