Friday, April 24, 2015
Thursday, April 23, 2015
European Department for Security and Information : Houthis have long-range weapons
by Nahed Al Hussaini
Special report
The Press Office of the Secretary-General of the European Department for Security and InformationAmbassador Dr. Haissam Bou-Said underscored that the Houthist have the ability to invade Saudi cities without a significant resistance by using long range weapons, according to a military data revealed by the DESI.
Things that the #capitalists don't tell about South #Korea:
Things that the #capitalists don't tell about South #Korea:
- 2.41 million #workers (13.9%) in south Korea work in a 52 hours week.
- south Korea has the highest average working time in the world
- in south Korea are many leaders of the trade unions in jails
the "National Security Act" in south Korea forbids under penalty any criticism of the government and forbids communist and leftists work and any open sympathy to North Korea
- more than 100 persons annually are sentenced to jail by this law
- North Korean and government critical websites are being censored
in the OECD raking of the most happy countries south Korea is on place 32 of 34
- 30.000 #American #troops are in south Korea
- south Korea has built a wall around North Korea
#Yankees go home!
No body wants the US #terrorists in their country, take heed of warning. We have to say North Korea is quite tough and impressive to stand up to the #imperialists. America is so #hypocritical to preach to countries about human rights. In fact it is #laughable. Especially since U.S. tortures and hold people without trial in Guantanamo Bay. After the #millions of Koreans killed by indiscriminate US #bombing, including biological #warfare experiments, this Yankee should have been topped. What are they doing in Korea anyway? #Yankees go home!
Clean streets, sidewalks and parks, 100% free of the abhorrent vomitive visual-consumerist bullshit pollution of the so-called "West", wide streets and avenues, educated people. By the side of Pyongyang, Western cities are raw sewage pits. North Korea is doing pretty well. I hope that one day North and South Korea merge to unite under #communism, without America shoving its giant nose there. North Korea won't bow down to the US like the South Korean servitude, that's why they are on America's hit list! It's funny how everybody gets angry about North Korea in countries like the United States and United Kingdom. They both have concentration camps and CIA black sites all over the world and despite making up less than 5% of the global population, they have over 25% of the world's prison population. This population being used for private profit. The United Kingdom's population are the most spied on people in the world, which I think 1 surveillance camera for every 13 people. We also have inhumane treatment of women and children in detention centers. How dare RT put a human face on North Korea! How are we supposed to convince everybody that they are a threat to the American Empire if you're showing genuinely happy kids acting normal, but then you could say they are being deprived of their Ritalin unlike normal "healthy" Western children. Well done, North Korea.
The United States keeps repeating #Russian is the #aggressor, but let's really see who is aggressive. The United States occupies 130 countries, bombed #Iraq, #Libya, #Afghanistan, #Yemen, #Pakistan, attempted murder plot foiled in #Venezuela after poisoning Chavez, overthrew democratically elected leader in Ukraine, bombed North Korea, and the list goes on and on. Only a complete fool would believe any shit coming out of their mouth, ever.
North Korea and #Cuba share the same struggle against US aggression, #Pyongyang's foreign minister said as Washington and Havana held new talks on restoring diplomatic ties. The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests. North Korea has shown, by offering to suspend nuclear testing in exchange for the United States to suspend their military exercises near the border, that North Korea has been and is trying to live in peace. Yet the United States has refused this offer and continues its drumbeat for war.
If you keep pulling the tigers tail expect it to turn on you one day. The US is the aggressor, they started the war that has never been finished, it has been just a ceasefire. Why do they need to keep their war exercises on the board? It's a threat to the North. If the North sat back and did nothing, the US would go in and the North knows it. "Stop making #threats" That's rich coming from the mouth of the United States. "A militant Korean nationalist has slashed the face of the #US #ambassador to South Korea at a breakfast meeting in #Seoul" Even US #allies don't like the US. Korea has every right to defend itself in whichever way it deems fit. It is a right for all sovereign countries to defend themselves - well at least that's what I'm told when Israel starts its summer hunting season and kills innocent women and children in Palestine. The US staging war games thousands of miles away off the coast of a sovereign nation has nothing to do with defense and everything to do with aggression. You are aware that the US is the only country to have used atomic weapons, without reproach the US slaughtered hundreds of thousand of civilians. They considered it to be #justified then and still do - when you understand that, then you can appreciate the reason for North Korea's concern. Just look at all the violent actions the US has instigated all over the world.
- All the #wars they have started.
- The #false flag #attacks.
- The color #revolutions.
- The assassinations on foreign soil.
- The torture of prisoners.
- Sponsoring terrorists.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Ukraine SITREP: April 21th - Raskolnikova
1)Ukraine’s parliament has defined the start date of the “Russian aggression”
Парламент Украины определил дату начала «российской агрессии»
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a resolution which demanded Russia immediately withdraw its troops from the Ukraine and to stop supporting the “people’s republic”. The document defi
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
End of an era for the West!
The support of neo-nazis in Ukraine destroys the last pretexts and wakes up nightmares of the past
by system failure
It
appears that, for at least six years now, the West is trapped in a
situation of permanent recession, while there are many who predict new
economic crises in the near future.
Ukraine SITREP April 20th, by Duff.
2.Russia launches North Pole-2015 drifting Arctic station
Norway wants Moscow’s explanations after Russian vice-premier’s visit to Spitsbergen
Norway in Arctic dispute with Russia over Rogozin visit
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Xenophobia In South Africa 2015: Most of Unbelievable shocking Videos that the Media hide
The immigrants, mostly African, have been housed at police stations and tents, as angry locals vowed to push them out
—in South Africa’s latest case of xenophobic unrest. They said they were intimidated to vacate their homes by locals and came to us because they feared for their lives,” police spokesman Thulani Zwane said. The attacks came days after Zulu king Goodwill Zwelithini publicly said immigrants should “pack their bags and leave” the country. The comments made during a traditional event north of KwaZulu Natal province were widely reported. Similar statements have been made by President Jacob Zuma’s son Edward.
Locals and African immigrants in South African often compete for scarce jobs, making them a target for violence and intimidation. Early this year, foreign shopkeepers in and around Soweto, south of Johannesburg, were forced to vacate their premises after violence and looting broke out. The government condemned the violence and sent mediation teams to intervene. In 2008, 62 people were killed in xenophobic violence in Johannesburg townships. Over 1,000 Africans flee homes after xenophobic attacks in South Africa
Thursday, April 16, 2015
NATO and the West are playing with fire !
NATO and the West are playing with fire. They are waging a campaign in Ukraine and other countries that surround Russia. The ultimate goal is regime or system change in Russia itself.
This web site has several interesting documents that we ordinarily do not get to see. One is a grant application and another is a NATO COE (Center of Excellence) document. Clicking twice on the documents makes them easy to read.
A COE is a NATO organization. “Coordinated by Allied Command Transformation (ACT) in Norfolk, Virginia in the United States, COEs are considered to be international military organisations. They generally specialise in one functional area and act as subject matter experts in their field. They distribute their in-depth knowledge through training, conferences, seminars, concepts, doctrine, lessons learned and papers.”
The NATO document shows how it’s organizing “educational” and “training” meetings, seminars, mentoring, etc. so as to overcome the failures and failings of Ukrainian government.
The grant document shows how an NGO in Ukraine is applying for support funds. The goals of that project overlap those in the NATO COE document. They are more explicit in several cases, aiming at “decreasing the Russian information influence in Ukraine, discredit of the Russian political and military leaders” and “demonization of the Russian politicians that are most popular in Ukraine.”
Imagine similar campaigns occurring within America. Imagine similar institutions of winning the hearts and minds of American citizens. Imagine indoctrination. States are built up from such training of minds. Allegiance is built up.
Public education in America is the prime means of indoctrination and building of state support and compliant citizens. Wide-reaching social programs, media, grants, voting, myths, semi-religious trappings, the university systems all contribute to American socialization into acceptance and support of the government and the state.
Building up a state and a democracy from a near-zero basis as the U.S. is attempting to do or hopes to do in many countries, and building it up according to the specifications of the U.S. values is an all but impossible task. What actually happens is that the U.S. aims to train a cadre of leaders beholden to its purse strings who can be replaced at a moment’s notice or otherwise blackmailed into doing the bidding of the U.S. All the talk about democracy and state-building is just that — talk. Voting is only a means of getting people to accept a yoke and leaders selected beforehand who are pliable to U.S. goals. Training of local police and military by the U.S. in foreign countries is clearly to build the force that these leaders will need to rule. Contrast that method with how the Chinese operate through investment and business ventures. The Russians seem to operate on the levels of military co-ventures, spying and business contracts too.
8:25 am on April 11, 2015
CyberBerkut has published the list of names of western instructors in Ukraine
Military instructors from the USA, Denmark, Poland, Germany and other countries arrive to the Ukraine to help Kiev.
The Ukrainian hackers-activists have published the list of western instructors’ names. These people are reported to plan provocations in the south-eastern the Ukraine.source: http://dnr-news.com/dnr/18316-kiberberkut-opublikoval-spisok-imen-zapadnyh-instruktorov-na-the Ukrainee.html
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Anonymous Posts List of ISIL Websites and the US, UK Firms That Host Them
The hacktivist collective Anonymous has published a list of websites used by the self-proclaimed Islamic State for propaganda and recruitment along with the companies - many based in the US and Europe - hosting them, in an effort to push for their removal.
This
is the latest in a string of recent actions dubbed #OpISIS, in which
the hackers — in particular an Anonymous faction known as GhostSec —
have taken aim at the online resources of the internet-savvy Islamic
State propagandists.
White cop shoots unarmed black man 5 times in the back, handcuffs his dead body. (American Police always on drugs ?)
Unbelievable! The video of this shooting is so shocking. And all this happened because of a broken tail light.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Speech delivered by Hezbollah Secretary General, His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, on Friday, March 27, 2015
Peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Yemen – yet another example of mind-boggling hypocrisy
The recent events in Yemen are taking on an increasingly dangerous turn. Rather than to paraphrase what others have written, I will refer you to the following articles:
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya “The Geopolitics behind the War in Yemen”
Ron Paul “Yemen Exploding: Is The Stage Set for the Big War?”
Waqar Rizvi “In Yemen, old strategy for a new reality”
Ron Paul “Yemen Exploding: Is The Stage Set for the Big War?”
Waqar Rizvi “In Yemen, old strategy for a new reality”
What I propose to do is much more basic: I want to describe the very basic sequence of events which has taken place.
Russia’s All-New Armata Tank Rolls Over the Competition
Even though its official debut at the May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow is more than a month away, the world is are already heaping praise on the unique characteristics of Russia’s all-new Armata tank.
The construction of the last of Russia’s nuclear-powered Borey-class submarines will not be affected by the current budget sequester, the director general of the Rubin design bureau said Tuesday
Monday, March 30, 2015
When Russia Ruled Alaska: Marking 148 Years of Historic Property Deal
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Chechen parliament speaker's riposte to US Congress' weapons-to-Kiev resolution: weapons to Mexico!
Speaker Abdurakhmanov, March 24,2015
March 25, 2015
Translated from Russian by Tom Winter
Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov urges US Congress to abandon ideas of imperial grandeur.
March 25, 2015
Translated from Russian by Tom Winter
Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov urges US Congress to abandon ideas of imperial grandeur.
Speaker Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov addresses resolution of US Congress that urges Obama to supply weapons to Ukraine. The US House of Representative passed a resolution the text of which calls for US President Barack Obama to supply weapons to Ukraine. The vote: 348 aye, nay 48.
The Speaker of the Chechen Republic Parliament, Dukuvakha Abdurakhmanov, commented on the resolution and turned to his American colleagues.
Car Explodes in Fatal Fireball After Border Patrol Agents Use Taser (VIDEO)
DoD Concerned Over Crimea, but Declines to Comment on Black Sea Operations!
WASHINGTON — In recent months, the United States and its NATO allies have participated in numerous military exercises in the Black Sea. Earlier in March 2015, NATO Allied Marine Command concluded training exercises in the Black Sea with the Romanian Navy.
Moscow has warned that the increased military presence in the Black Sea, which is close to a regional conflict zone in Ukraine, is dangerous, and runs contrary to Washington’s stance on peaceful resolution of the Ukrainian crisis.
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22 Killed, 30 Wounded Amid Anti-Houthi Airstrikes in Sanaa - Sources
Saudi Arabia's air assault in Yemen is an offensive to restore the collapsed Yemeni government http://t.co/5z779U4QvC pic.twitter.com/ancEbE3UWy
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 26, 2015
How Will The Yemeni Civil War End?
The Civil War in Yemen is rapidly expanding. We have been forced to close our embassy and military base located there. It is now clear that Obama’s optimism for fighting terrorism in Yemen was misplaced. It hardly sets a standard for dealing with constant conflict and chaos throughout the Middle East. It now looks like the two major participants in this war are Iran and Saudi Arabia. In this region there has been competition between these two nations for hundreds if not thousands of years. The conflict ongoing in Yemen relates to the age-old conflict between Shia and Sunni Muslims. It also reflects the contest over who will control the oil in this region. Not only is there a conflict between the Shia of Iran versus the Sunnis of Saudi Arabia, there has been long-term animosity between Arabs and Persians.
We live in a state of military alert
Source: http://cont.ws/post/78147/
Rostislav Ishchenko
Translated from the Russian by Robin
For the second year in a row, almost uninterrupted military exercises are taking place in Russia. The number of troops involved is comparable to or even greater than the number of participants in the largest exercise held by the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact military alliance – even though the Soviet armed forces totaled 3.5 million in 1991 and today the Russian Federation’s armed forces barely number 1.5 million.
Crimea, President Putin's Video: The Way Back Home - EN Subtitles - Full Documentary (VIDEO)
A Rossiya One production, EN subtitles by Vox Populi Evo (VPE). Uploaded to LiveLeak by VPE, in 14 parts, on 22 March 2015
For anyone who can't view it in Vimeo, here is the full-length documentary on LiveLeak:
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
The War on Yugoslavia: The Real Face of American ‘Diplomacy’ (Uncle Sam’s Sins)
The US has long trumpeted itself as the only paragon of virtue and ‘defender of freedom’ in the world, going into overdrive with this message in the years following the Cold War. Millions of people were duped during this time, but their illusions were quickly dispelled after the 1999 War on Yugoslavia.
This tragedy exposed the true face of American ‘diplomacy’ as a duplicitous front for pursuing predetermined geopolitical ends. The war wasn’t so much about a ‘humanitarian intervention’ (the reality surrounding which was grossly exaggerated by the Western media) as it was the establishment of a pro-Western proxy state in the heart of the Southern Balkans.
Monday, March 23, 2015
George Zimmerman: Killing Trayvon Martin Fulfilled ‘God’s Plan
The former neighborhood watchman shot and killed unarmed African-American teen Trayvon Martin in February 2012, setting off a nationwide wave of protests demanding Zimmerman be arrested. He was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter in 2013, and in 2014 the Department of Justice declined to prosecute him for a federal hate crime charge.
CIA Director Mad That Iranian General Fights Against ISIL in Iraq
The terrorist attacks in Yemen and Syria last week, which the Islamic State took credit for, served as a reminder of just how necessary it is for the world to eradicate the terrorist group. Weary of becoming embroiled in another expensive war in the Middle East, the United States has instead called on regional leaders to take action.
Ron Paul: We Need to March Our Troops Home
"Twelve years ago last week, the US launched its invasion of Iraq," Paul begins, writing his latest article for the Ron Paul Institute. And it has, indeed, been twelve excruciating years since coalition forces launched their “shock and awe” attack against Saddam Hussein’s government.
"Before the attack I was accused of exaggerating the potential costs of the war when I warned that it could end up costing as much as $100 billion," Paul writes. Despite that criticism, Paul may have even been lowballing the total cost. Last March, Reuters estimated that the war continues to cost in excess of $1.7 trillion. And that’s not including the War in Afghanistan.
Saturday, March 21, 2015
How many armies does Europe need?
Translated by Aleksey
Against the backdrop of a decision by the IMF to loan Ukraine 17.5 billion over a span of four years’ time (it is still a trick to receive these funds – the previous bailout, agreed in 2014, has not been fully received) the talk of a creation of a European armed forces has been lost from conversation.
This is in vain, the overriding theme being that perhaps we are on the threshold of a new military configuration capable of, in the future, changing the geopolitical map of the Old World.
GMO Mosquitoes May Have Unintended Consequences, Scientists Warn
The method — known as mutagenic chain reaction, or MCR — works by bypassing a key barrier to the rapid spread of genes within an insect population, ensuring that almost all offspring born of a genetically modified parent will have the ability to pass along a mutated gene — in this case, one that makes a mosquito resistant to malaria and incapable of passing the disease to humans.
Western Connection in the Assassination of Serbia’s Prime Minister Djindjic
Several days ago, on March 12th, Serbia marked another – twelfth – anniversary of the assassination of Serbia’s prime minister Zoran Djindjic. The official narrative of Djindjic, as a reformer who was killed by criminals and Serbian nationalists, this year was confronted with evidence revealing the story as much more complex, with a strong presence of Western, primarily British and US secret services…
Friday, March 20, 2015
African American Student brutalized By The Police During Arrest
The issue of police ruthlessness stays a hot behind issue in the United States, particularly as it relates to cases including racial minorities.
In later times, cases of mercilessness that brought about the passings of Eric Garner, and Michael Brown are still on the personalities of numerous.
Also, now, another case including police brutality in the arrest of an African American male understudy of the University of Virginia is spacking an outrage all over the nation.
As per Ooduarere, the understudy, 20-year-old Martese Johnson, was on Wednesday captured by officers with the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) in Charlottesville., Virgina, for being in ownership of a fake ID card, trying to gain entry into a bar.
Johnson was allegedly remaining on the walkway close to the bar when the cops approached him and moved ahead to forcefully capture him.
Here is the video of the capture. He is seen lying face down on the asphalt, with blood spilling out of his forehead. (Viewers' caution is exhorted, as it contains realistic pictures and express dialect).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNbsw64DRpQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNbsw64DRpQ
Thursday, March 19, 2015
African Mississippi Man Found Hanged From Tree, FBI Investigating
The body was found Thursday morning hanging from a tree in Claiborne, Mississippi, law enforcement officials confirm. Authorities have not released the name of the victim, but the FBI has launched a probe into the incident.
The coroner was unable to identify the body due to its decomposition, Fox 40 News reported, though the local branch of the NAACP indicated the man's name was Otis Byrd.
Monday, March 16, 2015
APC campaign group chides Jonathan over Immigration tragedy compensation.
Speaking at a protest in Lekki, Lagos on Sunday to commemorate the incident, a medical doctor and member of the group, Dr. Wale Oyebanjo said the presidents action is a scam because it is belated and close to election period.
Oyebanjo explained that about 19 people died in the incident and the government belatedly decided to give them N5m each, amounting to N95m while it pockets the balance of the N6b it generated during the recruitment exercise.
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Declassified Documents: CIA Helped Fund al-Qaeda via Afghan Government.
Documents declassified at a trial of a suspected terrorist show that millions of dollars in CIA funds fell into the hands of al Qaeda in 2010. The money was used by Afghan officials in a ransom payment.
It's deja vu all over again, Yogi Berra might say. Once again, US money funneled through the CIA into the Middle East has ended up being used against… well, the US. Correspondence made public at the trial of Abid Naseer, a Pakistani al-Qaeda operative convicted in Brooklyn of supporting terrorism and conspiring to bomb a British shopping center. They were originally obtained by federal authorities in the famous raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by Seal Team Six in which the US’s most wanted was killed.
When The Kiev Army Has No More Tanks
by Denis Selesnev
Translated by Eugenia
The military operation in Donbass resulted for the Ukrainian army in huge losses of weapons – first of all, tanks. It has been estimated that during hostilities of 2014 the Military Forces of Ukraine (MFU) lost up to 200 tanks destroyed or taken by the adversary. The resumption of the active hostilities naturally leads to new losses. From the beginning of 2015 through the mid-February 50 tanks were destroyed, at least 40 taken, and a number damaged and had to be removed for repairs. Therefore, in a month or so of fighting Kiev lost more than 100 tanks, or at least 300 from the beginning of the military campaign. The age factor is also worth noting – most tanks in the army of Ukraine were produced about 30 years ago. This further increases the rate of breakups and malfunctions.
PDF Report: War crimes of the armed forces and security forces of Ukraine: torture of the Donbass region residents (English)
March 13, 2015
Published November 24, 2014
Nemtsov's killer was hired by the commander of Dzhokhar Dudaev Battalion in Ukraine, Adam Osmaev
March 12, 2015
Anna Veligzhanina for Komsomolskaya Pravda
Translated by Kristina Rus
FSB source to "Komsomolskaya Pravda": "the customer of Nemtsov's murder was preparing an assassination of Vladimir Putin"
The correspondent of "Komsomolskaya Pravda" met with the FSB agent, who is part of the team investigating the murder of Boris Nemtsov. In an exclusive interview he spoke about the new details of the crime and named the most likely customer of the murder.
Saturday, March 14, 2015
The Bengal Famine: How the British engineered the worst genocide in human history for profit
“I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion. The famine was their own fault for breeding like rabbits.” -Winston Churchill
The British had a ruthless economic agenda when it came to operating in India and that did not include empathy for native citizens. Under the British Raj, India suffered countless famines. But the worst hit was Bengal. The first of these was in 1770, followed by severe ones in 1783, 1866, 1873, 1892, 1897 and lastly 1943-44. Previously, when famines had hit the country, indigenous rulers were quick with useful responses to avert major disasters. After the advent of the British, most of the famines were a consequence of monsoonal delays along with the exploitation of the country’s natural resources by the British for their own financial gain. Yet they did little to acknowledge the havoc these actions wrought. If anything, they were irritated at the inconveniences in taxing the famines brought about.
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The first of these famines was in 1770 and was ghastly brutal. The
first signs indicating the coming of such a huge famine manifested in
1769 and the famine itself went on till 1773. It killed approximately 10
million people, millions more than the Jews incarcerated during the
Second World War. It wiped out one third the population of Bengal. John
Fiske, in his book “The Unseen World”, wrote that the famine of 1770 in
Bengal was far deadlier than the Black Plague that terrorized Europe in
the fourteenth century. Under the Mughal rule, peasants were required to
pay a tribute of 10-15 per cent of their cash harvest. This ensured a
comfortable treasury for the rulers and a wide net of safety for the
peasants in case the weather did not hold for future harvests. In 1765
the Treaty of Allahabad was signed and East India Company took over the
task of collecting the tributes from the then Mughal emperor Shah Alam
II. Overnight the tributes, the British insisted on calling them
tributes and not taxes for reasons of suppressing rebellion, increased
to 50 percent. The peasants were not even aware that the money had
changed hands. They paid, still believing that it went to the Emperor.
Partial failure of crop was quite a regular occurrence in the Indian peasant’s life. That is why the surplus stock, which remained after paying the tributes, was so important to their livelihood. But with the increased taxation, this surplus deteriorated rapidly. When partial failure of crops came in 1768, this safety net was no longer in place. The rains of 1769 were dismal and herein the first signs of the terrible draught began to appear. The famine occurred mainly in the modern states of West Bengal and Bihar but also hit Orissa, Jharkhand and Bangladesh. Bengal was, of course, the worst hit. Among the worst affected areas were Birbum and Murshidabad in Bengal. Thousands depopulated the area in hopes of finding sustenance elsewhere, only to die of starvation later on. Those who stayed on perished nonetheless. Huge acres of farmland were abandoned. Wilderness started to thrive here, resulting in deep and inhabitable jungle areas. Tirhut, Champaran and Bettiah in Bihar were similarly affected in Bihar.
Prior to this, whenever the possibility of a famine had emerged, the Indian rulers would waive their taxes and see compensatory measures, such as irrigation, instituted to provide as much relief as possible to the stricken farmers. The colonial rulers continued to ignore any warnings that came their way regarding the famine, although starvation had set in from early 1770. Then the deaths started in 1771. That year, the company raised the land tax to 60 per cent in order to recompense themselves for the lost lives of so many peasants. Fewer peasants resulted in less crops that in turn meant less revenue. Hence the ones who did not yet succumb to the famine had to pay double the tax so as to ensure that the British treasury did not suffer any losses during this travesty.
After taking over from the Mughal rulers, the British had issued widespread orders for cash crops to be cultivated. These were intended to be exported. Thus farmers who were used to growing paddy and vegetables were now being forced to cultivate indigo, poppy and other such items that yielded a high market value for them but could be of no relief to a population starved of food. There was no backup of edible crops in case of a famine. The natural causes that had contributed to the draught were commonplace. It was the single minded motive for profit that wrought about the devastating consequences. No relief measure was provided for those affected. Rather, as mentioned above, taxation was increased to make up for any shortfall in revenue. What is more ironic is that the East India Company generated a profited higher in 1771 than they did in 1768.
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Although the starved populace of Bengal did not know it yet, this was just the first of the umpteen famines, caused solely by the motive for profit, that was to slash across the country side. Although all these massacres were deadly in their own right, the deadliest one to occur after 1771 was in 1943 when three million people died and others resorted to eating grass and human flesh in order to survive.
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Winston Churchill, the hallowed British War prime minister who saved
Europe from a monster like Hitler was disturbingly callous about the
roaring famine that was swallowing Bengal’s population. He casually
diverted the supplies of medical aid and food that was being dispatched
to the starving victims to the already well supplied soldiers of Europe.
When entreated upon he said, “Famine or no famine, Indians will breed
like rabbits.” The Delhi Government sent a telegram painting to him a
picture of the horrible devastation and the number of people who had
died. His only response was, “Then why hasn’t Gandhi died yet?”
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China Furious at US 'Childish, Hysterical Paranoia' on Beijing World Bank
An editorial in the Chinese state-run Xinhua news agency blasts the US government for its attempts to steer Britain away from China's new infrastructure investment bank.
The United States has launched into paranoid hysteria by criticizing the United Kingdom for joining the Beijing-headquartered Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), China's state-run Xinhua news agency announced on Friday.
"The US has again launched into paranoid hysteria by manifesting its skepticism toward China's creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank."
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Latin American Countries Unite Behind Venezuela in Clash With US
Clearly infuriated by the Obama administration’s decision to declare Venezuela an "extraordinary threat to national security," President Nicolás Maduro demanded that Washington "show evidence" of how Venezuela threatens the US.
"We demand, via all global diplomatic channels, that President Obama rectify and repeal the immoral decree declaring Venezuela a threat to the United States," Maduro said during a speech at an “anti-imperialist march” in the capital city of Caracas, where he nearly shouted out of anger.
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Mars Rover Makes Intriguing Discovery As It Nears 'Marathon' Finish Line
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The rocks were found on a hill overlooking a site called “Marathon Valley,” named as such because Opportunity will have traveled 26.2 miles on Mars by the time it gets there.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
US Bullies Vietnam to Stop Military Cooperation With Russia
While expanding NATO bases closer to Russian borders, the US government is trying to bully Vietnam into stopping its military cooperation with Russia in the Pacific.
Sputnik's sources in the US Department of State confirm that America is pushing Vietnam to stop letting Russia use Cam Ranh Bay military base. Russian air force recently used the facility to refuel nuclear-capable bombers. US officials say Russian bomber planes have increased the number of flights in the region and even conducted what the Pentagon calls “provocative flights” around Guam, a US territory in the Pacific that is home to a large military base.
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