Obama was talking with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev when neither of them realized that their conversation was being picked up by microphones. Here is what they said:

Obama: “On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved, but it’s important for him to give me space.”

Medvedev: “Yeah, I understand. I understand your message about space. Space for you …”

Obama: “This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.”

Medvedev: “I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir.”

“This is my last election. After my election I have more flexibility.” That statement tells us much about [...]

USA concerned about Israel strike on Iran ‘at any given moment’

The United States is worried that Shaul Mofaz and his Kadima party’sjoining a unity government with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu could result in an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities at any given moment, according to a report on Channel 10 News on Thursday.

U.S. government officials toldChannel 10 News that they believe a Likud-Kadima joing government could make a decision about an Israeli attack on Iran at any moment and perhaps even before the U.S. presidential elections in November.

The [...]

The Daily Bell reports: Austerity Staggers, Germany Blows Up?

Hollande’s ‘Growth Bloc’ spells end of German hegemony in Europe … For two years Germany has had its way in Europe, treating historic nations much as Bismarck treated Bavaria – sovereign only in name … The French-led counter-attack and rumblings of revolt through every branch of the EU institutions last week have brought this aberrant phase of the eurozone crisis to an abrupt end … “If I am elected president, there will be a change in [...]

‘The Merkozy era is over’

The French-led counter-attack and rumblings of revolt through every branch of the EU institutions last week have brought this aberrant phase of the eurozone crisis to an abrupt end.

“It’s not for Germany to decide for the rest of Europe,” said François Hollande, soon to be French leader, unless he trips horribly next week. Strong words even for the hustings.

“If I am elected president, there will be a change in Europe’s [...]

The latest warmongering from DC :

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-to-demand-iran-immedia…

U.S. to demand Iran immediately close Fordo nuclear facility The New York Times reports that the Obama administration, European allies due to set demands for Iran nuclear talks, that include a halt in production of higher-level uranium enrichment.

“We have no idea how the Iranians will react,” a senior Obama administration official told the newspaper. “We probably won’t know after the first meeting.”

 

ARE THEY FUCKING SERIOUS??? Bunch of fucking liars. They are creating [...]

‘LAST CHANCE’ FOR IRAN

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration and its European allies plan to open new negotiations with Iran by demanding the immediate closing and ultimate dismantling of a recently completed nuclear facility deep under a mountain, according to American and European diplomats.

They are also calling for a halt in the production of uranium fuel that is considered just a few steps from bomb grade, and the shipment of existing stockpiles of that fuel out [...]

Japan warns Israel against attacking Iran

Press TV
February 16, 2012

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has warned Israel against the ramifications of launching a military strike on Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program.

Noda told visiting Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in a meeting that an attack on Iran would be ”extremely dangerous” and would ”escalate” the situation in the region.

Earlier this month, Barak claimed that if the Western sanctions against Iran fail to stop its nuclear program, military [...]

Thailand recognizes Palestinian Statehood

Jerusalem Post
January 20, 2012

Thailand on Thursday joined a long list of countries that have recognized a Palestinian state along pre-1967 lines. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas subsequently thanked the east Asian country as its envoy to the United Nations officially announced the move.

Bangkok’s mission at the UN in New York said in a letter that it “officially recognized the state of Palestine and has initiated the process to establish and formalize diplomatic relations” [...]

More Beijing embassy cables show China sees gold as central in currency war

More news media-monitoring cables from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing to the State Department in Washington show that both China’s government and the nation’s financial press, tightly controlled by the government, consider gold to be the main weapon in a world currency war that is under way.

The additional cables, published a few days ago by Wikileaks and located by GATA’s Irish friend R.M., disclose that [...]

NEXT: Syria warns against military intervention

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s president said Sunday he was “not worried” about security in his country and warned against any foreign military intervention in a speech designed to portray confidence as the regime comes under blistering international condemnation for its crackdown on dissent.

The remarks by Bashar Assad, who spoke during an interview with state-run television, came just days after the United States and its European [...]

REPORT: Gadhafi writes Congress, asks for cease-fire

Congress has received a letter ostensibly from Moammar Gadhafi that calls for a cease-fire and urges the U.S. to take the lead in negotiating a deal for peace in Libya.

The June 9 letter, which The Hill obtained, is addressed to the White House and lawmakers. House and Senate leadership aides say they have received the document, but have not confirmed its authenticity. The White House declined to comment.

Gadhafi’s liaison [...]

NYT: Bibi’s furious phone call with Hillary

WASHINGTON — As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel heads to the White House on Friday for the seventh meeting since President Obama took office, the two men are facing a turning point in a relationship that has never been warm.

By all accounts, they do not trust each other. President Obama has told aides and allies that he does not believe that Mr. Netanyahu will ever be willing [...]

Hundreds Quit Syria’s Ruling Party in Protest Over Violent Crackdown…WH ‘done little’ to stop brutal Assad…U.N. won’t even ‘condemn’

Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) called on the White House to withdraw the U.S. ambassador to Syria, freeze Syrian assets and impose sanctions on “any entity” involved in cooperation between the Syrian and Iranian governments.

Kyl, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, issued the critical statement on the administration’s response to the Bashar al-Assad government a day after the White House issued a travel warning for American citizens in the embattled [...]

Clinton rules out US military advisers in Libya

WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the United States would not be sending military advisers to aid Libya’s rebels despite decisions by France, Britain and Italy to do so.
“There is a desire to help them be more organized and we support that. We’re not participating in it, but we support it,” she said in a conversation moderated by [...]

The Link Between War and Big Finance

Kevin Zeese, War Is A Crime.org

http://warisacrime.org/content/link-…nd-big-finance

The Link Between War and Big Finance
Sunday 10 April 2011

Veterans For Peace has joined in endorsing “Sounds of Resistance,” a concert and protest against Wall Street banks that draws the connections between militarism, Wall Street, the wealth divide and the downward spiral of the wealth of most Americans. The event, on April 15 at 11:00 a.m. in New York City’s Union [...]

In Libya, US backs off, Gadhafi digs in

Per AP:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks after a dark-of-night barrage of mostly U.S. missiles and bombs opened the international air assault on Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi, the American combat role is ending, the rag-tag rebels are reeling and the Pentagon is betting its European allies can finish the job.

Gadhafi is still standing, with a few uncertain signs that his inner circle [...]

CARNEY: Not a war, a ‘time-limited, scope-limited military action’

WASHINGTON — [...]

US presses Europe to act on Libya… Germany ramps up, gets tough on Gadhafi

GENEVA – The United States pressed its European allies on Monday to set tough sanctions on the Libyan government, and Germany responded with a far-reaching proposal to cut off all oil and other payments to the country for 60 days so that Moammar Gadhafi’s regime cannot use the money to repress his people.

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle’s call essentially amounted to an economic embargo and [...]

Latest in developing Middle East crisis: Jordan King Abdullah Dismisses Government, Appoints New Prime Minister

by ZH

‘I will stay here till I die’…

The story: “the commencement of real political reforms.” The truth: “we don’t have enough private jets for every member of the upper class.” Prime Minister Samir Rifai has been replaced with Marouf Al-Bakhit, “(born 1947) was the Prime Minister of Jordan from November 27, 2005 until 25 November 2007. and was previously the Jordanian ambassador to Israel and [...]