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Perfect Storm is Coming for Global Economy in 2013 With Possible Hard Landing Unless We Identify and Resolve Challenges

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October 15, 2012

Nouriel Roubini:

‘Perfect Storm’ Coming for Global Economy in 2013

A “perfect storm” of events will collide in 2013 and throw the world back to economic crisis, warns New York University economist Nouriel Roubini. Roubini, who accurately predicted the timing and severity of the recent recession (December 2007), says investors have made overly optimistic U.S. growth expectations for the second half of the year and could get burned. The economy will grow but at a sluggish pace, and those who haven’t priced that assumption into their investment models are going to pay.

Speech by the famous economist Nouriel Roubini at the

International Award Pilosio “Building Peace” 2012.

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After an Israeli Strike on Iran

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June 26, 2012

Analysis confirms that the danger of Iranian nuclear weapons far exceeds the danger of eliminating those weapons before they come into existence.

Mr. Eisenstadt and Mr. Knights expect a short phase of high-intensity Iranian response, to be followed by a “protracted low-intensity conflict that could last for months or even years” – much as already exists between Iran and Israel, (Source: Washington Times).
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Seven Possible Responses

Missile strikes on Israel
Terrorist attacks on Israeli
Attacks on Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan
Kidnapping of U.S. citizens
Clashes with the U.S. Navy
Missile or terrorist attacks on neighboring states
Closing the Strait of Hormuz

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Water: Drought Blue Gold, Water Wars: Crisis of Global Proportions

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June 26, 2012

“Feeding some 9 billion people by mid-century in the face of a rapidly worsening climate may well be the greatest challenge the human race has ever faced.” By Joe Romm

In sub-Saharan Africa, “the prognosis for agriculture and food security in a 4C world is bleak”, according Philip Thornton, of Kenya’s International Livestock Research Institute, who led another research team. He notes there will be an extra billion people populating the continent by 2050. Source: menwithfoilhats.com

P1 of 4: Blue Gold, Water Wars: Crisis of Global Proportions

In every corner of the globe, we are polluting, diverting, pumping, and wasting our limited supply of fresh water at an expediential level as population and technology grows. The rampant overdevelopment of agriculture, housing and industry increase the demands for fresh water well beyond the finite supply, resulting in the desertification of the earth.

P2 of 4: Blue Gold, Water Wars: Crisis of Global Proportions

Corporate giants force developing countries to privatize their water supply for profit. Wall Street investors target desalination and mass bulk water export schemes. Corrupt governments use water for economic and political gain. Military control of water emerges and a new geo-political map and power structure forms, setting the stage for world water wars.

P3 of 4: Blue Gold, Water Wars: Crisis of Global Proportions

We follow numerous worldwide examples of people fighting for their basic right to water, from court cases to violent revolutions to U.N. conventions to revised constitutions to local protests at grade schools. As Maude Barlow proclaims, “This is our revolution, this is our war”. A line is crossed as water becomes a commodity. Will we survive?

P4 of 4: Blue Gold, Water Wars: Crisis of Global Proportions

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Prediction: Iran and Middle East Attacked by “Flame” a Massive Computer Virus for Cyber-espionage Purposes Blogs Kaspersky’s Alexander Gostev

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May 28, 2012

Researchers say they have uncovered “proof” linking the authors of the Flame cyber espionage program to Stuxnet (Source: ABCNews)

The Flame Virus maybe the most powerful and complex cyber-attack ever discovered, described by one expert, as “an industrial vacuum cleaner for sensitive information.” Flame most likely a state sponsored computer virus has probably been active for as long as five years, as part of a sophisticated cyber warfare campaign, the experts said, grabbing images of users’ computer screens, recording their instant messaging chats, remotely turning on their microphones to record their audio conversations and monitoring their keystrokes and network traffic (Source: NYTimes).

Someone has been watching and listening as “Flame” spreads.

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Once deployed, Flame (Worm.Win32.Flame) can sniff network traffic, take screenshots, record audio conversations, intercept a keyboard, and more, Kaspersky said. All of this data is then available via Flame’s command-and-control servers. “The practice of concealment through large amounts of code is one of the specific new features in Flame.”

Iran has thus far been hardest hit by Flame, with at least 189 infections. Israel/Palestine came in second with 98, followed by Sudan (32), Syria (30), Lebanon (18), Saudi Arabia (10), and Egypt (5).

‘Flame’ computer virus: most ‘complex’ threat ever

Gostev explained in a SecureList posting:

“Currently there are three known classes of players who develop malware and spyware: hacktivists, cybercriminals and nation states. Flame is not designed to steal money from bank accounts. It is also different from rather simple hack tools and malware used by the hacktivists,” “By excluding cybercriminals and hacktivists, we come to conclusion that it most likely belongs to the third group. In addition, the geography of the targets (certain states are in the Middle East) and also the complexity of the threat leaves no doubt about it being a nation state that sponsored the research that went into it.”