Loud Mouths
Political commentary to soothe the savage soul.
Friday, May 31, 2002
Thursday, May 30, 2002
What is a hooligan?
Even the vending machines aren't safe.
Remember the 25 milion bounty that was reduced to 5 million?
It seems to be having an effect.
National Guard rescue turns bad.
Unfortunately, these types of rescues are becoming common. And the danger to the rescue crews is great.
After getting out of active duty, I was in the Air Guard for two years. During that time, I was a radio operator on a HC130 and was involved in a search and rescue that took place near Paxson Alaska. That rescue involved snowmobilers, one who fell into a crevasse.
The weather was fine with the exception of fog being on the glacier. The fog was so thick, the Pave Hawk pilot could not see past the refuelling probe. The HC 130 I was flying on, was acting as an airborne command post and was orbiting the site at 16,000 feet.
Fortunately, from that flight level you could see the the Pave Hawk and the glacier. The vertical visibility was good but the horizontal visibility was poor. The Pave Hawk pilot had to be directed by the HC 130 co pilot. Literally, the co pilot called out directions and movements so the Pave Hawk pilot would miss the crevasses on the glacier.
Unfortunately, the rescue was not sucessfull.
But it it did show how stupidity and the error of others can endanger the lives of those who were never intimate to their making the errors.
Senator Murkowski of Alaska has asked that a bill be introduced to make climbers and such, be more responsible for their actions.
I would tend to agree. But I would go one step further and make individuals who engage in extreme sports be held to tougher laws. As it stands, the risk for those engaging in the activity is great as well as those who have to rescue them.
So the FBI under the Clinton administration did screw up. Want proof, here is some proof.
Now how many want to bet the FBI/CIA new that Atta was in Iraq, but are denying the meeting because of bullshit like this.
Israel may be trying to establish a link of terrorism with Lebanon.
On May 25th a story was posted on this site on how the Lebanese police can not enter the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp.
Well the the suspected Lebanon link to the Aqsa Martyrs Brigades focuses on Col. Munir Makdah, who is in the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp near Sidon, south of Beirut.
Having served in units that support this guy, I have a problem with his opinion and his signature.
His enlistment was not against his will, it was done voluntarily. Big difference on the C.O. argument.
A few days ago, Bridget Bardot was complaining about tenderizing meat. Now she has taken it upon herself to sue a French rap star.
The beef: Rap star fined for torturing a monkey.
One in four French 'now support Le Pen'
Oui it is the water.
Secret Lockerbie talks held in Paris
Deny, Deny, Deny. Oops how did this get out.
Sullivan's libido plays a real-war dream to calm his nerves.
Andrew Sullivan wants your boys and girls to go to war. Does the wanabe CIC know something the military doesn't know about Iraq.
"...FEELING CALMER NOW: Will Saletan tries to argue that Bush's tacking on Iraq is actually a brilliant strategy to get what he wants: a real war. Man, I hope Will is right (and he often is). Then again Will declared in the last election campaign that Bush was toast. What's interesting to me is that this liberal mag, edited by my friend, Jake Weisberg, who also published "Bushisms", is publishing pieces that make Bush seem like a master chess player. I have a feeling that the truth is somewhere in between."
God, if they only had the draft that would include him. And nevermind the don't ask, don't tell policy.
Wednesday, May 29, 2002
Always like a conspiracy. Over at FreeRepublic the talk is about "5 Middle Eastern Men" purchasing special diving equipment. Leave it to some who have a tendency towards bigotry to suggest doing a google search for "5 Middle Eastern Men"
Amazing.
What is more amazing is when you type in "5 Israeli Men" (since there are two sides on the issue).
And one credible source is from the BBC versus what from the other google search? And people who do this, think they are perfectly normal in reaching for some conspiracy or trend?
Switching Gears Again: When these two teams match up, it is always a good series
Today's Headlines
Hasek, Red Wings Head for Home
Switching Gears: EU warns soccer fans of foot-and-mouth outbreak in S Korea
Nuclear fears spur evacuation plan
The prospect of war between nuclear powers Pakistan and India has forced the Pentagon to all but abandon its search for al-Qaeda leaders in western Pakistan and focus instead on the possible emergency evacuation of 1,100 U.S. troops from both countries.
On this site, May 23rd, it was stated the U.S. needed to "bug" out.
Aside from the nuke threat, U.S. citizens are in harms way if the escalation continues.
Pakistan Does Not Rule Out Use of Nuclear Arms
Pakistan's new ambassador to the United Nations, Munor Akram, says his country does not rule out the use of nuclear arms in case of war with India. He argues this decision is intended keep India from attacking Pakistan. The ambassador says India is armed to the teeth and Pakistan is no match for the military might of its much bigger neighbour.
Missed this one. Zeman seems to be in a little trouble for his past remarks.
It was stated a few days back on this site that the U.S. needed to "bug" out of Pakistan and let India do what it must. Pakistan is already playing the propaganda game with headlines Indian Attack on Pak Likely to Harm US Troops
India's External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh said:
"The physical presence of U.S. troops in certain parts of Pakistan... is not an inhibiting factor in policy determination,"
What this means is if India does attack, the U.S. will move out. Musharraf is unwise to take the route he is taking.
The Pakistanis fear the Al-Qaeda are infiltrating Pakistan.
Does anyone buy this? They live in Pakistan. How the Bush adminstration can put up with Musharraf's bullshit is beyond words.
NATO puts the welcome mat out for Russia
A bolt of lightning splintered the top of a 3000-year-old obelisk stolen from Ethiopia in 1937 by Benito Mussolini's troops to glorify the conquests of his fascist dictatorship.
Hmmm. A Divine intervention?
Lebanon regrets Annan's considering Shebaa farms as Syrians
Keep in mind that Syria is developing ties with Junblat, the Druze warlord who at one time was an ally with Israel. Who will win out. Rafik or Junblat.
No US details to Syria, Lebanon on the new US peace conference
As has been said on this site, Lebanon will be the key to the Middle East peace process.
Change the previous reward of 25 million to 5 million for information that would lead to the capture of any or all five leaders of the Abu Sayyaf.
Some rumblings from Tehran Why Oil Boycott Should Be Used to Affect American Politics?
Should the U.S. be concerned? No.
One has to ask, in this day and age how in the hell can this and others like it continue to happen?
The French film Baise-Moi was banned because of a few people?
Sure it was, the film was probably banned because the Aussies know what the French don't. Sexual violence doesn't play well with the young and the restless. The French are finding that out with their kids that they tend to play copycat by watching hard-core porno.
Japan, now Britain Britain plays role of mediator to ease tension
While Pakistan launches its third missile.
Don't go blaming this site, Goldberg said it. What's so special about Daniel Pearl?
And what ever happened to the Brian Smith incident?
Looks like the death threats worked: No pardon for illegal immigrants
The CDA, LPF and VVD agreed on Tuesday no general pardon would be offered to rejected asylum seekers, even if they were well integrated into Dutch society.
Deaths threats 'a serious concern'
Why and who?
"...A letter stated that if Herben remained firm on his call for a general pardon for all illegal immigrants, he would be killed in his own home....The author of the letter said a general pardon contradicted the ideas of Pim Fortuyn, who was "our God almighty".
Dutch Muslims 'recruited for holy war'
Muslim extremists have been recruiting youths from the Dutch Islamic community who are prepared to participate in Jihad, the Muslim holy war, the Dutch secret service said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, May 28, 2002
The Hamas turn up the rhetoric
Amnesty Int'l: human rights violated across Middle East
What do you expect from a mafioso mentality among the leaders in the Middle East.
Missed this one
Bush plane scares Concorde crash town
The mayor of Gonesse, the town where an Air France Concorde crashed killing 113 people, has complained to Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin about a giant US transport plane that overflew it too low while delivering material for President George Bush's weekend visit to France.
James Kopp has dropped his extradiction appeal
It looks as if this wacko will be returning after June 2nd.
Gulf syndrome veteran claims 'cover up'
Can you say mycoplasma. The government has known this but denied it. Where does Iraq fall into this? Ask the Czech Chem team.
Tony Mauro asks if lawsuits could dismantle the Church.
Here is a slow rumble that is not being heard. Yet. Junblat and the relation with Syria
More Motor City Madness
NRA backer Dingell favors gun control bill
Payback is a Bitch
Bush is calling in the chips on Europe.
It's about damn time.
Motor City Madness
The Michigan Legislature is dictating how the local municipal election should be held. What ever happened to a city charter? What a crock.
NATO offers place to Russia
But will they accept?
John Sullivan gets it when he writes and raises the question; is Bush Really Wimping Out on Iraq?
Smartly and to the point he nails Andrew for his idiotic statements. Betcha the boy (Andrew) has never seen the other end of the barrell. And if he is such in a hurry to go to battle, let him lead the charge. I'm sure he can ride in on his horse screaming charge.
Switching gears: Mountaineering team clears 2 tons of garbage from Everest.
And no it is not because a Japanese man still stands as oldest person to climb Everest, because the oldest woman to scale Everest, hauled her own trash down.
Right-wing Hanson to stand trial on electoral fraud
Pauline Hanson, the former leader of One Nation, and her party co-founder David Ettridge, said Monday they will stand trial on charges of electoral fraud.
Monday, May 27, 2002
Soldiers in Afghanistan Pause to Observe Memorial Day
For U.S. troops in Afghanistan, today was a work day, with weapons to clean and missions to plan. But a solemn air hung over this dusty base at the center of the war effort, as soldiers observed Memorial Day with a moment of silence, a prayer service and a keen sense of their own mortality.
A Special Thanks to the Quiet Professionals who played a key role in Operation Anaconda.
If The Name Fits Wear It
Well isn't this special a guy who advertises himself as a blue collar slob is really that and more. A bigot and a slob. And in the end the guy says so help me God.
I didn't since I don't have HBO, but I did download and watch the Daniel Pearl Video.
I wasn't shocked. I didn't gasp. I didn't feel nauseous. I expected everything I got, and took it all in quite coldly. This merely justified and vindicated my belief that just about every sect of Islam and muslim culture shouyld be sought out, destroyed, castrated, and annhilitated to the point where people are even afraid to speak of it.
I don't give a shit about sorting out the good and the bad.
I don't give a shit about the grey.
I don't give a shit about lowering myself to their level. I'm looking forward to it. I am welcoming it. Every morning I wake up now, I search the news for that breaking story where Bush finally grows a pair, flips off the Euro-pussies and anti-semites (no, the term is far from multually exlcusive) and eliminated the nukes he was slated to get rid of by turning the entire ME east of Jeursalem into a self lighting glass covered monument to the future generations of the world. A definitive monument to show what exactly what happens when you Fuck with the US, one that won't be so easily forgotten.
The Indians killed and raped our women and children, and we responded by nearly exterminating them off the Hemisphere and turning the surviving pockets into outposts for cheap cigarettes and beads and glorified tourist traps.
The Phillipines snuck into our barracks as women and slaugtered us while we slept, and we responded by killing them on a ratio of a thousand to every one of us they killed.
The Japanese struck us in a sneak attack and tortured who they captured, and we responded by dropping two of the most powerful explosives to date on their cities, wiping out hundreds of thousands in mere seconds. If they had not surrendered, we would have depopulated their pitiful islands without so much thought of pity.
All of these have been forgotton by the world. This has led those illiterate, unemployed moral equivicating fucktards to to think we're weak, easy to push around, easy to boss around.
Well, On this Memorial day, where we pay tribute to those who paid the ultimate price for us, This goes out to you. Your memory and sacrifice means more to me and other real Americans then any sort of EU multicultural no-nothing declaration of thumb sucking opinion could ever dream too.
We have not Forgotten. Nor will we ever.
All you who think our response should be measured and restrained, you can kiss my American Ass.
All of you who think the road to peace in this is through talks and negotiations and root causes, you too can kiss my American Ass.
All of you who think we should worry about the "grey" and "lowering ourselves" to their level, you can go back to sucking on your mothers tit while those of us who know what needs to be done take care of you.
And it will because of us, not you, that will keep us free and prosperous.
So help me God.
This guy gets put in the bigots blog of fame. Any dipshit like this individual who likes to collectively attack a race for an individual's act is nothing better than a collective group who advocates the bigotry and attacks an individual. And there are many. And there were many. What a world we live in when pricks like this individual liken themselves to Christians. Please spare us your bullshit and crawl to whence you came. It certainly wasn't from your mother.
Many of us who served in the military know the enemy and many times it is people like you. You are no American because what you espouse is not an American value. And you mock those who have proudly and in a professional manner served their country.
Sunday, May 26, 2002
More bullshit from the rant and rave bigot.
"...Bush not welcome in Europe. I thought he was well hated there. I wouldn't welcome him in my house, either. Maybe someone in Berlin will snipe him off. That's what he'd get for strutting his shit on my damn land. Insolent bastard!."
Sgt. Sullivan pipes in:
"...IS BUSH SURRENDERING? Dreadful news today that the president may be wavering in his intent to destroy the Iraqi regime. If true, then those of us who have supported the war on terror need to revise our assessment of this president. He told the German press yesterday that there is no plan to invade on his desk. He said it almost proudly. His military leaders, in a sign of their determination to risk nothing and achieve nothing, are now leaking to the Washington Post that they have all but scotched a serious military option in Iraq. The arguments they are using sound like they might come from a Gore administration. After all that this president has said, after all that he has asked, a reversal on this central question would be nothing short of a staggering betrayal of trust, a reversal of will and determination. Of course, there should be no peremptory, rushed or botched war. Of course, all options should be examined. But the signs are unmistakable. This president, having begun as an improvement on his father, is showing signs that he could end up as something even worse. It's time he heard from his supporters that this is a critical matter on which there can be no compromise. If he balks, it will be worse than his father's betrayal on taxes. It will be a betrayal of the very security of the American people."
Maybe Sgt. Sullivan thinks that he knows more than the military perhaps? The military told Bush to move slow on Iraq. What a friggin cry baby.
Italian nudists have appealed to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi not to close their beach during a Nato summit. Their reason is simple, they have no weapons to hide.
Report: National Guard watched over airports without loaded weapons
"I don't mind being in harm's way, but let me react," said Staff Sgt. Bill Lawrence, 39, who was stationed at Philadelphia International Airport until the guardsmen left May 10.
Enough said.
Poll Shows Two-Thirds Fear Terror Attack
Under the given media and State Department hype, who wouldn't.
Glenn Reynolds predicts:
"...GLOBALIZATION AND FREE TRADE: While Western anti-globo crypto-Marxists bitch, the question from Africans is please, can we have some more?
My prediction: within a few decades, an explosion of African entrepreneurialism will cause Europe to worry about trade competition from Africa. You think I'm kidding? Hey -- Uganda's top band (and it's not easy to sell half a million in Uganda) has a song about the beauty of privatization. That ain't happening in France. But then, Africans have been all the way to the bottom with socialism and kleptocracy."
Someone should ask Reynolds, what does Africa have in its resources besides an epidemic?
What an idiot.
Syria continues to pull the Lebanese strings
The steel tarriffs didn't hurt the U.S. steel mills as was alleged by the so-called free traders. Lesson here is, the greedy Libertarians and neo-Conservatives don't know squat.
The Pakistanis continue to test their missiles.
Powell's comments didn't do much.
As was stated before on this site. The U.S. needs to sever its ties with Pakistan. Stay out of the situation.
The Libertarians will love this one about Iran
And while talking about Europe. Isn't this just a little bit nuts?
Another NGO is born in Belgium. The International organisation is for pursuing Israeli war-criminals.
It seems some of Europe is not impressed with Bush's New World Order
And missed this one. Social Democrats warm to coming immigrant bill
Missed this one. Pia Kjærsgaard has issued a press release blaming the murder on the media and politicians who conduct smear campaigns against politicians critical of immigrants. "...These constant attacks provide people with warped minds with a reason to commit atrocities such as this."
This being said in realtion to Pim's death.
And while the Czechs deal with terrorist threats, demonstrators were told no masks.
Even the Czech Republic is having problems. An anonymous threat of terrorist attacks on three high-rise buildings in Brno's Zabovresky district were made on Thursday.
The threat has been cancelled.
Rod Dreher posts some info on gay right laws with the Dutch. Amazzzzzingly, the guys at the Corner have either ignored or hid their heads in the sand on Pim's past boy man love relationships.
But leave it to the Christian Democrats to be the true conservatives and fight what Pim was all about.
Guys like Goldberg, Dreher and Sullivan are nothing more than hacks when it comes to getting the facts right.
Saturday, May 25, 2002
Brigitte Bardot pipes in, "The animals are beaten to death so that the meat is more tender."
Once again, the French water is surely to blame. Or is it the porn. Evidently, half of the children polled in a survey have seen hard-core porn.
Coming on the heel of the survey, eight adolescent boys were placed under formal judicial investigation for the alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old classmate.
Claude Rozier, the school doctor who headed the government-sponsored survey, said: "Hard-core porn has become the principal vehicle for quite young children's understanding of everything to do with love and sexuality, sometimes their only point of reference."
Previously, a poll was published on this site that indicated most French women were satified with their sex lives. Any future connection?
The top military advisors are telling Bush to go slow in dealing with Iraq.
For those of you who still don't think there is a bias in the courts handling family matters. Here is a story out of Australia that deals with obtaining DNA matter from a child.
The Australian courts have asked for legislation to be enacted to keep parents from secretly obtaining their child's DNA.
What did one judge have to say?
"...It's rather terrible for a child to find out that Dad has been off taking DNA tests to see if he's really your dad."
Palestinian fighting is not just between Israel and Palestinians. In Lebanon there is lawlessness among Palestinians and the Lebanese.
One camp, Ein el-Hilweh , the Lebanese security forces guard its gates but do not enter the camp, which is considered off-limits to the national authority.
Unfortunately, those that are wanted by the Lebanese police, remain in the camps.
Germany defends policy over Iran
The German government on Friday defended its cautiously pro-Iranian polices after US President slammed Teheran during his visit to Berlin.
US expats confront the Mid-East conflict
The latest violent eruptions in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have revealed a clear American-European split of opinion about who is (the biggest) culprit and what should be done. Cormac Mac Ruairi spoke to US expats living in Europe about their thoughts on the situation.
If your dog is sniffing between your legs, you might want to thank him or her later. It seems a pioneering technique using dogs to detect prostate cancer is being developed.
Scientists believe a dog's sense of smell could provide a better early warning system for some cancers than modern science.
So you have a few pounds to shed. Don't worry, New York Newsday columnist Meredith Berkman will rake in the bucks if she wins her class action lawsuit.
Some laughed at the thought of targeting food companies. Think again.
Thursday, May 23, 2002
While on the subject of Lebanon: Jurors chosen in cigarette case
That U.S. anti-drug message on drugs and terrorism will have to be updated.
Bad news is on the horizon for the Middle East. Syria's Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam is establishing a coalition with Druze warlord Walid Junblat.
Junblat and Rafik Hairi are at odds with each other. The Bush administration had better get moving in and establishing Hairi as the man to go to. If not, Rafik's coalition will be diminished. Bad, bad news.
Bush came out swinging with his statements on Arafat. "Somebody said, has he earned your respect? I said, he never had my respect, because ... he let his people down. The role of a leader is to lead."
Aside from agreeing with him on Arafat, he does come across slightly contradictory. Just recently, his administration through Cheney had criticized Israel for dismantling the infrastructure of the Palestinian Authority.
This most recent statement seems to be an overview of the history of Arafat.
In the N.Y. Post, an op-ed on the rising tension between Pakistan and India raises one good point. PAKISTAN COURTS DOOM
It is time for the U.S. to "bug out" of the area. Let India handle the situation.
Caught this little bit over at Daimnation. WIESENTHAL CENTER TO RELEASE “DIGITAL HATE 2002” CD-ROM:
New report highlights hate web sites for suicide bombers, neo-nazi activity, transnational hate, and promotion of terror after 9/11
Hmmm. It will be interesting to see who is on it and what constitutes hate. Lady Liberty will be watching.
Wednesday, May 22, 2002
Then when you think what the hell is happening in France, it seems a majority of French women have a satisfying sex life.
It must be the wine.
And just when it was stated on this site the French wine was safer to drink than the water, this bit comes out on French wine.
On this site we have said don't drink the water in France. Well it seems Water pollution is a load of old crap
British journalist Simon Coss, who lives in the Breton capital of Rennes, strongly warns that you should not drink tap water in this western French region. And, it seems, he's not talking bullshit.
Simon Cross have you been reading this site?
I knew there was a reason for my bad behaviour.
Tit for Tat killings
Israeli Missiles Kill Top Militant-Palestinians
They did mention the innocent Palestinian getting killed.
Then you have: Bomber Kills Two in Israeli Public Garden
As the anti-muslim rhetoric grows, here is some food for thought.
Pearson: We appreciate Turkey's support on Sept. 11
However on the flip side, you have this coming out:
posted by Loud @ 7:49 PM
Tuesday, May 21, 2002
As the anti-muslim rhetoric grows, here is some food for thought.
Pearson: We appreciate Turkey's support on Sept. 11
However on the flip side, you have this coming out: New US security act includes Turkey
The United States has adopted a new act to tighten U.S. border security, which includes visa applications from Turkish citizens.
U.S. blames Israel
Just like was said on this site a few days back. But this time the State Department said it.
Related Headlines
State Dept. report: Weakening of PA increased attacks on Israel
Israel denies it was behind the Beirut car bomb blast.
Sometimes out in the wilderness you find that lone nut or a bunch of nuts.
And the Cannes goes on
Buddha and the Chocolate Factory
The Afghans get one Buddha
Remember the two buddha statues that were blown up by the Taliban? One is being left destroyed as a reminder of what the Taliban did.
The culling of the Roos has begun
Glenn Reynolds with an apology?
"...HMM. I TAKE BACK ALL
HMM. I TAKE BACK ALL MY CRITICISM of the Bush Administration's foreign policy. New evidence has appeared to suggest that they're clearly on the right track."
Just because Albright disagrees? Not witty enough considering the latest coming out. Oh jeez, it's the New York Times.
Comverse to buy Odigo for $20m.
Hmmmm. Wonder what China is doing?
As was stated on this site, if things don't pan out in Lebanon, there will be no peace in Israel.
Just recently Ramzi Irani a member of the Lebanese Forces was found in the trunk of a car.
Then there was Ahmed Jibril killed by a bomb.
Monday, May 20, 2002
Don Feder raises a good point on illegal immigrants coming to the U.S. He writes about how James Clark, a lawyer for the families, of 11 Mexicans who died in 2001 attempting to cross the border into Arizona, filed a $41 million claim against the Deptartment of Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The suit revolves around the allegation that the U.S. was wrong in shutting down easy smuggling routes into the U.S.
Sometimes Buchanan is right, sometimes he is wrong. His latest on immigration, is to say at the least, it's becoming redundant.
If his analogy of "white flight" is correct along with blacks leaving L.A., what is the beef with Hispanics filling the gap? Every big city had some race flee the urban poverty and move to the "burbs". Someone filled the void.
The problem is we don't enforce the laws we have and ensure immigrants can pass the threshold required to be a citizen.
One thing Buchanan does hit dead on is his statement:
"...High among the reasons for the decline in incomes is the death of manufacturing. In Los Angeles County the number of manufacturing jobs -- those high-paying jobs that were the yellow brick road of working America into the middle class -- fell 32 percent, from 861,000 to 587,000."
The high paying jobs have been moved to the "burbs." And that has been going on for years.
Debbie Schlussel acting as the Jewish Princess she is, likens the French to Muslims. How in the hell does she think the French non-Muslims are the same as the French Muslims?
Read her tripe and find out.
Bin Laden thought to have had kidney transplant
The Pakistani ISI. What more needs to be said.
It is allways fun to see two on the same (almost) side go at each other.
Suicide Bomber Kills Himself Near Israeli Police
Isn't that title a little strange.
This will really piss of the Israelis if this happens.
Ireland on the cusp of single-party government
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was today celebrating his greatest electoral triumph as his centre-right Fianna Fail party powered its way towards a possible overall majority in the country's parliament.
McKinney may get her wish after all.
U.S. sending mixed signals on Arafat
Maybe those so called "closed door" meetings are really meaningless.
John Podhoretz offers up a good reason on showing the Pearl tape.
"...It is very difficult to argue with such a sentiment expressed by Pearl's bereaved relations. But Daniel Pearl was killed solely because he was an American and a Jew; for that reason, his tragic and horrible death cannot simply be considered a private matter, just as his abduction was not considered a private matter. Both his kidnapping and murder were acts of war against the United States. They are matters of concern to us all."
These type of suits are becoming the norm in frivolus suits.
Readers want to know why is Raimondo so focused on a bunch of students engaged in a drug trade.
Raimondo will call out an FBI/CIA discount of an Atta link with Iraq, but won't discount the same denial in the Israeli spy story.
Hell, that puts him in line with the guys he critcizes. Namely, Reynolds and others.
Sunday, May 19, 2002
A report from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc., alleges Iraq may have unleashed the West Nile Virus in the United States via Cuba. The report states that through the release of migratory birds infected with the virus, the virus is being carried to the U.S.
McKinney may fall into the "be careful on what you ask for" group.
Photo Essay Shattered
Lets see, we have Israeli foreign nationals in the U.S. linked with a drug trade and we have a Case linking North Carolina to Hizbullah
Ain't America wonderful. Send us your criminals.
China to crack down on supporters of asylum seekers
China has decided to step up crackdowns on foreign supporters and nongovernmental organization (NGOs) in the country helping North Korean asylum seekers enter diplomatic missions of foreign countries illegally, a major Japanese paper reported Sunday in a dispatch from Beijing.
Will China become Israel's next ally?
Related Headlines
Great Wall of China
China tells Israel - No more nuclear support to Iran
Arafat Must Be Overthrown: Netanyahu
Cheney: Arafat cannot control all bombers attacking Israel
"I think there clearly is a class of bombings that he can't" rein in, Vice President Dick Cheney said.
Words of wisdom.
Newsmax has an article on Sen. Robert Torricelli requesting that the Clinton administration's failings on events that led to 9/11 be looked at.
In response to WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg question on whether a 9-11 probe should cover the Clinton White House, Torricelli replied, "I think it goes back as long as is necessary to understand whatever this persistent problem is."
The forensic tests on the body found by the Pakistanis conclude that the body is Daniel Pearl
Saturday, May 18, 2002
Mom to take break from nude dancing so daughter can graduate from kindergarten
A 5-year-old Rancho Cordova girl will return to kindergarten at the Capital Christian School after being expelled last week because administrators discovered her mother works as a nude dancer.
China plans base on the moon to exploit mineral resources: report
China, which is pushing ahead with a fledgling space program, plans to establish a base on the moon in order to exploit its mineral resources, state media reported Sunday.
Does Reynolds get it yet. Maybe so. In his latest analysis he plays Dr. Freud.
"...FREUDIAN SLIP? Better visit this CBS story fast because they'll probably fix this:
The Washington Post said Saturday that a top-secret briefing memo presented to President Bush in 1998 focused on efforts by Osama bin Laden to strike at targets in the U.S.
Um, President who in 1998? I've been pretty hard on the Bush Administration over this -- and especially on the lame spin the Administration is offering -- but this just might suggest that some other people have a bit of an agenda."
I guess apologies are in order from Reynolds to the Bush adminstration but don't bet your life on it. And where does he get off on talking about agendas. Reynolds is an agenda.
What did Clinton think of the intelligence value of the 1999 report.
“...That has nothing to do with intelligence,” he said. “All that it says is they used public sources to speculate on what bin Laden might do. Let me remind you that's why I attacked his training camp and why I asked the Pakistanis to go get him, and why we contracted with some people in Afghanistan to go get him because we thought he was dangerous.”
So there you have it. Don't blame the Bush administration, Clinton's own sentiment on the report leads one to believe that the importance of the report was not conveyed to the Bush administration.
Two Broward men charged in plot to blow up local armory, utility plants
Federal authorities Friday charged two Muslim men from Broward County with plotting an armed jihad that would have included the bombing of several South Florida electrical substations and a National Guard armory.
What can a 20 dollar bill get you.
Tin Foil Alert and who has the time to think these things up.
You're so vain
A court in Hamburg Germany ruled that the German news agency ddp could not disseminate an interview with an image adviser who claimed that Gerhard Schroeder 's hair was dyed.
Court allows extreme right march
A Zutphen court gave the go ahead on Thursday to an extreme right demonstration in Hardewijk on Saturday, overturning a council ban on the planned march.
'Suspect's gun fired Fortuyn bullets'
Investigators are investigating whether the suspect's gun was also used to kill Nunspeet environmental public servant Chris van Werken in 1996.
'Cake throwers' released from detention
The three suspected Pim Fortuyn "cake throwers" were released from detention on Friday, despite the prosecution's demand that they be detained for another 10 days.
The "Israeli Terrorist" story that Fox News ran has had lots of interest. The interest in the article drew many to this site making google searches on the story. The following story is from the South Whidbey Island Record. . As many of you know, Cameron had the first story on the alleged Israeli spy ring. Others have followed the story, most notably is Justin Raimondo from antiwar.com. Whether you agree or you don't, one thing cannot be denied. A pattern in these stories develops. This site is focused on two events and separates each event in Cameron's stories. This is a follow up to Carl Cameron's latest story.
Media blows up truck incident
By Jessie Stensland
Agents from the Border Patrol and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms visited Oak Harbor last week to investigate a rental truck suspected of being linked to terrorists. But in doing so, they set off what appears to be a baseless media frenzy over the incident.
In the end, nothing suspicious was found in the truck, but two men are being sent back to Israel.
Oak Harbor Police Capt. Rick Wallace said an officer became suspicious after stopping a Budget Rental truck on May 7 for a
traffic violation and discovering the two Middle Eastern occupants didn't have proper identification.
Wallace said one of the two men had an expired visa and the other man didn't have any papers. Both of the men are Israeli citizens.
The police, Wallace said, took the men into custody, parked the truck in a parking lot at the Whidbey News-Times and contacted the Border Patrol, FBI, Navy security and Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Ron Henley, the chief patrol agent with the Border Patrol in Blaine, said federal officials became more concerned when a Navy security officer's explosive-sniffing dog "showed interest" in the driver's side of the truck. So ATF agents came to Oak Harbor and searched the van. They discovered that the truck was empty.
Henley said the truck was rented in California and the men apparently dropped off some furniture somewhere before arriving in Oak Harbor.
In the days following the truck seizure, the Oak Harbor Police Department and the Seattle ATF office have been inundated with
inquiries following a FOX News report about the incident. An agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms says that FOX News created "hysteria" in reporting misleading information about the case.
"There was nothing explosive," said Scott McKinna, supervisor for the AFT's arson and explosives group. "We have not ID'ed people as terrorists."
In addition, McKinna said FOX was inaccurate in reporting that "the BATF and FBI had tested the truck and found traces of explosives on the steering wheel and gear shift."
McKinna said that Navy security may have done a preliminary swab test that tested positive for the presence of nitrates, but more complete tests showed nothing suspiciously explosive.
In a May 14 Seattle Post-Intelligencer story about the case, an unnamed law enforcement official is paraphrased as saying the traces of explosives may have been nothing more than residue left behind from a cigarette lighter.
The two Israeli men are not facing any terrorism-related charges and they are not being investigated as possible terrorists. In fact, McKinna said, the FBI is investigating them for possible "fraud involving the movement of household goods." Garrison Courtney, a spokesman for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, said the men have been charged with immigration violations, including
overstaying a visa and working without documentation. [emphasis added]
They are being held at the Seattle INS detention center pending an immigration trial.
Whether you believe that the Israelis were engaged in committing acts of moving fraud, that is your choice. If you believe otherwise, (that they were terrorists) that is your choice.
The information on this incident has some slight contradictions in statements given by different law enforcement agencies. That in itself should lead to more investigating on the matter.
As for the spy ring theory, there are two factions at play. The Israeli art students who were being monitored by the DEA. The DEA had published a report on the ecstasy drug trade, a trade that has hit Tinker AFB and Air Force bases in Florida. The students according to the report have had links with the drug trade.
However, there is a totally separate faction and that is those Israelis who have been in the "moving business."
Prior to and up to the September 11th event, five young Israelis worked for a moving company in New Jersey and had overstayed their visas. They were reportedly interrogated by American authorities questioned them over supposed links to terrorism. They then were deported. The likelihood that stories like this emerging again with the same MO, is highly suspicious.
Related Headlines
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Fox claims of Israeli spy ring in U.S. unproven and tendentious
Friday, May 17, 2002
Wait a second, Nablus suffered the greatest direct damage, estimated at $US114 million, while the whole conflict was about 361 million in damage.
If the devestation of Jenin is as bad as was told and seen, why no focus on Nablus. It is interesting to note that Sharon did not want an investigation to go beyond Jenin. I wonder why.
The Washington Post steps on a possible land mine. The Post tries to implicate Bush, but what the story does do, is show how the Clinton administration may have known many things but did not convey them to the Bush administration
The report suggested that "Suicide bomber(s) belonging to al-Qaida's Martyrdom Battalion could crash-land an aircraft packed with high explosives (C-4 and semtex) into the Pentagon, the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), or the White House."
It is believed by some in the Czech intel community that the Czech chem team that was dispatched to Afghanistan in operation Anaconda was looking for semtex and anthrax that may have come from the Czech Republic. The exact time of the operation is believed to be when two combat weathermen and Sgt Svitak were killed.
The main gist of this article is basically a rehash of older articles.
Interestingly, the article does try to put blame on the Bush administration when it was the Clinton administration who was in power at the time of the report. The question is how was this report conveyed to the Bush administration?
Things are getting real interesting fast. Evidently the Japanese consular official shook the hand of the squad leader of Chinese police before they entered the Japanese Consulate.
It seems the Pakistani police are not sure if the body they dug up is Daniel Pearl.
The Pakistani police have in the past, played a cat and mouse game with Daniel Pearl's death. They at one time suggested that the video of Pearl's death may have been a hoax.
Things are getting real interesting fast. Evidently the
Anti-Semitic riot at San Francisco State University
Who are they?
Haider puts stamp on road signs
Haider personally climbed on to a highway maintenance vehicle at the Villach motorway junction to cover up a sign to "Ljubljana" - the capital of neighbouring Slovenia. He replaced it with a German-language sign merely stating "Slowenien" - German for Slovenia.
Evidently the Germans went wild over the "Clones" because there was a Riot at Star Wars premiere
Poll: Right to win French elections
France's right-wing parties are set to emerge victorious from legislative elections next month, according to an IPSOS opinion poll published Thursday.
Thief's mother destroys $2.7b art haul
Mireille Breitwieser, 53, told police that she did it because she was so angry with her son when he was arrested last November.
Thursday, May 16, 2002
Wait a second. Bush's secret weapon: a black, female vice-president
63-year-old Japanese oldest woman to climb Everest
A 63-year-old retired Japanese office worker on Thursday became the oldest woman to climb Mt Everest, breaking the record set by a 50-year-old Polish woman in spring 2000, according to the office of Ken Noguchi, a famous young Japanese climber.
President Bush just needs to tell the critics to go to hell. The idea that Bush could have overhauled the intelligence community within nine months of taking office is bullshit.
If blame needs to be placed, put it on the Clinton adminstration. After all, the bungling of the Atta meeting in Prague happened in April 2001. Let's see, mid-January Bush took office and the April meeting happened.
Put the bungling of the INS and its record keeping of Atta on the Clinton adminstration.
Let us see what Sullivan the gay Catholic basher has to say about Pim the promoter of paedophila:
"...It's happening. It really is. Pim Fortuyn's party stormed to second place in the Dutch elections, behind the Christian Democrats, smashing the social-democratic consensus that had run Holland for the last eight years (and, truth be told, much longer). So we now have center-right governments in Italy, Spain and France. Only Britain's New Labour has bucked the trend, but as Harold Meyerson points out, Blair is less left than DLC. The reason for all this? One massively over-looked factor: the EU. It has robbed people of a sense of control over their lives, it has been foisted on populations without their consent, it combines the worst of socialist regulations with the difficult challenges of global capitalism. In short it's an undemocratic behemoth begging to be unravelled. The liberal press will play this is a triumph for the far-right. Don't believe them. There are indeed some unsavory characters mixed up in all this, and we sure shouldn't prettify them, but this is really a victory for democracy. And Pim Fortuyn helped bring it about."
And.
"...FEMINISTS AGAINST ISLAMIC IMMIGRATION: Call it the Fortuyn effect. It's happening here as well. Check this blog out. From Berkeley no less."
Ain't that special. A promoter of raping young boys is being promoted by Sullivan. And Sullivan likes to make him out to be a right-winger. Someone needs to tell Sullivan his gig is up. He has been outed more ways than you can with a gay priest.
Fortuyn favoured depraved
"..PIM Fortuyn, the charismatic right-wing Dutch politician murdered last week was a powerful advocate or
paedophilia, Scotland on Sunday can reveal."
What will Andrew Sullivan do now. Recant and confess his sins?
Oh no Fox News jumps the gun again ......? Two Israeli men deported.
"...An agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms says that FOX News created "hysteria" in reporting misleading information about the case."
What is the world coming to. Fisk in his latest article, gets a pretty good handle on on Arafat's legitimate role as a leader. But for all the wrong reasons.
The Palestinians don't need a Sharon to lead them. They need a Rafik Hariri to lead them.
In Death of an Extremist , John O’Sullivan beats out the dim wit comments of Andrew Sullivan and the copycat Reynolds when he states:
"...Pim Fortuyn, it turned out, represented the slightly oddball pacific liberalism of post-1960s Holland. He was a gay libertarian whose main deviations from Dutch orthodoxy were that he favored Thatcherite economics, wanted to subject further moves toward European integration to the sovereignty of democratic Holland, called for a halt to immigration on the grounds that high-density Holland was "full," and believed that Muslim immigrants already there should assimilate to the liberalism of Dutch society."
That is about right and wonders never seem to stop in the kingdom of blog. One could say that all Sullivan cares about is the conservative side of economics. Get the bucks and heave ho to the rest.
The ongoing series: The Landlord from Hell
Israeli tanks invade Jenin
So what, the Isrealis didn't get there man.
Arafat calls for new elections and Sharon has Israeli Troops Carry Out New West Bank Raids
That will bring peace. Yep, the U.S. is dealing with some real winners in the Middle East. Next there will be stories of suicide bombers retaliating against Sharon's latest move.
The Landlord from Hell
Israel has secretly grabbed 42% of Palestinian land in the West Bank for illegal settlement activity, according to a new report.
Note: Damn, have to find that article that had the State Department questioning the Israeli government about their continued illegal expansion of settlements.
This site is getting a lot of hits from google. The topic? The Israeli terrorist story out of Washington State. Looks like that story won't be dying soon.
Who's who in Dutch politics
The BBC mis-characterizes the CDA. It is more to the right than being moderate as they state. And the Christian Democratic parties have been at odds with certain individuals throught Europe.
In the Czech Republic, they have been odds with Zeman who is more in lines with the policies of the party Fortuyn built.
So all the talk about Fortuyn being to the right is pure bullshit and the political analysis of the likes of Reynolds, Sullivan and the copycat bloggers is just funny to read. One really has to question their intent on the support of Fortuyn.
Many of you will remember the comments Zeman made about Russian Journalists. His comments about Arafat. His comments about the Sudeten Germans.
Strange that Zeman would go to Poland to lobby for left during general elections.
And strange that Zeman would do battle against a right-winger like Haider and distance himself from a right-winger.
A typical exchange was Zeman called Haider "an Austrian political Chernobyl," adding that it was time that the Austrians got rid of Haider and his "post-fascist party." Haider retorted that Zeman was a former communist who had difficulty adapting to democracy, "a lame duck with no clout."
On immigration policies, Zeman stated that he supported the "Benes Decrees." So you have both sides of the aisle playing bigots when it comes to immigration policies. And one really wonders what separated the two on immigration policies. Could it be the race? Naw, the left would never be that. And certainly the far right would never do that.
And nevermind that in Britian, rightwing hoodlums are beating up Muslims more than Jews. And they too found themselves supporting from a far away land, Fortuyn's immigration policies.
So it is a crazy world after all. And expect the Christian Democratic parties to gain strength in Europe. A strength that in all reality will move the Dutch away from the liberal policies that Fortuyn was headed.
Wednesday, May 15, 2002
In another story, the Judge presiding over the Pearl case threw out a blasphemy charge made by the defense attorneys.
The blasphemy charges were aimed at the chief prosecution. It is evident that the ploy was to intimidated the prosecution. Vigilante Islamic militants in Pakistan have attacked and killed people accused of blasphemy before.
Have mixed feelings on showing the video tape of Daniel Pearl. However, the family members of Daniel Pearl are angered over the airing of the tape.
Talk is getting real cheap in the Middle East. And very redundant.
Let the war games begin. Japan plans a retaliatory strike against the U.S. for the U.S. policy on steel tariffs.
The latest coming in shows Fortuyn's party garnering about 26 seats The Christian Democratic Alliance made the biggest gain.
Related headlines
Dutch rally to right in election
Voting continues in volatile election
Poll: CDA victory, Fortuyn party ties for 2nd
The Washington Post pipes in on the polls that this site has already posted. The Dutch conservatives are making gains.
And Fortuyn is not, we repeat not a conservative. He is left to the center right Christian Democratic Alliance party.
The latest poll from the Dutch is Fortuyn's party is fourth.
Tuesday's poll, by NOVA/Interview NSS, showed the Christian Democrats (CDA) pulling away with 23.1 per cent. On May 3, the same pollsters put the party in a virtual dead head with the Labour PvdA at about 21 per cent. PvdA pulled 17.2 per cent in the latest poll.
When hate is cool
Reynolds got me thinking about his remarks:
"...I don't approve of "hate speech" laws, but if you're going to have them, they must be enforced evenhandedly. Which is why I hope SFSU will enforce its policies as strictly against the palestinian rioters as it would against, say, someone who made anti-black or anti-gay remarks."
I wonder which form of hate is more accepted these days in Canada.
Countering Anti-Semitism and Hate in Canada Today
Muslims facing intolerance in Canada
And the reality is?
How much information does Novak need on the Atta, Prague connection.
Just because the FBI/CIA discounts the link, does that mean the Czech intelligence is wrong? Hell no. Now what about that Ryder van in Washington State? Hmmmm.
Tuesday, May 14, 2002
Great, Raimondo goes ape shit in his continuing saga on the Israeli spy ring.
It's about the ecstasy drug trade and the Israeli mafia. Establishing a link between the artsy fartsy students and the Israeli government ain't working for Justin. And while on the subject of spying, what is it about Israeli nationals, the latests epsisode with the FBI and Ryder trucks/moving vans.
Fox News---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------gumshoes on the loose.
Note, the link to the dailystar on the ecstasy link was taken from antiwar.com.
This is funny.
The story about the Ryder van having traces of TNT on the steering wheel and shift lever turns out to be a Dud.
Well the funny part of the story is, the effect it had on the blogging community. Either it was an Arab Israeli national as was alleged by the pro-Israeli crowd or it was Israeli Jews as was alleged by the pro-Arab crowd. And Reynolds had questions.
Both sides can shake hands, whoever it was, according to the FBI, they were not terrorists.
(Link provided by Instapundit and Antiwar.com to make it balanced)
You'll get your day in court
Last ditch attempt to get Sharon in court
The "Court" in Brussels had postponed until May 15th, an appeal made by Palestinians who have charged that Ariel Sharon commited war crimes.
That day has arrived. Will diplomatic immunity prevail?
The U.N. embarks on writing a useless report on Jenin.
This is a joke. Without an investigation, the report is nothing more than a war of words between the Palestinians and the Israelis.
The Forbidden Fruit ain't what it used to be in France
Some may want to do what the French do. But then again, some may not. In a recent article, French lovers do it...anyway they can!, it seems the French aren't that shy.
What can one say when "normal" is the exception.
As was stated before on this site. First Le Pen, then the banned French film in Australia and now this. It is definately the water. Drink the wine and you are safe. Viola.
Keep that trap shut
Here is a twist of fate. Yves Michaud, a Canadian made statements that were considered to be anti-semitic by another individual.
Michaud sued the individual claiming the person defamed him. The court dismissed the case.
What did Michaud say? In December 2000, he stated that Jews "aren't the only people in the world to have suffered in the history of humanity" and that B'nai Brith should apologize for being "so anti-Québécois."
That will get you an anti-semitic charge every time. But as for the suit, a free exchange of ideas is the true example of liberty even if one group or individual gets their feelings hurt.
Now someone should tell that to the lawyers of Fortuyn and also the Canadian government.
For you scratch golfers out there, try this one on for size
N Koreans who made U.S. consulate dash arrive in S Korea
Three North Koreans who sought asylum in a U.S. consulate in China last week arrived in South Korea on Tuesday while the fate of seven who made separate dashes for Japanese and Canadian missions remained unclear.
Japan ambassador instructed asylum seekers be expelled
Just hours before five North Korean asylum seekers entered the Japanese Consulate General in Shenyang, northeastern China, last Wednesday, the Japanese ambassador to China told embassy staff in Beijing that any North Korean asylum seekers who entered the embassy were to be expelled, sources close to the embassy said Tuesday.
Noam Federman is finally arrested. The Kahanist is no better than the terrorists for the Hamas.
Federman's latest claim to fame is being involved in the plan to blow up the Palestinian hospital and school. Don't expect him to recant or feel remorse after his arrest. The terrorist stated:
"I think the government should put bombs in [Palestinian] hospitals, but unfortunately the government doesn't do it, so it is up to the people to do those things."
Well that didn't take long. The culling of Kangaroos has outraged the animal welfare groups.
One group stated:
"...Whether you are talking about cats, dogs, kangaroos or even wild pigs a massive slaughter resolves nothing," he said. "All it does is temporarily reduce the population and usually there is a great deal of cruelty involved."
Would they rather they be killed with kindness?
Damit I want a refund
What does one have to do to get a hit. Glenn Reynolds links this site and it gets about 27 visits from it. No Pay Pal donation for him. It must be the location, location, location.
Senoir Reynolds, thanks for the link.
Virgin sued over Aaliyah air crash
The parents of Aaliyah have filed a lawsuit against Virgin Records, alleging they were negligent in not preventing the plane crash that killed the singer and actress and members of her entourage last year.
Philippine Gunmen Said Willing to Free U.S. Hostage
The Philippine military said on Tuesday Muslim guerrillas might release a U.S. woman missionary who has been held hostage for almost a year because her health was deteriorating.
Monday, May 13, 2002
Last will and Testament
MPs face Fortuyn hate complaint
According to Fortuyn's lawyers, the murdered politician had requested that such an investigation be initiated should anything untoward happen to him.
Fortuyn's killer 'did not work alone'
Public prosecutor and Leefbaar Nederland (LN) leader Fred Teeven said on Sunday it was almost impossible that the suspected murderer of Pim Fortuyn worked alone.
Plot to blow up Palestinian hospital and school thwarted
Israel has thwarted a Jewish extremist plot to blow up a Palestinian hospital and a girls' school in Arab East Jerusalem, arresting the bombers as they tried to plant their explosives.
Army calls in pro shooters for roo cull
The Australian Army is having a problem with kangaroos. So much so that they have hired professional shooters to kill over 40,000 kangaroos.
U.S. to send N Korean defectors to Singapore
Three North Koreans who sought asylum at the U.S. consulate in Shenyang, China last week are expected to be moved to Singapore, a Japanese government source said Monday.
The Other House Guests From Hell
Israelis Accused Of Vandalism
"...Hundreds of bullets were scattered all over the floor of the building on Monday, doors to offices blown out, and in one upstairs bathroom, a large fabric painting of Jesus with a glowing heart covered the floor, trampled and marked with dirty footprints."
What did the Israeli soldiers and the Palestinian militants have in common. Lack of respect for Icons of Jesus and Christianity.
Police Seize Rental Truck With TNT Traces
FBI reports that Israeli nationals had been driving a Ryder truck that had traces of TNT on the steering wheel and shift lever of the truck. It was not reported if they were Arab or Jewish.
Anger as Arafat shuns camp
Looks like Arafat has something to gain by not visting Jenin. The Palestinian leader canceled a visit to Jenin. A few thousand Palestinians had been looking forward to his visit but later, became angered when he didn't show up.
Saturday, May 11, 2002
Let the Campaign Resume
Mainstream parties fear that the now-leaderless Lijst Fortuyn party could attract a strong sympathy vote unless the electorate is reminded of the serious consequences of an election.
Al Gore accused of racism? You bet, Rep. Cynthia McKinney accused fellow Democrat Al Gore of racism.
``I think she's telling the truth and no one wants to hear it,'' said Sharnita Marshall, a 32-year-old mother who describes herself as ``a big, big fan'' of the congresswoman.
This being said about McKinney's remarks of Bush. Hmmm, what would she say of the remarks about Gore.
Hindu groups threatened with violence
Leaders of the largest Hindu organisations in the Netherlands urged for calm on Friday after threats of violence were included in letters containing powder sent to various organisations.
Marten Fortuyn: 'My brother was no saint' (Paging Sullivan and Reynolds)
Fortuyn's brother, Marten, warned in a newspaper interview this week against creating a myth around the deceased politician, saying that people should not make him out to be a saint.
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That's gross! Yes, but it's good for you, children
An exhibition celebrating the science of belching, vomiting and other bodily functions is proving to be a hit with its young audience.
Amish Protest
Oh come on, the Amish don't want to put the orange triangles on the back of their buggies.
They say it would violate their "Ordnung", the unwritten creed of their faith which stresses simplicity and detachment from the world. The ACLU has picked up the case.
Chinese Proverbs
China claims cops didn't know 5 were asylum seekers
Japanese Proverbs
Japan says Chinese cops acted without its consent
American Proverbs
U.S. raps China for police entry into Japan consulate
Friday, May 10, 2002
Say What
FDP congress opens talking tax cuts
Germany's pro-business Free Democrats opened a party congress Friday aimed returning to power in their traditional role as the nation's kingmaker.
I bet the Greens are seeing Red.
The FDP said, "Tax cuts are the best employment programme. Current tax laws are almost incomprehensible and the tax burden is much too high."
Israel still stalling on U.N. Jenin report
Now Israel is stalling on a report requesting what happened in Jenin. Nevermind a U.N. investigation, that was scrapped when Israel stalled even when the U.N. made concessions.
Israel insisted that the investigation team was biased against Israel so the U.N. added a retired U.S. Army general and Irish commissioner to the team. The U.N. called Israel's bluff.
Gay teen wins fight over Catholic prom
An Ontario judge has ruled that a gay teenage student has the legal right to take his boyfriend to a Roman Catholic school's end-of-the-year dance.
Ohhh Canada!!!
Is that a puppet in your pocket
A New Zealand city council today banned the touring Australian show "Puppetry of the Penis" from performing at its civic opera house this month.
Nicole Kidman has reportedly been seen on secret dates with Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire.
Mr. Cranky however, thinks that spiderman may be gay.
Sex film banned after review
The controversial French film Baise-Moi, seen by more than 50,000 people around Australia, was banned yesterday.
What is with the French. From Le Pen to this. It must be the water. Viola.
Arab states review Beirut peace initiative
Arab ministers and officials met at the Arab League on Thursday to follow up on a Saudi-initiated peace plan that seeks to halt the ongoing violence in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories and an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Pakistani, Lebanese leaders discuss Middle East
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri discussed the recent violence between Israel and the Palestinians with Pakistan's military President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday, Pakistan's official APP news agency said.
More Doo Doo on Jenin
Margaret Wente puts her 2 cents in on the Jenin tale. She goes on and on about how Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch is against Israel.
How can she reason that:
"...The UN's deeply rooted bias against Israel is well known. What's not well known is the bias of human-rights agencies with high-profile names. People think they're objective because they're independent, and so their pronouncements have considerable authority. In fact, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, to name just two, are infected with UN disease: The watchdogs are blind in one eye."
Who was it that said there was no massacre and only 52-56 people had died. In fact a report was issued by HRW to that very fact.
When you sift through the bullshit put out by writers like her, Glenn from InstaPundit and Sullivan, you will find that they will cite numbers that come from HRW and Amnesty International's report that no massacre had occured. So what is the beef?
Leave it to the U.N. to show its true colors
During the Children Summit, the U.N. passes out a UNICEF-funded book that encourages children to engage in sexual activities with other minors and with homosexuals and animals.
This being done while the U.N. goes after the Catholic Church for the sexual abuse of children commited by its gay clergy.
In another story however, the Vatican has no room to talk. Vatican representative Alfonso Cardinal Lopez Trujillo told the General Assembly on Thursday, "When moral values are trampled on with impunity, when the atmosphere is artificially charged with eroticism, when the meaning of human sexuality is emptied and trivialized and children are even induced into unspeakable 'lifestyles' and behavior in an alarming climate of permissiveness, the risk of violence grows."
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UN Children Summit Snags on Abortion, Sex Education
The House Guests From Hell
Bethlehem militants fly into exile
Thirteen Palestinian militants exiled from the West Bank under a deal which ended the siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem have arrived in Cyprus.
Related Headlines
Stench Fills Jesus' Birthplace After Siege
Explosives, rifles found in deserted Church of Nativity site
Beside the bombs and weapons being found inside, the comments made by the author make a telling picture.
"...The ancient basilica, built over Jesus' traditional birthplace, reeked of urine and leftover food. Dirty blankets and mattresses were strewn across the floor, along with unwashed pots and pans. The wooden altar in the Armenian se reeks oction of the basilica had been used as a food table and was covered with a coffee pot and left-over food."
Jewish settlers arrested for attempted bombing of East Jerusalem hospital
Four Jewish settlers have been arrested on suspicion they planned to set off a large bomb at an Arab hospital in east Jerusalem, with two of the men caught with explosives in their vehicle, police said Friday.
Found this article at Daimnation Militant Jewish group claims responsibility for killing eight Palestinians
A group called "Fighters of the Kingdom of Israel," named the places where the shootings took place and warned Palestinians to "prepare shrouds" for more burials.
Sounds like the leader of the Hamas.
In Brussels a police officer was injured Tuesday night when a Molotov cocktail was thrown into a building in Schaarbeek, Brussels. A group of about 150 youths gathered to protest the shooting of a Morrocan couple who had been shot by a "right wing" extremist.
Evidently, the man who was described as a extremist was 79 years old. Police had gone to the apartment of Hendrik Vyt, where a shoot-out occured. Vyt, then set his apartment on fire.
A neighbor managed to rescue the murdered couple's four children from their apartment as the fire in the apartment complex began to spread.
Thursday, May 09, 2002
Israel indicts six of its soldiers
The Israeli army has issued indictments against six soldiers suspected of stealing money, jewelry, computer parts, and other items from Palestinians in the West Bank.
The United Nations: An Important Instrument in the War against Terrorism
Ambassador Williamson puts way too much importance on the U.N. One wonders why, Ambassador Richard S. Williamson is the United States Alternate Representative to the United Nations for Special Political Affairs.
Peggy Noonan hits it dead on when she speaks of President Bush and his presidency.
In The Crying Room , she gets what the driving force is behind Bush's popularity. He's boring. But in a good way.
Israel must obey UN resolutions, says Pahad
It was unacceptable Israel continued to ignore the latest resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, South Africa's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Aziz Pahad said on Thursday.
Related Headlines
Delegates: Push Israel to accept UN resolutions
Stratfor has come out with an analysis on the Hamas in the Gaza. In preperation for an assault on the Gaza Strip the Israelis have been beefing up its military and has already started its offensive as has been reported on this site.
An assault on the Gaza will be equal if not more devastating then the West Bank. The Hamas are organized, have better resources in combating an Israeli offensive and the density of the civilian population is greater.
Remember the photos of Jenin and the area that was devastated, well the density of the civilian population in the same area in the Gaza is much greater.
Stratfor states correctly that "...Unlike the recent West Bank operation, where urban guerrilla warfare was confined to a few places, an Israeli military incursion into Gaza will likely be bloodier and more intensive."
Unfortunately, the Hamas will use civilians as their shield as well as the Israelis.
The Know-nothing Party
Since many in the blogging community are advocating anti-immigration policies against Muslims, a brief history lesson is in order.
The Know-nothing party seems appropriate with all all of the talk about Fortuyn, Le Pen and Haider.
What it boils down to is this. The policies advocated by the likes of Reynolds, Sullivan and others is no different to those of the Know-nothing party.
Thousands pay respects to Fortuyn
The Rotterdam Cathedral opened its doors about 2.30pm on Thursday to allow tens of thousands of people to pay their final respects to the body of assassinated politician, Pim Fortuyn.
Glenn Reynolds puts out.
"..YOU WANNA TALK MASSACRES? William Sulik wonders why this one didn't get any attention, while the bogus massacre claims at Jenin created an international uproar."
Someone needs to tell Glenn that the numbers the Israelis and Palestinian sources were putting out, were just about the same (200-250 killed). There is one problem. There was no investigation. But that is OK with the likes of Reynolds, its better to hide the truth then seek the truth.
Ecstasy supporters hope FDA-approved study will vindicate drug
This summer, Ecstasy will get a chance to return to its roots -- as a medicine for the emotionally and mentally ill.
Bob Wallace from Microsoft and a user of the drug ecstasy says "MDMA seems to help reduce the fear people have of really looking at themselves and it really helps people communicate well .... I think it has a lot of good therapeutic uses."
Great, just great. And how many people have been screwed up by this drug.
Robert Fisk in his latest column details some of the propaganda the IDF was using in its reported findings in documents that were to have shown a link between Arafat and terrorists.
Fisk does show some of the propaganda and falsehoods. But even though Arafat has lost some control with terrorist groups the fact remains that many of the members of the PA/PLO had been involved in killings of Israeli officials.
Fisk tries to paint a picture that Arafat's leadership is minimized and because of that he is some sort of saint. Sorry, that doesn't cut it. Arafat like his nemisis Sharon are of the same.
Thugs.
Leave it to the Chinese government to come up with a zinger. China says police were just protecting Japanese consulate
Here is one gadget for dog owners. Want to know what Spot is feeling? A "bowlingual" gadget is said to be able to identify six of a dog's feelings through the animal's barking.
Non-Muslims 'stoned, abused and degraded' at Woomera
Christians and non-Muslim minorities have been stoned, assaulted, sexually harassed and abused by Islamic fanatics inside Woomera, detention centre employees and pastoral care workers say.
No sex, recommends Brazil coach
Brazilian national team coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has recommended his players avoid having sex during the upcoming World Cup finals.
Sex industry making young men lazy about love
Young Japanese men who haunt the nation's flourishing sex industry are becoming more reluctant to purse love the traditional way, according to a leading commentator on Japan's sex industry.
Something to Moo about
Because of a growing interest in organically grown food in Japan, Australia will be putting pictures of the cow on the packaging that made that burger in your hand.
So while munching on that burger, you get to see a photo of Betsy the cow and feel safe knowing her life cycle.
Primary Industries, Water and Environment Minister David Llewellyn said, "They are telling us they want truth in labeling and transparent trace back of products, such as meat, right back to the paddock, the animal and even its parents."
Paging Justin Raimondo
Seems the Chinese are not pure in their thoughts on respecting the soveriegn status of consulates. That must put a slight twist in the crank of Justin's take on the purity of China.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said China violated an international convention when its police entered a Japanese consulate in China without Japan's consent.
Why the silence with Justin.
Deborah Orin after bashing the Arab nations throught the 9/11 ordeal has the cajones to write this screed about the Arabs.
To quote her "Johnny Come Lately" enlightenment:
"..They know firsthand how Arafat brings trouble - that's why no Arab state offered refuge to terrorists hiding in the Church of the Nativity and Egypt nixed taking them temporarily for fear of getting stuck with them."
In other words Arabs are good when they don't like Arafat and the Arabs are bad if they don't like who? Sharon Perhaps?
Double Standard.
Black immigrant is new face of Pim Fortuyn List
"...He is a staunch Catholic, reflecting the rift between Christian and Muslim immigrants in Rotterdam, and stoutly defends Mr Fortuyn's infamous remark that Islam is a "backward" religion that oppresses women, persecutes homosexuals and never went through the "civilising laundromat" of the Enlightenment."
And that is a Catholic speaking? Sounds like the Cursaders of old. Aryans that thought of themselves as Catholics.
This author likes to throw around the term Catholic without really thinking about the person. A Catholic my ass.
There is however, an irony, the guy was an immigrant and is against immigration. "It's OK for me but not the other guy because he is not enlightened."
Smile Monsignor, you're on Candid Camera
Andrew Sullivan would be proud, The Smoking Gun has a nice snap of the ex-Rev. Thomas Bouterie in the Mardi Gras next to some chiseled (not Cheeky) fellows. Well, the Church purged the party boy.
To make matters worse for the Church, the snap of the party boy was published in Masking and Madness: Mardi Gras in New Orleans
The seige begins in the Gaza Strip
It is being reported that the Israelis have brought tanks and bulldozers into the town of Rafah. One house was burned and another damaged by tank shells. While the shelling was going on, bulldozers were flattening buildings.
The latest incident of the suicide bomber is not the only reason for the Israeli forces entering the town of rafah.
Because of the location of the town being near the Eygtian border, weapons are smuggled into the town. Some of the destruction caused by the Israelis in retaliation for weapons smuggling can be seen here.
IDF massing troops near Gaza in preparation for retaliatory strike
The IDF began massing forces on the border with the Gaza Strip late Wednesday night, in preparation for a retaliatory operation following the suicide bomb attack in Rishon Letzion which killed 15 people.
Twenty Dead in Russia Blast
Around 20 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in southern Russia on Thursday when a land mine blew up a bus carrying a military band to festivities marking the defeat of Nazi Germany, police and news agencies said.
Conservatism, Liberalism, Marxism, Goldbergism
Boy does Jonah go off track in his latest screed on Pim Fortuyn. One word comes to mind about the article. Dumb.
Jonah tries to implicate Le Pen the Catholic and play soft on the politics of Fortuyn. Taking Jonah's argument on Pim, there should be no immigration unless you subscribe and assimilate to Dutch law.
Well isn't that special. Goldberg tries to suggest that the current political philosophy of the Dutch existed prior to Muslims so they should live with the progressive country and assimilate.
I guess the American Indians were right after all. Our European ancestors should of assimilated to the American Indian way of life. That way, the earth would not have had cars, bars and divorce.
Not too long ago Jonah talked about racists when he stated and I quote: "...My favorite way to point this out is by noting that in Dances with Wolves — or pretty much any other movie featuring propagandistic treatment of Indians — there were good Indians and bad Indians. Were the Indians who were fighting with whitey any less Indian than the "good Indians"? You can't pick and choose which tribes represent what Indians were "really like," any more than you can say that the French are real Europeans and the Italians aren't..... Anyway, there is now incontrovertible proof that the Indians were humans. And what I mean by this is that, as humans, they affected the environment here just as Europeans affected the environment in Europe. That's what humans do. Deal with it."
How tolerant of him.
For Goldberg, Pim's bigotry towards Muslims is/was ok. Hence the adoration. The argument that it was an anti-imigration policy and not racism is pure bullshit. The scriptures of Islamic law clashing with the humanist Dutch law was done on an individual basis. But Pim attacked a group called Muslims. And for Goldberg to push the superior bullshit of the humanist approach to society is not new.
Hell, Pim wasn't the mean Catholic that Le Pen was. But Hitler didn't like Catholics either. A million Catholic Poles could agree with that statement along with priests, bishops and nuns.
Too bad that the Old Roman Catholic Church existed before the humanist movement in Dutch politics.
Should the Old Catholics go back and seek reperations?
I'm sure that when Hitler was trying to get the support of Catholics in Germany and Europe, he remained silent to his humanist approach to politics in order to get their support and later killed thousands of them. It seems Hitler's fruits have evolved in the foundation of Europe's humanist progression. But don't tell Jonah, it's ok with him.
Jonah should stick to writing about well.................nothing. Because at one time, there were the Dutch who would have had to play differently with the Indians.
And they don't even live in the United States.
Wednesday, May 08, 2002
Steve Baldwin presents a compelling argument in CHILD MOLESTATION AND THE HOMOSEXUAL MOVEMENT
The Big Daddy makes one Ugly Mutha of a Mistake
Daddy Warblogs states:
"...Not a word about the Arab backers of Hamas, al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade or the PA's duplicity. Avoidance of the fact that America's backing of Israel is hardly full-blooded; if it were, things might have turned out very different. Sheer Palestinian hypocrisy in ignoring months of suicide bombing and overlooking the fact that it is they who are being shielded from the consequences of their actions by a Europe that has somehow lost its moral compass. And "South Africa's ambassador" would do well to reflect on the UN's erosion of its own credibility by passing resolutions like this. According to the report, the European nations abstained, on the grounds that the resolution failed to condemn suicide bombings. How noble of them! What courage and strength of conviction to have abstained! And their abstention, did it come in the Swedish manner: "without joy"?."
Big Daddy needs to check it out.
Momma always said life was like a box of Chocolates
Got a Valentine that you don't like? Well buy some chocolates for them.
Dutch Treat
Dutch nurse charged with 14 murders
First Pim Fortuyn was murdered, now there is a nurse who is has been charged with killing five children and nine elderly people The nurse while in her care, gave them a lethal dose of drugs while working in hospitals in The Hague between February 1997 and September 2001.
Her victims included babies less than a year old and patients as old as 91, the public prosecutors said.
The humanists are loose and taking the euthanasia law and putting their interpretation of a moral death to practice.
Leave it to the Chinese to block North Korean defectors seeking political asylum at the Japanese and U.S. consulates in Shenyang.
The Chinese police officers ignored protests from consulate employees when the Chinese police entered the Japanese Consulate and captured two men.
Editor's Update: Another suspected N Korean in US consulate in China: American official One North Korean man is said to be in the U.S. Consulate.
Soccer moms will love this bra.
Manufacturers Triumph International came up with a bra that is designed after a soccer ball and net. Christian Thoma, an executive at Triumph International said:
"We thought it's a perfect fit for our products. We've got right cup and left cup. You can consider the right cup as Japan and the left cup is Korea or the other way around."
And what does one do if one scores? That is left to your imagination. What will they think of next. Hockey Pucks?
An Eye for an Eye
As was stated before on this site, Gaza will be the next Jenin. For those of you bloggers that want to blame Arafat on this one, here is the deal:
Sheik Ahmed Yassin : We will not accept Arafat's surrendering methods
Well Yassin has made it clear to Israel that revenge for what Israel did in Jenin will take place.
Yassin stated:
"...When they harm and hurt Palestinian civilians their civilians will be harmed .... We are trying to prove another thing: that the operation they carried out in the West Bank has failed and will not bring them security."
So whatever Arafat says, it is meaningless. Whatever Bush says is meaningless, whatever the U.N. says is meaningless.
Expect another Jenin and Nablus. Expect more innocent Palestinians and Israelis to be killed. And expect Sharon to be let off the hook again.
Israeli troops shell near south Lebanon-witnesses
Israeli troops occupying the foothills of the Golan Heights shelled south Lebanese territory on Wednesday, witnesses said, but the Israeli army denied it had fired into Lebanon.
Arafat Declaration Encourages Bush
President Bush called Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's condemnation of terrorism an "incredibly positive sign" Wednesday. He urged Israel to consider the consequences of any action it takes in retaliation for the latest suicide bombing.
Any bets on what happens. Bush can't be serious.
Israel to Hit Back After Suicide Bomb; Siege Ending
Israel's security cabinet gave the green light Thursday for military operations against "terrorist targets" after a Palestinian suicide bombing that threatened to derail new Middle East peace efforts.
Tuesday, May 07, 2002
A Crock of Doo Doo and it takes a Death to bring it out
In Rod Dreher's latest piece on Pim Fortuyn he states:
"...Fortuyn's legion of enemies denounced him as a fascist and a racist, partly for his tough-on-crime policies, but mostly for his belief that immigration should stop, and that immigrants — particularly Muslims, whose views on women and gays he considered barbaric — should be pressed harder to assimilate into Dutch life. Immigration and assimilation of Third World immigrants: These are and will continue to be tremendously important issues for Europe, particularly as its population ages with the native birth rate remaining below replacement level. Whether Fortuyn's murderer turns out to have Islamic connections or is part of the extreme Left, the sobering truth is that Europe — democratic, gun-controlling Europe — is a place where questioning the immigration status quo will not only get you branded a fascist by the news media, it will get you shot dead."
Plain and simple, Pim was a racist and his bigoted statements towards the Muslims was broad and sweeping.
Even though his rhetoric was designed to focus on the Muslim faith, his ideals went beyond to attack an individual. For his thinking was intent on targeting the individual through collectivism.
If Dreher thinks Pim would not have attacked the traditional Catholics who believe that homosexuality is a sin, or abortion or euthanasia is a crime against human life, think again.
Even though Pim was born in 1948 in a conservative Catholic family, Pim went to the hippie mecca of Amsterdam in the 1970s to study sociology and Marxism, Professor Pim, shocked the Dutch establishment with a call to repeal the first article of the Dutch constitution, which forbids discrimination.
Some will ask what is the difference between a Libertarian and a Marxist, answer not much. Morality is thrown out the window as is the constitutional doctrine of a state interest in protecting individuals against discrimination and a separation of church and state.
Dreher posted one of the most telling statements made by Pim on this when he states:
"...Fortuyn calmly turned to the camera and, addressing viewers directly, told them that this is the kind of Trojan horse of intolerance the Dutch are inviting into their society in the name of multiculturalism."
Pim was a great manipulator and in-your-face extremist. When Pim baited a Muslim cleric by flaunting his homosexuality, he got the cleric to act.
However, the "intolerance" that Pim spoke of was his, and that was the real Trojan horse. Pim's intolerance was riding in on Dutch politics and Dutch law.
Muslims became an easy target for Pim. And Pim knew that once you start on the easy race, the slippery slope starts; many would have turned away to his bigotry but because they weren't a Muslim and since September 11th, the anti-Muslim rhetoric is in right now, his message became popular. But as history proves, others become the next target.
The irony in Pim's comments on intolerance is; multicultralism requires tolerance. Ask any constitutionalist. But to Pim, the easy way out was to take the protection against discrimination out of the Dutch constitution and do away with multicultralism ideas which in reality is doing away with individual thinking even if it is bigoted.
I highly doubt the Dutch constitution as it stood, would have allowed Dutch law adopt Islamic law. So what was the worry and what was Pim's beef with Muslims other than they didn't agree with him.
If it was immigration, then he stood with the Nazis on that, if it was about an anti-gay law, that wasn't happening, if it was about euthanasia, Dutch law was heading in his direction, so one has to ask, what did he fear?
Answer, nothing, except being a politician who had an opinion. And for that, he was killed by an individual who in all reality was like Pim in having opinions, but that individual took a different path in taking the law into his own hands.
The lesson here is that extremism takes on all forms of actions; from Pim's desire to eliminate an important piece of law in the Dutch constitution that protected individuals from discrimination, to the individual taking Pim's life.
It is a great tragedy that it took his death to have the mainstream media focus on a man who represented an individual ideal and it is unfortunate that the media and writers like Dreher are presenting a false picture of the politics of Pim.
For if he hadn't died, his story would have been handled like Haider's political story and Le Pen's political story. Interesting but short-lived.
Gaza Strip: Will Abasan or Gaza be the next Nablus or Jenin?
With the latest coming from Israel; the suicide bomber came from the Gaza Strip. Look for a big sweep to be conducted by Israel in the region.
Just recently, 4 Palestinian gunmen were killed in Gaza Strip.
The New Internet Cafe or Internet Drive-Thru
Softbank, McDonald's offer burger browsing
Diners at McDonald's in Japan will soon be able to browse the web with a burger in hand following an agreement with Internet investor Softbank Corp to install a high-speed web service in thousands of its fast-food restaurants.
Chinese plane crashes into sea; at least 70 dead
A China Northern Airlines plane with 112 passengers and crew on board plunged into the sea off the northeast coastal city of Dalian on Tuesday night.
Xinhua news agency said:
"...The rescue workers found a pushcart used for serving food that has been burned black and (broken) in half, which indicates the seriousness of the fire."
Another nutcase decides to kill innocent Israelis.
The story here is Annan's reaction to the news of 15 Israelis being killed.
The U.N. chief spokesman stated:
"...The secretary-general is appalled by today's suicide bomb attack in the town of Rishon Letzion in Israel." Annan "...reiterates in the strongest possible terms his utter condemnation of all indiscriminate terrorist attacks against civilians...Such attacks are morally repugnant and only set back the prospects for a peaceful settlement."
Do the idiots in the U.N. really think for one second that their words will mean anything to the Palestinian terroists. This should also prove once again that Arafat is not the way to peace in Israel. He has no control and the infrastucture to even gain control has been completely dismantled.
Then you have the thug Sharon and the Jenin war crimes investigation being blocked by Israel. The U.N. in response to the Israeli denial, issued a meaningless criticism of Sharon.
The Bush administration did not help matters either when ambassador John Negroponte crticized a proposed U.N. resolution criticizing Israel.
In response Mr. Negroponte said, "...It undermines the credibility of their cause and deepens the divide between the Palestinians and a neighbor with whom, one day sooner or later, they will have to live in peace."
I'd say the U.N. has been too soft in their opinions and their actions have no credibility. And the Bush administration needs to be harder on both Sharon and Arafat.
The game the Bush administration is playing on being soft on Sharon, will lead to an escalation in violence in Israel as well as with Lebanon. And blaming the Palestinian Authority for the Jenin battle is just plain foolish.
If Bush wants peace he sure as hell is going about it the wrong way.
Editor's note: In a recent Washington Post article, Sharon has said that President Bush was key in getting the U.N. fact finding mission disbanded. If true, this puts the Middle East process in dire straits.
Breaking Headlines on Fortuyn
LPF wants election to go ahead
The Pim Fortuyn List said on Tuesday it wanted the national election to proceed as planned on 15 May, despite the assassination of its leader.
Shooting suspect an environmental activist
The 32-year-old Harderwijk man being held by police on suspicion of assassinating Pim Fortuyn was probably an environmental activist, public prosecutor Hofstee said on Tuesday.
Unknown male suspect arrested
Police have arrested a Dutch man suspected of carrying out the assassination on Pim Fortuyn on Monday.
Editor's Note: At this time, in another news source below, it is alleged that the man was an extremist for the left.
The Israelis are provoking a war with Lebanon.
In the latest provocation, Israeli bombers flew deep into Lebanon airspace. In retaliation to the Israeli provocation, Lebanon used their anti-aircraft artilery to shoot down the bombers.
No Israeli aircraft were hit.
But Lebanon threatened Israel that if they continue the provocations, they would seek the aid of Syria and use missiles to shoot down Israeli aircraft.
In a statement released by Lebanon's Secertary Of Defense, Khalil Hrawi, ”[Currently] the army is responding with anti aircraft guns, but they are not firing missiles yet ..... This will come in time. What concerns Lebanon concerns Syria, and what concerns Syria concerns Lebanon; so this will happen in time.”
Snap, Crackle, Pop goes the gun
A mother and her two children were killed by Isreali soldiers.
Because they heard a snapping sound, the idiots killed the woman and the children. The soldiers thought a mine went off near their tank track and went looking for the Palestinians they believed to have set the mine. When they found the Palestinians, they opened fired.
Trouble is, there was no mine, the snap they heard was the tank tread breaking.
Needless to say the Israeli government apologized for the incident. Hmmm.
The talk of Bolgsville
Well the talk of the town is about the death of Pim Fortuyn
Andrew Sullivan has some nice things to say about the racist:
"...He was defiantly and proudly gay, but his appeal was far broader than that, and by reaching out to the center and right, he did much to help the integration of gay men and women into mainstream European politics. In this he was an ally, even an icon of sorts. And it's chilling to think that this combination of ideas - if poised to reach political power - could be grist for assassination. In Holland, of all places. The enemies of liberalism are many - on the far right, the far left, and the Islamist fundamentalist orbit. For these reasons, Fortuyn should be hailed as another martyr for gay visibility, along with Harvey Milk. But what's the betting that the gay left won't go near this story? Here's hoping they will."
Hey Andrew, he was a racial bigot who was more of a Marxist than Karl Marx.
At least Michael Gove picked up on some of his progressive ways.
"...Fortuyn was uncompromisingly neo-liberal. An advocate of laxer rules on euthanasia, greater drugs liberalisation, more use of the private sector in healthcare and tax cuts, he was very far from Le Pen’s hearthland politics of Vichyiste nostalgia. He may have been a “cultural protectionist” like Le Pen. But the culture he wished to protect was the Dutch libertarianism so familiar to many Britons from their weekends in Amsterdam, so congenial to him as a gay man, and so threatened, he claimed, by the incursions of Islam."
Andrew pipes in a few off key notes:
"..Amen. Fortuyn was not a threat to liberalism. His assassination is. What Fortuyn dared to say is that Islam itself, when converted into a political agenda, is a direct threat to the values and tolerance that are the signal achievements of the West. This is not racism; it is a cultural fact. Islam deserves respect as a great religion, but its attitudes toward women, toward homosexuals, toward the freedoms and privacy and social experimentation that are one of the guiding triumphs of Western culture, is a danger to liberal democracy and a free society. Fortuyn was brave enough to say this. One way to respect his legacy and defy the violence that felled him is to follow his example and keep stating what we know to be true."
There is a little of an irony in the support Sullivan gives to Fortuyn. The boys at Vanguard News Network seem to have a fondness for the guy also.
What a picture, Stormfront Nazis and Andrew Sullivan the gay Catholic Church basher, supporting a racist who dislikes the Muslim religion.
Hell, what would he have done if he became president? He would have changed the constitution to allow discrimination.
Now that is a separation of church and state gig Andrew and the Stormfront gang would have loved.
Europe has a way of producing extremes of one sort or another. Maybe that is why our ancestors left. I have never figured out why we pay them so much attention, they are usually wrong and drag us down because of it. From Hegel to Marx to Rahner and Kung.
Simply amazing, after the '60s, when the authority in America and in Europe caved to the new intellectual barbarians, the proponents of the philosophy of collectivism and Marxism fill the gap. So Europe produces extremists like Le Pen, Haider and Fortuyn
As for the killer, the police indicated it was a white male in his thirties and he seemed to be a militant. A militant they say. He wouldn't happen to be a member of the Dutch Peoples Union
According to the bigots at FreeRepublic, it must have been a Muslim or leftist. But hell, his skin tone didn't match.
Yes folks the fur is flying from this story. Extemists do bring out the worst in people.
And as for Pim Fortuyn, he wasn't right or left, he was all over the place. Unfortunately, some nutcase decided he was one or the other and didn't like what he stood for. His death is tragic.
Editor's Update: In an article published by De Telegraaf the individual is listed as an extremist from the left.
Monday, May 06, 2002
UN General Assembly Set to Discuss Jenin Issues
The U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan would rather put the embarassment over Jenin him behind him. And wants to move on on focus on a political solution to the Middle East crisis.
End of story and end of any investigation of Jenin.
Jenin: A tale of tales
The recent conflict in the West Bank has shown the world how two groups of people can be brutal against each other.
On one side you have Palestinian terrorists killing innocent Israelis and putting their own people at risk by living among them and using them as shields at times.
There is a criminal mentality that exists within individuals, not a race.
As such, that mentality to kill innocent people and then lie about the events exists with individuals who are also members of the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). More heinous is it exists within their leaders such as Sharon.
Throught the operation that started on March 29, 2002, the world was in a news black out on the violence that took place in the West Bank. In one instance, Israeli troops in the Jenin camp confiscated footage filmed by an Associated Press Television News cameraman.
This can be blamed directly on the Israeli government. They were in control.
We have heard stories of massacres, no massacres, numbers of the dead changing daily and they being buried in mass graves. We heard of booby-traps and Palestinian ambushes killing Israeli soldiers, helicopter gun ships shooting at apartment buildings, tanks and bulldozers being used to commit acts of violence.
We heard of looting and vandalism committed by IDF forces.
In one report an Army officer stated "When the world sees the pictures of what we have done there, it will do us immense damage."
Through events and extensive research, a picture emerges that the innocent and the truth will be buried forever.
But what can’t be buried is the lying that took place by the Israeli government. And since we support Israel financially and not the Palestinians, criticism is in order.
At no time did the Palestinians threaten U.S. security during the conflict. It was strictly a war between a foreign state and a people wanting to create a state. If it wasn’t that we supported the Israelis, no criticism would be voiced, because it is not a United States interest, it is a Middle East interest.
Down for the count
The siege has ended and one headline read Rula Amin: Jenin camp siege over
How did everyone fair; according to the story, the Israelis did well.
“…That brings, of course, this standoff that has lasted over a week to an end. More than 14 Israeli soldiers have been killed in that refugee camp. According to Palestinian and Israeli estimates, more than 200 Palestinians were killed in that camp.”
The headlines on the KIA’s
'200 killed' in Israeli incursions
Hundreds of Palestinians Killed in Jenin: Israel Army
Palestinian death toll mounts
Israel says hundreds of Palestinians killed
250 Palestinians killed in Jenin: Israeli official
These kill rates are not from Palestinians sources only, but are directly from Israeli officials.
The Truth is Buried
As the siege ended in the West Bank, international news agencies were allowed in. International rescue organizations came with the news.
Reports of extensive damage occurred and few bodies were recovered.
The headlines that read hundreds of dead will never be verified because according to sources, Israeli troops were digging mass graves in the Jenin refugee camp.
The Israeli Army said that it was going to bury militants slain in the refugee camp.
The Palestinians charged that hundreds of Palestinians had been buried in mass graves in northern Israel.
However, a story ran in Haaretz Daily that the Israeli High Court ordered the IDF not to remove bodies from Jenin
Interestingly, the article comments on Major General Weiss’ s comments:
“…IDF Chaplain General, Major General Rabbi Israel Weiss ruled Friday that there was no religious reason to stop the removal of the bodies during the Sabbath. The military rabbinate deals with the removal of bodies after they are located. The army estimates that there are still 100 to 200 bodies in the camp.” [emphasis added]
According to Major General Weiss, there is the suggestion that removal of bodies did occur and 100 to 200 bodies still remained in the camp. How many were removed, and how many were buried under the rubble, that needs to be answered.
The roper dope on telling the truth begins
The latest headlines read Jenin 'massacre' reduced to death toll of 56
Interestingly the latest line is war crimes had been committed by the Israelis but there was no massacre.
Human Rights Watch after a week-long investigation charged in a report they did not find evidence to support claims that the IDF massacred hundreds of Palestinians in the camp but war crimes did occur.
How could this happen.
According to an individual named Brian Wood, the group called Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace is working on proving there was a massacre and he comments on the Human Rights Watch report.
Because of news black outs, stonewalling on investigation, removal of bodies, the truth gets beat up.
Unfortunately, adding to the truth getting beat up, you have stories of Palestinians adding bodies to the mass graves to increase the count.
All corroborating evidence points to over 200 Palestinians being killed and a possible massacre being conducted in Jenin.
Moreover, the likelihood that with all of the military hardware being used and destruction of buildings committed by the Israelis, the Palestinian count would be much greater if you include the entire West Bank which according to some accounts, just in Nablus, it is told that are 30 to 60 dead Palestinians.
The sensibilities that suggest a kill ratio of approximately 30 Israeli troops to 56 Palestinians in the Jenin battle(approximately half of those being civilians) would have to be questioned.
So that leaves the question on who was the more sensible in the count.
The Palestinian Truth
Dr. Wael Qadan, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society Chief of Emergency told United Press International he believed some 400 to 500 Palestinians have been killed since March 30 when Israel launched its Operation Defensive Shield.
Those figures are for the entire West Bank, not Jenin.
He said he believed more than 200 people were killed in Jenin. This figure was in line with Israeli Army’s figures of approximately 200 Palestinians killed.
Dr. Hussam Sherkawi said at least 140 Palestinians have been killed in Jenin during the Israeli offensive and added that it was impossible to verify the death-toll because rescue services were being blocked by the Israelis.
The Israeli Truth
At the point of the Israeli operation when 11 IDF soldiers were killed, Chief-of-Staff Lieutenant General Shaul Mofaz stated that 200 Palestinians have been killed during Israel's 10-day campaign in Palestinian-controlled cities in the West Bank.
At that point, the siege in Jenin was still going on. On day 12, a total of 23 Israeli soldiers died in Jenin with approximately 13 IDF soldiers dying when they were ambushed in Jenin.
So prior to the Jenin ambush, you have at least 200 Palestinians and 11 IDF soldiers killed in the entire West Bank operation.
Israeli Army spokesman, Lt. Col. Olivier Rafowicz, estimated 100 Palestinians had been killed in fighting in Jenin. He also denied persistent rumors the army had dug mass graves, and said Israelis hadn't removed any bodies.
His comments were in rebuttal Dr. Hussam Sherkawi’s number of 140 Palestinians.
However, from other Israeli officials Israeli helicopters reportedly pounded the camp with missiles, the Israeli officials estimated that more than 100 Palestinians were killed there.
So now you have Israeli officials contradicting the 100 figure of Rafowicz and supporting the 140 count.
At the point when 22 Israeli soldiers has been killed, there had been a report of 150 Palestinians killed in Jenin. Again substantiating Palestinian sources.
In the story about the Israeli Army stating that hundreds of Palestinians were dead; earlier in the week, Brig. Gen. Ron Kitrey said at least 200 Palestinians, most of them militants, had been killed.
Later in the week, on Friday, an army spokesman had made the comment that “There were apparently hundreds of dead.”
The actual quote made by Kitrey was:
"It is very likely that several hundred Palestinians were killed in the fighting, but there is nothing to the Palestinian allegations of a massacre.”
The figure stated by Kitrey was later changed to 250 Palestinians killed.
In relation to the earlier statements made by Kitrey, the Palestinians accused Israel of carrying out "massacres" in Jenin and elsewhere in the West Bank. The Palestinians said 500 Palestinians had been killed in Israel's "Operations of Defensive Wall." The 500 figure was not just in Jenin, it included the whole West Bank.
Kitrey also accused Palestinian hospitals of refusing to transport the bodies for burial.
So with Israel’s own admission that over 200 Palestinians had been killed in Jenin, the IDF displayed Aerial Photographs of Jenin. This was done to discount the Palestinian allegations that 200 Palestinians had been killed and there was a massacre.
There are a few problems with this, on closer examination of the photos, the Palestinian allegation of 200 killed in Jenin is supported by the photos. And the other problem is, the Israelis had stated that 250 Palestinians had been killed.
Next the Israeli government showed pictures captured by a drone. Evidently, the IDF caught some Palestinians staging a bogus funeral and the corpse was actually a living being.
The allegation made by the IDF is that the Palestinians were trying to increase the body count.
What is hysterical about this is, the IDF alleges that the Palestinians were going to film the event and use it for propaganda.
A few things have to be asked. How many in the press corps would buy into an unconfirmed source that a funeral was taking place of one more dead?
And what impact would that have?
If the Palestinians wanted to make that kind of statement, they could of used the dead bodies from graves that the Israeli government alleges had been dug up to increase body counts.
The likelihood that this film footage is authentic is questionable. No international press and cameras to cover a “staged” event. When have you seen that happen.
Does it all matter
In the end, what all of this points to is this, both the Israelis’ and Palestinians’ numbers of 200 killed in Jenin match. What does not match is the numbers presented by Human Rights Watch.
And the tragedy is, the Israelis blocked any meaningful investigation into war crimes and killings of innocent Palestinians.
The question is, why?
Sunday, May 05, 2002
Hizbollah fires at Israeli jets over Lebanon
Witnesses said Israeli planes flew over southern towns close to the Israeli border and into the eastern Bekaa Valley. No planes were hit.
Here is the real deal
US lawmakers sound out Beirut on Mideast conference
Sharon and Arafat are nothing more than thugs and the Bush administration with Congress are focusing their attention in the right direction. Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is the go-to guy if there is to be peace in the Middle East.
Congressman David Price stated after meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri ''We had a good extended discussion about the Secretary of State's initiative and our country's efforts to bring about a stop in violence in the Middle East and a resumption of negotiations toward a fair and lasting settlement.''
Suprisingly, Congressman Wayne Owen met with Syrian officials. Not much was said on that meeting.
Czech plot to kill de Gaulle in Beirut
The Czech authorities are investigating a report that communist-era secret police planned, but never carried out, a Moscow-inspired attempt to kill French President Charles de Gaulle in the 1960s, officials said Tuesday.
Sony developing successor to PlayStation 2
Sony Corp has started work on developing a successor to its popular PlayStation 2 game console by 2005 with a view to putting it on the market after use of fiber-optic networks becomes widespread, according to Sony sources.
Going down with the ship
More bodies, weapons recovered from mystery ship
Japanese divers have found several bodies lashed to a sunken suspected North Korean spy ship, raising suspicion they attached themselves to the vessel to make recovery difficult, local media reported Sunday.
Japan is investigating the identity and mission of the ship, which intelligence sources have said they suspect was on a spying or drug smuggling mission for Pyongyang when it sank during an exchange of fire with a Japanese coastguard vessel in December.
U.S. to Renounce Its Role in Pact for World Tribunal
"...The Bush administration has decided to renounce formally any involvement in a treaty setting up an international criminal court and is expected to declare that the signing of the document by the Clinton administration is no longer valid, government officials said today."
And how did the Bush administration react to Yugoslavia?
Bush pressures Yugoslavia for greater cooperation with war crimes tribunal
And what are others to think. On one hand he is against a international tribunal, then he is for it.
Related Headlines
US warns Bosnian Serbs their fate is tied to war crimes fugitives
'Spider-Man' Takes Box Office on the Ultimate Spin
No need for "spin" control from Sony. Spider-Man shattered every opening record on books with an unprecedented $114 million weekend, according to studio estimates. Never before in Hollywood history has a movie grossed over $100 million in its first three days, not even when taking ticket price inflation into account. To put that figure into further perspective, uber-blockbusters Stars Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone took 5 days to hit that mark.
Farming ain't what it used to be
Hundreds of white farmers forced to quit
HARARE About 250 white Zimbabwean farmers have been forced off their properties by selfproclaimed war veterans since the disputed presidential election last month, the Commercial Farmers' Union said yesterday.
France Says Big 'No' to Le Pen; Chirac Re-Elected
Is anyone surprised. The press really enlarged the Le Pen news to the point of absurdity. The only worthwhile news is what is taking place in Britian; the popularity of the British Nationalist Party at the local levels. Perhaps, a by-product of sorts from the European Union's political meddling
And in the U.S. you have Richard N. Bond a former Republican national chairman saying U.S. conservatives should condemn Le Pen.
Conservatives should be asking, why. The guy was no serious threat.
Bond goes on about how "the U.S. media will fill our television screens and newspapers with disturbing stories about the rise of the European right."
Then finally he has to on his own doing, bring the real evil to light. He fears conservatives will be seen as anti-immigrant and this "is especially damaging given the increasing importance of the Hispanic vote, particularly in key states such as California, Texas and Florida."
So it is about anti-immigration policies that he attacks. Not so much at Le Pen, but more at what issues Le Pen campaigned on. Since when is anti-immigration policies considered wrong.
Haider was another individual who was attacked. The real focus was on Haider who was known internationally for "Austria-first" anti-immigration policies. Haider like Le Pen played down the crimes of the Nazis for which he later apologised.
One can say that the Jewish population had concerns from the remarks of Haider and Le Pen.
With Haider and the Barak's administration threatening to "reassess" its relations with Haider, any irony developed.
Here you had a state which itself constitutionally discriminates on racial grounds against a substantial minority of its own population, criticizing an individual who was considered "xenophobic."
Perhaps the underlining facts were that the victims in both cases are dark-skinned non-Europeans, including millions of Arab and other African and Asian immigrant labourers. But would that make a difference to individuals like Haider, Le Pen and the Israeli government namely Sharon.
Some may buy the "national security" line, but when the stories on the farmers in Israel and the farmers in France start sounding the same as Le Pen on European policies, one has to wonder, who the hypocrites really are.
BNP gains scare Labour off city mayor elections
THE Government is to shelve plans for elected mayors in Bradford and Birmingham because of fears that British National Party candidates could perform well or even win.
Andrew Speaks Again
"...MORE CATHOLIC PRIORITIES: Now it's holding hands with terrorists and murderers."
Cant' argue with that. Along with trying to serve up penence and protection for gay priests.
Too bad for Andrew that Arafat isn't a priest
Hell, the Pope through Andrew's eyes, must be pretty close to being the anti-christ.
The boy still can't can't tell the difference between a priest who is a child molester and a murderer or terrorist who isn't a priest.
Pictures Don't Lie
Leave it to some to question intent. Leave it to some to investigate. A guy named Jeff Chandler has done that. The well known aerial photos that were sent out by the IDF on the destruction at Jenin were analyzed by Jeff.
Interestingly, he comes up with some telling data on the Jenin operation.
The pictures shown had actually showed the operation in an ongoing sequence of events and may not be pictures of the final conclusion.
Jeff does come up with some figures that support the Palestinian figure of over 200 dead. As for the figure of 500, that may be pushing it.
Caution should be applied in the conlusion of 500.
Tales From The Crypt
The IDF is at it again, showing pictures from a drone. According to the IDF, the Palestinians were staging a funeral on April 28, 2002.
Enquiring minds want to know who was there to watch the funeral take place.
Quoting the IDF "In this segment, you see a staged funeral that the Palestinians organized in order to increase the number of the Palestinians killed in Jenin."
Ok, who were the Palestinians trying to impress. Hysterically, the IDF stated "the film was screened to foreign reporters and later shown on Israeli television, causing considerable amusement among the TV commentators and journalists, since the "corpse" kept tumbling out of the blanket."
Evidently there were no press or cameras to see or document the Palestinian "staged" event and the drone was the only one watching.
How convienent for the Israelis and how unfortunate that the Palestinians had no international reporters to see the staged event. I wonder who was staging what. Sounds to me that the IDF is doing the staging for reporters.
Show me independent film footage, and I'll believe it. But right now it is Israeli propaganda.
Saturday, May 04, 2002
The Israeli propoganda continues
A Jenin website at Jenin.org is laying on it thick.
Andrew Speaks
Ok, Andrew speaks about Shanley:
"..THE GATHERING STORM: The only word for Father Paul Shanley is evil. I am relieved he is finally in jail. But the church hierarchy must be terrified. It appears Shanley attempted blackmail before; what he could say in a trial or other venues could make our current knowledge of this systematic pattern of abuse and cover-up seem mild. Another omen: 52 percent of practising Catholics in the New York Times/CBS poll believe that the pope himself has known of this problem of child abuse for a while, yet did nothing about it. If we are to believe the accusers of Father Maciel, that could indeed be true. I hope not. But the sky is darkening with every passing day."
Wow, that was a tough commentary about one of the NAMBLA boys. What a damn hypocrite. Again according to him, the Church is to blame. But there is more, blackmail don't you know.
Now more Catholic bashing from the bashing gayster.
"...THE POPE DRAWS A LINE: He won't say categorically that priests who are child molesters cannot be forgiven. He can forgive the man who attempted to murder him. But remarried divorcees and gays and lesbians in committed relationships are barred from absolution. What a perfect example of what the Catholic Church now stands for, and what this Pope has wrought."
Now Andrew is sticking up for child molesters by trying to force an argument in the direction of trying to show a hypocrisy of the Church by the Church forgiving a murderer. What does the poor boy want? The Church to forgive child molesters by letting them serve penance and stay in the Church. Andrew that has been done. Guess what, it didn't work.
Time to purge.
Friday, May 03, 2002
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 126
How did your guy or gal vote on the resolution to support Israel.
(obtained link from antiwar.com)
Half Right
In a piece by Charmaine Seitz, she draws out some contradictions made by the Israelis.
In one instance she quotes Israel Defense Forces brigade chief of staff Major Rafi Lederman:
"The intelligence that the company commander in Jenin received is that there aren't that many civilians, but that most of them were terrorists,"
Interestingly, of the 52 Palestinian bodies found, half were civilians. Now does this sound like most were not civilians?
Next the comments of brigade doctor David Tzengan:
"...In the Jenin refugee camp alone, 3.5 tons of terrorist weaponry welcomed the IDF forces that entered. Many bombs exploded on our forces." The in an arrogant and condescending manner he states: "From a military perspective, it would have been very easy to bomb the camp from the sky. The army went from house to house so as not to harm civilians."
Ok what about half of those 52 dead who were civilians, that doesn't sound like good odds. And if the IDF went house to house as to not harm citizens, then guess what, the odds that those civilians were killed purposefully is pretty damn high.
But that may not be the case, the IDF soldiers could be a bunch of incompetent soldiers.
Ok, enough about that.
Now the beef I have is the little innuendo Seitz puts into her closing comments.
In the end, she tells of how Israelis complained about the lack of criticism against terrorists. In response she cites Miranda Sissons of Human Rights Watch.
Sissons stated that "Human rights organizations have repeatedly condemned suicide bombings."
But the problem according to Seitz is that in order to prosecute under international law, the guilty party must answer directly to a state that is subject to that law.
Well, for one, suicide bombers, if they complete their mission will never be there. So nix that one.
So one has to look at the parties or groups who sponsor the terrorists.
Seitz states: "...For groups like Hamas and the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, which have carried out attacks on Isareli civilians, that connection, if it exists at all, is difficult to prove."
All I have to say to that is yeah, right. How much proof do you need.
The Fugitive
Henry "forgetaboutit" Kissinger thinks thirty years is a little too far back to be concerned about past sins.
Well, he may criticize the thought and actions of people who are bringing legal matters against him, but he still gets legal advice before travelling abroad. Sounds like people are getting to him.
What the hell, the guy is 78, go for his money.
War Crimes Inc.
The latest to come from Human Rights Watch is that there is evidence to substaintiate that Israeli troops engaged in commiting war crimes. There is a unique twist in their findings. Human Rights Watch (HRW) also presented evidence that the terrorists had endangerd their own people.
HRW stated:
"...Palestinian gunmen did endanger Palestinian civilians in the camp by using it as a base for planning and launching attacks, using indiscriminate tactics such as planting improvised explosive devices within the camp, and intermingling with the civilian population during armed conflict."
Hmmm. A little soft I'd say.
Thursday, May 02, 2002
No Cajones II
The Kings of the Hill did it.
Politics and boys playing eunichs by calling for moral support for Israel's effort on terrorism.
Nevermind that war crimes have likely been committed by Israel. Texas Rep Tom DeLay that GOP hack who calls himself a conservative makes the assinine comment in relation to attacks against Israel "are attacks against liberty, and all free people must recognize that Israel's fight is our fight."
OK, I'll play along as long as Israel plays by the rules. But you see there is one problem, the IDF thugs decided to play "the thief" and began looting and destroying private property. Property that had no military value what-so-ever. Then on top of that, they began bulldozing homes of innocent Palestinians. What happened to truth, justice and the American way. Or has that changed to include "Justice is blind to criminal acts."
That dimwit Delay forgot to put that into the resolution. Now since I believe in equal time and playing fair. The dimwit Democrats like Sen. Joseph Lieberman stated "Israel has been under siege ... from a systematic and deliberate campaign of suicide and homicide attacks by terrorists."
No denying that, but Liberman forgot to mention the looting, vandalism and acts of war crimes.
Now, I'm a tax paying citizen. And it pisses me off that tax dollars are being used to prop up regimes that act in the fashion as the IDF did. And as for Delay's statement that "Israel's fight is our fight."
Bullshit.
Israel has the Palestinians out gunned, out tanked, and out numbered in military hardware. Israel is big enough to stand alone and it does not need Big Brother to help Israel in its cause.
Bravo for the White House saying "...The president also understands no foreign policy can have 535 secretary of states."
As stated before, President Bush would do right by treating both Arafat and Sharon for who the are; thugs that would play well in the Godfather series.
What is hysterical is Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., stating the resolution was a "simplistic, one-sided" proposal that was political in nature and not in Israel's best interests.
He and Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va., were two senators to oppose the measure.
Then you have Rep. Ron Paul who is a very intelligent Congressman stating "..Resolutions like this can very well backfire and actually hurt Israel more so than it will help."
I'd say Congressman Paul, Byrd and Hollings are looking down the road and see a blow back from events that have taken place in the West Bank.
Any bets?
The Big Chill for NAMBLA and gays
The silence is deafening from the gay community on the arrest of NAMBLA's poster boy Father Paul Shanley.
What will that Catholic bashing, Andrew Sullivan have to say? And hey, William F. Buckley, how about that equal protection clause or First Amendment deal?
I'm sure both are trying to think of something witty to say and lay blame on the Catholic Church.
So much so, words can't be uttered for now. Tongue tied perhaps, or just plan embarrassed by the histrionics of bashing the Catholic Church.
No Cajones
Well, President Bush in his latest attempt at maintaining some semblance of of balance, has asked Congress to insert in a declaration of support for Israel, the Jewish state should "alleviate the occupation of the suffering Palestinian people," and eliminate references to "terrorist infrastructure in the Palestinian areas."
Both Bush and Congress are playing politics.
Bush is softening his stance because of the Arab nations and Congress is worried about elections. When have you seen both the G.O.P. and Dems in Congress side on the same issue?
It is a rhetorical question. It doesn't take a rocket scientists to figure the reason out. Votes.
What should trouble readers is how our government becomes manipulated by foreign conflicts, foreign interest and they get the U.S. involved in regimes that are nothing more than thugs, terrorists and murderers.
Case in point. The deletion of calling the P.L.O. a sponsor of terrorist organizations and the IDF thugs and murderers.
Ask about the needless looting, vandalism and bulldozing homes of innocent Palestinians. And let us not forget the killings of the innocent Palestinians. Then on the other-side you have terrorist organizations sponsored by the P.L.O. killing innocent Israelis.
Bush and Congress are going to have to get some cajones and call a "spade a spade" and that means even if the loss of votes are at stake.
That is the mark of a statesman.
Wednesday, May 01, 2002
UN Council in chaos as Annan aborts Jenin mission
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's decision to disband his fact-finding mission into Israeli military actions at the Jenin refugee camp threw the Security Council into disarray early on Thursday.
Manhunt for shadowy figure in Sept. 11 plot
Last July 9, an important member of Al Qaeda arrived at a small airport near here on a tourist flight from Germany. Unlike millions of other foreigners who flock here to the Gold Coast in search of sun and fun, Ramzi bin Shibh slipped into a shadow world.
Jenin: A Numbers Game
Ross Dunn writes about possible implications that may arise from Israel's rejection of a U.N. fact finding mission. Interestingly a picture emerges from the comments of Israel's cabinet members.
"...I think the immediate danger is that the Security Council will decide to establish this committee without taking Israel's opinion into account," said Foreign Minister Shimon Peres.
This is a pure B.S. on Peres' and other Israeli minister's part.
U.S. Maj. Gen. William Nash (Ret.) was named senior military adviser and Assistant Irish police commissioner Peter Fitzgerald senior police adviser, and two additional military/police experts were added to address Israeli concerns.
The motivating factor of Israel is most likely the fact that after-the-fact war crimes had been committed and ultimately the ministers of Israel would be responsible. It should be noted that Israel originally agreed to the fact-finding mission, saying it had nothing to hide. But the army raised concerns that the UN team's findings could be used to bring war crimes prosecutions against soldiers and commanders.
Even though there is no evidence of a massacre committed by the Israelis in Jenin at this time, there is evidence that war crimes had been committed by Israeli troops. And even by their own admission, Israeli troops had looted and committed acts of vandalism.
The fact remains, the Israeli Army stated that at least 200 hundred Palestinians were killed.
At the end of the offensive, Army chief of staff Shaul Mofaz said more than 200 Palestinians had been killed and 1,500 injured since the offensive in Jenin was launched on 29 March.
In their latest attempt at covering up the truth, the Israelis have now stated that only seven civilians were killed and the remaining 25 were Palestinian fighters who fought its troops. This being said after international groups found 56 dead bodies.
The fact remains that dozens of bodies littered the streets as told by Israeli Army officials, but when international groups where allowed to enter, the bodies where gone and many homes had been bulldozed.
So now the toll is only at 56 and the questions remain.
What happened to the Israeli's original count? And what happened to the bodies that littered the streets? And lastly, how many bodies lie under the rubble.
The tragedy is, Israel and Sharon, like Iraq and Hussein , has stalled, lied and thwarted any attempts at seeking the truth. And the U.N. has played into the B.S. and by doing so has no credibility.
As for the Bush administration, harsh words are in order for Sharon.
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