Stand With Palestine Events and Workplace Day of Action on Naksa Day

Garda Ombudsman, under fire
from forces of corruption?

It was suspected that offices of the GSOC (garda siochana ombudsman commission) were being bugged. Shrouded in secrecy, they brought in specialists from the UK under advice from their equivalent body in the UK, the IPCC. These specialists did a high tech sweep of their offices under cover of darkness and a report was created which suggests that it was extremely likely that highly sophisticated bugging of the office had occurred. Government and high ranking gardai have closed ranks and are trying to spin this as a problem with GSOC instead of addressing the strong possibility that GSOC was bugged and who would want to do that and have access to do so except the gardai themselves. If true this is a grave issue. It is believed in some circles that this bugging may be related to investigations by GSOC into the case of large scale heroin importer Boylan who it is alleged has been working with gardai and has "magically" evaded conviction in the face of overwhelming evidence of trafficking huge amounts of drugs. This affair may go right to the top and has the potential to sink this government

External Links: Black Ops Being Run Off The Books | The Gardaí And The Drug Dealer | The Appalling Vista | PoliticalWorld.org thread on GSOC preparing report on drug case collusion | IMSI-Catcher | Court Report On “rape-tape” Sergeant Being Awarded €33,0000 | Garda shell booze controversy airs at Belmullet court | Sullivan: Ombudsman investigation 'about protecting Gardaí' | Jail! | gardai denigration of McKenna funeral must be condemned | Release of Garda exposes Corrupt Two - Tier 'Justice' System | Students Occupy Department Of Finance | 600 March Against Garda Violence at Student Demo Last Week. | An Undercurrent of Malpractice and Deceit | Lies, Lies And More Lies - Garda Corruption Systemic | The ministry of injustice, administering injustice near you sometime soon | The McBrearty Tapes | Terence wheelock case - interview with family member | Another death caused by Garda Hospitality? - The parents of John Moloney demand an independent inquiry

Licensed fracking areas in Leitrim, Cavan & Fermanagh

The Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is sponsoring an invite only fracking workshop in London this Friday 15th Nov 2013 as part of its long term plan to introduce fracking in Ireland. It has already commissioned research to help 'determine best practice guidelines to regulate the shale gas industry in Ireland' (all their own words). There is no hint here fracking will NOT be allowed whatever the findings. This same body though is immune from prosecution under Irish law (See Box 1 below) making a mockery of it's regulatory role.

Related Links: Indymedia Fracking page | We are Awake, Informed and We are Saying No to Fracking | Global Frackdown2 Day - Sat Oct 19th 2013 -Events in Carrick-on-Shannon, Drumshambo, Cahir and Clonmel | Farmers tell G8 leaders: We support Farming not Fracking | Fracking In Fermanagh. What could it mean? | Fracking debris considered too radioactive even for waste site | Statement from some of No Fracking Ireland on EPA 'consultation' process which ended today. | Twelve Canadians – Fracking: Experiments in Sacrifice Zones - Fear & Loathing in Canadian Frackland | ShaleBubble.org -Explains the Ponzi dynamics of the Fracking industry
Anti-Fracking Groups: ttp://nofrackingireland.wordpress.com/ -Campaign against Fracking (Shale Gas) in Lough Allen Basin | http:://www.what-the-frack.org | http://www.FrackingFreeIreland.org -Fracking Free Ireland | https://sites.google.com/site/frackingireland/ -Fracking Ireland | http://www.frackaware.com/wordpress/ -Fermanagh Fracking Awareness Network (FFAN) | http://GoodEnergiesAlliance.com http://www.LoveLeitrim.org | http://NotForShale.com/ -Fracking covering Northern Ireland | http://NoToFracking.com/ -No To Fracking

Today the mainstream media are claiming that there has been a chemical attack by the Syrian government near Damascus even whilst an UN inspection team arrives. The reports have been conflicting with the initial reports claiming 280 victims and then later up-ing it to over 1,300 killed.

However, the claims are predominantly coming from the so called Free Syrian Army who are backed and funded by some of the despotic Gulf States, as well as Saudi Arabia and by the Western powers principally France, USA and UK. This same group is made up mercenaries of all kinds including members of Al Qaeda who want to turn the country backwards and bring in Sharia Law and just back in May 2013 the UN accused the Syrian rebels of using chemical weapons.

What is most telling though is that it makes absolutely no sense for the Syrian government to do this. In recent months they have retaken areas held by rebels and seem to have repelled several attack campaigns in the past two year. And France in particular as well as the other powers have been consistently in the last year being trying to throw the mud of chemical weapons and then chemical weapon attacks in a clear effort to force public opinion to back no-fly zones and from there total demolition of the country and invasion followed later by a pliant regime. The end game is to clear the way for an attack on Iran which the crazies have been pushing hard for many years.

Update:: Mint Press News: EXCLUSIVE: Syrians In Ghouta Claim Saudi-Supplied Rebels Behind Chemical Attack
Indymedia Links:
Saudi Rulers Pour Money Into Arming Militants In Region | Syria: One "humanitarian" intervention too far | Hacker unearths plot against Syria / Iran | Interview with Syrian Communist on conflict in Syria | Syrian TV reporter killed by rebel sniper near Qusair |
Other Links:
Syria: Chemical weapons used by rebels came from Turkey -Times of Israel -Apr 2013 | Putin claims proof Syrian rebels used chemical weapons -June 2013 -Refers to earlier chemical attack. | UN: Syrian Rebels Used Chemical Weapons - The nerve agent sarin was used by 'the rebels, not by the government authorities' -refers to earlier rebel chemical weapon attack |
John Kerry’s “Colin Powell moment” | Australian government backs US-led campaign against Syria | Lying About Syria | US Uses Past Crimes to Legalize Future Ones | Hypocrisy! - CIA helped Saddam gas Iran in ’88 | Syrian army finds chemicals in militants tunnels -Press TV | Syria: Another Western War Crime In The Making -

For the past six months and longer once Libya had fallen to the NATO sponsored 'rebels', we have faced a continuous media onslaught about Syria with reports of protests, shootings, killings, attacks, bombing and so forth. The backdrop to the narrative is that this is part of the Arab Spring which started last year and it is a good thing overall. So many people are probably wondering what really has been happening, given that this is the same media that was cheer leading the Iraq war almost 10 years ago even though at least a million+ are now dead as a result. And yet somehow they want to imply that they are doing the right thing now. We should also recall that this is the same media that is promoting austerity and encouraging us to accept the blame for the mad years of the bubble and as a consequence we should pay up the €90 billion bailout and in the process see all the state services stripped to the bone. They are presenting the uncomplicated truth surely

Related Links: The Reality Of Sanctions On Syria. | A mistaken case for Syrian regime change | Arab League suspension of Syria brings military intervention closer | The Myth of “Isolated” Iran | Real Friends of Syria | SyriansWorldWide Youtube Channel

Guns and Butter interview of Tarpley. NATO's assault on Syria
Guns and Butter interview of Tarpley. NATO's assault on Syria 10.27 Mb

#OccupyWallStreet #OccupyDameStreet

NEW YORK TIMES: Updated, 3:35 a.m. Sunday | In a tense showdown above the East River, the police arrested more than 700 demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street protests who took to the roadway as they tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday afternoon. (After a 2 week corporate media blackout, #occupywallstreet direct action is now front page news)

Related Links:

It seems like in about a week or two's time, most of the western world will be occupied…
Occupy Everywhere | Occupy Together | Occupy-Dublin | #OccupyDameStreet | occupy den haag | 1% network Ireland Indy: Occupy Dame Street - Oct 8th - Bring tent

Some #hashtags you might want to follow:
Occupy Wall Street - #occupywallstreet | Occupy Everywhere - #occupy | Occupy Dame Street (Dublin, Ireland) #occupydamestreet - #oct18

Websites to read up on:
Original Occupy Wallstreet website | Democracy Now!'s coverage | Occupy Wall St | The original call to #OCCUPYWALLST from Adbusters (13 Jul 2011) | (New York Times) Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge | (ROAR- Reflections on a revolution) New York police arrest 700+ protesters on Brooklyn Bridge | (ROAR- Reflections on a revolution) Wall Street protests swell, spread and go viral across US | (Democracy Now) Cornel West on Occupy Wall Street: It’s the Makings of a U.S. Autumn Responding to the Arab Spring | (Democracy Now) "Something Has Started": Michael Moore on the Occupy Wall St. Protests That Could Spark a Movement | (Guardian) Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested on Brooklyn Bridge | (Naomi Klein) Open Letter From Arun Gupta on the Wall Street Occupation: The Revolution Begins at Home | (Al Jazeera) Wall Street protests spread to other cities | (Guardian) Occupy Wall Street | Revolution in Spain, spreading to Ireland: homage to plaza catalunya | (Indymedia Ireland) Tahrir comes to Spain

Who's Tweeting About it
Occupy Dublin | Occupy Dame Street | Occupy Ireland | Contact.ie | Soundmigration | Irish Anti-War Movement |

Photos:
Cryptome Occupy Wall Street Photo and Video Series
Videos:
Occupy Wall Street: Dr Cornell West: "We the people have found our voice | Michael Moore 'Occupy Wall Street will only get Bigger' (MOXNEWS) | Occupy Wall Street: American Spring (Russia Today) | Occupy Together | Police Arrest More Than 700 #occupywallstreet Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge (We are Change) | Occupy Los Angeles - We are the 99% - The Beginning & In Depth HD

It seems like in about a week or two's time, most of the western world will be occupied…
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