Boycott Turkey: 449 Twitter and Facebook users Arrested for opposing Afrin Slaughter

Demonstrators shout anti-government slogans as one of them carry a placard with a picture of Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan during a protest against internet censorship in Istanbul May 15, 2011. Thousands of people marched in central Istanbul to protest against the government’s plan to filter the internet. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY – Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) TEMPLATE OUT – RTR2MG6M
Turkish anti riot police officers block People’ Democracy Party’s (HDP) headquarter as HDP members call a protest against Turkey’s “Olive Branch” operation in Syria on January 21, 2018 in Diyarbakir. Turkey on January 20 launched operation “Olive Branch”
 (ANTIWAR.COM) — As Turkey’s invasion of northern Syria continues, so too does their policy of arresting anyone seen as even sort of opposed to the attack. The Turkish Interior Ministry now says 449 people have been detained for criticizing the war on social media, and 124 more detained for taking part in actual protests.

What Next? US Bans All Russian Nukes? Pentagon Flirts With Armageddon

fada1's avatarUPROOTED PALESTINIANS: SALAM ALQUDS ALAYKUM

By Finian Cunningham

February 07, 2018 “Information Clearing House” –  Provocatively and recklessly, the American Pentagon has recently accused Russia of threatening European allies with nuclear weapons. On the basis of this deplorable accusation, the US is embarking on a $1 trillion upgrade of its nuclear arsenal.

The American nuclear revamp not only puts it in potential violation of disarmament agreements; the move is also destabilizing nuclear forces and increases the risk of catastrophic global war.

If ever Washington’s reckless power politics were in doubt, this is surely the touchstone issue.

As with so many other allegations leveled by Washington against Russia – from election hacking to Olympic sports doping – the claim that Moscow is engaging in nuclear threats is far from evidenced. Indeed, one could say, it’s in the realm of fantasy.

But the insane claim is then used to justify Washington’s own reprehensible behavior.

In the Pentagon’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) published last week, US Defense Secretary James Mattis states in the…

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Turkish regime uses ISIS fighters in war on Syria

petrel41's avatarDear Kitty. Some blog

This video says about itself:

Erdogan & son profiting off of ISIS oil smuggling – security policy analyst

2 December 2015

A damning report has emerged claiming that the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and his son have their hands in the Islamic State’s oil trading business that has been funding the terrorist group. RT’s Lindsay France speaks with security policy analyst Michael Maloof about the report and its ramifications

From daily The Independent in Britain, 7 February 2018:

Turkey accused of recruiting ex-Isis fighters in their thousands to attack Kurds in Syria

Exclusive: Former Isis fighter tells The Independent that Turkey is using the name of the now defunct, Western-backed Free Syrian Army to conceal its use of jihadi mercenaries

Patrick Cockburn

Turkey is recruiting and retraining Isis fighters to lead its invasion of the Kurdish enclave of Afrin in northern Syria, according to an ex-Isis…

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GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION TO FREE THE TAMIMIS

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What can you do on the 18th of February?

Read on to see ….

Free the Tamimis Campaign calls on allies, comrades and supporters around the world to protest the ongoing incarceration and systematic targeting of members of the Tamimi family and the village of Nabi Saleh.

On Tuesday the 19th of December 2017, 17 year old Ahed Tamimi was arrested from her family home in Nabi Saleh by the Israeli army under the cover of darkness. Ahed is one of over 300 Palestinian children in Israeli military detention. Her mother, Nariman Tamimi was arrested later on the same day when she went to inquire about her daughter. On Thursday the 11th of January 2018, Mohammad Tamimi, Ahed’s cousin, was arrested from his home in Nabi Saleh. 11 days later, his brother Osama was also arrested on his way home from work. All of them remain incarcerated and have…

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Spanish government doubling military spending

petrel41's avatarDear Kitty. Some blog

This video from Madrid in Spain says about itself:

27 March 2017

Homsec is an exhibition for the [so called] Defence and Security sectors.

More than 15,000 visitors from 40 countries and 195 exhibitors participate.

Activists, and even the Madrid City Council, have opposed this exhibition.

The anti-militarism group Desarma Madrid has demonstrated against Homsec.

19 protesters have been detained by the police for identification.

Spain is a geo-strategic country in its relationship with Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.

Spain will spend close to 7 billion euros on Defence in 2017.

By Alejandro López in Spain:

Spain to double its military spending

8 February 2018

Defence spending will double by 2024, Defence Minister María Dolores de Cospedal has told Spain’s parliamentary Defence Committee. The defence budget will increase from 0.8 percent of GDP (€8.7 billion) to 1.53 percent (€18.47 billion).

To limit popular opposition…

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‘Francia ya Explota Secretamente el Gas de Fracking en Argelia’ denuncia un Deputado Francés

Read in ENGLISH here  https://wp.me/pIJl9-aXY

Escandalo en Francia, un diputado acusa el gobierno de permitir secretamente el fracking en su ex colonia de Argelia. Si Francia realmente hace ya el fracking en Argelia el gas sería el doble de dañino para nuestra emergencia climático que el carbón. Y si el nuevo gasoducto desde Timimoun construido por TOTAL lleva este gas a la red general llegaría también a los dos gasoductos que suministran dos terceras partes del gas de Iberia (22 bcm).

Y el gobierno español ha anunciado varias veces que el nuevo gasoducto controvertido Midcat sirviría para ‘exportar gas desde Argelia a Francia’.El Fracking en el Sahara es una pesadilla porque le falta  un promedio de16.65 milliones de litros de agua por cada una de miles de perforaciones. Y por el peligro de contaminar el agua freática en el acuífero que da vida a todos los oasis del mega-desierto.

Hemos publicado un articulo ”Argelia da luz verde al Fracking Gas con EU Imperialistas TOTAL y CEPSA, 18 Enero 2018”detallando la decisión del gobierno de Argelia de renunciar la prohibición del fracking. Hemos incluido la noticia que el fracking empezaría en el campo de gas de Timimoun en el desierto del sur oeste.

Timimoun, where the fracking may begin, is the ancient center of 200 magical oasis villages set into majestic cliffs. All are 100% dependent on clean aquifer water. Continue reading “‘Francia ya Explota Secretamente el Gas de Fracking en Argelia’ denuncia un Deputado Francés”

‘France is secretly Fracking Algeria already’.. claims French MP

LEER en Español  Aqui   https://wp.me/pIJl9-aXr

  •  ENGLISH TRANSLATION 

Scandal in France, a deputy accuses the government of secretly allowing fracking in its ex colony of Algeria. If France really is fracking in Algeria, the gas would be twice as harmful to our climate emergency as coal.  And if the new gas pipeline from Timimoun built by TOTAL brings this gas to the general gas network, it would also reach the two gas pipelines that supply two thirds of Iberia’s gas (22 bcm).

And the Spanish government has announced several times that the new controversial Midcat gas pipeline would serve to ‘export gas from Algeria to France’.

We have published an article ”18 Jan 2018 ” detailing the decision of the Algerian government to renounce the ban on fracking. We included the news that fracking would start at the Timimoun gas field in the south west desert.