"What's shocking and I would say completely immoral is that 90 per cent of the cluster bomb strikes occurred in the last 72 hours of the conflict when we knew there would be a resolution, when we knew there would be an end.
Egelund said that the UN had assessed 'nearly 85 per cent of bombed areas in south Lebanon' and identified '359 separate cluster bomb strike locations that are contaminated with as many 100,000 unexploded bomblets'."
2006-08-30
USAID: Transition Initiatives: Venezuela Field Report for April-June 2006
"The antagonistic relationship between the U.S. Government (USG) and the Government of Venezuela (GoV) is a challenge for operations in Venezuela. The primary objective in this environment is to develop projects that bring together supporters of the opposition whose constant public discourse brands anything to do with the U.S. as malevolent and anti-Venezuelan. As an example, part of the official government electoral strategy for the December presidential election calls for government supporters to publicly label those in the opposition as 'bushistas.'
President Chavez continues to rail against the 'Empire' for its 'invasion plans' and 'assassination plots,' all of which the Embassy vigorously denies. Visits by the U.S. Ambassador to the inauguration of new USAID-supported project sites in Caracas and the interior are frequently accompanied by crowds of protestors. The projects, however, are well-received by the community and community leaders - those not prodded by the government -- who often request additional USAID projects in the neglected neighborhoods in Venezuela."
President Chavez continues to rail against the 'Empire' for its 'invasion plans' and 'assassination plots,' all of which the Embassy vigorously denies. Visits by the U.S. Ambassador to the inauguration of new USAID-supported project sites in Caracas and the interior are frequently accompanied by crowds of protestors. The projects, however, are well-received by the community and community leaders - those not prodded by the government -- who often request additional USAID projects in the neglected neighborhoods in Venezuela."
USAID from the American people...
"Transition Initiatives
The USAID Office of Transition Initiatives supports U.S. foreign policy objectives by helping local partners advance peace and democracy in priority countries in crisis. Seizing critical windows of opportunity, OTI works on the ground to provide fast, flexible, short-term assistance targeted at key political transition and stabilization needs."
The USAID Office of Transition Initiatives supports U.S. foreign policy objectives by helping local partners advance peace and democracy in priority countries in crisis. Seizing critical windows of opportunity, OTI works on the ground to provide fast, flexible, short-term assistance targeted at key political transition and stabilization needs."
Guardian Unlimited: US accused of bid to oust Chávez with secret funds
"The US government has been accused of trying to undermine the Chávez government in Venezuela by funding anonymous groups via its main international aid agency.
Millions of dollars have been provided in a 'pro-democracy programme' that Chávez supporters claim is a covert attempt to bankroll an opposition to defeat the government.
The money is being provided by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Office of Transition Initiatives. The row follows the recent announcement that the US had made $80m (£42m) available for groups seeking to bring about change in Cuba, whose leader, Fidel Castro, is a close ally of Mr Chávez."
Millions of dollars have been provided in a 'pro-democracy programme' that Chávez supporters claim is a covert attempt to bankroll an opposition to defeat the government.
The money is being provided by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Office of Transition Initiatives. The row follows the recent announcement that the US had made $80m (£42m) available for groups seeking to bring about change in Cuba, whose leader, Fidel Castro, is a close ally of Mr Chávez."
2006-08-29
Aljazeera.Net - The great Coca-Cola controversy
"Aljazeera.net: What were the high pesticides residues present in the cola products? Are they fatal to human consumption?
Shachi Chaturvedi: We tested 57 samples collected from across India (12 states, accounting for some 30% of the country's bottling plants), and found pesticide residues that were 22-24 times above the levels in all the samples. We found Lindane, Chlorpyrifos, Malathion and Heptachlor.
The bottles were tested using a methodology which, three years ago, was examined and endorsed by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC).
Moreover, the presence of pesticide residues was additionally confirmed with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and all its spectra confirm pesticide residues.
Pesticides are used to kill pests, and contain extremely toxic elements. They get into our food chain and keep bio-accumulating in our body over a long period of time. A host of studies done across the world have pointed to the link between pesticides and diseases such as cancer, neurological disorders, foetal problems etc."
Shachi Chaturvedi: We tested 57 samples collected from across India (12 states, accounting for some 30% of the country's bottling plants), and found pesticide residues that were 22-24 times above the levels in all the samples. We found Lindane, Chlorpyrifos, Malathion and Heptachlor.
The bottles were tested using a methodology which, three years ago, was examined and endorsed by the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC).
Moreover, the presence of pesticide residues was additionally confirmed with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and all its spectra confirm pesticide residues.
Pesticides are used to kill pests, and contain extremely toxic elements. They get into our food chain and keep bio-accumulating in our body over a long period of time. A host of studies done across the world have pointed to the link between pesticides and diseases such as cancer, neurological disorders, foetal problems etc."
Aljazeera.Net - Ahmadinejad offers Bush TV debate
"The Iranian president has challenged his US counterpart to a live television debate.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the offer to George Bush on Tuesday. Thursday is the deadline set by the UN Security Council for Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities, and Iran faces possible sanctions if it fails to comply."
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made the offer to George Bush on Tuesday. Thursday is the deadline set by the UN Security Council for Iran to suspend all uranium enrichment and reprocessing activities, and Iran faces possible sanctions if it fails to comply."
2006-08-28
Aftonbladet: SKI undersökte atomlarm i Ryssland
2006-08-22
electronic intifada: Israeli Apartheid: The striking parallels to South Africa
"Citizens of the eleventh class, really not citizens at all, have no rights citizens of the first class or their government are bound to respect. Their residence is forbidden in nearly nine-tenths of the country, all of which they used to own. The areas left to them are cut up into smaller and smaller portions weekly, by high walls, free fire zones and hundreds of checkpoints manned by the army of the first class citizens, so that none can travel a dozen miles in any direction to work, school, shopping, a job, a farm, a business or a hospital without several long waits, humiliating searches and often arbitrary denials of the right to pass or to return."
2006-08-18
ZNet American Economy ...its great weakness
American Economy: "Prof. Niall Ferguson of the Harvard University compares the US economy to a dinosaur whose bulk once shook the ground. Yet, it disappeared from the face because of its inner problems. Like it, “the US economy is mind-bogglingly enormous—two and a half times as big as the next largest economy in the world and almost as large as that of the six other members of the Group of Seven combined. The catch is that it has to consume almost incessantly to sustain its great heft.” This reveals its great weakness and the inherent seed of its likely collapse at some future date."
2006-08-17
Aftonbladet: Lena Sundström: Det har aldrig kommit blod
"Nyheten om att det inte finns någon mödomshinna är inget annat än en sensationell världsnyhet. Borde inte ha varit något annat än en sensationell världsnyhet.
Breaking news.
Hymen does not exist!
Skicka in Lennart Nilsson med en kamera och sprid bilderna över hela jordklotet."
Breaking news.
Hymen does not exist!
Skicka in Lennart Nilsson med en kamera och sprid bilderna över hela jordklotet."
Venezuela Information Office
"As the world’s fifth-largest oil producer, Venezuela has long been a country of contrasts. Despite its great wealth, 80 percent of Venezuelans live in poverty. To address this injustice, the state-owned oil company has increased annual spending on social programs from 40 million to 1.7 billion dollars. For the first time, many Venezuelans have access to education, job training, housing, and health care. "
The Nation: Neocon Dreams, American Nightmares
"To borrow from both Beyoncé and Yogi Berra, it really is déjà vu all over again. Roughly four years, 2,600 American deaths, $1 trillion and one murderous civil war ago, the same William Kristol predicted that a US invasion of Iraq would inspire 'the principles of liberty and justice in the Islamic world.' Richard Perle, his comrade in armchair warfare, suggested that the impending US invasion would 'transform the thinking of people around the world about the potential for democracy, even in Arab countries."
" Four wars simultaneously? Led by this crew? After what we've seen in Iraq and Afghanistan? Is it me, or are the people who run this country dangerously out of their minds?"
Eric Alterman
The Nation
" Four wars simultaneously? Led by this crew? After what we've seen in Iraq and Afghanistan? Is it me, or are the people who run this country dangerously out of their minds?"
Eric Alterman
The Nation
Offutt, Buffett, and 9/11: Strange Coincidences
By Mary Louise
"The Franklin Cover-up: Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska' by John W. DeCamp, attorney and former Nebraska senator, is an investigation of satanic sexual abuse, ritual murders, pedophile rings, child pornography and prostitution, kidnapping, and money-laundering. It involves top Washington D.C. politicians, savings and loan executives, and media cover-ups. This book is dedicated to the author's dear friend, Bill Colby, former head of the CIA (before Bush), who died under very mysterious circumstances in 1996.
The Franklin Credit Union scandal centered in Omaha opens a window into the hellish world of child abuse and organized drug trafficking patronized and protected by powerful figures in politics and business. This awful but true story is about the abuse of positions of public trust, the Cover-up by institutions of government, and the abhorrent conduct and Cover-up by some of our wealthiest citizens. The unfinished business of the Franklin investigation is not only a matter involving children from Nebraska, but the lives of untold numbers of children everywhere. "
"The Franklin Cover-up: Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska' by John W. DeCamp, attorney and former Nebraska senator, is an investigation of satanic sexual abuse, ritual murders, pedophile rings, child pornography and prostitution, kidnapping, and money-laundering. It involves top Washington D.C. politicians, savings and loan executives, and media cover-ups. This book is dedicated to the author's dear friend, Bill Colby, former head of the CIA (before Bush), who died under very mysterious circumstances in 1996.
The Franklin Credit Union scandal centered in Omaha opens a window into the hellish world of child abuse and organized drug trafficking patronized and protected by powerful figures in politics and business. This awful but true story is about the abuse of positions of public trust, the Cover-up by institutions of government, and the abhorrent conduct and Cover-up by some of our wealthiest citizens. The unfinished business of the Franklin investigation is not only a matter involving children from Nebraska, but the lives of untold numbers of children everywhere. "
electronic intifada: Israel's Foreign Ministry provides Free Internet Tool to online activists
"Dear friends,
Many of us recognize the importance of the Internet as the new battleground for Israel's image. It's time to do it better, and coordinate our on-line efforts on behalf of Israel. An Israeli software company have developed a free, safe and useful tool for us - the Internet Megaphone.
Please go to www.giyus.org, download the Megaphone, and you will receive daily updates with instant links to important internet polls, problematic articles that require a talk back, etc.
We need 100,000 Megaphone users to make a difference. So, please distribute this mail to all Israel's supporters.
Do it now. For Israel.
Amir Gissin
Director Public Affairs (Hasbara) Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem"
Many of us recognize the importance of the Internet as the new battleground for Israel's image. It's time to do it better, and coordinate our on-line efforts on behalf of Israel. An Israeli software company have developed a free, safe and useful tool for us - the Internet Megaphone.
Please go to www.giyus.org, download the Megaphone, and you will receive daily updates with instant links to important internet polls, problematic articles that require a talk back, etc.
We need 100,000 Megaphone users to make a difference. So, please distribute this mail to all Israel's supporters.
Do it now. For Israel.
Amir Gissin
Director Public Affairs (Hasbara) Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem"
Aljazeera.Net - Church body condemns Israel
"De Clermont said Hezbollah was a scapegoat.
'It is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and not the role and actions of Hezbollah that is at the heart of the present crisis,' the council's statement said."
'It is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and not the role and actions of Hezbollah that is at the heart of the present crisis,' the council's statement said."
Aftonbladet: Den starkes fred
"Men Israels krig har onekligen lönat sig: någon annan får bevaka, någon annan får betala, och motståndaren avväpnas.
Det är den starkes fred, skapad på marken, välsignad av FN.
Petter Larsson"
Det är den starkes fred, skapad på marken, välsignad av FN.
Petter Larsson"
2006-08-16
Aftonbladet: Var sjätte laptop paj efter 1 år
Aftonbladet: Var sjätte laptop paj efter 1 år
'KOLLA OM DEN ÄR STABIL' It-chefen Claes Dahlberg på Acando i Göteborg tipsar datorköpare om hur de ska minska risken för fel på sin nya dator. 'Kontrollera att den känns stabil innan du köper den'.
'Om bilar hade byggts lika illa hade vi stått inför en katastrof'"
'KOLLA OM DEN ÄR STABIL' It-chefen Claes Dahlberg på Acando i Göteborg tipsar datorköpare om hur de ska minska risken för fel på sin nya dator. 'Kontrollera att den känns stabil innan du köper den'.
'Om bilar hade byggts lika illa hade vi stått inför en katastrof'"
Israel backed by army of cyber-soldiers - Times Online
"WHILE Israel fights Hezbollah with tanks and aircraft, its supporters are campaigning on the internet."
In the past week nearly 5,000 members of the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) have downloaded special “megaphone” software that alerts them to anti-Israeli chatrooms or internet polls to enable them to post contrary viewpoints. A student team in Jerusalem combs the web in a host of different languages to flag the sites so that those who have signed up can influence an opinion survey or the course of a debate.
In the past week nearly 5,000 members of the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) have downloaded special “megaphone” software that alerts them to anti-Israeli chatrooms or internet polls to enable them to post contrary viewpoints. A student team in Jerusalem combs the web in a host of different languages to flag the sites so that those who have signed up can influence an opinion survey or the course of a debate.
New Scientist: GM plant has escaped into the wild
"It is the first time a GM (Genetically Modified) plant has escaped into the wild in the US, and it has managed it before securing USDA approval. The plant, creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera, carries a bacterial gene that makes it immune to the potent herbicide glyphosate, better known as Roundup. The manufacturer, The Scotts Company, Marysville, Ohio, is hoping the grass will provide a turf that makes it easier for golf course owners to manage their fairways and greens by letting them kill competing weedy grasses with glyphosate."
2006-08-15
Aljazeera.Net - British Muslims criticise profiling
"What you are suggesting is that we should have a new offence in this country called 'travelling whilst Asian'
Ali Desai, a British Muslim chief superintendent"
Ali Desai, a British Muslim chief superintendent"
Azerbaijan and Armenia both claim Nagorno-Karabakh
Forgotten war threatens to reignite
by Scott Taylor
Friday 04 August 2006 5:13 AM GMT
Hardening positions on the future status of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region between Armenia and Azerbaijan threaten to reignite an ancient conflict."
by Scott Taylor
Friday 04 August 2006 5:13 AM GMT
Hardening positions on the future status of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region between Armenia and Azerbaijan threaten to reignite an ancient conflict."
The Naion: Fear and Smear
"An evil symbiosis does exist between Muslim terrorists and American politicians, but it is not the one Republicans describe."
The jihadists need George W. Bush to sustain their cause. His bloody crusade in the Middle East bolsters their accusation that America is out to destroy Islam. The president has unwittingly made himself the lead recruiter of willing young martyrs.
The jihadists need George W. Bush to sustain their cause. His bloody crusade in the Middle East bolsters their accusation that America is out to destroy Islam. The president has unwittingly made himself the lead recruiter of willing young martyrs.
More to the point, it is equally true that Bush desperately needs the terrorists. They are his last frail hope for political survival. They divert public attention, at least momentarily, from his disastrous war in Iraq and his shameful abuses of the Constitution. The "news" of terror--whether real or fantasized--reduces American politics to its most primitive impulses, the realm of fear-and-smear where George Bush is at his best.
2006-08-12
electronic intifada : Time to Reopen the Palestine File at the UN? Not Yet!
"Most Arabs, Palestinians included, have vied for years to snatch the Palestine question away from U.S.-Israeli clenching claws and return it to where it formally started: the United Nations. From their perspective, so long as the U.S. is allowed to control '99% of the cards,' as the late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat notoriously believed, there is no chance for a just and enduring peace."
Hizbullah accepts UN ceasefire deal
Posted: 12-08-2006 , 15:30 GMT
Nasrallah claimed some aspects of Security Council Resolution 1701 are unjust and Hizbullah has reservations on a few of its articles. These will be presented by Hizbullah ministers during the Lebanese cabinet discussion on the matter, he noted.
Nasrallah stressed that as long as Israel is occupying Lebanese land Hizbullah will keep fighting in accordance with its commitment to the “April Understanding,” a 1996 agreement to end cross-border attacks on civilian targets.
© 2006 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)"
Nasrallah claimed some aspects of Security Council Resolution 1701 are unjust and Hizbullah has reservations on a few of its articles. These will be presented by Hizbullah ministers during the Lebanese cabinet discussion on the matter, he noted.
Nasrallah stressed that as long as Israel is occupying Lebanese land Hizbullah will keep fighting in accordance with its commitment to the “April Understanding,” a 1996 agreement to end cross-border attacks on civilian targets.
© 2006 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)"
Jewish Voice for Peace
"Opposed to Bombing Civilians? Sign Jewish Call to Action Petition"
Urge the U.S. to put a stop to the attacks on Lebanon and Gaza. Show the world there is a principled Jewish voice that opposes the collective punishment of an entire people.
Urge the U.S. to put a stop to the attacks on Lebanon and Gaza. Show the world there is a principled Jewish voice that opposes the collective punishment of an entire people.
It's time for Jewish dissenters to challenge Israeli policies
"Current U.S.-backed cease-fire proposals are so unfair to Lebanon that the Lebanese government has already indicated it cannot accept the terms, which do not even include a full Israeli withdrawal.
This one-sided U.S. policy is the result of a combination of factors, but it thrives on the myth that all American Jews stand uncritically behind the Israeli government.
Israeli intransigence has made Israel a pariah state, and is the biggest enemy of all the people of the Middle East -- Arabs and Israelis alike"
This one-sided U.S. policy is the result of a combination of factors, but it thrives on the myth that all American Jews stand uncritically behind the Israeli government.
Israeli intransigence has made Israel a pariah state, and is the biggest enemy of all the people of the Middle East -- Arabs and Israelis alike"
On Israel, Lebanon and Palestine
ZNet |Israel/Palestine | On Israel, Lebanon and Palestine
"On Israel, Lebanon and Palestine
Noam Chomsky interviewed by
Kaveh Afrasiabi"
When did Nasrallah assume a leadership role? Answer: When the Rabin government escalated its crimes in Lebanon, murdering Sheikh Abbas Mussawi and his wife and child with missiles fired from a US helicopter. Nasrallah was chosen as his successor. Only one of innumerable cases. There is, after all, a good reason why last February, 70% of Lebanese called for the capture of Israeli soldiers for prisoner exchange.
"On Israel, Lebanon and Palestine
Noam Chomsky interviewed by
Kaveh Afrasiabi"
When did Nasrallah assume a leadership role? Answer: When the Rabin government escalated its crimes in Lebanon, murdering Sheikh Abbas Mussawi and his wife and child with missiles fired from a US helicopter. Nasrallah was chosen as his successor. Only one of innumerable cases. There is, after all, a good reason why last February, 70% of Lebanese called for the capture of Israeli soldiers for prisoner exchange.
2006-08-10
Varför ska vi betala för Israels terror!!
Aftonbladet: Kriget i siffror - hittills: "Totalt har Israel nu förstört libanesisk infrastruktur för mer än 16 miljarder kronor. Göran Persson vill sammankalla en stor internationell konferens där Sverige och de andra EU-länderna enas om att betala för det Israel har bombat, precis som EU hittills har betalt förstörd infrastruktur på palestinskt område."
Det Israel har förstört det får väl Israel betala....
Det Israel har förstört det får väl Israel betala....
2006-08-07
What Can Israel Achieve?
ZNet Israel Palestine
"What the Israeli governments do not realize is that neither Hamas nor Hezbollah need Israel. It is Israel that needs them, and needs them desperately. If Israel wants not to become a Crusader state that is in the end extinguished, it is only Hamas and Hezbollah that can guarantee the survival of Israel. It is only when Israel is able to come to terms with them, as the deeply-rooted spokespersons of Palestinian and Arab nationalism, that Israel can live in peace."
by Immanuel Wallerstein
"What the Israeli governments do not realize is that neither Hamas nor Hezbollah need Israel. It is Israel that needs them, and needs them desperately. If Israel wants not to become a Crusader state that is in the end extinguished, it is only Hamas and Hezbollah that can guarantee the survival of Israel. It is only when Israel is able to come to terms with them, as the deeply-rooted spokespersons of Palestinian and Arab nationalism, that Israel can live in peace."
by Immanuel Wallerstein
Israel, Hands off Palestine!!
INTERNATIONAL PRESS CENTER: "Desperate Residents Lament Humanitarian Catastrophe Due To Embargo"
Apartheid Wall in Israel
INTERNATIONAL PRESS CENTER-PALESTINE: "Apartheid Wall"
The wall in Palestine built by the expanding Israel resembles the way the Jews were rounded up in ghettoes in Europe during the facist regimes during the 30's-40's in Europe.
The wall in Palestine built by the expanding Israel resembles the way the Jews were rounded up in ghettoes in Europe during the facist regimes during the 30's-40's in Europe.
Palestinian Parliament Speaker Dweik Arrested
Israel, Hands off Palestine!
Palestinian Parliament Speaker Dweik Arrested: "Palestinian Parliament Speaker Dweik Arrested
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News"
"On June 29, Israeli forces in the West Bank rounded up dozens of Hamas officials, including eight Cabinet ministers. One was released earlier this week."
Palestinian Parliament Speaker Dweik Arrested: "Palestinian Parliament Speaker Dweik Arrested
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News"
"On June 29, Israeli forces in the West Bank rounded up dozens of Hamas officials, including eight Cabinet ministers. One was released earlier this week."
Israel arrests Hamas lawmaker : HindustanTimes.com
Israel arrests Hamas lawmaker : HindustanTimes.com: "Israel arrests Hamas lawmaker
Agence France Presse
Ramallah, August 7, 2006"
Agence France Presse
Ramallah, August 7, 2006"
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