French authorities refuse to link missing officer with US sniper attacks. 21/10/2002. ABC News Online
The French Defence Ministry refused to establish a link between the disappearance of the man, enrolled in a prestigious officers' training school in western France, and a series of deadly sniper attacks in Washington.
Wednesday, October 23, 2002
Iraq as Prison State, a review of Milan Rai's War Plan Iraq
All the recent chatter in the media about a forthcoming war on Iraq conveniently ignores the fact that the US and Britain have been waging war against Saddam since 1990-although its been a decidedly one-sided affair, too one-sided to mention apparently. Since the accords that brought an end to the Gulf War Round One, Iraq has been remorselessly bombed about once every three days. Its feeble air defense system is shattered and its radars jammed; its air force is grounded, the runways cratered; its primitive Navy is destroyed. The nation's northern and southern territories are occupied by hostile forces, armed, funded and overseen by the CIA.
All the recent chatter in the media about a forthcoming war on Iraq conveniently ignores the fact that the US and Britain have been waging war against Saddam since 1990-although its been a decidedly one-sided affair, too one-sided to mention apparently. Since the accords that brought an end to the Gulf War Round One, Iraq has been remorselessly bombed about once every three days. Its feeble air defense system is shattered and its radars jammed; its air force is grounded, the runways cratered; its primitive Navy is destroyed. The nation's northern and southern territories are occupied by hostile forces, armed, funded and overseen by the CIA.
Tuesday, October 22, 2002
World Oil Exchanges Burning Up
It is obvious that the world has not evaluated the new factor yet: the so-called ?Islamic Renaissance.? One could realize after Shah Reza Pahlavi was overthrown in Iran that the permanent Islamic revolution would play a key role in the world. Muslims have already come to power in Egypt, in Algeria, and even in NATO member Turkey, as a result of democratic elections. This recently happened in Pakistan as well. Only the army and the cancellation of constitutional liberties caused situation to stabilize.
One can now understand the USA?s wish to destroy Hussein?s regime in Iraq and to gain unrestricted access to Iraqi oil. The growth of Islamic terrorism makes the rest of the Arab world more unpredictable and hostile. - Pravda
It is obvious that the world has not evaluated the new factor yet: the so-called ?Islamic Renaissance.? One could realize after Shah Reza Pahlavi was overthrown in Iran that the permanent Islamic revolution would play a key role in the world. Muslims have already come to power in Egypt, in Algeria, and even in NATO member Turkey, as a result of democratic elections. This recently happened in Pakistan as well. Only the army and the cancellation of constitutional liberties caused situation to stabilize.
One can now understand the USA?s wish to destroy Hussein?s regime in Iraq and to gain unrestricted access to Iraqi oil. The growth of Islamic terrorism makes the rest of the Arab world more unpredictable and hostile. - Pravda
Kyoto Protocol Is Not Worth a Thing
A Russian ecologist says that there is no greenhouse effect at all
Ecologists, who watch the situation with the global climate, have been recently shocked with a piece of news from a UN intergovernmental committee which stated that the economic losses of the humanity double every ten years due to global warming. It was also said that the economic losses would reach $150 billion during the coming decade.
Why was that information shocking? Studying the climate on planet Earth with the help of scientific methods proves that the so-called greenhouse effect can not actually be found. World leaders of 156 countries gathered for a conference back in 1992 in Rio. They signed the convention for climate change. This document became known as the Kyoto protocol of 1997. - Pravda
A Russian ecologist says that there is no greenhouse effect at all
Ecologists, who watch the situation with the global climate, have been recently shocked with a piece of news from a UN intergovernmental committee which stated that the economic losses of the humanity double every ten years due to global warming. It was also said that the economic losses would reach $150 billion during the coming decade.
Why was that information shocking? Studying the climate on planet Earth with the help of scientific methods proves that the so-called greenhouse effect can not actually be found. World leaders of 156 countries gathered for a conference back in 1992 in Rio. They signed the convention for climate change. This document became known as the Kyoto protocol of 1997. - Pravda
Bush offers condolences to Australians
President Bush offered condolences to the people of Australia on Saturday for the loss of life in last weekend's Bali nightclub bombings, vowing to work together in the fight against terrorism "to keep the peace and to make the world more free".
"Together we face an enemy which does not value innocent life, an enemy which tries to terrorize the free world into inaction," Bush said in a videotaped address to the Australian public. "They will fail. Together we will hunt down the killers so that there's justice in the world." - CNN
President Bush offered condolences to the people of Australia on Saturday for the loss of life in last weekend's Bali nightclub bombings, vowing to work together in the fight against terrorism "to keep the peace and to make the world more free".
"Together we face an enemy which does not value innocent life, an enemy which tries to terrorize the free world into inaction," Bush said in a videotaped address to the Australian public. "They will fail. Together we will hunt down the killers so that there's justice in the world." - CNN
Ivory Coast's warriors take war to Web
Their uprising is only four weeks old and the Patriotic Movement of Ivory Coast's Web site is even newer.
"We should have a phone number by the end of the week," the site's manager said in response to an e-mailed request for information Wednesday. - CNN.com
Their uprising is only four weeks old and the Patriotic Movement of Ivory Coast's Web site is even newer.
"We should have a phone number by the end of the week," the site's manager said in response to an e-mailed request for information Wednesday. - CNN.com
Cheney: 911 Investigators, Keep Out
Dick Cheney played a behind-the-scenes role last week in derailing an agreement to create an independent commission to investigate the 9-11 attacks. Last month the White House endorsed the formation of the panel. But on Thursday, hours after congressional negotiators hailed a final deal over the scope and powers of a 9-11 panel, Cheney called House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Porter Goss, sources told NEWSWEEK.
Dick Cheney played a behind-the-scenes role last week in derailing an agreement to create an independent commission to investigate the 9-11 attacks. Last month the White House endorsed the formation of the panel. But on Thursday, hours after congressional negotiators hailed a final deal over the scope and powers of a 9-11 panel, Cheney called House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Porter Goss, sources told NEWSWEEK.
New Evidence of Christ?
Writing in Biblical Archaeology Review, Andre Lemaire, a specialist in ancient inscriptions at France's Practical School of Higher Studies, says it is very probable the find is an authentic reference to Jesus of Nazareth. That Jesus existed is not doubted by scholars, but what the world knows about him comes almost entirely from the New Testament. No physical artifact from the first century related to Jesus has been discovered and verified. Lemaire believes that has changed, though questions remain, such as where the piece with the inscription has been for more than 19 centuries. The inscription, in the Aramaic language, appears on an empty ossuary, or limestone burial box for bones. It reads: "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus." Lemaire dates the object to 63 A.D. - ABCNEWS.com
Writing in Biblical Archaeology Review, Andre Lemaire, a specialist in ancient inscriptions at France's Practical School of Higher Studies, says it is very probable the find is an authentic reference to Jesus of Nazareth. That Jesus existed is not doubted by scholars, but what the world knows about him comes almost entirely from the New Testament. No physical artifact from the first century related to Jesus has been discovered and verified. Lemaire believes that has changed, though questions remain, such as where the piece with the inscription has been for more than 19 centuries. The inscription, in the Aramaic language, appears on an empty ossuary, or limestone burial box for bones. It reads: "James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus." Lemaire dates the object to 63 A.D. - ABCNEWS.com
French Soldier Missing in North America
France has alerted Interpol about a French army deserter who is known as a marksman and is missing in North America. A Defense Ministry spokesman said there was speculation of a link to the investigation into the Washington-area sniper.
The 25-year-old second lieutenant, who was not identified, did not return to class in September at the elite military school, Saint-Cyr Coetquidan in Brittany, in western France, after going on vacation in August, officials said. Interpol was notified of the disappearance of the officer, a normal procedure, and a judicial investigation was opened, which is also routine, said Defense Ministry spokesman Jean-Francois Bureau. - ABCNEWS.com
France has alerted Interpol about a French army deserter who is known as a marksman and is missing in North America. A Defense Ministry spokesman said there was speculation of a link to the investigation into the Washington-area sniper.
The 25-year-old second lieutenant, who was not identified, did not return to class in September at the elite military school, Saint-Cyr Coetquidan in Brittany, in western France, after going on vacation in August, officials said. Interpol was notified of the disappearance of the officer, a normal procedure, and a judicial investigation was opened, which is also routine, said Defense Ministry spokesman Jean-Francois Bureau. - ABCNEWS.com
Child porn swoop nets 90 police
The discovery that many paedophiles were working in jobs of the highest sensitivity will send shock waves through the child protection world and lead to calls for even more stringent safeguards. Investigators knew paedophiles targeted jobs which brought them into contact with children, but were shocked by how many British suspects had been undetected by the usual checks. - Observer
The discovery that many paedophiles were working in jobs of the highest sensitivity will send shock waves through the child protection world and lead to calls for even more stringent safeguards. Investigators knew paedophiles targeted jobs which brought them into contact with children, but were shocked by how many British suspects had been undetected by the usual checks. - Observer
War plans under fire as even Bush heartland talks peace
As the United States edges towards a possible war against Iraq, a sudden torrent of concern has begun to flow - a revolt by the intelligentsia spreading beyond the expected opposition political circles and penetrating the heart of the media and foreign policy establishment.
The esteemed New York Review of Books, in an article by one of the country's leading commentators, Anthony Lewis, argued that a regime change in Iraq could be 'the first step towards a new American imperium'. Meanwhile, wrote Lewis, 'the fear of looking unpatriotic inhibits dissent'. - Observer
As the United States edges towards a possible war against Iraq, a sudden torrent of concern has begun to flow - a revolt by the intelligentsia spreading beyond the expected opposition political circles and penetrating the heart of the media and foreign policy establishment.
The esteemed New York Review of Books, in an article by one of the country's leading commentators, Anthony Lewis, argued that a regime change in Iraq could be 'the first step towards a new American imperium'. Meanwhile, wrote Lewis, 'the fear of looking unpatriotic inhibits dissent'. - Observer
Weapons of mass distraction
The Vice President, Dick Cheney, is now facing a civil law suit for fraud from the NGO Judicial Watch. This alleges that the Vice President and others inflated the earnings of Halliburton, a company he ran, in order to raise the share price. The Vice President has had a much lower public profile of late: he is said to have spent much of the last six months hunkered down with his lawyers preparing a defence. The President himself has yet to give satisfactory answers about his sale of shares in an oil company for a large profit just ahead of bad news which would have slashed their value. You may recall that President Clinton had to face a government investigation from an independent prosecutor for what became known as the Whitewater affair. War fever has so far protected the present leadership from such scrutiny - after all, this is not the time to weaken the government. - Dan Plesch, Guardian Unlimited Observer
The Vice President, Dick Cheney, is now facing a civil law suit for fraud from the NGO Judicial Watch. This alleges that the Vice President and others inflated the earnings of Halliburton, a company he ran, in order to raise the share price. The Vice President has had a much lower public profile of late: he is said to have spent much of the last six months hunkered down with his lawyers preparing a defence. The President himself has yet to give satisfactory answers about his sale of shares in an oil company for a large profit just ahead of bad news which would have slashed their value. You may recall that President Clinton had to face a government investigation from an independent prosecutor for what became known as the Whitewater affair. War fever has so far protected the present leadership from such scrutiny - after all, this is not the time to weaken the government. - Dan Plesch, Guardian Unlimited Observer
Robert Fisk: How to shut up your critics with a single word
Thank God, I often say, for the Israeli press. For where else will you find the sort of courageous condemnation of Israel's cruel and brutal treatment of the Palestinians? Where else can we read that Moshe Ya'alon, Ariel Sharon's new chief of staff, described the "Palestinian threat" as "like a cancer ? there are all sorts of solutions to cancerous manifestations. For the time being, I am applying chemotherapy."
Where else can we read that the Israeli Herut Party chairman, Michael Kleiner, said that "for every victim of ours there must be 1,000 dead Palestinians". Where else can we read that Eitan Ben Eliahu, the former Israeli Air Force commander, said that "eventually we will have to thin out the number of Palestinians living in the territories". Where else can we read that the new head of Mossad, General Meir Dagan ? a close personal friend of Mr Sharon ? believes in "liquidation units", that other Mossad men regard him as a threat because "if Dagan brings his morality to the Mossad, Israel could become a country in which no normal Jew would want to live". - Independent UK
Thank God, I often say, for the Israeli press. For where else will you find the sort of courageous condemnation of Israel's cruel and brutal treatment of the Palestinians? Where else can we read that Moshe Ya'alon, Ariel Sharon's new chief of staff, described the "Palestinian threat" as "like a cancer ? there are all sorts of solutions to cancerous manifestations. For the time being, I am applying chemotherapy."
Where else can we read that the Israeli Herut Party chairman, Michael Kleiner, said that "for every victim of ours there must be 1,000 dead Palestinians". Where else can we read that Eitan Ben Eliahu, the former Israeli Air Force commander, said that "eventually we will have to thin out the number of Palestinians living in the territories". Where else can we read that the new head of Mossad, General Meir Dagan ? a close personal friend of Mr Sharon ? believes in "liquidation units", that other Mossad men regard him as a threat because "if Dagan brings his morality to the Mossad, Israel could become a country in which no normal Jew would want to live". - Independent UK
'Washington sniper is not a professional'
Perhaps "he had some disappointment in his childhood, felt inadequate, snapped and decided to do something about it." That disappointment could well have been a rejection from the military or marksmanship training, criminologists said.
Certainly, the shooter's mediocre marksmanship, in which he missed one target entirely, indicates that he had not been trained, they said.
"He's not an expert," said Elba Silva Vargas, a Colombian prosecutor in Washington on official business.
"A sharpshooter never misses." - AFP
Perhaps "he had some disappointment in his childhood, felt inadequate, snapped and decided to do something about it." That disappointment could well have been a rejection from the military or marksmanship training, criminologists said.
Certainly, the shooter's mediocre marksmanship, in which he missed one target entirely, indicates that he had not been trained, they said.
"He's not an expert," said Elba Silva Vargas, a Colombian prosecutor in Washington on official business.
"A sharpshooter never misses." - AFP
The world is slowing down
The planet we live on is losing two-and-a-half milliseconds evey hundred years, according to Dr Ludwig Combrinck of the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, located west of Johannesburg. - IOL Independent
The planet we live on is losing two-and-a-half milliseconds evey hundred years, according to Dr Ludwig Combrinck of the Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory, located west of Johannesburg. - IOL Independent
Outrage as Iraq views UK arms
Peace campaigners angered as Saddam's top brass 'rub shoulders' with British firms at weapons bazaar...
A British Minister will lead a major sales drive by UK weapons and military technology firms at an exhibition attended by high-ranking Iraqi military officials this week. The news has sparked outrage among arms control campaigners and groups opposed to military action against Iraq. 'It is absurd that we are gearing up to fight a war against these people and simultaneously rubbing shoulders with them at an arms bazaar,' said Martin Hogbin of the Campaign Against Arms Trade. - Guardian
Peace campaigners angered as Saddam's top brass 'rub shoulders' with British firms at weapons bazaar...
A British Minister will lead a major sales drive by UK weapons and military technology firms at an exhibition attended by high-ranking Iraqi military officials this week. The news has sparked outrage among arms control campaigners and groups opposed to military action against Iraq. 'It is absurd that we are gearing up to fight a war against these people and simultaneously rubbing shoulders with them at an arms bazaar,' said Martin Hogbin of the Campaign Against Arms Trade. - Guardian
Friday, October 18, 2002
Mossad wants you!
"If you are sensitive, creative and charming, Mossad wants you," says a Mossad recruitment poster published in The Jerusalem Post and other Israeli newspapers on 22 June 2001.
Trying to entice brilliant and talented young Jews, the poster says, "The Mossad has opened its gates. Not to everybody, not to many, but maybe to you".
"If you are sensitive, creative and charming, Mossad wants you," says a Mossad recruitment poster published in The Jerusalem Post and other Israeli newspapers on 22 June 2001.
Trying to entice brilliant and talented young Jews, the poster says, "The Mossad has opened its gates. Not to everybody, not to many, but maybe to you".
CIA issued Bali warning
The CIA issued a warning in September about a potential terrorist threat to Bali and other tourist resorts in south-east Asia, a US intelligence source said yesterday, provoking new questions over whether the attack could have been foiled.
The CIA warning was more specific than has been officially acknowledged and it fuelled a growing row - not only in Washington but also in London and Canberra - over whether Indonesia could have acted sooner against Islamist militants or whether tourists could have been given more warning of the dangers of travelling to resorts like Bali. - Guardian
The CIA issued a warning in September about a potential terrorist threat to Bali and other tourist resorts in south-east Asia, a US intelligence source said yesterday, provoking new questions over whether the attack could have been foiled.
The CIA warning was more specific than has been officially acknowledged and it fuelled a growing row - not only in Washington but also in London and Canberra - over whether Indonesia could have acted sooner against Islamist militants or whether tourists could have been given more warning of the dangers of travelling to resorts like Bali. - Guardian
Ex-Mossad Agent Speaks Out
Over the years there have been claims and counter-claims of Mossad involvement in Australia. The Israeli secret service prefers to operate well away from the spotlight of publicity. In this exclusive interview New Dawn
asked the courageous whistle blower, Victor Ostrovsky about his books, the current situation in the Middle East, the powerful U.S. Israeli lobby, and Mossad links in Australia.
Troop withdrawal attracts mixed response
NEW DELHI: The international community has responded warmly to India's decision to withdraw troops. Though the move has earned immediate gains for India, securing appreciation for its mature action, the withdrawal is also being viewed as a prelude to an Indo-Pak dialogue. - The Times of India
NEW DELHI: The international community has responded warmly to India's decision to withdraw troops. Though the move has earned immediate gains for India, securing appreciation for its mature action, the withdrawal is also being viewed as a prelude to an Indo-Pak dialogue. - The Times of India
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