Wednesday, 14 March 2012
BOBBY SEALE - Black Panther Party founder - Unfinished Business
An excerpt of a presentation by Black Panther Party founder Bobby Seale titled 'UNFINISHED BUSINESS' delivered at the 45th Anniversary Celebration & Inaugural Ceremony of the Alumni Association of the Black Panther Party - October 28, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Top tory claims England "Would bomb independent Scotland's Airports"
Herald, 13 March 2012
GLASGOW and Edinburgh airports, in an independent Scotland, could be bombed by an English government if it was threatened by an unfriendly country, a former deputy leader of the UK Conservative Party has warned.
Lord Fraser of Carmyllie also warned that SNP policies removing nuclear forces from Scottish bases and reducing Scotland's navy "essentially" to fishery protection vessels could make Scotland a war zone. He said a country with a few fishery protection vessels was "asking to be invaded".
The former Lord Advocate and Solicitor General said he did not see who might have "evil intentions" against England but he had missed "the import of the Balkan crisis and the ramifications of 9/11" and would hesitate "to predict the crises even in the rest of the century".
He foresaw the possibility of an enemy commander ordering the runways at Scottish airports to be cleared because his planes would be landing and "if that were to happen what alternative would England have but to come and bomb the hell out of Glasgow airport and Edinburgh airport".
He suggested one solution would be to base the nuclear fleet, currently based on the Clyde, to Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
GLASGOW and Edinburgh airports, in an independent Scotland, could be bombed by an English government if it was threatened by an unfriendly country, a former deputy leader of the UK Conservative Party has warned.
Lord Fraser of Carmyllie also warned that SNP policies removing nuclear forces from Scottish bases and reducing Scotland's navy "essentially" to fishery protection vessels could make Scotland a war zone. He said a country with a few fishery protection vessels was "asking to be invaded".
The former Lord Advocate and Solicitor General said he did not see who might have "evil intentions" against England but he had missed "the import of the Balkan crisis and the ramifications of 9/11" and would hesitate "to predict the crises even in the rest of the century".
He foresaw the possibility of an enemy commander ordering the runways at Scottish airports to be cleared because his planes would be landing and "if that were to happen what alternative would England have but to come and bomb the hell out of Glasgow airport and Edinburgh airport".
He suggested one solution would be to base the nuclear fleet, currently based on the Clyde, to Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
Monday, 12 March 2012
Latest Afghanistan massacre will be remembered as tipping point in the war
Latest Afghanistan massacre will be remembered as tipping point in the war
ANSWER Coalition press statement
MARCH 12, 2012
An Afghan man sits with the body of one of the 16 victims of this atrocity.
Today’s cold-blooded murder of at least 16 Afghani civilians by a U.S. Army soldier is the latest in a decade-long history of atrocities carried out by the NATO occupiers. It will be remembered as the tipping point in a criminal war that grows more criminal with each passing month.
The “apologies” by President Obama and U.S. commanding General John Allen are nothing but brazen hypocrisy and will ring hollow in the ears of the Afghani people. Occupying armies, unable to distinguish insurgent fighters from the population as a whole, inevitably propagate a racist ideology among their troops. This officially promoted racism and contempt toward the occupied people is what produces atrocity after atrocity, and insult after insult.
The only way these horrors will end is by ending the war. The ANSWER Coalition joins with the people of Afghanistan and the anti-war movement around the world in demanding the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. and NATO occupying forces. The ANSWER Coalition organized protests on the first day of the U.S. war on Afghanistan in 2001 and has been working to end the war for the past decade.
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'Several drunk troops behind bloodbath, laughed on shooting-spree, burned corpses'
http://rt.com/news/afghanistan-us-drunk-shooting-373/
Published: 12 March, 2012, 16:54
Edited: 12 March, 2012, 22:15
A villager points to a spot where a family was allegedly shot in their residence by a rogue US soldier in Alkozai village of Panjwayi district, Kandahar province on March 11, 2012 (AFP Photo / Mamoon Durrani)
Gruesome new details are surfacing after 16 Afghan villagers including nine children were shot in their houses by at least one US serviceman. Witnesses to the atrocity now say that several drunken American soldiers were involved.
Neighbors at the village where the killings took place said they were awoken past midnight by crackling gunfire:
"They were all drunk and shooting all over the place," Reuters cites Agha Lala, a villager in Kandahar's Panjwayi district.
Lala's neighbor Haji Samad lost all of his 11 relatives in the rampage, including children and grandchildren. He claims Marines “poured chemicals over their dead bodies and burned them.”
Twenty-year-old Jan Agha says the gunfire “shook him out of bed.” He was in the epicenter of the horrible shooting, witnessing his father shot as the latter peered out of a window to see what was going on.
"The Americans stayed in our house for a while. I was very scared," the young man told reporters.
Lying on a floor, Agha says, he pretended to be dead.
He added that his brother was shot in his head and chest. His sister was killed as well. “My mother was shot in her eye and her face. She was unrecognizable,” he said.
The Afghan parliament said the incident was barbaric and demanded justice. Both NATO and US officials condemned the violence, promising a swift investigation.
US ‘fundamental strategy’ in Afghanistan won’t change – Pentagon
The Pentagon’s chief spokesman, George Little, said on Monday that there was "every indication" that the perpetrator, whose name he refused to disclose, had not been accompanied by any other soldiers. He also said that the mass killing would not change the “basic war strategy” in Afghanistan.
"Despite what some are saying, we’re not changing our fundamental strategy," Little said.
Also on Monday NATO reacted to the massacre of Afghan villagers, with spokeswoman Oana Lungescu saying the shooting was an "isolated incident." She emphasized it would not affect the timeline of the previously discussed withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
Earlier a preliminary official report said the unnamed culprit, identified as a member of the US army staff, had acted alone and is now in custody after turning himself in at an American base.
US troops in Afghanistan have been put on high alert as the Taliban has issued a threat vowing “to take revenge from the invaders and the savage murderers for every single martyr.”
The statement published on the group’s website said that the US is “arming lunatics in Afghanistan who turn their weapons against the defenseless Afghans.”
Afghan officials, fearing possible violent demonstrations, have deployed extra police and troops in and around Kandahar.
The incident was one of the worst of its kind since the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. It comes just weeks after copies of the Koran were burned at a US military base, provoking mass riots in Afghanistan
Sunday, 11 March 2012
SNP outlines plans for 'Yes' campaign
Sun, 11/03/2012 - 12:37
The Scottish National Party (SNP) has outlined plans at its Spring Conference in Glasgow for a broad, massive ‘Yes’ campaign for the independence referendum involving sectoral groups across Scottish society.
Last weekend, Alex Salmond announced that the Yes campaign will be launched shortly after the local elections (3 May) and close of the Scottish Government's referendum consultation (11 May).
SNP Independence Referendum Campaign Director and Westminster Leader Angus Robertson MP told delegates that plans are already at an advanced stage for the launch.
He gave details of the organisation which will “bring together all supporters of independence" who want to help secure a historic ‘YES’ vote”.
Sectoral campaigns will bring together people with particular interests across Scottish society, including: Business for Independence, Trade Unionists for Independence, Women for Independence, Artists for Independence, Veterans for Independence, Youth for Independence, Senior Citizens for Independence, and many others.
Further plans were outlined for “the most effective campaign in Scottish political history”, including a cutting-edge website, the updated ‘Activate’ campaign data-management system and GPS campaign smart phone technology for effective campaigning.
The details were presented to SNP delegates after a run of more than 20 Independence Referendum Roadshow
events around the Scotland which have been attended by more than 2,000 people.
In his Independence Referendum presentation to the SNP Spring Conference Angus Robertson MP said:
“I am happy to confirm that we are working towards a ‘YES Campaign’launch shortly after the Local Government elections.
“There will be a dedicated campaign structure at national level, providing materials, coordinating activities, research and resources.
"There will be local campaigns directing grassroots activities, from district level to town and community level.
“And there will be sectoral campaigns bringing together people across Scottish society, including: Business for Independence, Trade Unionists for Independence, Woman for Independence, Artists for Independence, Veterans for
Independence, Youth for Independence, Senior Citizens for Independence and many others.
"We will use cutting edge IT and communication technology to run the most effective campaign in Scottish political history.
"All of these innovations are important, but they will not replace the most important element of all in this campaign, which is the involvement of record numbers of ordinary people around country.
“This will be a campaign for everyone. This is about our collective future and future generations. Together we will change Scotland for the better.”
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