Syria - Robbed by Israel & US-Anglo Imperialists

Syria - Robbed by Israel & US-Anglo Imperialists SUMMARY SOURCE http://russia-insider.com/en/business/cheney-rothschild-and-fox-news-murdoch-drill-oil-syria-violating-international-law/ri12508?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Cheney, Rothschild, and Fox News’ Murdoch to Drill for Oil in Syria, Violating International Law Genie Energy is planning to drill in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights - legally part of Syria - potentially endangering precious water supplies -- Syria ripped apart by: warring of U.S. imperialists and Islamic fundamentalists -- US imperialist & Islamic fundamentalists leave children to die of starvation -- Israel to take advantage of chaos, stealing resources of Syria's southern region -- theft to be carried out by "notorious pushers of military hegemony" -- theft violates international law & the thieves don't care AMERICAN-BASED - GENIE ENERGY -- Genie Energy is an American-based oil and gas company -- investors & advisers of Genie Energy are who's who of war profiteers: Dick Cheney (USA VP under Bush; served under 4 US Republican US presidents, spent 6 terms in White House) Rupert Murdoch (media) Lord Jacob Rothschild (British investment banking) James Woolsey (USA, Democratic Party, security, energy, former CIA head) ISRAELI MILITARY COMMANDER PRESIDENT - GENIE ENERGY -- Genie Energy president: Efraim “Effi” Eitam, an Israeli military commander -- Efraim Eitam called for expulsion of 'cancer' of Arabs form Israel VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW -- intend drilling vast oil & gas reserves in occupied Syrian Golan Heights -- Golan Heights occupied by Israel since 1967 -- drilling in violation of international law - Annex to Fourth Geneva Convention -- https://www.icrc.org/applic/ihl/ihl.nsf/WebART/195-200065 -- Israel granted Genie's Afek Oil & Gas exclusive petroleum exploration rights -- area: 153 square miles of occupied Golan Heights -- 2015 surface geophysical tests discovered substantial oil & natural gas reserves -- Afek Oil & Gas subsidiary of Genie Energy has drilled - x3 exploratory wells -- illegal occupation of Syria's Golan Heights exploited by Israel for decades -- one-third of entire Israel water supply is from occupied Golan Heights -- sold as tourist & skiing destination Mount Hermon Ski Resort) -- Israeli occupation of Syrian Golan Heights continues despite US & international pressure RUPERT MURDOCH & FOX 'NEWS' -- Rupert Murdoch sung the praises of Genie Energy -- however, prosperity & security not for targets of Western imperialists -- the war-stricken, the starving & the desperate of Syria -- Murdoch's Fox channel instrumental in pushing war in Middle East -- Murdoch's Fox channel instrumental in obscuring / concealing     role of USA in inciting war in Syria -- Murdoch & his cronies to reap profits -- Genie Energy, meanwhile, engages in publicity stunts to pre-empt criticism ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN -- reserves in occupied Golan Heights are locked up as shale oil -- hydraulic fracturing (fracking) likely method of extraction of fossil fuels -- shale oil in close proximity to LARGE AQUIFER    (underground water reserve) supplying DRINKING WATER to region -- fracking chemicals & polluted water that spill onto ground    could CONTAMINATE water supply LEGAL -- Israel High Court 2014 - issued temporary restraining order (see Haaretz) -- monied interests won: restraining order lifted -- Israeli occupied Syrian Golan Heights illegal oil drilling -- aided by assumption that Syrian Golan Heights is already part of Israel -- Genie Energy subsidiary refers to occupied Golan Heights field    as being in 'northern Israel' -- Naftali Bennet, Israeli politician    called for recognition of Golan Heights as Israeli territory 2015    called for expansion of Jewish settlers in region Article concludes: -- Dick Cheney, Rupert Murdoch, Jacob Rothschild & their henchmen -- have long promoted war & exploited oil resources in Middle East http://russia-insider.com/en/business/cheney-rothschild-and-fox-news-murdoch-drill-oil-syria-violating-international-law/ri12508?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter ---------------------- ---------------------- COMMENT Loads of information in this article. Interesting article.

USA - Rome Statute - ICC

ꕤ Info ROME STATUTE as marked USA & ISRAEL - 'UNSIGN' AS SIGNATORIES TO ROME STATUTE [Click on Image for Clear View, or link to article(s)] Jurist [Click on Image for Clear View, or link to article(s)] USA THREATENS MILITARY FORCE IF USA BROUGHT BEFORE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT American Free Press [Click on Image for Clear View, or link to article(s)] American Free Press [Click on Image for Clear View, or link to article(s)] US-NATO / CIA PROPAGANDA SELLING AFGHANISTAN WAR USA UNSIGNING ROME STATUTE USA THREATENING MILITARY ACTION RE BRINGING USA BEFORE ICC CIA PROPAGANDA & MEDIA CONTROL - GENERAL Page | Link ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT As at 2015, USA is not party to the Rome Statute (nor is Israel ... and some others). However, both USA and Israel were parties to the Rome Statute, but both 'unsigned' themselves -- in the US case, by the Bush-Cheney administration in 2002 (post invasion of Afghanistan, and just prior to illegal invasion of Iraq). I'd forgotten that the US has threatened to USE FORCE if its citizens were brought before the International Criminal Court (ICC), per the Rome Statute. How shady is this?   And how hypocritical is it to then expect (and lobby) to bring other states before the ICC for war crimes prosecution?  Especially states targeted for regime change:  Libya and Syria. -------/\/\/ Edit  |  March 2016: In the lead-up to the establishment of the ICC, USA signed up to the ICC just before the December 2000 deadline: -- to ensure that it would be a State party to the agreement -- that could participate in DECISION-MAKING on how the Court works To make certain it would remain immune to prosecution: Washington began to negotiate bilateral agreements with other countries, insuring immunity of US nationals from prosecution by the Court. As leverage, Washington threatened termination of economic aid, withdrawal of military assistance, and other painful measures. Washington ... has no intention to join the ICC, due to its concern about possible charges against US nationals. https://www.globalpolicy.org/international-justice/the-international-criminal-court/us-opposition-to-the-icc.html 'Hague Invasion Act'  - Servicemembers Protection Act (ASPA) (2002)   In addition: US threatens military force if personnel held at The Hague: -- U.S. President George Bush -- 3 August, 2002, signs: -- Servicemembers Protection Act (ASPA) (2002) -- dubbed the 'Hague Invasion Act' -- because the law:     -- law authorises the use of US military force     -- to liberate any American or citizen of a US-allied country     -- being held by ICC in The Hague -- USA punishing those that ratify ICC treaty     -- Servicemembers Protection Act     -- provides for withdrawal of US military assistance     -- from countries ratifying the ICC treaty     -- reconstructs US participation in UN peacekeeping, unless US obtains immunity from prosecution     -- but provisions may be waived on 'national interests' grounds -- however, the US has written into law, the provision that the US may:     -- assist internationally to 'bring to justice' those accused of:         -- genocide;         -- war crimes;         -- crimes against humanity;     -- including assistance with efforts of ICC. *USA makes an exception of itself and its partners in crime. http://www.globalissues.org/article/490/united-states-and-the-icc [Think I might need to re-work this untidy post some time  :)  ] ꕤ

Syria - Israel Contempt for International Law & Murdoch Media Interest in Israel's Genie Energy

ꕤ Article SOURCE https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2015/12/no-brake-and-no-disclosure-on-media-owners-interests/ No Brake and No Disclosure on Media Owners’ Interests by craig on December 5, 2015 3:22 pm in Uncategorized     The Times today carries an article on ISIS’ oil interests, Syria and Turkey. Nowhere does it inform its readers that the owner of the newspaper, Rupert Murdoch, has a vested interest in this subject through his role and shares in Genie Energy, an Israeli company granted oil rights in Syria by the Israeli government. Dick Cheney and Lord Rothschild are also shareholders. No, they really are. This is not a conspiracy theory. It is a conspiracy. That Israel should grant oil rights within Syria is of course a striking example of contempt for international law, but then that is the basis on which Israel normally operates. Of course Genie’s share value will be substantially boosted by the installation of a neo-con puppet regime in Damascus which can be bought to underwrite the oil concession granted by Israel. Contempt for international law has been the single most important defining characteristic of neo-conservatism, and the need to uphold international law the recurring theme of this blog. I never thought the UK government would make the withdrawal of its support for the concept of international law explicit, as Cameron has done by removing the obligation to comply with international law from the Ministerial Code. That is truly, truly disgraceful. But to return to Murdoch’s oil interests in Syria, it seems to me a fundamental flaw that when Fox News, Sky News, the Times, the Sun and Murdoch’s numerous other media outlets bang the drum for Western military action in Syria, there is no requirement for the consumer of this propaganda to be told that the outlet is pushing a policy in line with the financial interests of its owner. Even for those actively seeking information, there is no register of the interests of media proprietors. EXTRACT ONLY -- ARTICLE CONTINUES https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2015/12/no-brake-and-no-disclosure-on-media-owners-interests/ ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT What's the point of international law if there's nobody to enforce it? ꕤ

'Is Obama the Worst President Ever?'

SOURCE http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/09/03/is-obama-the-worst-president-ever/ September 3, 2015 Is Obama the Worst President Ever? by Dave Lindorff Obama is on track to go down in history as one of the, or perhaps as the worst and most criminal presidents in US history. He started out, campaigning in 2008, as someone would would restore the rule of law in US international affairs and here at home after eight years of criminality during the Bush and Cheney administration, as saying he would end America’s wars and bring back an era of international cooperation and negotiation, and as saying that he would confront the dire threat of global climate change. On the basis of that promise, he won a dramatic election victory, raising hopes across the country and across many voting blocks. On that basis, he was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize — the first time the award was given before anything had been done by the laureate being honored. And on the basis of that promise, people expected action on climate change. Instead, the president began backpedaling almost instantly. Instead of restoring the rule of law, he almost immediately announced that he would not permit his Justice Department to engage in any prosecutions of CIA, FBI, military of Bush/Cheney administration personnel for violations of international law or of US law. He introduced new secrecy rules, launched a record number of prosecutions of government whistleblowers, including an international manhunt to arrest or kill NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden which included the forcing down of a presidential aircraft carrying the president of Bolivia, wrongly suspected of flying Snowden from Russia to that Latin American country, and a secret espionage indictment against Wikileaks founder Julien Assange, who has thus been trapped for years in the little UK embassy of Ecuador which has granted him asylum. And most egregiously, Barack Obama, sabotaged the first international meeting on climate change held in Denmark, and has ducked every opportunity to have the US lead on reaching an international agreement to seriously reduce global carbon emissions. During the three Congressional electoral cycles and his re-election campaign in 2012, Obama studiously avoided pressing on any of these key issues, and especially on climate change. His position: “all of the above”, for energy development, has seen the US move, not towards carbon emission reductions, but towards expanded production of gas, oil and even coal extraction, making the US the largest oil producer in the world, and a major provider of dirty coal to both US electric companies and large coal using countries abroad, including China. Now we have this flimflam artist up in Alaska, talking about the crisis he has helped worsen, calling it an existential issue. And yet even as he speaks, the Shell Oil Company is towing a giant oil drilling rig up to the Arctic Ocean, thanks to an Obama administration permit, to begin drilling for oil in the shallow waters north of Alaska — drilling for yet more oil, that is, even as the world is facing a glut of the stuff, in a delicate region that would be devastated by a well blow-out, because ice would make containment an impossibility. Future generations of Americans will surely look back at President Obama as not just a con-man, but as someone who blew several trillion dollars on continued wars around the globe, as someone who terminally destroyed the Bill of Rights and the Constitution, instead of rescuing these documents as promised, and as the president who, when given the last real opportunity to reverse climate change, ducked the challenge and pandered to the corporations that selfishly wanted short-term gain over long-term survival for humanity and the biosphere. There are plenty of other criminal acts by this president to consider. On his watch, this first African-American president allowed an increased national police to become a fully-armed occupying army across the country. No American today is safe from abusive police who make up crimes and ignore the law at will, but paying a uniquely terrible price are African-Americans and other people of color, who once gave this president 90% of their votes or more, but who now are being gunned down with a grim regularity by mostly white cops who fire at the slightest provocation, even at unarmed kids. On his watch too, young children, fleeing US-caused gang violence in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and elsewhere in Latin America, have been sent back to their home countries illegally, or held in prisons in this country in violation of direct court orders. He also ordered his Justice Department not to prosecute the criminal bankers who willfully destroyed the US and the global economy to profit themselves and their institutions. This president, let’s be clear, has not just been incompetent and gutless. He has been a slick political fraud and both a common and a Constitutional criminal. In a just nation of engaged citizens, Obama would already have been impeached for any number of serious crimes, beginning with the failure to prosecute known war criminals of the Bush/Cheney administration, including the president and vice-president themselves. That’s not going to happen, because this is not a just nation of engaged citizens. But there will be a reckoning. History will judge this president harshly, as it has judged criminal leaders of the past, from Rome’s Nero to Italy’s Mussolini or Uganda’s Idi Amin. It may strike some as hyperbole to put President Obama in league with such universally acknowledged monsters as these, but when human beings begin dying by the millions because of climate-change caused famines, floods, droughts and international armed conflicts we will surely look back at the actions and inactions of this particular president, who had the opportunity to make a huge difference and chose not just to do nothing, but to make things worse, and will say his crimes perhaps exceeded theirs. Dave Lindorff is a founding member of ThisCantBeHappening!, an online newspaper collective, and is a contributor to Hopeless: Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion (AK Press). SOURCE http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/09/03/is-obama-the-worst-president-ever/ ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- What stood out for me: USA refuses to prosecute CIA, FBI, military [or] Bush/Cheney administration personnel for violating US or international law. Obama admin: = violated & continues to violate the Bill of Rights and the Constitution Obama admin: allowed militarised police to become a fully-armed occupying army across USA "No American today is safe from abusive police who make up crimes and ignore the law at will" Obama admin: introduced new secrecy rules Obama admin: launched a record number of prosecutions of whistleblowers Obama admin: engaged in international manhunt for whistleblower Edward Snowden Obama admin: forced down of a presidential aircraft carrying the president of Bolivia (wrongly suspected of flying Snowden from Russia to Bolivia} Obama admin: initiated a secret espionage indictment against WikiLeaks founder, journalist-publisher, Julian Assange (trapped for 5 years in the confines of UK embassy of Ecuador, which has granted him political asylum) Obama admin: =  ordered his Justice Department not to prosecute criminal bankers who destroyed the US & global economy for own profits Obama admin: = blew several trillion dollars on continued wars around the globe Obama admin: = pandered to corporations out for short-term gain over long-term effects on environment Obama admin: = expanded production of gas, oil and even coal extraction making the US the world's largest oil producer Thanks to Obama admin: USA = a major provider of dirty coal to both US electric companies + large coal using countries abroad, incl. China. Thanks to Obama admin: Shell Oil Company = towing a giant oil drilling rig up to the Arctic Ocean (Obama administration permit, to begin drilling for oil in the shallow waters north of Alaska) ꕤ ꕤ

Iraq Invasion Based on Lies

teleSUR ARTICLE Source Link - teleSUR Opinion Secret Document Shows CIA Reaction to Finding No WMD in Iraq This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Secret-Document-Shows-CIA-Reaction-to-Finding-No-WMD-in-Iraq-20150708-0032.html. If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english   Secret Document Shows CIA Reaction to Finding No WMD in Iraq The U.S. government invaded Iraq, devastated a society, killed upwards of a million people, wounded, traumatized, and displaced millions more. The National Security Archive has posted several newly available documents Monday, one of them an account by Charles Duelfer of the search he led in Iraq for weapons of mass destruction, with a staff of 1,700 and the resources of the U.S. military This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Secret-Document-Shows-CIA-Reaction-to-Finding-No-WMD-in-Iraq-20150708-0032.html. If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english The U.S. government invaded Iraq, devastated a society, killed upwards of a million people, wounded, traumatized, and displaced millions more. The National Security Archive has posted several newly available documents Monday, one of them an account by Charles Duelfer of the search he led in Iraq for weapons of mass destruction, with a staff of 1,700 and the resources of the U.S. military This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Secret-Document-Shows-CIA-Reaction-to-Finding-No-WMD-in-Iraq-20150708-0032.html. If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english Secret Document Shows CIA Reaction to Finding No WMD in Iraq This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Secret-Document-Shows-CIA-Reaction-to-Finding-No-WMD-in-Iraq-20150708-0032.html. If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english The U.S. government invaded Iraq, devastated a society, killed upwards of a million people, wounded, traumatized, and displaced millions more. The National Security Archive has posted several newly available documents Monday, one of them an account by Charles Duelfer of the search he led in Iraq for weapons of mass destruction, with a staff of 1,700 and the resources of the U.S. military. EXTRACT - FULL AT SOURCE   Source Link - teleSUR The U.S. government invaded Iraq, devastated a society, killed upwards of a million people, wounded, traumatized, and displaced millions more. The National Security Archive has posted several newly available documents Monday, one of them an account by Charles Duelfer of the search he led in Iraq for weapons of mass destruction, with a staff of 1,700 and the resources of the U.S. military This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Secret-Document-Shows-CIA-Reaction-to-Finding-No-WMD-in-Iraq-20150708-0032.html. If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english Secret Document Shows CIA Reaction to Finding No WMD in Iraq This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Secret-Document-Shows-CIA-Reaction-to-Finding-No-WMD-in-Iraq-20150708-0032.html. If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english Secret Document Shows CIA Reaction to Finding No WMD in Iraq This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Secret-Document-Shows-CIA-Reaction-to-Finding-No-WMD-in-Iraq-20150708-0032.html. If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english Secret Document Shows CIA Reaction to Finding No WMD in Iraq This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Secret-Document-Shows-CIA-Reaction-to-Finding-No-WMD-in-Iraq-20150708-0032.html. If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english The U.S. government invaded Iraq, devastated a society, killed upwards of a million people, wounded, traumatized, and displaced millions more. The National Security Archive has posted several newly available documents Monday, one of them an account by Charles Duelfer of the search he led in Iraq for weapons of mass destruction, with a staff of 1,700 and the resources of the U.S. military This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Secret-Document-Shows-CIA-Reaction-to-Finding-No-WMD-in-Iraq-20150708-0032.html. If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english David Swanson is an author, activist, journalist, and radio host. He is director of WorldBeyondWar.org and campaign coordinator for RootsAction.org. Swanson's books include War Is A Lie. He is a 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee. This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Secret-Document-Shows-CIA-Reaction-to-Finding-No-WMD-in-Iraq-20150708-0032.html. If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english COMMENT Great article. Found out recently that the WMDs were fabricated, but I wasn't aware of how much deceit went into manufacturing an invasion: *Forged Documents *Going against advice of experts *Conning the UN *Embroidering an intelligence estimate, to make out Iraq 'threat' *Lying about peacemaking at a news conference, while attacking Recapping: USA invasion of Iraq, based on lies USA devastated a society USA killed over 1 million USA wounded, traumatised, & displaced millions more USA generated hatred for USA USA drained the US economy USA stripped away US civil liberties USA paved way for Islamic State 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. "From the foot of Saddam Hussein's summer palace a Humvee is seen driving down a road towards the left. Palm trees grow near the road and the ruins of Babylon can be seen in the background." U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Arlo K. Abrahamson. - This Image was released by the United States Navy with the ID 030529Source:  Wikipedia Saddam Hussein's summer palace overlooks the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon;  the seat of powerful empires which successively shone and eventually collapsed, many centuries before the rise of modern European powers. Saddam Hussein was hanged in a shabby spectacle by masked men, while masked psychopaths and war criminal front-men of a present-day empire continue to lie, deceive and destroy. All I can think is:  this is what evil looks like. WARNING Graphic Content 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. Saddam Hussein's Execution  WARNING Graphic Content source:  here