Re: Request for action from the administrator of this list[WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- on 7/7/02 02:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --- > > To the administrator of the Anti-NATO list. > > I ask you to formally take action to remove Rolf Martens from this list, > this person is just insane.. > > I found this answer to my last post on some other list...while I was randomly > browsing the web > > I guess you censored it and prevented the fire this guy wants to set from > spreading and you were right. > > This guy needs a therapy , wipe him off this list. > ... Il t'a bien eu kiosk;-) Ca t'apprendra, de prendre des connards pour de l'argent comptant. Son cas est au dela de tout ce que l'homme puisse imaginer. Pas de guerison. Ca fait 3 ans qu'il me casse les burnes... T' occupe pas, laisse le pourrir dans son coin. -- Salutations Quand, j'aide les pauvres on m'appelle saint, mais quand j'explique pourquoi ils sont pauvres on m'appelle communiste! X. Camara --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
World's ticking timebomb: Earth 'will expire by 2050' - Observer [WWW.STOPNATO.O
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- The world's ticking timebomb Earth 'will expire by 2050' Our planet is running out of room and resources. Modern man has plundered so much, a damning report claims this week, that outer space will have to be colonised Observer Worldview Mark Townsend and Jason Burke Sunday July 7, 2002 The Observer Earth's population will be forced to colonise two planets within 50 years if natural resources continue to be exploited at the current rate, according to a report out this week. A study by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), to be released on Tuesday, warns that the human race is plundering the planet at a pace that outstrips its capacity to support life. In a damning condemnation of Western society's high consumption levels, it adds that the extra planets (the equivalent size of Earth) will be required by the year 2050 as existing resources are exhausted. The report, based on scientific data from across the world, reveals that more than a third of the natural world has been destroyed by humans over the past three decades. Using the image of the need for mankind to colonise space as a stark illustration of the problems facing Earth, the report warns that either consumption rates are dramatically and rapidly lowered or the planet will no longer be able to sustain its growing population. Experts say that seas will become emptied of fish while forests - which absorb carbon dioxide emissions - are completely destroyed and freshwater supplies become scarce and polluted. The report offers a vivid warning that either people curb their extravagant lifestyles or risk leaving the onus on scientists to locate another planet that can sustain human life. Since this is unlikely to happen, the only option is to cut consumption now. Systematic overexploitation of the planet's oceans has meant the North Atlantic's cod stocks have collapsed from an estimated spawning stock of 264,000 tonnes in 1970 to under 60,000 in 1995. The study will also reveal a sharp fall in the planet's ecosystems between 1970 and 2002 with the Earth's forest cover shrinking by about 12 per cent, the ocean's biodiversity by a third and freshwater ecosystems in the region of 55 per cent. The Living Planet report uses an index to illustrate the shocking level of deterioration in the world's forests as well as marine and freshwater ecosystems. Using 1970 as a baseline year and giving it a value of 100, the index has dropped to a new low of around 65 in the space of a single generation. It is not just humans who are at risk. Scientists, who examined data for 350 kinds of mammals, birds, reptiles and fish, also found the numbers of many species have more than halved. Martin Jenkins, senior adviser for the World Conservation Monitoring Centre in Cambridge, which helped compile the report, said: 'It seems things are getting worse faster than possibly ever before. Never has one single species had such an overwhelming influence. We are entering uncharted territory.' Figures from the centre reveal that black rhino numbers have fallen from 65,000 in 1970 to around 3,100 now. Numbers of African elephants have fallen from around 1.2 million in 1980 to just over half a million while the population of tigers has fallen by 95 per cent during the past century. The UK's birdsong population has also seen a drastic fall with the corn bunting population declining by 92 per cent between 1970 and 2000, the tree sparrow by 90 per cent and the spotted flycatcher by 70 per cent. Experts, however, say it is difficult to ascertain how many species have vanished for ever because a species has to disappear for 50 years before it can be declared extinct. Attention is now focused on next month's Earth Summit in Johannesburg, the most important environmental negotiations for a decade. However, the talks remain bedevilled with claims that no agreements will be reached and that US President George W. Bush will fail to attend. Matthew Spencer, a spokesman for Greenpeace, said: 'There will have to be concessions from the richer nations to the poorer ones or there will be fireworks.' The preparatory conference for the summit, held in Bali last month, was marred by disputes between developed nations and poorer states and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), despite efforts by British politicians to broker compromises on key issues. America, which sent 300 delegates to the conference, is accused of blocking many of the key initiatives on energy use, biodiversity and corporate responsibility. The WWF report shames the US for placing the greatest pressure on the environment. It found the average US resident consumes almost double the resources as that of a UK citizen and more than 24 times that of some Africans. Based on factors such as a nation's consumption of grain, fish, wood and fresh water along with its emissions of carbon dioxide from industry and cars, the report provides an ecological 'foo
Re: Nuclear "waste" in the West Bank - should be welcomed![WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- on 6/7/02 05:44, Rolf Martens at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > *A little more* ionizing radiation than that which people in > most areas in the world (including e.g. the West Bank) today > are receiving from natural sources - a suitable, not too big, > addition to that amount - actually is *beneficial* for their > health, and by no means detrimental. ... Pt amigo, what do you smoke and can I have some of it? Are you under any medication for psychic disorder? Are under influence of spirits or what? BTW I can fix for you a sojourn at a place with some nuclear "waste". I am sure radiation will help you to clarify more your already clear cut thoughts. Unless you did it already... --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
International Law Seen at Risk in U.S. Fight with Security Council [WWW.STOPNAT
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/oneworld/20020705/wl_oneworld/1032_1025897704 World - OneWorld.netNews StoriesNews PhotosAudio/VideoFull CoverageAll of Yahoo! World | AP | Reuters | OneWorld.net | AP Features | NPR International Law Seen at Risk in U.S. Fight with Security Council Fri Jul 5, 2:39 PM ET Jim Lobe,OneWorld US A meeting to be held by major western nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in London next week to discuss United States opposition to the new International Criminal Court (ICC) will underline growing concerns about how the administration of President George W. Bush sees Washington's global role. U.S. threats to veto United Nations peacekeeping operations (PKOs) unless the UN Security Council gives its troops blanket exemption from prosecutions by the ICC are leading U.S. and European NGOs to take an openly critical stance against the Bush administration. The organizations have grown increasingly concerned that Washington is not only using leverage on PKOs to attack the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal, but also that the administration, emboldened by its unprecedented military power, is breaking loose from the bounds of international law and the post-World War II multilateral system. "The real reason behind Washington's blackmail [in the Security Council] is the most troubling," according to Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW), writing in the Financial Times this week. "An increasingly influential faction in the Bush administration believes that U.S. military and economic power is so dominant that the U.S. is no longer served by international law." While Roth will not be taking part in the London discussions, among others attending the meeting, sponsored by the World Federalist Movement and the OneWorld Trust, include Bill Pace, convener of the global NGO Coalition for the International Criminal Court; Pierre Sane, former secretary general of Amnesty International; and Elizabeth May, executive director for the Sierra Club of Canada, a major environmental group. The ICC, whose jurisdiction took legal effect July 1, is the product of the 1998 Rome Statute, an international treaty signed by almost 140 countries and ratified by 76. When it goes into operation at The Hague, probably early next year, it will have powers to investigate and prosecute war crimes, genocide, and other crimes against humanity. Former President Bill Clinton signed the Statute in December, 2000, but the Bush administration, in an unprecedented act, formally renounced his signature in May. While, at the time, U.S. officials promised not to "wage war" against the new court, their threats to veto UN PKOs if a blanket exemption from the ICC's jurisdiction was not forthcoming are being widely interpreted as just that. "As was clear at the time, the 'un-signing' of the ICC treaty by the U.S. was largely symbolic," said Fiona McKay, director of the international justice program at the New York-based Lawyers Committee for Human Rights. "As the ICC comes into existence, the U.S. is trying to derail it by attacking international peacekeeping." Over recent months, Washington has asked the UN Security Council to exempt its personnel attached to UN PKOs in East Timor and Bosnia from the ICC's jurisdiction. In June it warned that it would veto the Bosnia mission's extension, as well as other pending missions, if it did not get its way. Since then, the Bosnia mission's mandate has been temporarily extended three times--the latest to July 15--because other members of the Security Council have rejected U.S. demands, while compromises they have put forward have in turn been rejected by Washington. In a signal of its own determination, however, the Bush administration withdrew its personnel from the East Timor mission. Washington has argued that, because its military is so active in maintaining peace and security abroad, it risks becoming a "special target" for politically-motivated prosecutions by the ICC. But the ICC's defenders, including UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, argue that such fears are far-fetched given the numerous safeguards built into the Rome Statute, especially the fact that the ICC can take on a case only when a nation shows that it is either unwilling or unable to investigate or prosecute the case on its own. Others have noted that Britain, whose troops have served alongside U.S. forces in many recent military campaigns and PKOs, has strongly supported the ICC. Moreover, the U.S. demand that the Security Council exempt its peacekeepers from the scope of the ICC goes to the heart of international law-making, according to NGOs and Annan, who sent an unusually blunt appeal to Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday. "[The U.S. proposal] flies in the face of treaty law since it would force states that have ratified the Rome Statute to accept a
Bush hails NATO's eastward expansion [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- the UK Guardian Unlimited site To see this story with its related links on the Guardian Unlimited site, go to http://www.guardian.co.uk Bush hails Nato's eastward expansion Ian Black, European editor Friday July 05 2002 Ten former communist countries began a final big push to join Nato yesterday as George Bush and Tony Blair heralded the alliance's biggest expansion, due later this year. Meeting in Riga, the prime ministers of the ex-Soviet republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were joined by Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania for a celebration of their membership applications. Other hopefuls face a rougher ride: Slovakia will be rejected if there is a rightwing victory in September's elections; Albania, Croatia and Macedonia are unlikely to make it because their democratic and military credentials are not up to scratch. Formal invitations will be given to the successful candidates at Nato's November summit in Prague. "We seek a new Europe that has buried its historic tensions and is prepared to meet global challenges beyond Europe's borders," President Bush told the meeting in a video message. "Nato must prepare itself to fight and defeat terror. New members will help improve Nato's capabilities." Mr Blair's message also supported enlargement "on as broad a basis as possible". Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic, once pillars of the Warsaw pact, joined in 1999. The latest candidates, especially the three Baltic states and Slovenia - expected to join the EU in 2004 - have carried out far-reaching economic and political reforms. Nato's new relationship with another non-member, Russia - sealed with the creation of a new joint council in Rome in May - was designed in part to flatter Mr Putin so that the further enlargement could go ahead. If Nato does admit seven new members it will be the biggest change in the alliance's composition ever made. "We feel we are at the threshold," the Bulgarian foreign minister, Solomon Passy, said, "but we still have to open the door." Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: Click Here --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Nato offered bird's eye view of Baltic [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- news.telegraph.co.uk Saturday 6 July 2002 Nato offered bird's eye view of Baltic by Marcus Warren Latvia's tiny air force has little chance of shooting down a hostile plane. But, thanks to its new radar, it may enjoy a grandstand look at intruders as they fly over, a view that Nato, too, could be enjoying soon. A flick of a switch would plug the Balts' network into Nato's, just as Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will, they hope, later this year bind themselves fast to the West - this time for good. For the Balts this is a turning point in their history. Swallowed up by Stalin with Hitler's connivance, but now independent once more, the Baltic states have proved quick learners and even star pupils of the new, post-communist Europe. The Baltic states But this also marks the most significant milestone in Nato's shift from a Cold War-era fighting force and, as the candidate countries heard yesterday, many of them have much work to do to prove their fitness. A summit of the would-be Nato members opened yesterday in Riga, Latvia's capital, with the Balts frontrunners in the race to join the alliance in its next round of enlargement, to be announced in November. Senator Trent Lott, the Republican leader in America's upper chamber, offered the new countries optimistic words and a warning. Underlining Nato's change of emphasis since the days of the Cold War, Mr Lott said the September 11 attacks emphasised Washington's need for allies big and small in the fight against terrorism. But he also told the 10 candidate countries - most of which have armed forces far below Nato standards - that membership of the alliance would not remove from them the need to tackle problems such as corruption, anti-Semitism and suppression of the press that persisted in the former communist countries. "For the promise to be fulfilled, the ancient maladies must be eliminated," he said. On a military level, the Baltic states are making serious efforts to improve their fitness for membership. Recognising the hopelessness of investing in Cold War-era heavy mechanised units for a war they are unlikely to fight, the three have instead looked for gaps in the military market which need to be filled. Latvia - with just 5,000 full time armed forces personnel - specialises in mine clearance and field medicine. It may have no combat aircraft or ground-to-air missiles and only 18 anti-aircraft guns. But the screens at the new surveillance centre next to Riga airport display a glowing panorama of the region's airspace. One day that will extend Nato's view of the skies over Russia and the Baltic Sea. For now, Latvia's most effective way to defend its airspace is what Capt Andrejs Dudarevs, commander of air surveillance, describes as "diplomatic work", in other words loud protests at any intrusions. "Our airspace is very small," said Janis Sarts, a defence ministry official. "By the time an interceptor scrambles to meet an intruder, the intruder has left our territory anyway." Maintaining a fighter fleet would not be cost-effective, he said. But buying air defence missiles is part of Latvia's plan to upgrade its forces, a programme given the stamp of approval by Nato generals. The vision of waves of enemy aircraft attacking Latvia may seem far-fetched. But, as befits a country that bid farewell to its last unwanted foreign troops, the Russians, less than a decade ago, defence is taken very seriously. Unlike the founding members of Nato, national survival was the key issue for the Baltic states though much of the late 20th century. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, the Latvian president, regularly greets visitors dressed in maroon and white, the colours of the Latvian flag, with earrings to match. Magnificent crowns of oak leaves sat in the corner of some ministry offices this week, relics of celebrations to mark the summer solstice and reminders of Latvia's pagan past and its thick forests. According to Mrs Vike-Freiberga, speaking in her study in Riga castle, the occupation of the Russians in Latvia was "in the late 1980s close to achieving its goal of wiping Latvia off the map of Europe". "Joining Nato or the European Union seemed like a dream we could never conceivably realise in our lifetime," recalled Edvins Inkens, now a member of parliament, of the struggle for independence from Moscow, finally secured in 1991. "The maximum we hoped for back then was the withdrawal of Russian troops." But the real significance of the journey back into the European fold - the Baltic states are also likely to win EU membership in 2004 - lies in the chance it provides of reconciling the country with its past, most sensitively in the shape of the Russians who make up one third of the population. "For Latvians, it means they don't have to worry any more," said Pauls Raudseps, an editor at the Diena newspaper. "For Russians, it says that this country will not grow closer to Russia agai
Request for action from the administrator of this list [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- To the administrator of the Anti-NATO list. I ask you to formally take action to remove Rolf Martens from this list, this person is just insane.. I found this answer to my last post on some other list...while I was randomly browsing the web I guess you censored it and prevented the fire this guy wants to set from spreading and you were right. This guy needs a therapy , wipe him off this list. +++ Search Result 2De :Rolf Martens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Objet :Re: 1/2 A serious mistake, damaging anti-imperialist unity Groupes de discussion :alt.politics.radical-left, alt.activism, alt.politics.communism, de.soc.politik.misc, alt.politics.india.communistView: Complete Thread (5 articles) | Original FormatDate :2002-07-05 22:55:29 PST Re: 1/2 A serious mistake, damaging anti-imperialist unity [06.07.02] [This goes to some mailing lists and also to the Usenet newsgroups 'alt.society.revolution', 'alt.politics.socialism. mao', 'swnet.politik', 'eunet.politics', 'alt.politics. socialism', 'alt.politics.radical-left', 'alt.activism', 'alt.politics.communism', 'de.soc.politik.misc' and 'alt. politics.india.communist'.] "kiosk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote, on Fri, 5 Jul 2002 09:20:56 +0200 (CEST) to the ANTINATO mailing-list at HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK: >Don't take it personal Rolf, > >I will answer you: > >I am no newbie in the domain of anti-imperialism and I have >no justification to provide to people I never met "de visu" >in my life. The only thing I can tell you is that I was >personnally involved as a communist activist in support to >ANC in France during the 80's and am now directly involved >in the Balkans. > >I see no point in trying to promote such sterile discussion >on this very diffusion list; of course there are many other >places where this can take place. > >I see this list as "an information well" fed by "anti-impe- >rialists" and not "paranoids"...or adepts of what we call in >french "verbiage" > >I can on some points agree with you, however I don't want to >transform a news-list into a point-less battle field. > >What we need is solidarity, and unity on most crucial points. > >Please visit our site you'll see we are trying to promote >the diffusion of a novel movie by Michel Collon and Vanessa >Stojilkovic. We look for people around the world ready to >translate and broadcast this documentary. > >http://kosovo02.chiffonrouge.org > >Again Rolf, don't take it personal > >Friendly, Haha, you miserable stupid fascist swine and asshole-licking tool of the CIA. What *you* need is only, a good hammer blow to smash your skull and send your brains with a nice SPLAT all over the sidewalk. Or rather, that's what you *would* have needed if you were not just another of the many stoopid inventions by that stoopid US Thomas P. Murray cyber ghost constructor spy, and really one of the stoopider too, kioskibosk. Rolf M. Malmö, Sweden --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Preliminary Analysis of LAX Shooting and Media Coverage [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- > > From: "Michael C. Ruppert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 14:52:22 -0700 > To: "From The Wilderness " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [CIA-DRUGS] Preliminary Analysis of LAX Shooting and Media Coverage > > -Caveat Lector- > > July 4th, 2002, 2:45 PM PDT, (FTW) -- Earlier today three people were shot and > killed at the El Al ticket counter at LAX. Media coverage to this point has > not established whether this was or was not a terrorist-related incident. > There are conflicting stories. Israeli sources have told CNN they believe it > was while the LAPD and FBI are saying that they believe this to be an isolated > incident. > > What strikes me about all of the coverage that I have viewed today is that > there has been no discussion as to what effect this has had on the FAA and > airline flights throughout the country and the world. LAX¹s Bradley > International Terminal remains closed with the remainder of LAX¹s operations > in disarray. > > This is certain to have a ripple effect in ALL international air travel on > this date. Flights from all over the world scheduled to fly into LAX are most > likely being held on the ground from Paris to Beijing. Planes must be stacking > up on the ground. The ripples will have already disrupted air travel globally > and I am concerned as to what impact this will have on air traffic control > especially in the US. The longer it is before normal operations are restored, > the deeper will be the disruption to scheduled flight operations. > > If this is a terrorist action and I stress that this has not been confirmed > then a scenario that I consider likely is a disruption at another US airport > which might then effectively throw the nation¹s air traffic control system > into chaos. That could be the prelude to a significant terror attack of ANY > kind as resources are diverted and scattered from other operations. > > I suggest watching for any coverage of the effect of this incident on air > traffic control and flight operations. A press conference that just concluded > at LAX did not even address the issue. Why? > > The primary hours of concern to day are between now and approximately 7 PM > PDT, after which time national activity will have diminished greatly, except > on the West Coast, and press coverage of any attack will roll over into July > 5th. > > Mike Ruppert > > Publisher/Editor > > ³From The Wilderness² > > www.copvcia.com > > > > > --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
(One quisling down, [fill in the blank]... [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
to go? Just considering Afghanistan alone, the list likely numbers in the thousands, that is, if you discard the 'grass routes'. Then if you broaden that to include Yugoslavia and others bastions of quislingtry -- well, you can do the calculation...) BBC: "Qadir - a champion of Pashtun rights" [ The quote above is Gratuitous Imperialist Adverstising courtesy (though in large part, unknowingly) of the british taxpayer] The Afghan Minister for Public Works, Haji Abdul Qadir, has been shot dead in the capital Kabul. Government officials said Mr Qadir, who was also one of the country's three vice-presidents, was shot in the head as he left his ministry. He was attacked by unknown gunmen who approached him in a car. Haji Qadir was one of the most powerful men in eastern Afghanistan, and one of the few Pashtun members of the interim government. Correspondents say the killing of Mr Qadir will heighten concerns over the problems of establishing security in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taleban. His death follows the killing of the Afghan aviation minister and an assassination attempt on the country's defence minister Mr Qadir was the governor of Jalalabad when the Taleban arrived in the city in 1994. It was thought he had brokered a deal to stay there, but fled when negotiations broke down. Mr Qadir returned to Jalalabad after the demise of the Taleban to reclaim his governorship. He was involved in the Afghan reconstruction talks in the German city of Bonn last year. He stormed out of the talks saying the delegations there representing his country did not contain sufficient Pashtun representatives. Mr Qadir was also involved in a controversial crackdown on opium production in the east of the country. The policy had led to reports of corruption among officials, and clashes with farmers resulting in a several deaths and injuries. Violent attacks Last April there was an assassination attempt on the country's interim Defence Minister Mohammad Fahim. Four civilians were killed and more than 50 others injured when a bomb exploded as Mr Fahim's convoy visited the eastern city of Jalalabad. Last February, the Afghan Civil Aviation Minister, Abdul Rahman, was killed at Kabul airport in controversial circumstances in which other government ministers were implicated.
(One quisling down, [fill in the blank]... [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
to go? Just considering Afghanistan alone, the list likely numbers in the thousands, that is, if you discard the 'grass routes'. Then if you broaden that to include Yugoslavia and others bastions of quislingtry -- well, you can do the calculation...) BBC: "Qadir - a champion of Pashtun rights" [ The quote above is Gratuitous Imperialist Adverstising courtesy (though in large part, unknowingly) of the british taxpayer] The Afghan Minister for Public Works, Haji Abdul Qadir, has been shot dead in the capital Kabul. Government officials said Mr Qadir, who was also one of the country's three vice-presidents, was shot in the head as he left his ministry. He was attacked by unknown gunmen who approached him in a car. Haji Qadir was one of the most powerful men in eastern Afghanistan, and one of the few Pashtun members of the interim government. Correspondents say the killing of Mr Qadir will heighten concerns over the problems of establishing security in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taleban. His death follows the killing of the Afghan aviation minister and an assassination attempt on the country's defence minister Mr Qadir was the governor of Jalalabad when the Taleban arrived in the city in 1994. It was thought he had brokered a deal to stay there, but fled when negotiations broke down. Mr Qadir returned to Jalalabad after the demise of the Taleban to reclaim his governorship. He was involved in the Afghan reconstruction talks in the German city of Bonn last year. He stormed out of the talks saying the delegations there representing his country did not contain sufficient Pashtun representatives. Mr Qadir was also involved in a controversial crackdown on opium production in the east of the country. The policy had led to reports of corruption among officials, and clashes with farmers resulting in a several deaths and injuries. Violent attacks Last April there was an assassination attempt on the country's interim Defence Minister Mohammad Fahim. Four civilians were killed and more than 50 others injured when a bomb exploded as Mr Fahim's convoy visited the eastern city of Jalalabad. Last February, the Afghan Civil Aviation Minister, Abdul Rahman, was killed at Kabul airport in controversial circumstances in which other government ministers were implicated.
A serial killer infiltrated the British army? [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
[It seems that all is not well amongst the King's men/women]
[Courtesy of the BBC]
Surrey police are reopening an investigation into the mysterious deaths of two soldiers at barracks in Deepcut, seven years ago.
Private Sean Benton and Private Cheryl James died of bullet wounds in separate incidents while on guard duty.
The army said both committed suicide but an inquest into Private James's death instead recorded an open verdict.
{PRIVATE}The Deepcut death toll Private Sean Benton, died June 1995, gunshot wounds to the hest
Private Cheryl James, died November 1995, bullet through her
forehead
Private Geoff Gray, died September 2001, two gunshot wounds to the head
Private James Collinson, died March 2002, single gunshot wound And it has emerged that an investigation is already under way into the deaths of two other soldiers in similar circumstances at the barracks.
Both those were also put down to suicide.
Doreen and Des James of Llangollen, north Wales, now say they have heard allegations their daughter Cheryl suffered a culture of sexual harassment and violence at the Princess Royal Barracks.
She was only 17 when she was found dead in woodland outside the Royal Logistic Corps headquarters at Deepcut in November 1995.
She had been manning a guard post alone and had a bullet through her forehead.
Pte Benton, from Hastings, had gunshot wounds to his chest when he was found in June 1995.
'Conspiracy theories'
Pte Geoff Gray, 17, from Hackney, east London, died of two gunshot wounds to the head while on guard duty last September, while Pte James Collinson, also 17, from Perth, Scotland, was found dead with a single gunshot wound while on guard duty at the barracks in March this year.
A Commons committee has further begun a separate inquiry into the series of unexplained deaths.
Mr James welcomed the new inquiry and said there were still unanswered questions about his daughter's death.
Re: Afghanistan: Scores killed by SAS - Guardian [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- I wonder if it ever occured to him that his deceased adversaries will never, again, be able enjoy a similar pleasure? To: Peoples War <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copies to: Anti-NATO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Eireshaor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Anti-War <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Stasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:Afghanistan: Scores killed by SAS - Guardian [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK] Date sent: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 03:32:37 +0100 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "I'm looking forward to what everyone is looking forward to," marine Alan > Hazelwood told Reuters news agency at Kabul airport as he waited to board an > unmarked Boeing 747 heading for Scotland. "A cold beer out of a pint glass." --- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^
Re: Filipino Organizations in Canada: U.S. Troops Out of the Philippines Now! -
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- Stasi, Thanks for sending this! David O.Q To: Peoples War <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copies to: Anti-NATO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Stasi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:Filipino Organizations in Canada: U.S. Troops Out of the Philippines Now! - TML Date sent: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 03:14:04 +0100 Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --- > > TML Daily > CPC-ML > > > U.S. Troops Out of the Philippines Now! > > http://www.cpcml.ca/tmld/D32129.htm#7 > - Statement of Filipino Organizations in Canada, June 12, 2002 - > > As overseas Filipino workers, women, and youth in Canada, we meet June 12 > with a greater resolve to continue the Filipino people's struggle for > genuine independence and democracy. With the Philippines currently under > fire by growing U.S. military aggression on sovereign Philippine soil, there > is an ever urgent need to carry on the people's fight for true independence. > > Officially, June 12 is the day designated by the Philippine government to > celebrate the so-called independence that the Philippines is now supposedly > enjoying. For the people, this date marks the Filipino people's victory over > their Spanish colonizers of three centuries. The Philippine Revolution of > 1896 was the first-ever successful anti-colonial revolution in Asia. But > soon after the people's victory in 1896, U.S. troops invaded the Philippines > and the U.S. has since imposed its imperialist will on the people -- first > holding the Philippines as its colony and now as its semi-colony. > > Today, the nation's cries for genuine independence reverberate more clearly > and loudly among the people. > > Under the flimsy pretence of helping the Philippine military quell a handful > of rebels of the Abu Sayaff, ironically a group created by the U.S. Central > Intelligence Agency, over 4,000 U.S. combat troops have stormed into the > Philippines since earlier this year to open up the second front in its > international war against terrorism. > > In direct violation of Philippine sovereignty and territorial integrity, the > U.S. military is pushing its way throughout the archipelago. Now U.S. > military aggression is spreading with greater intensity outside of the > original combat zone into other areas of the Philippines, as far north as > Central Luzon. President Bush has even proclaimed that the Philippines will > pay for the death of the American held hostage by the Abu Sayaff who was > recently killed in cross-fire from the Philippine military. Even though the > Filipino people are already experiencing a high degree of militarization and > terror, U.S. imperialism is prepared to launch an even more massive military > campaign against the Filipino people. > > President Macapagal-Arroyo has been completely subservient to the interests > of U.S. imperialism by constantly and consistently siding with the U.S. in > its bid to maintain control in the Asia Pacific region by using the > Philippines. Macapagal-Arroyo continues the anti-people economic and > political policies of former regimes, and persists in the practice of > flagrant corruption. > > For overseas Filipinos, Macapagal-Arroyo's economic policy to pursue the > continued export of highly-skilled Filipino workers to industrialized > countries has caused greater hardship. In Canada, the Filipino community > experiences greater exploitation and oppression. With the worsening economic > crisis in the Philippines pushing thousands more Filipinos to migrate to > Canada, we face greater desperation. > > Clearly, with such a puppet president and the re-occupation of the > Philippines by the U.S. military, genuine independence for the Filipino > people remains unanswered. > > Therefore, on this June 12, we, as overseas Filipino workers, women, and > youth are resolved in our commitment to continue the Filipino people's > unfinished fight for genuine national freedom and democracy begun over 100 > years ago. We will not stand idly by as Macapagal-Arroyo shamelessly stages > a hollow celebration of Philippine independence while U.S. troops re-occupy > our homeland. We will continue to educate, organize, and mobilize our > community to struggle for our genuine equality and development in Canada and > to forward the struggle for a Philippines free from puppets like > Macapagal-Arroyo, free from feudal exploitation, and free from foreign > rule -- we struggle for a nation with true independence. > > U.S. troops out of the Philippines now! Out with Macapagal-Arroyo! Down with > U.S. imperialism! Long live the Filipino people's struggle for genuine > independence, freedom, and a just and lasting peace! > > Statement of: > B.C. Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines > Filipino-Canadians Against Racism > Filipino Nurses Support Group > Phi
The Land of the Free? [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- from http://www.japantoday.com/ __ The Land of the Free? D Gordon Hilton Is the United States of America really the greatest nation on Earth? U.S. economic might is truly staggering, and its military capacity is almost unfathomable in scope and brutal effectiveness. Patriotism runs deep in the hearts of its citizens, and individual freedoms are vigorously protected inside its borders. But under closer scrutiny these and other stereotypes perpetuated by Washington, Wall Street and Hollywood don't always hold up. The recent scandals involving Enron, Arthur Andersen, and WorldCom have shown that many of the pillars of U.S. economic strength may not be as solid as once thought. The concern is not just that these companies chose to ignore laws intended to protect shareholders and employees. The real scandal is that the U.S. government has been curiously lax in its efforts to prevent it from happening again. However difficult this may be to accept, there are obvious parallels between this economic-political scandal and the once and future Japanese banking and currency crisis. In addition to the noisy shattering of economic illusions, the perception of the U.S. military is also undergoing a slight reality-adjustment. Neither U.S. military intelligence, the CIA or the FBI could prevent extremists armed with only box-cutters from accomplishing the most heinous act of peace-time terrorism ever witnessed. And more recently, U.S. President George W Bush has been scrambling to reassure voters that despite the mounting evidence, his government had no prior knowledge of the Sept 11 attacks. Whether dismissing radar sightings of the Japanese fleet en route to Pearl Harbour or vastly underestimating the strength of opponents in Indochina, gaps in U.S. defensive-intelligence are nothing new. But when systemically ineffective intelligence is combined with what appears to be increasingly trigger-happy military personnel, the results can be as tragic as they are worrisome. Tragedy is clearly understood by the families of four Canadian soldiers recently killed in Afghanistan when a U.S. pilot ignored his orders and attacked his allies with a 225 kilogram bomb. It is also understood by the survivors of the Afghan wedding that turned into a bloodbath when a U.S. bomb found its way to the festivities on Monday. Sadly these incidents are nothing new and are becoming increasingly common. With the U.S. appointing itself anti-terrorism GloboCop, realism and not cowboy idealism would be a well chosen ally. Post-Sept 11, patriotism in the United States has also changed, reaching new heights. Cars are draped with the Stars and Stripes and proudly display multiple "God Bless America" stickers. Billboards posted along interstate highways urge the U.S. to withdraw from the United Nations, while the White House threatens to pull out of peacekeeping operations around the world. And in an effort to protect its war heroes from any possible war crime prosecutions, the U.S. is also boycotting the new International War Crimes Court. In this new era of U.S. isolationism, "United We Stand" is no longer a cry of strength, it is now a reminder of vulnerability. From interstate rest stops and cheap motels to swank cafes and downtown bars, this new vulnerability is clearly visible while the greatness of "America" seems harder to find. It is difficult to see "America the Beautiful" while standing in an impoverished Los Angeles neighbourhood, streets lined with urban flotsam and air dense with smog. It is also hard to understand "America the Free" while U.S. citizens only suspected of having terrorist links slowly decay in jail cells without due process or representation. And "America the Strong" does not seem manifest in the eyes of 19-year-old Marines, more interested in tattoos and football than the U.S. war on terrorism. The myth of "American Freedom" is also becoming much harder to believe. TV talk show host Bill Maher's "Politically Incorrect" program was recently cancelled after he questioned the courage of the U.S. military in Afghanistan. "We have been the cowards, lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away," said Maher. "Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly.". On the air since 1994, these comments were enough to prompt the cancellation of one of the few unscripted talk shows on U.S. television that epitomized the concept of free speech. It seems that even in the United States, freedom itself is becoming the most scarce commodity of all. Equally worrisome are the words of Bush in response to a recent Court of Appeals judgement. The court ruled that referring to "God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is an establishment of religion in violation of the First Amendment. Calling the ruling "out of step" with U.S. tradition and history, Bush vowed
Corruption on a HUGE scale in the west [WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK]
HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- Folks, Wannabe-management, yuppie, NGO-, pro-Reformasi- types constantly talk about lack of transparency, etc in developing countries like Malaysia while pretending that all is OK in the west where everything is supposedly "transparent" and "above-board." While their criticisms of such malpractices and abuses in third-world countries are valid, I don't see them saying anything about such malpractices like the Enron and WorldCom scandals happening in the west -- why the double standards? Oh BTW! According to some CNN representatives who gave a talk yesterday -- some of whom are also NGO activists -- NGOs are coming under pressure to operate in a more business-like manner, so I guess that in the future, we'll see NGO Inc. NGO Ltd, NGO Corp. NGO Sdn Bhd, NGO AG, etc. and people will be flashing around their business cards showing XYZ, Chairman and CEO, NGO Bhd and we'll have NGOs listing on NYSE, Nasdaq and the KLSE. My, my -- so much for "non-corporate," "do-gooder," "I'm not a part of the system" types. Under capitalism, there's money to be made even from the very poverety, misery oppression and injustice capitalism creates and either way, capitalists will cash in and get rich irrespective. Read on. Charles F. Moreira HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --- Published on Thursday, July 4, 2002 in the Guardian of London Corporate Corruption The Conflicts of Interest Driving US Financial Scandals are Being Replicated on a Global Scale by Joseph Stiglitz Of late, there has been much discussion of corruption in the public sector of many developing countries. It was inevitable corruption of public servants that, in part, made it important to privatize in developing countries. Advocates of privatization also lauded the private sector's ability to compete. But I'm not sure these private sector advocates quite had in mind the abilities that American corporate capitalism has demonstrated so amply recently: corruption on an almost unfathomable scale. They put to shame those petty government bureaucrats who stole a few thousand dollars or even a few million. The numbers bandied about in the Enron, WorldCom and other scandals are in the billions, greater than the GNP of many countries. With perfect information - an assumption made by traditional economics - these problems would never have occurred. With perfect information, shareholders would instantaneously have realized that the books were being cooked, and roundly punished the corporate officers. Instead, because of tax advantages and inappropriate accounting practices - which received support from the US treasury under both Republican and Democratic administrations - firms were encouraged to reward their executives handsomely with stock options. By this means, corporate officers could ensure that they were extremely well paid, without at the same time taking out anything from the corporation's bottom line. It was almost too good to be true: while executives were receiving millions, no one seemed to be bearing the cost. It was a mirage: shareholder value was being diluted. But it was worse than just being dishonest: stock options provided managers with strong incentives to get the value of their stocks up quickly - what mattered was not long-term strength but short-term appearances. Corporate officers responded to the incentives and opportunities. Over the last 15 years, executive rewards in America have soared, and so has the fraction of it which is related to stock prices - to the point where the fraction related to real long-term performance is quite small. Effectively managers have been discouraged from looking at these fundamentals. Incentives matter: but inappropriate incentives do not lead to wealth creation - they lead to the massive misallocation of resources, the consequences of which America is now suffering. Over inflated prices have led firms to over invest. More generally, when information is imperfect - as it always is - Adam Smith's invisible hand, by which the price system is supposed to guide the economy to efficient outcomes, may disappear. With the kinds of incentives that were in place in corporate America, there was a drive for the creation of the appearance of wealth, not for the creation of actual wealth. By the same token, auditing firms that make more money from consulting than from providing auditing services have a conflict of interest: they have (at least in the short run) an incentive to go easy on their clients or even, as consultants, to help their clients think of ways to improve the appearance of profits - "within" the rules. Analysts at investment banks that earn large fees from stock offerings may, as we have seen, have an incentive to tout the stocks, even when they have their doubts. And if they have a commercial bank division, they may have an incentive to maintain credit lines beyond the level which is prudent, sim
