Europe - Active Military Personnel - 2010-2013

ꕤ Military SOURCE http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.TOTL.P1 Armed forces personnel Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces. 2010 2011 2012 2013 Albania 14,745 14,750 14,750 8,500 Austria 25,758 23,250 22,800 22,500 Belarus 182,940 158,000 158,000 158,000 Belgium 35,736 34,050 30,700 37,500 BiH 10,577 10,550 10,500 10,500 Bulgaria 65,315 47,300 47,300 47,300 Croatia 21,600 21,600 19,550 19,550 Czech Rep 28,521 26,750 26,750 24,100 Denmark 18,628 16,450 17,200 17,200 Estonia 5,750 5,750 5,750 5,750 Finland 24,975 25,000 25,000 25,000 France 341,967 332,250 325,600 318,400 Georgia 32,355 32,350 32,350 32,350 Germany 251,465 196,000 186,450 181,550 Greece 149,647 148,350 147,350 148,950 Greenland - - - - Hungary 34,587 38,500 38,500 38,500 Iceland 130 180 180 200 Ireland 10,460 8,900 9,350 9,350 Latvia 4,600 5,350 5,310 5,310 Lithuania 25,240 23,350 23,350 21,950 Luxembourg 1,512 1,510 1,510 1,510 Malta 2,127 2,120 2,130 2,130 Macedonia 8,000 8,000 8,000 8,000 Moldova 7,733 7,750 7,750 7,750 Montenegro 13,084 12,180 12,180 12,180 Netherlands 43,279 43,300 43,300 43,300 Norway 24,450 24,450 25,800 25,800 Poland 121,400 118,050 172,700 172,700 Portugal 90,334 90,300 90,300 79,850 Romania 153,800 151,300 151,300 151,300 Russia Fed 1.43-m 1.364-m 1.364-m 1.26-m Serbia 29,125 28,150 28,150 28,150 Slovak Rep 15,799 15,850 15,850 15,850 Slovenia 12,100 12,100 13,550 13,550 Spain 223,216 215,700 215,600 213,950 Sweden 21,163 21,300 16,100 16,100 Turkey 612,800 612,800 612,800 612,800 Ukraine 214,825 214,850 14,850 121,500 UK 174,020 165,650 169,150 159,150 ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- Population 1 July 2014 FRANCE:  64,641,279 median age: 40.8 1955 fertility rate:  2.75 2014 fertility rate:  1.98 TURKEY:  75,837,020 median age:  29.8 1955 fertility rate:  6.62 2015 fertility rate:  2.07 SPAIN:  47,066,402 median age:  41.8 fertility rate:  1.48 GERMANY:  82,652,256 median age:  45.9 fertility rate:  1.40 SWEDEN:  9,631,261 median age:  41.1 fertility rate:  1.91 *Aging Population | *Low Reproduction Rate *Exception:  Turkey  Random samples above. http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-country/ other Israel:  7,822,107 Median Age:  30.1 Fertility rate:  2.91 Palestine:  4,436,411 Median Age:  19.4 Fertility Rate:  4.12 Syria:  21,986,615 Median Age:  22.6 Fertility rate:  3.04 Lebanon:  4,965,914 Median Age:  30.2 Fertility rate:  1.52 Afghanistan:  31,280,518 Median age:  16.8 Fertility rate:  5.24 Iraq:  34,768,761 Median Age:  19.9 Fertility rate:  4.12 Somalia:  10,805,651 Median age:  16.4 Fertility rate:  6.71 South Africa:  53,139,528 Median age:  26.2 Fertility rate:  2.43 Nigeria:  178,516,904 Median age:  17.8 Fertilty rate: 6.01 Sudan:  38,764,090 Median age:  19.2 Fertility rate:  4.53 ꕤ

National Sovereignty vs European Union

ꕤ Article SOURCE http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1489643/Vote-for-EU-constitution-or-risk-new-Holocaust-says-Brussels.html Vote for EU constitution or risk new Holocaust, says Brussels By David Rennie in Brussels 12:05AM BST 09 May 2005   A senior European Commissioner marked VE Day yesterday by accusing Eurosceptics of risking a return to the Holocaust by clinging to "nationalistic pride". Margot Wallstrom, a Swede and the commissioner who must sell the draft constitution to voters, argued that politicians who resisted pooling national sovereignty risked a return to Nazi horrors of the 1930s and 1940s. Mrs Wallstrom, vice-president of the commission for institutional relations and communications, was speaking in the former Jewish ghetto of Terezin in the Czech Republic. She blamed the Second World War on "nationalistic pride and greed, and … international rivalry for wealth and power". The EU had replaced such rivalry with an historic agreement to share national sovereignty. Her fellow commissioners also issued a joint declaration, stating that EU citizens should pay tribute to the dead of the Second World War by voting Yes to the draft constitution for Europe. The commissioners also gave the EU sole credit for ending the Cold War, making no mention of the role of Nato and the United States. Richard Shepherd, the Tory MP for Aldridge-Brownhills, said it was "breathtaking" to link Nazism to the defence of national sovereignty. "It's a monstrous rewriting of history to promote a profoundly undemocratic project." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1489643/Vote-for-EU-constitution-or-risk-new-Holocaust-says-Brussels.html ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT Blast from the past:  2005. Check out the US puppet No. 1, Sweden and the propaganda: Pay tribute to the dead:  Vote YES! But the dead didn't die in vain, so that their nations would be usurped by supranational bodies and corporate interests. Meanwhile, the US refuse to stand by the 1998 Rome Statute (re war crimes, genocide etc) because it means avoiding prosecution for war crimes ... so the US uses the argument that to be party to the Rome Statute is an assignment of national sovereignty contrary to the US Constitution, or something like that. And here's US puppet Sweden using preposterous emotionally manipulative propaganda and alluding to promises of some non-competitive and eternally peaceful 'European' nirvana, to urge sovereign nations to "share national sovereignty." It doesn't matter who voted for this or which politicians agreed:  national sovereignty cannot be assigned and these agreements are void, in my opinion.  lol Stand up, Europe. Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE) (commonly referred to as the European Constitution or as the Constitutional Treaty) Would have replaced the existing European Union treaties with a single text establishing:  Charter of Fundamental Rights Qualified Majority Voting into policy areas which are decided by unanimity among member states  [ ** I'm not following what is ultimately in effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_establishing_a_Constitution_for_Europe ꕤ

Europe Is Finished

ꕤ Europe | Finished SOURCE as indicated Hungarian army given sweeping powers against migrants Khaleej Times‎ - 1 hour ago Hungary's parliament gave Monday the army and police sweeping new powers to keep migrants out as populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban warned that Europe ... http://www.khaleejtimes.com/international/europe/hungarian-army-given-sweeping-powers-against-migrants Voice of America‎ - 31 minutes ago Croatia demanded Greece stop sending refugees on to the rest of Europe, even as it opened a refugee center for 27,000 migrants and promised them help in ... Croatia Bemoans 'Impossible' Refugee Situation, Calls on Europe to ... NBCNews.com‎ - 5 hours ago OPATOVAC, Croatia — Croatia called on Europe to deal with the ongoing migrant crisis as its security forces grappled Monday with thousands of people ... The Latest: Croatia says 27000 migrants have entered Your News Now‎ - 1 day ago Migrants queue up for buses after they arrived at the border between Austria and ... ATHENS, Greece (AP) - The latest developments as European governments ... http://www.hometownstations.com/story/30072027/the-latest-croatia-says-27000-migrants-have-entered Migrant crisis: Why Afghans are leaving for Europe BBC News‎ - 1 hour ago As EU leaders wrestle with a joint response to the migrant crisis, tens of thousands of Afghans continue to swell the ranks of those seeking refuge in Europe. UN chief 'extremely concerned' about Europe migrant crisis GlobalPost‎ - 1 hour ago UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he was "extremely concerned" about the treatment of migrants and refugees in Europe and called for ... [Ban Ki-moon: go f*ck yourself.  US puppet. Europe is FINISHED.] Steven Woolfe:  Merkel's Welcome of Migrants Is a Colossal, Historic ... Huffington Post UK‎ - 2 hours ago This is why Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel's perceived opened-ended welcome to ALL migrants is a colossal, historic mistake for the European Union. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/steven-woolfe/refugee-crisis-angela-merkel_b_8169080.html [A COLOSSAL, HISTORIC MISTAKE for EUROPE.  Europe has just committed suicide.] Hungary beefs up border with army, warns migrants to stay away Reuters‎ - 2 hours ago Hungary, a landlocked nation of 10 million, lies in the path of the largest migration wave Europe has seen since World War Two and has registered more than .. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/21/us-europe-migrants-hungary-law-idUSKCN0RL1K220150921 Hungarian MPs green light use of rubber bullets and tear gas ... Express.co.uk‎ - 3 hours ago His centre-right Fidesz had proposed the use of escalating force against migrants as central European countries struggle to cope with the overwhelming tide of ... http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/606844/European-migrant-crisis-Hungary-Serbia-army-soldiers-rubber-bullets-tear-gas-fence Croatia wants Greece to stop sending migrants to Europe Today's Zaman‎ - 3 hours ago Migrants whose boat stalled at sea while crossing from Turkey to Greece swim ... that Greece stop moving migrants from the Middle East on to the rest of Europe, ... http://www.todayszaman.com/world_croatia-wants-greece-to-stop-sending-migrants-to-europe_399692.html Migrants could help solve Europe's aging population problem MLive.com‎ - 4 hours ago BRUSSELS — The greatest influx of people into Europe in decades is not just a humanitarian emergency, but also a potential stroke of luck for many countries ... [  Yeah, and Europe could just commit suicide right now.  Oh, wait.  It has.  It's finished. ] 'We Will Breed Children': Muslim Preacher Says Arab Migrants Will ... TheBlaze.com‎ - 5 hours ago A Muslim preacher recently issued a warning that the flood of migrants pouring into Europe will eventually “conquer” the continent by multiplying at a much faster ... http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/09/21/we-will-breed-children-muslim-preacher-says-arab-migrants-will-conquer-europe-through-higher-birthrate/ 4 out of 5 refugees claiming asylum in Europe not from Syria American Thinker (blog)‎ - 5 hours ago 4 out of 5 refugees claiming asylum in Europe not from Syria. By Rick Moran. EU governments, especially Germany, France, and the U.K., have been claiming ... Art Garfunkel says Muslims are transforming Europe over mass ... Muslims are transforming Europe, says Art Garfunkel in warning over dangers of mass migration  Finland Could Close Borders Amid Migration Crisis in EU Sputnik International‎ - 6 hours ago Finnish authorities do not rule out the possibility of closing its borders amid a flow of migrants trying to cross into the European Union, the country's Interior ... Hungary warns migrants with full-page ad WTSP 10 News‎ - 7 hours ago The thousands of refugees pouring into Europe via Hungary, Croatia and Austria have driven the three countries into a war of words. Video provided by Newsy ... http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/2015/09/21/hungary-warns-migrants-full-page-ad/72551912/ Turkey's refugee policy under spotlight as migrants decamp to Europe Times LIVE‎ - 8 hours ago A dinghy overcrowded with migrants and refugees drifts out of control after its engine fell in the water while crossing a part of the Aegean Sea from Turkey to the ... Turkey's Refugee Policy Under Spotlight as Migrants Decamp to ... NDTV‎ - 8 hours ago Turkey, which says it has spent $7.6 billion (6.6 billion euros) on Syrian refugees since 2011, has blamed the refugee crisis on Europe, accusing it of failing to ... Commercial ships scoop up desperate human cargo Reuters UK‎ - 8 hours ago But as the number of refugees and migrants attempting to get to Europe has spiked over the past two years, it has drawn in more and more vessels like the .. Since January 2014, more than 1,000 merchant ships have helped rescue more than 65,000 people, according to estimates from the International Chamber of Shipping. http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/europe-migrants-ship/ European nations strongly rebuff mandatory migrant quotas TV Newsroom‎ - 8 hours ago German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whose country is the main destination for migrants, said he expected about 40,000 refugees to arrive in ... http://tvnewsroom.org/newslines/world/european-nations-strongly-rebuff-mandatory-migrant-quotas-140605/ As 20000 migrants flood into Austria...will European leaders finally ... Express.co.uk‎ - 9 hours ago AT least 20,000 migrants crossed into Austria this weekend, just days before European leaders hope to thrash out a response to the ongoing crisis crippling the ... http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/606766/Migrant-crisis-Europe-Austria-Hungary-leaders-summit Hungary posts ads in Lebanese media warning off migrants New Jersey Herald‎ - 9 hours ago Lebanon has nearly 1.2 million Syrian refugees, some of whom have expressed interest in migrating to Europe because of dwindling aid and work opportunities. http://www.njherald.com/story/30075946/hungary-posts-ads-in-lebanese-media-warning-off-migrants Anti-migrant quota EU states meet in Prague EUobserver‎ - 11 hours ago Foreign ministers from the main opponents of migrant quotas are meeting in ... Interior ministers will, on Tuesday, try to agree on a European Commission ... Apple Pledges More Aid Towards Europe's Migrant Crisis The Quint‎ - 11 hours ago Apple Pledges More Aid Towards Europe's Migrant Crisis Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers his keynote address at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San ... [F*ck off, Apple.  Europe is finished thanks the American empire's wars & proxy wars.  Just f*ck yourselves, Apple w*nkers.] Nearly 4700 migrants rescued off Libya coast Citizen TV (press release)‎ - 15 hours ago Nearly 4,700 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya on Saturday as they tried to reach Europe but one woman was found dead, Italy's coastguard said. https://citizentv.co.ke/news/nearly-4700-migrants-rescued-off-libya-coast-101143/ Foreign Ministers of Visegrad Group, Luxembourg to Discuss ... Sputnik International‎ - 17 hours ago On Thursday, the European Parliament approved a plan to relocate 120,000 migrants throughout the EU member countries. The Visegrad Group members ... After hard journeys to Europe, who gets to stay? Washington Post‎ - 17 hours ago Germany is ground zero in Europe's migrant crisis, a nation set to receive up to 1 million asylum seekers this year, far more than any other country in the region. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/after-hard-journeys-to-europe-who-gets-to-stay/2015/09/20/583ded9c-5aee-11e5-8475-781cc9851652_story.html Refugee crisis: Iraqis ditching fight against Islamic State for life in ... Sydney Morning Herald‎ - 15 hours ago Refugee crisis: Iraqis ditching fight against Islamic State for life in Europe ... a wave of civilian migrants headed to Europe, raising new doubts about the cohesion ... http://www.smh.com.au/world/migrant-crisis/refugee-crisis-iraqis-ditching-fight-against-islamic-state-for-life-in-europe-20150920-gjr300.html African migrants: Payback time? The Herald‎ - 16 hours ago That same bravery is displayed by today's migrants to Europe.Since the beginning of this year, a relentless flow of images from the Italian island of Lampedusa, ... http://www.herald.co.zw/african-migrants-payback-time/ Finance Argues Migrants a Boon for Slovenia, Europe STA - Slovenska Tiskovna Agencija (subscription)‎ - 20 hours ago Ljubljana, 21 September - The waves of refugees, migrants, or whatever you may call them, have helped us more than we realise. Like other extraordinary ... [ Lying neocon c*nts. Europe is finished. ] Merkel tells Europe: Germany can't cope with migrants alone Channel News Asia‎ - 22 hours ago Europe must share responsibility for coping with mass migration, Germany's chancellor said on Sunday, cautioning that her country could not shelter those who ... Migrants surge west despite central Europe's war of words Irish Times‎ - 23 hours ago Thousands of migrants flowed through the Balkans into Austria over the weekend, moving with relative ease across borders even as central European ... European Migration Rift Intensifies as Influx Continues Wall Street Journal‎ - 1 day ago Thousands of migrants poured into Austria on Sunday, deepening a rift among European Union members as neighboring countries sought to push more of the ... An estimated 10000 migrants pour into Austria as crisis deepens eNCA‎ - 1 day ago VIENNA - Austria was bracing for an influx of 10,000 migrants on Saturday, as Europe's increasingly divided countries stepped up efforts to push the wave of ... https://www.enca.com/world/estimated-10-000-migrants-pour-austria-crisis-deepens Facebook Page Shows Arab Migrants How to Get to Europe - Easily Arutz Sheva‎ - 1 day ago What's the best way to infiltrate Europe? For Arab migrants seeking to break through to the “promised land” – the northern European lands such as Germany and ... http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/200879 Sec. of State Kerry: U.S. to accept 85000 refugees in 2016 Chicago Tribune‎ - 1 day ago A boy pours water over himself as hundreds of migrants wait at Tovarnik station for ... State militants could seek to slip into Europe or the U.S. posing as migrants. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-syria-refugees-20150920-story.html Hiding in plain sight: ISIS jihadists to use migrant crisis to 'fly straight ... Express.co.uk‎ - 1 day ago Since January estimates reveal more than 380,000 migrants have made the perilous journey from Africa, Asia and the Middle East to Europe - up from 216,000 ... http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/606624/Airports-alert-ISIS-jihadis-fly-to-UK-migrant-crisis Serbia pride march calls for solidarity with migrants WBOC TV 16‎ - 1 day ago Serbia pride march calls for solidarity with migrants .... A black-and-pink banner read "Europe, Open Your Gate" to the men, woman and children fleeing war and ... http://www.wboc.com/story/30072383/serbia-pride-march-calls-for-solidarity-with-migrants [ Morons ] Eastern European leaders defy EU effort to set refugee quotas The Guardian‎ - 1 hour ago Central and eastern European leaders have defied attempts by Brussels and Berlin to impose refugee quotas ahead of two days of high-stakes summits in ... http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/21/eastern-european-leaders-defy-eu-effort-to-set-refugee-quotas Hungary posts ads in Lebanon, Jordan media warning migrants Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)‎ - 1 hour ago Education Minister Elias Bou Saab said this will give more refugee children a .... Europe is reeling under pressure from tens of thousands of refugees making the ... http://www.heraldcourier.com/news/hungary-posts-ads-in-lebanon-jordan-media-warning-migrants/article_61d71e92-d83a-5419-aada-2201817c809f.html In Austria, a Jewish sheep breeder shepherds migrants Jewish Post‎ - 2 hours ago “My connection to refugees is as strong as it is instinctive,” he said. ... escape from ISIS terrorists and the alienation they encountered in Europe made him think ... http://azjewishpost.com/2015/in-austria-a-jewish-sheep-breeder-shepherds-migrants/ [Please, shepherd them to Israel ... which is in the Middle East] EU tries to unblock refugee relocation deal Politico‎ - 2 hours ago EU countries are preparing to green-light a controversial European Commission proposal to relocate 120,000 refugees across the continent, but diplomatic ... The Latest: US to Give $419 Million in Aid to Syria Refugees New York Times‎ - 2 hours ago ZAGREB, Croatia — The latest developments as European governments rush to cope with the huge number of people moving across Europe. All times local ... [ Germany's paying BILLIONS.  But that's not the point.  These people do not belong in Europe. ] Slovakia Ready to Appeal EU Refugee Quota System Sputnik International‎ - 2 hours ago PRAGUE (Sputnik) — Slovakia could appeal against the quota system for the distribution of refugees within the European Union proposed by the European ... 'Migrants a threat to Europe,' says Hungarian PM as crisis worsens Journal Telegraph‎ - 2 hours ago Describing the migrant crisis as “the biggest challenge since the end of war”, he said: “Each EU country must understand that the refugee onslaught is a ... http://journaltelegraph.com/2015/09/21/migrant-crisis-hungarian-pm-says-influx-of-people-threatens-europe/ North Korea blames U.S. for Europe refugee crisis; scolds Japan for ... Big News Network.com‎ - 2 hours ago SEOUL -- North Korea blamed the United States for the refugee crisis in Europe and poured scorn on Tokyo for ratifying controversial bills that allow Japan's ... http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/236922657/north-korea-blames-us-for-europe-refugee-crisis-scolds-japan-for-war-bills [Hey, guess what?  North Korea is f*cking right!] Merchant Ships Providing Aid in Migrant Crisis The Maritime Executive‎ - 2 hours ago But as the number of refugees and migrants attempting to get to Europe has spiked over the past two years, it has drawn in more and more vessels like the ... http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/merchant-ships-providing-aid-in-migrant-crisis Turkey police block new migrant march to Greek border Middle East Online‎ - 2 hours ago Encouraged by a social media campaign demanding migrants be allowed to travel overland to the EU rather than risk their lives at sea, around 2,000 refugees, ... http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=73334 Thousands more migrants enter Austria iFreePress.com (blog)‎ - 3 hours ago “It is absolutely unacceptable to have Greece emptying its refugee camps and sending ... Balkan peninsula to reach more affluent countries in northern Europe. http://www.ifreepress.com/thousands-more-migrants-enter-austria/ Syrian Asylum Seeker Questioned Over Suspected ISIS Links: Report Newsweek‎ - 3 hours ago A Syrian refugee is being questioned by German police after allegedly boasting ... including the pope, voicing fears that ISIS fighters could infiltrate Europe by ... Hungarian PM warns refugees are 'brutal threat' to Europe Channel 4 News‎ - 3 hours ago Mr Orban told the Hungarian parliament that Europe is being "over-run", adding: "Our ... He added refugee relocation quotas put forward from the European ... Greece's Tsipras to demand EU action on refugees Yahoo News UK‎ - 3 hours ago ATHENS (Reuters) - As an icon for many on Europe's left, Greece's newly elected prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, can be expected to rattle the cages of the ... Egypt tycoon 'in talks to buy two islands for refugees' The Daily Telegraph‎ - 4 hours ago More than 2300 people have died at sea trying to reach Europe since January, many of them Syrians fleeing their country's four-and-a-half year conflict. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/companies/egypt-tycoon-in-talks-to-buy-two-islands-for-refugees/story-fnkjkuht-1227537849989 'Europe being duped into accepting far too many young migrants' Coventry Telegraph‎ - 4 hours ago Please don't be blinded to the reality of the 'refugee' crisis dominating the news. Look at the facts. Hardly any old people coming and predominantly young ... http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/europe-being-duped-accepting-far-10102934 Finland split over biggest refugee influx since Russian Revolution Digital Journal‎ - 4 hours ago Finland is experiencing its biggest influx of refugees since the Russian Revolution ... Finland, whose Lapland steppe forms the European Union's northernmost ... 'Visegrad 4' to Reject EU Refugee Quotas, Again Transitions Online‎ - 4 hours ago "We will talk … about how to solve the issue of the refugees, how Europe should protect its borders, and how to distinguish refugees from economic migrants," ... Germans Arrest ISIS Terrorist Recruiter Posing as Refugee Arutz Sheva‎ - 4 hours ago According to press reports, nine out of ten refugees who came from Macedonia to Serbia claimed they were Syrians.” The EU frontier police chief, Fabrice ... http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/20093 ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT This is the end of Europe.  Europe is finished. Croatia has a f*cking nerve.  Croatia, the CIA puppet has been sending arms to Syrian terrorists multi-national Islamist terrorists sponsored by USA & Saudia f*cking Arabia, to destroy Syria.  Saudis Step Up Help for Rebels in Syria With Croatian Arms By C. J. CHIVERS and ERIC SCHMITT  FEB. 25, 2013 Saudi Arabia has financed a large purchase of infantry weapons from Croatia and quietly funneled them to antigovernment fighters in Syria in a drive to break the bloody stalemate that has allowed President Bashar al-Assad to cling to power, according to American and Western officials familiar with the purchases. The weapons began reaching rebels in December via shipments shuttled through Jordan, officials said, and have been a factor in the rebels’ small tactical gains this winter against the army and militias loyal to Mr. Assad. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/world/middleeast/in-shift-saudis-are-said-to-arm-rebels-in-syria.html?_r=0 Qatar 'playing with fire' as it funds Syrian Islamists in quest for global influence By Colin Freeman, Chief Foreign Correspondent 7:37PM BST 27 Apr 2013 EXTRACTS - various Qatar is better known for owning some of London's top landmarks, from Harrods in Knightsbridge through to the Shard and parts of Canary Wharf, through a £50bn sovereign wealth fund. Last month the fund paid £300 million for the five star Park Lane Intercontinental, and it also helped build No 1 Hyde Park, a £1 billion apartment block. Earlier this month, Qatar announced a £2bn aid package for Egypt, bolstering the Islamist-minded Muslim Brotherhood government that sent shockwaves through the region when it won power after the country's Arab Spring revolution. The Qatari intervention in Syria echoes its earlier involvement in Libya, where the rebellion - this time with the West's active support - overthrew the Gaddafi regime. There, too, secularists have accused Qatar of mostly helping rebels affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood. Many of its followers support Sharia law and only limited rights for women, and critics say its vision is a clue to the kind of society the Emir really seeks to promote. At home in Qatar, the Emir hosts the largest US military base in the Arab world, a strategic bulwark against Iran, but last year he also allowed the Afghan Taliban to open its first overseas bureau. That was established to enable peace negotiations with US officials, although any talks have now stalled. Doha is also one of the few Arab capitals to maintain reasonable relations with Iran, which seeks to be the pre-eminent power in the Gulf region.  Qatar has shares in Sainsburys, Barclays Bank, Heathrow Airport and the London Stock Exchange, among British companies, and has discussed with Downing Street investing up to £10bn into infrastructure projects.  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/qatar/10022759/Qatar-playing-with-fire-as-it-funds-Syrian-Islamists-in-quest-for-global-influence.html Those Saudi, Qatari & Jordanian c*nts are responsible for this, along with the US and I'm going to guess, Israel.  Turkey's playing a role, as well.  And Britain.  Britain's owned by Qatar. How can Britain let foreigners own its landmarks? Russia, please nuke Europe now. Ummm ... I'm in a calmer state of freak-out, now. Hold the nukes, Putin. Assange Transnational Security Elite, Carving Up the World Using Your Tax Money London  OCT8 Antiwar Mass Assembly (2011) Link  |  here ꕤ

Video: Rose Garden

ꕤ Video SOURCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PablFo3yaa4 ❤ ❤ Rose Garden Lynn Anderson ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- ꕤ

Media Selling Unicorns | Dishonourable Mentions - The Washington Post, The New York Times, Comcast-funded Vox & More

ꕤ Media Selling Unicorns❄ Corporate-Serving Media In Service of Aggressive Neoliberal Foreign Policy |  Manufacturing Consent Bias.  Compliance.  Censorship. Disinformation.  Distraction.  Diversion.  Suppression.  Smear. censorship & disinformation is denial of informed consent More Neocon Propaganda The Washington Post neocon editorial page editor Fred Hiatt (Washington Post) neocons still control the mainstream U.S. narrative diagnose the problem as not enough 'regime change' Dishonourable Mentions The New York Times The Washington Post Brookings Institution American Enterprise Institute Refugee crisis: How neocons destabilized Europe (Robert Parry) Post Link |  here Direct Link http://newcoldwar.org/refugee-crisis-how-neocons-destabilized-europe/  More Neocon Propaganda The New York Times Dishonourable Mentions Comcast-funded Vox Reuters The Washington Post 'NYT Erases CIA’s Efforts to Overthrow Syria’s Government' (Adam Johnson) Post Link  |  here Direct Link http://fair.org/home/down-the-memory-hole-nyt-erases-cias-efforts-to-overthrow-syrias-government/ Assange Transnational Security Elite, Carving Up the World Using Your Tax Money London  OCT8 Antiwar Mass Assembly (2011) Link  |  here ꕤ

'NYT Erases CIA’s Efforts to Overthrow Syria’s Government' (Adam Johnson)

ꕤ Article SOURCE http://fair.org/home/down-the-memory-hole-nyt-erases-cias-efforts-to-overthrow-syrias-government/ Down the Memory Hole: NYT Erases CIA’s Efforts to Overthrow Syria’s Government  By Adam Johnson 20 September 2015 The New York Times depicts a sad Obama to accompany its story claiming that he trained Syrian rebels against his better judgment. (photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) FAIR has noted before how America’s well-documented clandestine activities in Syria have been routinely ignored when the corporate media discuss the Obama administration’s “hands-off” approach to the four-and-a-half-year-long conflict.  This past week, two pieces—one in the New York Times detailing the “finger pointing” over Obama’s “failed” Syria policy, and a Vox “explainer” of the Syrian civil war—did one better: They didn’t just omit the fact that the CIA has been arming, training and funding rebels since 2012, they heavily implied they had never done so. First, let’s establish what we do know. Based on multiple reports over the past three-and-a-half years, we know that the Central Intelligence Agency set up a secret program of arming, funding and training anti-Assad forces. This has been reported by major outlets, including the New York Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel and, most recently, the Washington Post, which—partly thanks to the Snowden revelations—detailed a program that trained approximately 10,000 rebel fighters at a cost of $1 billion a year, or roughly 1/15th of the CIA’s official annual budget. In addition to the CIA’s efforts, there is a much more scrutinized and far more publicized program by the Department of Defense to train “moderate rebels,” of which only a few dozen actually saw battle. The Pentagon program, which began earlier this year and is charged with fighting ISIS (rather than Syrian government forces), is separate from the covert CIA operation. It has, by all accounts, been an abysmal failure. One thing the DoD’s rebel training program hasn’t been a failure at, however, is helping credulous reporters rewrite history by treating the Pentagon program as the only US effort to train Syrian rebels–now or in the past. As the US’s strategy in Syria is publicly debated, the CIA’s years-long program has vanished from many popular accounts, giving the average reader the impression the US has sat idly by while foreign actors, Iranian and Russian, have interfered in the internal matters of Syria. While the White House, Congress and the Pentagon can’t legally acknowledge the CIA training program, because it’s still technically classified, there’s little reason why our media need to entertain a similar charade. Let’s start with Peter Baker’s New York Times piece from September 17 and some of its improbable claims:     Finger-Pointing, but Few Answers, After a Syria Solution Fails     By any measure, President Obama’s effort to train a Syrian opposition army to fight the Islamic State on the ground has been an abysmal failure. The military acknowledged this week that just four or five American-trained fighters are actually fighting. Notice the sleight-of-hand. There may only be “four or five American-trained fighters…fighting” expressly against ISIS, but there is no doubt thousands more American-trained fighters are fighting in Syria. The DoD’s statement is manifestly false, but because the New York Times is simply quoting “the military”—which, again, cannot not legally acknowledge the CIA program—it is left entirely unchallenged. This is the worst type of “officials say” journalism. The premise, while ostensibly critical of US foreign policy, is actually helping advance its larger goal of rewriting US involvement in the Syrian civil war. A four-year-long deliberate strategy of backing anti-Assad forces–which has helped fuel the bloody civil war and paved the way for the rise of ISIS–is reduced to a cheesy “bumbling bureaucrat” narrative. Baker went on:     But the White House says it is not to blame. The finger, it says, should be pointed not at Mr. Obama but at those who pressed him to attempt training Syrian rebels in the first place — a group that, in addition to congressional Republicans, happened to include former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.     At briefings this week after the disclosure of the paltry results, Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, repeatedly noted that Mr. Obama always had been a skeptic of training Syrian rebels. The military was correct in concluding that “this was a more difficult endeavor than we assumed and that we need to make some changes to that program,” Mr. Earnest said. “But I think it’s also time for our critics to ‘fess up in this regard as well. They were wrong.”     In effect, Mr. Obama is arguing that he reluctantly went along with those who said it was the way to combat the Islamic State, but that he never wanted to do it and has now has been vindicated in his original judgment. The I-told-you-so argument, of course, assumes that the idea of training rebels itself was flawed and not that it was started too late and executed ineffectively, as critics maintain. The sleight-of-hand continues: The article presents the training of rebels as a “way to combat the Islamic State,” but repeatedly speaks in general of training Syrian rebels as something “Obama always had been a skeptic of”–which flies in the face of the fact that he did so, to the tune of $1 billion a year over four years, with 10,000 rebels trained. But the piece goes on to make clear that when it’s talking about “training Syrian rebels,” it’s referring not only to the anti-ISIS program but to efforts to overthrow Syria’s government as well:     The idea of bolstering Syrian rebels was debated from the early days of the civil war, which started in 2011. Mrs. Clinton, along with David H. Petraeus, then the CIA director, and Leon E. Panetta, then the Defense secretary, supported arming opposition forces, but the president worried about deep entanglement in someone else’s war after the bloody experience in Iraq.     In 2014, however, after the Islamic State had swept through parts of Syria and Iraq, Mr. Obama reversed course and initiated a $500 million program to train and arm rebels who had been vetted and were told to fight the Islamic State, not Mr. Assad’s government. This is outright false. These two paragraphs, while cleverly parsed, give the reader the impression Obama parted with the CIA and Mrs. Clinton on arming opposition forces, only to “reverse course” in 2014. But the president never “reversed course,” because he did exactly what the Panetta, Petraeus and Clinton urged him to do: He armed the opposition. Once again, the Pentagon’s Keystone Kop plan is being passed off by journalists who who should know better as the beginning and end of American involvement in the Syrian rebellion. Nowhere in this report is the CIA’s plan mentioned at all. The whitewashing would get even worse:     Some Syrian rebels who asked for American arms in 2011 and 2012 eventually gave up and allied themselves with more radical groups, analysts said, leaving fewer fighters who were friendly to the United States. But the US did get arms to Syrian rebels in 2012. In fact, Baker’s own publication reported this fact in 2012 (6/21/12):     CIA Said to Aid in Steering Arms to Syrian Opposition Indeed, according to a rather detailed New York Times infographic from 2013 (3/23/13), shipments began, at the latest, in January 2012: An Arms Pipeline to the Syrian Rebels: New York Times [graphic] Note that this map accompanied an article headlined “Arms Airlift to Syria Rebels Expands, With Aid From CIA.” The CIA’s program, when discussing a fraught foreign policy issue like Syria, is simply thrown down the memory hole. How can the public have an honest conversation about what the US should or shouldn’t do in Syria next when the most respected newspaper in the US can’t honestly acknowledge what we have done thus far? Vox depicts Free Syrian Army fighters–without acknowledging that the CIA helped to arm the rebels. (photo: STR/AFP/Getty Images) The New York Times wouldn’t be alone. Comcast-funded Vox would also ignore the CIA rebel training program in its almost 4,000-word overview of the Syrian civil war. Again, the Pentagon’s program would be the sole focus in regards to funding rebels, along with reports of Gulf states doing so as well. But the CIA funding, training and arming thousands of rebels since at least 2012? Nowhere to be found. Not mentioned or alluded to once. Reuters and the Washington Post’s reports on the US’s Syrian strategy revamp, while they didn’t fudge history as bad as the Times and Vox, also ignored any attempts by the CIA to back Syrian opposition rebels. This crucial piece of history is routinely omitted from mainstream public discourse. As the military build-up and posturing in Syria between Russia and the United States escalates, policy makers and influencers on this side of the Atlantic are urgently trying to portray the West’s involvement in Syria as either nonexistent or marked by good-faith incompetence. By whitewashing the West’s clandestine involvement in Syria, the media not only portrays Russia as the sole contributor to hostilities, it absolves Europe and the United States of their own guilt in helping create a refugee crisis and fuel a civil war that has devastated so many for so long. Adam Johnson is an associate editor at AlterNet and writes frequently for FAIR.org. http://fair.org/home/down-the-memory-hole-nyt-erases-cias-efforts-to-overthrow-syrias-government/ Assange Transnational Security Elite, Carving Up the World Using Your Tax Money London  OCT8 Antiwar Mass Assembly (2011) Link  |  here ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT Another good article. It's like watching a train wreck about to happen, in a nightmare where you're screaming but you can't be heard. ꕤ