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donderdag 3 juli 2008

Iran 213


Iran 212

'Hersh: Cheney ‘Privately’ Says He Prefers U.S. — Not Israel — Strike Iran Because ‘We’ll Get Blamed Anyway’
Think Progress July 2, 2008

Earlier this week, in an article called “Preparing the Battlefield,” the New Yorker’s Seymour Hersh reported that late last year, “Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran.” On MSNBC today, Andrea Mitchell asked Hersh if the U.S. was “planning military action” against Iran or “planning to support Israeli military action?”
“Oh, you know, how the hell do I know,” replied Hersh. “What I can tell you is we’re loaded for bear. And we’ve been looking at it for three years.” He then said that Vice President Dick Cheney “privately” is against an Israeli attack because the U.S. will “be blamed anyway”:
HERSH: If Israel goes — I’ll tell you what Cheney’s says privately, and whether or not you, how I know this is, — what he says privately is, “we can’t let Israel go because, first of all, they don’t have the firepower, we do. We have much more firepower. And secondly, if they go, we’ll be blamed anyway.”
Asked by Mitchell if that meant Cheney wanted the U.S. involved, Hersh replied, “there you go.” Watch it:

Though Hersh says Cheney only conveys this view “privately,” he has made a similar argument at least once before in public. On Jan. 20, 2005, Cheney went on the “Imus in the Morning” show and discussed another Hersh article about U.S. war posture towards Iran.
“Why don’t we make Israel do it?” asked Imus. “We don’t want a war in the Middle East, if we can avoid it,” replied Cheney. But, he said, “Israel might do it without being asked,” leaving the world to clean up “the diplomatic mess afterwards”:
IMUS: Why don’t we make Israel do it?
CHENEY: Well, one of the concerns people have is that Israel might do it without being asked, that if, in fact, the Israelis became convinced the Iranians had significant nuclear capability, given the fact that Iran has a stated policy that their objective is the destruction of Israel, the Israelis might well decide to act first, and let the rest of the world worry about cleaning up the diplomatic mess afterwards.
Asked by Mitchell if it was “possible this would happen before the election,” Hersh said he didn’t think so, but that what he thinks “means nothing” because “this could happen tomorrow, the president could have a bad hair day and say, ‘to hell with it, let’s go.’”


War Child

Van Warchild ontving ik net deze e-mail: "Beste Stan,
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Groeten, War Child"

Kijkt u zelf maar even.

De Israelische Terreur 408


'Israel reassures West: No Iran attack in 2008

TEL AVIV — Israel has signaled the U.S. and other allies that air operations to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities are not imminent. Israeli leaders have sent messages to several Western countries that ruled out an attack on Teheran in 2008. Israel told the governments of Britain, France and the United States that the Jewish state would allow for yet another diplomatic effort to halt Iran's uranium enrichment program. "There has been alarm in some capitals that Israel will attack Iran over the next few months or even weeks," an Israeli official said.
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2008/me_israel0292_07_02.asp
Voetnoot van Johnito:
Niemand zal het ooit toegeven, (en dat maakt verder ook niet uit) maar het wereldwijd in actie komen van bloggers, activisten en écht betrokken journalisten zou wel eens een klein vruchtje afgeworpen kunnen hebben. We zullen het zien. En ondertussen maar hopen dat Cheney en Lieberman niet op hun wenken worden bediend..
Meer over de Iraanse uraniumverrijking, en waarom het onwaarschijnlijk is dat Iran "de bom" nastreeft:
Natanz is enriching uranium to the 3% enrichment, which is used for power production. Despite stringent IAEA inspections, there is no evidence that Iran is enriching uranium to the 98% enrichment required for nuclear weapons. It does not matter how much 3% uranium you have, you cannot make a bomb with it. - Michael Rivero

Zie: http://johnito.blogspot.com/2008/07/iran-is-nit-het-agressieve-kamp.html

Wat ik interessant vind is deze zin: 'that the Jewish state would allow for yet another diplomatic effort.' Wij leven in een wereld waarin de "joodse staat" de wereld toestaat nog eenmaal een diplomatieke poging te wagen. 4 miljoen joods Israeli's waarschuwen de mensheid nog 1 keer. En het Westen accepteert deze chantage van een nucleaire staat.

De Israelische Terreur 407


Name: Ezzat H Age at incident: 10 Date of incident: 11 June 2008 Location: Sanniriya, Qalqiliya Accusation: None
Defence for Children bericht: '10-year-old subjected to torture by Israeli soldiers
A 10-year-old boy was subjected to physical abuse amounting to torture for 2.5 hours by Israeli soldiers who stormed his family’s shop on 11 June, seeking information on the location of a handgun. The boy was repeatedly beaten, slapped and punched in the head and stomach, forced to hold a stress position for half and hour, and threatened. He was deeply shocked and lost two molar teeth as a result of the assault.
On Wednesday 11 June 2008, at around 10:30am, 10-year-old Ezzat, his brother Makkawi (7) and sister Lara (8) were in their father’s shop selling animal feed and eggs in the village of Sanniriya, near the West Bank city of Qalqiliya. The children were suddenly startled to see two Israeli soldiers storm in to the shop. Interrogation and abuse in the shop One soldier wearing a black T-shirt started shouting in a loud, menacing voice in Arabic, “your father sent us to you to collect his gun”. A terrified Ezzat responded, “My father does not own a gun”. The soldier responded by slapping Ezzat hard across the right cheek and his brother Makawi across his face. The soldier then ordered Makkawi and Lara to leave the shop. Once the younger children had left the soldier demanded once again that Ezzat hand over his father’s gun. Although Ezzat repeated that his father did not own a gun the soldier ordered him to search for it in the sacks containing the animal feed. Ezzat kept insisting that there was no gun in the shop so the soldier slapped him once again, this time across his left cheek. One of Ezzat’s friends, realising that something was wrong, tried to enter the shop but was kicked by the soldier standing at the door and prevented from entering. Soon a group of local people had gathered outside the shop. Some of the people in the group also tried to enter the shop but were prevented from doing so by the soldier at the door. The soldier in the black T-shirt asked him once again to produce the gun. Ezzat answered, “We do not have anything”. The soldier responded by punching him hard in the stomach causing Ezzat to fall over on to empty egg boxes. Ezzat started screaming and crying out from pain and fear. The soldier in the black T-shirt started making fun of Ezzat and imitated him crying. Ezzat remained in the shop alone with the soldiers for a further 15 minutes when the soldier in black abruptly grabbed him by his T-shirt and dragged him out of the shop. Ezzat asked the soldier if he could lock up his father’s shop but the soldier said he wanted it to remain open so that it could be robbed. The soldier also threatened to put Ezzat in his jeep and take him away. Once they were out of the shop, Ezzat was ordered to walk in front of the soldiers to his house, whilst a gun was pointed at his back. The soldiers hit him several times on the nape along the way. On approaching his house Ezzat saw many Israeli military officials surrounding the house and a number of green military vehicles parked outside. One of the olive coloured jeeps had the word “police” written on it. Interrogation and abuse in the home After arriving at the family’s home the soldier in the black T-shirt stood Ezzat in the yard and ordered him to search the flower basin for the gun. Before Ezzat had a chance to respond the soldier slapped him so violently that Ezzat fell down face first into the basin. Without giving him the chance to stand up the soldier grabbed him by his T-shirt and lifted him up roughly. He was then instructed in Arabic by another soldier to head to the guestroom. On approaching the guestroom Ezzat could see his father standing by the door. The soldier slapped him on the neck and Ezzat fell to the ground. As Ezzat stood up the soldier slapped him a second time making him fall to the ground once again. All this happened in front of his father. He then grabbed Ezzat by his T-shirt and lifted him in to the air. The soldier told Ezzat’s father that he was going to take his son to prison. He also threatened to take Ezzat’s 19-year-old sister to prison. Ezzat was then pushed forcibly in to the guest room where his mother and four of his other siblings including his sisters Diana (19), Raghda (18), (Aya) 15 and brother Jihad (3), were being held. His mother was crying. Ezzat was also crying and when asked by his mother why he was crying, he said it was because he had been hit by the soldiers. His mother asked the soldiers to stop beating her son and to beat her instead. After several minutes Ezzat was taken out of the guestroom and slapped several times by the soldier in black, once so hard that he fell to the ground. After being moved to several locations in the house Ezzat was told to stay in the boys’ bedroom. The same soldier then left the room but would return every five minutes to slap Ezzat and also to punch him several times in the stomach. Each time this took place Ezzat would shout and scream out in pain and burst in to tears. The soldier would then imitate him and make fun of him. The soldier hit him around six times. Destruction of property and use of stress positions .'
En nu in de gaten houden welke Nederlandse commerciele massamedia hier aandacht aan besteden. Was dit gebeurt met joods Israelische kinderen dan was dit uitgebreid gemeld, dat spreekt, maar Arabische kinderen zijn in de ogen van mijn collega's toch van minder belang. Het is een vorm van racisme die onbesproken blijft.

woensdag 2 juli 2008

Iran 211

'Iran "Seriously Considering" New Nuclear Offer

Tuesday 01 July 2008 United Nations -

Iran's senior diplomat said Tuesday that Tehran was seriously considering a new offer from six world powers to resolve the dispute over its nuclear program, and he praised the package as "constructive."
The unusually positive remarks by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki to a small group of reporters raised hope that a negotiated solution can be found to defuse the crisis.
The U.N. Security Council has demanded that Iran suspend the enrichment of uranium that can be used for nuclear weapons, and the Bush administration has refused direct talks with Iran until it meets that condition.
During a 90-minute luncheon at Iran's United Nations mission, Mottaki dismissed the growing speculation that Israel or the United States will strike at Iran's nuclear facilities during President Bush's last six months in office.
He described news reports to that effect as part of a long-running campaign of "psychological warfare."
The chance that Israel will attack Iran "is almost nil," Mottaki said. As for a U.S. strike, he said there was little public support in this country for a new conflict. "The consequences of such an attack cannot be predicted," he said.
Yet there are signs of intensified debate within Iran's leadership about its nuclear program. Iran has long said that it has an inalienable right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes. But Mottaki declined three opportunities to reiterate that position Tuesday, indicating that Iran is weighing its options.
"We are seriously and carefully examining" the proposal, Mottaki said.
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, conveyed the offer to Tehran two weeks ago. It essentially repackages a two-year-old proposal by Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States to give Iran political, economic and security rewards if it "verifiably suspends its enrichment-related and reprocessing activities."
Mottaki said that in addition to delivering the six-page offer, Solana made unspecified assurances to Iran's leadership. "We saw the potential for a new balance," he said.
Iran made its own proposal to ease the crisis in May, but it didn't mention ceasing uranium enrichment. Several compromises have been floated. In one, negotiations would get under way, with the enrichment question the first item on the agenda. It's unclear whether Bush would sign on to such a deal.'

Lees verder: http://www.truthout.org/article/iran-seriously-considering-new-nuclear-offer

Jim Sinclair 3


Jim Sinclair, een grote Amerikaanse goudhandelaar, die ik een jaar of vijf geleden interviewde e-mailde dit:


'Re: Chairman's Corner - Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Title: Not the Usual Soothing Words From the Treasury Secretary

Author: Jim Sinclair

Dear Friends,


Today the Secretary of the Treasury discussed the following points: Point 1: International regulations are draconian, with central banks now becoming the regulators to stabilize markets. Under proposed new regulations the new regulators will have the right and obligation to take over all types of banks and international investment banks when required without the usual procedures.Translation: This is it! The OTC derivative meltdown is far from over or under control. The history of central bank's judgment of markets is probably the worst anywhere. In retrospect, central banks have always caused the bubbles and breaks.Point 2: The Secretary sees economic activity in the Euro zone weakening.Translation: "Dear ECB: Please do not raise rates." Good luck on that one. Point 3: We are going through a rough patch in business.Translation: It is going to get really bad out there. Put on a hard hat if you walk close to any building in which financial entities exist.'

And Still the EU Refuses To Finance the Jewish Stat3

Earth Hippy  🌎🕊️💚 @hippyygoat WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU…. This is what the Israeli guards said to Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh the moment he arr...