Report released on the investments by companies and institutions in Cluster Bomb munition producers

7 UK firms finance globally banned cluster bombs CMC member organisation PAX published a report on companies and institutions that have invested in the globally banned cluster bombs which are being used in places like Ukraine and Syria. Even in Laos almost 50 years since the bombs were dropped are still effecting residents of the surrounding areas to this very day. In the report it highlights financial institutions that have invested in the cluster bomb manufacturers. The report also hightlights those institutions that have disinvested from cluster bomb producers and subsequently established clear policies that make sure no more investments would be made in the future by the institution. The report was first published on 29 October 2009, and subsequent updates were published on 14 April 2010, 25 May 2011, 12 June 2012, and 12 December 2013. The report lists institutions who have been investing in these munitions from 2011 to 2014. 7 of those institutions are British and include insurance companies to asset management companies all come up in the ‘Worldwide Investments In Cluster Munitions’ report. International laws state these weapons are illegal to use because they are indiscriminate in nature which does not differentiate between fighter or civilian. Unexploded left overs usually is left after the detonation of one of these bombs leading to deaths not only of those hit by the bomb but also those who may happen to live in the surrounding area in some cases decades later like in Laos. Report download can be found here: http://www.stopexplosiveinvestments.org/report

It's now time for Ireland and other nations to officially recognize a Palestinian state.

A group of 660 Israeli political figures and legislators are urging Ireland to formally recognize a Palestinian state, these figures are and have been highly influential in Israeli and international politics. The group includes the former Israeli Attorney General Michael Ben-Yair, former Israeli Ambassador to South Africa Ilan Baruch, and Nobel Prize Laureate Daniel Kahneman. In October the U.K.'s parliament voted to recognize a state of Palestine and also Sweden being the first European country to officially recognize Palestine. Spain was quick to follow suit. Now it's time for Ireland and others to do the same. The people of Ireland showed they where clearly in support of Palestine with demonstrations up and down the country as Israels slaughter of the indigenous population of Palestine continued during Israels last incursion into the Gaza strip. Day and daily it continues but it seems certain events be it a kid being shot in the face or houses being demolished are not for public consumption and only when an event that effects Israel come up shall the Mainstream talk about the situation there. I am not condoning any violence but it seems to me that only when Palestinians rise is the only time the MSM shines the light on what is happening there. Are some people who are murdered more worthy and more important that another? No so then why such a major discrepancy in the reporting on the situation there.

Could we be seeing the start of operations to tackle Assad by stealth?

After the people of the Western nations and the US decided enough was enough, after saying no to war, no to strikes in Syria (against the Regime who are fighting fighters who are still being funded by outside players some of which are looking to target the very same people now), the backlash from the public was so over whelming it surprised even the hardcore war hawks within the establishments. They were moving closer and closer to striking Syria, but could they be the ones who have the last laugh?

Chiefs of staff in America have said they may need to put feet on the ground inside Iraq. They will not be fighting a combat mission, so we are told, but when we look at what this could mean it does not make for a pretty picture. What if those in power come to a stage where they may need feet on the ground in Syria as well? Then conflict could be inevitable between the Syrian regime and the US.

Some analysts believe this could be a Trojan horse plan for regime change in Syria. That would mean all paths lead to Iran (remember General Wesley Clark's statement?). This could explain the exclusion of Iran and the Syrian regimes from any real meaningful dialogue with the anti ISIS coalition comprised of several countries including some Arab states.

The US administration warned that if any of its Jets were to be targeted inside Syria that the Syrian regime would pay, but as we have seen it is not just the Syrian army that have the capabilities to down jets. In the past week at least one Syrian air force jet was downed by so called 'moderate' fighters,' we have seen this on many other occasions so this being the case could the US be planning to use a false flag event like this to create the regime change they so desperately want?

The world stands on a knife edge, if Assad is ousted by whatever means, it will mean the very real disintegration of Syria, and the very real destruction of the fabric of that society. It would no doubt end up worse than that of Libya with the ordinary innocent civilians feeling the brunt of it.

'Media wars- Deceptions and lies '

 First published Apr-26-2014

 In today's world of media wars, information wars fought on TV airwaves across the globe and across the internet,
we find people truly trying to dissect information sorting the wheat from the chaff to find what is truly going on and then we have those who spout the narratives of mainstream media outlets such as the BBC,CNN and Fox without ever going beyond that narrative to find other sources to give oneself a better understanding of any given situation around the world and there is any number of those situations to choose from.

For some of us it's clear what's going on in the world of Media, Western Establishments namely the US have had a major monopoly on it for at least the last 2 to 3 decades and the narratives those media outlets use and have used,, rarely do we get really good investigative journalism from those within these major mainstream newspapers and broadcasters but when we do they never touch on anything of any real significance tho if it's a staged chemical attack like seen in Syria then BBC will gladly lend a hand, even editing the videos to suit the western establishments narratives as pointed out by RTs Daniel Bushel, Published on Mar 23, 2014 by The Truthseeker (RT)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diyZt.

No.... they(MainstreamMedia) think the populace deserves a diluted down one slanted version of what they think is going on, half truths and down right lies at best,, i will use Syria and Libya as an example here, for nearly a year and a half we had William Hague, David Cameron and the rest of his cohorts cheering on support for Jihadi militants from all over the globe fighting in Syria as well as Libya during the conflict there,
fast forward to today most people now realize that those same mercenaries fighting in Syria and who fought in Libya are foreign backed fighters with no intentions of creating a better anything, only but to destroy the fabric of Syrian and Libyan society like a cancer spread across a once beautiful lands, this scenario has played out on the screens of billions of tvs and computer screens across the globe many times before, the last decade alone has seen the fall of the Saddam Regime during the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, CIA backed coup attempt that took place in Venuzeuala, and in more recent times the war in Syria and the toppling of the Libyan government which seen ethnic cleansing of black African migrants who "rebels" at the time claimed were apart of Colonel Gaddafis forces, in reality most had nothing to do with the conflict but were murdered anyway, many articles have been published about these atrocities.

These are but a few examples of the media deceptions and one sided narratives that come from mainstream media outlets, they plaster their own narratives over the TV screens and networks, and the sad thing is a good percentage of people among us are willing to take it all as fact and run with it without stepping back and asking why? Maybe it's just too much to ask from people? It really get's me down when i think about it.

Back to the topic tho, calls for intervention in Libya came thick and fast by the usual war hawks Hague, Mccain, Kerry, Rice etc etc leading up to the 19th of March 2011, the day NATO sent the multi state forces to carpet bomb a sovereign country and sovereign people. Anywhere up to and around 60,000 Libyans died as a result of NATO's "humanitarian" interventions, the country's infrastructure was destroyed and that of which has not yet happened in Syria the destruction of the Social fabric of the country.

The mainstream coverage of the ongoing conflict was unprecedented in scale as was the propaganda being pushed by these media news outlets, an example of which was Al Jazeera's obvious staged celebrations in Green square on the 17 of August ( http://stopwarcrimes.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/al-jazeeras-fake-green-square/ ) 4 days before the actual incident took place, BBC,CNN,SKY all ran with this story, we can even go back to April 2003 the staged toppling of Saddam's statue, which Robert Fisk called "the most staged photo opportunity since Iwo Jima"

We are very well aware of who funds Russia today and its network but in my opinion they do some of the finest journalism i have seen from a mainstream outlet these past few years, but now we even have the likes of John Kerry laying his teeth into RT going as far as to say "RT is Putins bullhorn" for propaganda coming out of Moscow, in reality John Kerry is a hypocrite so far detached from the truth and realities of the situation he might as well be on his way to mars, along with the embarrassing press conferences the US state department use to push their own usually very warped narrative's of situations, like Ukraine, we had a number of US diplomats along with EU politicians openly calling for revolution on the streets of Kiev, is this not against international law? What other country would let this happen?

Videos the likes of "I am Ukrainian" which was uploaded on Youtube, Showing a young good looking(To sell the message) woman standing at a barricade in Maidan Square telling us the line that Maidan protesters were peaceful protesters just looking for change, that was all, but it was clear to the world as time went on the protesters were anything but "peaceful" or that they were just looking for change, not to long after its release we also learned that those behind the video were not as righteous as first thought, it happened to be that those behind it had links to shadowy US NGO's who have been known to be directly involved in staging phony "colour revolutions" in the past.

"Changes in the policies of external actors…a major shift in US policies toward the promotion of human rights and democracy in other countries…". American international NGOs ("Ingos") were prominent mechanisms through which this causal link between superpower foreign policy interests and regime change worked out in many transitions from authoritarian rule in the twenty-one-year-long "third wave". The principal argument is that the main and direct causes of the colour revolutions were and still are United States foreign-policy interests (strategic expansion, energy security and the war on terrorism) as they are serviced by Ingos. Without the intervention of these US-sponsored Ingos, the political landscapes in countries like Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan would not have been repainted in new colours like the US desired.

"…power does its work by stealth, and the powerful can subsequently deny that their strength was ever used at all."

Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown (2005)

In the world of global politics and world affairs a name stands out 'George Soros' a billionaire and self proclaimed activist who has been known to be involved in the large scale funding of nongovernmental organizations inside Ukraine also Libya, Right Sector being among those groups, an Ultra nationalist far right group who were involved in some of the worst violence that took place in Kiev and now in the East of Ukraine, with the murder of 5 self defense militia members near the eastern city of Slaviansk.These the same mix of organizations who call for more democracy and revolutions outright within Ukraine, the same organizations who call for closer ties to the European Union. Soros is quoted as saying

“The EU, along with the International Monetary Fund, is putting together a multi-billion dollar rescue package to save the country from financial collapse,” he wrote in a piece for Project Syndicate.

“But that will not be sufficient to sustain the national unity that Ukraine will need in the coming years. … Ukraine will need outside assistance that only the EU can provide: management expertise and access to markets.”

This mans agenda is clear to see, for anyone who can grasp modern Geo politics, he wants to see the IMF & World bank putting a strangle hold on Ukraine as it has done with many a country before, Libya being one of those country's, in fact the week of the intervention Libya seen thee establishment of an IMF bank were there had not been before. Soro's buddies in the world banks and IMF will surely give him a pat on the back for his dastardly deeds over this last decade alone.

The fact that these so called News outlets continue to spread half truths , lies and continue to shy away from the perpetraters of these illegal wars and interventions sets a precedent for us as members of the human race to stand up and be counted, it is up to us to bring the facts to tell our friends to tell our community's it is us who will bring change it is us who help fight the information war, it's not just information it's life or death for many people this is why we do what we do in the hopes that some will listen and take note of the changing times we are living in, the veil has been lifted half way it is about time we stripped the veil away totally and showed the world order as it stands today for what it really is, a stain on humanity, balance is once again needed, the peoples of the world are fed up with constant war's constant lies more are calling for change by the day, be the change you want to see in the world.

The new Era of Warfare, and the rise of the PMC's

It’s a recurring theme, seen right across the globe, with some of the worlds most powerful nations utilizing the services of private military contractors(PMC’s) to their benefit, and there is many benefits from using such unconventional means.

For me it was during the Iraq and then Afghan war when I started to notice that more and more of the jobs that were normally done by US and British military were slowly being outsourced to PMC’s. The most well known being ‘Blackwater’ which changed its name twice since 2009 to Xe(Zee) and now called ‘Academi’.

Even after ‘Blackwater’ or ‘Academi’ gained notoriety from it’s heinous crimes on the native population of Afghanistan and Iraq, the US establishment continued to sign contracts with the organization, and the pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq by US and Allied troops did not spell the end of the occupation - it marked a beginning of the rise of the PMC.

As stated before ‘Blackwater’ it seemed were the new ‘Land Lords’ for US special forces operations in the country, after a deal was struck worth $22 million with the US establishment to house special forces in a Private Base call 'Camp Integrity’.

‘Academi’ is most notorious for its slaughter of 28 Iraqi civilians in Al-Nisour Square in central Baghdad and again killing and wounding dozens more on September 16th 2007.

Crimes committed by these PMC’s would be subject to long term jail terms for regular soldiers or people, though unlike the conventional armies PMC’s never usually see themselves being held account for their actions.

Statistics in a Congressional report said at the time PMC’s were involved in at least 197 shooting incidents in Iraq shooting first on 165 of those cases

In his book "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army," Jeremy Scahill described a:
"shadowy mercenary company (employing) some of the most feared professional killers in the world (accustomed) to operating without worry or legal consequences....largely off the congressional radar. (It has) remarkable power and protection within the US war apparatus to practice violence with impunity, including cold-blooded murder of non-combatant civilians."

Plans to pull troops out of Afghanistan and hand over operations to PMC’s was in the pipeline since the decision to pull out was brought up. This is just a small example of the new era of war, from open conflicts fought by troops that are part of a nation’s army, to covert proxy wars being fought by private contractors.

The rise in the use of PMC’s especially over the last decade marked a change in the ‘Elites’ ideology, with the mentality that whatever government can do business can do better. The privatization of war, the privatization of policing operations by contractors instead of police like seen with G4S is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to operations being carried out by PMC’s and ordinary private contractors. It’s a worrying trend seen right across the globe from country to country..

In Ukraine reports since the violence began on Maidan square indicate that PMC’s were in fact operating in the country, namely ‘Academi’,

When the Western Media portrayed what was happening during the sniper shootings in Kiev, they told us that there were snipers both sides, shooting eachother. However, medical examiners have deduced that all the casualties that resulted from said snipers were shot from the same point of origin, with even some of the ballistics matching up.

 It just so happens, that three weeks prior to this awful, awful event, American private military travelled to the area. I do not know under which name they travelled, they have a few to choose from, there's Blackwater, Xe Services, Constellis Holdings (they could potentially use the name of the other companies that are under the umbrella of Constellis) and Academi. It was confirmed that they were there for a covert operation of some sort...

Academi denied its involvement in Ukraine, claiming on its website that “rumors” were posted by “some irresponsible bloggers and online reporters.”
“Such unfounded statements combined with the lack of factual reporting to support them and the lack of context about the company, are nothing more than sensationalistic efforts to create hysteria and headlines in times of genuine crisis,” the US firm stated.

Under who and what these contractors were there for was unclear but we will try and shine a light on who and why they were there.

ASBS (Analizy Systemowe Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz) is a Polish Private Military Organization created by Poland’s interior minister B. Sienkiewicz. This group was brought in by the new illegally established government in Kiev to try and help quell the uprising in the East of the country.

The fighters, who came on the pretext of a university exchange program, were mostly men of around 40; they received a month-long training course in organizing mass protests, erecting barricades, seizing government buildings, street fighting tactics, shooting techniques, including from sniper rifles, etc. The Polish weekly Nie published a photo from Legionowo showing Ukrainian forces dressed in Nazi uniforms alongside their Polish instructors in civilian clothing.

In early April, CIA director John Brennan visited Kiev. The very next day after his visit, the head of the Kiev regime, Turchynov, announced the beginning of “large-scale anti terrorist operations in connection with events in the Southeast” Not only American, but Polish mercenaries showed up for this operation.

This is a worrying trend for anyone who understands the implications of these events and changing dynamics of our society, this is truly a new era of warfare where nations can fight its battles at arms length using proxies. But this is not a new thing, the new thing is the kind of mentality and Ideology behind it, not to mention the major moves being made on the world stage by those that hire these people. The rise of PMC’s is a growing trend and it seems to me that this is the way wars will continue to be fought in the future with conventional troops playing a less prominent role in conflict zones where ever they may be.

False Flag Events in the Modern World

There are many "conspiracy theories" that float about when it comes to understanding America and it's powers. From the "Who Shot J.F.K.?" stories, to those who believe the 9/11disaster could have been nothing other than a hologramand well placed explosives. But let'stake a minute to analyse the phrase "Conspiracy Theory." 

conspiracy theory 
noun 
- a belief that some covert but influential organization is responsible for an unexplained event. 

It says nowhere in that definition that a conspiracy theory may not be credible, or plausible, or even likely, yet various establishments over the years have "weaponised" the term, in order to discredit those who may favour them, and brand them as "The Tin Foil Hat Brigade." 

So, lets take a look back at some historical conspiracy theories. 
First, lets look at the private sector. Many "paranoid freaks" once suggested that tobacco firms had engineered their particular brands of tobacco to be more addictive than their rivals'. This was discounted as ridiculous ramblings of the minority, yet in 1999, ASH and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, investigated various tobacco product manufacturers and found that indeed they DID indeed engineer their products to increase addiction. Not only that, but the rabbit hole went deeper. Their evidence indicated that Chocolate and other sweet ingredients were used in the making of such products to make them more palettable to children, and the other additives used were toxic themselves, increasing the harm that smoking them would do. BUT.... the conspiracy theorists were mad were they? 

Or what about the early days of the internet? Remember those dial-up modems and that awful sound? Well some crazy people suggested that the adverts we were seeing, or having to obsessively exit when the pop-ups flooded the screen, seemed to know what we were looking for, so surely they must be spying on what we were typing and visiting... The younger readers among you probably accept this as the norm, as it is now public knowledge that this DOES happen, but back then, it was crazy talk... 

But what about the more important, the more damaging conspiracy theories? The ones that shook the world, the ones that allegedly covered up murders etc? Well there's always the idea that was spread about that the US government were supplying life-wrecking drugs to the poorer communities... That wasn't too far from the truth after all. Here is a quote from www.infowars.com... 

The Central Intelligence Agency has been implicated in drug trafficking operations all over the world as well as domestically, most notably during the Iran-Contra affair, under which Contra personnel smuggled cocaine into the U.S. with the blessing of the CIA which was then distributed as crack cocaine in Los Angeles, with the profits being funneled back to the Contras. 

Former Los Angeles Police Department officer Michael Ruppert also testified that he had witnessed CIA drug trafficking. 

Top Mexican drug lords like Jesus Vicente Zambada Niebla have also gone public to assert that they were hired by the U.S. government for drug trafficking operations. There is a voluminous body of evidence that confirms the CIA and U.S. banking giants are the top players in a global drug trade worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year, information made public by the likes of Gary Webb. 

It gets worse. There are such events throughout America's history. As far back as the American Civil War, there is still discrepancies that remain unsolved as to what really happened in some battles. But back in 1990, as tension in the Gulf rose, a young, honest looking girl went before the Congressional Human Rights to plead with them, telling them about all the atrocities that were happening in Kuwait. "Nurse Nayirah" told the world that the Iraqis (they're a common enemy aren't they?) were literally murdering new born babies, taking them from their incubators and taking the incubators away. That sounds like the kind of horror you only read in the Bible. Of course the public were outraged that such a thing could be happening, and the US government got the public backing to go and back Kuwait, so Bush got his Gulf War that he so desperately sought. The western media broadcast and reported her testimony multiple times, on as many networks that they could... but no one reported the truth. The truth, was that she was the daughter of Kuwaiti Ambassador to the US, Saud Al-Sabah, and her testimony was engineered to provide the outcome that it effected. The sad truth, was that babies did indeed die, at or near the time that she stated. But it was found to be the fault of the Kuwaiti doctors and nurses that fled the hospitals, leaving them behind. Now, it is publicly accessible knowledge that these are indeed the facts, yet trust is still invested in our world governments despite the amount of times the wool is pulled over our eyes to manipulate us towards a particular end. 

The US aren't alone. England joined forces with them for operation Gladio, which later became responsible for many unnecessary civilian deaths, disguised as terror attacks by other parties, very similar to when the Nazis attacked a German radio station dressed in Polish uniforms. 

Then there's the Spanish-American War. The sinking of the USS Maine is said to have started it, when an alleged Spanish mine exploded beneath the ship, sinking it. TWO american led investigations determined that as the cause. An independent inquiry reached a different conclusion. It was found to be an INTERNAL explosion, most likely a result of the combustion of fuel coal which was being stored next to a room containing 4.5 tonnes of powder charges. Perhaps a mistake, but that would have undoubtedly been discovered in their initial examinations. 

Then there's the bribery and propaganda that took place during the coup d'état in Iran, 1953. Last year the CIA admitted liability for this, a quick google will show you the details, now mostly declassified and available to view in the CIA archives. 

Also newly declassified, are files that suggest that the USS Maddox incident, or the Gulf of Tonkin incident, was a false flag operation by the NSA. It used manufactured radar signatures to make it appear the on the second incident that there were North Vietnamese Naval vessels present,when in fact there were not. 

The list goes on. At the time these incidents occurred, any suggestion that our governments were being dishonest would have been either laughed at, or punishable. Yet now we know for a fact, that the "Tin Foil Hat Brigade" were right in these instances to suggest foul play by a "covert but influential organization." 

So what about today? What recent events have conspiracy theories surrounding them, and are they credible? 
Let's start in Ukraine. When the Western Media portrayed what was happening during the sniper shootings in Odessa, they told us that there were snipers both sides, shooting eachother. However, medical examiners have deduced that all the casualties that resulted from said snipers were shot from the same point of origin, with even some of the ballistics matching up. It just so happens, that three weeks prior to this awful, awful event, American private military travelled to the area. I do not know under which name they travelled, they have a few to choose from, there's Blackwater, Xe Services, Constellis Holdings (they could potentially use the name of the other companies that are under the umbrella of Constellis) and Academi. It was confirmed that they were there for a covert operation of some sort, but it is not known what. 
It is also believed, and highly probable, that the United States are responsible for placing Poroshenko into power in Ukraine, and raising the U.D.A., the army that then began searching for Jews to purge in Eastern Ukraine soon after, shooting civilians, causing so much unrest that the locals were forced to take up arms to defend their houses and towns.These innocents have now been branded by the US, with absolutely no evidence, as Pro-Russian Separatists/Rebels, and they are accusing them of shooting at and firing shells/explosives at their own town. That is already proved to be lies. Members of the Ukrainian Army have been stopped and interviewed by civilians at checkpoints, and it has been revealed that the soldiers in the Ukrainian Army have been told the same lies, but now see that it is not true. Many of them are already distraught at the fact that they are firing on their own people, on their own towns, but feel that they have no choice, as they have been threatened with 30 years in military prison if they do not follow the orders. Imagine that for a second. Being placed in an armoured vehicle with your peers, then told to fire shells at cities and towns that you may have called home, or home to relatives, and if you don't do it, then you face 30 years imprisonment, or in some cases, you would be shot yourself. There are many victims on many levels in this conflict. And the West insist that Russia is behind it all, that these civilians are not just taking up arms to protect their homes, their families, their country, that they are being secretly armed, and encouraged by Russia. Aside from the recent apparent accident where a routine Russian patrol appeared to temporarily cross the border in an area where it is not clearly mapped, all Russia has done is asked the world to come and observe her borders. And those that have, have witnessed the countless provocations from Ukraine, goading Russia to retaliate, but it has not, despite the US saying one minute that their inaction is a War Crime, and in another that if they DID act that that would be a War Crime too. No observers have seen any military equipment cross that border, only a HUGE convoy of trucks containing aid for the people of Ukraine. And they even accused that of being a Russian "Trojan Horse." 
And there are more things going on in Ukraine, that are not reported in the West, and things that are being reported in the West that are NOT going on in Ukraine. 

Then there's Gaza. An American blogger/political activist recently uploaded a video to YouTube, which depicted many many bodies laid out underneath sheets, but you could clearly see them moving. According to Pam Geller, who I am guessing cannot speak or read Arabic, this was footage from Gaza, recently, showing that they were lying about people being killed, suggesting that it was a stunt to trick the western media into thinking that people were dying when they are not. Well, there were literally thousands that died at the hands of Israelis in Gaza. The footage she was attempting to pass off, was actually part of a protest in EGYPT, and filmed OVER A YEAR AGO... She of course was relying on the western population not being able to understand the Arabic, which clearly states this. Now maybe it was deliberate, maybe it was misinformed. But misinformation in any form, innocent or not, is a dangerous, dangerous thing. After all, it launched the Gulf War, the Spanish-American War, and has resulted in the loss of life the globe over at some point or another. 

What concerns me is that despite the growing number of people that now DO question the media, they DO question the authorities over us, they do not use their voice. They MUST speak out against this injustice. A government is there to serve a country's people to the best of its abilities, in the interest of the PEOPLE. The role of a media corporation is to inform us of the FACTS, the REAL EVENTS going on around the world today. The press should not be for sale, or follow any agenda other than to bring the TRUTH to the world.And the government need to be reminded, that we, the people, have the power, we, the people, have the rights, and we, the people have the numbers. This is OUR world. we should not allow them to use our flags, and our names, and our taxes, to fulfill their own agenda. 
A world without deception is the first step towards true peace.