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| Posted: 01 Mar 2011 06:16 AM PST The people of the United States have been under siege since my earliest memories of politics in America. The inner-mind controls those aspects of our lives that we are not consciously aware of in the ordinary light of day. And yet it is this shadow-within-our-thoughts that has been used and abused, to create our unconscious submission to the many things, and ideas, that we would never accept if we were to actually become aware of them. These conflicted aspects are like two-sides of the same coin that most people remain oblivious to; for their entire lives. |
Posted: 01 Mar 2011 06:03 AM PST Lemon Bay, Florida, March 1, 2011, 5:45 a.m. Auspicious dawn. Huge creamy diamond Venus aims at a soft landing on the awe-inspiring Earthshine of the nearby crescent moon, comfortably reclined in a welcoming mode. (Of course this is a big blast of love wafting toward us from our mother in the sky.) As the clear blue dawn with flecks of gold will arrive in a few minutes, Northern birds chatter amiably, making travel plans. Around the world, a new chant bursts the bonds of the aimless silence that never stirred until justice finally reached the hearts of men, and insisted the honesty within them be extended into the outer world choking on smoke and soot and the injustice of institutions designed to protect them that really hurt them. Basti�was right. Down through history, the biggest hazards to human life have been the very systems humans have devised to protect themselves. And we could never fix them until we could fix ourselves. |
| Posted: 01 Mar 2011 04:07 AM PST Israeli's concerns continue to mount as developments in the Middle East speed up. Just as Israeli security sources failed to predict the fall of Ben Ali and Mubarak, their confusion continues to grow in their visions of the future. Political leaders and military generals in Israel have mostly been silent to the media and banned from expressing their opinions. It is clear, however, that they have no hope in the future as they speak of it with great uncertainty. The developments of Tunisia concerned Israel but with the revolution reaching Egypt, this concern turned into fear. There is no doubt that Israeli security and intelligence agencies made a mistake in evaluating the chances of such movements as well as their results. Regarding Egypt, however, they were certain that the Egyptian regime will stay in place and will survive the storm of uprisings. The Israelis transferred this viewpoint on to the US to a point where US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was speaking confidently about the stability of the Mubarak regime in the first days of the unrest in Egypt. |
US double-standard on war crimes Posted: 28 Feb 2011 07:05 AM PST The US has been pushing for a measure that would keep its agents from being prosecuted for war crimes committed during the bloody massacre of pro-democracy protesters in Libya. The hypocritical move came on Sunday as the US called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the killing of Libyan demonstrators, while insisting on excluding a large number of foreign mercenaries. |
'US to exploit Bahraini uprising' Posted: 28 Feb 2011 09:16 AM PST The events being played out in the Bahraini uprising stems from foreign policy intervention by the United States, Israel and the West and their interests in the region. Press TV: Lets bring in Mark Glenn on the phone. He is a political commentator, joining us from Coeur d'Alene. Mark Glenn Thank you very much for being with Press TV. What is your reading of the situation in Bahrain, Sir? |
| Posted: 27 Feb 2011 05:48 AM PST On the contrary, the regimes that will replace the embattled nationalistic dictators in each nation the globalists despoil will interface not with the national governments in the service of their people, but will interface with the �civil society� underlay the Western backed NGOs have meticulously built up over decades. This �civil society� will in turn answer to corporate serving globalist institutions, like the IMF, WTO, World Bank and the UN, instituting crushing economic �liberalization.� We have been given a prepackaged ideal of what �revolution� is supposed to look like. So when we see people in the streets battling security forces, waving flags, all within the backdrop of their burning society, we are satisfied that �revolution� is taking place. But the reality is, this is not a revolution by any stretch of the imagination. It is a high-tech, high-speed invasion and subjugation, a corruption of the sovereign state similar to what Tacitus described in Roman conquered Britannia. |
Israel benefiting from Arab disruption Posted: 28 Feb 2011 05:42 AM PST Amid Israel stepping up its air and ground strikes on the besieged coastal strip, a string of air raids has targeted several cities in Gaza, one of the strikes left 4 Palestinians wounded including a toddler. In this regard Press TV interviewed Ashraf Shannon, Press TV correspondent in Gaza. |
A Government Shut-down Imperils the Power of Congress Posted: 27 Feb 2011 08:32 PM PST
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World Diaspora of the Kashmiri expresses their solidarity with the Sikh of Punjab (under Indian occupation)
Habib Yousafzai
(Spokesperson)
The World Diaspora of the People (WDJK) of the Internationally Disputed Areas of Jammu and Kashmir express their total solidarity with the Sikhs of Punjab, Sikh Raj, Khalistan (under the Indian occupation, since August, 1947), as both nations have been 'struggling' to regain their sovereignty and free themselves from the shackles of 'slavery'. Both the from the WDJK and the Sikhs support whole heartily the freedom struggle of other non-Brahmins-Hindus minorities; for example, the Assam and 7-sister of Assam, Tamils, Dalits and other minorities.
We the WDJK and the Sikhs of Punjab, the citizens of the Sikhs' Holy and Historic Homeland, Punjab, demand from the international democratic countries of the world to do their best to ask the alleged Indian democracy to withdraw Indian armed personnel (army, air force and paramilitary) from the WDJK and Punjab immediately.
We are asking the withdrawal of the Indian armed personnel, because (i) India has killed more than 200,000 citizens of the Jammu and Kashmir occupied forcible by the Indian administration against all norms of the U N resolutions passed by the Security Council; as such, WDJK are tired of the Indian occupation, (ii) the occupied WDJK has no armed (army and air force) personnel. Therefore, keeping WDJK under Indian armed personnel are against any norms of the Human Rights and wishes of the people of Jammu and Kashmir; (iii) the alleged Indian democracy has killed more than 3.4 million of the Sikhs despite having their mouthpiece administration(s) in Punjab of the Sikhs and their religious institutions, like the Darbar Sahib Complex, Amritsar, the Supreme Seat of Sikf polity, The Akal Takht Sahib and other Gurdwaras as well political institutions are under the 'Tight Control' of the Brahmins-Hindus' alleged Indian democracy.
Similarly, more than 15,000 citizens of Assam and 7-sister of Assam have been killed in genocide and massacres as has been done in the WDJK and Punjab of the Sikhs, along with hundreds of thousands of Dalits, Christians (312,500), Tamils (15,000 or more), and other non-Brahmins-Hindus.
It is time that the Barbarian (Budh Dham Saar ate Vikas by Lahori Ram Bali, Dr Ambadekar Memorial Committee of Great Britain, Wolverhampton, Englan, U K) Brahmins-Hindus wind up their colonization, colonialism and stop gross Human Rights violations before they find in the situation like Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, Libya, etc. Sooner is the best for the people of WDJK, Punjab, Assam, Orissa, Rajasthan, etc., to decide their own future and the future of their coming generations.
Chavez proposes talks for Libya
Venezuelan president calls for mediation to end crisis while the US and other powers weigh military options.
Al Jazeera.net
March 1, 2011
Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president, has called for an international mediation effort to seek a peaceful solution to the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, the embattled Libyan leader.
Chavez's call on Monday came as the US and other Western governments discussed military options to put an end to the violence against anti-Gaddafi protesters, who are pushing for his ouster.
Options on the table include possible imposition of a no-fly zone to protect civilians.
The US defence department also said on Monday that it was moving naval and air forces into position near Libya.
Chavez said that he had already discussed the idea with some Latin American nations as well as some European countries.
"I hope we can create a commission that goes to Libya to talk with the government and the opposition leaders," he said in a live television speech.
"We want a peaceful solution ... We support peace in the Arab world and in the whole world."
Without giving further details of the proposed mediation mission, Chavez said it was better to seek "a political solution instead of sending marines to Libya, and better to send a good will mission than for the killing to continue".
Al Jazeera's Dima Khatib, reporting from Caracas, said the comments come from "Chavez's ideology that the south can come up with solutions for the south".
"Chavez said that the door is open to all the 'friendly' nations," she said.
"It will be interesting to see in the next few days, which countries will be willing to join this international peace commission."
'US after Libyan oil'
Chavez repeated his warning that the US wanted to invade Libya to get oil, a view that has been voiced by both Cuba and Nicaragua.
"He is worried that the United States is after the Libyan oil, just like they were after the Iraqi oil. He says that they have gone mad because of the Libyan oil; it's driving them crazy," our correspondent said.
"He also wondered why doesn't the world condemn the massacres in Falluja, in Afghanistan and in Pakistan."
Chavez is Gaddaf's main ally in Latin America and both leaders regularly make public condemnations of US "imperialism" and have exchanged visits in recent years.
Ties between the two leaders are so close that Gaddafi was rumoured last month to have fled to Caracas, though these claims were later denied.
Chavez said it would be hypocritical of him to join the chorus of international condemnation of Gaddafi now.
"He says that this [condemnation] has been done against him [Chavez] in the past. He has been accused of harbouring al-Qaeda; he has been accused of all kinds of things without any proof," Al Jazeera's Khatib said.
Chavez posted a message on Twitter on Thursday saying "Long live Libya and its independence! Gaddafii faces a civil war!"
It was his first reaction to the uprising that has shaken Libya since February 15.
Chavez's opponents say that his links with Gaddafi, and refusal to condemn his violence against opponents, demonstrate a similar autocratic nature.
Pro-opposition newspapers have been showing daily pictures of the two men together at past meetings.
Source:
Al Jazeera and agencies
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/03/2011316273322512.html
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