MAR 29 SIT EC y POL

MAR 29 SIT EC y POL

ZERO HEDGE

Wages Around The World. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/29/2015   Of course, for much of Europe, the worker is much more protected than the average American...

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Eurasian Pivot? Moscow Expects "Progress" From Tsipras Visit. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/29/2015. Despite what is unquestionably a rather dire outlook, Athens does have one card it has yet to play because as we noted last week, “once the first week of April comes and goes and Greece officially runs out of money, it will go to anyone who can provide it with the funds needed to avoid civil war, even if that means switching its allegiance from Europe to the Eurasian Economic Union, something Russia is eagerly looking forward to.

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Chances For Diplomatic Solution To Ukraine Conflict "Slim", Soc Gen Says. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/29/2015. "Chances for a diplomatic solution to current geopolitical tensions appear slim. The irreconcilable characterizations inside and outside of Russia of current geopolitical stress lead us to believe that it is unlikely that understanding / compromise between political parties involved can be achieved via diplomacy," Soc Gen says, in a new note that outlines the current state of affairs in Russia.

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Republicans Blast Hillary: "Not Even Nixon Destroyed The Tapes". Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/29/2015. As expected, the GOP is about to have a field day thanks to Hillary herself, whose actions have made her an easy comp to none other than than the most disgraced US president in recent history, Richard Nixon himself. From the Hill: Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus blasted Hillary Clinton on Saturday for wiping her server and permanently deleting all emails.

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Europe Pulls Rug From Under Greece, Says "Nein" To "Vague, Piecemeal" Proposals. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/29/2015. Despite all the talk of a "positive climate" Greek talks with their creditors have ended badly for the desperately cash-strapped nation. As WSJ reports, Greek proposals for a revised bailout program don’t have enough detail - are "piecemeal and vague" - to satisfy the government’s international creditors, eurozone officials said. Furthermore, as Dow Jones reports, EU finance ministers are unlikley to meet again until mid-April (and in the meantime, Greece has to pay salaries, pensions, and most critically IMF debts due on April 9th). It appears clear that the EU is prepared to let Greece entirely run out of money in an effort to squeeze Tspiras as much as possible (though that action will likely further force a pivot to Putin).

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First Europe, Now The Gulf's Leaders Agree To Form United Arab Military Force. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/29/2015. Just a week after Jean-Claude 'I am not a hawkish warmonger' Juncker pressed for the creation of a Unified European Army to combat the 'looming' threat of their massive trade partner Russia; RT reports Arab leaders have agreed to form a joint military force from roughly 40,000 elite troops and backed by warplanes, warships and light armor at a Sharm el-Sheikh summit. Egyptian President Abdel Sisi has announced a high-level panel will work out the structure and mechanism of the future force. The work is expected to take four months. It appears The Endgame of this global game of Risk is fast approaching as one-by-one, geographically proximate nations join forces for whetever comes next.

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The American Dream Part 3 - Moonshine, Scam, & The Delusion Of Democracy. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/29/2015. When we left you yesterday, we were trying to connect the bloated, cankerous ankles of the US economy (Part 1) to the sugar rush of its post-1971 credit-based money system (Part 2). Today, we look at the face of our government. It is older... with more worry lines and wrinkles. But whence cometh that pale and stupid look? That is also the result of the same advanced diabetic epizootic that has infected American society.

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What Bond Investors Are Most Concerned About. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 03/29/2015.

- “Bubbles in credit” has jumped as the biggest concern (30%), having been third on the list in January’s survey,
- “Supply” has risen to be the second biggest concern (19%),
- “Geopolitical conflict” is the third biggest concern (14%), but this is down from being the top concern in January’s survey,
- "Deflation in Europe" (the second biggest concern two months ago), is now down in 7th place (just 3%).

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PRESSTV

1.3 million killed in US ‘war on terror'. Mon Mar 30, 2015 The US-led wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan have left over 1.3 million people dead, a new report says.

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China: Seize opportunity in Iran talks.Mon Mar 30, 2015 The Chinese foreign minister calls on negotiating partners in Iran-P5+1 talks to seize the opportunity in the talks.

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Assad: US-led airstrikes on ISIL failed . Mon Mar 30, 2015 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says US-led airstrikes against the ISIL in Iraq and Syria have been unsuccessful.

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‘No legal basis for Saudi war on Yemen’. Mon Mar 30, 2015 An analyst says there are no legal grounds for the Saudi aggression of Yemen.

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Houthis rap Arab League on Saudi war. Mon Mar 30, 2015 Yemen’s Ansarullah movement condemns the Arab League’s move to back the Saudi war on the country.

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‘US seeks Iranian surrender, not deal’. Mon Mar 30, 2015 Journalist Stephen Lendman says Washington wants unconditional Iranian surrender to US demands, not a fair deal over Tehran’s nuclear program.

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‘French conservatives win local polls’. Sun Mar 29, 2015 France's conservative UMP party and its allies have won local elections, an exit poll shows.

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China to evacuate citizens from Yemen. Sun Mar 29, 2015 China says it is set to evacuate its citizens from Yemen amid Saudi Arabia’s airstrikes.

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‘Sanctions coming if Iran talks fail’. Sun Mar 29, 2015 The US House speaker vows to impose more sanctions on Iran should the Obama administration fails to clinch an agreement over Tehran's nuclear energy program.

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Debate: Saudi invasion of Yemen. Sun Mar 29, 2015 This edition of the Debate focuses on the Saudi invasion of Yemen.

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US: Success of talks depends on Iran. Sun Mar 29, 2015 The White House says it is optimistic that Iran and the P5+1 can reach a nuclear agreement by Tuesday’s self-imposed deadline.

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Yemenis urge end to Saudi invasion. Sun Mar 29, 2015 Protesters gather in Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, to condemn the Saudi-led invasion of their country and demand an end to it.

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UAE closer to utilizing first reactors. Sun Mar 29, 2015 UAE's ENEC says it has submitted plans to run the UAE’s first two nuclear reactors.

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Tsipras seeks 'happy ending' with EU. Sun Mar 29, 2015 Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says he is looking for a “happy ending” in talks with EU creditors.

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‘US lacks will to deal with HR abuses’. Sun Mar 29, 2015 An activist says the US government lacks the will to do anything about human rights violations particularly against African-Americans.

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Huge benefits for Russia in joining AIIB. Sun Mar 29, 2015 Economists say Moscow will benefit from joining the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

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Obama ‘should cut military aid to Israel’, Sun Mar 29, 2015 The US should cut back its military aid to Israel if Obama was serious about peace in the Middle East, an analyst says.

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‘UN manipulated by KSA over Yemen’. Sun Mar 29, 2015 An analyst says the UN is being manipulated by Saudi Arabia over the invasion of Yemen.

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Iran denies enrichment constraint report . Sun Mar 29, 2015 A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator rejects a report by the Associated Press regarding constraints on Iran’s uranium enrichment program.

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‘More UK school kids show mental issues’, Sun Mar 29, 2015 A new study shows more pupils at British schools are showing signs of mental issues.  
[Is either, UK Pimpocrats don’t do their work, OR, pimpocracy is not a real type of democracy. The later means that Cameron may be a product of these schools; if so, his ruling is scum]

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‘EU fears losing Greece over debt crisis’. Sun Mar 29, 2015 An analyst says the EU is scared of losing Greece and there will ultimately be an agreement over its debt crisis.

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‘Arabs to set up joint military force’. Sun Mar 29, 2015 Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says Arab leaders have agreed to establish a joint military force.
[Now Yemen is the target, later will be Israel]

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US ready for Palestinian state at UN. Sun Mar 29, 2015 The United States shows it is ready for a UN Security Council resolution about the creation of a Palestinian state.

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Zionist grip over Hollywood (Part 2) Sun Mar 29, 2015 In this edition of Hollywood Cut, we will examine the Zionist lobby's grip over Hollywood and ask: Do Zionists own Hollywood and the media?

 [time to trim the winds to this blood sucker vampire]

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Schroeder slams Merkel’s Russia policy. Sun Mar 29, 2015 Former German chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder slams Angela Merkel over her policies towards Russia.

[What the links between Merkel and Nazis , and neo-nazis in Kiev? .. why her resentment on RU?]

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‘Saudi raids on Yemen to bear no fruit’. Sun Mar 29, 2015 Iran says the Saudi-led invasion of Yemen will serve no purpose for the aggressors.

[ Saudis coalition is glue with mucus .. later will be isolated and easy to be targeted.. Meanwhile, HR coalition should press the indictment on Saudi’s rulers because its crimes in Bahrain, and against the Bedouins inside this kingdom .. Don’t forget to add 1 zero to their report on civilian deaths in Yemen]

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‘Riyadh underestimates Houthis’ might’. Sun Mar 29, 2015 An analyst says the Al Saud regime and its American allies miscalculated the ongoing military invasion of Yemen.

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‘US, Al Saud losing influence in Yemen’. Sun Mar 29, 2015 An analyst says the US and Saudi monarchy are increasingly losing their influence in Yemen.

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Saudi blogger tells of flogging ordeal . Sun Mar 29, 2015 A jailed Saudi blogger says he is being persecuted because of an expression of opinion and nothing else.

[this type of rule is worse than UK pimpocracy. In this one prostitutes are free to run their own business in streets, in the Kingdom the rulers can kidnap them and converted into slaves]

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'Saudi war in Yemen is on behalf of US'. Sun Mar 29, 2015 Saudi Arabia has launched a proxy war in Yemen on behalf of the United States to install a Western puppet regime in the country, says an analyst.

[that is right .. the domestic political problem of Yemen didn’t pose any threat to Saudis .. this is an aggressive war pursuing the control of the entrance to the read see and the access to Mediterranean see (key point for trading oil to Europe) .. Now the control of the red see is shared by Sudan an Egypt .. soon or later these two States will split the coalition .. Meanwhile they are united by the US-Saudis-Qatar aim to crack down Iran-Ru oil business using  the mediterranean see. .. With the Saudis controlling the door to red see .. they will impose their price to the oil that goes to Europe.. if they manage to keep mercenary chaos inside the Middle East in alliance with the US .. So far the US, Saudis and Suni States have control on the mercenaries inside Middle East .. They want to have the monopoly of terrorism and their plan is to destroy any resistance in Syria, Iraq, Libanon, Yemen & Afghanistan & Libya. That is the point of the invasion to Yemen, they failed in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, and they will fail here too.  At the end, this chaos will benefit the master of world chaos: American plutocrats that profit from wars. They want the european market for they gas too. Higher the price of oil = higher the price of gas, future winner, the US. The future losers: Europe. ..Apparently Europe will benefit from this chaos since the offer will increase. That would happen in a normal market, but Saudis & Qatar and the US & Israel have control of mercenary forces in the ME that will disrupt a normal market and impose prices at will , as it happens with the dumping today. The main target of current disruption was Russia, later on will be Europe . The net winner now is the US, that is why they are leading the Arabian crusade against Iran. Iran is forced to make strong ties with Russia. Meanwhile Russia will keep Asia for their oil & gas ]

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Beirut urges respect for Yemen sovereignty. Sun Mar 29, 2015 Lebanon’s premier underlines his country’s support for Yemen’s “sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

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GLOBAL RESEARCH

The Geopolitics Behind the War in Yemen: The Start of a New Front against Iran By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, March 29, 2015

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Obama’s Up-Side-Down “War on Terrorism”: US Warplanes Strike Iraqi Popular Forces Fighting ISIS By Fars News Agency, March 29, 2015

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Rigged Trade Agreements and Rigged Government. “Secret Sections” of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Revealed By Kevin Zeese, March 29, 2015

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“Democracy” versus “The Institutional Ideology” of the CIA. Conversation With CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou By Douglas Valentine, March 29, 2015

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Impasse of Greece Debt Negotiations with Troika, Economic Support from Russia and China? By Asad Ismi, March 29, 2015

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The Netanyahu Victory. Is there a Path to a Just Peace? Global Research News Hour Episode 98 By Michael Welch, Prof. James Petras, and Jeff Halper, March 29, 2015

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“Unholy Alliance” between Saudi Arabia and Israel. A US-Iran Nuclear Deal Would Trigger Regional Political Re-alignments By Salman Rafi Sheikh, March 29, 2015

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Israeli Fighter Jets Join Saudi Arabia in War on Yemen By Fars News Agency, March 29, 2015

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AL-MONITOR.com

WHO DETERMINES IRAN'S FOREIGN POLICY? By Shahir ShahidSaless  posted march 26.  http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/03/iran-khamenei-decisions-snsc.html

Summary: While Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes the final decisions on foreign policy, Security-related issues are the responsibility of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), which plays a major role in shaping Iran’s foreign policy. The SNSC always sees eye to eye with the sitting president as the head of the council, and the fact that the SNSC secretary is like-minded to and selected by the president (although the secretary must be approved by the supreme leader), the president observably influences the decisions made by the SNSC. 

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YEMEN'S SALEH PROVES TO BE A SURVIVOR.

By Bruce Riedel is director of the Intelligence Project at the Brookings Institution.  Posted march 29. http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/03/yemen-saudi-saleh-airstrikes.html

 

Summary: to this author the future of the crisis depends on one man, Abdullah Saleh. He is a Zaydi Shiite who fought alongside the Egyptians against the Saudi in the 1960. He became President of North Yemen in 1978. In the 1990s he leads the unification of North & South and became a national hero. Saleh gained and keep wide popular support therein.  Saleh had fought the Houthis for years before 2009, but the Houthis welcomed his support to face the Saudis and the US, because he has considerable backing in the former Republican Guard and other key army units and in the air force. He survive several assassination attempts from the Saudis. Saleh is Saudi's bete noire, a black ghost that prevent them to sleep. Saleh is able to make deals with different ruling fractious inside Yemen, that is like dancing on the heads of snakes. He was also able to make deal with big monsters like Bush with whom he make a deal to fight Al-Qaeda, after al-Qaeda attacked the US destroyer Cole in Aden's harbor in 2000, Saleh claimed that an American plan to seize the city had been thwarted. Then he promised George Bush to defeat al-Qaeda.  Bush hailed him as a partner in the war on terrorism. He is the consummate snake dancer. Saleh is still dancing, on the night of March 28, in a televised address on Houthi-controlled media, he appealed for an end to the "barbaric" air attacks of the Saudi’s coalition and for a cease-fire and elections. Meanwhile, there were rumors that Ahmed Ali, Saleh’s son,  has been already in Riyadh trying to broker a deal with the Saudis. In this line of reasoning, is possible that Saleh is also trying to make a deal with Iran. So, the key  question to this author is: Does the killing of Saleth will solve the crisis in Yemen ??.

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More from Brookings:  Bruce Riedel

SAUDI ARABIA PREPARES FOR IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL

By Bruce Riedel  Brookings  Inst.  Posted March 8-2015

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/03/saudi-arabia-prepares-for-iran-nuclear-deal.html

Summary: Saudi Arabia has been pulling out the diplomatic steps in an effort to contain Iran in anticipation of what it sees as an unfavorable nuclear deal between the West and the Islamic republic.
The royal family despises Israel, and Netanyahu is regarded as a war criminal by most Saudis. Any hint of mutual interest with Israel is unpalatable in the kingdom.

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