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Detecting missile launches

The little known US agency as a useful tool in the new Cold War “ Compiled and introduced by Archive senior fellow Dr. Jeffrey T. Richelson, the DEFSMAC documents describe the origins and functions of this important intelligence entity 'little known to the public' that provided alerts on missile launches ranging from Chinese ICBMs to Iraqi short-range ballistic missiles during the first Gulf War.” “ In contrast to the other missile and space intelligence centers, DEFSMAC's mission was more oriented toward alerting and reporting rather than producing detailed finished intelligence reports on foreign missile and space activities. Among recent launches that would have attracted DEFSMAC's attention were two Chinese ICBM tests conducted in late July 2014, as well as the Russian test of a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile in September. ” “ The April 27, 1964, directive specified that DEFSMAC would be responsible for '(a) twenty-four-hour sur

Greece: Deficit would be just 1.8% without the "support" to banks!

According to the revised Eurostat data globinfo freexchange Another official source, Eurostat this time, confirms that the banks in Greece received billions in bailout packages, leading to the unprecedented enlargement of the national deficit. Of the total 12.2% of GDP revised deficit, 10.4% is due to recapitalization of the banks! “ Greece had a smaller than previously reported budget deficit last year, the European Union's statistics office said on Tuesday, as it recalculated data under a new accounting system.” “ Eurostat said that Greece had an overall budget deficit of 12.2 percent of gross domestic product in 2013 rather than the 12.7 percent under the old accounting system.” “ Of that number, 10.4 percent of GDP is accounted for by money set aside to recapitalise the Greek banking sector, Eurostat said, so the actual government deficit was revised down to 1.8 percent from 2.3 percent under the old accounting system.” http://www.r

Μόλις στο 1.8% θα ήταν το έλλειμμα χωρίς την "στήριξη" τραπεζών!

Σύμφωνα με τα αναθεωρημένα στοιχεία της Eurostat για το 2013 globinfo freexchange “ Σύμφωνα με την επανεκτίμηση των στοιχείων για το δημόσιο χρέος σε απόλυτα νούμερα για το 2013 εμφανίζεται ελαφρώς αυξημένο σε σχέση με τις εκτιμήσεις του Απριλίου 2014 από 318,7 εκατ ευρώ σε 319,1 εκατ ευρώ ή 174,9% του ΑΕΠ. Η αύξηση αυτή σύμφωνα με εκπρόσωπο της Eurostat οφείλεται στην ενσωμάτωση στο δημόσιο χρέος των χρεών των αμυντικών βιομηχανιών, ΕΑΒ και ΕΛΒΟ.” “ Σχετικά τώρα με το έλλειμμα της γενικής κυβέρνησης για το 2013 αυτό ανέρχεται με την καινούργια μεθοδολογία σε 12,2% του ΑΕΠ από το οποίο το 10,4% αναφέρεται στο εφάπαξ κόστος από την ανακεφαλαιοποίηση των τραπεζών ύψους 19 περίπου δισ. αφήνοντας το στατιστικό έλλειμμα στο 1,8% του ΑΕΠ.” http://stokokkino.gr/article/13085/Eurostat-Sto-1749-tou-AEP-to-xreos-tis-Elladas Υπενθυμίζεται ότι σύμφωνα με την ΕΛΣΤΑΤ “Το έλλειμμα της Γενικής Κυβέρνησης για το έτος 2013, όπως υπολογίζεται στα πλαίσια της ΔΥΕ,

The support of neo-nazis in the old and the new Cold War

Washington's dirty games as history repeated in a slightly different way globinfo freexchange The creation of a Warsaw "anti-pact" initiated by NATO, gives some interesting historical conclusions. Although no one can say that the former Soviet Union or Russia today are geopolitical "angels", in both cases, it seems that their role was mostly to defend themselves against the US aggression. Warsaw Pact, being the military completion of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon), was created in 1955 as an answer to the US decision to include West Germany to NATO. Soviet Union had initially proposed to join NATO, while subsequently, made a series of other proposals for the creation of a pan-European defence coalition without taking account the social system in each country. However, all the plans of the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vyacheslav Molotov, repelled by the United States because they were promoting the rearmament of

The Malala you won't hear about

Ben Norton describes how U.S. news outlets have selectively reported only the aspects of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai they want you to see. “ Malala's Nobel victory can be appropriated by the U.S. political establishment to 'prove' that its invasion, occupation and destruction of Afghanistan has 'helped' its people. (As for the hundreds of thousands killed and injured in the process, well, those inconvenient exceptions aren't part of this narrative.)” “ As Michael Parenti points out, while most people who win the Nobel 'Peace' Prize do so for war-mongering and crimes against humanity (Henry Kissinger boasts one, for example, along with Barack Obomba himself), Malala actually deserves hers. This makes the exploitation even more grotesque.” “ Interestingly, many of the same people lauding the Nobel Peace Prize laureate for her advocacy of nonviolence also happily cheered on the violence of the U.S. invasion and o