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Friday, 14 March 2008
Thursday, 13 March 2008
They really were the Dark Ages
Published online 11 March 2008 Nature doi:10.1038/news.2008.665
News
They really were the Dark Ages
A massive volcanic eruption brought gloom to the post-Roman world.
News
They really were the Dark Ages
A massive volcanic eruption brought gloom to the post-Roman world.
Mystérieuse météorite
Mystérieuse météorite
NOUVELOBS.COM 12.03.2008 12:35
Une météorite qui s’est écrasée en septembre au Pérou intrigue les chercheurs. Plusieurs personnes se sont plaintes de malaise après avoir été à proximité du cratère creusé par l’impact tandis que la cavité semble trop profonde par rapport à la nature de l’objet.
NOUVELOBS.COM 12.03.2008 12:35
Une météorite qui s’est écrasée en septembre au Pérou intrigue les chercheurs. Plusieurs personnes se sont plaintes de malaise après avoir été à proximité du cratère creusé par l’impact tandis que la cavité semble trop profonde par rapport à la nature de l’objet.
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Ex-DEA Head Admits CIA Imported Cocaine
Ex-DEA Head Admits CIA Imported Cocaine
Video clip:
"American Drug War: The Last White Hope"
"American Drug War: The Last White Hope"
Monday, 10 March 2008
"האם,אורלי רוט: "עקדתי את בני
האם,אורלי רוט: " עקדתי את בני"
.אנחנו עצובים, כי חרב עולמנו", כך מתארים בני משפחת רוט את מה שעובר עליהם מאז רציחתו של רועי הי"ד. כתבתו של טנא סמואל"
Massacre at Mercaz
Massacre at Mercaz
HaRav Suspects in Yeshiva murders arrested.
Terrorists family celebrates.
UN refuses to condemn attack.
Tovia & Tamar: And Condi Comes Running
Tovia & Tamar: And Condi Comes Running
Tovia and Tamar battle it out once again: Everything from Israel's future, the missile crisis, big government and Condi Rice. Do the Arabs really want a Palestinian State? Is there anyone to really vote for in the U.S. Presidential elections? Is life in Israel good, or should people believe the headlines? A feisty show!
http://msmedia.a7.org:82/arutz7/shows/tnt/TnT080305.mp3
The CFR: Vision of a Global Order
The CFR: Vision of a Global Order
Prof. Francisco Gil-White, Editor of 'Historical and Investigative Research' and co-founder of http://www.strongisrael.org/, speaks about the origins of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) as well as its goals and visions for a new international order and the dissolving of the 'Nation-State'. What does this mean to you? Do they really have the power to turn the United States into an entity under a 'North American Union'? If the world united under a centralized government body with fluid borders, nation states would have to give up much of their sovereignty and conform to a central ideology. This would result in nations having to give up many of their values and beliefs. All the three major U.S. Presidential Candidates (Clinton, Obama & McCain) are members of the CFR. Does it really matter who you vote for?
The Complaint of Disproportional Response
The Complaint of Disproportional Response
Tamar analyzes the world's complaints that Israel acts disproportionaly when it comes to defending herself. Another radio show host emails Tamar complaining that more Arabs have died than Jews, therefore it is disproportional (unfair). Tamar answers her. Plus, Rabbi David Bar-Hayim, head of of Machon Shilo joins Tamar and speaks on "Project: Land of Israel Prayer Book" and about the need for 'changing back' to what we were as a nation when all Jews lived in Israel, before the Exile.
Propaganda. Video
Propaganda. Video
An open source video compilation, Propaganda offers a critical look at the "mainstream" media, featuring interviews and lectures
An open source video compilation, Propaganda offers a critical look at the "mainstream" media, featuring interviews and lectures
by Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, Amy Goodman and much more. Click to view
John Pilger: That Unspeakable Word "Empire"
John Pilger: That Unspeakable Word "Empire":
Video lecture: John Pilger speaks about the US Empire, "War On Democracy", 9/11 Truth Movement. and The effects of US foreign policy on Middle East, Asia, Europe and Africa
Video lecture: John Pilger speaks about the US Empire, "War On Democracy", 9/11 Truth Movement. and The effects of US foreign policy on Middle East, Asia, Europe and Africa
Rocket Men. Al Jazeera Video Report
Rocket Men
Al Jazeera Video Report
Paul Martin gains unique access to a Qassam rocket launching team in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli helicopter pilots charged with hunting them down.
Monday, 3 March 2008
Saturday, 1 March 2008
YOU are insane! YOU are criminals! 你們沒面子! / 你们没面子!
你們沒面子!
YOU are insane!
YOU are criminals!
And even totally idiot,
because now the whole world knows what you are!
现在，大家知道你們只是瘋狂的蟑螂!
http://scaruffi.blogspot.com/2008/04/prosecutors-office-for-taichung-branch.html http://scaruffi.blogspot.com/2008/06/sent-to-httpwwwgiornalettismocom.html
YOU are insane!
YOU are criminals!
And even totally idiot,
because now the whole world knows what you are!
现在，大家知道你們只是瘋狂的蟑螂!
http://scaruffi.blogspot.com/2008/04/prosecutors-office-for-taichung-branch.html http://scaruffi.blogspot.com/2008/06/sent-to-httpwwwgiornalettismocom.html
My sister’s “literary” site is rich of first-hand information on these State-organised psychotic and criminal louses:
Former SAS soldier blows apart Miliband denial of UK torture involvement.
Former SAS soldier blows apart Miliband denial of UK torture involvement.
Written by Stewart office
Monday, 25 February 2008
This statement was prepared and read by Ben Griffin, ex-SAS soldier, at a press conference on Monday 25 February 2008.
Our government would have us believe that our involvement in the process known as Extraordinary Rendition is limited to two occasions on which planes carrying detainees landed to refuel on the British Indian Ocean Territory, Diego Garcia. David Miliband has stated that the British Government expects the Government of the United States to “seek permission to render detainees via UK territory and airspace, including Overseas Territories; that we will grant that permission only if we are satisfied that the rendition would accord with UK law and our international obligations; and how we understand our obligations under the UN Convention Against Torture¹.” (Taken from a statement given to the House of Commons by the Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Thursday 21 February 2008)
The use of British Territory and airspace pales into insignificance in light of the fact that it has been British soldiers detaining the victims of Extraordinary Rendition in the first place. Since the invasion of Afghanistan in the autumn of 2001 UKSF has operated within a joint US/UK Task Force. This Task Force has been responsible for the detention of hundreds if not thousands of individuals in Afghanistan and Iraq. Individuals detained by British soldiers within this Task force have ended up in Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Bagram Theatre Internment Facility, Balad Special Forces Base, Camp Nama BIAP and Abu Ghraib Prison.
Whilst the government has stated its desire that the Guantanamo Bay detention camp be closed, it has remained silent over these other secretive prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan. These secretive prisons are part of a global network in which individuals face torture and are held indefinately without charge. All of this is in direct contravention of the Geneva Conventions, International Law and the UN Convention Against Torture.
Early involvement of UKSF in the process of Extraordinary Rendition centres around operations carried out in Afghanistan in late 2001. Of note is an incident at the Qalai Janghi fortress, near Mazar-i-Sharif. UKSF fought alongside their US counterparts to put down a bloody revolt by captured Taliban fighters. The surviving Taliban fighters were then rendered to Guantanamo Bay.
After the invasion of Iraq in 2003 this joint US/UK task force appeared. Its primary mission was to kill or capture high value targets. Individuals detained by this Task Force often included non-combatants caught up in the search for high value targets. The use of secret detention centres within Iraq has negated the need to use Guantanamo Bay whilst allowing similar practice to go unnoticed.
I have here an account taken from an interpreter interviewed by the organisation Human Rights Watch (http://hrw.org/reports/2006/us0706/2.htm). He was based at the detention and interrogation facility within Camp Nama at Baghdad International Airport during 2004. This facility was used to interrogate individuals captured by the joint US/UK Task Force. In it are the details of numerous breaches of the Geneva Convention and accounts of torture. These breaches were not the actions of rogue elements the abuse was systematic and sanctioned through the chain of command. This account is corroborated by an investigation carried out by NYT reporters into Camp Nama and the US/UK Task Force, which appeared in the New York Times on March 19 2006. Throughout my time in Iraq I was in no doubt that individuals detained by UKSF and handed over to our American colleagues would be tortured. During my time as member of the US/UK Task Force, three soldiers recounted to me an incident in which they had witnessed the brutal interrogation of two detainees. Partial drowning and an electric cattle prod were used during this interrogation and this amounted to torture. It was the widely held assumption that this would be the fate of any individuals handed over to our America colleagues. My commanding officer at the time expressed his concern to the whole squadron that we were becoming “the secret police of Baghdad”.
As UK soldiers within this Task Force a policy that we would detain individuals but not arrest them was continually enforced. Since it was commonly assumed by my colleagues that anyone we detained would subsequently be tortured this policy of detention and not arrest was regarded as a clumsy legal tool used to distance British soldiers from the whole process.
During the many operations conducted to apprehend high value targets numerous non-combatants were detained and interrogated in direct contravention of the Geneva Convention regarding the treatment of civilians in occupied territories. I have no doubt in my mind that non-combatants I personally detained were handed over to the Americans and subsequently tortured.
The joint US/UK Task Force has broken International Law, contravened The Geneva Conventions and disregarded the UN Convention Against Torture. British soldiers are intimately involved in the actions of this Task Force. Jack Straw, Margaret Beckett David Miliband, Geoff Hoon, Des Browne, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown. In their respective positions over the last five years they must know that British soldiers have been operating within this joint US/UK task force. They must have been briefed on the actions of this unit.
As the occupiers of Iraq we have a duty to uphold the law, to abide by the Geneva Conventions and the UN Convention Against Torture. We are also responsible for securing the borders of Iraq on all counts we have failed. The British Army once had a reputation for playing by the rules. That reputation has been tarnished over the last seven years. We have accepted illegality as the norm. I have no doubt that over the coming months and years increasing amounts of information concerning the actions of British soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan will be become public.
Whilst the majority of British Forces have been withdrawn from Iraq, UKSF remain within the US/UK Task Force.
¹Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession.”
Ben Griffin 25 February 2008
Written by Stewart office
Monday, 25 February 2008
This statement was prepared and read by Ben Griffin, ex-SAS soldier, at a press conference on Monday 25 February 2008.
Our government would have us believe that our involvement in the process known as Extraordinary Rendition is limited to two occasions on which planes carrying detainees landed to refuel on the British Indian Ocean Territory, Diego Garcia. David Miliband has stated that the British Government expects the Government of the United States to “seek permission to render detainees via UK territory and airspace, including Overseas Territories; that we will grant that permission only if we are satisfied that the rendition would accord with UK law and our international obligations; and how we understand our obligations under the UN Convention Against Torture¹.” (Taken from a statement given to the House of Commons by the Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Thursday 21 February 2008)
The use of British Territory and airspace pales into insignificance in light of the fact that it has been British soldiers detaining the victims of Extraordinary Rendition in the first place. Since the invasion of Afghanistan in the autumn of 2001 UKSF has operated within a joint US/UK Task Force. This Task Force has been responsible for the detention of hundreds if not thousands of individuals in Afghanistan and Iraq. Individuals detained by British soldiers within this Task force have ended up in Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Bagram Theatre Internment Facility, Balad Special Forces Base, Camp Nama BIAP and Abu Ghraib Prison.
Whilst the government has stated its desire that the Guantanamo Bay detention camp be closed, it has remained silent over these other secretive prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan. These secretive prisons are part of a global network in which individuals face torture and are held indefinately without charge. All of this is in direct contravention of the Geneva Conventions, International Law and the UN Convention Against Torture.
Early involvement of UKSF in the process of Extraordinary Rendition centres around operations carried out in Afghanistan in late 2001. Of note is an incident at the Qalai Janghi fortress, near Mazar-i-Sharif. UKSF fought alongside their US counterparts to put down a bloody revolt by captured Taliban fighters. The surviving Taliban fighters were then rendered to Guantanamo Bay.
After the invasion of Iraq in 2003 this joint US/UK task force appeared. Its primary mission was to kill or capture high value targets. Individuals detained by this Task Force often included non-combatants caught up in the search for high value targets. The use of secret detention centres within Iraq has negated the need to use Guantanamo Bay whilst allowing similar practice to go unnoticed.
I have here an account taken from an interpreter interviewed by the organisation Human Rights Watch (http://hrw.org/reports/2006/us0706/2.htm). He was based at the detention and interrogation facility within Camp Nama at Baghdad International Airport during 2004. This facility was used to interrogate individuals captured by the joint US/UK Task Force. In it are the details of numerous breaches of the Geneva Convention and accounts of torture. These breaches were not the actions of rogue elements the abuse was systematic and sanctioned through the chain of command. This account is corroborated by an investigation carried out by NYT reporters into Camp Nama and the US/UK Task Force, which appeared in the New York Times on March 19 2006. Throughout my time in Iraq I was in no doubt that individuals detained by UKSF and handed over to our American colleagues would be tortured. During my time as member of the US/UK Task Force, three soldiers recounted to me an incident in which they had witnessed the brutal interrogation of two detainees. Partial drowning and an electric cattle prod were used during this interrogation and this amounted to torture. It was the widely held assumption that this would be the fate of any individuals handed over to our America colleagues. My commanding officer at the time expressed his concern to the whole squadron that we were becoming “the secret police of Baghdad”.
As UK soldiers within this Task Force a policy that we would detain individuals but not arrest them was continually enforced. Since it was commonly assumed by my colleagues that anyone we detained would subsequently be tortured this policy of detention and not arrest was regarded as a clumsy legal tool used to distance British soldiers from the whole process.
During the many operations conducted to apprehend high value targets numerous non-combatants were detained and interrogated in direct contravention of the Geneva Convention regarding the treatment of civilians in occupied territories. I have no doubt in my mind that non-combatants I personally detained were handed over to the Americans and subsequently tortured.
The joint US/UK Task Force has broken International Law, contravened The Geneva Conventions and disregarded the UN Convention Against Torture. British soldiers are intimately involved in the actions of this Task Force. Jack Straw, Margaret Beckett David Miliband, Geoff Hoon, Des Browne, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown. In their respective positions over the last five years they must know that British soldiers have been operating within this joint US/UK task force. They must have been briefed on the actions of this unit.
As the occupiers of Iraq we have a duty to uphold the law, to abide by the Geneva Conventions and the UN Convention Against Torture. We are also responsible for securing the borders of Iraq on all counts we have failed. The British Army once had a reputation for playing by the rules. That reputation has been tarnished over the last seven years. We have accepted illegality as the norm. I have no doubt that over the coming months and years increasing amounts of information concerning the actions of British soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan will be become public.
Whilst the majority of British Forces have been withdrawn from Iraq, UKSF remain within the US/UK Task Force.
¹Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession.”
Ben Griffin 25 February 2008
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