News Headlines Mar. 18, 2013

IMF & Bankster Mafia take their pound of flesh from Cyprus Savers

 Alex breaks down an unprecedented plan by the IMF and the EU to raid the bank accounts of Cypriots in order to pay for a bankster arranged bailout of the Mediterranean island nation. Thousands of citizens are making desperate runs on ATMs to get as much money as possible before they lose a big chunk to the global Mafia. The outrageous move will undoubtedly accelerate the economic crisis in Europe as markets adjust accordingly and depositors in Spain, Italy and Greece make bank runs to protect their devalued currencies from criminal expropriation. Alex also gets into the remarkable exchange between senators Ted Cruz and Dianne Feinstein on proposed gun legislation and the latest effort by the United Nations to force through its gun-grabber treaty.

• War in Korean Peninsula? US pledges full military defense for Seoul amid Korea tensions Every military resource the US has, including nuclear arms, will be available to its ally South Korea in the confrontation with its northern neighbor, US Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter pledged in Seoul. 

• Russian Navy to send permanent fleet to Mediterranean Russia will dispatch a permanent group of five to six combat ships to the Mediterranean Sea, Russian Navy chief Admiral Viktor Chirkov said. Frigates and cruisers will make up the core of the fleet. 

• Iran ‘indicts’ 18 suspects over multiple nuke scientist murders The Iranian judiciary has indicted 18 suspects on charges of involvement in the assassination of the country’s nuclear researchers, Iranian media report. They are expected to stand trial in the coming months. 

• No retreat: Asma Assad, wife of Syrian President, appears in public Asma Assad, the wife of Bashar, dispelled persistent rumors about her whereabouts when she made a public appearance in the capital Damascus at the weekend. Meanwhile, government forces seem to have suffered several setbacks in their conflict with rebels.   

• ‘Not a dictatorship yet’: Thousands of Hungarians protest constitutional change Thousands of Hungarians took to the streets on Sunday, protesting against draconian changes to the constitution approved by the parliament despite warnings from the European Union and the US.   

• Iran launches destroyer in the Caspian Sea Tehran has launched its second domestically built guided-missile destroyer in the Caspian Sea, Iranian state TV reported on Sunday. 

• 'United States of Amnesia': No accountability for ‘grievous errors’ in Iraq Ten years after the US invasion of Iraq, the humanitarian situation in the country is bleak. Critics say the hugely unpopular occupation of Iraq, and the lack of accountability for the officials responsible, has irreparably damaged America’s image.