GREECE AND THE EURASIAN GAS GAME

I thought it helpful to put into context SOME factors not much discussed related to recent Greek developments and Greece's significant role in the following context and WHY it is so important WHO controls Greece, like Turkey, Pakistan, etc.

So, I highlighted the introductory paragraph from the following with a link in pink at the end, "more information..." whereupon, if you click it, you can read the remainder:

"South Eastern Europe in the Big Eurasian Gas Game: New Supply and Transit Challenges:

Natural gas remains the key source of energy for the European Union and the biggest share of it is currently supplied by Russia's Gazprom. With energy security at the top of EU's agenda, diversification of gas supply routes is set as top priority for the coming years. South Eastern Europe (SEE) is a region expected to play a crucial role in mid- and long-term gas supply diversification for most of Europe. Currently at stake for SEE is the advantage of becoming a new hub of gas transit from Middle East, Central Asia and the Caspian region en route to EU consumers... More information..."

Many more papers are available on the same subject from the same page from which I pulled the above regarding Greece.
If you bother to read and/or glance at all of them, you can put together a fairly good geographic picture of how the pieces, countries, fit together strategically in this "game":

http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/marketintelligence/welcome.html

And, in a somewhat eclectic manner, I came across the following article about a Greek shipping company named DryShips, related to all the above, "Setting Sail For an Economic Rebound":

http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/10/markets/thebuzz/index.htm

At the following link, as the article notes, DryShips is a small, curious, startup shipping company in 2004-5 with only 2 employees, located in the Marshall Islands.

At the following, a direct link to their website is provided, and, you can peruse their Directors.

This represents a PATTERN for places all over the globe, a typical element of the Fascist, global privatization conspiracy:

http://money.cnn.com/quote/snapshot/snapshot.html?symb=DRYS

I will not comment on the current, fluid, explosive, dynamic events in Greece, since this news can be followed from lots of sources better than I on the internet.

I will only add one note. One can easily note the complete and conspicuous absence of any acknowledgment, support or recognition of Greece's revolutionary, ongoing, militant labor struggle and student protests and insurrection from the US and its non-existent, Fascist led labor movement and fake Left.

THEIR job is the contrary, to control the American labor movement and make sure such things NEVER happen in the US. To contain organized labor as an appendage of the Fascist project. So, the US just had an itsy-bitsy, baby labor protest, sitdown strike, a few hundred people, and, DONE. Finished. Over. It is/was certainly cost effective, expedient and political grandstanding to throw a few thousand dollars to a few hundred laid off workers and tell them to go home and shut up, rather than let others get the idea they might do something else more militant.

WE ALL ARE GREEK!!

Excerpted from the following, link below:

"...The government has vowed to crack down on the rioters. But with the general strike tomorrow against government austerity programmes and attacks on pensions and tens of thousands of angry workers on the streets aggressive police action could lead to serious repercussions for the state."

http://libcom.org/news/shots-ring-out-athens-riots-continue-09122008

There is global opposition and resistance to Fascism, counter-revolution and reaction and Greece is at the forefront, a catalyst.

WE ALL are Greek!

GREECE AND THE PIECE OF SHIT CALLED THE US

Here's a roundup of events and issues in Greece:

http://libcom.org/news/rioting-explodes-across-greece-08122008

In the US, we do not even have a universal, free, higher public education system.
Not to mention health care, pensions and not much of anything else over which the Greeks fight.
When reporting on Greece, here, they neglect to mention ANY of these factors.
Just a bunch of rioting anarchists.

What we do have here, instead, is lots of pliable, idiotic, moronic, passive SUCKERS!!
The biggest and largest bunch on the planet.
So, we get one, small, little, tiny, local factory protest, which ONLY wants some severance pay and it is considered an enormous event, while the remainder of the resources of the entire country is sold off and down the drain in collusion with a Fascist demagogue labeled progressive along with totally corrupt and Fascist labor leadership and NONE of what the Greeks take for granted and for which they fight.

The following article sums it up nicely for me, except for the fact they are incorrect about OJ Simpson.
He's a shmuck, also.
Two shmucks do not a mensch make.
But, the sense and tone of what they describe is accurate, much more accurate then the heaps and heaps of verbal garbage, apologists, passivity, stupidity, propaganda I read and hear everyday, here.
Mountains and mountains and tons of sophisticated intellectual obscurantism that continue to give legitimacy to a totally criminal institution called the American government and their upcoming Citigroup Nation slave in the White House and all those same people who helped to put him there in the first place.
When I say they get what they deserve, I most definitely, adamantly mean it:

http://www.indiadaily.com/editorial/20326.asp

Meanwhile, in a previous blog I mentioned the Dow Chemical and Kuwait story.
And, as well, RESISTANCE to it in Kuwait, itself.
Much more resistance in tiny, retrograde Kuwait than anything from the passive suckers in the US.
Here's an update on that story:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081208/dow_chemical_job_cuts.html

THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE MISSING LINK, SHAHZAD & AZIZ, "SELL, SELL, SELL IN PAKISTAN"

In a previous post, I noted all of the many links I have utilized from the Turkish Daily News disappeared.
Indeed,the TDN, itself, disappeared, along with all their previous articles and links, apparently.

There's another very curious missing link to me, in addition to the TDN.

In previous blogs, I linked to an article published June 10, 2005, in the Asia Times, entitled, "Sell, Sell, Sell in Pakistan."
The article was co-written by Syed Saleem Shahzad and Sajid Aziz.

I reproduced my previous blog entry from May, 2006, in which I referred to the above link on my present blog.
You will see it noted here, AND, you will notice the ATimes link to the preceding article does NOT work:

http://karlmarxwasright2.blogspot.com/2008/11/from-may-2006-abraaj-jafar-dana-gas.html

I am mystified by the cause or reason for this particular missing link because, so far, every other previous ATimes link I try DOES work and ATimes is still very much alive and well and kicking and in existence.

FURTHERMORE, at least one of the authors of the above article/link is NOT a slouchy fellow.
Here's a thumbnail sketch of Syed Saleem Shahzad's bio, or, credentials/connections:

httwikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Saleem_Shahzadp://en.

And, just to be sure it was not a fluke, I did NUMEROUS other searches both on the ATimes website, itself, other search engines, under the article heading AND under the name of the authors.

Again, I found the link, but, the link NEVER worked.

So, I would really like to know why this particular article has vanished from public archives and a request to have it reproduced in full for reference purposes.

The closest I came in content matter to the above while doing some searches through the ATimes website, was the following article about Pakistan privatization and the UAE again from 2005:

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GF24Df01.html

But, although itself very interesting, this is not the correct article.

Consider this brief blog entry to be an open, public question and letter to the Atimes to solve the case of the mysterious missing link.

A seemingly simple thing to do.

PAK-AFGHAN DEAL AND GREECE

Well, for the latest episode in "As the World Turns," a seemingly endless US TV soap opera.

Just after posting my previous entry, below, where it was reported infamous Afghan General Dostum flew to Turkey on the heels of Mumbai as a tripartite meeting occurred between Turkey, Pakistan and Afghan FMs, guess what was just announced from those meetings?
Come on.
You can guess.
I know my readers are smart cookies.

Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to fight terror TOGETHER.
Imagine that!
Could anyone have guessed?
Me and a few thousand, million others, I suppose.
Here's their proud, official proclamation on this matter:

http://hawk.heraldinteractive.com/news/international/asia_pacific/view/2008_12_05_Afghanistan__Pakistan_to_fight_al-Qaida_together/

Additionally, much of the US power Establishment has made taxpayer financed social visits, free jaunts, to Pakistan and India these past few days, including a Congressional entourage which encompassed McCain:

http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/06/top15.htm

The clinchers to the above. The ones I love the most.

First, "Pakistan Likely to Get $2 Billion Loan from Saudi Arabia and the UAE," with more money to come, from the IMF:

http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20081205081209/lok081200081205

Geez.

If I sponsor some terrorism maybe they will throw a few billion dollars my way as a reward.

Second, emerging from the tripartite meeting in Istanbul between Turkey, Pakistan and Afghanistan FMs to which I refer above and in my previous post, in addition to promulgating they would all fight terrorism together, a corresponding announcement, "Business Leaders to Encourage Trilateral Cooperation." Wow! What another startling development of joint compatibility! It blows my mind:

http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/07/ebr4.htm

And, one more irresistible article related to the above, "Pakistan Pushing for More Free Trade with GCC" (and Arab states):

http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Trade/10265507.html

Meanwhile, for those following the murky world of state sponsored, narco-terrorism, here's an interesting one which I'll leave others to assess its truth value and accuracy:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/US_sanctioned_LeTs_Hafiz_and_Zaki_Lakhvi_in_May/articleshow/3805518.cms

Turning to global resistance and class war. On this matter, I have some truly remarkable events to report. Both events and some following links are available on the same website: www.libcom.org

First, the US has just taken its own teeny-weeny, itsy-bitsy, baby step in the correct direction with "Angry Laid Off Workers Occupy Factory in Chicago":

http://libcom.org/news/construction-workers-occupy-factory-chicago-07122008

Well, congratulations are in order.
The US birthed a labor infant, above.
Unless their infant gets lots of support, nurturing, attention AND grows up, matures and develops, the infant will suffer from premature crib death, I'm afraid.
However, the adorable little labor infant IS getting some high profile attention for reasons as yet to be determined:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/ap_on_re_us/workers_takeover;_ylt=AgsGg8YzKvyzzENY2vyzorFvzwcF

Maybe, next, they all should call upon that great progressive leader for whom they ALL voted and supported, Obummer, for assistance since he and they are Chicagoans together and Obummer is such a great community leader and organizer, according to the propaganda.

And, call on national labor LEADERSHIP as well, not the isolated union local.

We shall see what happens and what comes of it all.

In contrast to the above American labor infant, we have a full fledged, grown, mature, experienced, seasoned labor adult in Greece. The following extraordinary, remarkable events have taken place in Greece.

First, a nursing strike, seizure and occupation of the Greek Minister of Health office:

http://libcom.org/news/tension-athens-nurses-occupy-minister-health-during-48-strike-while-students-clash-police-0

And then, apparently, more followed. Riots are reported in Greece with one death, but, of course, no background and NO context is provided, as if these riots simply occur spontaneously, out of the blue.

For those completely uninitiated with the present and previous context and background of militant Greek labor strikes and politics, here's a starter for you. Happy reading:

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=greece%2C+strikes&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8

May they ever be an inspiration!

AFGHAN GEN DOSTUM AND IRAQ OIL LAW

Before commenting on the main purpose of this entry, the Iraq Oil Law, in light of recent events in Mumbai, I thought the following, small news item rather intriguing.
It confirmed that infamous, former Afghan General Dostum just flew to Turkey, and, depending on which source one reads, either Dostum is in voluntary exile or just visiting:

http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=32702

And, here's one more link with a slightly different interpretation.

Simultaneous to Dostum and Mumbai, it so happens a Turkish, Pakistani and Afghan tripartite summit was held in Turkey.

TRIPARTITE MEETING SECOND LINK BELOW:

http://www.jansamachar.net/display.php3?id=&num=16925&lang=English

TRIPARTITE MEETING:

http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=32769

And, now, for Iraq's Oil Law.
On December 3, Azzaman reported the Iraq Oil Law compromise reached between the KRG and Baghdad had collapsed:

http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news\2008-12-03\kurd.htm

Two days later, a contradictory report about an Iraq Oil Law compromise. In addition, on the upper right hand side of the following link, in a box, further articles about various companies cancelling, altering their previous KRG negotiated contracts:

http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/41160

So, which is accurate?
What will happen?
I believe the latter, above, for the following reasons.

An excerpt from my previous blog of September 28, 2008:

"...Kurdistan's Heritage Oil, partnered with the mysterious Eagle Group of Iraq, which I've speculated might be Talabani, and/or Barzani, themselves, apparently, either will be sold outright, or, "some" of their assets sold.
It is speculated those assets will be in Kurdistan.
From their own corporate website, a terse, September 18 Press Release on the subject. Note, JP Morgan Cazenove, advisor:

www.heritageoilltd.com/resource/fzxrtqdn2eo8z89xslscp62r.pdf

Seems to me like rats leaving a sinking ship.

I've had much in previous blogs about the nefarious role of Heritage, etc. But, a good reminder, to which I've linked before, and, especially in recent connection between the Obummer mafia campaign and mafioso extraordinaire, Tony Buckingham, current owner of Heritage Oil, the following:

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m41015

Also, Russia reaffirms Iraq's territorial integrity:

http://www.uruknet.info/?p=47542

Apparently, some private Russian companies are being offered the potential to invest in Iraq.
And, of course, further UN and NATO/international forces being planned for intervention and "peace keeping" in Iraq..."
END OF EXCERPT

Direct link for above entry:

http://karlmarxwasright2.blogspot.com/2008/09/predictions-fulfilled-news-of-our-death.html

In addition to my preceding excerpt, the following, NOW, "Nato Reiterates Pledge to Build Iraq's Security Force":

http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidGN_05122008_10264804/lok033005081205

And, if that isn't sufficient enough proof, the final nail in the coffin,
"Iraq's Oil Conference Buzzes With Prospects...":

http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=70370

The preceding all consistent with the "international policy shift" consolidated by the US 2006 mid-term Congressional election.

On THAT subject, an EXCERPT from my previous entry of March 5, 2008:

"....As you may recall if you have been reading my blog for some time, October 2005 was when I first forecast a REVERSION to the former, strategic policies of "trilateralism, internationalism," represented by Kissinger, the CFR, PRIOR to America's 2006 midterm elections, which is precisely what happened, our November Coup, as I called it.
On October 13, 2005, I did a blog entitled, "Silent Coup in Washington..."
...What then ensued, as I said in my blogs, was an orchestrated, predetermined, November 2006 mid-term Congressional shift represented officially by Democratic victories and their subsequent policy shifts represented above, i.e., the November Coup, which is why there has been and will be no American Presidential impeachment proceedings.
For all THEIR above intents and purposes, the coup already occurred.
For purposes of partisan politics, political posturing, global expediency, it is much more convenient and better to keep the current asinine idiot in the White House, present him as the titular leader, obscure responsibility and blame, with no messy hearings, continuity of government and power, the facade of democracy and so on.
I think others can extrapolate on the possible innumerable unmentioned reasons why such a policy would be politically advantageous, from domestic to global purposes.
Thus, the current American Presidential campaign/election is a continuum of the process begun, above, culminating officially with a new President, a new titular head, whomever it may be.
The following organization represents this clearly:

http://www.usglobalengagement.org/

And their testimony, today, in Congress on "Smart Power...":

www.usglobalengagement.org/Portals/16/ftp/Testimony.pdf ..."

END OF EXCERPT

AUSTRALIA, THE GCC AND RELATED FASCIST NOTES

The following article about Australia and the Middle East, altho not named as such, specifically, our International Nazi GCC cartel/conspiracy.

I will EXCERPT first from the article below what I consider the salient point and then provide a link:

"...TREASURER Wayne Swan says suggestions the Government has struck a deal to channel funds from the Middle East into a new infrastructure bank for the states are "just absurd...They have floated the idea of a national infrastructure bank that would borrow money on their behalf....But when asked in parliament by Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop why is the Government establishing a new bank which will channel petrodollars from the Middle East to state Labor..."

For the remaining context read the article/link:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24750868-26103,00.html

And, here are a few more highlights from global, International Fascism, counter-revolution and reaction, led by the US.

Kuwait and Dow Chemical to form a joint venture. Hopefully, I do not need to explain the importance of Dow Chemical:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Dow-finalizes-KDow-venture-apf-13708168.html

No sooner than the above is/was announced, opposition and resistance emanated from tiny, little, retrograde Kuwait, resistance larger than anything from America's collaborative, supine Fascist trade unions, fake Left and despicable Nazi Congress combined together:

http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20081204052334/lok052300081204

Then, following along from other Fascist dictatorships, plans to circumvent Gazprom and supply Nabucco gas to the EU from Egypt via Bulgaria and Turkey:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Bulgaria-interested-in-apf-13745235.html

And, hoping to pry open Mongolia's natural resources to foreign capital ownership:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Mongolia-to-reopen-talks-on-apf-13742680.html

Then, further French and UAE consolidation:

http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20081204101348/lok101300081204

The IMF and, amongst a long list of other places, Lebanon:

http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidDS281108_dsart10/lok064520081128

And, an added reflection about Pakistan.

I do not find it surprising or shocking that the US and NATO, and, even Russia and India, create a terror excuse to intercede and "mop up," destroy or control the Frankenstein monster the US created in the first place in Afghanistan and Pakistan that became an impediment to "progress," as defined by privatization and regional economic integration, just like Iran's barbaric Nazi militias and their partners in crime, the Kurdish Peshmerga in Iraq.

The mafia and international drug syndicates certainly bump off and liquidate each other. So, why not these folks? After all, they are born of the same ilk. They are related. Everybody knows the character and background of Pakistan's ISI in the Afghan-Soviet war. It's no secret.

The following article recaps some of it. The only important part missing in the following, however, are details surrounding the financial interconnections of BCCI which continue to the present day in the GCC Cartel conspiracy.

There was even a fictionalized Hollywood movie version proudly presenting America's creation of their miserable, Islamic, Afghan-Pakistan "Freedom Fighters." The movie was titled, "Charlie's War," based on Democratic Congressman Charlie Wilson's role and funding.

So, for a short, terse, bare bones background, recap, minus BCCI:

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=11279

And, since I always like to feature one amongst many possible points of global resistance, today, Hungary, in addition to tiny Kuwait, above:

http://www.marxist.com/hungary-demonstration-november-08.htm

Nothing in this area to report in the US. Just the opposite. All quiet on the Western Front. Our historic, present day, UAW labor union leadership grovels and kowtows in Congress for a few funds and promises to essentially liquidate itself and concede almost all gains they made in previous contracts. Why don't they all just take a gun, shoot themselves or commit hari-kari and save everybody a bunch of trouble.

Instead, we go through endless Congressional hearings, theatrics and TV melodrama, with a predetermined and prescripted outcome, which, of course, Citigroup did not do, at all. Citigroup just made their many billions of dollars agreement, quietly, over the weekend and announced it on a Monday morning. A "gentleman's" handshake is all it took.

IRAN'S MOBINA GROUP, BELARUS AND PAKISTAN

The intersection of Iran and Belarus begins with a report that Iran's Mobina Group is interested in purchasing Belarus bank shares:

http://www.mojnews.com/en/news_full_story.asp?nId=4223

However, after doing some searches on the internet, I could come up with absolutely no further information other than that stated above on Iran's seemingly nebulous and murky Mobina Group.
No website.
Nothing on Mohammad Reza E(I)zadbin, named above.
No Board of Directors, shareholders, etc.
Nothing.

However, "Iraninan," presumably, Mobina Group was present at a very well attended, recent, international Belarus Investment Forum in London in November, 2008, from which the report above emanates.

The following link for this very well attended Belarus Investment Forum:

http://www.belta.by/en/print?id=307347

The preceding Belarus investment forum in London in November, 2008, at which Iran's Mobina Group was present, in turn, emanates from a project entitled, "Office For a Democratic Belarus in Brussels," and I am linking to one of the papers available on their official "Office" website, "Prospects for Privatization in Belarus":

http://belinstitute.eu/images/stories/documents/sa52008en.pdf

Following with more information and links is the website of "Office For A Democratic Belarus Brussels" from which I extracted the above link/paper:

http://www.democraticbelarus.eu/

Meanwhile, returning to where I began, the Mobina Group.
Reminds me of a previous question.
WHO is the Eagle Group of Iraq, business partner with Heritage Oil in KRG administered Kurdistan?
So, I might ask a similar question, again.
WHO does "Iran's" Mobina Group represent?

However, at this point, I PRESUME, although, of course, I could be incorrect, depending on the answer, the significance of the Mobina Group is considerably less than that of the mysterious Eagle Group of Iraq partnered with Heritage Oil and the KRG.

And, for those of you concerned about Pakistan, rest assured.
Pakistan has been and continues to be, since creation of the BCCI (Bank of Commerce and Credit International, otherwise known as Bank of Crooks and Criminals International) and Pakistan's ISI and their roles in the Afghan-Soviet war, an integral partner of US, Nazi/Fascist plans and the GCC, Middle East speculative and privatizing bubble.

So, the following about Pakistan, which sums it up, in addition to all else I've had on my blogs:

"Pakistan Government to Increase Foreign Direct Investment":

http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093223260

FROM 2007-ABU DHABI, HERMES, ABRAAJ, CITIGROUP

Again, a few EXCERPTS from previous entries from my currently unavailable blogspot for reference with some updates below.

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Egypt, Hermes, Abraaj, Abu Dhabi and more

"...In my previous blog about the secretive Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, I linked to an article that Abu Dhabi Investment Auth had purchased an 8% share in Egypt's EFG-Hermes.
Of course, the ubiquitous Citigroup is on the Hermes Board.
But, it should be noted in this world of interlocking interests that Abraaj Capital has a 25% stake in Hermes, as well.
So, Abu Dhabi-Hermes-Citigroup-Abraaj and, then, Abraaj, in turn, is partnered with Dana Gas, Crescent Oil, Pakistan, etc..."

AND

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Abu Dhabi Purchases Citigroup Shares; Continued Middle East Bubble

"....Following along, again, from all my previous blogs on the Next Bubble, the Middle East, etc., see especially this month's previous, November, 2007 entries, The Abu Dhabi Investment Fund, today, for approximately $7.5 Billion purchased 5% of Citigroup shares.
This information is being reported just about everywhere.
It has sent the stock market up, again.
The price the Abu Dhabi Fund is paying for these Citigroup shares is/was approximately half the price those same shares were selling for roughly 6 months ago.
A bargain, literally. ($56 previously, $30, now, appxly).

Furthermore, powerful NY Democrat Senator Charles Schumer from the oversight Congressional Banking and Finance Committee appeared just this morning on the Business Channel (CNBC) giving his absolute blessings to the deal.
Saudi Prince Alaweed Talal had previously been Citigroups largest, single investor.
This apparently puts Abu Dhabi ahead of Alwaleed Talal.
Talal purchased his Citigroup shares in 1991.
And, apparently, "some say" Alwaleed Talal MAY have been a "mover" in this recent, additional acquisition of Citigroup shares by Abu Dhabi...

.....Of course, the ubiquitous Citigroup is well represented in Lebanon, Pakistan and Israel, respectively, by Lebanon's PM, Fouad Siniora, Pakistan's PM, Shaukat Aziz, and the Governor of the Bank of Israel, Stanley Fischer..."

To update the above.

Talal recently increased his shares in Citigroup.
In addition, Citigroup, of course, is represented in Turkey, as well, through Citigroup's acquisition of Turkey's Akbank.

And from a recent posting about the secretive Abu Dhabi: (from Financial Times):

December 1 2008 12:42"AIG on Monday announced that it had sold its Swiss-based private bank to an investor group from Abu Dhabi, its first significant disposal since it was taken over by the US government in a massive bail-out..."

Further, stating the obvious, Citigroup and its affiliates own the US, outright, the US government and their recently s-elected, anointed billion dollar Nazi/Fascist Obummer Presidential candidate and Administration.

To quote George Seldes, these are facts.
Facts and Fascism. From 1943 to now.
To be continued, I'm quite sure.

"OBAMA, THE BILLION DOLLAR CANDIDATE," MORE WAR AND OTHER NOTES

I like the foreign press, at least, certain ones.
Their headlines and articles often articulate truth much more plainly and clearly than anybody here does, with little or no spin, for obvious reasons.

Like the following/above headline about Obummer:

http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?StoryId={737736E7-AD91-4D4E-9471-AEBCAE3FFDF7

Of course, by now, everybody should know from whence came Obummer's Citigroup Nation Cartel billions and to whom Obummer is beholden, or, rather, who holds, beholds him.

Interestingly, another source to which I have previously referred in the past, alot, the Turkish Daily News, seems to have disappeared.

One of the TDN's previous, delectable quotes which I utilized repeatedly is...
"...selling State assets is passion of the AKP..."

Here's the link from which the preceding quote emanates, in a previous entry from my now blocked, initial blogspot, July 23, 2007.
HOWEVER, none of the TDN links work any more.
Nonetheless, from July 23, 2007:

"...here's the link for the above quote on Turkey and the AKP, "Foreigners Invest $3.5 Billion as Temple of Capitalism Spreads Out,"

www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=78832

Couldn't say it any better myself.
Maybe that's why TDN has disappeared from public view.
As well as my previous blog.
My blog has good company.

But, instead, here's a current Turkish heading which succinctly sums up the relationship expressed from the above and Citigroup's Akbank acquisition and previous coming out party in NYC to now,

"Turkey Now a Partner Country to Manhattan":

http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/finance/10484202.asp?scr=1

Can't say it much better myself, either.

Clear, concise, to the point.

To add to that represented above about Turkey, not to mention Iran and the former Soviet Union, the following about Egypt's ongoing privatization and resistance:

www.thedailynewsegypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=18138

So, now, moving on to the Nazi cartel's alliance and wars.

The following is NOT as clear and concise as the above. One must read alittle between the lines and fill in some ellipses.

Since everybody already knows the US and its Fascist international alliance seeks to increase their direct military involvement in the region, simply GUESS who will fill in the empty, military void expressed by the article below,

http://www.stratfor.com/memberships/128200/analysis/20081201_pakistan_assessing_military_options

I'm sure you can guess.

Another POSSIBLE war scenario or provocation presented, here, in the Caucasus:

http://www.kommersant.com/p-13673/Russia_Georgia_South_Ossetia_conflict/

Additionally, once more, if you know how to interpret it, a whole page of links devoted to an international support conference for Tibetan independence, held in India, (scroll down below the MISSING photo to see the voluminous material):

http://article.wn.com/view/2008/12/02/Special_International_Tibet_Support_Groups_Meeting_concludes/?section=BigPhoto&template=cheetah-search%2Findex.txt

Alittle side note or tangent on Tibet.

In earlier entries, I made the suggestion that China can and will be replaced or displaced in its strategic, present US economic role by the Middle East in terms of cheap labor, export production, investment and the money-go-round.

Returning to the subject at hand.

From an earlier November link, another part of the building, strategic NATO-UAE-GULF alignment:

http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20081119043848/lok043800081119

And, then, a note about Iraq's contentious Oil Law, the Kurds, and explosions in waiting:

http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news\2008-11-30\kurd.htm

Finally, I said I would occasionally intersperse some material from my former, now blocked, blog for reference purposes.
So, I have done that, below, in a separate entry.
If you scroll down you will see it.

FROM NOVEMBER, 2007

FROM NOVEMBER, 2007:
(Some links no longer work, some do):

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Dana Gas, Islamic Finance, Pakistan, Why "we" Fight and Die

Here's the latest in the Dana Gas saga:

www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20071102115323

Since Pakistan happens to be much in the news, at the moment, I'll refer readers back to my blog from May 27, 2006, which connects Dana Gas, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Islamic Finance and more:

http://www.karlmarxwasright.blogspot.com/2006/05/pakistan-market-up-800-crescent-oil.html

In addition, of course, regarding Pakistan, the infamous TAP pipeline, as yet not built for "security reasons," but, endorsed by the ADB (Asia Development Bank), AND, something else about which everyone might not be aware, an enormous copper-gold mine in Western Pakistan, which sits, apparently, on the border between Iran and Afghanistan in Balochistan:

www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page36?oid=39325&sn=Detail

Antofagasta, mentioned in the preceding article, a partner with Canada's Barrick, in case you are unfamiliar with the name, is a Chilean company.

After my previous May 27, 2006 blog, above, many times, I've linked to the following Pakistani resistance website:

www.ptudc.org/content/view/127/1

Consequently, one can expect no diminished funds or support for Pakistan's "war on terror," either with the US hand picked candidate, Bhutto, or Musharraf.

The US likes to have its Fascist dictatorships elected.
So, here comes Bhutto, and, most likely, more Fascist "Islamists" in government, like Turkey's AKP, "whose passion is to sell state enterprises," Iranian Islamic Fascists in Iraq's government, the GCC, etc.
Lots of Islamists, lots of Fascists.

Returning to Dana Gas.
Dana, of course, is a newly minted privatized international company, but, it appears to be a contender/competitor with Russia's state company, Gazprom.
So, the following article about Dana Gas, replicated numerous times:

www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=156393

In addition, a $200 million LNG terminal is scheduled to be built in Karachi, Pakistan with a Dana Gas consortium.
The following link has much more information than merely the LNG terminal, which is why I chose it, but, Pakistan's/Dana Gas LNG terminal information is available on page 9 of a 12 page report on Islamic Finance:

www.worldasiagroup.com/3.pdf

Following the rise and development of so-called "Islamic" Finance from previous blogs, "DIFC [Dubai International Finance Center] Welcomes Institute of Private Investors at Landmark Forum":

www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20071104122524

Further, at this past weekends Istanbul Conference concerning Iraq, apparently, the 57-member Organization of Islamic Conference, OIC, agreed to establish representation in Iraq.

MUMBAI, GCC, CITIGROUP RISING...

Following along from my previous posts in November, below, what we had/have in Mumbai is the magician's sleight of hand trick.

As predicted, noise about war between India and Pakistan is summarily abating.
While your attention has been diverted away, other developments continue rolling merrily along elsewhere.

For example, the following really good, outrageous report.
I am laughing at all the suckers, here, in the US.
It really is a joke.

"Citigroup Rises...as Shares Double":

http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20081201040823/Citigroup%20Rises%20Above%20the%20Field%20as%20Shares%20Double%20/

Of course, Obummer's entire Fascist Administration is a Nazi Citigroup cartel.
But, unlike what the article above says, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, the GCC, etc., are interconnected and will all share together in Citigroup's good fortune.

Following along the Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, et.al., Nazi-GCC orchestrated conspiracy, alittle more on a theme.

"AIG Sells Private Bank to Abu Dhabi Firm":

(I highlight the proceeding sentence out of a Financial Times article about the above for its OBVIOUS SIGNIFICANCE, but, I conclude with a different link, same subject, since the FT necessitates paid subscription to finish reading.)

By Haig Simonian in Zurich and Robin Wigglesworth in Abu Dhabi
Published: December 1 2008 07:34 Last updated: December 1 2008 12:42
"AIG on Monday announced that it had sold its Swiss-based private bank to an investor group from Abu Dhabi, its first significant disposal since it was taken over by the US government in a massive bail-out.
Aabar Investments PJSC, a quoted investment group linked to the Abu Dhabi government, said it paid SFr307m ($253m) for the private bank, and would also assume outstanding loans of up to a maximum of SFr100m.."

And to finish the above, the following link:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081201/aig_private_bank.html

Obummer's Fascist Administration represents THE continued, overlapping conspiracy of financial and economic interests above and will insure and control who gets what and for which prices. The purpose of our orchestrated collapse. Stay tuned.

And, here's a recent Citigroup Spanish acquisition:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081201/eu_spain_sacyr_citigroup.html

There are so many more articles. I can't highlight everything.

However, it appears one possible significant consequence related to India's Mumbai provocation, is contained in the following,

"Business Hails Finance Ministry Shuffle":

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b0b96f5c-bf0d-11dd-ae63-0000779fd18c,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fb0b96f5c-bf0d-11dd-ae63-0000779fd18c.html&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fhome%2Fus

And, to flesh out a few more details on the above theme, first, a brief excerpt from the following article/link, below, as to WHY this seemingly insignificant development in India may be such a critical and desirable outcome from Mumbai, if not a predetermined one,

"...Singh, one of the leaders who attended the Group of 20 nations meeting in Washington Nov. 14-15 on the global crisis, may be able to push through reforms faster than Chidambaram as he wouldn’t need to negotiate inter-ministry hurdles...":

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aWSFSXUVlKcE&refer=home

Additionally, there are continued questions surrounding competing or conflicting proposed gas pipeline routes to India and China from TAP to Iran, etc. How that fits in to/with the above, I am not sure.

And, to round off the magician's hat trick, willing sleight of hand and diversion of attention, the latest in the ongoing Iraq, UN, private sector development, free market reform, otherwise known as counter-revolution, reaction, restoration and Fascism:

www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/40779