Sick Gazans wait at Egyptian border. Reuters Video

Talk about bad publicity. The sick and wounded lie helpless. According to Reuters, it is at Israel’s request. There is a later report that only 200 people were allowed through, then there was violence due to the slow pace. Egyptian police injured in Gaza border clash . What does Israel gain through all this bad publicity which it is responsible for? . And the Israelis say, ‘noone will help us when we are in trouble’, with publicity like this, I guess they are right.

Reuters Video: Israel opens crossing, Palestinians storm Egyptian border

If you ask someone in the news business in Israel what it is like. They are likely to answer: it is always the same drumbeat. There is no variety. Year in, Year out. more about “Reuters Video: Israel opens crossing,…“, posted with vodpod       Jul 2 - As Israel opens Gaza border crossing, Palestinians attempt to breach Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, clash with Egyptian forces. Israel opened the Gaza crossings for the shipment of supplies, including cement for the first time in a year, after Gaza militants halted rocket attacks on southern Israel. At the same time clashes erupted at the Rafah crossing into Egypt as Palestinians hurled stones at the Egyptian security forces positioned on the other side of the crossing and tried to force their way through. Egyptian forces used water cannon on the crowds. Penny Tweedie reports. http://uk.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=85713

The word assassinate came from Persia.

The word assassinate comes from the Arabic word Hashishan. . Because young men spent days in a harem with lots of Hashish before they were sent out to exterminate an individual. There are of course conflicting accounts, some say no Harem, some say no Hashish. . The Hashishans were originally from Persia from before the 14th Century. . Here is a Wikipedia quotation: Hashshashin fortress of Alamut. The Hashshashin (also Hashishin, Hashashiyyin, Hashasheen or Assassins) were an offshoot of the Ismā’īlī sect of Shia Muslims. After a quarrel about the succession of leadership in the ruling Fatimide dynasty in Cairo around the year 1090, the losing Nizāriyya faction were driven from Egypt. They established a number of fortified settlements in present day Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon under the charismatic leader Hasan-i Sabbah. Persecuted as infidels by the dominant sunni sect in the Muslim world, they sent dedicated people to eliminate prominent Sunni leaders, whom they considered “impious usurpers.” The sect was decimated by the invading Mongols, their last stronghold being flattened by Hülegü Khan in the year 1272. Some scholars believe the term Hashshashin, a name given to them by their enemies, was derived from the Arabic “haššāšīn” (حشّاشين, “hashish user”), which they are alleged to have ingested prior to their attacks, but this etymology is disputed. The sect referred to themselves as al-da’wa al-jadīda (Arabic:الدعوة الجديدة), which means the new doctrine, and were known within the organization as Fedayeen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashshashin

Hizbollah demanding Palestinians released in prisoner swap

Haaretz is reporting that Israel will likely be including Palestinian prisoners in its exchange with Hizbollah. Until recently Israel always tried to keep its enemies apart. Witness the seperate peace deals with Egypt and Jordan. But now Hizbollah have punctured that balloon. It also seems to confirm that Hizbollah attacked in 2006 out of support for the Palestinians, as opposed to its own agenda, Israel had been pummeling the Gaza strip for about a month earlier. And while I have never seen it publicised it would seem to suggest a united armed front is in support of the Palestinians. Or put another way, if Israel attacked Gaza, might it expect retaliation from Hizbollah. Being the nieve soul I am, I don’t understand why Res 242 does not promise peace for everyone. Had the War on Terror not rebounded then maybe Israel wouldn’t feel so vulnerable. But the War on terror has crippled the Bush Administration. And united its enemies. And if it has done so in the South, why not vis-a-vis Hezbollah as well? After all, the prime minister boasted to Nasrallah that the kidnapping of Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser was one kidnapping too many. But with such demonstrations of fortitude on the part of both the government and the citizens, is it any wonder that on the verge of completing the deal, Nasrallah added Palestinian terrorists to the list of those to be released? Haaretz

Gloom & Doom an unnecessary NeoCon hell

An open letter to all Israelis (& their sympathizers) over 40. Why over 40? By then the reality of spin & lies by the media has become apparent. Before the 40’s principles and convictions may be strong. But there is no understanding of the strength of an enemy. For those that are over 40 and still identify with principles and no understanding of the adversaries strength, then you are the Jews greatest enemy. You speak with the hubris to conquer. With the logic that some sacrifice is required to achieve the greater goal ( of biblical truth ). And what keeps you afloat is an ability to subdue the weak, whether they be Palestinians, Iraqis or your own independent thinkers. Incidentally the overwhelming military advantage you have had vis a vis the Palestinians, Iraqis and Afghans proves nothing, least of all your ability to wage war on an equal. And the independent thinkers can be routed by framing and deciept, this is what you have been reduced to. Your ideals are based on a belief that spirituality is ethnic. That you are continuing a long line of ancestry. And for this it is necessary for everyone to sacrifice. But you can only control through interference in a person’s private life, and this art you have perfected. Is it from the bible? A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. Well everyday less and less people are reading the mainstream media. The big question remains, are you going to make the peace, or end the days in a glorious fireball. For all the attention you give to making a dissidents life impossible, there are good chances you’ll be able to eliminate them all. And just in time, just when the buttons are being pressed. Or you yourselves could ask to what end is your personal and collective energies leading. Is there no way to negotiate a withdrawal from the ever expansionist neocon direction. God helps those that help themselves. God is not going to help anyone wielding a big stick. And you use your pseudo liberalism to further your aims, by the use of Gays and people of mixed ethnic origin. What about considering less control? You’ve had more control than the earth has ever witnessed before, and all that lies before us, is a collective sense of unfolding gloom and doom. Even the economic system is proving untenable. And the world is holistic, and the whole logic is up for questioning. And if you question it: Spirituality, Ethnicity, Financial systems, then maybe you’ll find a solution. Today right living has become, showing allegiance and doing the ritual. Nothing more nothing less. Just punishing those that don’t. The nightmare that is the NeoCons. Continue eavesdropping and interfering, after all it is for your ancestors that you do it! And enjoy all the ’stitching up’ that is your daily fare.

Times: Israeli ’suicide cop’: family refute claims that he killed himself

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4209639.ece

Israeli ’suicide cop’: family refute claims that he killed himself My best guess is that he was shot, some commenters state there were reports of multiple shots. In the world of VIP security, if ones loyalties were compromised, assassination would be the preferred punishment. Possibly he was against Olmert or Peres, who knows? Security would have let the whole saga unfold with the music playing as it was. We are unlikely to ever know the truth. Or he had shown intent to enact a guilty choice. A fictitious coup? If security want to find out what you are made of, they have ways and means. So I am saying, entrapment, setup, foreknowledge of his activities etc. In an era of McCarthyism it is all very dangerous. Maybe he knew too much?

Apart from the Times article above, there are also commenters who start wondering what really happened in the following article:

http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/06/q-why-cant-american-politicians-emulate-sarkozys-straight-talk-in-israel.html#comments

H/T whatreallyhappened

Iranians in Israeli prison for 25 years

ArabWomanBlues: God won’t show up ….

Excerpt: Friday, 20 June 2008 A message. I tell you, God is fed up with the whole bloody lot. He/She/It is sick and tired with you lot. [...] God also doesn’t give a damn about your religion, believe it or not. He couldn’t care less…Your crosses, your laws, your veils, your kippas, your statues, your feathers and your masks…You created them for you not for Him. He has no need for them. You do. You are all so self-sufficient, you don’t need anyone. So don’t whine if He doesn’t show up.

http://uncensoredarabwomanblues.blogspot.com/2008/06/message.html

The Israeli peace statement with everyone. An addition to Avnery’s ‘An apology’

Some additions for Avnery’s ‘An Apology’. The idea to do this is really from Critique of Avnery s Apology  by Henry Lowi This I realize would need to be rewritten: To the Lebanese we say: We are releasing all Lebanese prisoners. The shebaa farms you can have. We’d love to buy some of your water. And all Lebanese are welcome to visit Israeel without a visa, yes even Nasrallah. Now we also have a lot of excess cement which you are welcome to have for free for rebuilding, and we’d like to help locate the cluster bombs. Now to Syria: please, here, take all the Golan heights, maybe some of the settlers would like to stay under Syrian jurisdiction, that is up to them. We’d like to buy some of your oil! And Syrians are welcome without a Visa, maybe we can do some student exchanges. Now to Iran, your Nuclear issues are no longer a pivotal concern for Israel. We want to make an unconditional peace with you. And we are frankly exhausted from hating you, and formenting more of it. And yes we’d like to buy some of your oil. And visas will be available online. And that’s it, end of wars. Iran will help America go home from Iraq at least. Rumor was there were some sad faces in DC.

Magic Bus Istanbul to Delhi 1971

When I was 17 I went overland from Istanbul to Delhi, it was a cheap and popular adventure. 1971, No Taliban, no Russians, no Ayatollahs. The ‘magic bus’ from Istanbul didn’t make it to Ankara, even with us pushing it. Catch a train to Tehran, and then on to Meshad where it is a short hop to Herat. Look at tourqoise in Meshad and witness professional US merchants haggling. In Afghanistan everyone wants to do business, the border guard gets a dollar so you don’t have to have vaccinations. All the soldiers uniforms looked over sized. The locals just go around the official border post. Once into Herat or Kabul, I am offered every form of Hash and ways to carry it. On one crowded bus journey I get off to go to the loo, when I get back to this crowded bus, my bag is still there everything is normal. Till the terminal, I discover my bag is filled with newspapers. The whole bus must have witnessed it. Finally through the Khyber pass where they offer guns that look like a Pen, actually there is nothing they didn’t offer, over Pakistan and into India. Now they want to buy my passport or travelers cheques. They would come to me more than anyone else. Somehow nothing has changed.

BBC: US faces prison ship allegations by UN

Whatreallyhappened is linking to a BBC article quoting the UN on the US use of torture, and detaining people on ships in the Indian ocean.The UN says: “amounting to enforced disappearances”. The most heinious of crimes. Now there is a powerful lobby emerging against this: The BBC, the UN, McClellan, Carter and many more. Whether it was authorised by Bush Rove Rumsfeld or whoever. Are we to believe these are first time offenders? Adult men suddenly got the idea 7 years ago? It was because of 9/11? Or in the murky waters there is a history of this? Self examination is all that can save us. Looking at our own leaders. The UN is saying the US is not responding to requests for information for over a year. And will start to investigate without US cooperation if necessary. Its beginning to make Nixon’s debacle look like a picnic.

The NeoCons like provoking Russia. Lavrov ‘no trust’

Russia really doesn’t want the US’ missiles in Eastern Europe. It has been so vocal about this for so long. One could surmise there have been behind the scenes bargaining. “Stop helping Iran and we won’t put the missile in Europe”, an American could say. “Don’t put the missiles in Europe and we won’t help Iran so much”, a Russian might say. Well it just goes to show, a NeoCon can only make an enemy. There are obviously people in Washington who think provoking Russia is wise. Lavrov (Russian Foreign Minister) is quoted as saying relations are worse than in the cold war, and also ominously, don’t attack Iran. The decision makers in Washington are probably only looking at Gazprom, if Washington can’t get a cut on Russian oil, there is no sense in cooperating. And so it goes from top to bottom, a trickle down philosophy that might sound familiar. Of course Israel must feel informed of Russian workings. There are a million Russians in Israel. The aspiration of defeating Iran is a false messiah. Everyone is united in this focus. Beg borrow steal lie for the cause. It did work in bringing down the Soviet Union. These are now different times with different challenges. And it is better to build foundations than sabre rattling.

IsraelNews: Ilan Pappe: I am not a traitor (an Israeli harrassed)

This is just the first paragraph, the link below will go to the full article. It is the fact of being harrassed that made me post the link to his web site. Because there is not widespread dissidence in Israel, might be out of fear of harrassment. Last summer, the Pappe family packed its belongings, rented out its spacious house in Israel and moved to Britain. Ever since his support of an academic boycott on Israel’s universities became public, historian Ilan Pappe, 54, has felt like public enemy number one. Pappe says he had received death threats by phone almost on a daily basis. http://ilanpappe.com/?p=60#more-60 Afterthought; Ilan teaching in the UK is good for Israel vis-a-vis the threatened UK academic boycott.

MONDOWEISS: ‘Overcoming Zionism’ Leads to Overcoming First Amendment

June 19, 2008 …The University of Michigan Press’s decision to stop distributing books by Pluto Press, a leftwing British publisher whose big offense was publishing Overcoming Zionism, by Joel Kovel. What is there to say other than that it’s tragic? Kovel is for a one-state solution. http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/ With many comments Pluto Press: – A call to transform Israel into a secular democracy by a leading writer – ‘This book is absolutely fundamental for those who reject the unfortunate confusion between Jews, Judaism, Zionism and the State of Israel — a confusion which is the basis for systematic manipulation by the imperialist power system. It convincingly argues in favour of a single secular state for Israelis and Palestinians as the only democratic solution for the region.’ Samir Amin, director of the Third World Forum ‘Joel Kovel’s uncompromising criticism of Zionism is rooted in a very deep feeling of empathy and solidarity with his fellow-Jews caught in the death-trap of the Zionist adventure. The way out Kovel is suggesting - a bi-national Israeli-Palestinian state - may be challenged, but definitely not ignored.’

http://www.plutobooks.com/cgi-local/nplutobrows.pl?chkisbn=9780745325699&main=

If Iran is attacked, what can it do?

If Iran is attacked, what can it do? It could down every sea going vessel within a few hundred miles. It has sunburn missiles to which NATO admits there is no defense. They did have a range of 250 kilometres, either landbased or airborne launched. And their range may have been extended. This is the type of missile that Hizbollah successfully used on the Israeli navy in 2006. Iran would be obliged to destroy US (and UK & French?) bases nearby. Iraq Bahrain Turkey Oman (and many others). And Iran most most probably does have more than a million missiles. Dependency on Syria could not be taken for certain, but at this time it is most likely that Syria would assist in attacking Israel, and of course Hizbollah would assist. It has been written that Iran purchased ICBM’s from Ukraine (5 or more). Iran has launched its own satellite. Which means it has rocket technology. And western intelligence speak of 600 hundred kilometres of tunnels. Iran will without doubt see the source of its adversarial problem as Israel, and will surely strike Israel. Now what does the US (and Israel) have? The US has failed in all attempts at warfare. It has rarely faced an organised Army, anyway not without bleeding it dry for ten years with sanctions. Israel did fight an effective war in 73. That was 35 years ago…. There are still thousands of Russians in Iran, assisting in the development of Nuclear power. Russia is firmly allied with Iran, even though it has supported non violent UN resolutions. And China’s trade with Iran is also huge. If we are depending for advice on the Israelis, who are reputed to be the most clever and valiant fighters, and who got is so completely wrong two years ago in Lebanon. And who have supported the US’ wars. What will happen with Iran? It will all go wrong like everything else under Bush II has. The moral to the story: the Zionist fervour was functional and successful until they got too much power. Presumably Iran has particularly good intelligence gathering in the countries near it and will know when the US is priming its missile launchers. And what do the clever Israelis, and Anglo Saxons do? They work for defence, instead of inventing ways of helping people and thereby enriching their nations, they are consumed by considering ways of killing and distracting those that might have noble aspirations.

America, will you sink already?!

America, will you sink already?! Waging war on Pakistan’s tribal area. About to start a naval blockade on Iran. Trying to set up a missile system in Lithuania. Wooing Georgia and Ukraine into NATO. Ya you got support at the UN for your resolutions. But don’t you think Russia and China and Iran are aligned? Talking all the time. You have bankrupted your own country. Nor is the UK in good shape. Practiced genocide and torture. The world doesn’t need you. “Washington must learn from its past mistakes or face a valiant nation that is not afraid of ridding the region of their presence once and for all,” said Larijani on Wednesday. The US actions do not make sense, they are simply self defeating. And your allies: UK France Italy Canada Dutch, none of the people support the warring. Which makes for a boss no one likes. Now don’t get me wrong, American people are great. Then the question is: ‘what has gone wrong?’

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In the end the Jewish empire will collapse.

Could the Jews stop the wars & the destruction of the planet? Yes at the drop of a hat they could. The ones at the top have the brains and the power. Perhaps they are worried about their own necks, meaning stopping the wars would be an admission of guilt. This unabashed craving for hegemony, to conquer others will be the undoing. Underneath the faulty hubris must be a messianic call. In the end the Jewish empire will collapse. Because they couldn’t care less about lives. And they couldn’t care less about an individuals liberty. And that includes other Jews and Israelis. So much blood, for what? And all signs from Tel-Aviv and Washington are for ‘more of the same. The Universe will teach the NeoCons that they are humans too. Even if they thought they were chosen. For the time being they will listen to noone, even though it is obvious the entire world (except for chosen mercenaries and the totally corrupted) is opposed to the White House policies.

Afghan jail break: US assisted

Extracts from: ‘Afghanistan: The Killing Fields’ In the aid conference [on] Afghanistan. Sarkozy, as usual, confused everyone by saying, �We cannot give in to torturers.� Des Browne, the British defense secretary, hailing the Afghan campaign as �the noble cause of the 21st century�. Now why would the Americans allow supposed Taliban to escape. One reason would be the possibility of tagging the escapees, and then knowing where they are. Another possibility is with the supposed success of the awakening councils in Iraq, it is deemed better to negotiate with the Taliban. And the Taliban were allowed to kill the Afghan guards (these must be the most hated traitors in the Taliban’s eyes). Maybe the rout of the Taliban today in areas near Kandahar was also stage managed. It is impossible to know, but the final quote on this post certainly suggests the US allowed the jail break. But I�ve left out the really spectacular news, the attack by Taliban militants on the main prison in southern Afghanistan late Friday, exploding a car bomb at the main gate in a multi-pronged assault that freed over 1000 prisoners, including 400 suspected Taliban. The complex attack included a car bomb, suicide bombers who entered the prison, and rockets fired from outside it. �All the prisoners escaped. There is no one left,� said Kandahar President The article ends on this note: Only by killing virtually the entire population will the US plan for Afghanistan succeed. Is this the objective?

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20080618&articleId=9373

US role in Afghan prison attack Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:39:43 Abridged extract US-led forces have played a part in a Taliban attack on an Afghanistan prison that set hundreds of militants free, some reports speculate. Experts in regional affairs believe that Taliban militants attacked the Kandahar prison with the green light from US forces. They say it is questionable - how could the militants dare attack the prison with US-led troops stationed just northeast of the jail? The sources also noted that although clashes between Afghan security forces and the militants lasted for several hours, US-led troops did not intervene. Ordinary people share the idea, asking how is it possible that hundreds of militants could attack a government prison, detonating more than 800 kilograms of explosives and foreign forces show no reaction. They say the blasts were deafening and awakened everyone in the region. No one can claim not being aware of the attack. Showing no reaction proves that foreign forces had a role in the escape of more than 1000 inmates, 400 of them Taliban, from the prison.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=60249&sectionid=351020403

New US naval blockade on Iran: To be an act of war

The US looks set to pass laws imposing a naval blockade on Iran. I guess this is in retaliation for Teheran’s opposition to the occupation treaty the US wants with Iraq. Tehran has survived this far through being clever, it might well back down (if only temporarily) from Uranium enrichment. Time might create a friendlier Obama presidency or time might increase Iran’s weapon capability. There are Press releases from the Iranian web site presstv suggesting a willingness to negotiate. It would be hard to imagine Tehran putting up with a naval blockade! Each war discovers a new weapon, In Lebanon the anti-tank weapons (albeit 1970’s vintage) and the anti ship missiles. In Iraq the roadside bomb. Maybe with a blockade there will be a non explosive slow missile that just leeches on to a ship, and drills a hole so that it slowly sinks. A US House of Representatives Resolution effectively requiring a naval blockade on Iran seems fast tracked for passage, gaining co-sponsors at a remarkable speed, but experts say the measures called for in the resolutions amount to an act of war. H.CON.RES 362 calls on the president to stop all shipments of refined petroleum products from reaching Iran. It also “demands” that the President impose “stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains and cargo entering or departing Iran.” http://www.globalresearch.ca/ There is also evidence that for every dollars worth of oil imported from the Persian Gulf region the Pentagon takes five dollars out of the Federal budget to ’secure’ the flow of that oil! This is a clear indication that the claim that the U.S. military presence in the Middle East is due to oil consideration is a fraud From “Are They Really Oil Wars?” by Ismael Hossein-zadeh

Ron Paul: Audit Fort Knox: FLASHBACK Nov 07

If he wanted to audit Fort Knox, that means something fishy is going on. I think he has officially withdrawn from the presidential race. But anything is possible, there are 5 and a half months left. And people who rock the boat, disappear, often with heart attacks. I wouldn’t count him out of the running. He seems to have a sense of how far he can go. But Fort Knox being filled with Hershey bars could upset some people. Ron Paul has made the preservation of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights a centerpiece in his campaign for the Whitehouse and has said in the past that he would ‘repeal the police state’ referring to the Patriot Act. Paul hammered the Federal Reserve monetary system for creating money out of thin air and said that true inflation was being covered up. He also said to volcanic cheers that he wanted to Audit Fort Knox. Paul linked freedom to prosperity. We can’t afford empire, empire costs money and we are going into debt to finance the war. Paul criticized the cost of ‘maintaining empire’  referring to the U.S. global military presence.

http://suzieqq.wordpress.com/2007/11/12/amidst-cheers-ron-paul-honors-veterans-and-calls-for-audit-of-fort-knoxx-gold/

9/11 truth movement hitting mainstream media

Oh 9/11 won’t you go away? We had a few bad guys at the top, but most of us are loyal and compassionate. Dear truth movement have you to bring the whole system down? Intelligence agencies clean themselves, they don’t go through the courts and the media. Given the popularity of the subject it would appear most people want to know more. Which means most people don’t believe the official version. And when the suspicions first started, most people kept their head low. But now we have Chiefs of Staff, ex government ministers and even an ex Prime Ministervoicing opposition. As to what the correct path should be (for the oligarchy)? Calling off the war on terror will create a little calm. Condoning the transfer of power to non neocons will allow behind the scenes plea bargaining. Even Nixon got a pardon. The entire upper echelon is in a grip of fear, (see Pelosi won’t go for impeachment). You can’t become a public figure without being smeared is some corruption. And anyway their family’s would suffer. So like the Czars chose to listen to Rasputin (who said the people will never rise). The cabal is left to wage war, that is all they know. This policy will likely lead to some social unrest, which might mean the ‘haves’ will become the ‘havenots’. But the whole imperial post 2nd WW strategies have come to an end. Of course there is a reverse argument, that the US will conquer Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Venezuela, Cuba …. Obama on 9/11 “It was the Republicans who helped engineer the distraction of the war in Iraq at a time when we could have pinned down the people who actually committed 9/11,” he asserted. Extracts from a post on 9/11 & international questioning In a September 2003 article for The Guardian newspaper, Michael Meacher, who served as Tony Blair’s environment minister from May 1997 to June 2003, shocked the establishment by calling the global war on terrorism “bogus.” Even more controversially, he implied that the U.S. government either allowed 9/11 to happen, or played some role in the destruction wrought that day. Maj. Gen. Albert Stubblebine, who was commanding general of U.S. Army Intelligence and Security until 1984, is quoted on the ‘ Patriots Question 9/11 ‘ Web site as saying, “I look at the hole in the Pentagon and I look at the size of an airplane that was supposed to have hit the Pentagon. And I said, ‘The plane does not fit in that hole. One [9/11] commission member (Sen. Max Cleland) resigned, saying the White House did not disclose enough information.” On Democracy Now’s radio show in March 2004, Cleland even went as far as to say, “This White House wants to cover it (the facts of 9/11) up.” Ron Paul this week Meanwhile, those who do not fight the war, but fund it, are forced to pay both the immediate costs, as well as seeing their long term purchasing power erode, as the twin pillars of debt and inflation are foisted upon the backs of current taxpayers and future generations. The danger is when the noose appears, war with someone will look more attractive. Are we all to suffer (at least in income) for a few waywards at the top? The Financial Times has just done a piece on 9/11, and so has Switzerlands largest selling daily (Blick). June 18, 2008 Global Research Tim Russert, Dick Cheney, and 9/11” by Prof. David Ray Griffin This article painstakingly goes through the details of peoples movements and raises some questions. Tim Russert has died too.

Oil, what is it?

Plants produce oil, Olive, Sesame etc. Yet they only intake water.All animals have oil in them, we even create a wax around our nose and from our ear. There are compelling arguments about just what the source of mineral oil is. Traditionally it has been thought to be decayed vegetation. Now many are saying it comes from (inside) the mantle of the earth, and that it is abiotic. There was a great dowser (I think Thomas Charles Lethbridge) who wrote one obscure book on how all the planets are alive with a consciousness and once had a war. There is also Gaia: the belief that the earth is a living organism. Do all living things create oil? Oil floats on water, amazing. Ghee is an oil made from milk and nothing else. There might be a psychological need to worship oil. It was one of the four holy foods in the bible: oil, honey, myrrh, milk. In arctic conditions expeditioners live from Olive Oil. Our Livers create bile to break down the oil, and also pancreatic juices are used. Ayurvedic health emphasises the uses of oil in detoxification (Panchakarma). Edgar Casey would go into trance with the use of Castor Oil. The unprocessed Castor seed is very toxic, but the oil from it is not. Oil has a distinct chemical structure. Oil stores energy. Silajit is a tremendous medicine, maybe the most famous source of minerals in Ayurvedic health, it is an oil that naturally oozes out of the Himalayas.

Why isn’t Israel making a peace agreement? Because of security!

Why isn’t Israel making a peace agreement? Because security has not said the time is right, they still see threats to the security of Israel. Well maybe they can’t see the wood for the trees, especially with all the intelligence gathering. The Israelis are buried in information. In the future there could be a sense of a missed opportunity. In the year of 2008 what were they doing? They were talking about talking about peace. With no attempt to alleviate the daily suffering. In the end there was more war, because security was not satisfied. With faulty policies, security will never be satisfied. Even with a whole nation of policemen eavesdropping and following and surveilling all perceived threats. The only security solution is to have a guard at every public place, and to listen in on everyone in the world. Or change tack, compromise, seems to me more attractive than war and every one being a policeman. I think there has been some kind of earthquake at the very top, perhaps in the intelligence agencies, and the Pentagon. As if a lot has been decided in advance, like: Diminished NeoCon/Zionist influence. The US will not start a war with Iran. Of course agreements can change and can be broken. These are just some of the newsitems that made me wonder: McCellan paved the way for Bush to accept guilt. An Israeli in the US charged with espionage he did decades ago. Top USAF personel replaced. Israeli in S. Africa says she was spying. And it would seem that Bush’s visit to the UK is highlighting Britains desire to leave Iraq. Amidst the vaccuous Bush presidency Israel cannot find its center, it doesn’t know how to deapartheid its policies. Nor how to cope with seeming dethronement (some will say it is only seeming). To repeat this Blogs theme: The internet has rapidly altered the worlds consciousness, this trend will strengthen. …If you can’t beat em join them… Anyway this weeks subject of Uri Avnery’s weekly piece is: An Apology, he writes a script for a Prime Minister to say to the Israeli parliament: On behalf of the State of Israel and all its citizens, I address today the sons and daughters of the Palestinian people, wherever they are. We recognize the fact that we have committed against you a historic injustice, and we humbly ask your forgiveness. [...] We shall evacuate the Israeli settlements, which have caused so much suffering and iniquities to you, and bring the settlers home, Read it all here: An Apology

Economist: likelihood of ban on Turkish ruling party is a disastrous mistake.

The likelihood of a ban on the ruling party is growing. It would be a disastrous mistake.

The economist makes a long list of convincing reasons why banning the AKP would be very bad for Europe. It predicts disorder and a strengthening of islamic parties and disquiet over much of the Turkish nation. The secularist elite, the economist points out, is shrinking. The question is, is there outside meddling. Is it a neocon manipulation? Are forces of industry and finance desiring a ‘regime change’. Judging from the economist we can expect it all to go haywire. It all seems similar to the PA challenging Hamas in Gaza or the Leb. government taking on Hizbollah. The AKP just won 47% of the vote, and have ruled for 6 years. The economist does not mention the size of Turkey’s military (it is huge), nor the repercussions for the west if the judiciary and military become discredited, through a failed policy. The panic amongst the secularists and the military is that the government could move towards Iran. Turkey has refused to accept any more hospitality from the IMF and the government feels it can succeed without the loans and subsequent policing of them. So we know the IMF is upset (and that includes their friends, other private and institutional investors). It smells like turmoil is on its way, and the irony is this is the government that started talks with the EU. Maybe Iran can act as peacemaker? It has a good record in Iraq and Lebanon. And Iran is cooperating with Turkey on Kurdish issues. BTW the auhoritative economist has its own intelligence unit. If this is a NeoCon triggered plan, how can they imagine to succeed when nothing else they have done has worked? From another Economist opinion piece on the same issue: To many the case is like a judicial coup: a last-ditch attempt to cling to power by an elite that refuses to share wealth and social space with a rising class of pious Turks, symbolised by the AKP. It may also further discredit the constitutional court. And this article ends on this sentence: … the threat of radical Islam in Turkey may have increased thanks to the secularists’ attack on the AKP.

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http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11541234&CFID=9707135&CFTOKEN=42981181