Monthly Archives: December 2011

NATO forced to admit killing of civilians in Libya

After staunch and oft repeated claims of no “confirmed” civilian casualties as a result of NATO bombings in Libya, that lie is firmly exposed. A study by reporters of only a SMALL SAMPLING of strike locations has provided that confirmation. The real magnitude of the death toll will remain hidden as NATO has not and will not investigate these deaths as per their own admission. It has now been confirmed that many women & children were among NATO’s victims, many of them killed in their sleep. Also, people who tried to rescue the victims as well as ambulances also came under attack from NATO and suffered casualties. NATO and USA have and will continue to harp about their campaign in Libya being a success. The media and right wing nutters will fall over themselves and sing praises about the “successful” campaign. The innocent men, women and children who were murdered by NATO may not share this assertion.

NATO Forced to Admit Air Strikes Killed Dozens of Libyan Civilians, Contradicting Initial Denials

“We only saw a small sampling of the strike sites that may have been affected, so the death toll is probably much larger”

The price of US Drones

These are the victims of US terror campaign. These are the people who are simply added to the list of ‘militants’. No coverage of this horrendous human cost on the US TV networks. The majority of people who are being killed and injured (families killed, permanent disabilities …) in Pakistan tribal areas comprise of innocent men, women & children. No mention of the true facts and figures in official statements. Also, very disturbing to see the comments on the story. One would have thought that such ‘incidents’ would open the eyes of the US public. They would question their officials, end the drone terror campaign. Instead, the commentators refuse to open their eyes, refuse to blame their military and govt. Salute the troops. Hail the heroes. Those brave US warriors are liberating people [... by murdering them]. To kill people in a mass genocide like the US drone campaign and still have the gall to claim that such actions are part of a moral and just cause. Shameful.

Pakistani girl burned in US drone attack gets free treatment in Galveston

May GOD grant this brave little girl health, happiness and much more. May GOD raise the station of all the victims, those martyred, those injured, both in this life and the next.

Americans saying no to the bigots

For the pathetic decisions by Lowe’s Home Improvement and for the hate mongers and bigots like Christian Florida Family Association, there are others who reject their message of bigotry. People like U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison, actress Mia Farrow, California state Senator Ted Lieu, mogul Russell Simmons and many others step up and lead through their words and actions.

US conservatives force firm to pull pro-Muslim ad

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Keith Ellison, one of only two Muslim congressmen, also signed the petition.

“The success of All-American Muslim shows how ready the country is to learn about Muslims as Americans,” he said in a statement.

“This probably makes hate-mongers uncomfortable — as they should be,” Mr Ellison, a Democrat who site in the House of Representatives for a Minnesota district.

The petition had a positive impact and Tuesday Russell Simmons, a hip-hop Mogul and a practicing Buddhist, said he had bought spots for the next week’s show. He said he wanted to buy time for this week’s show as well but it was sold out.

“Just purchased remaining spots for #allamericanmuslim for next week The show is now sold out! keep your money Lowe’s and we will keep ours,” Mr Simmons tweeted.

Famous American actress, singer, humanitarian, and fashion model, Mia Farrow asked her followers to join her in a boycott of the home improvement chain, tweeting: “Big effort on Twitter to hit Lowe’s where it hurts, Let’s all boycott Lowe’s.”

California state Senator Ted Lieu called the Lowe’s ad pull, “stunning bigotry.”

“I call on Lowe’s to rescind its action and apologise to Americans who are Muslim. If Lowe’s continues its religious bigotry, I will encourage boycotts of Lowe’s and look into legislative remedies,” he wrote.
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Laptops, Wi-Fi & Male Fertility

While browsing Bob Rankins geekly update, came across a study regarding wifi, laptops and fertility.
Study with abstract and conclusions here (full text also in a tab on the linked page)

The conclusion of the study,

To our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate the direct impact of laptop use on human spermatozoa. Ex vivo exposure of human spermatozoa to a wireless internet-connected laptop decreased motility and induced DNA fragmentation by a nonthermal effect. We speculate that keeping a laptop connected wirelessly to the internet on the lap near the testes may result in decreased male fertility. Further in vitro and in vivo studies are needed to prove this contention.

Kashmir: 6 month old SHOT by INDIAN occupiers …

…(one of many innocents buried in mass unmarked graves)

Infant girl’s body with bullet marks buried in unmarked grave

Chahal (Baramulla), Dec 09: Atta Muhammad has buried 235 bodies of unidentified people. But it was the burial of a six-month-old baby girl in 2002 that brought tears to his eyes for the first time.

“She was brought here by policemen in a vehicle and handed over to me for burial. I buried her as per the Islamic rites. The girl was not more than six months old,” the 75-year-old grave digger says in a choked voice.
“When I took her for burial bath, I saw a bullet wound near her belly. That was for the first time I wept while burying somebody.”

The infant’s body is among the 250 bodies buried in one of the valley’s biggest graveyard of unidentified people at village Chahal in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
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Meanwhile, human rights activists say the revelation of the grave of the infant girl contradicts the claims of the government and security agencies.
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According to the SHRC report released early this year, there are 2156 unidentified graves at 38 sites in Kashmir.
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