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[http://en.communpedia.org/Communpedia,_the_communist_encyclopedia <big>'''Communpedia'''</big> and its 'Communpedia news']
  
[[File:Anti-Xe.svg|thumb|left|150px|Logo of [[Xe Watch]], representing opposition to [[Wikipedia:Xe Services|Blackwater Worldwide]]. Blackwater became Xe Services in October 2007]]
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Special Forces do not merely carry out the increasingly criminal actions ordered by their superiors (eg the assassination of foreign leaders with drone strikes)-sometimes they go so far off the rails that they have to cover up the crimes (eg the killing and mass burial of 10 villagers in Wardak, Afghanistan-[http://www.democracynow.org/2013/11/7/war_crimes_in_afghanistan_10_bodies -interview with Matthieu Aikins on [[Democracy Now!]]]. Alteratively, the deaths could have been commanded, the soldiers truly guilty of participation but not instigation and then the coverup instigated to the seeming benefit of all but in the end, only to the benefit of command. There is something of a third stage attached to this incident as well. The first stage would be, the US acting atrociously, even criminally, in secret. The second, doing this openly, because they know they can mostly get away with it. And the third stage is utter immunity from prosecution. The US government is making immunity for the armed forces a condition of aiding Karzai's government, and immunity for international corporations a condition for trade, with the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
[[File:CIA.svg|thumb|150px|Logo of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] ; a large bureaucracy with many branches; these divisions do not necessarily reflect an operational separation of [[CIA activities]] [[Wikipedia:CIA activities|(WP)]]]]
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On January 27, 2011 a US citizen claiming to be working as a consultant at the U.S. Consulate in [[Wikipedia:Lahore|Lahore]] and later said to be a [[CIA]] operative <ref name=guardian/> killed two armed men in the Pakistani city of Lahore.<ref name="dawn_28">{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/2011/01/28/us-official-guns-down-two-motorcyclists-in-lahore.html|title=US official guns down two motorcyclists in Lahore|last=Chaudhry|first=Asif|date=28 January 2012|work=[[Wikipedia:Dawn (newspaper)]]|accessdate=13 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=US official Raymond Davis on Lahore murder charges|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12305049|work=BBC News|accessdate=31 January 2011|date=28 January 2011}}</ref><ref name="NYT20120129">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/world/asia/30pakistan.html|title=U.S. Seeks Release of Official in Pakistan|last=Perlez|first=Jane|date=29 January 2012|work=[[Wikipedia:The New York Times]]|accessdate=13 February 2011}}</ref> The identification papers he submitted to the Pakistani police are in the name of [[Raymond Allen Davis incident|Raymond Allen Davis]], although initially it was categorically stated by the US State Department that this name was not correct.<ref>Jan. 27, 2011 U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing by Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley at the State Department.{{cite web| title=US State Department Press Briefing | time=20:36 | date=27-Jan-2011 |url=http://www.state.gov/video/?videoid=764258353001}}</ref> He is now facing two separate [[Wikipedia:criminal charge]]s, one of double [[murder]] and the second of [[Wikipedia:Weapon possession (crime)|illegal possession of a firearm]]. Two petitions seeking prosecution against him on charges of forgery for obtaining a visa under a fake name have also been registered with the Lahore High Court.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=29956&Cat=5&dt=2/8/2011|title=Replies sought on pleas for Davis record|date=February 08, 2011|work=[[Wikipedia:The News International]]|accessdate=24 February 2011}}</ref>
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Evidence of unusually dire extremes of criminal activity by command in Afghanistan is shown by torture on tape released by [[Wikipedia:Rolling Stone magazine|Rolling Stone]] in November 2013-Afghan security forces holding down and beating prisoners while Special Forces watch.<ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/2013/11/7/torture_on_tape_disturbing_video_shows Torture on Tape] -[[Democracy Now!]]</ref>
  
The incident led to a diplomatic furor and deterioration in the ties between Pakistan and USA. The US government claimed that Davis is protected by [[Wikipedia:diplomatic immunity|diplomatic immunity]] under the [[Wikipedia:Vcdr|Vienna Conventions]] and has demanded that he be released from custody immediately.<ref name="NYT20120209">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/09/world/asia/09pakistan.html|title=Mystery Over Detained American Angers Pakistan|last=Perlez|first=Jane|date=9 February 2011|work=[[Wikipedia:The New York Times]]|accessdate=13 February 2011}}</ref> The [[Wikipedia:Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)|Foreign Minister]] of [[Wikipedia:Pakistan]] [[Wikipedia:Shah Mahmood Qureshi]] said that according to official records and experts in the Foreign Office, Davis is "not a diplomat and cannot be given blanket diplomatic immunity". It has been suggested that Qureshi's stand on the issue led to his sacking by the government.<ref name="DH20110213">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/137362/records-did-not-support-diplomatic.html|title=Records did not support diplomatic status for Davis: Qureshi|date=13 February 2011|work=[[Wikipedia:Deccan Herald]]|accessdate=14 February 2011}}</ref><ref name="ie20110215">{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Qureshi-wants-to-know-why-he-was-sacked-as-FM/750078|title=Qureshi wants to know why he was sacked as FM|date=15 February 2011|work=[[Wikipedia:The Indian Express]]|accessdate=15 February 2011}}</ref><ref name="sify20110215">{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/news/davis-affair-cost-qureshi-his-job-pakistani-daily-news-international-lcpn4gejcff.html|title=Davis affair cost Qureshi his job: Pakistani daily|date=15 February 2011|work=[[Wikipedia:Sify]]|accessdate=15 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-148742.html |title=Double murder-accused American has 'no complete immunity': Shah Mehmood Qureshi |publisher=Newkerala.com |date=2011-02-16 |accessdate=2011-02-20}}</ref>
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[[Yassar Arafat]]'s ([[Wikipedia:Yassar Arafat|WP]]) body had eighteen times the normal amount of radioactive [[Wikipedia:Isotopes of polonium|Polonium-210]] in it, enough to kill him. The Swiss team's findings contradict those of a Russian team. However, Russia is at pains to deny Polonium as a cause as it would point to them, however vaguely and incredibly, as per the results of [[Wikipedia:Alexander Litvinenko|Alexander Litvinenko]]'s autopsy. Russia set up as a convenient patsy is a good reason to use Polonium, and its use points to the great likelihood of a government agency, as its short half-life makes it incredibly rare in nature.<ref>[http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia-pacific/2012/07/2012746748407858.html Arafat's death: what is Polonium-210?] Al-Jazeera</ref> <sup>210</sup>Polonium has a [[Wikipedia:half-life|half-life]] of 138.376 days.<ref>[http://www.aljazeerah.info/News/2013/November/7%20n/Arafat%27s%20Assassination%20by%20Israeli%20Polonium%20Confirmed%20by%20Swiss,%20Russian,%20French%20Scientists,%20November%207,%202013.htm Al-Jazeera's compendium of sources]</ref>
The incident also led to widespread protests in Pakistan demanding action against Davis.<ref name="AJE20120211">{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/02/2011211141615832767.html|title=Pakistan extends US man's detention|date=11 February 2011|work=[[Wikipedia:Al Jazeera English]]|accessdate=13 February 2011}}</ref>
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US president [[Barack Obama]] [[Wikipedia:Barack Obama|(WP)]] asked Pakistan not to prosecute Davis and treat him like a diplomat and said “There’s a broader principle at stake that I think we have to uphold.”<ref name="bw20110215">{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-02-15/obama-says-pakistan-must-not-prosecute-imprisoned-diplomat.html|title=Obama Says Pakistan Must Not Prosecute Imprisoned Diplomat|date=15 February 2011|work=[[Wikipedia:Bloomberg Businessweek]]|accessdate=15 February 2011}}</ref>
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[http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/12/bradley-manning-cruel-inhuman-treatment-un Bradley Manning's treatment was cruel and inhuman, UN torture chief rules]-The Guardian. UN investigator found that Manning might also have been tortured.
The Pakistani Foreign Office stated that “this matter is sub judice in a court of law and the legal process should be respected.”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/110999/us-embassy-demands-immediate-release-of-davis/ |title=Law must take its course in US diplomat case: FO spokesman |publisher=The Express Tribune |date=29 January 2011 |accessdate=2011-02-21}}</ref>
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The American focus has been on the claimed diplomatic status. Pakistani media and officials dispute the claim of immunity from a murder charge, allege that Davis was involved in clandestine operations and question the scope of Davis' activities in Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southasiamonitor.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1417:pakistans-spring-of-discontent&catid=12&Itemid=108 |title=Raymond Davis affair - Pakistan’s spring of discontent |publisher=Southasiamonitor.org |date=2011-02-13 |accessdate=2011-02-21}}</ref><ref name="telegraph1">{{cite web|last=Crilly |first=Rob |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8316286/Detained-US-official-in-telephone-contact-with-Islamic-terror-group.html |title=Detained US official 'in telephone contact with Islamic terror group' |publisher=The Daily Telegraph |date=2011-02-10 |accessdate=2011-02-21}}</ref>
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Cast the net wide enough, and you will surely catch something: As a hunger strike begins, by prisoners in California against the practice of long-term solitary confinement, investigative journalist Shane Bauer appeared on [[Democracy Now!]], showing that the rationale for treatment that the prisoners call torture is sometimes no better than 1.-almost- 2.thought crime to 3.associate with criminals who 4.again, -might- commit crimes. That is to say, they '''might''' be '''thinking about''' '''''talking with''''' people who fit a '''profile''' determined by their captors, of potential wrongdoers.
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:''the criteria for determining whether somebody is a member or an associate of those gangs is kind of notoriously loose. I have seen cases of people who are put in the SHU and deemed gang members because they have academic books by the Black Panthers or journal writings about African-American history. Even the materials for gang investigators teach that the use of the words "tío" or "hermano," "uncle" or "brother" in Spanish, can indicate gang activity'' - Shane Bauer. [http://www.democracynow.org/2013/7/12/a_hunger_strike_against_solitary_confinement Interview on Democracy Now!]
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This is a degree of separation that inspires one to think of words other than ''tenuous''. Nebulous might be a better word. A rationale that rewards belief and confounds understanding.
  
Almost a month after the incident, U.S. officials admitted Davis was a contract employee of the [[Wikipedia:CIA]] after this was reported in [[Wikipedia:Guardian|The Guardian]].<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|author=Declan Walsh and Ewen MacAskill |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/20/us-raymond-davis-lahore-cia?CMP=twt_gu |title=American who sparked diplomatic crisis over Lahore shooting was CIA spy |publisher=The Guardian |date=20 February 2011 |accessdate=2011-02-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Greg|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/21/AR2011022102801.html| publisher=washingtonpost |title=U.S. officials: Raymond Davis, accused in Pakistan shootings, worked for CIA|date=22 February 2011|accessdate=2011-02-22}}</ref> Davis has also been shown to be an erstwhile employee of security outfit [[Wikipedia:Blackwater Worldwide|Blackwater Worldwide]] (called Xe Services since Oct '07) and was a member of CIA's Global Response Staff, who assist case officers when they meet with sources.
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[[Operation Pillar of Cloud]]: Palestine is a dog that Israel keeps starving and chained up in its back yard, and kicks nearly to death every four years. Less than four years after the Hypocrites of the Apocalypse used banned white phosphorus, and illegally used cluster bombs against civilians in the midst of a massive bombing campaign, in which even UN convoys and headquarters were hit with 'friendly fire', they are doing it all again. And let us not forget, partisans are not stationed in civilian areas because they want to use civilians as shields, but because they live there. And what gives Israel the right to complain of human shields, when they plan on killing the civilians standing in the way, in any case? Giving someone ten minutes to get out of their house does not excuse blowing it up. And the hypocrisy and war crimes go on and on.
His two victims are also reported to be operatives of Pakistani [[Wikipedia:Inter-Services Intelligence|Inter-Services Intelligence]] (ISI).<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|author=Declan Walsh and Ewen MacAskill |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/20/us-raymond-davis-lahore-cia?CMP=twt_gu |title=American who sparked diplomatic crisis over Lahore shooting was CIA spy |publisher=The Guardian |date=20 February 2011 |accessdate=2011-02-21}}</ref> An ISI official has made a statement saying that Davis had contacts in the [[Wikipedia:FATA|tribal regions]] along the Afghanistan border and already knew both the men he shot. He said the ISI is investigating the possibility that the encounter on the streets of Lahore stemmed from a meeting or from threats to Davis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2011-02/24/content_12069786.htm|title=Pakistan's intelligence ready to split with CIA
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<big>'''Rebel suicide bomber kills top Syrian officials</big>'''<br>
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It has been pretty hard to tell who the bad guys are in Syria, a regime used by the US to torture extrajudicial prisoners, that is now being double-crossed by the US, perhaps to the point of backing the rebels against them. Someone has been massacring civilians, and possibly both sides.
It has been suggested that while Davis may be a contractor for the CIA, he could also be something else: a still active-duty member of US Special Forces. One of the items found on him by arresting police was an ID card identifying him as a DOD (Department of Defence) contractor. "It could be the US government has decided now to fall back to claiming he's CIA, which would probably at least spare him a hanging, even if it leaves him with a long jail sentence in a Lahore prison.<ref name=counterpunch>{{cite web|author=Dave Lindorff[http://counterpunch.org/lindorff02222011.html]|title=US Caught in Big Lie About Raymond Davis|date=22 February 2011 |accessdate=2011-02-23}}</ref>
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The grey area has grown and darkened now that the rebels have used assassinations, like the Obama administration's drone strikes...only with suicide bombers.<ref>http://www.democracynow.org/2012/7/18/bomber_strikes_syrian_regime_in_damascus Bomber Strikes Syrian Regime in Damascus, Killing Assad’s Defense Minister, Brother-in-Law July 18, 2012, [[Democracy Now!]]
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</ref> Like Al-Qaeda, the PLO, and almost every group on the US' terrorist list. So does that mean that the rebels supported by state leaders all around the world, in lockstep with the US, are terrorists? Or is suicide bombing now OK? Is this something the US opposes? Is there an outcry of "terrorist actions"? No. How about something like "brutal"? Well, no. In fact, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta used the same blaming the victim technique as was used on Haiti's [[Aristide]], when rebels tried to take over his country; Assad will be held responsible if it does not safeguard [[Wikipedia:Syria and weapons of mass destruction|its stockpile of chemical weapons]].<ref>http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/07/201271901412429234.html US says Assad 'losing control' of crisis, Al Jazeera</ref>
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Does this utter absence of criticism means that suicide bombing is going to follow torture in the transition from a crime with which the [[Pot calling the kettle red|US pot can call its enemies' kettles red]], to just another military option? And if it does, then that means that the rest of the 'terrorists' are just irregular military with fewer military options than the US, as Anarchopedia has always contended.
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<big>'''Legislative coup d'état removes President Fernando Lugo of Paraguay</big>'''<br>
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Lugo’s opponents’ had planned the coup, and U.S. officials had known about it, as early as 2009. "Capitalize on any Lugo missteps to break the political deadlock in Congress, impeach Lugo and assure their own political supremacy", reads a diplomatic cable released by [[WikiLeaks]].<ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/2012/6/26/headlines#6265 "U.S. Undecided on Whether Lugo Ouster was a Coup"] [[Democracy Now!]]</ref>
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The announcement of Lugo's impeachment proceedings came just a day before he was given two hours to prepare his legal defense; Lugo declined to address the proceedings. Legislator's statements were long on quotes of constitutional rules and short on rationale. In particular, there were no concrete examples of his 'misconduct'. Lugo has strong support in the populace, but the legislature was filled with the same party as had ruled Paraguay for 61 years. On the 25th of June, 2012, Fernando Lugo said he would create a parallel cabinet, and bring his case before the coming week's summit of the Mercosur trade bloc in Mendoza, Argentina<ref>[http://camcocuba.org/html/news/1-latestnews.html Latest News]-(this link will rot, so replace) Former paraguayan president fernando lugo organizes a shadow government, Pedro Servin, Associated Press</ref>
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:"The two things to look out for is, one if military aid to Paraguayan army will continue. The U.S. is a supplier of much material and financial support to the security forces in Paraguay, and two, if it will take advantage of the crisis to go forward with a long sought military base in the region, which the Pentagon, [[Southcom]] [[Wikipedia:SOUTHCOM|(WP)]], has wanted for a while"-[http://www.democracynow.org/appearances/greg_grandin Greg Grandin] [[Wikipedia:Greg Grandin|(WP)]]<ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/2012/6/25/coup_in_paraguay_will_us_join Coup in Paraguay: Will U.S. Join Latin America in Condemning Ouster of President Fernando Lugo?] Democracy Now!</ref>
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<big>'''O, Drug War, where is thy Sting?..Really, where did it go, have you seen it around anywhere?</big>'''<br>
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One of [[Wikipedia:Project Gunrunner|Project Gunrunner]]'s (see [[Operation: IRONY]]) plans to deprive Mexican drug cartels of weaponry, the [[ATF]]'s [[Wikipedia:Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|(WP)]] [[Wikipedia:Operation Fast and Furious|Operation Fast and Furious]], gave them weapons instead. It thereby achieved optimum Oppositeness. Or did it? See [[CIA drug trafficking]]
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<big>'''Labor Day protests</big>'''<br>
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[[International Workers' Day]] [[Wikipedia:International Worker's Day|(WP)]] also known as May Day (also, outside of the US and UK, known as Labor Day) rallies and protests were a mix of the traditional yearly events and a resurgence of Occupy Movement [[Wikipedia:Occupy Movement|(WP)]] events<br>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/01/may-day-occupy-protests-live?newsfeed=true Guardian full day listing of events] ,  and [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2012/may/01/may-day-rallies-pictures?CMP=twt_gu in pictures]<br>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/01/BAQF1OBH55.DTL SFGate]: 15 minutes, 30 people, 30 businesses trashed, no arrests
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<big>'''The Sacred Temple of the All-Seeing Eye, Bluffdale, Utah'''</big><br>
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During the Cold War, the [[Wikipedia:NSA|National Security Agency]] intercepted the communications of Russia and China and a handful of communist states, while the US [[List of military interventions by the US|busied itself with taking over the world secretly]]. Now that other countries are fighting back, and the US does its regime changes largely in the open, the NSA has given itself the task of intercepting, decoding, and assessing ALL communications, EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME.
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In order to do this, the NSA is building the largest intelligence complex ever; more than five times the size of the US Capitol, in Bluffdale, Utah, in the heart of Mormon country.
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[http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/1 The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)], by James Bamford. [http://www.democracynow.org/2012/3/21/exposed_inside_the_nsas_largest_and  James Bamford interview] on [[Democracy Now!]]
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[[Image:Anti-Xe.svg|thumb|150px|Logo of [[Xe Watch]], representing opposition to [[Wikipedia:Xe Services|Blackwater Worldwide]]. Blackwater became Xe Services in October 2007]]
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[[File:CIA.svg|thumb|top|150px|left|Logo of the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]; a large bureaucracy with many branches; these divisions do not necessarily reflect an operational separation of [[CIA activities]] [[Wikipedia:CIA activities|(WP)]]]]
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<big>'''"Seven countries in five years"'''</big><br>
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'''Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Iran'''<br>
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''See:[[Seven countries in five years]]''<br>
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Seven government and countries, all of which have [[List of Military Interventions of the United States|already been the targets of extra-diplomatic actions and military US action in past years]], were overtly targeted for invasion and overthrow by the Bush administration in late 2000. This objective has been achieved in two, although resistance to foreign occupation of Iraq and Libya will continue for the foreseeable future.
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General Wesley Clark, not the staunchest ally of human rights himself (authorizing the use of [[wikipedia:depleted uranium|depleted uranium]] rounds and attacks on civilians in Yugoslavia, for example), was nonetheless moved for whatever reason to deplore this policy publicly. However, it was six years before he did so, in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXS3vW47mOE an interview] with [[Democracy Now!]], a [http://www.infowars.com/libya-and-syria-the-neocon-plan-to-attack-seven-countries-in-five-years/ conference at the Commonwealth Club of California], and elsewhere.
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[[File:Academi logo.png|thumb|400px|The third name for Blackwater, Academi]]
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<big>'''Blackwater is now Xe is now Academi'''</big><br>
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:[[Wikipedia:Blackwater Worldwide|Blackwater Worldwide]] changed its name to Xe, and has most recently (better to not say now, as it could change again any day, it seems) changed it again to Academi. This was more than sufficient to get the [[Blackwater Watch]] article and its other two incarnations removed from Wikipedia entirely; see [[Xe Watch#Deletion from Wikipedia]]
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'''Archived'''</center>
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[[Anarchopedia:Current events archive]]
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*[[Raymond Allen Davis incident]] : On January 27, 2011, Raymond Allen Davis, a US citizen claiming to be working as a consultant at the U.S. Consulate in [[Wikipedia:Lahore|Lahore]] and later said to be a [[CIA]] operative <ref name=guardian>{{cite web|author=Declan Walsh and Ewen MacAskill |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/20/us-raymond-davis-lahore-cia?CMP=twt_gu |title=American who sparked diplomatic crisis over Lahore shooting was CIA spy |publisher=The Guardian |date=20 February 2011 |accessdate=2011-02-21}}</ref> killed two armed men in the Pakistani city of Lahore.<ref name="dawn_28">{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/2011/01/28/us-official-guns-down-two-motorcyclists-in-lahore.html|title=US official guns down two motorcyclists in Lahore|last=Chaudhry|first=Asif|date=28 January 2012|work=[[Wikipedia:Dawn (newspaper)]]|accessdate=13 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=US official Raymond Davis on Lahore murder charges|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12305049|work=BBC News|accessdate=31 January 2011|date=28 January 2011}}</ref><ref name="NYT20120129">{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/world/asia/30pakistan.html|title=U.S. Seeks Release of Official in Pakistan|last=Perlez|first=Jane|date=29 January 2012|work=[[Wikipedia:The New York Times]]|accessdate=13 February 2011}}</ref>  
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* [[King hearings]]
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*[[Social programs cut by 112th USA Congress]]<ref>[[Democracy Now!]]: [http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2011/3/7/michael_moore "America is Not Broke!"]: Michael Moore addresses thousands in Madison, Wisconsin March 07, 2011</ref>
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*[[Wikipedia:BTJunkie|BTJunkie]] [[BitTorrent]] site shuts down
  
Davis was working within areas of espionage covered by multiple departments of the CIA: wetworks ([[SAD]] [[Wikipedia:SAD|(WP)]]), black propaganda ([[SAD#|Political Action Group]] [[Wikipedia:Political Action Group|(WP)]]), and military reconnaissance, which is not even a department of the CIA, despite the fact that there has been a CIA operative on the ground before every single US invasion. It most closely resembles army Special Forces activity. Therefore it is apparent that the bureaucratic divisions of the CIA do not necessarily reflect a separation of [[operations carried out by the CIA]] [[Wikipedia:CIA activities|(WP)]] into operatives under each division's authorization carrying out operations specific to that division.
 
  
* In response to the [[Wikipedia:2011 Egyptian protests|Egyptian street protests]] following the [[Self-immolation in North African protests|North African protest self-immolations]], President Hosni Mubarak has sworn in a new cabinet. New vice president Omar Suleiman is Egypt’s former intelligence chief, with close ties to Washington. He played a key role in the U.S. extraordinary rendition program.<ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/2011/1/31/headlines -Democracy Now! 31 Jan 11]</ref>
 
* The [[Wikipedia:Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|14th Amendment]] may be reinterpreted if a current bill passes. The Arizona House bill HR 140<ref>[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h112-140 GovTrack text of HR 140]</ref><ref>[http://www.globalimmigrationcounsel.com/tags/rep-steve-king/ globalimmigrationcounsel.com]</ref> is the second such in a week; the first, introduced in Indiana.<ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/arizona-bill-targets-automatic-citizensh  Arizona Bill Targets Automatic Citizenship for Children of Illegal Immigrants] cnsnews-Friday, January 28, 2011</ref><ref name=DN!28/>
 
* An unprecedented inquiry this week submitted evidence pertaining to the death of [[Wikipedia:President Salvador Allende|President Salvador Allende]], and hundreds more unresolved deaths during the [[1973]] U.S.-backed military coup that brought [[Wikipedia:Augusto Pinochet|Augusto Pinochet]] to power.<ref name=DN!28>[http://www.democracynow.org/2011/1/28/headlines Democracy Now! 28 Jan 11]</ref>
 
* The FBI says it has executed 40+ search warrants as part of a probe into cyberattacks waged in support of the whistleblowing website [[WikiLeaks]]. Five people have also been arrested in the United Kingdom in a related probe.<ref name=DN!28/>
 
* ''The Obama administration has publicly confirmed it is continuing the Bush-era policy of opposing the return of Haiti’s ousted former president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Overthrown in a 2004 U.S.-backed coup, Aristide has renewed his pleas to return to Haiti following the recent re-emergence of exiled dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. In a statement issued through Twitter, U.S. Department of State spokesperson P.J. Crowley said, "We do not doubt President Aristide’s desire to help the people of Haiti. But today, Haiti needs to focus on its future, not its past." The Haitian government has refused to issue Aristide a new passport, reportedly under U.S.-led pressure. - [[Democracy Now!]]''
 
* ''Just after his return this week, Jean-Claude Duvalier was indicted on corruption charges stemming from his embezzlement of millions in state funds before a popular uprising forced him to flee Haiti in 1986. Alleged victims of human rights abuses under his regime have also filed criminal complaints. Duvalier says he returned to assist Haiti’s rebuilding effort, but critics say he’s making a last-ditch attempt to recoup some $6 million frozen in a Swiss bank account. A Swiss law passed in response to Duvalier’s longtime effort to obtain the money goes into effect on February 1. Before the new rules kick in, Duvalier would be able to receive the money if he could prove he is not under criminal investigation in his home country. His return is seen as a gamble that he would have been able to enter Haiti and then depart without being charged, which he would then cite as proof to the Swiss he’s not under legal scrutiny. - [[Democracy Now!]]''
 
:One of the crowd 'celebrating' Duvalier's return told a reporter from The Telegraph that he had been paid $10 Haitian dollars to cheer. Duvalier "declared himself 'impressed by the welcome I have received, especially from the crowd of young people who don't know me.'"- The Telegraph
 
* (In January 2011), ''"a group of U.S.-based human rights groups and legal organizations filed an emergency petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to halt the roundups, detention and deportations of Haitian nationals by the U.S. government." - [[Democracy Now!]]'' On the 20th of January, the U.S. government resumed deportations to Haiti. Haitian refugees face a completely different standard than Cuban refugees for entry into the US, according to Human Rights Watch. Other human rights groups criticized deporting people into a triad of disasters: a cholera outbreak, violence surrounding the election and earthquake devastation.
 
 
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Special Forces do not merely carry out the increasingly criminal actions ordered by their superiors (eg the assassination of foreign leaders with drone strikes)-sometimes they go so far off the rails that they have to cover up the crimes (eg the killing and mass burial of 10 villagers in Wardak, Afghanistan--interview with Matthieu Aikins on Democracy Now!. Alteratively, the deaths could have been commanded, the soldiers truly guilty of participation but not instigation and then the coverup instigated to the seeming benefit of all but in the end, only to the benefit of command. There is something of a third stage attached to this incident as well. The first stage would be, the US acting atrociously, even criminally, in secret. The second, doing this openly, because they know they can mostly get away with it. And the third stage is utter immunity from prosecution. The US government is making immunity for the armed forces a condition of aiding Karzai's government, and immunity for international corporations a condition for trade, with the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Evidence of unusually dire extremes of criminal activity by command in Afghanistan is shown by torture on tape released by Rolling Stone in November 2013-Afghan security forces holding down and beating prisoners while Special Forces watch.[1]

Yassar Arafat's (WP) body had eighteen times the normal amount of radioactive Polonium-210 in it, enough to kill him. The Swiss team's findings contradict those of a Russian team. However, Russia is at pains to deny Polonium as a cause as it would point to them, however vaguely and incredibly, as per the results of Alexander Litvinenko's autopsy. Russia set up as a convenient patsy is a good reason to use Polonium, and its use points to the great likelihood of a government agency, as its short half-life makes it incredibly rare in nature.[2] 210Polonium has a half-life of 138.376 days.[3]

Bradley Manning's treatment was cruel and inhuman, UN torture chief rules-The Guardian. UN investigator found that Manning might also have been tortured.

Cast the net wide enough, and you will surely catch something: As a hunger strike begins, by prisoners in California against the practice of long-term solitary confinement, investigative journalist Shane Bauer appeared on Democracy Now!, showing that the rationale for treatment that the prisoners call torture is sometimes no better than 1.-almost- 2.thought crime to 3.associate with criminals who 4.again, -might- commit crimes. That is to say, they might be thinking about talking with people who fit a profile determined by their captors, of potential wrongdoers.

the criteria for determining whether somebody is a member or an associate of those gangs is kind of notoriously loose. I have seen cases of people who are put in the SHU and deemed gang members because they have academic books by the Black Panthers or journal writings about African-American history. Even the materials for gang investigators teach that the use of the words "tío" or "hermano," "uncle" or "brother" in Spanish, can indicate gang activity - Shane Bauer. Interview on Democracy Now!

This is a degree of separation that inspires one to think of words other than tenuous. Nebulous might be a better word. A rationale that rewards belief and confounds understanding.

Operation Pillar of Cloud: Palestine is a dog that Israel keeps starving and chained up in its back yard, and kicks nearly to death every four years. Less than four years after the Hypocrites of the Apocalypse used banned white phosphorus, and illegally used cluster bombs against civilians in the midst of a massive bombing campaign, in which even UN convoys and headquarters were hit with 'friendly fire', they are doing it all again. And let us not forget, partisans are not stationed in civilian areas because they want to use civilians as shields, but because they live there. And what gives Israel the right to complain of human shields, when they plan on killing the civilians standing in the way, in any case? Giving someone ten minutes to get out of their house does not excuse blowing it up. And the hypocrisy and war crimes go on and on.

Rebel suicide bomber kills top Syrian officials
It has been pretty hard to tell who the bad guys are in Syria, a regime used by the US to torture extrajudicial prisoners, that is now being double-crossed by the US, perhaps to the point of backing the rebels against them. Someone has been massacring civilians, and possibly both sides.

The grey area has grown and darkened now that the rebels have used assassinations, like the Obama administration's drone strikes...only with suicide bombers.[4] Like Al-Qaeda, the PLO, and almost every group on the US' terrorist list. So does that mean that the rebels supported by state leaders all around the world, in lockstep with the US, are terrorists? Or is suicide bombing now OK? Is this something the US opposes? Is there an outcry of "terrorist actions"? No. How about something like "brutal"? Well, no. In fact, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta used the same blaming the victim technique as was used on Haiti's Aristide, when rebels tried to take over his country; Assad will be held responsible if it does not safeguard its stockpile of chemical weapons.[5]

Does this utter absence of criticism means that suicide bombing is going to follow torture in the transition from a crime with which the US pot can call its enemies' kettles red, to just another military option? And if it does, then that means that the rest of the 'terrorists' are just irregular military with fewer military options than the US, as Anarchopedia has always contended.

Legislative coup d'état removes President Fernando Lugo of Paraguay
Lugo’s opponents’ had planned the coup, and U.S. officials had known about it, as early as 2009. "Capitalize on any Lugo missteps to break the political deadlock in Congress, impeach Lugo and assure their own political supremacy", reads a diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.[6]

The announcement of Lugo's impeachment proceedings came just a day before he was given two hours to prepare his legal defense; Lugo declined to address the proceedings. Legislator's statements were long on quotes of constitutional rules and short on rationale. In particular, there were no concrete examples of his 'misconduct'. Lugo has strong support in the populace, but the legislature was filled with the same party as had ruled Paraguay for 61 years. On the 25th of June, 2012, Fernando Lugo said he would create a parallel cabinet, and bring his case before the coming week's summit of the Mercosur trade bloc in Mendoza, Argentina[7]

"The two things to look out for is, one if military aid to Paraguayan army will continue. The U.S. is a supplier of much material and financial support to the security forces in Paraguay, and two, if it will take advantage of the crisis to go forward with a long sought military base in the region, which the Pentagon, Southcom (WP), has wanted for a while"-Greg Grandin (WP)[8]

O, Drug War, where is thy Sting?..Really, where did it go, have you seen it around anywhere?
One of Project Gunrunner's (see Operation: IRONY) plans to deprive Mexican drug cartels of weaponry, the ATF's (WP) Operation Fast and Furious, gave them weapons instead. It thereby achieved optimum Oppositeness. Or did it? See CIA drug trafficking

Labor Day protests
International Workers' Day (WP) also known as May Day (also, outside of the US and UK, known as Labor Day) rallies and protests were a mix of the traditional yearly events and a resurgence of Occupy Movement (WP) events
Guardian full day listing of events , and in pictures
SFGate: 15 minutes, 30 people, 30 businesses trashed, no arrests

The Sacred Temple of the All-Seeing Eye, Bluffdale, Utah
During the Cold War, the National Security Agency intercepted the communications of Russia and China and a handful of communist states, while the US busied itself with taking over the world secretly. Now that other countries are fighting back, and the US does its regime changes largely in the open, the NSA has given itself the task of intercepting, decoding, and assessing ALL communications, EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME.

In order to do this, the NSA is building the largest intelligence complex ever; more than five times the size of the US Capitol, in Bluffdale, Utah, in the heart of Mormon country.

The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say), by James Bamford. James Bamford interview on Democracy Now!

Logo of Xe Watch, representing opposition to Blackwater Worldwide. Blackwater became Xe Services in October 2007
Logo of the Central Intelligence Agency; a large bureaucracy with many branches; these divisions do not necessarily reflect an operational separation of CIA activities (WP)

"Seven countries in five years"
Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Iran
See:Seven countries in five years
Seven government and countries, all of which have already been the targets of extra-diplomatic actions and military US action in past years, were overtly targeted for invasion and overthrow by the Bush administration in late 2000. This objective has been achieved in two, although resistance to foreign occupation of Iraq and Libya will continue for the foreseeable future.

General Wesley Clark, not the staunchest ally of human rights himself (authorizing the use of depleted uranium rounds and attacks on civilians in Yugoslavia, for example), was nonetheless moved for whatever reason to deplore this policy publicly. However, it was six years before he did so, in an interview with Democracy Now!, a conference at the Commonwealth Club of California, and elsewhere.

The third name for Blackwater, Academi

Blackwater is now Xe is now Academi

Blackwater Worldwide changed its name to Xe, and has most recently (better to not say now, as it could change again any day, it seems) changed it again to Academi. This was more than sufficient to get the Blackwater Watch article and its other two incarnations removed from Wikipedia entirely; see Xe Watch#Deletion from Wikipedia
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  1. Torture on Tape -Democracy Now!
  2. Arafat's death: what is Polonium-210? Al-Jazeera
  3. Al-Jazeera's compendium of sources
  4. http://www.democracynow.org/2012/7/18/bomber_strikes_syrian_regime_in_damascus Bomber Strikes Syrian Regime in Damascus, Killing Assad’s Defense Minister, Brother-in-Law July 18, 2012, Democracy Now!
  5. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/07/201271901412429234.html US says Assad 'losing control' of crisis, Al Jazeera
  6. "U.S. Undecided on Whether Lugo Ouster was a Coup" Democracy Now!
  7. Latest News-(this link will rot, so replace) Former paraguayan president fernando lugo organizes a shadow government, Pedro Servin, Associated Press
  8. Coup in Paraguay: Will U.S. Join Latin America in Condemning Ouster of President Fernando Lugo? Democracy Now!
  9. Declan Walsh and Ewen MacAskill. American who sparked diplomatic crisis over Lahore shooting was CIA spy. The Guardian. URL accessed on 2011-02-21.
  10. Chaudhry, Asif US official guns down two motorcyclists in Lahore. Wikipedia:Dawn (newspaper). URL accessed on 13 February 2011.
  11. US official Raymond Davis on Lahore murder charges. BBC News. URL accessed on 31 January 2011.
  12. Perlez, Jane (29 January 2012). "U.S. Seeks Release of Official in Pakistan". Wikipedia:The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/world/asia/30pakistan.html. Retrieved 13 February 2011. </li>
  13. Democracy Now!: "America is Not Broke!": Michael Moore addresses thousands in Madison, Wisconsin March 07, 2011
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