Eretz Zen

Syrian President Bashar Assad warned in comments broadcast Friday April 5, 2013 that the fall of the Syrian government or the breakup of his nation will cause a "domino effect" that will fuel Middle East instability for years, in his sharpest warning yet about the potential fallout of his country's civil war on neighboring states.

In an interview with the Turkish TV station Ulusal Kanal broadcast Friday, Syrian President Assad accused his neighbors of stoking the revolt against his government, saying "we are surrounded by countries that help terrorists and allow them to enter Syria." But he warned that those same countries may eventually pay a price down the road.

"Everybody knows that if the disturbances in Syria reach the point of the country's breakup, or terrorist forces control Syria, or if the two cases happen, then this will immediately spill over into neighboring countries first, and later there will be a domino effect that will reach countries across the Middle East," he said.

He also lashed out at Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was a close ally of Assad before the crisis began but then turned into one of his harshest critics.

"When the prime minister (Erdogan), or the government or officials get involved in shedding Syrian people's blood there is no place for bridges between me and them or the Syrian people that don't respect them," Assad said.

Turkey has been one of the strongest backers of the Syrian Islamist "opposition," and has provided it with logistical support and shelter.

"The Arab League lacks legitimacy. It's a league that represents the Arab states, not the Arab people, so it can't grant or retract legitimacy," he also stated in reference to the recent move by the league to give Syria's seat to the Doha coalition headed by Moaz al-Khatib.

The president also used the interview to quash rumors that he had been killed by one of his guards in the capital Damascus.

Asked by a journalist whether he is still alive, Assad told Ulusal Kanal: "I am present in front of you and not in a shelter. These are mere rumors."

He said he is living as usual in Syria and is not hiding in underground shelters.

Source: Ulusal Kanal

Scott Wilhelmsen

The orchestrated collapse has already begun.

Snordster

From Doug Hagmann of Canada Free Press comes a chilling account of what's in store for us if we continue to ignore the bare-faced warnings of the central power base.. http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/54163

Some might be surprised to learn that the fate of America's economy has already been determined, verified and announced by the Obama White House. Yet, it has received scant attention from the corporate media. In 2011, economist Kyle Bass interviewed a senior member of the Obama administration about its planned solutions for fixing the US economy and trade deficit[ia].

Among the questions he asked was about U.S. exports and wages, but the question itself was not nearly as important as the response he received from this senior administration official. In fact, this single, seven word response clarifies everything, explains everything, and leaves little else to discuss: "We're just going to kill the dollar."

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World crisis radio with Dr Webster Griffin Tarpley, march 30 2013 edition

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Jon Silberg

Documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki (Freakonomics, Why We Fight) explores issues in his films from a wide array of intersecting perspectives, often starting with very personal anecdotes and expanding to large questions of public policy. His latest feature, The House I Live In (April on PBS’s Independent Lens), weaves multiple interviews, file footage and the filmmaker’s narration together to present an overall assessment of the decades-long project referred to by supporters as the “war on drugs.” http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/dv/feature/house-i-live-eugene-jarecki%E2%80%99s-documentary-moves-personal-political/62091

Bill Hughes

On Thursday afternoon, March 21, 2013, a demonstration was held at McKeldin Square, in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Its purpose was to raise awareness among the citzenry of the rising medical debt in this country and the need to adopt a single payer healthcare system. A recent study documented that nearly "60 percent" of the bankruptcies in the nation are related to an inability to "pay medical bills." To learn more about this growing economic and healthcare crisis and what can be done about it, see this article, at: http://truth-out.org/news/item/15191-access-to-health-care-basic-necessities-a-matter-of-life-or-debt Speaking on camera about this matter is the social justice activist, Dr. Margaret Flowers of Baltimore City.

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