Thierry Meyssan - Mass Migration & Terrorism - Result of US Strategic Doctrine: Chaos Theory - Pillage of Middle Eastern & African Resources by Destruction of State

SOURCE http://www.voltairenet.org/article187588.html ARTICLE | THIERRY MEYSSAN The European Union is blind to the military strategy of the United States by Thierry Meyssan The political leaders of the European Union are entirely wrong about the Islamic terrorist attacks in Europe and the migration to the Union of people fleeing the war zones. Thierry Meyssan demonstrates here that these are not simply the accidental consequences of conflict in the wider Middle East and Africa, but a strategic objective of the United States. Voltaire Network | Damascus (Syria) | 14 May 2015 23rd April 2015 – the European Council observes a minute of silence in commemoration of the refugees who lost their lives in the Mediterranean. The leaders of the European Union are suddenly being confronted with unexpected situations. On the one hand, terrorist attacks or attempted attacks perpetrated or prepared by individuals who do not belong to any identified political groups; and on the other, an influx of refugees who cross the Mediterranean, several thousands of whom die along their coasts. In the absence of any strategic analysis, these two events are considered a priori as being unconnected, and are treated by different administrations. The former are handled by the Intelligence services and the police, the latter by Customs and Defence. However, they both share the same common origin – the political instability that reigns in the Levant and in Africa. The European Union has deprived itself of the means to understand If the military academies of the European Union had done their job, they would have been studying the doctrine of its « big brother », the United States, for the last fifteen years. Indeed, for many long years, the Pentagon has been publishing all sorts of documents on the « Chaos Theory» borrowed from the philosopher Leo Strauss. Only a few moths ago, an official who should have retired more than 25 years ago, Andrew Marshall, disposed of a budget of 10 million dollars annually to research this subject [1]. But no military academy of the Union has seriously studied this doctrine and its consequences. Partly because this is a barbaric form of warfare, and partly because it was conceived by one of the intellectual gurus of the US Jewish elite. And as everybody knows,the United-States-who-saved-us-all from-Nazism can not advocate such atrocities [2]. If the political personnel of the European Union had travelled a little, not only to Iraq, Syria, Libya, the horn of Africa, to Nigeria and Mali, but also to Ukraine, they would have seen with their own eyes the application of this strategic doctrine. Instead, the contented themselves with speeches delivered from a building in the Green Zone of Bagdhad, from a podium in Tripoli or on Maïdan Square in Kiev. They have no idea what these populations are really experiencing, and at the request of their « big brother », have often closed their embassies, thereby depriving themselves of eyes and ears on the ground. Even better, still at the request of their « big brother », they have participated in embargos, thus ensuring that no European businessmen will travel to these areas and see what is happening there. An undetermined number of refugees have died in the Mediterranean. Sometimes, the waves wash their bodies onto the beaches of Italy, where the Customs take charge of boats filled with corpses. Chaos is not an accident, it’s the goal Contrary to what President François Hollande has declared, the Libyan migration is not the consequence of a « lack of follow-through » of operation « Unified Protector », but the desired result of this operation, in which his country has played a leading role. Chaos did not evolve because the « Libyan revolutionaries » were unable to agree after the « fall » of Mouammar el-Kadhafi, it was the strategic goal of the United States, and they succeeded. There never was a « democratic revolution » in Libya, but a secession of Cyrenaïca. There never was an application of the UNO mandate aimed at « protecting the population »,  but the massacre of 160,000 Libyans, three quarters of whom were civilians, under the bombardments of the Alliance (numbers from the International Red Cross). Before I joined the government of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, I remember having been solicited to act as a witness during a meeting in Tripoli between a US delegation and the Libyan representatives. During our long conversation, the head of the US delegation explained that the Pentagon was ready to save us from certain death, but demanded that the Guide [Leader? Gaddafi] be handed over to them. He added that once el-Kadhafi was dead, Libya’s tribal society would be unable to name a new leader for at least a generation, and that the country would be plunged into chaos such as it had never experienced. I spoke of this interview on a number of occasions, and since the lynching of the Guide [Leader? Gaddafi] in October 2011, I have never stopped predicting what is now happening. Leo Strauss (1899-1973) was a specialist in political philosophy. He gathered a small group of students, most of whom later worked for the Secretary of Defence. They formed a sort of cult, and inspired Pentagon strategy. « Chaos Theory » When, in 2003, the US Press began to speak of « Chaos Theory », the White House answered by using the term « constructive chaos », suggesting that the structures of oppression must be destroyed in order that life might evolve without constraint. But neither Leo Strauss nor the Pentagon had ever used the expression until then. On the contrary, according to them, chaos had to attain such a level that no structure could be built without the will of the Creator of the new Order, in other words, the United States [3]. The principle of this strategic doctrine may be resumed as follows - the simplest way to pillage the natural resources of a country over a long period is not to occupy the target, but destroy the state. Without a state, there can be no army. With no enemy army, there is no risk of defeat. Thus, the strategic goal of the US army and the alliance that it controls, the UNO, is exclusively the destruction of states. What then happens to the populations concerned is not Washington’s problem. Such a project is inconceivable for Europeans who, since the British civil war, have been convinced by Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan that it is necessary to give up certain freedoms, even accept a tyrannical state, to avoid being plunged into chaos. The European Union denies its complicity in US crimes The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have already cost the lives of 4 million people [4]. These wars were presented to the Security Council as necessary counter-attacks undertaken in « legitimate defence », but it is accepted today that the wars were planned long before the 11th September, in the much wider context of « the remodeling of a greater Middle East », and that the reasons given for launching them were in fact propaganda fabrications. It is common wisdom today to recognise the genocides committed by European colonialism, but rare are those who will accept the figure of 4 million dead, despite scientific studies which attest to its accuracy. It’s because our parents were « bad », but we are « good » and we can not be complicit in these horrors. It is common practice to mock the poor Germans who maintained their trust in their Nazi leaders right to the end, and only learned of the crimes committed in their name after their country’s defeat. But we are doing exactly the same thing. We maintain our confidence in our « big brother », and do not want to know about the crimes in which he has implicated us. Our children will certainly mock us in turn … The errors of interpretation by the European Union - No West European leader, absolutely none, has dared to publicly express the idea that the refugees from Iraq, Syria, Libya, the Horn of Africa, Nigeria and Mali are not fleeing dictatorships, but the chaos into which we have deliberately, though unconsciously, plunged their countries. - No West European leader, absolutely none, has dared to publicly express the idea that the « Islamist » attacks which are affecting Europe are not the extension of the wars in the « greater Middle East », but are directed by those who have also directed the chaos in this region. We prefer to continue believing that the « Islamists » are attacking Jews and Christians, although the great majority of their victims are neither Jews nor Christians, but Muslims. We calmly accuse them of promoting the « war of civilisations », although this concept was developed by the National Security Council of the United States, and remains alien to their culture [5]. - No West European leader, absolutely none, has dared to publicly express the idea that the next stage will be the « Islamisation » of the drug market, on the model of the Contras of Nicaragua, who sold drugs to the black community of California with the aid, and under the orders, of the CIA [6]. We have decided to ignore the fact that the Karzaï family has taken the distribution of Afghani heroin from the Kosovar mafia and handed it to Daesh [7]. The Under-Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, and the US ambassador in Kiev, Geoffrey R. Pyatt. In a telephone wire-tap revealed by the partisans of legality, she told him that she wanted to « fuck the European Union » (sic). The United States never wanted Ukraine to join the Union The military academies of the European Union have never studied the « Chaos Theory » because they were prevented from doing so. The few teachers and researchers who risked exploring this territory were heavily sanctioned, while the Press qualifies the civilian authors who show interest in the subject as « conspirationists ». The politicians of the European Union thought that the events of Maïdan Square were spontaneous, and that the demonstrators wanted to leave the orbit of authoritarian Russia and enter into the heavenly bosom of the Union. They were stupified when Under-Secretary of State Victoria Nuland’s comments were published, when they discovered that she spoke of her secret control of the events, and expressed her desire to « fuck the Union » (sic) [8]. VIDEO INSERT [ does not appear in article]  ꕤ 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. ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- From that moment on, they were unable to comprehend what was going on. If they had allowed free research in their own countries, they would have understood that by intervening in Ukraine and organising « régime change », the United States ensured that the European Union would remain at their service. Washington’s great fear, since the speech given by Vladimir Putin at the Munich Security Conference in 2007, is that Germany will realise where its true interests lie – not with Washington, but with Moscow [9]. By progressively destroying the Ukrainian state, the United States has cut the main communication route between the European Union and Russia. You may look at the succession of events from any angle, but you will find no other logical explanation. Washington does not want Ukraine to join the Union, as Madame Nuland’s comments demonstrate. Its only aim is to transform this territory into a zone which is dangerous to cross. The 8th May 2007 (the anniversary of the fall of the German Nazi régime), in Ternopol (West Ukraine), Nazi and Islamist groupuscules created a so-called Anti-Imperialist Front in order to fight against Russia. Organisations from Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine and Russia also participated, including Islamist separatists from Crimea, Adyguea, Dagestan, Ingouchia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karatchaïevo-Tcherkessia, Ossetia, and Tchetchenia. Blocked by international sanctions, Dokka Umarov asked for his contribution to be read. The Front is presided by Dmytro Yarosh, who is now an advisor to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence. US military planning So now we are faced with two problems which are developing very rapidly - the « Islamist » attacks have only just begun. Migrations across the Mediterranean have tripled in a single year. If my analysis is correct, over the next decade we will see more « Islamist » attacks linked to the greater Middle East and Africa, doubled with « Nazi » attacks linked to Ukraine. We will then discover that al-Qaïda and the Ukrainian Nazis have been connected since their common inception, in 2007 at Ternopol (Ukraine). In reality, the grand-parents of both have known each other since the Second World War. The Nazis had at that time recruited Soviet Muslims for the fight against Moscow (that was Gerhard von Mende’s plan at the Ostministerium, or Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories). At the end of the war, both organisations were recuperated by the CIA (Frank Wisner’s programme with the AmComLib, or the American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia) in order to carry out sabotage operations in the USSR. The migrations across the Mediterranean, which for the moment remain a humanitarian problem (200,000 people in 2014), continue to increase to the point of becoming a serious economic problem. The recent decisions by the Union to go and sink the boats of Libyan drug traffickers will not serve to diminish the migrations, but to justify new military operations intended to maintain a state of chaos in Libya rather than solving the problem. All this will cause serious trouble in the European Union, which today seems like a haven of peace. It is out of the question for Washington to destroy this market which it still considers indispensable, but to ensure that Europe will never enter into competition with it, hence the desire to limit its development. In 1991, President Bush the elder asked one of Leo Strauss’ disciples, Paul Wolfowitz (as yet unknown to the general public), to elaborate a strategy for the post-Soviet era. The «Wolfowitz Doctrine » explained that the guarantee of US supremacy over the rest of the world demanded the curbing of the European Union [10]. In 2008, during the financial crisis in the United States, the President of the Economic Council of the White House, historian Christina Rohmer, explained that that the only way to refloat the banks was by closing the fiscal paradises in the third countries, and then to provoke trouble in Europe so that capital would flow back to the United States. Finally, today Washington is proposing to merge the NAFTA and the EU, the dollar and the Euro, dragging the member states of the Union down to the level of Mexico [11]. Unfortunately for them, neither the citizens of the European Union or their leaders have any idea what President Barack Obama is preparing for them. Thierry Meyssan Translation Pete Kimberley ------- Thierry Meyssan French intellectual, founder and chairman of Voltaire Network and the Axis for Peace Conference. His columns specializing in international relations feature in daily newspapers and weekly magazines in Arabic, Spanish and Russian. His last two books published in English : 9/11 the Big Lie and Pentagate. SOURCE http://www.voltairenet.org/article187588.html ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT I like this guy a lot.  His articles are always good. Had no idea he was in the Libyan government. Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011) Gaddafi was designated the "Leader" (Qā’id) of the Libyan state and was accorded the honorifics "Brotherly Leader and Guide to the First of September Great Revolution of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya". Libyan government stated that the Libyan Jamahiriya was a direct democracy without any political parties, governed by its populace through local popular councils and communes (named Basic People's Congresses). Official rhetoric disdained the idea of a nation state, tribal bonds remaining primary, even within the ranks of the military of Libya. source | wikipedia | here ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- This stood out for me: al-Qaïda and the Ukrainian Nazis have been connected since their common inception, in 2007 at Ternopol (Ukraine) Not sure what to make of it. The original article has a bunch of citations.  So it might be worthwhile checking out the author's citations, to get more of a handle on this stuff.  Not sure I'm up to it.  I'm already way behind on the various information I'd hoped to check out, as I'm best at re-tweeting cats.  lol Lots to digest and lots of look-ups to do. Think Meyssan might be being too kind to the European politicians.  Nobody could be as stupid as these politicians make out to be.  The European politicians are US and corporate puppets who know exactly what the score is.  These people would readily sell out their own nations in the service of a triple-headed god:  their corporate backers, USA, and profits. ------- "In the absence of any strategic analysis, these two events are considered a priori as being unconnected ..." a priori  Inference by reasoning from general to specific - here Relating to or denoting reasoning or knowledge that proceeds from theoretical deduction rather than from observation or experience  | here So the EU just assume the events are unconnected, but the events (terrorists & immigrants) share the same origin (political instability), is what the author is saying? Isn't it easier just to say it's an assumption?  Would have saved me a heap of look ups.  lol ꕤ

Wave of Refugees in Europe Not An Accident But A Strategic Goal of USA

SOURCE https://archive.is/EOLGS EXTRACT ONLY GOOGLE TRANSLATED FULL ARTICLE | here Austrian media: Rothschild started the migration of migrants ...  21:48 Aug 27 2015  News , World [ ...] "We have information that all or part of the costs borne by the organization for refugees from the United States. We found out after we noticed discrepancies in the figures are after tests regularly repeated, and did not jibe with the capabilities of people depending on the regions they come from. For example, it is not possible that so many people from North Africa at hand has about 11 thousand euros. How is it possible that no one asked this question? The only explanation is that someone is hiding something, "said the Austrian intelligence and added that even in friendly intelligence circles such as Germany and the US government some unusual silence.   "About our conclusions one from the United States does not want to talk to us, and we've had very good communication with their intelligence services. Even hnaa (Austrian military agency for information and internal security) no information or simply get a ban spread them. However, this must be made public, "concluded the Austrian intelligence. According to an internal report of the Austrian intelligence services "means that the US organization created a model of co-financing and submitted most of the costs of trade immigrants. It is the "same organizations that have their work burned and cast into chaos Ukraine a year ago." This is more than a clear allusion to the so-called NGOs. The article ends with an invitation "to journalists, policemen and intelligence officers to participate actively in the search for information to substantiate these claims, because the current situation is extremely dangerous and publication of accurate information can prevent the escalation of the crisis." [ ... ] Austrian magazine Info Direct announced recently, citing an unnamed source from the ranks of the Austrian army, that all or part of the cost of transport of refugees from Libya and North Africa bear the organization from the United States. [ ... ] French analyst Thierry Mejsan for Voltairenet portal writes that this finding confirmation of its extensive article published four months ago in which inter alia states that the wave of refugees in Europe is not an accidental side effect of the conflict in the Middle East, but the strategic goal of the United States. Mejsan American strategy called the "chaos theory" and refers to Leo Strauss (1899 -1973.), Philosopher, father and guru of neoconservatives who have occupied key positions in American institutions. "The principle of this strategic doctrine can be summarized as follows: The easiest way to plunder the natural resources of a country over the long term is not taking the country by military means, but its destruction. No country has no army, and no enemy army is no danger of defeat. Since that time, a strategic military target of NATO with the United States at the forefront of the destruction of the state exclusively. What will happen later with the affected peoples, it is not a problem in Washington. Migration in the Mediterranean, which for now is still a humanitarian concern (200,000 immigrants in 2014), will continue to grow into a serious economic problem. Recent decisions of the European Union are directed that the problem of mass immigration stop, but to justify new military operations which should keep the chaotic situation in Libya. Of course, chaos can not be solved. That is exactly so. The US strategy is actually directed to Europeans drawn into a military adventure in Libya, Syria and Ukraine. Once Europeans to ... mired [neck deep] in the swamp of chaos due to lack of military training and capacity [they] will have to ask for help only remaining superpower.  It will unite us more than ever, because "protecting us from chaos," writes Mejsan. In the end, it is necessary to mention the left-liberal end of the political spectrum, as always protect the interests of "the weakest", in the case of immigrants, while in fact participate in this large and lucrative business, sometimes not knowing what it seems. In any event, this huge wave of immigrants that swept Europe should be disposed of, and the unfortunate people given the opportunity to live in peace and the conditions worthy of man. However, only talk about the tip of the iceberg, not solve the problem at the root, whether it comes to Libya, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Ukraine, only proves the allegations Mejsan to Brussels as much as Washington is participating in the production of chaos globally that in Europe, forcing hundreds of thousands of people. The bill will eventually pay European taxpayers and spending of public funds for these purposes will inevitably produce an increase in xenophobia. [ ...] Someone is because of their resources and geostrategic position decided that their homeland must be destroyed and the worst financial oligarchy even this "great migration" is seen as a lucrative source of profit. SOURCE https://archive.is/EOLGS ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Note:  the name of author referred to in above article, should probably read 'Thierry Meyssan' COMMENT Found this an interesting article ... if you ignore the references to Rothschilds banking (which don't make sense to me), and if you can put up with a poor translation. What I think the article is saying is that the mass migration from Africa and the Middle East isn't just an accident of US and US aligned Western meddling in those regions. Instead, it is part of a  US strategy to mire Europe in conditions which will require Europe to seek US support and, therefore, to cleave to the US and its aims, I'm guessing. Not sure what to make of this yet. MORE The European Union is blind to the military strategy of the United States by Thierry Meyssan The political leaders of the European Union are entirely wrong about the Islamic terrorist attacks in Europe and the migration to the Union of people fleeing the war zones. Thierry Meyssan demonstrates here that these are not simply the accidental consequences of conflict in the wider Middle East and Africa, but a strategic objective of the United States. Voltaire Network | Damascus (Syria) | 14 May 2015 SOURCE http://www.voltairenet.org/article187588.html ꕤ

Britain: Ret. Gen. David Richards - Ukraine, Syria, Libya

SOURCE https://www.politicshome.com/foreign-and-defence/articles/story/former-military-chief-cameron-lacked-balls-over-syria POLITICS.HOME Written by agnes.chambre Last updated 30.08.15 Posted on: 30.08.15 Former military chief: Cameron lacked balls over Syria A former military chief has accused David Cameron of allowing the rise of Islamic State by not crushing the group militarily. General Lord Richards of Herstmonceux, who was chief of defence staff from October 2010 to July 2013, said the Prime Minister had “lacked balls” to take action against the extremist group when it first arose. He told Sir Anthony Seldon in a new biography of Mr Cameron that the Prime Minister was more interested in persuing a “Notting Hill liberal agenda” than “statecraft”. The peer added: "In Ukraine, as in Syria and Libya, there is a clear lack of strategy and statecraft. The problem is the inability to think things through." Lord Richards also announced last year that Mr Cameron had rejected a “coherent military strategy” for taking on Syrian president Bashar al Assad, which he claimed would have seen the Islamic extremists "squeezed out of existence". SOURCE https://www.politicshome.com/foreign-and-defence/articles/story/former-military-chief-cameron-lacked-balls-over-syria ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- LOOK-UPS 'PoliticsHome' "political journalist Paul Waugh at the helm ... exclusive editorial from MPs, peers and policy stakeholders" "PoliticsHome is produced by Dods, the specialist political publishing house. You can learn more about Dods by visiting the website." https://www.politicshome.com/about DODS Data Since 1832 provided political reference data now cover people & institutions in both the UK + Europe Intelligence ... News ... 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The Group consists of three Divisions each of which has strong brands and market-leading positions: Political Division comprises Dod's Parliamentary Companion, The House Magazine, Epolitix.com, Political Wizard and numerous other magazine titles and revenue-generating websites. It is the market leader in Political business-to-business publishing in the UK and the EU. Learning Division comprises Epic, the UK market leader in e-learning; The Training Journal magazine and seminar business; Lonsdale Revision Guides for schools and the highly acclaimed Westminster Explained conferences and seminars. Healthcare Division based in France, comprises Panorama du Medecin, a leading weekly magazine for French doctors; Le Concours Medical and La Revue du Praticien, both market-leading Continuing Medical Education magazines; Egora.fr, the leading medical information website; and a number of other magazines and a medical conference business. Huveaux has now completed ten successful acquisitions over the past four years and employs more than 450 staff in London, Paris, Brussels and four UK regional offices. http://www.investegate.co.uk/article.aspx?id=200609040700184115I Martin Beck Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director,Dods (Group) PLC http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=252104238&ticker=DODS:LN ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Gen David Richards Baron Richards of Herstmonceux retired senior British Army officer formerly the Chief of the Defence Staff (ie professional head of the British Armed Forces) University College, Cardiff, 1974 a degree in international relations Royal Artillery Far East Germany United Kingdom x3 tours in Northern Ireland 1998 - Chief of Joint Force Operations at Permanent Joint Headquarters Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ) British tri-service HQ (army, navy, airforce) plans & controls all overseas military ops  Commanded by: Chief of Joint Operations (CJO) est. 1996 to: re:  UK-led joint, potentially joint & multi-national ops purpose to: enhance the operational effectiveness and efficiency  exercise command of UK forces assigned to multinational ops led by others Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Joint_Headquarters 1999 UK Contingent in East Timor as part of INTERFET 2000 twice commanded a UK Joint Task Force in Sierra Leone 2006 (Jul) command  International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in southern Afghanistan was passed to NATO forces under his command Richards promoted to the acting rank of full general (4-star) 2009 widely criticised re claim British troops may have a role in Afghanistan for up to 40 years 2009 Chief of the General Staff (professional head of Army) 2010 Says: intelligence & security agencies dealing with Middle East / do not want to open another [military] front but may be necessary 2011 General David Richards ( + other senior NATO officers) sought backing from NATO member states to intensify the war effort Libya by directly targeting Col Gaddafi's govt instead of merely 'protecting' Libyan civilians Said: "The United Nations resolution allows NATO to 'use all necessary means' in Libya" Syrian Civil War Richards drew up plans to train and equip a Syrian rebel army of 100,000 to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad,  as alternative to UK govt’s plan for limited direct military involvement Plans rejected by the National Security Council (NSC) as too ambitious National Security Council  (NSC) (United Kingdom) est. 12 May 2010 by PM David Cameron purpose:  coordinate responses to 'threats' to UK NSC = a Cabinet Committee ovesees all issues re: national security intelligence coordination defence strategy terms of reference: national security foreign policy defence international relations international development resilience energy resource security https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Council_%28United_Kingdom%2 2013 (Aug) UK parliament refused to support the govt's plan to participate in military strikes against the Syrian govt. David Cameron 'knew British pilots were bombing Syria' MoD admits UK personnel carry out Syrian bombings, despite Parliament not authorising action, by being embedded with allied nations - latest reaction http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/11745689/British-pilots-in-air-strikes-against-Isil-in-Syria-live.html Other: 2013 Ret. Gen David Richards =  a Senior Adviser to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) patron of the Armed Forces Muslim Association 2014 (Jun) - Richards said that Britain's Armed Forces will be like a banana republic's if the Ministry of Defence kept cutting costs 2014 (Oct) - says Western strategy of air strikes on ISIS insufficient.  Spouse:   trustee of charities Plant for Peace and The Afghan Appeal SOURCE - above (unless otherwise marked) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Richards,_Baron_Richards_of_Herstmonceux ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT Well, that was an interesting read. Was curious about the publication:  PoliticsHome. Publication is under the umbrella of a publicly listed media company.  But I don't know who has controlling share of the company. Thought it was funny that there's the retired general, pro more taxpayer funding of the military, and pro British military interventions etc, while his missus is involved in some 'Plant for Peace' charity and an Afghan charity.   The NSC response to 'threats' to UK would largely be related to formulating response to challenges to the interests of British corporations and British corporate agendas abroad (and those of their allies), rather than to actual physical threats to the British isles.   The NSC terms of reference are interesting.  As I see it, it pretty much sets out the scope of support by government for UK corporate agenda interests abroad.  terms of reference: national security foreign policy defence international relations international development resilience energy resource security Wonder what 'resilience' covers? Interesting that the British have got an eye on Ukraine, in addition to the Middle East.   Surely the Americans can handle sustaining control of Ukraine, post CIA coup, on their own? PS  ... don't know what 'security agencies' are, if they're distinct from 'intelligence' and if they're not military.  What is the distinction, I wonder?  ꕤ

Assange - The Guardian - Forthcoming Opinion Piece - by US Guardian blogger and polemicist Jessica Valenti

Julian Assange Re:  The Guardian Forthcoming Opinion Piece by US Guardian blogger  & polemicist Jessica Valenti Earlier post regarding the above  |  here ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Check this out ꕤ 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. source | here ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Hello? Jessica Valenti was what, de facto, amounts to an early PR supporter of one of the alleged accusers (I say, 'alleged', because both women have publicly denied (& therefore discounted) Sweden police allegations - here). Check out the date of Valenti's post (above).  Dated 17th December 2010.  That's a mere 10 days following Assange's mass media covered, theatrical, state managed, & state exploited arrest in London. Bet the dust hadn't even settled. So much for The Guardian's proposed 'opinion' piece ... and their denial of right of reply to journalist, Julian Assange. ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Please Support Julian Assange Under Siege Ecuador embassy London (3 Years) Detained 5 Years No Charge FAQ & Support https://justice4assange.com/ ꕤ

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Assange - Death Threats, CIA Kidnap Concern

EXTRACT ONLY FULL AT SOURCE http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Assange-Lives-in-Fear-of-Kidnapping-Assassination-20150829-0004.html Julian Assange says he rarely makes public appearances due to mounting security concerns. Wikileaks founder Julian Assange fears kidnapping and assassination, according to an interview published Saturday. Speaking to the U.K.'s The Times magazine, Assange said he has received threats from “unstable people,” and rarely makes appearances from the Ecuadorean embassy due to security concerns. “There are security issues with being on the balcony. There have been bomb threats and assassination threats from various people,” he told the magazine. Rogue death threats aren't Assange's only concerns. Even if he is eventually able to leave the confines of the embassy, Assange said he fears he could continue to face serious risks for years to come. Although he said it seems unlikely he could be gunned down, he said he hasn't completely ruled out the possibility of being kidnapped by the CIA. He added, “Unless I convert to Islam it's not that likely that I'll be droned, but we have seen things creeping towards that.”  [...] EXTRACT ONLY FULL AT SOURCE http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Assange-Lives-in-Fear-of-Kidnapping-Assassination-20150829-0004.html ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT This story is prominent today. Must be a lot of weirdos out there.  I'd probably be more concerned about an abseiling swat-team grab on the balcony (and the likelihood of a CIA kidnapping down the track), than the random nutters making threats. UPDATE Not sure if this can be filed under 'whacko threat,' or if it's merely whacko.   If it were directed at a woman journalist, woman developer, or woman politician, there'd most likely be media outrage, twitter take-downs, law enforcement authorities charging to the rescue, and politicians making the most of having a crack at pushing through restrictive new legislation (which I always find myself opposed to).   August 2015  | here ꕤ 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. As with most aggressive or questionable social media remarks, I'd say this posting is probably not a 'threat,' as such; and that it's most likely just an example of the rather unhinged mindsets there is among people. Creeps me out a bit, though. ꕤ

Assange - What Wikileaks Teaches Us About How the US Operates - Book: The WikiLeaks Files | Article Extracts-Summary - Part II

EXTRACTS | SUMMARY [For quotation purposes, confirm original article] PART II RE: Book The WikiLeaks Files: The World According to U.S. Empire (Verso, 2015) ---- SOURCE Assange: What WikiLeaks Teaches Us About How the U.S. Operates By Julian Assange 8/28/15 http://www.newsweek.com/emb-midnight-827-assange-what-wikileaks-teaches-us-about-how-us-operates-366364 ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- National Security Religiosity  & the International Studies Association large body of literature exists re: structural or realpolitik analysis of key institutions of US power such approaches alone, lack explanatory power, given: range of ritualistic & even quasi-religious phenomena surrounding the national security sector in USA Rituals, familiar: flag-folding veneration of orders elaborate genuflection to rank [grovelling / servility / on bended knee | fm Lat. genu (knee) flectere (to bend) - here] ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- National Security Sector |  Priestly Class WikiLeaks published documents bear: classification markings type of national-security 'holy seal' Reaction to WikiLeaks publication of documents = two parallel campaigns: One downplaying diverting attention reframing Two internal campaign (digestion / processing of event) When documents bearing classification seal are made public = documents transmuted by US DoS into forbidden objects As 'forbidden objects' public/published classified US DoS docs = become 'toxic' to the 'state within a state' Over 5.1 million Americans (as of 2014) = US 'state within a state' - ie those with active security clearances As 'forbidden objects' published classified US DoS docs = also 'toxic' to extended periphery who aspire to USG economic or social patronage Upon WikiLeaks disclosures: =  hysteria and non-corporeality {and unreality?} religions & cults imbue their priestly class with additional scarcity value by keeping their religious texts secret from the public or the lower orders of the devoted technique also permits priestly class to adopt different psychological strategies for different levels of indoctrination national security sector ways embraced by those who have become sufficiently indoctrinated = laughable to: public; or lower levels of 'clearance;' What is laughable, hypocritical, or Machiavellian =   embraced by those sufficiently indoctrinated or co-opted by those whose economic or social advantage lies in accepting that which they would normally reject ꕤ Profaned Object - 'Contamination' False USG Claim Publicly, USG claimed falsely: = that anyone without a USG security clearance distributing “classified” documents is violating the Espionage Act of 1917 (USA) USG FALSE claims = work in the opposite direction: "orders the very people it publicly claims are the only ones who can legally read classified documents to refrain from reading documents" ... lest they be 'contaminated' by them Exact documents: may be read by cleared staff when issued from classified USG repositories are, however, forbidden to same staff when exact documents emerge from a public source US DoS mandates that: cleared employees of the national security state are: to self-report any public domain contact with the newly 'profaned' object; and  to destroy all traces of it; US Irrational Response classified cables (+ other docs) published by WikiLeaks (& associated media) = completely identical to the original versions (ie they are electronic copies) By implication 'Holy' US DoS classified docs  acquire non-physical property / that is a 'magical' property  and this 'holy,' 'magical' property received upon USG classification: is EXTINGUISHED by making document PUBLIC Devotees of National Security State do not consider docs made public to be merely: devoid of 'magical' property (bestowed by classification 'holy' seal); or  rendered a mundane object on publication Devotees of National Security State consider documents made public as having become = inhabited by another non-physical property: an evil one Such religious thinking consequences: excuse used by USG to block millions of people working for the 'state within a state' from reading: = over 30 different WikiLeaks domains = other outlets publishing WikiLeaks materials: The New York Times Guardian Der Spiegel Le Monde El País 2011 | USG Sent 'WikiLeaks Fatwa' to every: federal govt agency every federal govt employee every federal govt security contractor Declaration of Official 'Enemy' - Proclaiming WikiLeaks disclosures caused damage to national security Declaration of 'Forbidden Object' - Proclaiming classified information 'remains classified' irrespective of availability on public websites & availability via media disclosure Proclamation | 'Confession' contractors "shall report its existence immediately" Proclamation | 'Cleansing' Companies are: "to delete the offending material" & to clear even the "internet browser cache" ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- ACADEMIA INTERNATIONAL & PUBLIC RELATIONS Columbia University School of International & Public Affairs following US DoS contact warned students: “not post links to these documents nor make comments on social media sites ..." Consequence invoked (leverage) that accompanied warning: "Engaging in these activities would call into question your ability to deal with confidential information, which is part of most positions with the federal government." An array of govt depts & other entities, incl Library of Congress blocked internet access to WikiLeaks US National Archives = even blocked searches of its own database for “WikiLeaks” Pentagon prosecutors re Manning trial (alleged source Cablegate cables) = unable to receive important emails from judge & defence Rather than remove filter, Pentagon implemented clumsy new procedure: check the filter daily for blocked WikiLeaks-related emails set-up of alternate, special e-mail addresses for prosecution US National Security Sector Religious Hysteria = laughable to those outside the US national security sector US National Security Sector Religious Hysteria INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS = serious poverty of analysis of WikiLeaks publications in US in international relations journals OTHER SCHOLARS scholars in disciplines eg law, linguistics, applied statistics, health & economics = not deterred eg - Entropy statistics journal DeDeo et al. (US or UK nationals) write that: WikiLeaks   |   Afghan War Diary  “is likely to become a standard set for both the analysis of human conflict and the study of empirical methods for the analysis of complex, multi-modal data.” [entropy = (Communications & Information) a measure of the efficiency of a system, such as a code or language, in transmitting information - fm. Gk - here] COURTS & INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS extensive use of WikiLeaks materials esp. cables in courts, incl. domestic courts from UK to Pakistan INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS extensive use of WikiLeaks materials from: European Court of Human Rights to International Criminal Tribunal CONTRAST POVERTY OF COVERAGE IN USA INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS JOURNALS in light of 1,000s of citations in the courts & in other academic areas = poverty of coverage, not merely odd = suspicious Such international relations journals DOMINATE study of international relations GLOBALLY =  should be natural home for analysis of WikiLeaks 2-billion word diplomatic corpus US-based International Studies Quarterly (ISQ) major international relations journal = adopted a policy against accepting manuscripts based on WikiLeaks material *even where it consists of quotes* *or derived analysis* ISQ = acknowledged it's currently: in an untenable position until such time as there is a change in policy by International Studies Association (ISA) International Studies Association (ISA) = over 6,500 members worldwide = dominant scholarly association in the field = publishes: Foreign Policy Analysis International Political Sociology International Interactions International Studies Review International Studies Perspectives ISA = almost HALF of 56 members on its governing council:  professors 'international service' type academic USA university departments  *Such university departments: = feeder schools for the US DoS and other internationally-oriented areas of govt ISA President (2014-15) = Prof Amitav Acharya School of International Service American University in Washington, DC ISA = banned single most significant US foreign policy archive from appearing in its academic papers = otherwise, presumably, against its institutional & academic ambitions ISA ban = calls into question its entire output = undermines an output that has influenced how the world understands role of US in international order Type of Academic Fraud = closing of ranks within the scholar class around the interests of Pentagon & DoS = exclusion of primary sources for non-academic reasons is to lie by omission = distortion of the field of international relations (& related disciplines) by proximity of its academic structures to the US govt = such close-proximity academic structures lack even even have the independence of the frequently deferential New York Times Distortion of Study of International Relations & Censorship of WikiLeaks = significant opportunity: to present an analysis of international relations free of censorship of classified materials ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Other Fatwa =  "an Islamic religious ruling, a scholarly opinion on a matter of Islamic law. A fatwa is issued by a recognized religious authority in Islam."  |  here ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT Not sure what is meant by 'non-corporeality' ... some kind of disembodied hysteria?  lol Or, maybe something immaterial and therefore invalid? Not sure if I'm on the right track.  Going with unreality re 'non-corporeality' mentioned in article (as follows): "hysteria and non-corporeality" Article's a good read. ꕤ