Bedrohung des Friedensdorfes San Jose de Apartado durch Paramilitärs

Interview von Unser Politikblog mit Phoebe Andrea Regelmann und Martin Winiecki Wie Unser Politikblog schon am 21.04.2011 berichtete, schwebt das weltbekannte Friedensdorf San Jose de Apartado in Kolumbien wieder in akuter Gefahr. Diesmal geht die Gefahr erneut von privaten Sicherheitskräften (Paramilitärs) aus. Die Einschüchterungsversuche geschehen zeitgleich mit dem Versuch, dem Dorf einen Teil seiner landwirtschaftlichen Flächen wegzunehmen.

Categorized as: Militär, Krieg

Tahrir Square, Tel Aviv

AMRAM MITZNA is a nice guy. He is modest and radiates credibility. He reminds one of the late Lova Eliav, the Secretary General of the Labor party who quit the party in disgust. Like Eliav, he has a lot of practical achievements to his credit – Eliav built the Lakhish area villages in South-Central Israel, Mitzna volunteered to administer the remote town of Yerucham deep in the Negev. “Buji” Hertzog is also a good guy. He is a scion of a genuine Jewish aristocratic family, in the positive sense of the word; his grandfather was a Chief Rabbi, his father the President of Israel. A person whose deeds as Minister for Welfare speak for themselves – even though he has an unfortunate habit of running – after every action – to tell his (American) friends, as the Wikileak papers disclose. (This is an allusion to a classic Israeli joke: “Why do Israeli men finish so quickly? Because they can‘t wait to run and tell their friends.”)

Categorized as: english news

The Settler State

THE OTHER day, the almighty General Security Service (Shabak, formerly Shin Bet) needed a new boss. It is a hugely important job, because no minister ever dares to contradict the advice of the Shabak chief in cabinet meetings. There was an obvious candidate, known only as J. But at the last moment, the settlers’ lobby was mobilized. As director of the “Jewish department” J. had put some Jewish terrorists in prison. So his candidature was rejected and Yoram Cohen, a kippah-wearing darling of the settlers was appointed instead.

Categorized as: english news

DAS WANDERNDE AUGE – Der Libyen-Deal zwischen USA und Saudi-Arabien

Pepe Escobar lässt Revue passieren, wie es zur Zustimmung der Arabischen Liga zur libyschen Flugverbotszone kam. “EnthĂĽllt ist die Heuchelei der Barack Obama-Administration, die einen krassen geopolitischen Coup als humanitäre Operation verkauft.“ Ferner befasst sich Escobar mit der Frage, worauf das bisherige militärische Patt in Libyen hinausläuft. Der 1954 geborene Pepe Escobar aus Sao Paulo, Brasilien ist einer der herausragendsten Journalisten unserer Zeit. Escobar, der vom frĂĽheren CIA-Analysten Ray McGovern schlichtweg „der Beste“ genannt wird, arbeitet fĂĽr die Asia Times und ist ein Analyst von The Real News. DarĂĽber hinaus ist er der Autor dreier BĂĽcher: Globalistan: How the Globalized World is Dissolving into Liquid War, Red Zone Blues: a snapshot of Baghdad during the surge und Obama does Globalistan.

Categorized as: Militär, Krieg

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