Foto reportaje por Dania Virgen Garcia
Bloguera y Periodista Independiente
28 de marzo de 2011
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Daños provocados en la sede de las Damas de Blanco
Foto reportaje por Dania Virgen Garcia
Bloguera y Periodista Independiente
Daños causados por turba progubernamental a la sede de las Damas de Blanco...La casa de Laura Pollán, una de las fundadoras de las Damas de Blanco, estuvo bajo asedio policial y por las brigadas de respuesta rápida desde el 16 de marzo hasta las primeras horas de la mañana del 20.
Las calles aledañas a la casa de Pollán, en la Calle Neptuno, fueron acordonadas por la policía política para impedir el acceso de opositores. Alrededor de 46 personas, la mayoría mujeres, fueron detenidas.
El día 18, durante un mitin de repudio que duró más de seis horas, una turba progubernamental gritó insultos contra las Damas de Blanco y destrozó una bandera cubana colocada en la ventana del frente de la casa de Laura Pollán.
Fotos 1-8: Las acera enfrente y las paredes de la vivienda de Laura Pollan y Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez (sede de las Damas de Blanco) con grafiti pro-gubernamental hecho por la brigada de respuesta rápida. Las fotos muestran a Pollan y al líder del Movimiento Impacto Juvenil Republicano, Michel Iroy Rodríguez.
Fotos 9-13: También colgaron de techo de la vivienda un cartel de los 5 espías cubanos enjuiciados y cumpliendo condena en EE.UU. al igual que pintar consignas a favor de ellos en la calle frente la vivienda. De tal forma lo pintado en la calle saldría visito en imágenes tomadas cuando las Damas culminan su caminata y regresan a la vivienda de Pollan y Maseda.
Entomb? Cement pumps flown in to #nuke plant
msnbc.com staff and news service reports
A truck carrying a cement pump that can extend nearly 200 feet is loaded onto an Antonov 124 plane in Stuttgart, Germany, on Thursday. The pump is being flown to Japan to help at stricken the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
TOKYO — Some of the world's largest cement pumps were en route to Japan's stricken nuclear plant on Thursday, initially to help douse areas with water but eventually for cement work — including the possibility of entombing the site as was done in Chernobyl.
Operated via remote control, one of the truck-mounted pumps was already at the Fukushima Dai-ichi site and being used to spray water. Four more will be flown in from Germany and the United States, according to the German-manufacturer Putzmeister. The biggest of the five has an arm that extends well over 200 feet.More Here
World leaders say #Gaddafi must go
The United Kingdom has hosted a summit on the developing situation in Libya, with leaders from forty countries saying that Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, must leave the country. The British hosts of the summit said that they did not discuss arming the rebels, even though the French foreign minister said it was a subject that his government was prepared to bring up. What the UN, NATO, Arab League and government representatives did agree to, however, was to establish a "contact group" to coordinate all international action on Libya.
Al Jazeera's Paul Brennan reports from London.
Al Jazeera's Paul Brennan reports from London.
#Uranium bombs in #Libya?
There's a suspicion that armour-piercing, radioactive weapons are being deployed by foreign forces on Libya. The U.S. says 'it's not aware' depleted uranium's being used, while the UK's flatly denying it. Political observer Christoph Hoerstel says NATO's chief members have a habit of using uranium weapons - and it's likely Libya's in line.
#Libya fighting, rebels retreat after Gaddafi forces' fire
After their rapid advance, Libyan rebels are now being pushed further back from the outskirts of Colonel Gaddafi's hometown. There are reports of a heavy bombardment and gunfire being used by pro-government forces, despite claims of a ceasefire. Meanwhile, in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, the rebels remain confident of holding out in the brutal fighting against Colonel Gaddafi's forces.
First-ever orbiter photo of Mercury
A NASA spacecraft has captured the first-ever image of Mercury taken from orbit around the planet. MESSENGER, which on March 17 became the first space probe to orbit Mercury, the innermost world of the solar system, snapped its first photo of the diminutive, cratered planet at 5:20 A.M. (Eastern Daylight Time) on March 29. Near the top of the image [at left; click to enlarge] is Debussy Crater, one of the most prominent features on Mercury.
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Which near-Earth asteroids are ripe for a visit?
By John Matson
In April 2010, amid mounting criticism that his space plan lacked direction, President Barack Obama gave a speech in Florida to lay out a few ambitious goals he had in mind for NASA. The details of how those targets would be met remain somewhat sketchy even today, but the goals themselves were clear—sometime around 2025, the U.S. would perform an unprecedented feat. "We'll start by sending astronauts to an asteroid for the first time in history," Obama said.Where will the next robotic asteroid mission go, and where will asteroid-bound astronauts first touch down in the decades to come? A group of astronomers working through a census of near-Earth objects has a few suggestions
In April 2010, amid mounting criticism that his space plan lacked direction, President Barack Obama gave a speech in Florida to lay out a few ambitious goals he had in mind for NASA. The details of how those targets would be met remain somewhat sketchy even today, but the goals themselves were clear—sometime around 2025, the U.S. would perform an unprecedented feat. "We'll start by sending astronauts to an asteroid for the first time in history," Obama said.Where will the next robotic asteroid mission go, and where will asteroid-bound astronauts first touch down in the decades to come? A group of astronomers working through a census of near-Earth objects has a few suggestions Tensions rise over migrant arrivals in Lampedusa
It is one of the gateways to Europe for people fleeing political unrest in North Africa. The Italian island of Lampedusa is a landing point for thousands of refugees. But as Al Jazeera's Khadija Magardie reports, they are not getting a warm welcome.
US Government to impose martial law?
With growing discontent among Americans over US domestic policy the situation might get out of control, argues George Hemminger of Survive and Thrive TV. While the American people are forced to face high prices, unemployment and the challenge of feeding their families, Wall Street continues to profit, Main Street USA is likely to rise up! What is the government going to do about it? That's unknown says Hemminger, but it looks like they are preparing for martial law.
Cracking Stuxnet, a 21st-century cyber weapon
http://www.ted.com When first discovered in 2010, the Stuxnet computer worm posed a baffling puzzle. Beyond its unusually high level of sophistication loomed a more troubling mystery: its purpose. Ralph Langner and team helped crack the code that revealed this digital warhead's final target -- and its covert origins. In a fascinating look inside cyber-forensics, he explains how.
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and ... more
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and ... more
Three Mail Bombs Explode in Europe, Injuring Three
By GAIA PIANIGIANI
ROME — A letter bomb seriously wounded a senior Italian Army official in Livorno on Thursday, the army said in a statement.An Italian anarchist group, the Informal Anarchist Federation, took responsibility for the attack, the army said.
The same group was responsible for sending three letter bombs to embassies in Rome in December that wounded two people seriously.
According to the Italian news media, the episode may also have been linked to two other bombs delivered in Europe on Thursday.
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Brazil-Portugal Merger?
Better a BRIC than an EU laggard, no? And don't forget the soccer factor.... Read »
Pelota Cubana: #Contreras es el nuevo cerrador de los Philis
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#Carter , #Castrismo y #Neocastrismo
El "acercamiento" del regimen del clan de Biran a los Estados Unidos, esta condicionado a factores claves que suelen escapar lamentablemente a los analisis e intervenciones:
- La invitacion "privada" a visitar a Cuba al expresidente norteamericano Jimmy Carter, no es mas que un epiteto para calificar a un facilitador autorizado por ambas partes para emprender una negociacion politica.
- La misma revela el fracaso de las estrategias y tacticas tradicionales del regimen, para lograr despertar el interes de la administracion estadounidense, que tiene una complicada agenda internacional y para la cual Cuba no constituye una prioridad.
- Asimismo demuestra que la transformacion del Castrismo tradicional en Neocastrismo en marcha, requiere inexorablemente de la implicacion de los Estados Unidos, pero no en el sentido de favorecer valores democraticos, civicos y de libertades sociales y economicas, sino en el de reconocer a los herederos designados como legitimos representantes e interlocutores de Cuba.
- Por otra parte, las declaraciones de Raul Castro y Jimmy Carter, entendido este ultimo como un facilitador autorizado y no personal, exponen los programas maximos de las partes de cara a las negociaciones y el real valor que tienen es informar a la opinion publica nacional e internacional sobre las medidas que en las relaciones entre ambos paises se han tomado, o estan en proceso de decidirse, o en camino de implementarse.
- En cualquier caso, las palabras pronunciadas por Raul Castro no pasan inadvertidas entre la poblacion y en el peor escenario posible, le permiten ganar un tiempo sustancial via la prolongacion de la esperanza por los cambios por "venir".
Pace of events in Middle East unprecedented
PJ Crowley, the former US state department spokesman, has denied that there was a split between the Pentagon and the State Department over the military action in Libya. In an interview with Al Jazeera, Crowley said officials have found it challenging to construct an approach that strikes the right balance between military action and diplomacy in Libya. But he said the uprisings in the Middle East are unfolding at an unprecedented speed - making it very difficult to predict outcomes.
En Rusia hay 10 millones más de mujeres que hombres
Al parecer, los rusos tienen más perspectivas a la hora de elegir a su pareja que las rusas. Según resultados preliminares del censo 2010 de Rusia, las mujeres son 9,8 millones más que los hombres.
US Mulls Rebel Aid as CIA Sends Teams In
Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- While the White House debates whether to arm rebels battling Moammar Gadhafi's troops, U.S. officials have acknowledged that the CIA has sent small teams of operatives into Libya and helped rescue a crew member of a U.S. fighter jet that crashed.
Battlefield setbacks are hardening the U.S. view that the poorly equipped opposition probably is incapable of prevailing without decisive Western intervention, a senior U.S. intelligence official told The Associated Press.
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Battlefield setbacks are hardening the U.S. view that the poorly equipped opposition probably is incapable of prevailing without decisive Western intervention, a senior U.S. intelligence official told The Associated Press.
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Jet Engine Explodes, Injuring 10 on Carrier
The engine of a fighter jet preparing to take off from an aircraft carrier in the Pacific exploded and injured 10 Sailors, the military says. The F/A-18C Hornet was starting a training exercise when the accident occurred about 2:50 p.m. Wednesday on the flight deck of the USS John C. Stennis, according to Cmdr. Pauline Storum.
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US Nuclear Emergency Response Marines Being Sent to Japan
By LUIS MARTINEZ
The ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan has prompted the U.S. military to send a marine unit specializing in nuclear emergency response to be on hand if needed, ABC News has learned.
The ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan has prompted the U.S. military to send a marine unit specializing in nuclear emergency response to be on hand if needed, ABC News has learned.
South Korean activist floats leaflets toward North
SEOUL, South Korea – A South Korean activist has floated propaganda balloons including footage of protests in the Middle East toward North Korea, despite Pyongyang's threat to retaliate.
Park Sang-hak says the balloons were launched Thursday from a hill near the border. They also carried 1-dollar bills and 200,000 propaganda leaflets.
El buque carguero "Victoria" llevaba 50 toneladas de armamento y misiles antitanque
Seis misiles sofisticados anti-buque de fabricación iraní, dos sistemas de radar y cerca de 50 toneladas de una gran variedad de armamento, fueron puestos en exhibición, el pasado miercoles, después de haber sido descubierto dentro de tres contenedores a bordo del buque Victoria, el cual tenia como objetivo transportar sólo "algodón y lentejas"
Por su parte el el Primer Ministro Binyamin Netanyahu, el ministro de Defensa Ehud Barak y el Jefe de Personal de las FDI, Benny Gantz visitó el puerto de Ashdod, e inspeccionó el depósito de armas, manifestando que los que cuestionaban y criticaban a Israel, ahora tienen una respuesta.
Por su parte el el Primer Ministro Binyamin Netanyahu, el ministro de Defensa Ehud Barak y el Jefe de Personal de las FDI, Benny Gantz visitó el puerto de Ashdod, e inspeccionó el depósito de armas, manifestando que los que cuestionaban y criticaban a Israel, ahora tienen una respuesta.
Turquía ordenó el aterrizaje de un avión que llevaba armas de Irán a Siria
Un día después que Israel, capturara un buque que contenia 50 toneladas de armamento a Gaza, entre ellos misiles avanzados antitanque, Turquia ordenó, el aterrizaje en su territorio, de un avión de carga, que transportaba armas de Irán a Siria, según informes de medios de comunicación turcos, quienes además reportaron que los oficiales de seguridad de Turquia, llegaron al aeropuerto para chequear los contenidos del avión.
Por su parte el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de este país, no aseguró inmediatamente el informe, lo que evito que las autoridades militares no pudieran comentar sobre el asunto, aunque se presume que en la carga podria haber material utilizados para la producción de armas nucleares.
Por su parte el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de este país, no aseguró inmediatamente el informe, lo que evito que las autoridades militares no pudieran comentar sobre el asunto, aunque se presume que en la carga podria haber material utilizados para la producción de armas nucleares.
El ejército israelí salva a un bebé palestino como respuesta a la masacre de Itamar
Las fuerzas de defensa de Israel junto con paramedicos locales, ayudaron a salvar la vida de una mujer palestina y su bebe recién nacida, en el mismo lugar donde los 5 miembros pertenecientes a la familia Fogel fueron asesinados brutalmente, incluyendo una bebe de 3 meses.
En el mismo momento en que el Jefe Mayor del ejército israelí, ofrecia sus condolencias, a familiares y amigos por las victimas del atentado, un taxi palestino aceleró hacia la entrada de la comunidad, trayendo consigo una joven palestina de 20 años a punto de dar a luz en una situación peligrosa, tanto para ella como para su hijo, ya que el cordón umbilical, estaba envuelto alrededor del cuello del bebe, pero la rapida acción de los paramedicos de la zona y de los tropas de las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel, salvaron a la madre y al bebe, trayendo gran emoción y alegria, cuando aún, los residentes están de luto por la terrible masacre de los terroristas palestinos.
En el mismo momento en que el Jefe Mayor del ejército israelí, ofrecia sus condolencias, a familiares y amigos por las victimas del atentado, un taxi palestino aceleró hacia la entrada de la comunidad, trayendo consigo una joven palestina de 20 años a punto de dar a luz en una situación peligrosa, tanto para ella como para su hijo, ya que el cordón umbilical, estaba envuelto alrededor del cuello del bebe, pero la rapida acción de los paramedicos de la zona y de los tropas de las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel, salvaron a la madre y al bebe, trayendo gran emoción y alegria, cuando aún, los residentes están de luto por la terrible masacre de los terroristas palestinos.
Wrong Men Armed
by Richard Fernandez
Now that Obama has proclaimed himself open to arming the rebels, the equation on the ground may change.More Here
Obama Signs A Secret Order To Allow Covert Operations Within Libya And Qaddafi has recaptured Brega. Read »
And Qaddafi has recaptured Brega.
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Google launched +1 [Social Search]
Today, Google launched +1, a button that users can click on blue links in Google Search results to say, in Google marketing's words, "this is something you should check out."When you click the button, Google tells your friends, family, and the rest of the world that you recommended the link.
#Fukushima : High Radiation Detected Outside The 20 Kilometer Evacuation Zone
Contamination is spreading. Read »
Man Accused of Selling US Military #Drones On #EBay
From Slashdot
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garymortimer writes "47-year-old Henson Chua is in a bit of trouble for trying to sell a RQ-11B 'Raven' Unmanned Aerial Vehicle on eBay. From the article: 'A federal grand jury in Tampa returned an indictment charging Henson Chua, 47, of Manilla, Philippines, with violations of the Arms Export Control Act and smuggling, following an investigation by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations. If convicted on all counts, Chua faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.'" I'm kicking myself for missing this auction.
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Lord Monbiot: "A Spindly Little Twit"/ #AlexJones
Paul Joseph Watson
Prominent nuclear and radiation expert Dr. Christopher Busby has slammed British global warming alarmist George Monbiot as being "criminally irresponsible" for writing a series of articles for the Guardian in which Monbiot downplays the threat of radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in a bid to shore up his claims about man-made climate change being a far deadlier concern.
In the wake of Fukushima, we have seen numerous self-proclaimed environmentalists who are normally so quick to raise the alarm about devastation caused by man-made global warming, actually downplaying the environmental concerns attached to the Fukushima crisis, radiation, and nuclear power in general.
Chief amongst them is prominent British environmentalist George Monbiot, who in an article for the London Guardian last week entitled, Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power, wrote that critics of how Fukushima is being handled had, "wildly exaggerated the dangers of radioactive pollution".
"As a result of the disaster at Fukushima, I am no longer nuclear-neutral. I now support the technology," added Monbiot.
Monbiot's bizarre nuclear "kool-aid" moment was perhaps written in haste at a time when he believed Japanese claims that the crisis was diminishing. But in the past few days, the situation at Fukushima has worsened considerably. Officials hastily retracted numbers yesterday which suggested that radiation levels in the containment building of reactor number 2 were an astounding 10 million times above normal. In addition, water purifications plants across Japan have been told to stop taking in rainwater as radiation levels in the atmosphere continue to rise.
Monbiot's rhetoric is a stark reminder that many leading environmentalists don't give a damn about real threats to the environment, preferring instead to spend all their time obsessing about carbon dioxide emissions and thinking up new ways to exploit global warming fearmongering as a means of controlling every aspect of our lives.
While weaving terrorizing scenarios about man-made climate change making whole areas of the planet uninhabitable, most notably the island of Tuvulu, which global warming alarmists already claim has been abandoned due to rising sea levels when in fact its population has doubled in the past three decades, alarmists like Monbiot don't seem to be too fussed when real environmental catastrophes like Chernobyl really do make entire regions uninhabitable.
Indeed, others have gone even further. Columnist Ann Coulter appeared on Fox News to ludicrously proclaim that exposure to radiation was "good for you". Given that she's so enamored with the apparent health benefits of radioactive fallout, which new studies blame for nearly a million cancer deaths in the 25 years since Chernobyl, we offered to send Coulter on an all-expenses paid holiday to Fukushima. We've not heard back from her.
http://www.infowars.com/nuclear-expert-monbiot-criminally-irresponsible-for-d...
Prominent nuclear and radiation expert Dr. Christopher Busby has slammed British global warming alarmist George Monbiot as being "criminally irresponsible" for writing a series of articles for the Guardian in which Monbiot downplays the threat of radiation from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in a bid to shore up his claims about man-made climate change being a far deadlier concern.
In the wake of Fukushima, we have seen numerous self-proclaimed environmentalists who are normally so quick to raise the alarm about devastation caused by man-made global warming, actually downplaying the environmental concerns attached to the Fukushima crisis, radiation, and nuclear power in general.
Chief amongst them is prominent British environmentalist George Monbiot, who in an article for the London Guardian last week entitled, Why Fukushima made me stop worrying and love nuclear power, wrote that critics of how Fukushima is being handled had, "wildly exaggerated the dangers of radioactive pollution".
"As a result of the disaster at Fukushima, I am no longer nuclear-neutral. I now support the technology," added Monbiot.
Monbiot's bizarre nuclear "kool-aid" moment was perhaps written in haste at a time when he believed Japanese claims that the crisis was diminishing. But in the past few days, the situation at Fukushima has worsened considerably. Officials hastily retracted numbers yesterday which suggested that radiation levels in the containment building of reactor number 2 were an astounding 10 million times above normal. In addition, water purifications plants across Japan have been told to stop taking in rainwater as radiation levels in the atmosphere continue to rise.
Monbiot's rhetoric is a stark reminder that many leading environmentalists don't give a damn about real threats to the environment, preferring instead to spend all their time obsessing about carbon dioxide emissions and thinking up new ways to exploit global warming fearmongering as a means of controlling every aspect of our lives.
While weaving terrorizing scenarios about man-made climate change making whole areas of the planet uninhabitable, most notably the island of Tuvulu, which global warming alarmists already claim has been abandoned due to rising sea levels when in fact its population has doubled in the past three decades, alarmists like Monbiot don't seem to be too fussed when real environmental catastrophes like Chernobyl really do make entire regions uninhabitable.
Indeed, others have gone even further. Columnist Ann Coulter appeared on Fox News to ludicrously proclaim that exposure to radiation was "good for you". Given that she's so enamored with the apparent health benefits of radioactive fallout, which new studies blame for nearly a million cancer deaths in the 25 years since Chernobyl, we offered to send Coulter on an all-expenses paid holiday to Fukushima. We've not heard back from her.
http://www.infowars.com/nuclear-expert-monbiot-criminally-irresponsible-for-d...
What exactly is a "Limited War?"
The US often proclaims the war they are launching to be limited in scope and time. Yet often these wars drag on as troops get bogged down, focus or aims of war change, and the people who welcomed US troops as liberators or defenders, turn on them as occupiers. Days turn into weeks, weeks to months and wham suddenly all the TV channels are doing 10 year anniversary pieces. Just over one week into the Libya war and there is already talk of weeks, not days. NATO predicts 3 months while the Pentagon thinks it will take significantly longer. So will this become an odyssey of death and destruction.
#Libya : Obama authorized covert support for rebels
Reuters reports that President Barack Obama signed a no-longer "secret order" authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces attempting to overthrow Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. The approval came weeks ago, but news "leaks" today as the administration considers sending arms and military support directly to the opposition forces.
#Obama Speech Analysis: A Weird Journey Through the Mind of a Narcissist
By John Hayward
...The President's address was an exercise in psychodrama, a weird journey through the mind of a narcissist who can't believe all the nasty things people are saying about him.
Obama's id is wrestling with the comparisons between his Libyan intervention and George Bush's action in Iraq. He made a point of criticizing Iraq, which had a vastly larger international coalition behind it than Obama does now, united in the struggle to depose an even more gruesome and sadistic monster than Qaddafi. He warned us that we might be stuck in post-Qaddafi Libya for a while because "40 years of terror left Libya fractured." The left never cut Bush any slack for trying to rebuild a country traumatized by decades of terror from Saddam Hussein.
...The President's address was an exercise in psychodrama, a weird journey through the mind of a narcissist who can't believe all the nasty things people are saying about him.
Obama's id is wrestling with the comparisons between his Libyan intervention and George Bush's action in Iraq. He made a point of criticizing Iraq, which had a vastly larger international coalition behind it than Obama does now, united in the struggle to depose an even more gruesome and sadistic monster than Qaddafi. He warned us that we might be stuck in post-Qaddafi Libya for a while because "40 years of terror left Libya fractured." The left never cut Bush any slack for trying to rebuild a country traumatized by decades of terror from Saddam Hussein.
#Libya :Panic amongst the rebels
"Everyone is making a hasty retreat at the moment, there were scenes of absolute panic all vehicles are heading back to bin Jawad from Nawfaliya. There is a bit of panic amongst the pro-democracy fighters.
"There was some shelling from the pro-Gaddafi forces near the opposition fighters. They then responded by firing artillery against the pro-Gaddafi forces. The pro-democracy fighters confused their own people for pro-Gaddafi forces which caused panic and led the hasty retreat by the pro-democracy forces.
"There was some shelling from the pro-Gaddafi forces near the opposition fighters. They then responded by firing artillery against the pro-Gaddafi forces. The pro-democracy fighters confused their own people for pro-Gaddafi forces which caused panic and led the hasty retreat by the pro-democracy forces.
Mr. Mani [ #Carter] pide fin inmediato del embargo
Y como lo anterior no es suficiente, ademas clama por la excarcelacion de los Cincos Espias Kaxtriztas.Continuar leyendo Aqui.
Ahmed Rashid: Fundamentalists in Pakistan
Prize-winning author and journalist Ahmed Rashid warns that a youth movement in Pakistan would "automatically and immediately be taken over by fundamentalist parties."
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#Carter Meets with Imprisoned Mr. Gross
Former President Jimmy Carter met with a jailed American contractor but said Wednesday that Cuban authorities had made it clear they do not plan to release him.
The announcement was a disappointment to supporters of Alan Gross after the trip had raised expectations the 86-year-old former American leader would be allowed to bring the Maryland native home. Gross is serving a 15-year sentence after being convicted earlier this month of bringing communications equipment into Cuba illegally.
State Department officials have said privately that Cuban authorities indicated they might release Gross on humanitarian grounds following the trial. But Carter said that even before he arrived, Cuban authorities told him that "the freedom of Alan Gross would not be granted."
Lo que no se "ve" y el arte de cruzar los dedos
una revision de las opiniones online sobre el impacto de la visita del expresidente de los estados unidos jimmy carter a cuba, cumpliendo una invitacion de raul castro, muestra un general consenso de optimismo, por lo que considero conveniente acotar mi lectura del asunto.
carter no viajo a cuba por propia voluntad, sino que ha ido en cumplimiento de una invitacion-orden-chantaje-persuacion-suplica o como sea mas conveniente denominarlo de acuerdo a la opinion de cada cual del clan de biran. habria que anadir los “intereses” norteamericanos en el asunto que consideraron conveniente la “visita” del expresidente.
efectivamente a su anterior visita sucedio una de las mas brutales represiones y no dudo que vuelva a ocurrir si los finkeros en jefe asi lo consideran conveniente. es dificil comulgar con invocar “buenas voluntades”, “espiritus celestiales” o sencillamente “cruzar los dedos” ante tanto crimen y latrocinio.
execrable la postura de la dra. dworin para quien es mas importante una limosna kaxtrizta que la etica judia que ha permitido construir un israel en medio del infierno y junto a su eminencia el cardenal ha asumido el rol que el clan de biran les designo con cobardia impia y traicionando los valores sagrados del pueblo judio, los catolicos cubanos y el pueblo de cuba en general.
todos y cada uno de los actores convocados por un kaxtrizmo en proceso de transmutarse en neokaxtrizmo han venido desempenando adecuadamente su papel.
como parte de la obra de teatro publica, carter “escucha” a un grupo de personas autorizadas y/o citadas al “gallinero” del teatro bufo cubano que se esta representando. y es que el kaxtrizmo tiene que darle “algo” al exmanicero en jefe, para hacer creible un show que no puede ocultar sus verdaderos objetivos, porque en politica -siguiendo a marti-, “vale lo que no se ve”.
martes, marzo 29, 2011
Los cineastas polacos llaman la atención sobre la prostitución infantil
La prostitución infantil se convierte en un tema preocupante en la sociedad polaca. Mientras algunos prefieren silenciar el debate, también hay quienes tratan de llamar la atención pública y mostrar el lado oscuro de la realidad a través de la pantalla.
Armed groups clash in south #Yemen town
Hundreds of armed men took control of Jaar and several nearby areas in Abyan province in southern Yemen. The armed group has been touring the town in military vehicles and carrying weapons captured from a nearby arms factory that was looted on Sunday. The town has witnessed heavy clashes between rival armed groups on Sunday.
Birthrights - Mothers saved
The Stories of Mothers Saved film is a collection of individual stories of women who did not die needlessly in pregnancy or childbirth and have lived to tell their stories. This film is part of the Stories of Mothers Saved initiative organised by the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
#Castro a #Carter : #Cuba esta dispuesta a negociar cualquier tema con EEUU
El Noticiero de la Television Cubana esta autorizado a informar:
Pero por favor que nos levanten el bloqueo!!!
Pero por favor que nos levanten el bloqueo!!!
Why we live in dangerous places?
By Tim De Chant
Natural disasters always seem to strike in the worst places. The Sendai earthquake has caused over 8,000 deaths, destroyed 450,000 people’s homes, crippled four nuclear reactors and wreaked over $300 billion in damage. And it’s only the latest disaster. Haiti will need decades to rebuild after its earthquake. New Orleans still hasn’t repopulated following Hurricane Katrina. Indonesia still feels the effect of the 2004 tsunami. The list could go on and on. The unfortunate lesson is that we live in dangerous places.
We have built civilization’s cornerstones on amorphous, impermanent stuff. Coasts, rivers, deltas and earthquake zones are places of dramatic upheaval. Shorelines are constantly being rewritten. Rivers fussily overtop their banks and reroute themselves. With one hand, earthquakes open the earth, and with the other they send it coursing down hillsides. We settled those places for good reason. What makes them attractive is the same thing that makes them dangerous. Periodic disruption and change is the progenitor of diversity, stability and abundance. Where there is disaster, there is also opportunity. Ecologists call it the “intermediate disturbance hypothesis.”
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Why we live in dangerous places
Natural disasters always seem to strike in the worst places. The Sendai earthquake has caused over 8,000 deaths, destroyed 450,000 people’s homes, crippled four nuclear reactors and wreaked over $300 billion in damage. And it’s only the latest disaster. Haiti will need decades to rebuild after its earthquake. New Orleans still hasn’t repopulated following Hurricane Katrina. Indonesia still feels the effect of the 2004 tsunami. The list could go on and on. The unfortunate lesson is that we live in dangerous places.
We have built civilization’s cornerstones on amorphous, impermanent stuff. Coasts, rivers, deltas and earthquake zones are places of dramatic upheaval. Shorelines are constantly being rewritten. Rivers fussily overtop their banks and reroute themselves. With one hand, earthquakes open the earth, and with the other they send it coursing down hillsides. We settled those places for good reason. What makes them attractive is the same thing that makes them dangerous. Periodic disruption and change is the progenitor of diversity, stability and abundance. Where there is disaster, there is also opportunity. Ecologists call it the “intermediate disturbance hypothesis.”
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Why we live in dangerous places
The Anti-Predictor/ Scientific American
Early in his new book, Everything Is Obvious: *Once You Know the Answer (Crown Business, 2011), Duncan Watts tells a story about the late sociologist Paul Lazarsfeld, who once described an intriguing research result: Soldiers from a rural background were happier during World War II than their urban comrades. Lazarsfeld imagined that on reflection people would find the result so self-evident that it didn't merit an elaborate study, because everyone knew that rural men were more used to grueling labor and harsh living standards. But there was a twist: the study he described showed the opposite pattern; it was urban conscripts who had adjusted better to wartime conditions. The rural effect was a pedagogical hoax designed to expose our uncanny ability to make up retrospective explanations for what we already believed to be true.
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The Anti-Predictor: A Chat with Mathematical Sociologist Duncan Watts
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The Anti-Predictor: A Chat with Mathematical Sociologist Duncan Watts
Death Penalty in 2010
AmnestyInternational
Executing countries are leaving themselves isolated after decades of progress - http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/death-penalty-2010-executing-countries-left-isolated-after-decade-progress.
Countries which continue to use the death penalty are being left increasingly isolated following a decade of progress towards abolition, Amnesty International has said today in its new report Death Sentences and Executions in 2010.
A total of 31 countries abolished the death penalty in law or in practice during the last 10 years but China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the USA and Yemen remain amongst the most frequent executioners, some in direct contradiction of international human rights law.
The total number of executions officially recorded by Amnesty International in 2010 went down from at least 714 people in 2009 to at least 527 in 2010, excluding China.
China is believed to have executed thousands in 2010 but continues to maintain its secrecy over... more
Executing countries are leaving themselves isolated after decades of progress - http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/death-penalty-2010-executing-countries-left-isolated-after-decade-progress.
Countries which continue to use the death penalty are being left increasingly isolated following a decade of progress towards abolition, Amnesty International has said today in its new report Death Sentences and Executions in 2010.
A total of 31 countries abolished the death penalty in law or in practice during the last 10 years but China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, the USA and Yemen remain amongst the most frequent executioners, some in direct contradiction of international human rights law.
The total number of executions officially recorded by Amnesty International in 2010 went down from at least 714 people in 2009 to at least 527 in 2010, excluding China.
China is believed to have executed thousands in 2010 but continues to maintain its secrecy over... more
The Kill Team
Glynnis MacNicol
Last week the German paper Der Spiegel published very disturbing images of American military 'Kill Team' members posing next to Afghanis they had killed.
Turns out the images were leaked from a Rolling Stone article published today that includes 17 more.
Last week the German paper Der Spiegel published very disturbing images of American military 'Kill Team' members posing next to Afghanis they had killed.
Turns out the images were leaked from a Rolling Stone article published today that includes 17 more.
Ex- #Afghan #spy chief decries #Taliban talks
Amrullah Saleh, the former head of Afghanistan's intelligence agency, has cast doubts over President Hamid Karzai's plan to bring stability to the country by holding talks with the Taliban. He told Al Jazeera that Karzai is making "secret deals" with the Taliban. Saleh has now started what he calls a grassroots political movement to steer the country clear of the perils he sees it facing.
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports from the Panjsheer Valley.
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports from the Panjsheer Valley.
#Syria unrest: Angry mourners bury dead from protests
The situation remains tense in Syria, where at least three people were reportedly killed by security forces in the city of Latakia. Tens of thousands of Syrians were out on the streets of Damascus in a show of support for President Assad on Saturday. Elsewhere in Syria, funerals were held for people killed in pro-reform protests in the town of Sanamin.
Al Jazeera's Rula Amin reports.
Al Jazeera's Rula Amin reports.
Inside Story - Unrest in #Jordan
On the 24th of this month, Jordanians demanding democratic reforms established a tent camp in Amman's Jamal Abdel Nasser roundabout. Naming their movement after the date, March 24, the protesters said the sit-in would continue until their call for political change was met. But within 24 hours clashes were underway at the camp as riot police and civilians identified as government supporters attacked the demonstrators - killing at least two and injuring dozens more. One of the demonstrators' demands is that the prime minister, Marouf al-Bakhit, resign, but he has refused to do so and has claimed that the protests are being orchestrated by the Muslim Brotherhood and its Jordanian offshoot the Islamic Action Front. On this episode, we ask what the future holds for the Jordanian government and the king who appointed it.
Inside Story - NATO's intervention in #Libya
The international operations in Libya are now into a second week - under US command and control. However, the US has insisted that its leadership role be temporary and has pushed for transferring command of the operation to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO. But there have been arguments among NATO members as to exactly what the nature of the operations should be. Turkey and Germany, in particular, are insisting that NATO should only accept responsibility for the maintenance of a no-fly zone, arguing that military action beyond this objective is not mandated by the UN resolution. Are two centres of command and control viable? Is this division in responsibility a reflection of differences about exactly what is mandated by the UN Security Council resolution on Libya?
#Israel Considers Annexing West Bank Settlements
JERUSALEM — Israel is considering annexing major West Bank settlement blocs if the Palestinians unilaterally seek world recognition of a state, an Israeli official said Tuesday – moves that would deal a grave blow to prospects for negotiating a peace deal between the two sides.
Israel has refrained from taking such a diplomatically explosive step for four decades. The fact that it is considering doing so reflects how seriously it is concerned by the Palestinian campaign to win international recognition of a state in the absence of peacemaking.
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Israel has refrained from taking such a diplomatically explosive step for four decades. The fact that it is considering doing so reflects how seriously it is concerned by the Palestinian campaign to win international recognition of a state in the absence of peacemaking.
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Urgente, desde La Habana!
PARTIDO LIBERAL CUBANO
NOTA INFORMATIVA
De ultima hora recibimos desde La Habana,
que aun con el ex-Presidente Carter de visita
en la Isla,no cesa la represion.
Denuncia el Sr.Silvio Benitez,Promotor del
Proyecto Participativo Voces del Barrio,que
uno de los dirigentes del referido proyecto,
Joisy Garcia Martinez,ha sido citado para el
dia de manana,30 de Marzo,para la estacion
policial de San Agustin,en La Lisa,Marianao,
Ciudad de La Habana.
Esta citacion es la respuesta de la Tirania a
la nueva estrategia de los Voceros del Barrio,
de recolectar firmas por toda la Isla,para
derogar la llamada Ley Electoral vigente.
El acoso en contra de activistas de este
proyecto,y sus familiares,ha sido constante.
Estemos atentos al dia de manana,y denunciemos
la dualidad del regimen,que por un lado invita
al ex-Presidente norteamericano,y por el otro
acosa,reprime,y mantiene su puno cerrado sobre
nuestros compatriotas.
Pedro Lopez Ramiro Gomez
Presidente
Egoismo y colaboracionismo opositor en la reunion con Carter???
De acuerdo con EUROPA PRESS, el ex presidente estadounidense Jimmy Carter ha incluido dentro de su agenda correspondiente a su visita a La Habana una reunión este miércoles con varios opositores, periodistas independientes y ex presos políticos, confirmaron a Europa Press algunos disidentes.
El encuentro será [las 7 de la manana?] en el hotel Santa Isabel, ubicado en el casco histórico de La Habana, donde se encuentra hospedado Carter. Entre los invitados figuran la bloguera Yoani Sánchez; el opositor Oswaldo Payá, Premio Sajarov 2002; y el portavoz de la Comisión Cubana de Derechos Humanos y Reconciliación Nacional (CCDHRN), Elizardo Sánchez, entre otros.
Siempre de acuerdo con la fuente, Yoani explicará a Carter las "restricciones migratorias" que se les "imponen" a los cubanos para "salir de su propio país", ilustrando con su propio caso.
Se reporta que tambien le comentará al Sr. de los Manices, que "ya va siendo hora de poner en orden las relaciones" entre Washington y La Habana, "establecer puentes" para poner fin a estas "relaciones al estilo de los Montesco y los Capuleto" mantienen ambas naciones desde hace medio siglo. "Mi generación ya no tolera esta crispación", ha expresado, sin que se conozca el signo de esa normalizacion de las relaciones entre los dos paises que demanda.
Por su parte Elizardo Sánchez, considera solo saludar al ex mandatario y "darle las gracias" por el gesto de invitarlo al encuentro, pero no le presentará ningún planteamiento o propuesta, salvo que Carter le pida alguna información. Segun Sanchez quien de esa manera esta desperdiciando un asiento en la reunion, "No tiene caso porque no hay disposición por parte del Gobierno". Pero es que el que invita no es el "gobierno" Sr. Sanchez, usted ha sido invitado para representar las cientos de miles de violaciones de los Derechos Humanos que ha cometido el regimen en mas de 52 anos, en razon de ser usted "presidente" de la referida comision en Cuba.
#Trump : #Obama spending millions to hide his past
By Joe Kovacs
© 2011 WorldNetDaily
Read more: Donald Trump: Obama presidency possibly illegal http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=280725#ixzz1I1FVZd27
© 2011 WorldNetDaily
Billionaire developer and possible Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is now suggesting Barack Obama's presidency could be "illegal" if legitimate proof is not provided demonstrating the commander in chief is indeed a "natural born citizen" of the U.S.
Trump's use of the "I" word came last night during a phone interview with Greta Van Susteren of the Fox News Channel.
Trump's use of the "I" word came last night during a phone interview with Greta Van Susteren of the Fox News Channel.
Read more: Donald Trump: Obama presidency possibly illegal http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=280725#ixzz1I1FVZd27
Girl Asked Silicon Valley Investors For $500,000 To Bottle Up Air And Sell It
Rachel Sequoia presented at February's Venture Capital Fundraising Club in Silicon Valley and was the Audience Choice Winner. She asked investors for $500,000 to create her startup, Share the Air.
Rachel's idea is to bottle up air from around the globe and sell it to "plants, animals, and people." The customers can open up jars in their homes for a refreshing scent of a Nepal mountain top or Paris.
The idea sounds stupid, but her presentation is refreshingly authentic. Staying true to her hippy self, Sequoia's presentation consists of scribbles on notebook paper, she's covered in piercings, and she went up there with bare feet.
Rachel's idea is to bottle up air from around the globe and sell it to "plants, animals, and people." The customers can open up jars in their homes for a refreshing scent of a Nepal mountain top or Paris.
The idea sounds stupid, but her presentation is refreshingly authentic. Staying true to her hippy self, Sequoia's presentation consists of scribbles on notebook paper, she's covered in piercings, and she went up there with bare feet.
Mr. Mani [ #Carter ]: "Yo no estoy en Cuba para sacar a Alan Gross"
Asi se expreso el expresidente norteamericano, en un breve intercambio con la prensa nacional y extranjera, al salir del Convento de Belen, como parte de su tour por La Habana. Para hoy en la tarde esta prevista su reunion con Raul Castro y seguramente el team medico de Fidel lo esta poniendo en forma para tomarse un par de fotos con el.
Carter ha sido autorizado a reunirse con Yoani ....
Libyan Rebels: Who Are These Guys?
One of the questions that haunts the US "intervention" in Libya is this: who are these guys? They are called "rebels" in the press. They call themselves "volunteers." They are fighting against Muammar Qaddafi and his regime. But no one really knows who they are, what their leadership structure looks like, what skill sets they might bring to a post-Qaddafi Libya.
One guy left his car-wash business in Chicago to take up arms against Qaddafi. Read »
One guy left his car-wash business in Chicago to take up arms against Qaddafi. Read »
#Zeitgeist : Moving beyond money
In his latest film, Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, director Peter Joseph presents a case for a transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which runs modern global society to a new sustainable resource based economy. Everyone suffers under the system that exists and suffering is inevitable, not because of politics or policy, but because of monetary existence. The system is flawed. Money is the problem. The focus should be resources, such as food, health and other aspects.
R2PAQ (‘Responsibility to Protect Al-Qaeda’)
In the absence of any evident national interest justification for bombing Libya, the Obama administration is said to have been motivated by the so-called responsibility to protect — or “R2P” per the wonkish English acronym. In American discussions, “R2P” has quickly come to be associated with Obama advisor Samantha Power. But “R2P” did not emerge full-grown from the brain of Samantha Power. Rather, it grew out of the pseudo-legal doctrine of “the right of humanitarian intervention,” which was developed by mostly European academics in the 1990s in order to justify the NATO interventions in the Bosnia and Kosovo conflicts.
It was undoubtedly in recognition of his role in promoting “humanitarian intervention” – or “l’ingérence humanitaire” in the French original — that the “French doctor” Bernard Kouchner would be named the first head of the UN protectorate in Kosovo, following the conclusion of the 78-day NATO bombing campaign that drove Yugoslav forces from the then province. The point of the “right of humanitarian intervention” was to qualify several fundamental guarantees and prohibitions enshrined in the UN Charter: namely, the respect of state sovereignty and territorial integrity and the fundamental prohibition on the use of force in international relations.
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It was undoubtedly in recognition of his role in promoting “humanitarian intervention” – or “l’ingérence humanitaire” in the French original — that the “French doctor” Bernard Kouchner would be named the first head of the UN protectorate in Kosovo, following the conclusion of the 78-day NATO bombing campaign that drove Yugoslav forces from the then province. The point of the “right of humanitarian intervention” was to qualify several fundamental guarantees and prohibitions enshrined in the UN Charter: namely, the respect of state sovereignty and territorial integrity and the fundamental prohibition on the use of force in international relations.
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Why Not Syria and Iran? Hell, Why Not North Korea?
I was on a radio show today and one of the hosts was trying to put a good face on Obama’s Libyan thing. “Well,” she said, “he was slaughtering all those innocent people. Should we just stand by?” I said that the Iranians were killing 3 a day — that we know about — for months, and for extras were killing Americans, as they had been for 32 years. We have stood by, as we are standing by as Assad — another sponsor of American killers — slaughters the Syrian people demonstrating for freedom.
The problem with Obama’s Libyan thing is twofold:
First, if it’s right to intervene to save Libyan lives, then why isn’t it right to save Iranian, Syrian, Congolese, Sudanese, North Korean and Chinese lives, as well as millions of others?
Remember, I was the first kid on the block to call for bombing the Libyan air force, several weeks before the Valkyries decided that it was urgent to do something, and convinced a clearly reluctant president to do the Libyan thing. And I have said that getting rid of Qadaffi is a worthy mission, but not a crucial one. Which brings us to the second part of the problem.
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The problem with Obama’s Libyan thing is twofold:
First, if it’s right to intervene to save Libyan lives, then why isn’t it right to save Iranian, Syrian, Congolese, Sudanese, North Korean and Chinese lives, as well as millions of others?
Remember, I was the first kid on the block to call for bombing the Libyan air force, several weeks before the Valkyries decided that it was urgent to do something, and convinced a clearly reluctant president to do the Libyan thing. And I have said that getting rid of Qadaffi is a worthy mission, but not a crucial one. Which brings us to the second part of the problem.
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President Obama's Speech on Libya
Last night, President Obama delivered an address to update the American people on the situation in Libya, including the actions we’ve taken with allies and partners to protect the Libyan people from the brutality of Moammar Qaddafi, the transition to NATO command and control, and our policy going forward.
Watch the video.
U.S. may arm Gaddafi rebels
Libyan rebels
The U.S. administration has not ruled out providing military support and arms supplies to Libyan rebels, Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice said on Tuesday.
The U.S. goal is "squeezing Gaddafi's resources and cutting off his money, his mercenaries, his arms, providing assistance to the rebels and the opposition," she said in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America" show.
Asked whether that could include some military support, Rice said: "We have not made that decision, but we've not certainly ruled that out."
According to some media reports, the U.S. has been looking for a legal framework to allow limited supplies of arms to the rebels if they can prove they need them to defend themselves from attack.
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Prosecution Wants Increased Sentence for Khmer Rouge War Criminal
Photo: Reuters
Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, gestures in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, March 29, 2011.
The prosecution at Tuesday’s appeal hearing for Comrade Duch, the former head of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, has asked the United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal to increase the jail term it handed down last year.
March 29 marked day two of the scheduled three-day appeal court hearing for Comrade Duch, the Khmer Rouge’s former chief jailer, who has asked to be acquitted and released.
Last year, the United Nations-backed tribunal sentenced Duch to 35 years in prison but reduced the term to 19 years because of time served and other factors.
The lower court had found Duch responsible for the deaths of more than 12,000 detainees at S-21 prison, which he headed between 1976 and 1979.
March 29 marked day two of the scheduled three-day appeal court hearing for Comrade Duch, the Khmer Rouge’s former chief jailer, who has asked to be acquitted and released.
Last year, the United Nations-backed tribunal sentenced Duch to 35 years in prison but reduced the term to 19 years because of time served and other factors.
The lower court had found Duch responsible for the deaths of more than 12,000 detainees at S-21 prison, which he headed between 1976 and 1979.
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Japan on 'Maximum Alert' for Nuclear Crisis
Japan's prime minister says the country is on "maximum alert" over its nuclear crisis as radiation continues to seep out of the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant and traces of plutonium have been found in the soil.
Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday also warned that the situation remains "unpredictable" at the earthquake-damaged plant. He said his government is giving its complete attention to halting the radiation leaks.
Officials announced earlier that dangerous plutonium has been detected in the soil in five locations around the plant, more than two weeks after a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled the plant's cooling systems.
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Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Tuesday also warned that the situation remains "unpredictable" at the earthquake-damaged plant. He said his government is giving its complete attention to halting the radiation leaks.
Officials announced earlier that dangerous plutonium has been detected in the soil in five locations around the plant, more than two weeks after a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled the plant's cooling systems.
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China Denies Knowledge of Disappeared Dissidents
Photo: AP
Geng He, wife of disappeared Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, seen on poster at rear, is interviewed before a news conference with Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 18, 2011, where he called attention to human rights issues in China on the occasion of Chinese President Hu Jintao's state visit hosted by President Barack Obama.
Reporters asked about two specific cases at Tuesday’s Foreign Ministry briefing.
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Syrian government resigns
(Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accepted the resignation of the government on Tuesday, Syrian state television said.
"President Assad accepts the government's resignation," an announcement on state television said.
Assad was expected to address the nation later on Tuesday or Wednesday in a speech which may include a decision to abolish emergency laws, after two weeks of democracy protests gripped the country.
"President Assad accepts the government's resignation," an announcement on state television said.
Assad was expected to address the nation later on Tuesday or Wednesday in a speech which may include a decision to abolish emergency laws, after two weeks of democracy protests gripped the country.
Jose Manuel Collera: El Ex Gran Desvergonzado de la Logia Masonica de Cuba
Resulta que el ex Gran Maestro de la Logia de Cuba expulsado de la misma, Dr. Jose Manuel Collera y que ayer domingo conociendo que en la noche siguiente se develaria su real identidad como el agente "Gerardo" de la Seguridad del Estado cubana, concedia una "entrevista" a Iván Herrera Micheles, donde sin sonrojarse de verguenza, continuaba desplegando su manipuladora traicion a sus hermanos masonicos y al pueblo de Cuba.
He aqui al ex Gran Desvergonzado de la Logia Cubana:
He aqui al ex Gran Desvergonzado de la Logia Cubana:
lunes, marzo 28, 2011
Akademia Kubiche sobre Kubalandia
Ichikawa llama la atencion sobre el evento Cuba Futures Past and Present donde como es usual en estos casos, lo mas importante no es lo que se presenta en los salones academicos donde cada cual expone sus trabajos, sino lo que se conversa fuera de ellos. El programa del evento con sus buenas 36 paginas en formato PDF es una muestra casi rotunda de la boberia en la cual se entretienen las personas que viven de fondos ya sean "federales" y/o "estatales.
Vaya coge tu "Cartel" aqui o los "jodios" de mierda
 De Prensa Latina/ El ex presidente de Estados Unidos James Carter visitó hoy la sede del Patronato de la Comunidad Hebrea de Cuba como parte del viaje que realiza a la nación caribeña invitado por su gobierno.Ex presidente James Carter se entrevistó con Cardenal Ortega En el recinto, ubicado en el capitalino barrio de El Vedado, Carter fue recibido por la presidenta de la Comunidad Hebrea, Adela Dworin, y el vicepresidente y la secretaria ejecutiva del Patronato, David Prinstein y Hella Eskenazi, respectivamente. Acompañado por la subdirectora de la Dirección de América del Norte de la Cancillería cubana, Johana Tablada, el ex mandatario norteamericano estuvo en el Centro Juvenil y el Centro Deportivo Recreativo. También, recorrió la sinagoga, subió al templo, firmó el libro de visitantes, y fue fotografiado junto a integrantes de su comitiva y anfitriones. Fue una visita muy buena, le explicamos a Carter acerca de la comunidad judía en Cuba, viva, vibrante y con miembros de todas las edades, sobre cómo practicamos nuestra religión abiertamente y sin problemas, manifestó Dworin a reporteros. Durante su estancia en la mayor de las Antillas, el dignatario de Estados Unidos entre 1977 y 1981 se reunirá con el presidente cubano, Raúl Castro, y otros dirigentes de la isla. Carter viajó a esta nación en mayo de 2002, que es la primera y única visita de un ex presidente de Estados Unidos a Cuba después del triunfo de la Revolución el 1 de enero de 1959. |
Ola de sustituciones en la Contrainteligencia cubana
De acuerdo con el periodista Oscar Suarez, administrador del blog PANTALLA PLANA CUBANA se habria producido una Ola de sustituciones en la Contrainteligencia cubana a razon de la desercion a los Estados Unidos de Pedro Alvarez.
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En el dificil caso que se confirme la informacion, seria el clasico proceder de sustituciones anteriores, lo nuevo radica no en las depuraciones, sino en que cada vez hay menos que destituir.
Yemen talks end in stalemate
Talks between Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Yemeni president, and opposition forces who are calling for him to step down from power have ended in a stalemate. Saleh says that he is prepared to leave office by the end of the year, and possibly sooner, but only if he is allowed to leave with "dignity" and to remain head of his political party. The opposition, however, has accused Saleh of political manoeuvring, and insist that he and his family stand trial for alleged corruption.
Al Jazeera's special correspondent, who we are not naming for her own safety, reports from the capital Sanaa.
Al Jazeera's special correspondent, who we are not naming for her own safety, reports from the capital Sanaa.
Syria unrest
Tens of thousands of Syrians have taken to the streets of Damascus in a show of support for President Bashar al-Assad. Earlier at least three people were reported to have been killed by security forces in the coastal city of Latakia. Protesters are calling for reform. But an adviser to the president said the protests are a plan to cause sectarian divisions.
Al Jazeera's Tarek Bazley reports.
Al Jazeera's Tarek Bazley reports.
La "revolución árabe"/ Juan Benemelis
Solamente puede compararse el actual horizonte de protestas y violencia generalizada en el mundo islámico con los que aconteció durante el desplome del imperio otomano luego de la Primera Guerra Mundial, o con el proceso de descolonización posterior a la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
En la primera Guerra del Golfo Occidente apoyó una monarquía autoritaria y corrupta, que pese a los compromisos contraídos nunca hizo esfuerzo por entronizar la democracia, sino todo lo contrario: en los votos posteriores denegó el derecho de tal ejercicio a las mujeres. Hay que tener en cuenta que el auge del fundamentalismo islámico tuvo lugar cuando comenzó a desaparecer la izquierda laica nacionalista en los países musulmanes, sobre todo a partir de las victorias militares de Israel ante Egipto, Siria, Jordania y el Líbano.
Los desheredados y marginales bereberes y el petróleo resultan las claves de toda la crisis del África del Norte. Los bereberes resultan la población mayoritaria del Magreb, excluida del poder, salvo en Libia, y extorsionada por una minoría “árabe”. En Marruecos llegan al 60%, en Argelia al 40%, y en el resto resultan minorías importantes.
Desde el 2008 la región del Magreb enfrentaba fuertes protestas populares, que si bien no recibían la atención mediática internacional, eran suficientes para colegir que se estaba gestando una explosión política y social.
Las crisis en el área están marcadas por las del petróleo, como las crisis de 1973, de 1979, y la guerra de Irak. Uno de los indicadores de la actual es el alza de los precios del petróleo, producto del crack financiero de 2009, y la consecuente alza en el precio de los alimentos y la inflación.
Ejemplo de ello fueron las últimas elecciones iraníes, donde la aspiración popular buscaba la libertad y la justicia. Tan simples objetivos desataron fuerzas capaces de la transformación social, pero al final, desgraciadamente, las fuerzas islamistas se adueñaron del control político.
Las crisis de Túnez, Egipto, Argelia y Yemen se desatan por los elevados precios de los alimentos, especialmente los granos y harina, producto de la crisis financiera de 2008, que cuadruplicó los mismos. Las diferencias en cada país han estado marcadas por el grado de represión y resistencia desatados por los gobiernos. En Túnez, Egipto, Argelia y Libia, el conflicto adquirió relieve internacional, involucrando a Europa y Estados Unidos.
Existe un patrón de estas revueltas sociales, cambios en las condiciones de vida y la ruptura total de la tradición dictatorial de sus gobiernos.
Hay que analizar los efectos que ese cambio del orden social del mundo islámico tendrá en el mapa político y económico mundial. Lejos de lo que la prensa internacional enarbola, el motivo fundamental de estos movimientos no es la “democracia” tipo occidental. Algunas de las revueltas son producto de intereses tribales, y de las disputas por determinar la sucesión al poder.
Hasta ahora, en ninguno de los actuales países en crisis gobiernan teocracias islamitas. Las actuales revoluciones tunecina, egipcia, libia, yemenita, bahrení o siria, establecen como prioridad para los nuevos gobiernos, y para aquellos que buscan sobrevivir, el mejorar la situación económica de la población.
En las revoluciones de Túnez, Egipto, Libia y Yemen llama la atención la ausencia del fundamentalismo religioso en plano rector. Las sublevaciones se han dirigido contra el régimen opresivo y corrupto, por solucionar la pobreza y exigir libertad y esperanza económica, aunque es cierto que se han dirigido contra Estados que proclamaban el nacionalismo laico de izquierda.
No existe una excepción en todos los países del orbe islámico donde el régimen no sea represivo y corrupto, incluso Afganistán, donde el gobierno de Karzai se destaca por la narco-corrupción. En todos ellos existe un elevado porcentaje de desempleo, sobre todo de la juventud. La apuesta más general es que veremos ciertas reformas de carácter liberal, así como una reacción fundamentalista.
Sin dudas, hasta ahora no estamos contemplando movimientos con un poder político organizado que llene el vacío de los que abandonan las riendas del Estado. Pero existe un plano de legitimidad en las demandas sociales, y muchos desean una transición democrática en la zona; el peligro resulta el caso de Argelia hace una década, cuando las elecciones auténticamente libres otorgaron la victoria a los fundamentalistas islámicos.
Otra de las sospechas es: ¿a quién beneficia este tipo de situación en el mercado del petróleo? Donde las protestas afecten los intereses del petróleo, la reacción tanto del régimen en el poder como de Occidente es más extrema, como ha sucedido en Libia, y puede suceder en Omán. La preocupación internacional y del área parece ser evitar que estos conflictos se extiendan a países petroleros claves para Europa, como Argelia y Arabia Saudita.
El gran temor de que la fiebre conflictual abrace a Arabia Saudita resulta el petróleo; la desestabilización del reino wahabita, el controlador y compensador internacional de los precios petroleros, podría significar una crisis de alcance mundial, que profundizaría el actual panorama económico en los países consumidores. Es a todas luces posible que el comportamiento internacional no sea del todo inquisitivo con los sauditas, los cuales poseen las llaves de los precios del petróleo.
Pero el futuro no es agradable ante el crecimiento demográfico de la región y el impacto de los precios energéticos que afectan los de todos los productos de consumo mundial, y en consecuencia al orden político y de seguridad, pues la era del petróleo barato concluyó en esta década.
La situación en Túnez, Egipto, Libia, Yemen, Siria, Argelia y Omán puede desembocar en muy diversas opciones políticas, aunque es difícil el establecimiento de la opción democrática y la eliminación de los partidos islámicos.
Es difícil determinar que la nueva dirigencia de estos países continúe colaborando contra el terrorismo, que se integren a las instituciones internacionales y que inicien el respeto a los derechos básicos humanos, incluyendo a la mujer.
La crisis del Medio Oriente ha evidenciado un cambio estructural del orden internacional, por el cual la influencia de Europa y Estados Unidos, que venían ejerciendo desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial, evidentemente ha mermado en esa área, pues el único argumento válido por el cual se mueven estas potencias es el de la “seguridad”. Ya los tiempos en que Inglaterra, Francia o Estados Unidos podían delinear el mapa político y los cambios en la región han desaparecido.
Podríamos decir que esta desarticulación geo-política de la influencia de Europa y Estados Unidos en los bazares y calles árabes tiene consecuencias hoy imprevisibles. Con el cambio en Túnez, en Egipto y los próximos en Libia y Yemen, Estados Unidos va perdiendo aliados en el mundo islámico. Uno de los elementos llamativos es que Turquía ya no se encuentra dentro de la esfera de influencia norteamericana. Aunque Turquía no se halla en buenas con Irán, los sucesores de Mubarak tendrán que buscar el apoyo de Ankara, alejándose así de sus anteriores aliados.
Ante el tsunami de los bazares, el sirio Bashir el Assad promete reformas burocráticas; el argelino Buteflika suspende de un tirón el Estado de Emergencia; el general sudanés Bashir jura que no se postulará en los próximos comicios; el rey jordano Abdulá opina que es tiempo para instaurar una monarquía constitucional; mientras el moro Mohamed VI se halla enfrascado en brindar una nueva Constitución y darle poder a su primer ministro.
La pérdida del Egipto de Mubarak, estado cliente financiero y militar de Estados Unidos en el Medio Oriente, merma sustancialmente el poder de negociación de Washington en esa área. Mientras el Irán de los ayatolas no sólo sigue imperturbable, sino que su influencia va en ascenso.
Al igual que el ejército turco, el ejercito egipcio es el verdadero actor tras bambalinas; derrocó al monarca Farouk, engrandeció a Gamal Abdul Nasser, eligió a Anwar el Sadat, escogió a Hosni Mubarak, y hace pocos días lo sacó del poder e instaló un nuevo general.
Para nadie es un secreto que la defenestración del régimen iraquí de Saddam Hussein removió al enemigo natural de Teherán y permitió la expansión política de Irán en el área: el actual régimen iraquí sólo espera la salida norteamericana para entrar de lleno en la esfera de influencia iraní.
Uno de los elementos inquietantes es que tanto en Europa como en el Medio Oriente se ha acrecentado el ataque contra las comunidades judías y contra Israel.
En Túnez, los eternos rivales del Medio Oriente, tanto los fundamentalistas islamistas como la izquierda radical nacionalista, quedaron excluidos.
La “revolución popular” de Túnez obligó a salir al exilio al autócrata Zine El Abidine Ben Ali el 14 de enero del presente. Este acontecimiento precipitó las manifestaciones en Egipto y Argelia.
En Argelia se precipitaron los acontecimientos después de los levantamientos egipcios, con multitudinarias manifestaciones que pedían el cese del estado de emergencia vigente desde 1992 que prohíbe las protestas, y la expulsión del presidente Abdelaziz Bouteflika, que ha estado en el poder desde 1999. Pero en Argelia ronda el fantasma de la violencia brutal de los extremistas islámicos en la década del noventa, la cual dejó un saldo de 200,000 muertos.
Argelia es quizás el lugar donde exista una mayor conciencia del hecho democrático, y es uno de los pedidos más fuertes que se hace desde la calle.
Pero a diferencia del resto de los levantamientos del orbe islámico, los de Argel estuvieron organizados por una entidad política: la Coordinación para el Cambio Democrático en Argelia, donde militan los grupos de derechos humanos, activistas, sindicalistas, abogados y demás. Entre las figuras más sobresalientes del movimiento anti-gubernamental ha estado Said Sadi, un demócrata, presidente del partido opositor Reunión por la Cultura y la Democracia (RCD), y el tenebroso islamista Ali Belhadj, del ilegalizado Frente Islámico de Salvación (FIS).
Ante la opción de reformas o pérdida del poder los anquilosados regímenes del área ven con asombro como sus iguales en Túnez, Egipto, Libia y Yemen no lograron superar y controlar el movimiento de protesta popular. El monarca absoluto Mohamed VI, de Marruecos, en una medida preventiva, anunció varias reformas, entre ellas una descentralización de su poder personal y un referendo, algo que la oposición venia exigiendo.
Mohamed VI consolidaría la responsabilidad gubernativa del primer ministro, una figura decorativa hasta el momento; y apuntó que tal cargo seria ocupado por elección entre los partidos políticos que integran la Cámara de Representantes. En cuanto al referendo, del cual saldría una “Carta Magna”, Mohamed VI señalo que ello consolidaría el Estado de Derecho, ampliaría el campo de las libertades individuales y colectivas, así como el fortalecimiento del sistema de derechos humanos.
Tanto en el caso egipcio, como en el de Túnez, lo que llama la atención es que la explosión popular no se haya producido con anterioridad. Egipto entra en barrena producto del alza de los precios de los alimentos, el desempleo y la corrupción de un régimen que no estaba produciendo soluciones a las dificultades. Ello radicalizó a los jóvenes, desestabilizando al país.
Recordemos las enormes huelgas de diciembre del 2006 en Egipto, los motines del 2008 en Túnez, y que en Egipto aupó a muchos sectores de la población a manifestarse abiertamente contra el mandatario Hosni Mubarak.
Lo que salvó por algún tiempo a Mubarak fue su inserción en el epicentro de la lucha contra el terrorismo en el Medio Oriente, lo que le permitió reprimir masivamente sin que ello llamase la atención. Cuando Mubarak recibió el apoyo público de Israel y lanzó al Ejército contra los manifestantes, su estancia en el poder era cuestión de poco tiempo.
El Egipto de Hosni Mubarak resultaba la piedra angular de Occidente hacia todo el Medio Oriente, acaso el aliado islámico más sólido de Estados Unidos en la región, no solo por su balanceado apoyo a Israel, sino por su laicismo anti ortodoxo.
El ejército egipcio, conjuntamente con los órganos de la seguridad, se las agenciaron para mantener el poder, aunque todo indica que tendrán que realizar ajustes en su política exterior pro-occidental y entrar en negociaciones con la Hermandad Musulmana.
El estallido en Túnez, a mediados de enero, coincidió con la subida de US $105 el barril. Y el aceleramiento de esta subida en marzo, tiene como contraparte la violencia en Libia, que se halla escindida entre seguidores y opositores a Kadafi.
Pero en Libia la situación es altamente compleja; allí se entrecruzan el tribalismo donde el factor berebere es preponderante; un tipo de islam que a muchos no les parece muy ortodoxo; el rol del petróleo y la dependencia italo-francesa de estos hidrocarburos.
El consorcio italiano ENI consolidó su presencia en Libia cuando suscribió en 2008 un convenio billonario que le concedía el monopolio del gas y el petróleo libio hasta el año 2047. Asimismo, Italia resulta el mercado esencial libio, absorbiendo un 32 porciento de sus exportaciones. De ahí se comprende el papel de Italia y de Silvio Berlusconi en toda esta crisis.
Muamar El Kadafi es un berebere que cuenta con el apoyo irrestricto de las tribus bereberes, sobre todo de la confederación Warfala, con un millón de habitantes y cercana a Trípoli. Con el apoyo del ejército y la Seguridad había decretado la transferencia del poder a su hijo Seif el Islam, el cual ha comparecido varias veces por televisión durante esta crisis, apoyando una actitud de “línea dura” y rechazando la negociación. Sus promesas de inaugurar un debate nacional y una nueva Constitución no tuvieron eco en los rebeldes.
La represión y escalada militar de Kadafi contra los centros urbanos del este líbio provocó la intervención militar euroamericana. No podemos dejar de señalar la importancia que para Europa ha tenido la paralización de la producción petrolera de Libia, que se ha reflejado en el mercado internacional en una burbuja de precios, insostenible a largo plazo.
Debido a que gran parte del ejército permanece fiel a Kadafi, estamos en presencia de una guerra civil, con el peligro de una escisión territorial acompañada de ciclos de violencia estilo Yugoslavia, pues el país está compuesto de tribus, y no existen partidos políticos u organizaciones civiles. El dilema estriba en que una escisión territorial plantearía el diferendo en torno a los pozos de petróleo y la distribución de los ingresos.
La situación de Kadafi es crítica, cercado internacionalmente, debilitado militarmente, y afrontando deserciones de altos militares, como la del general Abdul Nafa Musa, que se sublevó y amenazó con invadir a Trípoli. Los rebeldes están reorganizándose y reclutando fuerzas para un asalto al resto de Libia. Sin dudas, las temibles fuerzas de seguridad y los mercenarios reclutados hasta ahora han mantenido a raya cualquier intento en Trípoli.
La crisis ha golpeado también al sultanato de Omán, uno de los más prósperos de la región, aunque sufriendo un alto desempleo. El régimen del sultán Qabús lleva 40 años en el poder, y se ha destacado por una política de Estado de bienestar con respecto a la educación y a la salud pública, buscando amortiguar el escandaloso desnivel entre la clase noble y el resto de la población. Las manifestaciones de protesta se han enfocado, hasta ahora, contra la corrupción, y por pedir trabajo y aumento de las prestaciones sociales, pero la policía del sultán ha reaccionado violentamente
Irak también se inquieta con pequeñas manifestaciones que han sido disueltas por las fuerzas de seguridad, sobre todo en el Kurdistán. En Sudán, el ostentoso general Omar el Bashir, tratando de aplacar a los manifestantes, anunció que no aspirará en las próximas elecciones presidenciales, añadiendo que ello no se debía en ningún modo a una reacción ante la ola de protestas en el mundo árabe.
Bahréin, bajo las riendas de una minoría sunita a horcajadas sobre una mayoría chiita, resulta un polvorín alrededor de las bases de la colosal V Flota Naval norteamericana.
En Bahréin, los miles de manifestantes que se concentraron en la capital fueron contenidos, y los esfuerzos por un diálogo entre la dinastía gobernante del sunita Al Jalifa y la oposición chiíta no han progresado.
La crisis de Bahréin, de llegar a un punto culminante, podría resultar la más compleja y de mayor impacto, por estar emplazada frente a Irán, al lado del resto de los Estados del Golfo, y detrás de Arabia Saudita. De ahí que los sauditas estén apuntalando con brigadas de infantería y tanques a la actual monarquía del rey Hamad, que se debate por que la olla de presión no estalle.
Las fuerzas represivas, descansando en las tropas comandadas por el Consejo de Cooperación del Golfo, están reprimiendo violentamente a toda manifestación popular.
La suerte del príncipe heredero Salman está en el aire, y con presteza se ha dedicado a abrir prisiones y prometer reformas constitucionales. Lo que si es imposible que Bahréin, al igual que el resto de los Estados del Golfo, deseche la monarquía, escogiendo un presidente o un primer ministro. El clan real saudita no lo permite.
Por su parte, el iraní Mahmud Admadineyad, deseoso de hacerse sentir, muestra su desagrado ante la represión contra la población chiita, en especial por el arresto de los líderes opositores encabezados por Hassan Mushaima e Ibrahim Sharif.
Irán tampoco ha estado exento de disturbios, aunque los fundamentalistas han desplegado una rápida represión tratando de acallar a los opositores y evitando revueltas populares.
Las calles de Teherán están patrulladas por dispositivos de seguridad que reaccionan con prontitud ante cualquier atisbo de protesta. Incluso la hija del ex presidente Rafsanjani, que en las elecciones del 2009 apoyó la candidatura de Mir Husein Musavi, ha sido encarcelada.
La monarquía de Arabia Saudita se había acostumbrado a debilitar aquellas fuerzas que le eran opositoras en los países vecinos, promoviendo guerras como las del Yemen, donde apoyaba a los tribeños zaiditas del norte yemenita contra la revolución nasserista del general Mohammed Salal, como las guerras de Irak-Irán, y en ocasión de la invasión de Saddam Hussein al Kuwait, cuando propició la participación militar de Estados Unidos contra el poder militar del Irak de entonces.
La romántica revuelta árabe de Lawrence y McMahon que dio al traste con los otomanos nació de la actual Arabia Saudita; de allí también salió el fundamentalismo wahabita que se ha ramificado en la Hermandad Musulmana, en HizbAllah, en Hamás, en Al Qaeda, en los talibanes.
De allí sale la porción petrolera clave del planeta; allí se determinan los precios del hidrocarburo y el destino de los consumidores occidentales; allí están los recintos sagrados, sin los cuales el Islam dejaría de existir; y, necesariamente, toda esta crisis que sacude el Medio Oriente, mas tarde o más temprano concluirá, y se determinara precisamente allí, en los confines de la Arabia Saudita.
Hasta hace pocos meses, los sauditas desarrollaban una guerra silenciosa contra los tribeños yemenitas zaiditas, arrinconados en el agreste sur de su reino. El choque ha tenido visos religiosos, pues los wahabitas sauditas han estado incómodos con los chiitas zaiditas del norte de Yemen. Estos chiitas, que en la década del sesenta derrotaron a los nacionalistas yemenitas apoyados por Nasser, en la actualidad resultan el elemento explosivo, tanto para Yemen como para Arabia Saudita.
Así, lo que resultaba una pieza de juego, el millón de yemenitas en territorio saudita, se ha transformado en el terror de la monarquía de los Saud.
Los acontecimientos en Yemen tiene repercusión en el reino de la Kaaba, pues su vecino es un país económicamente fracasado; enfrentado al separatismo del sur con centro en Adén, a una guerra confesional en el norte llevada a cabo por los tribeños zaiditas, y a una actividad interna creciente de la organización al-Qaeda en los arenales del Rub al Khali.