In Our Fukushima Radiated World, Is Syria a Weapon of Mass Distraction?

While the Pacific Ocean boils, and the biggest global health emergency in the 21st century continues, why is the news saturated with the possibility that Assad used  chemical weapons, and with the war plan for American allied strikes against Syria? Especially considering our long history of using chemical weapons on civilians. Keep in mind, there is no hard evidence to support this possibility.

What about Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a world changing event?  According to nuclear energy expert, Scott Portzline, who has kept watch on security issues at Three Mile Island for 25 years, at least three meltdowns-- where the core has melted through the reactor--have occurred at Fukushima.

400 tons of water-- which is weakening the foundation of the buildings to the point of collapse--is injected daily to keep the melted fuel cores cool, meanwhile 300 tons of that contaminated radioactive water, which contains 3x the cesium released by Chernobyl, leaks out into the Pacific Ocean.

Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope of cesium, comes from the fuel rods and is the most abundant leftover from a nuclear meltdown.  It has a 30-year half life, which means in 30 years, it's power will be half of what is today. It lasts 180-300 years. Caesium-137, and Caesium-134, chemically similar to potassium (K), is completely water soluble and is a macro-nutrient, which means it's absorbed by the smallest creatures in the ocean first, and as it moves up the food chain, becomes increasingly concentrated. In other words, radiation bio-accumulates particularly in meat, dairy and seafood, grown and harvested in radiation contaminated areas. Ingested radiation from contaminated food radiates body cells with high doses of radiation for very long periods of time. Children, the elderly, pregnant women and the immune compromised are far more sensitive to the effects of radiation.

Every Bluefin tuna tested in California waters was contaminated with Fukushima radiation according to the Wall Street Journal and CNN. Because governments have deceived the public about food safety radiation levels worldwide, the Food Lab tests for radioactiver contamination in food and the environment, globally.  Recently, Congress requested hearings on new developments at Fukushima plant regarding how the radioactive pollution in Pacific Ocean will affect U.S.

“We found that absolutely every one of them [Bluefin tuna] had comparable concentrations of cesium-134 and cesium-137." -- Marine Biologist Nicholas Fisher, Wall Street Journal

This map is from June 2011.  It's much worse now

The bottom line is that politicians from both parties, and their corporate puppets, the mainstream media are totally controlled by big money. Huge amounts of money is tied up in the nuclear industry so we are constantly lied to while the controlled media downplays, distracts and misinforms us about the seriousness of this disaster.



Stories of Betrayal from radiated American Naval Servicemen at Fukushima



Mutant Butterflies Found Near Fukushima. Keep in mind that insects are supposed to be highly resistant to radiation.



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Who Is Really Behind the Syrian War?

On April 4, 1967, at the Riverside Church in Manhattan, Martin Luthur King Jr. called the US government "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today", as well as the leading "the deadly Western arrogance that has poisoned the international atmosphere for so long." Well, here we are, 46 years later, getting ready to export more violence to another country.



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Did the White House Help Plan the Syrian Chemical Attack?

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Boston Bombing: A Great Big Diversion?

So, what's going on while everyone is distracted by bombs, explosions, poisoned letters, "martial law", etc?

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), which Aaron Swartz called "the Patriot Act of the Internet", a bill that is currently moving through Congress passed the House of Representatives on April 18th. At the last moment, an alteration to protect user's social media passwords from employers was defeated in a Congress vote.

President Obama gutted the Stock Act when he signed S. 716 which basically gutted the stock act which was created to make it harder for the legislature and the executive branch to engage in insider trading.

Israel and John Kerry are escalating the war in Syria, claiming Syria has chemical weapons.

Billionaire, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg claims that the Constitution must change to give government more power, after the Boston Marathon Bombings to allow for greater security to stave off future attacks.

Speaking of diversions:

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Once Again the U.S. is Fomenting War.

The United States is sending heavy weapons--mortars, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank missiles -- from Libya to jihadist Syrian rebels.  Not that this should come as any surprise considering our history of covertly facilitating upheaval, unrest and destabilization of nations, from Operation Gladio, which, controlled by the CIA and Britain’s MI6, orchestrated terrorist attacks in Western Europe, which were blamed on Communist entities to Operation Cyclone, the program to arm and finance the Mujahideen during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, 1979 to 1989, to Iran-Contra where the Reagan administration used proceeds from arms sale to Iran to fund the right-wing Contras in an effort to overturn Nicaragua’s democratically elected, Sandanista government. 

"The Americans have bought some of the weapons from the stockpiles of Muammar Gadaffi, the Libyan dictator killed last year. They include SA-7 missiles, which can be used to shoot down aircraft.

According to Fox News, Ambassador Chris Stevens, murdered on the anniversary of 9/11, while on a highly secretive U.S. mission in Benghazi was really there to "to negotiate a weapons transfer in an effort to get SA-7 missiles out of the hands of Libya-based extremists."

Moreover, supposedly, leaked documents from the Saudi Interior Ministry show that criminals convicted of drug trafficking, murder and rape have been given a choice to fight in Syria. Documents show that 105 Yemenis, 21 Palestinians, 212 Saudis, 96 Sudanese, 254 Syrians, 82 Jordanians, 68 Somalis, 32 Afghans, 194 Egyptians, 203 Pakistanis, 23 Iraqis, 44 Kuwaitis had taken up the offer of a death row pardon.

After arming Libyan rebels and taking out their leader, we're now arming Syrian rebels.  Why are we supporting Islamic extremists--the very people the U.S. government pegs as terrorists--to overthrow Assad? 

Again, this is nothing new. The not-so-mainstream media has been reporting this for a very long time.

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What's Really Going on in Syria?

As most of us already know, the US has been calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s removal from power and Washington has already admitted to providing logistical and communication assistance to militants in Syria. Now, US intelligence agencies have detected that Assad's government is preparing its chemical weapons stockpile for possible use. Of course, that conveniently follows Hilary Clinton's chemical weapons red-line rhetoric. The "there will be consequences" hype echos loud and clear, reminiscent of the Bush administration's false “weapons of mass destruction in Iraq” pretext for the Iraq War. Meanwhile, there are 17 US Warships and thousands of US soldiers near the Syrian coast.

"It is in close proximity to the coast of Syria. On board the ship are 70 fighter-bombers and a total 8,000 US servicemen."

However, despite what we see and hear from our officials and the mainstream media "news" outlets, the Syrian government claims that the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country. You may not believe that, but consider this: President Bashar Al-Assad, a former physician who said, "Syria faces not a civil war, but terrorism by proxies," banned GMOs in food ‘to preserve the health of human beings.' Now, does that sound like someone who doesn't care about his people?  Even if he doesn't give a damn about innocent human life, anyone with the slightest bit of common sense knows that to use those chemical weapons would be tantamount to suicide.

The reality is right now that fear mongering, media manipulation and creating pretexts for regime change are just as prevalent, if not increased since the last administration.

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Manufacturing Dissent: The Truth About Syria.

With propaganda at its peak, western imperialism,  always carried out under the false pretense of “humanitarian intervention” and “responsibility to protect” kills more people, and ruins more lives--not to mention sovereignty of nations--than all of the so-called terrorists, we're supposed to fear, put together.  

So who's really killing Syrian civilians? Well, if you listen to mainstream media, it's the Syrian government, but if you listen to Syrian civilians and Syrian journalists, it's mostly armed foreign groups--death squads--who are responsible. The same ones who operated in Libya.

The 2010 Unconventional Warfare Manual of the US Military states:

“The intent of US unconventional warfare efforts is to exploit a hostile power’s political, military, economic and psychological vulnerabilities by developing and sustaining resistance forces to accomplish US strategic objectives. For the foreseeable future US forces will predominantly engage in irregular warfare operations.”

“The media is the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Becasuse they control the minds of the masses.” - Malcolm X

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More Executive Orders. More Regime Change.

Over the weekend, in an unprecedented move, President Barack Obama signed Executive Order 13606,  banning electronic aid - from cellphone tracking to Internet monitoring - to Iran and Syria (foreign nationals who pose a threat) after declaring a national emergency.  In other words, in somewhat vague terminology, which could possibly open loopholes, he is targeting people and entities who use technology to help  Iran and Syria suppress their people. But, is it as bad as the mainstream media makes it out to be?

After spinning these lies, The New York Times was forced to admit, in several articles, that there have been massive rallies in Syria in support of the Syrian government. These rallies are larger than any pro-government demonstration that the U.S. government could hope to organize for itself.

Now, if you continue to believe that what is being reported in Syria is, indeed, real, then instead of feeling a wee bit threatened, you probably see nothing wrong with Obama signing his 117th or 118th  EO.

However, keep in mind, General Wesley Clark's speech in 2007, at the Commonwealth Club of California. He claimed that Paul Wolfowitz said the US had 5-10 years to clean up the old Soviet "client regimes" before the next super power rose up to challenge western hegemony, and then went on to say   that shortly after September 11, 2001, while at the Pentagon, a document handed down from the Office of the Secretary of Defense indicated plans to attack and destroy the governments of seven countries; Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Iran, Lebanon and Libya.

Of course, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) thinks it's a great idea as it  reports on the establishment of the Atrocities Prevention Board (APB), describing it as a "new interagency body...that represents a major advance in the U.S. commitment to counter genocide and mass atrocities. If the APB functions as intended, it will make a real difference to the effectiveness of the U.S. government in meeting the challenge of these horrific crimes".

Orwellian translation: "new interagency body...that represents a major advance in the U.S. commitment to encourage genocide and mass atrocities. If the APB functions as intended, it will make a real difference to the effectiveness of the U.S. government in meeting the creation of these horrific crimes".

Remember, not everyone - if anyone at all - has something to gain by regime change in Syria.  Ask the Christian population. They will tell you they have everything to fear from a regime change, yet, as a supposedly Christian nation, we hear very little about the Middle East - the birthplace of Christianity - Christians, who have all but vanished from that region, from 20% to 2% in 40 years. Syria's Christian population is about 6-10%.

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Is the Mainstream Media Fabricating Events in Syria?

Well, someone is censoring Syrian websites trying to get the truth out. That's for sure.

The Syrian Youth states "Our country has been targeted by the media. Our views have been distorted and manipulated to fit "what sells best". We are the Syrian youth. This is our country. This is our story."  There is only one problem.  The links that take you to the information are censored.

Lizzie Phelan deconstructs the fabrications put forth by the global media about Syria.



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Did Bush declare "Secret War" Against Syria and Iran?

Washington intelligence, military and foreign policy circles are abuzz today with speculation that the President, yesterday or in recent days, sent a secret Executive Order to the Secretary of Defense and to the Director of the CIA to launch military operations against Syria and Iran.

The President may have started a new secret, informal war against Syria and Iran without the consent of Congress or any broad discussion with the country.

The bare outlines of that order may have appeared in President Bush's Address to the Nation last night outlining his new course on Iraq:

Succeeding in Iraq also requires defending its territorial integrity and stabilizing the region in the face of extremist challenges. This begins with addressing Iran and Syria. These two regimes are allowing terrorists and insurgents to use their territory to move in and out of Iraq. Iran is providing material support for attacks on American troops. We will disrupt the attacks on our forces. We'll interrupt the flow of support from Iran and Syria. And we will seek out and destroy the networks providing advanced weaponry and training to our enemies in Iraq.

We're also taking other steps to bolster the security of Iraq and protect American interests in the Middle East. I recently ordered the deployment of an additional carrier strike group to the region. We will expand intelligence-sharing and deploy Patriot air defense systems to reassure our friends and allies. We will work with the governments of Turkey and Iraq to help them resolve problems along their border. And we will work with others to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons and dominating the region.

Adding fuel to the speculation is that U.S. forces today raided an Iranian Consulate in Arbil, Iraq and detained five Iranian staff members. Given that Iran showed little deference to the political sanctity of the US Embassy in Tehran 29 years ago, it would be ironic for Iran to hyperventilate much about the raid.

But what is disconcerting is that some are speculating that Bush has decided to heat up military engagement with Iran and Syria -- taking possible action within their borders, not just within Iraq.

Some are suggesting that the Consulate raid may have been designed to try and prompt a military response from Iran -- to generate a casus belli for further American action.

If this is the case, the debate about adding four brigades to Iraq is pathetic. The situation will get even hotter than it now is, worsening the American position and exposing the fact that to fight Iran both within the borders of Iraq and into Iranian territory, there are not enough troops in the theatre.

Bush may really have pushed the escalation pedal more than any of us realize.

-- Steve Clemons

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