The Palestinians say Mohammed Salah was executed. The Israelis say he was a would-be suicide bomber. Who knows where the truth lies, but the photos are fucked up.
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Apr 02
Time is short for Karzai
A coup attempt against the American puppet, Hamid Karzai, has apparently been foiled. I would be very scared if I were this guy. One of his ministers has already been assassinated and his government has a tenuous grip on power in Afghanistan. In reality, the US has secured only Kabul for the interim government. A tiny little chunk out of a large country. Thousands of American and British troops are required for his government to even hold on to this tiny perch. Karzai like all the other traitors (inlcuding Khalizad) to his country was once on the payroll of oil giant Unocal. He is also a wholly owned creature of the CIA. The Afghans seem to be a very independent people. I would not assume they would put up with an American stooge for too long.
03
Apr 02
Nazi-style US Stamp
From Al Martin RAW:
Imperial State Power in America
Now even US postage stamps will project the supremacy of American Imperial 
Power into the world. The new 57-cent stamp shows an eagle, which is an exact copy of the symbol of the Waffen SS, which in turn was taken from the Imperial Praetorian eagle of Ancient Rome. This is one of the first in a new series of postage stamps being released by the US Post Office to commemorate the New Age of State Power.
According to the Moh’s color chart, the color of the stamp used to be called Nordic or Aryan Blue — before the war. After the war, when those words became politically incorrect, the name of the blue was changed to the more neutral-sounding Icelandic Blue.
The stamp portrays an eagle resting on triple-perched pediments. It’s a beautifully executed design, if one wants to portray State Power. This eagle is man’s most ancient and recognizable symbol of State Power. The seven pediments on the eagle’s chevron shaped breastplate represent the seven hills of Rome. The three Ionic columned perch represents Order, Discipline and Obedience, which was the pledge undertaken by the Obsidian Order.
Any philatelist would recognize this eagle and any numismatist, who collects Third Reich or Caesarian coins, would also know it. This iconography is not original with the Third Reich, of course, since they borrowed it from the ancient Romans.
03
Apr 02
This Summer: Assassination
According to this article the Bush Administration is planning on attacking Iraq this summer between July and September. No doubt near September to capitalize on the emotionalism tied up with the destruction of the World Trade Center. Imagine every red-blooded Joe Six-Pack getting tears in their eyes as we drop bombs onto hospitals and power plants. “That’s for 9-11, you ragheads! The giant has awoken!”
The real goal is to assassinate Saddam Hussein despite the talk of this being another offensive in the ‘war against terror’.
The U.S. attack, the diplomats and sources said, envisions a lightning offensive against Baghdad and the capture of key Iraqi military installations. They said the move would seek to kill Saddam or drive him out of Baghdad to eliminate the prospect of bloody resistance in the Iraqi capital.
If this doesn’t work, the diplomats and sources said, the United States would launch stage two of the military campaign. This would involve heavy air attacks on Iraqi military installations. Stage three calls for a ground attack.
Why does Saddam Hussein need to be assassinated? Why can’t he be arrested and brought to trial? In a great column by former CIA insider Al Martin he explains the reasons for this:
Regarding the Gulf War, the Bush Sr. Administration said that the reasons the US didn’t go in and get Saddam is because the American people were beginning to complain about the number of casualties we were inflicting on the Iraqis. It was a cover story pure and simple.
The truth is that the United States wanted Saddam to remain in power because there was only one shot to take Saddam out. He had to be liquidated. He couldn’t be captured even though he was under indictment in the United States for a variety of charges and also under indictment in the World Court. But the United States couldn’t afford to have Saddam a prisoner and thus be able to talk about his relationship with the Reagan-Bush Regime.
Lying is a way of life for these people. Everything they say is suspect. If Saddam Hussein somehow aided ‘terrorists’ and Bush/Reagan aided Hussein, doesn’t that make them terrorists too? If Osama bin Laden is a terrorist and Reagan-Bush aided bin Laden doesnt that make them terrorists? This might be a good time to check out the Bush family timeline.
03
Apr 02
Military Visitor of the Day
Another .mil visitor today: 03 Apr, Wed, 07:01:35 msproxy.transcom.mil Netscape 4 Windows 2000 This time they came through a proxy via a google search on that information I posted on the Templar pardon. Strange.
02
Apr 02
Bush Raiding Nest Eggs
Deficits are back thanks to our fearless leader. To keep from defaulting on the national debt (which has never happened in American history!) the Bush gang is raiding federal employee retirement accounts. Sounds like Enronomics to me. Of course, the Clinton gang did the same thing in 1995. Where’s Matt Dillon when you need him?
02
Apr 02
Lindh Torture Evidence
What possible explanation can be used to justify this? Even according to the prosecution Lindh had nothing to do with the death of CIA spook, Johnny Spann. Everything about this whole situation reeks of scapegoating. The US is eager to have something to show for all the fireworks and made-for-tv crap when in reality they have done really nothing. Bombing third-world civilians doesn’t really qualify as a war in my opinion.
02
Apr 02
Warning Labels for Online Games?
A 21 year old man played Everquest minutes before he committed suicide. Now his mom and her lawyers are trying to sue the publisher, Sony, and says online games should come with warning labels. I feel bad that the guy was addicted and depressed, but this is ridiculous.
“I’ve seen a lot of wreckage because of EverQuest,” Parker said. “But they are all the same. It’s like cigarettes. They need to come with a warning label. ‘Warning, extensive playing could be hazardous to your health.’ ”
Warning labels are exactly what Jack Thompson, a Miami attorney and vocal critic of the entertainment industry, wants to result from a lawsuit he plans to file against Sony Online Entertainment for Elizabeth Woolley.
“We’re trying to whack them with a verdict significantly large so that they, out of fiscal self-interest, will put warning labels on,” he said. “We’re trying to get them to act responsibly. They know this is an addictive game.”
“I am sure we are going to find things akin to the tobacco industry memos where they say nicotine is addictive,” he said. “There is a possibility of a class-action lawsuit.”
01
Apr 02
Linkage
Antiwar.com had a slew of great links today, as usual:
- Israeli soldiers executed five of Arafat’s police officers, gangland-style. They each got a steel-jacketed tranquilizer to the dome while they were on their knees. At least that’s what the blood splattered against the wall at three feet high suggests.
- Don’t always trust what they tell you in the war on terror:
Downing Street said al-Qa’ida was using chemical weapons: it was wrong. The Pentagon said Saddam Hussein was to blame for the anthrax attacks on the US: it was wrong. - Turkey considers Kurdish language broadcasts which have been illegal for decades. The European Union has made this a condition for Turkey’s entry into the EU.
- Afghanistan is the Pentagon’s playground for their new killing technology. We have to invade someone every few years to make sure we can still kill effectively. Your tax-dollars pissed away. When will they end military welfare.
Our beloved Google has some competition in the search business. It’s called Teoma. We’ll see. Here’s a story about it at SFGate.com. It couldn’t find my name anywhere on the internet so I’m not impressed yet although according to that article the more advanced search capabilities won’t be unveiled until tomorrow at 5pm eastern.