USA - NATO’s top commander has warned Europe to beef up its air defenses over the Baltics in anticipation of a Russian invasion. Tensions between NATO and Moscow has gradually worsened since the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation on 18 March 2014. Currently there are just eight jets patrolling the skies over the Baltics and NATO commanders think that the numbers are not sufficient to deter a Russian attack in Europe.
USA - Major General Smedley Butler earned the highest rank in the US Marine Corps, accumulating numerous accolades as he helped lead the United States through decades of war. He later became an ardent critic of such militarism and imperialism.
RUSSIA - Russia’s envoy to NATO has vowed a “totally asymmetrical” response if the alliance stands by a plan to deploy new armored units to Eastern Europe. Citing Russian “aggression” as a pretext, the US has announced “continuous troop rotations” starting 2017.
USA - The Pentagon’s Number 2 civilian official said Wednesday that the Defense Department is concerned that adversary nations could empower advanced weapons systems to act on their own, noting that while the United States will not give them the authority to kill autonomously, other countries might. Deputy Defense Secretary Robert O Work said the Pentagon hasn’t “fully figured out” the issue of autonomous machines, but continues to examine it. The US military has built a force that relies heavily on the decision-making skills of its troops, but “authoritarian regimes” may find weapons that can act independently more attractive because doing so would consolidate the ability to take action among a handful of leaders, he said.
EUROPE - A mutated strain of Polio has made its way to Europe – as medical authorities admit that the Polio vaccine program led by Bill Gates had ended up creating a more deadly strain of the disease. In 2011 doctors in India reported that young children were being crippled in huge numbers after receiving the oral polio vaccine – with 47,000 children crippled and permanently disabled as a direct result of the vaccine.
USA - With the increasing propaganda wars, we thought a reminder timely of just how naive many Westerners are when it comes to their news-feed. As Arjun Walia, of GlobalResearch.ca, notes, Dr Ulfkotte went on public television stating that he was forced to publish the works of intelligence agents under his own name, also adding that noncompliance with these orders would result in him losing his job.
ISRAEL - The Temple Institute has initiated the second stage towards building the Temple: compiling a list of Jewish priests who will be eligible to prepare the red heifer and serve in the Temple, Rabbi Chaim Richman, the International Director of the Temple Institute, announced on Monday. The announcement coincides with the weekly Torah reading that describes the preparation of the red heifer.
ISRAEL - Hamas issues statement calls for all Palestinians and Israeli Arabs to 'rally around the al-Aqsa mosque and protect it from mass invasion' - a documentary claims Israel is carrying out excavations towards the mosque.
USA - This year the United States is experiencing a historical and unique presidential election, one which, in our opinion, will put an end to the American democratic model as it has operated for over 200 years. Given the significant consequences of such an unusual campaign for the United States and for the world, the GEAB team decided to dedicate a series of articles to the decryption of the current trends in this election and the directions they portend. This month, we focus our analysis on the very high risk of reactivation of civil war ferments in the wake of this election.
UK - India's Tata Steel (TISC.NS) wants to sell Britain's biggest steelmaker, putting thousands of jobs at risk and forcing the government to seek a solution ahead of an EU referendum dominated by concerns about the economy. After a lengthy board meeting in Mumbai, Tata Steel said it would end its almost decade-long venture in Britain - birthplace of the modern steel industry - and leave the country entirely.
UK - Negotiating Britain's withdrawal from the European Union would take "a very long time" and the country would be likely to walk away without any "great successes", a former Cabinet Secretary has warned. Lord O'Donnell, who worked under four Prime Ministers and was the country's highest ranking civil servant, said that countries like France and Germany would not allow Britain to leave with a good deal because they would not want to play into the hands of anti-EU opponents in their forthcoming elections next year.
USA - Fraud: While the global warming alarmists have done a good job of spreading fright, they haven’t been so good at hiding their real motivation. Yet another one has slipped up and revealed the catalyst driving the climate scare.
UK - The terror group has had Europe in its sights for up to four years, it is feared, and sent dozens of jihadists back to carry out lone-wolf attacks. Isil is flooding Europe with low-level, unsophisticated attack plans to swamp intelligence agencies while larger atrocities are secretly plotted, a senior counter-terrorism judge has warned.
TURKEY - Isis has advanced plans to carry out a terror attack heavily targeting Jewish children in Turkey, according to intelligence officials. Sky News reports that six operatives from the terror group, arrested in the Turkish city of Gaziantep last week, revealed information about an “imminent” attack. Istanbul’s synagogue in Beyoglu is understood to be the most probable target of the allegedly impending attacks, which has a community centre and school attached to it. Kindergartens, schools and youth centres for Jewish children are at the centre of the plans, according to reports. An intelligence source told Sky News, “This is a more than credible threat. This is an active plot.”
USA - Thousands of Cubans rushing the US border in record numbers are being greeted with a Welcome Wagon operation that provides them with taxpayer-funded benefits including cash, a Social Security card, food stamps, and Medicaid, according to a review of the latest immigration crisis on the border. During a field trip to the Laredo, Texas crossing point, two experts from the Center for Immigration Studies documented how Cubans are provided with the services free of charge in a storefront operation set up by a Cuban immigrant, who even provides housing and schedules transportation to Miami. "The door is wide open. Come and get your free stuff," is how Jessica M Vaughan, director of policy studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, sized it up.