Intl. Islamic hub should be created: Leader

TEHRAN - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the creation of a powerful hub of the Muslim world will help the Islamic ummah counter threats posed by the hegemonistic powers.

The Leader made the remarks in a message issued on October 27 to the people who are participating in the annual gathering of Muslims in the hajj pilgrimage, which began in late October and culminates this week, according to the Islamic lunar calendar.

The text of the message was released on Saturday.

The people in the countries that have been experiencing pro-democracy uprisings are in need of two things, Ayatollah Khamenei said, noting, “First of all, continuing resistance and not allowing (their) strong will to be sapped.”

“Secondly, the exercise of vigilance in the face of plots hatched by the global hegemons and the powers which have suffered harm from these uprisings and revolutions. They will not stand idly by and will enter the scene with all their political, (military), and financial strength in order to once again exert influence and establish authority over these countries.

“The greatest danger is the interference and the exercise of influence by the bloc of kafirs (unbelievers) and the global arrogance (forces of imperialism) in the (process of the) establishment of new political systems in these countries. They will make every effort to prevent new political systems from adopting an Islamic and popular identity. All the conscientious in these countries and all those who have pinned their hopes on the dignity, glory, and progress of their countries should try to make sure that the new systems will be Islamic and popular. Constitutions play prominent roles in this regard. National unity and the recognition of religious, ethnic, and racial diversity is the key to future victories.”

The Leader added, “The brave and awakened people in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, and other awakened and combatant nations must be aware that they will be emancipated from the oppression and deceit of the United States and other Western hegemons only when the balance of power shifts in their favor.”

He also said, “The U.S. and NATO rained fire on Libya and its people for months. And (former Libyan leader Muammar) Gaddafi was someone who was regarded as their close friend before the courageous revolution of the Libyan nation. They used to hug him and plunder Libya’s wealth with his own hands and pressed or kissed his hands to dupe him. After the popular uprisings, they used the same pretext and destroyed all the infrastructure of Libya. What country could prevent the tragedy of the killing of the people and the destruction of the country of Libya by NATO? Unless the claws and teeth of the bloodthirsty powers are broken, such threats to Muslim countries will always be there, and countering them will only be possible through the creation of a powerful hub of the Muslim world.”

“Today, the West, the U.S., and Zionism are weaker than ever. Economic problems, repeated failures in Afghanistan and Iraq, massive popular protests in the U.S. and other Western countries that are spreading day by day, the combat and sacrifices of the Palestinian and Lebanese people, the brave uprisings of the people in Yemen, Bahrain, and certain other countries, which are under the influence of the U.S., bode well for the Islamic ummah,” Ayatollah Khamenei observed.

“The faithful men and women across the Muslim world, particularly in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, should take full advantage of this opportunity to establish an international Islamic power,” he said in conclusion.

‘Iran will present documents about U.S. terrorist acts to UN’

Tehran Times Political Desk

TEHRAN – The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said on Friday that the documents that prove the United States’ involvement in terrorist actions and assassination plots in Iran and the region will be presented to the United Nations in the near future.

SNSC Secretary Saeed Jalili made the remarks during a speech at a demonstration held outside the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran to commemorate the 13th of Aban.

The 13th of Aban in the Iranian calendar, which corresponds to November 4, is Iran’s national day of struggle against the global arrogance (imperialist powers) and the anniversary of the university students’ seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, which was called the Den of Spies, in 1979. It is also the anniversary of the exile of the late Imam Khomeini, the Founder of the Islamic Republic, in 1964.

Jalili said, “Iran’s Ambassador to the UN (Mohammad Khazaii), in a letter that will be sent to UN Secretary General (Ban Ki-moon)… will ask him to provide other countries with documents” that show the role of the U.S. in directing terrorists and providing financial assistance to them and to take legal action against Washington.

Islamic Iran will show the international community that the U.S. is the main supporter of state terrorism in the world, he stated.

Jalili added, “The U.S. has overtly employed its forces to carry out assassinations and acts of sabotage against Iran and other countries, but, as the Supreme Leader has said, we will discredit the U.S. through the documents we have. And we support the 99 percent, who are opposed to the U.S. policies in and outside the country, with full strength and will file a lawsuit against officials of this country.”

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Iran has one hundred indisputable documents that prove the United States’ involvement in terrorist actions in Iran and the region and will release them to the public.

Jalili also said, “The assertions that we are making today are nothing new, and the passive stance that the U.S. has adopted today is a response to the measures taken by Islamic Iran.”

“Over the past two years, we have repeatedly written to the UN and the U.S. raising the issue of documents showing the U.S. is a terrorist, and the measures that the U.S. is taking today are passive and are meant to (help it) avoid trial,” he added.

“On the occasion of the 13th of Aban, we will” submit these documents to officials at the Swiss Embassy, Jalili announced.

Iran and the United States do not have diplomatic relations, and the Swiss Embassy in Tehran hosts the U.S. Interests Section in Iran.

The SNSC Secretary added, “The U.S. is seeking to target the countries and the people that are opposed to the U.S. through guiding terrorists.”

The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned Swiss Charge d’Affaires Georg Steiner on Friday.

Students commemorate U.S. embassy seizure

Students across the country took to the streets on Friday to commemorate the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979.

In Tehran, students converged on Taleqani Street where the former U.S. embassy is located and chanted slogans: “Down with USA” and “Down with Israel.”

The students also expressed support for the popular uprisings in the Arab world and carried placards showing their solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protestors.

Some placards, written in English, read: “Wall Street = War Street”.

At the end of the event in Tehran, the demonstrators issued a statement criticizing U.S. policies.

Gerald Celente - 2012 will be the telling Year

Trends master Gerald Celente debates with Alex Jones about the continued growing debt problem in Greece and what it will mean for the rest of the world.we have to take down control away from the corrupt bankers , Greece the Cradle of Democracy Robbed by the Bankers, all these people, everyone we are building massive forces AGAINST THE TYRANNY AND TOTAL domination of the .1% crime syndicate, the false idols, false gods system, its a big shift in consciousness to reject the bankers, (except some look like ghouls) a quickening of 'storm the elites' and butcher them in the streets isnt so far fetched, look at the revolutions when times were tough and wealth disparities massive.The IMF has no money to loan. They just give permission to print, or add digits, guaranteed by tax payers coerced loyalty to pay back. Pay back, was was (permission to add digits.).

Paul Craig Roberts : The War with Iran is very close

by Paul Craig Roberts

Obama is more of a war monger than Bush and Cheney the united states is the new war creators they will be the reason the world becomes a warzone. and when it does no one will escape except for the white house staff and the corporate elite. its a damn shame that every president of the united states has a desire for more power. but hey we know what they want because every man with power wants nothing but more power. and thats what they plan to do over the years. Massive depopulation of the most populated places.Obama executes the plan according to the needs of his masters. Who these are? Those that control money, media, military industry.Obama is not in charge. Rothschild, Rockefeller, Kissinger, Bush senior is. That's why no matter who gets in the same criminal plot occurs.

Greece exit from euro could trigger ‘chain reaction’ of collapses in Europe

by Noah Barkin / Reuters

CANNES—It may well be remembered as the day the euro zone began to break apart.

At a late night news conference in Cannes on Wednesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy shattered the bloc’s most sacred taboo, conceding openly for the first time that Greece might end up having to leave the tight-knit currency club it joined a decade ago.

The admission, after an intense two-hour meeting with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on the eve of a G20 summit, sets the euro zone on a perilous course that could reverberate in Europe and beyond for decades.

Were Greece to leave the euro zone, a step that until now European officials have said is technically and legally impossible, the consequences would be devastating even though the country represents just 2.5 percent of the 17-nation currency area’s gross domestic product (GDP).

Just how devastating is difficult to say because the move would take Europe and the global financial system into uncharted territory.

But what does seem clear is that an exit would spark contagion to other peripheral countries as foreign investors pulled out en masse. This in turn would hammer financial institutions across the bloc, leading to bank runs and forcing the European Central Bank (ECB) to respond with massive liquidity provisions and government bond purchases.

The central bank and all private and official sector creditors would have to write off their claims on Greece in one fell swoop. The resulting credit crunch, economists say, would make the freeze-up that followed the 2008 bankruptcy of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers seem mild.

“If Greece left the euro, the market pressures on the countries perceived as the next most vulnerable would rapidly become overwhelming,” the Economist Intelligence Unit said in a recent report entitled “After Eurogeddon”.

“As the chain reaction spread across Europe, we think contagion would be rapid, dramatic and uncontrollable at times.”

Beyond the harrowing financial consequences, the move would also be a crushing symbolic setback for Europe. After more than half a century of closer integration, it would open the door to a new era of disintegration.

Merkel herself has said an exit would lead to a devastating “domino effect” across the euro zone.

“Not a single person would put their money in Europe anymore,” she said in late September.

FRUSTRATION AT BREAKING POINT

This is what makes her and Sarkozy’s about-face in Cannes so significant.

German officials said Papandreou’s surprise call for a referendum on the latest EU/IMF rescue package for Greece—a move that sparked widespread panic in global financial markets—was the final straw for the German and French leaders.

Frustration with Papandreou’s government has been building steadily since the bloc first bailed out Greece in May 2010. Since then Athens has failed repeatedly to meet the fiscal targets set for it by its international lenders.

Against hopes, its economy has also nose-dived. It is expected to contract by over 5 percent this year and by 3 percent next year in what would be its fourth straight year of recession. Unemployment has skyrocketed.

It is this economic collapse that has sapped popular support for Papandreou’s government and the austerity-for-aid rescues from the EU and IMF.

Papandreou’s referendum call reinforced the idea in major European capitals that Greece may be too far gone to save and its political leadership not credible enough to back up with billions more euros in taxpayer money.

On Thursday, the Greek government appeared to be on the brink of collapse. Sources in Papandreou’s Socialist party told Reuters that lawmakers were forging a proposal for a new coalition government headed by former ECB vice president Lucas Papademos. The prime minister’s chief of staff said he had not resigned and had no plans to.

Regardless what happens, political and social turmoil in Greece looks sure to continue unabated. The resulting uncertainty will undermine confidence in the euro zone’s ability to get a grip on the crisis.

The costs of keeping Greece in the euro, some European officials now believe, may outweigh allowing it to leave.

“The euro as a whole must remain stable,” Merkel said on Wednesday night. “We would prefer to ensure this with Greece rather than without it. But the top priority is stability.”

AID WOULD NOT END WITH EXIT

An ECB working paper published in December 2009, just as Greece’s dire fiscal problems were coming to light, concluded that withdrawal from the monetary union without a parallel withdrawal from the broader EU would be legally impossible—a view that was backed up by the European Commission on Thursday.

But even the Germans admit that Europe’s obligations to Greece would not end if it were to leave the currency bloc.

One senior official told Reuters on condition of anonymity that the disorderly default that would result if Europe refused to give Athens more aid would lead to a bank run within 48 hours, a mass flight of capital and Greek citizens abroad, and instantly halt all money transactions by the Greek government.

That could force Europe to fund core services such as healthcare and water. A euro zone exit would make things even worse.

“You would have to ship truckloads of euros to Greece on the sly” to prevent social implosion, the German official said, noting the EU had been forced to take similar steps in Bosnia and Montenegro, and the United States in Panama.

All this means that Europe is likely to do everything in its power to avoid a Greek exit, even if it has now come around to the idea that it could happen.

“As far as we’re concerned this is the only option that is on the table,” a European Commission spokeswoman said on Thursday.

But ultimately it will be up to the Greeks, as Merkel and Sarkozy made clear in Cannes.