Geopolitical mosaic: foreign media started talking about Russian chemists in Damascus, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Iran is a nuclear power
New victories of the Syrian army. After 16 days of fighting, Syrian government forces took control of a key settlement, Karnaz, yesterday. RIA News" with reference to France Press.
Karnaz is located on a strategic highway connecting Damascus and Aleppo.
Marat Musin ("ANNA News") reports on the counter-terrorist operation in the province of Idlib. The 7 February was destroyed by the 45 terrorists from the Ahrar al-Sham battalion. Among those killed were his commander and several other commanders of bandit formations: the “bloody” emir, Khaled al-Moore, nicknamed Abu Obayd, the Libyan Abu Saif, nicknamed Abu Zhaman, Ibrahim al-Hussein, and the Libyan Abu Omar. About a hundred militants were injured, now they are trying to send them back to Turkey.
Anna Dymova ("ANNA News") reports that the bases of terrorists belonging to the Dzhebkhat al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham organizations have been eliminated in the northern province of Hama.
Militants have taken the act of revenge, having committed mortar shelling intercity bus station, located in the metropolitan area Kabun. As a result, six civilians were killed, including a woman and three children.
Bombing against Russian chemists. Israeli commercial "Channel 2", trying to catch the Syrian authorities in deception, showed on Wednesday evening satellite images of the area near Damascus.
It can be seen that the military research center "Jamrayya" was not injured. The bomb fell on the road: the pictures show a funnel and burned asphalt pavement. The American company DigitalGlobe, which owns the images, confirmed to Reuters that they were taken on February 4, reports Newsru.com.
The Maariv newspaper later explained that there are two large centers in the Jamray complex: one of them is a school for training officers for special purpose units, including those who serve the chemical and biological weaponand in the second one military research is conducted. Destroyed cars were parked near the first center. Presumably, their cargo included Russian-made Buk-М1-2 anti-aircraft missiles.
Earlier, GlobalSecurity.org reported that Russian specialists are cooperating with the center near Damascus: they help the Syrians to create chemical weapons, providing them with knowledge and materials.
In general, we add from ourselves, in the USA and Israel we agreed to the point that aviation bombed the Russians.
Assad will fall, and together we will ensure safety. The United States offered Russia to jointly ensure the safety of chemical weapons arsenals in Syria in the event of the fall of the Assad regime. This is reported in the Washington Post, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Dmitry Kirsanov.
The publication notes that this initiative was put forward by US Vice President Joseph Biden in talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during the Munich Conference. Biden allegedly “suggested at a private meeting with Lavrov on Saturday that Russia and the United States work together to maintain reliable control over chemical weapons in Syria if it falls by the Assad government,” testifies columnist and editor David Ignatius. Where such information is not specified.
Rand Paul: Americans are involved in sending weapons to Syrian militants. US Senator Rand Paul reported that the statements of those who claim that the United States is not involved in the smuggling of weapons to Syria is a lie. He said that there is reliable information on the shipment of weapons from Libya to Syria under US control, reports SANA.
The senator told CNN that he had asked the former head of the State Department, Hillary Clinton, about the sending of weapons for Syrian militants by Washington from Libya through Turkey. She replied that a week before the assassination of the US ambassador to Libya, a ship with a batch of weapons was sent from this country, and the United States knew about it. Moreover, a meeting was held with the captain of the ship, who told the American representatives about the weapons that had already been sent to the Syrian militants, as well as the fact that dismantlings had begun between the militants because of the division of weapons.
Further, comrade Paul confirmed that the militants mostly consist of members of the terrorist organization Dzhebhat An-Nusrah and have connections with Al-Qaeda.
President Obama fought off his hands: neither Dempsey nor Panetta nor McCain is listening. The President of the United States rejected the proposals of the closest advisers regarding the supply of weapons to the detachments of the Syrian opposition. This was announced yesterday from speeches at hearings in the Congress of Pentagon chief Leon Panetta and the chairman of the Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Martin Dempsey, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Ivan Lebedev.
Last year, both of those named supported a plan for the preparation and arming of Syrian rebels. Who developed this plan? .. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and CIA Director David Petraeus. However, their ideas were rejected by the White House.
Republican Senator John McCain immediately criticized the president for not following the recommendations of his closest national security advisers. McCain in writing urged the president to reconsider the decision and immediately take steps that "can change the balance of military forces in Syria."
Ready for negotiations. Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi discussed the possibility of a dialogue between the Syrian authorities and the opposition with the leader of the Syrian resistance even during the Munich Conference. "I think that the Syrian government is ready to negotiate with the opposition," said Comrade Salehi, reports "Voice of Russia".
In turn, Mr. Al-Khatib said earlier that he was ready to begin direct negotiations with representatives of the Syrian authorities in Cairo, Tunisia or Istanbul. According to him, the condition for the start of negotiations is the release of 160 thousands of prisoners in Syria, including all women. Failure to comply with the demand for the release of women before February 10, al-Khatib later stressed, will be interpreted as the refusal of negotiations by the Assad government unilaterally.
At the same time, a split is ripening in the National Coalition of Opposition and Revolutionary Forces. Other members of the organization’s leadership hurried to disassociate themselves from the position of the head of the NKRS, declaring that “the regime will fall from weapons strikes, and not following the results of negotiations”.
NKRS also announced its intention to open a representative office in the United States, which will be headed by a Syrian-American professor of the University of Arkansas Najib Gadbian. In addition, NKORS intends to take a place in the UN, which belongs to the official authorities of the country, said Mr. Gadbyan.
America will not obstruct the plan of Lavrov - Burns. In the event that the Russian Federation raises the issue of the deployment of the CSTO troops to Syria, envisaged under the plan of Lavrov-Burns, Washington will not use the right of veto to block the relevant resolution, the press service of the US Consulate General reports newspaper "National Idea".
"The US position is based on the fact that bloodshed is over in Syria as soon as possible, so if someone takes the initiative to bring peacekeepers into the country, the US will not veto it," the embassy said.
It can be concluded that Barack Obama and his administration consistently adhere to the course of withdrawal from the Middle East.
New US sanctions against Iran. The US Treasury stated that these sanctions are reducing the list of countries that can buy oil from Iran. In addition, measures hinder Tehran’s access to the proceeds from the sale of oil abroad. Finally, the United States imposed sanctions on the state television company IRIB. The company under the leadership of Ezzatollah Zargami, according to the US Treasury Department, is engaged in censoring and transmitting confessions of political prisoners obtained under pressure, reports "Voice of Russia".
A spokesman for the Treasury said that "as long as Iran does not respond to the concerns of the world community with its nuclear program, the United States will apply sanctions and increase economic pressure on the Iranian regime."
Comrade Ahmadinejad says: there is a nuclear potential! The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who is on a visit to Cairo, gave an interview to the Al-Ahram newspaper. He said that Tehran already has a nuclear potential, but it is exclusively defensive in nature, reports Newsru.co.il.
Comrade Ahmadinejad recommended that the international community treat Iran as a nuclear power, as such is the Islamic Republic. He also noted that his country is not seeking a military confrontation with Israel and is not going to threaten the "Zionist enemy." At the same time, the Iranian president said that Israel would very much like to attack Iran and invade its territory, but the Zionists are afraid to do so, fearing the consequences. "Those who helped create Israel have ceased to support it, and this indicates the imminent end of the occupation," he noted.
More about rights and less about erasure, and more about Mohammed Hosni. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas asked the Iranian president to make more public statements about the need to create a Palestinian state within the borders of 1967 of the year, and fewer public attacks on the need to "wipe Israel off the map of the Middle East." About this newspaper Haaretz, citing an Egyptian source, reports MIGnews.com.
According to a source, at a meeting on the sidelines of the Summit of Islamic States, Abbas made it clear to his Iranian counterpart that Israel uses Iran’s comments against the Palestinians.
Relations between the Palestinian Authority and Iran in general remain tense. Abbas and Fatah have accused Iran of supporting Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and that the Islamic Republic is sowing discord between rival Palestinian factions. At a meeting in Tehran, Abbas faked Ahmadinejad, who spoke of love for the Palestinians. The leader of the PA allegedly publicly told the head of Iran that he is still waiting for him to "fall in love with all the Palestinians, and not just some of them."
The note also notes that Mr. Abbas admitted two large bloopers to speak on Wednesday. He called the president of Egypt "Mr. President Mohammed Hosni." Then he thanked the "King of Morocco Mohammed V". Here one of the members of the delegation reminded him that the current king is Mohammed VI, and Mohammed V is no longer alive ...
Shimon Peres thanked the Russians for the preservation of Jewish identity. As transmits RIA News"President of Israel insists that Russia deserves thanks for the opportunity for Jews to live on its territory for centuries, preserving their native language and national traditions.
The head of the Jewish state, who was in 2012 on a visit to Moscow, told Russia “thank you for a thousand years of hospitality,” many reproached him of forgetting the facts of discrimination against the Jewish population by the Russian Empire, and then by the Soviet Union. However, speaking in Tel Aviv yesterday, Perez made it clear that he did not give up his words.
“I feel ... thanks to Russia. Many say: "Do not forget the riots." We do not forget the pogroms, but I also do not forget that (in Russia we were allowed) to lead a Jewish way of life, to learn Hebrew. I will never forget that, thanks to this country, the worst enemy in stories of humanity - Hitler, "- said Perez, receiving the prize" The Man-Legend "according to the version of the Russian-speaking Ninth channel of Israeli television.
In a thank-you speech, the 89-year-old president spoke highly of Jewish immigrants from the USSR and Russia, noting their "depth, beauty, and amazing personal qualities."
Is it dancing to Washington? In an article published in the Cumhuriyet newspaper, Turkish political analyst Orhan Bursali accused Prime Minister Erdogan of being eager to be obedient to Washington.
The political scientist pointed out something SANAthat the US ambassador to Ankara, Francis Ricardon, played an important role in the arrest of Turkish officers, deputies and scientists. The author stressed that Erdogan agrees with Riccardon in all matters, including such as the fragmentation of Iraq and the attitude towards Syria.
According to Bursali, Erdogan is trying to turn the Turkish army into a product for export and put it under the orders of the United States. At the same time, Erdogan achieved his goal, because the Turkish army became weak and fragmented. A political scientist pointed out that more than 110 pilots and officers left the army lately. There are no experienced military leaders in the Navy.
In Afghanistan, bribery was discovered in record sizes. In Afghanistan, corruption in 2012 year reached a record level, causing damage to the country's budget in 3,9 billion dollars, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to the Associated Press and a study of the UN Committee on Drugs and Crime in association with the anti-corruption agency of Afghanistan. It is stated that the volume of bribes increased compared to 2009 year by 40%.
Half of this money is bribes to Afghan officials by citizens. Half of the country's adult population was forced to pay at least one bribe to a government official during the 2012 year. The number of bribe givers decreased by 9% compared to 2009 year, but it is noted that a significant part of the population does not have the opportunity to give bribes, and as a result these people are cut off from public services and the opportunity to get a job in state services.
The most corruption-prone area is education. While in 2009, the entire 16% of Afghans gave bribes to teachers, in 2012, their number increased to 51%. Most often, teachers are paid to correct the grade or to tell the tasks from the test in advance.
As it turned out during the study, the majority of the adult population of Afghanistan considers bribes an acceptable phenomenon. In 2012, 68% of respondents said they did not condemn officials who charge extra for “services”: after all, officials have a low salary. In 2009, these people were 42%.
Against this background, Afghan President Hamid Karzai regularly promises to defeat corruption.
It would be better to promise to develop and strengthen it, add from myself. It would have sounded not only original, but also true.
Instead of improving the quality of education and speeding up the work of slow state officials, the Afghan press would write about improving the mechanisms of “economic cooperation”, about the rapid growth of GDP in the services sector, and also report about a record number of school medalists.
"Cut off his head." Yesterday, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Egypt took under protection the house of one of the leaders of the opposition, Mohammed al-Baradei. This was done after the appearance of a fatwa calling for the killing of opponents of President Mohammed Mursi, reports correspondent ITAR-TASS Dina Drunk.
A religious order authorizing physical violence against opposition supporters was issued a few days ago by the professor of religious rhetoric of the Islamic University Al-Azhar Mahmoud Shaaban. The theologian took the hadith for the basis of his fatwa, saying: “Whoever swore allegiance to the governor and gave him his hand and heart, let him obey him as long as he can. And if someone starts a lawsuit for power with him, then cut off his head. ”
According to Shaaban, head-cutting should start with the leaders of the Front for National Salvation, al-Baradei and Sabbahi: after all, these people "call for the overthrow of the regime and the holding of new presidential elections, and also reject the constitution."
And the representatives of Al-Gamaa al-Islamiya and Jihad added to this that the members of the Black Block movement should be beheaded.
Meanwhile, such calls for reprisals acquired a different color after the murder in Tunisia of the opposition socialist leader Shukri Belayd.
In Tunisia, dissolved Cabinet. Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jabayli announced the dissolution of the cabinet of ministers, promising to form a government of "non-partisan technocrats" who will govern the country until the elections, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to Reuters.
Jabeyli made the corresponding statement late February 6 - after mass popular unrest occurred in Tunisia, caused by the assassination of the leader of local socialists, Shukri Belayd. It was reported about the attacks of protesters on the offices of the ruling moderately Islamist Nahda party, the leader of which is Hamadi Jabeyli.
In France, will be "pricked" legally. Health Minister Marisol Touraine initiated the creation of a special room for drug addicts in Paris. The room will open in the 10 district between the North and East stations - where the most drugs circulate, writes “Inopressa” with reference to “La Stampa”, it reports MIGnews.com.
Drug-dependent syringes will be provided. There will be doctors in the room who can help with overdose and try to establish a dialogue with drug addicts in order to hospitalize them to detox centers. This experiment, according to the minister, will help reduce mortality and "social exclusion."
The initiative was opposed by right and local deputies from 10 district: they took the position "anywhere, just not near my house."
By the way, similar halls already exist in Europe. The first was opened in Switzerland in 1986 year. After 20 years, the number of deaths from overdose decreased 10 times.
It remains only to rejoice at the increase in the life expectancy of European drug addicts, we add from ourselves. The next government step should be full legalization of heroin and cocaine. This will allow: a) to reduce crime; b) improve the statistics of the Ministry of Internal Affairs; c) raise the ratings of the country's “well-being” and “prosperity”; d) increase budget revenues, which is important in times of crisis.
Pedophile from the "BBC". Alexander Khabarov ("Vesti") told that in the UK the trial began in the case of Stuart Hall - the famous BBC radio host. Former 83 journalist of the year. He is accused of rape and harassment. The cases in question took place decades ago.
For almost half a century, this man’s voice was broadcast on the BBC. Recently, a popular leader was given the title of officer of the Order of the British Empire.
And now Stuart Hall is suspected of raping an 22-year-old woman, as well as what is called “abusive sexual behavior” against ten minor girls between the ages of 9 and 16.
Hall denies everything and intends to defend his name in court.
"Stronger than death." Kerstin Holm from Frankfurter Allgemeine writes about “blue” harassment in Russia. An official persecution of homosexuals has begun in Russia, a German newspaper correspondent says: the bill that bans the propaganda of same-sex love has received State Duma approval in the first reading and will soon be valid in the country, writes "Inopressa".
As an example of persecution, the fate of the biology teacher of the Moscow school Ilya Kolmanovsky is given. He participated in a protest in front of the State Duma building. A biologist with a traditional sexual orientation tried to convey to people that “homosexuality is not formed at the sight of kissing homosexuals, as the deputies want to present, but also in the womb or right after birth.” It is believed that he was fired in connection with the campaign of harassment, launched by colleagues and parents. It is suggested that the director was afraid for school, especially for its funding.
And the opposition magazine “The New Times” conducted a kind of poll in which eminent cultural figures gave advice to young people with a non-traditional orientation. Director Kirill Serebrennikov advised young gays and lesbians to leave the country. And Renata Litvinova said: “The time will come when, having gone against all, but having saved yourself, you will be right. This wish is strong. I do not know how much suffering and humiliation you endure, but the obsession with a loner is stronger than even death. ”
Ukraine will not pay Gazprom. Ukraine refused to pay the Russian “Gazprom” debt in 7 billion dollars for the shortage of gas. The Minister of Energy and Coal Industry, Eduard Stavitsky, told reporters: "We have provided an answer that we do not consider it expedient to execute an account in 7 billion, that is, to pay, because we have no reason to." The Minister noted that Ukraine fulfills all the conditions of the contract.
But in Gazprom, it reports Interfax, stated that there are no grounds for reducing Naftogaz of purchases of natural gas in 2012 and 2013. up to volumes smaller than the year’s 2009 contracts. The Russian gas monopoly specifies that, taking into account the coefficient set out in the contract, the minimum volume of gas in 2012, subject to the take-or-pay condition (take or pay), was 41,6 billion cubic meters. m, while it was actually delivered 24,9 billion cubic meters. m
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov at a meeting with the IMF mission said that Ukraine will continue to insist on revising the 11-year gas supply contract with Gazprom, seeking more favorable conditions.
Aylisli is no longer folk. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev deprived Akram Aylisli, who was attacked because of his novel Stone Dreams, the title of People’s Writer of the Republic. The relevant order, as transmits "Lenta.ru" With reference to Interfax, the head of state signed yesterday.
At the same time, Aylisli also lost his pension, which was appointed to him by the president. The order states that the writer, “having abused the high trust of the people,” in his last work distorted facts related to the history of Azerbaijan, and that this offended the feelings of more than a million Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs.
The novel "Stone Dreams" by Akram Aylisli was published in the Russian magazine "Friendship of Peoples" in December. The work condemns the massacres of the Armenian population of Azerbaijan, which took place in the 1980-ies.
Ailisli’s campaign against him called “an unprecedented example of the intolerance of the authorities to freedom of speech and expression.”
"This is he the enemy of Stalin number one ..." In the Georgian village of Akura, unknown persons dropped a bust of Stalin from a pedestal on the night of Thursday and doused it with pink paint. Reports about it "Lenta.ru" with reference to "Georgia-Online".
According to local residents, President Saakashvili’s supporters could spoil the monument. "It is he who is the enemy of Stalin number one, and now his people are engaged in the destruction of monuments to Stalin, whom he forced us to forget, but he will not succeed in this," quotes the publication of one of the villagers.
Chinese Tbilisi. Boris Murashkin ("Voice of Russia") told that almost 130 of thousands of Chinese can live in the outskirts of Tbilisi. The previous government concluded an agreement with the PRC, according to which several Georgian villages are placed at the disposal of migrants. The new authorities believe that the agreement should be terminated.
Outskirts of Tbilisi, the reservoir, which the locals call the Tbilisi Sea. The capital of Georgia in 2015 will host the Youth Olympic Games here, and the construction of the Olympic Village is in full swing on the shore. Construction is a Chinese company.
The leader of the Georgian Link Party, Jondi Baghaturia, is confident that the previous government promised to give the village to the PRC: “A Chinese town will be built first at this place, and then Chinese villages will be built in nearby territories. They will be inhabited by Chinese citizens with dual citizenship. They will take jobs. This is an anti-national and anti-state project. ”
On Russian aircraft over Japanese territory. 7 February The Japanese Ministry of Defense announced that two Russian fighters had invaded the country's airspace off the coast of Hokkaido Island. The planes of the self-defense forces of Japan were sent to intercept them, reports "Lenta.ru" with reference to France Press.
According to Tokyo, the Russian aircraft were in the airspace of Japan for about a minute.
A spokesman for the Eastern Military District, Roman Martov, said that Russian aircraft did not violate the Japanese border.
How to transmit "Vesti" With reference to ITAR-TASS, Japan considers the incident with the violation of the country's airspace by Russian fighters to be “regrettable.” This was stated by Secretary General of the Cabinet of Ministers of Japan Yoshihide Suga.
Nevertheless, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation refuted the Japanese.
The list of sponsors of terrorism can be replenished. If the DPRK conducts another nuclear test, the United States will return the republic to the list of states sponsoring terrorism, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Thursday.
The United States added the DPRK to the list of countries supporting terrorism in 1987, after the destruction of the South Korean plane, Korian Airlines, remind "Vesti" with reference to ITAR-TASS. Pyongyang denied involvement in the plane’s bombing, claiming that the incident was rigged by Seoul security forces. In 2008, the United States announced the exclusion of the republic from the black list with the wording: "... as far as is known, (the DPRK) was not a sponsor of any terrorist acts."
For the first time, a list of “sponsors of terrorism” was compiled in 1979 year. Now it includes: Syria (from 1979), Cuba (from 1982), Iran (from 1984), Sudan (from 1993). This implies the imposition of sanctions: a ban on the supply of arms, control over the export of dual-use goods, a ban on economic assistance, the introduction of financial and other restrictions.
But what kind of a list is there, if Washington is already talking about a preemptive strike on the DPRK!
Americans are ready to preempt the North Koreans. The United States can make a preemptive strike on North Korea. “We are not removing anything from the agenda,” explained Victoria Nuland, responding to a question about the use of force on North Korea by the United States and South Korea.
Now, remind "Vesti", North Korea has stepped up preparations for the third nuclear test. The previous two were implemented in 2006 and 2009. In preparation for the nuclear tests, the authorities of the closed country released a propaganda video, which showed what horror a missile attack would turn for America.
We do not want changes. Sergey Vasilenkov (Pravda.ru) said that February 4 in Vietnam long terms received oppositionist 22. They were accused of trying to overthrow the state system. Opposition leader Fan Van Thu was sentenced to life imprisonment, and the rest of the activists, including his son, were given 10 to 17 years.
According to investigators, activists from 2004, engaged in anti-government propaganda. Having opened a business in the field of ecotourism, they recruited supporters, issued newspapers, flyers, in which they criticized the ruling party and called for a change of government. At the same time, the convicts were in a Buddhist sect.
Earlier, on January 9, in Vietnam, 14 oppositionists, mostly bloggers and students, were condemned. They were accused of sabotage and collaboration with the Vietnamese emigre American group, which the Vietnamese authorities consider a terrorist organization. Three were sentenced to 13 years of the colony, the rest received from three to eight years. Initially, the opposition threatened the death penalty.
"These people were engaged in citizen journalism, advocated social justice, participated in a peaceful demonstration against the intervention of China in Vietnam," said the Viet Tan Party, which has an office in Washington. It should be noted that the largest number of immigrants from Vietnam live in the United States, who fled their homeland after the puppet pro-American regime that existed before 1975 in the southern part of the country fell.
Today, Vietnam is a socialist state with the monopoly position of the Communist Party. She leads the market transformations along the capitalist path.
“The Vietnamese Communist Party is still resting on the laurels of victory over the aggressors from the United States. The pain of the past war is alive in society. The younger generation remembers the victorious war with the States, and therefore supports its leader - the Communist Party. In Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), there is a large museum of the history of American aggression against Vietnam. All visitors to this museum are told that 3 million children were born with congenital deformities after the US use of chemical weapons. "
It should also be noted that in 2012, Vietnam became the world leader in rice exports. He also exports seafood. Resort infrastructure is rapidly developing here. Many Vietnamese do not want change, much less a coup d'état.
Initiated by the White House, add on my own.
In the US, children were killed again. The tragedy occurred on February 6 in one of the private houses. Names and age of the dead are not disclosed, reports "Voice of Russia".
Neighbors heard gunshots and called the police. The house is located in the industrial area of Denver. Police found two dead children under the age of 10 years and a woman. Another child was injured and is in a hospital in critical condition.
It has been preliminarily determined that the dead children and the woman, as well as the injured child, were members of the same family. Investigators do not exclude that the mother killed her children, and then shot herself.
Mad cop Over forty police officers are under heavy guard in California. They were threatened by a former colleague, 33-year-old Christopher Jordan Dorner, suspected of killing three people, as well as wounding two officers. Dorner outlined plans for revenge in the 11-page manifesto, which he sent to the police. The document lists the names of colleagues whom he decided to send to a better world.
First shots pass "Vesti", sounded yesterday in Corona (California). The ex-policeman killed one colleague and injured two more. This man is also suspected of punishing the children of a retired police captain.
In the area of the Big Bear ski resort in San Bernardino, where an operation is being carried out to catch a criminal, a burned out car was found, in which the shooter was moving. In search of a criminal, literally every building, house and hotel are scanned. Patrols are installed on all routes leading to the resort. More than a thousand members of the special services are taking part in the operation.
Dorner is well trained, he has several weapons at his disposal, including machine guns. The head of Los Angeles police, Charlie Beck, told the media that the offender "announced a vendetta to law enforcement agencies in Southern California and the law."
Al Capone "nervously smokes on the sidelines." According to statistics, there are more murders today in Chicago than in the most criminal period in the history of the city, writes Chuck Goody (WLS-TV / DT; source of translation - Mixednews.ru).
The note compares the January of 1929 and the January of 2013. Last month, 42 murders were committed in Chicago (by the way, the highest since 2002 of the year). In January, 1929, in mafia times, the number of murder victims was 26 people.
However, 42 killing is not a record. In January, 1992 was killed in Chicago by 77 people. Most of the killings are committed with firearms. Moreover, during Capone, there was no control over the weapon. The first regulatory document was signed only in 1934.
Hackers annoyed the Fed. The US Federal Reserve is still unable to assess the degree of damage from hacker attacks on one of its sites, the spokesman for the American Central Bank, James Streyder, acknowledged "Vesti".
The hackers from Anonymous have announced that they have hacked a secure website, which is used to provide bank contact information in the event of natural or other disasters. The Fed sent letters to the hacked portal users informing them that their personal information had been stolen, including the mobile and work phone numbers of bank employees, as well as their email addresses.
Stranger. The Senate Committee on Intelligence of the United States is considering the candidacy of the new head of the CIA, John Brennan.
Hearings are not just interrupted because of the protest of the women's antiwar movement, according to "Vesti". Activists with red-stained hands accused Brennan of war crimes.
Something about the candidate for the post of new head of the CIA is known. This Mr. four years ago refused the offer to become the head of the CIA, so as not to attract criticism of the use of torture on himself and his patron Obama when working with alleged terrorists. Instead, he became the President’s personal adviser on counter-terrorism. Brennan was one of the organizers of the so-called operation to destroy bin Laden.
As transmits correspondent RIA "News" Maria Tabak, John Brennan admitted at the hearing that he had not taken any steps to stop the administration of George W. Bush from using harsh techniques of interrogating terrorism suspects: “... I was not part of the chain responsible for leadership in this area. At that time I started as a deputy executive director and was responsible for overseeing the management of the agency and its various functions. So I knew about this program, I copied some documents related to it, but I was not involved in its development. ”
No more than six million. Roman Mamonov ("Voice of Russia"), referring to the research data of professors of the University of Pennsylvania, spoke about how much the place costs for the US ambassador in different countries and how it is sold.
Johannes Federke and Dennis Jett, professors at the University of Pennsylvania, based on data analysis, came to the conclusion about how much money a sponsor must donate in order to get the position of US ambassador to a particular country. After all, it is no secret to anyone that the candidate who has won the presidential election places his people (including sponsors) into advantageous posts.
Dennis Jett knows the subject of study very well: he served in the Department of State 28 for years, worked as ambassador to Mozambique, Peru, was in charge of the African direction in the US National Security Council, worked in Argentina, Malawi, Liberia. Now he is working for the benefit of academic science. He did not refuse to give an interview to the Voice of Russia.
It turns out that about 30% of ambassadors' vacancies go to Obama's friends and sponsors, and not to career diplomats.
Jett and his partner used data from open sources: they studied who and how much paid to the election funds of Barack Obama, and then compared the data with the personnel policy of the White House.
The most expensive are diplomatic missions in France and Monaco. They are valued at more than 6 million dollars in direct donations to the Obama fund. The post of US representative in the UK pulls in 2,3 million dollars.
The former diplomat admitted that such a personnel policy undermines the authority of the United States and can lead to diplomatic conflicts.
Four years ago there was a serious scandal around the appointment of Luis Sasmen, ambassador to London. He is a lawyer, a former banker, who was famous for his talent for raising money for the Obama campaign. True, he had no experience in diplomacy.
Among the candidates for the post of ambassador in Canada is now called businessman Fred Ayshener: he contributed 3,5 a million dollars to the last Obama campaign, and in 2008 was his main sponsor. These new data only confirm the results of research by professors from Pennsylvania.
There is nothing new under the sun, Ecclesiastes used to say.
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