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The lost war
Die Welt
Sunday, 13 October 2002
Confidential papers from the German Chancellor's Office
document that
Russia is waging an unwinnable war against the rebels in
Chechnnya.
By Friedemann Weckbach-Mara
Russia can't win the war in Chechnya militarily but doesn't
want to end
it politically. This is the basic statement in the most recent
confidential dossier from intelligence and military experts for
the
Chancellor's Office.
Immediately at the beginning, it reads word-for-word: "There is
no
sincere readiness for a possible political solution". According
to the
dossier, the military situation is much more serious than
admitted so
far by Moscow. Though 65,000 Russian soldiers - according to
the dossier
- are facing not much more than 2,000 armed rebels in Chechnya,
the
rebels succeed to "maintain the resistance and the level of
attacks".
Only last Friday, a rebel bomb attack on a police station in
Grozny
killed at least 19 people.
According to the dossier, which has been in the hands of the
Chancellor's Office since the beginning of the week, the main
reasons
for the "lack of success" of the deployed Russian forces are
their
"desolate condition", the support for the rebels from the
population,
and an enormous "confusion of competences", which especially
effects the
tactical level, "where the people die".
Theoretically, the command structure of the Russian forces
deployed in
Chechnya is principally correct from the viewpoint of Western
military
experts as well. But in real life, besides the command
level "Special
Operation in Chechnya" with its command line to the troops,
there are up
to 17 additional command headquarters like the Interior
Ministry, the
border troops, the Ministry for Civil Defense, the police
command or the
commander of the railway troops. Each of them gives action
orders to
"their" soldiers via the operational staff, and even more
often,
directly on the spot.
The result, according to the dossier, are "high casualties" due
to fire
from the own troops, the so-called "friendly fire".
Additionally, there
are "rivalries during action, fear of responsibility and
secrecy holes".
No end is in sight for the command chaos and the corruption in
the
military, which goes as far as to sell its own weapons.
So far, in the eleven years since Johar Dudayev's attempt to
unilaterally push through Chechen independence, there have been
five
armed conflicts. Now Moscow officially declares that "at the
beginning
of next year it would give Chechnya, as one of the 89 subjects
of the
Russian Federation, a constitution which the population then
can vote
about". But according to the dossier for the Chancellor's
Office,
already for the start of 2003, a new phase of the war can be
expected,
because the fighting in the Caucasus Republic "continues
relentlessly,
in a very hard way and with high casualties". The politically
ordered
end of the war is called "plain wishful thinking".
The number of border troops has even been increased to 3,000
men this
year. The paratroopers couldn't be withdrawn as originally
planned. By
the end of 2003, the 46th Brigade is planned to consist only of
Chechen
volunteers and to number 10,000 men. But, according to the
dossier, it
is "currently impossible to see how the ideas of the plan can
be put
into practice". A total blockade of the borders which would cut
the
logistics of the resistance "can't be secured". There's no
change in the
fact that a total control of the Chechen territory doesn't
succeed.
Though the rebels today aren't able to carry out a coordinated
action on
a larger scale, as .e.g a move on Grozny, they are able at any
time to
carry out punctual attacks with perceptible losses of the
federal
forces: "The vulnerability of the Russian soldiers to mine
attacks
during all movement on land is unchanged and high. The
endangerment for
air transports can't be prohibited, because the rebels are in
possession
of air defense missiles. Outside of strongly secured military
objects,
the nights belong to the rebels."
Against the official Russian data about the loss of 4,500
soldiers, the
dossier places its own estimation of almost 10,000. More than
80,000
Chechens have lost their lives, instead of the officially given
number
of 14,000, according to the dossier.
At this moment, there are no signs of a reconstruction of
Chechnya.
There hasn't been any tax revenue, misuse of money and
corruption
continue to characterize the financial policy. Four billion
rubles for
the reconstruction of Chechnya during the fiscal year
2002 "have seeped
away on the spot without measurable improvements". And no
change for the
better is in sight in any field, according to the dossier.
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Last update - 08:45 29/01/2009
For first time, U.S. professors call for academic and cultural
boycott of Israel
By Raphael Ahren
Tags: Boycott, Academics
In the wake of Operation Cast Lead, a group of American university
professors has for the first time launched a national campaign
calling for an academic and cultural boycott of Israel.
While Israeli academics have grown used to such news from Great
Britain, where anti-Israel groups several times attempted to
establish academic boycotts, the formation of the United States
movement marks the first time that a national academic boycott
movement has come out of America. Israeli professors are not sure
yet how big of an impact the one-week-old movement will have, but
started discussing the significance of and possible counteractions
against the campaign.
"As educators of conscience, we have been unable to stand by and
watch in silence Israel's indiscriminate assault on the Gaza Strip
and its educational institutions," the U.S. Campaign for the
Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel stated in its inaugural press
release last Thursday. Speaking in its mission statement of
the "censorship and silencing of the Palestine question in U.S.
universities, as well as U.S. society at large," the group follows
the usual pattern of such boycotts, calling for "non-violent
punitive measures" against Israel, such as the implementation of
divestment initiatives, "similar to those applied to South Africa in
the apartheid era."
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The campaign was founded by a group of 15 academics, mostly from
California, but is, "currently expanding to create a network that
embraces the United States as a whole," according to David Lloyd, a
professor of English at the University of Southern California who
responded on behalf of the group to a Haaretz query. "The initiative
was in the first place impelled by Israel's latest brutal assault on
Gaza and by our determination to say enough is enough."
"The response has been remarkable given the extraordinary hold that
lobbying organizations like AIPAC exert over U.S. politics and over
the U.S. media, and in particular given the campaign of intimidation
that has been leveled at academics who dare to criticize Israel's
policies," Lloyd wrote in an e-mail to Haaretz Monday. "Within a
short weekend since the posting of the press release, more than 80
academics from all over the country have endorsed the action and the
numbers continue to grow."
Asked if the group would accept the endorsement of Hamas supporters,
Lloyd said, "We have no a priori policy with regard to the
membership or affiliation of supporters of the boycott so long as
they are in accord with the main aims stated in the press release."
He argued that, "on several occasions Hamas has sought direct
negotiations with Israel, a pursuit that constitutes de facto
recognition of Israel, and has openly discussed abandoning its call
for the destruction of the state of Israel conditional on reciprocal
guarantees from Israel."
Lloyd wrote that to the best of his knowledge, all supporters of the
anti-Israel boycott were also opposed to the U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Asked if logic wouldn't dictate that he and his colleagues boycott
themselves, he responded, "Self-boycott is a difficult concept to
realize. But speaking for myself, I would have supported and honored
such a boycott had it been proposed by my colleagues overseas."
Temat: IZRAELCZYCY zamordowali J Kennediego
IZRAELCZYCY zamordowali J Kennediego
Tak przynamniej wynika z izraelskiego Jerusalem Post.
Vanunu - Israel Was Behind
JFK Assassination
By Arieh O'Sullivan
7-25-4
Comments by freed nuclear spy Mordechai Vanunu that Israel was behind the
assassination of US President John F. Kennedy failed to bring smiles to
government officials Sunday.
One would expect that such claims would portray Vanunu as a man with a
credibility problem, but as far as the defense establishment is concern, the
former nuclear technician still has secrets to reveal and a declared goal of
ending Israel's nuclear program. He shouldn't be talking to the media and is
actually barred from meeting with foreigners.
Nevertheless, the London-base al-Hayat published Sunday an interview is
claims it had with Vanunu.
According to the interview which appeared in its Arabic supplement Al-Wassat,
Vanunu said that according to "near-certain indications", Kennedy was
assassinated due to "pressure he exerted on then head of government, David
Ben-Gurion, to shed light on Dimona's nuclear reactor."
"We do not know which irresponsible Israeli prime minister will take office
and decide to use nuclear weapons in the struggle against neighboring Arab
countries," Vanunu was quoted as saying. "What has already been exposed about
the weapons Israel is holding can destroy the region and kill millions."
Vanunu also said that the reactor in Dimona, where he worked, could become a
second "Chernobyl."
He said that an earthquake could cause fissures to the core and that would
cause a massive radiation leak threatening millions.
Vanunu warned that Jordan should test the residents along the border with
Israel for exposure to radiation and give them pills just like Israel decided
to do for its citizens.
Vanunu also criticized the visit to Israel early this month by the head of
the Atomic Energy Agency, Mohammed el-Baradei.
"He (Baradei) should have refused to have visited Israel (because) he was not
allowed to inspect the nuclear reactor," Vanunu said.
According to al-Hayat, Vanunu now lives "with his Palestinian friends" in
east Jerusalem.
It was not clear how al-Hayat did the interview, which the publication
claimed with the first Vanunu has granted to a newspaper since his release
from Ashkelon prison last April.
Vanunu has been barred from granting interviews to foreign media.
But until now, no steps were being planned against Vanunu.
"The statements that Vanunu made will be examined and if it is determined
that he violated the law or his restrictions, then steps against him will be
considered," a Justice Ministry statement said.
Defense officials Sunday refused to discuss Vanunu's latest interview. But
they have in the past expressed concern that Vanunu's comments, as
nonsensical as they may be, would be dangerous since it would be taken as
credible.
"It's a question of time until he incriminates himself. This was not the
objective. If he's arrested it won't be over nonsense. If he's detained then
it'll be for real," a security official said.
"Vanunu is still obligated to state secrecy."
"If he gives an interview and talks about prison conditions, that's OK. But
if he moves on to the Dimona reactor, then that's off limits. Don't worry,
we'll known," the official said.
The official said that the security establishment is opposed to him giving
interviews because "even his nonsense can get us into trouble."
Still, these comments were better than they hoped for. Claims that Israel was
behind JFK's 1963 assassination can totally discredit Vanunu.
"The opinions on Vanunu are divided," said Ra'anan Gissin, a spokesman for
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
"Some say let him speak and it adds to the ambiguity policy, while others say
the more he speaks the more he raises tensions, particularly in the current
atmosphere."
Gissin said that serious people understood that Vanunu was speaking nonsense
and his comments on JFK were not worthy of a reaction.
"This is something you would expect from (Yasser) Arafat," Gissin said.
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Temat: Dziekuje prezydentowi Bushowi.
Dziekuje prezydentowi Bushowi.
Thank you, great leader George W. Bush.
Thank you for showing everyone that the Turkish people and their parliament
are not for sale, not even for 26 billion dollars. Thank you for revealing to
the world the gulf that exists between the decisions made by those in power
and the wishes of the people. Thank you for making it clear that neither Jose
Maria Aznar nor Tony Blair give the slightest weight to or show the slightest
respect for the votes they received. Aznar is perfectly capable of ignoring
the fact that 90 percent of Spaniards are against the war, and Blair is
unmoved by the largest public demonstration to take place in England in the
last 30 years.
Thank you for making it necessary for Blair to go to the British parliament
with a fabricated dossier written by a student 10 years ago, and present this
as "damning evidence collected by the British Secret Service."
Thank you for allowing Colin Powell to make a complete fool of himself by
showing the UN Security Council photos which, one week later, were publicly
challenged by Hans Blix, the inspector responsible for disarming Iraq.
Thank you for adopting your current position and thus ensuring that, at the
plenary session, French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin's antiwar
speech was greeted with applause - something, as far as I know, that has only
happened once before in the history of the UN, after a speech by Nelson
Mandela.
Thank you too, because, after all your efforts to promote war, the normally
divided Arab nations, at their meeting in Cairo during the last week in
February, were, for the first time, unanimous in their condemnation of any
invasion.
Thank you for your rhetoric stating that "the UN now has a chance to
demonstrate its relevance," a statement which made even the most reluctant
countries take up a position opposing any attack on Iraq.
Thank you for your foreign policy which provoked British Foreign Secretary
Jack Straw into declaring that in the 21st century, "a war can have a moral
justification," thus causing him to lose all credibility.
Thank you for trying to divide a Europe that is currently struggling for
unification; this was a warning that will not go unheeded.
Thank you for having achieved something that very few have so far managed to
do in this century: bringing together millions of people on all continents to
fight for the same idea, even though that idea is opposed to yours.
Thank you for making us feel once more that though our words may not be
heard, they are at least spoken - this will make us stronger in the future.
Thank you for ignoring us, for marginalizing all those who oppose your
decision, because the future of the planet belongs to the excluded. Thank
you, because, without you, we would not have realized our own ability to
mobilize. It may serve no purpose this time, but it will doubtless be useful
later on.
Now that there seems no way of silencing the drums of war, I would like to
say, as an ancient European king said to an invader: "May your morning be a
beautiful one, may the sun shine on your soldiers' armor, for in the
afternoon, I will defeat you."
Thank you for allowing us - an army of anonymous people filling the streets
in an attempt to stop a process that is already underway - to know what it
feels like to be powerless and to learn to grapple with that feeling and
transform it.
So, enjoy your morning and whatever glory it may yet bring you.
Thank you for not listening to us and not taking us seriously, but know that
we are listening to you and that we will not forget your words.
Thank you, great leader George W. Bush.
Thank you very much.
Temat: De Mello ofiara ploityki USA ?
De Mello ofiara ploityki USA ?
jurist.law.pitt.edu/forum/forumnew124.php
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SERGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO:
VICTIM OF TERROR, OR U.S. FOREIGN POLICY?
Professor Marjorie Cohn
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
JURIST Contributing Editor
But for George W. Bush’s illegal and misguided war on Iraq, Sergio Vieira de
Mello, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, would be alive
today. Mr. de Mello devoted most of his life to the U.N.’s mission to protect
human rights and achieve international peace and security. He served in some
of the toughest trouble spots in the world, including Lebanon, East Timor,
Yugoslavia, Peru, Bangladesh, Cyprus, Sudan, Cambodia and Mozambique.
Sergio Vieira de Mello went to Iraq at the request of U.N. Secretary General
Kofi Annan for a four-month humanitarian commitment. One month short of his
return to Geneva, Mr. de Mello was buried alive in rubble from a suicide
truck bomber who targeted the United Nations in Baghdad.
Ignoring the pleas of millions of people around the world and most of the
United Nations members, Bush had persisted in his march to war. Contrary to
Bush’s assertions, Saddam Hussein never posed an imminent threat to the
United States. Until Bush unleashed “almost biblical” firepower on Iraq, al
Qaeda was not operating there. Yet since the U.S./U.K. became the occupying
power, Iraq has become fertile ground for outside jihadis.
Many Saudi Arabian Islamists have crossed the border into Iraq to prepare for
a holy war against the U.S./U.K. forces, according to The Financial Times.
The Arab satellite television channel al-Arabiya broadcast a statement
purportedly from al Qaeda, which urged Muslims around the world to travel to
Iraq to fight the U.S. occupation, and claimed that recent attacks on U.S.
forces had been carried out by jihadis.
The blast that killed Mr. de Mello and 19 others, and wounded more than 100
in the U.N. compound in Baghdad Tuesday, was likely the handiwork of the same
forces that bombed the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad 12 days before, killing
11 people. Osama bin Laden has long decried the United States’ role in the
first Gulf War, the punishing sanctions against the people of Iraq, and the
United Nations for “supporting the oppressive, tyrannical and arrogant
America [in Afghanistan] against those oppressed who have emerged from a
ferocious war at the hands of the Soviet Union.”
In the twisted minds of the terrorists who likely executed the worst attack
on a U.N. civilian operation in its 58-year history, the United States and
the United Nations are linked. Yet Bush’s new doctrine of “preemptive war” is
a clear violation of the U.N. Charter. And in spite of intense pressure by
Bush, including threats and bribes, the members of the Security Council
refused to hand him a resolution sanctioning his war on Iraq. Bush accused
the United Nations of becoming “irrelevant.”
When he was sent to Baghdad, it was Sergio de Mello’s dream “to assist the
Iraqi people and those responsible for the administration of this land to
achieve … freedom, the possibility of managing their own destiny and
determining their own future.” He empathized with the Iraqi people who
resented the foreign occupiers. “It is traumatic,” he said. “It must be one
of the most humiliating periods in their history. Who would like to see their
country occupied?” He wanted “to make sure that the interests of the Iraqi
people come first” as they rebuild their country.
Sergio de Mello’s death is an unspeakable tragedy for the cause of world
peace. “I can think of no one we could less afford to spare,” observed Kofi
Annan. And Salim Lone, Mr. de Mello’s spokesman in Baghdad, said, “He was a
wonderful guy. He was the U.N. in a way.” Mr. Lone added, “I grieve most of
all for the people of Iraq because he was really the man who could have
helped bring about an end to the occupation. An end to the trauma the people
of Iraq have suffered for so long.”
We must emerge from this tragedy by redoubling our support for the United
Nations. As Iraqis, Americans, and many from other countries continue to die
in Iraq, Bush must relinquish control of Iraq to the United Nations. It is
the arrogance of occupation that creates roiling hatred against the occupier.
Mr. de Mello was confident that Iraqis distinguished between the U.N. and the
foreign occupiers. The end of the occupation would empower the people of Iraq
to take control of their own destiny. Then Sergio Vieira de Mello will not
have died in vain.
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