Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greece. Show all posts

Saturday, June 25, 2011

GREECE IS CORRUPT

GREEKS PROTEST AUSTERITY CUTS by Joanna

Greece is corrupt.

The Greek government hospital system is said to be the most corrupt institution in Greece. (Near-bankrukpt Greece a culture of corruption.)

What is the average salary of the people working for the railway system in Greece?

This includes cleaners and track workers.

Is it £20,000 or £60,000?

It is £60,000. (The Big Fat Greek Gravy Train.)

The wage bill of the Greek railway system is £500 million per year.

The annual income of the Greek railway system is only £80 million.

The wage bill of the Greek public sector has doubled in ten years.

The Greek school system employs more people than it needs - four times more teachers per pupil than Finland. (The Big Fat Greek Gravy Train.)

Crete boys
Crete by jpbell11

Greece has spent vast sums on armaments.

Guess which bankrupt EU state is the world’s fourth biggest arms importer

During the years 2005 to 2009, the defence bill in Greece grew by a third.

During the years 2005 to 2009, Greece doubled the amount it borrowed from western banks.

So French banks lent money to Greece and Greece bought French fighter planes.

Bribery of top Greek politicians, public officials and military leaders has been used to secure contracts.


Many of the Greek tycoons and industrialists pay no tax.

Greek shipping tycoons are exempt from tax.

There is a lot of Greek money in tax havens such as Liechtenstein, the Bahamas and Cyprus. (The Big Fat Greek Gravy Train.)

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aangirfan: CIA COUP COMING IN GREECE?

aangirfan: MOSSAD AND CIA IN GREECE

Monday, May 30, 2011

CIA COUP COMING IN GREECE?



According to Germany's Bild newspaper, on 29 May 2011:



The CIA has stated in a recent report that there may soon be a coup in Greece.



Zerbricht Griechenland an der Krise: Geheimdienst befürchtet ... - [ Translate this page ]



There has been a lot of rioting in Greece.



The CIA and Mossad may want a military government in Athens, in order to promote their agenda.





On 14 March 2007, Vladimir Putin presided over a pipeline deal with Greece and Bulgaria. (Russia, Greece and Bulgaria sign major oil pipeline deal ...)



There is supposed to be a Russian oil pipeline through Greece.



It was supposed to be completed by 2011
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In 2009, Bulgaria got a new government and it has been stalling the construction of the pipeline. (EU to help unblock Tran-Balkan pipeline)



Russia provides Europe with a third of its oil and 40 percent of its natural gas, and the pipeline deal would increase these figures.



Certain people, such as the CIA and its pals in the Greek military, may not like the deal and may try to change the government of Greece?



The CIA put the military into power in Greece in 1967.



The Greek Military ran a 'fascist' regime.



In June 2008, an Iranian official criticized Greece for joining an Israeli military exercise that is claimed to be a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.



The New York Times reported that more than 100 Israeli F-16 and F-15 fighters took part in the maneuvers over the eastern Mediterranean and Greece in the first week of June.



The official expressed regret that Greece has kept silence on Israel’s provocative military exercise in its territory.
(tehran times : Iran slams Greece for joining Israel’s military parade)





Greece is important to Israel and to the USA.



In 1996, the pro-PLO Prime Minister, Andreas Papandreou died.



There followed an improvement in relations between Greece and Israel.



Trade between Greece and Israel doubled between 1989 and 1995.
(GREEK-ISRAELI STRATEGIC RELATIONS)



In a visit to Athens, Israeli President Katzav said "we consider Greece an important economic partner of Israel's economy, as well as a gateway to the Balkans."





Greece's Papandreou and Israel's Netanyahu



On 17 August 2010, it was announced that Israel and Greece are seeking to expand military ties



Former Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou once compared the Israelis to the Nazis. (Mesimvrini, 10 August 1982.)



In 1983, in the Greek Parliament, Ioannis Koutsoyannis blamed "the Jews, the Masons, the CIA and Moshe Dayan" for preparing and coordinating the 1967 military coup in Greece. (Greek Society)



The bad guys have had a series of cunning plans designed to get control of Greece.



In 1988, Abu Nidal, who reportedly worked for Mossad, attacked the Greek cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, leaving nine people dead.



One of Mossad's aims was to turn Greece against the Palestinians.



The Achile Lauro incident hastened the fall of Greek prime minister Andreas Papandreou. (Abu Nidal - Mossad Terrorist)



Famous Greek Olga Farmaki



And then there is the Greek economy.



"It does appear to be financial warfare. As bankers look to loot nation after nation. Greece is only the beginning." (Greece is tipping. Is this financial war against the Eurozone?)



At American Free Press, in March 2010, Victor Thorn wrote:



"Beginning in 2001, Goldman Sachs concocted an elaborate financial scheme whereby billions in 'currency swaps' were funneled into Greece, only to be squandered and embezzled by government officials....



"Greek newspapers such as Avriani are openly citing a Jewish plutocracy for plotting their nation’s demise...



"In a Feb. 11 article entitled 'Greece Under European Union Diktat,' Peter Schwarz observed, 'The crisis in Greece is attracting the most parasitic representatives of finance capital, whose methods resemble those of the Mafia, with the European Commission serving as the consigliore to the godfathers of finance.'



"One of the men he alluded to was Jewish speculator George Soros."




Greek King and CIA-backed colonels



The CIA and its friends have been active in Greece for some time.



1. In 1944, in Greece, a large demonstration in Athens, against British interference in the government, was dissolved by gunfire from hidden soldiers.



25 protesters were killed and 148 wounded.



2. In 1967, in Greece, CIA-backed colonels carried out a military coup, resulting in a 'fascist' dictatorship.



Thousands of Greeks were tortured and murdered by the CIA backed 'fascists'.



(NATO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe - Google Books Result )



3. In 1985, 15-year-old Michalis Kaltezas was shot by a police officer, triggering violent clashes between youths and the police in Athens.



4. In December 2008, Greek youths rioted after the police shot a boy



15-year-old Andreas Grigoropoulos was shot dead on 6 December 2008 by a police officer.



Witnesses told Greek TV the policeman fired directly at the boy.



The Colonels



The CIA, reportedly, has used acts of terrorism to keep the right-wing in power in Greece.



(The following is from: Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II - Google Books Result)



"In the April 1967 national elections in Greece, the veteran liberal leader George Papandreou seemed certain to be re-elected as prime minister.



Papandreou had been elected in 1964 with the only outright majority in the history of modern Greek elections.



A joint campaign by the Greek military and the CIA to unseat him began immediately...



The Gladio 'Sheepskin' group was involved in a campaign of terrorist bombings, which were blamed on the left, and two days before the election campaign was to begin, a military coup brought to power a junta led by George Papadopoulos, a member of the Greek intelligence service KYP.



The CIA had created the KYP and Papadopoulos was on the payroll of the Agency for some 15 years.



Along with hundreds of other KYP officers, he had received training in anti-subversive techniques in the United States.



Papadopoulos was "a great believer in Hitler's new order" ...



He plunged Greece for the next seven years into a nightmare of martial law, censorship, arrests, beatings, torture and murders.



8,000 were killed in the first month alone.



Before the end of the year, Amnesty International reported that "torture as a deliberate practice is carried out by the Security Police and the Military Police."



The Greek junta contributed $549,000 to the 1968 Nixon-Agnew election campaign in the United States.



A Senate investigation to discover if this was CIA money finding its way back home, was abruptly cancelled at the direct request of Henry Kissinger
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Thomas Countryman 'NSA/CIA liaison in Athens'



http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/01/136216.php



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Sunday, October 3, 2010

CHINA MAKES NEW FRIENDS AND ENEMIES

Chinese boys posing, Xiangcheng

Chinese boys posing, Xiangcheng, by rheanna2 All Rights Reserved

On 3 October 2010, we learn that China has pledged to prop up the eurozone and keep Greece afloat

According to the Mail on Sunday, Premier Wen Jiabao made this offer at the start of his two-day visit to Greece.

Wen said that "China is holding Greek bonds and will keep buying bonds that Greece issues.

"We will undertake to support eurozone countries and Greece to overcome the crisis."

Wen is to attend an EU-China summit.

In the USA, the House of Representatives has voted for a Bill designed to protect against Chinese imports if China does not allow the yuan to rise significantly.

China has warned the USA that this could damage economic ties.

(China warns US currency bill might harm ties)



Anti-Chinese riots in Indonesia, in May 1998.

The Independent tells us about The Great Haul of China:

Australia

China has acquired interests in methane, zinc, lead and iron ore.

Angola

China has a $1.3 billion investment in an ofshore oil field.

Argentina

China spent $3.1 billion to gain a 50% stake in an oil and gas company.

Brazil

China has spent $7.1 billion to gain a 40% stake in the energy firm Repsol

Canada

China paid $4.7 billion for a stake in an oil sands company.

Ecuador

China is working on the development of two major oil fields.

Guinea

China paid $1.4 billion for a stake in an iron ore mine.

Iraq

China won the bid to develop the giant Rumaila oil field.

Kazakhstan

China has agreed a $2.6 billion deal with the 4th largest oil producer.

Peru

China has a $3 billion investment in copper reserves.

Russia

China has a $25 billion deal for the supply of oil.

Uganda

China bought $2.5 billion of oil assets from a UK company.

Venezuela

China has invested in a major oil field.

China also has investments in Sudan, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.

China has been buying everything from oil and gas reserves to mining concessions to agricultural land.

China is the second-largest oil consumer in the world.

China's economic growth is seen as being vital to getting the world out of recession.

China wins friends in places like Africa by offering top prices and big infrastructure investments, including hospitals, ports, and road and rail links.

China has been accused of paying bribes.

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NIGERIA, INDONESIA and THE CHINESE

THE CIA IN NIGERIA

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

MOSSAD AND CIA IN GREECE


Greece's Papandreou and Israel's Netanyahu

On 17 August 2010, it was announced that Israel and Greece are seeking to expand military ties

Former Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou once compared the Israelis to the Nazis. (Mesimvrini, 10 August 1982.)

In 1983, in the Greek Parliament, Ioannis Koutsoyannis blamed "the Jews, the Masons, the CIA and Moshe Dayan" for preparing and coordinating the 1967 military coup in Greece. (Greek Society)

The bad guys have had a series of cunning plans designed to get control of Greece.

In 1988, Abu Nidal, who reportedly worked for Mossad, attacked the Greek cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, leaving nine people dead.

One of Mossad's aims was to turn Greece against the Palestinians.

The Achile Lauro incident hastened the fall of Greek prime minister Andreas Papandreou. (Abu Nidal - Mossad Terrorist)

And then there is the Greek economy.

At American Free Press, in March 2010, Victor Thorn wrote:

"Beginning in 2001, Goldman Sachs concocted an elaborate financial scheme whereby billions in 'currency swaps' were funneled into Greece, only to be squandered and embezzled by government officials...

"Greek newspapers such as Avriani are openly citing a Jewish plutocracy for plotting their nation’s demise...

"In a Feb. 11 article entitled 'Greece Under European Union Diktat,' Peter Schwarz observed, 'The crisis in Greece is attracting the most parasitic representatives of finance capital, whose methods resemble those of the Mafia, with the European Commission serving as the consigliore to the godfathers of finance.'

"One of the men he alluded to was Jewish speculator George Soros."

Famous Greek Olga Farmaki

Now, in August 2010, Israel's Netayahu and Greece's George Papandreou have been discussing expanding military ties.

This is bound to put pressure on the Turks, who have no love for the Greeks.

Papandreou took Netanyahu on a trip to an island off the Athens coast, using a missile boat Israel sold to Greece eight years ago.

Israel and Greece signed a defense cooperation agreement in 1994.

And then there is the CIA.

Greek King and CIA-backed colonels

The CIA and its friends have been active in Greece for some time.

1. In 1944, in Greece, a large demonstration in Athens, against British interference in the government, was dissolved by gunfire from hidden soldiers.

25 protesters were killed and 148 wounded.

2. In 1967, in Greece, CIA-backed colonels carried out a military coup, resulting in a 'fascist' dictatorship.

Thousands of Greeks were tortured and murdered by the CIA backed 'fascists'.

(NATO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe - Google Books Result )



3. In 1985, 15-year-old Michalis Kaltezas was shot by a police officer, triggering violent clashes between youths and the police in Athens.

4. In December 2008, Greek youths rioted after the police shot a boy

15-year-old Andreas Grigoropoulos was shot dead on 6 December 2008 by a police officer.

Witnesses told Greek TV the policeman fired directly at the boy.

The Colonels

The CIA, reportedly, has used acts of terrorism to keep the right-wing in power in Greece.

(The following is from: Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II - Google Books Result)

"In the April 1967 national elections in Greece, the veteran liberal leader George Papandreou seemed certain to be re-elected as prime minister.

Papandreou had been elected in 1964 with the only outright majority in the history of modern Greek elections.

A joint campaign by the Greek military and the CIA to unseat him began immediately...

The Gladio 'Sheepskin' group was involved in a campaign of terrorist bombings, which were blamed on the left, and two days before the election campaign was to begin, a military coup brought to power a junta led by George Papadopoulos, a member of the Greek intelligence service KYP.

The CIA had created the KYP and Papadopoulos was on the payroll of the Agency for some 15 years.

Along with hundreds of other KYP officers, he had received training in anti-subversive techniques in the United States.

Papadopoulos was "a great believer in Hitler's new order" ...

He plunged Greece for the next seven years into a nightmare of martial law, censorship, arrests, beatings, torture and murders.

8,000 were killed in the first month alone.

Before the end of the year, Amnesty International reported that "torture as a deliberate practice is carried out by the Security Police and the Military Police."

The Greek junta contributed $549,000 to the 1968 Nixon-Agnew election campaign in the United States.

A Senate investigation to discover if this was CIA money finding its way back home, was abruptly cancelled at the direct request of Henry Kissinger. "

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Thomas Countryman 'NSA/CIA liaison in Athens'

http://melbourne.indymedia.org/news/2007/01/136216.php

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Greek Bonds Slump As Austerity Backfires, Country Enters “Death Spiral”, And The Violent End Game Approaches

Monday, June 14, 2010

EUROPE TO BE CONTROLLED BY THE USA?

Europe

Chaos makes money.

The chaos of the Iraq war meant money could be made from arms sales, reconstruction projects and oil.

What about chaos in Europe?

Certain European countries have big debts.

Remember all those banks, many with pro-American directors, encouraging poor people to borrow large sums of money.

Rememeber Tony Blair's pro-American UK government reducing taxes for the rich and then borrowing large sums of money and then pouring it down the drain by having stupid wars, and by recruiting vast numbers of useless bureaucrats.

The USA wants to control Europe and loot Europe.

Hence the Euro crisis.

Europe

On 11 June 2010, at voltairenet.org/l Professor Jean-Michel Vernochet, of l’École supérieure de journalisme Paris, wrote about the €uro: the worst case scenario

According to Vernochet:

The Greek crisis is the result of a deliberate attack by the USA and UK.

The aim is to force the Europeans into an Atlantic bloc run by the USA.

The EU has placed itself under the thumb of the IMF.

The idea is to increase debt, increase centralised control and enslave Europe.

The USA's Paul Volcker wants to control Europe's economic policy and put the euro at parity with the dollar.

Europe

The bad guys in the USA are in favour of chaos.

The economist Friedrich von Hayek believed order is born out of chaos.

The neo-conservative disciples of Leo Strauss seek chaos, whether in the Middle East or in Europe.

The aim of the neo-conservatives is a unified, centralised Europe, "placed under the direct influence of the US with the aid of the Federal Reserve, of which the European Central Bank will be only a branch..."

Why is Greece under attack?

Greece "has been until now ... frustrating a full integration of the Balkans in the American geostrategic orbit."

Why is Europe under attack?

Central economic control, by the European Commission, will lead to control by the USA and the end of independent European states.

The merging of the euro with the dollar will bring about the union of Europe and the USA.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

GREECE, THE UK AND THE WORLD - WHAT TO EXPECT?

Expect greater poverty? The UK economics minister Alistair Darling has said that the Labour party's planned cuts in public spending will be "deeper and tougher" than Margaret Thatcher's in the 1980s.

The government in Greece is socialist.

It plans (Huge Greece bail-out deal agreed) to do the following:

1. Ban increases in public sector pay and pensions for at least three years.

2. Increase VAT to 23%

3. Increase taxes on fuel, alcohol and tobacco by 10%

4. Cut civil servant's income. (Factbox: Details of Greek austerity deal with EU/IMF)

5. Increase the retirement age.

6. Cut pensions.

"It is overtly a rescue of Greece, but covertly a bail-out of banks." (FT.com / Columnists / Martin Wolf - A bail-out for Greece is just the beginning.)

According to estimates by The Economist, foreign banks’ exposure to Greece, Portugal and Spain combined comes to €1.2 trillion. (Greece's sovereign-debt crisis: Still in a spin The Economist)




Meanwhile, there are "persistent fears about reforms to the US financial sector." (Greece doubts fuel nerves over sovereign debts )

And, the U.K. government's budget deficit as a share of gross domestic product could reach 12 percent in 2010, about the same as Greece's deficit. (Debt crisis: Greece freezes pensions, cuts salaries and adds taxes ...)

In the UK a vote for Labour, or the Conservatives, or the Liberal Democrats will mean Greek-style cuts.

The UK's Institute for Fiscal Studies says tax rises and Whitehall spending cuts of 25% are in prospect during a six-year squeeze lasting until 2017. (Alistair Darling: we will cut deeper than Margaret Thatcher ... )

The UK Government has been told to cut Trident before the budget (SNP).

A UK Cabinet Office 'transition team', under the direction of Sir Gus O’Donnell, the head of the civil service, "has been 'war gaming' various scenarios - from pacts to coalitions to loose arrangements in parliament." (Will David Cameron be left hanging? )

As Labour and the Conservatives have virtually the same policies on war and terror, one possibility is a Labour-Conservative alliance.

This alliance would have a big majority and could bring in savage cuts.

Expect vote fraud in the UK to be used against the anti-war parties. (General Election 2010: Postal vote fraud amid fears bogus voters ...)

Anti-sleaze campaigner Martin Bell is quoted in The Mail as saying: 'There is actually a possibility that the result of the election could be decided by electoral fraud. That’s pretty grim.

'We are facing a situation where we can no longer trust the integrity of our electoral system.

'It was a huge mistake to extend the postal vote. It opened up our system to all kinds of frauds.'

http://www.snptacticalvoting.com/