Thursday, December 31, 2009
The Logic of Truth wishes for 2010 !
The Logic of Truth can't wish you all a Happy 2010 because the World is now not a Happy place to live in .
LOTs wishes for 2010 are :
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Getting ALL US troops back home who are spread troughout the World ( they prooved for too long that they didn't make the World any safer ! )
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An worlwide revolution that kicks out all zionists from Power ,Industry and MSM .
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Israel should be forced to repay all the Damage they caused in GAZA and to the palestinians .
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prosecuting G.W. Bush & associates and of course T. Blair for War crimes . ( and Hang them like Saddam )
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A native American for President
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Disintigration of the CIA ,NSA ,XE ( Blackwater mercs ) ( traitors to their Nation and the World )
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Reduction of troops in countries all over the World to a max of 200 000 ( robots and drones counted in of course )
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Obama being jailed for decieving the World and playing a false Messiah role
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Bringing back legitimate President Zelaya of Honduras into Power
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PEACE TO ALL MANKIND !
ouups i forgot about this one ,
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prosecuting the WHO for fearmongering about the swine flu
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LOTs last Post for 2009 : A Tribute to Saddam Hussein
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Alert: “Prepare For Rebellion”, Obama Orders US-Canadian Troops
Kremlin position papers presented to Prime Minister Putin today on his upcoming meeting with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen state that the European-US military alliance has authorized an ‘emergency request’ from President Obama to utilize American and Canadian NATO troops to put down what is expected to be a “rebellion” after the expected January, 2010 ‘declaration of bankruptcy’ by the State of California.
According to these reports, Obama’s fears of rebellion are due to the economic health of California (the United States largest State) after the 3rd largest US State, New York, declared a ‘fiscal emergency’ and refused to release to its cities and towns over $750 Million due them this past week with the Governor of New York, David Paterson, declaring “I can’t say this enough: The state has run out of money.”
New York’s fiscal crisis, however, pales in comparison to California’s, where new economic data points to its expected 5-year budget deficit reaching the staggering amount of over $100 Billion which Russian economists warn will result in budget cuts so steep as to create ‘social chaos’ among this States 36 million citizens.
Reports from the United States are, indeed, confirming the mass movement of military supplies and thousands of Canadian Special Forces Troops to California from the Canadian Forces Base of Petawawa to join their American military counterparts, with ‘secondary’ reports stating that at least 1,000 tanks are massing their too.
Russian Military Analysts are further warning in this report that Obama has decided to implement the feared RAND Corporation (one of the most powerful research arms of the US Military-Industrial-Homeland Security Complex) police state ‘blueprint’ tilted “Stability Police Force for the United States: Justification and Creating U.S. Capabilities” that has been modeled on the Nazi German secret police forces organization Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo) meant to ‘control and demoralize’ any opposition to the state.
Even worse for these American people is the legalization process currently embedded in their new health care legislation which will see everyone of them becoming virtual slaves of their government, and as warned about by the Fox News Service in their report titled “Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid of Obama’s Latest Big Brother Plan” and which says:
Unfortunately, with or without these Americans succumbing to the loss of their Nation through the establishment of a police state, their fate appears to have already been sealed as new reports are showing that by their continued saving they are failing to provide China with the money needed through the buying of goods to purchase US bonds to keep them afloat, and which has led to the incredible circumstance of the United States, through its Federal Reserve and other financial entities, becoming the largest buyers of their own debt.
Not being seen in all of these dire events by the American people is that their present collapse as an independent Nation was engineered by their own President Obama, who working in concert with the previous President, George Bush, sold them out to Wall Street by packing his administration with banking insiders have, literally, pillaged the entire economic future of the United States for the benefit of their elite classes and, incredibly, supported these once collapsing banks with over $352 Billion in drug money.
And so grave has it become for ordinary Americans that new reports are now showing that in what was once the most powerful Nation on Earth, there now exists an ‘epidemic’ of child hunger and one their fastest growing cities is a tent-town of newly homeless named “Obamaville” in a stark reminder of the thousands of shanty towns named Hoovervilles built during the Great Depression.
For those American people believing their propaganda media reports that a recovery is underway they couldn’t be more mistaken, as newly released data shows that of the millions of jobs lost these past 2 years almost all of them are permanent. And, as always, these people are being kept from knowing the full and brutal truth of their economic collapse with reports also showing that the latest unemployment figures released by the US government were faked.
But to the greatest fears of these Americans should be the newly released information showing that US scientists have perfected, for the first time in history, a new drugless technique to wipe from these people’s minds their very own memories, and as we can read:
Russian Military Psychologists have long warned that the West’s longest term plan to control their soon to be rebellious populations lie in memory altering techniques such as are being perfected in the United States and due to be deployed through their mass media in radio programmes, television, and movie broadcasts outlets as these Nations past reliance on the drugging of their citizens through mass fluoridation is becoming more and more ineffectual.
Important to note too is that the economic collapse of the United States is just one of the catastrophic dangers they are facing, as this past week the giant plant genetics company Bayer admitted in a US Federal Court that it has been “unable to control the spread of its genetically-engineered organisms despite ‘the best practices’ to stop widespread contamination” and which may very well see the destruction of the American’s ability to feed themselves as these ‘monster plants’ reap their destruction on Nature.
To all of these events, it is not in our knowing if the American people will awaken from their self induced slumber to arise, as they have many times throughout their history, to reclaim for themselves what is now rapidly being stolen from them. But, and if their present actions are a predictor to what they may do in the future, one can only fear for them as they are marched in lockstep towards an abyss they only fail to see because they won’t open their eyes.
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RON PAUL: They're terrorists because we're occupiers.
By Heather Tuesday Dec 29, 2009 5:00pm
I don't agree with Ron Paul on a lot of issues, but one of them I do agree with him with is our military presence in the Middle East being one of the causes of terrorism. Ben Stein acts like he's never heard such a thing and the conversation gets pretty heated with Sheila Jackson Lee stuck in the middle. I have a very hard time believing that Ben Stein has never heard that argument made before. Saying you disagree with it is one thing. Pretending you've never heard the argument made is ridiculous.
I agree with something Rep. Lee managed to get in the end there as well. President Obama should do a recess appointment for the head of TSA to combat the Republicans obstructionism.
Transcript via CNN.
KING: Ron Paul, you want to respond first to the congresswoman and then Ben.
PAUL: Yes, I do.
KING: Go ahead.
PAUL: One thing that is missing here is never asking the question what is the motive? He said why he was -- he did it. He said it was because we bombed Yemen two weeks ago. That was his motive. Osama bin Laden said that he has a plan for America. First, he wants to bog us down in the Middle East in a no-win war. He wants to bankrupt this country, demoralize us, as well as have us do things that motivate people to join his radical movement.
It seems like we've fallen into his trap. Why is it off base? Today, when the gentleman indicated that he did it because of the bombing, you know what the administration said? They dismissed it. It can't possibly be so. If you dismiss motivations for why they hate us, we can never resolve this. There's hate on both sides. You have to ask the question, why do they hate? And they usually come up with a reason. And we're foolish not to take that into consideration.
KING: Ben?
STEIN: Well, that's -- I have never heard anything quite like that in my whole life. What he's saying, basically, is we are doing something wrong by defending ourselves. Look, if these terrorists are trying to kill the government of Yemen, we've got to help defend them. They're our friends. We can't just let al Qaeda run wild. If we try to stop them --
PAUL: Why?
STEIN: Why should we stop them? Because they are terrorists and murderers and they're very anti-American.
PAUL: Why are they terrorists?
STEIN: Surely congressman --
PAUL: Why are they terrorists?
STEIN: They're terrorists and murders because they are psychos.
PAUL: They're terrorists because we're occupiers.
(CROSS TALK)
STEIN: No, we're not occupiers. That's the same anti-Semitic argument we've heard.
PAUL: Now that is a vicious attack. You --
(CROSS TALK)
STEIN: It's not a vicious attack.
LEE: Larry, I'd like to respond to some of these points that are being made.
KING: Let's go back to Sheila.
(CROSS TALK)
KING: Look at this, folks. Two republicans going at it. This is fascinating. With a democratic liberal in the middle.
LEE: I can referee between the two of them.
(CROSS TALK)
LEE: Let me referee, please.
KING: All right. Sheila, say something.
LEE: Yeah, let me referee, please. That is interesting.
KING: Both have good points, right?
LEE: They have good points. Let me clarify and try to say that Congressman Paul has a point on our positions that we took in Iraq, which obviously created a very terrible atmosphere, and we all asked the questions what were the results. And, of course, Afghanistan is still a question. But we must be reminded that the terrorists acted under President Bush's clock. And so this can't be an issue of the president's inactivity, per se, and a lack of commitment to the homeland.
But we have to do better. And I believe we need to have behavioral assessment. There was no reason for this individual to have a visa that still was in place until 2010 for them to be able to travel. There was no reason for him not to be detected because of his behavior. Behavioral assessment. We need to make the homeland security of the nation focus. Secretary of Homeland Secretary should be the point person and that person should establish a road map that then allows us to fund and to put resources accordingly. And finally, the president --
KING: Guys, we're out of time.
LEE: The president should put in place the NTSA administrator by way of a recess appointment.
KING: Death, taxes and these three are going to be back tomorrow.
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Yes, Yemen Has Oil
Yes, Yemen has oil.
The Middle Eastern nation - in the south of the Arabian Peninsula, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea - has been exporting a couple of billion dollars worth of crude oil per year.
But it's oil supplies are shrinking rapidly, and may be totally depleted within 10 years.
As the Yemen Observer notes:
Yemeni crude oil exports decreased to $1.5 billion during the fiscal period from January –October of 2009, compared with $4.2 billion during the same period of 2008, a decrease of $2.7 billion, the Central Bank of Yemen reported.
And the World Tribune points out:
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said Yemen was rapidly losing its crude oil reserves.
In a report, Carnegie said Yemeni oil exports, a key source of foreign currency, declined from 450,000 barrels per day in 2003 to 280,000 in early 2009, Middle East Newsline reported.
"Barring any major new discoveries, energy experts generously estimate that Yemen's oil exports will cease in 10 years," the report, titled "Yemen: Avoiding a Downward Spiral," said.
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Sunday, December 27, 2009
Not Another Terror Decade
Michael Maiello, 12.28.09, 12:01 AM EST
The U.S. needs to let go of that war.
The United States spent the first decade of the 20th century at war. To sum up our opponents or motives at this point is unnecessary. We all know. But I can't help but wonder if it's not a coincidence that those years the U.S. devoted to military conflicts and existential security threats came to nothing economically.
On Christmas day, early reports say, a 23-year-old Nigerian named Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to bring down a flight from Holland to Detroit by igniting some sort of incendiary chemical agents that he had concealed in his pants. Fellow passengers and the flight crew neutralized his weapon and subdued him. He reportedly claimed to have been acting under orders from al-Qaida. Abdulmutallab may well be telling the truth. A Christmas day attack at the end of the decade certainly fits the theatrical needs of an international terror syndicate. Or maybe he's deluded about the extent of his own connections and importance to his cause. It doesn't matter, even a failed attack serves to remind the Western world that, al-Qaida affiliation or not, there are some people out there who are ideologically convinced that murdering civilians is both justified and necessary. I'm more concerned about what this means for the United States and whether it will spend the next decade in a massive, distracting war that will sacrifice the ambitions and needs of yet another generation.
Since I became truly aware of politics, history and economics in the 1990s, it's only natural for me to compare this decade to that one. As I graduated from high school, went to college and entered the job market, two U.S. presidents used the military for finite causes. U.S. forces expelled Iraq from Kuwait. They captured the president of Panama. They helped force a ceasefire in what was Yugoslavia on my childhood globe. When it looked like a military action could get out of hand and that victory couldn't even be defined much less achieved (Somalia), the President brought American soldiers home. Though it is said that the first Iraq war cured America of "Vietnam Syndrome," George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton still approached military matters with an abundance of caution. For that, Clinton is still criticized for failing to intervene in the Rwandan genocide, and for putting too much faith in the idea that Osama bin Laden could be picked off from afar by launching a few cruise missiles.
The first President Bush got high marks for his foreign policy (he knew how to bring other countries together despite the chaos of the Soviet Union's dissolution) and his handling of the first Iraq war (he knew how to define and accomplish his mission), but was seen as out of touch on domestic issues (he didn't know about supermarket bar code scanners). A major recession led by the financial sector, along with the beginning of the outsourcing of American manufacturing, meant that voters, after spending decades as Cold Warriors on high alert, wanted to see some problems fixed at home first. That Bush presided over the L.A. riots in 1992 hurt his credibility as the keeper of domestic order and prosperity.
Yes, there were major foreign policy issues during the nineties, but the fact that a computer network developed for the military came to dominate civilian life and commerce illustrates the post-Cold War change in focus. "Make dot-coms, not bombs" would have been an apt way for those ex-hippies with venture capital funds to put it. ( Uh ... no one ever put it that way.)
For Americans, most of the major problems of the 1990s were domestic. The U.S. had its first health care debates, while affirmative action, political correctness and civil rights for homosexuals were the hot-button social issues. The largest threats to U.S. security seemed to be domestic. Al-Qaida's first attack on the World Trade Center was eclipsed two years later by Timothy McVeigh's attack on the Oklahoma City Federal building. For the U.S. the '90s really were a domestic decade, and in 2000 George W. Bush and Al Gore ran neck in neck for the presidency while arguing about taxes, free trade and the environment, with both agreeing that they would walk into the White House looking for a fight.
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When the fight happened, I, like pretty much everyone I knew, supported Bush's decision to send troops to Afghanistan. Now take this for what it's worth because I don't know anything about fighting wars, but given my limited knowledge of U.S. military engagements until that point, I never would have taken seriously, even for a moment, the notion that I would find myself writing at the end of 2009 about our ongoing involvement in a war there. Yes, I knew that the Soviet Union had become entangled in Afghanistan in the same way that the U.S. found itself mired in Vietnam, but to me it seemed that U.S. aims were quite simple compared to what the Soviets wanted. The U.S. mission was to destroy al-Qaida and, along the way, the dictatorship that was harboring the people who attacked the U.S.
Eight years later we're dealing with a would-be terrorist who claims al-Qaida membership, and oh by the way, all the big decision makers in that organization may be in Yemen. People should take this to mean that the threat is still out there (it will always be out there), but I hope that President Obama doesn't take this to mean that another decade of war is acceptable even if it's undesirable.
The rise of China as a major U.S. creditor coincides with the cost of two off-balance-sheet foreign occupations being added to the U.S. budget. While the U.S. tried to eliminate al-Qaida by engaging in costly efforts to spread democracy in the Middle East, other threats emerged. al-Qaida, or people who claim to be members, or just claim some allegiance, or are just branding themselves, have moved into Africa, Southeast Asia and beyond. Meanwhile, China, Iran, India, North Korea and Pakistan have all threatened American hegemony by either being or going nuclear. Enough. In the teenage years of the 21st century, the U.S. had better figure out that attention must be paid--not so much to al-Qaida but rather to our real political and economic rivals. Let's not remain consumed with nut jobs and their shoe bombs while China trades AK-47s for rights to resources throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
I don't know what happened on that plane on Christmas day, but whatever is finally revealed, I fear that it will once again inflate the importance of al-Qaida and blind the U.S. to the truly important rivals and challenges of a new era.
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Michael Maiello is editor of markets and Intelligent Investing at Forbes. An Equal Shot, his weekly column, runs Mondays. He also co-hosts the video program "Open Mike." Follow him on Twitter.
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How Many More Theatres of War Will the U.S. Participate In? Where is the Money Coming From?
Peter Eyre
The Palestine Telegraph
Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:12 EST
We know see much activity on the Saudi - Yemen border where Muslims are fighting their brothers and the good old US of A is there right behind them.
So what is this conflict all about that has been burning away in the background of world politics? It all about power sharing in the Middle East.....US backed Saudi Arabia versus Iranian backed Yemen. The conflict in northern Yemen began in 2004 between Sana'a and Houthi fighters but it intensified in August 2009 when the Yemeni army launched Operation Scorched Earth in an attempt to crush the fighters in the northern province of Sa'ada.
One can understand regional situation developing from time to time as we have seen in the UK with Northern Ireland but surely this conflict involves only those of the Islamic Faith and should be settle by their own means. Why is the US again flexing its muscle on Islamic Soil?
We see them currently assisting in putting a wedge between Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and the pay off of Egypt in its continued isolation of Gaza. On top of this we have major conflict zones still under US military operations Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and now Yemen.
Why did this President that was swept into power by people who trusted him suddenly turned his back on those that gave him the privilege of serving his people. When will this President, who received an award for peace, start earning this prestigious award and actually stop all existing US conflicts and bring the troops home.
Let's just look into the activities that are currently taking place in Yemen. Yet again we see innocent civilians falling victim to sophisticated disproportionate power. Two days ago at least 13 civilians lost their lives in a series of air strikes by Saudi military aircraft along the border between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. The Americans for their part are totally doing their own thing when one report stated that the Saudi and US air forces have further complicated the conflict by launching their own operations against Shia resistance fighters......Sound familiar?
One report said that US Special Forces have been sent to Yemen to prevent the country from turning into a "reserve base" for al-Qaeda. The move to strengthen Yemen's army comes at a time that the country's army is not fighting with al-Qaeda militants, who are based in the southern part of the country. What a wonderful foreign policy Obama has under his control. At the end of the day he's the "Commander in Chief" and only he authorizes such actions. (Did he tuck his Nobel Peace Prize in his bottom draw whilst he made that decision?).....oh well its back on the wall now for all to see!
Doesn't this Al Qaeda talk really make your blood boil when we all know that the US really is not making any effort to deal with Al Qaeda (that is to say if they even exist?). They, whoever they are, are actively operating in Pakistan according to Obama and his puppet Gordon Brown has re enforced this by stating that the enemies of our country are now in Pakistan. Maybe soon we will see the US drag NATO into Yemen.....after all it only takes one Yemen based attack against a US target to bring them onboard based on their new constitution that "An attack on one is an attack on all"
So we now have US Special Forces operating inside Iran with the help of another group they support with arms and finances (the Kurdish Group PJAK), We had four American arrested in North Pakistan, dressed like Taliban, loaded with weapons but hey!....they were only tourists on a mountain trek or could they be the AQ they are all looking for but never catch?....we have the same in Somalia and now Yemen......not a problem folks......remember the Fed Reserve printing press is still in full swing!
The Saudis are currently in panic mode as they do not have the experience to deal with any overspill of Yemeni Shi'ites into Saudi territory. One must remember that Saudi is very pro US and therefore automatically becomes a target for those that do not support the presence of US Military bases on Islamic soil. It would appear that the Saudi Government is seeking the help from Jordan to provide them with elite Special Forces. Needless to say the US is right there without being asked...
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Saturday, December 26, 2009
Doctor admits vaccine is more deadly than 'swine flu' itself and will not give it to his kids
Brasscheck TV
Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:46 EST
Remember the swine flu was supposed to sweep the earth, creating a deadly pandemic that was going to turn world inside out?
We said it was overhyped.
We said it was a scam to sell vaccines.
We said is was a way for our do-nothing, rip-off government to distract us from their non-stop criminality.
We said the media was full of shit (again) and was not to be trusted.
We were right.
But the laws that were passed in the midst of the manufactured hysteria, the ones that require people to submit to vaccines or face fines, property seizure and arrest are still on the books.
By the way, don't you love the "symptoms of swine flu" Fox was peddling:
1. fatigue
2. cough
3. sore throat
That describes just about anything.
This clip was recorded in September of 2009
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Egypt Says It Will Block International Gaza Freedom Marchers
By Robert Naiman | December 21, 2009
On December 31, together with more than 1000 peace advocates from around the world, I’m planning to join tens of thousands of Palestinians in a march in Gaza to the Erez border crossing to protest the Israeli blockade of Gaza, and to demand international action to relieve Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.
Unfortunately, it appears that the Egyptian government has just announced that it will not allow the internationals to enter Gaza as planned. If so, that would be a shame.
But this apparent decision could be reversed with sufficient public pressure, in Egypt and around the world. Concerned individuals can write to the Egyptian Embassy in Washington and to the Foreign Ministry in Cairo. There is also contact information for the Egyptian consulates in Chicago, Houston, New York, and San Francisco here.
The aim of the march is to call on Israel and the international community to lift the siege, and to respond to Gaza’s humanitarian crisis. The international participants will also take in badly needed medical aid, as well as school supplies and winter jackets for the children of Gaza. Dec. 27 will mark the first anniversary of the Israeli invasion, from which Gaza has not recovered, in large measure because of the ongoing Israeli blockade, which has prevented Gaza from rebuilding.
Of course, if the Egyptian government decision stands, and the international participants are not allowed to enter Gaza, then much less international attention will be drawn to the ongoing blockade, and that would be an unfortunate setback for peace efforts, because the need for international attention is great.
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Viral video suggests Berlusconi attack was faked
LOT : here
Nick Pisa
Daily Mail
Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:11 EST
Berlusconi, 73, was hit in the face with a souvenir marble and metal replica of Milan's famous Gothic cathedral following a political rally and suffered a fractured nose and two broken teeth.
TV footage of the politician showing him bleeding profusely from cuts to his lips and gums went around the world in a matter of seconds and were seen by millions.
However, today a video posted on You Tube suggesting the attack in Milan was faked had received almost 500,000 hits in just a matter of hours.
Called 'Was the attack on Berlusconi a montage?' the video lasts eight minutes and is on a par with other past conspiracy theories such as the attack on the Twin Towers being a CIA created plot.
The video's author is unidentified but using footage and still photographs it raises questions regarding several key moments in the aftermath of last Sunday's attack in Milan.
It asks why the blood on Berlusconi's face appears to be 'thick and already' set and also asks why if as the hospital later said he had lost 'half a litre of blood' is his suit and shirt not drenched.
Also highlighted in a security guard who is seen handing Berlusconi something in his car and the video suggests that it is a 'aerosol spray containing fake blood.'
The video then goes on to ask viewers to 'switch off the TV and use your brains' and adds that the attack by graphic designer Massimo Tartaglia, 42, was nothing more than a 'self styled plot.'
Following the attack Berlusconi was taken to hospital where e he was kept in for four days before being discharged and told by doctors to 'take complete rest for the next fifteen days.'
Political commentators immediately said that the former cruise ship crooner would win sympathy from Italians for the attack and yesterday one poll showed Berlusconi having a 66 per cent popularity rating - a jump of 20 per cent in just week.
Supporters from his People of Freedom party dismissed the conspiracy theory video - which was being sent on via Facebook and email around the world - with Danielle Capezzone saying it was 'absurd.'
He added: 'I have seen this video and segments of others and I think what we are dealing here is micro terrorism.
'I can see in these people the same ideology as people who use violence - you just have to see the footage to see this attack was very real.
'These people are deny the evidence and trying to create something out of nothing.
'I can't believe people are questioning the attack just because they think Berlusconi wasn't bleeding properly or enough.'
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Bill Ayers: Americans Must Rise Up Against War
Former “domestic terrorist” Bill Ayers says he hopes to organize the biggest ever anti-war movement in the country. Ayers was also the source of Obama’s biggest controversy during last year’s presidential campaign. RT’s Anastasia Churkina caught up with Ayers to find out the truth behind his relationship with the president.
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Thursday, December 17, 2009
some wake up ! Veterans Group Calls on Soldiers to Refuse Orders to Deploy to Afghanistan and Iraq
by Dahr Jamail | |||||
Global Research, December 16, 2009 | |||||
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In response to President Barack Obama's announcement on December 1 to deploy 30,000 additional troops to the occupation of Afghanistan, the organization March Forward!, with comprising both veterans and active-duty members of the US military, has called on all soldiers to refuse their orders to deploy. Dahr Jamail's new book, The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, is now available. Order the book here http://tinyurl.com/cnlgyu. Visit Dahr Jamail's website http://dahrjamailiraq.com ** |
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Aid convoy for Gaza arrives in Istanbul amid sharp rhetoric
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CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misstated a previous political post held by George Galloway. This version reflects the correction.
Israel is gradually being isolated as a result of its military campaign in the Gaza Strip last December, according to the head of a relief organization yesterday, as an aid convoy destined for the Gaza Strip arrived in Istanbul.
“For the first time, the international community has seen that Israel was unfair and unjust in its campaign. The entire world considered Israel’s campaign unfair because Israel killed innocent women and children in Palestine,” said Bülent Yıldırım, the chairman of the Humanitarian Relief Foundation, or İHH, speaking at a joint news conference with British MP George Galloway.
Yıldırım spoke just after the 80-vehicle aid convoy arrived in Istanbul after crossing into Turkey through the Ipsala border gate. Some 70 more vehicles, including 47 from the United States, are expected to join the convoy and are waiting at the Mediterranean port city of Mersin.
The Viva Palestine convoy, the third of its kind, involves an international campaign aiming to support Palestinians in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
The Viva Palestine convoy includes women and men, young and old, Muslim and non-Muslim, and leftists and rightists. They come from all over the world, including Australia, Malaysia, England and Ireland.
“Those who are from different religions will jointly act against the killings and the suffering of 1.5 million people in Gaza, which has been increasingly isolated,” said Yıldırım.
George Galloway, a British MP who is leading the Viva Palestine convoy, maintained that Sunday's warrant against Israel’s former foreign minister Zippi Livni was a historic moment for the Palestinians.
“This is a historic breakthrough in the land of Balfour; we had a warrant for the arrest of an Israeli war criminal,” said the British MP, leader of the Respect Party.
“She ran away as soon as she learned about the warrant. She has kept on running because we will pursue Livni and [former Prime Minister Ehud] Olmert and all Israeli generals for as long as they live to pay for this war crime,” he said.
On Sunday, a British court issued a warrant for the arrest of Livni over her role in Israel’s military operation against the Gaza Strip last year.
Galloway said the Viva Palestine Convoy aims to ensure the world will not forget the crime that was committed on Dec. 27th, 2008.
“We will try to relieve the blockade on the one-and-a-half million Palestinians who have been blocked in Gaza,” he said.
Galloway condemned Israel’s sense of democracy saying, “It is democracy that has killed innocent children just because it did not like their mothers’ and fathers’ voting,” he said.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
True lies
By Ayman Mohyeldin in | on December 15th, 2009 |
It's one of those stories that comes out of nowhere and few actually know what happened.
It began when Al Jazeera reported that a British court had issued an arrest warrant for former Israeli foreign minister and Gaza war architect Tzipi Livni.
For hours, Israeli and British officials denied the report. Then British and Israeli media got wind of the story and began to report it. By the end of Monday, it was irrefutable.
Livni had cancelled a speaking engagement at the Jewish National Fund in the UK, but why and when were there still unanswered questions?
After a British court issued - then withdrew - the arrest warrant for Tzipi Livni, the Israeli government, after first denying the reports - suddenly shifted gears, going into damage control and launching a scathing criticism of the British government.
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