CIA - Like all potential trouble spots in the world the US has covert operations operating deep within Iran. For many years Kurdish guerrilla fighters referred to as the PJAK have been operating on cross border operations from Eastern Kurdistan into Iran. This group work in conjunction with US Covert Operation inside Iran and are CIA finananced with additional weapons support. As we have seen in many other parts of the world these covert operations are intended to disrupt or destabilize the political base in any country. It is only a matter of time before those militia that have worked in cooperation with or been trained by the US turn against them. Like the biggest touted threat in the world, the CIA created/ trained Al-Qaeda… Meaning the CIA are obviously the experts.
If the UN General Assembly voted on decisions instead of the Security Council, then the world would be a different place....
Iran would not be under any sanctions, as they are currently under UN inspection over its peaceful Nuclear program.
"To put it simply: Iran must comply with U.N. Security Council resolutions.", Obama – “But not Israel”, Me…
Israel would be under numerous sanctions because they dont allow inspections and are acting illegally under international law, regarding colonization, inflicting constant daily terror and war crimes.
"For all of these war crimes, acts of state terrorism and systematic human rights violations committed against the Palestinian people, Israel, the occupying power, must be held accountable and the perpetrators must be brought to justice,"
The assassin is the worst ever terrorist group deceptively called the Israeli Defense Forces under the leadership of the theocratically most racist "god's chosen" deceitfully self-proclaimed "democratic Jewish-only" Israel. Israel had been created, financed, armed, and politically protected by, mainly, British and American rapture-vision-obsessed Talmudist power elites consisting of profit-seeking financiers and military-industrial complex. In December 2008 this Israeli Terrorist Forces added another war crime to its long list of war crimes against the Palestinians since 1948.
Egypt would be under sanction for assisting Israel with the illegal blockade of Gaza.
Mubarak's regime has committed crimes against humanity by fully participating in the Israeli siege against Gaza. Rather than helping the next door homeless and hungry Arab brothers of Gaza Strip the Mubarak's regime preferred to send, last May, an airplane full with humanitarian aid to Sri Lanka on the opposite side of the globe.
The US would be under sanctions for illegal wars and mistreatment of POWs under Geneva conventions. Its leaders would be standing trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity. America would be under the most sanctions and no one allowed to deal with the country as it has conducted the worst of all crimes, torture and disregard for internationally recognized borders.
WASHINGTON, September 9, 2008 - The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Israel of GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $77 million.
The UK also provide software and hardware to Israel such as tank components, attack helicopter components and engines for Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV's) etc, all of which delivered the weapons concerned.
It should also be noted that certain concerned were raised in the US Congress as to if the shipment of such weapons was in violation of the US Arms Export Control Act when In January 2009, Congressman Dennis Kucinich sent notice to Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, that Israel's actions in Gaza since December 27th, 2008 may constitute a violation of the requirements of the Arms Export Control Act.
What is ironic about the whole programme are the huge sums of money in military aid that is sent to Israel under the carefully chosen words: "That strengthens the security of the United States and promote world peace;" One could hardly state that this has any connection with world peace but rather the opposite.....this has a direct link with the instability in and around the entire Middle East.
The US is the largest arms exporter to Israel. Successive American Administration had sold Israel the latest and most technologically and most devastating weapons.
EU and US don't mind breaking their own laws for the sake of arming terrorist Israel. Under Criterion 2 of the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports, Member States are supposed to "deny an export license if there is a clear risk that the proposed export might be used for internal repression, or be used in the commission of serious violations of international humanitarian laws". Israel is proved to commit both offenses.
The US breaks three of its own arms export laws; US Arms Export Control Act (P.L. 80-829), Foreign Assistance Act (P.L. 97-195), and the Leahy Law (Foreign Ops Appropriation Act).
“nations with nuclear weapons must move towards disarmament and those that do not have such weapons must forsake them.” Obama --- but the US will still produce "Mini Nukes" or weapons that contain uranium components. Also Cruise, Harpoon, Maverick, Hellfire and many other missiles. And again more, Bunker Busters, JADAM bombs and a new range of 4th Generation Bombs.
Lastly, there would be a state on historic Palestine for all the people of the land. If Jerusalem was still disputed, then it would be declared a state within a state, with a religious leadership, as with the Vatican. Peace would be assured by peacekeepers, as was the role of the world’s armies, before the invasions on behalf of Zionists or NeoCons (the corporations and bankers).
"All national groups claim self-determination and that gives logic to two states, but Israel has eliminated that option with a half a million settlers in the West bank, the apartheid highway system and the settlement freeze was just a smoke screen of the Matrix of Control."
"Time is not on our side and it is certainly not on the side of Israel," he said. "The idea of two states is losing in favor of one state. There is a possibility that a Palestinian state would not be viable. In that case the only possibility is one state - not a Jewish state, not an Arab state ... a state of its citizens." - Arab League
Thursday, 31 December 2009
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Tragic shooting at Fort Hood, the U.S.A.'s largest military post ...
... Not what you would ever expect to happen in army bases, by there own people. So the truth is that, obviously everything is not merry in there ! . So is it one fanatic, like the 911 fanatics, or do they not want to admit the alternative. That there is a moral problem with DISHONEST WARS, and people will resist being forced to do something against there will. You would not give a soldier a weapon, then try to force them to do something they know is wrong and dont want to do, without expecting a little resistance. If you tried to persuade the soldier using violance, armed or not, then you would expect to get hurt.
The only way there could have been so many killed and injured automatically implies multiple shooters, so it cant have just been , or even at all, Doctor......
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Charlotte Huffman / KETK News
November 6, 2009 - 9:29am
FORT HOOD, TX—Authorities continue their investigation Friday morning into the tragic shooting at Fort Hood, the nation's largest military post.
The death toll continues to rise from the most violent attack in history on a U.S. military base.
"There was a single shooter that was shot multiple times at the scene, however, he was not killed as previously reported. He is currently in custody and in stable condition," said Fort Hood General Bob Cone.
The investigation will focus on the suspected gunman and solider, Major Nidal Malik Hassan. Hasan, 39, is an army psychiatrist who was recently promoted from Captain and preparing for his first deployment to Iraq. Hasan was transferred to Fort Hood in July from Walter Reed Medical Center where he was stationed for six years. Originally from northern Virginia, Hasan enlisted in the army directly following high school graduation.
Another victim died early Friday morning bringing the death toll to 13 people. Thirty people remain injured and some of them are in critical condition.
A hotline has been set up for those with family at Fort Hood. For information on victims call (254) 288-7570 or 1-866-836-2751. In addition, updated information will be available at forthoodsentinel.com and Fort Hood's Twitter and Facebook pages.
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Neighbor: Fort Hood suspect emptied his apartment
http://www.9wsyr.com/mostpopular/story/Lawmakers-briefing-causes-confusi...
Cone acknowledged that it was "counterintuitive" that a single shooter could hit so many people, but he said the massacre occurred in "close quarters.
"With ricochet fire, he was able to injure that number of people," Cone said.
You know the story is starting to come apart when they start using the "magic bullet" explanation.
So, here is what I think happened.
I think that a GROUP of soldiers rebelled against further deployment. This is why we had early reports of multiple shooters, numbering up to 5.
But 5 soldiers shooting their officers signals mutiny in the ranks. It recalls the "fragging" of Vietnam days. It looks really bad to the citizenry. It could even spread to other soldiers and other bases where the military are stretched to the breaking point.
So, the DC boys look around and say, "Oh, we have this dead Muslim guy; we'll just blame it on him!" And presto-chango, five shooters pissed off with the wars becomes one conveniently dead Jordanian Palestinian Muslim with possible links to Al Qaeda.
Only turns out Major Hasan isn't dead. Which creates a whole new problem the instant he gets off that ventilator at the hospital.
Which is hardly likely to happen.
Meanwhile, the top of this article reports that Hasan was making the normal preparations for deployment. He emptied out his apartment, gave away things he didn't want to take with him, and told everyone he was deploying today. Does that really sound like a man about to go postal?
So... Just how many shooters were there at Fort Hood????
Texas Gov. Rick Perry Gives Remarks on Fort Hood Shooting Tragedy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IL61yoWnk4&feature=related
He says there were THREE shooters!
It's clearly obvious that the violent mutiny at Fort Hood is being spun into a fiction story by Zionists, Pentagon & MSM liars to promote Islamophobia & Neo-Communist/Fascist agenda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NVPl9UsYlg&feature=player_embedded#
Initially, when I heard of the news about Fort Hood, my reaction was shock and disbelief that fatalistic violence occurred on a U.S. military base. And for what motive? Why would a Jordanian-descent man with an Arabic-sounding name be fingered as a guilty-before-proven innocent spree shooter suspect, who happens to be a psychiatrist?
Inevitably, Mainstream Media jumped into this tragedy with subtle gun control propaganda (total disarmament by revocation of constitutional rights) in full throttle.
For an alternative view of the tragedy, the post (at the bottom) has been salvaged for posterity before chance of memory-hole. That hypothesis may make sense because of the "redacted and quietly suppressed reports" there were the shooters numbered between 3 or 5 with the arsenal of assault weapons to destroy and maim the victims, which is not possible with (as reported by lying Mainstream Media) just a handful of semiautomatic pistols that require rotation of full magazine clips in rapid succession to annihilate as many targets as possible in just a few minutes of stunning shock of a sudden attack that transpired in panic, terror and chaos.
I know this from a minimal experience handling and target-shooting variety of pistols at the target range. Dropping the empty magazine clip to replenish with another full clip (8 to 12 combat bullets per clip) slammed in to fire with working precision (not jamming) takes a lot of practice to execute competently. It may not be possible to achieve with rigid determination in the midst of stress and chaos of violence. It takes steel-cold determination to commit an act of violence and mayhem that cause mortal wound and critical injury like this.
The cruel bullying of conscientious objectors who refuse to deploy by ultra-nationalist fanatics caused the mutinous few to rebel by striking at the core of the American imperialist machine with the furious counterstrike of violence. This is the act of fatalistic desperation by exerting psychological force to turn on the bullies. Whatever happened to the real perpetrators is hereto not known, whether they are captured or dead.
The cover-up has been convened with an official story to blame a psychiatrist, of Arabic descent, who just cleaned his apartment to be readied for deployment without indication of behavioral problems that could lead to outburst of violence. They found the suspected 'patsy' -- alive. Not dead as initially reported. And on a golf course, 'violently' detained by MP and SWAT teams. 2.5 miles away from where the carnage occurred. The 'patsy' is wounded but in stable condition as reported, under military guard.
As far as the truth is concerned, whether it happened or not as described above, the truth has disappeared into the mist surrounded by lies and cover-up facilitated by the powers-that-be leading to Texas law enforcement agencies and Fort Hood officials under the thumb of the Pentagon in coordination with the compliant local and national media. The above hypothesis is what I suppose happened, even though it's difficult to discern with a degree of plausibility because of conflicting and contradictory reports, but I do not know if it's accurate. Just a wild guess. Mainstream media pundits and producers, law enforcement, Fort Hood Army officers, U.S. Government officials, and others complicit in the cover-up are lying through the teeth to pin the blame on a lone suspect, with predictable hysterical attack on Islamic culture & religion like Fox News Channel and right-wing neoconservative blogosphere do nowadays to influence public opinion to behave with extreme prejudice against Islamic practitioners in America and overseas.
This reeks of a cover-up with the mainstream media going wild, gleefully reporting on the horrific carnage with the pretension of an authoritatively moralistic view while simultaneously calling for national disarmament in eventual modification or repeal of the Second Amendment and state constitutional provision on citizen firearm and defense rights.
It began with psychological violence and bullying of conscientious objectors (who vehemently resisted deployment to Afghanistan on account of a wrong, protracted, misguided war that have no effect on favorable outcome but continuous occupation and destruction of Afghan civilian lives to ostensibly control the access to Eurasian/Caspian Sea oil) in the Army in Texas that devolved to a violent mutiny when psychological pain became overpowering to the perpetrators who lashed out because there is no way out other than dishonor to self as unwilling pawn and death.
The mainstream media have no interest to even consider this hypothesis. It is a crazy and implausible "conspiracy theory" that deserves scorn and dismissal in their neo-Fascist view. The public have been deliberately misled and willingly deceived by the compliant mainstream media that is more than happy to play ball with the "insiders" who know what really happened but would rather cover up humiliation than admit the facts outright pointing to mutiny.
Case in point: Similar massacres led to national banishment of firearms in the U.K. and Australia in the mid-90's, within months of each other. Cui bono?
Case in point again: The assassination (murder beyond reasonable doubt) of Pat Tillman in Afghanistan and exaggerated claims about Jessica Lynch's ordeal as a rape victim-hostage in Iraq. Corrupt media, effectively called the Fourth Estate, played ball with the Pentagon in boldly lying and covering up the truth for maximum propaganda effect.
My take on Zionists' mammoth plan "Fortress Americas" hypothesis following de facto repeal of Second Amendment rights, dissolution of the U.S. Constitution, and established foothold of tyrannical power that destroys the remnants of liberty, property, personal freedom, and peace.
Mouser 11/06/2009
"In Washington, a senior U.S. official said authorities at Fort Hood initially thought one of the victims who had been shot and killed was the shooter. The mistake resulted in a delay of several hours in identifying Hasan as the alleged assailant."
The truth is probably something VERY different. For example:
'Two US privates John Smith and John Henry had been seeing a military psychiatrist major Hasan at Fort hood for a few weeks. Both privates said they were completely against the war of oppression in the middle east and would refuse to report for active duty if ordered to do so.
So the army put them both in therapy with Dr. Hasan. After more than five weeks of therapy both Christian privates were called to go to Afghanistan. Both privates warned they would not go and they would defend themselves with force if the army tried to force them to fight in a war they believed was morally wrong.
Yesterday fellow soldiers tried to surprise the two conscientious objectors but the privates were prepared and killed 12 soldiers who tried to force their way into the privates' barracks at Fort Hood.
During the melee their psychiatrist major Hasan, tried to talk the two privates into surrendering but he was shot twice.
Finally both privates were overcome and killed. Their psychiatrist major Hasan is in hospital recovering.
Officials of the military have spun the story to make it seem the privates' doctor (who has a muslim sounding name) was the perpetrator so that the public does not understand just how much resistance there is to the middle east war in the military rank and file.
The whole official Fort Hood cover story is 98% a lie - just like 9/11. Do you trust the main stream media for the truth in a story like this? Heck, for any story?
I do not.
Support the troops. End the fake wars on terror (which actually are for oil, drugs, military expansion, invasion and takeover of foreign lands, minerals and resources, etc.. and war profiteering) in the middle east and bring the troops home.
Now.
The only way there could have been so many killed and injured automatically implies multiple shooters, so it cant have just been , or even at all, Doctor......
------------
Charlotte Huffman / KETK News
November 6, 2009 - 9:29am
FORT HOOD, TX—Authorities continue their investigation Friday morning into the tragic shooting at Fort Hood, the nation's largest military post.
The death toll continues to rise from the most violent attack in history on a U.S. military base.
"There was a single shooter that was shot multiple times at the scene, however, he was not killed as previously reported. He is currently in custody and in stable condition," said Fort Hood General Bob Cone.
The investigation will focus on the suspected gunman and solider, Major Nidal Malik Hassan. Hasan, 39, is an army psychiatrist who was recently promoted from Captain and preparing for his first deployment to Iraq. Hasan was transferred to Fort Hood in July from Walter Reed Medical Center where he was stationed for six years. Originally from northern Virginia, Hasan enlisted in the army directly following high school graduation.
Another victim died early Friday morning bringing the death toll to 13 people. Thirty people remain injured and some of them are in critical condition.
A hotline has been set up for those with family at Fort Hood. For information on victims call (254) 288-7570 or 1-866-836-2751. In addition, updated information will be available at forthoodsentinel.com and Fort Hood's Twitter and Facebook pages.
------------------------------------------------
Neighbor: Fort Hood suspect emptied his apartment
http://www.9wsyr.com/mostpopular/story/Lawmakers-briefing-causes-confusi...
Cone acknowledged that it was "counterintuitive" that a single shooter could hit so many people, but he said the massacre occurred in "close quarters.
"With ricochet fire, he was able to injure that number of people," Cone said.
You know the story is starting to come apart when they start using the "magic bullet" explanation.
So, here is what I think happened.
I think that a GROUP of soldiers rebelled against further deployment. This is why we had early reports of multiple shooters, numbering up to 5.
But 5 soldiers shooting their officers signals mutiny in the ranks. It recalls the "fragging" of Vietnam days. It looks really bad to the citizenry. It could even spread to other soldiers and other bases where the military are stretched to the breaking point.
So, the DC boys look around and say, "Oh, we have this dead Muslim guy; we'll just blame it on him!" And presto-chango, five shooters pissed off with the wars becomes one conveniently dead Jordanian Palestinian Muslim with possible links to Al Qaeda.
Only turns out Major Hasan isn't dead. Which creates a whole new problem the instant he gets off that ventilator at the hospital.
Which is hardly likely to happen.
Meanwhile, the top of this article reports that Hasan was making the normal preparations for deployment. He emptied out his apartment, gave away things he didn't want to take with him, and told everyone he was deploying today. Does that really sound like a man about to go postal?
So... Just how many shooters were there at Fort Hood????
Texas Gov. Rick Perry Gives Remarks on Fort Hood Shooting Tragedy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IL61yoWnk4&feature=related
He says there were THREE shooters!
It's clearly obvious that the violent mutiny at Fort Hood is being spun into a fiction story by Zionists, Pentagon & MSM liars to promote Islamophobia & Neo-Communist/Fascist agenda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NVPl9UsYlg&feature=player_embedded#
Initially, when I heard of the news about Fort Hood, my reaction was shock and disbelief that fatalistic violence occurred on a U.S. military base. And for what motive? Why would a Jordanian-descent man with an Arabic-sounding name be fingered as a guilty-before-proven innocent spree shooter suspect, who happens to be a psychiatrist?
Inevitably, Mainstream Media jumped into this tragedy with subtle gun control propaganda (total disarmament by revocation of constitutional rights) in full throttle.
For an alternative view of the tragedy, the post (at the bottom) has been salvaged for posterity before chance of memory-hole. That hypothesis may make sense because of the "redacted and quietly suppressed reports" there were the shooters numbered between 3 or 5 with the arsenal of assault weapons to destroy and maim the victims, which is not possible with (as reported by lying Mainstream Media) just a handful of semiautomatic pistols that require rotation of full magazine clips in rapid succession to annihilate as many targets as possible in just a few minutes of stunning shock of a sudden attack that transpired in panic, terror and chaos.
I know this from a minimal experience handling and target-shooting variety of pistols at the target range. Dropping the empty magazine clip to replenish with another full clip (8 to 12 combat bullets per clip) slammed in to fire with working precision (not jamming) takes a lot of practice to execute competently. It may not be possible to achieve with rigid determination in the midst of stress and chaos of violence. It takes steel-cold determination to commit an act of violence and mayhem that cause mortal wound and critical injury like this.
The cruel bullying of conscientious objectors who refuse to deploy by ultra-nationalist fanatics caused the mutinous few to rebel by striking at the core of the American imperialist machine with the furious counterstrike of violence. This is the act of fatalistic desperation by exerting psychological force to turn on the bullies. Whatever happened to the real perpetrators is hereto not known, whether they are captured or dead.
The cover-up has been convened with an official story to blame a psychiatrist, of Arabic descent, who just cleaned his apartment to be readied for deployment without indication of behavioral problems that could lead to outburst of violence. They found the suspected 'patsy' -- alive. Not dead as initially reported. And on a golf course, 'violently' detained by MP and SWAT teams. 2.5 miles away from where the carnage occurred. The 'patsy' is wounded but in stable condition as reported, under military guard.
As far as the truth is concerned, whether it happened or not as described above, the truth has disappeared into the mist surrounded by lies and cover-up facilitated by the powers-that-be leading to Texas law enforcement agencies and Fort Hood officials under the thumb of the Pentagon in coordination with the compliant local and national media. The above hypothesis is what I suppose happened, even though it's difficult to discern with a degree of plausibility because of conflicting and contradictory reports, but I do not know if it's accurate. Just a wild guess. Mainstream media pundits and producers, law enforcement, Fort Hood Army officers, U.S. Government officials, and others complicit in the cover-up are lying through the teeth to pin the blame on a lone suspect, with predictable hysterical attack on Islamic culture & religion like Fox News Channel and right-wing neoconservative blogosphere do nowadays to influence public opinion to behave with extreme prejudice against Islamic practitioners in America and overseas.
This reeks of a cover-up with the mainstream media going wild, gleefully reporting on the horrific carnage with the pretension of an authoritatively moralistic view while simultaneously calling for national disarmament in eventual modification or repeal of the Second Amendment and state constitutional provision on citizen firearm and defense rights.
It began with psychological violence and bullying of conscientious objectors (who vehemently resisted deployment to Afghanistan on account of a wrong, protracted, misguided war that have no effect on favorable outcome but continuous occupation and destruction of Afghan civilian lives to ostensibly control the access to Eurasian/Caspian Sea oil) in the Army in Texas that devolved to a violent mutiny when psychological pain became overpowering to the perpetrators who lashed out because there is no way out other than dishonor to self as unwilling pawn and death.
The mainstream media have no interest to even consider this hypothesis. It is a crazy and implausible "conspiracy theory" that deserves scorn and dismissal in their neo-Fascist view. The public have been deliberately misled and willingly deceived by the compliant mainstream media that is more than happy to play ball with the "insiders" who know what really happened but would rather cover up humiliation than admit the facts outright pointing to mutiny.
Case in point: Similar massacres led to national banishment of firearms in the U.K. and Australia in the mid-90's, within months of each other. Cui bono?
Case in point again: The assassination (murder beyond reasonable doubt) of Pat Tillman in Afghanistan and exaggerated claims about Jessica Lynch's ordeal as a rape victim-hostage in Iraq. Corrupt media, effectively called the Fourth Estate, played ball with the Pentagon in boldly lying and covering up the truth for maximum propaganda effect.
My take on Zionists' mammoth plan "Fortress Americas" hypothesis following de facto repeal of Second Amendment rights, dissolution of the U.S. Constitution, and established foothold of tyrannical power that destroys the remnants of liberty, property, personal freedom, and peace.
Mouser 11/06/2009
"In Washington, a senior U.S. official said authorities at Fort Hood initially thought one of the victims who had been shot and killed was the shooter. The mistake resulted in a delay of several hours in identifying Hasan as the alleged assailant."
The truth is probably something VERY different. For example:
'Two US privates John Smith and John Henry had been seeing a military psychiatrist major Hasan at Fort hood for a few weeks. Both privates said they were completely against the war of oppression in the middle east and would refuse to report for active duty if ordered to do so.
So the army put them both in therapy with Dr. Hasan. After more than five weeks of therapy both Christian privates were called to go to Afghanistan. Both privates warned they would not go and they would defend themselves with force if the army tried to force them to fight in a war they believed was morally wrong.
Yesterday fellow soldiers tried to surprise the two conscientious objectors but the privates were prepared and killed 12 soldiers who tried to force their way into the privates' barracks at Fort Hood.
During the melee their psychiatrist major Hasan, tried to talk the two privates into surrendering but he was shot twice.
Finally both privates were overcome and killed. Their psychiatrist major Hasan is in hospital recovering.
Officials of the military have spun the story to make it seem the privates' doctor (who has a muslim sounding name) was the perpetrator so that the public does not understand just how much resistance there is to the middle east war in the military rank and file.
The whole official Fort Hood cover story is 98% a lie - just like 9/11. Do you trust the main stream media for the truth in a story like this? Heck, for any story?
I do not.
Support the troops. End the fake wars on terror (which actually are for oil, drugs, military expansion, invasion and takeover of foreign lands, minerals and resources, etc.. and war profiteering) in the middle east and bring the troops home.
Now.
Monday, 26 October 2009
a fair deal
"This is the Israeli notion of a fair deal: We're entitled to do whatever the hell we want to the Palestinians because, by definition, whatever we do to them is self-defense. They, however, are not entitled to lift a finger against us because, by definition, whatever they do to us is terrorism.
"That's the way it's always been, that's the way it was in Operation Cast Lead.
"And there are no limits on our right to self-defense. There is no such thing as 'disproportionate.'
"We can deliberately destroy thousands of Gazan homes, the Gazan parliament, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Interior, courthouses, the only Gazan flour plant, the main poultry farm, a sewage treatment plant, water wells and God knows what else.
"Deliberately.
"Why? Because we're better than them. Because we're a democracy and they're a bunch of Islamo-fascists. Because ours is a culture of life and theirs is a culture of death. Because they're out to destroy us and all we are saying is give peace a chance.
"The Goldstones of the world call this hypocrisy, a double standard. How dare they! Around here, we call it moral clarity."
"That's the way it's always been, that's the way it was in Operation Cast Lead.
"And there are no limits on our right to self-defense. There is no such thing as 'disproportionate.'
"We can deliberately destroy thousands of Gazan homes, the Gazan parliament, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Interior, courthouses, the only Gazan flour plant, the main poultry farm, a sewage treatment plant, water wells and God knows what else.
"Deliberately.
"Why? Because we're better than them. Because we're a democracy and they're a bunch of Islamo-fascists. Because ours is a culture of life and theirs is a culture of death. Because they're out to destroy us and all we are saying is give peace a chance.
"The Goldstones of the world call this hypocrisy, a double standard. How dare they! Around here, we call it moral clarity."
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
I saw this and now i believe everything i am told regarding 9/11
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/6177194/Charlie-Sheen-urges-Barack-Obama-to-reopen-911-investigation-in-video-message.html
Charlie Sheen will be viewed by history as a very brave individual...
The Official Version of 9/11 goes something like this...
Directed by a beardy-guy from a cave in Afghanistan, nineteen hard-drinking, coke-snorting, devout Muslims enjoy lap dances before their mission to meet Allah...
Using nothing more than craft knifes, they overpower cabin crew, passengers and pilots on four planes...
And hangover or not, they manage to give the world's most sophisticated air defense system the slip...
Unphased by leaving their "How to Fly a Passenger Jet" guide in the car at the airport, they master the controls in no-time and score direct hits on two towers, causing THREE to collapse completely...
Our masterminds even manage to overpower the odd law of physics or two... and the world watches in awe as steel-framed buildings fall symmetrically - through their own mass - at free-fall speed, for the first time in history.
Despite all their dastardly cunning, they stupidly give their identity away by using explosion-proof passports, which survive the fireball undamaged and fall to the ground... only to be discovered by the incredible crime-fighting sleuths at the FBI...
...Meanwhile down in Washington...
Hani Hanjour, having previously flunked 2-man Cessna flying school, gets carried away with all the success of the day and suddenly finds incredible abilities behind the controls of a Boeing...
Instead of flying straight down into the large roof area of the Pentagon, he decides to show off a little...
Executing an incredible 270 degree downward spiral, he levels off to hit the low facade of the world's most heavily defended building...
...all without a single shot being fired.... or ruining the nicely mowed lawn... and all at a speed just too fast to capture on video...
...Later, in the skies above Pennsylvania...
So desperate to talk to loved ones before their death, some passengers use sheer willpower to connect mobile calls that otherwise would not be possible until several years later...
And following a heroic attempt by some to retake control of Flight 93, it crashes into a Shankesville field leaving no trace of engines, fuselage or occupants... except for the standard issue Muslim terrorists bandana...
...Further south in Florida...
President Bush, our brave Commander-in-Chief continues to read "My Pet Goat" to a class full of primary school children... shrugging off the obvious possibility that his life could be in imminent danger...
...In New York...
World Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein blesses his own foresight in insuring the buildings against terrorist attack only six weeks previously...
While back in Washington, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz shake their heads in disbelief at their own luck in getting the 'New Pearl Harbor' catalyzing event they so desired to pursue their agenda of world domination...
And finally, not to be disturbed too much by reports of their own deaths, at least seven of our nineteen suicide hijackers turn up alive and kicking in mainstream media reports...
<- That is what we call CLASSIC ->
Charlie Sheen will be viewed by history as a very brave individual...
The Official Version of 9/11 goes something like this...
Directed by a beardy-guy from a cave in Afghanistan, nineteen hard-drinking, coke-snorting, devout Muslims enjoy lap dances before their mission to meet Allah...
Using nothing more than craft knifes, they overpower cabin crew, passengers and pilots on four planes...
And hangover or not, they manage to give the world's most sophisticated air defense system the slip...
Unphased by leaving their "How to Fly a Passenger Jet" guide in the car at the airport, they master the controls in no-time and score direct hits on two towers, causing THREE to collapse completely...
Our masterminds even manage to overpower the odd law of physics or two... and the world watches in awe as steel-framed buildings fall symmetrically - through their own mass - at free-fall speed, for the first time in history.
Despite all their dastardly cunning, they stupidly give their identity away by using explosion-proof passports, which survive the fireball undamaged and fall to the ground... only to be discovered by the incredible crime-fighting sleuths at the FBI...
...Meanwhile down in Washington...
Hani Hanjour, having previously flunked 2-man Cessna flying school, gets carried away with all the success of the day and suddenly finds incredible abilities behind the controls of a Boeing...
Instead of flying straight down into the large roof area of the Pentagon, he decides to show off a little...
Executing an incredible 270 degree downward spiral, he levels off to hit the low facade of the world's most heavily defended building...
...all without a single shot being fired.... or ruining the nicely mowed lawn... and all at a speed just too fast to capture on video...
...Later, in the skies above Pennsylvania...
So desperate to talk to loved ones before their death, some passengers use sheer willpower to connect mobile calls that otherwise would not be possible until several years later...
And following a heroic attempt by some to retake control of Flight 93, it crashes into a Shankesville field leaving no trace of engines, fuselage or occupants... except for the standard issue Muslim terrorists bandana...
...Further south in Florida...
President Bush, our brave Commander-in-Chief continues to read "My Pet Goat" to a class full of primary school children... shrugging off the obvious possibility that his life could be in imminent danger...
...In New York...
World Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein blesses his own foresight in insuring the buildings against terrorist attack only six weeks previously...
While back in Washington, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz shake their heads in disbelief at their own luck in getting the 'New Pearl Harbor' catalyzing event they so desired to pursue their agenda of world domination...
And finally, not to be disturbed too much by reports of their own deaths, at least seven of our nineteen suicide hijackers turn up alive and kicking in mainstream media reports...
<- That is what we call CLASSIC ->
Monday, 31 August 2009
Why Not Crippling Sanctions for Israel and the US?
Paul Craig Roberts
VDare
Monday, August 31, 2009
In Israel, a country stolen from the Palestinians, fanatics control the government. One of the fanatics is the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Last week Netanyahu called for “crippling sanctions” against Iran.
The kind of blockade that Netanyahu wants qualifies as an act of war. Israel has long threatened to attack Iran on its own but prefers to draw in the US and NATO.
Why does Israel want to initiate a war between the United States and Iran?
Is Iran attacking other countries, bombing civilians and destroying civilian infrastructure?
No. These are crimes committed by Israel and the US.
Is Iran evicting peoples from lands they have occupied for centuries and herding them into ghettoes?
No, that’s what Israel has been doing to the Palestinians for 60 years.
What is Iran doing?
Iran is developing nuclear energy, which is its right as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Iran’s nuclear energy program is subject to inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which consistently reports that its inspections find no diversion of enriched uranium to a weapons program.
The position taken by Israel, and by Israel’s puppet in Washington, is that Iran must not be allowed to have the rights as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty that every other signatory has, because Iran might divert enriched uranium to a weapons program.
In other words, Israel and the US claim the right to abrogate Iran’s right to develop nuclear energy. The Israeli/US position has no basis in international law or in anything other than the arrogance of Israel and the United States.
The hypocrisy is extreme. Israel is not a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and developed its nuclear weapons illegally on the sly, with, as far as we know, US help.
As Israel is an illegal possessor of nuclear weapons and has a fanatical government that is capable of using them, crippling sanctions should be applied to Israel to force it to disarm.
Why Not Crippling Sanctions for Israel and the US?
Israel qualifies for crippling sanctions for another reason. It is an apartheid state, as former US President Jimmy Carter demonstrated in his book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.
VDare
Monday, August 31, 2009
In Israel, a country stolen from the Palestinians, fanatics control the government. One of the fanatics is the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Last week Netanyahu called for “crippling sanctions” against Iran.
The kind of blockade that Netanyahu wants qualifies as an act of war. Israel has long threatened to attack Iran on its own but prefers to draw in the US and NATO.
Why does Israel want to initiate a war between the United States and Iran?
Is Iran attacking other countries, bombing civilians and destroying civilian infrastructure?
No. These are crimes committed by Israel and the US.
Is Iran evicting peoples from lands they have occupied for centuries and herding them into ghettoes?
No, that’s what Israel has been doing to the Palestinians for 60 years.
What is Iran doing?
Iran is developing nuclear energy, which is its right as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Iran’s nuclear energy program is subject to inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which consistently reports that its inspections find no diversion of enriched uranium to a weapons program.
The position taken by Israel, and by Israel’s puppet in Washington, is that Iran must not be allowed to have the rights as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty that every other signatory has, because Iran might divert enriched uranium to a weapons program.
In other words, Israel and the US claim the right to abrogate Iran’s right to develop nuclear energy. The Israeli/US position has no basis in international law or in anything other than the arrogance of Israel and the United States.
The hypocrisy is extreme. Israel is not a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and developed its nuclear weapons illegally on the sly, with, as far as we know, US help.
As Israel is an illegal possessor of nuclear weapons and has a fanatical government that is capable of using them, crippling sanctions should be applied to Israel to force it to disarm.
Why Not Crippling Sanctions for Israel and the US?
Israel qualifies for crippling sanctions for another reason. It is an apartheid state, as former US President Jimmy Carter demonstrated in his book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
stolen or democracy ? depends whos having the election...
taken from Barry Grey
World Socialist Web Site
Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:03 UTC
The attitude of the US government to rampant electoral fraud was summed up by Richard Holbrooke, Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan, who said it was too soon to question the legitimacy of the vote. "We have disputed elections in the United States," he quipped. "There may be some questions here...But let's not get out ahead of the situation." The US, he added, "will respect the process set up by Afghanistan itself."
In fact, Washington has intervened massively in the elections, seeking to manipulate the outcome so as to force a runoff between Karzai and Abdullah. Despite Karzai's service as a US puppet, Washington has become increasingly critical of his regime, which it sees as hopelessly corrupt, ineffective and unpopular. The American military has also complained of Karzai's occasional criticisms of US bombings of Afghan civilians.
The Obama administration is openly discussing installing an unelected "chief executive officer" to oversee the daily functioning of the government, regardless the final outcome of the vote.
The contrast between the US response to the Afghan election and the Iranian election two months ago is stark. In Afghanistan, Washington is downplaying pervasive evidence of fraud and charges by numerous candidates of massive vote-rigging. In Iran, the US government and media immediately embraced charges of a "stolen election" by the pro-Western opposition to incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, without presenting any substantive evidence of fraud.
The difference is to be explained by the foreign policy interests of the United States. In both cases, the overriding aim is to establish US imperialist domination of Central Asia, a region rich in energy resources and occupying a strategically critical position at the crossroads of Europe, the Middle East and East and South Asia. But the US considers the Ahmadinejad regime an obstacle to this goal and has sought to use the disputed Iranian election to destabilize or remove the incumbent president, while it has a vested interest in shoring up a puppet "democratic" government in Kabul.
World Socialist Web Site
Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:03 UTC
The attitude of the US government to rampant electoral fraud was summed up by Richard Holbrooke, Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan, who said it was too soon to question the legitimacy of the vote. "We have disputed elections in the United States," he quipped. "There may be some questions here...But let's not get out ahead of the situation." The US, he added, "will respect the process set up by Afghanistan itself."
In fact, Washington has intervened massively in the elections, seeking to manipulate the outcome so as to force a runoff between Karzai and Abdullah. Despite Karzai's service as a US puppet, Washington has become increasingly critical of his regime, which it sees as hopelessly corrupt, ineffective and unpopular. The American military has also complained of Karzai's occasional criticisms of US bombings of Afghan civilians.
The Obama administration is openly discussing installing an unelected "chief executive officer" to oversee the daily functioning of the government, regardless the final outcome of the vote.
The contrast between the US response to the Afghan election and the Iranian election two months ago is stark. In Afghanistan, Washington is downplaying pervasive evidence of fraud and charges by numerous candidates of massive vote-rigging. In Iran, the US government and media immediately embraced charges of a "stolen election" by the pro-Western opposition to incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, without presenting any substantive evidence of fraud.
The difference is to be explained by the foreign policy interests of the United States. In both cases, the overriding aim is to establish US imperialist domination of Central Asia, a region rich in energy resources and occupying a strategically critical position at the crossroads of Europe, the Middle East and East and South Asia. But the US considers the Ahmadinejad regime an obstacle to this goal and has sought to use the disputed Iranian election to destabilize or remove the incumbent president, while it has a vested interest in shoring up a puppet "democratic" government in Kabul.
Monday, 24 August 2009
Gaza: The horror ignored by western hypocrisy (never again obviously means for 60+ years)
Lisa Karpova
Pravda.Ru
Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:46 UTC
The Israeli blockade of Gaza Strip, now in its third year, has shown the extremely deep seated hypocrisy in what is put forth as pristine, faultless, superior "western values." Westerners have been inoculated against any sympathy for the victims by the skillful portrayal in the western corporate media of them as perpetrators and mad suicide bombers, instead of people in the midst of a serious crisis of human dignity and people fighting for the right to live on their own land. Rather than feeling sympathy, the westerner at best has been taught that "both sides are at fault" and that people should "stop killing each other."
Meanwhile Israel...exploding beyond its agreed upon borders, holds the power of life and death over all of them. They have the bombs, the jets, the armored vehicles and all the latest technology at their disposal. What do Palestinians have? Primitive rockets at best and more often than not, just stones.
The population of Gaza has been forced to live with the steady degradation of the conditions of everyday life, caused by the erosion of the means of subsistence and by the gradual evaporation of the infrastructure. Vital services in the areas of the health, water, sanitation and education have been seriously eroded. Many are unable to go to their jobs, as nearly 120,000 Palestinians have lost their means to support their families. Water is a serious problem, as only 15% is allocated for the use of Palestinians while the Jewish residents around the block fill their swimming pools.
This blockade and the subsequent genocidal attack were the result of Hamas acquiring the majority of votes in the 2007 election. Since then, funds have been cut off, humanitarian workers have faced imprisonment and intervention against their efforts. While pretending to believe in free elections, the west has soundly condemned and refused to accept the collective will of the Palestinian people. In other words, vote for whom you are told or you will be starved, bombed, forced to live like animals, have your electric power cut off until you decide you've suffered enough. To remind, collective punishment is a war crime!
Haughtily, Israel and western leaders proclaim they will not speak to Hamas. Why? Because they are to be compelled to accept things as they are. They must declare Israel's right to exist, right along with Israel's denial of the Palestinian right to exist.
Worst of all was the recent Israeli attack on Gaza, using cluster bombs and white phosphorous bombs, burning and maiming countless children. But hey! Today a child, tomorrow a terrorist, right? On more than one occasion, Israeli authorities have declared that civilians are legitimate targets. The Yesha Rabbinical Council announced in response to an IDF attack in Kfar Qanna in Lebanon that "according to Jewish law, during a time of battle and war, there is no such term as 'innocents' of the enemy. All of the discussions on Christian morality are weakening the spirit of the army and the nation and are costing us in the blood of our soldiers and civilians," the statement said. (Efrat Weiss) I hate to report that one photograph of a little girl's severed head may be just a bit much for general viewing.
Israel also deployed a terrifying new tactic against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip by letting loose deafening "sound bombs" that cause widespread fear, induce miscarriages and traumatise children. Military air force jets create dozens of sonic booms by breaking the sound barrier at low altitude, sending shockwaves across the territory, often at night. Palestinians liken the sound to an earthquake or huge bomb. They describe the effect as being hit by a wall of air that is painful on the ears, sometimes causing nosebleeds and "leaving you shaking inside". The Palestinian health ministry says the sonic booms have led to miscarriages and heart problems. The United Nations has demanded an end to the tactic, saying it causes panic attacks in children. The shockwaves have also damaged buildings by cracking walls and smashing thousands of windows.
Additionally, as though this genocidal campaign against Palestinians weren't enough, 1,500 Palestinian sick captives are threatened with death in Israeli jails due to deliberate medical neglect. A recent report said that 47 prisoners died in Israeli occupation authority (IOA) jails due to such intentional medical neglect while 70 were tortured to death in IOA dungeons and 73 were executed in cold blood. Jails are void of specialized medical teams and some of them do not have a doctor at all or at best a doctor would be present for only two hours.
In conclusion, "Israel" means the original boundaries drawn up by the United Nations. Until Israel respects the norms of international law, it cannot claim full rights as a member of the international community. The international community must demand that Israel live within its originally drawn up borders and abide by all agreements, including the right of return. Israel must leave the lands it occupies illegally.
They have certainly proven themselves to be worse than Nazis during this illegal occupation. These people who have lived on this land for generations are under siege. Where is the outrage? Where are the sanctions? Where are the condemnations? Where are people's consciences?
Pravda.Ru
Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:46 UTC
The Israeli blockade of Gaza Strip, now in its third year, has shown the extremely deep seated hypocrisy in what is put forth as pristine, faultless, superior "western values." Westerners have been inoculated against any sympathy for the victims by the skillful portrayal in the western corporate media of them as perpetrators and mad suicide bombers, instead of people in the midst of a serious crisis of human dignity and people fighting for the right to live on their own land. Rather than feeling sympathy, the westerner at best has been taught that "both sides are at fault" and that people should "stop killing each other."
Meanwhile Israel...exploding beyond its agreed upon borders, holds the power of life and death over all of them. They have the bombs, the jets, the armored vehicles and all the latest technology at their disposal. What do Palestinians have? Primitive rockets at best and more often than not, just stones.
The population of Gaza has been forced to live with the steady degradation of the conditions of everyday life, caused by the erosion of the means of subsistence and by the gradual evaporation of the infrastructure. Vital services in the areas of the health, water, sanitation and education have been seriously eroded. Many are unable to go to their jobs, as nearly 120,000 Palestinians have lost their means to support their families. Water is a serious problem, as only 15% is allocated for the use of Palestinians while the Jewish residents around the block fill their swimming pools.
This blockade and the subsequent genocidal attack were the result of Hamas acquiring the majority of votes in the 2007 election. Since then, funds have been cut off, humanitarian workers have faced imprisonment and intervention against their efforts. While pretending to believe in free elections, the west has soundly condemned and refused to accept the collective will of the Palestinian people. In other words, vote for whom you are told or you will be starved, bombed, forced to live like animals, have your electric power cut off until you decide you've suffered enough. To remind, collective punishment is a war crime!
Haughtily, Israel and western leaders proclaim they will not speak to Hamas. Why? Because they are to be compelled to accept things as they are. They must declare Israel's right to exist, right along with Israel's denial of the Palestinian right to exist.
Worst of all was the recent Israeli attack on Gaza, using cluster bombs and white phosphorous bombs, burning and maiming countless children. But hey! Today a child, tomorrow a terrorist, right? On more than one occasion, Israeli authorities have declared that civilians are legitimate targets. The Yesha Rabbinical Council announced in response to an IDF attack in Kfar Qanna in Lebanon that "according to Jewish law, during a time of battle and war, there is no such term as 'innocents' of the enemy. All of the discussions on Christian morality are weakening the spirit of the army and the nation and are costing us in the blood of our soldiers and civilians," the statement said. (Efrat Weiss) I hate to report that one photograph of a little girl's severed head may be just a bit much for general viewing.
Israel also deployed a terrifying new tactic against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip by letting loose deafening "sound bombs" that cause widespread fear, induce miscarriages and traumatise children. Military air force jets create dozens of sonic booms by breaking the sound barrier at low altitude, sending shockwaves across the territory, often at night. Palestinians liken the sound to an earthquake or huge bomb. They describe the effect as being hit by a wall of air that is painful on the ears, sometimes causing nosebleeds and "leaving you shaking inside". The Palestinian health ministry says the sonic booms have led to miscarriages and heart problems. The United Nations has demanded an end to the tactic, saying it causes panic attacks in children. The shockwaves have also damaged buildings by cracking walls and smashing thousands of windows.
Additionally, as though this genocidal campaign against Palestinians weren't enough, 1,500 Palestinian sick captives are threatened with death in Israeli jails due to deliberate medical neglect. A recent report said that 47 prisoners died in Israeli occupation authority (IOA) jails due to such intentional medical neglect while 70 were tortured to death in IOA dungeons and 73 were executed in cold blood. Jails are void of specialized medical teams and some of them do not have a doctor at all or at best a doctor would be present for only two hours.
In conclusion, "Israel" means the original boundaries drawn up by the United Nations. Until Israel respects the norms of international law, it cannot claim full rights as a member of the international community. The international community must demand that Israel live within its originally drawn up borders and abide by all agreements, including the right of return. Israel must leave the lands it occupies illegally.
They have certainly proven themselves to be worse than Nazis during this illegal occupation. These people who have lived on this land for generations are under siege. Where is the outrage? Where are the sanctions? Where are the condemnations? Where are people's consciences?
Friday, 3 July 2009
are there any circumstances ?
are there any circumstances in which the US/EU would be content for Iran to have uranium enrichment facilities on its own territory? For example, could additional measures be put in place to provide assurance that these, and other nuclear facilities, are being used for peaceful purposes only?
In the past, Iran did allow an enhanced form of IAEA inspection, under a so-called Additional Protocol to its basic inspection agreement with the IAEA. This isn't mandatory on a state under the NPT (and Brazil, which also has uranium enrichment facilities, doesn't allow it). The Additional Protocol is designed to allow the IAEA to get a full picture of a state's nuclear activities by providing the agency with authority to visit any facility, declared or not, and to visit unannounced -- and thereby seek to eliminate the possibility that a state is engaging in nuclear activity for military purposes at sites that it hasn't declared to the agency.
Iran signed an Additional Protocol in 2003 and allowed the IAEA to operate under it from December 2003 until February 2006. But, it withdrew permission in February 2006 when it was referred to the Security Council. There is little doubt that Iran would be prepared to allow the IAEA to operate under an Additional Protocol again, if the Security Council dogs were called off and the economic sanctions imposed by the Security Council were lifted.
That is one additional measure that could be taken to help provide assurance that Iran's nuclear facilities are being used for peaceful purposes only. Another measure was suggested by Iran, as long ago as 17 September 2005. Then, in a speech to the UN General Assembly, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the following extraordinary offer, which goes way beyond the requirements of the NPT:
'... as a further confidence-building measure and in order to provide the greatest degree of transparency, the Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to engage in serious partnership with private and public sectors of other countries in the implementation of [a] uranium enrichment program in Iran.'
Needless to say, the US/EU have ignored this proposal, which would have put Iran's uranium enrichment facilities under a degree of international control. Perhaps, President Obama's staff should draw this proposal to his attention.
David Morrison is a political officer for the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10621.shtml
In the past, Iran did allow an enhanced form of IAEA inspection, under a so-called Additional Protocol to its basic inspection agreement with the IAEA. This isn't mandatory on a state under the NPT (and Brazil, which also has uranium enrichment facilities, doesn't allow it). The Additional Protocol is designed to allow the IAEA to get a full picture of a state's nuclear activities by providing the agency with authority to visit any facility, declared or not, and to visit unannounced -- and thereby seek to eliminate the possibility that a state is engaging in nuclear activity for military purposes at sites that it hasn't declared to the agency.
Iran signed an Additional Protocol in 2003 and allowed the IAEA to operate under it from December 2003 until February 2006. But, it withdrew permission in February 2006 when it was referred to the Security Council. There is little doubt that Iran would be prepared to allow the IAEA to operate under an Additional Protocol again, if the Security Council dogs were called off and the economic sanctions imposed by the Security Council were lifted.
That is one additional measure that could be taken to help provide assurance that Iran's nuclear facilities are being used for peaceful purposes only. Another measure was suggested by Iran, as long ago as 17 September 2005. Then, in a speech to the UN General Assembly, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the following extraordinary offer, which goes way beyond the requirements of the NPT:
'... as a further confidence-building measure and in order to provide the greatest degree of transparency, the Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to engage in serious partnership with private and public sectors of other countries in the implementation of [a] uranium enrichment program in Iran.'
Needless to say, the US/EU have ignored this proposal, which would have put Iran's uranium enrichment facilities under a degree of international control. Perhaps, President Obama's staff should draw this proposal to his attention.
David Morrison is a political officer for the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10621.shtml
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
who is them ? the governments ? the media ? or both ?
from Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch , Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:37 UTC
"You are, I assure you, 'living in' an extreme world at an extreme moment. Don't leave it solely to them to describe it for you. Don't just let yourself be used by the language that our world makes so readily available to you.
Back in 1946, in his stirring essay, "Politics and the English Language," which he would later vividly illustrate in his novel 1984, George Orwell wrote of the problems, but also the satisfactions, of letting them define the limits of what can be spoken. You can, he pointed out, certainly save yourself some trouble "by simply throwing your mind open and letting the ready-made phrases come crowding in. They will construct your sentences for you -- even think your thoughts for you, to a certain extent -- and at need they will perform the important service of partially concealing your meaning even from yourself."
But he also wrote: "Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." "
"You are, I assure you, 'living in' an extreme world at an extreme moment. Don't leave it solely to them to describe it for you. Don't just let yourself be used by the language that our world makes so readily available to you.
Back in 1946, in his stirring essay, "Politics and the English Language," which he would later vividly illustrate in his novel 1984, George Orwell wrote of the problems, but also the satisfactions, of letting them define the limits of what can be spoken. You can, he pointed out, certainly save yourself some trouble "by simply throwing your mind open and letting the ready-made phrases come crowding in. They will construct your sentences for you -- even think your thoughts for you, to a certain extent -- and at need they will perform the important service of partially concealing your meaning even from yourself."
But he also wrote: "Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind." "
Sunday, 7 June 2009
Thursday, 4 June 2009
we do unto others as we would have them do unto us
I was not going to post anymore regarding Obama's speech , but the last part is so true that it needs to be said over and over again... Billions of people feel the same way and we have to start shouting this from the rooftops if required and this man was brave enough to stand up and say .....
"It is easier to start wars than to end them. It is easier to blame others than to look inward; to see what is different about someone than to find the things we share. But we should choose the right path, not just the easy path. There is also one rule that lies at the heart of every religion - that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. This truth transcends nations and peoples - a belief that isn't new; that isn't black or white or brown; that isn't Christian, or Muslim or Jew. It's a belief that pulsed in the cradle of civilization, and that still beats in the heart of billions. It's a faith in other people, and it's what brought me here today.
We have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning, keeping in mind what has been written.
The Holy Koran tells us, "O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another."
The Talmud tells us: "The whole of the Torah is for the purpose of promoting peace."
The Holy Bible tells us, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."
The people of the world can live together in peace. We know that is God's vision. Now, that must be our work here on Earth. Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.
"
"It is easier to start wars than to end them. It is easier to blame others than to look inward; to see what is different about someone than to find the things we share. But we should choose the right path, not just the easy path. There is also one rule that lies at the heart of every religion - that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us. This truth transcends nations and peoples - a belief that isn't new; that isn't black or white or brown; that isn't Christian, or Muslim or Jew. It's a belief that pulsed in the cradle of civilization, and that still beats in the heart of billions. It's a faith in other people, and it's what brought me here today.
We have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning, keeping in mind what has been written.
The Holy Koran tells us, "O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another."
The Talmud tells us: "The whole of the Torah is for the purpose of promoting peace."
The Holy Bible tells us, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."
The people of the world can live together in peace. We know that is God's vision. Now, that must be our work here on Earth. Thank you. And may God's peace be upon you.
"
Israel Nuke inspections on there way ??
Last quote from Obama - 4th June 2009.
"I understand those who protest that some countries have weapons that others do not. No single nation should pick and choose which nations hold nuclear weapons. That is why I strongly reaffirmed America's commitment to seek a world in which no nations hold nuclear weapons. And any nation - including Iran - should have the right to access peaceful nuclear power if it complies with its responsibilities under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. That commitment is at the core of the Treaty, and it must be kept for all who fully abide by it. And I am hopeful that all countries in the region can share in this goal."
So what has Iran done wrong ? NOTHING ....
So what has Iran got to do to build trust ? NOTHING ...
So what has the US got to do ? Get the UN to inspect Israel and get it to join the NPT.
"I understand those who protest that some countries have weapons that others do not. No single nation should pick and choose which nations hold nuclear weapons. That is why I strongly reaffirmed America's commitment to seek a world in which no nations hold nuclear weapons. And any nation - including Iran - should have the right to access peaceful nuclear power if it complies with its responsibilities under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. That commitment is at the core of the Treaty, and it must be kept for all who fully abide by it. And I am hopeful that all countries in the region can share in this goal."
So what has Iran done wrong ? NOTHING ....
So what has Iran got to do to build trust ? NOTHING ...
So what has the US got to do ? Get the UN to inspect Israel and get it to join the NPT.
Wether it is one state or two
Obama - Cairo - 4th June 2009
"Too many tears have flowed. Too much blood has been shed. All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children grow up without fear; when the Holy Land of three great faiths is the place of peace that God intended it to be; when Jerusalem is a secure and lasting home for Jews and Christians and Muslims, and a place for all of the children of Abraham to mingle peacefully together as in the story of Isra, when Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed (peace be upon them) joined in prayer."
I still dont think either will see peace until there is one state for all people of all faiths with one government. Personally, i think the only other alternative would be something like 3 states, Israel, Palistine and Jerusalem State (Like Vatican state example)......
.... then again, it might just be me !
"Too many tears have flowed. Too much blood has been shed. All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children grow up without fear; when the Holy Land of three great faiths is the place of peace that God intended it to be; when Jerusalem is a secure and lasting home for Jews and Christians and Muslims, and a place for all of the children of Abraham to mingle peacefully together as in the story of Isra, when Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed (peace be upon them) joined in prayer."
I still dont think either will see peace until there is one state for all people of all faiths with one government. Personally, i think the only other alternative would be something like 3 states, Israel, Palistine and Jerusalem State (Like Vatican state example)......
.... then again, it might just be me !
Quote from Obama in Cairo - 4th June 2009
I like many parts, but this part is not known or taught in many countries, although if it was, i probably missed it anyway ....
"As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam. It was Islam - at places like Al-Azhar University - that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe's Renaissance and Enlightenment. It was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra; our magnetic compass and tools of navigation; our mastery of pens and printing; our understanding of how disease spreads and how it can be healed. Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation. And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality."
"As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam. It was Islam - at places like Al-Azhar University - that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe's Renaissance and Enlightenment. It was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra; our magnetic compass and tools of navigation; our mastery of pens and printing; our understanding of how disease spreads and how it can be healed. Islamic culture has given us majestic arches and soaring spires; timeless poetry and cherished music; elegant calligraphy and places of peaceful contemplation. And throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality."
Saturday, 16 May 2009
I will ask the General Assembly ... to Strip Israel of its Membership..... -why did this not happen 10,20,30,40 years ago??? who knows
"I will ask the General Assembly ... to Strip Israel of its Membership"
Transcript of statement by Ban Ki-Moon – via Global Research May 15, 2009
United Nations General Assembly,
New York, NY
11 May 2009
Mr. President
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
With each passing year, we come closer to our past. Every year brings with it momentous anniversaries of events that shaped our world. For example, we have recently marked the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II and of the United Nations itself. These two events, inextricably linked, form the basis of what we have come to know as the modern era, the post-war era.
For me, as Secretary–General, looking back on where the UN started and where it is now has a special importance, for I am now charged with guiding the world body through unknown and uncertain territory. “Terrorism” has long since replaced “arms control” and “détente” as the focus of international security, yet the term defies definition. One country’s terrorist is another country’s revolutionary hero. Some insist that terrorists are opposed to democracy, but we have all seen democracies behave like terrorists.
In many ways, the world today does not seem to be very removed from the barbarity of world war. The invasion of Iraq has lasted longer than World War II, and more tons of bombs have been dropped on that poor country than all the bombs dropped in that great war. The International Declaration of Human Rights, so prized and venerated by men and women of honour everywhere, stands as an impotent relic of a forgotten time because conquest, cruelty, and arrogance are still with us and growing stronger.
For all of the good the UN has accomplished since its founding, and there have been successes, the sheer magnitude of human suffering and violations of international law that have occurred and are still occurring must also be taken into account.
Few people know that Israel is the only state to be given a conditional admission. Under General Assembly Resolution 273, Israel was admitted on the condition that it grant all Palestinians the right to return to their homes and receive compensation for lost or damaged property, according to General Assembly Resolution 194 paragraph 11. Suffice to say, Israel has never lived up to these terms, and never intended to.
For 60 years Israel has violated its terms of admission, and for 60 years the UN has done nothing about it. It has watched as Israel heaped misery upon misery on Palestine, and violated international law with impunity.
After “Operation Cast Lead,” no person, no country, no democracy can look at Israel without thinking of the inhuman slaughter and destruction committed by the axis powers in World War II, though one could have said the same about numerous past massacres. What atrocities might the world have been spared if the UN had refused to admit Israel 60 years ago?
Of course, the immediate post war world was a different time. The world had just witnessed the horrors of Hitler’s racist excesses, and collective Western guilt for the Holocaust dictated attitudes toward the idea of Jewish state. Even the UN could not withstand the moral pressure.
On Nov. 29, 1947, it passed General Assembly Resolution 181, “The Partition Plan,” to carve a Jewish state out of Arab Palestine. However, it was never ratified by the Security Council, and so does not exist in law, which means the UN played no role in the creation of Israel. Nevertheless, “The Partition Plan” was utterly illegal and a violation of the UN Charter, because the UN had no right or power to take land from one people and give it to another.
If it hopes to play a meaningful role in the 21st century, the UN must do more than simply promise to enact reforms. It must search deep within its soul to redress the fundamental violations of its founding principles, which have long since ceased to have any force. That recommitment must begin now, for it was 60 years ago today, May 11, 1949, that Israel became a member of the UN. The UN cannot hope to achieve any measure of peace or justice as long as it condones war crimes, which it does every day that Israel is allowed to flout its terms of admission.
The past cannot be undone, but the future can change. As its newly elected Secretary-General, I promise that the UN will no longer be a passive enabler of genocide. Therefore, I will ask the General Assembly to meet in special session at the earliest possible time to strip Israel of its membership.
Ordinarily, a motion to expel a member nation would have to come at the recommendation of the Security Council, but this is not an ordinary motion. Because Israel is in violation of its terms of admission, it is not a member in good standing, so the UN has every right to declare General Assembly Resolution 273 null and void. Since Israel’s membership depends on adherence to that resolution, its expulsion is automatic.
Essentially, the unavoidable, lamentable truth of the last six decades is that the UN has been a moral and political failure because it has refused to enforce its own rules and defend the Charter. Nothing the UN does can have any value as long as this illegitimate member occupies a place in the General Assembly. I want the UN to have value.
I count on your support.
Thank you very much.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=13636
Last updated 15/05/2009
Transcript of statement by Ban Ki-Moon – via Global Research May 15, 2009
United Nations General Assembly,
New York, NY
11 May 2009
Mr. President
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
With each passing year, we come closer to our past. Every year brings with it momentous anniversaries of events that shaped our world. For example, we have recently marked the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II and of the United Nations itself. These two events, inextricably linked, form the basis of what we have come to know as the modern era, the post-war era.
For me, as Secretary–General, looking back on where the UN started and where it is now has a special importance, for I am now charged with guiding the world body through unknown and uncertain territory. “Terrorism” has long since replaced “arms control” and “détente” as the focus of international security, yet the term defies definition. One country’s terrorist is another country’s revolutionary hero. Some insist that terrorists are opposed to democracy, but we have all seen democracies behave like terrorists.
In many ways, the world today does not seem to be very removed from the barbarity of world war. The invasion of Iraq has lasted longer than World War II, and more tons of bombs have been dropped on that poor country than all the bombs dropped in that great war. The International Declaration of Human Rights, so prized and venerated by men and women of honour everywhere, stands as an impotent relic of a forgotten time because conquest, cruelty, and arrogance are still with us and growing stronger.
For all of the good the UN has accomplished since its founding, and there have been successes, the sheer magnitude of human suffering and violations of international law that have occurred and are still occurring must also be taken into account.
Few people know that Israel is the only state to be given a conditional admission. Under General Assembly Resolution 273, Israel was admitted on the condition that it grant all Palestinians the right to return to their homes and receive compensation for lost or damaged property, according to General Assembly Resolution 194 paragraph 11. Suffice to say, Israel has never lived up to these terms, and never intended to.
For 60 years Israel has violated its terms of admission, and for 60 years the UN has done nothing about it. It has watched as Israel heaped misery upon misery on Palestine, and violated international law with impunity.
After “Operation Cast Lead,” no person, no country, no democracy can look at Israel without thinking of the inhuman slaughter and destruction committed by the axis powers in World War II, though one could have said the same about numerous past massacres. What atrocities might the world have been spared if the UN had refused to admit Israel 60 years ago?
Of course, the immediate post war world was a different time. The world had just witnessed the horrors of Hitler’s racist excesses, and collective Western guilt for the Holocaust dictated attitudes toward the idea of Jewish state. Even the UN could not withstand the moral pressure.
On Nov. 29, 1947, it passed General Assembly Resolution 181, “The Partition Plan,” to carve a Jewish state out of Arab Palestine. However, it was never ratified by the Security Council, and so does not exist in law, which means the UN played no role in the creation of Israel. Nevertheless, “The Partition Plan” was utterly illegal and a violation of the UN Charter, because the UN had no right or power to take land from one people and give it to another.
If it hopes to play a meaningful role in the 21st century, the UN must do more than simply promise to enact reforms. It must search deep within its soul to redress the fundamental violations of its founding principles, which have long since ceased to have any force. That recommitment must begin now, for it was 60 years ago today, May 11, 1949, that Israel became a member of the UN. The UN cannot hope to achieve any measure of peace or justice as long as it condones war crimes, which it does every day that Israel is allowed to flout its terms of admission.
The past cannot be undone, but the future can change. As its newly elected Secretary-General, I promise that the UN will no longer be a passive enabler of genocide. Therefore, I will ask the General Assembly to meet in special session at the earliest possible time to strip Israel of its membership.
Ordinarily, a motion to expel a member nation would have to come at the recommendation of the Security Council, but this is not an ordinary motion. Because Israel is in violation of its terms of admission, it is not a member in good standing, so the UN has every right to declare General Assembly Resolution 273 null and void. Since Israel’s membership depends on adherence to that resolution, its expulsion is automatic.
Essentially, the unavoidable, lamentable truth of the last six decades is that the UN has been a moral and political failure because it has refused to enforce its own rules and defend the Charter. Nothing the UN does can have any value as long as this illegitimate member occupies a place in the General Assembly. I want the UN to have value.
I count on your support.
Thank you very much.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=13636
Last updated 15/05/2009
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
i am so glad i come across other bloggers who can put things better than me
So… let me get this straight. The conference was boycotted by the people who are guilty of international racism, expressed through debt enslavement and murder and they boycotted it because of pressure from the main country in the world presently performing genocide upon the people whom they have displaced from their land through force and murder. Further, let it be said that this country practicing the genocide is claiming to be the Biblical inheritors of the land when DNA tests prove that it is the Palestinians who are the original people from the Bible and not them.
Reflections in a Petri Dish - 21st April
http://zippittydodah.blogspot.com/2009/04/shame-on-you-you-pathetic-blood-stained.html
Reflections in a Petri Dish - 21st April
http://zippittydodah.blogspot.com/2009/04/shame-on-you-you-pathetic-blood-stained.html
Monday, 20 April 2009
Famous last words.... at least someone is willing to stand up and say it
... which leads to others not liking hearing it.... So what about free speech,... ah , it has to be those western hypocrites !!! lol
"The Security Council helped stabilize the occupying regime and supported it in the past 60 years giving them a free hand to commit all sorts of atrocities. It is all the more regrettable that a number of Western governments and the United States have committed themselves to defending those racist perpetrators of genocide while the awakened-conscience and free-minded people of the world condemn aggression, brutalities and the bombardment of civilians in Gaza. The supporters of Israel have always been either supportive or silent against the crimes.
Dear friends, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen. What are the root causes of the US attacks against Iraq or the invasion of Afghanistan?
Was the motive behind the invasion of Iraq anything other than the arrogance of the then US administration and the mounting pressures on the part of the possessors of wealth and power to expand their sphere of influence seeking the interests of giant arms manufacturing companies affecting a noble culture with thousands of years of historical background, eliminating the potential and practical threats of Muslim countries against the Zionist regime or to control and plunder the energy resources of the Iraqi people?
Why, indeed, almost a million people were killed and injured and a few more millions were displaced? Why, indeed, the Iraqi people have suffered enormous losses amounting to hundreds of billions of dollars? And why was billions of dollars imposed on the American people as the result of these military actions? Was not the military action against Iraq planned by the Zionists and their allies in the then US administration in complicity with the arms manufacturing countries and the possessors of wealth? Did the invasion of Afghanistan restore peace, security and economic wellbeing in the country?
The United States and its allies not only have failed to contain the production of drugs in Afghanistan, but the cultivation of narcotics has multiplied in the course of their presence. The basic question is that what was the responsibility and the job of the then US administration and its allies?
Did they represent the countries of the world? Have they been mandated by them? Have they been authorized by the people of the world to interfere in all parts of the globe, of course mostly in our region? Are not these measures a clear example of egocentrism, racism, discrimination or infringement upon the dignity and independence of nations?
Ladies and gentlemen, who is responsible for the current global economic crisis? Where did the crisis start from? From Africa, Asia or from the United States in the first place then spreading across Europe and their allies?"
President of Iran - April 20th 2009
Of course according to the BBC, Sky, US and Israel, these are all lies... WHATEVER !! cant handle the truth !!
"The Security Council helped stabilize the occupying regime and supported it in the past 60 years giving them a free hand to commit all sorts of atrocities. It is all the more regrettable that a number of Western governments and the United States have committed themselves to defending those racist perpetrators of genocide while the awakened-conscience and free-minded people of the world condemn aggression, brutalities and the bombardment of civilians in Gaza. The supporters of Israel have always been either supportive or silent against the crimes.
Dear friends, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen. What are the root causes of the US attacks against Iraq or the invasion of Afghanistan?
Was the motive behind the invasion of Iraq anything other than the arrogance of the then US administration and the mounting pressures on the part of the possessors of wealth and power to expand their sphere of influence seeking the interests of giant arms manufacturing companies affecting a noble culture with thousands of years of historical background, eliminating the potential and practical threats of Muslim countries against the Zionist regime or to control and plunder the energy resources of the Iraqi people?
Why, indeed, almost a million people were killed and injured and a few more millions were displaced? Why, indeed, the Iraqi people have suffered enormous losses amounting to hundreds of billions of dollars? And why was billions of dollars imposed on the American people as the result of these military actions? Was not the military action against Iraq planned by the Zionists and their allies in the then US administration in complicity with the arms manufacturing countries and the possessors of wealth? Did the invasion of Afghanistan restore peace, security and economic wellbeing in the country?
The United States and its allies not only have failed to contain the production of drugs in Afghanistan, but the cultivation of narcotics has multiplied in the course of their presence. The basic question is that what was the responsibility and the job of the then US administration and its allies?
Did they represent the countries of the world? Have they been mandated by them? Have they been authorized by the people of the world to interfere in all parts of the globe, of course mostly in our region? Are not these measures a clear example of egocentrism, racism, discrimination or infringement upon the dignity and independence of nations?
Ladies and gentlemen, who is responsible for the current global economic crisis? Where did the crisis start from? From Africa, Asia or from the United States in the first place then spreading across Europe and their allies?"
President of Iran - April 20th 2009
Of course according to the BBC, Sky, US and Israel, these are all lies... WHATEVER !! cant handle the truth !!
Monday, 16 March 2009
An almost unspeakable blasphemy
It is no longer possible to believe with an honest conscience that the deplorable conditions in which Palestinians live and die in Gaza and the West Bank come as the result of specific policies, leaders or parties on either side of the impasse. The problem is fundamental: Founding a modern state on a single ethnic or religious identity in a territory that is ethnically and religiously diverse leads inexorably either to politics of exclusion (think of the 139-square-mile prison camp that Gaza has become) or to wholesale ethnic cleansing.
Ben Ehrenreich
Los Angeles Times
Mon, 16 Mar 2009
Anyone who would take a fresh look at this would easily turn and say, make it one country or federal state for all its citizens and leave racism at the door.
Ben Ehrenreich
Los Angeles Times
Mon, 16 Mar 2009
Anyone who would take a fresh look at this would easily turn and say, make it one country or federal state for all its citizens and leave racism at the door.
Monday, 2 March 2009
Make peace not war
And if you hear any of the statements from the donars conference, we just ignore reality and carry on ..... Is Bush pulling Obama's Strings !!
It appears that people need reminding of the masacre of a few weeks ago.... DAILY i think for some.. The following are the facts that the US And UK like to ignore, that dam pesky, ugly TRUTH !
After the Gazans were starved for months, Israeli forces bombed homes, mosques, hospitals, ambulances and UN aid distributing centers and sanctuaries; most of the factories and food processing plants were destroyed; businesses, Gaza's major municipal buildings, including its parliament building (legislative assembly building), police stations and whole neighborhoods were reduced to rubble; 70 per cent of the agricultural sector in Gaza was destroyed.
Talk of peace sits ill in the mouth of those who let loose a devastating attack in which, on the very first day of the offensive, fighter jets and attack helicopters struck more than 170 targets, killing at least 230 and wounding 780 and which, by the time it was over, killed 1300 (equivalent of 300,000 dead in US terms, on the basis of population ratio), more than half of them civilians, including 420 children, and injured more than 5400.
A million and a half tons of explosives were dropped on Gaza after the Gazans had been starved for 50 days.
Every single police station in Gaza was bombed.
Israel used white phosphorous and Dense Inert Metal Explosives (DIME) weapons that have inflicted horrific injuries on victims and are having unusual effects, never before seen by doctors; its forces killed wives, husbands, mothers, fathers, children in front of the eyes of those who escaped the bloodbath; ambulances were prevented from getting near the injured and the dying; most houses visited by the Israeli Defense Forces were demolished and some, from those left standing, were defaced by graffiti.
In numbers, 100,000 were displaced; 50,000 made homeless; 4,100 residential homes and buildings were destroyed; 17,000 residential homes and buildings, accounting for 14 per cent of all buildings in Gaza, were damaged; 3 UN schools being used as shelters for displaced persons were bombed, leaving 45 dead, including 13 children; 21 hospital and clinics and 16 ambulances were destroyed or damaged; 40 mosques and 29 educational institutions were destroyed and about 30 more damaged, including the American International School and Gaza Music School; 1,500 shops, factories and other commercial factories were destroyed.
Even a cemetery came under fire and body parts were strewn all over.
It appears that people need reminding of the masacre of a few weeks ago.... DAILY i think for some.. The following are the facts that the US And UK like to ignore, that dam pesky, ugly TRUTH !
After the Gazans were starved for months, Israeli forces bombed homes, mosques, hospitals, ambulances and UN aid distributing centers and sanctuaries; most of the factories and food processing plants were destroyed; businesses, Gaza's major municipal buildings, including its parliament building (legislative assembly building), police stations and whole neighborhoods were reduced to rubble; 70 per cent of the agricultural sector in Gaza was destroyed.
Talk of peace sits ill in the mouth of those who let loose a devastating attack in which, on the very first day of the offensive, fighter jets and attack helicopters struck more than 170 targets, killing at least 230 and wounding 780 and which, by the time it was over, killed 1300 (equivalent of 300,000 dead in US terms, on the basis of population ratio), more than half of them civilians, including 420 children, and injured more than 5400.
A million and a half tons of explosives were dropped on Gaza after the Gazans had been starved for 50 days.
Every single police station in Gaza was bombed.
Israel used white phosphorous and Dense Inert Metal Explosives (DIME) weapons that have inflicted horrific injuries on victims and are having unusual effects, never before seen by doctors; its forces killed wives, husbands, mothers, fathers, children in front of the eyes of those who escaped the bloodbath; ambulances were prevented from getting near the injured and the dying; most houses visited by the Israeli Defense Forces were demolished and some, from those left standing, were defaced by graffiti.
In numbers, 100,000 were displaced; 50,000 made homeless; 4,100 residential homes and buildings were destroyed; 17,000 residential homes and buildings, accounting for 14 per cent of all buildings in Gaza, were damaged; 3 UN schools being used as shelters for displaced persons were bombed, leaving 45 dead, including 13 children; 21 hospital and clinics and 16 ambulances were destroyed or damaged; 40 mosques and 29 educational institutions were destroyed and about 30 more damaged, including the American International School and Gaza Music School; 1,500 shops, factories and other commercial factories were destroyed.
Even a cemetery came under fire and body parts were strewn all over.
Tuesday, 30 December 2008
Signs of the Times News for Wed, 31 Dec 2008
Signs of the Times News for Wed, 31 Dec 2008: "http://www.sott.net/articles/show/171874-Barack-Obama-on-Israel-s-Siege-of-Gaza-No-comment-"
Remember the Truth is always there and even if you dont admit it publicy (like knowing there were No WMDs in Iraq) the rest of the world knows it. Do you want respect or Ire from people of the world..... People should be chanting "We Want Change" at his Inauguration and not let him be sworn in until he promises to cut Israel loose from US politics.
Remember the Truth is always there and even if you dont admit it publicy (like knowing there were No WMDs in Iraq) the rest of the world knows it. Do you want respect or Ire from people of the world..... People should be chanting "We Want Change" at his Inauguration and not let him be sworn in until he promises to cut Israel loose from US politics.
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