President Obama admits he and his government are murdering people in Pakistan by blowing them to pieces, pretty much like car bombs are doing in Baghdad ."They have been very precise, precision strikes against al-Qaeda and their affiliates" he boasts.
Pakistanis say many civilians are murdered by the US bombers.
One wonders about the legality of such tactics?
Two points come to my mind. First, what right does the US have to carry out summary executions without a fair trial in the court of law.
Secondly, how can the US even confirm the people's identities they want to eradicate?
Even Obama says "al-Qaeda suspects who are up in very tough terrain along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan," and "For us to be able to get them in another way would involve probably a lot more intrusive military action than the ones we're already engaging in."
So it looks like, just kill everyone and hope we get lucky...
Monday, January 30, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Kill the raghead in the wheelchair!
This one might make a few Iraqis a little angry.
A decision to not imprison Sgt Frank Wuterich by the judge at Camp Pendleton, California, (needing approval by the commander of the US Marine’s Central Command) for ordering his soldiers to massacre 26 innocent Iraqi civilians in what appears to be revenge for a fatal roadside bombing in Haditha was made.
No wonder Okinawan’s don't want US bases and want the right for US soldiers to face Japanese courts.
French Denial of Free Speech
France, which some historians claim as one of the birthplaces of democracy, is in the process of passing a law that inhibits it’s citizens from expressing their right to free speech.
The bill, already passed by parliament will make it illegal to deny the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was genocide.
There is some speculation that the bill is being passed to gain the 500,000 votes of the French Armenian's in the upcoming elections.
Nobody can deny that deaths occurred. But to make people face one year prison terms and €45000 fines for discussing it?
Whatever the historical is, people died and it was disgusting. People need to learn from such atrocities.
But banning free speech and discussion has no benefit.
For example, one only has to look at the consequences of similar laws regarding "holocaust denial", which don't address the dreadful actions of the right-wing National Socialist movement of Germany during Europe's recent history adequately for all their victims.
Instead, such anti-free speech laws have only benefited the Jews, more correctly the Zionists. Using such laws, they have been granted special treatment above other victims. This advantage can be used as propaganda to allow Israel to continually commit crimes against humanity, war crimes and break international law.
These kinds of “denial” laws can set a dangerous precedent.
You can't force propaganda on the masses. Through education only, people will understand the unforgivable atrocities experienced by the innocent Jews and Armenians and Korean Comfort Women alike, and make up their own minds. Politicising such crimes will only negatively impact such causes and demean all victims.
The bill, already passed by parliament will make it illegal to deny the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was genocide.
There is some speculation that the bill is being passed to gain the 500,000 votes of the French Armenian's in the upcoming elections.
Nobody can deny that deaths occurred. But to make people face one year prison terms and €45000 fines for discussing it?
Whatever the historical is, people died and it was disgusting. People need to learn from such atrocities.
But banning free speech and discussion has no benefit.
For example, one only has to look at the consequences of similar laws regarding "holocaust denial", which don't address the dreadful actions of the right-wing National Socialist movement of Germany during Europe's recent history adequately for all their victims.
Instead, such anti-free speech laws have only benefited the Jews, more correctly the Zionists. Using such laws, they have been granted special treatment above other victims. This advantage can be used as propaganda to allow Israel to continually commit crimes against humanity, war crimes and break international law.
These kinds of “denial” laws can set a dangerous precedent.
You can't force propaganda on the masses. Through education only, people will understand the unforgivable atrocities experienced by the innocent Jews and Armenians and Korean Comfort Women alike, and make up their own minds. Politicising such crimes will only negatively impact such causes and demean all victims.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Dire Straights
It seems it is a time of violent threats in the Straights of Hormuz.
Israel wants to bomb Iran, USA needs oil, And the world will suffer from super high oil prices and disruptions in supply, maybe world recession again. And Iranian's wont take this lying down, with radicals threatening world security even more.
While the big five “nuclear weapon states", who apart from China have all recently attacked or invaded other countries, none have ever had sanctions put on them. And of the “nuclear club” that includes India, Pakistan and Israel, it seems that only North Korea is suffering from sanctions that have staved it's people and economy.
In fact Israel and Pakistan's military receive massive amounts of money from the United States of America, the main aggressor when it comes to who can have what.
Around 30 countries have nuclear power stations, which Iran should be perfectly entitled to do so and is claiming to build, and other countries like Bangladesh, Belarus, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Thailand, Turkey, UAE and Vietnam are also planning these post-Fukushima dangerous installations.
Israel has had no sanctions even though it violated international norms by scattering cluster bombs all over civilian locations in Southern Lebanon and chemical weapons on civilians at a UN school in Gaza.
Pakistan is a country fraught with corruption, military coups, radical religious elements and possibly illegal drone attacks, but still no sanctions there.
Iran, with around 9% of the world's proven oil reserves, seems to being bullied. For what reason could this be? Oil for the colonisers and regional supremacy for the Zionist state? Shame about the misery, suffering and destruction for the Iranian people?
Israel wants to bomb Iran, USA needs oil, And the world will suffer from super high oil prices and disruptions in supply, maybe world recession again. And Iranian's wont take this lying down, with radicals threatening world security even more.
While the big five “nuclear weapon states", who apart from China have all recently attacked or invaded other countries, none have ever had sanctions put on them. And of the “nuclear club” that includes India, Pakistan and Israel, it seems that only North Korea is suffering from sanctions that have staved it's people and economy.
In fact Israel and Pakistan's military receive massive amounts of money from the United States of America, the main aggressor when it comes to who can have what.
Around 30 countries have nuclear power stations, which Iran should be perfectly entitled to do so and is claiming to build, and other countries like Bangladesh, Belarus, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Poland, Thailand, Turkey, UAE and Vietnam are also planning these post-Fukushima dangerous installations.
Israel has had no sanctions even though it violated international norms by scattering cluster bombs all over civilian locations in Southern Lebanon and chemical weapons on civilians at a UN school in Gaza.
Pakistan is a country fraught with corruption, military coups, radical religious elements and possibly illegal drone attacks, but still no sanctions there.
Iran, with around 9% of the world's proven oil reserves, seems to being bullied. For what reason could this be? Oil for the colonisers and regional supremacy for the Zionist state? Shame about the misery, suffering and destruction for the Iranian people?
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Modern day human sacrifices
Nature unleashed a catastrophe on the people of Japan on March 11th, 2011. But TEPCO (the Tokyo Electric Power Company) and the Japanese government, may have unleashed unimaginable suffering on it's citizens after Fukushima Daiichi and Daini Nuclear Power Stations we're damaged by the massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake. A devastating tsunami followed it, affecting the stricken reactors ability to cool down.
After the tsunami waters receded to reveal an estimated 20,000 dead and massive damage, the Japanese were clued to their televisions watching former Prime Minister Kan and party head Edano address the nation about the fated Fukushima Nuclear Power Station.
Don't worry, no need to panic, it will not harm your health...were the kind of messages repeated. They incouraged people to breathe contaminated air, eat contaminated food and continue life as normal. Any Japanese citizen who questioned the world's worst nuclear disaster in one of the worlds most technologically advanced nations was set upon. Worried mothers are branded spreaders of “baseless rumours”, researchers, bloggers etc were discouraged or even threatened.
With PMs Kan and Noda ignoring international advise, confused residents were evacuated from only 20 km away. The rest was stuck, and even encouraged to live in vast areas with higher radiation than Chenobyl's uninhabitable zone.
Still 10 months later, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power station is crippled, unapproachable and spewing extremely high levels of dangerous ionising radiation into the sea, air and the water table.
Every day seems to see a new complication and a new scandalous political decision or cover-up.
Fears of compensation and relocation costs, and the prospect of mass panic (PM Noda’s announcement to the world about a “cold shutdown state”)have prevented the government from at least evacuating parts of Tokyo and it's surrounds, leaving large amounts of Japanese citizens living in irradiated habitats.
Lessons learned from Chenobyl seem abandoned, as people are exposed to low level radiation on a daily basis. Whether such exposure will inhibit immune systems, derange DNA and lead to infertility or lead to much more sinister effects is only to be revealed in time.
With nobody sure where the Corium (melted fuel) is and predictions of explosions when it melts through to the water table, coupled with the ongoing seismic activity around the fragile reactors and fuel pools, TEPCO’s prediction of 40 years to clean it all up seems very impressive.
After the tsunami waters receded to reveal an estimated 20,000 dead and massive damage, the Japanese were clued to their televisions watching former Prime Minister Kan and party head Edano address the nation about the fated Fukushima Nuclear Power Station.
Don't worry, no need to panic, it will not harm your health...were the kind of messages repeated. They incouraged people to breathe contaminated air, eat contaminated food and continue life as normal. Any Japanese citizen who questioned the world's worst nuclear disaster in one of the worlds most technologically advanced nations was set upon. Worried mothers are branded spreaders of “baseless rumours”, researchers, bloggers etc were discouraged or even threatened.
With PMs Kan and Noda ignoring international advise, confused residents were evacuated from only 20 km away. The rest was stuck, and even encouraged to live in vast areas with higher radiation than Chenobyl's uninhabitable zone.
Still 10 months later, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power station is crippled, unapproachable and spewing extremely high levels of dangerous ionising radiation into the sea, air and the water table.
Every day seems to see a new complication and a new scandalous political decision or cover-up.
Fears of compensation and relocation costs, and the prospect of mass panic (PM Noda’s announcement to the world about a “cold shutdown state”)have prevented the government from at least evacuating parts of Tokyo and it's surrounds, leaving large amounts of Japanese citizens living in irradiated habitats.
Lessons learned from Chenobyl seem abandoned, as people are exposed to low level radiation on a daily basis. Whether such exposure will inhibit immune systems, derange DNA and lead to infertility or lead to much more sinister effects is only to be revealed in time.
With nobody sure where the Corium (melted fuel) is and predictions of explosions when it melts through to the water table, coupled with the ongoing seismic activity around the fragile reactors and fuel pools, TEPCO’s prediction of 40 years to clean it all up seems very impressive.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Colonising Libya's Oil
NATO claimed success as they flooded Libya with weapons and "special advisors" amid denials of blowing up civilians. Under UNSC Resolution 1973, they entered the sovereign nations airspace, waters and lands. Their remit was to "use all nessasary measures to protect civilians". NATO's 9,658 strike sorties were used not only to protect civilians, but to destroy infrastructure, and search and destroy the nations security forces. And assassinate Gaddafi and his family, much to the condemnation of Russia and China and international law. Civilian deaths are estimated at 25,000-30,000 civilians. Gaddafi was tortured and murdered and his corpse displayed like an animal carcass. Human rights were terrible under Gaddafi, but the Western-backed NTC(National Transition Council) also has a shocking record so far.
Libya has witnessed bands of rebels loot and pillage as they moved on Tripoli, with many residents still helpless to protect family and property. Lawless gun battles break out regularly and security for the so-called "protected civilians" is worthless. Tripoli is divided by opposing occupying rebel forces, reminiscent of Monrovia during Charles Taylor's civil war.
Gadaffi's once prosperous country, the beacon of all Africa, is now fractured, with the newly unelected, western-backed government appearing willing to seize Libya's resources and sell them off for their profit. I doubt oil money will be shared among the nation as before...
And the winners so far are...Repsol, Total, BP, Eni, Glencore , the Swiss-based trading giants Vitol, Gunvor and Trafigura, and China's Sinopec and Petrochina.
Libya has witnessed bands of rebels loot and pillage as they moved on Tripoli, with many residents still helpless to protect family and property. Lawless gun battles break out regularly and security for the so-called "protected civilians" is worthless. Tripoli is divided by opposing occupying rebel forces, reminiscent of Monrovia during Charles Taylor's civil war.
Gadaffi's once prosperous country, the beacon of all Africa, is now fractured, with the newly unelected, western-backed government appearing willing to seize Libya's resources and sell them off for their profit. I doubt oil money will be shared among the nation as before...
And the winners so far are...Repsol, Total, BP, Eni, Glencore , the Swiss-based trading giants Vitol, Gunvor and Trafigura, and China's Sinopec and Petrochina.
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