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As Vim packs his bags to visit New York's ghettos under Nomad's supervision, he'd be best advised to avoid dressing up as a Manchester Muslim, seeing as Britain's first Muslim Minister has just expressed his disappointment after he was detained at a US airport, where his hand luggage was analysed for traces of explosive materials: British minister detained at US airport . Hardly unusual, given the religious sectarianism now rampant in the US: The US government has closed seven Muslim charities in the United States and frozen their assets. Not one of them, or any person associated with them, has been found guilty of financing terrorism. They will remain shut. George W. Bush can tar any organization or individual, here or abroad, as being part of a terrorist conspiracy and by fiat render them powerless. But then, in these days of shock-and-awe travel, nobody can be sure whether a casual trip to Buffalo will end up in Syria - or as an all-expenses-paid tour of Guantanamo Bay.
On the other hand, US officials visiting France these days don't have time to finish crunching on their baguettes. Former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld fled France recently fearing arrest over charges of "ordering and authorizing" torture of detainees at both the American-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the US military's detainment facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unconfirmed reports coming from Paris suggest: Rumsfeld flees France fearing arrest. In Paris last week, Rumsfeld left a prestigious speaking event in haste, slipping out a side door to avoid the human rights lawyers and journalists waiting to confront him with criminal charges of torture. He reportedly avoided the confrontation by sneaking out a door that attached the conference venue to, of all places, the United States Embassy: No place to hide: War Criminals Beware, Justice Ahead.
Meanwhile, as Vim's favourite country continues its brutal occupation of Palestinian lands, ( Three Palestinians And Israeli Occupation Force Soldier Killed In Gaza Strip ), Israel steps up its blockade of the Gaza Strip by completely cutting off fuel supplies: A spokesman said Israel was also limiting the flow of food and medicines to "the minimum the Palestinians need to avoid a humanitarian crisis." A 'humanitarian crisis'. An orchestrated famine? Starving them to death in total darkness is for their own good, you understand. Though others have different ideas: Abbas urged to stop meeting Israeli officials - "Calling off all the scheduled meetings with Israeli officials is the best reaction to the Israeli imposing of collective punishment on our people in Gaza," the statement said. Elsewhere, Human rights organizations petition supreme court demanding an injunction against Israeli government : The petitioners argued that, contrary to the governments' claims that the population of Gaza will be only slightly harmed, the implementation of this decision could cause widespread humanitarian damage. And then that freedom-fries-challenged country joins the fray once again: France deplores Israel adopting sanctions against Palestinian civilians - France condemned here Monday Israels decision to adopt sanctions that would affect Palestinian civilians in Gaza Strip through imposing restrictions on the supply of power and fuel.
The UN special rapporteur, pulling no punches, appears to agree: Israel is the worst colonial regime - "The Israeli occupation is a colonial regime and an illegal military occupation from the UN's point of view, it continues to annex more Palestinian lands; and thus the Israeli occupation is the worst in the history of colonialism," Ziegler stated in a TV interview. And Syria's not very happy either: Syria backs U.N. nuclear body's criticism of Israel - Syria on Monday endorsed criticism by the U.N. nuclear watchdog of an Israeli raid on Syrian territory and said the international community had been slow to condemn the attack.
As the US occupation, killing and bombing of Iraq gleefully grinds on, desperation sinks to new levels of calculated divide-and-conquer insanity: Chalabi back in action in Iraq - That the U.S. and Iraqi officials are again turning to Chalabi, this time to restore life to Baghdad neighborhoods, speaks to his resiliency in this nascent government. It's also, some say, his latest effort to promote himself as a true national advocate for everyday Iraqis. But that's hardly even an issue anymore among the "nuke 'em all" psychos governing America; they're even delighted with the Turkish invasion too (while scapegoating Iran for Everything): Turkey flexes military might, bombs PKK in southeast - Helicopter gunships bombed Kurdish rebel positions in southeast Turkey on Monday and the government flexed its military muscle with big national day parades and flypasts in major cities. The (realpolitic exchange of signs) US quid pro quo: you have permission to invade Iraq after we formally declare, ninety years late, the Armenian massacre to have been a Genocide ("Go ahead, we won't stop you now; it wouldn't be Proper Diplomatic Protocol. And what with all that oil in the North East!." America Good, Turkey Baaaaad!). And the killing now proceeds smoothly: I5 PKK killed as Turkish army encircles 100 Kurdish rebels - Turkish forces have encircled 100 Kurdish rebels in a mountainous area near the border with Iraq, the Anatolia news agency reported on Monday.
Finally, as everyone in the world bar US/Israel already knows, Mohamed El Baradei yet again repeats that there is No Evidence Iran Building Nuclear Weapons : The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Sunday he had no evidence Iran was working actively to build nuclear weapons and expressed concern that escalating rhetoric from the U.S. could bring disaster. Equally predictable, the US differs with UN nuclear chief on Iran: The White House insisted Monday that Iran wants to build nuclear weapons, even though the head of the UN watchdog agency said he has 'no concrete evidence' of a weapons programme. - Iran says its enrichment activities are aimed only at building nuclear power plants. And, in contrast with the US again, the IAEA sees "good" Iran cooperation ahead of talks: A senior U.N. nuclear agency official said cooperation with Iran was "good" ahead of talks on Monday about Tehran's disputed atomic work, after an Iranian warning that new U.S. sanctions could harm ties with the agency. Showing laboured contempt for such international opinion, the US is presently making a Secret move to upgrade air base for Iran attack plans, with British cooperation: The US is secretly upgrading special stealth bomber hangars on the British island protectorate of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in preparation for strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, according to military sources, while Iran has 'evidence' US is backing 'terrorists' : Iran has access to evidence of US support for terrorist groups in the Middle East, a senior Iranian official has been quoted as saying.
And all is well with the world.
On the other hand, US officials visiting France these days don't have time to finish crunching on their baguettes. Former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld fled France recently fearing arrest over charges of "ordering and authorizing" torture of detainees at both the American-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and the US military's detainment facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unconfirmed reports coming from Paris suggest: Rumsfeld flees France fearing arrest. In Paris last week, Rumsfeld left a prestigious speaking event in haste, slipping out a side door to avoid the human rights lawyers and journalists waiting to confront him with criminal charges of torture. He reportedly avoided the confrontation by sneaking out a door that attached the conference venue to, of all places, the United States Embassy: No place to hide: War Criminals Beware, Justice Ahead.
Meanwhile, as Vim's favourite country continues its brutal occupation of Palestinian lands, ( Three Palestinians And Israeli Occupation Force Soldier Killed In Gaza Strip ), Israel steps up its blockade of the Gaza Strip by completely cutting off fuel supplies: A spokesman said Israel was also limiting the flow of food and medicines to "the minimum the Palestinians need to avoid a humanitarian crisis." A 'humanitarian crisis'. An orchestrated famine? Starving them to death in total darkness is for their own good, you understand. Though others have different ideas: Abbas urged to stop meeting Israeli officials - "Calling off all the scheduled meetings with Israeli officials is the best reaction to the Israeli imposing of collective punishment on our people in Gaza," the statement said. Elsewhere, Human rights organizations petition supreme court demanding an injunction against Israeli government : The petitioners argued that, contrary to the governments' claims that the population of Gaza will be only slightly harmed, the implementation of this decision could cause widespread humanitarian damage. And then that freedom-fries-challenged country joins the fray once again: France deplores Israel adopting sanctions against Palestinian civilians - France condemned here Monday Israels decision to adopt sanctions that would affect Palestinian civilians in Gaza Strip through imposing restrictions on the supply of power and fuel.
The UN special rapporteur, pulling no punches, appears to agree: Israel is the worst colonial regime - "The Israeli occupation is a colonial regime and an illegal military occupation from the UN's point of view, it continues to annex more Palestinian lands; and thus the Israeli occupation is the worst in the history of colonialism," Ziegler stated in a TV interview. And Syria's not very happy either: Syria backs U.N. nuclear body's criticism of Israel - Syria on Monday endorsed criticism by the U.N. nuclear watchdog of an Israeli raid on Syrian territory and said the international community had been slow to condemn the attack.
As the US occupation, killing and bombing of Iraq gleefully grinds on, desperation sinks to new levels of calculated divide-and-conquer insanity: Chalabi back in action in Iraq - That the U.S. and Iraqi officials are again turning to Chalabi, this time to restore life to Baghdad neighborhoods, speaks to his resiliency in this nascent government. It's also, some say, his latest effort to promote himself as a true national advocate for everyday Iraqis. But that's hardly even an issue anymore among the "nuke 'em all" psychos governing America; they're even delighted with the Turkish invasion too (while scapegoating Iran for Everything): Turkey flexes military might, bombs PKK in southeast - Helicopter gunships bombed Kurdish rebel positions in southeast Turkey on Monday and the government flexed its military muscle with big national day parades and flypasts in major cities. The (realpolitic exchange of signs) US quid pro quo: you have permission to invade Iraq after we formally declare, ninety years late, the Armenian massacre to have been a Genocide ("Go ahead, we won't stop you now; it wouldn't be Proper Diplomatic Protocol. And what with all that oil in the North East!." America Good, Turkey Baaaaad!). And the killing now proceeds smoothly: I5 PKK killed as Turkish army encircles 100 Kurdish rebels - Turkish forces have encircled 100 Kurdish rebels in a mountainous area near the border with Iraq, the Anatolia news agency reported on Monday.
Finally, as everyone in the world bar US/Israel already knows, Mohamed El Baradei yet again repeats that there is No Evidence Iran Building Nuclear Weapons : The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Sunday he had no evidence Iran was working actively to build nuclear weapons and expressed concern that escalating rhetoric from the U.S. could bring disaster. Equally predictable, the US differs with UN nuclear chief on Iran: The White House insisted Monday that Iran wants to build nuclear weapons, even though the head of the UN watchdog agency said he has 'no concrete evidence' of a weapons programme. - Iran says its enrichment activities are aimed only at building nuclear power plants. And, in contrast with the US again, the IAEA sees "good" Iran cooperation ahead of talks: A senior U.N. nuclear agency official said cooperation with Iran was "good" ahead of talks on Monday about Tehran's disputed atomic work, after an Iranian warning that new U.S. sanctions could harm ties with the agency. Showing laboured contempt for such international opinion, the US is presently making a Secret move to upgrade air base for Iran attack plans, with British cooperation: The US is secretly upgrading special stealth bomber hangars on the British island protectorate of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean in preparation for strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, according to military sources, while Iran has 'evidence' US is backing 'terrorists' : Iran has access to evidence of US support for terrorist groups in the Middle East, a senior Iranian official has been quoted as saying.
And all is well with the world.