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Today's News From Around The World Thursday 22 March 2007

Jews and American Media GRAHAM: "The Jewish stranglehold on the media has got to be broken or this country's going down the drain."

NIXON: "You believe that?"

GRAHAM: "Yes, sir."

NIXON: "Oh boy. So do I. I can't ever say that but I do believe it."

- Religious leader Billy Graham and President Richard Nixon Exchange captured on tape.

Part of the Zionists' control of this country's policies toward Israel comes through their extensive influence on the American and world media. The main reason for this is the strong presence of Jewish owners in the media and their presence in the editorial rooms as writers and editors that gives Zionists such influence. In addition, when one word in a media outlet is said publically against Israel, the Zionists are quick to organize a boycott of that newspaper, radio station, TV station or movie corporation calling them anti-Semitic (i.e. the movie, "The Passion of Christ") and unfairly trying to conjur up all the images that they've kept in the public mind with that term - what one writer calls the use of the "holocaust syndrome."

Here is a sample of the bias Palestinians face in our media:

On February 25, 2005, the Los Angeles Times website edition headline read: "Palestinian Suicide Bomber Shatters Calm of Late." The article goes on to state that this bomber "shattered a month-long period of relative calm." The author is referring to the ceasefire between Israel and Palestine agreed to on February 8, 2005 and the "relative" calm before and after it was agreed to.

There are two issues here: 1) who has been breaking the "calm," and 2) whose "calm" are we talking about?"

Issue #1: Who has been breaking the "calm"?

- Since the ceasefire on February 8th until February 25th - the bombing, Israeli military and illegal settlers have killed eight Palestinians, two of them children.

- Since the previous Palestinian suicide bomber on November 1, 2004 in which Israelis lost three lives, Israeli military and illegal settlers have killed 170 Palestinian men, women, and children; injured and maimed 379 Palestinian men, women, and children; have held 8,000 Palestinians – 300 of them children - in prison where they are routinely abused; confiscated hundreds of acres of Palestinian land; expanded the illegal Apartheid wall; expanded the illegal settlements; demolished hundreds of Palestinian homes and orchards; continued the ruination of the Palestinian economy with checkpoints and curfews until 70% of the Palestinian people are unemployed and living in abject poverty, etc., etc.

Issue #2: Whose "calm" are we talking about?

Surely, after reading the above, not the Palestinians! The article might better be titled "Palestinians Retaliate for Israel's Terrorist Actions" You will never see a headline like that in the mainstream American media, no matter how much it is deserved. I guarantee it!

Issue #3: Who did the suicide bomber attack?

This subject was not even touched in the article by the L.A. Times. The Palestinian bomber attacked an Israeli combat unit that had taken part in numerous brutal invasions in civilian Palestinian neighborhoods. They had killed and mutilated numerous Palestinian men, women, and children. In the Palestinian attack no Israeli civilians were hurt. When all this was brought up to an editor on the Los Angeles Times foreign desk by Alison Weir, a noted journalist and author of the excellent website "If Americans Knew", the Los Angeles Times editor just hung up on her.

Thejustmedia notes The situation in Waziristan is of great concern for Pakistan, America and NATO. Mujahideen are getting ready to launch their summer attacks in Afghanistan. Something needs to change in Waziristan, so that the local population does not help the Mujahideen in the coming summer, events will be perpetrated by the enemies of Islam to weakened the relationship of the locals and Mujahideen in Waziristan, this fighting is just one example of the enemies of Islam agents who are instigating such conflicts among the Mujahideen. Theunjustmedia does not see a difference in Al-Qaeda or Taliban, the only difference is in the scope of implementation of Islam, Al-Qaeda is international while Taliban for now are concentrating in Afghanistan.

Pakistan army try to seed a division among Mujahideen in Waziristan The present bloody infighting between al-Qaeda and Pakistani Taliban in Pakistan's Waziristan tribal areas is likely to end in reconciliation between the two groups that will mark the beginning of the Taliban's major Afghan offensive.

Well-placed sources maintain that the chief commander of the Taliban in South Wazirstan, Baitullah Mehsud, was in Afghanistan's Helmand province when the fighting, in which scores have died this week, erupted. He immediately rushed to South Waziristan on the orders of Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah. He put his foot down, and the fighting has now eased. A new protocol is imminent, under which all parties will agree to fight in Afghanistan and not inside Pakistan. How did this internecine strife in South Waziristan evolve? Is it just a battle between foreign militants and Pakistani Taliban - a clash of interests - or is it a blessing in disguise for the Taliban and a serious problem for the US-led forces in Afghanistan?

Moving the fault lines

There has long been debate within the Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked militants over strategy in the fight against North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and US-led-coalition forces in Afghanistan: Should war be waged against all opponents - including US ally Pakistan - without discrimination, or should political issues be considered, so as to allow for strategic repositioning in future? The Uzbek al-Qaeda-linked militants in South and North Waziristan believe in a global war against NATO and all its allies, such as the Pakistani government. This strategy is now in conflict with that of the Taliban leadership. The tension between the two sides broke out into open warfare on Wednesday in South Waziristan, with thousands of Pakistani Taliban dug in against the Uzbek militants and their supporters, believe to number 20,000. So far, at least 110 people have been killed, mostly Uzbeks. The fight has isolated the chief of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Tahir Yaldeshiv. Tahir is the main preacher of the idea that fighting the Pakistan Army is the first priority, and he is violently opposed to any rapprochement between Pakistani Taliban and the army. "The implementation of the sharia [Islamic law] and the appointment of the emir of the sharia emirate are supposed to be the first priority of mujahideen in Pakistan," Yaldeshiv said in a speech now widely available on disc.

Part of the solution

Should the Taliban be part of a solution for their sympathizers in Afghanistan and Pakistan, or a constant problem? That was the debate initiated by Mullah Dadullah when he tried to mediate a ceasefire between Pakistani Taliban and the Pakistani military early last year. Dadullah has constantly argued that Pakistani Taliban going into Afghanistan and fighting against NATO forces was a greater service to Afghanistan's cause of freedom than staying in the two Waziristans and fighting Pakistani soldiers. The dialogue convinced the leading anti-army commanders in North Waziristan, Sadiq Noor and Abdul Khaliq, and they agreed that jihad was only relevant in Afghanistan and that fighting against the Pakistan Army had no relevance to the Afghan resistance. Al-Qaeda elements in North Waziristan, including Uzbeks settled in the town of Mir Ali, were converted to this point of view and broke with Yaldeshiv, who was living in South Waziristan and still demanding the establishment of the Islamic Emirates in Pakistan by waging jihad against "the crusaders' ally". At present, information coming from South Waziristan suggests that Uzbeks settled in three main points, Shin Warsak, Azam Warsak and Kaloosha, have now in effect been surrounded by local Taliban. The Uzbeks are tenacious fighters, but the most likely outcome will be their surrender and agreement that from now on all fighting will be done in Afghanistan. Such unity of purpose would be a boon for the Taliban's looming offensive against NATO. By Syed Saleem Shahzad Asia Times Online's

After 4 years: Iraqi Resistance Indicators..Up and Up! Rumsfeld's Metrics..Wet! The second graph shows that 75% of the recorded attacks, (here based on the quarterly reviews to congress only) has remained directed at the occupation forces directly, and further 17% at the Iraqi government forces. The remaining, 8% are directed at unspecified civilian targets. It is the later that makes it to the media.

Iraqis tormented by the invasion of the infidels "U.S. Go out of Iraq, now", "world's biggest tyrants - Napoleon, Hitler and Bush", shouted anti-war protesters marking the fourth anniversary of America's invasion of Iraq.

Uranium and the War: The effects of depleted uranium weapons in Iraq In five billion years our sun will explode into a white dwarf and envelope the earth, according to NASA projections. The half-life of uranium 238 is 4.5 billion years. This means that by the time the Earth ceases to be a planet, only a little more than half of the depleted uranium (DU) that the United States Army is firing into Iraq and other countries around the world will be gone. The rest of the radioactive material will still be poisoning the Iraqi people.

The U.S. Army revealed in March 2003 that it dropped between 320 and 390 tons of DU during the Gulf War—the first time the material was ever used in combat—and it is estimated that more still has been dropped during the current invasion, though there have been no official counts as yet. Depleted uranium munitions are extremely dense, toxic, and mildly radioactive. And despite mounting evidence of DU’s negative health affects for combatants and civilians alike, their use is increasing. Naturally occurring uranium has three forms: uranium 235, 234, and 238. More than 99 percent of earth’s uranium is 238.

Uranium 238 is much less radioactive than uranium 235, which is why it takes so long to deteriorate. Nuclear weapons and nuclear power plants require highly radioactive uranium, so the uranium 238 is removed from the naturally occurring uranium by a process known as enrichment. Depleted uranium is the by-product of the uranium enrichment process. Since so much of the natural uranium is 238—which is nearly useless for nuclear weapons manufacturing and use in power plants—uranium enrichment factories are left with large amounts of uranium 238, or DU. According to an estimate by the Kansas-based group Nukewatch, the United States has over a billion pounds of DU in its stockpile. This product is twice as dense as lead, and more toxic than it. DU is used to make numerous weapons systems, from shells to bullets to armor for tanks. DU munitions are commonly called Penetrators, a testament to the material’s density.

Ungovernable Somalia and the Imminent Collision of Hegemonic Interests The Ethiopian/US invasion prematurely ended a delicate peace process, six months of law and order, and threw Mogadishu back into that all too familiar vacuum of nihilism. Today, motors and artilleries are routinely fired from all directions; assassinations-- including high profile ones-- became part of the daily rituals; robbery and rape became rampant, and a full-fledged insurgency is underway.

Indian agencies set for maligning Kashmiris’ movement In occupied Kashmir, yet another plan of Indian secret agencies has been exposed which is aimed at maligning Kashmiris’ liberation struggle.

The Billionaires and How They Made It, Meet the Global Ruling Class Even as the world's billionaires grew in number from 793 in 2006 to 946 this year, major mass uprisings became commonplace in China and India. In India, which has the highest number of billionaires (36) in Asia with total wealth of $191 billion, Prime Minister Singh declared that the greatest single threat to 'India's security' were the Maoist-led guerrilla armies and mass movements in the poorest parts of the country. In China, with 20 billionaires with $29.4 billion net worth, the new rulers, confronting nearly a hundred thousand reported riots and protests, have increased the number of armed special anti-riot militia a hundred fold, and increased spending for the rural poor by $10 billion in the hopes of lessening the monstrous class inequalities and heading off a mass upheaval.

The total wealth of this global ruling class grew 35 per cent year to year topping $3.5 trillion, while income levels for the lower 55 per cent of the world's 6-billion-strong population declined or stagnated. Put another way, one hundred millionth of the world's population (1/100,000,000) owns more than over 3 billion people. Over half of the current billionaires (523) came from just 3 countries: the US (415), Germany (55) and Russia (53). The 35 per cent increase in wealth mostly came from speculation on equity markets, real estate and commodity trading, rather than from technical innovations, investments in job-creating industries or social services.

Unmasking Vancouver's Olympic Legacy: Poverty cleansing the Downtown Despite all the promises to the contrary, Vancouver's Olympic Games have failed to be sustainable. Instead, slick public relations by VANOC and support from Vancouver's tight-knit corporate media sector have masked a public policy imperative to drive out seniors, income assistance recipients and those suffering from mental illness and addiction from the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood.

Policing, private security and property flipping have been the rules of the game. With more security on its way and the property frenzy continuing, Vancouver City Hall is not acting adequately to set up barriers to displacement. This idea of 'fixing' the neighbourhood means the permanent displacement of the long-term low income community that has called this neighbourhood home for decades. It's Expo 86 all over again -- just slower and carried out over more years.

'Israel Lobby' Authors Return With Book Two leading political scientists are writing a book extending their controversial argument that the domestic pro-Israel lobby bends U.S. foreign policy disproportionately in favor of Israel, one of the authors, Stephen M. Walt of the Kennedy School of Government, confirmed yesterday.

Walt, the Belfer professor of international affairs, and co-author John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago set off a storm of controversy last March when they published a paper arguing that the pro-Israel lobby, led by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, has distorted foreign policy through its influence on academia, the media, and think tanks. Their essay also argued that the lobby was a “critical element” in the decision to invade Iraq in 2003.

INDIA AND PAKISTAN HEAD IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS This week, India’s feisty press was gleefully speculating that Pakistan’s embattled President Pervez Musharraf, better known here as `Mush,’ was about to be kicked out by his erstwhile patrons in Washington and replaced by another senior general deemed even more responsive to US policy.

There is indeed growing anger at Musharraf in Washington. The Bush Administration, stuck in an aimless war in Afghanistan, blames Musharraf for its problems and for not crushing Pashtun resistance in Pakistan’s tribal belt. But he has already pushed Pakistan close to civil war in an effort to answer US demands. It’s getting hard to tell who is angrier at the beleaguered general, his own people or Washington.

Pakistan tests nuclear-capable cruise missile Pakistan successfully tested on Thursday a nuclear-capable cruise missile with a range of 700 kilometres, the military said in a statement. The Hatf V11 Babur missile is a terrain-hugging, radar avoiding cruise missile capable of carrying a variety of warheads including nuclear, it said. “The flight data collected validated the design parameters set for the flight test,” the military said. “It is a highly manoeuvrable missile with pin-point accuracy.” The missile was first tested in 2005. Since then, its range has been enhanced to 700 km, from 500 km previously, the military said.

US govt expects Musharraf to quit army post The United States has said that it expects President Gen Pervez Musharraf to give up the army chief’s post by the end of this year, indicating a major change in the US policy. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told a briefing here that the US expected the current judicial crisis to be resolved “within the confines of Pakistani law” and in a ‘transparent’ manner that satisfied the people of the country. “He has made certain commitments in this regard and we think it’s important that he follow through on those commitments,” said Mr McCormack when asked if it was the US government’s view that Gen Musharraf should leave the army post by the end of 2007 as scheduled.

Jerusalem And Washington Bring Palestinians To The Brink Of Starvation The House of Commons International Development Committee has recently published a report of the findings of its visit to Israel and Palestine.It paints a devastating picture of the impact of the economic sanctions imposed against the Hamas government of the Palestinian Authority (PA) by the United States and the other major powers, including Britain. In so doing, it demonstrates the collusion of the whole of Europe and of the United Nations with Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza and its brutal suppression of the Palestinians.

Iraqi Mujahideen send their greetings to UN chief Ban Ki-moon... Bomb rattles UN chief's Iraq news conference An explosion rocked Baghdad's fortified Green Zone on Thursday as Ban Ki-moon held a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, causing the UN chief to flinch. After a brief pause, both men continued to take questions at an event marking Ban's first visit to the Iraqi capital. The loud blast sent a column of smoke and dust into the sky near the northern edge of the Green Zone, opposite the Jumhuriyah Bridge in downtown Baghdad in a heavily policed area surrounded by government offices.

March 21 2007

Open Letter To The Anti-War Movement The illegal invasion and destruction of Iraq is not only the biggest crime of recent history, it is the original sin of the 21st century, a depravity. In its war on Iraq, the United States has sought to destroy Iraq as both a state and a nation. It decimated an entire class — the progressive middle class of Iraq that had proven its capacity to manage Iraqi resources independently and to the benefit of all; it killed nearly a million while sending millions more into exile; it orchestrated death squads and looting and invented new horrors in torture and rape; in the name of bringing democracy, it brought material destruction on a mass scale to a people, aiming also to erase their identity, memory, culture, social fabric, institutions and forms of administration, commerce, and everyday life; it even attacked Iraq’s unborn generations with the 4.7 billion-year death of depleted uranium. It has engaged in civilisational genocide as well as its own moral suicide. Force, however, does not dictate right. The brutality of power and imperialism has been definitively exposed while the project for a new American century has utterly failed. The consequences for American and international history are conclusive. The world order that formed around erstwhile US liberal values has evaporated.

Iraqi Mujahideen attacks against the enemies of Islam for Tuesday American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military-backed puppet regime executes Iraqi Vice President Taha Yasin Ramadan. Thirty more bodies of apparent victims of American created sectarian violence found dumped throughout Baghdad as American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military “Security Plan” enters second month in operation. Bomb rips through Kia passenger bus in Baghdad, as mysterious bombings increase. Russian expert cites agitation by US special services as source of sectarian tension in Iraq. Seven American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military Marines reported killed in truck bomb attack on Buhriz checkpoint late Monday night. Turkoman leader: 600,000 Kurds from neighboring countries have flocked to Kirkuk to change its ethnic makeup so as to facilitate its incorporation into Kurdish separatist state. Seven mysterious explosions shake Kirkuk on Monday, killing 30.

Talks with all Mujahideen groups possible except Al-Qaeda: Iraq Iraq's Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, renewed calls for talks to be opened with Mujahideen in an attempt to bring peace, but he excluded al-Qaida in Iraq. “I do believe that there is no way but to talk to everybody,'' he told the a British television in an interview. Apart from al-Qaida, which he said was “not very much willing in fact to talk to anybody,'' all parties “should be invited, should be called to sit down around the table to discuss their fears, their reservations,'' he said. Well this is something new from US puppet Iraqi government, who for the first has admitted that there are other Mujahideen groups beside Al-Qaeda which are fighting the American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military and its elected Iraqi government. Reading the daily mainstream media reports only points to Al-Qaeda Mujahideen fighting the American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military and its elected puppet Iraqi government and now and then you might find a new Mujahideen group but then it would be some how contented to al-Qaeda in the mainstream media. So, now if we are to believe what the mainstream media has been reporting of Iraqi Mujahideen, the only conclusion which we come up with is that Al-Qaeda is the main Mujahideen group which is fighting the American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military and its elected Iraqi government and then there are other small Mujahideen groups who are connected to Al-Qaeda. Now my question is what conclusion do we come up to, when we see the puppet Iraqi government offering to talk with Mujahideen groups except Al-Qaeda, yet they have always directly or indirectly connected the Iraqi resistance to Al-Qaeda but here it does not want to talk to Al-Qaeda, logical??

US power games in the Middle East The spring rain beat down like ball-bearings on the flat roof of General Claudio Graziano's office. Much of southern Lebanon looked like a sea of mud this week but all was optimism and light for the Italian commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, now 11,000 strong and still expecting South Korea to add to his remarkable 29-nation international army. He didn't recall how the French battalion almost shot down an Israeli jet last year - it was before his time - and he dismissed last month's border shoot-out between Israeli and Lebanese troops.

Into Africa Increased U.S. military presence in Africa may simply serve to protect unpopular regimes that are friendly to its interests, as was the case during the Cold War, while Africa slips further into poverty.

Blackwater- the Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army "Blackwater is the elite Praetorian Guard for the 'global war on terror,' with its own military base, a fleet of twenty aircraft, and 20,000 private contractors at the ready. Run by a multimillionaire Christian conservative who bankrolls President Bush and his allies, its forces are capable of overthrowing governments." From Iraq to New Orleans, Blackwater has continued to pull in multi-million-dollar government contracts, mostly without accountability and in near-secrecy.

Antimissiles: Why Europe Resists Bush relaunches Star Wars. In spite of Russia's warnings, the United States wants to install bases for its antimissile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic. What is its real motive? That's the question that divides Central European public opinion and strategists.

Palestine: Israeli Killing Fields Zionism is a newer name for an ancient racist, expansionist, and imperialist political movement, whose aim was, and still is, the establishment of a strong “Jewish-only” empire (Greater Israel) in the Middle East, which was considered the heart of the ancient world, and the center of all trade.

One Palestinian Martyred in the West Bank The Zionist regime’s troopers fired shots and martyred a Palestinian in the West Bank. According to Al-Alam News Network, citing the Palestinian security and medical sources, the Zionist troopers martyred 22-year-old Palestinian, Sadi Abu Kisheq, while raiding Asgar Refugee Camp in the outskirts of the West Bank city of Nablus. The Zionist regime has remained silent regarding this raid.

Shaky Musharraf holds only the military card As a judicial crisis and consequent political storm escalate in Pakistan, President General Pervez Musharraf and his army face a stark choice: whether or not to use the military to suppress rioting that has so far raged out of control. Neither option bodes well for the man who will soon seek democratic re-election to the presidency.

Pakistani lawyers hold new anti-Musharraf rallies Thousands of lawyers and political party workers called on President Pervez Musharraf to quit Wednesday as fresh protests erupted over his removal of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, witnesses and officials said. In Islamabad around 600 people including lawyers, party workers, women and students rallied outside the Supreme Court building after breaking their way through police cordons. They were later joined by some 300 party workers who raised anti-Musharraf slogans. The former head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency, Hamid Gul joined the protest in his military jacket. “I wore this jacket today because we are fighting the war of Pakistan's survival,” Gul said. Tehreek-i-Insaaf chief Imran Khan said that the demonstrators showed “immense courage” by breaking the police lines. “Our struggle will continue until the dictatorship ends,” Qazi Hussain Ahmed, leader of the Muthaida Majlise Amal, told the crowd. Asfandyar Wali Khan, the leader of the Awami National Party, told the rally after meeting Chaudhry that “he told us that if the government has courage, they should try me in an open court”. Around 3,000 lawyers in the eastern city of Lahore removed barricades erected by police to block a main road. They later staged a sit-in outside the provincial assembly building to press their demand for Chaudhry's reinstatement. Police fired tear gas shells and baton-charged a group of around 100 lawyers in the southwestern city of Quetta who wanted to stage a protest in front of the provincial governor's residence, lawyers and witnesses said. Some burnt their black jackets in protest.

World's Most Important Crops Hit by Global Warming Effects Global warming over the past quarter century has led to a fall in the yield of some of the most important food crops in the world, according to one of the first scientific studies of how climate change has affected cereal crops. Rising temperatures between 1981 and 2002 caused a loss in production of wheat, corn and barley that amounted in effect to some 40 million tons a year - equivalent to annual losses of some £2.6bn.

The American Worker Is Doomed Not since the Great Depression has the American worker faced such a bleak future. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, incomes for the lowest income quintile have declined during the past decade and the gap between the rich and the poor grows bigger each year. In essence, the rich are getting richer - and the poor are getting poorer.

All Hail Israel Like all patriotic Americans, I spend a portion of each weekend browsing through the “official” web sites of the Presidential candidates preparing myself for the 2008 run off between Republicans and Democrats, Republicrats for short. I now aggregate all of them because all pay homage, indeed a groveling obsequiousness, to AIPAC and to the Olmert/Leiberman regime in Israel. Such fawning is born of fear, as former congressmen Paul Findley, Cynthia McKinney and Earl Hilliard can testify, fear that comes with crossing a powerful force, a force that can threaten the candidate’s standing in the polls. Yossi Beilin, former Labor Party Minister under Ehud Barak recognized this force: “They (AIPAC) have the threat of voting out (congressional) representatives. I never liked this leverage. It’s counterproductive.”

Yet it’s clear that the American Congress’ unrestrained support for the Sharon/Olmert regimes over the past six years, coupled to the Bush administration’s total capitulation to Israel’s dominance in Palestine, has created an untenable situation for America in the eyes of the world. America’s bondage to Israel is the overriding issue that can release America from its position as the target for the world’s hatred, yet all candidates but two grovel before AIPAC and the Olmert/Leiberman regime.

The AIPAC Girl If George W. Bush launches a pre-emptive war on Iran, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will bear full moral responsibility for that war. For it was Pelosi who quietly agreed to strip out of the $100 billion funding bill for Iraq a provision that would have required President Bush to seek congressional approval before launching any new war on Iran.

Hague court could try Bush, Blair The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said in an interview that he can envision a scenario in which President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair could one day face war-crimes charges at The Hague.

Hot Trends in Protest Technology Activists have been using heavy-duty hardware and homemade devices to lock themselves in front of weapons factories, banks and trade summits for decades. To be sure, locking down is not a pleasant undertaking. The general range of possibilities --pepper spray, chemical weapons, tasers -- is terrifying; and for most protesters, the prospect of facing almost certain arrest is frightening. These tactics also tend to be physically taxing. Most activists experience numbness and circulation problems after one to two hours in position. In many situations, the weight and awkward construction of the devices forces activists into strenuous positions.

Bolton President Bush’s former envoy to the United Nations says using military force against Iran would be preferable to allowing the country to acquire nuclear weapons “I believe that ultimately the only real prospect of getting Iran to give up nuclear weapons is to change the regime,” Bolton told reporters after an off-the-record speech to the Hudson Institute, a nonpartisan policy research organization. “By the force of the Iranian people themselves,” Bolton replied. ”But if the alternative is a nuclear Iran, as unpleasant as the use of military force would be, I think the prospect of a nuclear Iran is worse.” “I think Iran’s record is clear that they’re never going to give up the pursuit of uranium enrichment,” Bolton said, ”and I think that there’s no disagreement within their leadership that that’s the road to nuclear weapons.”

US opposes Iranian gas pipeline to India The United States has told the Indian Government that it is opposed to plans to build a natural gas pipeline from Iran to India through Pakistan, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Wednesday. "During my trip, I have made it clear at the highest levels of the Indian government that the United States opposes the development of the Iranian pipeline to India,'' Bodman said in an interview with a foreign media. If constructed, the 2,600-kilometer (1,620-mile) on-land pipeline is expected to carry 150 million cubic meters (5.2 billion cubic feet) of gas a day and will cost about US$8 billion (euro6.25 billion) to build.

Bush vows to resist subpoenas in prosecutor storm US President George W. Bush has vowed to resist any attempt by Congress to force top aides to testify under oath about a row over fired prosecutors, warning against a "partisan fishing expedition." In his boldest political language since Democrats seized Congress in November, Bush accused his opponents of using the escalating showdown to "score political points" and refused to back down. Faced with a fierce new partisan fight, as he tries to breath life into a second-term administration hobbled by the unpopular Iraq war Bush warned: "we will not go along with a partisan fishing expedition." Earlier, the president personally endorsed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who is facing calls for his ouster over the dismissal of eight prosecutors which critics claim was political motivated. The White House also branded as "completely false" reports that it was already scouting for a replacement for Gonzales, a trusted member of Bush's Texas inner circle, desperate to thwart Democrats' demands for blood. "I will oppose any attempts to subpoena White House officials," Bush said, throwing down the gauntlet for his Democrat foes.

Lawmakers Warn FBI Over Spy Power Abuse Republicans and Democrats alike sternly warned the FBI on Tuesday that it risks losing its broad power to collect telephone, e-mail and financial records to hunt terrorists because of rampant abuses of the authority. The threats were the latest blow to the embattled Justice Department and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who is already on the defensive and fighting to keep his job over the firings of federal prosecutors. The warnings came as the department's chief watchdog, inspector general Glenn A. Fine, told the House Judiciary Committee that the FBI engaged in widespread and serious misuse of its authority to issue national security letters, which resulted in illegally collecting data from Americans and foreigners. If the FBI doesn't move swiftly to correct the mistakes and problems revealed last week in Fine's 130-page report, "you probably won't have NSL authority," said Representative Dan Lungren referring to the data requests by their initials. "I hope that this would be a lesson to the FBI that they can't get away with this and expect to maintain public support for the tools that they need to combat terrorism," said Representative Jim Sensenbrenner, the former Judiciary chairman, who called the abuses "a gross overreach."

Free trade pact with SKorea key to opening up trade with Asia: US The administration of US President President George W. Bush warned Tuesday that a failure to strike a free trade agreement with South Korea could damage American relations with East Asia. The warning came as US lawmakers threatened to reject an agreement that does not include the opening up of South Korea's sensitive rice market and removal of non-tariff barriers to America motor vehicles. The United States and South Korea, a key Asian ally, are racing ahead of a March 31 deadline to strike what could be the biggest free trade agreement (FTA) since the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement. "Any let-up in focus that results in our inability to complete agreements with major emerging-market economies like South Korea could have unfortunate consequences."

Israeli Workers Launch General Strike Tens of thousands of Israeli workers launched an open-ended general strike on Wednesday that crippled airports, seaports, railways, government offices, banks, the stock exchange and many other services. Marathon overnight talks between the Histadrut labor federation and the government failed to avert the walkout, which began at 9 a.m. because thousands of municipal workers haven't been paid for months. Past strikes have lasted for days, each day costing the economy tens of millions of dollars in losses. Making one concession, the Histadrut labor union said it would open Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport on Thursday to let in one incoming flight — so England's national soccer team could land in time for a crucial Euro 2008 Championship qualifier match on Saturday. General strikes in Israel encompass a wide array of services. Travelers are stranded at airports, cargo piles up at seaports, and stinking garbage accumulates on sidewalks. Government offices are shuttered, and state-run utilities operate on skeleton staffs, carrying out no repairs. A Histadrut spokesman said as many as 150,000 workers walked off the job.

Heavy Fighting Convulses Somali Capital Heavy fighting erupted Wednesday in the Somali capital killing at least eight people in a dramatic escalation that saw stray rounds flying over southern Mogadishu. The clashes come a day after African Union peacekeepers reinforced security in the seaside capital. Residents said the heavy weaponry duels, which left at least eight dead and several wounded, erupted when fire opened in the former defence ministry headquarters in southern Mogadishu, where Ethiopian troops are based. Abdullahi Ahmed Sheikh, a resident of Shukri area said , "So far, I have seen four bodies of people killed and several others wounded. The fighting is intensifying and stray bullets are flying all over the area. " Muhubo Moalim Dahir, a resident of Al-Baraka area added , "A stray bullet killed my neighbour and wounded five others, one of them is a child."

29 Indian soldiers committed suicide in last 3 months As many as 29 personnel of Indian army have committed suicide in the last three months due to stress, caused by dealing with fierce uprisings in many parts of India. Majority of those committed suicide are from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Border Security Force (BSF), the Indian upper house (Rajya Sabha) was informed today. Notwithstanding introduction of several programmes, including yoga and many stress-reducing centers, the number of suicides cases has not come down.

March 18 2007

6 more American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military troops kill by Mujahideen in Iraq Five American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military soldiers were killed by roadside bombs while patrolling the streets of Baghdad and another died in a non-combat incident in northern Tikrit town. American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military said in a statement on Sunday: Four American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military soldiers died and one was wounded when their unit was struck by a roadside bomb while on patrol in west Baghdad on Saturday. Another American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military soldier was wounded when the unit came under small arms fire after the blast. In a separate incident on Saturday, one American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military soldier was killed and three wounded while they were on foot patrol in south Baghdad. A statement said, without elaborating: A soldier died Saturday in a non-combat related incident in Tikrit, 180 kilometres north of Baghdad.

5 Russian kafir invaders were destroyed near Ersenoj As a source of Turkish edition AlKavkaz informs, near the village of Ersenoj (Vedenskiy district), two days ago, mobile groups of Mujahideen under command of amir Abdullah and amir Mahran attacked on the searching group of Russian invaders. During this attack snipers and machine guns have been used. In result of the special action 5 invaders have been liquidated. As a source of the edition in the Chechen command informs, invaders have come to strong confusion and only 2 hours after fight the corpses have been taken away by helicopters. There are not losses among Mujahideen.

Russia warns US not to use nuclear issue to change Iran Russia's security chief issued a veiled warning to Washington on Sunday not to use the Iranian nuclear issue to try to change Tehran's political course. "We oppose this question being used as an instrument of pressure, being used to interfere in Iran's internal affairs," said Igor Ivanov, the head of Russia's Security Council, Russian news agency reported. At the same time Ivanov, who is Russia's chief negotiator with Iran over its nuclear programme, called on Tehran to clarify unanswered questions about its uranium enrichment activities. "For 18 years Iran conducted enrichment that was not under the control of the International Atomic Energy Agency. We insist that these questions be resolved," Ivanov told the Council for International and Defence Policy, a club of Russian officials and foreign policy specialists. "If this issue is closed, then Iran will have the right to develop peaceful atomic programmess."

Hamas degradated finally: Palestinian traitors’ “unity government” sworn in With the help of the Democratic Ideologies of the west a Palestinian coalition government uniting the rival Hamas and Fatah factions officially took power on Saturday at simultaneous swearing in ceremonies in Gaza City and the West Bank city of Ramallah. Hamas, being born with the idea of resistance to Israel, is now supporting its plans and even recognising it. Hamas even had talks and agreed to the help by Russian Imperialists but they fail to realise that working with the Russian disbelievers, they are betraying our brothers and sisters in Chechnya, who are being oppressed and tortured by the Russian infidels. The twenty-five ministers of the so-called cabinet, being supported by the West, placed their hands on the Qur'an, and in the case of the one Christian minister on the New Testament, and swore allegiance to the Palestinian people in front of president Mahmud Abbas, who is himself a traitor and works with the enemies of Islam.

Israeli Cabinet approves boycott of new Palestine govt The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday overwhelmingly approved Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's call to boycott the new Palestinian government, Israeli media said. The ministers voted 19-2 in favor of Olmert's position, the reports said.

New Palestinian Gov't Starts Work The new Palestinian unity government holds its first cabinet meeting in Gaza city on Sunday, with ministers in the Zionist-occupied West Bank participating from Ramallah via video link. The landmark coalition uniting Fatah and Hamas was sworn in on Saturday. Ministers in the West Bank will have to take part in the new administration's first cabinet meeting by video-link, because of the Zionist regime's restrictions on travel between the 1967 Palestinian territories. The new government unites the Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas with the Hamas Islamic Resistance Movement of Prime Minister Ismail Haniya. The Palestinian parliament on Saturday, gave a decisive 83 against 3 votes to approve the Fatah-Hamas coalition.

Iraq War Protesters March in Europe Tens of thousands of people demonstrated on Saturday across several European cities in protest at the war in Iraq, ahead of the fourth anniversary of the America-led invasion. Spain saw the biggest demonstrations; with organisers saying some 400,000 attended a major rally in Madrid to protest America intervention in Iraq in 2003. The marchers in the Spanish capital followed the example of numerous rallies in America and across Europe from Turkey to Denmark. Marchers waved placards denouncing President George W. Bush for war crimes and called on him, along with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, to apologise for Iraq's suffering. Demonstrations also took place in the Greek cities of Athens and Salonika, where hundreds of protestors called for an "End to the Occupation." The online edition of daily Politiken reported. In Denmark several hundred protesters demonstrated against Denmark's participation in the war, singing songs, holding speeches and carrying banners outside the American Embassy in Copenhagen.

US War Protesters Rally in D.C. Denouncing a conflict entering its fifth year, American protesters across their country raised their voices Saturday against U.S. policy in Iraq. The protesters marched by the thousands to the Pentagon in the foot-steps of an epic demonstration four decades ago against another divisive war. Thousands crossed the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial to rally loudly but peacefully near the Pentagon. Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan said: "We're here in the shadow of the war machine," "It's like being in the shadow of the death star. They take their death and destruction and they export it around the world. We need to shut it down." Other protests were held in San Francisco, San Diego and Hartford, Connecticut, where more than thousands rallied at the Old State House.

Report: FBI Insisted on Using Questionable Methods for Getting Records The Washington Post reported Sunday that the US Federal Bureau of Investigation ignored warnings by lawyers and continued using questionable procedures to obtain the telephone records of thousands of Americans as part of its counter-terrorism probes. Citing unnamed senior FBI and Justice Department officials and documents, the newspaper said FBI lawyers raised concerns about the practice beginning in October 2004, but did not closely scrutinize the practice until last year. The report said: Senior FBI officials also did not understand the scope of the problem until the Justice Department launched an investigation. Earlier this month, the FBI acknowledged breaching US privacy rules to access individuals' telephone, e-mail and financial records during terror investigations.

German Leaders Warn of European Split over US Missile Defense Plan German political leaders warned of a growing division among European countries over the planned US anti-missile deployment in Poland and the Czech Republic. Chancellor Angela Merkel made clear that NATO was the proper forum to discuss the stationing of the anti-US missile batteries and radar track system in Poland and the Czech Republic. German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung concurred with Merkel that NATO was "the right place to deal with the issue".

The Trillion-Dollar Defense Budget Is Already Here If the additional elements of defense spending continue to maintain the same ratio to the Pentagon’s amount--and we have every reason to suppose they will--then in fiscal year 2007, through which we are now passing, the grand total spent for defense will be $1.028 trillion.

Collapse Of Arctic Sea Ice 'Has Reached Tipping-Point' A catastrophic collapse of the Arctic sea ice could lead to radical climate changes in the northern hemisphere according to scientists who warn that the rapid melting is at a "tipping point" beyond which it may not recover. The scientists attribute the loss of some 38,000 square miles of sea ice - an area the size of Alaska - to rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as well as to natural variability in Arctic ice

Pakistan's President At His Dictatorial Worst The chief justice had been seen by the military regime as a direct threat to the implementation of their economic, political and social agenda. He was removed because he stopped the privatization of Pakistan Steel Mills and was an obstacle in the American neo-liberal agenda for the region.

Inside America's powerful Israel lobby

Too Guilty to Fly, Too Innocent to Charge? Making lengthy watch lists based on subjective and political criteria and then giving the power to add and remove names to agencies that have a vested interest in the national security agenda is akin to asking the fox to guard the hen house. Such lists – which will inevitably fill up very quickly with “false positives”, political dissidents, and those whom our friends and neighbours subjectively designate as threats – will not make us any safer or interrupt any terrorists, if the U.S. experience is any indication."

March 15 2007

Five more American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military troops kill by Mujahideen in Iraq Five more American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military troops killed in Iraq, four of them while fighting Mujahideen and one in a non-combat incident, the American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military reported Thursday. One American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military soldier was killed while on combat duty in the western province of Anbar and a American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military marine died in the same province in a non-combat incident the same day, the American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military said. Three other American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military soldiers killed in the central province of Diyala.

Iraqi Mujahideen attacks against the enemies of Islam for Wednesday American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military blasts residential area south of al-Fallujah with heavy artillery Wednesday morning. American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military soldier reported killed in Mujahideen attack in al-Hadithah late Tuesday afternoon. Mujahideen sharpshooter reportedly kills American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military soldier in Samarra’ Tuesday. Mujahideen attacks American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military camp near al-Miqdadiyah Wednesday night. Four American Christian kafir terrorists occupation military troops reported killed in Mujahideen bomb attack in Ba‘qubah Wednesday morning.

Milestones If Islam is again to play the role of the leader of mankind, then it is necessary that the Muslim community be restored to its original form.

It is necessary to revive that Muslim community which is buried under the debris of the man-made traditions of several generations, and which is crushed under the weight of those false laws and customs which are not even remotely related to the Islamic teachings, and which, in spite of all this, calls itself the 'world of Islam.'

I am aware that between the attempt at 'revival' and the attainment of 'leadership' there is a great distance, as the Muslim community has long ago vanished from existence and from observation, and the leadership of mankind has long since passed to other ideologies and other nations, other concepts and other systems. This was the era during which Europe's genius created its marvelous works in science, culture, law and material production, due to which mankind has progressed to great heights of creativity and material comfort. It is not easy to find fault with the inventors of such marvelous things, especially since what we call the 'world of Islam' is completely devoid of all this beauty.

But in spite of all this, it is necessary to revive Islam. The distance between the revival of Islam and the attainment of world leadership may be vast, and there may be great difficulties on the way; but the first step must be taken for the revival of Islam. If we are to perform our task with insight and wisdom, we must first know clearly the nature of those qualities on the basis of which the Muslim community can fulfill its obligation as the leader of the world. This is essential so that we may not commit any blunders at the very first stage of its reconstruction and revival.

The Seymour Hersh Mystery "Let me see if I've got this straight...." Tom Engelhart begins in his urgent exploration of the recent investigative reporting on Iran war-planning by Seymour Hersh. Engelhardt describes the lack of attention: "A journalist essentially writing bloody murder in a giant media and governmental crowd. In this case, no one in the mainstream evidently cares - not yet anyway - to pay the slightest attention. It seems that there's a crime going on and no one gives a damn."

AIPAC's Gabfest- Israel Lobby Shows Off Its Power The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was in Washington, DC, for a three-day gabfest. Leaders of both the Democratic and Republican Parties were slated to make appearances at the event held at the Washington Convention Center. The Israel First Lobbying group is known for its dominating influence over the U.S. Congress and the presidency. Outside the Center, on March 12, 2007, activists made their voices of protest heard.

PEACE IS A THREAT TO AIPAC Pro Israeli activists and friends, including Cheney, Obama and Clinton, met earlier this week at the AIPAC convention in Washington. Their true colours were exposed when the group made it known that it sent a letter to the Bush Administration urging the US to cut off all American contacts with the Palestinian Authority.

Israel will not recognize newly democratically elected Palestinian cabinet Israel on Thursday rejected any contacts with the new Palestinian unity government, denying earlier statements by a senior official that it could work with it under certain conditions. "The Israeli position remains the same," government spokeswoman Miri Eisin was quoted as saying in the first official reaction to the new Palestinian cabinet lineup unveiled on Thursday.

His Own Worst Enemy The unctuous owl has hooted again. Only this time, Dick Cheney’s cave has been invaded by the sudden sunlight of judicial and Congressional revelations, making him appear more pathetic than intimidating as he once again charges critics of the Iraq war with giving aid and comfort to the enemy."

UN Security Council has 'no legitimacy', says Ahmadinejad Iran Shia kafir President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that the UN Security Council has "no legitimacy" as the world body neared agreement on a new package of sanctions over Iran's nuclear programme. "Today the enemies of the Iranian people are seeking to use the Security Council to prevent the progress and development of Iran," Ahmadinejad said in his latest speech on a two-day tour of the central Yazd province. "But the Security Council has no legitimacy among the peoples of the world," the local news agency quoted him as saying. Envoys from world powers said on Wednesday they hope to present the Security Council with a package of new UN sanctions against Iran on Thursday amid expectations that a vote would take place next week.

Britain Votes to Stay Nuclear Despite Revolt Britain's parliament backed Prime Minister Tony Blair's plans to renew the country's nuclear arsenal on Wednesday as opposition votes helped Blair survive a major rebellion by members of his own party. Eighty-seven politicians from Blair's Labour Party voted against his plan to spend 15 to 20 billion pounds ($29 to 39 billion) on new nuclear-armed submarines to replace ones that go out of service in about 2024. It was the biggest rebellion against Blair since a 2003 vote backing war in Iraq and the largest rebellion on a domestic issue in Blair's decade in power. The revolt could have overturned Blair's 67-seat majority in the 646-member lower house of parliament, but backing from the opposition Conservatives helped Blair secure a 409-161 vote in favor of renewing the Trident nuclear weapons system. The rebellion was a further blow to Blair's authority over the party as he prepares to step down in the next few months. Rebel politicians pledged to keep fighting the decision, which will mean Britain keeps a nuclear deterrent into the 2050s.

India failed to address Kashmiris disillusionment- Haksar Nandita Haksar, renowned author, human rights activist and lawyer of Indian Supreme Court, speaking at a ceremony in New Delhi today, said that India has failed to look into the causes of Kashmiris’ disillusionment and rather always resorted to force to suppress their aspirations.

India attack toll mounts to 50 Nearly 50 police officers were feared killed after suspected communist rebels opened fire and lobbed hand grenades at their jungle post in the country's remote east early Thursday, police said. The Maoist insurgents also used petrol bombs to attack the officers' post in Rani Bodli, Chattisgarh state, nearly 1,500kilometers (930 miles) southeast of New Delhi, local police officer said.

Another 12 officers were wounded in the attack, he said. A total of 79 police officers were manning the post when the attack occurred around 2 a.m. (2030 GMT Wednesday), he told foreign news agency. Before fleeing with police weapons, the attackers scattered landmines around the area, making it difficult for security forces to chase after them, he said. Police reinforcements have been rushed to the area.

God doesn't follow The Law -- How irrational love of religion in the U.S. fosters lawless religionists If corporations are mere business machines that the courts have mistaken for a person, then churches are mere corporations that the courts have mistaken for godliness. Still, corporations must pay their taxes, however they try not to, and, in the end, they must answer to the marketplace. The corporate church answers apparently only to God. Sic itur ad astra.

Musharraf's headache for the US Musharraf created the situation where a clash of the military establishment and civil society seems to be imminent. There is .... anger among the masses towards the present military rulers.

Former Pakistan Intel Chief- US puts Pressure on Pakistan to Support a US Led Attack on Iran Former ISI Chief, Gen (retd) Hameed Gul has said that the Untied States is paving the way to use Pakistan's territory for its expected attack on Iran in order to shift the blame of its failure in Afghanistan to Pakistan.

Two Russian kafir terrorists special service agents killed in Russian Caucasus by Mujahideen Two Russian kafir terrorists special service agents were shot dead in their car Wednesday in Russia's troubled Dagestan region by Mujahideen, news agencies reported. A third agent from the Federal Security Service (FSB) terrorist was wounded in the attack in the city of Khasavyurt near the border with Chechnya, the reports said.

Palestine- Open Letter to the People of Six Nations Canada shows certain coherence in its politics...It criminalizes those on whose land it has constructed its wealth for defending the little that is left to them. At the same time it ensures that this logic is enforced globally...(I)t was the first state to impose the siege on the Palestinian people for democratically electing their leadership; and it continues to toe the US and Israeli line of aggression against the people of the Arab World.

"Bush you are Not Welcome in Mexico. Go to Hell" Hundreds of demonstrators marched to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City on Tuesday, attacking riot police with concrete blocks, metal bars and firecrackers and tearing down barricades to protest the visit of President Bush...Mexican police responded by unleashing tear gas and pepper spray, throwing rocks and clubbing demonstrators with batons.

Ex-CIA Officer: Progressive Change Sweeps Latin America while U.S. Descends into Fascism While Latin America is fast moving in progressive directions...in contrast the United States, at least since the Reagan era, has been moving step by step toward a Fascism for the 21st Century. And the pace has quickened in the last six years of Republican government under George W. Bush.

Public Health Agency Linked to Chemical Industry For nearly a decade, a federal agency has been responsible for assessing the dangers that chemicals pose to reproductive health. But much of the agency's work has been conducted by a private consulting company that has close ties to the chemical industry, including manufacturers of a compound in plastics that has been linked to reproductive damage.

Closing the gap between torturer and victim In Andrew Cockburn’s new book, Rumsfeld, the gap between rampant power and its faraway victims is closed. Donald Rumsfeld, US secretary of defence until last year and a designer of the Iraq bloodbath, is revealed as personally directing from his office in the Pentagon the torture of fellow human beings, exploiting "individual phobias, such as fear of dogs, to induce stress" and use of "a wet towel and dripping water to induce the misperception of suffocation". Cockburn’s documented evidence shows that other Bush mafiosi, such as Paul Wolfowitz, now president of the World Bank, "had already agreed that Rumsfeld should approve all but the most severe options, such as the wet towel, without restriction".

Germany’s Schizophrenic Approach to Freedom of Speech German state just gave Israel another modern Dolphin submarine capable of carrying nuclear tipped cruise missiles knowing full well that the Israelis have had the capability since at least 2000. Are we really to believe that this was a “responsible” decision? Please. The Israelis are at present threatening Iran, a nation of 70 million souls with annihilation if they don’t disassemble their nonexistent nuclear weapons program. Will it be at all “irresponsible” or Merkel not to take “responsibility” for the mass murder of millions of Iranians should the Israeli’s decide on their Sampson Option?

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