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Eight years after Iraq, the Bush doctrine lives on.
As bombs started falling on Libya Saturday, blogger Glenn Reynolds noticed something striking: "Hey, it's exactly 8 years to the day since Bush started bombing Iraq!" Eight years--which is to say, Barack Obama ordered the bombing of an Arab dictatorship at precisely the same point in his presidency that George W. Bush did.Of course, there were some differences. The Libya war is new; the Iraq one was an escalation of a conflict that had been under way for 12 years. The U.N. Security Council had authorized action in Libya for the first time two days earlier, vs. 17 times in Iraq. Bush had persuaded a large majority of the public that escalating the war was a good idea; Obama had to act more quickly, without making a sustained case to either the public or Congress.
The “Conspiratorial Veil” of Western Racism
In the last 24 hours, we learned that Gaddafi’s claimed victims of the UN bombing campaign included victims of traffic accidents and recently dead, gleaned from hospitals and mortuaries around Libya. The secret he is trying to hide is that the real dead, and their are dozens, aren’t from Libya at all. Libya’s entire air defense command is “rented” from Belarus and the dead are mercenaries.
Should we forget the right of self determination by the Libyan people being crushed, not only by their own government but Israel’s African mercenary armies as well and every resource Gaddafi could buy with the west’s oil money, yes, money from Halliburton and BP?
Europe divided the world as though it were the Titans.
the Treaty of Versailles created a Europe based on whim and fancy, one destined for a century of war and political struggle, a struggle “alive and well” in the Balkans as we speak. More damage, on a world wide scale after World War II, blunder upon blunder, North Africa and the entire Middle East, India and Pakistan, Vietnam in 1954 and, of course, the blunder of all time, Palestine.
The mess the west created in the Middle East, a series of rogue states, not just Israel, corrupt sheikdoms and puppet regimes, a mosaic of CIA failures that has victimized the Islamic world and set the stage for generations of human despair, extremism and conflict, is now threatened by forces pushing an agenda of secularism, modernization and democracy.This has threatened the very roots of the globalist agenda so successful over the past 20 years, Iraq, Afghanistan, the “republics” of the Caspian Basin, the destabilization and corruption of Pakistan, oil, gas, opium and war. Business has been good, generations of conflict assured, nations drowning in debt, populations frozen in poverty, pushed to radicalization.
Is it just possible that some “woke up” and simply decided to get “off the bus.” Egypt is certainly proof of that.
On day one, Gaddafi turned to Israel, checkbook in hand, demanding weapons and 50,000 mercenary troops to fight a ragtag of citizens with no heavy weapons. Stories of mass defections of troops and tank brigades backing the rebels have been proven fictitious. War, as usual, is the “mother of lies.”
Now, one of the most infamous despots of the last century, one who, with Israel’s help, has scoured the world for mercenaries, one who unleashed his army on a ragtag force of pro-democracy freedom fighters, has become the hero to many.
It is funny that some would speak up now, not about the dead in Iraq or Afghanistan, not about the Ivory Coast, somewhere few if any could locate on a map. (I can see some running to Google now) Those crying for Gaddafi were the cheering throngs when Saddam’s statue was toppled and he was replaced by a wanted criminal working for oil companies.
But that President, a bumbling fascist was white and enjoyed a 97% approval rating, not just in America but Canada, Australia and Great Britain as well.
Before this, this same crowd cheered on the father, Operation Desert Storm. We now know that war, to save the despots of Kuwait, a slave state, from Iraq, was very much another farce. America had authorized Saddam to move into Kuwait as Ron Paul tells congress.
A short time afterwards, beneath a UN authorized “no fly zone,” thousands of Kurds were murdered, killed because they had risen in support of that President Bush, killed because they had relied upon American promises and American decency. (British, Canadian and Australian decency also) The Turks wanted the Kurds “thinned out” so Bush did nothing.
Nobody said a word, why?
Libya has an odd record on human rights. There is no constitution, no system of justice, Libya is a Marxist police state every bit that of North Korea. In fact, Libya has an interesting group of friends, according to this report from the New York Times: Algeria , Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic, North Korea, Bahrain , Iraq , Saudi Arabia , Tunisia , Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Cuba, Egypt (Gaddafi loves Mubarak but hates Egypt…curious), The Islamic Republic of Iran and Myanmar.
Sami Jamil Jadallah’s analysis in Palestinian Note adds an aspect of reality and accurate historical context in presenting an alternative motive to explain President Obama’s relative “late” move to aid rebels in Libya:
The delay, which seems coming as a result of Israeli intervention allowed Gaddafi to gain the upper hand using his air and tank force to attack cities, towns and people with impunity. Any action the US takes now will for sure comes too late for the millions of Libyan people who were looking for the “world community” to come to their assistance, not in terms of sending troops into Libya but through neutralizing Muammar air and tank force. At least giving the people an even chance to win the war of liberation.
According to news reports, Gaddafi with the help of Israeli embassies in Sub-Sahel have been heavily engaged in recruiting veteran African mercenaries and their Israeli handlers to fight on the side of Gaddafi forces terrorizing the people. This is in addition to neutralizing US political efforts to support to Libyan people.
One has to ask when the US ever needed UN Security Council for any thing it wants to do? It has engaged in many military campaigns and invasions without the authorization of UNSC. Using UNSC is only a tactical maneuver on the part of the US to allow Gaddafi to gain the upper hand, and then come out and says, “well we tried but other members of UNSC did not go along”. Once again, Israel using its influence over Washington was able to abort the people fight for liberation and freedom.
Gaddafi and his “friends” are waging information warfare at every imaginable level. Foreign intervention began in Libya 24 hours after the first demonstrations when Gaddafi ran to Tel Aviv for help. However, reporting Israeli intervention is “Antisemitism” and will never be seen nor heard, not even on Al Jazeera, the supposed “Islam friendly” news network. “Al Jaz’s” coverage has, at times, been all that’s out there but the spin deeply parallels Murdoch’s Fox News when examined carefully.
There is, in fact, no honest coverage at all and absolutely no evidentiary basis for anything expressed on Libya. The “analysis,” is all easy to sort out, a hodgepodge of “outsiders” honestly trying to make sense of it all with nothing to work from and others, the “alternative media,” steeped in America hate and a desire to find a “bandwagon” to jump on for a bit of narcissistic “slimelight.”
Information management, Gaddafi’s theatrics with the press, staged morgue visits, his “victimization” game learned from Israel, is only part of it. As Jim W. Dean had just told me, the video’s from Tripoli remind him of Israel’s fictional video of the Mavi Marmara. Falk and some, not all but some, journalists including those enjoying Gaddafi hospitality, bought in on the theatrics. For those who don’t remember the phony videos of the Israeli attack on the Mavi Marmara:
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Tensions run high in the west part of Sana’a. Opposition says it sees “no dialogue” as long as this violence continues. People retreat to their native villages — the Yemeni equivalent of stocking your bomb shelter.
The population remains deeply divided. On Thursday, tens of thousands — 60,000, say — tribesmen showed up to support Saleh in a stadium in Sana’a. Sure, they may have been paid to show up (as a Marib Press article indicates), but they can’t be dismissed so easily. There is still deep support for the president here. Deep, well-armed support.
Roads to Iraq
Iraq’s demonstrations and the damaged reputation of the supreme Hawza leaders
The amount of religious Fatwas released by many clergies to prevent the protests and the calls to give the government a chance to fix what irreparable is a turning point not only in the continued alliance between the religious and the political powers, but in the public awareness about the total meaning of these Fatwas.
The Saudi innervation in Bahrain and the changing map of the Middle East
( intervention ) Events, which started in Tunis and moved to Egypt have achieved their direct objectives, as for the recent events in Libya all indicators are moving toward the division of the country, without harming the U.S. strategic interests. Development in the Gulf is on the verge to establish a new scene based on the American protection and the need to prevent any imminent danger. The deployment of Saudi “Desert Shield” to Bahrain raises a question mark, especially …
More demonstrations, more human rights violationsCartoon-show released today Youtube urges the Iraqis to demonstrate against Maliki and his government, at the end of the video clip and with pressing a botton, Maliki should choose between listen to public demand or not — each choice (botton) will show a different scenario. A campaign of arrests and violations against the media and journalists started since yesterday (this is video clip from Basra shows a journalist after he is beaten by the army) even after Washington and the occupation authority in Baghdad expressed their condemnations to the human rights violations committed by Maliki’s government against the media and journalists.
Qatar’s “Facebook revolution” made in Jordan
Surprised to see that top search words on this website yesterday and today are: Qatar & coup. No doubt this is because the recent reports circulate the internet about a Coup and a “Facebook revolution” targeting the tiny Arab island of Qatar in the Gulf. First we must see this link on the Jordanian TV Channel run by the Jordanian Intelligence ~ 24-02-2011: Source inside the Technical department of AJE revealed that Al-Jazeera cooperating with the Israeli Mossad office in Doha — Qatar to destroy “Al-Haqiqa Al-Dawiliya” = “World Truth” TV Channel. The source also revealed that there are instructions to interfere Al-Haqiqa D. broadcast signals because the head of the Jordanian Channel is an officer in the in Jordanian intelligence.
Iraq’s Facebook revolution, already hijacked
The Valentine’s (Day of Love as it called in many Arab countries) demonstration in Iraq started with the arrest of the head of the Preparatory Committee of the demonstration “Uday Al-Zaidi” (one of few independent organizations … not “blessed” by the clerics or political parties) taken to an unknown place [image above of the statement released by the Popular Movement to Save Iraq regarding Al-Zaidi arrest]. The few hundreds attended these demonstrations managed to “embarrass” Maliki’s government and forced it to issue 5 “worthless” resolutions in one week to calm the protester
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Early test says thorium still poisoning Chicago suburb
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Health and Safety Aspects of Thorium Production
Some people have asked about the issues and potential dangers of thorium, especially relative to uranium. I have extracted this section from an AEC book published on thorium in the late 1950s. To sum it up, thorium, like other heavy metals, is toxic in the body. It is radioactive but with an exceptionally long half-life of 14 billion years, which means individual thorium-232 nuclei decay at an incredibly slow rate. Nevertheless, once a Th-232 nuclei decays, it proceeds through its decay chain relatively quickly, arriving at its final stable form of lead-208 with a minimum of long-lived intermediate nuclei.
So don’t eat thorium, don’t breathe thorium, just put it in the reactor and make energy.Thorium nuclear reactors: the safer energy for the future?
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Since HPV vaccines have not been proven to prevent cancer, the CDC lists three alternate ways to judge the vaccines' efficacy. None of them work. Where does that leave medical consumers?
Mar 19, 2011 – According to the prescribing information packet, GARDASIL is a vaccine indicated in girls and women 9 through 26 years of age for the prevention of the following diseases caused by Human Papillomavirus (HPV) types included in the vaccine:
• Cervical, vulvar, and vaginal cancer caused by HPV types 16 and 18
• Genital warts (condyloma acuminata) caused by HPV types 6 and 11
• And the following precancerous or dysplastic lesions caused by HPV types 6, 11, 16, and 18:
• Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 2/3 and Cervical adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS)
• Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 1
• Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) grade 2 and grade 3
• Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VaIN) grade 2 and grade 3
GARDASIL is indicated in boys and men 9 through 26 years of age for the prevention of genital warts (condyloma acuminata) caused by HPV types 6 and 11.
The prescribing information packet for Gardasil’s competitor states: CERVARIX® is indicated for the prevention of the following diseases caused by oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 [see Clinical Studies (14)]:
• Cervical cancer
• Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 2 or worse and adenocarcinoma in situ, and
• Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 1.
CERVARIX is approved for use in females 10 through 25 years of age.
Examine the facts. Neither vaccine has been proven to prevent cancer. The CDC says, “While there are well-established cancer registries in the United States, it will take decades before the impact of vaccine on cervical cancer is observed. More proximal measures of vaccine impact include outcomes such as prevalence of HPV vaccine types, incidence of cervical precancers and genital warts.”
HPV Prevalence: HPV tests currently available to American medical consumers generate both false positive and false negative reports. (See this report for verification.)
Precancerous lesions: In the natural history of cervical cancer development only a small fraction of the CIN 2 lesions will progress to CIN 3 lesions; and only a small fraction of CIN 3 lesions will progress to cervical cancer. Theoretically, you cannot have cervical cancer without first having various grades of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). However, when most of these lesions reverse on their own, it is hardly an accurate way to determine efficacy of a ‘cancer’ vaccine.
Genital Warts: There are few reports of the rates of genital warts in the United States prior to 2000. The current statistical reports are primarily gathered from STD clinics in larger cities throughout the United States. These are then extrapolated to estimate the rates for the rest of the country. With no accurate baseline to compare to, genital warts are not an adequate judge of vaccine efficacy either.
The only way left to monitor HPV vaccine efficacy is to determine whether the vaccine-related genotypes decline after vaccination. Without a reliable short target DNA sequencing test available to the general medical consumer, this is not possible.
This leaves people having to trust the authorities and wait for decades to see if HPV vaccines actually reduce the incidence of cervical cancer. The SaneVax Team believes this is not a viable option.
The CDC stressed the importance of post-vaccination HPV monitoring. Medical consumers need to know if they have been exposed to a vaccine-relevant HPV before vaccination not only to avoid potential serious side effects, but to avoid wasting their precious health care dollars on a vaccine that will do nothing for them if they have already been exposed.
Consider the following to results of searches of the VAERS database:
• 106 reports of anogenital warts found after HPV vaccination
• 222 reports of papillomavirus infections found after HPV vaccination
• 29 reports of cervical cancer after HPV vaccination
The VAERS database has its limitations, but for now it is the only adverse event reference source available to the public. The reports above may be related to HPV genotypes not included in the vaccines. Then again, they may be caused by the same genotypes included in the vaccines. Without proper DNA sequencing, no one will ever know.
When a vaccine has no proven efficacy against the disease it is intended to prevent, no risk to the consumer is acceptable.
Sources:
1. http://sanevax.org/
2.http://sanevax.org/
3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
4. https://www.fbo.gov/
5. http://www.sciencedirect.com/
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Yesterday, in the opening statement of his hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims, U.S. Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) claimed that his political dog-and-pony show was not Islamophobic because “not one terror-related case in the last two years involved neo-Nazis” or other domestic groups. Oh really, Congressman King? Are you quite sure about that? In fact, precisely one day before King made
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March 23, 1940: Rereading the Lahore (Pakistan) Resolution
Adil Najam One wonders how many of us have actually read the actual text of the ‘Lahore Resolution’ (Qarardad i Lahore) and later became better known as the ‘Pakistan Resolution’ (Qarardad i Pakistan). We have carried it before on ATP and we carry the full and actual text of the resolution again today as we prepare for March 23 festivities. In fact, one could argue that events these last months –
Hoping to Celebrate Pakistan Day in Bangladesh
Adil Najam On March 23, 2011 , the 71st Pakistan Day will be celebrated all across Pakistan. And hopefully it will also be marked gloriously in Bangladesh where the Pakistan cricket team will play in the Cricket World Cup quarter-final match against West Indies. If Pakistan wins – and one dearly hopes it does – Pakistan will then meet either India or Australia in the semi-final at Mohali in Chandi
Hot, Hurt and Revolutionary: “Police Maarey Gi Tou Inqilaab Kaisey Aayega?”
Tamashbeen I feel sorry for the poor guy. But more than that I find this very very funny. Actually, hilarious. WPvideo 1.10 Yes, indeed, “hum inqilab kay leeaye aeen hai” and “iss garmi meiN kouN itna jaloos karta hai?” The logic is
Sharia Law Saves CIA Agent’s Skin, and Hillary Didn’t Inhale Either
Adil Najam The funny part – probably the only funny part – of the entire Raymond Davis fiasco is US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton claiming that “the United States did not pay any compensation” or ‘blood money’ to secure the release of CIA operative Raymond Davis (who had earlier killed two Pakistanis in Lahore and caused the death of at least another two) under the Sharia Law provision of ‘diy
Raymond Davis Released: This Story Ain’t Over Yet
Adil Najam The man who (sometimes) calls himself Raymond Davis and has been described various as diplomat, technical adviser, intelligence operative, consulate official, CIA contractor, security consultant and much more, has been released and is already out of Pakistan. His release came as a result of a convoluted, arcane and unusual arrangement of “blood money” being paid to the families of those
Revolution the Only Solution
Good news in Yemen: Defense Ministry Mohammad Nasser Aliis just gave a brief statement saying the army would defend Saleh against any coup against democracy.There have been dozens of major defections today, including the most powerful military officer, who controls 60 percent of the army.France's foreign ministry has said that Saleh's departure is is unavoidable, according to Al Jazeera. Washingto
Black Rain
UPDATE 1: Having grown up among Japanese Americans in Northern California, I find these stories to be especially heartwrending: The devastating impact of the Japanese earthquake on the country's ageing population was exposed on Thursday as dozens of elderly people were confirmed dead in hospitals and residential homes as heating fuel and medicine ran out.In one particularly shocking incident, Japa
Revolution the Only Solution
Yemen: At least 35 people have been shot dead and hundreds wounded in Sana'a after soldiers and plain-clothed government loyalists opened fired on protesters trying to march through the Yemeni capital.The death toll, which is expected to rise, is the highest seen in more than a month of violence in Yemen, with protesters demanding that President Ali Abdullah Saleh step down.The protest on Friday h
Some Reflections About the Japanese Nuclear Catastrophe
UPDATE 1: From a New York Times article about the remaining workers at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: They crawl through labyrinths of equipment in utter darkness pierced only by their flashlights, listening for periodic explosions as hydrogen gas escaping from crippled reactors ignites on contact with air.They breathe through uncomfortable respirators or carry heavy oxygen tanks on
Revolution the Only Solution
UPDATE 1: Saudi troops have entered Bahrain: Troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates crossed into Bahrain on Monday under the aegis of the Gulf Cooperation Council to help quell unrest there, a move Bahraini opposition groups denounced in a statement as an occupation.Witnesses said a convoy of 150 armored troop carriers and about 50 other lightly armed vehicles crossed the bridge lin
Revolution the Only Solution
A report on the ongoing protests in Bahrain: As security forces and pro-government vigilantes beat back protesters here on Friday, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived on an unannounced visit to offer American support to the royal family and prod the king and crown prince toward talks with protesters demanding more democracy.His visit took place against a backdrop of large and continuing prot
Firefox 4 launches into a tougher, faster world
( I'm waiting, being reasonably satisfied with Firefox based 'Pale Moon' web browser for Windows. It's not always smart being 'first on the block' to convert...as FF 4 Beta testers found out. Temptation of new Add-Ons is balanced against risk of loss losing those I have. I noticed a Twitter from dr. grist already where he is 'underwhelmed'..)
Survey: Millions risk ID theft via social networks News
When it comes to using social networks, millions of Americans are doing little to protect themselves against the theft of significant personal information. More
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