German President Koehler to Quit After Afghanistan Criticism
By Patrick Donahue and Brian Parkin
May 31 (Bloomberg) -- German President Horst Koehler unexpectedly announced his resignation with immediate effect, citing public criticism of remarks he made about Germany’s military mission in Afghanistan.
Koehler, a former director general of the International Monetary Fund, suggested in a May 22 interview with Germany’s Deutschlandradio that German military involvement is also necessary to protect the country’s economic interests.
Announcing his resignation in Berlin today, Koehler told reporters that the criticism “lacks any foundation” and “undermines the necessary respect for my office.”
An eventful day with Saturn and Neptun stationary within 24h and Uranus in Aries which rather describes the furious attack of Israel but what makes the things odd is that it has lost the only ally it had in the Muslim world - Turkey - after it hijacked a ship with around 400 Turkish citizens after killing and injuring some. The odd thing is that a random attack on a Turkish naval compound with 7 deaths was connected by the speaker of the ruling party AKP to the assault on the sea of the civil human Gaza supporters which is a very aggressive accusation and brings the whole situation closer to a reason for war. So far there is no proof but the coincidence might bring some ideas like this up. Now Obama has a chance to proof if he deserves the nobel peace price as so far he was rather a war activist - he needs to show that America is not a puppet of the Zionist in Israel and America although he hired some into his closest and most powerful posts with Rahm Emmanuel the most prominent one.
Another interesting outing is the CIA - Hollywood strategy of 'wag the dog' style of desinformation productions of faked videos. Makes you wonder how many and which ones had been presented to us from Osama Bın Ladin to 9/11.
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CIA considered faking Saddam Hussein sex video
The CIA considered faking a video showing Saddam Hussein having sex with a teenage boy, it has been claimed.
Unnamed former officers told the Washington Post it was one of a number of outlandish plans thought up to discredit the Iraqi dictator before the 2003 American-led invasion.
"It would look like it was taken by a hidden camera," said one. "Very grainy, like it was a secret videotaping of a sex session."
Another scheme was to break into Iraqi television stations with a bogus news bulletin in which a Saddam lookalike would announce that he was stepping down.
The double would say he was to be replaced by his son Uday, a notorious sadist and libertine widely despised by Iraqis.
"I'm sure you will throw your support behind His Excellency Uday," the fake Saddam would say.
The ideas were developed by the CIA's Iraq Operations Group in collaboration with its Office of Technical Services.
According to the officer, the CIA did make a video apparently showing Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda lieutenants sitting beside a campfire quaffing bottles of alcoholic drinks and discussing their sexual trysts with boys. The actors were drawn from "some of us darker-skinned employees".
The ideas were strongly opposed by James Pavitt, then head of the CIA's Directorate of Operations, the spy agency's clandestine division.
A second former CIA officer said the plots were obviously ludicrous and "came from people whose careers were spent in Latin America or East Asia" and did not understand the Middle East.
A third former officer said: "Saddam playing with boys would have no resonance in the Middle East – nobody cares.
"Trying to mount such a campaign would show a total misunderstanding of the target. We always mistake our own taboos as universal when, in fact, they are just our taboos."
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The interesting thing is that there were rumors that Cliff would produce no additional reports after the one written in early 2010 because, well, the predictions were so bad. Some blogs reported that Cliff had taken off with his family to a safe place. Others had him in a deep depression somewhere. But he recently came back on line and issued a new report. You can find it at 
The summer of 2010 opens with the crash of the derivatives market. The value of the dollar drops and many people are caught off guard. Suddenly, the cash that they have had in savings, as well as their earnings, buys much less than before. Most effected is food, which suddenly becomes the most expensive item in the family budget.
In mid-July there are crises in the former Eastern Block of Europe because of severe food shortages. There are riots with "blood in the streets" almost daily. The violence begins here and starts to spread to Europe as a whole. There are austerity measures instituted in many countries along with restrictions on travel and commerce. These events give birth to many revolutionary movements which will later cause great conflicts in Europe -- both inside their nation or origin and against the European Union. Many people demand the disolution of the EU and the economy of Europe is what can only be called "anarchy."
Riots break out in American cities. Many former government workers, as they are now not on the payroll, reveal certain pracrices on the government that cause outrage in the population, culminating in acts of violence. Like in Europe, a "Population Liberation Movement" gains popularity and opposed the government. The government tries to contain these acts of violence but tensions escalate and there are four days of war in the streets, with many casualties. On the fifth day, an anti-government militia group attacks and kills a group of very prominent and powerful people and declare "victory for the people." Eventually an anti-establishment movement of a global proportion breaks out all over the earth.
As the summer begins, Israel attacks Iran in July 2010. The Isrealis believe that the U.S. is getting weak and they want to bring America in to the conflict while she is still strong. While they inflict much damage on Iran, Iran retaliates and destroys many U.S. installations in neighboring Iraq. The attack somehow releases radiation in Israeli cities, making Tel Aviv and other populated spots uninhabitable. Reports emerge that the Israelis had stored nuclear material at a secret site which was subsequently destroyed by a suicide bomber, creating a "dirty bomb" that spreads radiation everywhere. Other clouds of radiation move around the globe, threatening populations and causing a humanitarian crisis.
There are four days of violence as Zionists, disguised as a populist domestic movement, try to coup against Obama and the government. This is put down on the fifth day and there is a backlash against Zionists. Eventually there are hearings where the Zionists are exposed and put on trial. A group of Jewish women leave the temples and attempt to reform the faith.
New violence in Iraq and Afghanistan causes America to realize that their efforts to stabilize the regions are a failure. This admission becomes a sign of failure in the eyes of the rest of the world and America is seen as weak. This demoralizes the people and causes a crisis with the Obama presidency.
Over the summer, more drilling is conducted around the now "oil volcano" and nuclear devices are placed in the holes. There are many scientists who protest, warning of such things as radioactive water, fallout and damage to the fragile Madrid Tectonic Plate. All oil pumping on the planet is shut down temporarily. There is a huge "diaspora" as residents along the southern states, the Caribbean Islands, Mexico and Central America migrate away from the Gulf of Mexico by the millions, fearing fallout from the nuclear detonations. There is great concern that some are too poor to move. Rumors of a nuclear explosion cause extreme fear as people try to leave uncontrollably and by any means. This creates panic situations throughout the rest of the United States as people, fearing for their lives, head North, placing a burdon on the already impoverished citizens.
The president holds out until November. The nuclear device (i.e. "closing mechanism") is eventually detonated and causes a series of earthquakes and crustal shifting that last for four days. People all wait anxiously to hear the results. Eventually it is determined that the oil leak has been successfully closed and there is a huge celebration in January 2011 celebrating this event. Certain military individuals who helped make this happen are honored in a special ceremony.
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