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Today's News From Around The World Friday 9 February 2007
Madrassa stand-off pits authorities against
female
Students protest
Veiled in Burqas and
armed with canes, scores of female seminary students have occupied a
children’s library in here to protest government plans to demolish
mosques and Madrassas built without official permission. The unusual
protest has pit authorities, who are trying to stop runaway land
encroachment, against the chief of one of the country’s largest
Islamic schools and raised questions. The chief cleric of the Lal
Masjid mosque that runs the seminary, Abdul Rashid Ghazi, is an
outspoken critic of Pakistan’s support of the US-led war on Islam. His
thousands of male students are often at the forefront of
anti-government and anti-US rallies in Islamabad. Ghazi denies he has
masterminded the sit-in that began in late January, but clearly
supports it. “The protest is their form of Jihad. They started it on
their own and since we are sharing the same feeling, I have offered
them support,” Ghazi told The Associated Press in an interview. “They
are ready to make sacrifices to protect not just their school, but
mosques.”
About 200 students currently occupy the children’s library, which is
run by the municipal authority and is sandwiched between the mosque
and the sprawling Jamia Hafsa seminary —
which provides a free Islamic education for some
6,500 girls and women.
According to local press reports, more than 84 such mosques and
seminaries in Islamabad have been built without permission on state
land. Residents say city authorities, who declined to respond to
requests by The Associated Press for comment, have already demolished
at least two, sparking protests by students who fear their seminary
could be razed next. “It is the right thing to do because we are
demanding the protection of our rights,” said Uma Aymen, a 22-year old
seminary student involved in the sit-in. “Our Muslim government is
acting like this only to please America, and I want to it to wake up
now.” Seema Zubair, 20, even suggested the students were willing to
die to stop any wrecking crew. “We have prepared mentally to sacrifice
our lives for our religion.”
In attacked 4 American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military led NATO terrorists forces and Afghan National Army soldiers killed in Kuner Friday night at 12:00 am Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan attacked with light and heavy weapons on American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military led NATO terrorists forces and Afghan National Army soldiers frontier station in Dangam district of Kuner province, killing 4 soldiers, 5 wounded and 2 Mujahideen were also wounded.
In attacked a number of American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military led NATO terrorists army soldiers killed in Helmand Thursday afternoon in attack by Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in which a battle erupted lasting for 4 hours, a numbers of American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military led NATO terrorists army soldiers were killed and wounded in Karezo area of Kajaki district of Helmand province. The bodies of American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military led NATO terrorists army soldiers was later transferred by helicopters.
Pakistan probe claims Nato, Afghan forces violated
border
Authorities are
investigating claims by residents of a remote border village that Nato
and Afghan forces crossed into Pakistan to search for suspected
Taliban Mujahideen and martyred a local tribesman, officials said on
Thursday. Afghan troops entered Killi Qamaruddin on Wednesday morning
and began shooting, martyred one villager, said Abdul Raziq Bugti,
spokesman for the Balochistan government, citing claims by residents.
Villagers reported that the Afghan border security forces also wounded
two Pakistani tribesmen and detained 11 villagers who were taken to
Afghanistan, Bugti said. The government has ordered authorities in the
area to investigate the alleged incident in the village, about 210km
north-east of Quetta. Maulvi Muhammed Sharif, Nazim of Zhob where
Killi Qamaruddin is located, said on Thursday that Nato forces also
entered Qamaruddin along with the Afghan government troops, citing
reports by villagers and security officials.
3 American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military Soldiers Killed in Iraq Three American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military soldiers died on Thursday of wounds sustained in military operations in the western Anbar province. The American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military said in a statement on Friday: "Three soldiers assigned to Multi-National Force-West were killed Thursday from wounds sustained while conducting operations in Al Anbar Province."
A Must read
'Intelligence' on al-Qaeda refuted
Michael Scheuer, former head of the US Central Intelligence Agency's
Osama bin Laden unit, analyzes the conclusions of the United States'
recent National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) - a consensus report of
all US intelligence agencies. He talks to National Interest Online
editor Ximena Ortiz.
Nation Interest Online: According to
the NIE, one of the potential consequences of a rapid withdrawal from
Iraq would be that al-Qaeda "would attempt to use parts of the
country, particularly al-Anbar province, to plan increased attacks in
and outside of Iraq". How do you balance that threat against the
recruitment advantages that the US troop presence in Iraq gives al-Qaeda?
Michael Scheuer: I think there's been a
fundamental misunderstanding of what al-Qaeda saw in Iraq from the
beginning. They saw an opportunity certainly to kill Americans. They
welcomed Washington's blind effort that resulted in clerics all over
the world calling for defensive jihad against the Americans in exactly
the words that [Osama] bin Laden and [Ayman al-]Zawahiri have used.
But most of all, al-Qaeda derives from our invasion of Iraq an
opportunity to push its center of activities 1,000 kilometers
westward. They saw Iraq as contiguous territory from which to launch
attacks and infiltration to the Arabian Peninsula, into Turkey and
into the Levant, and eventually into Lebanon and Israel. And so I
think that idea had stood from the beginning, but people didn't look
at it from al-Qaeda's perspective.
Bin Laden of course grew up in the Afghan war and has consistently
said over the years: "I can't attack the Israelis because I don't have
contiguous territory." He also pointed to that reason in explaining
why they couldn't get to Bosnia, because they couldn't base in
Catholic Croatia or Orthodox Serbia. And so Iraq fulfills one of his
ambitions, which is to have a safe haven for his people to get into
the Levant ... Turkey and the Arabian Peninsula.
America's 'disastrous position'
NIO: In terms of your first point, in terms of seeing an opportunity
to kill Americans, if the Americans are no longer there, that
opportunity would no longer exist. But on your second point, has al-Qaeda
been able, in your view, to establish that contiguous territory?
MS: Certainly the Israelis are claiming
that they've established themselves in Palestine and Lebanon. Al-Qaeda
organizations have announced their presence in Syria, in Jordan, in
Egypt, all since the beginning of the Iraq war. So it's hard to
define, or decide, whether or not these claims are legitimate. But
they certainly make sense. There's been an ambition, as I said, of al-Qaeda
to be able to reach into these areas, and I think that's probably
happening.
America is in a disastrous position really, because we're damned if we
stay and we're damned if we leave. And I think you'll recall just on
the eve of the invasion, Zawahiri said, "Praise to God for the
Americans invading Iraq," because once they get there, they won't be
able to stay, but they won't be able to leave and they'll just bleed.
NIO: In view of the fact that they've presumably been able to
establish this contiguous presence, to what degree do they then still
need Iraq? And if the US troops were to leave, would al-Qaeda be able
to expand its presence significantly in Iraq, or do you believe that
the Mehdi Army and other militia groups could contain that expansion?
MS: I don't think they're very interested in expanding their presence
in Iraq. They really need a very small presence in mostly, as you say,
Anbar. It is the one place that was mentioned by bin Laden in his
speech before the invasion where he said, that's where we're going to
concentrate, that's where the heroes of Islam will be, in Anbar. I
don't think it matters to them really whether we stay or not, the
presence is established. One thing I read in the NIE that was I
thought a little Pollyannish was the idea that Iraq's neighbors
wouldn't be driving the violence in Iraq, and I think that's a
mistake.
NIO: Yes, it said that not only would
they not be driving the violence significantly, but that also they
would not really be able to be drivers for stability in any
substantial way.
MS: Well, they would not be drivers for stability because stability by
the reality of the population would be a Shi'ite state. Which is
exactly what the Egyptians, and the Jordanians, and the Saudis and the
Kuwaitis don't want to be part of.
What the NIE said to me was, we're still, as an intelligence community
at least in our publicly released documents, afraid to discuss and
account for the power of religion. What we've created in Iraq is an
arena for the playing out of the Sunni-Shi'ite confrontation that has
been festering for a millennium.
And the NIE, at least what I've read of it, does not take account for
the Sunni governments that are going to ride to the rescue of their
brothers in Iraq. You know, in many ways it's going to be like
Afghanistan over again, but Shi'ites are much more hated than the
Russians. So Americans unfortunately tend to try to compartmentalize
the world and we assume that when people say, when governments say,
"We all want a stable, peaceful, prosperous Iraq," that each of those
governments is defining it the same way America does. It's the problem
we have in Afghanistan. The Saudis' definition of a peaceful,
prosperous Afghanistan and a peaceful, prosperous Iraq are probably
almost diametrically different to ours.
Protecting the administration, bipartisan elite
NIO: The other contention the NIE makes is that while Iran is now
providing lethal support to its proxies in Iraq, "key Sunni regimes"
are simply considering lending that type of support and that they're
constraining their willingness to cooperate. It uses that sort of
language to point to this dichotomy between so-called key Sunni
regimes and Iranians and the Syrians. Do you believe that there is
that dichotomy ...?
MS: Oh, there is no dichotomy. What the
NIE does in its released public form is to protect not only this
administration but also the bipartisan elite in the United States:
their insistence that the Saudis and the Kuwaitis, and all the rest of
the Sunni governments, are our allies. The Sunni governments have been
involved in supporting their brethren from the first day. If you
remember, it wasn't long after the invasion that we discovered that
the Saudis had sent a medical hospital into Baghdad and it turned out
to be a cover for their intelligence services.
They've been there from the first day. Only really a Pollyanna would
believe that the Sunni governments weren't supporting their brethren
in Iraq. You know it's - I could be too old and too cynical, but I've
watched this for a long time, and you know, the first thing I thought
for example, when Prince Turki [former Saudi ambassador to the US]
left [New York] in such a hurry, was: he is the one guy in the Saudi
government who has 15 years' experience in running guns to Sunni
insurgents, and I wondered if that wasn't one of the reasons he hoofed
out of town very quickly.
NIO: So you certainly see a kind of political hedging in the NIE, and
it's interesting because if you do a News Google search, you see a
wide variety of interpretations. You have Real Clear Politics, for
example, saying "NIE report seems to back Bush Iraq plan", and then
you have All American Patriots with the story "Senator [Joe] Biden:
National Intelligence Estimate is devastating repudiation of the
president's strategy in Iraq". So it seems like the document is a
Rorschach test [a method of psychological evaluation], perhaps as a
result of hedging.
An indictment of failure
MS: When I read the report, in its unclassified form - what I took
from that was the classified version probably says as clearly as it
can be said, given bureaucratic realities, that we're sunk in Iraq.
Because if you read it, it lays out a whole litany of terrible things,
and then it says, if these things happen, that could change. But the
things they say need to happen would be close to miracles. I think
that, to me, if this is the best they could do to make this palatable
to the administration - for the publicly released form - the
classified form must be just an indictment, if you will, of failure.
NIO: That point that the NIE made, which I mentioned before, about how
al-Qaeda would attempt to use parts of the country, particularly al-Anbar
province, to plan increased attacks in and outside Iraq in the event
of a US troop withdrawal - that seems to validate one of the central
rationales for the Iraq war, which is, "If we don't fight them there,
we will be fighting them here." Do you believe that given a US troop
withdrawal, al-Qaeda would ramp up its planning of attacks inside and
outside of Iraq? Particularly of interest would be its plans for the
United States. What's your view on that?
MS: Yeah, I don't think the possession or non-possession of Iraq makes
any difference to the planning of al-Qaeda, because al-Qaeda's
headquarters is in Afghanistan, where they're about to, over the next
seven years, evict the US and NATO [North Atlantic Treaty
Organization]. So the idea that somehow Iraq provides them a safe
haven from which to plan attacks in the United States is kind of
nonsense. Planning goes on where bin Laden and Zawahiri are, and
that's in South Asia at the moment.
So I think that that's not a credible statement, and the idea of Mr
[George W] Bush, with all respect for the office of the president,
that we were going to fight them there instead of here is just
ludicrous. There are 1.4 billion Muslims, there are plenty to go
around.
I don't know if that was Mr Bush or Mr [Vice President Dick] Cheney,
but that was always nonsense.
Scheuer's estimate
NIO: What would be your own intelligence estimate of the threat that
al-Qaeda poses today?
MS: I think it's probably worse then it was on September 11, 2001. Not
necessarily because they're stronger, simply because we've done
nothing to defend the United States.
We didn't have to invade Iraq, and what we've done is really push the
transformation that bin Laden has been aiming for of al-Qaeda, from a
man and a group to a philosophy and an organization. But as an
American citizen what I'm just utterly appalled by are basically three
things. The president - not only not the president or the vice
president but no one in the Democratic Party - has yet stood up and
told the American people the truth about why we're fighting.
This is not about our liberties, our freedoms, our gender equality,
it's about what we do in the Islamic world. And until we get some
politician who will stand up and say that, we're not going to be able
to even understand what the enemy is about.
The second thing is that the borders are still open. The idea that
America can be defended without closing the borders, at least giving
law enforcement the chance to find out who is in the country, is just
not possible to do. We're losing in Iraq, we're losing in Afghanistan
- one of the major reasons in both places is because we didn't close
the borders. The enemy is constantly being reinforced and re-funded
and re-equipped.
And then the third thing, probably the one that will come back to
haunt, is the failure of the last three administrations to complete
the securing of the Soviet nuclear arsenal, giving bin Laden now a
16-year window to purchase, build or steal some sort of a nuclear
device out of the Soviet arsenal. You know, I think we're very much as
a country and a government still at the drawing board.
NIO: In what regard? In terms of ...
MS: In terms of defending America. You know it's almost - perhaps it's
not a very clever analogy, but when you're on the airplane and they're
giving you the safety indoctrination, they say: "If we lose pressure,
the air mask comes down, put it on yourself before you help your
daughter or your wife or your grandfather." What we did is exactly the
opposite after September 11. We've spent the whole period since
September 11 trying to put the oxygen on the Afghan situation, the
Iraq situation, the Somalia situation, and here at home, we're kind of
gasping breath.
To me, as a former intelligence officer, I was impressed by what I
think the released version of the NIE means about what's in the
classified version.
NIO: That's very interesting.
Frank - and dire
MS: It strikes me very much that it's a very frank NIE. Certainly with
the released version, because they're bureaucrats and politicians they
dressed it up to make it less Cassandra-like. It's really kind of
silly to say it, but I'm proud of the people who wrote that NIE
because it sounds to me like it's a very factual, direct text.
NIO: And your point before being that that level of frankness suggests
to you that the classified version is really quite dire and grim
indeed. And if what we're getting unclassified is, I guess you could
say, this pessimistic, then the classified version must be twofold in
that regard, or threefold.
MS: The classified version is going to be backed up point-by-point by
evidence, by reporting from the field, by signals intelligence, by
what other countries are telling us. So yes, if the part that's
available on the DNI's [Director of National Intelligence] website is
as sweet and sunny as they could make it, the NIE itself must be a
very frank document about, as you said, the dire situation in Iraq.
Michael Scheuer served in the CIA for 22 years before resigning in
2004. He served as the chief of the bin Laden unit at the
Counterterrorist Center from 1996 to 1999. He is the once-anonymous
author of Imperial Hubris: Source Asia Times
4 worshippers of idols Indian terrorists troops killed in attack In
occupied Kashmir, at least, four Indian troops were killed in an
attack at Arigam village in Tral in the wee hours of the morning,
today.
A Review Of The Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestine Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and senior lecturer at Haifa University. Pappe has also authored, contributed to or edited nine books. His latest is the one this review covers in detail so readers will know about its powerful and shocking content, unknown to most in the West and in Israel, that hopefully will arouse them enough to get the book and learn in full detail what Pappe documented.
Poverty- "The Dirty Secret Nobody Talks About" Canadian society is more unequal today than at any time since the end of the Second World War, the era when “modern” Canada was created by...nation-building projects of universal pensions, unemployment insurance, hospital insurance, medicare, housing and federal support for post-secondary education. Canadians wanted a strong central government to guarantee they were available everywhere...Differences between people and provinces are now more important than what brings them together. And the differences are accelerated by the transformation of the tax system from seeking fairness to rewarding initiative."
February 8 2007
It's Infinite, Not Zero Tolerance How easy it has become for the state to purge the very existence of healthy young men in a conflict zone like Kashmir. This has been a common thread binding one conflict to another across the globe. But when a democratic country like India, which believes in justice, equality and democracy resorts to the same tradition without questioning the logic of such tyranny, it appalls everyone. Does India today exercise what it actually stands for? From Kashmir's hot-bed of graves - Ganderbal, one story after another begins to churn out - all morbid and repulsive tales of what happened to a bunch of innocent men. Tales go beyond the confines of Ganderbal and emerge from across the Valley, even from other parts of the state. These are gory sagas of healthy young men, who had nothing to do with militancy or counter insurgency, who disappeared mysteriously and how their families have moved from pillar to post searching for them, lodging reports but only to be told that the whereabouts cannot be known. Some have finally found their sons buried in obscure grave-yards, laid to rest with the tag of foreign militant. Many others continue to wait. Many languish in jails, branded as terrorists.
Indian Leader Strongly Condemns Destruction of Al-Aqsa Mosque's Walls Mufti Mukarram Ahmad, the Shahi Imam of Delhi's historic Fatehpuri Jama Mosque has said Israel’s destruction of part of Al-Aqsa mosque is part of a US-Zionist plan. Mukarram, a prominent Islamic scholar and leader, in an exclusive interview with IRNA said the continuing acts of destruction are a fraction of the bigger planned conspiracy of Zionist and American forces which includes the use of pressures tactics on the Islamic Republic of Iran and the earlier occupation and resulting turmoil in Iraq. He said, “The world community, particularly the Islamic world, should raise its voice against the Zionist ploy in the West Asian region, adding that Islamic psyche has been badly hurt and the acts of blasphemy should be strongly condemned across the board.” While commenting on role of the UN, he said the blatant involvement of the Americans in this episode shows that all rules and regulations laid down under the UN Charter and international law are for others to follow and not for the Zionists and the Americans.
Released suspect slams 'police state' for British Muslims
A British man of
Pakistani origin released by police after being arrested in
anti-terror raids last week lashed out Thursday at the “draconian”
treatment, which he says makes the country a “police state” for
Muslims. Abu Bakr, who is working for a doctorate in Political Islam
in Birmingham, also said he believed his arrest was aimed at diverting
attention from the “cash-for-honours” investigation which is
threatening to taint Prime Minister Tony Blair's final months in
office. “These terror laws are designed specifically for Muslims…We
are feeling the brunt of it all,” Bakr added.
American
Christian kafir terrorists occupation military led NATO terrorists
army bombarded
innocent civilians in Garamseer
again Wednesday
American Christian kafir
terrorists occupation military led
NATO terrorists
army bombarded an area after, Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of
Afghanistan fired mortar shells on there soldiers who were standing
for their guest security in Laisay area of Garamseer district of
Helmand province, in a result a large number
American Christian kafir
terrorists occupation military led
NATO terrorists
forces soldiers were killed and wounded. The bombardment of
American Christian kafir
terrorists occupation military led
NATO terrorists
forces wounded many civilians also destroyed farm fields.
Mortar
shells were fired on Khwajarawash airport
Wednesday
at 7:00 am Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan fired 5 mortar
shells on Khwajarawash airport of Kabul province where a large number
of American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military soldiers
live, there were no correct details of casualties but according of the
eyewitness that mortar shells landed on bases of American Christian
kafir terrorists occupation military led NATO terrorists
forces.
Mortar shells were fired on worshippers of idols Hindu terrorists soldiers base in Kunar Wednesday night at 1:30 am Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan fired 12 mortar shells on worshippers of idols Hindu terrorists soldiers base in Babran Tanki of Chwki district of Kunar province, there were no details on the number of enemies of Islam terrorists soldiers killed or wounded.
Attacked on
American Christian kafir terrorists occupation
military
led NATO terrorists forces
and Afghan
National Army soldiers
post in Kunar Wednesday
night at
1:30 am Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan attacked with
heavy and light weapons on American Christian kafir terrorists
occupation military
led NATO terrorists forces
and Afghan National Army
soldiers check post in Tarkan district of Kunar province. The attack
continued for one and half hours no details of casualties. Also last
night mortar shells were fired on district head quarter .
Bombe
blast killed 7
American Christian kafir terrorists occupation
military
led NATO terrorists forces
and Afghan
National Army soldiers
including 3 officers in Shendand
Wednesday at 9:00 am 7
American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military
led NATO terrorists forces
and Afghan National Army
soldiers were
killed including 3 high rank officers: Rahemullah khan, Saidahmad khan
and Najebullah khan in bombe blast which was planted by Mujahideen of
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan last night near Shendand district
Bazzar bridge of Herat province, the attack was launch when they were
checking the area for mine. Also last night Mujahideen attacked on
same army group with a light and heavy weapons.
A American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military spy was killed in Ghazni Wednesday Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan killed a American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military spy Abdul Rahim son of Shmsulden after the investigation which founded him guilty of spying for the American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military, the decision was made by the Islamic justice in Loshki village of Andar district of Ghazni province.
In Nooristan province
3 supply vehicles of
American Christian kafir terrorists occupation
military
were set ablaze Tuesday
Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan set ablaze 3 supply
vehicles which were carrying food to the
American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military
bases in Kamdesh district of Nooristan province, the drivers were
released after repentance.
Pakistani tribal Mujahideen leader denies links to attacks A wanted pro-Taliban Mujahideen leader has denied allegations that his Mujahideen were to blame for a deadly wave of attacks in Pakistan, a senator said Thursday. Mujahideen commander Baitullah Mahsud told a council of tribal leaders at a secret location in South Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday that he was not involved in the attacks, said senator and council leader Maulana Saleh Shah. “I had announced I would seek revenge for the Zamzola attack in anguish over the violation of the peace agreement by government, but I have repeatedly denied my role in attacks in Peshawar, Dera Ismail Khan, Tank and Islamabad,” the senator quoted Mahsud as telling the elders. The commander told the tribal elders that “If there is proof of our involvement, the government must show it to us through a jirga (tribal council)”.
Four American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military marines killed of wounds in Iraq by Mujahideen Four more American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military marines died after being wounded while fighting Mujahideen in Iraq, the American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military said on Thursday. A statement from US headquarters said the four had died on Wednesday of wounds sustained in two earlier incidents in the western province of Anbar.
Iraqi Mujahideen attacks against the enemies of Islam for
Wednesday
Mujahideen fighters hunt, shoot down
American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military
Chinook helicopter near al-Fallujah at dawn Wednesday.
American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military
launch massive search following downing of Chinook. Mujahideen
commander in al-Fallujah reports 15
American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military
soliders
killed in Chinook crash, threatens to “open graveyard for US
helicopters.”
Video: 5th Helicopter confirmed downed in Iraq 7 dead
Iraqi Mujahideen attacks against the enemies of Islam for
Tuesday
Iraqi “commanders” of
Bush – al-Maliki Offensive against Baghdad population named.
Mujahideen ambush American Christian kafir terrorists occupation
military patrol 1 km from “Green Zone” Tuesday as a reported 13
American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military troops die in
Baghdad Tuesday. Mujahideen bomb leaves American Christian kafir
terrorists occupation military soldier dead near al-Hillah Monday
afternoon. British headquarters in al-Basrah shelled Tuesday
afternoon.
US Iraqi Holocaust And One Million Excess Deaths In short, as of February 2007: (a) the accrual cost has been $2.3 TRILLION; (b) there are 3.7 million Iraqi refugees; (c) the post-invasion excess deaths (avoidable deaths, deaths that did not have to happen) total 1.0 million (ONE MILLION); (d) post-invasion under-5 infant deaths total 0.6 million; (e) there were 1.7 million excess Iraqi deaths associated with the Western-imposed 1990-2003 Sanctions War; (f) there were 1.2 million under-5 year old infant deaths in the 1990-2003 Sanctions War.
Students Spill Coca-Cola's Profits When governments cut postsecondary funding in previous decades, cash-strapped universities quickly learned that exclusivity contracts with beverage companies could be a lucrative way to stay out of the red. But over the past half decade, a pattern has been emerging at postsecondary schools across North America. Student societies, upset about Coke's alleged human rights and environmental abuses in developing countries, have started taking matters into their own hands to cripple the deals.
The Criminalization of US Foreign Policy The World is at the crossroads of the most serious crisis in modern history. The US has embarked on a military adventure, "a long war", which threatens the future of humanity. At no point since the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945, has humanity been closer to the unthinkable, a nuclear holocaust which could potentially spread, in terms of radioactive fallout, over a large part of the Middle East.
Jama’at “Shariah”- “This is our answer on the storm in
Shamilkala”
By the Mercy of Allah, Jama'at "Shariah" has performed
next special operation against hypocrites on behalf of Hamilgerey and
his dogs! In result of this operation the inspector-мunafik, the chief
of security and personal driver of Hamilgerey were destroyed. Allahu
Akbar!
Troops martyr two more youth In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism martyred two more Kashmiri youth in Pulwama.
Canada's "Israel Allies Caucus"
Jerusalem Post: "The Canadian government is establishing an 'Israel
Allies Caucus' this week meant to mobilize support for the State of
Israel and promote Judeo-Christian values amid a groundswell of
Christian support for Israel around the world." Judeo-Christian
values? Somehow, I don't think that "love thy neighbour as thyself" is
what they have in mind.
Canada & Haiti Canadians of conscience who pay attention to Haiti continue to be ashamed of what is being done in our name.
HSBC warns over US mortgage bad debt HSBC, Europe’s biggest bank, last night gave warning that bad debts in its troubled US mortgage lending business would be 20 per cent higher than forecast. The bank blamed the impact of slowing house price growth, which it said is being reflected in accelerated delinquency trends across the US sub-prime mortgage market. It said that the level of loan impairment provisions for 2006 for its mortgage services operations will be higher than is reflected in current market estimates. Analysts had previously expected HSBC to report a bad debt charge of $8.8 billion (£4.5 billion).
The Great Dollar Crash of ‘07 “Whatever future developments may prove to be, my best guess is that the US will continue to maintain a façade of Constitutional government and drift along until financial bankruptcy overtakes it.” Chalmers Johnson, “Empire V. Democracy: Why Nemesis is at our Door”
India to buy 40 Russian-made Sukhoi fighter jets India will buy 40 Russian-made Sukhoi-30 fighter jets, an air force spokesman said Thursday. ``The government has cleared the proposal to buy the Sukhoi planes and we'll be getting them shortly,'' Wing Commander Mahesh Upasani said. He had no details about the cost of the planes or an exact date for their arrival.
Ready to discuss nuclear disarmament: N Korea North Korea is ready to discuss the initial steps of its nuclear disarmament, the country's main envoy said Thursday as he arrived for international talks on the communist nation's atomic weapons program. ``We are prepared to discuss first-stage measures,'' Kim Kye Gwansaid after arriving in Beijing for the six-nation negotiations set to start later Thursday. However, Kim said any moves by North Korea would be determined by the United States' attitude. ``We are going to make a judgment based on whether the United States will give up its hostile policy and come out toward peaceful coexistence,'' he said.
Shooting erupts on Israel-Lebanon border
Lebanese troops deployed along the
border with Israel opened fire late Wednesday as Israeli troops
searched for Hezbollah bombs, drawing retaliatory fire, officials from
both sides said. According to an
Arab TV, it was the first time that shooting erupted across the border
since shortly after an Aug. 14 cease-fire that ended a 34-day war
between Israeli forces and the Lebanese Hezbollah Shia kafir
militants.
Lebanese troops opened fire on a bulldozer after it
crossed the so-called Blue Line — the U.N.-demarcated boundary — and
entered about 20 yards into Lebanon, Lebanese officials said. Israeli
troops responded with tanks and light weapons, Israeli security
officials said on condition of anonymity because they were not
authorized to speak to the media. The exchange occurred near the
Lebanese village of Maroun el-Rass, which was the scene of heavy
fighting in the summer war, in the central sector of the border. The
Lebanese military officials, speaking on condition of anonymity
pending the release of a formal statement from the army command, said
the Lebanese army fired volleys of machine guns toward the bulldozer.
Israeli forces responded with five anti-tank grenades that targeted an
army armored vehicle and a transport jeep, the Lebanese officials
said. Lebanese troops did not suffer any injuries. There was no
immediate word of any Israeli casualties.
February 6 2006
Tension mounts as Israel Jewish terrorists to bulldoze Al Aqsa Mosque gate Tension has mounted in the region as Israel is preparing to bulldoze the western gate of Al Aqsa Mosque. A senior Muslim cleric urged Palestinians on Tuesday to rush to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem to protest against nearby Israeli public works that he said threatens the site's foundations. Tayssir al-Tamami, head of religious courts in the Palestinian territories, delivered the call on Arab television channel, claiming that Israeli bulldozers were en route to what is the third holiest site in Islam. The bulldozers, he charged, intended to demolish a mound next to Dung Gate, one of the entrances into Jerusalem's Old City leading to the mosque compound. According to the Waqf religious trust, two underground rooms connected to the mosques lie under the mound, and that levelling the mound would threaten the foundation of the Al-Aqsa compound. "The occupation bulldozers are headed to the mosques to destroy the historic route from Dung Gate," Tamimi said the channel. He urged Palestinians to go "immediately" to the mosque compound to "protect" the site from the Israeli public works.
Only civilians martyred in American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military plus NATO terrorists forces air strike in Garamseer Today once again American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military led NATO terrorists forces and there Afghan government puppet claimed that they bombarded Taliban in Garamseer district. This as become a trend of American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military plus NATO terrorists forces when ever they are defeated in an area by Mujahideen, they bombard civilian population of that area, last night they were defeated in Lakary area of that district and a number of them were killed and wounded. Last night and today American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military plus NATO terrorists forces bombarded the civilians homes and farms, in result a number of civilians were martyred.
A
vehicle of
American Christian kafir terrorists occupation
military led
NATO terrorists forces
destroyed in
Kunar
Today at 4:00 pm
Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan blow up a vehicle of
American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military led
NATO terrorists forces
soldiers, while it was on patrol with a remote
controlled landmine in Meadan area of Karangl district of Kuner
province, destroying the military vehicle but there were no details on
the number of Christian terrorists soldiers killed.
IRAQI RESISTANCE; BUILDING PEACE THROUGH DEFEATING AGGRESSION The aim of this paper is to render homage to Iraqi people, whose resistance and sacrifices accelerated the decline of the Uni-polar World Order. The Peace Movements around the world are urged to express solidarity with Iraqi resistance. the victory of Iraqi resistance is a victory for the International community in its struggle to defeat war mongers and create a New World Order based on respect of International Law and the right of peoples to live in peace.
US Senate votes not to debate Iraq troop resolution A bipartisan resolution repudiating President George W. Bush's decision to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq failed to advance in the U.S. Senate on Monday, dealing a serious setback to critics of the war. The resolution needed 60 votes before the 100-member Senate could begin debate, but it got 49, with 47 voting against. Although it would not have been binding on the president, the measure was the first serious effort in Congress to confront Bush over the unpopular Iraq war.
A fight occurred in
Shelkovskaya. A mojahed and his mother became Shahids (Insha’Allah)
As occupational sources inform, on the eve in the settlement of
Shelkovskaya there was a fight. Invaders and their puppets have
surrounded the house of mother of Chechen mojahed, Salambek Bushuyev,
who at this time was in the house, and have suggested him to
surrender. In the answer the Chechen Mujahid has opened fire to
invaders and their henchmen. Occupational sources approve, that during
the fierce fight from their side only 1 has been killed and 2
gangsters were wounded. During this fight Salambek Bushuyev and his
mother became Shahids (Insha'Allah). It is not clear yet, whether
mother of the Mujahid participated in the fight or invaders and
puppets have killed her intentionally, not having let out her from the
house. Source Kavkaz Center
After Chechen children, there were poisoned children in Karachaevo-Chircassia 17 children, all 7-A class of the Krasnokutganskaya secondary school in KCHR, simultaneously were ill by leucopenia (reduction of number of leukocytes in unit of volume of blood). Local puppet authorities have declared already, that nobody is guilty in illness of children.
32 percent WB officials, consultants found corrupt: Report The World Bank vowed on Tuesday that it will continue to fight against fraud and corruption, citing it has sanctioned over 100 entities for their wrongdoing in Bank-financed projects over the past two fiscal years. In a report released on Tuesday, the Bank said the World Bank Group's Institutional Integrity Department (INT) investigated and closed 441 external investigations into fraud and corruption in Bank financed projects, over the past two fiscal years. As a result of such investigations, the Bank debarred 58 firms and 54 individuals due to fraud and corruption over the period covered in the report, rendering them ineligible to participate in Bank-financed projects. Since 1999, the World Bank has sanctioned 338 firms and individuals, with all sanctions published on the Bank's website and publicly announced.
Cable Cutter: What the cable companies don’t want you to know about radical television in Canada There’s a big little story in Canada about radical possibilities for television that cable companies don’t want you to know. It’s a story worth close to a billion dollars -- money that should have been spent on creating community access television in every neighbourhood where cable companies sell cable. A few communities have claimed some of their share, but in most of Canada, the money goes into the pockets of the cable companies. What would happen if more communities demanded the community access funding that is their right under federal regulations?
US
seeks $30bn in defence contracts with India
The United
States hopes to get a major share of the $30 billion India plans to
spend over the next five years for boosting its defence and is also
hopeful of winning a coveted Indian contract for 126 fighter jets, US
and Indian lobbyists said. This week, the Washington-based US-India
Business Council sent a large mission to India to participate in a
defence show. The council emerged as the strongest Indian lobby in the
United States during negotiations last year for the Indo-US nuclear
deal. William S. Cohen, former US Secretary of Defence under President
Clinton and CEO of the Cohen Group and Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering
of the Boeing Company are leading the US delegation to the Aero India
2007 show, which starts on Feb 7. The 24-member delegation to Aero
India 2007 hopes to win over several contracts for supplying military
hardware to India. This will be the largest ever air show in India and
will bring together the world’s leading producers of civilian and
military aircraft and equipment.
The US delegation includes senior executives from the Boeing, Lockheed
Martin, Honeywell, General Electric, Raytheon, the Cohen Group, United
Technologies Corporation/Pratt & Whitney, Bell Helicopter Textron,
Emergent Bio-Solutions, L-3 Communications, and the Fremont Group.
Many of these companies are displaying their equipment at the show.
High-level meetings are scheduled with the government of India,
including the Indian Ministry of Defence. "We are convinced that the
US has the most capable aircraft. We will expect to prevail", Mr Cohen
told reporters in New Delhi on Monday when asked whether the US was
confident of winning a lucrative Indian Air Force contract for buying
126 fighter jets. "We are looking at increasing strategic partnership
with India in not only aero space but across the entire spectrum of
its defence sector. We would also like to set up our manufacturing
base in India", he said.
India plans to announce soon a tender for purchasing 126 fighter
aircrafts, estimated to cost nearly $10 billion, for which top of the
line Russian, Swedish and French companies will also be competing.
"The competition will be fair. It all depends on how it turns out. We
are convinced we have the best aircraft", Mr Cohen said. "We are
looking at a $30 billion opportunity in defence sector in India over
the next five years”. Boeing has also offered to jointly produce the
frontline F-18 Super Hornet in India if it wins the contract. The
company will showcase the F/A-18f and C-17 transport aircraft and
Chinook heavy lift chopper at the show. Lockheed Martin will display
the cutting edge C-1130j and P-3c aircraft. The United States recently
also sold a warship — USS Trenton — to India. Officials in Washington,
however, say that the enhanced US defence ties with India will not
impact Washington’s defence relationship with Pakistan. The US is the
largest supply of military hardware to Pakistan and sold 36 new F-16s
to Islamabad.
Position of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on Moss Qalla: You all are well aware of the attacks in Moss Qalla of Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan last year, which made lives very difficult for the American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military soldiers plus NATO terrorists forces and Afghan National Army soldiers, forcing them to use the area elders to make a peace treaty with Mujahideen.
Many messages were send to the Mujahideen by American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military plus NATO terrorists forces through the area elders, finally Mujahideen decided to make a treaty with the American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military plus NATO terrorists forces, on conditions that the American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military plus NATO terrorists forces and Afghan National Army should immediately leave the area and give the power to the area elders and never to entry the area again.
The American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military plus NATO terrorists forces and Afghan National Army agreed and left the area with in an week time and up to last week the power was in the hands of the elders of that area, but the American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military plus NATO terrorists forces and Afghan National Army broke the treaty with Mujahideen, by taking the power back from the area elders and bombarded the area, martyring many civilians and destroyed many homes.
Mujahideen told the elders to tell the American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military plus NATO terrorists forces and Afghan National Army to abide by the treaty and stop the barbaric attacks against the civilian population and if they do not, then Mujahideen are fully capable of retaliating against them. The elders told the Mujahideen that they were unsuccessful in convincing the American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military plus NATO terrorists forces and Afghan National Army to stop the attacks against the civilian population. So finally after many warning to the American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military plus NATO terrorists forces and Afghan National Army on Thursday Mujahideen launched a massive attack, taking complete control of the area, and discharging the area elders from running the administration of that area.
American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military plus NATO terrorists forces and Afghan National Army have disrespected the elders, no longer will Mujahideen make such treaty with the American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military plus NATO terrorists forces and Afghan National Army.
If the Afghan people of that area come to the Mujahideen and requests that they should not be in the area, cause the American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military plus NATO terrorists forces will bombard the area and kill their love ones and destroy their homes, then Mujahideen will pass that request to the higher Mujahideen commanders and see what the Shura suggests, causes Mujahideen do not want to see civilians feel any hardship from their side.