Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Forjar una América Latina independiente

22 de Julio 2008, hora local de La Habana:

"Mesa Redonda", una emisión regular de la Televisión Cubana, hoy sobre el tema "Forjar una América Latina independiente".

Los países mencionados son Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Nicaragua,
Venezuela y Rusia. Aqui unos aspectos de ésta emisión:

Recientemente, el Presidente de Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega,
y el Presidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, se encontraban
para celebrar 29 años de victoria revolucionaria en Nicaragua
y para hablar de la necesidad de forjar una América Latina
independiente de los Estados Unidos. Indicando un mapa del
norte de América Latina, Chávez hablaba de "iniciar en éste
territorio una nueva revolución socialista".



Hay unos proyectos cubanos y venezolanos en otros países
latínoamericanos (alfabetización, electrificación, proyectos
médicos).



Hoy, en Moscú, el Presidente Chávez habla de la importancia de buenos contactos con Rusia. Afirma Chávez que Venezuela y Rusia coinciden en política exterior.



Otros artículos sobre la alianza latinoamericana y Hugo Chávez:

14 de Mayo 2008
Las relaciones entre el "diablo rojo" Hugo Chávez
y la cancillera alemana "Angelito" Merkel.


5 de Diciembre 2006
Es una nueva época - Hugo Chávez
gana las elecciones de Venezuela.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

OBAMA on Iraq and Terrorism - GUANTANAMO Torture

Important UPDATE further down !

奥巴马
当选后将在16个月内从伊拉克撤出美军


أوباما

يؤكد ان اولى لحظات عهده ستشهد دعوة الى انهاء الحرب في العراق


Obama's Keynote Speech
on Iraq and Terrorism


Here's the gist of U.S. Senator Obama's programmatic speech on Iraq and Terrorism, as transmitted by AL-JAZEERA TV, English service:

"(The stage of) the war on terror is not Iraq, and it never was."

"I will make the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban, the top priorities that should be. This is a war we have to win."

Seizing Iraqi prime minister Maliki's demand of a U.S. withdrawal from his country, Obama stated:
"George Bush and John Mccain don't have a strategy for success in Iraq. - They have a strategy for staying in Iraq. They said we couldn't leave when violence is up, and they now say we can't leave when violence is down."

Obama added he would withdraw all U.S. combat brigades within 16 months from Iraq. Two brigades, i.e. about 7.000 to 10.000 men, should be transferred to Afghanistan that has to receive further economic aid as well.

On the other hand, non-military assistance has to be trickled to Pakistan within the next decade to reverse anti-American sentiments there, unless the U.S. want to "face mounting popular opposition in a nuclear armed nation at an axis of terror in radical Islam".

UPDATE (July 24, 2008):
Obama's keynote speech on foreign politics, held during his visit to Berlin / Germany.


Obama: "I've seen worse".


Tortured Youth in Guantánamo





Pictures from a video showing a 16 year old Canadian
boy, held in Guantanamo Bay and who is begging his
Canadian interrogator to kill him. The boy is showing
his scars obtained from torture by U.S. personnell.
The boy's portrait has been taken at the age of 15
when he was captured and transferred to Guantanamo.

That video, transmitted by AL-JAZEERA, CNN and CUBAVISION, has been illegally published by a Canadian official. The Canadian public is known to broadly oppose Canada's military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq.



This comes only some days after parliamentary trouble in the UK because of a similar detention camp that has been secretly erected within the precincts of another U.S. base on Diego Garcia Island, a tiny British colony in the Indian Ocean. AL-JAZEERA showed treacherous satellite photos of that camp.
AL-JAZEERA (March 3, 2008): UN official has evidence for secret detention
美国也把“恐怖分子”运送到美军官办的“劳改”在英国具有的殖民地迪戈加西亚岛上,英国的国会不满足。


迪戈加西亚岛是美国的“印度洋上不沉的航空母舰”

Friday, July 11, 2008

IRAN - 伊朗革命卫队高官称“手指不离扳机”

Latest UPDATE further down !

In a situation of looming danger of war and only two days after Iran's latest long-range missile test:
A high official of the Revolutionary Guard's air force states,
"We are not going to pull the trigger".

文件:伊朗革命卫队高官称“手指不离扳机”
文件::BLUEPRINT伊朗的长远导弹
文件::BLUEPRINT伊朗反对美国

The missiles that are able to reach Israel and parts of Europe (source: Al-Jazeera TV, July 9, 2008):


The name "Shahab" given to that series of missiles would mean "meteorite" in Arabic. In the Persian language which is usually rather different from Arabic it might nevertheless have a similar meaning.

Headline of Al-Jazeera, Arabic online service, on July 11:
"Israel is making preparations to attack Iran".
Even though Israel is busy to deny any intention, there are signs hinting at Israel planning to install F 15 fighters in Iraq.
以色列可能想到战斗伊朗用伊拉克的飞机基地。

战斗伊朗的美军基地:
阿富汗
吉尔吉斯斯坦
迪戈加西亚岛

Friday, June 13, 2008

AFGHANISTAN - 阿富汗未来局势进入 9/11 以来最严峻时期

Latest update from July 06, 2008, further down:


The Taliban launched a well-prepared attack on an Afghan prison in Kandahar that held Taliban prisoners as well as criminals. Suicide bombs and rockets were used. A Prison official said: "Most of prisoners escaped". NATO confirms prison attack but has no details up to now (source: CNN, June 13, 21:30 GMT).

Al-Jazeera (Arabic service) reporting from Kabul: "Thousands" of prisoners now on the run including 400 Taliban fighters (21:40 GMT).
[In its original message, Al-Jazeera really used the Arabic plural of "thousand" while a later report (June 15) reduced the number of missing inmates to 870.]
Arabic Update (15/6/2008)


Related news:
Some weeks ago, the provincial government of Northern Pakistan, under the guidance of the newly elected central government, negotiated a ceasefire with the Taliban who are showing a strong presence in the tribal areas of Northern Pakistan.
Only recently, Pakistani troops perished under "friendly fire" of U.S. troops in that region. The new liberal government of Pakistan, now replacing the military rule of former General Musharraf, launched an immediate protest (Al-Jazeera, English service).

Another news blog on Afghanistan by Ulysses

阿富汗未来局势进入"9/11"
以来最严峻时期(626日)

文件1
文件2





《新闻的后面》—两边的声音
Al-Jazeera (Arabic) 6月28日

从伊斯兰堡与华盛顿等两方来的写稿著
者的两个人谈论〈塔利班〉的新上升:

美国国防部长申明他恐惧的是〈塔利班〉
的攻打在阿富汗渐渐地上升了。

攻打上升的百分比是百分之四十在今
年第一的五月。

巴基斯坦的没有作法催办〈塔利班〉可
能导致猛烈爆炸,就华盛顿恐惧的是巴
基斯坦的失败。

但是巴基斯坦反驳美国的非难,申明的
是没有〈塔利班〉的活动。

也申明的是巴基斯坦想到管制他们的南
部地区。但是巴基斯坦和阿富汗等两国
的同境现在不是在两国的管制下。

翻译:W.W. / Ulysses




July 7, 2008:

In an interview with Al-Jazeera, the governor of Pakistan's North-West frontier province, Owais Ahmed Ghani, expressed his opinion that "all trouble we have came from Afghanistan".



As the subtitle of the above picture shows, another suicide bomb in Afghanistan targets EU troops. This comes only some days after the German governments' decision to allow German troops of its ISAF contigent to participate in direct military action against "insurgents". Up to now, all German troops' activity was restricted to civil aid and "logistic support" for U.S. combat troops in southern Afghanistan. That logistic support essentially includes the provision of airborne reconnaissance for U.S. military in the combat zone of Helmand province and elsewhere.

On the same day:
20 civilians killed in a bombing led by U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Obama Nominated for Presidency


Click to above image to get a better resolution !
Important UPDATES on keynote speeches can be found further down !


2:40 GMT
After the primary in South Dakota, its clear to everybody that Obama will be nominated for U.S. presidency by the Democratic Party.
Though 8 of 13 votes in South Dakota went to Clinton, it was just the differing 5 votes that made Obama cross the critical delegate mark of 2.118. Official results of the Montana primary, where Obama is reported to be leading, are not available at this time. Nevertheless, 2.119 delegate votes are already secured for Obama.



3:00 GMT
First results of the Montana elections show Obama leading with 2.132 votes. Obama "man of the day" with "Killary Hinten" still luring in the background.


Above:
Distribution of federal states in favor of Obama (dark blue) or Clinton (light blue) at one moment of the campaign's final phase

The Audacity of Hope: Obama's book and his program, a review by the WASHINGTON POST (October 19, 2006).

UPDATE: Obama on Iraq and Terrorism
Senator Obama's keynote speech on July 15, 2008 !

UPDATE: Obama on Transatlantic Partnership
Obama's keynote speech on foreign politics, held in Berlin / Germany on July 24, 2008 !




Next target:
McCain - back from the graveyard of history.


Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Merkel-Chavez:
Dunkler Engel gegen roten Teufel
Ángel oscuro contra diablo rojo



Im Vorfeld des Lateinamerika-Gipfels der Europäischen Union kam es zu einem verbalen Schlagabtausch zwischen der deutschen Kanzlerin Angela Merkel und dem Präsidenten von Venezuela, Hugo Chávez. Die folgenden Zitate aus diesem etwas rauhen "Dialog" habe ich, um die Authentizität zu bewahren, aus dem Spanischen ins Deutsche übersetzt. Sie stammen aus verschiedenen Quellen. Damit kann sich dann jeder selbst ein Urteil darüber bilden, wie dieser Konflikt zustande kam:

La cancillera alemana y el presidente de Venezuela se disputan en vísperas de la cumbre entre la UE y América Latina. Es la influencia de Hugo Chávez, político socialista, sobre otras naciónes latinoamericanas que no gusta a Angela ("angelito") Merkel, representante del partido conservador alemán. Aquí unos documentos que iluminan esta disputa:

1) Rahmenbericht: CNN online vom 12.5.2008
(spanische Website)


En declaraciones durante su programa dominical "Aló Presidente", Chávez dijo que recientemente, Merkel instó a algunos líderes latinoamericanos para que no estrecharan vínculos con Venezuela. Chávez estuvo a punto de lanzar más insultos a Merkel, pero se contuvo.
"Viene la cancillera alemana y dijo, ayer o antier, que los gobiernos de América Latina deberían alejarse de gobiernos como el de Hugo Chávez. Vaya usted señora cancillera a...", dijo Chávez antes de hacer una pausa. "Como es una dama no le digo más nada".

In Erklärungen während seines regionalen (Radio-)programmes "Hallo, Herr Präsident!" sagte Chávez kürzlich, dass Merkel einige lateinamerikanische Führer dazu dränge, auf eine Ausweitung ihrer Beziehungen mit Venezuela zu verzichten. Chávez schien dabei drauf und dran, weitergehende Beleidigungen gegen Frau Merkel zu richten,
hielt sich aber zurück.

"Da kam die deutsche Kanzlerin und sagte, gestern genau wie schon früher, dass die Regierungen Lateinamerikas sich von Regierungen wie der von Hugo Chávez fernhalten sollten. Frau Kanzlerin, machen Sie bloß, dass Sie weiterkommen zu ...", sagte Chávez und unterbrach sich dann. "Weil sie eine Dame ist, sage ich nicht
mehr ..."

No fue posible confirmar de inmediato cuáles fueron los comentarios originales de Merkel.
Chávez dijo que podría presentarse una confrontación con Merkel durante la Cumbre de América Latina-Caribe y la Unión Europea, que se realizará esta semana en Perú, y bromeó acerca de la posibilidad de que la canciller termine por pedirle que se calle, como lo hizo el Rey Juan Carlos de España durante una cumbre realizada el año pasado.
"Si voy a Lima quizás la voy a ver, y de repente le digo algo y se pone brava, y a lo mejor se va a parar también y... (me va a decir) ¿Por qué no te callas?", dijo.

Zunächst war es nicht möglich, die zugrunde liegenden Äußerungen von Frau Merkel zu verifizieren.

Chávez meinte, dass es diese Woche in Peru, während des Gipfels der lateinamerikanischen und karibischen Staaten mit den (Ländern der) Europäischen Union zu einer Konfrontation mit Frau Merkel kommen könnte. Er scherzte dabei hinsichtlich der Möglichkeit, dass die Kanzlerin so weit gehen könnte, ihn zu bitten, den Mund zu halten, ganz so, wie es König Juan Carlos von Spanien während eines Gipfels im letzten Jahr getan hatte.

"(Was ist,) wenn ich nach Lima gehe und sie vielleicht dort sehe und ihr unerwartet etwas sage, das sie wütend macht, und sie dann unter Umständen ebenfalls kontert ... Ich werde (ihr) dann sagen: Warum halten Sie nicht einfach die Klappe?(*)", stellte (Chávez) fest.

(*) Chávez würde Frau Merkel demnach tatsächlich auffordern, den Mund zu halten. Das bestätigt auch die südamerikanischen Quelle laverdad.com / Maracaibo vom 13. Mai.


2) Rahmenbericht: globovision.com vom 13.5.2008
(Radiostation in Caracas)
[Stellungnahme der Regierung von Venezuela zu den vorhergehenden Äußerungen von Frau Merkel]


"Sus declaraciones no sólo alteran la relación bilateral sino que ponen en entredicho la intención del gobierno alemán de querer estrechar los lazos de amistad con todos los países latinoamericanos y caribeños", declaró el gobierno en un comunicado.
Merkel expresó en una entrevista la semana pasada que un solo país, refiriéndose a Venezuela, "no puede alterar las relaciones entre la Unión Europea (UE) y Latinoamérica".
Además, subrayó que "el presidente Chávez no es la voz de América Latina" y recordó que el pueblo venezolano dijo 'no' en diciembre al referéndum que planteaba un proyecto de reforma constitucional.

"Ihre (Frau Merkels) Erklärungen verschlechtern nicht nur die bilateralen Beziehungen, sondern stellen auch die Absicht der deutschen Regierung in Frage, freundschaftliche Bande zu allen lateinamerikanischen und karibischen Staaten zu knüpfen", erklärte die Regierung (Venezuelas) in einem Kommunique.

Merkel brachte letzte Woche in einem Interview (*) zum Ausdruck, dass ein einziges Land, wobei sie sich auf Venezuela bezog, "nicht die Beziehungen zwischen der Europäischen Union und Lateinamerika verschlechtern darf".

Darüber hinaus hob sie hervor, dass "Präsident Chávez nicht die Stimme Lateinamerikas ist" und erinnerte daran, dass das Volk von Venezuela im Dezember "Nein" gestimmt hätte, als es in einem Referendum um eine Reform der Verfassung ging.

(*) Das zitierte Interview mit Frau Merkel wurde von der Deutschen Presseagentur DPA geführt. => laverdad.com

En su comunicado, el ejecutivo venezolano se mostró "sorprendido" por el hecho de que la canciller "arremeta contra Hugo Chávez" y realice "inamistosos comentarios" en vísperas de la cumbre entre la UE y América Latina que se celebrará esta semana en Lima.

In ihrem Kommunique zeigte sich der venezolanische Staat "überrascht" von der Tatsache, dass die Kanzlerin "Hugo Chávez angreift" und "unfreundliche Kommentare" zum Ausdruck bringt, am Vorabend des Gipfels zwischen der EU und Lateinamerika, der diese Woche in Lima stattfinden soll.


3) Kommentar von BLUEPRINT magazine


Als ich erfuhr, dass der venezolanische Präsident Hugo Chávez unsere Kanzlerin mit jenen konservativen Politikern verglichen haben soll, die Hitler und seine Nationalsozialisten auf dem Weg zur Macht unterstützt hatten, da war mein erster Gedanke:

Was um Himmels willen hat denn unsere Pastorentochter da schon wieder angestellt?

Der Vergleich mit Hitler erscheint mir dabei lediglich als ein reflexartiger Tritt gegen das moralische Schienbein der Deutschen, wo doch spätestens seit den Ausfällen des derzeitigen iranischen Präsidenten jeder Gegner im Ausland weiß, womit man die ehrpusselige deutsche Politikerseele am besten ärgern kann. Man vergisst aber oft nur zu leicht, dass jeder Tritt auch eine Ursache hat und macht dann den Tritt selbst zur Ursache und zur Nachricht des Tages.

Da Hugo Chávez, der mit großer Mehrheit gewählte Präsident Venezuelas, unbestreitbar die auffälligste Stimme einer enormen politischen Linksbewegung ist, die zur Zeit etliche Länder Lateinamerikas kontrolliert oder zumindest beeinflusst, sind die Warnungen von Frau Merkel vor dem Einfluss "solcher Länder wie Venezuela" nicht nur einfältig, sondern auch gefährlich, denn sie erwecken in diesen Ländern den Eindruck, als ob Deutschland voll und ganz hinter der imperialistischen Machtpolitik der amerikanischen Bush-Administration steht, was glücklicherweise
überhaupt nicht der Fall ist.

Bedingt durch die krassen sozialen Gegensätze in Lateinamerika, hat die politische Linke hier eine lange Tradition, die nichts, aber auch gar nichts mit dem erloschenen "Spätstalinismus" der alten Ostblockstaaten zu tun hat. Auch Fidel Castro als der Träger einer kubanischen Revolution konnte sich über Jahrzehnte hinweg der, zumindest verbalen, Solidarität blockfreier lateinamerikanischer Staaten erfreuen. Castros persönlicher und politischer Freund Hugo Chávez ist mit der Zeit selbst zum politischen Erben Fidel Castros geworden. Das ist nun einmal so, ob es einem passt oder nicht.

Weder die Jahrzehnte währende Wirtschaftsblockade der U.S.A. gegen Kuba noch die neuesten Ausfälle amerikanischer Politgreise gegen den betagten Castro oder den "linken Fackelträger" Chávez können diese Entwicklung verlangsamen oder verhindern. Und was bei diversen Aktionen der CIA gegen unbequeme linke Politiker Lateinamerikas herausgekommen ist, das kann jedermann in den Geschichtsbüchern nachlesen (Stichworte hierzu: Invasion der kubanischen Schweinebucht, Sturz des sozialisten Präsidenten von Chile Salvador Allende usw.).

Wenn man schon nichts davon versteht, dann sollte man sich doch wenigstens heraushalten und nicht, zu allem Überfluss, auch noch die abgenutzten Parolen der Bush-Lobby wiederholen.

Lo que la cancillera no comprende es la evolución del socialismo latinoamericano en los tiempos de la economía de mercado libre tras la derrota del socialismo europeo. Por esta razón no puede aceptar que hay dos fuerzas independientes en América latina a tenerse en cuenta.

Was nun die Ablehnung des Regierungsvorschlags zur Verfassungsreform Venezuelas betrifft, da sollte sich Frau Merkel einmal fragen, was man denn den Deutschen schon alles zugemutet hat: Von den entmündigenden Restriktionen bei Hartz IV über die Abschaffung der Pendlerpauschale bis hin zum Rauchverbot in Biergärten. Immerhin hat man das Volk von Venezuela wenigstens noch nach seiner Meinung gefragt ....

Como en Alemania hay tambien unas leyes que la mayoría de los ciudadanos no desean, no hace falta recordar que el pueblo venezolano dijo 'no' al referéndum sobre la reforma constitucional.

Und was den rauhen Ton der Auseinandersetzung betrifft, so sollte man sich eben nicht mit Leuten anlegen, die gewohnt sind, eine deutliche und provokante Sprache zu sprechen. Hugo Chávez hat hierbei sicher die größere Erfahrung und die größere Klappe. Außerdem läßt sich ein wortgewaltiger südamerikanischer "Macho" sowieso nichts von einer "Tussi" sagen, wenn er sich nicht vor seinen eigenen Leuten blamieren will.

Also warum, Angela, hältst du nicht einfach mal die Klappe?
¿Pues bien Angela, por qué no te callas?

Thursday, May 08, 2008

CHINA - Guarding the Games




Without much public fuss, China has established a special task force, designed to guard the Olympic Games 2008. After a short period of plannings, that anti-terror brigade actually came into being between 2005 and 2007. It is now reported to be fully operational. On March 1, a first report on the new Chinese task force reached Europe and was finally confirmed, on March 24, by the Chinese news agency XINHUA. Now, some more weeks later, that subject seems to be broadly discussed by other Chinese media as well while reports in English and French are still missing.
A nice example for interesting news "speeding around the world". By the way, I found the March 1 article in a German supermarket, owned by some Vietnamese and where they use Chinese papers to wrap up dried fish and vegetables. That about getting informed.....

Friday, May 02, 2008

MAYDAY 2008






from the dictatorship of the proletariat
to the dictatorship of the young cannibals ...
Click to the pictures and read the whole story !

Sunday, April 20, 2008

AFGHANISTAN - More Dangerous Than Ever

UPDATE April 27 :
President Karzai survived an attack of the Taliban that took place during a military ceremony where members of the government and influential tribal leaders of his coalition gathered. One tribal leader and a member of parliament were killed. (Report by AL-JAZEERA)


AP / Associated Press released the following news:

Friday, April 18 :
The son of General van Uhm, commander of the Armed Forces of the Netherlands in Afghanistan, has been killed in a bomb explosion, only some kilometers away from Camp Holland. Taliban said they always knew the whereabouts of the general's son.

Saturday, April 19 :
The Pakistani ambassador to Afghanistan, Tariq Azizuddin, who has been reported missing since February 11, is beeing held by the Taliban. That has been proven by a video, published by the Arabic TV station Al-Arabiya. Azizuddin was captured in the boundary region between Pakistan and Afghanistan only some days before the general elections in Pakistan.
At the time of his disappearance, Arabic sources already hinted at a relationship between his possible abduction by the Taliban and the arrest of one of their military leaders (Al-Jazeera, February 2008).

Sunday, April 13, 2008

CHINA - First High-Speed Train Launched

People's Daily online reported (April 11, 2008):
Tangshan Railway Vehicle Co. Ltd., a CNR company, launched three units of its high-speed train CRH3 that is supposed to reach a maximum speed of 350 km/h. Resembling the German ICE train (330 km/h) rather than the French TGV, each unit consists of 8 wagons (one first class, six second class and one second class restaurant wagon) and is intended to transport 557 passengers. In 2009, a total of 57 train units will be in operation.
Bad news for Germany that is trying to sell its brand-new magnetic hovertrain TRANSRAPID to China.

A series of photos, showing the new Chinese train, is available on the Chinese language site of People's Daily.


For further information, please refer to the English language site of the TRANSRAPID manufacturer.
Financial Times Germany reports on latest developments of the TRANSRAPID project (German language site).
Another German language site, showing the ICE system that seems to be more adequate for Chinese mass transportation requirements, can be found here: German Railways Authority.

Sunday, March 09, 2008

CUBA - latest development

On February 25, 2008, Raul Castro officially replaced his brother Fidel in a well-prepared "change of the guards". Though, Raul is president now, Fidel Castro will remain an important figur in the background of Cuban politics.
(source: "Euro News" citing "Cubavision")


First thing we learnt from Castro's Cuba after that change:
Following an invitation from Jaime Cardinal Ortega y Alamino, Archbishop of Havana, German missionaries of the order of Saint Benedict are going to found a monastery on Communist Cuba, a mission imagined to be impossible up to now. As Archabbot Jeremias Schröder OSB of the Ottilien Missionary Benedictines put it:
"The role of the church in society is no longer rejected in Cuba. It is again valued. The cardinal succeeded in achieving a reasonable level of understanding with the government. Thus relations with the church in Cuba clearly improved, and one might say, 'liberalized.' This development is also a result of the visit of Pope John Paul II in January 1998. A further impulse was surely the February 20-26 visit of Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Pope's trip"
(source: "Radio Vatikan online" and "What's New OSB",
March 5/6 2008)

Friday, February 08, 2008

U.S. Latinos Dying for Oil

Mexican activists opposing the war in Iraq
now revealed that a majority of Latinos from
Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras are among
the 3.950 officially registered U.S. casualties.
Source:
Telesur (Mexico) via Cubavision (Feb. 7, 2008)

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Bush on the Edge of Dying ?






Even "defunct"
Cuban leader
looking better !



Fidel Castro
with Brasilian
president
Lula da Silva
(Jan. 16, 2008)

Friday, January 11, 2008

US-Iran: Recession Fuelling Political Tension

Update March 26, 2008:
With consumer's confidence in the U.S. lowest since 1974 and jobs harder to find than ever, an even deeper recession is expected to come.
source: BBC business report March 26, 2008



War on Iran is
looming while
economic reces-
sion in the U.S.
is already under
way. The naval
conflict of Janu-
ary 2008 could
become an ex-
cuse for hostile
action
to be
taken immedi-
ately by a des-
perate Bush
administration,
even before the presidential elections to come.
While Goldman Sachs and Merril Lynch still disagree
about the actual state of a U.S. recession, not about the
fact itself, 3000 fresh troops are to be sent to Afghanistan;
troops to pacify that secret base of action against Iran
and to ensure logistic support for those bomber squadrons,
expected to deliver the first blow against Iran's capital of
Tehran.
President Bush who eagerly described the U.S. as being
"addicted to oil" and the Republican's most promising
candidate McCain who recently volunteered in a public
"singing out" of that old Beach Boys' tune in its moder-
nized version "Bomb, Bomb Iran !", both are now very
close to their goal.
Political tension abroad and economic recession at home
have always been the perfect mix to trigger off a global
conflict.

战斗伊朗的美军基地:
阿富汗
吉尔吉斯斯坦
迪戈加西亚岛

Friday, December 28, 2007

Benazir Bhutto Assassinated

The announcement of assassination:


AL-JAZEERA
(Arabic service)


AL-JAZEERA
(English service)


Pakistani TV
(quoted by Al-Jazeera)









Here now the complete story as published by
WASHINGTON POST.

A historic website on Central Asia, published
by BLUEPRINT magazine, can provide some
useful facts on how things developed in that
region at a very early stage.



Who did it ?


After having followed a discussion on Al-Jazeera TV
that was based on a chat between some Pakistani
activists claiming responsibility for the assassination,
kind of "confession" even doubted by a U.S. expert,
I searched active Islamic websites myself, however,
without finding any comment whatsoever on that
subject. So I've come to think, that Benazir Bhutto's
murder was a mere matter of coincidence and could
have happened any time and anywhere in Pakistan
while Al-Qaeda's main target remains president
Musharraf who didn't fall prey to even one of the
numerous assaults launched at him simply because
he isn't sticking out his nose when seated in one of
his bullet-proof cars. (Update December 31, 2007)


presumably
fake confession
by Pakistani
activists





"Musharraf is the one
who is trying to cheat
the Muslimic Nation
in Pakistan"
Bin Laden's deputy
Zawahiri in a video
dating from 2006


Update Jan.10,2008:
Pakistan's nuclear
weapons considered
unsafe because of
country's unstable
situation.

Sunday, December 02, 2007

Bin Laden - Latest Records - March 2008 / December 2007




Record from March 20, 2008


As the English translation or parts of it can be found elsewhere, here's the French translation of Bin Laden's latest message, hinting at possible consequences to the peoples of Europe because of their hypocrisy towards the followers of Islam. The given date of publication is only an approximation and corresponding with some Western media. In fact, I found the original material some days before when I was too busy to extract it at once.
By the way, there is a second message of Bin Laden that appeared on the same day and included an urgent demand of support for Palestine in its struggle against Israel.
Now, here is the French version of Bin Laden's first message considered to be genuine:

Au Nom d'Allah le Très Miséricordieux, le Tout Miséricordieux

Aux intelligents dans l'Union Européenne:

Que la paix soit sur celui qui suit la guidée.

Ensuite:
Ce message s'adresse à vous et concerne les dessins insultants et votre négligence malgré l'opportunité présentée pour prendre les mesures nécessaires afin d'empêcher qu'ils soient répétés.

Pour commencer, je vous dis: l'hostilité entre les êtres humains est très ancienne, mais les intelligents parmi les nations de toutes les époques ont veillé à observer les étiquettes de la dispute et les morales du combat. Et cela est mieux pour eux, alors que le conflit est en changement perpétuel et que la guerre a ses hauts et ses bas.

Cependant, vous, dans votre conflit avec nous, avez abandonné beaucoup de morales du combat dans la pratique, même si vous en revendiquez ses slogans en théorie. Combien cela nous attriste que vous preniez pour cible nos villages avec vos bombardements: les modestes villages de boue qui se sont effondrés sur nos femmes et enfants. Vous faites cela intentionnellement, et j'en suis le témoin.

Tout cela, vous le faites sans droit et en conformité avec votre allié oppressif qui - avec ses politiques agressives - va quitter la Maison Blanche. Et il ne vous est plus caché que ces actes sauvages n'ont pas mis fin à la guerre, mais plutôt, ont augmenté notre détermination à nous accrocher à notre droit, venger notre peuple et expulser les envahisseurs de notre pays. Et vous savez également que ces massacres ne s'effacent jamais de la mémoire des peuples, et les effets de cela ne sont pas cachés.

Bien que notre tragédie dans le meurtre de nos femmes et de nos enfants en soit une très grande, elle est devenue insignifiante lorsque vous êtes allés plus loin encore dans votre mécréance et vous êtes affranchis des étiquettes de la dispute et du combat et en êtes arrivés au point de publier ces dessins insultants. C'est la plus grande et plus sérieuse tragédie, et sa prise en compte sera plus sévère.

Et je porte votre attention sur un sujet important, qui est qu'en dépit de votre publication des dessins insultants, vous n'avez assisté à aucune réaction du milliard et demi de Musulmans, qui comprend une insulte au Prophète d'Allah, Jésus fils de Marie (paix et bénédiction d'Allah sur lui). Nous croyons en tous les Prophètes (paix et bénédiction sur eux), et quiconque nuit ou se moque de l'un d'eux est un mécréant apostat. Et il convient de préciser qu'il n'y a pas besoin d'utiliser comme excuse la sacralité que vous accordez à la liberté d'expression et la sacralité de vos lois, et comment vous ne les changerez pas.

Si oui, alors sur quelles bases se basaient les soldats Américains exemptés d'être sujets à vos lois sur vos terres? Et sur quelles bases supprimez vous la liberté de ceux qui émettent des doutes sur les statistiques d'un événement historique? De plus, vous savez qu'il y a un homme qui peut mettre fin à ces dessins, si cela lui importait: le chef de la couronne à Riad, qui a ordonné à vos instances de cesser leurs investigations sur le détournement de fonds de milliards dans l'accord d'al-Yamama, et Blair en a été le responsable, et il est aujourd'hui votre représentant dans le quartet.

Pour résumer, donc, les lois des hommes qui entrent en conflit avec les législations d'Allah le Très-Haut, sont nulles et non avenues, ne sont pas sacrées et n'ont pas d'importance pour nous. De plus, votre attitude pratique envers l'accord d'al-Yamama requiert que vous admettiez qu'il y a certaines valeurs qui sont plus importantes que vos valeurs.

En conclusion, je vous dis:

Sil n'y a pas de vérification quant à la liberté de vos paroles, alors laissez vos cœurs être ouverts à la liberté de nos actes. Et il est étonnant, afin d'éclairer les autres, que vous parliez de tolérance et de paix dans une période où vos soldats perpétuent des meurtres même contre les faibles et les opprimés dans nos pays. Puis viennent vos publications de ces dessins, qui interviennent dans le cadre d'une nouvelle Croisade dans laquelle le Pape du Vatican a joué un grand et long rôle.

Et tout ceci est la confirmation de votre part de la poursuite de la guerre, tout comme un test des Musulmans dans leur religion: est-ce que le Messager (paix et bénédiction d'Allah sur lui) leur est plus cher qu'eux-mêmes et leur richesse? La réponse est ce que vous voyez, non ce que vous entendez, et puissent nos mères faire notre deuil si nous échouons à venir en aide à notre Messager d'Allah (paix et bénédiction d'Allah sur lui).

Et que la paix soit sur celui qui suit la guidée.




Record from December 2, 2007


Already announced some days ago,
here is the latest sound record of
Oussama Bin Laden. I volunteered
to compile the complete message of
Bin Laden's speech from the English
subtitles to facilitate its reading.
Here it is (version française en bas):

"All praise is for Allah who didn't
create the Creation for nothing and
didn't leave them in vain, but rather,
created them to worship Him, and
intelligent people obey Him and
miserable ones disobey Him.

As for what comes after:
This message of mine is to the peoples
of the states allied to America in the
invasion of Afghanistan, and I mention
specifically Europe.


Peace be upon those who follow the
guidance:

It isn't hidden from you that the Afghans have tasted
the two bitterest things for two decades at the hands
of the Russians and their Communist agents. But they
persevered and fought and were resolute and victori-
ous, by the grace of Allah. And before their wounds
had healed and their grief had ended, they were in-
vaded without right by your unjust governments,
without stopping or think about or reflect on Bush's
claim that this invasion was a response to the events
of the 11th, although - as I mentioned previously -
the events of Manhattan were a response to the
American-Israeli coalition's murder of our people in
Palestine and Lebanon.

And it was I who was responsible for 9/11, and I stress
that all Afghans - both government and people - had no
knowledge of those events, and America knows that,
because some of the Taliban's ministers fell into its
hands as captives and they were interrogated and that
became known. And that's why the Taliban government
requested to produce the evidence for the truth of its
claims prior to the invasion, but it didn't produce any
evidence and instead insisted on invading; and Europe
marched behind it in that, and had no choice but to be
its vassal. It suffices as evidence of this your enter-
ing of the war and your excusing of American soldiers
from being held to account by the European courts.
For this reason, this address of mine is to you, not
to your politicians, as it is no longer a secret that
Blair, Brown, Berlusconi, Aznar, Sarkozy and those
with him and their like love to shade themselves in
the shade of the White House. And there isn't a major
difference worth mentioning between them and many
of the leaders of the Third World.

So to summarize, in this war you have combined
two injustices: The first is that this war was waged
against the Afghans without right. You didn't have
even one piece of evidence suitable for submission
to a court. Additionally, you destroyed the camps
of al-Qaida and killed some of its members, and you
captured others, most of who were from Pakistan.
So what is the sin of the Afghans due to which you
are continuing this unjust war against them? Their
only sin is that they are Muslims, and this illustrates
the extent of the Crusader's hatred of Islam and
its people.
Second, in this war, you have not observed the ethics
and protocol of warfare. Most of the victims - as a
result of the bombing - are women and children, and
intentionally so. You know that our women don't fight,
yet you target them even on days of celebration,
knowingly and adamantly, hoping by that to break the
morale of the Mujahideen.

This will not benefit you, however, for we are resolute
and, by the grace of Allah, the Glorious and Great,
continuing to take revenge on the unjust and expel
the occupying invaders. I have personally witnessed
incidents like these, and the matter continues on an
almost daily basis, and the hospitals are full of inno-
cent people.

You have no religion, morals, humanity or shame. And
for your information, the Afghan people are courageous,
defiant, jealous, honorable, religious Muslim people who
refuse humiliation and submission to invaders. And their
history is rich in resolve and victories. They fought
Britain in its glory days and defeated it by the grace
of Allah, and fought the Russians in their glory days
as well and defeated them by the grace of Allah. And
today, they are fighting America and its agents under
the leadership of the Commander of the Believers, Mulla
Umar, may Allah protect him, and under the command
of the Knight of the Field, Hajji Mansoor Dadullah. I ask
Allah, the Most High, to grant them victory and resolve.

In conclusion, I remind you that the American tide is
ebbing and that they shall soon depart for their home-
land beyond the Atlantic and leave the neighbours to
settle their accounts with each other. So it is better
for you to restrain your politicians who are thronging
the steps of the White House and work diligently to
remove oppression from the oppressed, for justice is
right and injustice is torment, and returning to the truth
is the hallmark of men of understanding.

And peace be upon those who follow the guidance."


Please note:
The sound record of Bin Laden has been released
by an Islamic media center, notorious for similar
publications related to al-Qaida. The original sound
track is available upon request for the use of public
security. As there's no need to chase me out of my
bed on a dark and cold winter morning, an official
and polite letter will do. - And peace be upon those
who follow the guidance.

Le dernier message de Ben Laden - 2.12.07
DOUBAI (Reuters) - Dans un enregistrement audio dont
la chaîne de télévision qatarie Al Djazira a diffusé des
extraits, Oussama ben Laden exhorte les pays européens
à mettre fin à leur coopération militaire avec les Etats-
Unis en Afghanistan (29.11.07).
L'orateur, dont la voix est similaire à celle d'Oussama
ben Laden, assure dans cet enregistrement que les taliban,
alliés de son réseau al Qaïda, n'étaient pas au courant
des projets d'attentats du 11 septembre 2001 aux Etats-
Unis, principale raison invoquée par les Etats-Unis pour
envahir l'Afghanistan. En plus, il souligne que ce sont
surtout les femmes et les enfants qui font la majorité
des victimes afghanes et que le peuple afghan a déjà
survécu les invasions britanniques et russes et a tou-
jours réussi à chasser les ennemis en dehors de son
territoire.

Saturday, November 24, 2007

Iran - a fool falling prey to U.S. imperialism ?

From time to time I get the word about undemocratic procedures within the Islamic Republic of Iran. A group of Iranian lawyers are launching such news, and I happen to be on their mailing list. Being convinced that there is much truth in what they say about a cruel treatment of those citizens not willing to surrender to the system, and being simultaneously disgusted by the way, official Iranian sources are dealing with the holocaust of Jews during Nazi rule in Germany, I cannot ignore the fact that the Iranian people are surely backing their government when it comes to foreign attacks on their country. Even though the Iranian society seems to be deeply divided in the frame of a conflict between secular policy and Islamic fundamentalism, there is still much patriotism to be found in Iran. Recent military and scientific achievements, though rather moderate, are acclaimed by the Iranian people, and Western counterparts should seriously consider to deal with an enemy difficult to beat in an open military conflict, at least much more difficult to beat than, let's say, Iraq or Afghanistan. Furthermore, Iran is situated at the southern frontier of Russia's sphere of influence and incredibly near to the sources of oil and natural gas that are fuelling Russia's economy. With a Russian president behind his back, rather inclined to deliver latest missile technology to Iran than to accept the installation of a U.S. defence system against a diffuse "nuclear challenge" in Eastern Europe, the Iranian president seems to be in a better position than the Western alliance against "nuclear proliferation" might even imagine.

Done with Iran ? Next target Baku oilfield ?
Nice satellite views for the NeoCons to see !



Update on December 4, 2007:
Now that a brandnew U.S. intelligence report confirmed that Iran gave up the development of nuclear arms as early as 2003, president Bush's attitude towards Iran and his obvious intention to wage war against its people becomes more and more questionable. What still remains is what many observers suspected for long: The NeoCons are
getting more and more greedy for oil !

Monday, October 15, 2007

Cleaning Up The Mess













In an interview with CNN the 2002 Nobel Prize laureate and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has disclosed the fact that Guantánamo detainees are being tortured. Even though everybody suspected it from the very beginning, we now have clearer evidence as Carter underlined his statement with the words: "I don't think it. - I know it."
Read the whole story on my Guantánamo page and the linked website by CNN.

However, its not Guantánamo torturing alone that is darkening the image of the United States. The phoney "liberation by bombing out the bad guys", as practised in Afghanistan and Iraq and surely soon to be practised in Iran, has requested its toll as well when it comes to U.S. credibility abroad.
BLUEPRINT magazine, having become specialized in such ugly subjects, now offers you its visitor statistics and analysis of visiting domains. You will be surprised to learn who visited BLUEPRINT in the past months of 2007 and why he came !

Sunday, August 12, 2007

Trading with China

The current pre-election campaign of leading Democratic and
Republican politicians has it that Republicans tend to accept
China as an ally, while Democrats are warning that China might
turn out the most dangerous adversary to U.S. economy. $400
billion in U.S. debt, held by the Chinese, are surely a fact to
support the Democratic pre-election position of, both, Clinton
and Obama. Seen in the frame of standard foreign politics, no-
toriously demanding further steps towards democracy in China,
this could make an issue in U.S.-Chinese relationships of any
possible Democratic President.
But the Chinese are striking back. In an article, recently published
in the Chinese online-edition of People's Daily, they state that the
U.S. exportation volume towards China has risen about 240% in
the last seven years to the benefit of U.S. economy, - another fact
not easily to be discussed away. Thus, all that verbal fighting bet-
ween high-ranking Democratic and Republican politicians might
finally lead to a kind of status quo towards China to the benefit of
both countries and remain a mere expression of U.S. pre-election
entertainment.

Sources:
1) CNNMoney.com - "The China conflict" - August 9, 2007.
2) www.people.com.cn - [U.S. statistics: U.S. exportation to
China increased 240% within seven years] - August 10, 2007.