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Published on Spiegel Online International, by Susanne Koelbl, March 27, 2014 (Photo Gallery – Translated from the German by Charles Hawley).

Zalmai Rassoul has long been a close political ally of Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Now, he is campaigning to succeed his mentor. With Karzai backing Rassoul, many believe the outgoing leader is seeking to retain his influence … //

… Security Questions:   Continuer la lecture de « Hamid's Shadow: Karzai Confidant Takes Aim at Afghan Presidency »

Published on Testosterone Pit, by Wolf Richter, March 27, 2014.

… Russian President Vladimir Putin might have had a field day listening to the speech. But he was busy. He was at his official residence in Novo-Ogaryovo near Moscow, meeting with German industry tycoons, including Joe Kaeser, CEO of multinational engineering conglomerate Siemens. It wasn’t an emergency response to the current sanctions spiral but had been planned during their last meeting in October. Continuer la lecture de « German Industry Goes To See Uncle Putin »

Published on Global Research.ca, by Prof Michel Chossudovsky, March 24, 2014.

Interim Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk meets President Obama at White House, March 2014 (White House photo).

In the days following the Ukraine coup d’Etat of February 23, leading to the ousting of a duly elected president, Wall Street and the IMF–in liaison with the US Treasury and the European Commission in Brussels– had already set the stage for the outright takeover of Ukraine’s monetary system. The EuroMaidan protests leading up to “regime change” and the formation of an interim government were followed by purges within key ministries and government bodies.   Continuer la lecture de « Regime Change in Ukraine and the IMF’s Bitter “Economic Medicine” »

• John Perkins: Let’s make money (excerpt), uploaded by Mark Aurel 123, June 24, 2009: Part 1, 2.17 min; Part 2, 3.47 min. John Perkins calls himself a former « economic hit man » and describes US politics in developing countries based on economic interests;
• in german language: Hermann Scheer, SPD: Let’s make money, uploaded by Mark Aurel 123: Teil 1, 0.52 min; Teil 2 a, 3.00 min; Teil 2 b, 1.02 min;
• Hermann Scheer on the Big mistake in the Energy Debate (with Democracy Now), uploaded by AER (aerobique): October 2010: Part 1/3, 14.09 min; Part 2/3, 14.21 min; Part 3/3, 14.17 min;

Links:  Continuer la lecture de « Let's make money »

Published on truthout.org (first on Consortium News/News Analysis), by Lorraine Barlett, March 22, 2014.

Oh, how we Americans love to have someone to spar with, and to hate on, especially when it brings a renewed opportunity for us to engage in our favorite sport. So ramp up the rhetoric and ready the rockets, gang, it’s time for some war games. So, Risk, anyone? Oh wait … that’s just kids’ play. We all know that REAL men prefer Russian roulette … or do they simply march to Tehran?  Continuer la lecture de « Crimea and Punishment »