Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Tribute to Benazir Bhutto !! We miss her... (Pics Never Seen Before)



This is the exact time when our beloved BB was assassinated a year ago.. let's spend one minutes silent and watch the following pics !!

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NRIs DEMAND JUDICIAL PROBE INTO THE KILLING OF HEMANT KARKARE and PROPOSED INTER-FAITH DELEGATION OF AMERICAN INDIANS TO PAKISTAN


                                Press Statement

 

 

NRIs DEMAND JUDICIAL PROBE INTO THE KILLING OF HEMANT KARKARE and PROPOSED INTER-FAITH DELEGATION OF AMERICAN INDIANS TO PAKISTAN

 

 

A meeting of NRIs and secular Indians was held at the Indian Islamic Cultural Center on the 28th December 2008 at 3pm. It was over presided by Dr. AK Nakadar, the Chief Trustee of the American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin (AFMI), the leading organization of Indian Muslims in the US, and Mr. Amaresh Misra, the President of All India Patriotic Forum (AIPF). The meeting was attended by various representatives of AFMI from USA and Canada--Mr. Ali Qureshi, President, Dr. Shakir Mukhi, Dr Shahid Ali, and Aslam Ayubi.

The meeting was also attended by Badruddin Ajmal, the Chief of Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF). Mr. Ajmal seconded the demand of a probe into the death of Hemant Karkare, Vijay Salaskar and Ashok Kaamte and exhorted Muslims to form a secular party of the oppressed which can bring about   a revolution in India.

Other speakers included Shri John Dayal, Shri Arshad Khan, President National Loktantrik Party, Waqar Rizvi, MJ Khan, President National Economic Forum of Muslims (NEFM), Illyas Azmi, MP,  Aamir Rashidi, and Yogi Sikand, Pragati Sharma and Julia Manke.

 

  The meeting passed the followed resolutions: 

 

 

1)  The AFMI and AIPF demand a judicial probe into the death of Hemant Karkare, Vijay Salaskar and Ashok Kaamte, during the Mumbai terror attack. A special PIL or RTI shall be used to this effect.

 

2)  The AFMI and AIPF resolve to denounce terrorism in all its phases and dimensions and urge people of all faiths to join hands and work for a peaceful India.  The participants of the conference organized by the 2 groups believe that terrorism is sponsored by those who use hatred as a weapon to disturb social peace for socio-political and economic gain.

3)  The AFMI and AIPF denounce all those who use terrorism as an excuse to spread hatred against Islam and Muslims, Christians and Christianity, Hindus and Hinduism and other religions to persecute ordinary innocent people.  The campaign of Islamophobia is detrimental to the social coexistence of different communities in India and outside.

4)  The AFMI and AIPF recognize the severity of the tension that now exists between India and Pakistan consequent to 26/11 acts of terrorism in Mumbai and propose that a delegation of NRIs, Muslims, Christians and Hindus visit Pakistan to convey the message of peace to the political leaders of the two countries.

5)  The AFMI and AIPF also condemn all forms of state terrorism and its links to individual terrorism. Both feed on each other.  

6)  The AFMI and AIPF resolve that a special civil rights act for Indian minorities, which protects them from atrocities, ought to be enacted to protect and extend constitutional rights enshrined in the constitution of India.

 

 

Dr. AK Nakadar                                        Amaresh Misra

     AFMI                                                         AIPF

 

 


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IAF uses new US-supplied smart bomb - How Israel tricked Hamas before launching Gaza strikes - US Media Silent - Bush Congratulates Himself - Freedom Christmas

IAF uses new US-supplied smart bomb

By YAAKOV KATZ
Dec 29, 2008 1:18 | Updated Dec 29, 2008 9:15

The Israel Air Force used a new bunker-buster missile that it received recently from the United States in strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, The Jerusalem Post learned on Sunday.

The missile, called GBU-39, was developed in recent years by the US as a small-diameter bomb for low-cost, high-precision and low collateral damage strikes.

Israel received approval from Congress to purchase 1,000 units in September and defense officials said on Sunday that the first shipment had arrived earlier this month and was used successfully in penetrating underground Kassam launchers in the Gaza Strip during the heavy aerial bombardment of Hamas infrastructure on Saturday. It was also used in Sunday's bombing of tunnels in Rafah.

The GPS-guided GBU-39 is said to be one of the most accurate bombs in the world. The 113-kg. bomb has the same penetration capabilities as a normal 900-kg. bomb, although it has only 22.7 kg. of explosives. At just 1.75 meters long, its small size increases the number of bombs an aircraft can carry and the number of targets it can attack in a sortie.

Tests conducted in the US have proven that the bomb is capable of penetrating at least 90 cm. of steel-reinforced concrete. The GBU-39 can be used in adverse weather conditions and has a standoff range of more than 110 km. due to pop-out wings.

Also Sunday, Military Intelligence's Psychological Warfare Department broke into radio broadcasts in Gaza and warned Palestinian civilians not to cooperate with Hamas terrorist activity.

Palestinians reported that they received phone calls to their cellular phones and landlines from the IDF. The phone call, the Palestinians said, conveyed a recorded message ordering the immediate evacuation of homes that were next to Hamas infrastructure or being used by the terrorist organization.

On Sunday, head of the Gaza Coordination and Liaison Administration Col. Moshe Levy was interviewed by several Arab news outlets during which he stressed that Israel was not against the Palestinian public in Gaza but was operating against Hamas.

Defense officials said Sunday that Israel would, however, not hesitate to target the homes of civilians who protected Hamas terrorists throughout the operation.

"We will go after every Hamas operative, no matter where he is," one official said. "We urge the Palestinians not to cooperate with terrorists."

Hamas hits back against Israeli raids

ISRAELI jets bombed Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip for a third day today amid growing international calls for an end to the violence that has left more than 300 dead.


As Israeli tanks massed ahead of an expected ground operation, warplanes staged dozens of bombing raids in the densely populated Palestinian enclave, killing seven people, including six children, medics said.

In retaliation, Palestinian militants in Gaza today fired a rocket into the southern city of Ashkelon, killing one Israeli and injuring seven others.

It marked the second Israeli killed by Palestinian militant fire since Saturday, when Israel unleashed a massive air blitz of the Gaza Strip that has since killed at least 310 Palestinians and wounded more than 1400.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon repeated his call for an end to the hostilities and urged Israel to allow humanitarian aid into the enclave, which it has kept virtually sealed since Hamas seized power there in June 2007.

"He strongly urges once again an immediate stop to all acts of violence," his spokeswoman said.

Gaza medics said that among the Palestinians killed overnight were four girls from the same family aged from one to 12 years old.

They died in an air raid in the northern town of Jabaliya that targeted a mosque near their home, while two boys were killed in a raid on the southern city of Rafah, medics said.

China and Japan joined the growing international chorus for a halt to the violence, which has also included Britain, France and Russia.

Beijing said it was "shocked and seriously concerned" at the violence, while Japan called on Israel to "exercise its utmost self-restraint" and for Palestinian militants to halt rocket attacks.

Hamas, the Islamist Palestinian movement branded a terror group by Israel and the West, remained defiant and lashed out at the world for not doing enough to end the Israeli blitz.

Israel is "committing a holocaust as the whole world watches and doesn't lift a finger to stop it", Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhum said.

The Islamist group "reserves the right to hit back at this aggression with martyr operations," meaning suicide bombings of the sort Hamas has not carried out inside Israel since January 2005, he said.

Hamas has responded to the Israeli onslaught by firing rockets and mortars into the Jewish state, Some of the rockets landed about 30km inside Israel, the farthest yet.

Despite the ongoing bombardment, Israel said it would allow 100 truck-loads of humanitarian aid into Gaza. The Kerem Shalom crossing in Gaza's south was opened this morning to allow the passage of the goods, an Israeli military spokesman said.

Amid vows by Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak to expand the air blitz and to send in ground troops if necessary, the Israeli cabinet on Sunday gave the green light to call up 6500 reserve soldiers.

The Israeli offensive sparked protests across the world, with demonstrations held in European capitals, Turkey, Egypt and Syria.

Israel unleashed Operation Cast Lead against Hamas in the middle of Saturday morning, with some 60 warplanes bombing more than 50 targets in just a few minutes.

The Israeli blitz came after days of spiralling violence since the expiry of the Gaza truce. It comes less than two months before snap parliamentary elections in Israel called for February 10.

Attack on Gaza: As Usual, U.S. Media (And Most Liberals) Silent -- As Israeli Newspaper Raises Doubts

Greg Mitchell

Editor of 'Editor & Publisher'

Posted December 28, 2008

In the usual process, the U.S. government, media here -- and most of the leading liberal bloggers -- are silent or playing down questions about whether Israel overreacted in its massive air strikes on Gaza, while the foreign press, and even Haaretz in Israel, carries more balanced accounts.

Anyone who cares should consult the respected Haaretz site often, if for no other reason than to learn that criticism of Israeli military actions are usually more heated inside that country than in the USA. The New York Times, for example, as of today (Monday), has not yet editorialized on the air assault. You may recall the lockstep support in the U.S. for Israeli's invasion of southern Lebanon, which included the use of U.S.-made cluster bombs. That invasion turned out to be a genuine fiasco.

One Sunday analysis at Haaretz: "A million and a half human beings, most of them downcast and desperate refugees, live in the conditions of a giant jail, fertile ground for another round of bloodletting. The fact that Hamas may have gone too far with its rockets is not the justification of the Israeli policy for the past few decades, for which it justly merits an Iraqi shoe to the face."

Another opinion piece in Haaretz -- titled, "Neighborhood Bully Strikes Again" -- by Gideon Levy: "Israel embarked yesterday on yet another unnecessary, ill-fated war. On July 16, 2006, four days after the start of the Second Lebanon War, I wrote: 'Every neighborhood has one, a loud-mouthed bully who shouldn't be provoked into anger... Not that the bully's not right - someone did harm him. But the reaction, what a reaction!' Two and a half years later, these words repeat themselves, to our horror, with chilling precision. Within the span of a few hours on a Saturday afternoon, the IDF sowed death and destruction on a scale that the Qassam rockets never approached in all their years, and Operation 'Cast Lead' is only in its infancy."

Also from Haaretz, Zvi Barel writes: "Six months ago Israel asked and received a cease-fire from Hamas. It unilaterally violated it when it blew up a tunnel, while still asking Egypt to get the Islamic group to hold its fire." Yet the U.S. media refers that only Hamas violated the ceasefire.

Another columnist there, Yossi Sarid, writes: "I can only hope that this time, for a change, we will know when to stop. This war must be described from the get-go as a war 'to be on the safe side,' rather than of necessity, and it is still unclear whether the last missile fired will be fired by us or by them."

Amira Hass, the paper's correspondent in Gaza, reports: "There are many corpses and wounded, every moment another casualty is added to the list of the dead, and there is no more room in the morgue. Relatives search among the bodies and the wounded in order to bring the dead quickly to burial. A mother whose three school-age children were killed, and are piled one on top of the other in the morgue, screams and then cries, screams again and then is silent."

From the lead Haaretz editorial: "[T]he inherent desire for retribution does not necessarily have to blind us to the view from the day after....Israel's violation of the lull in November expedited the deterioration that gave birth to the war of yesterday. But even if this continues for many days and even weeks, it will end in an agreement, or at least an understanding similar to that reached last June."

UPDATE: A McClatchy dispatch quotes Daniel Levy, a political analyst in Israel who once served as an adviser to Ehud Barak, who is leading the military campaign against Hamas: "I don't see how this ends well, even if, in two weeks time, it looks like it ends well."

Haaretz has just posted this from another columnist, Tom Segev: "[T]he assault on Gaza does not first and foremost demand moral condemnation - it demands a few historical reminders. Both the justification given for it and the chosen targets are a replay of the same basic assumptions that have proven wrong time after time. Yet Israel still pulls them out of its hat again and again, in one war after another."

And this from another columnist, Akiva Eldar: "The tremendous population density in the Gaza Strip does not allow a "surgical operation" over an extended period that would minimize damage to civilian populations. The difficult images from the Strip will soon replace those of the damage inflicted by Qassam rockets in the western Negev. The scale of losses, which works in 'favor' of the Palestinians, will return Israel to the role of Goliath."

The New York Times
late Sunday reported, "At Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, women wailed as they searched for relatives among bodies that lay strewn on the hospital floor. One doctor said that given the dearth of facilities, not much could be done for the seriously wounded, and that it was 'better to be brought in dead.'"

The Washington Post's update: "By late Sunday night, the toll had reached 290 dead and as many as 1,300 wounded, Moawia Hassanain, a senior Palestinian Health Ministry official, said in an interview. The fatalities included 22 children younger than 16; more than 235 children were wounded, he said."

Greg Mitchell is editor of Editor & Publisher. His latest book, on Iraq and the media, is "So Wrong for So Long."

America Can't Wait for Bush to Leave

Bush Congratulating Himself, Trying to Shake Own Hand.

by Amanda Terkel, Think Progress

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Freedom Christmas
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Pak presents proposals to defuse Indo-Pak tension

Pak presents proposals to defuse Indo-Pak tension
Updated at: 1710 PST, Tuesday, December 30, 2008 
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday said there was a "positive" development in its relations with India during last 48 hours, and reiterated its stance to cooperate on joint investigation into Mumbai incident.

"Pakistan considers the development [with India] in last 48 hours as 'positive and welcoming'," Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in his policy statement he read out at Foreign Office here.

He recommended India to de-activate its forward air bases and put ground forces to peacetime locations, to resume friendly atmosphere between the two neighbouring countries.

He said if India considers these suggestions, it would prove helpful in diffusing the ongoing tense situation between the two countries.

Qureshi said the statement of Indian External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee regarding joint investigation into Mumbai incident also supported Pakistan's stance, as he admitted of not providing evidence to Pakistan so far.

Of another positive development, Qureshi said that Mukherjee also categorically stated that India did not give ultimatum to Pakistan. He said Pakistan believes that ultimatums do not help improve relations between the countries.

The Foreign Minister said Pakistan's approach was positive from the day one and it stands by its commitment to cooperate into the investigation whenever evidence was provided.

"I reiterate that Pakistan wants to cooperate and has a positive approach," he said.

Qureshi also termed positive recent developments including the direct contact between the DGMOs of Pakistan and India, and the telephonic conversation between President Asif Ali Zardari and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

The Foreign Minister said Pakistan was also thankful to China for its efforts to de-escalate tension between Pakistan and India.

Qureshi stressed the need for using direct contacts and diplomatic channels for improving the ties and said the importance of dialogue should not be overruled.

The Foreign Minister said coercions and pressures would only benefit the powers involved in Mumbai incident that tried to dismantle peace between the two countries and also in the region.
 
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Shut Down CIA Station In Islamabad

A war with Pakistan is India's opportunity to legitimize action
beyond its borders –which is what superpowers do – and launch its new
career as a U.S.-propped [and Bollywood-propped] 'superpower'.
Pakistan will have to match the challenge or accept Indian hegemony
for the rest of the century. And while at it, time for Pakistani
government and military to order the closure of CIA station in the
Pakistani capital. The new American agenda in the region contradicts
Pakistani interests. How can this be done? Please learn how the
Saudis tamed Edward W. Gnehm.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—Pakistan will have to learn from Turkey, Saudi
Arabia, Egypt and other U.S. friendly
Figure 1: Mr. Quraishi with Mr. Gnehm, NYC, 1996
nations how to push back American interference. This is important for
us to be able to also understand how to push back the Indians. India
appears set to launch its new career as an interventionist power at
Pakistan's expense. It will fall to Pakistan to help the Indian
warmongers understand the limits of their designs. Pakistan will need
a government that can match and not succumb.

Indian provocations need to be matched. We need to also recognize
that the rise in tensions in the region is happening with the direct
nod from our ally, the United States. Pakistani appeasement has
emboldened our detractors. Polite statements from the Pakistani
leadership will not do. Sonia Gandhi and Pranab Mukherjee must be put
in their places.

I saw this happen firsthand. Ambassador Edward W. Gnehm's aggressive
interference in Kuwaiti affairs was the first sign of United States'
coming preemptive policy in the Gulf region. It was 1992 and the U.S.
military had just expelled Iraqi forces from the oil-rich
emirate. 'Skip' Gnehm, as friends and colleagues called him, strutted
all over the country encouraging Kuwaitis to limit the powers of the
ruling family. He was so effective in exploiting Kuwait's
insecurities and extracting concessions that Washington decided in
1996 to appoint him in Riyadh. That's when the coldest spell in Saudi-
U.S. relations began. There was no American envoy in Riyadh for
almost two years because the Saudis had put their feet down and
refused to accept Mr. Gnehm's papers. Washington had to budge
eventually. The Turks and the Egyptians have also survived many U.S.
attempts at belligerent arm twisting.

A word also about CIA presence in Pakistan. Several nations in the
region moved after 9/11 to gradually limit the operations of secret
CIA stations on their soil. That's because governments became
suspicious of American designs to redraw the borders in the Middle
East. An old Cold War ally, CIA had now become a threat. There was a
conflict of interest. In Pakistan, we have long entered that stage.
CIA's station office in Islamabad used to be one of the biggest. With
the American policy of empowering anti-Pakistan elements in
Afghanistan and the region in full swing, our American friends must
begin to feel unwelcome in Pakistan's corridors of power. The current
Pakistani government needs to show as much concern about CIA presence
here as it has shown on ISI to appease the Americans.

The Indian 'evidence' against Pakistan for Mumbai attacks is
inadmissible in any court of law. Yet New Delhi is using it to bully
Pakistan with full American and British support. Pakistani officials
must understand that India wants to use Mumbai to launch a new career
as an aggressive superpower. Mumbai is India's opportunity to
legitimize action beyond its borders, which is what superpowers do.
Evidence here doesn't matter.

Pakistan will have to either match Indian bullying or accept Indian
hegemony for the rest of this century. President Zardari and Prime
Minister Gilani's calm reactions to Indian provocations were
partially acceptable in the initial stages. But there is no excuse
now for turning the other cheek. Pakistani reluctance to call
India's bluff and forcefully present its case has emboldened the
Indians. Beginning with the Indian blockade on Pakistan's water from
Kashmir, which is an act of war. Subsequent Indian actions, visa
restrictions on Pakistanis, cancellation of talks, freezing sports
events and harassing Pakistani visitors to India are all signs that
New Delhi is convinced about Pakistani weakness. The weakness of the
Pakistani government is feeding this misconception. Aside from some
statements by our Foreign Minister, Pakistani officials are yet to
pay the Indians in the same coin. We need to hear a stronger reaction
to the childish and provocative statements of Ms. Gandhi and her
foreign minister. Also, where is the government's media machine? Is
it all reserved for PPP anniversaries and events? When will the state-
run media wake up and realize we are staring into a possible war? Why
our media and diplomats abroad have failed to show the world the
immature and bellicose behavior of the Indian government? Why no
Pakistani official has come out to condemn how Pakistani artists and
visitors to India were harassed and turned back? And why Indian
movies are still playing in a cinema hall right next to Pakistani
military headquarters?

It is also a matter of concern that the rise in Indian hostilities is
coinciding with mysterious riots in Karachi, an ill timed attempt to
generate controversy over renaming NWFP, and now the Balochistan
chief minister's sudden challenge to the rest of the country to prove
Indian interference in the province, whose evidence was shared with
no less than the U.S. military chief himself.

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Gaza Massacre - Real Terrorists of Planet Earth(Israel, USA & their alliance)



In pictures: Gaza Massacre

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A Palestinian man cries over the body of his son following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008.
December 27, 2008
After announcements that a decision whether to increase the military attack on the Gaza Strip would be made tomorrow, Sunday, Israeli forces instead launched a major operation today.
The Israelis killed 150 Palestinians with more expected to die. The Israeli government says it is just the beginning.
Bodies of Palestinian Policemen killed in the Israeli airstrike
Bodies of Palestinians are seen at Shifa hospital in Gaza December 27, 2008
Bodies of Palestinian Policemen killed in the Israeli airstrike
In this image taken from APTN video, Palestinian men carry two injured children into hospital after Israeli aircraft struck.
Palestinians lift a wounded woman to a vehicle after Israeli air force attacked Gaza City December 27, 2008.
Palestinians help a wounded man after Israeli air force attacked Gaza City December 27, 2008.
Palestinians transport the body of a Palestinian after Israeli air force attacked Gaza City December 27, 2008.
A Palestinian is rushed to hospital after he was wounded in an Israeli air strike on Gaza City.
A wounded Palestinian woman is rushed into hospital in Gaza City December 27, 2008.
Palestinians help a wounded man after Israeli air force attacked Gaza City December 27, 2008
Bodies of Palestinians are seen at Shifa hospital in Gaza December 27, 2008.
An explosion from an Israeli missile strike in the northern Gaza Strip
Smoke and fire are seen after an Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip December 27, 2008
Palestinians inspects a destroyed Hamas police compounds following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008.
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli air strike in Rafah, a town in the southern Gaza Strip.
The leg of a Hamas policeman is seen between the rubbles following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008
Smoke rises after an Israeli bomb exploded in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip December 27, 2008.
A Palestinian rescue worker inspects damage on a Hamas police compounds following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli air strike in the southern town of Rafah.
A Palestinian man cries over the body of his son following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008.
Palestinian medics recover the body of a dead woman from the rubble of a destroyed Hamas police compound following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008
A Hamas policeman asks for help as others try to recover a body from a destroyed Hamas police compounds following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008
A Palestinian Hamas policeman inspects the destroyed former office of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
Bodies of Palestinians are seen at Shifa hospital in Gaza December 27, 2008
Palestinians run for cover following an Israeli missile strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008.(AP)
A wounded Hamas policeman lies on the ground following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008.
The body of a Hamas police officer is transported to hospital in Gaza City December 27, 2008.
Bodies of Palestinians are seen at Shifa hospital in Gaza December 27, 2008
A Palestinian woman wounded in Israeli missile strikes is helped into the emergency area at Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008. (AP)
Palestinians gather at the site of a security compound used by the Islamic group Hamas following an Israeli missile strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008.
Bodies of Palestinian Policemen killed in the Israeli airstrike
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