Topic: AUSTRIA - on March 21, 2011 at 11:20:00 AM CET
MEP Dr. Ernst Strasser ÖVP [ex-Innenminister] - „Ich bin ein Lobbyist, ich bin immer sehr diskret“
Ernst Strasser, Ex-Innenminister und zuletzt EU-Parlamentarier, ist seit Sonntag Videostar auf YouTube und Facebook. Zu sehen ist Strasser in einem Gespräch, in dem es simpel um den Sachverhalt „Gesetze gegen Geld“ geht. Ein Team der „Sunday Times“ hatte Strasser ebenso wie einige andere EU-Politiker im Visier. Strasser bekam am Sonntag die Order, den Hut zu nehmen. Jetzt erklärte er erneut, er habe jene, die ihm Geld angeboten hätten, nur überführen wollen. Gegen sich selbst sieht Strasser eine Kampagne laufen. Sein Rücktritt sei jedenfalls kein Schuldeingeständnis.
Der EU-Parlamentarier und frühere Innenminister Ernst Strasser (ÖVP) geht: Von Parteichef Josef Pröll offenbar vom Krankenbett aus zum Rücktritt aufgefordert, nimmt Strasser den Hut. Aber, wie er am Montag gegenüber dem Ö1-Morgenjournal erklärte, nur, weil eine Kamapgne gegen ihn am Laufen sei.„Zur Beweisübergabe ist es nicht gekommen“
Diese Beweise tatsächlich zu übergeben, dazu sei es nicht mehr gekommen, so Strasser. Zweifel an der Glaubwürdigkeit dieser Erklärung wies Strasser zurück: Sollte ihm jemand anderer die Geschichte so argumentieren, würde er es ihm „selbstverständlich“ glauben - mehr dazu in oe1.ORF.at.
update: Als Erfolg der ÖVP-Abgeordneten nannte Strasser, auch EVP-SWIFT-Chefverhandler, beispielsweise das Bankdatenabkommen EU-USA (SWIFT) ots.at via
update2: "Die heutigen Enthüllungen der 'Sunday Times' machen alle bisherigen Erklärungsversuche von Ernst Strasser völlig unglaubwürdig. ......." oevp.at
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 21, 2011 at 9:05:00 AM CET
Operation Odyssey Dawn explained (Day 2)
In a few words Day 1 of Operation Odyssey Dawn saw the Build-up, the French “show of force”, and the evening TLAM attack. More information can be found in my first debriefing that explains in details what happened (and why). In the meanwhile new details about the first hours of air war surfaced bringing some interesting analysis. First of all the initially denied involvement of 3 B-2 bombers was confirmed. As happened during Operation Allied Force in 1999, the stealth bombers operated directly from Whiteman AFB, Missouri with the support of many tankers along the route. They dropped 40 conventional bombs on an unspecified airbase and, interestingly, to render them much more invisible, even to HF, VHF and UHF listeners that have been exploiting the possibility to listen to radio communications in the clear broadcasted by LiveATC.net, the B-2 used a REACH callsign, usually allocated to tanker, transport and support aircraft.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 21, 2011 at 8:59:00 AM CET
Libya's opposition leadership comes into focus
Libya has descended to a situation tantamount to civil war, with forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in the west pitted against rebels from the east. However, one of the biggest problems faced by Western governments has been in identifying exactly who the rebels are.
Many of the rebels, including former Libyan Justice Minister Mustafa Abdel-Jalil and former Interior Minister Gen. Abdel Fatta Younis, defected early on from the Gadhafi regime and represent what came to be the Transitional National Council (TNC), which promptly lobbied Western government for support after its formation. In light of logistical and maintenance capabilities militarily, further defections would certainly help the rebels achieve victory, though there has been no sign of such defections.
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 21, 2011 at 8:59:00 AM CET
PSYOPS is is airborne again! USAF EC-130J tail nr 00-1934 callsign STEEL 74 in orbit near Libya at FL250
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Topic: War and Peace News - on March 21, 2011 at 8:08:00 AM CET
Daniel Ellsberg Busted at Manning Protest
More than 100 anti-war protesters, including the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, were arrested outside the White House in demonstrations marking the eighth anniversary of the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
The protesters, some shouting anti-war slogans and singing ``We Shall Not Be Moved,'' were arrested Saturday after ignoring orders to move away from the gates of the White House. The demonstrators cheered loudly as Daniel Ellsberg, the former military analyst who in 1971 leaked the Pentagon's secret history of the Vietnam War that waslater published in major newspapers, was arrested and led away by police.
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