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WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA has been delivering light machine guns and other
small arms to Syrian rebels for several weeks, following President Barack
Obama's decision to arm the rebels.
The agency has also arranged for the Syrian opposition to receive anti-tank
weaponry like rocket-propelled grenades through a third party, presumably one
of the Gulf countries that has been arming the rebels, a senior U.S.
intelligence official and two former intelligence officials said Thursday. They
spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the
classified program publicly.
The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal first reported the lethal
aid.
Top rebel commander Gen. Salim Idris told NPR on Thursday that rebels had
received no such aid from the U.S. The CIA declined to comment.
The officials said the aid has been arriving for more than a month, much
of it delivered through a third party, which could explain why the rebel
commander Idris does not believe the U.S. directly delivered the aid. The
officials said the aid is delivered to commanders who have been vetted by the
CIA, and the path of the weaponry is tracked through trusted parties within the
country — though eventually, once they're in the hands of fighters, the U.S.
loses sight of where the weapons go.
The rebels continue to request sophisticated anti-aircraft weaponry to
take out the Syrian regime's helicopters, but the officials said neither the
U.S. nor Syria's neighboring countries, like Jordan or Israel, wants the rebels
to have weaponry that may fall into the hands of the al-Qaida-linked rebel
group al-Nusra, or captured by Hezbollah fighters who are bolstering the Syrian
army's effort.
The CIA program is classified as covert, which means it would be briefed
to Congress's intelligence committees but not its defense committees. That
explains why some senior lawmakers on the defense committees have complained
the lethal aid was not arriving, two of the officials said.
Do you believe that you know precisely what happened on 9/11/2001?
Are you absolutely certain that you know the truth? If so, what you are
about to see might shake you up quite a bit. The events that happened 12
years ago on this day shocked the world and will certainly never be
forgotten. Thousands of innocent people died needlessly, and that day
fundamentally changed the course of history. But what if it could be
proven that the “official story” that the government has been telling us about
9/11 is a lie? Are you willing to use logic and reason to evaluate new
evidence that has emerged, or do you have such an emotional attachment to your
current beliefs that you are going to blindly believe whatever the government
tells you to believe? In this day and age, it is absolutely imperative
that we all learn to think for ourselves. For the next few minutes,
please be very skeptical as you read the rest of this article. Be
skeptical of what I am claiming, be skeptical of what the experts are claiming
and be skeptical of what the government is claiming. Evaluate the
evidence for yourself and come to your own (Read More....) More than 2,000 architects and engineers are
supporting a massive worldwide advertising campaign entitled ReThink911.
You can find the official website right
here. According to these architects and engineers, the government’s
version of what happened on 9/11/2001 is absolutely impossible.
And it turns out that an increasing percentage of the American population
is agreeing with them. The following is an excerpt from a ReThink911
press release about new polling that has just been released…
—–
On the 12th anniversary of 9/11, a new national survey by the
polling firm YouGov reveals that one in two Americans have doubts about the
government’s account of 9/11, and after viewing video footage of World Trade
Center Building 7’s collapse, 46% suspect that it was caused by a controlled
demolition. Building 7, a 47-story skyscraper, collapsed into its own footprint
late in the afternoon on 9/11.
The poll was sponsored by ReThink911,
a global public awareness campaign launched on September 1. The campaign
includes a 54-foot billboard in Times Square and a variety of transit and
outdoor advertising in 11 other cities, all posing the question, “Did you
know a third tower fell on 9/11?”
Among the poll’s findings:
38% of Americans have some doubts
about the official account of 9/11, 10% do not believe it at all, and 12% are
unsure about it;
46%, nearly one in two, are not
aware that a third tower collapsed on 9/11. Of those who are aware of Building
7’s collapse, only 19% know the building’s name;
After seeing video footage of
Building 7′s collapse:
46% are sure or suspect it was
caused by controlled demolition, compared to 28% who are sure or suspect fires
caused it, and 27% who don’t know;
By a margin of nearly two to one,
41% support a new investigation of Building 7′s collapse, compared to 21%
who oppose it.
—–
Even though Americans have been hearing about 9/11 endlessly for the past
12 years, nearly half of them still don’t know that a third building fell on
that day. A 47-story building named “Building 7″ collapsed
perfectly into its own footprint at freefall speed, but no plane ever
hit it.
So why did it fall?
The following is the official
ReThink911 video about Building 7…
And of course the collapse of the other two World Trade Center towers would
have been impossible as well without the help of controlled demolition.
But for many Americans, the implications of accepting that reality would
just be too painful to accept. It would mean that someone wired those
buildings for controlled demolition ahead of time, and for many very patriotic
Americans such a notion is absolutely unthinkable.
However, we owe it to future generations of Americans to put our emotions
aside and to search out the truth. Whoever was responsible for the events
of 9/11 needs to be brought to justice, no matter who they might be.
And the families of those that were killed on that day deserve to know
exactly what happened and why it happened. The following is an excerpt
from a great editorial by Dennis Maley in
the Bradenton Times…
For too long, government
officials have been able to successfully leverage the emotional components of
the tragedy to deflect questions they painted as either disrespectful to the
victims and their families or crackpot conspiracies. But with over 2,000 architects and engineers having
signed the 9/11 truth petition, most of whom have offered credible and detailed
reasons why their expertise has left
them at odds with root elements of the official version of events, there remain
too many unanswered questions for us to continue to ignore those raising them.
Perhaps the most noted event
of that day, in terms of skepticism, is the implausible “collapse” of building
seven, the third tower to fall, which reached free-fall speeds and fell in its
own footprint in the way that a controlled demolition does – despite the fact
that it was not hit by a plane. Building seven’s improbable collapse
was not explained by the 9/11 Commission and has been routinely described by
demolition experts as something which could have only occurred through a
well-planned, coordinated demolition, aided by pre-placed explosives.
The two main towers also fell at
near free-fall speeds, with concrete floors being pulverized to dust almost
immediately (before the required force would be present) while the necessary
deceleration that would be needed to generate the force to continuously
penetrate each floor below was obviously absent. Quite simply, a building of
that size and structural integrity would not seem capable of falling at such
speed, while simultaneously expelling such tremendous energy in obliterating
each floor – which was nearly
4-ft. thick and topped with 4 inches of poured concrete above and lined with
interlocking steel trusses beneath.
The documented phenomenon of
extreme-high temperatures at the twin tower sites, which inexplicably reached
levels capable of melting iron and structural steel when a normal open air fire
is not capable of reaching such ranges, also warrants a closer look, as does
eyewitness accounts of “molten metal.” Iron-laden spheres in residual dust at
the site that suggest temperatures had to reach more than 2,700 degrees fahrenheit
(the melting point of iron and structural steel) is also suspect. The use of
thermite would be one possible explanation, though the pyrotechnic compound was
not tested for at the site, a standard protocol when investigating such an
explosion.
Why are so many Americans still so resistant to asking such hard
questions?
Shouldn’t we allow the evidence to lead us to the truth instead of
allowing the government to define what the truth is for us?
Posted below is video from investigative
reporter Ben Swann asking some more questions about the collapse of
Building 7…
Why aren’t there more reporters out there like Ben Swann?
Today, we live in a society where certain kinds of questions are
considered to be “off limits”. But that should not be the case. As
Americans, we should all be “truth seekers”.
After all, the truth will set us free, right?
I want to share another video with you, but this one doesn’t have
anything to do with Building 7. Instead, it shows well-known footage of
Flight 175 hitting one of the World Trade Center towers. The incredible
thing about this video is that it apparently shows a very obvious “CGI glitch”
that I have absolutely no explanation for. Watch this
video for yourself and see what you think…
Can you explain that very blatant CGI glitch?
I can’t.
Perhaps there is a rational explanation. If so, I would love to
hear it.
But wait a minute, wasn’t al-Qaeda supposed to be behind 9/11?
Wasn’t that the reason why we have been chasing them around the Middle East for
over a decade?
Well, these days the U.S. government is actually allied with
al-Qaeda. The Obama administration has been supplying Syrian
rebel groups that are openly affiliated with al-Qaeda with weapons and supplies
even though they are slaughtering
Christians, using chemical weapons and dismembering
little girls.
And now Obama is telling us that we need the U.S. military to get
directly involved in the civil war in Syria so that we can help al-Qaeda take
over Syria and set up a radical jihadist Sunni government in that nation.
The following is an excerpt from a recent article by
Paul Joseph Watson…
The Obama administration’s
insistence that the United States intervene militarily on the side of Syrian
rebels, who are being
led by Al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra, which the report states is
the “most effective fighting force in Syria,” has led to charges by
the likes of Senator Ted Cruz that the White House is acting as
“Al-Qaeda’s Air Force.”
The BPC report also warns that
chemical weapons falling into the hands of jihadists in Syria could
subsequently be used against the west.
“Potential jihadi access to
the vast stockpile of chemical weapons assembled by the Assad regime and
scattered across Syria is a potential game-changer though—not only because they
could be used there, but because they could be smuggled out of the country as
well,” states the report.
The report highlights how
Jabhat al-Nusra is under the control of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, who
“personally intervened to settle a dispute between Jabhat al-Nusra and al-Qaeda
in Iraq….and declared the Syrian group to be under his direction.”
If you doubt any of this, just watch the video
posted below. It shows Syrian rebels singing a victory song about the
destruction of the World Trade Center towers, praising Osama bin Laden, and
calling him their leader…
Does that video make you angry?
It should.
12 years after 9/11, the U.S. government is allied with the very forces
that supposedly conducted the terror attacks in the first place.
Something does not add up here.
For much more on all of this, and especially if you are new to this
information about 9/11, I encourage you to watch the award-winning
documentary Loose Change which is posted below…
About the author: Michael
T. Snyder is a former Washington D.C. attorney who now publishes The Truth. His new thriller entitled “The
Beginning Of The End” is now available on Amazon.com.
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Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/11/2013 - 20:45
"If
we can avoid force against Syria, this will improve the atmosphere in
international affairs and strengthen mutual trust. It will be our
shared success and open the door to cooperation on other critical issues....
No one doubts that poison gas was used in Syria. But there is every reason to
believe it was used not by the Syrian Army, but by opposition forces, to
provoke intervention by their powerful foreign patrons, who would be siding
with the fundamentalists. Reports that militants are preparing another
attack — this time against Israel — cannot be ignored.?" ...The
potential strike by the United States against Syria, despite strong
opposition from many countries and major political and religious leaders,
including the pope, will result in more innocent victims and escalation,
potentially spreading the conflict far beyond Syria’s borders.... It is
alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries
has become commonplace for the United States. Is it in America’s long-term interest?
I doubt it. Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model
of democracy but as relying solely on brute force, cobbling coalitions together
under the slogan “you’re either with us or against us.”
Paul Joseph Watson | Dan Bubalo says he was told of
deployment by source close to Ft. Hood.
Kurt Nimmo | Insiders react predictably to Russian
leader’s analysis.
Adan Salazar | News outlets mislabeled constitutional
and government transparency rally as “Million Muslim March.”
Paul Joseph Watson | Syrian rebels murdered Catholics
for refusing to convert to Islam, then joked about it.
Kurt Nimmo | Meanwhile, al-Nusra says it doesn’t want
help from the CIA and the infidels.
Paul Joseph Watson | Former CIA director mobbed on first
day of new job.
Vladimir Putin | A potential US strike on Syria is
fraught with dangerous consequences.
Michael Snyder | Would they be doing that if we were
really heading into a “sustainable housing recovery”?
New
federal consumer ‘protection’ bureau data-mining Americans’ private financial
records
Washington Examiner | ‘Protection’ bureau collected
decade’s worth of private financial data on the consumer behavior of 5 million
Americans.
Stratfor | Merely to prevent Obama from looking weak.
Zero Hedge | As if the “developed” world did not have enough
things to worry about.
Kurt Nimmo | Insiders react predictably to Russian
leader’s analysis.
Paul Joseph Watson | Syrian rebels murdered Catholics
for refusing to convert to Islam, then joked about it.
Kurt Nimmo | Meanwhile, al-Nusra says it doesn’t want
help from the CIA and the infidels.
Paul Joseph Watson | Former CIA director mobbed on first
day of new job.
Washington Times | U.S. intelligence has yet to uncover
evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad directly ordered the chemical
attacks.
Vladimir Putin | A potential US strike on Syria is
fraught with dangerous consequences.
Washington’s Blog | Hamilton says Americans should be
more outraged about spying abuses.
Greece’s
Unemployment Nightmare Has Gotten Worse
Business Insider | As the rest of the world economy
improves, Greece seems to only be getting worse.
Prepare For Tough Times If Your Job Has Anything To Do With Real
Estate Or Mortgages
Michael Snyder | Would they be doing that if we were
really heading into a “sustainable housing recovery”?
Polish Government Seizes Private Pension Assets
Alex Newman | Authorities in Poland last week announced
the confiscation of bonds held in private pension funds without compensation.
CBO: We Can’t Estimate Cost of Intervening in Syria
CNSNews.com | The CBO’s bottom line: There is no bottom
line to the U.S. military intervention in Syria that was approved by the Senate
committee in its resolution.
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/11/2013 - 20:31
Despite
PIMCO, DoubleLine, and pretty much every other major mortgage bondholder in the
world litigating the actions, Richmond, California's leaders approved
this morning a plan for the city to become the first in the nation to acquire
mortgages with negative equity in a bid to keep local residents in their homes.
Richmond's city council voted 4 to 3 to use the power of 'eminent domain' (as we
discussed here most recently) to seize underwater mortgages and refinance
them. City council members opposed to the plan countered that using eminent
domain would put Richmond at risk of expensive lawsuits that could destroy the
city's finances; and sure enough, Richmond had no takers last month
when the successor to its redevelopment agency put $34 million of bonds up for sale
to refinance previous debt. As Reuters
reports, investors holding the mortgages targeted by Richmond dispute
altruism motivates the plan and are set to meet in court for the first time
tomorrow.
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/11/2013 - 20:05
Israel's richest person Beny Steinmetz, who amassed his $7.4 billion
net worth beginning in the diamond trade, has seen his Geneva home raided by
Swiss police following a request from the Government of Guinea. The West
African country, as
Bloomberg reports, approached Swiss prosecutors following an investigation
into claims that bribes (shock, horror) were paid for mining licenses
by Steinmetz's mining company BSG Resources. This follows raids of London-based
Onyx Financial (run by a director of BSG) and the arrest of a BSG employee on
charges he interfered with the U.S. grand jury probe (witness tampering,
obstructing a criminal investigation and destruction of evidence in a federal
investigation). He has pleaded not guilty. All sounds above board we are
sure... just ask Eike Batista...
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/11/2013 - 19:43
Moments
ago The Hill reported that the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO, the largest
federation of unions in the US and one of Obama's staunchest supporters, is
expected to consider a resolution, "subject to fierce internal debate,
that will call for changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — setting
up a potential floor vote this Wednesday before the convention closes."
In other words, the one constituency that was supposed to be among the biggest
benefactors from Obamacare is about to launch a formal criticism of Obamacare
as "frustration has grown within labor as the Obama administration
has failed to offer a fix to temper union worries over the law."
But at least "they passed it."
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/11/2013 - 18:52
The
definition of what makes an “enemy” may vary from person to person.
But we would say that, generally, an enemy is one who has an active ability to
do irreparable harm to you or your essential values. He is motivated by
destruction, the destruction of all that you hold dear. He is capable and
unrelenting. He is a legitimate threat. He will not compromise. He will not
waver. He will do anything to wound you. He will not stop. He is possessed. Americans
have spent the better part of a century being told who their enemies are with
very little explanation or substantiation. We have blindly rallied
around our patriotic prerogative without knowing the root cause of the conflict
or the nature of the target we are told to annihilate. We have been suckered
into war after war, conjured by international interests in order to lure us
into accepting greater centralization and concentrated globalism. As a
culture, we're sorry to say, we have been used. We are a tool of unmitigated
doom. We are the loaded gun in the hand of the devil. When one applies the
above definition of “the enemy” to Syria, one comes away with very little
satisfaction. So, the question arises: If Syria is not the real enemy,
who is?
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/11/2013 - 18:14
VIX futures positioning hit another all-time record short just two
weeks ago after collapsing to 12-month high levels as
"Taper" concerns increased. From the start of July to the 3rd week of
August VIX futures were sold in epic proportions providing the fuel to lift a
plateaued stock market from taper-anxiety to new all-time highs (as nothing
changed). Over 100 million contracts were sold in the 7-week period
- a totally unprecedented amount of complacency. However, in the
past 3 weeks, there has been an inflection; is this the end of selling, or are
we about to pull VIX even lower with a concerted reflexive selling of even more
shorts? As SocGen warns, this historic level of non-commercial short positions
(read speculative) implies any market correction - or VIX-related spike
- would increase short-covering and exaggerate the fall dramatically.
With today's exuberant spurt lower in VIX, vol has caught back with stocks once
again.
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/11/2013 - 17:33
Policy
officials believe that growth and inflation would fix the problem of large
debts, but growth fueled by public spending that is financed by debt or central
banks is not sustainable. Like most Ponzi schemes, it doesn’t end
well. Reducing total debt was always a better solution, but it would have
resulted in even slower economic activity and lower living standards. However,
in the long run, the system would have been purged of
unsustainable excesses. ‘Short term pain’ for ‘long term gain’ is often shunned
for fear of electoral defeat and lobby group pressure. Now, we are stuck with
financial repression. Investment is being directed toward funding the public
sector. Policy rewards debtors over creditors. Such policy cannot go on
forever. In reality, “unlimited” rarely means unlimited, because
imbalances become too great. The Fed’s current quagmire has
aspects resembling the Triffin Dilemma. The recent adverse spillover from Fed
policies in emerging market economies and currencies may be the first hint
of cracks in the global monetary system. At a minimum, foreign
central banks have deviated from good policy in order to prevent sharp
destabilizing fluctuations in the value of their currencies and to arrest
volatile inflows and outflows of capital.
Submitted by Tyler
Durden on 09/11/2013 - 17:04
"Not only was it a civil war, an effort by a people who had for
years been seeking their liberation from any colonial influence whatsoever, but
also we found that the Vietnamese whom we had enthusiastically molded after our
own image were hard put to take up the fight against the threat we were
supposedly saving them from. We found most people didn't even know
the difference between communism and democracy. They only wanted to
work in rice paddies without helicopters strafing them and bombs with napalm
burning their villages and tearing their country apart. They wanted
everything to do with the war, particularly with this foreign presence of the
United States of America, to leave them alone in peace..."
UN: CIRCUMSTANTIAL CASE
PAPER: US can't
prove Assad ordered chemical attack... Developing...
Jihadis
gain ground in Syrian 'rebel' movement...
SNOWDEN: NSA shares raw intelligence data with Israel...
Top-secret document revealed...
YAHOO
CEO: We faced jail...
12-Year
War: 73% of U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan on Obama's Watch...
