Stobi

Stobi RIGHT-CLICK + OPEN LINK IN 'NEW TAB' *keep calling this place 'Strobi' instead of 'Stobi' ... I have a lot of problems with Greek names ... LOL SUMMARY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_%28Greece%29 Stobi ancient town of Paeonia land and kingdom of Paeonians said to be allies of Trojans during Persian invasion of Greece conquered Paeonians deported to Asia Stobi means 'pillar' or 'post' (ancient Paeonian) Paeonia located immediately north of ancient Macedonia now:  modern Greek region of Macedonia Macedonia = part of Northern Greece, plus Thrace & sometimes Thessaly + Epirus incorporates most territories of ancient Macedon, kingdom ruled by the Argeads member Alexander the Great & his father Philip II Argead dynasty = ancient Greek ruling house traced origins to Argos Macedonia derives from the Greek Μακεδονία (Makedonía) kingdom (later region) fm ancient Gk. 'makednós' (tall, slim) early 5th century BC, region came under Persian rule to destruction of Xerxes at Plataea 6th & 7th Centuries Slavic, Avar, Bulgarian + Magyar invasions 1224, Greek Macedonia and the city of Thessalonica at the heart of Empire of Thessalonica (brief) Greek Macedonia in restored Byzantine Empire control 1340s - Greek Macedonia (except Thessaloniki & maybe Veria) conquered by Serbian ruler: Stefan Dušan after Dušan's death  divided b/w Serbia & Bulgaria fell quickly to Ottoman Turks  (Thessaloniki holding out to 1387) capture of Thessalonica prelude to fall of Constantinople Greek Macedonia at end of the Ottoman Empire much of region known as Rumelia from Ottoman Turkish: Rumeli, 'Land of the Romans' 1912-1913, Balkan Wars 1913, Rumelia (Greek Macedonia)  divided by   Treaty of Bucharest (1913) following each took portions: Greece (largest portion) Bulgaria Serbia Albania (small portion) oldest European humanoid found in this region sizeable community of Sephardic Jews (centred in Thessaloniki) Slavic-Speaking Northern Split 1870s Slavic-speaking northern Greece community split into two hostile & opposed groups with different national identities 1. Greek 2. Bulgarian Post WWII Slavic Split post-WWII, on defeat of Bulgaria, further split occurred in Slavic group 1.  conservatives left with occupying Bulgarian army to Bulgaria 2.  leftists identifying as Slavic Macedonians joined communist rebel army     (Democratic Army of Greece) 1946-1949 Civil War - thereafter Slavic Macedonians left Greece & settled in     Yugoslav Socialist Republic of Macedonia (or migrated elsewhere) 1941-1944, occupied by the Axis powers WWII Germany held western & central portion Bulgaria occupied & annexed eastern Macedonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_%28Greece%29 The ruins looked so beautiful, I had to find out about where they were.   This is a quickie partial look. Think it might take some time for me to understand all these people involved in this one tiny region.  It's still all a blur to me when it comes to the Greeks, Bulgarians etc. For some reason, my brain shuts when I look at Greek names. They don't feel comfortable to me ... it's an effort. But I'm getting very accustomed to the script. It's very much like Russian (that I do lots of look-ups on), and it's not intimidating anymore.

Qatar Buys Military Equipment from Ukraine For Shipment to ISIS - US Approves

ꕤ Article SOURCE http://www.voltairenet.org/article189366.html In Brief UKRAINE supplying #ISIS via #Qatar -->  through #Bulgaria + #Turkey UkrOboronProm http://www.voltairenet.org/article189366.html Qatar and Ukraine come to deliver Pechora-2D to ISIS   by Andrey Fomin Qatar has bought sophisticated military equipment from Ukraine on behalf of ISIS. The operation took place in late September 2015, just before the Russian military action against the terrorist organization. It was approved by the US embassy in Doha. Officially, the new emir is not involved in the war in Iraq and Syria.  Voltaire Network | Moscow (Russia) | 22 November 2015 The fact that the ISIS infrastructure in Syria and Iraq is absolutely vulnerable to the airstrikes of the international coalition is undoubtful. During the last week only the Russian Air Force and Navy hit around 826 ISIS targets (training camps, munition and explosives plants, depots, oil refinery and transport objects) causing critical damage to the terrorist groups and its revenue sources. The sponsors of the ISIS are certainly committed to acquire and supply to the jihadist brigades the air defense systems efficient enough to at least hamper the activities of the coalition in the Syrian sky. Back in September 2015, being aware of the Russian plans to launch anti-terrorist air campaign, a Qatari delegation from the Ministry of Defense came to Kiev to take part in the Arms and Security Expo, September 22-27, 2015: *** [IMAGE ] *** They reached a deal with UkrOboronProm (a state-run Ukrainian arms trader) to purchase the modernized Air Defense Missile Complex “Pechora-2D” *** [IMAGE ] *** On Sept. 30 Volodimir Kuruts, the Trade Councellor of the Ukrainian Embassy in Qatar, writes to his business contact in Cyprus Vasyl Babytskiy, director of the Blessway Ltd: Take note that it is the same Vasyl Babitskiy who resold 265 outdated Poland-made anti-aircraft autocannons to Saudi Arabia (eventually to the same ISIS), originally dedicated for the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior. The revealed information clearly indicates that the Qatar Ministry of Defense is arranging supplies of the Ukrainian air defense systems to Syria-based terrorist organizations via Bulgaria and Turkey. The US officers in Qatar have approved the deals. Taking into account that “Pechora 2D” system is able to strike the aircrafts at the heights up to 21 km, the investigation of the A321 Metrojet downfall over Sinai may receive an unexpected turn…   Andrey Fomin Founding editor of the online political analysis journal Oriental Review. He holds a Masters in Russian History (Lomonosov Moscow State University). http://www.voltairenet.org/article189366.html ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT This are much nastier and dirtier than I imagined: 1) savages for a proxy army against Assad. 2) Russian passenger plane blown up. 3) Paris shot up. 4) Russian bomber shot down. 5) Libya in ruins. 6) Syria in ruins. 7) a lot of Africa getting bombed. 8) Middle East in Ruins. 9) Saudis or ISIS sending Middle East & Africa to Europe -- Europe in ruins. It is the death of Europe. And European politicians are instrumental in this. ꕤ

Overwhelming Muslim Tide in Europe

ꕤ Article SOURCE http://www.examiner.com/article/european-refugee-flood-revolt-of-the-christian-laity European refugee flood; revolt of the Christian laity October 3, 2015 1:49 PM MST Timothy Whiteman Wilmington Conservative Examiner While Europe nations from the Balkans to Scandinavia are attempting to cope with at least hundreds of thousands of refugees already on the continent, the leaders of the three largest Christian Churches in all of Christendom, albeit to various degrees, are exhorting the faithful to assist the migrants. While the Pontiff of Rome, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, and the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus' have expressed varying degrees of support for the migrants, the pushback is coming from an unexpected source; the Christian laity. As reported by Ilgin Karlidag of the new media Turkish Weekly news portal on Oct. 3, 2015, as the overwhelmingly Muslim tide of humanity coursing across Europe are finding that while ecclesiastical leaders may be lobbying on their behalf, the reality closer to the ground is much different. As the Turkish reporter noted, Slovakia has already announced that only Christian refugees and not Muslims will be admitted to the Central European republic. Ironically, while the vast majority of the European democracies have slowly but surely been abandoning their centuries old Christian faith, culture and heritage over the past half century, the massive infusion of adherents of Mohammed may be the catalyst to a Christian re-awakening for the ever increasingly agnostics populations. As the Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported via Zee News of India on Sept. 26, 2015, despite France's Catholic hierarchy admonishing acceptance of all migrants, as well as the federal government's official refugee policy, the mayors of numerous Gallic cities, towns and villages have made it clear they would happily accept migrants. But the hitch is only if said migrants are Christians. Even among the migrants themselves, the Christian minority of routinely singled out as easy targets for the Muslim majority. As the Jewish Press cited on Oct. 1, 2015, German police have been forced to separately house Christian refugees from Muslim. As reported, "A policy of segregation has already been implemented in the German state of Thuringia after Christian migrants in asylum centers were attacked by Sunnis attempting to impose Sharia law." Examples of repression even in the refugee camps include, "Women are being forced to wear veils. Men are forced to pray. Islamists want to impose their values.” International Society for Human Rights official Max Klingberg complained that many of the refugees in Germany are actually radical Islamists. “Among the new arrivals is not a small amount of religious intensity, it is at least at the level of the Muslim Brotherhood,” he said. Explaining that even if the Middle Eastern or North African Christians are to a certain degree somewhat alien to the average nominal Christian from Minsk to Manchester, a number of elected officials explain that with a shared Christian heritage the displaced and often violently repressed Middle Eastern and North African Christian refugees would have a much better chance of assimilating than their Muslim countrymen. Even within the past number of weeks have a handful of European nations jettisoned any semblance of political correctness by clearly and unambiguously stating that if any migrants are allowed to remain, it'll be the Christians only. Hungary, Cyprus and the Czech Republic have all openly spoken against taking in Muslim refugees. Earlier this week, Cyprus announced it will allow 300 refugees sanctuary inside its borders, as long as they are Christian." Not alone, Ivan Netik, the Slovak Interior Ministry Spokesman, said Muslims “would not feel at home” in his country. Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico warned that his country would not like to “wake up one day” and find Slovakia overrun by Muslims. “If a mechanism for automatic redistribution of migrants is adopted, then we will wake up one day and have 100,000 people from the Arab world and that is a problem I would not like Slovakia to have,” he stated. According to the BreakingIsraelNews.com website, "We would seek for them to be Orthodox Christians,” explained Cyprus Interior Minister Socratis Hasikos on state radio. “It’s not an issue of being inhuman or not helping if we are called upon, but to be honest, yes, that’s what we would prefer.” Hasikos, who is responsible for migration policy, added that Christian refugees would have an easier time adjusting to life in Cyprus compared to their Muslim counterparts." Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has described the influx of Muslim refugees as a threat to Europe’s "Christian roots," while Bulgaria`s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov stated he was "concerned" over a potential massive influx of migrants in the coming months. "I`m scared and the Bulgarian people are scared, if only where religions are concerned. We are Christian, they are Muslim." At least on paper, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic are overwhelmingly Catholic, while the vast majority Cypriots and Bulgarians classify themselves Orthodox Christians. Breaking from the pack of Church leaders, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church's Patriarch Neofit has called on the government to cease allowing any Muslims at all into the nation, as reported by the Reuters news service on Sept. 25, 2015. "For those who are already here, it is right for us, as Orthodox Christians and as a society, to look after as much as we can and as much as our scant resources allow us, but not any further," the Church said on its official website. Not quite done yet, Patriarch Neofit also let it be known that "The Bulgarian Orthodox people should not pay the price of our disappearance as a state." As previously cited from AFP, the Bulgarian Patriarch also stated of the current crisis, "This is a wave that looks like an invasion." http://www.examiner.com/article/european-refugee-flood-revolt-of-the-christian-laity ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT Well, no surprise there.  European people spent hundreds of years fighting to free themselves of Muslim invaders. ꕤ

FOREIGN SERVICE UPDATES

Sweden refused to renew a 10-year-old weapons deal w SaudiArabia Saudi ambassador recalled / diplomatic rift SaudiArabia = 3rd largest non-Western buyer of Sweden arms @ 338 million kronor ($39 million) 2014 Right-wing Svenska Dagbladet says:  Swedish industry “must be allowed to trade ... even with dictatorships.” http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2015/Mar-12/290479-saudi-arabia-recalls-envoy-to-sweden-after-military-ties-cut.ashx DAILY STAR - EXTRACT [...] Swedish Foreign Ministry spokesman Gabriel Wernstedt said the Saudis were recalling their ambassador because of “Sweden’s criticism regarding human rights and democracy” in the ultraconservative kingdom. The official Saudi Press Agency reported that the Saudi Foreign Ministry recalled its diplomat because it considered remarks by Sweden’s foreign minister about the kingdom as “blatant interference it its internal affairs. Saudi Arabia is the third largest non-Western buyer of Swedish arms. In 2014, Riyadh bought equipment worth 338 million kronor ($39 million). [... ] But an opening speech she was due to give in which she stressed human rights, with a particular emphasis on rights for women, was canceled. The speech was later published by the Swedish Foreign Ministry. Wallstroem has rarely commented on Saudi Arabia but in January she condemned the kingdom’s treatment of blogger Raef Badawi, who had been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison for insulting Islam. [...] Wallstroem told news agency TT Wednesday her government had made the “correct” decision by ending the agreement. “I feel that when I speak about democracy and human rights, I do with the support of the Swedish people.”  [Oh, please.  What about the human rights of ethnic-Russian citizens of eastern Ukraine & supporting their murder by supporting the Proshenko Ukraine puppet govt.?] [...] The Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist said Tuesday only cooperation in medicine and gender studies would remain on offer. “What we have is an open invitation to partake in medical and gender training, but the Saudi side has not shown any interest.” [...] Commenting on the severed military ties, liberal writer Fredrik Segerfeldt wrote that Sweden’s objective was “to become a moral power” on the world stage. But taking a stance against Saudi Arabia today risked Sweden’s credibility as a business partner, according to some center-right opposition politicians and the Swedish business community. “Foreign policy is not only about other countries,” right-wing daily Svenska Dagbladet wrote in an editorial, noting that Swedish industry “must be allowed to trade ... even with dictatorships.” -- COMMENT RE SWEDEN ARMS DEAL CANCELLATION: "Swedish people must be so proud of their leaders. Exciting to see principles come before money for once." Ummm, I'm not actually convinced of this.  Swedish politics as a whole is not geared to serve 'principles before money'.  Some sectors of Sweden's politics may well genuinely believe in this, and there may have been a push that forced the cancellation; but overall, politics, trade and military (which serves trade & other interests) are not geared to function on bleeding heart principles. BANGLADESH EXAMPLE Dhaka Bangladesh Sweden Embassy + Business Sweden co-host Swe bus. delegation - power, telecommunications, roads, bridges + transport  Ambass: Johan Frisell - nonchalant re political climate for biz Sweden  11 large Sweden corporations delegates attend http://bdnews24.com/business/2015/03/11/swedish-business-delegation-in-dhaka-to-explore-investment-prospects Bangladesh / Sweden  Trade is dominated by the textile & ready-made garments. abt. USD$338-m (I think) {30bn Tk} Hey, Sweden ... Govt crackdown: civil & media Atheist bloggers arrested, activist in prison & more http://www.hrw.org/world-report/2014/country-chapters/bangladesh If Sweden is to operate on human rights & principles basis, doing business in Bangladesh (& probably most of the rest of the world) might prove a problem.  Most Sweden business is in garments & textiles. I smell SWEAT SHOPS.   http://bdnews24.com/business/2015/03/11/swedish-business-delegation-in-dhaka-to-explore-investment-prospects Sweatshops in Bangladesh 3.5m workers produce goods for export global market, primarily:  USA & EU 85%  However, Bangladesh women producers have little improvement in lives: http://www.waronwant.org/overseas-work/sweatshops-and-plantations/sweatshops-in-bangladesh GOLDMINE  Not only SWEATSHOPS vs HUMAN RIGHTS but also WOMEN exploited vs FEMINIST GOVT SWEDEN ... -- USA - where's the transparency?  Report:  Only .00006 Percent of State Dept. E-mails Archived 2011 http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/email-fraction-archived-official/2015/03/11/id/629628/  Hillary Clinton --  Kenya US embassy Trivia: 19 federal USG agencies operating out of US Embassy Kenya as at 2012 -- Morocco has recalled its ambassador from Nigeria Morocco denies its King spoke on phone to Goodluck Nigeria insists phone conversations took place Morocco claims using King re election campaign Morocco denies Nigeria's further assertions http://www.360nobs.com/2015/03/morocco-closes-its-embassy-over-fallout-with-federal-government/ -- Pakistan US Ambassador to Lebanon David Hale reassignment to Pak. Not yet official nomination {extensive Middle East experience} http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2015/Mar-12/290475-us-ambassador-hale-may-be-posted-to-pakistan.ashx -- Charles S Cohen Chairman of Cohen Media Group to be honoured France for promo French cinema in US http://www.prurgent.com/2015-03-11/pressrelease378605.htm  Film Media France Cultural Services of French Embassy = platform > French +  US artists, intellectuals, educators, students, tech etc -- Georgia Iran diplomatic spat Georgia Justice Min. Tsulukian China, Iran, Iraq + Egypt entry 'undesirable' http://www.eurasianet.org/node/72481 Georgia said to be pandering to anti-immigration voters Georgia says abiding by: association agreement signed w EU in 2014. -- D-Day Mission Bulgaria GREAT Mega Mission 2015 4-day initiative of UK largest visit of its kind to Bulgaria + Romania UKTI 2020 double trade aim [publics.bg] Bulgaria UK 50 top UK coys, 200 Bulgarian delegates Eyeing: >nuclear >oil + gas >mass transport >water & enviro http://www.publics.bg/en/news/12152/GREAT_Mega_Mission_2015_in_Bulgaria.html -- UK shadow foreign secretary says pursuing reopening of the UK embassy in Iran British grovelling ... mistakes made http://tehrantimes.com/politics/122509-shadow-foreign-secretary-says-he-pushes-for-reopening-uk-embassy-in-iran- -- UK Opened New Consulate in India, the Seventh [Prensa Latina] Ahmedabad Bangalore Chandigarh – new – {Large Punjabi Community in UK} Chennai Delhi - High Commission (embassy) Goa – tourist info office Hyderabad Kolkata Mumbai Pune – Commercial Office -- LOL... Timely UK suck job ingratiation {for trade}: Statue of Mahatma Gandhi for Parliament Square in London on Sat David Cameron attending Hammond attended opening new consulate. Slaughter of independence supporters by British Amritsar Punjab 1919 not mentioned. Amritsar Punjab 1919 Slaughter by British =  over 400 dead, incl. many women & children http://www.plenglish.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3610931&Itemid=1 -- #Turkey Syrian citizen, #Canada spy actively helped 3 teenage UK girls pass into Syria to join ISIS admitted on payroll of Canada intelligence #Canada - a #NATO ally knee-deep in #ISIS http://www.dailysabah.com/columns/ilnur-cevik/2015/03/14/canada-has-much-to-explain-about-isis-links #Canada Embassy Jordan run by Bruno Saccomani hand-picked former bodyguard to Stephen Harper linked to an interl terrorism & spy scandal #Canada   -   Ooh La La SPY SCANDAL - ISIS #Syria intel operative Mohammed Mehmet Rashid     — dubbed Doctor Mehmet Rashid     x3 London schoolgirls http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/03/13/safety-minister-silent-amid-claims-that-the-spy-accused-of-helping-girls-join-isis-was-working-for-canada/

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#Reddit "shadowbans" user for asking #Assange a question about censorship on Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/2ghp54/i_am_julian_assange_ama_about_my_new_book_when/ … #GamerGate

#GamerGate'ers should know that the pattern of censorship & cronyism they see is mirrored at the very top. Level up:

WikiLeaks cable reveals how #NATO head got top job in corrupt deal with #Turkey + #Obama

https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09COPENHAGEN241_a.html#efmAcXAilAlwAn_AwcAxnA6VA8uA_sBGfBS4BUBB5gB67B9aB-1CAECE-CLgCNQCNuCP_CRrCTECTGCUUCV7CXzCb-CdM … & https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09COPENHAGEN206_a.html#efmCDhCRT …

Misc. Look-ups

" ... video game space has been so heavily politicized with a left-leaning, feminist-driven slant," >> http://goo.gl/bQtdF9

>> Why do ppl bother to use #Reddit when it's a censored platform?

"4chan in general is widely viewed as a nasty sort of place for anyone not straight and male" [Forbes] >>But 4Chan's heaps more interesting

"... capitalizing on a culture of victimhood" (Erik Kain) >> What a fantastic phrase. We see this happening ALL THE TIME in wider society!

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#Russia - Lavrov's trip #Zimbabwe - platinum deposit, Darwendale, project - w/ Russia's Rostec & others http://goo.gl/4pG2D1  >

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 #PoliceState - UK government made 1,535 requests for citizens' information from Google - http://goo.gl/D88J1L 

Irish authorities - x10 requests this year - Gmail, Google Docs, YouTube or other Google - http://goo.gl/D88J1L  - reasons unknown #Ireland

#Denmark - x52 requests for citizens' information from Google. http://goo.gl/D88J1L 

#Belgium -   x213 user data requests from Google >> http://goo.gl/D88J1L 

#Portugal -- x338 user data requests from Google -- http://goo.gl/D88J1L

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#UK - C6 Intell Info Systems Ltd (“C6”) - global intelligence info - both individuals & companies

worked 4 City / London Fraud Squad - have access to ‘dark web’ http://goo.gl/7WBt6e  - stolen perso records traded #hacker

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#auspol >>NSW Police cyber hacking could be breaking the law, warns civil liberties lawyer>> http://goo.gl/HefliG  - #WikiLeaks #Assange

>>warrants *don't allow generalised software computer hacking* - premises-based / search computers + 2 access other networks.

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#USA & #Israel used Stuxnet computer worm 2009 to control #Iranian nuclear facility’s computer sys & destroy 1/5 country’s uranium supply!

- “zero-day” exploit -- http://www.wired.com/2011/07/how-digital-detectives-deciphered-stuxnet/all/ …

The Stuxnet 2009 worm & Iran destruction uranium info is from New York Times. Wired info good but hard to follow (4 me).

#Surveillance - NSA Secretly Trying To Map The Internet — Including All Devices Connected To It — In Real-Time - http://goo.gl/D0tYHS

>> "a bird’s eye view of the planet’s digital arteries" -- #Snowden

“...agencies successfully infiltrated major German telecommunications providers Netcologne and Telekom, the latter of which runs service to Britain and the eastern U.S.”  [DailyCaller]

“... Stellar, a German satellite communications firm revealed to have been hacked” [DailyCaller]

#surveillance - NSA Big Brother program, entitled Treasure Map - http://goo.gl/UD6yIG  - Five Eyes hacks & monitors - #auspol #nzpol #ukpol

>> NSA + Five Eyes (UK, AU, NZ, CA) alliance essentially have access to all communications in the world. [ibtimesco.uk]

“More German tensions: Among the “autonomous systems” Treasure Map penetrated in order to create this global map, according to Snowden documents, is Deutsche Telekom, which is partly owned by the German government, and Netcologne, a regional German telecom. That’s sure to cause even more friction between the U.S. and Germany, which expelled the CIA’s Berlin station chief in July over NSA spying revelations, including that the spy agency allegedly tapped Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone. Deutsche Telekom told Der Spiegel it conducted an extensive investigation after the magazine alerted it about the possible infiltration but found no suspicious hardware or data leaving its networks.”

Source: http://www.politico.com/morningcybersecurity/0914/morningcybersecurity15290.html

#Surveillance #Germany #SpyScandal

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 ISRAEL

 

"Israel has built “an Iron Dome of cybersecurity that parallels the Iron Dome against the rockets,” Netanyahu said ..."

"Netanyahu said the majority of attacks stem from Iran, including cyberattacks that are ostensibly from Iran-allied groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas."

"“Iran and its proxies take advantage of the security and anonymity of cyber space” to attack Israel and other countries, he said."

The story from the Jerusalem Post: http://bit.ly/1tRBvlL

[Politico/com]

#Israel #Iran #Cybersecurity

United Nations Disengagement Observer Force Zone - costs $64 million per year to run as of 2014 - http://goo.gl/TNgP0E  ... #Israel    #Syria   ... Golan Heights

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#Hacker #cybersecurity - Involvement of a major US carrier in Border Gateway Protocol hijacking http://goo.gl/L8uLm1  misrouting #Bulgaria

Germany-based spyware firm FinFisher facing more troubles w/ publication on #Wikileaks / http://bit.ly/1s2FrUp + http://politico.pro/1kvMmSz

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United Kingdom profile - Timeline - A chronology of key events - http://goo.gl/jyqCgu 

>1945 Labour intros welfare state + UN Security Council perma memb/ 1949 UK a founder member of Nato / 1973 EEC / end. by refer. 1975

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RUSSIA / BALTIC

#Russia >>> Baltic States of suppressing the rights of Russian speakers >>> http://goo.gl/OmCCdf  >>> #Latvia, #Lithuania, #Estonia

This some of the information I looked at today.  

As usual, it's easier to just copy over where I've been than it is to try to recall.

Ran off a copy of the massive Stuxnet article because I find it impossible to focus on something long and involved, staring at a screen.  Find it better to have a hard copy for mark-up and ease of reading.

At the end of my day of checking things out, I'm wondering why I've bothered running off the involved Stuxnet hacking article when I'm not a techie and really don't need to know anything in depth.

On the other hand, it's supposed to be some techie (or surveillance) big deal, so I might have to force myself to get through the information -- even if it's just skimming over it.