MSM: "The Consequences Of A Moderated Far-Right In Europe" [07/27/11] " ... Europe's turn toward anti-immigrant policies is not surprising and was forecast by STRATFOR three years ago. Europe has struggled to assimilate and incorporate religious and ethnic minorities. After World War II, and especially since the 1958 Notting Hill and Nottingham Riots in the United Kingdom, European populations have struggled to cope with the influx of non-European migrants. [...]"  

"Oslo Blast Days After Norway Palestine Ambassador Deal" [07/23/11] "Just days after Secretary of State; Jonas Gahr Støre said: “Palestinians can govern themselves”, a blast in Oslo has occurred. There has been no claim of responsibility so far so the strongest link to the middle east or any international tension that is related to Norway recently is the Government signing an agreement which enables Palestina to send an ambassador to Norway. [...] A rumor has emerged that MOSSAD are linked to the attack: Police in Norway suspect the Israeli intelligence service, MOSSAD, of carrying out a bombing in Oslo which was initially blamed on "Islamists." Sources indicate that more than one bomb has been detonated, including a car bomb. Only circumstantial conclusions can be drawn so far but this is a story to watch.[...]" 

MSM: "Norway Hit By Deadly Bomb And Shooting Attacks" [07/23/11]   "Norway has been hit by twin attacks - a massive bomb blast in the capital and a shooting attack on young people at a governing Labour Party youth camp. At least seven people were killed in the bombing, which inflicted huge damage on government buildings in Oslo. A few hours later a gunman opened fire at the camp on an island outside Oslo, killing at least 10. The suspected gunman was arrested at the camp and the government have confirmed that he is Norwegian. Police have said the 32-year-old suspect was also linked with the bomb attack. Witnesses described the gunman as tall, blonde and say he was dressed as a policeman. [...]"   Related: See below.

Commentary: "Oslo Police Conducted Bombing Exercise Days Before 'Terrorist' Blast" [07/23/11] "In yet another example of how almost every major terror event is accompanied by a security drill focused around the same scenario, Oslo police were conducting a bombing exercise at a location near the Oslo Opera House just 48 hours before a terrorist blast hit a government building in the Norwegian capital. According to the translated version of an Aftenposten report, “Anti-terror police fired explosive charges at a training center in Oslo, two hundred meters from the Opera, but forgot to notify the public.” The exercise occurred on Wednesday and revolved around anti-terror units attacking a disused building at the edge of Bjørvika pier with bombs and firearms. “The men lowered themselves down from the roof and in through the window that had just been blown out, while they fired hand their weapons,” states the report, noting that the exercise was “dramatic,” produced “violent bangs,” and was watched by spectators at the nearby Opera House. A video of the drill that accompanies the story shows police scaling the side of a building with an explosion going off below them before they enter the window and start firing. Police had to publicly apologize today for not informing the public about the exercise. Although it’s too early to judge the nature of this exercise, the fallback of a drill, which gives the state an excuse should any evidence of complicity in the real attack emerge, has been evident in previous major terror events, including both 7/7 and 9/11. In the case of the London bombings, a consultancy agency with government and police connections was running an exercise for an unnamed company that revolved around the London Underground being bombed at the exact same times and locations as happened in real life on the morning of July 7th, a “coincidence” many skeptics of the official story have dismissed as a statistical impossibility. [...]"  Related: "Blond Norwegian, 32, Arrested Over ‘Holiday Island Massacre’ And Linked To Oslo Car Bomb Blasts" "This falls perfectly in line with the Department of Homeland Securities new propaganda video demonizing white males as terrorists. [...]" | "Obama Urges Anti-Terror Cooperation After Norway Attack"   "Obama offered condolences to Norway after deadly twin attacks Friday and urged countries around the world to step up cooperation to combat terror. [...]" |"Camp In Norway Where Shooting Occurred Had Just Concluded Pro-Palestinian Rally The Day Before" |"Israel: "Norway Inciting Against Us" "Israel is accusing the Norwegian government of funding and encouraging blatant anti-Israel incitement. According to reports received by the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, the Trondheim Municipality is funding a trip to New York for students taking part in the "Gaza Monologues" play, which "deals with the suffering of children in Gaza as a result of the Israeli occupation." [...]" |"Norwegian Labor Party Youth Movement (AUF) Demands That Ariel Sharon And Other Israeli Leaders Be Put On Trial" |"Corporate Media Runs False CIA Story Stating Muslim Group Claimed Responsibility For Olso Bombings" "All major news outlets ran a report from a CIA analyst claiming a Muslim terrorist group took credit for the Oslo Norway bombings, which the corporate media is trying so desperately to blame on Al-Qaeda . Even though it would make no sense for Muslims to attack Norway, who is their ally. Regardless of the absurdity of the claim, the CIA has falsely stated that a Muslim Jihad group has accepted responsibility for the attacks Norway bombings and not the corporate media is running their lies. [...]" | Flashback: "Norway Oil Fund Divests From Israeli Companies" [08/23/10] "Norway's Ministry of Finance announced that the Norway Oil Fund divested from Africa-Israel Investments and Danya Cebus Ltd. on Monday. The reason given is the companies' construction in the West Bank. The Norwegian Finance Ministry said, "The ethics council stresses that construction of settlements in the occupied territories violates the decision of the Geneva convention regarding defense of civilians during war time. Several decisions of the UN Security Council and the International Court of Justice have reached the conclusion that construction of Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories is prohibited." [...]" | Flashback: "Norway Activist 'Was Mossad Spy" [10/07/05]   "A leading Norwegian pro-Palestinian activist has said she once worked for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad as a double agent. [...]" 

"Oslo Terror: Whose Agenda Does It Serve?" [07/23/11] "Today’s bombing in Oslo and a related mass shooting that occurred just outside the Norwegian capital are already replete with inconsistencies and questions that demand further inquiry into whose agenda this deadly attack serves. Authorities have already said that the man who carried out the shootings at a youth camp in a nearby resort has direct ties to the earlier bombing in Oslo of a government building. - An eyewitness to the blast who was just 200 feet away from the explosion called into the Alex Jones show and stated that there was a “bomb sweep” of the area the day before the attack. Norwegian television also reported this story. - According to a Norwegian who emailed us, his father who is an explosives expert has analyzed the bombing scene and states that due to the pattern of the damage and debris, the blast was clearly underground. [...]"  Note:  The bombing of government buildings and mass shootings arrive as the establishment seeks to manufacture a “white Al-Qaeda” myth, which is quite a coincidence. Regardless, Israel is picking on the wrong country, geopolitically.

Commentary: "The European Debt Crisis And The Threat Of Dictatorship" [07/16/11] "Just two weeks ago, the Greek parliament passed a fresh round of austerity measures which will have a devastating impact on the living conditions of Greek workers. The parliamentary vote was preceded by a propaganda campaign by the finance houses, banks and leading European politicians, declaring that the new austerity measures were the only way to assuage the money markets and stabilize the euro. Since then, the European debt crisis has only intensified. In line with the pattern throughout the crisis, the new round of social cuts and privatizations has been seized on as a benchmark to demand even more brutal attacks on the living standards of the working class in Greece, across Europe and internationally.  One week after the passage of the Greek austerity package, Moody's downgraded Portuguese government bonds to junk status. A few days later a combined assault by hedge funds and rating agencies forced up the interest rate on Italian government bonds and precipitated a near-panic over that country’s sovereign debt. [...]"  

Commentary: "EU Now Wants To Ban Ratings Agencies From Warning That Countries May Be In Financial Trouble" [07/16/11] "Ratings agencies, who rate the risk and financial viability of all sorts of debt products, were one of the major scapegoats of the financial crisis. A lot of people pointed the blame finger at them, noting that they rated all sorts of incredibly risky and often highly questionable financial instruments as being incredibly safe. [...]"  

MSM: "European Rescue Fund Can't Handle An Italian Crisis" [07/11/11] "The existing European rescue fund now in place is not large enough to protect Italy as it was never designed to do that, an unnamed European Central Bank source was quoted telling Die Welt newspaper on Sunday. "The existing rescue fund in Europe is not sufficient to provide a credible defensive wall for Italy," the central bank source was quoted telling the newspaper in an advance text of an article to appear on Monday. "It was never designed for that," the source added. The newspaper said that the rescue fund might have to be doubled to up to 1.5 trillion euros. But it was not clear if it was the central bank source calling for the increase. There was a sharp sell-off in Italian assets on Friday, which has increased fears that Italy, with the highest sovereign debt ratio relative to its economy in the euro zone after Greece, could be next to suffer in the crisis. [...]"  Related: "EU Calls Emergency Meeting Over Italian Debt"  "European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has called an emergency meeting of top officials dealing with the euro zone debt crisis for Monday morning, reflecting concern that the crisis could spread to Italy, the region’s third largest economy. European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet will attend the meeting along with Jean-Claude Juncker, chairman of the region’s finance ministers, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and Olli Rehn, the economic and monetary affairs commissioner, three official sources told Reuters. Van Rompuy’s spokesman Dirk De Backer said: “It’s a coordination, not a crisis meeting.” He added that Italy would not be on the agenda and declined to say what would be discussed. However, two official sources told Reuters that the situation in Italy would be discussed. The talks were organized after a sharp sell-off in Italian assets on Friday, which has increased fears that Italy, with the highest sovereign debt ratio relative to its economy in the euro zone after Greece, could be next to suffer in the crisis. A second international bailout of Greece will also be discussed, the sources said. [...]"  

Commentary: "Mass Protests Against Government Cuts In Spain" [06/22/11]   "Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated against austerity measures in 50 cities across Spain on Sunday. Noticeable by their absence were political parties and trade unions. An estimated 200,000 protesters in Barcelona marched from the centre square Plaça Catalunya to the Cuitadella Park, next to the Catalan parliament.  [...]"    

Greece: "Mass Rioting, Civil Unrest In Greece As Economists Warn Of Global ‘Armageddon Scenarios’" [06/17/11] "As protesters continue to run riot in the streets, economists are warning that the whole of Europe and by extension, the rest of the world could face financial Armageddon should Greece default on its debt, in the absence of a second bailout. Financial experts are warning of a ‘Lehman Moment’ as the European markets are beginning to show signs of unraveling in the wake of the Greek crisis. “The markets have moved from simply pricing in a high probability of a Greek debt default to looking at a scenario of it becoming disorderly and of contagion spreading to other economies like Portugal, like Ireland, and maybe Spain, Italy and Belgium.” a former UK Treasury official told Bloomberg news. Many European countries and banks currently hold billions in Greek debt, meaning that a Greek default will act like a virus throughout Europe.  According to the Bank for International Settlements, Spanish banks currently hold $600 million in Greek debt, Italian banks hold $2.6 billion, UK banks hold $3.2 billion, French banks hold $19.8 billion, German banks hold $26.3 billion and other Eurozone countries hold a combined total of around $15.7 billion in Greek debt. US banks also hold $1.8 billion in Greek debt and Japanese banks hold $500 million in Greek debt. The euro has declined by more than 2 percent against the already vastly devalued dollar within the past two days. Equities declined around the world, while corporate bond protection costs soared to their highest level since January. There is now an estimated 78 percent chance that Greece will not pay its debts. Four of Greece’s largest banks have been downgraded by Standard & Poor’s, while Moody’s Investors Service said it may downgrade BNP Paribas SA and two other big French banks owing to the amount of Greek debt they hold. The Greek Prime Minister, George Papandreou, is seeking a parliamentary vote on a 78 billion-euro ($110 billion) program of austerity cuts and asset sales. The EU and the IMF have announced that the program must be passed by the end of the month in order that the country can receive “funds disbursement”. Should such a motion not pass, “Armageddon scenarios come into play, which include default and potentially the whole contagion scenario plays out.” Charles Diebel, head of market strategy at Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets in London, wrote in a note to clients yesterday. The Greek people, who are now facing either total collapse of their country’s economy or the fire sale of everything of any value that the country owns, have taken forcefully to the streets in protest. Central Athens has descended into a war zone with ski masked protesters violently provoking police into firing tear gas into crowds of otherwise peaceful protesters. [...]"   

"Undercover Spanish Cops Trying To Trigger Violent Incidents Caught On Camera " [06/16/11] [4:32] "Els mètodes de Felip Puig per deslegitimar el moviment del 15M. Allò que TV3 no ensenya: Policia secreta provocant aldarulls a la Ciutadella. [...]"   

"Trouble for the Establishment in Europe, Protests Spread to France" [06/04/11] [7:47] "Luke Rudkowski reports from the new protests in France. He interviews a stunningly-aware crowd. They truly know the score and what the root problem of the system is: Banskter-Goverment collusion resulting in their enslavement. Great on-the-ground reporting by Rudkowski. [...]"   

Spain: "The Spanish are Rising" [05/21/11]   "Thousands have taken to the streets this week in Spain to protest against corruption, precariousness, unemployment, and a political structure that favors a two-party system. “We’re not merchandise in the hands of bankers and politicians,” was the motto of tens of thousands who demonstrated all over the country on May 15, a few days before the upcoming regional elections... [...]"   Related: "Angry Over Unemployment, Tens of Thousands of Protesters Defy Ban in Spain Before Elections" "Tens of thousands of people are defying a pre-election ban on demonstrations and protesting unemployment in squares around Spain in defiance of an order to quit at midnight. [...]"   

   Related: "Angry Over Unemployment, Tens of Thousands of Protesters Defy Ban in Spain Before Elections" "Tens of thousands of people are defying a pre-election ban on demonstrations and protesting unemployment in squares around Spain in defiance of an order to quit at midnight. [...]"    

"300,000 People Rally Across Portugal" [03/14/11] "An estimated 200,000 protesters in Lisbon crammed the wide Liberdade Avenue and the Rossio Square, carrying banners with slogans urging a policy change to reverse surging unemployment, precarious working conditions for young people and falling living standards. Last year, Portugal reported a record unemployment rate of 10.8 percent. In addition to Lisbon protesters, another 80,000 people demonstrated in Portugal's second largest city of Porto, and a Facebook appeal gathered 65,000 signatures in support of the move, LUSA news agency reported.  [...]"  

"European Parliament Spent £600,000 On Six Body Scanners That Were Never Used" [03/14/11] "The European Parliament spent £600,000 on six body scanners that were never used because MEPs argued it would be an infringement of privacy. The body scanners, bought in 2005 at a cost of £100,000 each, are "rotting" in the basement of the building in Brussels and have never been used. When the scanners, which create an image of a person's nude body, were eventually delivered to the Parliament in the autumn of 2005 MEPs objected to them being used in the building on privacy grounds. Nikki Sinclair, a British independent MEP, said the Parliament tried to sell the machines but failed to do so. They are now so old that they are considered to be technically out of date and may be scrapped altogether. "These machines have been left to rot on pallets in a disused garage in the depths of the parliament building," she said. "They were ordered in haste and now the Parliament doesn't know what to do with them. [...]"  

"Mass Strike Updates from Germany" [03/12/11] "The labor union of the locomotive engineers, GDL, has begun their national strike, taking 90% of all freight trains out of service for 14 hours, and 80% of commuter and other passenger trains for 6 hours. High-speed trains were paralyzed at the major nodal points of Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfurt. Stuttgart, Nuremberg, and Munich. Strike morale is high, as 96% of the locomotive engineers voted for the strike. The situation may look the same in Germany's public sector soon: If the 14 state governments do not come up with acceptable proposals for the public sector workers and employees at the talks in Potsdam today, the labor union will begin a strike vote on Friday, March 11--which is expected to yield a high turnout for the strike as well, so that sometime next week, we might have larger-scale strike actions of teachers, policemen, firemen, administration employees, scientists, and others. [...]" 

"Thousands Clash With Police In Croatia" [02/28/11]   [1:48]  "Croatian police clashed with approximately 15-thousand anti-government protesters who rallied in the capital on Saturday, and state television reported that officers used tear gas to disperse the group. At least 25 people were injured. Dozens of mostly young demonstrators charged at a police cordon preventing them from reaching a central square in Zagreb where the government headquarters is located, Croatian television reported. The protesters threw stones and bricks at police, who responded with tear gas, the report said, adding that several people were injured and nearby windows were broken. Croatian broadcaster, RTL, also showed riot police striking anti-government protesters with their batons. Police set up metal fences to corral the crowd, the report added, describing the situation as "chaos." Croatian police said they detained 60 protesters and that 12 police and 13 citizens were injured. [...]"  

 

 
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