Infinite Unknown

- Radioactive fluid leaks at French nuclear reactor (AFP, April 5, 2012):

Radioactive cooling fluid leaked at a French nuclear reactor Thursday following two small fires, but the spillage was safely collected in special tanks, officials said.

A reactor at the power plant in Penly on the English Channel near the port of Dieppe shut down automatically after two small fires broke out Thursday, the plant’s operator EDF said.

Firefighters easily extinguished the blazes but a cooling pump was damaged, in turn causing a joint to leak radioactive water into collection tanks located inside the reactor building, EDF said.

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Tags: EU, Europe, France, Global News, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors

- 10 ‘Facts’ That Should Worry Europe’s Equity ‘Fiction’ (ZeroHedge, April 2, 2012)

Tags: Banking, Bonds, Credit Suisse, ECB, Economy, EU, Europe, France, GDP, Global News, Government, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Politics, Portugal, Society, Spain, Unemployment

Gladio anyone?

Toulouse:

- Sinister Sites – Illuminati Pyramid in Blagnac, France (Vigilant Citizen):

Located in a suburb of Toulouse, the “Place de la Révolution” is probably one of the most blatant displays of Illuminati designs in existence: a huge pyramid hovering atop a map of the world. The symbolic meaning of this structure reveals a rather grim and elitist ideology and seems to confirm the conspiracy theorist’s claims: the world is lead by a secret cabal named the Illuminati.

- Guilt and Identity Politics: The Toulouse Murders (CounterPunch, April 02, 2012):

Paris — The current French presidential election campaign was rudely interrupted at its very start by a series of murders in and around the southwestern city of Toulouse.   On March 11, a paratrooper was shot dead by a mysterious motorcyclist in Toulouse.  Four days later, in the nearby garrison town of Montauban, two more paratroopers were shot dead in similar circumstances.  Then, four days after that, early in the morning of March 21 in a residential neighborhood of Toulouse, a helmeted gunman approached a Jewish school and coolly shot dead a rabbi and three children at point blank range before driving off on his motorcycle.

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Tags: Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaida, Crime, EU, Europe, False flag, France, Global News, Government, Inside job, Nicolas Sarkozy, Politics, Terrorism, Terrorists

- EU – EFSF & ESM – A Whole Lot Of Nothing (ZeroHedge, Mar 28, 2012):

A quick look at the headlines:

€200 billion already committed. So the EFSF has already committed €200 billion.  So far I only see €63 billion of debt issued by the EFSF, so they have at least another €137 billion to fund.  The bulk of their issuance so far is back to back with a they made to Greece, hardly the best collateral.  For now I’m going to assume that there is no overcollateralization requirement and just €200 billion has been committed, but if the 165% overcollateralization is in place, then that would really be €300 billion of “guarantees” used up. Continue reading »

Tags: Bonds, Debt, Economy, EFSF, ESM, EU, Europe, France, Germany, Global News, Government, Greece, IMF, Italy, Politics, Portugal, Spain

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- Mohammed Merah is dead. He was a new breed of Iron Man terrorist (DebkaFile, Mar 22, 2012):

French-born al Qaeda killer, Mohammed Merah – who shocked the world by murdering three Jewish schoolchildren and their teacher in Toulouse by shots to the head, after killing three French paratroopers – was found dead after jumping out of a window still shooting Thursday, March 22. First, he injured three police officers searching his apartment, bursting out of the bathroom firing madly.

This 23-year old Muslim extremist made history by the callousness of his murders and by forcing French police and security forces to conduct the biggest and longest siege in their history against a lone armed terrorist

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Tags: Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaida, Crime, France, Global News, Mohammed Merah, Society, Terrorism, Terrorists

- Sarkozy: Jail those who browse terror websites (Businessweek/AP, March 22, 2012):

France’s president proposed a sweeping new law Thursday that would jail those who visit extremist web sites — one of several tough new measures floated in the wake of a murderous shooting spree.

The proposed rules, unveiled by Nicolas Sarkozy after the death of an Islamist fanatic wanted for a horrifying series of execution-style murders, have alarmed journalists and legal experts, who say they risk pulling the plug on free expression.

Sarkozy argued that it was time to treat those who browse extremist websites the same way as those who consume child pornography.

“Anyone who regularly consults Internet sites which promote terror or hatred or violence will be sentenced to prison,” he told a campaign rally in Strasbourg, in eastern France. “What is possible for pedophiles should be possible for trainee terrorists and their supporters, too.”

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Tags: 1984, Dictatorship, EU, Europe, Fascism, France, George Orwell, Global News, Government, Internet, New World Order, Nicolas Sarkozy, Politics, Society, Terrorism, Terrorists

- Gunman Kills 4 Outside Jewish School in France (Mar 19, 2012):

A French police official says the same gun was used to kill four people at a Jewish school and three paratroopers last week.

The official said the gunman who shot and killed three children and a rabbi at the school in the southwestern city of Toulouse on Monday fired 15 shots from the gun.

The official says the same gun was used in the two attacks last week. One of those attacks, in Toulouse, killed a paratrooper. The other one, in nearby Montauban, killed two paratroopers and left another seriously injured.

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Tags: Crime, Europe, France, Society

- Is The ECB Masking Accelerating Deposit Flight In Italy And Spain? (ZeroHedge, Mar 12, 2012)

- Frontrunning: March 12 (ZeroHedge, Mar 12, 2012):

• Greek Bailout Payment Set to Be Approved by Euro Ministers After Debt Deal (Bloomberg)
• China Trade Deficit Spurs Concern (WSJ)
• Sarkozy Makes Populist Push For Re-Election (FT)
• ECB Calls for Tougher Rules on Budgets (FT)
• As Fed Officials Prepare to Meet, They Await Clearer Economic Signals (NYT)
• PBOC Zhou: In Theory ‘Lots Of Room’ For Further RRR Cuts (WSJ)
• Latest Stress Tests Are Expected to Show Progress at Most Banks (NYT)
• Monti Eyes Labor Plan Amid Jobless Youth, Trapped Firemen (Bloomberg)

Tags: Bailout, Banking, Bonds, China, Debt, ECB, Economy, EU, Europe, France, Global News, Government, Greece, Italy, Mario Monti, Nicolas Sarkozy, Politics, Spain

Translation:

Mexico’s violent drug cartels have reached the streets of Britain, France and the Netherlands, according to the Cocaine Import Agency (CIA), with undercover British MI6 overlord agents training their emloyees in El Paso how to combat any  occuring problem.

Still believe in the war on drugs?

- Afghanistan: Heroin Production Rose Between 2001 And 2011 From Just 185 Tons To A Staggering 5,800 Tons/Year:

The West is losing the heroin war in Afghanistan …

There is no ‘heroin war’ in Afghanistan.

- War On Drugs Revealed As Total Hoax: US Military Admits To Guarding, Assisting Lucrative Opium Trade In Afghanistan:

But after 9/11, the US military-industrial complex quickly invaded Afghanistan and began facilitating the reinstatement of the country’s poppy industry. According to the United Nations Drug Control Program (UNDCP), opium cultivation increased by 657 percent in 2002 after the US military invaded the country under the direction of then-President George W. Bush

- CIA, Heroin Still Rule Day in Afghanistan

- Mexican drug cartels ‘operating in the UK, France and Netherlands’ (Telegraph, Mar 9, 2012):

Mexico’s violent drug cartels have reached the streets of Britain, France and the Netherlands, according to US immigration officials, with undercover British agents undergoing training in El Paso to combat the problem.

Three members of Britain’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) met US agents on the Texas-Mexico border this week in a bid to put a stop to cartels taking hold on Britain and Europe.

The British agents spoke about surveillance tactics, special operations teams and cybercrime units, according to a US immigration officials.

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Tags: Drugs, France, Global News, Government, Holland, Mexico, Politics, SOCA, U.K., U.S.

- Spain’s sovereign thunderclap and the end of Merkel’s Europe (Telegraph, Mar 5, 2012):

The Spanish rebellion has begun, sooner and more dramatically than I expected.

As many readers will already have seen, Premier Mariano Rajoy has refused point blank to comply with the austerity demands of the European Commission and the European Council (hijacked by Merkozy).

Taking what he called a “sovereign decision”, he simply announced that he intends to ignore the EU deficit target of 4.4pc of GDP for this year, setting his own target of 5.8pc instead (down from 8.5pc in 2011).

In the twenty years or so that I have been following EU affairs closely, I cannot remember such a bold and open act of defiance by any state. Usually such matters are fudged. Countries stretch the line, but do not actually cross it.

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Tags: Angela Merkel, Depression, Economy, EU, Europe, France, Germany, Global News, Government, Mariano Rajoy, Nicolas Sarkozy, Politics, Spain