Obama and Al-Qaeda

Coming out that Obama is in bed with Al-Qaeda. Guess he killed Osama in a faction fight. Disclosures that fighters from at least 29 countries are filtering into Syria, made by a United Nations special commission on Syria, have received widespread coverage around the world, again exposing President Obama's lie that his administration is supporting a "democratic" revolution in that country. Members of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria held press conference on Thursday in Brussels to release their latest quarterly report, which demonstrates that the conflict in Syria is becoming increasingly sectarian and violent and dominated by foreign fighters. They come from all over, Europe and America, and especially the neighboring countries," Karen Abuzayd, a member of the commission told reporters, adding that names from 29 states had been recorded so far among fighters entering Syria, according to a widely-circulated Reuters wire story. "Violence has increased dramatically in and around major cities, in particular Damascus and Aleppo, where anti-Government fighters have advanced to neighbourhoods close to the cities centres," the report stated. "Interviews with fighters, including some defectors, indicate that newly formed armed opposition groups are less likely to attach themselves to the Free Syrian Army (FSA). Many operate independently from existing groups or are affiliated to Islamist groups such as Jabhat al-Nusra. Foreign fighters, many of whom also have links to other extremist groups, are present in Idlib, Latakia and Aleppo governorates. Multiple interviewees noted that while these groups are independent of the FSA, they coordinate attacks with them." In this context, the report continues: "The Commission has received credible reports of anti-Government armed groups attacking Alawites and other pro-Government minority communities. One interviewee, an FSA fighter in Latakia, detailed how, upon capturing Government forces, the Sunni captives were imprisoned while Alawites were immediately executed. On 30 October, a bomb exploded near an important Shia shrine outside of Damascus, killing and injuring several people. On 6 November, a car bomb exploded in the Alawite neighborhood of Hai al-Wuroud in the north-west of Damascus, reportedly killing ten people." "Most of the foreign fighters filtering into Syria to join the anti-Government armed groups (or to fight independently alongside them) are Sunnis hailing from countries in the Middle East and North Africa," said the UN report. Two other notable, recent examples of exposure of Obama's alliance with al-Qaeda forces in Syria, are: * "The U.S. Fully Aware of al-Qaeda Presence in Syria and Overlooks Its Arming," says the Mideast SANA news service, reporting on a lengthy article published on Dec. 19 in the India paper The Hindu. SANA says the Hindu article reports that "the U.S. has been fully aware of the presence of al-Qaeda in the so-called Free Syrian Army since April 20, 2011 when Jihadis captured a truck (or Armoured Personnel Carrier) near Deraa, and killed all the 18 or 20 soldiers it was carrying, not by shooting them, but by cutting their throats in the approved Islamic manner." Despite all the evidence to the contrary, the Obama Administration still pretends that the jihadis make up only a tiny fraction of the Free Syrian Army. The Hindu cited videos posted by the armed terrorist groups themselves, which show that the armed opposition in Syria has been sliding inexorably into the hands of radical Islamists. Thousands of foreign fighters have poured into Syria from Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, and places as far apart as Pakistan and Chechnya, the Hindu reported. It also noted YouTube videos posted by the armed groups, showing their members executing captured Syrian soldiers and civilians in the approved manner. * "Nusra Front growing in popularity as Syrian fighting worsens," was an article run recently in the Daily Star of Beirut. "Having seen its star wane in Iraq, Al-Qaeda has staged a comeback in neighboring Syria," says the Daily Star, adding that the rise of the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, the Nusra Front "could usher in a long and deadly confrontation with the West, and perhaps Israel." The Nusra Front "has claimed responsibility for spectacular and deadly bombings in Damascus and Aleppo, and its fighters have joined other rebel brigades in attacks on Assad's forces," reports the Daily Star, adding that, "According to Site Intelligence group, Nusra claimed responsibility in one day alone last month for 45 attacks in Damascus, Deraa, Hama and Homs provinces that reportedly killed dozens, including 60 in a single suicide bombing." Members of the group interviewed by Reuters say Nusra aims to revive the Islamic caliphate, which "alarms many in Syria, from minority Christians, Alawites and Shiites to traditionally conservative but tolerant Sunnis, who are concerned that Nusra would try to impose Taliban-style rule." The Daily Star quotes "Omar," described as a 25-year-old university graduate and former army conscript who deserted and joined Nusra. "Our aim is to depose Assad, defend our people against the military crackdown and build the caliphate," Omar said in a phone interview. "Many in the Free Syrian Army have ideas like us and want an Islamic state."

Rangel- Jones Press Conference on Syria War

Washington DC will never be the same after the Cong. Charles Rangel and Cong. Walter B. Jones press conference today, plus some heavy hitting US retired military guys. We cannot go to war in Syria, unless Congress discusses and approves this. Obama's deployment of Patriot missiles to Turkey means a no-fly zone over Syria, and means and act of WAR. Note that the moderator of the Press Conference was Jeffrey Steinberg, of the Executive Intelligence Review, and was posted on LaRouche PAC.

Rice and African Real estate

Susan Rice has been involved in a strange real estate grab in Africa. You grab the land by killing millions of people in Rwanda, Burundi, and Congo. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice is guilty of lying on behalf of President Obama to the American public, and the world, about the events in Benghazi, Libya on 9/11/12, that led to the deaths of four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. That is a fact, which in itself absolutely disqualifies Rice from being nominated to become U.S. Secretary of State. Lyndon LaRouche in his November 30, 2012 webcast has brought additional focus on Rice's activities against the populations of African nations, first as a government official from 1993-2001 under President Clinton, and currently as ambassador to the UN for the last four years under Obama, telling his audience, that "she's well known from back twenty years or so ago, as a mass murderer in Africa." Two of the clearest cases where Rice's involvement in supporting policies that have led to the deaths of millions and the weakening of those nations' sovereignty are: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (D.R.C.), and Sudan, the two largest nations on the continent, before the break-up of Sudan in 2011. This has resulted in a permanent destabilization of the countries of the Great Lakes region and parts of the Horn of Africa. Beginning in 1996, the D.R.C. has been the target of uninterrupted war and looting of its abundant natural resources, which has resulted in the greatest loss of life of any nation in the world since the end of World War II, equaling or surpassing 6 million deaths: making the Congolese people the victims of the greatest genocide from the 20th into the 21st century. Over this long period, the invasions of armies backed by the governments of Rwanda and Uganda, documented in numerous UN reports — including Rwanda's present support for the Mouvement de 23 Mars, or M23 rebels, who are attempting to carve up and destroy the D.R.C. — would not have been possible without support provided by Rice, who did more than give a "wink and a nod" to their mass killings and wanton destruction. The Crimes of Susan Rice in the Great Lakes Region 1994: Rice, then Director for International Organizations and Peacekeeping at the National Security Council while the Rwanda genocide was in process, is quoted as saying: "If we use the word 'genocide' and are seen as doing nothing, what will be the effect on the November [Congressional] election?" 1996: Rice as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director of African Affairs, allowed the armies of Rwanda and Uganda to invade D.R.C. (then Zaire), and to install Laurent Kabila as its new President. 1997-1998: Rice after returning from her first trip to the Great Lakes region as the newly installed Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, agreed to have over 1 million Hutu refugees in UN camps inside the D.R.C. removed by the armies D.R.C. neighbors Uganda and Rwanda. Rice is quoted a saying that: "Museveni [of Uganda] and Kagame [of Rwanda] agree that the basic problem in the Great Lakes is the danger of a resurgence of genocide [referring to the Rwandan Hutus who fled to the D.R.C. after Kagame took over Rwanda—LKF], and they know how to deal with that. The only thing we have to do is look the other way." Rice's "looking the other way" was followed by a decade of killing and the looting in the D.R.C. by armed groups supported by Rice's chosen "leaders" in the region, Uganda's Yoweri Museveni and Rwanda's Paul Kagama.

Puerto Rican Party in the Bronx NY

Join the Puerto Rican Party in the Bronx NY, on Wednesday December 5th. Puerto Rican is only one of our favorite Bronx flavors, brought out by a Coquito tasting!!! Wednesday, December 5, 2012 5:30pm to 7:30pm BCA Bronx Culture Trolley Night Readings and Conversations Caridad De La Luz “La Bruja” and Coquito Masters Qualifier 2nd floor North Wing The International Coquito Tasting Federation and The Bronx Museum of the Arts’ Community Advisory Council invite you to hop off the BCA’s Bronx Culture Trolley at BxMA for an evening of coquito and poetry! Hear Bronx poet Caridad De La Luz “La Bruja” discuss her recent book The Poetician and take part in a Coquito Masters Qualifying round. Caridad De La Luz is a Bronx-born Performer known as LA BRUJA, considered one of America's leading spoken word artists. She is a renaissance woman that has performed internationally as well as in respected venues such as The Apollo, The Museum of Natural History, and the famed Nuyorican Poets Café where she began her career. NY Times called her "a Juggernaut" after the 2009 run of her musical Boogie Rican Blvd. where she played 7 different characters and wrote the musical score alongside famed Afro-Rican Jazz artist William Cepeda. Her acting career has taken her from the stage to film, she has appeared in several movies including Bamboozled, Down to the Bone, El Vacilon and Gun Hill Road, which features the title track ‘Nuyorico’ and four more of La Bruja’s songs. Her unique music has crossed over internationally with her debut album Brujalicious and her latest release For Witch It Stands both available on iTunes. She is featured on Prince Royce’s new album Phase II and Bobby Sanabria’s upcoming album Multiverse. Best known for her captivating performance on Russell Simmons' HBO Def Poetry Jam, she is the Founder of the Latinas 4 Life spoken word movement, a board member of Voices UnBroken and works with youth throughout the country teaching the benefits of self-expression and art for positive change. For more info go to www.labrujamusic.com For the past eleven years Coquito Masters founded by Deborah Quinones has been an annual coquito making contest that seeks to find the best coquito maker. The event started in 2001 when a close family friend, the traditional maker of coquito for her circle, had passed away during the previous year. So she came up with a plan: have all of her friends bring their versions of coquito to her annual ‘tree trimming’ party and find the best coquito. The winner strolled around the living room in a mock victory walk to applause from friends and family. Coquito is often referred to as Puerto Rican egg nog, but it is much more. A product of the blending of global ingredients like coconuts from China, cinnamon from India, vanilla from South America, nutmeg and cloves from the Banda Islands and rum from the Caribbean. It is a distant cousin to posset (England) rompope (Costa Rica, El Salvador and Mexico), rompopo (Guatemala and Honduras), punch de crème (Trinidad and Tobago) and cola de mono (Chile). It is a metaphor for Puerto Ricans who themselves are a blend of indigenous Taino Indian, African and European heritages. Traditionally the beverage is served during the Christmas and 3 kings Day holidays. However, since no one person can fairly (or soberly!) taste 48 samples of coquito, sites are set up around the boroughs as official Coquito Masters qualifying events. The Coquito Masters season starts from Sept 15th the kick off of Hispanic Heritage Month and ends on weekend of 3 Kings Day with the Coquito Bar Crawl. Everyone signs a wavier and must show ID to taste. ----------------------------------------33------------------------ You are invited to join us for our Special Bronx Culture Birthday Trolley Bronx Council on the Arts turns 50 Bronx Culture Trolley turns 10 Birthday Cake Click here and RSVP to join us! The Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) invites you to join us at the Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos for a gala celebration to honor the Bronx Council on the Arts’ 50th anniversary (December 1962) and the Bronx Culture Trolley’s 10th anniversary (December 2002). Directions to Hostos. We will honor the many friends who have supported the Bronx Council on the Arts and its programs in the form of funding, donations, and publicity, and our community who we have enjoyed serving over the years. Baron Ambrosia Baron Ambrosia, BCA’s 50th Anniversary Ambassador and TV host of the Cooking Channel’s The Culinary Adventures of Baron Ambrosia, will host this evening of music, performances and special guests, all taking place at Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos (450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street). The evening will feature music by DJ Paulo Rojas, with performances by poet, singer, actor, comedian, and spoken word artist Flaco Navaja and dancer/choreographer Milteri Tucker. A special anniversary/birthday cake will be provided by Brees Delicious Delights. Paulo Rojas FPO-02a Flaco Navaja Milteri Tucker JoseBuscaglia--FRONTIMAGE 2The evening begins at the Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos (Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse at 149th Street) for a 5:00pm closing reception of Puerto Rico In Its Labyrinth, Chronicles of a Country and a World in Crisis, an exhibition of works on paper and sculpture by Puerto Rican artist, educator and social scientist José Buscaglia. The exhibition, on view in the Main Gallery, comments on the legacy of colonialism and the history of oppression in the Caribbean, the Americas and Africa in the midst of a global crisis and change. Plaza de la Identidad: Public Art Under House Arrest, in the Project Room, is an installation of Buscaglia’s 2003 public work commissioned by the Puerto Rican legislature which, until recently, was kept in storage because it was deemed too nationalistic for public display. The show will be on view through December 8th. Buscaglia A special Conversation with José Buscaglia will take place in the gallery from 3:30 to 4:30pm. Meet the artist as he addresses many of the issues raised in the exhibition. BxMA comboFirst Stop: The Bronx Museum of the Arts A Book Signing with Caridad De La Luz “La Bruja” who will discuss her first published book of poetry, The Poetician! Coquito Tasting Contest presented by the International Coquito Tasting Federation. Free Guided Tours of the museum’s exhibitions: Urban Archives: The Rituals of Chaos, Bronx Lab: Style Wars, smARTcorner: China and Turkey, and Bronx Portraits 2003 + 2012. En Foco pix-web Second Stop: On the way back to Hostos, we’ll swing by Pregones Theater where En Foco’s Touring Gallery presents Relaciones & Relatos / Relations & Tale, an exhibition of photographs by Alex Morel and a Meet-the-Artist reception. Back at the Gallery... The festivities continue with a special, and most likely off-key, “Happy Birthday” sing-a-long and cake-cutting at 7:00pm. And then, we let them eat cake! Andy Gonzalez Also at 7:00pm, in the Hostos Repertory Theater, you can enjoy a free performance by Latin jazz artist Andy Gonzalez.

Rice All Over, World War

Rice is the food of world war, if its Susan Rice and Condi Rice. While U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice snipes at her critics for blasting her lies around the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, her alter ego, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (for that is what we must call her) puts an op-ed in the Washington Post calling for the U.S. to back intervention in Syria to overthrow the regime in Damascus. Though one is nominally a Democrat and the other nominally a Republican, both are in service to the same British Empire. They even have family relationships in common. Condi Rice was the protégé of Josef Korbel, while Susan Rice was the protégé of Korbel's daughter, Madeleine Albright. Lurking in the background, is one-world fascist H.G. Wells, of whom Albright is a professed admirer. So, it should be no surprise that Condi Rice, in her op-ed, is a full-throttle advocate for British Imperial policy in the Middle East, which is to say, a policy hardly distinguishable from that of the Obama Administration. She makes Iran the bogeyman for everything that's wrong in Southwest Asia, and glosses over the role of Saudi Arabia and Qatar in backing jihadi elements in the Syrian opposition. They are, after all, only doing it in response to Iran's backing of Hezbollah and Hamas and the Shi'ites in Iraq. We have been wasting our time getting trying to get Russian and Chinese support for resolutions in the UN Security Council against Syria instead of leading the world. "In recent days," Condi writes, "France, Britain and Turkey have stepped into the diplomatic vacuum [left by us, that is] to recognize a newly formed opposition that is broadly representative of all Syrians [let's see how long this fantasy lasts]. The United States should follow their lead and then vet and arm the unified group with defensive weapons [there's that line again] on the condition that it pursues an inclusive post-Assad framework. The United States and its allies should consider establishing a no-fly zone to protect the innocent [and then leave them in the hands of al-Qaeda gangs like we did in Libya?]. America's weight and influence are needed. Leaving then to regional powers, whose interests are not identical to ours, will only exacerbate the deepening sectarianism." Condi Rice, as many will recall, was part of the gang that brought us the Iraq War in 2003, with their claims that the U.S. troops would be greeted with flowers and the toppling of Saddam Hussein would bring a new era of freedom and democracy to the Middle East. We all know how that worked out.

Obama Anglo Saudi Agent

Obama has been reelected but with the stand down and crimes at Benghazi, Obama is impeachable as hell. Can we escape Obama's slide into thermonuclear war? The war in Syria and in Israel, Gaza are possible entry points toward a thermonuclear exchange. This cannot get lost in partisan politics. Direct confrontation between the USA and Russia and China-- not a good idea. Petraeus was forced out, as the godfather of the drone-assassination policy. Changes are coming.

A New Big Middle East War

The Israeli attacks into Gaza could easily be the beginning of a new Middle East war. Netanyahu is acting a British / Wall St. agent. By attacking Gaza with land-forces, there is an immediate danger of sucking Egypt into the war. After that, all hell breaks loose. More from Geezer land: On Nov. 16, both Houses of the U.S. Congress unanimously passed resolutions expressing support for Israel's "inherent right to act in self-defense." The identical non-binding resolutions passed Nov. 15 in the Senate and Nov. 16 in the U.S. House of Representatives. A host of lawmakers have issued statements in support of Israel, and Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren on Nov. 14 briefed five senators from both parties — Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.). "As a bipartisan group of Senators committed to Israel's security, we express our solidarity with Israel during this deeply challenging period and denounce the reprehensible and indiscriminate rocket attacks launched by Hamas and Islamic Jihad against innocent Israeli citizens," the senators said in a joint statement. In Egypt, President Morsi said on Nov. 15 that his country stood by the Palestinians against what he termed Israeli aggression. "The Egyptian people, leadership... all of Egypt is standing with all its resources to stop this assault, to prevent the killing and bloodshed of Palestinians," Morsi said in nationally-televised remarks. He also instructed Egyptian Prime minister Hesham Kandil to lead a delegation to Gaza on Friday, and he contacted President Obama to discuss strategies to stop the bloodshed and aggression. During Kandil's visit to Gaza, Israel had offered to hold all fire if the rockets from Hamas stopped, but there was continuous rocket fire. There were also reports of Qassam rockets having landed near Jerusalem, but, according to Ori Nir of Americans for Peace Now, these were not fired from Gaza but from somewhere closer to Jerusalem. Russian President Vladimir Putin has also stepped in to urge all parties to show restraint and avoid triggering a larger war. In the past 24 hours, Putin spoke by phone with Egyptian President Morsi and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also spoke by phone to Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who has strong Russian ties. He, too, was urged to avoid escalating the crisis into an all-out war. President Putin was in St. Petersburg today for the Russian-German annual dialogue, where he met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Frictions between Russia and Germany have been growing in recent weeks, which is, in itself, a dangerous turn of events, given that Germany has historically been the bridge between Russia and all of Europe. According to one U.S. intelligence community official, Netanyahu is provoking this conflict with the Palestinians at this time in a desperate effort to prevent the UN General Assembly from giving statehood recognition to Palestine. By pushing the confrontation with the Palestinians and accusing them of conducting terrorism against Israel, Bibi is trying to force the U.S. and European hands to intervene more sharply to block the recognition of Palestine as a non-member state at the UN. British Jabotinskyite agent Netanyahu's schemes may very well trigger a regional, or even a global war, which is the larger reason for the sudden Gaza provocations just days after the U.S. elections ended.