In the Cruel Aftermath of Tropical Storm Ketsana By Michel Chossudovsky URL of this article: www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=15557 Global Research, October 6, 2009 I arrived in Manila barely a week after the disaster struck, affecting the lives of more nearly 4 million people, devastating more than 700,000 households, creating a public health disaster, destroying the lives of [...]
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Absurdity Is the Norm in the Gaza Strip
Upon returning home from Gaza, a friend commented, “It must have been horrifying seeing all the destruction.” And it was. The 22-day Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip laid waste to an already ravaged territory. The landscape is dotted with piles of rubble of bombed out buildings, the twisted iron and aluminum of destroyed factories, [...]
Full Story »I asked her why she said Gaza is worse than the prison she worked in back in Pennsylvania
By Philip Weiss (in Gaza) Mondoweiss May 31, 2009 My group is leaving Gaza over the next couple of days. A few of us don’t want to leave. We feel connected to the place, and the people have been universally welcoming. They all say the same thing. They want to be part of the [...]
Full Story »UN Blames Israel for Gaza Attacks
Al Jazeera May 6, 2009 http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/05/200955143232389149.html A United Nations inquiry into the war in Gaza has found that Israel was blame for at least seven direct attacks on UN operations – including schools and medical centres. Missiles, bombs and small arms were all used by Israel against the UN – leading to dozens of deaths. [...]
Full Story »CrisisWatch N°67, 1 March 2009
New CrisisWatch bulletin from the International Crisis Group 01/03/2009 CrisisWatch N°67, 1 March 2009 Four actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and two improved in February 2009, according to the new issue of the International Crisis Group’s monthly bulletin CrisisWatch, released today. In Bangladesh, disgruntled members of the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) paramilitary [...]
Full Story »stopping child abuse crimes – Interview With the Author of Hell Minus One
http://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/survivor-stories/interview-with-the-author-of-hell-minus-one/ Interview With the Author of Hell Minus One Other resources on Hell Minus One: Hell Minus One – signed verified confessions of satanic ritual abuse – Anne’s parents confessed their atrocities – both in writing and verbally. http://ritualabuse.us/ritualabuse/survivor-stories/hell-minus-one-signed-verified-confessions-of-satanic-ritual-abuse/ book’s web page – http://www.hellminusone.com/ Woman revisits the ‘Hell’ of ritual abuse By Ben Winslow [...]
Full Story »How do people keep going?
By Kathy Kelly Online Journal Contributing Writer Feb 11, 2009, 00:20 People have asked me, since I returned from Gaza, how people manage? How do they keep going after being traumatized by bombing and punished by a comprehensive state of siege? I wonder myself. I know that whether the loss of life is on the [...]
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