Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice: Iraq has No WMDs and is Not a Threat [video]
GlobalResearchTV
December 10, 2012
Colin Powell states clearly in February 2001 that Iraq is in no position to pose any threat to the US and has no weapons of mass destruction.
Phony intelligence was created and fed into the news chain with a view to justifying the invasion of Iraq.
Now, is history repeating itself with the same lies and disinformation being pumped out about Syria as were told about Iraq?
The Gaza-Israel War & The Chess Game – Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya [video]
108morris108
November 30, 2012
Shiite and Sunni divisions are political constructs
De-linking Hamas from Resistance Bloc to start a Muslim Civil War
Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah helped the Palestinians in Gaza
Stark contrasts between Gaza and Syria
From the RT Article here: http://rt.com/news/gaza-israel-syria-hamas-892
More Mahdi articles here: http://www.globalresearch.ca/author/mahdi-darius-nazemroaya
btw this video was re-uploaded because of an initial sound fault
NATO Appears to be Rushing for Syria Conclusion [video]
Syria & the Fall of Princes on Agenda for Gulf Monarchies | RT Interview with Webster Tarpley.
December 8, 2012 (RT – Tarpley.net)
The Orwellian Secrets of Smartphones [video]
Mark Dice
December 5, 2012
The Orwellian Secrets of Smart Phones: The camera in your smartphone can remotely be used to generate a 3D map of the inside of your house, the microphone can listen to you even when the phone is powered down, the photos you take all have your location encoded into them, and every conversation you have is recorded and data-mined for keywords and other information. and more.
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Nullifiers Should be “Shot”, “Hanged”
P.A.N.D.A. People Against The NDAA
December 10, 2012
It is usual to hear politicians slip up. We can’t all be perfect when every one of our words is intensely searched through by the public and the media.
But this is something different. You don’t hear Todd Akin or Lindsey Graham saying this.
Florida State Senator Don Gaetz sent a letter to noted Constitutionalist KrisAnne Hall advising her that he agrees with Andrew Jackson when he said:
“Shoot the first nullifier that touches the Flag. And hang the rest.”
That’s enough, Senator. You’ve just set the constitutionalists on fire.
The Constitution gives power to the states to assert certain laws are unConstitutional, or to have whatever powers are not granted to the Federal Government. People who support this do not need to be “shot” or “hanged.”
14th Amendment, Section III:
“No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.”
Sen. Gaetz should never be able to hold office again, for comforting the enemies of the Constitution.
Nullification of unConstitutional legislation is our right.
It’s time to demand an apology from Sen. Gaetz for his ridiculous statement.
Call his office at (850)-897-5747 and DEMAND, politely and civilly, he retract his statement.
Sen. Gaetz needs to be reminded what his Oath is. His Oath is to defend our rights against all enemies, foreign and domestic….not to aid and abet them by discrediting those who stand up for the Constitution.
More information here: http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/12/fl-senate-president-laughs-at-constitutionalist-calls-for-nullifiers-to-be-shot-hung/
1st meeting of Syrian National Dialogue Committee held [video]
PressTV
December 9, 2012
Members of the National Dialogue Follow-Up Committee held their first meeting in the Syrian capital Damascus to define the committee’s work mechanisms.
They reviewed the outcomes of the dialogue meeting held in Tehran in November and stressed the need to reach a peaceful solution for Syria’s unrest.
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Syria: EU Nobel Winners, Dodgy Deals, Clinton and Osama bin Laden’s Ally
by Felicity Arbuthnot
Global Research
December 7, 2012
Marking abandonment of the last shred of pretense of observing the rule of law, the Nobel Peace Prize winning European Union Foreign Ministers are to meet with the leader of the Syrian insurgency in Brussels on Monday 10th December, according to Lebanon’s Daily Star.
Mouas al-Khatib, now heading the self-styled Syrian National Coalition: “will attend at least part of the meeting a spokesman for Catherine Ashton, the EU foreign affairs chief “, confirmed today.
The Ministers strategy to end the tragedy in Syria is to arm the insurgents, it seems and: “ … to look at ways of loosening an arms embargo in order to help rebel forces, EU diplomats said.”
Al Khatib, the paper points out, has already visited London and Paris, where the “coalition” has been recognized as the: “sole representative of the Syrian people.”
EU Foreign Ministers did not endorse full recognition at a meeting on 19th November though considered the “coalition” to be: “legitimate representatives” of the (un-consulted) Syrian people. The “sole representative” is clearly hoping for the jackpot at this gathering.
Later in the week the EU, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other allies are meeting factions of the insurgency in Marrakesh, Morocco.
In the week the US has designated one of the Syrian groups, the Nusra Front, to its list of “terrorist organizations”, alleging its links to al-Qaeda, the decision would seem to have been made for Clinton also to announce in Morocco, recognition of the al-Khatib collection as fully “the legitimate representative” of the Syrian people: “an endorsement Washington hopes will help the group mature in to a transitional government.”
(“Treason: betrayal of one’s sovereign or country, especially by attempting to overthrow the government. Any treachery or betrayal.” Collins Oxford Dictionary.)
Last week EU Member States decided to review the embargo on Syria “designed to cut off supplies” to the government, quarterly instead of annually: “to facilitate the supplies of non-lethal equipment to the rebels if necessary.” So “loosening the arms embago” and assistance in illegality in every way, bestowed by the collective Nobel Laureates.
It has to be wondered, given US concern regarding the Nusra Front’s links with Al Qaeda, whether anyone has read Mouas al-Khatib’s cv.
The highly educated fifty two year old, Damascus born al-Khatib is President of the Islamic Civilisation Society, and a Member of the Board of Trustees of Sheikh Badr al-Din al-Hassani Institute for Islamic Studies. A graduate of the Department of Applied Geophysics at Damascus University, he also holds a Diploma in Political Science and International Relations.
The US Administration will not have missed his impeccable oil industry credentials.
He worked at Syria’s al-Furat Petroleum Company from 1985-1991. The company was part owned by the Anglo-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell (Shell Oil.) He maintained contacts with the company.
On the death of his father in 1992, he inherited his place as preacher at Damacus’s Umayyad Mosque (“The Great Mosque.”) Built in 634, it is custodian of a shrine believed to hold the head of John the Baptist, revered as a Prophet by both Christians and Muslims. However he was banned from preaching in the historic and illustrious place of worship by Bashir al Assad’s father, Hafez.
Al-Khatib then founded the Islamic Civilisation Society and taught Sharia Law and Islamic studies, in Damascus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nigeria, Turkey, the UK, USA. He settled in Qatar – now a Syria opposition facilitator in the region.
Between 2003 and 2004 he returned to Syria as a lobbyist for Shell Oil when Bashir al Assad, having inherited the Presidency from his father in 2000, was opening up the country to oil and gas concessions.
He then returned again in 2012 to make what many considered inflammatory speeches, was arrested, imprisoned, then pardoned. He again left the country.
Many of his writings were initially remarkably conciliatory, but then became more and more militant. Now Syria National Coalition Member Mahmoud al-Hamza: “states that the Coalition agreement signed by al-Khatib stipulates that a peaceful settlement will not be pursued.” (i)
“The formation of the National Coalition ‘rules out any talks with Mr. Assad and stipulates that his regime must be toppled’ is a victory for the war party and spells disaster for Syria and the region.”
He should have a warm welcome in Europe and North Africa next week. However, Washington would appear to have missed something:
Mouas al-Khatib was implacably opposed to the Iraq invasion, regarding Western presence to be sacrilegious. Osama bin Laden held the same view. He is widely stated as having aligned himself to Osama bin Laden at the time.
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