Notice how nobody had any sympathy over Iranians killed by zionist
bombings, yet the zionists brainwash people into feeling sorry for them
whenever they get hit, especially when Iranians put these zionist pigs
in their place after all the harm zionists have done, see Palestine for
an excellent justification. In addition, notice how the zionists openly
back the mko, an open terror group, and the World says nothing. Also
check the video in the link below
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b263k6jArs&list=FLb1yNPchqrb5mR3WdKgH3gQ&index=5&feature=plpp_video
Iranians from all walks of life, be they Soltani talab, mollah talab,
etc. realize thet the jewish community at large has stabbed us in the
back since the days of banukah esther. Nor should we forget we have
whackos like dershowitz openly calling for war with Iran in the same way
julius streicher called for extermination of jews.
Peter Khan Zendran
News - English
News numbre: 9010174668
2012-02-13 - 16:12
Analyst: US, Europe Seeking to Destabilize Region by Supporting MKO
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Pakistani analyst blasted the US and European
states' support for the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO),
and stressed that the western states are seeking to destabilize the
region by supporting the terrorist group.
In an interview with Habilian website, the official website of Iran's
Habilian Association - a human rights group formed by the families of
17,000 terror victims in Iran - Seyed Feiz Hussein Naqshbandi described
US and European supports for the MKO as "political and immoral."
He added the US seeks to create insecurity in the countries opposed to
the colonial policies of America by such measures.
Naqshbandi said that the supports of the United States and some European
countries for terrorists are aimed at "creating turmoil and turbulence
in the Middle East."
He further explained that "unity and alliance of the countries in the
region can neutralize the American efforts" to destroy the unity of the
neighboring countries.
Earlier reports said that the ringleaders of the terrorist Mojahedin-e
Khalq Organization who were under the Iraqi government's pressures to
leave the country have transferred a number of the group's members to
the European countries.
According to the report, the 200 members of the terrorist MKO who had
disappeared from the notorious Camp Ashraf in Iraq in past months have
been reappearing in European countries.
The MKO has been in Iraq's Diyala province since the 1980s.
The MKO, whose main stronghold is in Iraq, is blacklisted by much of the
international community, including the United States.
The MKO is behind a slew of assassinations and bombings inside Iran, a
number of EU parliamentarians said in a recent letter in which they
slammed a British court decision to remove the MKO from the British
terror list. The EU officials also added that the group has no public
support within Iran because of their role in helping Saddam Hussein in
the Iraqi imposed war on Iran (1980-1988).
The group started assassination of the citizens and officials after the
revolution in a bid to take control of the newly established Islamic
Republic. It killed several of Iran's new leaders in the early years
after the revolution, including the then President, Mohammad Ali
Rajayee, Prime Minister, Mohammad Javad Bahonar and the Judiciary Chief,
Mohammad Hossein Beheshti who were killed in bomb attacks by MKO members
in 1981.
The group fled to Iraq in 1986, where it was protected by Saddam Hussein
and where it helped the Iraqi dictator suppress Shiite and Kurd
uprisings in the country.
The terrorist group joined Saddam's army during the Iraqi imposed war on
Iran (1980-1988) and helped Saddam and killed thousands of Iranian
civilians and soldiers during the US-backed Iraqi imposed war on Iran.
Since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, the group, which now adheres to a
pro-free-market philosophy, has been strongly backed by
neo-conservatives in the United States, who also argue for the MKO to be
taken off the US terror list.
www.farsnews.com
©2006 Fars News Agency. All Rights Reserved
Israel blames Iran after attacks on embassy staff
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel accused arch-enemies Iran and its Lebanese
ally Hezbollah of being behind twin bomb attacks that targeted Israeli
embassy staff in India and Georgia on Monday, wounding four people.
Tehran denied involvement in the attacks, which amplified tensions
between two countries already at loggerheads over Iran's nuclear
program, and accused Israel of carrying out the attacks itself.
Hezbollah made no comment.
In the Indian capital New Delhi, a bomb wrecked a car taking an Israeli
embassy official to pick up her children from school, police said. The
woman needed surgery to remove shrapnel but her life was not in danger.
Her driver and two passers-by suffered lesser injuries.
Israeli officials said an attempt to bomb an embassy car in the Georgian
capital Tbilisi failed, and the device was defused.
Israel had put its foreign missions on high alert ahead of the fourth
anniversary this past Sunday of the assassination in Syria of the
military mastermind of Hezbollah, Imad Moughniyeh - an attack widely
assumed to be the work of Israeli agents.
Israel is believed to be locked in a wider covert war with Iran, whose
nuclear program has been beset by apparent sabotage, including the
unclaimed killings of several Iranian nuclear scientists, most recently
in January.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed both Iran and Hezbollah,
accusing them of responsibility for a string of recent attempted attacks
on Israeli interests in countries as far apart as Thailand and
Azerbaijan.
"Iran and its proxy Hezbollah are behind each of these attacks," said
Netanyahu, who dismisses Iran denials that it is trying to develop a
nuclear weapon. "We will continue to take strong and systematic, yet
patient, action against the international terrorism that originates in
Iran."
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast rejected
Netanyahu's accusation, saying it was Israel that had carried out the
attacks as part of its psychological warfare against Iran.
"It seems that these suspicious incidents are designed by the Zionist
regime and carried out with the aim of harming Iran's reputation," the
official news agency IRNA quoted Mehmanparast as saying.
Israeli officials have long made veiled threats to retaliate against
Lebanon for any Hezbollah attack on their interests abroad, arguing that
as the Islamist group sits in government in Beirut, its actions reflect
national policy.
White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters in Washington that the
United States had no information yet on who was responsible, adding:
"These incidents underscore our ongoing concerns of the targeting of
Israeli interests overseas."
MOTORCYCLE ATTACK
The New Delhi blast took place some 500 meters (yards) from the official
residence of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
B.K. Gupta, the New Delhi police commissioner, said a witness had seen a
motorcyclist stick a device to the back of the car, which had diplomatic
registration plates.
"The eyewitness ... says it (was) some kind of magnetic device. As soon
as the motorcycle moved away a good distance from the car, the car blew
up and it caught fire," said Gupta.
The Iranian scientist killed in Tehran last month died in a similar such
attack by a motorcyclist who attached a device to his car. No one has
claimed responsibility for that, although Iran was quick to accuse
agents of Israel and its U.S. ally.
Israel named the injured woman as Talya Yehoshua Koren, who worked at
the embassy and was married to the defense attache.
"She was able to drag herself from the car and is now at the American
hospital, where two Israeli doctors are treating her," an Israeli
Defense Ministry spokesman said.
Thailand said last month its police had arrested a Lebanese man linked
to Hezbollah, and that he later led them to a warehouse stocked with
bomb-making materials. Also last month, authorities in Azerbaijan
arrested two people suspected of plotting to attack Israel's ambassador
and a local rabbi.
In a speech on January 24, Israel's military chief of staff,
Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz, accused Hezbollah of trying to carry out
proxy attacks while avoiding direct confrontation.
"During this period of time, when our enemies in the north avoid
carrying out attacks, fearing a harsh response, we are witnesses to the
ongoing attempts by Hezbollah and other hostile entities to execute
vicious terror attacks at locations far away from the state of Israel,"
Gantz said.
"I suggest that no one test our resolve."
Israel and Hezbollah fought an inconclusive and costly war across the
Lebanese border in 2006.
(Additional reporting by Krittivas Mukherjee, Annie Banerji and Arup Roy
Choudhury in New Delhi, Zahra Hosseinian in Tehran, Ori Lewis in
Jerusalem; Editing by Crispian Balmer, Mark Heinrich, Alastair Macdonald
and Kevin Liffey)
Two Iranians arrested over Bangkok bomb blasts
Last Updated: 9:36 AM, February 14, 2012
Posted: 7:07 AM, February 14, 2012
BANGKOK -- Two Iranians were arrested following three bomb blasts that
injured at least four people and the suspected bomber in Bangkok on
Tuesday, it was reported.
The first explosion took place at a house rented by three Iranian men in
the Klongton district, south of the city's center, at about 2:00 p.m.
local time, police deputy commissioner Pisit Pisutsak said.
Two of the men fled the scene, and a third man, who was injured, then
tried to take a taxi, Pisit said.
The taxi driver refused to pick up the man, so he threw a bomb, which
rolled underneath the vehicle and exploded, according to The Nation.
The man later attempted to throw a bomb at police outside the nearby
Kasem Pitthaya School, but it slipped out of his hands and blew up.
The man lost both of his legs in the blast and was taken to the
Chulalongkorn Hospital, the newspaper said.
The suspected bomber, identified by police as Saerb Morabi, was
arrested.
Police arrested a second Iranian man, identified as Mohammad Hazaei, 42,
while he was waiting for a flight to Kuala Lumpur, The Nation reported.
The third suspect remained at large.
Police identified the four people who were injured in the blast as
Sinchai Boonsoongnern, Sangwal Horprasartthong, Juthatip Sajjadamrong
and Apichart Khamlue.
They said Sinchai was the taxi driver but did not release any further
details about the others.
Police later used a high-pressure water cannon to defuse another device
found inside the suspects' house, according to AFP.
Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra urged the public "not to panic"
following the attacks.
"Let the police and intelligence agencies do their work, and the public
must not panic because the perpetrator was detained," she told
reporters.
The Israeli embassy is within four blocks of the explosions, and a
Jewish community center is also nearby, according to Sky News.
The attacks come a day after an Israeli diplomat's wife and three Indian
nationals were injured in a car bomb in New Delhi. The attack, along
with a separate car bomb plot against Israeli embassy staff in Georgia,
put Jewish diplomats around the world on high alert.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran of being behind
the attacks, although Tehran immediately branded the accusation as
"sheer lies."
Last month, Thai police charged a Lebanese man, with alleged links to
terror group Hizbollah, of planning an attack in Bangkok. The US had
earlier issued a warning that foreign terrorists might be plotting
attacks in Bangkok.
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Dershowitz: Strike on Iran legally justified
Senior jurist Alan Dershowitz says Israeli strike against Iran is
'proactive self defense'
Itamar Eichner
Jurist Alan Dershowitz, who is considered one of the world's foremost
Legal experts, believes that an Israeli strike against Iran's nuclear
facilities is legally justified, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Monday.
Speaking before a Miami conference, Dershowitz said that Iran has taken
enough actions to justify an attack, and that military strike by Israel
is "proactive self defense."
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Dershowitz, who was joined on stage by Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel
Ayalon, also advised Israel "not to rely on her friends," adding that
Jerusalem must prepare a sound legal defense prior to any move against
the Islamic Republic.
The Harvard Law profession is known as an aid supporter of Israel and
has often claimed that the IDF wages the most ethical war on terror.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Foreign coinage attacked by polish practices
Last year I stumbled on this piece of information. On it's website the polish mint claims it is minting certain coins issued by Austria, Kazakhstan, China, Canada, and australia. One can see this below on the mennica polska's website
http://www.mennica.com.pl/en/products-and-services/mint-products/coins-of-other-mints.html
However, when one searches for legislation passed in Austria, Kazakhstan, China, Canada, and australia to allow poland to do this no such legislation authorizing poland to mint the coinage of those countries. This is nothing but counterfeitting and a blatant attack on countries that poland sees as competition in it's foreign trade.
http://www.mennica.com.pl/en/products-and-services/mint-products/coins-of-other-mints.html
However, when one searches for legislation passed in Austria, Kazakhstan, China, Canada, and australia to allow poland to do this no such legislation authorizing poland to mint the coinage of those countries. This is nothing but counterfeitting and a blatant attack on countries that poland sees as competition in it's foreign trade.
The anti-Iranian nature of cpac
Recently the cpac convention is taking very aggressive stances against Iranians and non-christians in America.
Recently john bolton has been advocating for an attack on Iran, claiming that Iran is behind the Arab uprisings and making nonsense claims of human rights violations, and claiming that Iran should be attacked directly or indirectly by israel and Saudi Arabia, and at some of the conferences this talk is advocated. This means that the conservatives are betraying the Iranian community the same way the liberals did in 1977, and that we can trust neither left or right on the political spectrum but must depend on ourselves.
This is demonstrated in the conferences in which they claim multiculturalism is an attack on America and which imposing christian values on others is discussed. The imposition of alien values on others is what has created major problems in the Iranian community worldwide, yet when we stand up for our identity we are attacked. Few recognize the fact that imposing christian values on others has led to violence worldwide since Sassanian times, and that not being christian is still used to discriminate against others, especially in America. Few realize still that the same bigoted attitudes are being increasingly held by other religious groups, be it jewish, muslim, etc. and that once any religious group, be it christian, muslim, whatthefuckever, obtains any degree of prominence they begin to impose their values on others. Let us remember that Zarathustra taught us not to impose our ways on others, and the behavior of these religious groups is nothing short of inflammatory.
Recently john bolton has been advocating for an attack on Iran, claiming that Iran is behind the Arab uprisings and making nonsense claims of human rights violations, and claiming that Iran should be attacked directly or indirectly by israel and Saudi Arabia, and at some of the conferences this talk is advocated. This means that the conservatives are betraying the Iranian community the same way the liberals did in 1977, and that we can trust neither left or right on the political spectrum but must depend on ourselves.
This is demonstrated in the conferences in which they claim multiculturalism is an attack on America and which imposing christian values on others is discussed. The imposition of alien values on others is what has created major problems in the Iranian community worldwide, yet when we stand up for our identity we are attacked. Few recognize the fact that imposing christian values on others has led to violence worldwide since Sassanian times, and that not being christian is still used to discriminate against others, especially in America. Few realize still that the same bigoted attitudes are being increasingly held by other religious groups, be it jewish, muslim, etc. and that once any religious group, be it christian, muslim, whatthefuckever, obtains any degree of prominence they begin to impose their values on others. Let us remember that Zarathustra taught us not to impose our ways on others, and the behavior of these religious groups is nothing short of inflammatory.
Saturday, February 04, 2012
Iran menace by american military forces in Gulf region
What watson is NOT reporting is that the USS Abraham Lincoln, of mission
accomplished notoriety, has major mechanical problems from it's being
rushed to completion so it could "participate" in gulf war one and has a
seriously compromised hull, as does the USS Carl Vinson and USS
Enterprise, the former of the bin Laden notoriety, the former from
operation preying mantis notoriety. To add more insult the USS bataan,
of katrina notoriety is being sent, and it should not go without saying
as to the flimsy hull construction of US Navy Destroyers, as well as
Cruisers and Frigates, and the only ship with a solid construction is
the USS Makin Island. Essentially, america is doing everything to
provoke a fight, and doing so by sending military units which iran can
take out. Few even realize that Iran has upped it's Atack Submarine
force to 20 and has upgraded all the weapons on all six FFG's and 10
Corvettes stationed in the Gulf.
Peter Khan Zendran
US Warns Iran Not To Fight Back Against Israeli Attack
US warship remains in Strait Of Hormuz amidst simmering tensions
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
Friday, February 3, 2012
The USS Abraham Lincoln warship has remained stationed in the Strait of
Hormuz despite an Iranian threat that no more aircraft carriers should
transit the sensitive oil choke point as tensions in the Persian Gulf
continue to simmer with Washington warning Tehran it will join an
Israeli attack if Iran dares to fight back in any way.
Stratfor’s latest naval update map shows that the USS Lincoln has not
moved from its position having transited the Strait almost two weeks
ago. Similarly, the USS Carl Vinson has also remained in its position,
suggesting US Naval officials are satisfied with the strategic position
of the two warships as Israel prepares to launch an attack on Iran in
which the US could quickly become embroiled.
Click for enlargement.
US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta “believes there is a strong
likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June,” reports
the Washington Post, adding that Panetta was likely told of the timing
when Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak postponed a a planned
U.S.-Israel military exercise that had been scheduled for May.
It now appears that the United States has almost finalized getting all
its ducks in a row in preparation for Israel’s assault on Iran’s nuclear
facilities. The Washington Post article makes it clear that the Obama
administration will stand by while Tel Aviv leads the attack. The US
will only become overtly involved if “Iran hits U.S. assets” or if
“Israel’s population centers were hit”.
In other words, if Iran attempts to fight back in any way, which is all
but inevitable, the US will join the attack. The Obama administration
will then think itself justified in telling the American people that the
US acted in self-defense, when in reality such a series of coordinated
events is absurdly obvious.
“I can’t say clearly enough that what the U.S. has signaled in Ignatius’ report is that if Iran is attacked, it may not strike back against its attacker,” writes Richard Silverstein. “If it does, the U.S. will rain down hellfire and damnation on it. This is frightening beyond measure. I’ve never known the U.S. to lay down such a principle which virtually assures our joining in a war against Iran. Israeli policymakers will be delighted to read these words.”
Both Washington and Tel Aviv are hoping for a repeat of Operation
Orchard, Israel’s attack on a Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007 that
prompted no significant retaliation from Assad’s regime. However, Iran’s
Air Force is second only to Israel’s in the region and Tehran’s surface
to air missile capability is far superior.
A third US aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, is set to add even more
firepower in the 5th Fleet region after it completes a training exercise
in the Atlantic Ocean. British and French warships are also in place to
provide further back-up.
A d v e r t i s e m e n t
It has also been revealed that the nuclear submarine USS Annapolis and
the destroyer USS Momsen are likely to heading towards the Persian Gulf
in the build up to a possible attack on Iran.
The United States has sent both the Lincoln and the Vinson sailing
through the Strait in recent weeks despite Iran’s warning that any more
US warships transiting the narrow passageway would not be tolerated.
Tehran’s threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, an act that would cause
chaos on global oil markets, has been described as a “red line” by the
United States.
The US is currently conducting its biggest naval exercises in over a
decade. The Bold Alligator joint Navy and Marine Corps exercise, taking
place off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina, is clearly geared
towards simulating a naval conflict with Iranian forces despite official
claims to the contrary.
According to Israeli intelligence outfit Debka File, the United States
has placed 50,000 troops to be ready for “any contingency” by March,
with another 50,000 on the way, on two two strategic islands at the
southern exit of the Strait of Hormuz. In addition, 15,000 troops are
also on standby in Kuwait.
Tehran is set to conduct more naval exercises in the Strait later this
month. Experts estimate that around 1,000 mines would be required to
block the 55km wide passage and that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have
already stockpiled 2,000 mines for that very purpose.
*********************
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is
the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host
for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.
Article printed from Infowars: http://www.infowars.com
URL to article:
http://www.infowars.com/us-warns-iran-not-to-fight-back-against-israeli-attack/
accomplished notoriety, has major mechanical problems from it's being
rushed to completion so it could "participate" in gulf war one and has a
seriously compromised hull, as does the USS Carl Vinson and USS
Enterprise, the former of the bin Laden notoriety, the former from
operation preying mantis notoriety. To add more insult the USS bataan,
of katrina notoriety is being sent, and it should not go without saying
as to the flimsy hull construction of US Navy Destroyers, as well as
Cruisers and Frigates, and the only ship with a solid construction is
the USS Makin Island. Essentially, america is doing everything to
provoke a fight, and doing so by sending military units which iran can
take out. Few even realize that Iran has upped it's Atack Submarine
force to 20 and has upgraded all the weapons on all six FFG's and 10
Corvettes stationed in the Gulf.
Peter Khan Zendran
US Warns Iran Not To Fight Back Against Israeli Attack
US warship remains in Strait Of Hormuz amidst simmering tensions
Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
Friday, February 3, 2012
The USS Abraham Lincoln warship has remained stationed in the Strait of
Hormuz despite an Iranian threat that no more aircraft carriers should
transit the sensitive oil choke point as tensions in the Persian Gulf
continue to simmer with Washington warning Tehran it will join an
Israeli attack if Iran dares to fight back in any way.
Stratfor’s latest naval update map shows that the USS Lincoln has not
moved from its position having transited the Strait almost two weeks
ago. Similarly, the USS Carl Vinson has also remained in its position,
suggesting US Naval officials are satisfied with the strategic position
of the two warships as Israel prepares to launch an attack on Iran in
which the US could quickly become embroiled.
Click for enlargement.
US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta “believes there is a strong
likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June,” reports
the Washington Post, adding that Panetta was likely told of the timing
when Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak postponed a a planned
U.S.-Israel military exercise that had been scheduled for May.
It now appears that the United States has almost finalized getting all
its ducks in a row in preparation for Israel’s assault on Iran’s nuclear
facilities. The Washington Post article makes it clear that the Obama
administration will stand by while Tel Aviv leads the attack. The US
will only become overtly involved if “Iran hits U.S. assets” or if
“Israel’s population centers were hit”.
In other words, if Iran attempts to fight back in any way, which is all
but inevitable, the US will join the attack. The Obama administration
will then think itself justified in telling the American people that the
US acted in self-defense, when in reality such a series of coordinated
events is absurdly obvious.
“I can’t say clearly enough that what the U.S. has signaled in Ignatius’ report is that if Iran is attacked, it may not strike back against its attacker,” writes Richard Silverstein. “If it does, the U.S. will rain down hellfire and damnation on it. This is frightening beyond measure. I’ve never known the U.S. to lay down such a principle which virtually assures our joining in a war against Iran. Israeli policymakers will be delighted to read these words.”
Both Washington and Tel Aviv are hoping for a repeat of Operation
Orchard, Israel’s attack on a Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007 that
prompted no significant retaliation from Assad’s regime. However, Iran’s
Air Force is second only to Israel’s in the region and Tehran’s surface
to air missile capability is far superior.
A third US aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, is set to add even more
firepower in the 5th Fleet region after it completes a training exercise
in the Atlantic Ocean. British and French warships are also in place to
provide further back-up.
A d v e r t i s e m e n t
It has also been revealed that the nuclear submarine USS Annapolis and
the destroyer USS Momsen are likely to heading towards the Persian Gulf
in the build up to a possible attack on Iran.
The United States has sent both the Lincoln and the Vinson sailing
through the Strait in recent weeks despite Iran’s warning that any more
US warships transiting the narrow passageway would not be tolerated.
Tehran’s threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, an act that would cause
chaos on global oil markets, has been described as a “red line” by the
United States.
The US is currently conducting its biggest naval exercises in over a
decade. The Bold Alligator joint Navy and Marine Corps exercise, taking
place off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina, is clearly geared
towards simulating a naval conflict with Iranian forces despite official
claims to the contrary.
According to Israeli intelligence outfit Debka File, the United States
has placed 50,000 troops to be ready for “any contingency” by March,
with another 50,000 on the way, on two two strategic islands at the
southern exit of the Strait of Hormuz. In addition, 15,000 troops are
also on standby in Kuwait.
Tehran is set to conduct more naval exercises in the Strait later this
month. Experts estimate that around 1,000 mines would be required to
block the 55km wide passage and that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have
already stockpiled 2,000 mines for that very purpose.
*********************
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is
the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a regular fill-in host
for The Alex Jones Show and Infowars Nightly News.
Article printed from Infowars: http://www.infowars.com
URL to article:
http://www.infowars.com/us-warns-iran-not-to-fight-back-against-israeli-attack/
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Iran defense news roundup
Lest anyone think that I have not been keeping up on news regarding Iran my assessment of the following incidents should prove otherwise.
Contrary to what people think Iran does posses the capability to close the Gulf, as people forget that Iran’s 14 Attack Submarines, 6 Missile Frigates, 10 Missile Corvettes are all armed with modern weapons, and Iran has ramped up it’s Naval production, not to mention these Naval assets can be used in a joint Missile/Air strike. While Iran has shot down the spy drone one must not forget that Itan had obtained stealth technology from the downed F-117 in Yugoslavia in 1999, the question is successfully incorporating this technology in it’s fighters and bombers, and to do it soon.
If the Aircraft Carrier the Iranian Navy successfully intercepted is the USS John C Stennis CVN-74 then this means that america’s navy’s best assets are vulnerable to attacks from Iran’s surface fleet. Notice also the Iranian ships “rescued” by America. That ship in the Arabian sea was Iranian owned but crewed by Baluchis, and it is interesting that the USS John C Stennis CVN-74 and the USS Kidd DDG-100 were responsible for rescuing that ship. Incidentally the previous USS Kidd DDG-993 was originally built for Iran as the IIS Kurush and is currently in service with the Taiwanese Navy as the ROCS Keelung. That ship rescued by the USCG was simply crewed by Iranian kids taking the boat out on a joyride when they got lost, not merchants on a trading journey.
Notice also the recent bombings carried out in Iran by israelis, people forget that the israelis are using moles inside Iran to carry out the operations. Notice the base that was bombed was under the command of Satrip Moghadam, who was related to Sepahbod Moghadam, the last SAVAK commander, and the Moghadams are of a prominent jewish background with ties to israel. The Iranian government would be best off putting their jewish population in prison to prevent further attacks.
Speaking of foreign menace if the UN were serious about going after Iran why hasn’t it done so after Iran’s police allowed the british embassy to be attacked? Or take the case of camp ashraf, now that the American military has pulled out of Iraq why hasn’t the rest of the World condemmed Iran for it’s handling of the mujhadeen e khlaq? Perhaps because they realize the Iranian community is right in going after those whackos and other threats to it’s sovereignity, no matter the regime.
Also notice the hekmati case and the girl who was stoned to death after her sentence was commuted. Bear in mind that this was done by the Iranian government in retaliation for the mistreatment of Iranians who were imprisoned in america, myself included. People in america need to look at their own actions before they judge Iran.
Contrary to what people think Iran does posses the capability to close the Gulf, as people forget that Iran’s 14 Attack Submarines, 6 Missile Frigates, 10 Missile Corvettes are all armed with modern weapons, and Iran has ramped up it’s Naval production, not to mention these Naval assets can be used in a joint Missile/Air strike. While Iran has shot down the spy drone one must not forget that Itan had obtained stealth technology from the downed F-117 in Yugoslavia in 1999, the question is successfully incorporating this technology in it’s fighters and bombers, and to do it soon.
If the Aircraft Carrier the Iranian Navy successfully intercepted is the USS John C Stennis CVN-74 then this means that america’s navy’s best assets are vulnerable to attacks from Iran’s surface fleet. Notice also the Iranian ships “rescued” by America. That ship in the Arabian sea was Iranian owned but crewed by Baluchis, and it is interesting that the USS John C Stennis CVN-74 and the USS Kidd DDG-100 were responsible for rescuing that ship. Incidentally the previous USS Kidd DDG-993 was originally built for Iran as the IIS Kurush and is currently in service with the Taiwanese Navy as the ROCS Keelung. That ship rescued by the USCG was simply crewed by Iranian kids taking the boat out on a joyride when they got lost, not merchants on a trading journey.
Notice also the recent bombings carried out in Iran by israelis, people forget that the israelis are using moles inside Iran to carry out the operations. Notice the base that was bombed was under the command of Satrip Moghadam, who was related to Sepahbod Moghadam, the last SAVAK commander, and the Moghadams are of a prominent jewish background with ties to israel. The Iranian government would be best off putting their jewish population in prison to prevent further attacks.
Speaking of foreign menace if the UN were serious about going after Iran why hasn’t it done so after Iran’s police allowed the british embassy to be attacked? Or take the case of camp ashraf, now that the American military has pulled out of Iraq why hasn’t the rest of the World condemmed Iran for it’s handling of the mujhadeen e khlaq? Perhaps because they realize the Iranian community is right in going after those whackos and other threats to it’s sovereignity, no matter the regime.
Also notice the hekmati case and the girl who was stoned to death after her sentence was commuted. Bear in mind that this was done by the Iranian government in retaliation for the mistreatment of Iranians who were imprisoned in america, myself included. People in america need to look at their own actions before they judge Iran.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Facts about occupy provicence provaceturs posing as protesters
Below are facts about some of the occupy providence protesters who set me up.
The one who initially invited me to occupy providence was jared paul. He is a longtime provacetur who has worked with international answer and other organizations. He was the one responsible for calling the july 2007 protest which resulted in a confrontation with the north providence police, and was the one responsible for inciting street people against me over the story leslie yeransian did in the summer of 2008 where she portrayed street people as thieves. He is affiliated with critical mass, animal/earth liberation front, and other groups which provoke violence at protests under the guise of peace. He has also acted as a thug for unions, and he was the one responsible for having the screen actors guild blacklist leslie yeransian over abovementioned story.
The one who invited me to attend further occupy providence events was mike mccarthy. He was one of the original members of occupy wall street who incited the conflict with police on the Brooklyn bridge and helped organize occupy providence and link them up with the occupy wall street movement.
The one who invited the provaceturs to occupy providence to attack on me and then called the providence pigs is artemis moonhawk. She is a member of american andian movement and food not bombs. Additional provaceturs I spotted at occupy providence are martin lazzareschi, who has impersonated police and law enforcement, joyce katzbegs, and charles Feldman. These people say they want social justice but end up provoking violence and act only to enrich themselves.
The one who initially invited me to occupy providence was jared paul. He is a longtime provacetur who has worked with international answer and other organizations. He was the one responsible for calling the july 2007 protest which resulted in a confrontation with the north providence police, and was the one responsible for inciting street people against me over the story leslie yeransian did in the summer of 2008 where she portrayed street people as thieves. He is affiliated with critical mass, animal/earth liberation front, and other groups which provoke violence at protests under the guise of peace. He has also acted as a thug for unions, and he was the one responsible for having the screen actors guild blacklist leslie yeransian over abovementioned story.
The one who invited me to attend further occupy providence events was mike mccarthy. He was one of the original members of occupy wall street who incited the conflict with police on the Brooklyn bridge and helped organize occupy providence and link them up with the occupy wall street movement.
The one who invited the provaceturs to occupy providence to attack on me and then called the providence pigs is artemis moonhawk. She is a member of american andian movement and food not bombs. Additional provaceturs I spotted at occupy providence are martin lazzareschi, who has impersonated police and law enforcement, joyce katzbegs, and charles Feldman. These people say they want social justice but end up provoking violence and act only to enrich themselves.
Zendran Politiclal prisoner because of occupy providence
On Columbus day October 10, 2011 I was attacked by six provaceturs while at occupy providence who showed up shortly after 3PM. As I was fighting them off the providence police showed up and one of the occupy providence protesters, artemis moonhawk, pointed me out to them. I was then grabbed by 2 provedence pigs who refused to say if I was under arrest, and as I kept fighting them off 2 more showed up before I was handcuffed. I was held overnight and was told I was being charged with disorderly conduct. When I was arraigned I was told I was being charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and 2 counts of assault, one for beating up a providence cop and one for beating up an attacker. My bail was set at $50,000 and during my incarceration they refused to treat me for a gum infection, and as a result I was isolated from November 1 2011 onwards and my court date was pushed back to January 2012 because of my health. During my incarceration the two assault counts were dropped due to action by my lawyer because of my health problems. On January 2012 I was finaly arraigned before judge bucci, pled not guilty, and my bail was reduced to personal recognizance.
Sunday, October 09, 2011
Anti war project at brown headed by informant
This is a perfect example of the hypocrisy of shit u. Despite the
anti-war platitudes dr slutz here spews she only got her job by
informing on those in thye anti-war movement who supported real change
and action, including making false police reports on activists, myself
included. Remember, always judge people by their actions, not their
words.
Peter Z
Brown University study examines cost of War on Terror
01:00 AM EDT on Friday, October 7, 2011
By Bryan Rourke
Journal Staff Writer
Catherine Lutz, of Brown University, is co-director of the Eisenhower
Project at Brown’s Watson Institute for International Studies, which
prepared the “Costs of War” study.
The Providence Journal / Sandor Bodo
PROVIDENCE — The war on terror continues; so does the cost and the
chronicling.
“You can’t make informed decisions without this information,” said Catherine Lutz of Brown University.
Lutz is co-director of the Eisenhower Project at Brown’s Watson
Institute for International Studies. The organization’s “Costs of War”
study has been reported worldwide with its website receiving 50,000 hits
from 169 countries since its June release. Visit costsofwar.org.
Hits rose in August during federal debt negotiations, Lutz said; and in
September during the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Now we’ve reached another
notable prompt.
Friday is the 10th anniversary of U.S. military operations in
Afghanistan. Thursday, “Costs of War” was presented in Washington to a
congressional panel on the war in Afghanistan.
The report’s cost calculations aren’t finished because the war isn’t
finished.
“We’re still following the numbers,” Lutz said.
The numbers, Lutz said, are “stunning”: 225,000 killed, and up to $4
trillion spent, factoring in future medical care for disabled veterans.
The 22 report researchers, will offer another report next fall, Lutz
said, offering bigger costs for the United States, and for its allies,
including Iraq and Afghanistan. Also, Lutz said, the follow-up will
chronicle the profits of war.
In 2008, Lutz said, the Pentagon paid military contractor Lockheed
Martin $30 billion.
“Lockheed received nearly more money from the government than the EPA, the Department of Labor and the Department of Transportation combined,” Lutz said.
Now, months after the release of “Costs of War,” Lutz reflects on the
response to it.
“Some people say, ‘Wow, those are huge numbers — the dollar figure, people killed and refugees. This means the war has been misbegotten.’ Some people say, ‘You can’t put a price on what the war has accomplished.’ People’s political view tends to inoculate them against the information changing their point of view.”
The “Costs of War” was reported in media in North America, South
America, Europe and Asia.
“The foreign reporters tend to ask questions about whether this has been a burden on us and if it is putting gasoline on the fire of America’s decline. The American reporters have been very interested in the veterans’ stories.”
Lutz is also interested in the veterans’ stories. She wonders how many
stories involve post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury
and suicide.
“The U.S. government should be more forthcoming with data,” Lutz said.
The number of disability claims from the war, Lutz said, exceeds
600,000. Much of the information veterans organizations have from the
government, Lutz said, is a result of Freedom of Information Act
requests.
“The craft of governance has become the craft of public relations and information control,” Lutz said. “That is not the way a democratic government should operate.”
A goal of the report, Lutz said, is to look at the complete cost of the
war.
“People have done the body counts for a variety of wars. But the financial, social and political costs, I’m not sure.”
Another goal of the report, Lutz said, is to look at war as a means to
tame terrorism.
“Were there other ways this could have been done with less loss of life? The historical record suggests there are.”
“Costs of War” cites a Rand study of 268 terrorist groups, 1968 to 2006. In 83 percent of cases, Lutz said, resolution was reached through political accommodation, intelligence and policing. Military might succeeded in 7 percent of cases.
The ultimate goal of “Costs of War,” Lutz said, is to learn the complete
costs of war: on soldiers and civilians, on budgets and taxpayers. And,
she said, we must remember what we learn.
“This says let’s not engage in a kind of historical amnesia.”
anti-war platitudes dr slutz here spews she only got her job by
informing on those in thye anti-war movement who supported real change
and action, including making false police reports on activists, myself
included. Remember, always judge people by their actions, not their
words.
Peter Z
Brown University study examines cost of War on Terror
01:00 AM EDT on Friday, October 7, 2011
By Bryan Rourke
Journal Staff Writer
Catherine Lutz, of Brown University, is co-director of the Eisenhower
Project at Brown’s Watson Institute for International Studies, which
prepared the “Costs of War” study.
The Providence Journal / Sandor Bodo
PROVIDENCE — The war on terror continues; so does the cost and the
chronicling.
“You can’t make informed decisions without this information,” said Catherine Lutz of Brown University.
Lutz is co-director of the Eisenhower Project at Brown’s Watson
Institute for International Studies. The organization’s “Costs of War”
study has been reported worldwide with its website receiving 50,000 hits
from 169 countries since its June release. Visit costsofwar.org.
Hits rose in August during federal debt negotiations, Lutz said; and in
September during the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Now we’ve reached another
notable prompt.
Friday is the 10th anniversary of U.S. military operations in
Afghanistan. Thursday, “Costs of War” was presented in Washington to a
congressional panel on the war in Afghanistan.
The report’s cost calculations aren’t finished because the war isn’t
finished.
“We’re still following the numbers,” Lutz said.
The numbers, Lutz said, are “stunning”: 225,000 killed, and up to $4
trillion spent, factoring in future medical care for disabled veterans.
The 22 report researchers, will offer another report next fall, Lutz
said, offering bigger costs for the United States, and for its allies,
including Iraq and Afghanistan. Also, Lutz said, the follow-up will
chronicle the profits of war.
In 2008, Lutz said, the Pentagon paid military contractor Lockheed
Martin $30 billion.
“Lockheed received nearly more money from the government than the EPA, the Department of Labor and the Department of Transportation combined,” Lutz said.
Now, months after the release of “Costs of War,” Lutz reflects on the
response to it.
“Some people say, ‘Wow, those are huge numbers — the dollar figure, people killed and refugees. This means the war has been misbegotten.’ Some people say, ‘You can’t put a price on what the war has accomplished.’ People’s political view tends to inoculate them against the information changing their point of view.”
The “Costs of War” was reported in media in North America, South
America, Europe and Asia.
“The foreign reporters tend to ask questions about whether this has been a burden on us and if it is putting gasoline on the fire of America’s decline. The American reporters have been very interested in the veterans’ stories.”
Lutz is also interested in the veterans’ stories. She wonders how many
stories involve post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury
and suicide.
“The U.S. government should be more forthcoming with data,” Lutz said.
The number of disability claims from the war, Lutz said, exceeds
600,000. Much of the information veterans organizations have from the
government, Lutz said, is a result of Freedom of Information Act
requests.
“The craft of governance has become the craft of public relations and information control,” Lutz said. “That is not the way a democratic government should operate.”
A goal of the report, Lutz said, is to look at the complete cost of the
war.
“People have done the body counts for a variety of wars. But the financial, social and political costs, I’m not sure.”
Another goal of the report, Lutz said, is to look at war as a means to
tame terrorism.
“Were there other ways this could have been done with less loss of life? The historical record suggests there are.”
“Costs of War” cites a Rand study of 268 terrorist groups, 1968 to 2006. In 83 percent of cases, Lutz said, resolution was reached through political accommodation, intelligence and policing. Military might succeeded in 7 percent of cases.
The ultimate goal of “Costs of War,” Lutz said, is to learn the complete
costs of war: on soldiers and civilians, on budgets and taxpayers. And,
she said, we must remember what we learn.
“This says let’s not engage in a kind of historical amnesia.”
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Russia consideres scrapping Project 941/"Typhoon" subs
What are the Russians thinking? This is as stupid as making the smaller
Aircraft Carriers and allowing France to manufacture Russian Amphibious
Assault Ships. They should at least keep one of these ships as a Museum
or in reserve, after all, these are the most powerful submarines ever
built as well as the ultimate doomsday ship.
Peter Z
http://english.pravda.ru//russia/economics/29-09-2011/119185-typhoon_borei-0/?mode=print
Russia's gigantic Typhoon submarines to be scrapped
29.09.2011 15:03
Russia's gigantic Typhoon submarines to be scrapped. 45500.jpeg
Yuri Dolgoruky submarine
The world's largest ballistic missile submarines of Project 941 Akula
(Shark), known as Typhoon, will be decommissioned before 2014 and used
for scrap metal, a source at Russia's Defense Ministry told the Izvestia
newspaper.
All three operating submarines of the project - Arkhangelsk, Severstal
and Dmitry Donskoi - will thus be destroyed. The Dmitry Donskoi cruiser
was previously used as the base for launching Russia's new Bulava
ballistic missile. The decommissioning of the missiles will cost the
Russian budget hundreds of millions of rubles, experts said.
Defense officials said that it became impossible to use the
above-mentioned submarines for intended purposes because of the
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START-3), which Russia had signed with
the United States. Specialists of Sevmash Enterprise (the maker of the
subs) said that it could be possible to redesign the submarines to use
them as undersea gas tankers or all-season marine freight vessels.
However, defense ministry officials said that the cost for this work
would be unreasonably high.
It was Borei class submarines that ruined the career of the Typhoons,
defense officials said. Borei is a new class of submarines, which
Sevmash Enterprise currently builds. The new subs will be armed with
Bulava missiles.
The tests of Borei submarines ended successfully, which made the
maintenance of bulky and more expensive typhoon submarines pointless.
The crew of the Borei sub is 1.5 times smaller than that of the Typhoon.
Maintenance costs also differ in Borei's favor. To crown it all, it is
much more difficult to detect Borei submarines in the water, officials
said.
Officials representing the Defense Ministry also said that any work to
redesign the submarines would cost tens of billions of rubles.
Therefore, it would be more reasonable to spend this money on building
new vessels, they said.
Specialists of Sevmash Enterprise said, though, that the Typhoon subs
could be transformed into undersea tankers and freighters to transport
liquefied gas, oil and cargoes for polar ports. "This reconstruction may
not cost that much," representatives of the enterprise said.
Alexander Konovalov, the President of the Institute of Strategic
Estimations, shares a different point of view. According to him, the era
of Typhoons is gone for good.
"This is a gigantic thing. It is the largest sub in the world, and it is
very expensive in its exploitation. Moreover, there are no missiles for
these subs," he said.
The fate of gigantic submarines was determined by the START-3 Treaty,
which was signed by Russian and US presidents in the spring of 2010. The
treaty restricted the strategic arsenals of the two countries to 1,550
nuclear warheads.
Russia's Project 955 Borei and 667BDRM Dolphin submarines may carry over
1,100 nuclear blocks. The remaining part can be used by long-distance
aviation and Special Purpose Missile Troops.
One Typhoon class submarine is capable of carrying of only 120-200
nuclear warheads.
Russia's Defense Ministry has already decommissioned three of the six
Akula submarines before in accordance with the START-2 Treaty. Russia
decided that it was too expensive to maintain the battle capacity of
those submarines. Each cruiser required nearly 300 million rubles a
year.
The decommissioning process took place as follows. Spent nuclear fuel
was unloaded from the reactors. The equipment was dismantled afterwards.
The subs were then transferred to the dry dock. In the dock, specialists
cut out the reactor compartments from the subs. The compartments were
subsequently transferred to long-storage facilities in the Murmansk
region.
The utilization of one cruiser cost $10 million. Two million dollars of
the amount were assigned from the Russian budget. The remaining funds
were provided by the United States and Canada.
The Project 941 or Akula, ("Shark") class submarine (NATO reporting
name: Typhoon) is a type of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine
deployed by the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. With a submerged displacement
of 48,000 tons,the Typhoons are the largest class of submarine ever
built,large enough to accommodate decent living facilities for the crew
when submerged for months on end.The source of the NATO reporting name
remains unclear, although it is often claimed to be related to the use
of the word "Typhoon" by Leonid Brezhnev in a 1974 speech while
describing a new type of nuclear ballistic missile submarine. Soviet
doctrine for these vessels was to have them launch SLBMs while submerged
under the arctic ice, avoiding the traversal of the GIUK gap to remain
safe from the enemy attack submarines and anti-submarine forces.
Technically Typhoons were also able to successfully deploy their
long-range nuclear missiles while moored at their dock.
The Borei class is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile
submarine produced and operated by the Russian Navy. The class is
intended to replace the Delta III, Delta IV and Typhoon classes now in
Russian Navy service. The class is named after Boreas, the North wind.
The sub is 160 meters long; its maximum displacement measures 24,000
tons. The submergence depth - up to 400 meters. The crew - 107 people.
Sevmash currently builds three Borei class submarines: Alexander Nevsky,
Vladimir Monomakh and Saint Nikolai. The construction of the first
submarine - Yuri Dolgoruky - began on November 2, 1996. The sub was
launched on February 12, 2008.
Alexander Nevsky was launched on December 6, 2010. The sub is to be
passed into service in 2012.
Дмитрий Судаков
Aircraft Carriers and allowing France to manufacture Russian Amphibious
Assault Ships. They should at least keep one of these ships as a Museum
or in reserve, after all, these are the most powerful submarines ever
built as well as the ultimate doomsday ship.
Peter Z
http://english.pravda.ru//russia/economics/29-09-2011/119185-typhoon_borei-0/?mode=print
Russia's gigantic Typhoon submarines to be scrapped
29.09.2011 15:03
Russia's gigantic Typhoon submarines to be scrapped. 45500.jpeg
Yuri Dolgoruky submarine
The world's largest ballistic missile submarines of Project 941 Akula
(Shark), known as Typhoon, will be decommissioned before 2014 and used
for scrap metal, a source at Russia's Defense Ministry told the Izvestia
newspaper.
All three operating submarines of the project - Arkhangelsk, Severstal
and Dmitry Donskoi - will thus be destroyed. The Dmitry Donskoi cruiser
was previously used as the base for launching Russia's new Bulava
ballistic missile. The decommissioning of the missiles will cost the
Russian budget hundreds of millions of rubles, experts said.
Defense officials said that it became impossible to use the
above-mentioned submarines for intended purposes because of the
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START-3), which Russia had signed with
the United States. Specialists of Sevmash Enterprise (the maker of the
subs) said that it could be possible to redesign the submarines to use
them as undersea gas tankers or all-season marine freight vessels.
However, defense ministry officials said that the cost for this work
would be unreasonably high.
It was Borei class submarines that ruined the career of the Typhoons,
defense officials said. Borei is a new class of submarines, which
Sevmash Enterprise currently builds. The new subs will be armed with
Bulava missiles.
The tests of Borei submarines ended successfully, which made the
maintenance of bulky and more expensive typhoon submarines pointless.
The crew of the Borei sub is 1.5 times smaller than that of the Typhoon.
Maintenance costs also differ in Borei's favor. To crown it all, it is
much more difficult to detect Borei submarines in the water, officials
said.
Officials representing the Defense Ministry also said that any work to
redesign the submarines would cost tens of billions of rubles.
Therefore, it would be more reasonable to spend this money on building
new vessels, they said.
Specialists of Sevmash Enterprise said, though, that the Typhoon subs
could be transformed into undersea tankers and freighters to transport
liquefied gas, oil and cargoes for polar ports. "This reconstruction may
not cost that much," representatives of the enterprise said.
Alexander Konovalov, the President of the Institute of Strategic
Estimations, shares a different point of view. According to him, the era
of Typhoons is gone for good.
"This is a gigantic thing. It is the largest sub in the world, and it is
very expensive in its exploitation. Moreover, there are no missiles for
these subs," he said.
The fate of gigantic submarines was determined by the START-3 Treaty,
which was signed by Russian and US presidents in the spring of 2010. The
treaty restricted the strategic arsenals of the two countries to 1,550
nuclear warheads.
Russia's Project 955 Borei and 667BDRM Dolphin submarines may carry over
1,100 nuclear blocks. The remaining part can be used by long-distance
aviation and Special Purpose Missile Troops.
One Typhoon class submarine is capable of carrying of only 120-200
nuclear warheads.
Russia's Defense Ministry has already decommissioned three of the six
Akula submarines before in accordance with the START-2 Treaty. Russia
decided that it was too expensive to maintain the battle capacity of
those submarines. Each cruiser required nearly 300 million rubles a
year.
The decommissioning process took place as follows. Spent nuclear fuel
was unloaded from the reactors. The equipment was dismantled afterwards.
The subs were then transferred to the dry dock. In the dock, specialists
cut out the reactor compartments from the subs. The compartments were
subsequently transferred to long-storage facilities in the Murmansk
region.
The utilization of one cruiser cost $10 million. Two million dollars of
the amount were assigned from the Russian budget. The remaining funds
were provided by the United States and Canada.
The Project 941 or Akula, ("Shark") class submarine (NATO reporting
name: Typhoon) is a type of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine
deployed by the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. With a submerged displacement
of 48,000 tons,the Typhoons are the largest class of submarine ever
built,large enough to accommodate decent living facilities for the crew
when submerged for months on end.The source of the NATO reporting name
remains unclear, although it is often claimed to be related to the use
of the word "Typhoon" by Leonid Brezhnev in a 1974 speech while
describing a new type of nuclear ballistic missile submarine. Soviet
doctrine for these vessels was to have them launch SLBMs while submerged
under the arctic ice, avoiding the traversal of the GIUK gap to remain
safe from the enemy attack submarines and anti-submarine forces.
Technically Typhoons were also able to successfully deploy their
long-range nuclear missiles while moored at their dock.
The Borei class is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile
submarine produced and operated by the Russian Navy. The class is
intended to replace the Delta III, Delta IV and Typhoon classes now in
Russian Navy service. The class is named after Boreas, the North wind.
The sub is 160 meters long; its maximum displacement measures 24,000
tons. The submergence depth - up to 400 meters. The crew - 107 people.
Sevmash currently builds three Borei class submarines: Alexander Nevsky,
Vladimir Monomakh and Saint Nikolai. The construction of the first
submarine - Yuri Dolgoruky - began on November 2, 1996. The sub was
launched on February 12, 2008.
Alexander Nevsky was launched on December 6, 2010. The sub is to be
passed into service in 2012.
Дмитрий Судаков
Sunday, October 02, 2011
News roundup of "arab spring" news not being reported
While it is true that the situation in Syria and Libya is getting a lot of coverage, people forget other aspects of what is going on in the Arab World. That is not to minimize what is going on, as war could seem likely with Syria, as america could use the pretext of it's ambassador being attacked to go to war as it has done before, and I don't find it coincidental that an opposition council was created so soon after this incident. Also notice what is going in Libya, as Africa is not only harboring Qaddafi's family but assisting him, as they realize the true western backed nature of the rebels.
interesting enough it is not being reported that Tunisia acquired 6 german Albatross class Corvettes, which are the equal of the israeli saar class, right before the uprisings, and that Lurssen stopped the sale of the 3 Nakhoda Ragam class FFG's to Algeria around the time of the uprisings in that country. Those two pieces of military news not being reported show there is more going on than people just pissed off at their government.
Peter Khan Zendran
Syria opposition launches national council
APBy ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press | AP – 1 hr 49 mins ago
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian dissidents on Sunday formally established a broad-based national council designed to overthrow President Bashar Assad's regime, which they accused of pushing the country to the brink of civil war. Syrians took to the streets in celebration, singing and dancing.
In a restive northern area, meanwhile, gunmen killed the 21-year-old son of Syria's top Sunni Muslim cleric in an ambush, the state-run news agency reported. The cleric, Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, is considered a close supporter of Assad's regime and has echoed its claims that the unrest in Syria is the result of a foreign conspiracy.
The announcement of the Syrian National Council at a news conference in Istanbul appeared to be the most serious step yet to unify a deeply fragmented opposition. It follows five days of intense battles between the Syrian military and army defectors in the country's central region that raised the specter of all-out armed conflict.
Prominent Syrian opposition figure Bourhan Ghalioun, who read out the founding statement of the SNC at the news conference in Istanbul, accused the regime of fomenting sectarian strife in Syria to maintain its grip on power.
"I think that this (Assad) regime has completely lost the world's trust," he said. "The world is waiting for a united Syrian (opposition) that can provide the alternative to this regime, so that they can recognize it," he added.
"The council denounces the (regime's) policy of sectarian incitement ... which threatens national unity and is pushing the country to the brink of civil war," he said.
Syria's volatile sectarian divide means that an armed conflict could rapidly escalate in scale and brutality. The Assad regime is dominated by the Alawite minority, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, but the country is overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim.
The opposition movement has until now focused on peaceful demonstrations, although recently some protesters have been reported to have taken up arms to defend themselves against military attacks. Army defectors have also been fighting government troops.
Sunday's killing of the mufti's son took place in the Saraqeb region of the restive northern Idlib province as he left the university where he studied. He was shot in the chest and kidney and died later of his injuries. The news report gave no details on who might have been behind the killing.
In forming a national council, the Syrians are following in the footsteps of Libyan rebels, who formed a National Transitional Council during the uprising that ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi. The Libyan council won international recognition and has now become the main governing body that runs the country.
Groups of Syrians poured into the streets in southern and central regions of the country to celebrate the announcement.
Although the mass demonstrations in Syria have shaken one of the most authoritarian regimes in the Middle East, the opposition has made no major gains in recent months. It holds no territory and still has no clear leadership.
The Syrian opposition consists of a variety of groups with differing ideologies, including Islamists and secularists, and there have been many meetings of dissidents claiming to represent Syria's popular uprising since it erupted seven months ago. But the new council is the broadest umbrella movement of revolutionary forces formed so far.
A group of Syrian activists had declared the preliminary formation of the council last month, but its structure and goals, and a founding statement signed by major opposition factions, had not been announced until this conference.
The SNC announced in Istanbul appears to have received the recognition of the largest Syrian opposition factions.
Members said it includes representatives from the Damascus Declaration grouping, a pro-democracy network based in the capital; the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamic political party banned in the country; various Kurdish factions; and the grass-roots Local Coordination Committees, which have led protests across the country; as well as other independent and tribal figures.
Istanbul conference spokesman Ghalioun said one major benefit of the council to the Syrian opposition would be to provide a single body with which other countries could coordinate. He urged Syrians everywhere to support it and said it would be a vehicle for democratic change.
The council's statement said it categorically rejects any foreign intervention or military operations to bring down Assad's regime but called on the international community to "protect the Syrian people" from "the declared war and massacres being committed against them by the regime."
It said that protesters should continue to use "peaceful means" to topple the Syrian leader.
The organizers have not named a leader for the national council, but appeared to give a leading role to Ghalioun, a respected and popular opposition figure who is also a scholar of contemporary oriental studies at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Syria's uprising began in mid-March amid a wave of anti-government protests in the Arab world that have so far toppled autocrats in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. Assad has reacted with deadly force that the U.N. estimates has left some 2,700 people dead.
In other developments Sunday, a state-run Syrian newspaper warned U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford against meddling in Syrian affairs if he wants to avoid more "rotten egg" attacks in the future. The Al Baath newspaper, a mouthpiece of the Syrian regime, accused Ford of supporting armed anti-government groups in Syria and said he should expect further "unpleasant treatment" as long as his country meddles in Syrian affairs.
Supporters of Assad pelted Ford with eggs on Thursday as he visited Hassan Abdul-Azim, an opposition figure in Damascus.
The Obama administration summoned Syria's ambassador in Washington to hear formal U.S. condemnation of the assault.
The government said it retook control of the rebellious central town of Rastan Sunday after hunting down "armed terrorists" holed up inside. But the fighting there highlighted the increasingly militarized nature of an uprising started months ago by peaceful protesters.
Syrian activists say the fighting in Rastan had pitted the Syrian military against hundreds of army defectors who sided with anti-regime protesters. It was among the worst clashes in the uprising.
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Zeina Karam can be reached on http://twitter.com/zkaram
Gadhafi son denies Interpol allegations
APBy KIM GAMEL - Associated Press | AP – 2 hrs 1 min ago
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi's son, al-Saadi, denied allegations of corruption and intimidation and called Interpol's decision to put him on the equivalent of its most-wanted list political, according to an email sent Sunday.
Al-Saadi Gadhafi is under house arrest in Libyan neighbor Niger, where he fled after Tripoli fell to revolutionary forces. His father and two of his brothers are in hiding, presumably inside Libya, as fighting between revolutionary forces and Gadhafi's loyalists continues on three fronts.
Al-Saadi "regrets the issue of a red notice by Interpol and strenuously denies the charges made against him," an email forwarded to The Associated Press said.
Interpol issued a red notice for al-Saadi last week based on accusations he misappropriated property and engaged in "armed intimidation" when he headed the Libyan Football Federation. He also was a special forces commander and is the subject of U.N. sanctions for commanding military units involved in repression of demonstrations.
The international police agency said the notice was issued in response to a request by the Libya's National Transitional Council, which has assumed leadership of the North African nation. Niger, which borders Libya on the south and long benefited from Gadhafi's largesse, has said it would study the question.
In the email, al-Saadi called the Interpol notice a "clear political decision to recognize the de jure authority of the National Transitional Council taken without appropriate regard to the current absence of a functioning, effective and fair system of justice in Libya."
It said al-Saadi "worked tirelessly to promote football in Libya, priding himself on the fact that Libya was formerly selected to host the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations." It added that Gadhafi's son "continues to call on all sides to seek a negotiated and peaceful resolution to the present conflict."
The South African Football Association has signed an agreement with Libya's post-Gadhafi football federation to host the 2013 African Cup of Nations, while Libya will stage the 2017 games.
The email was relayed to the AP on Sunday by defense attorney Nick Kaufman, who has been involved in a number of international criminal cases. Kaufman said he was contacted by an intermediary he identified as al-Saadi's press secretary, Jackie Frazier.
Al-Saadi fled to Niger in mid-September along with several other regime loyalists, including some generals.
Interpol also has issued red notices for Moammar Gadhafi and his son Seif al-Islam upon request by the Hague-based International Criminal Court. Both men have been charged with crimes against humanity.
Interpol had urged authorities in Niger and surrounding countries — and those with direct flights to Niger — to watch out for and arrest Gadhafi "with a view to returning him to Libya" for prosecution.
Interpol's red notices are the highest-level alerts they can issue to their member countries. The notices do not force countries to turn over suspects but strongly urge them to, and countries who ignore such notices can come under pressure from the international community.
Gadhafi's eight adult children have played influential roles in Libya, from commanding an elite military unit to controlling the oil sector. Al-Saadi, 38, headed the Libyan Football Federation, and at one point played in Italy's professional league but spent most of his time on the bench.
Another Gadhafi son is with his daughter Aisha and wife in neighboring Algeria — along with other family members — while Khamis Gadhafi, who led the Khamis Brigade that fought in the west, was reportedly killed in battle, although that was never confirmed.
Libya's new rulers have gained control of most of the country, but revolutionary forces still face fierce resistance in Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, Bani Walid and pockets in the southern desert. NATO recent extended its mission, although the top U.S. commander for Africa said Saturday that the military mission is largely complete.
Army Gen. Carter Ham, head of U.S. Africa Command said that the National Transitional Council and its forces should be in "reasonable control" of population centers before the end of the NATO mission, dubbed Unified Protector. And he said they are close to that now.
http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Defence-Weekly-2005/Tunisian-Navy-boosts-its-capabilities.html
Tunisian Navy boosts its capabilities, MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA
The Tunisian Navy is set to augment its capabilities with the acquisition of a further four surplus German Navy Albatros-class (Type 143B) missile fast attack craft, under a EUR33 million (USD40.3 million) agreement.
An initial two Type 143Bs, S-65 Sperber and S-66 Greif were delivered to the Tunisian Navy in June. The second batch, consisting of S-63 Geier and S-68 Seeadler, is currently on its way to Tunis and will be officially handed over to the navy on 29 September. The last two vessels, S-69 Habicht and S-70 Kormoran, are scheduled to enter Tunisian Navy service on 13 December.
http://www.ocnus.net/artman2/publish/Business_1/How_Lurssen_Wooed_Brunei.shtml
How Lurssen Wooed Brunei
By Intelligence Online 04/06/2009
Jun 15, 2009 - 7:44:53 AM
Like car owners, governments insist that somebody take old equipment off their hands before buying new armaments. Complicated to set up, such deals nonetheless help suppliers to win contracts. The three Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) that Germany̢۪s Lurssen yard is about to deliver to the Royal Brunei Navy were sold in return for the Germans helping Brunei get rid of three slightly older ships. Brunei initially contracted Britain̢۪s GEC-Marconi in 1998 to deliver three OPVs. Bought out by BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions, GEC delivered the Nakhoda Ragam in 2003 and the Bendahara Sakam and Jerambak in 2004. The three patrol boats were equipped with VL Seawolf and MM40 Exocet Block 2 missiles made by MBDA. But Brunei refused to take delivery of the vessels on the grounds they didn̢۪t correspond to specifications that had been negotiated with the British group. Lurssen then stepped in to offer to take them off Brunei̢۪s hands and re-sell them in return for a contract with Brunei for a similar number of ships. Through its affiliate Global Naval Systems, Lurssen offered the British-built patrol vessels to several Gulf countries but didn̢۪t find buyers. Finally, it got Algeria to acquire them last year. The proceeds from the sale of GEC̢۪s ships to Algeria will be partly deducted from the price of the three new vessels for Brunei.
Like car owners, governments insist that somebody take old equipment off their hands before buying new armaments. Complicated to set up, such deals nonetheless help suppliers to win contracts. The three Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) that Germany̢۪s Lurssen yard is about to deliver to the Royal Brunei Navy were sold in return for the Germans helping Brunei get rid of three slightly older ships. Brunei initially contracted Britain̢۪s GEC-Marconi in 1998 to deliver three OPVs. Bought out by BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions, GEC delivered the Nakhoda Ragam in 2003 and the Bendahara Sakam and Jerambak in 2004. The three patrol boats were equipped with VL Seawolf and MM40 Exocet Block 2 missiles made by MBDA. But Brunei refused to take delivery of the vessels on the grounds they didn̢۪t correspond to specifications that had been negotiated with the British group. Lurssen then stepped in to offer to take them off Brunei̢۪s hands and re-sell them in return for a contract with Brunei for a similar number of ships. Through its affiliate Global Naval Systems, Lurssen offered the British-built patrol vessels to several Gulf countries but didn̢۪t find buyers. Finally, it got Algeria to acquire them last year. The proceeds from the sale of GEC̢۪s ships to Algeria will be partly deducted from the price of the three new vessels for Brunei.
Source:Ocnus.net 2009
interesting enough it is not being reported that Tunisia acquired 6 german Albatross class Corvettes, which are the equal of the israeli saar class, right before the uprisings, and that Lurssen stopped the sale of the 3 Nakhoda Ragam class FFG's to Algeria around the time of the uprisings in that country. Those two pieces of military news not being reported show there is more going on than people just pissed off at their government.
Peter Khan Zendran
Syria opposition launches national council
APBy ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press | AP – 1 hr 49 mins ago
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian dissidents on Sunday formally established a broad-based national council designed to overthrow President Bashar Assad's regime, which they accused of pushing the country to the brink of civil war. Syrians took to the streets in celebration, singing and dancing.
In a restive northern area, meanwhile, gunmen killed the 21-year-old son of Syria's top Sunni Muslim cleric in an ambush, the state-run news agency reported. The cleric, Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddine Hassoun, is considered a close supporter of Assad's regime and has echoed its claims that the unrest in Syria is the result of a foreign conspiracy.
The announcement of the Syrian National Council at a news conference in Istanbul appeared to be the most serious step yet to unify a deeply fragmented opposition. It follows five days of intense battles between the Syrian military and army defectors in the country's central region that raised the specter of all-out armed conflict.
Prominent Syrian opposition figure Bourhan Ghalioun, who read out the founding statement of the SNC at the news conference in Istanbul, accused the regime of fomenting sectarian strife in Syria to maintain its grip on power.
"I think that this (Assad) regime has completely lost the world's trust," he said. "The world is waiting for a united Syrian (opposition) that can provide the alternative to this regime, so that they can recognize it," he added.
"The council denounces the (regime's) policy of sectarian incitement ... which threatens national unity and is pushing the country to the brink of civil war," he said.
Syria's volatile sectarian divide means that an armed conflict could rapidly escalate in scale and brutality. The Assad regime is dominated by the Alawite minority, an offshoot of Shiite Islam, but the country is overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim.
The opposition movement has until now focused on peaceful demonstrations, although recently some protesters have been reported to have taken up arms to defend themselves against military attacks. Army defectors have also been fighting government troops.
Sunday's killing of the mufti's son took place in the Saraqeb region of the restive northern Idlib province as he left the university where he studied. He was shot in the chest and kidney and died later of his injuries. The news report gave no details on who might have been behind the killing.
In forming a national council, the Syrians are following in the footsteps of Libyan rebels, who formed a National Transitional Council during the uprising that ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi. The Libyan council won international recognition and has now become the main governing body that runs the country.
Groups of Syrians poured into the streets in southern and central regions of the country to celebrate the announcement.
Although the mass demonstrations in Syria have shaken one of the most authoritarian regimes in the Middle East, the opposition has made no major gains in recent months. It holds no territory and still has no clear leadership.
The Syrian opposition consists of a variety of groups with differing ideologies, including Islamists and secularists, and there have been many meetings of dissidents claiming to represent Syria's popular uprising since it erupted seven months ago. But the new council is the broadest umbrella movement of revolutionary forces formed so far.
A group of Syrian activists had declared the preliminary formation of the council last month, but its structure and goals, and a founding statement signed by major opposition factions, had not been announced until this conference.
The SNC announced in Istanbul appears to have received the recognition of the largest Syrian opposition factions.
Members said it includes representatives from the Damascus Declaration grouping, a pro-democracy network based in the capital; the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamic political party banned in the country; various Kurdish factions; and the grass-roots Local Coordination Committees, which have led protests across the country; as well as other independent and tribal figures.
Istanbul conference spokesman Ghalioun said one major benefit of the council to the Syrian opposition would be to provide a single body with which other countries could coordinate. He urged Syrians everywhere to support it and said it would be a vehicle for democratic change.
The council's statement said it categorically rejects any foreign intervention or military operations to bring down Assad's regime but called on the international community to "protect the Syrian people" from "the declared war and massacres being committed against them by the regime."
It said that protesters should continue to use "peaceful means" to topple the Syrian leader.
The organizers have not named a leader for the national council, but appeared to give a leading role to Ghalioun, a respected and popular opposition figure who is also a scholar of contemporary oriental studies at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Syria's uprising began in mid-March amid a wave of anti-government protests in the Arab world that have so far toppled autocrats in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. Assad has reacted with deadly force that the U.N. estimates has left some 2,700 people dead.
In other developments Sunday, a state-run Syrian newspaper warned U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford against meddling in Syrian affairs if he wants to avoid more "rotten egg" attacks in the future. The Al Baath newspaper, a mouthpiece of the Syrian regime, accused Ford of supporting armed anti-government groups in Syria and said he should expect further "unpleasant treatment" as long as his country meddles in Syrian affairs.
Supporters of Assad pelted Ford with eggs on Thursday as he visited Hassan Abdul-Azim, an opposition figure in Damascus.
The Obama administration summoned Syria's ambassador in Washington to hear formal U.S. condemnation of the assault.
The government said it retook control of the rebellious central town of Rastan Sunday after hunting down "armed terrorists" holed up inside. But the fighting there highlighted the increasingly militarized nature of an uprising started months ago by peaceful protesters.
Syrian activists say the fighting in Rastan had pitted the Syrian military against hundreds of army defectors who sided with anti-regime protesters. It was among the worst clashes in the uprising.
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Zeina Karam can be reached on http://twitter.com/zkaram
Gadhafi son denies Interpol allegations
APBy KIM GAMEL - Associated Press | AP – 2 hrs 1 min ago
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Moammar Gadhafi's son, al-Saadi, denied allegations of corruption and intimidation and called Interpol's decision to put him on the equivalent of its most-wanted list political, according to an email sent Sunday.
Al-Saadi Gadhafi is under house arrest in Libyan neighbor Niger, where he fled after Tripoli fell to revolutionary forces. His father and two of his brothers are in hiding, presumably inside Libya, as fighting between revolutionary forces and Gadhafi's loyalists continues on three fronts.
Al-Saadi "regrets the issue of a red notice by Interpol and strenuously denies the charges made against him," an email forwarded to The Associated Press said.
Interpol issued a red notice for al-Saadi last week based on accusations he misappropriated property and engaged in "armed intimidation" when he headed the Libyan Football Federation. He also was a special forces commander and is the subject of U.N. sanctions for commanding military units involved in repression of demonstrations.
The international police agency said the notice was issued in response to a request by the Libya's National Transitional Council, which has assumed leadership of the North African nation. Niger, which borders Libya on the south and long benefited from Gadhafi's largesse, has said it would study the question.
In the email, al-Saadi called the Interpol notice a "clear political decision to recognize the de jure authority of the National Transitional Council taken without appropriate regard to the current absence of a functioning, effective and fair system of justice in Libya."
It said al-Saadi "worked tirelessly to promote football in Libya, priding himself on the fact that Libya was formerly selected to host the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations." It added that Gadhafi's son "continues to call on all sides to seek a negotiated and peaceful resolution to the present conflict."
The South African Football Association has signed an agreement with Libya's post-Gadhafi football federation to host the 2013 African Cup of Nations, while Libya will stage the 2017 games.
The email was relayed to the AP on Sunday by defense attorney Nick Kaufman, who has been involved in a number of international criminal cases. Kaufman said he was contacted by an intermediary he identified as al-Saadi's press secretary, Jackie Frazier.
Al-Saadi fled to Niger in mid-September along with several other regime loyalists, including some generals.
Interpol also has issued red notices for Moammar Gadhafi and his son Seif al-Islam upon request by the Hague-based International Criminal Court. Both men have been charged with crimes against humanity.
Interpol had urged authorities in Niger and surrounding countries — and those with direct flights to Niger — to watch out for and arrest Gadhafi "with a view to returning him to Libya" for prosecution.
Interpol's red notices are the highest-level alerts they can issue to their member countries. The notices do not force countries to turn over suspects but strongly urge them to, and countries who ignore such notices can come under pressure from the international community.
Gadhafi's eight adult children have played influential roles in Libya, from commanding an elite military unit to controlling the oil sector. Al-Saadi, 38, headed the Libyan Football Federation, and at one point played in Italy's professional league but spent most of his time on the bench.
Another Gadhafi son is with his daughter Aisha and wife in neighboring Algeria — along with other family members — while Khamis Gadhafi, who led the Khamis Brigade that fought in the west, was reportedly killed in battle, although that was never confirmed.
Libya's new rulers have gained control of most of the country, but revolutionary forces still face fierce resistance in Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, Bani Walid and pockets in the southern desert. NATO recent extended its mission, although the top U.S. commander for Africa said Saturday that the military mission is largely complete.
Army Gen. Carter Ham, head of U.S. Africa Command said that the National Transitional Council and its forces should be in "reasonable control" of population centers before the end of the NATO mission, dubbed Unified Protector. And he said they are close to that now.
http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Defence-Weekly-2005/Tunisian-Navy-boosts-its-capabilities.html
Tunisian Navy boosts its capabilities, MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA
The Tunisian Navy is set to augment its capabilities with the acquisition of a further four surplus German Navy Albatros-class (Type 143B) missile fast attack craft, under a EUR33 million (USD40.3 million) agreement.
An initial two Type 143Bs, S-65 Sperber and S-66 Greif were delivered to the Tunisian Navy in June. The second batch, consisting of S-63 Geier and S-68 Seeadler, is currently on its way to Tunis and will be officially handed over to the navy on 29 September. The last two vessels, S-69 Habicht and S-70 Kormoran, are scheduled to enter Tunisian Navy service on 13 December.
http://www.ocnus.net/artman2/publish/Business_1/How_Lurssen_Wooed_Brunei.shtml
How Lurssen Wooed Brunei
By Intelligence Online 04/06/2009
Jun 15, 2009 - 7:44:53 AM
Like car owners, governments insist that somebody take old equipment off their hands before buying new armaments. Complicated to set up, such deals nonetheless help suppliers to win contracts. The three Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) that Germany̢۪s Lurssen yard is about to deliver to the Royal Brunei Navy were sold in return for the Germans helping Brunei get rid of three slightly older ships. Brunei initially contracted Britain̢۪s GEC-Marconi in 1998 to deliver three OPVs. Bought out by BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions, GEC delivered the Nakhoda Ragam in 2003 and the Bendahara Sakam and Jerambak in 2004. The three patrol boats were equipped with VL Seawolf and MM40 Exocet Block 2 missiles made by MBDA. But Brunei refused to take delivery of the vessels on the grounds they didn̢۪t correspond to specifications that had been negotiated with the British group. Lurssen then stepped in to offer to take them off Brunei̢۪s hands and re-sell them in return for a contract with Brunei for a similar number of ships. Through its affiliate Global Naval Systems, Lurssen offered the British-built patrol vessels to several Gulf countries but didn̢۪t find buyers. Finally, it got Algeria to acquire them last year. The proceeds from the sale of GEC̢۪s ships to Algeria will be partly deducted from the price of the three new vessels for Brunei.
Like car owners, governments insist that somebody take old equipment off their hands before buying new armaments. Complicated to set up, such deals nonetheless help suppliers to win contracts. The three Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) that Germany̢۪s Lurssen yard is about to deliver to the Royal Brunei Navy were sold in return for the Germans helping Brunei get rid of three slightly older ships. Brunei initially contracted Britain̢۪s GEC-Marconi in 1998 to deliver three OPVs. Bought out by BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions, GEC delivered the Nakhoda Ragam in 2003 and the Bendahara Sakam and Jerambak in 2004. The three patrol boats were equipped with VL Seawolf and MM40 Exocet Block 2 missiles made by MBDA. But Brunei refused to take delivery of the vessels on the grounds they didn̢۪t correspond to specifications that had been negotiated with the British group. Lurssen then stepped in to offer to take them off Brunei̢۪s hands and re-sell them in return for a contract with Brunei for a similar number of ships. Through its affiliate Global Naval Systems, Lurssen offered the British-built patrol vessels to several Gulf countries but didn̢۪t find buyers. Finally, it got Algeria to acquire them last year. The proceeds from the sale of GEC̢۪s ships to Algeria will be partly deducted from the price of the three new vessels for Brunei.
Source:Ocnus.net 2009
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Update on watson weirdness
I took this last night during the storm as my digicam was busted
http://twitter.com/#!/peterzendran/media/slideshow?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitpic.com%2F6tjmv4
Oddly enough these aliens did the same thing 3 years ago at the watson institute, check my youtube videos and see for yourself.
Peter Z
http://twitter.com/#!/peterzendran/media/slideshow?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftwitpic.com%2F6tjmv4
Oddly enough these aliens did the same thing 3 years ago at the watson institute, check my youtube videos and see for yourself.
Peter Z
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Iranian Naval buildup, showing Zendran influence
While this news of Iran upgrading the weapons on it's ships is old hat
the other news stories are not. Notice the announcement of the Atlantic
deployment comes after the first successful Mediterranean deployments
which included submarines. And notice the article about building
Aircraft Carriers. While such ships are at least a decade away Iran is
capable of building other ships for it's fleet, including Amphibious
Assault Carriers like the kind Indonesia and India operates, and Iran
may be studying India's new Carrier being built in Kochi. Also notice
this comes three years after I posted this
http://peterkhanzendran.blogspot.com/2008/12/iranian-naval-design-recommendations.html
That the Iranian Navy could have ignored this is next to impossible.
Consider also how rouhani, iranpoliticsclub, bahman nassiri, and other
prominent Iranians are ow starting to mimic me on Iranian security
issues.
Peter Khan Zendran
News - English
News numbre: 9007040361
2011-09-28 - 11:41
Iran Equips Army, IRGC Naval Forces with New Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Defense Ministry supplied large numbers of a
newly produced powerful ant-ship cruise missile to the country's Navy
and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) to boost Iran's naval
defense power.
During a ceremony attended by Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General
Ahmad Vahidi, the Defense Ministry delivered the Qader (Mighty)
anti-ship cruise missiles to the Army's Navy and IRGC's naval force.
Addressing the ceremony, also attended by Iranian Navy Commander Rear
Admiral Habibollah Sayyari and Commander of the IRGC Naval Force
Brigadier General Ali Fadavi, Vahidi said that Iran has managed to
mass-produce the missile in the shortest time possible.
He stressed that production of the missiles showed that the Iranian
Defense Industries are able to satiate the Iranian Armed Forces' missile
needs.
As regards the features and specifications of the new missile, Vahidi
said Qader is an anti-ship cruise missile with a range of 200km and
enjoys a short launch time and is able to hit all naval vessels,
including frigates and warships, as well as onshore enemy targets.
Tehran launched an arms development program during the 1980-88 Iraqi
imposed war on Iran to compensate for a US weapons embargo. Since 1992,
Iran has produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles
and fighter planes.
Yet, Iranian officials have always stressed that the country's military
and arms programs serve defensive purposes and should not be perceived
as a threat to any other country.
News - English
News numbre: 9007040331
2011-09-28 - 10:33
Iran Planning Naval Buildup Near US Coastal Waters
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari
announced that the country plans to move vessels into the Atlantic Ocean
to start a naval buildup "near maritime borders of the United States".
"Like the arrogant powers that are present near our marine borders, we
will also have a powerful presence close to the American marine
borders," Sayyari said.
Speaking at a ceremony marking the 31st anniversary of the start of the
1980-1988 war with Iraq, Sayyari gave no details of when such a
deployment could happen or the number or type of vessels to be used.
On July 19 Sayyari also said that Iran was going to send "a flotilla
into the Atlantic".
The remarks come as another high-ranking Iranian military official
rejected a recent US request to establish a "red phone" link between the
countries in the Persian Gulf.
"We would establish direct contact with the United States if we would
ever go to the Gulf of Mexico," Commander of the Islamic Revolution
Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Ali Fadavi said.
He rejected the US demand, and explained, "In the view of the Islamic
Republic of Iran, the presence of the US in the Persian Gulf is
illegitimate and makes no sense."
The Iranian navy has been developing its presence in international
waters since last year, regularly launching vessels in the Indian Ocean
and the Gulf of Aden to protect Iranian ships from Somali pirates
operating in the area.
Iran also sent two ships into the Mediterranean for the first time in
February, via the Suez Canal, to the annoyance of Israel and the United
States.
And in July, Sayyari announced that an Iranian submarine had completed
an inaugural mission in the Southern Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.
News - English
News numbre: 9007040435
2011-09-28 - 18:29
Commander: Iran Plans to Build Aircraft Carriers
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Navy plans to start designing and building
heavy vessels such as aircraft carriers, a senior Iranian Navy commander
announced on Wednesday.
"The Iranian Army's Navy has done a good job in designing and building
various types of vessels, and now after acquiring the know-how and
experience the Navy is after designing and building chopper and aircraft
carriers," Deputy Commander of the Iranian Navy for Research and
Self-sufficiency Jihad Capitan Mansour Maqsoudlou said.
Speaking to the Islamic republic news agency, Maqsoudlou said that the
Navy has also accomplished designing of new vessels.
"Manufacturing chopper or aircraft carriers may consume time, but
inability has no place amongst us since we believe that WE CAN," the
commander said.
He pointed to the Iranian Navy's major development plan, dubbed as
Velayat (religious leadership), and said manufacturing vessels and
submarines of different class and type is on the agenda of the Navy
based on the plan.
The Captain further named Jamaran 2 Destroyer as the most noteworthy
vessel under production at present, and said it is among the several
vessels in the final stages of production.
Iran's first home-made destroyer, Jamaran 1, was launched in late
February 2010. The Mowdge Class vessel has a displacement of around
14,000 tons and is equipped with modern radars and electronic warfare
capabilities and is armed with a variety of anti-ship,
surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles.
The remarks by Maqsoudlou came as Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral
Habibollah Sayyari announced yesterday that the country plans to build
up a naval presence "near the maritime borders of the United States".
"Like the arrogant powers that are present near our marine borders, we
will also have a powerful presence close to the American marine
borders," Sayyari said.
Speaking at a ceremony marking the 31st anniversary of the start of the
1980-1988 war with Iraq, Sayyari gave no details of when such a
deployment could happen or the number or type of vessels to be used.
Sayyari had first declared on July 19 that Iran planned to send "a
flotilla into the Atlantic".
Iran's naval power has even been acknowledged by foes. In a Sep. 11,
2008 report, the Washington Institute for the Near East Policy said that
in the two decades since the Iraqi imposed war on Iran, the Islamic
Republic has excelled in naval capabilities and is able to wage unique
asymmetric warfare against larger naval forces.
According to the report, Iran's Navy has been transformed into a highly
motivated, well-equipped, and well-financed force and is effectively in
control of the world's oil lifeline, the Strait of Hormuz.
www.farsnews.com
©2006 Fars News Agency. All Rights Reserved
the other news stories are not. Notice the announcement of the Atlantic
deployment comes after the first successful Mediterranean deployments
which included submarines. And notice the article about building
Aircraft Carriers. While such ships are at least a decade away Iran is
capable of building other ships for it's fleet, including Amphibious
Assault Carriers like the kind Indonesia and India operates, and Iran
may be studying India's new Carrier being built in Kochi. Also notice
this comes three years after I posted this
http://peterkhanzendran.blogspot.com/2008/12/iranian-naval-design-recommendations.html
That the Iranian Navy could have ignored this is next to impossible.
Consider also how rouhani, iranpoliticsclub, bahman nassiri, and other
prominent Iranians are ow starting to mimic me on Iranian security
issues.
Peter Khan Zendran
News - English
News numbre: 9007040361
2011-09-28 - 11:41
Iran Equips Army, IRGC Naval Forces with New Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Defense Ministry supplied large numbers of a
newly produced powerful ant-ship cruise missile to the country's Navy
and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) to boost Iran's naval
defense power.
During a ceremony attended by Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General
Ahmad Vahidi, the Defense Ministry delivered the Qader (Mighty)
anti-ship cruise missiles to the Army's Navy and IRGC's naval force.
Addressing the ceremony, also attended by Iranian Navy Commander Rear
Admiral Habibollah Sayyari and Commander of the IRGC Naval Force
Brigadier General Ali Fadavi, Vahidi said that Iran has managed to
mass-produce the missile in the shortest time possible.
He stressed that production of the missiles showed that the Iranian
Defense Industries are able to satiate the Iranian Armed Forces' missile
needs.
As regards the features and specifications of the new missile, Vahidi
said Qader is an anti-ship cruise missile with a range of 200km and
enjoys a short launch time and is able to hit all naval vessels,
including frigates and warships, as well as onshore enemy targets.
Tehran launched an arms development program during the 1980-88 Iraqi
imposed war on Iran to compensate for a US weapons embargo. Since 1992,
Iran has produced its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles
and fighter planes.
Yet, Iranian officials have always stressed that the country's military
and arms programs serve defensive purposes and should not be perceived
as a threat to any other country.
News - English
News numbre: 9007040331
2011-09-28 - 10:33
Iran Planning Naval Buildup Near US Coastal Waters
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari
announced that the country plans to move vessels into the Atlantic Ocean
to start a naval buildup "near maritime borders of the United States".
"Like the arrogant powers that are present near our marine borders, we
will also have a powerful presence close to the American marine
borders," Sayyari said.
Speaking at a ceremony marking the 31st anniversary of the start of the
1980-1988 war with Iraq, Sayyari gave no details of when such a
deployment could happen or the number or type of vessels to be used.
On July 19 Sayyari also said that Iran was going to send "a flotilla
into the Atlantic".
The remarks come as another high-ranking Iranian military official
rejected a recent US request to establish a "red phone" link between the
countries in the Persian Gulf.
"We would establish direct contact with the United States if we would
ever go to the Gulf of Mexico," Commander of the Islamic Revolution
Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy Ali Fadavi said.
He rejected the US demand, and explained, "In the view of the Islamic
Republic of Iran, the presence of the US in the Persian Gulf is
illegitimate and makes no sense."
The Iranian navy has been developing its presence in international
waters since last year, regularly launching vessels in the Indian Ocean
and the Gulf of Aden to protect Iranian ships from Somali pirates
operating in the area.
Iran also sent two ships into the Mediterranean for the first time in
February, via the Suez Canal, to the annoyance of Israel and the United
States.
And in July, Sayyari announced that an Iranian submarine had completed
an inaugural mission in the Southern Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.
News - English
News numbre: 9007040435
2011-09-28 - 18:29
Commander: Iran Plans to Build Aircraft Carriers
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Navy plans to start designing and building
heavy vessels such as aircraft carriers, a senior Iranian Navy commander
announced on Wednesday.
"The Iranian Army's Navy has done a good job in designing and building
various types of vessels, and now after acquiring the know-how and
experience the Navy is after designing and building chopper and aircraft
carriers," Deputy Commander of the Iranian Navy for Research and
Self-sufficiency Jihad Capitan Mansour Maqsoudlou said.
Speaking to the Islamic republic news agency, Maqsoudlou said that the
Navy has also accomplished designing of new vessels.
"Manufacturing chopper or aircraft carriers may consume time, but
inability has no place amongst us since we believe that WE CAN," the
commander said.
He pointed to the Iranian Navy's major development plan, dubbed as
Velayat (religious leadership), and said manufacturing vessels and
submarines of different class and type is on the agenda of the Navy
based on the plan.
The Captain further named Jamaran 2 Destroyer as the most noteworthy
vessel under production at present, and said it is among the several
vessels in the final stages of production.
Iran's first home-made destroyer, Jamaran 1, was launched in late
February 2010. The Mowdge Class vessel has a displacement of around
14,000 tons and is equipped with modern radars and electronic warfare
capabilities and is armed with a variety of anti-ship,
surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles.
The remarks by Maqsoudlou came as Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral
Habibollah Sayyari announced yesterday that the country plans to build
up a naval presence "near the maritime borders of the United States".
"Like the arrogant powers that are present near our marine borders, we
will also have a powerful presence close to the American marine
borders," Sayyari said.
Speaking at a ceremony marking the 31st anniversary of the start of the
1980-1988 war with Iraq, Sayyari gave no details of when such a
deployment could happen or the number or type of vessels to be used.
Sayyari had first declared on July 19 that Iran planned to send "a
flotilla into the Atlantic".
Iran's naval power has even been acknowledged by foes. In a Sep. 11,
2008 report, the Washington Institute for the Near East Policy said that
in the two decades since the Iraqi imposed war on Iran, the Islamic
Republic has excelled in naval capabilities and is able to wage unique
asymmetric warfare against larger naval forces.
According to the report, Iran's Navy has been transformed into a highly
motivated, well-equipped, and well-financed force and is effectively in
control of the world's oil lifeline, the Strait of Hormuz.
www.farsnews.com
©2006 Fars News Agency. All Rights Reserved
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Open letter to patrick kennedy on Iran
Your statements in support of the mujhadeen e khalk, who have paid you to be their pet micktard, are nothing short of inflammatory and based on your ignorance of Iranian history and Culure. Having being kicked out of politics because of such ignorant behavior I thought you would have come to face reality, instead I wonder if you realize who’s money you are taking and just what you are getting into.
I wonder if you realize that the first mistake your family made in dealing with Iran happened when your uncle president kennedy got involved with savak chief Sephabod Teymour Bakhtiar in his ploting to overthrow Mohammed Reza Shah, even after Bakhtiar was removed as savak chief, directling threatening Iran’s sovereignity. I wonder that your uncle’s refusing to give money in American aid to Iran unless Mohammed Reza Shah implemented sweeping government reforms led to the rise of khomeini, for though Mohammed Reza Shah had intended to implement reforms, the way john f kennedy had him implement them only incited radical muslims, and starting a tradition among the American democratic party of screwing over Iran.
It is true many Iranians had planned to kill john f kennedy, but the cia beat us to it, and it is true that savak trained sirhan sirhan. It is also true that the Iranian community has had a hand in ruining the political career of your family, yourself included, because of the many slights we have received from members of your family, and we have done this because we know your dirty secrets. We know you only came out as being in treatment for depression to conceal your drug addiction. We know you take drugs because you are under the spell of others in the democratic party like madeline halfbright, hillary cunton and your uncle ted’s cronies. We know you and your uncle had constituents who arrived at your office to bring legitimate concerns to your attention arrested. We know that if people knew how your relatives really behave you would be chased out of the country.
Most importantly, we know you have consistently voted against Iran , be it in support of the war on terror or in support of sanctions. Why you have done this we do not know, but it has contributed to your downfall. Instead of learning from your mistakes you nave continued your mistake by becoming the paid micktard for the mujhadeen e khalq. I wonder if you are aware that the mujhadeen e khalq is responsible for many of the worst atrocities in Iran during the 1978-9 revolution, including bloody sunday. Or that they are responsible for some of the worst atrocities committed during the 1980-8 war with Iraq , where they served alongside saddam hussein’s forces. Were these people to have their way with Iran we would have a situation worse than the mullahs have created. Why do you back these suskimargi who will only create more chaos?
Then again I wonder if you are acting as a pawn in a greater plot. After all, you have consistently acted as a pitchman for the new world order while posing as a democrat. After all, those members of the democratic party who have advocated war have advanced in their positions of power in the American government, retaining them despite popular discontent. And I find it more than coincidental that some veterans with the organization that is preserving the USS John F Kennedy played a sick prank on me, accepting some turmeric from me after they told me they had health problems, then admitting that is was a prank, not realizing that the man who gave me the turmeric is an Imperial Iranian Air Force veteran who knew a late member of that organization. Were it not for such ignorance this item would not even be embargoed by your pals in the american government and it could have been used to keep your sister alive. Not to mention how the American government is repeatedly harassing Iranians who do not support invasion of Iran , something which will lead to global war and destruction.
I wonder what your sense of reality is. After all someone either on drugs or who is mentally weak can behave as incoherently as you. The only time I ever saw you act coherently was when you were running from me at that demonstration in August 2008. Then again, you pretty much run when people see you as you really are. I wonder if you ever truly have taken a look at the people around you and met with people before you made decisions that have ruined their lives. In terms of the Iranian community not once have you ever met with us, despite the fact that we are one of the most prominent communities in the boston and new england region.
My challenge to you is this. I dare you to meet with any member of the Iranian community in your area and explain to us your behaviors. I dare you to spend at least a day in our shoes off your drugs and controllers before you continue your behavior. Are you man enough to do this?
I wonder if you realize that the first mistake your family made in dealing with Iran happened when your uncle president kennedy got involved with savak chief Sephabod Teymour Bakhtiar in his ploting to overthrow Mohammed Reza Shah, even after Bakhtiar was removed as savak chief, directling threatening Iran’s sovereignity. I wonder that your uncle’s refusing to give money in American aid to Iran unless Mohammed Reza Shah implemented sweeping government reforms led to the rise of khomeini, for though Mohammed Reza Shah had intended to implement reforms, the way john f kennedy had him implement them only incited radical muslims, and starting a tradition among the American democratic party of screwing over Iran.
It is true many Iranians had planned to kill john f kennedy, but the cia beat us to it, and it is true that savak trained sirhan sirhan. It is also true that the Iranian community has had a hand in ruining the political career of your family, yourself included, because of the many slights we have received from members of your family, and we have done this because we know your dirty secrets. We know you only came out as being in treatment for depression to conceal your drug addiction. We know you take drugs because you are under the spell of others in the democratic party like madeline halfbright, hillary cunton and your uncle ted’s cronies. We know you and your uncle had constituents who arrived at your office to bring legitimate concerns to your attention arrested. We know that if people knew how your relatives really behave you would be chased out of the country.
Most importantly, we know you have consistently voted against Iran , be it in support of the war on terror or in support of sanctions. Why you have done this we do not know, but it has contributed to your downfall. Instead of learning from your mistakes you nave continued your mistake by becoming the paid micktard for the mujhadeen e khalq. I wonder if you are aware that the mujhadeen e khalq is responsible for many of the worst atrocities in Iran during the 1978-9 revolution, including bloody sunday. Or that they are responsible for some of the worst atrocities committed during the 1980-8 war with Iraq , where they served alongside saddam hussein’s forces. Were these people to have their way with Iran we would have a situation worse than the mullahs have created. Why do you back these suskimargi who will only create more chaos?
Then again I wonder if you are acting as a pawn in a greater plot. After all, you have consistently acted as a pitchman for the new world order while posing as a democrat. After all, those members of the democratic party who have advocated war have advanced in their positions of power in the American government, retaining them despite popular discontent. And I find it more than coincidental that some veterans with the organization that is preserving the USS John F Kennedy played a sick prank on me, accepting some turmeric from me after they told me they had health problems, then admitting that is was a prank, not realizing that the man who gave me the turmeric is an Imperial Iranian Air Force veteran who knew a late member of that organization. Were it not for such ignorance this item would not even be embargoed by your pals in the american government and it could have been used to keep your sister alive. Not to mention how the American government is repeatedly harassing Iranians who do not support invasion of Iran , something which will lead to global war and destruction.
I wonder what your sense of reality is. After all someone either on drugs or who is mentally weak can behave as incoherently as you. The only time I ever saw you act coherently was when you were running from me at that demonstration in August 2008. Then again, you pretty much run when people see you as you really are. I wonder if you ever truly have taken a look at the people around you and met with people before you made decisions that have ruined their lives. In terms of the Iranian community not once have you ever met with us, despite the fact that we are one of the most prominent communities in the boston and new england region.
My challenge to you is this. I dare you to meet with any member of the Iranian community in your area and explain to us your behaviors. I dare you to spend at least a day in our shoes off your drugs and controllers before you continue your behavior. Are you man enough to do this?
Friday, September 16, 2011
Columbia students to dine with Ahmadinejad
Interesting how Ahmadinejad is choosing who he meets with, and how he is
ignoring the Iranian community at large in his NY visit as usual.
Peter Khan Zendran
Report: Group Of Columbia University Students To Dine With Iranian
President
September 13, 2011 1:16 PM
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A group of Columbia University students are
expected to have dinner with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad next
week in Midtown.
According to the Columbia Spectator, the school’s newspaper, as many as
15 members of the Columbia International Relations Council and
Association were invited.
CIRCA vice president of academics, Tim Chan, told the paper the Sept. 21
meeting is still tentative and none of the members expressed any
reservations about breaking bread with the controversial Iranian leader.
Meanwhile, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, two American hikers jailed for
over two years in Iran on espionage charges, could be freed “in a couple
of days.”
An Iranian court has set bail at $500,000 for each of the men — the same
arrangement that allowed fellow hiker Sara Shourd to go free a year ago.
The hikers all deny the charges and say they may have mistakenly crossed
into Iran while hiking in Iraq’s Kurdish region.
On NBC’s ‘Today’ Show, Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that he hopes the
release will improve relations with the U.S.
There’s speculation that Iran may have timed the potential release to
coincide with Ahmadinejad’s visit to New York later this month for the
United Nations General Assembly. Shourd was released last year just as
Ahmadinejad made his way over for the annual gathering.
Ahmadinejad’s previous visits for the UN General Assembly have been the
source of much controversy and sparked a number of protests.
During last year’s visit, he claimed that the United States was behind
the 9/11 attacks.
“Some segments within the U.S. government orchestrated the attacks to reverse the declining economy and its grips on the Middle East in order to save the Zionist regime,” Ahmadinejad said.
President Barack Obama responded by saying, “It was offensive. It was
hateful and particularly for him to make the statement here in
Manhattan, just a little north of ground zero, where families lost their
loved, ones was inexcusable.”
In trying to explain his 9/11 theories, Ahmadinejad said his real
concern is for the poor American taxpayer, who after the terror attacks
has been shelling out billions for the war on terror.
“We are trying to defend the rights of the American people here so their money is not used to kill people in Iraq and Afghanistan,” Ahmadinejad said.
ignoring the Iranian community at large in his NY visit as usual.
Peter Khan Zendran
Report: Group Of Columbia University Students To Dine With Iranian
President
September 13, 2011 1:16 PM
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A group of Columbia University students are
expected to have dinner with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad next
week in Midtown.
According to the Columbia Spectator, the school’s newspaper, as many as
15 members of the Columbia International Relations Council and
Association were invited.
CIRCA vice president of academics, Tim Chan, told the paper the Sept. 21
meeting is still tentative and none of the members expressed any
reservations about breaking bread with the controversial Iranian leader.
Meanwhile, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, two American hikers jailed for
over two years in Iran on espionage charges, could be freed “in a couple
of days.”
An Iranian court has set bail at $500,000 for each of the men — the same
arrangement that allowed fellow hiker Sara Shourd to go free a year ago.
The hikers all deny the charges and say they may have mistakenly crossed
into Iran while hiking in Iraq’s Kurdish region.
On NBC’s ‘Today’ Show, Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that he hopes the
release will improve relations with the U.S.
There’s speculation that Iran may have timed the potential release to
coincide with Ahmadinejad’s visit to New York later this month for the
United Nations General Assembly. Shourd was released last year just as
Ahmadinejad made his way over for the annual gathering.
Ahmadinejad’s previous visits for the UN General Assembly have been the
source of much controversy and sparked a number of protests.
During last year’s visit, he claimed that the United States was behind
the 9/11 attacks.
“Some segments within the U.S. government orchestrated the attacks to reverse the declining economy and its grips on the Middle East in order to save the Zionist regime,” Ahmadinejad said.
President Barack Obama responded by saying, “It was offensive. It was
hateful and particularly for him to make the statement here in
Manhattan, just a little north of ground zero, where families lost their
loved, ones was inexcusable.”
In trying to explain his 9/11 theories, Ahmadinejad said his real
concern is for the poor American taxpayer, who after the terror attacks
has been shelling out billions for the war on terror.
“We are trying to defend the rights of the American people here so their money is not used to kill people in Iraq and Afghanistan,” Ahmadinejad said.
Good riddance nigress simmons
This news could not come soon enough, to think this decision was made on my birthday too. As usual this announcement is full of airbrushed lies, as nigress simmons ruined brown by packing it with black supremacists, discriminating against all non-Black Africans, including Black Asians, not to mention promoted those professors who agreed with her and got rid of those who dissented, including faculty and students who expressed anti-war/anti-police state views. Not to mention the experiments conducted by brown's medical departments which would make mengele cream his pants.
Even more interesting this comes as I am getting relief for what happened in 2008 as the following evidence has come out in my favor
1. That the brown pig who created the problems for me on April 14, 2008, bob enos, did so to pick a fight with me, and the injuries he sustained in the fight where I beat him up on April 18, 2008 ultimately proved fatal as he was in and out of the hospital from then until he died in February 2011 because of those injuries, and that he lied on his reports whereas all other officers who responded admitted that I took him and 2 other cops out, and had it not been for enos' actions nothing would have happened.
2. That a catherine hanni had not only deliberately provoked the incident on April 14, 2008 by falsely directing me to the brown police but since then I have received harassing mail from her.
3. That watson institute faculty, including jeff kirkman and cathy lutz, deliberately lied about me to advance their careers at brown.
Overall, and administration which started out with so much promise has gutted a once great academic institution.
Peter Z
President Simmons announces plans to step down at end of academic year
September 15, 2011 | Contact: Marisa Quinn | 401-369-4204
Ruth J. Simmons Eighteenth President of Brown University
Professor of Comparative Literature
Professor of Africana Studies
Ruth J. Simmons, 18th president of Brown University, will conclude her term as president at the end of the current academic year. Simmons, in her 11th year as Brown’s president, will continue as professor of comparative literature and Africana studies.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — In messages sent today to the Brown Corporation, faculty, students, staff, and alumni, Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons announced that she will conclude her presidency at the end of the 2011-12 academic year. Simmons, who took up her duties as Brown’s 18th president in July 2001, is in her 11th year.
“I write to you in all humility to tell you of my plans to step down from the Brown presidency at the end of the current academic year and to thank you in advance for what will have been eleven deeply satisfying years at the helm of this wonderful institution,” Simmons wrote. “... I recently decided that this is the ideal time both for Brown and for me personally to begin the process of transitioning to new leadership.”
In her years at Brown, Simmons has reinvigorated the University with a 20-percent increase in the faculty, vastly improved resources for student financial aid, new academic initiatives, improved facilities and support for research, broader and deeper international academic relationships, and extensive redevelopment of the University’s historic College Hill campus. She also led the University through some of the most difficult economic times since the 1930s, following through on important construction projects — a new home for the Alpert Medical School, the Granoff Center for Creative Arts, the fitness and aquatic center, the Robert Campus Center and others — in spite of financial and economic pressures.
“Ruth’s leadership at Brown has been monumental. From the moment of her arrival in Providence, Ruth has inspired our community to raise our sights while providing the wisdom, direction, and leadership to achieve our highest aspirations,” said Chancellor Thomas J. Tisch. “She has paid careful attention to every critical facet of the University, from renewing our commitment to shared governance, to reaffirming our essential role in tackling even the thorniest issues through respectful and informed civil discourse.”
At Commencement ceremonies in 2011, the Brown University faculty presented Simmons with its Susan Colver Rosenberger Medal, the faculty’s highest honor and fullest measure of its esteem.
In her message to the community, Simmons said she would retire as Brown’s president on June 30, 2012, but will continue to be of service to the Corporation and the new president. After a leave, during which she will take up projects she has put on hold during her presidency, she will continue at Brown as professor of comparative literature and Africana studies.
As prescribed in the University’s Charter of 1764, the Brown Corporation is responsible for selecting the University’s president.
“Given the strengths of Brown, our robust governance, and engaged community, we are confident that we will find an inspiring leader to succeed Ruth and to build upon the many significant accomplishments of the last decade,” Tisch said. “We anticipate a thoughtful, measured, and inclusive search process and will be outlining the steps we will take in that regard in the coming weeks.”
Highlights of the Simmons presidency
Vision and planning
Early in her presidency, Simmons articulated a vision for Brown that would revitalize its core activities of teaching and research: at least 100 new faculty positions, a 20-percent increase; a larger and more competitive graduate school; expanded course offerings, including seminars for first-year students; improved financial aid; need-blind admission; increased research capacity with new laboratories and enhanced research support.
Simmons presented her proposals to the Brown Corporation in February 2002, her second Corporation meeting, and received unanimous support. The subsequent Plan for Academic Enrichment was approved by the Corporation in February 2004 and continues to guide the University’s growth and strategic planning.
“President Simmons’ plan was comprehensive and bold. Her vision challenged Brown to strive to reach new heights and encouraged constructive self-criticism throughout the University community,” said Stephen Robert, who was Brown’s chancellor when the plan was developed and approved. “All this, with superb execution, has elevated Brown beyond our most optimistic dreams.”
Academic enrichment
Advancing the goals of the Plan for Academic Enrichment, the University has been able to:
increase the size of its faculty by 20 percent (from 573 in the fall of 2001 to 687 in the fall of 2011), attracting both outstanding junior faculty and senior faculty of international renown throughout all disciplines;
expand its programs of direct academic exchange with international universities, notably in India and China, and organize those international efforts in a new Office of International Affairs;
develop new collaborative relationships and joint programs with local and regional partners, including Trinity Repertory Company, the Rhode Island School of Design, the Marine Biology Laboratory at Woods Hole, and the Draper Laboratory;
assume greater leadership in biology, medicine and public health through faculty expansion, curricular enhancements, improved financial support for medical students, stronger partnerships with affiliated teaching hospitals, and a new medical education facility for the Alpert Medical School. The Alpert Medical School now ranks 29th in the U.S. News & World Report ranking of U.S. medical schools;
invest in expanded graduate study, adding degree programs, improving stipends, and increasing applications;
establish fully funded need-blind admission and revise its financial aid policies so that students from families earning less than $100,000 will not have loans as part of their financial aid package. Sixteen percent of undergraduates who entered Brown this fall are the first generation of their families to attend college. Forty-three percent of Brown undergraduates receive need-based grants;
increase cultural, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic diversity throughout the University community, including the appointment of an associate provost as the University’s first diversity officer;
work in concert with the city and state so that the University’s development efforts in the Jewelry District can help revitalize an important and historical area of Providence. (Under a June 2003 agreement, Brown and other universities agreed to make annual contributions to sustain the city’s economic health);
establish new centers and institutes, including the Cogut Center for Humanities, the Brown Institute for Brain Science, the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics, and others;
reestablish the Division of Engineering as the Brown School of Engineering;
create a new Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences in newly renovated space at Metcalf Laboratory.
Boldly Brown: The Campaign for Academic Enrichment
To support the goals of the Plan for Academic Enrichment, Brown undertook a $1.4-billion comprehensive campaign — more than three times larger than its previous capital campaign — and met its original goal 18 months early, in May 2009. Included in the campaign’s achievements were the University’s first $100-million gifts: $125 million from alumnus Sidney Frank, $100 million of which was devoted to undergraduate financial aid, and $100 million from the Warren Alpert Foundation, which renamed the University’s medical school and secured its new home in the Jewelry District of Providence. The campaign continued until its original endpoint of Dec. 31, 2010, raising a total of $1.61 billion.
Confronting difficult issues
In the spring of 2003, Simmons established the Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice and charged it with developing a full account of the University’s relationship to slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. In addition to documenting an element of its history that had received scant mention, Simmons sought to demonstrate how an institution dedicated to the development and transmission of knowledge could take on even the most difficult topics through research, presentations, and open, respectful exchanges involving the entire community.
The committee’s report, Slavery and Justice, delivered in October 2006, set a standard for conducting difficult discussions, a standard that has informed efforts at Brown and other institutions. It also led to a significant response by the University that included establishing an endowment to support public education for the students of Providence, new master’s degree programs and tuition-free fellowships in urban education and urban education policy, proposals for a memorial, and significant investments in financial aid and recruitment of underrepresented students, including students who are the first in their family to attend college.
The historic College Hill campus
In the fall of 2001, the University engaged the architectural firm R.M. Kliment & Frances Halsband to develop a planning framework so that the physical campus could be developed to support the growth envisioned in the Plan for Academic Enrichment. After 15 months of analysis and consultation, the University had a plan that would allow development of as much as 1 million square feet of additional space without compromising the unique qualities of the historical Brown campus. A combination of renovation and new construction produced:
The Sidney Frank Hall for Life Sciences;
The Perry and Marty Granoff Center for Creative Arts;
The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World;
The Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center;
The Cogut Center for the Humanities;
conversion of J. Walter Wilson from a biology laboratory to a center for student services and activities;
renovation of Metcalf Laboratory as a home for the new Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences;
The Walk, a pedestrian link between the Pembroke Campus and Lincoln Field (available in pdf);
The fitness and aquatic center, nearing completion on Hope Street near Lloyd Avenue. A major new addition to the athletic complex, the project includes the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center, the Nelson Fitness Center, the David J. Zucconi ’55 Varsity Strength and Conditioning Center, and the Ittleson Quadrangle.
Moving beyond College Hill
The consulting architect concluded that Brown’s plans would require more space than the historic campus could offer. In February 2005, the Brown Corporation endorsed recommendations that the University secure options for campus expansion beyond College Hill. It was an opportunity for Brown to work more closely with the city and state toward the revitalization of a significant part of the capital city.
The University had already taken its first step. In May 2003, Brown announced the purchase of the Doran-Speidel Building, a former watchband factory in the Jewelry District. In less than a year, the University reconfigured the structure’s 105,000 gross square feet for research purposes and rededicated the facility as the Laboratories for Molecular Medicine. As many as 150 researchers, including faculty, laboratory staff and student assistants, now work in the building.
In August 2005, Brown purchased the 11-story former Old Stone Square at 121 South Main St. That building now houses the Program in Public Health and the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics.
In October 2006, Brown announced its purchase of seven buildings in the Jewelry District. One of those properties — 222 Richmond St. — became a new home for the Alpert Medical School, opened on August 15, 2011, to admit the Medical Class of 2015.
Editors: Brown University has a fiber link television studio available for domestic and international live and taped interviews, and maintains an ISDN line for radio interviews. For more information, call (401) 863-2476.
Even more interesting this comes as I am getting relief for what happened in 2008 as the following evidence has come out in my favor
1. That the brown pig who created the problems for me on April 14, 2008, bob enos, did so to pick a fight with me, and the injuries he sustained in the fight where I beat him up on April 18, 2008 ultimately proved fatal as he was in and out of the hospital from then until he died in February 2011 because of those injuries, and that he lied on his reports whereas all other officers who responded admitted that I took him and 2 other cops out, and had it not been for enos' actions nothing would have happened.
2. That a catherine hanni had not only deliberately provoked the incident on April 14, 2008 by falsely directing me to the brown police but since then I have received harassing mail from her.
3. That watson institute faculty, including jeff kirkman and cathy lutz, deliberately lied about me to advance their careers at brown.
Overall, and administration which started out with so much promise has gutted a once great academic institution.
Peter Z
President Simmons announces plans to step down at end of academic year
September 15, 2011 | Contact: Marisa Quinn | 401-369-4204
Ruth J. Simmons Eighteenth President of Brown University
Professor of Comparative Literature
Professor of Africana Studies
Ruth J. Simmons, 18th president of Brown University, will conclude her term as president at the end of the current academic year. Simmons, in her 11th year as Brown’s president, will continue as professor of comparative literature and Africana studies.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — In messages sent today to the Brown Corporation, faculty, students, staff, and alumni, Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons announced that she will conclude her presidency at the end of the 2011-12 academic year. Simmons, who took up her duties as Brown’s 18th president in July 2001, is in her 11th year.
“I write to you in all humility to tell you of my plans to step down from the Brown presidency at the end of the current academic year and to thank you in advance for what will have been eleven deeply satisfying years at the helm of this wonderful institution,” Simmons wrote. “... I recently decided that this is the ideal time both for Brown and for me personally to begin the process of transitioning to new leadership.”
In her years at Brown, Simmons has reinvigorated the University with a 20-percent increase in the faculty, vastly improved resources for student financial aid, new academic initiatives, improved facilities and support for research, broader and deeper international academic relationships, and extensive redevelopment of the University’s historic College Hill campus. She also led the University through some of the most difficult economic times since the 1930s, following through on important construction projects — a new home for the Alpert Medical School, the Granoff Center for Creative Arts, the fitness and aquatic center, the Robert Campus Center and others — in spite of financial and economic pressures.
“Ruth’s leadership at Brown has been monumental. From the moment of her arrival in Providence, Ruth has inspired our community to raise our sights while providing the wisdom, direction, and leadership to achieve our highest aspirations,” said Chancellor Thomas J. Tisch. “She has paid careful attention to every critical facet of the University, from renewing our commitment to shared governance, to reaffirming our essential role in tackling even the thorniest issues through respectful and informed civil discourse.”
At Commencement ceremonies in 2011, the Brown University faculty presented Simmons with its Susan Colver Rosenberger Medal, the faculty’s highest honor and fullest measure of its esteem.
In her message to the community, Simmons said she would retire as Brown’s president on June 30, 2012, but will continue to be of service to the Corporation and the new president. After a leave, during which she will take up projects she has put on hold during her presidency, she will continue at Brown as professor of comparative literature and Africana studies.
As prescribed in the University’s Charter of 1764, the Brown Corporation is responsible for selecting the University’s president.
“Given the strengths of Brown, our robust governance, and engaged community, we are confident that we will find an inspiring leader to succeed Ruth and to build upon the many significant accomplishments of the last decade,” Tisch said. “We anticipate a thoughtful, measured, and inclusive search process and will be outlining the steps we will take in that regard in the coming weeks.”
Highlights of the Simmons presidency
Vision and planning
Early in her presidency, Simmons articulated a vision for Brown that would revitalize its core activities of teaching and research: at least 100 new faculty positions, a 20-percent increase; a larger and more competitive graduate school; expanded course offerings, including seminars for first-year students; improved financial aid; need-blind admission; increased research capacity with new laboratories and enhanced research support.
Simmons presented her proposals to the Brown Corporation in February 2002, her second Corporation meeting, and received unanimous support. The subsequent Plan for Academic Enrichment was approved by the Corporation in February 2004 and continues to guide the University’s growth and strategic planning.
“President Simmons’ plan was comprehensive and bold. Her vision challenged Brown to strive to reach new heights and encouraged constructive self-criticism throughout the University community,” said Stephen Robert, who was Brown’s chancellor when the plan was developed and approved. “All this, with superb execution, has elevated Brown beyond our most optimistic dreams.”
Academic enrichment
Advancing the goals of the Plan for Academic Enrichment, the University has been able to:
increase the size of its faculty by 20 percent (from 573 in the fall of 2001 to 687 in the fall of 2011), attracting both outstanding junior faculty and senior faculty of international renown throughout all disciplines;
expand its programs of direct academic exchange with international universities, notably in India and China, and organize those international efforts in a new Office of International Affairs;
develop new collaborative relationships and joint programs with local and regional partners, including Trinity Repertory Company, the Rhode Island School of Design, the Marine Biology Laboratory at Woods Hole, and the Draper Laboratory;
assume greater leadership in biology, medicine and public health through faculty expansion, curricular enhancements, improved financial support for medical students, stronger partnerships with affiliated teaching hospitals, and a new medical education facility for the Alpert Medical School. The Alpert Medical School now ranks 29th in the U.S. News & World Report ranking of U.S. medical schools;
invest in expanded graduate study, adding degree programs, improving stipends, and increasing applications;
establish fully funded need-blind admission and revise its financial aid policies so that students from families earning less than $100,000 will not have loans as part of their financial aid package. Sixteen percent of undergraduates who entered Brown this fall are the first generation of their families to attend college. Forty-three percent of Brown undergraduates receive need-based grants;
increase cultural, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic diversity throughout the University community, including the appointment of an associate provost as the University’s first diversity officer;
work in concert with the city and state so that the University’s development efforts in the Jewelry District can help revitalize an important and historical area of Providence. (Under a June 2003 agreement, Brown and other universities agreed to make annual contributions to sustain the city’s economic health);
establish new centers and institutes, including the Cogut Center for Humanities, the Brown Institute for Brain Science, the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics, and others;
reestablish the Division of Engineering as the Brown School of Engineering;
create a new Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences in newly renovated space at Metcalf Laboratory.
Boldly Brown: The Campaign for Academic Enrichment
To support the goals of the Plan for Academic Enrichment, Brown undertook a $1.4-billion comprehensive campaign — more than three times larger than its previous capital campaign — and met its original goal 18 months early, in May 2009. Included in the campaign’s achievements were the University’s first $100-million gifts: $125 million from alumnus Sidney Frank, $100 million of which was devoted to undergraduate financial aid, and $100 million from the Warren Alpert Foundation, which renamed the University’s medical school and secured its new home in the Jewelry District of Providence. The campaign continued until its original endpoint of Dec. 31, 2010, raising a total of $1.61 billion.
Confronting difficult issues
In the spring of 2003, Simmons established the Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice and charged it with developing a full account of the University’s relationship to slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. In addition to documenting an element of its history that had received scant mention, Simmons sought to demonstrate how an institution dedicated to the development and transmission of knowledge could take on even the most difficult topics through research, presentations, and open, respectful exchanges involving the entire community.
The committee’s report, Slavery and Justice, delivered in October 2006, set a standard for conducting difficult discussions, a standard that has informed efforts at Brown and other institutions. It also led to a significant response by the University that included establishing an endowment to support public education for the students of Providence, new master’s degree programs and tuition-free fellowships in urban education and urban education policy, proposals for a memorial, and significant investments in financial aid and recruitment of underrepresented students, including students who are the first in their family to attend college.
The historic College Hill campus
In the fall of 2001, the University engaged the architectural firm R.M. Kliment & Frances Halsband to develop a planning framework so that the physical campus could be developed to support the growth envisioned in the Plan for Academic Enrichment. After 15 months of analysis and consultation, the University had a plan that would allow development of as much as 1 million square feet of additional space without compromising the unique qualities of the historical Brown campus. A combination of renovation and new construction produced:
The Sidney Frank Hall for Life Sciences;
The Perry and Marty Granoff Center for Creative Arts;
The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World;
The Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center;
The Cogut Center for the Humanities;
conversion of J. Walter Wilson from a biology laboratory to a center for student services and activities;
renovation of Metcalf Laboratory as a home for the new Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences;
The Walk, a pedestrian link between the Pembroke Campus and Lincoln Field (available in pdf);
The fitness and aquatic center, nearing completion on Hope Street near Lloyd Avenue. A major new addition to the athletic complex, the project includes the Katherine Moran Coleman Aquatics Center, the Nelson Fitness Center, the David J. Zucconi ’55 Varsity Strength and Conditioning Center, and the Ittleson Quadrangle.
Moving beyond College Hill
The consulting architect concluded that Brown’s plans would require more space than the historic campus could offer. In February 2005, the Brown Corporation endorsed recommendations that the University secure options for campus expansion beyond College Hill. It was an opportunity for Brown to work more closely with the city and state toward the revitalization of a significant part of the capital city.
The University had already taken its first step. In May 2003, Brown announced the purchase of the Doran-Speidel Building, a former watchband factory in the Jewelry District. In less than a year, the University reconfigured the structure’s 105,000 gross square feet for research purposes and rededicated the facility as the Laboratories for Molecular Medicine. As many as 150 researchers, including faculty, laboratory staff and student assistants, now work in the building.
In August 2005, Brown purchased the 11-story former Old Stone Square at 121 South Main St. That building now houses the Program in Public Health and the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics.
In October 2006, Brown announced its purchase of seven buildings in the Jewelry District. One of those properties — 222 Richmond St. — became a new home for the Alpert Medical School, opened on August 15, 2011, to admit the Medical Class of 2015.
Editors: Brown University has a fiber link television studio available for domestic and international live and taped interviews, and maintains an ISDN line for radio interviews. For more information, call (401) 863-2476.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Profitting from World economic problems, the british commonwealth
With all the focus on the economic problems in the EU, China, and America few people are asking who is benefiting from their problems, namely which countries. To this the answer which people are ignoring is the british commonwealth nations, most prominently the uk, Canada, and Australia.
In obtaining this answer one must look at the behavior of the paper and bullion currencies of those countries. While the Euro, Chinese Yuan, and American dollar have gone down in value, either deliberately or by outside control, the british pound and Canadian and Australian dollars have gone up in value. In terms of bullion coinage the british commonwealth has a major edge in international distribution.
While at present Worldwide Chinese Panda bullion coinage is the most popular bullion coinage in the World China’s main distributor, Pandaamerica, is very capricious in dealing with it’s customers, and as China lacks the global infrastructure to distribute the coins anywhere this is a problem. America has similar problems, especially with government agencies targeting people sending certain types of bullion outside of America, and both America and China have counterfeiting problems. The EU has a more complex problem there. The major bullion producing country in the EU’s Eurozone is Austria, with the Netherlands and France also producing bullion coins which are not as popular. The major problem again is a global distribution network. While the Scandinavian nations have an excellent Worldwide distribution network their policy of not allowing their products to be undersold prevents many countries from outside the EU from patronizing the Scandinavians distribution network. That leads us to the british commonwealth.
The largest distributor of bullion and precious metal coinage in the World is Downies of Australia. When Downies bought Murray Church’s Euro Collections International, which was the official distributor for the Mints of Austria and Poland, Downies expanded their influence. However instead of improving the business of the former ECI nations it hindered them. As Downies acts as the official foreign distributor for many foreign countries it is easy for them to impede the overseas trade of these countries, and many Central and Southern Asian, African, and Latin American countries who they have done business with, as well as EU countries.
By contrast not only have the uk, Canada, and Australia benefitted by Downies but so has the Perth Mint, which issues official and Bullion coinage for most other british commonwealth countries. Notice also how countries like Kazakhstan and Somalia who issue bullion coins which are not well known have seen losses because of this distribution network, how India and Malaysia have been discouraged from issuing their own Bullion coinage for this reason. Lastly, notice the Irish crisis, which was a topdown problem engineered by bankers with british commonwealth ties who wanted to discourage Scotland form accepting the Euro instead of the pound. When one follows the money around the World this is what one sees.
In obtaining this answer one must look at the behavior of the paper and bullion currencies of those countries. While the Euro, Chinese Yuan, and American dollar have gone down in value, either deliberately or by outside control, the british pound and Canadian and Australian dollars have gone up in value. In terms of bullion coinage the british commonwealth has a major edge in international distribution.
While at present Worldwide Chinese Panda bullion coinage is the most popular bullion coinage in the World China’s main distributor, Pandaamerica, is very capricious in dealing with it’s customers, and as China lacks the global infrastructure to distribute the coins anywhere this is a problem. America has similar problems, especially with government agencies targeting people sending certain types of bullion outside of America, and both America and China have counterfeiting problems. The EU has a more complex problem there. The major bullion producing country in the EU’s Eurozone is Austria, with the Netherlands and France also producing bullion coins which are not as popular. The major problem again is a global distribution network. While the Scandinavian nations have an excellent Worldwide distribution network their policy of not allowing their products to be undersold prevents many countries from outside the EU from patronizing the Scandinavians distribution network. That leads us to the british commonwealth.
The largest distributor of bullion and precious metal coinage in the World is Downies of Australia. When Downies bought Murray Church’s Euro Collections International, which was the official distributor for the Mints of Austria and Poland, Downies expanded their influence. However instead of improving the business of the former ECI nations it hindered them. As Downies acts as the official foreign distributor for many foreign countries it is easy for them to impede the overseas trade of these countries, and many Central and Southern Asian, African, and Latin American countries who they have done business with, as well as EU countries.
By contrast not only have the uk, Canada, and Australia benefitted by Downies but so has the Perth Mint, which issues official and Bullion coinage for most other british commonwealth countries. Notice also how countries like Kazakhstan and Somalia who issue bullion coins which are not well known have seen losses because of this distribution network, how India and Malaysia have been discouraged from issuing their own Bullion coinage for this reason. Lastly, notice the Irish crisis, which was a topdown problem engineered by bankers with british commonwealth ties who wanted to discourage Scotland form accepting the Euro instead of the pound. When one follows the money around the World this is what one sees.
Saturday, September 03, 2011
Another Iranian traitor, Medhi Rouhani
I recently recieved this
Eagle of IRAN announces the date for mass protest nationwide to over
thrown the islamic regime in IRAN
Friday 23rd of September 2011
اطلاعیه مشترک مبارزین راه آزادی ایران و
گروه نظامی سیاسی عقاب ایران
روز رستاخیز ملت ایران
جمعه اول مهر ماه سال ۱۳۹۰ ساعت ۷ بعد از ظهر
گروه نظامی سیاسی عقاب ایران و همرزمان
سر لشکر خلبان مهدی روØانی
Source: http://www.eagleofiran.com/faq.html
That this old fool medhi Rouhani can incite people to act stupidly like
this when Iran is facing threat of invasion and any removal of the
current government infrastructure would cause chaos for a long time,
especially as Iranians abroad ar epoorly organized, shows only that he
is a traitor interested only in himself.
Peter II, Khan-e-Mazendaran
Eagle of IRAN announces the date for mass protest nationwide to over
thrown the islamic regime in IRAN
Friday 23rd of September 2011
اطلاعیه مشترک مبارزین راه آزادی ایران و
گروه نظامی سیاسی عقاب ایران
روز رستاخیز ملت ایران
جمعه اول مهر ماه سال ۱۳۹۰ ساعت ۷ بعد از ظهر
گروه نظامی سیاسی عقاب ایران و همرزمان
سر لشکر خلبان مهدی روØانی
Source: http://www.eagleofiran.com/faq.html
That this old fool medhi Rouhani can incite people to act stupidly like
this when Iran is facing threat of invasion and any removal of the
current government infrastructure would cause chaos for a long time,
especially as Iranians abroad ar epoorly organized, shows only that he
is a traitor interested only in himself.
Peter II, Khan-e-Mazendaran
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Syria slammed by american hypocrites
Notice this is going on as american backed rebels in Libya advance
towards Tripoli, and at a time when american backed rebels in Syria are
causing disruptions in Syrian cities where there are major Syrian
military concentrations. Just another example of the military
industrial complex trying to create the climate to launch a war with
Syria and waste more lives and material.
Peter Z
http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/19-08-2011/118795-Obama-0/?mode=print
Barack Obama calls on Syrian counterpart to quit
19.08.2011 13:28
Barack Obama calls on Syrian counterpart to quit. 45168.jpegPresident
Obama has now called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to quit. But if he
did, or if he is toppled, who would replace Assad?
There's no clear answer. Assad and his late father, Hafez Assad, have
ruled Syria for four decades and have not tolerated anything that
resembles a genuine opposition inside the country's borders.
"There is no opposition in Syria. There are opposition groups," said
Lebanon's Wissam Tarif, who has been a prominent campaigner for
democracy and human rights in the Middle East, says NPR.
But the diplomacy left many questions unanswered, including how the
demand for his ouster can be backed up in the absence of any appetite
for military intervention, and who might take his place.
The messages from Washington, London, Paris, Berlin and Brussels
coincided with a United Nations report recommending that Syria be
referred to the International Criminal Court for investigation of
possible crimes against humanity.
Much of Syria was quiet Thursday, although activists reported intense
shooting around noon in the flashpoint city of Latakia.
Syria's UN Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari accused the U.S. of waging a
"humanitarian and diplomatic war" against his country in order to
instigate further violence by sending "the wrong message to the
terrorist armed groups that they are under American and Western
protection", according to Detroit Free Press.
Mr. Obama also froze all Syrian assets under American jurisdiction,
barred Americans from doing business with the Syrian government and
called for sanctions by other countries.
Mr. Casey called for Mr. Assad to leave office at an Aug. 2 Foreign
Relations hearing.
"Our allies in the Arab League and Turkey have extensive diplomatic and
economic ties to Syria, and can exert a powerful influence on Assad's
regime," Mr. Casey said. "I strongly encourage members of the
international community to lend their voices to this growing chorus, and
publicly declare their opposition to the Assad regime and its brutal
treatment of the Syrian people", informs Scranton Times-Tribune.
Copyright © 1999-2011, «PRAVDA.Ru». When reproducing our materials in
whole or in part, hyperlink to PRAVDA.Ru should be made. The opinions
and views of the authors do not always coincide with the point of view
of PRAVDA.Ru's editors.
towards Tripoli, and at a time when american backed rebels in Syria are
causing disruptions in Syrian cities where there are major Syrian
military concentrations. Just another example of the military
industrial complex trying to create the climate to launch a war with
Syria and waste more lives and material.
Peter Z
http://english.pravda.ru/news/world/19-08-2011/118795-Obama-0/?mode=print
Barack Obama calls on Syrian counterpart to quit
19.08.2011 13:28
Barack Obama calls on Syrian counterpart to quit. 45168.jpegPresident
Obama has now called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to quit. But if he
did, or if he is toppled, who would replace Assad?
There's no clear answer. Assad and his late father, Hafez Assad, have
ruled Syria for four decades and have not tolerated anything that
resembles a genuine opposition inside the country's borders.
"There is no opposition in Syria. There are opposition groups," said
Lebanon's Wissam Tarif, who has been a prominent campaigner for
democracy and human rights in the Middle East, says NPR.
But the diplomacy left many questions unanswered, including how the
demand for his ouster can be backed up in the absence of any appetite
for military intervention, and who might take his place.
The messages from Washington, London, Paris, Berlin and Brussels
coincided with a United Nations report recommending that Syria be
referred to the International Criminal Court for investigation of
possible crimes against humanity.
Much of Syria was quiet Thursday, although activists reported intense
shooting around noon in the flashpoint city of Latakia.
Syria's UN Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari accused the U.S. of waging a
"humanitarian and diplomatic war" against his country in order to
instigate further violence by sending "the wrong message to the
terrorist armed groups that they are under American and Western
protection", according to Detroit Free Press.
Mr. Obama also froze all Syrian assets under American jurisdiction,
barred Americans from doing business with the Syrian government and
called for sanctions by other countries.
Mr. Casey called for Mr. Assad to leave office at an Aug. 2 Foreign
Relations hearing.
"Our allies in the Arab League and Turkey have extensive diplomatic and
economic ties to Syria, and can exert a powerful influence on Assad's
regime," Mr. Casey said. "I strongly encourage members of the
international community to lend their voices to this growing chorus, and
publicly declare their opposition to the Assad regime and its brutal
treatment of the Syrian people", informs Scranton Times-Tribune.
Copyright © 1999-2011, «PRAVDA.Ru». When reproducing our materials in
whole or in part, hyperlink to PRAVDA.Ru should be made. The opinions
and views of the authors do not always coincide with the point of view
of PRAVDA.Ru's editors.
Friday, August 05, 2011
Another dangerous mousavi
With abdolrahim mousavi as the joint chief of staff to Iran's military
and seyeed mahmoud mousavi as deputy Navy commander, both related to mir
hossein who acted as an american provacetur, one wonders how secure
Iran's defense is.
Peter Khan Zendran
News - English
News numbre: 9004295689
2011-07-20 - 17:07
Navy Equips Logistic Units with Long-Range Missiles
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Navy has equipped a number of its logistic
vessels and units with long-range surface-to-surface missiles, a senior
Navy commander announced on Wednesday.
"Missile frigates and destroyers have been equipped with these missiles
since long time ago and the surface-to-surface missiles of the logistic
vessels were successfully tested and assessed during the recent naval
wargames, dubbed as Joushan," Navy's Deputy Commander for Operations
Rear Admiral Seyed Mahmoud Mousavi told FNA.
The commander further announced that the Navy also plans to equip its
vessels with modern air defense systems.
"Right now we are mounting air-defense missile systems onto a number of
surface vessels. Other units will also be equipped with these systems
after final tests," he noted, adding that these new equipments are added
to the artillery systems that have already been mounted onto these
vessels.
Mousavi also said that a comprehensive program is underway to equip
Iran's naval units with choppers, adding that the move will boost the
operational range of the country's naval fleets.
Last November, Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran's
Navy Rear Admiral Gholam Reza Khadem Biqam said that the Navy plans to
equip all its destroyers and military vessels with military choppers as
part of its broader plans for boosting the operational range of its
fleets.
"To safeguard the security zone of the naval units when fulfilling
missions in vast areas, all the Navy destroyers and vessels that have a
flight deck should be equipped with choppers," he told FNA at the time.
www.farsnews.com
©2006 Fars News Agency. All Rights Reser
and seyeed mahmoud mousavi as deputy Navy commander, both related to mir
hossein who acted as an american provacetur, one wonders how secure
Iran's defense is.
Peter Khan Zendran
News - English
News numbre: 9004295689
2011-07-20 - 17:07
Navy Equips Logistic Units with Long-Range Missiles
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Navy has equipped a number of its logistic
vessels and units with long-range surface-to-surface missiles, a senior
Navy commander announced on Wednesday.
"Missile frigates and destroyers have been equipped with these missiles
since long time ago and the surface-to-surface missiles of the logistic
vessels were successfully tested and assessed during the recent naval
wargames, dubbed as Joushan," Navy's Deputy Commander for Operations
Rear Admiral Seyed Mahmoud Mousavi told FNA.
The commander further announced that the Navy also plans to equip its
vessels with modern air defense systems.
"Right now we are mounting air-defense missile systems onto a number of
surface vessels. Other units will also be equipped with these systems
after final tests," he noted, adding that these new equipments are added
to the artillery systems that have already been mounted onto these
vessels.
Mousavi also said that a comprehensive program is underway to equip
Iran's naval units with choppers, adding that the move will boost the
operational range of the country's naval fleets.
Last November, Lieutenant Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran's
Navy Rear Admiral Gholam Reza Khadem Biqam said that the Navy plans to
equip all its destroyers and military vessels with military choppers as
part of its broader plans for boosting the operational range of its
fleets.
"To safeguard the security zone of the naval units when fulfilling
missions in vast areas, all the Navy destroyers and vessels that have a
flight deck should be equipped with choppers," he told FNA at the time.
www.farsnews.com
©2006 Fars News Agency. All Rights Reser
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Iranian nuclear progress, Bushehr to come online in days, other plants make progress
What is important is how Iran's neighbors will react. Despite the fact
that Iran's nuclear plants will provide an alternate to Oil, many people
want to use Iran's nuclear program to attack Iran. These include
zionists and whackos in the media like jeff kuna and joel skoussen who
advocate an attack on Iran if the Bushehr plant and other nuclear
facilities become fully operational.
Peter Khan Zendran
News numbre: 9005040887
2011-07-26 - 15:56
Bushehr N. Power Plant to Join National Grid Next Month
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's first nuclear power plant will join the national
power grid by the end of August, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman
announced on Tuesday.
"We hope that the Bushehr power plant would become operational by the
end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan (late August)," Ramin
Mehman-Parast said in his weekly press conference here in Tehran today.
Mehman-Parast added that construction phase of the plant "have almost
become completed and it is currently in the testing stage".
"Iranians would, by that time (late August), officially celebrate" the
operation of the Bushehr power plant.
Iran signed a deal with Russia in 1995, according to which the plant was
originally scheduled for completion in 1999. However, the project was
repeatedly delayed by the Russian side due to the intense pressure
exerted on Moscow by the United States and its western allies. Russia
finally completed construction of the plant last summer.
On October 26, Iran started injecting fuel into the core of the Bushehr
nuclear power plant in the initial phase of launching the nuclear
reactor.
The facility operates under the full supervision of the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
www.farsnews.com
©2006 Fars News Agency. All Rights Reserved
News - English
News numbre: 9005060300
2011-07-28 - 15:44
Iran Not to Stop N. Program
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian top diplomat Ali Akbar Salehi underlined Tehran's
firm resolve to continue nuclear progress, and said Iran will never halt
its uranium enrichment activities.
"Everyone should accept the fact that Iran's nuclear program has reached
a point where it cannot be stopped or reversed," Salehi said in an
interview with Rusiya Al-Yaum Arabic news channel on Wednesday.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran will not halt its nuclear program," he
added.
Salehi argued that nuclear technology in Iran has moved far ahead as a
fundamental and essential part of industry with centers spread all
across the country, and thus cannot be held back.
"After we have trained and employed thousands of nuclear scientists, how
could the West halt our uranium enrichment program?" the Iranian
minister questioned. "They should know that this is a fact."
Salehi described the West's pressure against Iran over its civilian
nuclear activity "as a test of patience and endurance" for the Islamic
Republic, and vowed, "No threat could shake and disrupt our independence
and sovereignty."
The Iranian official said the nuclear reactor in the facility in the
central city of Arak, Markazi province, was planned to be launched after
three to four years and would be capable of producing 45 megawatt
electricity.
Regarding the nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr,
Salehi said the facility would soon produce electricity in a trial mode
and join the country's power grid.
He hailed the cooperation by Russian experts and their efforts to start
the Bushehr power plant and expressed optimism on the future of
Tehran-Moscow ties.
Iran, a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a
member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), insists that
its nuclear program is solely directed at the civilian applications of
the technology.
www.farsnews.com
©2006 Fars News Agency. All Rights Reserved
that Iran's nuclear plants will provide an alternate to Oil, many people
want to use Iran's nuclear program to attack Iran. These include
zionists and whackos in the media like jeff kuna and joel skoussen who
advocate an attack on Iran if the Bushehr plant and other nuclear
facilities become fully operational.
Peter Khan Zendran
News numbre: 9005040887
2011-07-26 - 15:56
Bushehr N. Power Plant to Join National Grid Next Month
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's first nuclear power plant will join the national
power grid by the end of August, an Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman
announced on Tuesday.
"We hope that the Bushehr power plant would become operational by the
end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan (late August)," Ramin
Mehman-Parast said in his weekly press conference here in Tehran today.
Mehman-Parast added that construction phase of the plant "have almost
become completed and it is currently in the testing stage".
"Iranians would, by that time (late August), officially celebrate" the
operation of the Bushehr power plant.
Iran signed a deal with Russia in 1995, according to which the plant was
originally scheduled for completion in 1999. However, the project was
repeatedly delayed by the Russian side due to the intense pressure
exerted on Moscow by the United States and its western allies. Russia
finally completed construction of the plant last summer.
On October 26, Iran started injecting fuel into the core of the Bushehr
nuclear power plant in the initial phase of launching the nuclear
reactor.
The facility operates under the full supervision of the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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2011-07-28 - 15:44
Iran Not to Stop N. Program
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian top diplomat Ali Akbar Salehi underlined Tehran's
firm resolve to continue nuclear progress, and said Iran will never halt
its uranium enrichment activities.
"Everyone should accept the fact that Iran's nuclear program has reached
a point where it cannot be stopped or reversed," Salehi said in an
interview with Rusiya Al-Yaum Arabic news channel on Wednesday.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran will not halt its nuclear program," he
added.
Salehi argued that nuclear technology in Iran has moved far ahead as a
fundamental and essential part of industry with centers spread all
across the country, and thus cannot be held back.
"After we have trained and employed thousands of nuclear scientists, how
could the West halt our uranium enrichment program?" the Iranian
minister questioned. "They should know that this is a fact."
Salehi described the West's pressure against Iran over its civilian
nuclear activity "as a test of patience and endurance" for the Islamic
Republic, and vowed, "No threat could shake and disrupt our independence
and sovereignty."
The Iranian official said the nuclear reactor in the facility in the
central city of Arak, Markazi province, was planned to be launched after
three to four years and would be capable of producing 45 megawatt
electricity.
Regarding the nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr,
Salehi said the facility would soon produce electricity in a trial mode
and join the country's power grid.
He hailed the cooperation by Russian experts and their efforts to start
the Bushehr power plant and expressed optimism on the future of
Tehran-Moscow ties.
Iran, a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a
member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), insists that
its nuclear program is solely directed at the civilian applications of
the technology.
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