Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Saturday, 19 March 2016

The European Union Times


Posted: 19 Mar 2016 09:10 AM PDT

A Federal Security Service (FSB) interim report to the Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) and Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) circulating in the Kremlin today states that it has confirmed from their initial investigation of the list of passengers and crew aboard FlyDubai Flight FZ981, that exploded early this morning inRostov-on-Don, that this place was carrying a “high level” American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official who was travelling on a forged British passport using the name of Larisa Allen—and that aboard this plane too was an estimated US$27 million in currency.
According to this report, this FlyDubai Boeing 737-800 aircraft that had taken off from Dubai Airport exploded this morning at about 03:50 Moscow time (00:50 GMT) while landing at Rostov Airport killing all 55 passengers and seven crew members aboard.

Flights from Dubai to the Federation are common, this report says, as many young Russian females work is this most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as “dancers” (i.e. prostitutes) with many companiesadvertising their “services”.
With organized crime elements within the Federation (Russian Mafia) controlling the bulk of these “dancers”, and with Dubai having become a global centre for terror funding, money-laundering, drug money and mafia cash, this report continues, CIA fears that terrorist funds were being diverted to Russia provides the most likely explanation as to why one of their “high level” officials was on board this plane.
As to how the estimated US$27 million in currency came to be aboard this plane packed into the cargo hold in “metal/aluminum” containers, this report notes, is currently being suspected by the FSB to have been “caused/effectuated” by the Cypriot pilot of this plane as the links between Cypress banks and Federation organized crime have long been known.
With the IAC issuing a public statement that they have now taken control of this investigation, this report concludes, and due to the death of this “high level” CIA official, along with the millions-of-dollars found aboard this exploded plane, President Putin, who had previously expressed his condolences towards this tragedy, has authorized US, French and Dubai intelligence agencies to join it too.

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Posted: 19 Mar 2016 08:50 AM PDT

The Swedish city of Ostersund cancelled “Earth Hour” this year. Nobody wants to turn off their lights after a spate of sexual assaults.
The citizens of Ostersund, Sweden will skip Earth Hour this year. (Daily Mail)
Safety trumps Junk Science in Ostersund.
Girls, as young as ten, have been sexually attacked in 14 recent attacks.
CWFPAC reported:
Ostersund, Sweden, cancelled its annual “Earth Hour” celebration this year. All the lights in the city are turned off during the one-hour event to symbolize the “green” goal of being 100% fossil fuel free.
The city cancelled the event this year because it has been inundated with Muslim migrants and has experienced an epidemic of rapes and sexual assaults. Some victims have been as young as 10 years old. As a result, residents of Ostersund are now afraid of the dark.
Here’s a thought: Instead of fretting about becoming fossil fuel free, how about becoming barbarian free and limiting the number of radical Islamists coming into your nation?
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Posted: 19 Mar 2016 08:31 AM PDT

Tense scenes have broken out between locals and security forces in Molenbeek following the arrest of Salah Abdeslam with some Muslim residents reportedly “praising” the evil Paris terrorist.
Riot police were called in to disperse the crowds who gathered in the Brussels suburb after missiles were thrown at the Belgian authorities.
Tensions were sparked after young Muslims from the troubled area started declaring their support for their terrorist “hero” Abdeslam, according to a witness.
An eyewitness posted on Twitter: “Great tension in Molenbeek with young people from the area praising their ‘hero’ Salah Abdeslam.”
Police officers were targeted by locals, many of which were young people, who threw objects including bottles, according Belgian newspaper La Libre.
Video footage of the incident shows large crowds in the road where the dramatic terror raid took place, with shouts heard before objects are thrown at officers.
Other journalists at the scene confirmed the tense scenes, with officers using police dogs to get people to leave the area.
Stones were also reportedly thrown at police, according to French media.
Police dogs are heard barking at locals shouting and hurling objects while officers attempt to push the crowd back.
Riot police armed with batons and shields move into the area, while several young men appear reluctant to leave the scene.
The presence of riot police at the scene suggests authorities were concerned about potential riots, according to some Belgian media.
The authorities had the tough task of managing the tense and nervous atmosphere among locals on the streets while a dramatic raid was still underway.
Many exasperated locals who left their houses after hearing rumours of Abdeslam’s capture gathered by the security cordons blocking off the area.
Tensions have been running high in Molenbeek since the Brussels suburb was linked to the murder of 130 people by Islamic State (ISIS) jihadis in November last year.

Several of the Paris attackers, including Abdeslam and ringleader Abdelhamid Abaaoud, came from the troubled area which has been dubbed Europe’s ‘jihadi haven’.
The Brussels district, where some areas are up to 80 per cent Muslim, was also searched as part of anti-terror operations in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in January 2015.
In January three journalists were attacked when they tried to interview family members of Chakib Akrouh, the suicide bomber who blew himself during a police raid in Saint-Denis, Paris, after the November attacks.
The Belgian government has vowed to crack down on extremism in Molenbeek which has been thrust into the international spotlight after the atrocities in Paris.
Many Molenbeek residents, particularly young people, are suspicious and hostile towards authorities, who they believe are infringing their liberty with patrols and surveillance.
Earlier this year clashes broke out between young people and soldiers who were patrolling a metro station in Molenbeek, according to Belgian media.
Abdeslam has been captured alive by Belgian terror police after a dramatic raid in which two suspects were shot.
The three suspects arrested at the scene are all linked to the atrocities that happened in Paris on November 13 last year.
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Posted: 19 Mar 2016 08:20 AM PDT

A pair of Libertarian ideologues have established an organization attempting to rally support behind Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump.
The “Libertarians for Trump” group, created earlier this week by LewRockwell.com editors Dr. Donald Miller and economics professor Walter E. Block, admits “it has its work cut out for it in mobilizing massive support for Donald Trump within the libertarian community.”
This is because, Block writes, “there are some libertarians who oppose supporting any politician for political office, even a 99% pure one such as Dr. Ron Paul.”
“There are several issues upon which libertarians do not and cannot support Donald Trump. For example, protectionism,” writes Block. “But, typically, regarding the issues where Mr. Trump deviates from libertarianism, so do the other candidates.”
While a true Libertarian candidate would more closely embody the party’s goals than Trump, Block says the group’s ultimate goal is not to seek a “perfect” candidate, but “to throw our weight behind the candidate who has a reasonable chance of actually becoming President of the United States whose views are CLOSEST to libertarianism.” [emphasis theirs]
And where Trump really stands out, Block says, is his foreign policy.
“As Murray Rothbard and Bob Higgs have demonstrated over and over again, US foreign policy determines what occurs in economics and in the field of personal liberties,” writes the senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. “Foreign policy is the dog that wags the other two tails.”
Acknowledging the Donald is “no Ron Paul on foreign policy or anything else for that matter,” Block says the businessman is still “head and shoulders” above his Republican counterparts.
He has said, time and time again, things like “Look at what we did in Iraq. It’s a mess. Look at what we did in Libya. It’s a mess there too. And we’re going to repeat our mistakes in Syria? Not on my watch.” Would Cruz or Rubio ever say anything like that? To ask this question is to answer it.
Lastly, Block insists Trump may be the only candidate that could prevent a World War III scenario with Russia.
“Who is the one candidate who went out of his way so as to not antagonize Russia and Premier Putin? It is the Donald, that is who. Do we really want to fight World War III with Russia? With Mr. Trump at the helm, we minimize the chances of this catastrophe occurring.”
Block is asking anyone interested in joining the group to email him at wblock@loyno.edu, or to contact Dr. Miller atdonaldwmiller@gmail.com.
Prominent Libertarian and founder of the Ludwig von Mises Institute Lew Rockwell spoke with Infowars in January on the rise of populism, stating the late Libertarian icon Murray Rothbard would likely have agreed with Trump on several issues:
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Posted: 19 Mar 2016 07:51 AM PDT

A fugitive suspected to have played a key role in the November 13 Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, has been arrested by authorities in Brussels, Theo Francken, Belgium’s Secretary of State for Asylum and Migration, confirmed on Twitter.
Reporters and witnesses at the scene say they have heard two powerful explosions, and more gunfire, as the police operation continues.
Local media report that at least two people are barricaded inside the house.
“We got him,” Theo Francken tweeted about Abdeslam’s arrest. According to the minister, the suspect was injured in the leg during the raid.
At least three arrests were made, according to local press.
Francoise Schepmans, the mayor of the Brussels neighborhood of Molenbeek, where the raid took place, also said two people had been injured in the operation.
Police are still surrounding Four Winds street, located just around the corner from Delaunoystraat, where Abdeslam is thought to have slipped away three days after the Paris attacks.
According to HLN, police could be heard shouting “Come out with your hands up in the air” during the raid.
Smoke was seen on the street, and is believed to be from a stun grenade, according to HLN.
The raid is taking place just 10 kilometers from the EU-Turkey summit venue.
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel rushed out of the summit following the news, and is expected to be joined at Belgian government offices by Interior Minister Jan Jambon, RTBF said.
It comes just two days after it was revealed that authorities found an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) flag at the home of an Algerian-born gunman shot in a Brussels raid earlier this week.
That man was identified on Friday as Mohamed Belkaid, who used the name Samir Bouzid, RTBF news reported. He is believed to have been responsible for plotting the November 13 terror attacks in Paris.
He had been on French and Belgian wanted lists since December, when evidence emerged of him making a cash transfer from Brussels to a woman involved in the attacks.
RTBF described the man as an accomplice of Abdeslam. The news outlet quoted an anonymous source as saying it was “more than likely” that Abdeslam fled the scene of the Tuesday raid, as his fingerprints were found at the apartment.
Abdeslam fled Paris after the November terro attacks that killed 130 people at a theater, the national stadium and cafes. Most of the attackers died that night, Abdeslam’s brother Brahim, who blew himself up, among them. The 26-year-old suspect is said to have been born in Brussels.
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Posted: 18 Mar 2016 03:48 PM PDT

WOW!
Megyn Kelly has broadened her war on Trump.
Now, she’s not just dedicating her program to Trump-bashers but she’s openly attacking Donald Trump supporters.
Megyn tweeted out this comment by Trump-hater Ben Domenech…
“Ben Domenech: If Trump supporters want to come to Cleveland & riot…let them & they will find out what the party of law & order is all about.”
So Megyn is now pushing the myth that Trump supporters are violent rioters.
Sick.
Progressives Today responded to Megyn Kelly’s Tweet: “Ben Domenech: If Trump supporters want to come to Cleveland & riot…let them & they will find out what the party of law & order is all about.”
@megynkelly, it wasn’t @RealDonaldTrump supporters who came spoiling for a fight in Chicagohttp://youtu.be/o7Hei7A0O3w @seanhannity EXCLUSIVE
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Posted: 18 Mar 2016 03:41 PM PDT

Unelected European Commission (EC) officials won’t be able to make new trade laws without asking Washington first, if the secretive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) comes into force, a leaked document reveals.
A secret document obtained by the Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), indicates the EC will also have the power to decide where Brussels should cooperate with the US. Domestic governments and the European Parliament will see power slip away from them.
Details of the leaked document, which were first published in The Independent on Friday, suggest that the EU Parliament’s role on the international stage could lessen, while US regulators take on a dubious role in European trade decisions under so-called “regulatory cooperation,” according to the CEO.
EU leaders insist it is just a means of “cutting red tape for EU firms without cutting corners.”
The Brussels-based watchdog believes the document uncovers the extent to which large corporations and industry groups will be able to influence EU-US trade deals with what are currently called “substantial proposals.”
Speaking to RT on Friday, director of Global Justice Now (GJN) Nick Dearden called the leaked document ominous.
“The leak absolutely confirms our fears about TTIP – it’s all about giving big business more power over a very wide range of laws and regulations,” he said.
“In fact, business lobbies are on record as saying they want to co-write laws with governments – this gets them a step closer.”
“This isn’t an ‘add on’ or a small part of TTIP – it’s absolutely central. TTIP is about non-tariff trade barriers. To me and you that means regulation and laws, the vast majority of which aren’t ‘trade barriers’ unless you see society as nothing but a gigantic market place,” Dearden added.
These plans effectively give US authorities the power to challenge and alter laws that counter America’s interests without accountable democratic debate, says Dearden.
“We’re talking about sovereignty at the moment in this country – it’s difficult to imagine a more serious threat to our sovereignty than this trade deal,” he said.
TTIP will create the world’s biggest free-trade zone, scrapping tariffs and other obstacles to the trade of goods and services between the US and Europe. Supporters insist the trade deal will encourage investment and create employment, while critics warn it could give too much power to big business.
An Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) clause, central to the agreement, would give corporations the power to sue governments when policy-makers introduce regulations affecting profits.
Critics say that the trade deal lacks transparency, impinges on sovereign governments’ right to rule in the public interest, and could result in regulators becoming captured.
Commenting on the leaked document obtained by the CEO, a spokesman for the European Commission said: “These accusations are unfounded and are not reflected in the EU proposal for simplifying rules for EU exporters. The text on regulatory cooperation will be published soon for everyone to see that this so-called analysis is completely false, presents a biased view of the European Commission’s work and ignores the reality of EU texts. Regulators – not trade negotiators – will continue to lead regulatory cooperation initiatives – both in the EU and the US.”
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Posted by Roberto Abraham Scaruffi at 19:17