Tag: security

August 30, 2013 0

Syrians in Ghouta Claim Saudi-Supplied Rebels Behind Chemical Attack

By News Desk

Links Syrians in Ghouta Claim Saudi-Supplied Rebels Behind Chemical Attack This article is a collaboration between Dale Gavlak reporting for Mint Press News (also of the Associated Press) and Yahya Ababneh.  Ghouta, Syria — As the machinery for a U.S.-led military intervention in Syria gathers pace following last week’s chemical weapons attack, the U.S. and its allies may be targeting the wrong culprit. Interviews with people in Damascus and Ghouta, a suburb of the Syrian capital, where the humanitarian agency Doctors Without Borders said at least 355 people had died last week from what it believed to be a neurotoxic agent, appear to indicate as much

April 25, 2013 0

CONFIRMED: Both FBI & CIA Watched Boston Bombing Suspects for Years

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Speculation is growing that one of the Boston bombers met a known Jihadist terrorist in 2011 – as it emerged the FBI failed to follow up on a Russian tip that he was seen with an Islamic militant six times. The Daily Mail would also report that: The FBI has confirmed that Russia alerted the agency in 2011 that Tsarnaev had ties to ‘radical Islam’ groups in his homeland. Homeland Security sources have also revealed the agency received tips in 2012 about his ties to extremists connected to a Boston mosque

April 18, 2013 0

Is the Fed Printing Money?

By News Desk

Velocity is at a six decade low No signs suggest credit creation is turning more productive Debt Constrains Growth Commodities are down 20% in the last two years By Lacy’s definition, the Fed is "not printing". By mine, the Fed is. Bernanke says one thing on one occasion and humorously denies it the next.