Month: September 2015

Silenzio totale dell’Occidente sui bambini uccisi nel Donbass

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14.08.2015
Tatiana Santi

Silenzio totale dell’Occidente sulla tragedia del Donbass e sui bambini che continuano a morire sotto le bombe nell’Ucraina sudorientale. Anche se dai media occidentali e italiani non si direbbe, ma la guerra nel Donbass, che giunge al suo secondo anno, continua.

 

Perché in Italia dei bambini morti per i bombardamenti nell’est ucraino non si dice nulla? Sono bambini forse di un’altra categoria o non rappresentano alcun interesse per l’Italia, rispetto alle notizie sul calcio e i gossip estivi?

Ennio Bordato, presidente dell'Associazione Aiutateci a salvare i bambini
© Foto: fornita da Ennio Bordato

Ennio Bordato, presidente dell’Associazione “Aiutateci a salvare i bambini”

Sputnik Italia ne ha parlato con Ennio Bordato, presidente dell’Associazione “Aiutateci a salvare i bambini”, che aiuta direttamente i bambini e le vittime della guerra nel Donbass.

— La guerra nel Donbass continua, ma in Italia non se ne parla. Perché secondo te?

— Dire la verità sul Donbass vuol dire far pensare la gente, far capire alle persone dove questa Europa è finita. Cioè in ostaggio agli Stati Uniti e serva di una politica americana che vuole assolutamente strappare la Russia dall’Europa e l’Italia dalla Russia.

— La guerra nel Donbass fa quindi parte di un progetto ancora più grande secondo te?

— Certo, è una guerra principalmente economica, di prospettiva. L’Europa che stava crescendo nella relazione non solo economica ma anche culturale tra i vari Paesi sta mettendo in crisi l’economia americana, la quale non può permettersi di perdere l’Europa e di far crescere il dialogo e le relazioni economiche tra la Russia e l’Europa.

Artiglieria esercito ucraino nel Donbass
© AP Photo/ Evgeniy Maloletka

L’esercito ucraino bombarda Gorlovka per tenere alta la tensione nel Donbass

— Nella sola città di Gorlovka sono morti 16 bambini nella prima metà del 2015. Il silenzio dell’Occidente sui bambini uccisi del Donbass quanto potrà durare? Se ne parlerà mai?

— Io credo che non se ne parlerà mai. Questa è una guerra molto strana: c’è un esercito, rappezzato e sostenuto dai soldi europei e americani, che sta bombardando a una distanza di 20 chilometri case e abitazioni civili, ospedali, orfanotrofi, scuole. È una guerra particolarmente feroce e inumana. Tra le vittime civili ci sono dei bambini che non sono potuti sfuggire ed essere accolti dalla Federazione russa.

Ricordiamo che sono più di un milione e mezzo i civili sfollati dall’Est ucraino che hanno trovato accoglienza e servizi sociali in Russia.

Bambini del Donbass in centro di accoglienza in Russia
© Foto: Eliseo Bertolasi

Oltre 900mila profughi del Donbass vogliono restare in Russia

— I profughi fuggiti in Russia sono molti, ma in tanti sono rimasti nel Donbass, dove non ci sono più infrastrutture né sussidi…

— È la tragedia nella tragedia. Ci sono dei bambini che da mesi non escono dalle cantine, se non per prendere un po’ d’aria come i carcerati per un’oretta, sperando che in quel momento non cada qualche bomba in  testa.

— Non sappiamo quanto durerà questa guerra. Quando finirà tutto quanto, secondo te cosa ne sarà delle città dilaniate del Donbass? 

— Si tratta della distruzione di ogni attività imprenditoriale e civile. Parliamo di un popolo bombardato militarmente, ma anche dal punto di vista della relazione sociale. È una tragedia che durerà per i prossimi 20-30 anni. Se e quando finirà la guerra, sarà la politica che dovrà risolvere i problemi. Nella fase attuale la politica è morta come anche la capacità di dialogo. Il disegno americano si sta compiendo in termini perfetti.

Noi dovremo continuare a dire che esiste questa guerra aprendo gli occhi alla gente. Bisogna cercare di far capire che la soluzione è un’autonomia europea, un’Europa che non si basa sulla moneta, ma sulla cultura, sulle relazioni con tutti, con gli Stati Uniti, ma anche con la Russia.

— Aiutare i bambini del Donbass è possibile anche attraverso la vostra Associazione “Aiutateci a salvare i bambini”. Ci puoi parlare della vostra raccolta fondi?

L’Associazione Aiutateci a Salvare i Bambini Onlus
© Foto: fornita da Ennio Bordato

L’Associazione Aiutateci a Salvare i Bambini Onlus

—Noi siamo partiti subito allo scoppio del conflitto contro la popolazione del Donbass e abbiamo già aiutato 8 casi particolari. Oggi abbiamo fatto l’ultimo bonifico per una bambina di Lugansk, sfollata a Kursk e ricoverata a San Pietroburgo per un tumore al rene destro. Abbiamo anche aiutato in casi drammatici, come il bambino che ha perso le braccia, le mani e anche forse la vista. Abbiamo aiutato Anna Tuv di Gorlovka, che ha perso il marito, la figlia e un braccio e si è trovata con due bambini piccoli da accudire. Lei ha perso la casa, il lavoro. La solidarietà italiana grazie anche ad “Aiutateci a salvare i bambini” è una solidarietà concreta.

Nel prossimo mese invieremo circa mezza tonnellata di aiuti umanitari nel Donbass e complessivamente siamo già oltre i 30 mila euro che abbiamo raccolto e inviato per i singoli casi, a vittime di guerra particolarmente gravi.

— Dare il proprio contributo è facile quindi, direttamente tramite il vostro sito?

— Esattamente, tramite il sito www.aiutateciasalvareibambini.org.

È importante che le persone del Donbass sappiano che noi ci siamo. In questo modo si fa capire che da una parte c’è la gente, contraria alla guerra, e dall’altra i governi.

Nel vergognoso silenzio dei media occidentali  su questa guerra nel centro dell’Europa, nel tuo piccolo puoi essere utile.

Aiuta anche tu i bambini del Donbass!  

 

http://it.sputniknews.com/mondo/20150814/955148.html

“There is an army . . . supported by European and American money, which is bombing houses and residential buildings, hospitals, orphanages, and schools — from 20 kilometers away.

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Gorlovka under the shells. Children live here.
Tatiana Santi
in Sputnik Italy
August 14, 2016
Translated from Italian by Tom Winter
September 14, 2015

Total silence of the West on the tragedy of Donbass and the children who continue to die under the bombs in Southeast Ukraine. Even though the media in Italy and the west won’t tell you, the war in the Donbass is continuing into the second year.

Why is nothing being said in Italy about the children dying from the bombing in eastern Ukraine? Do children somehow fall into some different category or not represent any interest in Italy, compared to the football news and the summer gossip?

Sputnik Italy spoke with Ennio Bordato, president of the “Help us save the children,” which directly helps children and victims of war in the Donbass.

Tatiana Santi: The war continues in the Donbass, but nothing is reported about it in Italy. Why do you think that is?

Ennio Bordato: Telling the truth about Donbass means making people think, making people understand where Europe is headed. Europe is hostage to the US, and serves an American policy that absolutely wants to snatch Russia from Europe and Italy from Russia.

Tatiana Santi: The war in the Donbass is therefore part of an even larger project in your opinion?

Ennio Bordato: Yes, it’s a war principally economic in outlook. The Europe that was growing in economic and cultural ties between countries is undermining the US economy, which can not afford to lose Europe and let dialogue and economic relations prosper between Russia and Europe.

Tatiana Santi Just in the city of Gorlovka 16 children died in the first half of 2015. How long will this silence of the West go on, about the children killed in the Donbass? Will this ever get into the press?

Ennio Bordato I believe that it will never. This is a very strange war: there is an army, patched together and supported by European and American money, which is bombing houses and residential buildings, hospitals, orphanages, and schools — from 20 kilometers away. 

It is a particularly vicious and inhumane war. Among the civilian casualties are children who were unable to escape and be greeted by the Russian Federation.

Recall that are more than one and half million civilians, displaced from Eastern Ukraine, have found shelter and social services in Russia.

Over 900,000 refugees from Donbass want to stay in Russia.

Many have fled as refugees to Russia, but many remained in the Donbass, where there’s no longer any infrastructure, not to speak of subsidies.

It is the tragedy in the tragedy. There are children who do not get out of the cellars for months, if only to get some air for an hour, like prisoners, hoping the while that some bomb does not fall on their head.

Tatiana Santi We do not know how long this war is going to last. When will it end? What do you think will become of the rubbled cities of the Donbass?

Ennio Bordato: It’s a matter of the destruction of every economic and civil activity. We speak of people getting bombed out, but let’s also consider the social impact. It is a tragedy that will last for the next 20-30 years. If and when the war will end, it will be up to the political side to solve the problems. At the current stage the policy is dead and so is the capacity for dialogue. The American project is being carried out in perfect conditions. 

We have to continue to open people’s eyes, to state that this war exists! We have to try to make it clear that the solution is European autonomy, a Europe that is not based on money, but on its culture, on relations with all, with the United States, sure, but also with Russia. 

 

http://www.fortruss.blogspot.com/2015/09/there-is-army-supported-by-european-and.html

L’Europe suivra-t-elle les USA jusqu’en enfer ?

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15 sept. 2015, 15:28

Président américain Barack ObamaSource: Reuters
Président américain Barack Obama

Qu’Obama craigne un conflit avec la Chine ou la Russie, ne surprendra pas. Mais avec l’Europe aussi ? Cette amitié, «fondée sur des valeurs» nous dit-on, ne serait pas éternelle ? L’écrivain Michel Collon répond.

Obama avertit les néocons opposés à l’accord nucléaire avec l’Iran : «Nos plus proches alliés en Europe [n’acceptent plus] les sanctions. Une guerre renforcerait l’Iran et isolerait les Etats-Unis» Un haut diplomate à Washington confirme : «Si le Congrès US rejette l’accord, ce serait un cauchemar et une catastrophe.» Bien sûr ! Immédiatement après l’accord les firmes allemandes se sont ruées à Téhéran pour signer des contrats bloqués par Washington depuis des années ! En fait, le principe «Les grandes puissances n’ont pas de principes, seulement des intérêts» s’applique aussi aux alliances : une «amitié» éternelle peut vite se transformer en conflit aigu.

«Démocratique» signifiant «soumis aux USA», Brzezinski emploie l’UE pour empêcher une alliance Berlin – Moscou.

Pour contrôler l’Eurasie, Brzezinzki proposait en 1997 de bien contrôler l’Europe : «Le problème central pour l’Amérique est de bâtir une Europe fondée sur les relations franco-allemandes, viable, liée aux Etats-Unis et qui élargisse le système international de coopération démocratique dont dépend l’exercice de l’hégémonie globale de l’Amérique.»

«Démocratique» signifiant «soumis aux USA», Brzezinski emploie l’UE pour empêcher une alliance Berlin – Moscou. La Russie étant un partenaire géographiquement «naturel» des sociétés allemandes, la politique US sèmera donc la zizanie. L’Ukraine a servi à cela. Quand l’UE obtint à Kiev un accord entre toutes les parties pour des élections anticipées, Washington organisa le lendemain un coup d’Etat en s’appuyant sur des groupes néonazis ! L’envoyée spéciale US Nuland le résumant avec classe : «Fuck the EU !» (Baisez l’UE !)

Nouveau ? Non, dès 1997, Brzezinski annonçait : «L’Europe doit être un tremplin pour poursuivre la percée de la démocratie en Eurasie. Entre 2005 et 2010, l’Ukraine doit être prête à des discussions sérieuses avec l’OTAN.» Brzezinski voulait centrer l’Europe sur un axe Paris – Berlin – Varsovie – Kiev. Contre Moscou. Il craignait que l’unification européenne échoue (on y vient ?), et que Berlin se tourne vers l’Est. «Les trois grands impératifs géostratégiques se résumeraient ainsi : éviter les collusions entre les vassaux (sic) et les maintenir dans l’état de dépendance (…), cultiver la docilité (sic) des sujets protégés ; empêcher les barbares (sic) de former des coalitions offensives».

Derrière les sourires officiels à la télé, les «amis» occidentaux ne s’aiment pas du tout

Stratégie dépassée ? Non. Récemment, l’influent analyste US Georges Friedmann, à qui on demandait «Daesh est-il une menace pour les Etats-Unis ?», a répondu de façon ahurissante : «Ce n’est pas une menace existentielle. On doit s’en occuper de manière convenable, mais nous avons d’autres intérêts en politique internationale. L’intérêt principal (…), c’est la relation entre Allemagne et Russie, car unis, ils pourraient nous menacer. Notre but principal est de nous assurer que cela n’arrivera jamais.» Pour empêcher les multinationales européennes de se tourner vers la Nouvelle Route de la Soie proposée par Pékin, la clé est d’empêcher toute entente entre Berlin et Moscou. Et détourner l’UE de l’énergie russe. Bref, derrière les sourires officiels à la télé, les «amis» occidentaux ne s’aiment pas du tout. L’espionnage NSA l’a confirmé : il n’y a pas d’amis dans le business.

La relation USA – UE a deux aspects : unité et rivalité. Les multinationales européennes ont besoin du gendarme US pour intimider le tiers monde et en tenir la Chine à distance. Mais les multinationales US profitent de chaque guerre pour voler des parts de marché à leurs rivales européennes. Et Washington est très forte pour faire payer par ses «amis» des guerres qui servent ses intérêts au détriment des «amis».

Toutes ces guerres US créent des chaos qui rejaillissent sur l’Europe «amie»

En fait, derrière l’ennemi direct et déclaré, chaque guerre possède un second niveau de conflit. En 91, Bush attaque l’Irak aussi pour saper les contrats français et russes. En Yougoslavie, Clinton veut neutraliser la France et surtout empêcher la formation d’une Euro-armée. En Libye, Obama (avec Sarkozy) sape les contrats allemands et italiens signés avec Kadhafi. En Syrie, Obama (avec Hollande) travaille encore contre l’Allemagne. En Ukraine, idem. Et toutes ces guerres US créent des chaos qui rejaillissent sur l’Europe «amie» (crise migratoire, attentats terroristes, perte de partenaires économiques).

A terme, l’Otan est pour l’Europe un suicide. Suivra-t-elle les USA jusqu’en enfer ? L’avenir du monde en dépend.

POUR SUIVRE : «It’s the economy, stupid !»

LIRE L’ARTICLE PRECEDENT : Michel Collon : Zbigniew Brzezinski voulait «diviser la Russie en trois»

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Will Europe follow the US all the way to Hades?

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The Marine salutes. Should Europe?
“And all these US wars create chaos that spills over ‘good friend’ Europe”
 
Michel Collon
RT en Français
September 15, 2015

Translated from French by Tom Winter

Obama fears a conflict with Russia or China. Surprised? Of course not! But with Europe? This friendship, “value-based” as we are told, is forever, right? The writer Michel Collon answers.

Obama warns the neocons who oppose the nuclear deal with Iran: “Our closest allies in Europe aren’t accepting more sanctions. A war would strengthen Iran and isolate the United States.” A senior diplomat in Washington confirmed “If the US Congress rejects the agreement, it would be a nightmare and disaster.” 

Of course! And immediately after the agreement German firms were rushing to Tehran to sign the contracts that had been blocked by Washington for years! In fact, the principle “The great powers have no principles, only interests” applies equally to alliances: an eternal “friendship” can quickly transform itself into an acute conflict.

To control Eurasia, Brzezinzki proposed controlling Europe, back in 1997: “The central problem for America is to build a Europe based on Franco-German relations, viable, linked to the United States, and that expands the system of international democratic cooperation that America’s exercise of global hegemony depends on. “

“Democratic” meaning “subject to the USA” — Brzezinski employs the EU to prevent a Berlin-Moscow alliance. Russia being geographically the “natural” partner for German companies, the US policy is thus to sow discord. Ukraine is getting used for that. When the EU in Kiev won an agreement between all parties for early elections, Washington organized a coup the day after by relying on neo-Nazi groups! The US special envoy Nuland summarizing it all with class: “Fuck the EU.” 

New? No. Already in 1997, Brzezinski announced: “Europe must be a springboard for the further breakthrough of democracy in Eurasia. Between 2005 and 2010, Ukraine should be ready for serious discussions with NATO.” Brzezinski wanted to center Europe an a Paris. – Berlin – Warsaw – Kiev axis. Against Moscow. He feared that European unification would collapse (Is the collapse coming?) and that Berlin would turn  to the East. “The three major geostrategic imperatives can be summed up as follows:

  1. “avoid collusion between the vassals (sic!) and 
  2. keep them in the state of dependence (…),  
  3. cultivate docility (sic) of the protected subjects; 
  4. prevent the barbarians (sic) forming offensive coalitions.

Is this strategy passé? No. Recently, the influential US analyst George Friedman, when asked “Is Daesh a threat to the United States,” responded with these surprising words: “This is not an existential threat. We must take care of it suitably, but we have other interests in international politics. The main interest (…) is the relationship between Germany and Russia, because united, they could threaten us. Our main goal is to ensure that this will never happen.” To prevent European multinationals turning to the New Silk Road proposed by Beijing, the key is to prevent any agreement between Berlin and Moscow. And divert the EU from Russian energy. In short, behind the official smiles on TV, the “friends” in the west don’t love anyone at all. NSA Spying has confirmed it: there are no friends in the business.

The US relationship with the EU has two aspects: unity and rivalry. The European multinationals need US police to intimidate the third world and keep China at bay. But the US multinationals are taking advantage of every war to steal market share from their European rivals. And Washington is very strong about getting paid by its “friends” for the wars that serve its interests at the expense of  the “friends.”

All of these US wars create chaos that spill over “friend” Europe.

In fact, behind the direct and declared foe, every war has a second level of conflict:

  1. In ’91, Bush attacked Iraq in order also to undermine French and Russian contracts. 
  2. In Yugoslavia, Clinton wanted to neutralize France and especially prevent the formation of a Euro-army. 
  3. In Libya, Obama (with Sarkozy) undermined the German and Italian contracts with Gaddafi. 
  4. In Syria, Obama (with Holland) is still working against Germany. 
  5. In Ukraine, ditto. 

And all these US wars create chaos that spills over “good friend” Europe (migration crisis, terrorist attacks, loss of business partners…).

Ultimately, NATO is for Europe a suicide. Will Europe follow the US all the way to the Inferno? The world’s future is in the balance.

http://www.fortruss.blogspot.com/2015/09/will-europe-follow-us-all-way-to-hades.html

Zakharchenko appeals to DPR citizens ahead of elections

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September 16, 2015 –
Novorossiya –
Translated for Fort Russ by J. Arnoldski

 
 
“Appeal of the head of the DPR, Alexander Zakharchenko, to residents of the Donetsk People’s Republic”
“Dear compatriots! Respected citizens of the Donetsk People’s Republic!
Today, I signed a decree on elections to the local self-governing bodies of the DPR, and soon citizens of the country will be able to open a new chapter in the history of our independent state. In a referendum on May 11, 2014, the people of Donbass already spoke. On that day, we stepped into the future, made the choice of all of our lives, and created a country – the Donetsk People’s Republic. Independence has been costly for the people of Donbass, but we achieved the main thing: we successfully built a state in which power belongs to the people.
This feat was accomplished by yesterday’s doctors, teachers, and coal miners, who took up arms and went into battle for the supreme idea of justice, freedom, and the happiness of our children.
Innocent people died from wounds in our hands, and enemy shells mercilessly destroyed churches, schools, hospitals, and homes. The suffering of the people has been horrific, but we all understood that the choice was made and that there is no turning back. 
We have buried our loved ones and mourned the dead, but the sons and daughters of Donbass knowingly gave their lives. In battle, we have wrested from the enemy the right to proudly call ourselves the bosses of our land. Today, some of our “friends’” voices have found the courage to accuse us of treason, of surrendering the interests of the republic, and of cowardice. Supposedly, we have concluded an agreement with the enemy and, there, you are staring, we will return to Ukraine. I will say straightforwardly: this is a lie. Every citizen of the Donetsk People’s Republic should firmly know that we are negotiating with the insidious and treacherous enemy in Minsk. They are not “partners,” not mere rivals. We are forced to conduct diplomatic battle with a ruthless terrorist gang. Ukrainian fascism – this is the name of an enemy for whom nothing is sacred, for whom lying is a virtue, and for whom betrayal is a matter of pride. But we went to the negotiations because the life of every citizen of the republic is priceless, and the Minsk agreement allowed us to stop the war and end the suffering of the people. 
Now, a historic moment has come for all of us. At the helm of the state should stand those chosen by the people to lead the republic on the path of peace, prosperity, and progress. This is our right and our duty to those who have laid down their lives for the freedom and independence of the republic. 
I want to emphasize: all citizens of the DPR can elect and be elected, and elections will be held according to the laws of the DPR. I urge all citizens of our country to be responsible and take the fate of our homeland into their hands. I guarantee that parasites who cowardly lounge around at resorts and betray their people will not be admitted to government in the People’s Republic. The honorary right to be elected will be received only by those citizens who, in tumultuous times, remained loyal patriots of their land and shared all the hardships of war with their people. We will hold elections fairly and openly so that the whole world will see what democracy and people’s power is. I know that we will soon be able to proudly say to ourselves: I made my choice, I am a citizen of the free and independent Donetsk People’s Republic.”
http://www.fortruss.blogspot.com/2015/09/zakharchenko-appeals-to-citizens-ahead.html

Lavrov: US knows ISIS positions, refuses to bomb

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September 13th, 2015 –
Pnp.ru – translated for Fort Russ by Joaquin Flores –

“Lavrov: Russia has information that the US knows the position of the IS, but does not bomb them”
Russia has information that the US know the specific location points of the “Islamic State” (extremist organization banned in Russia), but did not give an order to strike on the positions “of the IS,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
In the program “Sunday times” on “Channel 1” Lavrov said that the US government “was not originally very careful in creating a coalition, or conspired towards goals that were not the declared ones.”
According to the foreign minister, the coalition was created spontaneously, “within just a few days it was announced that it includes a number of countries and then begun strikes.”
Lavrov said that the analysis of aviation operations in countries included in the coalition, “creates a strange impression,” – as if in addition to fighting “the IS” “there is something else which is a concern of the coalition.”
The minister said: “I hope not to disappoint anyone in saying that some of our colleagues from the incoming coalition of countries have information on where exactly and on what positions are “IS” or other subdivisions, and the commander of the coalition (the United States ) does not give consent to striking them. “

American propaganda success: 60% of Japanese youth believe the atomic bomb was dropped by the USSR

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https://youtu.be/cf_AkpezhyU

September 6, 2015
Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda
Translated by Kristina Rus

Mikhail Delyagin (a prominent Russian author, politician and economist): When we take offence at the Japanese about their inadequacy on the Kuril islands, our offence is directed at the wrong target. We must remember about the Americans. They suppress everything they don’t like in Japan without any sentiments. This is hegemony and domination and it brings its fruits.

If you go to the museum of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki you will not find a mention of who dropped the atomic bomb. It’s not there. 

Host: It fell by itself…

Delyagin: A bomb fell by itself, a bomb was dropped, but by whom – sorry, you are not supposed to know. 

Morevover, there is sociological research, which shows that over 60% of Japanese youth under 26 believe that the atomic bomb was dropped on Japan by the USSR.

Host: For some reason I am not surprised…

Delyagin: They are convinced about it. This is a real achievement of American propaganda, of American domination.

Now I have a printout from Wikipedia in front of me. A printout in Russian, but it presents an American view. Even though it is free and it gets edited multiple times. 

It reports that the Japanese made the decision to capitulate only after the USSR brought in the troops and started a war and after the report about the second bomb in Nagasaki. Only after that the Japanese capitulated.

The Malaysian MH17 crash investigation; Dutch, Australian, UK govts are withholding evidence

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By John Helmer
Global Research, September 16, 2015
Dances with Bears 13 September 2015
MH17-wreakage

The Dutch Government has decided to launch a missile attack on Moscow in October. By suppressing all evidence obtained from the bodies of victims of the crash of Malaysian Airlines MH17, officials of the Dutch Safety Board and associated Dutch military officers, police and prosecutors are preparing to release a report on the crash with a gaping hole in its veracity.

At the same time, and apparently unknown in The Netherlands, an Australian coroners’ report on the identification and forensic testing of the bodies carried out in The Netherlands reveals post-mortem evidence to show that in their public statements the Dutch government officials have been lying about metal evidence they claim to have found. This evidence has not only been buried with the passengers’ remains. It has been buried by the Dutch Government and by coroners in the UK and Australia, who are now legally required to investigate independently what caused the deaths of citizens in their jurisdiction. All are withholding the CT scans, X-rays, autopsy and other post-mortem results, including metallurgical assays, the documentation of which accompanied the coffins of the aircraft’s victims from The Netherlands to their homelands.

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Washington wants “regime change” in Ecuador: “What is the CIA planning before Ecuador’s 2017 elections?”

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By Timothy Alexander Guzman
Global Research, September 15, 2015
Silent Crow 14 September 2015

The United States does not lack institutions that continue to conspire, and that’s why I am using this gathering to announce that we have decided to expel USAID from Bolivia” Bolivian President Evo Morales

Washington wants Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa removed from power. Washington says it is concerned about the freedom of the press in Ecuador because their non-government organization ‘Fundamedios’ funded and supported by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and Freedom House among others is in the process of being shut down by the Correa government. According to Telesur’s report on September 10th “Fundamedios engaged “partisan political activities” by sharing material on its social media accounts, publishing articles unrelated to its stated mission and inserting itself into political debates in the country”which according to the National Secretariat of Communication or ‘Secom’ is prohibited under Ecuadorian law. The White House released a press statement on the same day:

We are very concerned about the increasing restrictions on freedom of expression and freedom of association in Ecuador, particularly the Ecuadorian government’s September 8 decision to initiate legal steps intended to dissolve Fundamedios, a non-governmental organization that monitors and defends press freedom.

An active civil society and tolerance of dissenting views are vital components of any democracy. We share international concern over the Ecuadorian government’s efforts to silence critical voices and deny its citizens access to a diversity of information and ideas. Freedom House, Human Rights Watch, the Committee to Protect Journalists, among others, have all spoken out in opposition to the government’s latest action against Fundamedios.

According to TeleSur ‘Fundamedios’ is funded by the NED and USAID:

The work of the organization mostly consists of issuing “alerts” regarding alleged attacks against journalists in Ecuador.  The organization is funded in part through a US$84,000 grant from the U.S.-funded National Endowment for Democracy. U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador Adam Namm told El Telegrafo that Fundamedios received US$300,000 in 2012 from USAID, which is receives its funds from the U.S. government

USAID and NED are in the business of “Democracy Promotion” which uses public money (from U.S. taxpayers) for secretive operations with the intention to support pro-U.S. governments with the help of political and social movements abroad. The goal is regime change.

Why Washington wants Correa Removed from Power

Since 2009, the world has seen what the Obama administration has done to sovereign nations in the name of democracy. Libya, Honduras and the Ukraine are some of the recent examples of U.S. foreign policy that has only proved to be disastrous on many levels. Ecuador would be added to Obama’s list of countries ripe for regime change.

First, Correa is a staunch ally of Latin America’s leftist governments of Bolivia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Argentina and Brazil who are critical of U.S. Foreign policy. What makes matters worse for Washington was the closure of the Manta Air Force Base in 2009, a promise made by Correa in a 2006 campaign.

Washington wants a new government in Ecuador to reopen the Manta Air Force Base for surveillance and the so-called “War on Drugs”. In 2008, the New York Times reported that President Correa fired high ranking military officials who were loyal subjects of Washington:

Mr. Correa — who this month dismissed his defense minister, army chief of intelligence and commanders of the army, air force and joint chiefs — said that Ecuador’s intelligence systems were “totally infiltrated and subjugated to the C.I.A.” He accused senior military officials of sharing intelligence with Colombia, the Bush administration’s top ally in Latin America

The New York Times admitted that Correa’s administration is a challenge for U.S. policy makers regarding the “War on Drugs” and its presence in Latin America:

The gambit also poses a clear challenge to the United States. For nearly a decade, the base here in Manta has been the most prominent American military outpost in South America and an important facet of the United States’ drug-fighting efforts. Some 100 antinarcotics flights leave here each month to survey the Pacific in an elaborate cat-and-mouse game with drug traffickers bound for the United States.

But many Ecuadoreans have chafed at the American presence and the perceived challenge to the country’s sovereignty, and Mr. Correa promised during his campaign in 2006 to close the outpost

Reuters’ also reported in 2007 what Correa had said about the possibility of renewing the lease to the U.S. military“We’ll renew the base on one condition: that they let us put a base in Miami — an Ecuadorean base,” Correa said in an interview during a trip to Italy. “If there’s no problem having foreign soldiers on a country’s soil, surely they’ll let us have an Ecuadorean base in the United States.” Correa did make a good point.

Another reason Correa is on Washington’s “hit list” involves Wikileaks. Its founder Julian Assange was granted political asylum in an Ecuadorian embassy in London because he feared that if he ended up in U.S. custody over the secret files he released from Chelsea Manning to the world, could have him face an unfair trial in a U.S. courtroom. Ecuador granted Assange political asylum status where he still remains to this day. Neoconservative and former Presidential contender Sarah Palin said that Assange is an “anti-American operative with blood on his hands…Why was he not pursued with the same urgency we pursue al Qaeda and Taliban leaders?” Palin was saying that Julian Assange is in the same league as Al Qaeda so killing him is justified. Ecuador did take a stand to protect the life and liberty of Julian Assange, something Washington does not take lightly.

Ecuador’s Lawsuit against Big Oil

Litigation and various lawsuits against Chevron-Texaco has been going on for more than two decades which oil drilling operations which occurred between 1972 and 1990 in the Amazon as RT News reported in 2013:

Ecuador’s foreign ministry announced on Friday that the US has seemingly denied visas to a delegation that was set to travel to the UN General Assembly in New York to present their case regarding an ongoing dispute against Chevron-Texaco. According to the ministry’s official announcement, the visas for the five Ecuadorian nationals were returned by the US Embassy in Quito “without any explanation.”

That group was to present testimony during a special event at the UN regarding the ecological impact caused by Chevron-Texaco’s oil operations in the Amazon rainforest region of Ecuador – which contaminated two million hectares, according to the country’s government. At stake is a US$19 billion judgment awarded by an Ecuadorean court against Chevron for cleanup and ecological damage, which is currently being fought at The Hague.

Correa in Washington’s Crosshairs

From alliances with anti-Washington governments to the closure of the Manta Air Force Base, to protecting Julian Assange and a lawsuit against Chevron-Texaco for environmental damages to the Amazon, Correa is a target for regime change. Just remember back in history when the CIA orchestrated a coup against Ecuadorian President Carlos Julio Arosemena simply because he criticized the U.S. government and supported the Cuban revolution led by Fidel Castro. Correa has done a lot more to diminish U.S. power in Latin America than any other president in its current history.

Correa has accused the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) earlier this year of “being increasingly involved in the political opposition with the avowed aim of dragging the country into chaos” and weaken the Ecuadorian government by “a series of coordinated nationwide protests.” Something Correa should be familiar with, after all the CIA attempted a coup in 2010 under Obama’s watch. One of the key reasons of the attempted coup by the Ecuadorian police was the Public Service Organic Law signed in 2010. It was designed to place regulations on public service workers namely the police and military and create a standard base of compensation instead of receiving their bonuses from foreign sources (the U.S. government) under Ecuadorian law. The main problem before the law was passed was that the police of Ecuador was receiving bonuses from the US embassy to spy on Ecuadorian politicians and others who were considered opponents of Washington.

Interestingly, Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton was in Ecuador in June of that year to convince Correa to join the“Dark Side” but ultimately failed. U.S. Ambassador at the time was Heather Hodges who was assigned to disrupt and weaken the Correa government through USAID which contributed $40 million. The Ecuadorian police, military officials, USAID, NED, the CIA and a former president and a puppet of Washington during the Bush years, Lucio Gutiérrez who was ousted by the Ecuadorian people who demanded his resignation were all behind the coup plot.

Obama has 16 Months Left in Office

Will the Obama administration authorize another coup between now and 2016? It is Obama’s last 16 months in office since the first coup attempt. Correa knows he is on Washington’s “hit list” following his actions on Fundamedios who claim the freedom of speech is threatened as Washington threatens Julian Assange for exposing their crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq by killing of tens of thousands of civilians, which they tried to keep secret. Washington is consistent when it ignores the sovereignty of nations and bypasses international law on a regular basis.

Recently, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) and various trade unions called for a nationwide strike against the government, but many indigenous organizations opposed it. Telesur reported that WikiLeaks published diplomatic cables from the U.S. embassy in Ecuador from 2005 and 2006 that suggest members of CONAIE were interested in talking to U. S. Representatives within their own ranks including Vice President Santiago de la Cruz and Congressman Jorge Guaman who according to one cable “expressed interest in open dialogue.”Members of CONAIE also “asked the U.S. government to intervene with the president to get Conaie representatives back in these government institutions.” De La Cruz is described as “very interested in the possibility of visiting the U.S. on an exchange program,” and that he “appeared eager to engage in dialogue” with the U.S.  Wikileaks also released documents on Auki Tituana, a member of Pachakutik who also seemed interested.

Although representatives in both organizations have shown an interest in meeting with U.S. officials, other members are not so keen on the idea including Luis Macas, head of CONAIE. This is a positive sign that members within these indigenous organizations do not want to meet with U.S. diplomats.  Macas “has advised his organization to avoid dialogue with the U.S. government.” According to the cables “There appears to be division within the ranks of Pachakutik and (Conaie) on the level of interaction they should have with the Embassy”.

In 2007, Correa was an anti-neoliberal advocate was voted into power and has brought Ecuador political and economic stability. One other issue Washington is concerned about is what Correa said about the “Dollarization” of the Ecuadorian economy; he said it was a “technical error” after pro-US president Jamil Mahuad adopted the U.S. dollar in 2000. Correa did acknowledge that it is a difficult process to move out of the U.S. dollar at this time, however, he does support a regional South American currency that would allow Ecuador to move out of the dollar which is something U.S. officials’ do not like to hear especially when the dollar is about to lose its reserve currency status.

What is the CIA planning before Ecuador’s elections in 2017?

It is important to note that if a presidential recall vote were to take place in Ecuador today at least 60% of the people would vote for Correa according to the main-stream media’s ‘CNN Spanish’ poll this past June. Correa proposed constitutional reforms including two bills that would increase inheritance and capital gains taxes on the ultra-wealthy. Anti-government protests followed, which later turned violent. That is something Washington wants to see more of right before Ecuador’s 2017 presidential elections.