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

Media wars continue -

Media wars continue - Mainstream media is being used to try and subdue the peoples of the nations in the west by FEAR , DECEPTION'S and down right LIES. It is promising to see and hear that a lot of people have woke up to this reality but it is also frustrating and even scarey how certain establishments along with friendly MSM outlets can quickly influence the way many people think and act. We would just have to look at Syria. When Obama was pushing for strikes inside Syria against the Syrian government a backlash quickly hit, the constant wars and conflicts have drained the will of the people to go into another war yet a few months on the people have been directed in such a way that they now support strikes on ISIS within Syria. This is why alternative media is so important if we did not have such outlets that actually seek to tell the truth and disseminate the evidence with the hopes that it will help inform and even educate the masses on events and topics that have so much sway on how we as the human family will end up in the future.

IS raise the black flag over Libya... It was only a matter of time.

Reports the other day that the black flag of IS was raised in Tripoli, Libya. It was only a matter of time before this happened. CIA gun running from the US embassy in Benghazi and training of countless rag tag militias and mercenaries to fight against late leader Muammar Al Gaddafi lead to the rise of these extremist groups within Libya. It also should be noted this lead to the slaughter of migrant workers from central African countries men were hung from the lampposts and had their heads cut off in the middle of the streets all because of their skin color and a lie. These groups of people were in training from before the start of the Libyan uprising in places like Jordan and with help from French, Qatari UK and US special forces. Military 'advisers' to you and me. The fall of the Libyan state meant that the spotlight was now on Syria the groups that had taken part in the so called revolution were made up of fighters from groups linked to Al Qaeda Al Nusra etc they had now gained a platform from which they could launch attacks and had an open gate to Europe. Tho the shady handlers in the background manipulating these groups had one objective and that was to topple Assad which would mean all roads lead to Iran. And if we refer back to general Wesley Clark's we can see that Iran was the main aim in the speech he said “We’re going to take out seven countries in 5 years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran” – General Wesley Clark. The rise of such a group as ISIS was inevitable after the NATO backed invasion of Libya only for the fact other nations began to stand up and speak out Syria would have been the exact same...

The Gardai just another tentical of thee establishment, striking out like a wounded animal...

Parts of Ireland tonight seen and experienced first hand aggression against the community's by Gardai, the Gardai seem to have changed tactics in its fight to help instal the water meters without the consent of the people living in those areas, and to quell those who have taken to the streets to voice their anger. This is just another sign of the establishments starting to crash under pressure from the people of Ireland, like a wounded animal the Gardai strike in the interests of the few. You are either with people or against the people, for a long time now Gardai have targeted activists through political policing targeting republicans day and daily just like their comrades the PSNI in the North of the Island. It needs to be understood that the Gardai are just another tentical of the establishment, individual Gardai members need to make a conscious decision not to take part in these type of actions against the community no more, the people are slowly but surly coming off their knees and at the end of the day you will have to answer to those very people you attack and restrict from expressing their democratic right to protest....

Syrian Rebels Describe Their Training By Foreign Powers

A while back i done an article on IS(Islamic State) where i mentioned interviews done with Syrian rebels who give these interviews on how and where they were trained by foreign powers to go and fight inside Syria against the Syrian Army... On May 26th PBS released a report "Syrian Rebels Describe U.S. -Backed Training In Qatar" in which rebels who are currently receiving arms and training from the U.S. were quoted as saying “They trained us to ambush regime or enemy vehicles and cut off the road,” said the fighter, who is identified only as “Hussein.” “They also trained us on how to attack a vehicle, raid it, retrieve information or weapons and munitions, and how to finish off soldiers still alive after an ambush" Many of these figthers as i stated in my last article on IS usually gravitate to the bigger groups being Al Nusra and Islamic State, in turn the weaponry and funding which was once for so called moderates ends in the hands of the radicals thus fuelling the never ending chaos we are now seeing in the Middle East... I have to continue to ask the question are these radical groups being used as a pretext for regime change inside Syria to topple a democratically elected leader? We have seen it many times before and it's my honest opinion we will continue to see this trend so long as the nations of the world bends the knee to the U.S. empire spanning the entire globe.

The Continuation Of Military Use By U.S. Armed Forces And CIA Needs To Be Brought To An End In Ireland

Some may not already know this but for well over a decade armed forces of the U.S. have been using Shannon Airport as a stop off point before continuing on to their bastions in Europe and the Middle East, Indeed Ireland itself is becoming one of these bastions, well over 2 million U.S. troops have passed through Ireland to fight illegal wars and conflicts around the world. Not only is Shannon being used as a staging post for the U.S. armed forces but is also being used for operations associated with the CIA and its 'extraordinary rendition program' The use of Shannon Airport by U.S. forces means Ireland is complicit and has been complicit in these conflicts which has seen millions of innocent men women and children perish, from Iraq to Afghanistan to Libya, this list is endless. This is a stain on the Irish nation and it needs to be addressed, of course we have had many people who have stood up and have even went to jail trying to highlight this most well known being 79 year old peace activist Margaretta D'Arcy, in which during her trial she tried to make a citizens arrest of the judge for collaborating in war crimes. D'Arcy was also convicted in 2012 for peacefully opposing the use of Shannon airport by U.S. military by blocking two flights from landing at Shannon. At the time of the protest, Galway Alliance Against War issued the following statement. Over the past twelve years consecutive Irish governments have colluded in Washington’s campaign of wars from Afghanistan to Yemen, in which up to 2 million people have perished. By allowing the US military to use Irish airspace and Shannon airport to wage these wars we have become a willing accessory to mass murder. We have blood on our hands…we feel we have no alternative but to block the runway at Shannon to highlight Irish involvement in this carnage. Not only is the complicity of Ireland in these wars immoral it is in violation of aviation, human rights and international law. In a Booklet 'Shannon Airport, War and Renditions' which was jointly published by Shannonwatch, The Peace And Neutrality Alliance(PANA) and The Irish Anti-War Movement(IAWM) highlights these violations... The booklet outlines four key areas in which the Irish authorities are deemed to be inefficient: The application of aviation law in relation to the transportation of munitions of war and other explosive substances Suspected breaches of international and European human rights law, as well as domestic Irish law, in relation to known and suspected involvement in rendition Possible breaches of international humanitarian law Policy and practice relating to the concept of Irish neutrality In 2011 alone a total 1,142 'Civilian Planes' with munitions on board landed at Shannon airport this was revelad in answer to a question posed by Sinn Fein TD Padraig Mac Lochlainn Shannonwatch, the organization which monitors foreign military use of Shannon airport and campaigns against it, said the figures “make a mockery of the notion of Irish neutrality”. On its website, a spokesperson is quoted as saying: “Like Kuwait and Kyrgyzstan, Ireland and Shannon have now become staging posts for US invasions and occupation. “The figures make a mockery of the notion of Irish neutrality, and show that successive governments have relinquished all interest in maintaining an independent Irish foreign policy.” John Lannon, the booklet’s author, says the use of Shannon Airport has contributed to suffering and human rights abuse for over a decade: “The consistent disregard for national and international laws has meant that Shannon has been directly involved in the suffering and death of innocent people – from men tortured in Guantanamo Bay, to children in Afghanistan who are injured or orphaned by airstrikes and roadside bombs.” These operations being carried out are not sanctioned by the Irish people but of a few who are in the back pockets of the U.S. and E.U. whatever the puppet masters say goes, but there is only so far you can push a people before they begin to rise and this is what we may very well be seeing in Ireland today. End Ireland's Complicity In These Crimes Against Humanity Now Ireland Says NO!

The People Are Rising It's About Time The Political Elite Listen...

Back in 2012 spokeswoman for Environment minister Phil Hogan confirmed that over 300,000 households would have fixed water charges, she continued saying up to 90% of households, which can be metered, will be metered by the end of 2014 at a cost of 500m Euros, Of tax payers money. Along with the huge price tag for the installation of these meters Taoiseach Enda Kenny revealed that the expected annual bill for water would be around 240 Euros, with a standing charge of 50 Euros. People have already been paying for these water taxes. We are now seeing nation wide movements of the people against the installation of the water meters along with the charges forced upon them, with daily protests and demonstrations from Cork to Dundalk, along with the sometimes heavy handed tactics of the Garda Siochana and even the workers themselves striking out at protestors. It's encouraging to see that grass roots movements are growing faster than ever before in opposition to Austerity, Bank Bailouts, the wholesale of our nations national resources, it's crucial that people show their anger towards the status quo, turning a blind eye is not an option anymore... The installations have not been going as planned it would seem as workers struggle to install anywhere, everywhere Irish water go the Irish people will be found, in opposition, those in power don't care one bit about the people, those in power see themselves as accountable to no one, this is what will come to bite them as the anger simmers it will get to the point the people will say enough is enough and get rid of these traitors. The people see this charge for a basic human right as a scandal and rightfully so. Tomorrow 11/10/2014 people will gather in Dublin from all over Ireland in what will be one of the largest national demonstrations in decades in opposition to the immoral and unfair taxation of water, if you can get there you should it's time to fight back as a nation...

Strikes in Syria and Iraq have helped bolster the IS ranks, at the same time having little to no effect in stopping IS fighters

As the days drag on strikes continue but with minimal effect on IS, so far they have failed to stop IS or even slow the movements of their fighters, smaller Islamic groups operating in Syria and Iraq that have been put on the terror list and target lists recently have threw their lot in with ISIS bolstering their ranks, indeed France's defense council even met to decide if they should reverse the decision to strike IS because of this. Reasons why the strikes are so minimal in effect may be coming to light, The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Monday described what had happened over night "The overnight bombings hit mills and grain storage facilities in Manbij, a militant-held town in northern Syria. Coalition forces possibly mistook the structures for Islamic State holdings" It is yet to be seen if this is a reoccurring theme but if so this would back up claims that the US aren't in fact going after IS but look to tackle the Syrian Government instead, using IS as a pretext. The powers that be know rightly these strikes are being used for recruiting purposes, many have joined the ranks of IS since the beginning of these strikes, because to a lot of Muslims and none Muslim's these strikes are seen as they should be, as another crusade by the west and it's allies in the Middle East. Disenfranchised young Muslims across the globe are becoming more and more radical in their stance against these crusades in turn some even go to these war zones to fight. Now once enemy's Al-Nusra Front and IS have reportedly joined forces against the anti IS coalition, in an audio message leader of the Al-Nusra group said "The West Will Pay The Heaviest Price" for its actions in Iraq and Syria, these strikes without a doubt have give the Islamic groups a cause to rally around. Mission creep has happened over and over with Afghanistan , Iraq etc, we are told this campaign will stretch years not months, the likely hood of feet on the ground becomes greater by the day. A huge media campaign was launched still pushing for broader strikes in Syria, in time i believe this may include Syrian Regime targets. Just like in Iraq we will see that all of this was indeed a mistake to go in and bomb all around the place, not just because it's the innocent people feeling the brunt but because all these strikes have done is bolster the ranks of IS with more fighters and boosted its support around the world, the same thing the establishments were working to try and stop.

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.

Trial by media continues as BBC's Panorama judges Putin himself is to blame for everything happening in Ukraine...

 BBC 2 aired a Panorama show about the crises in Ukraine on the 12th of Sept, firstly the people behind the show from the outset had already made a clear decision who they thought was behind the crises and who the main perpetrators were in downing MH17, implying Putin himself maybe to blame for the downing of the plane.

The Boeing 777 exploded while traveling from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, killing all 298 people on board including 193 Dutch citizens..  .

The BBC presenter then went on to claim unverified footage and a single still picture of a BUK system  was clear evidence of Russian involvement in Ukraine pictured supposedly 10 miles away from the crash site without any clear markings or insignia to show who they were or in fact where they were.

 As we know at the time Ukraine BUK systems were active in the area! Yes that’s right Ukraine admitted this after being pushed on the.downing of Malaysian airlines. But as we will discover the plane was not taken out by a BUK system at all well that’s what the  evidence is starting to indicate.

A  Dutch report released a few days ago said that the plane was hit by many high velocity rounds which riddled the plane, if true this would back up the claims by residents of the surrounding areas that they seen military jets guiding the passenger plane before it was downed which i mentioned in our last article about the tragedy  of MH17, and the claims by Moscow that the plane had been taken down by Ukrainian military jets.

Investigators came to their findings based on information from the aircraft's black boxes, and pictures and video taken at the scene, as well as information supplied by Ukrainian air traffic control.

The presenter of the BBC Panarama program then went on with the same narrative of Kiev that the humanitarian convoy which was held up at the Russia Ukraine border because it was in fact a ‘Trojan Horse’ tactic by Russia, all of which was proven to have been lies after the convoy itself was inspected by the worlds media showing nothing but the aid  that was being sent in to Ukraine for the people.

These glaring facts did not stop the presenter continue to imply things without any real evidence backing up his claims as pointed out above, the ‘evidence’ he did show us was a few unverified pieces of footage and pictures of what looks like a BUK system without clear insignia and then again showing footage of what they say was a Russian Armour ed convoy on the side of a road, again with no insignia to prove this to be the case nothing to say it was indeed a Russian convoy or even Ukrainian.

 This is just another kink in the propaganda war between what is being defined by the day as East and West. The west MSM which has shown itself to have a clear agenda of the demonetization of Russia and Putin in general,  is nothing but smoke and mirrors for actions being taken by other establishments inside Ukraine, look over there while i do my dirt over here...

Of course people have real grievances with Russia and Putin but the propaganda campaign launched by certain MSM outlets has taken it to a whole new level the likes which not seen since world war 2, but the facts of the situations have shown time and time before these very same MSM outlets to have been untruthful and at times downright deceitful, while backing one side and demonizing the other this being Russia and or any other establishment or person standing up to the powers that be. See our article ‘Media Wars-’ for a more detailed look at the MSMs past fabrications and lies, link below…


http://www.liveleak.com/view?b=ec2_1398563353

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.

The subjugation of Ukraine goes on living standards in decline, economic terrorism? And the brutal crushing of dissent....

Nearly 5 months after the military were given the go ahead by illegally installed Prime minister Yatsinych to launch what he called "Terror operations" against Self Defense Militias of the DPR we are seeing escalations both in the information war being fought thru-out the web and the airwaves, the war being fought on the ground with accusations being flung around by officials in the West and Kiev, nearly all of which have been shown to be nothing but just that accusations.

Most recent accusation being that a Russian armoured military convoy crossed the Ukraine border and was subsequently destroyed, the National Security And Defense Council of Ukraine said they had confirmed "A part of the column does not exist now" but did not elaborate further on what had actually taken place if anything at all as no evidence so far has been presented.

On Thursday the 15th two foreign journalists said they had seen a convoy of Russian army vehicles cross the border. Pictures were then posted later on a social networking site but with no information of where and when they were taken, but that has not stopped the war talk from the usual culprits in the media running with the narrative of Kiev without properly verifying the information. We have seen this before also with the MH17 tragedy and the lack of clear evidence for certain accusations.

If the recent history of the US state department is anything to go by this could be another escalation in their eyes that Russia is indeed invading Ukraine, without evidence of course, well not the evidence that would usually be credible in a normal court but trial by media shall continue it seems.

Valery Chaly, deputy head of Poreshenko's said "A huge military convoy accompanied by Russian soldiers and equipment

was moving towards the Ukrainian border, allegedly by agreement with the Red Cross,"

"A humanitarian column with 'peacekeepers' was to enter the territory of Ukraine, clearly to provoke a full-scale conflict,"

Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, dismissed the statement by Chaly as untrue.

"Each time Kiev is more and more inventive in creating fairy tales," she said, noting that special protocols had to be completed before Russian troops could be sent abroad.

"The (Ukrainian) National Guard probably have to report about their achievements in the field, so they pretended they have some," she said.

Chaly said Poroshenko held urgent talks with his security chiefs and world leaders, though he did not specify which ones. Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said separately he had called his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov who had assured him the convoy would be stopped.

"As of now, the danger of provocation has been removed, but operational staff continue to work," Chaly said.

Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, dismissed the statement by Chaly as untrue.

"Each time Kiev is more and more inventive in creating fairy tales,"

Economic Subjugation Of The Ukrainian People

Soon after the illegal and unconstitutional overthrow of the democratically elected Yanukovych government with much from US funded NGO’s and Far right Neo Nazi groups. The new government came to power which included a number of the Far-Right Ultra nationalists taking key positions with Arseniy Petrovych Yatsenyuk at the helm began the wholesale of Ukraine.

Secretary of state Victoria Nulan was quoted as saying "the US invested $5 billion into so called "pro democracy" NGO's inside Ukraine, we have seen the same scenario play out across the globe in recent years, Libya,Syria,Venezuela the list is endless, opposition being supported in order to cause social unrest and ultimately revolution inside Independent sovereign nations which is against international law.

After the long drawn Maidan protests which seen major violence on Maidan square came to a head deals were struck with the IMF and world banks, these deals look to subdue the working class of Ukraine with cuts right across the board, indeed it seems Ukraine could and most probably will end up like that of the economy of Greece or worse.

The International monetary fund announced on March 27th that they had reached a tentative loan agreement“financial lifeline” to Ukraine worth $14 -18bln over a 2 year period, one of the first reforms made was to heighten the price of natural gas, President Barack Obama called the deal a “major step forward” that will “meet the needs of Ukrainian people over the long term.” This of course could not be further from the truth as i will explain now...

This loan may have been heralded as a "major step forward" by president Obama but what he didn't mention is that the loan agreement came with demands for "economic reforms", which has usually translated into austerity measures like that seen in Europe, and as in Europe the working class will be bearing the brunt of the measures, It's exactly these kind of imposition of conditions that led to the European Network of Debt and Development to call for reform inside the IMF itself.

Unlike in Europe the IMF conditions for Ukraine will not include debt relief, this agreement and its so called success all hinges on cuts to subsidies and social services. Prices will rise nearly 30% on all imported goods due to the devaluation of the  hryvnia, all of this combined will lead to the further drop in living standards inside Ukraine and will push even more people into poverty,  according to economists. “I don’t think half the population will live below the poverty line, but the majority of the population will be worse off economically—that’s understood,” Kiselyov said.

“Ukrainians differ from the Portuguese and the Greeks because they don’t have many savings left,” Koltashov said. “Wages now in Ukraine are, as a rule, not enough to feed a family, and the devaluation of the hryvnia will make it totally impossible.”

The Revolution won, but the people lost

The Ukraine government it seems is not interested in the slightest about its people in regards to life and liberty all of this is not for the benefit of the people, the government seeks to pay back its buddies at the expense of the nation, we have seen moves in the energy sector by western firms to try and move in on a piece of the pie, Crimea was the jewel in the crown with its vast reserves of natural gas just off shore in the Black Sea, the people of Crimea decided they would be better off back with Russia and voted as such.

If it was not bad enough that the wholesale of natural resources in Ukraine is well underway, the country owes European banks a reportedly 23 billion in unpaid loans, and also outstanding loans of $1.5 billion with US banks. The only winners in all of this are the multi national corporations that stand to gain from privatization of the states assets that have not yet already been sold off.

Indeed this all seems to me to be leading to people becoming more and more disinfrantized with the whole "Maidan Revolution" and those that have came to power because of it, poverty caused by these loans could and may very well come back to bite Kiev, dissent is being crushed from Kiev to Donetsk, and it is not just the “pro russians” feeling the brunt, camps that have stayed in Maidan square were tore down by heavies of the government, some scuffles occurred and a few handbags swung but no one killed this time, but it certainly shows us a picture of a country in turmoil far from the rose tinted narrative of the Mainstream or officials in the EU and US, as long as the "Terror operations" in the East and the wholesale of state assets and national resources continue slaughter of innocent civilians and the rape of a country Ukraine will find itself shattered  literally.

Recent Updates 17.08.2014:

Kiev is claiming to have gotten the upper hand in the key city of Luhansk with pictures being pocted on twitter of what looked like a Ukrainian flag being raised above a police station in the Zhovtneviy neighbourhood of the city, the picture could not be independently vereified.

Officials in Kiev allege to have pushed a contingent of self defense members out of the city itself, they say they have nearly encircled their strongholds of Donetsk and Luhansk and have taken over control of the road between the two cities, this is denied by self defense militias in the area.

Alexander Zakharchenko, prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, said over the weekend that rebels were in the process of receiving some 150 armoured vehicles, including 30 tanks, and 1,200 fighters trained in Russia to launch a major counter-offensive.

A spokesman for the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine said: “We have information that rebels used their routes, which are not under the control of the Ukrainian army, and got some ammunition and troops that came across from the Russian Federation. We can’t say the exact numbers, we’re checking this information.”

A Russian convoy carrying humanitarian aid for the people most affected by the turmoil in the East of the country, the Kiev government claimed that Russia was in the middle of pulling a "Trojan Horse" type stunt to try and invade Ukraine under the guise of humanitarian aid but there is nothing to suggest this to be the case but it's of my opinion the Kiev government knew this anyway.

The Minister of Social Policy in Ukraine signed an order officially recognizing the convoy  as humanitarian aid cargo of the International Red Cross that is currently on the border of Ukraine.

"In accordance with Articles 4 and 5 of the Law of Ukraine 'On Humanitarian Aid' considering the initiative of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko on receiving humanitarian aid within the framework of international humanitarian missions under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to recognize the cargo as humanitarian aid,” the document reads.

Supervising the delivery of the humanitarian aid to Ukraine will be the ICRC, the convoy will go ahead after it receives some security guarantees from both the warring sides in the country.  

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