Reverse Rendition with no legal Process

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Wednesday March 30, 2005 · 1:24 AM PST

2005/03/30 · 01:24

A Yemeni man kidknapped by the Egyptian authorities was rendered to the US for indefinite detention at Guantanamo. All of this of course avoided the rule of law, and this is one of ten cases.

Full story: Al Jazeera: http://tinyurl.com/3qhjm

Details below the fold:

Also reported on ABC (Australia): http://tinyurl.com/3ttz8 Read More

Oil for Food. Now time for Halliburton Probe.

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Tuesday March 29, 2005 · 9:20 PM PST

2005/03/29 · 21:20

Ok, so now we have the result of the oil for food probe on Annan, and Kofi Annan is cleared, but is also clearly damaged. The probe into the program continues.
Reports typically as in The Guardian: http://tinyurl.com/6wjhd

And still the Republicans want accountability:

Norm Coleman,a Republican senator, said yesterday: "His lack of leadership, combined with conflicts of interest and a lack of responsibility and accountability point to one, and only one, outcome: his resignation."

Surely in the interests of even handedness, now is the time for investigation of and accountability in the case of Halliburton's rape of the US tax payer and Iraqi citizen.

Huge New Asian Earthquake

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Tuesday March 29, 2005 · 12:28 AM PST

2005/03/29 · 00:28

Three months after the devastating Asian Tsunami killed hundreds of thousands another tragedy has hit the region.

This time an earthquake hit just off the coast of Sumatra near the island of Nias( details from various TV reports here in Thailand) The quake was initially measured at 8.2 but that was soon reappraised up to 8.7 making it one of the ten biggest in the world since 1900.

This time no tsunami resulted although tsunami alerts were given in nearby countries resulting in panic, but at least the warning system worked.

However, there was a lot of structural dmage and intially a death toll of 300 was announced on the island of Nias although the Indonesian vice-president said that this could rise to 2000. Read More

Governments Renege on Aid Promises

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Friday March 25, 2005 · 9:47 PM PST

2005/03/25 · 21:47

BBC World had an interesting little feature on the news today.
In 1998 Honduras was devestated by hurricane Mitch. The world promised a fortune. To date less than 1/3 of what was promised by governments as opposed to individuals has materialized.
Even the aid that has arrived has been underutilized. A bridge was built with the Japanese donation, but the money was used to bring in expensive Japanese workers to do the job. Much needed unemployment was not found by the Hondurans. The feature concluded with an example of a mountaintop village where all reconstruction had been done by the local people using their own meagre resources.
Three months on from the Asian tsunami this story is a stark reminder of the reality of governmental aid pledges.

Top UK spy says Iraq war based on lies

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Monday March 21, 2005 · 6:56 PM PST

2005/03/21 · 18:56

From the Guardian re BBC's Panorama: http://tinyurl.com/3rr77

In the programme, Sir Richard Dearlove, the head of MI6, was reported as having told Mr Blair that Washington had fixed policy on a war against Iraq and was going to fit the intelligence around that policy.

And:

The claim was based on several reliable sources, Panorama said.

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Wednesday March 16, 2005 · 9:56 PM PST

2005/03/16 · 21:56

From The New York Times: http://tinyurl.com/5c3ep

WASHINGTON, March 16 - The United States' indebtedness to the rest of the world climbed sharply from October through December, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday, as the broadest measure of the nation's international economic transactions hit a record deficit of nearly $666 billion for all of 2004.

Although the level of indebtedness climbs as we rely on foreign money to service our debt, it was not this that intersted me.

666

What a number to use against Bush.

Sinn Fein, IRA, McCartney Sisters

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Tuesday March 15, 2005 · 10:25 PM PST

2005/03/15 · 22:25

As the McCartney sisters arrive in the US a lot seems to have changed for Sinn Fein and the IRA.

From the Independent: http://tinyurl.com/4zk2f

The McCartney sisters arrive in America today with the full weight of international support behind their campaign to bring their brother's killers to justice in contrast to the fortunes of a fellow visitor, Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein.

Mr Adams' trip has been eclipsed by the arrival in Washinton of the McCartney sisters from Belfast, whose quest to find Robert McCartney's murderers has propelled them into the international limelight and exposed what they say is Sinn Fein's attempt to cover up the killing. This year it is the sisters who will have pride of place in a city which has for years fêted the Sinn Fein leader.

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Sunday March 13, 2005 · 9:46 PM PST

2005/03/13 · 21:46

Hezbollah has for the second time in less than a week put hundreds of thousands of people on the streets of Lebanon. This time the rally was in Nabatia (Nabatiyeh) with crowds estimated at 200-300K and was also supported by Amal.

Lebanon - More than 200,000 people rallied in this southern Lebanese city Sunday to denounce a UN resolution calling for a Syrian military pullout from Lebanon, photographers on the scene reported.

Nabatiyeh's central square was thick with demonstrators, who were pouring into the city on foot -- many waving Lebanese flags -- in response to a call from the pro-Syrian Shiite parties Amal and Hezbollah.

From Turkish Press: http://tinyurl.com/66rqq Read More

56% Gulf War 1 veterans now disabled

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Saturday March 12, 2005 · 12:22 AM PST

2005/03/12 · 00:22

From SFbayview comes a story of depleted uranium and its long term effects on veterans.

'He added, "Out of the 580,400 soldiers who served in GW1 (the first Gulf War), of them, 11,000 are now dead! By the year 2000, there were 325,000 on Permanent Medical Disability. This astounding number of `Disabled Vets' means that a decade later, 56% of those soldiers who served have some form of permanent medical problems!" The disability rate for the wars of the last century was 5 percent; it was higher, 10 percent, in Viet Nam.' Read More

Prisoners Murdered in Afghanistan

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Friday March 11, 2005 · 10:29 PM PST

2005/03/11 · 22:29

From the New York Times:

WASHINGTON, March 11 - Two Afghan prisoners who died in American custody in Afghanistan in December 2002 were chained to the ceiling, kicked and beaten by American soldiers in sustained assaults that caused their deaths, according to Army criminal investigative reports that have not yet been made public.

Full story : http://tinyurl.com/4uuo3

It seems at least one soldier has been charged with manslaughter for a vicious 5 day assault on a prisoner. Read More

Humongous Pro-Syria Rally in Lebanon

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Wednesday March 09, 2005 · 12:46 AM PST

2005/03/09 · 00:46

The biggest street demonstration yet in Beirut has taken place. Both the BBC and CNN claim hundreds of thousands, AP 500,000 and the organizers over 1 million.
This pro-Syrian Shiite rally made the relatively small mostly Maronite Syria out demonstrations look tiny.
There had been reports of huge pro-Syrian street demonstrations in Tripoli before this, but they were largely ignored by our media concentrating on Beirut.
Many reports of this demonstration are available on Google, but Al Jazeera is always worth a look to get a perspective of what is being said in the middle east. Read More

More Iraqi abuse Pictures

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Tuesday March 08, 2005 · 12:04 AM PST

2005/03/08 · 00:04

Al Jazeera is reporting:

"US Army soldiers in Iraq have filmed themselves kicking a gravely wounded prisoner in the face and making the arm of a corpse appear to wave.

The video, made public on Monday, was shot by Florida National Guard soldiers.

They edited and compiled it into a DVD in January 2004, with various sections bearing titles such as Those Crafty Little Bastards, and Another Day, Another Mission, Another Scumbag."

Full story: http://tinyurl.com/463ty Read More

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