Quelle Europe en 2030 ?

LE président du Conseil européen, Herman Van Rompuy, a reçu le 8 mai 2010 un rapport intitulé « Projet pour l’Europe à l’horizon 2030. Les défis à relever et les chances à saisir. [1] » Ce document est le fruit du travail d’un groupe de 12 « sages » [2] réunis entre décembre 2008 et avril 2010 sous la présidence de Felipe Gonzalez, ancien président du gouvernement espagnol. Quel tableau brosse-t-il de l’Union européenne ?

Le Mexique : besoin de réformes

LE Mexique est un des très grands pays émergents : le 5ème en termes de PIB après les BRIC (Brésil, Russie, Inde, Chine), il devance la Corée du Sud et, plus largement, la Turquie et l’Indonésie [1]. Son PIB par habitant est proche de celui de la Russie, équivalent à celui du Brésil (qu’il devance encore de 27 % en parité de pouvoir d’achat - PPA), et dépasse largement ceux des grands pays asiatiques.

US military advisers in Cyrenaica. Qaddafi's loses his air force

Hundreds of US, British and French military advisers have arrived in Cyrenaica, Libya's eastern breakaway province, military sources report exclusively. This is the first time America and Europe have intervened militarily in any of the popular upheavals rolling through the Middle East since Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution in early January.  The advisers, including intelligence officers, were dropped from warships and missile boats at the coastal towns of Benghazi and Tobruk Thursday Feb. 24, for a threefold mission:

Hints for Asset Hunters

The Swiss government’s decision, on February 12, to freeze Hosni Mubarak’s assets in Swiss banks will probably cause sleepless nights to other Middle Eastern rulers who liked to keep themselves in the sun and their assets in the dark. (Cynics will wonder what the Swiss government suddenly discovered that it didn’t know about them before. ) Still, old coffers may be seized, but new coffers will soon be open for business.
There were unconfirmed estimates regarding the magnitude of Mubarak’s personal wealth, ranging from $5 billion to $70 billion, and deposited in Britain, the United States and France. His family is also rumored to own property in London, Paris, Dubai and the U.S. Deposed Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was more blatant. His wife fled the country with one-and-a-half tons of gold, worth more than $55 million, probably just the latest addition to what the couple accumulated and deposited overseas during Ben Ali’s 20 years of rule.

China's Great Firewall Father Speaks Out

The father of the Great Firewall of China (GFW) has signed up to six virtual private networks (VPNs) that he uses to access some of the websites he had originally helped block. "I have six VPNs on my home computer," says Fang Binxing, 50, president of the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. "But I only try them to test which side wins: the GFW or the VPN. "I'm not interested in reading messy information like some of that anti-government stuff." There's a popular joke circulating the Chinese mainland about Mark Zuckerberg's surprise visit to Beijing around Christmas last year: The frustrated Facebook president is said to have pleaded with local Chinese entrepreneurs to show him how to beat the Great Firewall.

Israel on High Alert for Iranian Warships’ Suez Transit Carrying Missiles for Hizballah

Cairo’s approval Friday, Feb. 18 for two Iranian warships to transit the Suez Canal on their way to the Mediterranean has brought Israel and Iran closer than ever before to a naval collision at sea. Debkafile reports: Israel has learned that the Iranian cruiser Kharg is carrying long-range missiles for Hizballah which it plans to unload at a Syrian port or Beirut harbor. The Egyptian State-run news agency MENA however said Friday that Egyptian authorities approved a request from Iranian diplomats, because they offered assurances that the two Iranian warships don’t carry weapons or nuclear or chemical material. The diplomats say the two vessels are headed to Syria for training. US State Department spokesman P.J Crowley said he was “highly skeptical” of the Syrian claim that the two ships’ visit was for training.

What Cargo May Be Aboard Iranian Warships Transiting the Suez Canal?

Iran’s leaders are closely watching the progress of two of their navy warships, the 1500 ton frigate Alvand and the 33,000 ton refueling and supply ship Kharg, through the Suez Canal. They reportedly will arrive at a Syrian port in a few days. The passage of Iranian warships into the Mediterranean is rightfully viewed, in itself, as a provocative act by Israel and by NATO naval forces. Iranian warships haven't been seen in the Mediterranean since the 1970s. But, perhaps, there should also be great concern with the cargoes these warships may be carrying. What a better way could Iran have to circumvent UN and like-minded country sanctions.

First heads roll in Bogota corruption scandal

The Bogota comptroller and a House representative from the capital are barred from holding public office for 20 and 15 years respectively for fraudulently granting public contracts. The double sentence is the first in what is expected to be a number of disciplinary and penal convictions in the capital's biggest fraud scandal in recent history, which also implicates Bogota Mayor Samuel Moreno and his brother, Senator Ivan Moreno.
Colombia's inspector general, who convicted the comptroller and the representative, said the behavior of both men in the scandal is like "an atomic bomb on public morale." According to testimonies, private companies were unable to receive concessions of public works without granting a percentage of the profits to Bogota officials. The officials also financially benefited from delays in the construction of, for example, the city's mass transit system. The corruption scandal has seriously affected the authority of the city hall; the socialist mayor can count on the disapproval of a record-breaking 85% of the Bogotanos, according to a poll released Friday.

Middle East Chaos: What To Learn And What To Expect

There are many different kinds of revolution; some more effective than others. Telling the difference between a successful revolution and a failed revolution can be tricky. Often, on the surface, they look exactly the same. The secret is to set aside what we would “like” to see, and be brutally honest about what was actually accomplished in the course of the dissenting action. Has power been fully rescinded by the offending government or regime to the people, or, to yet another corrupt bureaucracy with a slightly different face? Have the puppet strings of corporate globalists been severed from your country, or do they remain strong as ever? Has ANY corrupt official actually been punished for the crimes that led to the insurgency in the first place, or, did they fly off scot-free to their million dollar villas in Ecuador, drinking mojitos in wicker recliners and watching the disaster they created unfold on CNN? Who ultimately benefited from the event?

Police, Anti-Government Protesters Clash in Zagreb

Police used tear gas and batons to push back protesters, some of whom threw bottles, rocks and fireworks as they attempted to reach Zagreb's main Saint Mark's Square. Reports said that 11 were arrested, including the protest organiser. Protesters rallied in the streets leading to the main square, where the government and parliament are headquartered, but were pushed back because rallies in the square have been banned since 2005. The rally was organised on the social networking site Facebook by the Alliance for Change, who demanded that Jandranka Kosor step down as prime minister and president of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ.

Romania: Top Customs Official Arrested on Corruption Charges

Cornel Costea, the head of the customs office in Ploiesti, southern Romania, was placed in 29-day custody for alleged bribe taking. Anti-corruption prosecutors say Costea accepted around €40,000 in exchange for helping a local company avoid customs controls for the merchandise it imported from Turkey. Other individuals from the Ploiesti customs office are also under investigation. This is just the latest in a series of corruption cases involving border officials. Early this month, the head of the National Customs Authority, Radu Traian Marginean, was arrested on charges of taking bribes for helping a candidate obtain the post of customs chief at an office in northwest Romania. Furthermore, more than one hundred border police have been detained for alleged involvement in smuggling cigarettes from Serbia, Moldova and Ukraine.

Iraq Protests: Violence Clashes Between Demonstrators and Security Forces

The unrest sweeping across the Mideast and the Arab world deepened its grip on Iraq today as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in 10 cities across the nation and security forces turned violent in attempts to rein in the demonstrations.  Protesters burned buildings, stormed government establishments and tore down concrete walls. Security forces fired into crowds, killing at least four and wounding dozens.
The demonstrations spread from north to south and east to west, reaching the northern town of Masul, where two protesters were killed, and stretching to Basra in the south, neither area a stranger to violence.  In the western town of Ramadi, the day after a suicide bomber killed 11 people, another eight were wounded and one was killed in clashes between security forces and 250 demonstrators.  Just north of Baghdad in Saladhi Province, five people were wounded by gunfire.

How the Banks never loose

Clashes in Greece during anti-austerity demonstration

Police fired tear gas near the Greek Parliament yesterday as clashes broke out with stone-throwing protesters during a demonstration against austerity measures, an AFP reporter said. The confrontation occurred near the finance ministry with police seeking to block protesters from approaching the building as thousands marched in Athens and other major cities in this year’s first general strike against wage and pension cuts. At least 36,000 people according to police demonstrated in Athens, Thessaloniki and the port of Piraeus to reject economic policies dictated by Greece’s narrow bankruptcy rescue by the EU and the IMF last year. With the fresh protests against Greek austerity measures yesterday, the country’s Prime Minister insisted that Greece will repay its bailout loan even as it seeks an extension.

Thousands protest against high food prices in Delhi

A steady stream of protesters, carrying red flags, has been marching through the streets of central Delhi since early morning. The rally has led to massive traffic jams in the city. Trade unions who have called the rally say nearly 40,000 people will attend a meeting at the Ramlila grounds. Thousands will then march to parliament, they say. Security is tight across the city with thousands of policemen deployed at the rally ground and along the route of the march.

Media Demonizes Gaddafi as Pentagon Prepares Attack

Tthe United States has specific instructions to intervene militarily in Libya under the cover of providing humanitarian assistance. Less than 24 hours after our report, the Pentagon has announced it is looking at “all options” in dealing with the Libyan crisis. In short, it is drawing up plans to intervene. “Our job is to give options from the military side, and that is what we are thinking about now,” a Pentagon official told CNN. “We will provide the president with options should he need them.” “This department is always doing prudent planning for any number of contingencies,” Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan told reporters. “The president said yesterday that the United States is discussing with allies and partners a full range of options regarding the situation in Libya. But we are not going to discuss what any of those specific options might be.”
Obama Press Secretary Jay Carney dressed up the coming military attack as “a range of options on how to protect American citizens in Libya and compel the Libyan government to stop attacking its own people,” according to CNN.

L’héritage de Kadhafi aux marchés pétroliers

Alors que l’arrêt de certains sites de production libyens fait frémir les marchés pétroliers, le risque de contagion révolutionnaire aux autres pays de la région menace de faire flamber les cours de l’or noir. Le renversement inéluctable de Mouammar Kadhafi équivaut à la chute du Mur de Berlin pour l’Afrique du Nord. Ce sont les conséquences de ce cataclysme et son effet domino chez les grands producteurs de la région qui font trembler les marchés pétroliers de la planète. Pour nous, l’OPEP doit agir vite.

Ange Mancini pressenti pour le poste de coordonnateur national du renseignement

Le préfet Ange Mancini, premier chef du Raid, devrait être nommé mercredi coordonnateur national du renseignement à la présidence de la République, a-t-on appris mardi de source proche du dossier.
Selon cette source, qui a confirmé une information du Point.fr, M. Mancini, actuellement préfet de la Martinique, devrait être nommé en conseil des ministres en remplacement de Bernard Bajolet, nommé ambassadeur de France en Afghanistan. M. Bajolet avait été nommé à l’Elysée en juillet 2008 pour occuper ce poste crée à la suite de la publication du Livre blanc sur la défense et la sécurité nationale.

Les Etats-Unis accusés de désactiver à outrance des sites web

Le GNSO (Icann) accuse le FBI, Interpol et les polices d’Etat américaines de procéder à des désactivations "unilatérales" de sites, en faisant fi des structures existantes. La gouvernance de l’internet est menacée par l’interventionnisme des autorités américaines qui procédent à des désactivations "unilatérales" de sites, passant outre les structures mondialement reconnues, accuse Stéphane Van Gelder, à la tête de l’instance internationale GNSO.

Il a chargé les Services de Renseignements d’établir la liste des revendications populaires : Bouteflika prépare son retour et s’apprête à éjecter Ouyahia

Le Président Bouteflika a chargé les Services de Renseignements de sonder la population algérienne afin d’identifier ses revendications et de mesurer sa cote de popularité auprès des Algériens, rapporte la chaîne qatarie «Al Jazeera» citant des «sources bien informées». Selon cette source, le Chef de l’Etat a chargé les Service secrets de lui transmettre des rapports qui expliqueraient la grogne du front sociale ainsi que pour identifier les revendications des jeunes, qui se sont soulevé en janvier dernier.

BAHRAIN: A Nervous Watch

Latest reports from Bahrain speak of considerable tension marked by anti-King and anti-Government slogans shouted by thousands of Shia mourners attending the funerals of seven persons killed during a crack-down by the riot police on a group of young people demonstrating against the Government from the Pearl Square since February 14, 2011.

2.  The protest movement started as a movement of solidarity with the Egyptian youth on  February 14, turned into an anti-Government  movement on February 15 after the death of two Shias due to alleged use of force by the Police and then turned into an anti-King movement on February 17 after the brutal dispersal of the protesters from the Pearl Square by the riot police on the night intervening February 16/17.

Civil War in Libya: Gaddafi Uses Pak & BD Mercenaries?

Latest reports indicate a state of civil war in the cities of Benghazi (1000 kms from Tripoli) and nearby al-Bayda in Eastern Libya with the protesters running into thousands and the Libyan army fighting each other with no holds barred. Despite the use of mortars and heavy guns by the Libyan Army, which has allegedly been using mercenaries from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Chad, the protesters, who are also allegedly aided by mercenaries from Egypt and other countries, have managed to overrun the local Brigade headquarters and capture large quantities of arms and ammunition with which they are fighting. Some reports, not yet confirmed, say that the armed opponents of Col. Muammar Gaddafi and the Arab mercenaries supporting them have managed to push out of these cities the Libyan army units deployed there and the mercenaries being used by them. Over a hundred persons are reported to have been killed in the fighting so far. There have been no reports of any major incidents in Tripoli, the capital.

Brotherhood Not Extremist, Intel Leaders Say

The Muslim Brotherhood is more of an organization with extremist members than an extremist organization, America's top two intelligence officials told a Senate committee Wednesday. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper emphasized the heterogeneous nature of the Brotherhood, saying its ideology and approach varies from country to country and describing a generational gap between old-line conservatives and younger members more willing to participate in secular political systems. "This is not a monolithic organization," CIA Director Leon Panetta told the Senate Intelligence Committee. It has lawyers and professionals among its ranks, so while "it is clear that within the Muslim Brotherhood there are extremist elements," it's difficult to label the organization as a whole.

Egypt: a nation is waiting

Obama Requests Funding for Venezuelan Opposition in 2012 Budget

The US government is setting the terrain for the 2012 presidential elections in Venezuela, soliciting funding to back anti-Chavez groups and help prepare a "candidate" to oppose Chavez. Republicans call for an "embargo" against the oil-producing nation. This week, US President Barack Obama presented Congress with a $3.7 trillion dollar budget for 2012, the most expensive budget in United States history. Within his massive request, which proposes cuts in important social programs and federal jobs throughout the country, is a partition for special funding for anti-Chavez groups in Venezuela.

Al-Qaida No. 2 issues video after Egypt upheaval

Al-Qaida's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, issued the terror network's first message since the upheaval began in Egypt, saying the country's rule has long "deviated from Islam" and warning that democracy "can only be non-religious." The wave of popular protests that ousted Egypt's president, Hosni Mubarak, appeared to have caught al-Qaida off guard. The terror group had long called for the destruction of Mubarak's regime — and al-Zawahri, an Egyptian doctor, was part of a militant uprising against Mubarak in the 1990s that was crushed. But the demonstrations were led by secular, liberal activists calling for greater democracy — in stark contrast to the Islamic state that al-Zawahri and al-Qaida call for. In past videos and messages, al-Zawahri has frequent denounced democracy because it replaces God's laws with man's.
In the 34-minute videotape issued Friday, al-Zawahri makes no mention on the protests or Mubarak's fall. The video is dated to the Islamic lunar month of Safar, which corresponds with the dates Jan. 5-Feb. 3. It gives no more specific date for its creation.

Egypt is no longer committed to an alliance with Israel against Iran

A year and a half ago, an Israel Navy submarine crossed the Suez Canal on its way from Haifa to the Red Sea, where it conducted an exercise, and back. The unusual voyage reflected the growing strategic cooperation between Israel and Egypt, which aimed a menacing message at Iran. The submarine's crossing of the waterway demonstrated how quickly Israel could deploy its deterrent near Iran's shores, with the tacit support of Egypt. Once more, the canal is being used to deliver a message of deterrence - but this time the direction is reversed. Egypt is allowing Iranian warships to cross the canal, on their way to Syrian ports. Israel was publicly critical of the passage - arguing that it is a provocative move - but Egypt ignored the pressures and granted the Iranian navy permission to pass, symbolizing the change to the regional balance of power following the fall of President Hosni Mubarak.

Revolutionary Guards Commanders Say They Won’t Fire on Iranian People

Con Coughlin is reporting that he has seen a copy of an alleged letter from earlier this month addressed to the chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps by senior IRGC officers in Tehran, Tabriz , Isfahan and Qom where they state they will not fire on Iranian protestors and “use your authority over the Basij to order them to leave their truncheons at home next time.” “We promise our people that we will not shoot nor beat our brothers who are seeking to express legitimate protest against the policies and conduct of their leader,” it says. They also state that the use of violence to crush the protestors is a violation of Islam. He reports that Western diplomats have confirmed the letter’s authenticity. He has published the full letter here.

The Middle East and Then the World

Beginning in North Africa, now unfolding in the Middle East and Iran, and soon to spread to Eastern Europe and Asia, the globalist fueled color revolutions are attempting to profoundly transform entire regions of the planet in one sweeping move. It is an ambitious gambit, perhaps even one born of desperation, with the globalists’ depravity and betrayal on full display to the world with no opportunity to turn back now.
To understand the globalists’ reasoning behind such a bold move, it helps to understand their ultimate end game and the obstacles standing between them and their achieving it.