[LAAMN] Killing Civilians Is a More Popular Than You'd Think
How eager are you, personally, to kill civilians, whether in the USA, or to target them for death in other nations? I may be wrong about the percentage of crazies I live next to, it appears it is many many times greater then I thought. It's now understandable to me why we can murder people through out the world, and so few in our so called Christian Nation, care, as after all, assassinating defenseless people is part of our heritage, it's in our TV, our schooling, and our Entertainment. We are the best educated murders in millenniums. - Scott Killing Civilians Is a More Popular Than You'd Think By Jim Naureckas Fifty-eight percent of both Protestants and Catholics say it's sometimes justified for the military to target and kill civilians. And 64 percent of Mormons! Only Muslims and nonbelievers more often than not say it's never OK. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34832.htm --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [LAAMN] Killing Civilians Is a More Popular Than You'd Think
'It is a sobering thought that better evidence is required to prosecute a shoplifter than is needed to commence a world war.':Anthony Scrivener QC: (Times, 5 October 2001, p. 7) You know your country is dying when you have to make a distinction between what is moral and ethical, and what is legal. -- John De Armond It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.- Voltaire - [François Marie Arouet] (1694-1778) How eager are you, personally, to kill civilians, whether in the USA, or to target them for death in other nations? I may be wrong about the percentage of crazies I live next to, it appears it is many many times greater then I thought. It's now understandable to me why we can murder people through out the world, and so few in our so called Christian Nation, care, as after all, assassinating defenseless people is part of our heritage, it's in our TV, our schooling, and our Entertainment. We are the best educated murders in millenniums. - Scott Killing Civilians Is a More Popular Than You'd Think By Jim Naureckas Fifty-eight percent of both Protestants and Catholics say it's sometimes justified for the military to target and kill civilians. And 64 percent of Mormons! Only Muslims and nonbelievers more often than not say it's never OK. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34832.htm --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[LAAMN] Free Syrian Amry-We reject any relationship with the Zionist enemy
Translated from Arabic for original go to url: http://syriafreedomforever.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%AD%D9%86-%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B6-%D8%A3/ Statements of the Free Syrian Army: We reject any relationship with the Zionist enemy Posted on May 5, 2013 The first statement FSA confirms that called Hassan Alrstnaoa, which appeared on one of the channels Alasraúlah under the name of a media spokesman for the Free Syrian Army is known to the Free Army which does not represent any party belonging to the Free Syrian Army. What mentioned said that the station represents the point of view only and is not linked to the opinion of the leadership of the Free Army categorically The leadership of the army free to consider the Israeli enemy that traditionally was still an enemy and will remain so until the liberation of all occupied Arab of براثنه dirty Long live free Syria father Mehmed director of the Information Office of the Free Syrian Army The second statement Chairman of the Military Council in Aleppo, Colonel Abdul-Jabbar Aqidi In the name of God the Merciful: peace, mercy and blessings of God today apologized for going to attend a symposium held at the Washington Institute for Near East Studies from the date of May 8 to 10 where he has been for me an invitation to attend this symposium and deliver a speech on May 9 in a panel discussion on the conflict in Syria and you have I decided to go after consulting many friends, but I was surprised today that among the audience, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and this is the reason for not attending the symposium - * * *Lebanon:The Shiite Split* * * *https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/reportsfeatures/the-shiite-split* --- *Aid and Refugees* An investigation by London's Independent on Sunday -- of $1.5 billion pledged by 42 states in January --- indicates that Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain, and organisations have failed to deliver $650 millionhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/exclusive-syrian-aid-in-crisis-as-gulf-states-renege-on-promises-8604125.html : ** *Saudi Arabia pledged $78m. As of 1 May, the kingdom was recorded as contributing $21.6m. The United Arab Emirates pledged $300m. It has given $18.4m. Qatar, which will spend tens of billions hosting the 2022 football World Cup, pledged $100m to the UN effort. It is recorded as delivering $2.7m. Bahrain, which last month hosted a Formula One grand prix at a recently built $2bn circuit, pledged $20m. There has been no recorded aid given since. Iraq pledged $10m in Kuwait; nothing has yet been recorded in aid delivered.-- --- * Syria Audio Analysis: The Significance of the Israeli Airstrikes --- Scott Lucas with Monocle 24http://www.enduringamerica.com/home/2013/5/6/syria-audio-analysis-the-significance-of-the-israeli-airstri.html inShare Monday, May 6, 2013 at 8:38 | Scott Lucashttp://www.enduringamerica.com/home/author/scott-lucas in EA Middle East and Turkeyhttp://www.enduringamerica.com/home/category/ea-middle-east-and-turkey , Middle East and Iranhttp://www.enduringamerica.com/home/category/middle-east-and-iran I spoke this morning, along with correspondent Daniella Peled, on Monocle 24's The Globalist about the details and consequences of Israel's airstrikes inside Syria this weekend. *Listen from 7:09 mark --- with my contribution from 10:20 --- onThe Globalist's homepage http://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-globalist/ or in separate pop-out window http://monocle.dl.groovygecko.com/m24/10600396.mp3* Take-away points: 1. A lot of the supposed information on the airstrikes --- such as Israel targeting weapons like Iranian-made Fateh 110 missiles or Israel acting without notifying the US --- is misleading or incorrect; 1. Everyone --- the regime, the insurgency, regime supporters like Iran, opposition supporters like the US, Turkey, and Arab States --- has to re-calculate strategy in light of these attacks; 3. But fundamentally, this does not change the calculus: is Assad going to help firm or step down? Are the opposition and insurgency going to be able to unify to help build international support? 4. The Israelis are trying to degrade Assad's military capabilities, which just happens to help the insurgents if they decide to make a push on Damascus. I also talk about Sunday's curious report that a United Nations investigator has claimed suspicions of insurgent use of the nerve agent sarin. -- http://www.maysaloon.org/ SUNDAY, MAY 05, 2013 Might does not make Righthttp://www.maysaloon.org/2013/05/might-does-not-make-right.html Again and again the Syrian revolution is
[LAAMN] #ObamaHandsOffVenezuela - Vzla Embassy Statement - We Are a Nation of Peace, President Obama
[image: Hands Off Venezuela]* * https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign *Hands Off Venezuela* @*HOVcampaign* https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign Obama's statements in Mexico are a serious escalation of the campaign against Maduro and Bolivarian revolution #*ObamaHandsOffVenezuela*https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ObamaHandsOffVenezuelasrc=hash [image: Hands Off Venezuela]*Hands Off Venezuela* @*HOVcampaign*https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign 22h https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign/status/331170734451851264 Obama recognised coup presidents in Honduras and Paraguay, refuses to recognise elected president @*nicolasmaduro*https://twitter.com/NicolasMaduro #*ObamaHandsOffVenezuela*https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ObamaHandsOffVenezuelasrc=hash [image: Hands Off Venezuela]*Hands Off Venezuela* @*HOVcampaign*https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign Venezuela calls for international solidarity faxed with interfering statements by Obama http://bit.ly/10hr0st http://t.co/mardHcLrrH #* ObamaHandsOffVenezuela*https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ObamaHandsOffVenezuelasrc=hash [image: Hands Off Venezuela]*Hands Off Venezuela* @*HOVcampaign*https://twitter.com/HOVcampaign @*VzlaEmbassyUS* https://twitter.com/VzlaEmbassyUS Statement: We Are a Nation of #*Peace* https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Peacesrc=hash, President #*Obama* https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Obamasrc=hash http:// venezuela-us.org/2013/05/06/we-are-a-nation-of-peace-president-obama/ http://t.co/zO3wqIAMiQ #*ObamaHandsOffVenezuela*https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ObamaHandsOffVenezuelasrc=hash *- Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the U.S. - http://venezuela-us.org -* We Are a Nation of Peace, President Obama Published on 06/05/2013 @ 1:28 pm In the section *CURRENT NEWS,News* | *No Commentshttp://venezuela-us.org/2013/05/06/we-are-a-nation-of-peace-president-obama/print/#comments_controls * *I protest to you because I will not allow the government and the rights of Venezuela to be insulted or disregarded. In defending them against Spain, a great part of our population has disappeared and the remaining part longs to deserve the same fate. It is the same for Venezuela to fight against Spain or against the entire world, if the whole world offends it.* * Letter of protest from Simón Bolívar to Mr. Irvine,* *Agent of the American Government. Angostura,* *October 7, 1818* The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejects with all the force of its Bolivarian dignity the statements made by the president of the United States, Barack Obama, in Mexico City on May 3, 2013. Once again, President Obama attacks the legitimate government of Venezuela which was elected on April 14 through a transparent electoral process, whose results were recognized by electoral accompaniers coming from the whole continent and other countries of the world, including the Electoral Mission of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) as well as by all the governments of Latin America and the Caribbean and other continents. By making statements such as the people of Venezuela deserve to determine their own destiny free from the kinds of practices that the entire hemisphere generally has moved away from, President Obama seems to ignore that during 14 years of Bolivarian Government, we the Venezuelan people have adopted an electoral system that stems from a constitutional recognition of the importance of this issue through the creation of a new branch, the Electoral Branch, whose governing body is the National Electoral Council (CNE). President Obama, please get informed. The CNE has been able to overcome the terrible practices that used to violate peoples will, and that the U.S. supported in order to have governments docile to its mandates. This was attained by establishing an automated voting system in which a voter casts his or her vote through a voting machine that tallies the votes at the end of the process and transmits the results to the CNE counting center. Additionally, a series of audits are carried out before, during and after the electoral process, to guarantee the accuracy of the data shown by the respective ballots. Similarly, you, President Obama, state that there are reports indicating that basic principles of human rights, democracy, press freedom and freedom of assembly are not observed in Venezuela. Although we are no longer surprised by such unfounded statements, we are obliged to respond with what the rest of the hemisphere already knows, which is that human rights are totally and absolutely respected in Venezuela, since the moment Commander Hugo Chávez assumed leadership of the Venezuelan State and proposed the composition of a new constitution possesses the most advanced catalog of human rights in the whole region. Since then, we have created several institutions to ensure respect for and greater access to human rights and new public policies that today allow all people living in this dignified country to have more and better guarantees
[LAAMN] The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 23
http://www.sabinabecker.com/2013/05/the-ironies-of-the-venezuelan-opposition-part-23.html The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 23http://www.sabinabecker.com/2013/05/the-ironies-of-the-venezuelan-opposition-part-23.htmlMay 6, 2013 Sabina Becker [image: maricori-miraculous-recovery] *They caught me!* Well, well, well, well, well. Who have we here? Why, its our old friend MariCori! You may recall how, the other day, she was wearing a whiplash collar and complaining of no fewer than four nasal fractures,http://www.sabinabecker.com/2013/05/the-ironies-of-the-venezuelan-opposition-part-22.html allegedly sustained at the hands of some Chavista rabble. And how she travelled to Colombia a short time later, to kvetch to the usual fascist sympathizers (and, no doubt, collect a huge cash infusion from the usual gringo bagmen.) Well, somehow, on the way to Bogotá, MariCori experienced what can only be called a miracle cure: http://www.aporrea.org/oposicion/n228281.html *As is well known by the right-wing press and the putschist channel Globovisión, parliamentary deputy María Corina Machado was the target of a supposed aggression. Strangely, no one knows who dealt her the particular blow that caused four fractures to her nasal bones, and in spite of the seriousness of the injury, she didnt have even a little black eye, as one normally would in such a case.* * A few hours after the incident, the deputy flew to the capital of Colombia. But in mid-flight, an amateur photographer, one of those who abound everywhere thanks to cellphones, captured the moment of a miraculous recovery, which has rarely been seen documented photographically: María Corina freed herself of the therapeutic collar, and her little nose was as straight and white as ever. * *Even so, the parliamentarian took advantage of the occasion to indulge in some cosmetic surgery which she had already put off for several years, due to her hard work as opponent of the Bolivarian government.* Translation mine. Gee, maybe I should ask MariCori what saints she prays to. Its obvious that she has much more of a direct line to God than the rest of us mere mortals. (Or at least, to Washington ) Meanwhile, MariCoris co-religionist, Julio Borges, got enough of a black eye for both of them: [image: julio-demands-recount] *I demand a recount of the beatings!* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[LAAMN] Daam Workers Party-The Israeli attacks on Syria serve Assad’s criminal regime
http://en.daam.org.il/?p=414#more-414 The Israeli attacks on Syria serve Assads criminal regime Posted on 06/05/2013 http://en.daam.org.il/?p=414 by Da'am Workers Partyhttp://en.daam.org.il/?author=1 A political statement by Daam Workers Party on the recent Israeli air strikes in Syria Daam Workers Party condemns the Israeli bombings of targets in Syria, especially in the heart of Damascus. This is blatant interference in the process that is underway in Syria, and it harms the revolution of the Syrian people: the struggle to topple the Assad regime and to live in dignity. Israel which has been occupying the West Bank and the Golan Heights for decades, and which conducts an inhumane siege on Gaza has no right to carry out an aggression which could lead to a regional war. The Israeli adventure plays into the hands of the Assad regime, which conducts a barbaric attack on the Syrian people with support from Iran, Russia, and Hezbollah. The bombardment lends a sheen of credibility to Assads false claim that the revolution is an Israeli-American initiative. In recent days the regime, together with Hezbollah, has perpetrated a horrible massacre in the cities of Banias and Kassir; this is part of a program of ethnic cleansing, meant to terrorize the population and quell the revolution. The Israeli attacks distract attention from these crimes, putting the limelight instead on Israels long conflict with the Arab world. This is gratuitous service to the Assad regime. The Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, which represents the Syrian people, demands international action in order to defend the civilian population and stop the massacres. The international communitys ongoing refusal to fulfill this demand has cost more than 70,000 lives, while the number of wounded and imprisoned is in the hundreds of thousands and the number of refugees in the millions. The worlds silence is destroying Syria. In the midst of it, Israel attacks without getting international or Arab support for its actions. Israels purpose is to show its strategic dominance over the region. It has nothing to do with the interests or the aspirations of the Syrian people which Israel never respected. The toppling of the Syrian or Iranian regime does not interest Israel. The struggle belongs to the Syrian and Iranian peoples, which pit themselves against Fascist dictatorial regimes. The future of Hezbollah in Lebanon is likewise the interest of the Lebanese people, which has been hostage to Hezbollahs sectarian ambitions. Daam calls on public opinion in Israel and the world to take an unequivocal stand against the right-wing Israeli government and to call for an end to aggression, an end to the policy of occupation and settlements, and an end to the attitude of refusal that prevents a peace agreement. We bend our heads before the Syrian revolution and its victims! *Massacre in Baniyas.* Though it was lost in the news of a massive Israeli airstrike in the capital, and lots of buzz about chemical weapons, this weekend there was a disturbing development on the coast of Syria, in Baniyas. The area is primarily populated by Alawites, however several some villages have a primarily Sunni population, and it appears that it is the Sunni villages that have been attacked. Perhaps more than 100 people have been killed in several villages. An activist has posted this summaryhttp://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rk5dui, excerpted below, which has links to four graphic videos, though EA has not yet been able to verify the report: * The campaign of shelling and massacres in Banias and its villages stopped today; however, the fear of massacres still continues among the people. Security forces opened the road today to the neighborhood of Ras Al-Naba' and Batraya. The smell of the corpses of the martyrs has spread throughout the city. The Red Crescent accompanied some of the people to remove the bodies, which led to the discovery of more bodies of martyrs, who were field-executed and slaughtered with knives (especially children). There is a huge number of martyrs who have not yet been documented. Regime forces dug up a large hole on the outskirts of the city as a mass grave for the martyrs of Ras Al-Naba'. The neighborhood of Ras Al-Naba'a and the village of Bayda are declared a disaster-zone and not suitable for further life whatsoever, after witnessing a campaign of ethnic cleansing of the Sunnis on the coast by Assad forces. Bayda Village shows absolutely no traces of human life. All the homes were burned by security forces and the Syrian Army buried the bodies in mass graves. Activists, however, continue to discover many new bodies unburied in the jungles of the village. * The Syrian regime has recruited Alawite militias to maintain security over Baniyas and much of the countryside on the coast. One man who has been hired to lead this effort is Turkish, Mihraç Ural, the chief of the
[LAAMN] Fwd: hunger action day 2013 sacramento
-- Forwarded message -- From: Frank Tamborello fr...@hungeractionla.org Date: Mon, May 6, 2013 at 9:03 AM Subject: hunger action day 2013 sacramento To: food-advoca...@aumlist.com ** ** *May 22, 2013* in Sacramento, California ** ** *www.hungeraction.net* ** ** *More information coming soon!* *Questions? Contact:* Frank Tamborello (Southern California) 213.388.8228 or fr...@hungeractionla.org ** ** *Each May hundreds of anti-hunger advocates from across the state meet in Sacramento to educate their legislators about hunger and encourage their support for anti-hunger legislation. This year advocates from your community will be at the capitol on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. With more than 3.8 million California adults struggling with food insecurity its important we speak out* *critical that these issues are addressed in 2013. * ** ** *LOS ANGELES HUNGER ACTION DAY INFORMATION: * · *Space is limited so reserve now 213 388 8228 or fr...@hungeractionla.org * · *Leaving on bus 9 am from LA on Tuesday May 21 (RSVP first)* · *Departing from St Marys Church 961 S Normandie Ave 90006 (you can park there)* · *Staying overnight in Sacramento : main events are on Wed May 22. It will be hot and windy* · *Leaving Sacramento 2:30 pm Wednesday May 22 after Hunger Action Day * · *Arrive back in LA approx 9 pm Wed May 22* · *$35 donation requested, no one turned away * · *Groups welcome from community organizations in LA, East LA, South LA, Valley, Westside, Pasadena/Glendale, San Gabriel Valley, Long Beach, Antelope Valley, and anywhere else!* · *You can also make your own travel arrangements meet us in Sacramento: still RSVP please* · *If you live in LA (City), election day is also Tues May 21. Vote absentee ballot before then!* ** **Let us know soon if youd like to participate! ** ** *Hunger Action Day 2013* [image: HAD 2011 Logo]**[image: CHAClogo]** -- JAI RAC-LA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[LAAMN] USC Students Claim Racial Profiling By LAPD At African-American Party (VIDEO)
USC Students Claim Racial Profiling By LAPD At African-American Party (VIDEO) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/06/usc-students-racial-profiling_n_3223462.html?ir=Los Angelesutm_campaign=050613utm_medium=emailutm_source=Alert-los-angelesutm_content=Title [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[LAAMN] Fw: David McReynolds: Israeli Attacks on Syria -- the dangers are very real
David McReynolds: Israeli Attacks on Syria - the dangers are very real From: David McReynolds [mailto:davidmcreynol...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 9:21 PM To: w...@warresisters.org Subject: Re: Israeli Attacks on Syria - the dangers are very real - memo to activists As one of the former heads of Shin Bet said, in the powerful and timely documentary The Gatekeepers, Israel wins the battles but is losing the war. The last thing which is in the long range interests of Israel is any further military escalation with its neighbors. And to the EdgeLeft list David I'm sending this to several lists, so some of you will get it at least twice - sorry about that. While at this point Israel has not confirmed the attacks, it has been reliably established that Israeli jets struck twice at Damascus, killing perhaps at least a hundred Syrian troops and inflicting heavy damage on facilities in the Syrian capital. The US media (and officials) are thus far supporting the Israeli actions and there is a general assumption that such a major military strike would not have occurred without at least some consultation with Washington DC. The Israeli excuse (if it is possible, really, to excuse two heavy air strikes at the capital city of a neighboring country!) is that it was concerned about the shipment of military supplies from Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon. It should not be necessary (but it may help) to point out that unlike Syria, Israel is, like the US, a democracy. And while that is true, it is necessary to point out that the US citizens have little control over our own military, having seen wars launched without Congressional approval in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. Wars which, while launched by a democracy have had an absolutely lethal impact on the people - men, women and children - in the countries we have democratically attacked. In the same way, Israel, an apartheid state, which has denied basic human rights to the Occupied Territories for decades, has conducted criminal attacks on the Palestinians not only in the West Bank but in Gaza, and that the very existence of Hezbollah in Lebanon is a direct result of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon some years ago. As one of the former heads of Shin Bet said, in the powerful and timely documentary The Gatekeepers, Israel wins the battles but is losing the war. The last thing which is in the long range interests of Israel is any further military escalation with its neighbors. One can assume that the Israeli lobby - not just AIPAC, the American Jewish Congress, etc. - will press for more direct US involvement, but that the Republican Party will press for more military action and Obama may well decide to give Israel US support and possibly to escalate US military aid to the rebels. The truth - not easy to find in the US media - is that Assad is not losing the civil war but, if anything, has been winning it, as the rebels come more and more under the influence of Islamist elements which, in power, would prove more murderous than Assad. This is a story we have seen before - remember the fall out from our support for the Afghan opposition to the Soviet invasion, and how those weapons were, in turn, directed at the US. It is urgent that local peace and justice groups take action to demand the US stay out of the Syrian Civil War, that it use its influence in the Security Council to denounce the Israeli action (fat chance of that - but we can urge it). Letters to the newspapers, letters (not emails) to members of Congress - and most important arranging to send community delegations to visit with your member of Congress when he or she is home on the wekends. I'm sending this out as widely as I can and hope that whatever other disagreements some of our groups have with one another we can be united in opposing further escalation of the Syrian civil war. Urgently, David McReynolds NYC -- ___ Rad-Green mailing list rad-gr...@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/rad-green End of Rad-Green Digest, Vol 116, Issue 15 ** [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn
Re: [LAAMN] Killing Civilians Is a More Popular Than You'd Think
Cecile gave permission to pass along her information on this - Scott RE: Guantanamo: Islamic Law PoWs: probably the best short account is Mohamed el Zeidy and Ray Murphy, Islamic Law Prisoners of War and its relationship to International Humanitarian Law, The Italian Yearbook of International Law, (2004), pp. 53-81. You can get open access online through Google Scholar. It's a little dry but it gives a pretty comprehensive account, including a useful summary of the sources and analytical methods of Islamic Law. The base sources, as ever, are the Qur'an and the sunnah -- the 'clear path' of the practices of the Prophet Mohammed as teacher and exemplar (hence 'Sunni' Islam). The specific source is siyar, an 8th C compilation of Muslim international and humanitarian law, which predates European international law and humanitarian law by 900 1000 years; and generally, with some exceptions, compares favorably with the Geneva Conventions. Thought this might interest you in view of your ICH forward. Cecile Author of Devil's Tango: How I Learned the Fukushima Step by Step available from Wingspress.com Repeatedly expecting a sane response from those who are insane is an exercise in madness. - Paraphrasing Einstein We Americans are locked in an asylum for the criminally insane with the criminally insane, and they are armed to the hilt. - Charles Sullivan Let your struggle talk. Iori Mochizuki, Fukushima Diary 'It is a sobering thought that better evidence is required to prosecute a shoplifter than is needed to commence a world war.':Anthony Scrivener QC: (Times, 5 October 2001, p. 7) You know your country is dying when you have to make a distinction between what is moral and ethical, and what is legal. -- John De Armond It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.- Voltaire - [François Marie Arouet] (1694-1778) How eager are you, personally, to kill civilians, whether in the USA, or to target them for death in other nations? I may be wrong about the percentage of crazies I live next to, it appears it is many many times greater then I thought. It's now understandable to me why we can murder people through out the world, and so few in our so called Christian Nation, care, as after all, assassinating defenseless people is part of our heritage, it's in our TV, our schooling, and our Entertainment. We are the best educated murders in millenniums. - Scott Killing Civilians Is a More Popular Than You'd Think By Jim Naureckas Fifty-eight percent of both Protestants and Catholics say it's sometimes justified for the military to target and kill civilians. And 64 percent of Mormons! Only Muslims and nonbelievers more often than not say it's never OK. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34832.htm --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[LAAMN] UCI Black Students Issue Demands on UCI Administration
In the wake of an Asian American fraternity use of blackface, UCI Black students are now putting pressure on Chancellor Michael V. Drake. See http://subversities.blogspot.com/2013/05/black-uci-students-speak-out.html dan -- Daniel C. Tsang Host, Subversity on KUCI now podcasting exclusively It's like Disorientation on the radio! -- UCI Disorientation Guide 2009 88.9 FM in Orange County/http://www.kuci.org dts...@kuci.org. Subversity site: http://kuci.org/subversity (not current) Subversities blog: http://subversities.blogspot.com (most current) Subversity archive: http://subvarchive.blogspot.com Subversity broadcasting since September 1993 Subversity Podcasts: http://www.kuci.org/podcasts/?ShowID=600 [if not working, try iTunes below] iTunes Shop: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=307838691 KUCI Full-text Archive: http://kuci.org/~dtsang/kucift.html By appearing as a guest on the show, guests agree that we can digitally post online, non-exclusively, audio of their interviews as well as archive them in a digital archive.. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[LAAMN] Responsibility for ones own actions, Quotes
Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so, whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose -- and you allow him to make war at pleasure. If today, he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada, to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, 'I see no probability of the British invading us' but he will say to you, 'Be silent; I see it, if you don't. : Abraham Lincoln. The problems of this world are so gigantic that some are paralysed by their own uncertainty. Courage and wisdom are needed to reach out above this sense of helplessness. Desire for vengeance against deeds of hatred offers no solution. An eye for an eye makes the world blind. If we wish to choose the other path, we will have to search for ways to break the spiral of animosity. To fight evil one must also recognize one's own responsibility. The values for which we stand must be expressed in the way we think of, and how we deal with, our fellow humans - From the Christmas Message 2001 of HM Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
