@greggutfeld has been scouring his family tree and has just discovered he's 1/64 Klingon. He's filling out all sorts of forms tonight.
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USA
Is the Black Bloc Bouncing Back?
Obama and the U.S.-Afghan Policy
April 30, Orlando Sentinel – (International) Feds: Soldier sold stolen arms on eBay. A U.S. soldier with connections to Orlando, Florida, sold stolen arms to buyers on eBay while he was deployed in Iraq in 2010, according to DHS investigators. The man is accused of violating federal law regarding the export of sensitive technology such as night-vision equipment, rifle scopes, and high-powered infrared lasers not intended for the public, according to an affidavit filed in federal court in Orlando. The man told buyers he was retired from the military and based in Orlando selling surplus equipment, investigators said. His listing touted the arms as being extremely rare and “impossible to find on the international market,” the affidavit said. He shipped lasers to buyers in Japan and Nevada, a high-tech satellite phone was sent to Kuwait, and other equipment was shipped to California. The items were sold for a few thousand dollars each. eBay eventually took down the postings because they violated its policies. Investigators tracked down some recipients and recovered stolen items. The man told investigators that while he was in the military guarding non-combat envoys, he came across a container with the items and brought them all back to Orlando. He claimed he did not know civilians were prohibited from possessing the equipment, but knew it was wrong to sell them. However, the man’s e-mails with a buyer in Japan show he knew he was violating international arms trafficking regulations and falsified shipping documents to conceal the items as “auto parts.” Source: http://www.military.com/news/article/feds-soldier-sold-stolen-arms-on- ebay.html
EUROPE
Germany Looks to Partner With Italy
Nationalism, Populism and the Collapse of the EU
Greek Traditional Parties Fall Short of Majority in Elections
In Ireland, Militants Take Advantage of Intelligence Gap
Challenges Facing the New French President
ASIA
Islamism in Azerbaijan: A Rising but Manageable Threat
China: Two Economic Models and the Ideological Divide in Chongqing
Indonesia: Government To Impose Tax On 14 Mineral Commodities May 2, 2012
Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik on May 1 announced 14 mineral commodities that will become subject to an export tax, varying between 20 and 50 percent, if sold in the form of ore, The Jakarta Post reported. The official policy on the tax will be announced May 6 followed by the issuance of a new regulation to legally implement the policy, Wacik said. The 14 commodities that will be subject to the tax are copper, gold, silver, tin, lead, chromium, molybdenum, platinum, bauxite, iron ore, iron sand, nickel, manganese and antimony.
Japan: U.S. To Shift 9,000 Marines Out Of Okinawa April 27, 2012
The United States will move 9,000 Marines out of Japan's southern Okinawa to Guam, Hawaii and other locations, said a joint statement agreed by Tokyo and Washington, Xinhua reported April 26. The redeployment will shift U.S. troops to Guam, Hawaii and Australia. The two sides said they remained committed to the relocation of the Futenma base from its urban location to a coastal place. The statement said the total cost of the relocation to Guam was expected to be 8.6 billion dollars.
AFRICA
The Geopolitics of Angola: An Exception to African Geography
RUSSIA
Managing Russia
Russia
Without NATO, Russia Holds Its Own Missile Defense Conference
IRAN
Iran: Implications of Ahmadinejad
IRAQ
Iraq: Shiite Forces Try to Contain the Prime Minister
ISRAEL
NOTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT
AFGHANISTAN
India and Afghanistan Push for Lasting Ties
MIDDLE EAST
Return of Al Qaeda
Crisis for Jordan
Oman
SOUTH OF THE BORDER
Mexico: Barrio Azteca
Peru Targets the Remnants of Shining Path
Spanish Companies
Mexico Security Memo: Long Fight Between Military, Gunmen in Sinaloa
MISC
Geopolitical Calendar: Week of May 7, 2012
Except where noted courtesy STRATFOR.COM
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