Tuesday - Nov 30th, 2004
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Just a day after The New York Times leaked excerpts from a confidential Red Cross report claiming that detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have undergone psychological and physical coercion ‘tantamount to torture,’ the Times has printed a second story alleging that Al Qaeda-linked terrorists in Iraq conduct interrogations ‘tantamount to beheading.’
Al Qaeda terror cells, like the Pentagon, gave the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross complete access to facilities, staff and medical records of detainees for an entire month.
‘We’ve found numerous incidents of Al Qaeda captives who were released,’ said an unnamed Red Cross source in the Times report. ‘And for that we applaud Al Qaeda. However, in a footnote to the report, we mention that a disturbing number of these detainees are released without their heads, which we believe may be a violation of the Geneva conventions.’
The source emphasized that ‘both sides in the war on terror have transgressed.’
‘Whether it’s the apparent videotaped beheading of an innocent civilian contractor, or psychological manipulation of an enemy combattant who may have knowledge of planned attacks on the U.S. citizens–it’s all reprehensible,’ she said.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said, ‘Sure, we play head games with terrorists to get them to divulge information that will save lives. We can do that at Guantanamo because our detainees have heads. A recent internal study shows that the ratio of detainees to detainee-heads at Gitmo is one-to-one.’
President Bush, upon learning of yesterday’s leaked confidential Guantanamo report, said, ‘I’m always deeply concerned about allegations that our government has acted improperly. And of course this story has the added credibility of coming from anonymous sources leaking selected excerpts of confidential documents to the The New York Times. And that’s tantamount to journalism.’” – Scott Ott
Tuesday - Nov 30th, 2004
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Tuesday - Nov 30th, 2004
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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Abbas orders end to ‘incitement’: “Mr Abbas has asked the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation to review programmes before they are aired.
The order meets a key demand by Israel before peace talks are resumed.
Israel PM Ariel Sharon recently called for an end to ‘constant poisonous incitement’ in the Palestinian media.
Radwan Abu Ayyash, head of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation, said that Mr Abbas has asked them to ‘ensure that programmes do not include material that might be interpreted as incitement.’
‘In fact we do not incite,’ said Mr Ayyash, ‘We report what Israel commits against the Palestinian people.’
Israel has long complained that the Palestinian media incites hatred by broadcasting religious sermons praising the killing of Jews and glorifies attacks by militant groups, describing them as ‘martyrs’.
The changes may be largely symbolic, as most Palestinians prefer to watch pan-Arabic satellite channels. “
Hell will freeze over before local Palestinian media discontinue broadcasting anti-Israeli newscasts! We suspect this is a “political gesture” designed at indicating to Israel that the new Palestinian Prime Minister is serious about advancing peace between these two historical adversaries, the Hatfields’ and the McCoys’ of the U.N. General Assembly. – zzb
Tuesday - Nov 30th, 2004
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Monday - Nov 29th, 2004
5:50 pm
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The following is a sweet interview with the reggae star Joseph Hill, of Culture, conducted by Joel Savage – Voice Magazine Belgian Correspondent. We are posting an excerpt of it here for our readers at the request of Joel who is working on his own blog. – zzb
BY JOEL SAVAGE – PolePole festival, Gent-Belgium 2004
Down in Jamaica, where Garvey comes from, many groups and musicians started in the early seventies, like the mighty Joseph Hill of Culture. But they are no where to found today. Like the spirit of the Lord upon Joseph Hill, for the past thirty years, nothing at all could stop him from spreading his strong message against war, oppression, crime, discrimination, poverty, racism, corruption, and injustice. Last year 2003, he came out with “World Peace” seeking peace worldwide and rejecting war totally through music. On July 25, 2004, after performing live, he granted this interview to the Voice Magazine Belgian Correspondent. Joel Savage
TV: I have to call you sir Joseph Hill. Let’s rally round Jehovah’s throne. I have some few questions to ask you.
Joseph: You are welcome (Then he smiled)
TV: It was in the seventies I heard of Culture. Can you please tell me what has inspired you to be in this hard music industry for all these years?
Joseph:It’s Jah (referring to God) that gives me the strength. Always feel that there is something watching out for me. For my self, I love to play for the people. They are also part of my inspiriation. This is what has inspired me through all those years.
TV: You have been singing all your life, about corruption, oppression, discrimination, war, poverty and so on. Were you a victim to such things in any circumstances?
Joseph: There are people I saw in comparison. Yes! Yes!! Yes!!! I have seen those things through political reasons. I have seen people die and not a word of justice is been said. Think of the person’s life. It is priceless. My last grief I had was this woman in Afghanistan, separated from the land. They treated her so bad that she and her sixteen year old child were eating grass. (Joseph moved with sorrow spelt the word grass, G R A S S -grass) That was my last grief.
TV: Your lyrics and beats in every song of culture touches and moves everyone on the road of trials and tribulations. Where do you get such wonderful rhythms and lyrics from?
Joseph: The big man that rules the earth. (He laughed) He is the governor.
TV: You were in Sierra Leone on two occasions, when the war was at its peak with brutal activities of the rebels. Did your visit create any impact or change your view on the suffering masses in that country?
Joseph: Yes my visit brought a change. When the people saw me, they didin’t know what to say. They just cried and cried. You know, the rebels told the government that “You should be glad that Joseph is here, this place would be destroyed within 24 hours. I just came back from there few weeks ago.
TV: I learnt that in the capital Freetown, at the guest house you lodged, there is a tree near by and every morning a bird came to sing, and out of the song of the bird, you composed a song from it. Is it true?
Joseph: Yes it’s true. Read More…
Feel free to read the entire interview on Joel’s blog! – zzb
Monday - Nov 29th, 2004
1:22 am
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My Way News: “DENVER (AP) – The food at the Federal Corrections Camp in Alderson, W.Va., apparently is nothing to write home about – unless one is eating it with Martha Stewart.
Roman Catholic nun Carol Gilbert, 57, who is serving time in the same prison as the famous homemaker, says she enjoys eating with Stewart, although the setting could be better.
‘We’re not talking about a tea party,’ Gilbert’s attorney, Sue Tyburski, told the Rocky Mountain News for a story in Saturday’s editions. ‘We’re talking about a big cafeteria setting with the terrible food.’
Gilbert is serving 33 months on convictions of obstructing the national defense and damaging government property for her role in an anti-war protest at a missile silo in 2002.
Stewart was convicted on obstruction of justice in May and began serving her five-month sentence at the women’s federal prison Oct. 8.” More…
Saturday - Nov 27th, 2004
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Carmen Electra Sex On Beach Is To Gritty: “ELECTRA: ‘AVOID SEX ON THE BEACH’
Hollywood beauty CARMEN ELECTRA has dispelled the myth that sex on the beach is mind-blowing, because sand infiltrates all bodily areas.
The BAYWATCH actress, married to ex-JANE’S ADDICTION rocker DAVE NAVARRO, prefers making love in her bedroom.
She says, ‘I’ve had sex on the beach before and it’s kind of fun, but then maybe a bit overrated.
“Sand gets everywhere – it’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Mind the pun. I just realised what I said.”
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