Monday, February 28, 2011
One challenge down, many to go
EU member states have today agreed to impose sanctions on the Gaddafi regime. The decision follows on from a UN Security Council Resolution adopted over the weekend.
Italy, who only a few days ago strongly rejected talk of sanctions, has apparently backed down with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini saying that the Libyan crisis has reached “a point of no return”. It is “inevitable” that Gaddafi steps down, he added.
The sanctions agreed by EU leaders consist of the following:
In other words, following a slow start EU countries are now picking up the pace. The pro-democracy protests in Libya and the subsequent violent crack-downs by Gaddafi, kicked off on 15 February. It took the EU roughly two weeks to reach a common position on some form of concrete measures.
That isn't exactly acting with the speed of lightening, but given the complexity of the situation, it could've taken them a lot longer as well (after all, EU member states are still disagreeing fundamentally on how to deal with Cuba).
What's clear is that the EU institutions themselves - such as the External Action Service - have added very little value to Europe's response to the unrests in North Africa. As ever, what was needed was political will, not institutions.
Now, a common EU policy isn't a goal in itself - a fallacy that EU federalists consistently commit (see Romano Prodi in today's Handelsblatt for an example). What matters is real policies and outcomes. And these sanctions could hurt Gaddafi in a real way if implemented in full, though we shouldn't overestimate their importance either.
Cutting off the links to what quite clearly is a Mugabe-type dictator shouldn't be that controversial (we're not talking intervention after all). A bigger challenge, however, might be around the corner if the violence in the region escalates and there are calls for something more.
A separate, but related, challenge is the growing calls for a common EU policy on immigration and asylum, in the wake of the unrest in North Africa and the potential flow of people from that region. This is an uber-controversial policy area which in the past has split Europe right down the middle.
One challenge down, many to go.
Italy, who only a few days ago strongly rejected talk of sanctions, has apparently backed down with Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini saying that the Libyan crisis has reached “a point of no return”. It is “inevitable” that Gaddafi steps down, he added.
The sanctions agreed by EU leaders consist of the following:
- a ban on the supply to Libya of arms, ammunition and "equipment which might be used for internal repression".
- a ban on 26 individuals from entering the EU, including Gaddafi, his closest family and a handful other people associated with the regime.
- a freeze on the assets of Gaddafi, members of his family and ten other individuals.
In other words, following a slow start EU countries are now picking up the pace. The pro-democracy protests in Libya and the subsequent violent crack-downs by Gaddafi, kicked off on 15 February. It took the EU roughly two weeks to reach a common position on some form of concrete measures.
That isn't exactly acting with the speed of lightening, but given the complexity of the situation, it could've taken them a lot longer as well (after all, EU member states are still disagreeing fundamentally on how to deal with Cuba).
What's clear is that the EU institutions themselves - such as the External Action Service - have added very little value to Europe's response to the unrests in North Africa. As ever, what was needed was political will, not institutions.
Now, a common EU policy isn't a goal in itself - a fallacy that EU federalists consistently commit (see Romano Prodi in today's Handelsblatt for an example). What matters is real policies and outcomes. And these sanctions could hurt Gaddafi in a real way if implemented in full, though we shouldn't overestimate their importance either.
Cutting off the links to what quite clearly is a Mugabe-type dictator shouldn't be that controversial (we're not talking intervention after all). A bigger challenge, however, might be around the corner if the violence in the region escalates and there are calls for something more.
A separate, but related, challenge is the growing calls for a common EU policy on immigration and asylum, in the wake of the unrest in North Africa and the potential flow of people from that region. This is an uber-controversial policy area which in the past has split Europe right down the middle.
One challenge down, many to go.
RED FLAG ALERT: SF Gate Pushes Contrail Lies
"Mystical Photography by Frederic Larson
Leaving a Trail
February 27 2011
A lone seagull seemed to follow one of many paths left in the sky by jet airliners.
For those who are curious, these trails are actually called "contrails" and are formed by the injection of water vapor into the atmosphere by exhaust fumes - or actually, ice crystals. Needless to say, they add an interesting dimension to photographs."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/photoblogfl/detail?entry_id=14598
RED FLAG ALERT: News Editor Mocks Those Who Talk About Chemtrails
The Editor's Desk
Athens Banner-Herald
Published Monday, February 28, 2011
by Jim Thompson
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/022811/opi_792201215.shtml
STOP IT WITH THE CHEMTRAILS, OK?
In a recent installment of The Editor's Desk, I tried to ease the fevered mind of a reader who was worried that high-altitude condensation caused by jet exhaust, which sometimes lingers and spreads across the sky, is actually some sort of chemical expulsion intended to harm the American populace in some unspecified way.
I pointed the reader to research showing the so-called "chemtrails" are a natural consequence of jet exhaust expelled under certain meteorological conditions. Apparently, it didn't take. Recently, this reader sent me a link to a story on The Intel Hub, a conspiracy-fueled website, in which it was pointed out that there were no chemtrails seen over a recent California golf tournament because "the elite LOVE golf" and nobody wanted to be spraying them with chemicals.
Earlier, I'd received an e-mail from someone who confessed that "these contrails that persist and spread into low level cirrus clouds are a real puzzle to me. If it was just normal exhaust from aircraft, and/or air pollution (anthropogenic aerosols) one would expect the entire airspace around ATL/Hartsfield to be covered in clouds all the time."
Look - I don't mind y'all sending me this kind of stuff. What I'm worried about is that you'll start sending it to Executive Editor Melissa Hanna, whose fascination with another conspiracy-laced issue - news stories of unexplained cow mutilations - has led her to the unassailably logical conclusion that extraterrestrials are coming to Earth and disassembling our bovine friends for some nefarious purpose.
Add a few e-mails about chemtrails to a few more actual news stories about cows being sliced up somewhere other than the grocery store, and before you know it, the bosslady will have the newsroom staff monitoring the skies above Athens daily, not to mean having us chase down every black Chevy Suburban spotted on the streets, and sitting up nights watching for mysterious lights in the sky.
Athens Banner-Herald
Published Monday, February 28, 2011
by Jim Thompson
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/022811/opi_792201215.shtml
STOP IT WITH THE CHEMTRAILS, OK?
In a recent installment of The Editor's Desk, I tried to ease the fevered mind of a reader who was worried that high-altitude condensation caused by jet exhaust, which sometimes lingers and spreads across the sky, is actually some sort of chemical expulsion intended to harm the American populace in some unspecified way.
I pointed the reader to research showing the so-called "chemtrails" are a natural consequence of jet exhaust expelled under certain meteorological conditions. Apparently, it didn't take. Recently, this reader sent me a link to a story on The Intel Hub, a conspiracy-fueled website, in which it was pointed out that there were no chemtrails seen over a recent California golf tournament because "the elite LOVE golf" and nobody wanted to be spraying them with chemicals.
Earlier, I'd received an e-mail from someone who confessed that "these contrails that persist and spread into low level cirrus clouds are a real puzzle to me. If it was just normal exhaust from aircraft, and/or air pollution (anthropogenic aerosols) one would expect the entire airspace around ATL/Hartsfield to be covered in clouds all the time."
Look - I don't mind y'all sending me this kind of stuff. What I'm worried about is that you'll start sending it to Executive Editor Melissa Hanna, whose fascination with another conspiracy-laced issue - news stories of unexplained cow mutilations - has led her to the unassailably logical conclusion that extraterrestrials are coming to Earth and disassembling our bovine friends for some nefarious purpose.
Add a few e-mails about chemtrails to a few more actual news stories about cows being sliced up somewhere other than the grocery store, and before you know it, the bosslady will have the newsroom staff monitoring the skies above Athens daily, not to mean having us chase down every black Chevy Suburban spotted on the streets, and sitting up nights watching for mysterious lights in the sky.
The EU won the Olympics, the World Cup...and now an Oscar
The EU won the 2006 and 2010 World Cups in football (at least according to Romani Prodi and Jean-Claude Trichet, so it has to be true).
It also won the 2008 Olympics, according to highly credible EU-funded sources.
Now, it has upped its game yet another notch and raked in the film world's greatest prize - an Oscar.
The "King’s Speech”, which won several Oscars at last night's ceremony, apparently received €562,000 in “distribution support” from the EU’s Media Programme. Stopping just short of "there are a few people that I want to thank...", Androulla Vassiliou, the European commissioner in charge of cultural issues, wasted little time in claiming the EU's share of the credit (in what the FT Brussels blog labels "an acceptance speech"),
It also won the 2008 Olympics, according to highly credible EU-funded sources.
Now, it has upped its game yet another notch and raked in the film world's greatest prize - an Oscar.
The "King’s Speech”, which won several Oscars at last night's ceremony, apparently received €562,000 in “distribution support” from the EU’s Media Programme. Stopping just short of "there are a few people that I want to thank...", Androulla Vassiliou, the European commissioner in charge of cultural issues, wasted little time in claiming the EU's share of the credit (in what the FT Brussels blog labels "an acceptance speech"),
"What a great night for the European film industry and the Media programme. Europe loves cinema and the world loves our films. This shows that the European film industry can compete with the best."After such an accomplishment, all eyes now turn to Euro 2012 (the football tournament, not the currency), where we're told the EU has an excellent chance of repeating its record of success.
REUTERS: The massive U.S. budget deficit is the gravest threat facing the economy, topping high unemployment and the risk of inflation or deflation, according to a survey of forecasters released on Monday.
The National Association for Business Economics said its 47-member panel of forecasters increased its estimate for the 2011 federal deficit to $1.4 trillion from $1.1 trillion in its previous survey in November.
"Panelists continue to characterize excessive federal indebtedness as their single greatest concern," with state and local government debt the second-biggest worry, the survey said. It was conducted between January 25 and February 9.
The panel's deficit forecast is lower than the Obama administration projection of a record $1.65 trillion this fiscal year, or 10.9 percent of U.S. gross domestic product.
Although the White House budget proposes $1.1 trillion in deficit reductions over 10 years, Republicans in the House of Representatives say that is not enough. >>> Reporting by Rachelle Younglai; Editing by Dan Grebler | Washington | Monday, February 28, 2011
War News for Monday, February 28, 2011
The British MoD is reporting the death of a British sailor from a traffic accident somewhere in Dubai on Sunday, February 27th. Until we learn more details this will not be counted as an OEF/OIF casualty.
The Italian Defense ministry is reporting the death of an Italian ISAF soldier from an IED attack near Shindand, Herat province Afghanistan on Monday, February 28th. Four additional soldiers were wounded in the attack. Here's the ISAF release.
NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier from an IED attack in an undisclosed location in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, February 27th.
NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier from an insurgent attack in an undisclosed location in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, February 27th.
NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier from an IED attack in an undisclosed location in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, February 28th.
NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier from an insurgent attack in an undisclosed location in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, February 28th
British guard gets life for killing colleagues in Iraq
RPT-Iraq's Basra oil exports restored to 1.872 mln bpd
Afghans say NATO attack killed 65 civilians
Reported security incidents
Baghdad:
#1: In Baghdad, two people were wounded when a roadside bomb struck their car on the highway that passes through Doura district in southern the capital, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
#2: Separately, a roadside bomb went off near an oil tanker in Baghdad southeastern neighborhood of Kamaliyah, wounding the driver and set fire to the tanker, the source said.
"An IED blew off in east Baghdad's Kamaliya district against a mobile oil-products tank early on Monday, wounding two persons.
#3: Also in the capital, a makeshift bomb detonated outside a liquor store in Baghdad central district of Karrada, destroying the store and wounding a civilian, the source added.
another IED blew off close to central Baghdad's Alwiya Telephone Exchange Office, aimed at an alcohol drinks shop, wounding two persons.
#4: He said that a third IED blew off in central Baghdad's Mohammed al-Qassim Highway, wounding three persons.
#5: a fourth IED blew off in southwest Baghdad's Amiriya District late Sunday night, against a vehicle belonging to the office Baghdad Mayor, wounding two persons, who were also taken to hospital for treatment.
Diwaniya:
#1: Two Katusha rockets fell on Sunday night on a U.S. Army base in southern Iraq's Diwaniya city, an Iraqi Army source said. "Two Katusha rockets fell on the U.S. Echo Camp, 3 kms to the west of Diwaniya city, but losses were not known," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that air sirens were heard after the fall of the two rockets, adding that Iraqi Army and police forces rushed to venue of the attack, searching for the attackers in the streets of the city. The source added that the past few days had witnessed at least three attacks on the U.S. forces in the area, two of them with Katusha rockets and the third with an improvised explosive device (IED) that damaged an armoured vehicle.
Diyala Prv:
#1: In Diyala, a roadside bomb went off near a car carrying two off- duty policemen in a village near the town of Baldruz, south of the provincial capital city of Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, killing one of them and seriously wounding the other, a source from the provincial operations command told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
#2: In a separate incident, three people were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion at a village near the town of Jalawla, 70 km northeast of Baquba, the source said.
Afghanistan: "The Forgotten War"
#1: A Canadian man is missing in Afghanistan, Canadian officials said Sunday, with the Taliban claiming they had captured him in a volatile central province because he was a spy. A spokeswoman for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in Ottawa said the man had travelled to Afghanistan as a tourist.
#2: Unknown men kidnapped two lower court judges in Pakistan's troubled southwestern Balochistan province, local media reported Monday. Session Judge Jan Muhammad Gohar and Senior Civil Judge Muhammad Ali went missing along with their driver and body guard in Jafarabad district late Saturday night, the daily DAWN reported, quoting official sources. Three lawyers were also abducted last week from Sibi area of Balochistan.
IT/DM: Lt. Massimo Ranzani
The Italian Defense ministry is reporting the death of an Italian ISAF soldier from an IED attack near Shindand, Herat province Afghanistan on Monday, February 28th. Four additional soldiers were wounded in the attack. Here's the ISAF release.
NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier from an IED attack in an undisclosed location in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, February 27th.
NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier from an insurgent attack in an undisclosed location in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, February 27th.
NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier from an IED attack in an undisclosed location in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, February 28th.
NATO is reporting the death of an ISAF soldier from an insurgent attack in an undisclosed location in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, February 28th
British guard gets life for killing colleagues in Iraq
RPT-Iraq's Basra oil exports restored to 1.872 mln bpd
Afghans say NATO attack killed 65 civilians
Reported security incidents
Baghdad:
#1: In Baghdad, two people were wounded when a roadside bomb struck their car on the highway that passes through Doura district in southern the capital, an Interior Ministry source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
#2: Separately, a roadside bomb went off near an oil tanker in Baghdad southeastern neighborhood of Kamaliyah, wounding the driver and set fire to the tanker, the source said.
"An IED blew off in east Baghdad's Kamaliya district against a mobile oil-products tank early on Monday, wounding two persons.
#3: Also in the capital, a makeshift bomb detonated outside a liquor store in Baghdad central district of Karrada, destroying the store and wounding a civilian, the source added.
another IED blew off close to central Baghdad's Alwiya Telephone Exchange Office, aimed at an alcohol drinks shop, wounding two persons.
#4: He said that a third IED blew off in central Baghdad's Mohammed al-Qassim Highway, wounding three persons.
#5: a fourth IED blew off in southwest Baghdad's Amiriya District late Sunday night, against a vehicle belonging to the office Baghdad Mayor, wounding two persons, who were also taken to hospital for treatment.
Diwaniya:
#1: Two Katusha rockets fell on Sunday night on a U.S. Army base in southern Iraq's Diwaniya city, an Iraqi Army source said. "Two Katusha rockets fell on the U.S. Echo Camp, 3 kms to the west of Diwaniya city, but losses were not known," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that air sirens were heard after the fall of the two rockets, adding that Iraqi Army and police forces rushed to venue of the attack, searching for the attackers in the streets of the city. The source added that the past few days had witnessed at least three attacks on the U.S. forces in the area, two of them with Katusha rockets and the third with an improvised explosive device (IED) that damaged an armoured vehicle.
Diyala Prv:
#1: In Diyala, a roadside bomb went off near a car carrying two off- duty policemen in a village near the town of Baldruz, south of the provincial capital city of Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, killing one of them and seriously wounding the other, a source from the provincial operations command told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
#2: In a separate incident, three people were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion at a village near the town of Jalawla, 70 km northeast of Baquba, the source said.
Afghanistan: "The Forgotten War"
#1: A Canadian man is missing in Afghanistan, Canadian officials said Sunday, with the Taliban claiming they had captured him in a volatile central province because he was a spy. A spokeswoman for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in Ottawa said the man had travelled to Afghanistan as a tourist.
#2: Unknown men kidnapped two lower court judges in Pakistan's troubled southwestern Balochistan province, local media reported Monday. Session Judge Jan Muhammad Gohar and Senior Civil Judge Muhammad Ali went missing along with their driver and body guard in Jafarabad district late Saturday night, the daily DAWN reported, quoting official sources. Three lawyers were also abducted last week from Sibi area of Balochistan.
IT/DM: Lt. Massimo Ranzani
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Fossil Of Wormlike "Walking Cactus" Discovered
Fossils of an ancient, thorny creature dubbed a "walking cactus" have been found in China, a new study says.
The 2.4-inch-long (6-centimeter-long) Diania cactiformis had a worm-like corpse and ten pairs of armored and likely jointed legs. It would have lived about 500 million years ago during a period of fast evolution called the Cambrian explosion.
Study leader Jianni Liu discovered the animal during a 2006 excavation in southwestern China's Yunnan Province.
"I was actually surprised. I said, What's that strange guy with the soft body with very strong legs?" said Liu, an earth scientist at Northwest University in Xi'an, China.
"When I went back and observed it under the microscope, I realized it's not only hilarious, it's very important."
"Walking Cactus" a hint to Arthropod Evolution?
That's because the newfound animal does not look like other lobopodians, a primitive group of creatures that flourished in the Cambrian seas.
Although the walking cactus is part of this group, it has robust appendages like those of new arthropods—joint-limbed animals such as spiders and crustaceans.
The walking cactus's unusual limbs fortify the theory that modern arthropods evolved from lobopodians, the study authors say.
Liu, who found about 30 fossil specimens of the walking cactus, also has some hypotheses for how the being hunted.
For instance, she suspects D. cactiformis may have sucked up tiny creatures in the mud with its nose or used its bristly legs to arrest larger prey.
2007 German News Report Exposing Chemtrails
With English sub-titles
The German Military are exposed spraying Chemtrails. This is a Mainstream Media Exposé. Here is the proof that brings this subject to the realm of 'Conspiracy Fact'
They are spraying Barium & Aluminum into our skies to control the weather & our health!
http://mirrors.wordsforgood.org/educate-yourself.org/ct/index.html
Here is the 'Weather Modification Bill-H.R. 2995' that was presented to Congress in 1995 to try and make this Orwellian population control legal:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-2995
The German Military are exposed spraying Chemtrails. This is a Mainstream Media Exposé. Here is the proof that brings this subject to the realm of 'Conspiracy Fact'
They are spraying Barium & Aluminum into our skies to control the weather & our health!
http://mirrors.wordsforgood.org/educate-yourself.org/ct/index.html
Here is the 'Weather Modification Bill-H.R. 2995' that was presented to Congress in 1995 to try and make this Orwellian population control legal:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-2995
Brunei Darussalam Wished to Buy Indonesian Built Battle Vehicles
Minister/State Secretary Sudi Silalahi said Brunei Darussalam wished to buy Indonesian built battle vehicles and other arms.
"They will be using our products including battle cars and arms," Sudi Silalahi told newsmen after accompanying President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during a working visit to Riau Islands province Sunday.
He said the defense cooperation with Brunei was one of the outcome of the President’s state visit to Brunei Darussalam on February 24, 2011, on the day before visiting Riau Islands. Sudi also said that the defense cooperation with Brunei had been stated in an MoU that had been signed.
However, Sudi did not specify the defense equipment for export to Brunei. He also did not mention the time of the cooperation.
The written joint statement between President Yudhoyono and Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah said that the two countries also agreed to form and increase the role of a defense joint committee. The two heads of state believed that the committee will increase and strengthen and cooperation and friendship between Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam.
Besides in defense, the two countries also agreed to promote cooperation in agriculture, culture and tourism, manpower, and education. In education and manpower, Brunei is also willing to help Indonesian migrant workers and their children get better education, Sudi Silalahi said.
PT Palindo Marine Industri (PMI) Based in Batam has Produced a Warship
National ship-building company PT Palindo Marine Industri (PMI) based in Batam has produced a warship, the KRI Clurit-641, that will soon reinforce the Indonesian Navy’s fleet.
"We now have something to be proud of because we prove to have human resources capable of making a warship," Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said when visiting PMI’s ship-building yard here Sunday.
KRI Celurit-641 which was built with the help of graduates from the Surabaya Institute of Technology is equipped with a Sensor Weapon Control (Sewaco) system, 6 caliber 30 canons forming a Close in Weapon System (CIWS) and missiles.
Some 44 meters long, 8 meters wide and 3.4 meters high, the ship can develop a maximum speed of 30 knots and fire C-705 guided missiles over a distance of several hundred meters.
Its engine powers a five-blade propulsion propeller. Rear Admiral Marsatio, commander of the Indonesian Navy’s Western Fleet, said KRI Clurit-641 featured technological devices that were not second to those used on foreign warships.
"We have reason to be proud because we can now make our own warships, he said.
THE GUARDIAN: King Abdullah's offer of bribes to his country's alienated youth is no substitute for genuine reformNo kingdom is an island, particularly when it sits in a sea of revolution. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, watching the assault on Libya's strong man Muammar Gaddafi with his monarchy's usual complacency, thinks he can buy off protests with the promise of gifts.
Of course, the scale of the bribes the king offered last week to his country's alienated young generation – £22bn – is something only an oil-rich monarch could deliver. The Saudi king speaks as a father to the youthful population – after all, this is the only royal family to give its name to its people – and he expects them to obey the name al-Saud as they would their own father.
But the king has compromised his authority by combining it with the role of "sugar daddy". Nowhere else are subjects promised such largesse to not rock the boat.
Throughout the Arab awakening that began in Tunisia, the 86-year-old monarch and several of his elderly royal brothers have watched the turmoil across the Arab world convinced that the traditional pillars of their political control would see them through: oil revenues, US protection and custodianship of the holy places.
But Abdullah's kingdom is surrounded by waves of revolutionary rage lapping at the fortress: Yemen in the south, Bahrain in the east, Egypt, Tunisia and Libya in the west. Even the usually docile kingdom of Jordan is racked by the spectre of change. Saudi Arabia's royals have no doubt been shaken to their core by these disturbances and feel threatened by the successive, swift revolutions that have put paid to their cronies in Cairo and Tunis. How is it possible, they ask, for a few hundred shahids [martyrs], in just two to three weeks, to bring down their fellow autocrats so quickly? Continue reading and comment >>> Mai Yamani * | Sunday, February 27, 2011
* Mai Yamani is the author of Changed Identities: The Challenge of the New Generation in Saudi Arabia
Fog All Day Along the Gulf
It is going on 3pm and the sun has not shined through the fog once today.
The weather forecast says 'partly cloudy', so I looked at the satellite photos. It looks like scalar actitivy to me.
What do you say?
MODIS cropped pics of Florida along the Gulf of Mexico:
Terra
Terra Closeup
Aqua
Aqua Closeup
The weather forecast says 'partly cloudy', so I looked at the satellite photos. It looks like scalar actitivy to me.
What do you say?
MODIS cropped pics of Florida along the Gulf of Mexico:
Terra
Terra Closeup
Aqua
Aqua Closeup
Russia vows to sell missiles to Syria
Russia vowed Saturday to fulfil its contract to supply Syria with cruise missiles despite the turmoil shaking the Arab world and Israel's furious condemnation of the deal.
"The contract is in the implementation stage," news agencies quoted Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov as saying.
Russia initially agreed to send a large shipment of anti-ship Yakhont cruise missiles to Syria in 2007 under the terms of a controversial deal that was only disclosed by Serdyukov in September 2010.
The revelation infuriated both Israel and the United States and there had been speculation that Russia would decide to tear up the contract amid the current turmoil plaguing north Africa and the Middle East.
Israel -- which is still technically in a state of war with Syria and fears its close ties with Iran -- suspects that the shipment is ultimately aimed at supplying Hezbollah militants in neighbouring Lebanon.
The disputed sale is believed to be worth at least $300 million (218 million euros) and is meant to see Syria receive 72 cruise missiles in all.
Russia has not officially confirmed making any Yakhont deliveries to date.
But Interfax cited one unnamed military source as saying that Russia had already sent Syria two Bastion coastal defence systems that can include up to 36 Yakhont missiles each.
The feared complex can only operate when equipped with radar and target detection helicopters and it was not clear from Serdyukov's comments which supplies -- if any -- had already been received by Syria.
The Israeli ambassador to Moscow confirmed that his country was primarily worried the missiles would end up in the hands of the Shiite Hezbollah movement that receives strong backing from Syria.
"The question of these missiles' deliver to Syria really has triggered a negative reaction in Israel," Dorit Golender told the Interfax news agency.
"And this is understandable since Hezbollah has repeatedly used weapons that they received either from Lebanon or Syria."
Serdyukov's statement comes amid Russian efforts to keep its military supply lines open to the Middle East despite the wave of revolutions and social unrest sweeping the region.
A source in the Russian arms exports industry said this week that the fall of the region's regimes may see the country lose about $10 billion dollars in contracts.
Serdyukov himself confirmed that the unrest may force Russia to give up some of its Soviet-era clients in the Arab world.
"There is a chance we might lose something," the defence minister said on a visit on visit to Russia's Pacific port city of Vladivostok.
"But I hope that the main weapons and military equipment agreements will be fulfilled," Serdyukov said.
Russia's sales to Syria have come under particularly close scrutiny because of fears that Moscow may be also be covertly assisting Damascus' nascent nuclear programme.
The head of the country's arms export corporation in October denied that Russia had also signed an agreement to supply Syria with its latest range of MiG-31 fighter jets.
But the same agency confirmed in May that Russia was in the process of supplying Syria with a less advanced fighter jet version -- the Mig-29 -- along with short-range air defence systems and various armoured vehicles.
Russia is the world's second-largest arms exporter behind the United States and its sales are crucial to the country's efforts to keep alive a creaking defence industry whose reforms have dragged on for years.
Seeing Clearly -- Feb. 27 Sermon
February 27(audio version: click here) "Seeing Clearly" Matthew 6:24-34
What, me worry? Yes. Rising gasoline prices. Air fares. US economy. Our mortgage. Real estate values. Global warming. Plus, don't get me started about all the possible cancers I worry about. At my age there are could-be-symptoms lurking inside of every ache and pain. To these, and every other worry, Jesus tells me: Open your eyes, see clearly, seek first… find community.
A few years ago, Tony Campolo spoke at the Presbyterian General Assembly and told an amazing story:
The lip of the cup was already smudged with his dirty, filthy beard, but I knew that the right thing to do was to take a sip and affirm his generosity, and I did, and I gave it back to him. I said, "You're getting generous, aren't you - giving away your coffee? Giving away your coffee to perfect strangers? You don't even know who I am. What's gotten into you today, giving away your coffee?"
He said, "Well, the coffee today was especially delicious, and I figure if God gives you something good, you ought to share it with people."
I thought, "Oh, man. This sucker has set me up. It's going to cost me $10.00." I said, "You're expecting something in return, aren't you?"
He said, "Yeah. I want a hug." I was hoping for the $10.00. He put his arms around me. I put my arms around him. Then I realized something. He wasn't going to let me go. He was holding on. People were passing on the street. They're staring at this establishment man hugging this dirty, filthy bum. I'm embarrassed. But little by little, my embarrassment turned to awe and reverence, and I heard Jesus saying, "I was hungry - did you feed me; naked - did you clothe me; sick - did you care for me; I was in prison - did you care for me? For whatever you did or failed to do to the least of these, my brothers and sisters, you failed to do to me."
Tony Campolo concludes with a challenge: Jesus inheres in the poor and the oppressed. And insofar as we respond to them, we are responding to Jesus.
What’s so special and challenging about Tony Campolo is that he regularly puts himself in a position to have these things happen to him! What about us? What about PCMK? Do we have that kind of faith? Faith that will allow Jesus to express generosity to us through a street derelict?
We are a church that makes the connections. Through our ministries with the Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry, the Midnight Run ministry with homeless persons on the streets of New York City, and the Emergency Shelter Partnership, many of our members meet face-to-face with persons in real need. We touch lives through our involvement with The Blue Book, Fellowship Hall, and ministires with children, with the bereaved and with persons dealing with addictions.
PCMK's Mission Statement goes back at least to 2004. The first sentence expresses our faith, and the motive power for all our ministries: "We believe in the dignity and divine worth of every human being."
When you think about it, Jesus' followers had more in common with the street person with the long, dirty beard than with the seminary professor. The socio-economic locus of the early church meant that most of the first Christians were definitely worried about wealth. Their daily concern was getting enough to eat and drink, getting their coat back at the end of the day so they would have something to sleep in. So why does Jesus challenge them to let go of worry?
The Greek word he uses to describe them is oligopistos. It used to be translated “Ye of Little Faith.” I’ve come to believe that oligopistoi was one of Jesus’ terms of endearment for his bumbling disciples. It’s like calling them “few-faiths” or “wee-bit-o-faiths” Remember that he taught, “If you have faith the size of a grain of mustard, you can move a mountain from here to there.”
Oligopistoi is a favorite word for the author of Matthew. It appears only in the speech of Jesus. He uses it in reference of the crowds listening to him. He uses it in reference to his disciples. He uses it to address that most uncertain disciple of all, Peter. The word always comes up in the face of the most ego-connected crises--worrying about daily provision, the sudden waves on the Galilean Sea, Peter's failed attempt to walk on water, a lack of bread. The message is that it only takes a little bit of faith, and you have it! C'mon guys. You can do this!
When I was about 8 years old, my parents agreed to take in my teenage cousin Bea. Her mother had died. Her father remarried and was not willing to keep her. She had lived with her aunt (my grandmother) for a year, but Gram wasn’t coping well with the turbulent teen years… Help out when someone’s in need, and trust that it will be all right. That’s how I learned faith.
Faith is not a matter of telling yourself to believe something your mind tells you is impossible; it’s a matter of trusting the goodness of God which you’re already experienced. Faith is not a matter of overcoming intellectual doubts. Faith is a matter of practical experience, of discovering God’s love as expressed in the power of community.
We can trust the Universe to behave in predictable, orderly fashion. It's what makes us willing to take risks. We can trust God to provide for us tomorrow in the same way that we have been provided for yesterday and today. It's what allows us to make commitments. If we approach the world with basic mistrust, we won’t be able to maintain intimate, close connections. We’ll have difficulty trusting others.
Together we are coming back to a clearer vision of our faith.
The Indian mystic and sage Meher Baba (1894–1969) often used the expression "Don't worry, be happy." A fuller version of the quote was, "Do your best. Then, don’t worry; be happy in My love. I will help you." In the 1960s, the short version was printed on cards and posters. In 1988, Bobby McFerrin was inspired by the expression's charm and simplicity, and wrote the song. McFerrin has said, "Whenever you see a poster of Meher Baba, it usually says 'Don't worry, be happy,' which is a pretty neat philosophy in four words, I think." I like the longer form, which incorporates responsibility ("do your best...") alongside the detachment ("don't worry..."), as well as the master/disciple spiritual relationship ("I will help you").
You can't be a slave of two masters. You cannot worship God and wealth.
Since we claim to worship God, we can't worry about wealth. The basic necessities are just that: necessities. We can't live without food and drink, clothing and shelter. But are these really things to worrry about? If we open our eyes, and our ears, we will see clearly that we have nothing to fear. God's love will see us through to peace and happiness. Amen.
--Jack Lohr, Interim Pastor
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Germany reacts to criticism of Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle's trip to Iran
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| German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
BERLIN, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has defended himself against criticism that he met with Iranian hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to free two German journalists.
"Whoever criticizes this trip should tell that to the two who are now back in Germany," he said.
Westerwelle Saturday flew to Iran to bring home two German journalists who had been sitting in an Iranian prison for several months. They were arrested last October while interviewing the son of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, whose death-by-stoning sentence for an adultery conviction drew international condemnation last summer.
The affair had further undermined Germany's relations with Iran, which is shunned by the West for its controversial nuclear program and its crackdown on the domestic opposition.
After months of negotiations, Tehran last week indicated that the pair, reporter Marcus Hellwig and photographer Jens Koch, might be released on the condition that Westerwelle meet with Ahmadinejad. It was the first such bilateral encounter between the Iranian president and a German foreign minister.
Afterward, Westerwelle, Hellwig and Koch boarded the Bundeswehr plane and flew to Germany, where they were greeted by the journalists' families who had feared for their relatives for months.
The German opposition and exiled Iranians in Europe condemned the meeting as an unnecessary gesture to the Iranian regime at a time when it's coming under pressure from protesters.
"This trip is nothing but pinning hope on the bankrupt and utterly failed policy of appeasement," the National Council of Resistance of Iran, an exiled Iranian opposition group, said in a statement e-mailed Saturday to reporters.
It said Westerwelle's meeting with Ahmadinejad took place "only a few days after the bloody crackdown" on Iranian anti-government protesters, and served "only (to) embolden the regime to further suppress Iranian people."
And indeed, after Westerwelle had departed, the regime in Tehran tried to use the meeting to its advantage.
The New York Times quoted Iranian Foreign Ministry official Hassan Qashqavi as saying on Sunday that Westerwelle's visit "proved the failure of European Union policy on Iran."
Brussels has in the past asked EU foreign ministers not to visit Iran. "The current visit puts an end to such a decision," Qashqavi is quoted as saying.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was informed about the trip but didn't know that it would include a meeting with Ahmadinejad, her spokesman said Monday.
"In that kind of a situation it is always a question of weighing the pros and cons," spokesman Steffen Seibert said at a regular news conference in Berlin. "Our international partners are still absolutely clear that our opinion of Iran hasn't changed at all. ... We're absolutely clear about the fact that the situation in Iran concerning human rights and political freedoms is unacceptably bad."
He added that Merkel was happy with the outcome of the trip.
Source: United Press International, February 22, 2011
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News of the Day for Sunday, February 27, 2011
Reported Security Incidents
Beiji
Further information is available on the attack yesterday on Iraq's largest oil refinery. The death toll is now reported as 1 worker. "Dr. Abdul Jabbar al-Halfi, a professor at Basra University's oil engineering department and frequent visitor to the Beiji refinery, pointed out that visitors to Beiji need a special badge to even get within a mile (2 kilometers) of the facility and suggested it might have been an inside job." Technicians say they can get the facility back on line in one week. [We shall see.] Meanwhile, the refinery accounts for 1/4 of Iraq's fuel production and the incident could exacerbate the electricity shortage which contributes to current unrest.
Amara
Twenty seven demonstrators are injured in clashes with security forces.
Sulaimaniya
Five armed men are killed by security forces. One of the men blows himself up; others are shot dead.
Other News of the Day
Baghdad is placed under a curfew to curb further demonstrations.
Meanwhile, PM Nuri al-Maliki takes decisive action in response to the demonstrations, (not). He gives his cabinet ministers 100 days to shape up or he'll give them a negative evaluation. [That should put an end to any further unrest. -- C] Protest organizers are calling for a national "Day of Regret" on Friday, March 4 to mark the anniversary of the parliamentary elections,which have so far failed to produce effective government.
New UK draft budget ends all aid to Iraq, among 16 other countries.
NYT's Duraid Adnan gives an eyewitness account of the protest in Baghdad on Friday, including clashes with security forces.
Afghanistan Update
Two bombs planted at a picnic hosted by a former police chief kill 10 and injure 17 in Arghandab district of Kandahar Province. Two police officers are among the dead. Al Jazeera, however, characterizes the event quite differently, as a dog fight. According to Al Jazeera, although dog fighting is technically illegal in Afghanistan, it is widely tolerated. Police were arriving to break it up when the bombs exploded. "It was unclear who the target of the attack was, though a witness said it was unlikely that it was the police. "The Taliban also don't allow dogfighting," Ismail Alokozai, a local resident, who was in the area during the first blast and helped some of the wounded, told the Associated Press." [Quite interesting how differently various media describe this incident. -- C]
A child is killed and a civilian injured in a bomb attack on a police car in Herat.
Quote of the Day
John Pilger
Beiji
Further information is available on the attack yesterday on Iraq's largest oil refinery. The death toll is now reported as 1 worker. "Dr. Abdul Jabbar al-Halfi, a professor at Basra University's oil engineering department and frequent visitor to the Beiji refinery, pointed out that visitors to Beiji need a special badge to even get within a mile (2 kilometers) of the facility and suggested it might have been an inside job." Technicians say they can get the facility back on line in one week. [We shall see.] Meanwhile, the refinery accounts for 1/4 of Iraq's fuel production and the incident could exacerbate the electricity shortage which contributes to current unrest.
Amara
Twenty seven demonstrators are injured in clashes with security forces.
Sulaimaniya
Five armed men are killed by security forces. One of the men blows himself up; others are shot dead.
Other News of the Day
Baghdad is placed under a curfew to curb further demonstrations.
Meanwhile, PM Nuri al-Maliki takes decisive action in response to the demonstrations, (not). He gives his cabinet ministers 100 days to shape up or he'll give them a negative evaluation. [That should put an end to any further unrest. -- C] Protest organizers are calling for a national "Day of Regret" on Friday, March 4 to mark the anniversary of the parliamentary elections,which have so far failed to produce effective government.
New UK draft budget ends all aid to Iraq, among 16 other countries.
NYT's Duraid Adnan gives an eyewitness account of the protest in Baghdad on Friday, including clashes with security forces.
Afghanistan Update
Two bombs planted at a picnic hosted by a former police chief kill 10 and injure 17 in Arghandab district of Kandahar Province. Two police officers are among the dead. Al Jazeera, however, characterizes the event quite differently, as a dog fight. According to Al Jazeera, although dog fighting is technically illegal in Afghanistan, it is widely tolerated. Police were arriving to break it up when the bombs exploded. "It was unclear who the target of the attack was, though a witness said it was unlikely that it was the police. "The Taliban also don't allow dogfighting," Ismail Alokozai, a local resident, who was in the area during the first blast and helped some of the wounded, told the Associated Press." [Quite interesting how differently various media describe this incident. -- C]
A child is killed and a civilian injured in a bomb attack on a police car in Herat.
Quote of the Day
Like the European revolutions of 1848 and the uprising against Stalinism in 1989, the Arab revolt has rejected fear. An insurrection of suppressed ideas, hope and solidarity has begun. In the United States, where 45 per cent of young African-Americans have no jobs and the top hedge fund managers are paid, on average, a billion dollars a year, mass protests against cuts in services and jobs have spread to heartland states like Wisconsin. In Britain, the fastest-growing modern protest movement, UK Uncut, is about to take direct action against tax avoiders and rapacious banks. Something has changed that cannot be unchanged. The enemy has a name now.
John Pilger
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