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irectly from the united states the jet carrying the tail number n987sa changed hands twice in recent weeks but how it ended up in the hands of suspected drug traffickers remains a mystery h t rachel maddow show of course the cia have never ever traded in drugs so there posted in uncategorized tags corporate terrorism corporatism empire mercenaries the war on drugs scam the war on terror scam 7 comments designated as terrorist organisations cia us army 29 september 2007 rickb well they started it iran s parliament has approved a nonbinding resolution to label the cia and the us army as terrorist organisations the move is seen as a diplomatic tit for tat after the us senate also voted in favour of a motion urging the state department to designate iran s islamic revolutionary guard corps a terrorist organisation the parliament said the two organisations were terrorists for a number of reasons it said they were involved in dropping nuclear bombs in japan in world war ii and used depleted uranium munitions in the balkans afghanistan and iraq it also said they supported the killings of palestinians by israel bombed and killed iraqi civilians and tortured terror suspects in prisons um there s really nothing to argue with there the government is expected to remain silent over the parliament resolution and wait for us reaction before making its decision on wednesday the us senate voted 76 22 in favour of a resolution urging the state department to designate iran s islamic revolutionary guard corps a terrorist organisation while the proposal attracted overwhelming bipartisan support a small group of democrats said they feared labeling the state run organisation a terrorist group could be interpreted as a congressional authorisation of military force in iran posted in uncategorized tags american torture bush crime family empire iran politics comments off on designated as terrorist organisations cia us army burma saturday 29 september 2007 rickb state media are declaring rangoon is calm as the goverment lockdown tries to take effect and they want to present a sanitised view to the visiting un envoy however several hundred people have gathered in burma s main city of rangoon despite three days of a government crackdown on pro democracy protests the demonstrators have been surrounded by security forces and pro military vigilante groups eyewitnesses said the un envoy is being taken to the new fake capital naypyidaw gambari will arrive ygn 3 30 pm local time with the silk air today the junta is planning to take him to naypyitaw which is the official capital of the country where there are not civilian apart from civil servant so what is the reason for gambri to go to myanmar he is shown the place where no people live and junta trying to blind him and they will lie to him as usual finally he might come back with answer well spdc is moving toward to democracy they will continue to cause blood shed in the streets of rangoon and other cities in order prevent the crowd gathering near the airport they are asking anyone going near the airport they are also blocking the road to prevent protest at the air the lockdown though may be taking on a very sinister edge the un s world food programme on saturday said myanmar s rulers have stopped or restricted the delivery of food relief to 500 000 people paul risley wfp s asia spokesman said the immediate concern is in mandalay which is our logistics hub for delivering food assistance to vulnerable people that we serve in myanmar all movements of food from the northern city of mandalay where monk led protests began 11 days ago have stopped affecting wfp operations in shan state and central areas the wfp says most of the country s hungry are young children and people suffering from hiv aids and tuberculosis with 60 to 70 per cent of children in some parts of myanmar malnourished at ko htike s blog there are pictures of protest and a murdered protester and evidence of another person who was beaten to death on the street according to mizzima news some odd things are going on relating to the generals senior general than shwe s right hand man business tycoon tayza owned htoo trading company shut down its operations since yesterday after giving two months salaries to its staff after giving us two month s salary we were asked not to come to office they told us to contact the company in november a staff working at the htoo company told mizzima with rumours of burma s military supremo senior general than shwe s family fleeing to a foreign country making the rounds among burmese people a chartered air bagan flight was spotted in laos capital city of vientiane an eyewitness told mizzima the chartered air bagan flight carrying eight special passengers landed in vientiane at 6 p m local time on thursday air bagan is owned by than shwe s right hand business tycoon tayza also arrested monks have gone on hunger strike over 30 monks being detained in bamaw prison have started a hunger strike they were later transferred to other prisons and separated on september 27 the local authorities raided various monasteries in bamaw on september 25 night and arrested 108 monks they were forcibly disrobed and sent to prison since then 30 monks have been staging a hunger strike and over 100 monks are reciting the sutra internet is back up reportedly but patchy and proxies are not working properly posted in uncategorized tags burma lockdown militarism politics state terror 2 comments government forces crackdown on protests in britain 29 september 2007 rickb on monday 8 october the stop the war coalition will be marching from trafalgar square to parliament calling for all troops in iraq to be brought home immediately after a series of relatively co operative meetings the police now say they have been instructed not to allow the march to take place and that all demonstrations are banned within a mile of parliament whilst in session this is a new development which threatens our democratic rights when gordon brown became prime minister he promised to liberalise the laws on protest saying that one of his principles would be civil liberties safeguarded and enhanced government ministers including gordon brown have lined up to support the right to protest in burma it is important that these same ministers also defend the rights of people in this country to protest peacefully we are determined to march to make our views known to parliament on 8 october when gordon brown will make his long awaited statement on iraq we urge everyone who opposes the war policies of our government to join the call for all british troops to come home immediately and to help defend our civil liberties now under attack we have produced a petition calling on the authorities to review the decision to ban the march h t blairwatch sign the petition here now of course this is not comparable in severity to burma but across the planet one can see the ruling classes enforcing measures that remove the ability for us to have a say in how we are governed outside of the false choices offered by consumerism twin competing conservative parties we are in a straitjacket of moribund wage slavery posted in uncategorized tags action authoritarianism bad policing iraq nu labour politics comments off on government forces crackdown on protests in britain platitudes for the dead 29 september 2007 rickb president nicolas sarkozy has also drawn criticism this week for urging french companies to freeze new investments in burma no other french company operates in the country total as the president presumably knew has not made new investments in burma for years a french diplomat told the newspaper liberation off the record yesterday annoucing a freeze of what is already frozen is hardly revolutionary it allows the president to surf on the notion of a french new deal for human rights while protecting french economic interests france s foreign minister bernard kouchner this week rejected suggestions that total is a de facto ally of the military junta in rangoon he can claim to be something of an expert on the issue in 2003 when he was out of office his company bk conseil was paid to advise total on how to improve the public image of its burmese operations meanwhile campaigners have also been targeting the us oil giant chevron corp the only sizeable us company still investing in burma the group earthrights international has written to the company s chairman dave o reilly urging chevron to use its influence with the regime and ask the military government to use restraint when confronting the demonstrators the government of burma is not only your host but also your client and your business partner in the yadana gas pipeline consortium their letter said so long as you remain in burma therefore it is incumbent upon you to use your influence to help prevent mass bloodshed please do not stand by as the killing begins again i suspect this is the story across the board tough talk to achieve concerned humanitarian image pr and nothing else burma does quite nicely for global capital as it is why rock the boat the resistance is starved of aid at the moment that needs to change posted in uncategorized tags burma capitalism corporate terrorism corporatism politics state terror 2 comments burma frontline al jazeera 28 september 2007 rickb he had a craggy face a limp he was 60 years of age and had a resolve that underlined myanmar s new drive for democracy i am not afraid to die he told me in halting english they will only kill flesh and bones spirit cannot be destroyed so in the end we will win then he walked to the head of several thousand protesters in downtown yangon and advanced towards the waiting soldiers stern faced fingers on the triggers of their weapons he raised his hand and stood there in a gesture of defiance it met with applause from the protestors and people who watched the unfolding drama from their windows and balconies the soldiers did nothing but it was only temporary minutes later they acted two army units closed both ends of the street in a pincer movement that trapped hundreds of civilians they poured out of their trucks with guns and batons men in civilian clothes joined them with large bamboo sticks they waded into the protestors beating and slashing i saw people on the ground being beaten and pounded and kicked blood pouring from head wounds others were dragged off to a row of waiting buses the army used the night time curfew to arrest thousands of monks something like 2 000 are said to have been taken along with intellectuals and other public figures like poets and actors it s rumoured that many are being held at the race course in the city but it is impossible to get near there now the military clampdown is accelerating soldiers now stand guard at all the hospitals in the city and a makeshift morgue is said to have been set up posted in uncategorized tags authoritarianism burma state terror comments off on burma frontline al jazeera friday tom robinson war baby 28 september 2007 rickb posted in uncategorized tags culture music comments off on friday tom robinson war baby burma tipping point 28 september 2007 rickb however activists on the ground in myanmar formerly known as burma are reporting a death toll of nearly 200 since the government crackdown began on wednesday with several hundred more wounded hundreds of others are reported to have been arrested many of them beaten or seized from their homes in overnight raids al jazeera s correspondent in myanmar says that the protests are now largely made up of students instead of monks brown also thinks the death toll is likely to be climbing into the hundreds what a shame he doesn t command any armed forces or have any way to communicate with world leaders and stop this oh wait british prime minister gordon brown has said he believes the loss of life in burma has been far greater than that reported by the authorities he was speaking after holding talks by phone with us president george w bush and chinese prime minister wen jiabao according to the blog jotman h t mr eugenides davide at nether world ethnic insurgent groups are gearing up burma s karen national union has issued a call for all ethnic ceasefire groups to rise up against the burmese regime in solidarity with the people of rangoon and mandalay top generals disagree over the use of violence unconfirmed reports say there are unusual troop movements underway in rangoon amid reports that snr gen than shwe the junta s chief and vice snr gen maung aye his second in command and the commander in chief of the army have disagreed over the response to the recent demonstrations diplomatic sources in bangkok said maung aye is scheduled to meet with aung san suu kyi and that he disagreed with the bloody crackdown that has been underway for three days troop movements and discontent military aircrafts from the matehtilar airbase are airborne it is not known why the aircrafts have scrambled on the other hand there is commotion in the light infantry division 33 and 99 of the burma army the exact nature of the commotion cannot be determined as yet troops marching to rangoon there is an urgent report that burmese troops from middle burma has started to march towards rangoon the reported troops are from central command based in taung oo and south east command at this reporting it is not clear if the troops are marching to reinforce or to challenge the troops in rangoon for shooting the buddhist monks bottom line this is continuing and growing it is not now over because the government have started to shoot the resistance is growing and when slorc captured some monks others took their place students general public now it s possible the army is splintering and armed insurgent groups are uniting to fight the government this is an ongoing struggle and it is a tipping point as in the time that actions will have the most consequences help will be the most useful solidarity the most effective the news agenda wants new stories crackdown is not the closing chapter this rebellion is beginning and growing and disparate groups are uniting to fight the generals who are dividing in their tactics in real life it is always the anvil that breaks the hammer never the other way about george orwell politics and the english language posted in uncategorized tags authoritarianism burma state terror comments off on burma tipping point elsewhere 28 september 2007 rickb meanwhile in the empire s homeland both parties support the lieberman kyl amendment that names iran s armed forces a terrorist organisation while another plan also passes to huge bipartisan support to split iraq into 3 ethnic territories now the ethnic cleansing has been enforced as such the political class in america is overwhelmingly an imperial caste and the anti war majority have no effective representation the dems aren t even liberals let alone leftists now is it just me but surely us border agents patrol the us border and having them in iraq ...