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4.11.11

英媒:憂核武 英美謀對伊朗開戰

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November 04, 2011 06:00 AM
有英國媒體透露,英美兩國擔憂伊朗已經有能力製造四枚核彈,因此正制訂聯合對伊朗開戰計畫。衛報引述英國高層官員消息,在利比亞局勢平定後,英國 的外交重點將轉至伊朗。英國國防部相信美國會加快決定是否對伊朗一些關鍵核設施,展開導彈攻擊。由於英國非常憂慮伊朗的核武威脅,因此會協助美國開戰,並 計畫於未來數個月找出部署潛艇和航空母艦的合適地點,以便將來對伊朗發動海空攻擊。
適逢國際原子能機構即將發表有關伊朗核武試驗的報告,美國總統歐巴馬3日指伊朗核計畫持續構成威脅,促請國際社會向伊朗施壓。有消息指,以色列日前亦成功試射新型導彈,可對伊朗實施核攻擊。該國一項民調則顯示,四成一人贊成以軍攻擊伊朗核設施,三成九人反對。
英國官員透露,如果華盛頓實施對伊朗的軍事打擊,儘管英國聯合政府內有人提出保留意見,但是英國軍方將對任何美國採取的軍事行動提供幫助。
這些官員說現在美國的外交努力焦點又集中到伊朗問題上。不過他們認為,歐巴馬並不希望在明年11月選舉前發起另外一場戰爭。但是他們說,隨著西方情報機構的評估引發更多焦慮,西方可能會做出相應的調整。
衛報另外還報導說,如果以色列總理內唐亞胡加大壓力,可能會迫使歐巴馬採取行動。
衛報報導說,以色列並不是唯一一個對伊朗磨刀霍霍的國家,沙烏地阿拉伯也敦促美國對伊朗開戰。該報社論還分析了對伊朗空襲在地區造成的後果。戰爭開始後,伊朗原來隱蔽的核項目就會公開進行。
巴格達連環爆 5死10傷
此外,伊拉克警方3日說,伊首都巴格達當晚發生兩起連環路邊炸彈襲擊事件,造成至少五人死亡、十人受傷。
襲擊發生地點位於巴格達市中心較為繁華的凱拉代商業區,死者中有四名警察,傷者中有五名警察。恐怖分子近期更多將襲擊目標對準了伊拉克軍警。目前尚無任何組織或個人聲稱製造了襲擊事件,警方正對案件展開調查。

http://www.worldjournal.com/view/full_news/16285244/article-%E8%8B%B1%E5%AA%92%EF%BC%9A%E6%86%82%E6%A0%B8%E6%AD%A6-%E8%8B%B1%E7%BE%8E%E8%AC%80%E5%B0%8D%E4%BC%8A%E6%9C%97%E9%96%8B%E6%88%B0?instance=in_bull

英媒:英軍準備協助美國攻擊伊朗

更新時間 2011年11月3日, 格林尼治標準時間15:21
國際原子能機構改由日本人天野之彌領導後開始對伊朗採取了更嚴厲的核查姿態

《衛報》獨家報道說,英國國防部準備參加美國對伊朗的攻擊。該報獨家報道說,英國加緊制定計劃,準備可能對伊朗實施導彈攻擊的時候到來。

英國官員透露,如果華盛頓實施對伊朗的軍事打擊,儘管英國聯合政府內有人提出保留意見,但是英國軍方將對任何美國採取的軍事行動提供幫助。
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《每日電訊報》又發表評論文章說,隨著聯合國監督機構發佈「期待已久」的報告,對伊朗喊打喊殺的聲音一浪高過一浪。
聚焦伊朗

《衛報》記者在過去幾個星期當中接觸過許多英國政府和國防部官員,他們都說,以前因為北約全力以赴參與推翻卡扎菲的軍事進攻,西方對伊朗的注意力被排到第二位。

這些官員說現在美國的外交努力焦點又集中到伊朗問題上。不過他們認為,奧巴馬並不希望在明年11月選舉前發起另外一場戰爭。但是他們說,隨著西方情報機構的評估引發更多焦慮,西方可能會做出相應的調整。

《衛報》另外還報道說,如果以色列總理內坦尼亞胡加大壓力,可能會迫使奧巴馬採取行動。
海空攻擊

英國國防部認為美國可能會決定短期內制定計劃對伊朗的一些設施進行導彈攻擊。為此英國軍方制定計劃,考慮如何在未來幾個月的海空攻擊行動中為美國提供幫助,即如何部署英國裝備戰斧式巡航導彈的潛艇和軍艦。

《每日電訊報》報道說聯合國國際原子能機構的報告指有證據證明伊朗違反了聯合的制裁,正在製造並且測試核武器。報告將在下周公布。隨著以色列試射遠程導彈,越來越多的人在擔心以色列會對伊朗進行軍事侵略。

《衛報》報道說,以色列並不是唯一一個對伊朗磨刀霍霍的國家,沙特阿拉伯也敦促美國對伊朗開戰。該報社論還分析了對伊朗空襲在地區造成的後果。戰爭開始後,伊朗原來隱蔽的核項目就會公開進行。

多次襲擊伊朗的核設施會產生不可預見的後果。造成大量平民傷亡會令伊朗人增強凝聚力。如果霍爾木茲海峽被伊朗封鎖,西方必須出動地面部隊才能解除封鎖,這樣就會引發一場戰爭,甚至好幾場戰爭,因為以色列會受到來自黎巴嫩和加沙的大量火箭攻擊,伊朗也會對在伊拉克的目標採取報復行動。
天野之彌

現在北約正式宣佈利比亞行動結束,現在最大的問題是如何解決伊朗取得核武器的計劃。文章說,國際原子能機構以前在巴拉迪領導下,對伊朗的核查並沒有盡心盡力,但自2009年該機構改由日本人天野之彌領導的時候,他們對伊朗採取了更嚴厲的核查姿態,不再像以前那麼相信伊朗自己的辯護。

《衛報》報道說,一旦國際原子能機構公布關於伊朗核計劃的證據,即使俄羅斯和中國也很難降低這些證據的重要性。

伊朗一直堅持說,自己的計劃僅限於和平利用核能。
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/world/2011/11/111103_iran_nuclear_war.shtml

北約:無意介入伊朗事務

時間:2011/11/3 20:12
撰稿‧編輯:黃啟霖   新聞引據: 採訪、法新社

 針對有報導指出,某些北大西洋公約組織成員國,可能計畫對伊朗的核子計畫展開軍事攻擊,北約組織秘書長拉斯穆森(Anders Fogh Rasmussen)今天(3日)表示,北約組織絕對無意介入伊朗問題。

  拉斯穆森表示,北約支持透過外交努力解決核子問題,同時呼籲伊朗領導階層遵守聯合國決議案。

  有報導指出,以色列總理尼坦雅胡(Benjamin Netanyahu)企圖說服內閣,授權對伊朗展開攻擊。以色列已經成功試射新型飛彈,一般相信,這型飛彈可以搭掛核子彈頭,目的是要攻擊伊朗的核子目標。

  北約依據所謂的「地中海對話(Mediterranean Dialogue)」,和以色列等中東地區友好國家密切合作。

  拉斯穆森曾經在今年稍早訪問過以色列。
http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=325908&id=6&id2=2

攻打伊朗核設施 4成以色列民眾贊成

時間:2011/11/3 15:40
撰稿‧編輯:黃啟霖   新聞引據: 採訪、美聯社


根據今天(3日)公布的最新民調,以色列政府如果要攻擊伊朗的核子設施,將獲得4成民眾的強力支持。

在以色列成功試射新型飛彈之後,以色列總理尼坦雅胡(Benjamin Netanyahu)試圖說服內閣部長授權對伊朗展開攻擊。一般認為,這型新飛彈可以加掛核子彈頭,目標對準伊朗。

根據以色列民調機構「對話(Dialog)」公布的這項民調結果,41%接受調查的以色列民眾支持以色列攻擊伊朗的核子設施。許多以色列人相信伊朗已經建成的核子設施能夠生產核子武器。

不過,反對攻擊的民眾數量也相當,達到39%。他們擔心後勤支援困難,同時有引發伊朗致命反擊、或是對區域造成傷害的風險。另外20%的民眾沒有表達意見。

這項民調是對495名以色列公民進行,誤差為正負4.6%。

伊朗軍方高層在昨天揚言,如果以色列攻打伊朗核設施,將遭到猛烈的報復。
http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=325859&id=1&id2=2

Fed:經濟好轉 惟風險仍存

(華盛頓二日電)美國聯邦準備理事會(Fed)2日結束為期2天的政策會議,決策官員宣布上修經濟評估,但重申經濟依舊面臨「顯著下行風險」,同時也未採取措施進一步放寬貨幣政策。

聯準會2日下修經濟成長預估,提高失業率預期,並暗示歐債危機將對美國經濟帶來下滑風險;聯準會雖未推出新的貨幣寬鬆措施,但主席伯南克(Ben Bernanke)漏口風表示,擴大購買抵押貸款證券(MBS)是一個「可行的選項」。

伯南克在聯準會結束兩天利率決策會議後舉行的記者會上表示,「雖然我們仍預期經濟活動與勞動市場的條件隨時間逐步改善,但改善的步伐令人失望地緩慢。」

他補充,「未來的經濟展望有顯著的下滑風險,對歐洲財政與銀行議題的關切造成全球金融市場的緊縮,也可能對信心與成長產生不利的影響。」

伯南克認為,購買抵押貸款證券幫助經濟是一個「可行的選項」,但他拒絕指明在何種狀況下會採取這些行動。

瑞士信貸(Credit Suisse)經濟學家Dana Saporta認為,伯南克並未澆熄對新一輪債券購買的期待,Saporta說,「他加深了這些期待」。

聯準會並表示,美國接近零水準的利率至少將維持到2013年中。聯準會也發表書面聲明指出,「第三季度經濟成長些許強健。」「然而最近的指標指出,總體勞動市場情況持續走弱,失業率依然保持在高水平。」

聯準會調降經濟成長預期,並提高今年、2012年與2013年的預估失業率。目前預期2012年美國經濟將溫和成長2.5%至2.9%,今年的經濟成長率將不會超過1.7%。聯準會並預期2012年底以前失業率將不會低於8.5%到8.7%。

聯準會以9比1的比例投票通過繼續目前的政策。唯一投下反對票的芝加哥聯邦準備銀行總裁艾萬斯(Charles Evans )希望聯準會採取更強烈的行動刺激經濟。

他所提的理由與先前3位反對聯準會政策官員所持的理由相反,3位被稱為鷹派的官員這次卻轉向投票支持目前聯準會的政策,這種立場的轉變也代表未來聯準會將採取進一步寬鬆政策的可能性增加。
http://www.chinesedaily.com/home_detail.asp?no=c1031570.txt&lanmu=T03&readdate=11-3-2011

希臘公投後 IMF才貸款




IMF總裁拉加德(Christine Lagarde)2日表示,希臘公投後, IMF才貸款。(美聯社)


(綜合二日外電)希臘總理巴本德里歐(George Papandreou)承諾儘速舉行歐元公民投票,國際貨幣基金(IMF)總裁拉加德(Christine Lagarde)今天表示歡迎。拉加德並矢言在公投之後,IMF將推動下一階段的對希臘貸款。

拉加德在法國坎城20國集團(G20)高峰會前發表聲明:「我歡迎巴本德里歐總理的說明,他說已經宣布的公投將儘快舉行,讓歐元高峰會協議能夠迅速實施。」

她在華府IMF總部發表的聲明中說:「公投一旦完成,所有不確定性消除,我將就第6筆支持希臘經濟計畫貸款,向IMF理事會建議。」

拉加德強調,她「相信歐元區領袖上週在高峰會達成的協議,其中包括實質減少希臘債務負擔與額外財務支持新的遠大計畫,將大大有利於希臘,幫助他們經濟恢復成長並創造就業機會」。

巴本德里歐在法國坎城與歐元區領袖舉行會談時,拉加德也與會。巴本德里歐31日呼籲希臘就紓困案舉行公投,震驚歐洲各國領袖。
http://www.chinesedaily.com/home_detail.asp?no=c1031543.txt&lanmu=T14&readdate=11-3-2011

德、法領袖憤怒 希臘不同意條款 一毛不給

(綜合二日外電)德國和法國領導人在跟希臘總理巴本德里歐晤談之後提出警告說,希臘如果想留在歐元區,必須盡快接受歐洲紓困計劃的條款。

德國總理梅克爾跟法國總統沙柯吉,在跟希臘總理巴本德里歐舉行緊急會談後,憤怒清楚的寫在臉上。

他們明確表示,歐洲已經準備好幫助希臘,但是只有在希臘公投支持留在歐元區時才會得到這種幫助。兩人警告,假如希臘不同意歐元區領袖的條款,未來將不會獲得歐盟和國際貨幣基金組織的「一分一毫」。如果希臘想舉行公投,必須盡快進行,盡快清除所有不確定性。

希臘公投震撼彈 全球經濟面臨衰退

希臘無預警提出公投案,為歐洲債信危機平添變數,可能導致未來十周全球投資急凍,世界經濟今冬恐將再度陷入衰退。

公投的震撼消息傳出後,多數基金經理人根本還來不及評估過關與否的可能性,但他們普遍都認為股市年底上漲或市場回穩的希望已化為泡影。

巴黎銀行經濟學家莫帝默‧李說:「我們盡力了,但希臘政府的決定絲毫不值得讚許,因為它影響整個年底前市場的情勢和成長。」
http://www.chinesedaily.com/home_detail.asp?no=c1031464.txt&lanmu=T14&readdate=11-3-2011

希臘若退出歐元區 恐掀倒債骨牌

希臘公投事關歐元區前途,希臘總理巴本德里歐成為焦點人物。(美聯社)


(綜合外電報導)歐債危機原本因希臘二次紓困案過關露曙光,不料希臘周二丟出公投震撼彈,讓紓困案兩大推手──德國、法國急得跳腳。為免辛苦磋商的紓困案胎死腹中,歐洲領袖趕在G20(Group of Twenty,20國集團)峰會前預先召開緊急會議,商討應變之道。

希總理:12月4日公投

希臘總理巴本德里歐(George Papandreou)今天說,希臘可能在12月4日就歐洲債務紓困計畫舉行公民投票。他補充說,他認為希臘人「希望留在歐元區」。

巴本德里歐會見歐洲領袖之後說,「我們將儘快舉行公投,籌辦速度儘量加快,且我們認為,我們可以在12月4日舉行公投。」

希臘總理巴本德里歐(George Papandreou)昨結束長達7小時內閣會議,堅持把是否接受歐盟1300億歐元(約5.4兆元台幣)紓困金交由公投表決。希臘內政部長卡斯塔尼迪斯表示,一旦歐盟敲定紓困方案細節,最快下月可舉行公投,將是希臘自1974年公投表決廢除帝制以來首場公投。

不過,巴本德里歐把歐洲紓困方案交付公投前,須先通過國會明天的不信任投票,他所屬社會黨,在300席國會席次中,僅掌握比通過不信任投票門檻多1票的152席,黨內至少2名部長對他未事先和內閣商量逕行宣布公投非常不滿。

「退出歐元區更慘」

試圖化解希臘債務危機的法國總統沙柯吉(Nicolas Sarkozy)和德國總理莫克(Angela Merkel),昨急召巴本德里歐前往即將舉行20國集團峰會(G20)的法國坎城商議。沙柯吉說:「希臘宣布公投讓整個歐洲都吃了一驚。歐盟的紓困方案是解決希臘國債問題唯一方法。」

歐盟官員說:「退出歐元區將為希臘帶來更悲慘命運,但如果他們執意如此,就隨他們去吧!」歐盟上周提出希臘二次紓困方案,同意打消希臘1000億歐元(約4.2兆元台幣)債務,但希臘必須進一步刪減不必要的開支作交換,這樣將導致希臘失業率再度升高,引爆民眾怒火。

希臘公投 Q&A
Q:希臘為何不願直接接受紓困案,而要公投?
歐盟提出1300億歐元(約5.4兆元台幣)的二次紓困方案,條件是希臘進一步刪減開支,政府裁員恐提高失業率。在野黨堅決反對,總理決定交付人民公投決定是否接受歐盟紓困。
Q:公投何時能舉行?
希臘政府稱12月4日公投。
Q:公投若順利過關,對全球會有什麼影響?
美國標準普爾500指數10月交出20年以來最佳的單月漲幅,是因歐債危機當時出現緩解轉機。希臘公投若同意紓困方案,可讓全球股市獲得類似鼓舞效果。
Q:如公投未過關,對全球有何衝擊?
若希臘拒絕接受歐盟紓困,恐將違約倒債,甚至因此退出歐元。債台高築的義大利和西班牙恐跟著出現危機,歐元面臨崩解危險。
Q:除希臘公投之外,歐債問題還有哪些疑慮?
葡萄牙、西班牙、義大利的負債水準仍高,須要持續發債度日,歐盟現有紓困基金恐無法支應這三國同時爆發危機。此外,歐洲的銀行普遍資本準備不足,一旦有任何一國倒債違約,都可能引爆連環的金融海嘯。
Q:在公投定案前,全球股匯市會如何?
全球股匯市因再度籠罩不確定因素,匯市單日漲跌幅超過1%、股市上下震盪超過3%情況恐司空見慣。惟除非整體情勢再度惡化,才會進一步衝擊全球股匯市。
Q:這段期間,還能持有歐元或投資歐洲股債市嗎?
這段時間最好少碰歐元或歐洲地區的金融商品,投資態度宜維持保守。
Q:希臘退出歐元區有何影響?
希臘外債5757億美元,主要集中英、法、德、美,若退出歐元區恐引發骨牌效應,進而衝擊全球金融機構運作。
資料來源:綜合外電


希臘債務危機事件簿
2009/11
希臘總理巴本德里歐調高國家赤字,指前政府做假帳,引發歐洲債信危機
2010/05/02
歐盟與國際貨幣基金同意提供約4.56兆元台幣紓困,換取希臘撙節開支
2010/05/10
全球領袖同意成立約29兆元台幣基金,防堵歐債危機蔓延
2011/01
三大信用評等機構把希臘公債評為垃圾債
2011/06/13
標準普爾再降希臘信評,希臘成為全球信評最差國家
2011/07
歐盟通過第2輪紓困希臘方案,要求希臘再撙節開支
2011/10/26
歐盟領袖就削減希臘債務負擔達成協議,銀行業者同意將手上希臘債券減記50%
2011/11/01
巴本德里歐宣布將把歐洲紓困方案交由人民公投,全球股市走跌
資料來源:綜合外電
http://www.chinesedaily.com/home_detail.asp?no=c1031449.txt&lanmu=T14&readdate=11-3-2011

以色列試射飛彈 盛傳意在攻伊

(倫敦二日電)以色列2日成功試射一枚彈道飛彈,據稱這種飛彈能夠攜帶核彈頭攻擊伊朗。外傳以國領袖正籌思對伊朗的核子設施發動軍事攻擊,此時試射飛彈更助長了相關議論。

國防部聲明指出:「以色列2日在中部的帕勒馬希姆(Palmachim)基地,試射飛彈推進系統。國防部很早前即計畫此次試射,並按預定計畫執行。」

國防部官員拒絕透露試射飛彈型號,但以色列廣播電台軍事記者表示,發射的是彈道飛彈。

以色列公認是中東地區唯一核武國家,2008年即成功試射一枚二節式長程彈道飛彈。

以國領袖長期以來一直警告,對伊朗發動軍事攻擊是選項之一。上週末「新消息報」(YediotAhronot)報導,總理尼坦雅胡(BenjaminNetanyahu)和國防部長巴拉克(EhudBarak)都贊成發動攻擊,更使此事成為熱門話題。

「國土報」(Haaretz)2日又報導,儘管這種軍事行動很複雜,而且很可能引發伊朗的致命報復行動,尼坦雅胡目前正遊說內閣要員支持發動攻擊。
http://www.chinesedaily.com/home_detail.asp?no=c1031413.txt&lanmu=C03&readdate=11-3-2011

兒童精神疾病的騙局

兒 童用藥已經成為藥廠圖利的一大市場,每年可獲利 48 億美元。藥廠無所不用其極地說服媒體、立法人員以及家長,告訴他們兒童需要使用藥物的原因。他們聲稱注意力不足過動症、憂鬱症及躁鬱症等是醫學問題,與癌 症、糖尿病及心臟病一樣;事實上並沒有實際的證據顯示精神疾病是醫學問題,症狀的診斷僅是依靠行為判斷所得到的結果。

美國經診斷罹患精神疾病並且服用藥物的兒童已經達到 2000 萬人次,幾乎成為了一種流行病。無辜的兒童只是表現出兒童該有的行為即被當作病患看待,而經過政府合法授權開立藥物的醫師卻可以藉由開立處方從藥廠賺取暴利。有人想過這些藥物可能對兒童產生的副作用嗎?
2001 年,14 歲大的馬修在與表兄弟玩滑板時跌跤,之後便臉色發青。等到護理人員到場時,馬修已經回天乏術,並且有心臟病發作的現象。
研究人員指出,這起狀況是藥物利他能 (Ritalin) 所引起的。馬修的父母在他 6 歲大的時候聽從學校社工人員的建議,讓他服用利他能,因為社工人員聲稱馬修無法安靜片刻並好好坐著。驗屍後發現,馬修心臟血管損壞的情況就如使用安非他命及可卡因一樣。
利他能是一種派醋甲酯 (Methylphenidate),並且被歸類為二級管制品。美國毒品管制局將其列為能合法開立的藥物中最危險並且具有成癮性的藥物之一,已知的嚴重副作用包括心悸、心臟病及心律失常。
將這種藥物開立給兒童簡直是虐待。如果兒童不會到處亂跑、吵鬧並且喜愛玩樂才是需要擔心的事情,迫使兒童像大人一樣安靜坐著、表現得像個成年人是不切實際又殘忍的作法。
我們可以從兒童身上學習到許多事物,他們的世界充滿驚奇;他們需要的是耐心、了解以及愛,而不是藥物。

參考資料
http://www.naturalnews.com/033131_psychiatric_disease_labeling.html

同儕壓力可能改變記憶


人類是高度社會化的動物。多年來,心理學家已經從人類尋求共同記憶一致性的傾向中觀察到許多正面及負面的影響。當一群人經歷類似的經驗時,他們對於這段經歷的記憶、對於事件的感受及評價往往會隨著時間改寫,以試圖符合同伴們的記憶。

自五O年代進行經典生理研究以來,已經有許多關於記憶一致性及社會服從的實驗證據被提出,校園、監獄及工作場所皆有過著名的實驗及研究。近來有一項 更具說服力的神經研究支持記憶一致性的存在,研究人員在研究中向一群志願測試對象播放了一部紀錄片,接著再詢問他們有關紀錄片的問題,同時以核磁共振成像 監測他們的大腦活動。
在記錄他們首次回答的答案之後,研究人員告訴他們錯誤的答案,並且表示這是其他共同參與者的答案。經過這項操作之後,大約 70% 的測驗對象記憶中心都出現了有趣的轉變 ─ 這些對象大腦中與記憶及回憶有關的杏仁核及海馬體活動量開始增加,並開始堅持錯誤的答案。他們堅持錯誤答案的行為使得研究者認為這些對象確實相信錯誤的答 案是正確的。
有趣的是,由電腦所提供的錯誤答案無法增加杏仁核及海馬體的活動量,只有在面臨社交壓力時,記憶一致性才會造成影響。在一篇相關的文章中,研究人員 清楚地指出,共同及私人的記憶一致性是有所區別的,研究對象經常會假裝認同團體,儘管他們私底下並不同意。這項研究為我們的記憶確實可能由於渴望被社會認 同而改寫提供了強有力的支持。
研究結果也能應用在文化及政治事件當中,並且用來解釋為何有時候不合邏輯或不合理的主張能獲得民意支持。對於已經證實的科學及歷史事件持續提出質疑這類的例子數不勝數,顯示同儕的壓力對於既有的實際經驗有著驚人的影響力。

參考資料
http://www.naturalnews.com/033059_peer_pressure_memories.html

18世紀的秘密社團代碼破解

18th Century Secret Society Code Cracked


The Copiale Cipher, used in an 18th-century book on secret society practices, used Roman and Greek characters as well as abstract symbols. The Roman and Greek characters proved to mere place-holders.

Secret societies in History have often created codes, ciphers and symbols to record their knowledge while concealing it from the “profane” (the outsiders). This lead to the creation of curious encrypted documents that are still baffling researchers today. Here’s an article about a USC scientist who cracked the cipher of an 18th century Secret Society and decoded a document that describing its initiation rituals.


Secret society’s code cracked

Researchers have used state-of-the-art machine translation software — and some old-fashioned hunches — to crack the code used by a secret society in Germany three centuries ago. The results shed light on the tricks of the cryptographic process as well as on the bizarre history of such societies, which were all the rage in the 18th century.
It turns out that the 105-page, 75,000-character manuscript, known as the Copiale Cipher, provided a detailed description for setting up initiation ceremonies — including the techniques used to throw a scare into the initiates. It also revealed the methods that members used to identify each other in the outside world, and delved into the comparisons and rivalries surrounding Masonic-like rites in different countries.
“This opens up a window for people who study the history of ideas and the history of secret societies,” Kevin Knight, a computer scientist at the University of Southern California’s Information Sciences Institute, said in a news release issued today. “Historians believe that secret societies have had a role in revolutions, but all that is yet to be worked out, and a big part of the reason is because so many documents are enciphered.”
Knight and his colleagues are now turning their attention to other, better-known cryptographic puzzles — such as the brain-teasing Kryptos sculpture on the CIA’s grounds, the cipher used by the Zodiac Killer in 1969, and the totally baffling 15th-century Voynich Manuscript. But veteran code-breakers say those puzzles will be far tougher to solve. “Generally, that type of decryption has already been tried on those ciphers,” said Elonka Dunin, whose website keeps tab on the world’s top cryptological puzzles.
Knight said the work could eventually lead to better translation tools for non-Latin languages such as Pashto, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Korean, “which have been a big challenge for machines.”
How the code was cracked
Tracking down the handwritten Copiale manuscript (which gets its name from one of the two readable words on the pages) was the first challenge facing Knight and two colleagues from Sweden’s Uppsala University, Beata Megyesi and Christiane Schaefer. The book, bound in green and gold paper, turned up in the East Berlin Academy after the Cold War and is now in a private collection.
The researchers transcribed a machine-readable version of the coded text and put it through computerized statistical analysis. The software looked for patterns in the different combinations of coded characters, including Roman and Greek letters as well as abstract symbols.
At first, Knight and his colleagues focused on the Roman and Greek characters and tried to match them up with words from 80 different languages. “It took quite a long time, and resulted in complete failure,” Knight said.
Then they played a hunch: Maybe those characters were actually meaningless ”nulls,” and the true code was contained in the abstract symbols. When they ran the symbols through statistical analysis, they came up with a German text titled “Ceremonie der Aufnahme” … “Ceremonies of Initiation.” Soon they had pages and pages of deciphered lore.
What the manuscript says
The text, apparently written in the 1760-1780 time frame, is “obviously related to an 18th-century secret society, namely the ‘oculist order,’” the researchers say. The volume is inscribed “Phillipp 1866,” perhaps suggesting that it passed into the hands of an owner named Phillipp in that year.
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1316/592/18th_Century_Secret_Societ_Code_Cracked.html

前蘇聯持異見人仕警告歐盟專政

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Bukovsky and Belien

Vladimir Bukovksy, the 63-year old former Soviet dissident, fears that the European Union is on its way to becoming another Soviet Union. In a speech he delivered in Brussels last week Mr Bukovsky called the EU a “monster” that must be destroyed, the sooner the better, before it develops into a fullfledged totalitarian state.

Mr Bukovsky paid a visit to the European Parliament on Thursday at the invitation of Fidesz, the Hungarian Civic Forum. Fidesz, a member of the European Christian Democrat group, had invited the former Soviet dissident over from England, where he lives, on the occasion of this year’s 50th anniversary of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. After his morning meeting with the Hungarians, Mr Bukovsky gave an afternoon speech in a Polish restaurant in the Trier straat, opposite the European Parliament, where he spoke at the invitation of the United Kingdom Independence Party, of which he is a patron.
An interview with Vladimir Bukovsky about the impending EUSSR

In his speech Mr Bukovsky referred to confidential documents from secret Soviet files which he was allowed to read in 1992. These documents confirm the existence of a “conspiracy” to turn the European Union into a socialist organization. I attended the meeting and taped the speech. A transcript, as well as the audio fragment (approx. 15 minutes) can be found below. I also had a brief interview with Mr Bukovsky (4 minutes), a transcript and audio fragment of which can also be found below. The interview about the European Union had to be cut short because Mr Bukovsky had other engagements, but it brought back some memories to me, as I had interviewed Vladimir Bukovsky twenty years ago, in 1986, when the Soviet Union, the first monster that he so valiantly fought, was still alive and thriving.

Mr Bukovsky was one of the heroes of the 20th century. As a young man he exposed the use of psychiatric imprisonment against political prisoners in the former USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1917-1991) and spent a total of twelve years (1964-1976), from his 22nd to his 34th year, in Soviet jails, labour camps and psychiatric institutions. In 1976 the Soviets expelled him to the West. In 1992 he was invited by the Russian government to serve as an expert testifying at the trial conducted to determine whether the Soviet Communist Party had been a criminal institution. To prepare for his testimony Mr Bukovsky was granted access to a large number of documents from Soviet secret archives. He is one of the few people ever to have seen these documents because they are still classified. Using a small handheld scanner and a laptop computer, however, he managed to copy many documents (some with high security clearance), including KGB reports to the Soviet government.
Bukovsky's warning


Paul Belien: You were a very famous Soviet dissident and now you are drawing a parallel between the European Union and the Soviet Union. Can you explain this?
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Vladimir Bukovsky: I am referrring to structures, to certain ideologies being instilled, to the plans, the direction, the inevitable expansion, the obliteration of nations, which was the purpose of the Soviet Union. Most people do not understand this. They do not know it, but we do because we were raised in the Soviet Union where we had to study the Soviet ideology in school and at university. The ultimate purpose of the Soviet Union was to create a new historic entity, the Soviet people, all around the globe. The same is true in the EU today. They are trying to create a new people. They call this people “Europeans”, whatever that means.

According to Communist doctrine as well as to many forms of Socialist thinking, the state, the national state, is supposed to wither away. In Russia, however, the opposite happened. Instead of withering away the Soviet state became a very powerful state, but the nationalities were obliterated. But when the time of the Soviet collapse came these suppressed feelings of national identity came bouncing back and they nearly destroyed the country. It was so frightening.
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1311/614/Former_Soviet_Dissident_Warns_For_EU_Dictatorship.html

第三次世界大戰已成定局?



BeforeItsNews
by Zen Gardner
The hypno-induced psychotic public can't even hear the war drums any more, no matter how loud. They've become background music, white noise or something to tap your foot to. With sadistic glee still warm over Gadhafi's public torture and execution through the streets of Libya, the bloodthirsty mind-controlled western public will count a Syrian overthrow a nice after dinner mint, while monstrous illegal death drone attack reports on innocent civilians in Pakistan and Somalia are savored pastries while sipping their morning coffee.
A monstrous world unleashed while citizens nod and sway to the rhythm of dystopian mechanized war and control.

第三次世界大戰調整完成-人們不會看到它的到來
WW3 Conditioning Complete - They Won't See It Coming

Such is today's surreal world environment. 10 years of genocidal wars and now these latest barbaric atrocities in Libya have made their inroads even broader, in the middle east and even more in the human mind. And as they continue their saber rattling and massive propaganda campaigns, little do people realize they're garnering a tsunami of unspoken public permission with each passing day.
What few are realizing is a war with Iran will no doubt initiate at least a limited nuclear conflagration, the effects of which will change history forever. Diabolically couched as a pre-emptive strike on a rogue nation to save Israel and US interests, such a move will inevitably draw China and Russia into the conflict.
Don't think so? When you come to realize that's exactly what they want, that's when you'll know you're waking up.
When you know a New World Order is the desired outcome, you realize the old world order needs to be debunked, crippled and reset. The global financial and economic structure has been brought to the brink. Sovereignty is being scuttled worldwide, and the population is taking to the streets.
Need I say more?


It's Now Become This Blatant--"6 Reasons For War With Iran"

While these war drums have been continual from every quarter for quite a while, today's news blasted "6 Reasons for War" (but without that true title):

英國跟美國聯合策劃去攻打伊朗: 中東藏有核子武器令局勢緊張
UK and U.S. 'draw up joint plan to attack Iran': Evidence of nuclear programme raises tension in Middle East

  • Whitehall figures say Iran is 'newly aggressive - and we are not sure why'
  • Iran 'has enough enriched uranium for four nuclear weapons'
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushing for invasion
  • Tel Aviv test-fires rockets capable of carrying nuclear warheads into Iran
  • Report reveals China continues to supply Tehran with missiles and other conventional weapons
  • Obama says nuclear programme remains a threat and calls on Iran to reveal its intentions
         Read more: here

Here's another. Sounds like today but it's from almost 3 and half years ago! The foundation is laid.


U.S. Vice Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff speaks to journalists in Bahrain, Monday, June 30, 2008. Cosgriff said that any attempt by Iran to seal off the Strait of Hormuz would be viewed as an act of war.   (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Newser – Is Washington, or its Israeli allies, really ready to attack Iran? "The threats, counterthreats, and counter-counterthreats … have reached new levels of hysteria in recent days," Dana Milbank writes in the Washington Post. Rumblings of an Israeli strike prompted Tehran threats to close oil-shipping lanes. That would be an “act of war,” declared one US admiral—a statement superiors didn't back down from.
President Bush reiterated that “all options are on the table,” while the State Department said it couldn’t deter Israel. Dick Cheney's daughter Liz was more direct, saying: “The Iranians have to believe that we will use force.” So is this a bluff? And could it lead to real war? “It is high stakes,” the chairman of the Joint Chiefs says. “I’d just leave it at that.” Source

第三次世界大戰的整個計劃: 一個世界秩序

The Whole Plan For World War 3: A One World Order

The planning for a third world war goes as far back as Washington enshrined 33rd degree leading Freemason Albert Pike in the 1800's. Here he lays out just exactly what the full intended accomplishment would entail, down to the doctrine of belief a New World Order would demand of its constituents.


http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1323/815/World_War_3_A_Foregone_Conclusion.html

NASA正在開發真實的追蹤死光


Artist's conception of a future space probe using a tractor beam to gather samples of material from an asteroid. Credit: NASA

If you are a Star Trek fan, you will of course be familiar with “tractor beams,” those cool-looking laser beams that can grab an object in space and it pull backwards toward the source of the beam (including trapping spacecraft as evil aliens would often do). They are another long-running staple of science fiction that is now closer to science reality. NASA isnow working on developing just such technology, which would help primarily in obtaining material samples in real-life space missions, such as on Mars or an asteroid or comet…

See Universe Today for the full article.
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1324/189/NASA_developing_real-life_tractor_beams.html

太陽的惡魔兄弟: Nemesis: 現在的宇宙

Could there be a monstrous, undiscovered star orbiting our own Sun? Could it be scattering killer comets throughout our Solar System like clockwork every 26 million years? New scientific surveys are probing the edges of our Solar System--a realm populated by giant worlds and mysterious planetoid--hunting for Nemesis, the Sun's purported evil twin. We may be on the verge of discovering this ultimate death star, suspected of causing every mass extinction in Earth's history.








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http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1324/216/The_Suns_Evil_Twin_-_Nemesis:_The_Universe_Now.html

有片: 巨型物體飛過地球



Uploaded by BeePeeOilDisaster on Nov 3, 2011
Here is the link to the NASA STEREO website;

stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/images

I have never seen anything like this, so close to the earth!...
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1324/016/Video:_Huge_Object_Passes_By_The_Earth.html