'AFPAK' War Photo Archive from Cryptome:
http://cryptome.org/info/afpak-archive/afpak-archive.htm
The former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, has registered to run in the country's congressional elections next year.
The 80-year-old has failed twice before in her bid to run for the office of president.
This time she is seeking to become a member of congress representing Ilocos Norte, the home of her late husband - dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
The Marcos' reigned the Philippines for two decades and are accused of looting billions of dollars.
While there are still cases pending against the former first lady, she remains a popular figure, particularly amongst the poor.
Current president Gloria Arroyo is also seeking a congressional seat, while boxing champ Manny Pacquiao is hoping to turn around his losses from the 2007 election.
A total of close to 100 people are vying for the presidency.
But there are only a handful of real contenders, including Benigno Aquino, the son of the late president Corazon Aquino, and convicted former president Joseph Estrada.
Somalia Independent News Agency:
http://www.sominaonline.com/english.php
Seychelles-based Spanish Trawlers using UK mercenaries to fish illegally off Somalia:
http://insidesomalia.org/200910192522/News/Human-Rights/Spanish-Trawlers-are-using-UK-mercenaries-to-fish-illegally-off-Somalia.html
UAE charts a new path with US nuclear deal
The country hopes to develop a model, peaceful nuclear energy programme
By Ahmed A. Namatalla, Staff Reporter
Published: 00:00 December 2, 2009
Ten months after the signing of a nuclear cooperation agreement with the United States, few doubts remain about the determination of the UAE to build the first commercially viable nuclear power plants in the Middle East.
A lot has happened since the signing. The agreement has cleared the US Congress and received the approval of the UAE Cabinet. A new nuclear energy law has been issued by the government, a federal safety regulator has been put in place and selection of a consortium to build three power plants at an estimated cost of $41 billion (Dh151 billion) has become eminent.
Known as a 123 Agreement, the document was signed just five days before US president Barack Obama took office in January. It allows American companies to participate in building the UAE's nuclear power infrastructure with minimal bureaucratic interference. In exchange, the UAE has given unprecedented guarantees its programme will only be used for peaceful purposes. It is a balance that has won much support from the governments of both sides but one that must be continually defended if the UAE is to succeed in bringing its first reactor online by 2017.
Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Osama Bin Laden:
"I think now, frankly, he is dead..." (CNN interview)
http://www.inteldaily.com/news/173/ARTICLE/12954/2009-12-02.html
Pilots for 9/11 Truth: Pentagon aircraft hijack impossibleFlight deck door closed for entire flight
Newly decoded data provided by an independent researcher and computer programmer from Australia exposes alarming evidence that the reported hijacking aboard American Airlines Flight 77 was impossible to have existed. A data parameter labeled "FLT DECK DOOR", cross checks with previously decoded data obtained by Pilots For 9/11 Truth from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) through the Freedom Of Information Act.
On the morning of September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 77 departed Dulles International Airport bound for Los Angeles at 8:20 am Eastern Time. According to reports and data, a hijacking took place between 08:50:54 and 08:54:11[1] in which the hijackers allegedly crashed the aircraft into the Pentagon at 09:37:45. Reported by CNN, according to Ted Olson, wife Barbara Olson had called him from the reported flight stating, "...all passengers and flight personnel, including the pilots, were herded to the back of the plane by armed hijackers..."[2]. However, according to Flight Data provided by the NTSB, the Flight Deck Door was never opened in flight. How were the hijackers able to gain access to the cockpit, remove the pilots, and navigate the aircraft to the Pentagon if the Flight Deck Door remained closed?[3]
Founded in August 2006, Pilots For 9/11 Truth is a growing organization of aviation professionals from around the globe. The organization has analyzed Data provided by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for the Pentagon Attack, the events in Shanksville, PA and the World Trade Center attack. The data does not support the government story. The NTSB/FBI refuse to comment. Pilots For 9/11 Truth do not offer theory or point blame at this point in time. However, there is a growing mountain of conflicting information and data in which government agencies and officials along with Mainstream Media refuse to acknowledge. Pilots For 9/11 Truth Core member list continues to grow.
http://pilotsfor911truth.org/core.html
http://pilotsfor911truth.org/join to join.
Hijacker Timeline - http://pilotsfor911truth.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=17
Sri Lanka’s ex-military chief announces presidential candidacyBy Panini Wijesiriwardena
2 December 2009
After weeks of behind-the-scenes manoeuvring with opposition parties, Sri Lanka’s former top general Sarath Fonseka announced on Sunday that he would stand in the presidential poll slated for January 26. Fonseka’s candidature marks the direct entry of the military into the political life of the island.
KASHMIR:
The BBC's Altaf Hussain in Srinagar says that most militant groups are based in Pakistan or Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
In fact, in the last few years they seem to have taken the lead, shifting the ideological emphasis of the movement from a nationalistic and secularist one to an Islamic one.
(More at link)
Kashmir dispute, Q+A:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2739993.stm
Chechnya: Who are we fighting with?
by Andrei Soldatov
Ramzan Kadyrov announced that in the next several days, the counter terrorism operations in Chechnya will be declared complete; a few days later the Kremlin declared that the counterterrorist operation in Chechnya was over. In order to understand what is, in the opinion of the Kremlin and Kadyrov, now concluded, one would do well to know what the Russian forces and special services have been dealing with in Chechnya since October of 1999, when the counterterrorism operation officially began. The operation was presented as a response to the invasion of militants into Dagestan and the bombing of buildings in Volgodansk, Buynaksk, and Moscow.
Counterterrorism operations were not exactly another front against al-Qaeda: Chechnya proved to be independent of the Global Jihad. In Chechnya there were foreign mercenaries and foreign funds which were provided as war funds, but Chechnya still did not become a base for international terrorism. The reason for this was within the Jihadist movement: instead of going to Chechnya after Afghanistan (where the Mujahedeen were involved in 1992 in Kabul, when it was hinted that, the services of “Brothers” were no longer needed), rallying around the Egyptians from the “Islamic Jihad” and “al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya,” the Arabs which in the years following would make up the framework for al-Qaeda went to Bosnia.
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Published in Ezhednevny Journal 01.04.2009
HONDURAS:
Honduras elect new President, Profirio Lobo, 30th November:
12th December 2009
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reaffirmed on Tuesday that he will not agree to have any conversations with Honduras' president-elect Porfirio Lobo and that his country will not recognize the new government.
The Brazilian president made the statement in Portugal where he was participating in the 19th Ibero-American Summit.
President Lula said that legitimating the elections in Honduras would threaten the democracy in Central and Latin America.
On Monday, the Honduran president-elect said he wished to discuss his country's political situation with President Lula, who was firm in his position that Brazil will not make any concession to the Honduran regime that deposed elected President Manuel Zelaya in June.
10 most recent videos from TheRealNews.com - Honduras, Copenhagen etc
John Perkins, Economic Hitman ~ DemocracyNow!
Condemnation around the world for Swiss vote to ban minarets
02 December 2009
Political leaders around the world, especially in Muslim countries, have condemned the decision by Swiss voters to ban the construction of minarets. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said the ban was "deeply divisive" and "clearly discriminatory", and it was at odds with Switzerland's international legal obligations. Sweden’s Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, who currently holds the presidency of the EU Council of Minister, wrote in his blog: "Questions could very well be raised within the UN about holding meetings and activities in Switzerland, even if the Geneva canton belonged to those which voted against the ban.” On Sunday, 57.5 percent of Swiss citizens voted in favor of a proposal that enshrines such in ban in the Swiss constitution.
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Japanese Arsonist gets Death Sentence:
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/arsonist-gets-death-sentence-in-japan/story-e6frfku0-1225806345512
Finally, Europe is sick and tired of the muslim attempt to high-jack their culture. Hopefully Briton, France and the rest will do the same.
AntwortenLöschenI think the article was condemning this move, Sid? Jewish source too. If you discriminate against one religion, it should be blanket across all. No synagogues, no cathedrals?
AntwortenLöschenhttp://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2009/12/200912281637353840.html (Minarets)
AntwortenLöschenThe article may have seen it as a bad thing. But islam is the only religion in the 21st century, who's goal is to use the force of law as well as violence to require everyone to follow their religious tenants. If a religion calls for the elimination of everyone elses freedom of religion, should that religion be encouraged?
AntwortenLöschenIslam or some of the elements from that faith ?
AntwortenLöschenIf that's true then why you didn't realized it before 9/11 ?? why did you support those Mujahideens in Afghanistan in 1980s ??
AntwortenLöschenIslam as defined in the qur'an
AntwortenLöschenAre the ones putting up mosques with overwhelming ostentatious minarets more likely to be moderate and willing to fit in with the host country's culture, or more radical and wanting to shape the world to look like a medieval mulim country?
Forgot John Demjanjuk's trial:
AntwortenLöschenhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/02/john-demjanjuk-trial-adjourned
so If someone build a mosque with a minaret it means he's a radical extremist ? good.. you are too much
AntwortenLöschenWhile I DO understand some Europeans' objection to these minarets, having been to Tunisia and certain sites in southern Spain such as the Alhambra in Seville, and being very familiar with various golden domes around London, I personally find Islamic architecture very attractive. In a city like London I think there's room for a bit of everything... St. Paul's Cathedral too is quite a monument, so are modern structures like the 'Gherkin'. The implications of Switzerland's vote are leaning toward religious intolerance, and it is unfair to single out one faith... just a sign of the times.
AntwortenLöschenI would surely vote for Mr. Joseph Estrada for the presidency. Among all the candidates, he is the least likely to be influenced by the newish media. That's exactly why they usurped his power before.
AntwortenLöschenIt won't be long until they find the real people behind the 9/11 terror attacks. And not even the newish media could continue hiding the truth from the people.
I assume you mean 'Jewish'? I also assume you know that the prominent religion in the Philippines is Catholicism? With respect, what has the Philippines got to do with Jews/Middle East/Islam etc?
AntwortenLöschenI correct myself... there are a lot of Muslims there too.
AntwortenLöschenFilipinos... how big an influence are these religious issues in the elections there?
It was a question. It would seem to me that putting something that out of sinc with it's surroundings may not mean they are content being a part of the local culture. Or maybe not.
AntwortenLöschenBut I would think this would be a matter of zoning laws. Those are legally used to make sure that you don't have something that sticks out like a honeymoon hard-on.
Aha.... the Swiss have arrived
AntwortenLöschenYour word on this, please? :)
Not much, really. Politicians generally try to avoid the subject of religion whenever they can. After all, each religion is represented by a fair number of constituents, and they don't want to offend them, because they want their votes.
AntwortenLöschenWill Muslims snub Swiss banks in Minaret row?
AntwortenLöschenhttp://www.euronews.net/2009/12/02/will-muslims-snub-swiss-banks-in-minaret-row/
lol - you do this full time don't ya Pigeon?
AntwortenLöschenI did today ;)
AntwortenLöschenI doubt it. Muslims don't place too much importance on erecting minarets at mosques. The earlier mosques didn't have minarets, although they are useful for calling the muslims to prayer. Anyway, most muslims know that this is just another ploy to bring the idea to the people that muslims are a negative element in any society. I'm sure that the swiss don't really give much about the minarets, one way or the other. The newish media created, within its own domain, a fictional uneasyness, to put it mildly, on the part of the swiss citizens with regards to the plan to erect more minarets at mosques in thier country. In this fictional story of the media, there was supposed to be an overwhelming number of swiss who objected to the minarets that a vote had been thought necessary to settle the matter of whether to allow the minarets to stand or not. And, of course, like the actual voting procedures at any other nation where the lawmakers and politicians are newish-controlled, the votes had already been counted in favor of those against the muslims, even before the actual voting had begun.
AntwortenLöschenIn other words, religiously speaking, minarets are not that important to muslims, and most swiss citizens couldn't care less about minarets or no minarets. But the newish media invent any story that would put muslims in a negative light. And they will juice this story up as much and as long as they can.
And that is I why I have had no intention of giving my comments on the matter until you directly asked me about it, nopigeonhole.
Is your J key stuck today? ;)
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