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26th, 2008
Russia played a trump card in its strategic poker game with the West yesterday by threatening to suspend an agreement allowing Nato to take supplies and equipment to Afghanistan through Russia and Central Asia.
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Russian threat to NATO supply route in Afghanistan
Posted by seumasach on August 26, 2008
Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: Afghanistan, Georgia, New Cold War | Leave a Comment »
Afghan cabinet demands review of international presence
Posted by seumasach on August 26, 2008
25. August 2008
By Sardar Ahmad, AFP
The Afghan cabinet demanded Monday a renegotiation of agreements regulating the presence of international troops in Afghanistan after more than 90 civilians were killed in US-led air strikes.
The cabinet said the review should focus on the “authorities and responsibilities” of international troops and demand a halt to air strikes on civilians, illegal detentions and unilateral house searches, a statement said.
Posted in Drive to Global War | Tagged: Afghanistan civilian deaths, bombing afghan weddings | Leave a Comment »
Justice4JeanFamily Campaign
Posted by seumasach on August 26, 2008
Jean Charles de Menezes 7.1.1978 – 22.7.2005
Dear Friends,
On 22nd July 2005, 27 year old Jean Charles de Menezes was shot 7 times in the head by police officers at Stockwell tube station as part of a pre-planned anti-terrorism operation. No one has been held responsible for his death.
After more than three years, the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes will finally open on 22nd September. It is expected to last three months.
The inquest will be the first chance the family of Jean Charles will be able to put their questions to the police officers responsible for his death. It will also be the first time we will hear evidence from the fire-arms officers who killed Jean and the civilian witnesses to the killing. The inquest will be taking place at the Oval Cricket Ground in South London and Jean’s mother and brother will be coming over from Brazil for part of it.
The Justice4Jean campaign is organising a campaign meeting for all supporters to discuss what we can do before, during and after the inquest to raise public awareness of the inquest and to remind people that that three years on, still no one has been held responsible for Jean’s brutal killing.
Justice4Jean Campaign Meeting
Thursday 4th September 2008 6.30-8pm
Room G2,
School of Oriental and African Studies
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square WC1H 0XG
ALL WELCOME
(Hosted by SOAS Palestine Society)
The campaign is asking that supporters to attend the first day of the inquest – the 22nd September – and help us mobilise for this day.
We want to send a strong message out at the begining of the inquest and need your help to do it, so please join us on the 4th and get involved in the campaign for Justice 4 Jean.
All the best
Yasmin
J4J Campaign
You can contact the campaign on:
07931337890 / 07709656251
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: "War on Terror", Jean Charles Menezes | Leave a Comment »
Butterflies scarce after two wet summers
Posted by seumasach on August 25, 2008
“A bad summer’ is a bit of an understatement I would say: there are just no, or next to no, butterflies, bees, beetles and hardly any birds. So, finally, after several million years of evolution and surviving the biblical deluge they have succumbed to a bit of heavy rain. It’s amazing we’ve got this far really and I suppose we should, at least, be grateful for that. At risk of being bores we at ITNT continue to point out that what is really new about the last twenty years is the proliferation of RF EM radiation, fraudulently claimed to be safe in contrast to ionising radiation(see our RH column).
Michael McCarthy
25th August, 2008
Britain’s butterflies are going through their worst summer for nearly half a century, a leading conservationist believes. Matthew Oates, conservation adviser to the National Trust, says the torrential downpours of summer 2007 had a knock-on effect on 2008, wiping out many eggs and caterpillars that would have become this year’s adults.
Posted in Ecological and Public Health Crisis | Tagged: birds and bees, butterflies, EM radiation | Leave a Comment »
US military delivers Georgia aid
Posted by seumasach on August 25, 2008
Saun Walker
Tblisi
24th August, 2008
The US military came within 60 miles of the Russian army yesterday in Georgia as an American warship arrived in the Black Sea port of Batumi to deliver humanitarian aid to the embattled Caucasus country.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Georgia, georgia south ossetia | Leave a Comment »
Two army officers sacked as 89 civilians die in ‘irresponsible’ raid
Posted by seumasach on August 25, 2008
Amir Shah AP
25th August, 2008
See also:
Five Weddings and Many Funerals
Two Afghan army officers have been sacked after a joint Afghan-coalition operation in the west of the country that President Hamid Karzai said killed at least 89 civilians.
Posted in Drive to Global War | Tagged: Afghanistan civilian deaths | Leave a Comment »
Healthy Honey Bees Is Goal of Multi-Institutional Research Team
Posted by seumasach on August 23, 2008
“There could be a lot of things that make bees forget where they live and not return to the hive,” Hunt said.
He seemingly forgot to mention the most obvious one, EM radiation which has been known to have a disorientating effect on bees, and other species, since the 1970s when Warnke and others began their studies on this question.
20th August, 2008
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) — A combination of pathogens, pesticides and parasites may underlie such a massive disappearance of honeybees that agricultural production may be threatened, says a Purdue University researcher.
Posted in Colony Collapse Disorder, Ecological and Public Health Crisis | Tagged: ccd, disappearing bees | Leave a Comment »
Korean bank might buy Lehman
Posted by seumasach on August 23, 2008
Having , no doubt, consulted with their colleagues at Korean Investment Corporation, the Korean Development Bank will be in a good position to make a bid for Lehman commensurate with its actual value, which can’t be very much.
23rd August, 2008
See also:
Lehman Brothers in talks over sale of $40 real estate assets
A Korean bank has expressed interest in buying struggling US brokerage firm Lehman Brothers.
The Korea Development Bank in Seoul has said it is looking at options for a buyout of the US bank which has lost three-quarters of its value this year as investors worried about potential losses on the firm’s big mortgage portfolio.
Posted in Financial crisis | Tagged: Lehman | Leave a Comment »
UK banks: Rivals forced to pick up Bradford & Bingley pieces
Posted by seumasach on August 23, 2008
What would possess anyone to underwrite a B&B share issue. Underwriting private losses has become the Treasury’s job: are they behind the scenes giving guarantees?
Philip Inman
23rd August, 2008
Bradford & Bingley’s shambolic rights issue, twice restructured, has left its high street rivals as major shareholders after underwriters for the offering failed to offload shares rejected by investors.
Posted in Financial crisis | Tagged: B&B shares issue | Leave a Comment »
O’Reilly: Far-left crowd may spell defeat for Obama in November
Posted by seumasach on August 23, 2008
This article seems to confirm how advantageous the Georgia debacle has been to the McCain camp. In one fell swoop the Republicans have stolen the Democrat agenda, torpedoed it and left the wrong-footed Obama camp looking whimpish as McCain beats the war drums. US foreign policy may be in total disarray but all that matters to the Republicans is to hold power come by hook or by crook. A 5% lead in the polls plus a bit of electoral high-jinks should be enough to see them through.
Bill O’Reiily
23rd August, 2008
If Barack Obama somehow loses the presidential race, he might partially blame Vlad “the Assailer” Putin. Since Russia invaded Georgia, the world’s attention has been focused on NATO’s response to the brutality. On balance, the response has been tepid, to say the least. President Bush says Russia better get out.
Or what?
Obama is calling for “restraint by both sides.” Swell. Asking Vladimir Putin to restrain his violent tactics is like asking al-Qaida to celebrate Christmas — not gonna happen.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Georgia, McCain Georgia electoral fraud | Leave a Comment »
NATO confirms Georgia will join Alliance
Posted by seumasach on August 23, 2008
TBILISI. Aug 22 (Interfax) - Georgia will become a NATO member eventually and the country is on a path to being included in the Membership Action Plan (MAP), a program to help nations seeking to join the North Atlantic alliance, a senior NATO envoy confirmed on Friday. Robert Simmons, NATO special representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, who made the announcement at a briefing in Tbilisi, did not say when MAP would be extended to Georgia.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged: Georgia, georgia NATO | Leave a Comment »
