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The Western media lies about Libyan riots just like it did about the Georgian war in 2008…

The Russian tabloid newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda published an article entitled “The Western media lies about Libyan riots just like it did about the Georgian war in 2008.” The author wonders why no evidence – not even a single photo or mobile phone video – showing mass casualties and bombings has been presented so far. “Neither Gaddafi’s planes, nor his helicopters have appeared on photographs – as if a magic spell was cast on them,” the article reads…

Eyewitnesses say media whipping up Libyan uproar:

Looks like Russia has a little different thought process than America on this situation. I know that China is thinking along the lines that Russia is and China has been calling for negotiations just like Russia has been…

Also:

It just reminds me of the Georgian war times. I remember that Americans then were totally absorbed into the Western press. They could not see the trees for the forest…

Try this on for size:

Information war against Libya.

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Гумер Исаев – Gumer Isaev

Ph.D. in History
Chief Editor

After reading the first few days of Libyan unrest on one popular news portal of the bombing of Tripoli, I was contacted on Skype with her boyfriend, more than a year working in Libya. I was surprised that Skype, and consequently, the Internet, work. The logic is simple – once it came to the “bombing” of the capital, it is hardly worth the wait of the Internet and telephone. But as it became clear from our conversation, no air raids on Tripoli was not ….

“Flew a couple of helicopters during the day …” – that’s all the bombing.  Interestingly, the first information about the air strikes has published the main Arabic television channel Al-Jazeera.  No conclusive video evidence – just distorted noise telephony voice eyewitnesses that the bloodthirsty regime of dispersing demonstrators with aviation.

But the picture bombers destroy the protesters formed in the overall image of the demonic Gaddafi regime created the media a few decades ago. My attempts by some media outlets to explain the situation (and to me addressed some of the channel and newspapers) have not been successful. Interviews took, but most important of what I said, for some reason the air leading federal channels are not passed. Trust al-Jazeera and Western media was stronger.

Talk about how many lies and misinformation were poured on the heads of unsuspecting listeners and readers can be endless. Events in Libya showed how monstrous lies, and can be as easy in an age of information technologies to manipulate people’s minds. Those who sought the truth on the “people”, and supposedly more truthful resources such as Twitter or YouTube, and stumbled on carefully collected and shared in a network of information. This does not mean that the video footage from protesters or captured equipment were staged and starred in Hollywood.  Modern information warfare subtleties suggest only a shift in emphasis, which sometimes can dramatically change the perception of events.  A well-chosen shots and tie-in visuals work wonders misinformation.  Sometimes it is enough in the right format to comment on the video – and “disbelief”, the viewer has no doubt that he would say – the truth. One of the best examples of this propaganda I’ve seen in September 2001 – when the TV show who celebrate terrorist attacks in the U.S. Palestinians – dancing and playing. Who then will they sympathize with the next Israeli-Palestinian conflict? But then it turned out that the reason for the joy of these people was quite different – and from all of this was several years before September 11, 2001 A brilliant advocacy work with minimal costs.

The lie can be assembled from pieces of the truth, you have correctly located. As with the same “bombing” of Libyan cities. Someone heard the roar of engines – the aircraft actually bombed military warehouses on the outskirts, so they were not completely looted. There were planes, bombs have been – somewhere in there the demonstrators. And with the filing of the media jets bombed residential areas and peaceful demonstrators. Very soon, this information is repeated even in the halls of the UN.

Here, according to Al-Jazeera, al-Qadhafi runs to Venezuela. Classic propaganda struggle to demoralize the supporters of al-Gaddafi – “your leader escaped, resistance is futile.” But pretty soon nobody will remember about this “Desaix. The leader in Tripoli, speaking at the Green Square in front of supporters. Tripoli airport, according to media reports, or captured by the protesters, or simply bombed. But our experts will leave Tripoli, it was through this airport, which is safe and sound and controlled by authorities. But at it again no one pays attention. The specialists of information sabotage in major media outlets are many techniques in the arsenal. The heirs of Goebbels increase your knowledge and hone them in numerous local conflicts and political developments around the world.  “Gaddafi’s son joined the rebels,” Gaddafi is ready to use chemical weapons “- one of the news is better than another.  And here’s the key phrase – “Gaddafi promises to blow up oil pipelines,” Is not it time the world community to take action and save the Libyan oil?

Apparently, Libya, Iraq will repeat option – through the intervention of the compassionate “demonstrators” from the West. After all, the main wealth – Libyan oil, 9 / 10 which consumes Europe should not become hostage to the Civil War. Bored out of work by NATO troops gladly “help” secure the Libyan resources. Maybe that’s enough, and air support – and most of the work will fulfill the Libyan rebel tribes, who have already pledged money and weapons.

The main thing – to convince the world community of the need for such action. Just for this, and blown hysteria in the media about the ongoing events in Libya. Information art training in a military invasion. Voices of the hawks in the U.S. has openly called for the use of force, while American carriers are taking a course to the shores of Libya.

Understand why and what its viewers are preparing the Western media. But why repeat the misinformation Russian media? Indeed, until quite recently, in August 2008, Russia has taken part in an information war against the background of the events in Georgia. How many complaints have been on the “biased” and “false” Western media!

Why is now the western media believe as ourselves? First, many journalists actually prefer the “pull off” the news, buy a picture or video and do not attempt to analyze the situation. Most of the media in general do not engage in intelligence – they give information to flavor its general commentary (also somewhere staschennymi). Somewhere there is a low professionalism (when Libya confused with Lebanon), somewhere in the first place serves sensationalism. There is a war? Plenty of blood and circuses! This will entertain the reader or viewer – and that means you need to give him the events in the format of an action. Sitting in an armchair, watching the news about disasters, crises, wars, man in the street gets a sharp emotions. Than action-reporting, the more fun the audience – the higher the rating, or circulation.

But in my opinion, there is another reason for such a reaction media – it is obvious that there is a setting for the coverage of events in a certain way. Russia is trying to restart the relationship with the U.S., in recent years are under the sign of improving relations with the West. In fact, there is a new round of Westernization of the country, which has traditionally been the initiator of the Russian government. The police changed the police, the president – the main user of Twitter and iPhone, Russian politicians raise the issue of the imminent WTO membership and the abolition of visa regime with Europe. Russia has recently received such gifts, such as the Olympic Games in Sochi and the FIFA World Cup. That is – the really important things for the country. A loss of several billion dollars in the case of the overthrow of the Gaddafi – trivia. Russia will get a lot more while remaining a reliable partner and friend of the West, selling his oil and gas.

Not so long ago, Foreign Minister Lavrov said in London that Russia no longer has ambitions of a superpower. Few paid attention to this post – but in vain. After all, this is the answer to most questions with regard to the position of the Russian Federation and the Russian press about the events in Libya. <end>

(What a web we weave to deceive. Why do we have to deceive? We sit in our homes and say, “Oh it is OK because Qaddafi needs to be removed. He is a crazy dictator. So it is a good thing.” So – Why do we deceive? The deception by the West makes Qaddafi look better, not worse.)

I am just pointing it out…

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Putin Palace is now Alexander Palace…

 

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Russian tycoon Alexander Ponomarenko has bought a multi-million dollar Italianate villa allegedly being built near a Black Sea resort for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the Kommersant daily reported on Thursday…

I ran an article about the Ruleaks.ru site, when they ran this particular article about Putin Palace. I then said that they better be careful if  it is not true. The reputation of said site (Ruleaks.ru) was at stake and if they got it wrong then they have no credibility…

http://windowstorussia.com/russian-version-of-wikileaks.html

It seems that while it was a nice fantasy to think Putin was building a Grand Palace fit for a king. (Which of course Russia has lots of such Palaces from the old Tsar days.) It just is not true and the credibility of the site Ruleaks.ru has dropped to nothing. In fact it seems to have fallen off the map and their next big story is going to have to be true. Or they may slide into obscurity…

Sorry people but Putin just does not fit that building in the picture. Putin has a Model 21 Volga car, a LADA Niva, ex KGB, black-belt in Judo and loves to spend his time fishing and working with wildlife. He just is not a pampered Palace type…

Maybe the Kremlin had something to do with the initial building of it. But in Russia doesn’t the Kremlin have something to do with everything about or by Russia?

Nuff said…

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Russia Today: Drums of War?

United States and EU government officials have been openly discussing the possibility of military intervention in Libya. From the Pentagon to US mainstream media, there have been calls for war but is it that easy to take over Libya? RT Contributor Wayne Madsen says Ghaddafi is not a knock over, he has good friends in the CIA but there are a lot of neoconservatives who would love to get Ghaddafi…

This is a great video…

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OPEC basket price rises to $110.84…

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says that its basket price has increased by 2.4 % to $110.84 per barrel. The OPEC oil basket price reached a record high of $140.73 per barrel on July 3, 2008. In March of the same year the 12th type of crude was added to the OPEC oil basket.

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Source: Voice of Russia.

Looking kinda bad on on the old home front with these kind of statistics. The old record is not that far away…

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Russia’s Reserve Fund will reach 1.5 trillion roubles by year end…

Once again Russia is able to stash surplus money again. The last few years have been rough and Russia has been relying on its reserve fund to make up budget shortfalls. But what really strikes me as important is that Russia has virtually no debt. Russia has come out of the depression stung but smiling still. She can and is and did put money away for a rainy day. That has been very instrumental to keeping on budget in the last few years…

So it was announced the other day that Russia’s Reserve Fund will again reach 1.5 trillion roubles by the end of 2011… (Link)

That is about 50 billion American dollars for those that need to know. I remember when it was 150 billion American dollars…

Stop and think a second. (You can scoff all you want and say that is small chump change.) But does America have a reserve fund? You know money for a rainy day? You know money for when the going gets tough and life deals a bad hand of cards…

Leading Foreign Holders of US Treasury Securities
December 2010 November 2010
Nation/Territory billions of dollars (est.) percent of total foreign holdings billions of dollars (est.) percent of total foreign holdings
China 1160.1 26.1% 1164.1 26.4%
Japan 882.3 19.9% 875.9 19.8%
United Kingdom 272.1 6.1% 242.5 5.5%
Oil exporters1 211.9 4.8% 204.3 4.6%
Brazil 186.1 4.2% 189.8 4.3%
Caribbean Banking Centers2 168.6 3.8% 159.3 3.6%
Hong Kong 134.2 3.0% 134.9 3.1%
Switzerland 107.0 2.4% 107.0 2.4%
Taiwan 155.1 3.5% 154.4 3.5%
Russia 151.0 3.4% 167.3 3.8%
Subtotal of top 10 holders 3,428.4 77.2% 3,399.5 77.0%
Grand Total 4,439.6 100.0% 4,413.8 100.0%

No – I did not think so, unless you count the above holders of USA debt as reserve funds by buying bonds and such…

I wish that America was doing as well as Russia was in the financial department. We could be – it is simple math and nothing else…

You spend only what you have and nothing more…

My grandma use to say, “If you need to borrow the money to buy it! You don’t need it…”

She was correct…

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Coffee and Russian Patience…

Once a long time ago in America. I was considered very patient. Compared to most people in America I was extremely patient. I worked in management and dealt with the service industry. Yes I was very patient…

But then I came to Russia. I found out that I am not patient compared to Russians…

When I first came to Russia, I was typical American. Get it done and get it done now. If you can’t get it done then what is the hold up and get after who ever is in the way of getting it done. So just get it done…[pullquote] …That cup of coffee…[/pullquote]The reason I am thinking of this today over my cup of coffee is because Sveta and I are working on the paperwork of our flat. Svet and I decided to buy our flat from her family. This is the flat that we have lived in over the last year or so and we really like it…

In Russia things have there own pace and speeding up that process is not in the cards. I really think that the hype of bribery and corruption is exaggerated by Western world people trying to speed up the processes of things in Russia. If you asked my mother in law about bribery and corruption. She would tell you that she has never paid any bribes in her life to get anything done in the Soviet Union or in Russia. In fact Sveta’s mother goes way back into the Soviet Union times. She would tell you that the bureaucracy is terrible but not corrupt. I believe her, and after all the dealings that we have done with government agencies and such, it proves her correct…

So lets get back to the purchase of the flat. Yesterday Sveta met with her mother and they progressed on the paperwork to accomplish the mission of us buying the flat. When Sveta came home after spending all day working on said paperwork. She explained what happened and now what the next steps are going to be…

To make a long story from being super long. I will just say that what has taken months to get to this point will take several more months to get farther along and maybe sometime with in the next year we will have all the paperwork done…

In my past, I would have said, “What is wrong with everything (or everyone)! Why can’t we (they) get it done?” I still have those feelings, but I have learned to smile and nod and say to myself, “1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 – just be patient!” Then in typical American fashion, I could and would also say, “I could be dead before all this gets done!” Then Sveta would just look at me like I am some little puppy that wants to go outside and play and she would say, “Have patience. That is why you had heart attacks…”

So now I smile and say, “It will get done when it gets done!” I say under my breath that I just hope that, “The world does not come to an end before it gets done.” Sveta would just say at that remark, “Have patience, If the world came to an end, then who cares about the flat?”

She is right…    🙂

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Russian Says No Proof of Air Strikes in Libya…

Russia Today has released a video that we all know has the backing of the Kremlin. This video is making it clear that the Western propaganda about Air strikes on the Libyan people by Gaddafi just might be just that! Propaganda…

The reports of Libya mobilizing its air force against its own people spread quickly around the world. However, Russia’s military chiefs say they have been monitoring from space – and the pictures tell a different story.

­According to Al Jazeera and BBC, on February 22 Libyan government inflicted air strikes on Benghazi – the country’s largest city – and on the capital Tripoli. However, the Russian military, monitoring the unrest via satellite from the very beginning, says nothing of the sort was going on on the ground.

At this point, the Russian military is saying that, as far as they are concerned, the attacks some media were reporting have never occurred.

The same sources in Russia’s military establishment say they are also monitoring the situation around Libya’s oil pumping facilities.

Question or statement: Looks like Al Jazeera may be playing the field on this situation? I have watched their videos and see nothing that resembles what they say is happening…

Whose boots are under whose bed…

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Russia Says Slow Down On Libya Issues…

Good Gravy – You would have thought that Russia just stole the candy from the baby. The Western press is full of Bad Russia and no support for “No Fly Zone on Libya…”

It was no surprise to us here in Russia, that Russia supported the UN sanctions freezing Gaddafi’s assets and banning travel. But it would have been a surprise if Russia accepted the American push for military interference. Yesterday we found out where the Russian brakes are applied. The Russian ambassador to Nato in Brussels, Dmitry Rogozin, expressed strong Russian feelings about exterior military action. “If someone in Washington is seeking a blitzkrieg in Libya, it is a serious mistake because any use of military force outside the Nato responsibility zone will be considered a violation of international law,” he said. “A ban on the national air force or civil aviation to fly over their own territory is still a serious interference into the domestic affairs of another country.”

Does America want to attack Libya that bad?

Now lets see if Russia continues to do what is correct…

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Gaddafi addresses supporters in Tripoli…

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi addressed his supporters at a televised public rally in Tripoli on Wednesday, according to the Libyan state TV…

It was Gaddafi’s third televised speech since the anti- government protests broke out in the country. The event was to mark the 34th anniversary of the launch of the Popular Committees.

Gaddafi reiterated that people exercised their authority through popular committees and popular conferences and he is merely a “symbol”.

“People are standing behind their symbol leader,” he said, insisting that he has handed authority to Libyan people since 1977.

He said the demonstrations which support him are not shown by the international media, adding that he is “not following any satellite television.”

His speech was interrupted several times by chanting from his supporters, saying that they swore they would not abandon their leader.

Gaddafi said that oil production in the North African country was now “at its lowest” due to unrest flamed by what he called Al- Qaida “cells.”

Gaddafi has vowed to fight to the “last man and last woman” to defend his country.

He also called for the United Nations and NATO to investigate the facts about what had happened in Libya, and said he saw a conspiracy to colonize Libya and seize its oil.

“Libya has not fallen, it is them who will fall,” Gaddafi said, adding that all those who had launched the attacks would be investigated and punished.

Gaddafi challenged the world to find out if any peaceful protesters were killed. “In America, France, and everywhere, if people attacked military stores and tried to steal weapons, they will shoot them,” he said in a speech.

He urged the United Nations and NATO to “set up fact-finding committees” to find out how people were killed.

He asked how the Security Council could decide resolutions on the basis of media reports, rather than proper facts. “What was happening in Libya was domestic and not international,” he said.

He said he was sure the Security Council would eventually agree that it had taken the wrong decision.

“Should that not be the case, all states would have lost their sovereignty and been subject to the Council,” he said.

Clashes between protesters and forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi broke out when both sides were trying to gain control of the eastern oil export terminal of Marsa el-Brega.

The Libyan forces have launched air strikes on facilities that store weapons in areas controlled by the protesters.

(Something is just not right about the news coverage from the West. The news in the East has a totally different flair to it. Just like night and day. It is starting to remind me of the huge difference that happened when Georgia attacked South Ossetia…)

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Russia to build metro for India…

Russian specialists have signed a $430-million contract for building a subway system in one of India’s most densely populated cities – Chennai (former Madras). The overall scope of work provides for laying five underground lines, two of which will be entrusted to the Russian-Indian consortium, press secretary of the Mosmetrostroy construction company Alexandra Abramova said in an interview with the Voice of Russia.
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