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CIA espionage orders for the last French presidential election

WikiLeaks All major French political parties were targeted for infiltration by the CIA's human ("HUMINT") and electronic ("SIGINT") spies in the seven months leading up to France's 2012 presidential election. The revelations are contained within three CIA tasking orders published today by WikiLeaks as context for its forth coming CIA Vault 7 series. Named specifically as targets are the French Socialist Party (PS), the National Front (FN) and Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) together with current President Francois Hollande, then President Nicolas Sarkozy, current round one presidential front runner Marine Le Pen, and former presidential candidates Martine Aubry and Dominique Strauss-Khan. The CIA assessed that President Sarkozy's party was not assured re-election. Specific tasking concerning his party included obtaining the "Strategic Election Plans" of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP); schisms or alliances de

Bosnia to appeal UN court's ruling clearing Serbia of genocide

Bosnia would appeal a top UN court's ruling clearing Serbia of blame for genocide, the Muslim Bosniak member of the country's presidency said on Friday, despite a warning by his Serb and Croat counterparts that it would provoke a political crisis. " The request for (revision) will be filed next week, " Bakir Izetbegovic, who heads the largest Bosniak party, SDA, told a news conference. " We are interested in the truth and the process of reconciliation based on the truth. " The 2007 judgment by the International Court of Justice exonerated Serbia of direct responsibility for the killing, rape and "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia, but concluded that Serbia had failed in its responsibility to prevent genocide. https://www.rt.com/news/line/

Russian strategic bombers hit ISIS in Raqqa in coordination with Pentagon

Syria Russian Tu-95 bombers have struck Islamic State (IS, former ISIS/ISIL) targets in Syria's Raqqa region using X-101 cruise missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement, adding that it informed the US about the operation. “ On February 17, 2017, strategic missile carrying Tu-95 bombers made an operational flight from the territory of the Russian Federation over the territories of Iran and Iraq and conducted an air strike against Islamic State terrorists’ objectives in the Raqqa region using X-101 cruise missiles, ” the ministry’s statement says. It also says the Russian bombers hit the terrorist's bases and training camps as well as a command center of one of Islamic State's “large detachments,” adding that all objects were successfully destroyed. In Syria, the bombers operated under cover of Su-30 and Su-35 fighter jets scrambled from the Khmeimim Airbase in Syria's western Latakia region. The bombers then returned

Consensual basis for trilateral ceasefire monitoring mechanism in Syria

  Syria Russia, Turkey and Iran as well as the Syrian government and opposition delegations have agreed upon the details for a joint ceasefire monitoring group, thereby creating a consensual basis for a trilateral monitoring mechanism in Syria, a Kremlin source told TASS. “ The universal approval of the statement concerning the Joint Task Force for the ceasefire regime monitoring drafted by Russia, Turkey and Iran has become the major result of the Astana meeting, ” the source said, adding that it created “ a solid consensual basis ” for the work of the monitoring mechanism. The source added that the joint monitoring group would be also tasked with separating the armed opposition from such terrorist groups as Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) and Al-Nusra Front as well as with building trust between the sides of the Syrian conflict and fostering intra-Syrian dialog. https://www.rt.com/news/line/

Λαπαβίτσας για μετάβαση σε εθνικό νόμισμα: έχουν ειπωθεί οι μεγαλύτερες ανοησίες

globinfo freexchange Στα πλαίσια της πρόσφατη ςομιλίας του για τη μετάβαση στο εθνικό νόμισμα, ο Κώστας Λαπαβίτσας αναφέρθηκε στις μεγαλύτερες ανοησίες, όπως είπε, που έχουν ειπωθεί όσον αφορά την τροφοδοσία των αγορών μετά τη μετάβαση: Όσον αφορά την τροφοδοσία των αγορών, έχουν ειπωθεί οι μεγαλύτερες ανοησίες. Αυτά που έχουν ειπωθεί είναι απίστευτα πράγματα. Δεν θα έχουμε να φάμε, δεν θα έχουμε καύσιμα, δεν θα έχουμε τρόφιμα, θα πυροβολιόμαστε στους δρόμους, θα σκοτωνόμαστε κ.ο.κ. θυμάμαι τον Ελληνικό λαό όταν επιβλήθηκαν τα capital controls, για τα οποία αν θυμάστε στην αρχή της κρίσης λέγαν ότι αν επιβληθούν έλεγχοι στις τράπεζες, οι Έλληνες θα βγουν και θα πυροβολιούνται στους δρόμους. Εγώ δεν είδα κανέναν να πυροβολιέται στους δρόμους, είδα τον Ελληνικό λαό με αξιοπρέπεια, ζορισμένο, αλλά με αξιοπρέπεια, με εμπιστοσύνη και ελπίζοντας ότι κάτι θα βγει από αυτό το πράγμα, να στήνεται στην ουρά να πάρει τα χρήματα που του αναλογούν και την ίδια βδομάδ