"I am building a site for 60 million people, not 60 bloggers." - Derek DraperIn that case, I see much disappointment ahead for our Del.
Like many others today, I have hosted the pdf version of Craig Murray's new book "The Catholic Orangemen of Togo and Other Conflicts I Have Known". It's hosted on my Dreamhost server in the US. Dreamhost is run by madmen (no offence) renowned for eating lawyers for breakfast. Lawyers Schillings, acting on behalf of mercenary commander Tim Spicer, persuaded my publisher to pull out of publishing my new book, The Catholic Orangemen of Togo and Other Conflcits I Have Known.The self-published book is for sale in hard copy at Amazon: The Catholic Orangemen of Togo and other Conflicts I Have Known (Hardcover) by Craig Murray (Author) (£11.87 + FREE delivery in UK)
Tim Spicer has made millions from the war in Iraq, and the UK has become notorious for the ability of the rich to close down criticism because of the massive costs - often hundreds of thousands of pounds - of defending a legal action.
Let me be clear: there is no libel in this book - it is all true and based on my own eye-witness account. It contains not libel, but rather truth some people wish to hide.
Andrew Sullivan:
Panetta’s core qualification at this particular moment was his public statements on the Bush-Cheney torture programme. This is what Panetta wrote in the Washington Monthly last year: “How did we transform from champions of human dignity and individual rights into a nation of armchair torturers? One word: fear. Fear is blinding, hateful and vengeful. It makes the end justify the means. And why not? If torture can stop the next terrorist attack, the next suicide bomber, then what’s wrong with a little waterboarding or electric shock? The simple answer is the rule of law. Our constitution defines the rules that guide our nation. . .
“Those who support torture may believe that we can abuse captives in certain select circumstances and still be true to our values. But that is a false compromise. We either believe in the dignity of the individual, the rule of law, and the prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment, or we don’t. There is no middle ground.”
Tony Blair is expected to earn £15million in his first two years after leaving Downing Street, it was claimed yesterday. The former Prime Minister has a lucrative new career as the world's best-paid public speaker. His agents typically charge $250,000 (£164,000) for a 90-minute speech. But there have been questions about his commitment to his role as the UN's Middle East envoy.
Critics have asked why he has not yet visited Gaza, despite the deepening crisis there.Mr Blair flew to Jerusalem nine days after Israel began bombarding the Gaza Strip, but he has yet to visit Gaza. And yesterday a United Nations ambassador-said Mr Blair had yet to address the Security Council on his progress as envoy, despite being asked to do so in October.
As the number of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza passes 800 and the US and Red Cross accuse Israel of targeting aid convoys and engaging in other war crimes, some in San Francisco still choose to rally behind Israel. The following photos are a pictures of Gaza and pictures of a pro-Israel counter-protest to a rally for Gaza on Saturday January 10th 2009. You might think that this crowd doesn't represent the views of many Americans and that could be correct but both the US House and Senate voted with no opposition to a resolution backing Israel just yesterday and the bills were sponsored by several of our local representatives.
I see that the Labour MP for Bury South, prominent 'Friend of Israel', Ivan Lewis was cheering on Israel and the IDF earlier today in Manchester.This community stands shoulder to shoulder with the people of Israel in the good and the bad times. We do not apply double standards to Israel and the challenges that she faces.Mr Lewis, an adulterer and annoying little text pest, is the last person to be talking about 'standards' I would have thought.
What is particularly horrifying about the Zeitoun massacre—details of which continue to unfold—is the sadistic behavior of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). This is a mass killing that has unfolded over days.
It appears that the IDF tricked residents, promising that they would be safe gathered in large groups in particular buildings, only to bomb them later. Over the course of four days, the Israelis then left the sick and dying—all civilians, the majority small children—with no medical assistance, food or water, even though Israelis enjoyed total control over the area. At the same time, they refused repeated requests for access to the neighborhood by aid workers.
It is not clear how many have died in Zeitoun. At this point, it appears the number is somewhere between 70 and 85. But this figure may grow significantly as the unassisted wounded continue to die, and as aid workers uncover bodies of victims in bombed-out buildings.
I once asked Abdel-Aziz Rantisi, the late, unlamented Hamas leader, if he would help an injured Jewish child if he came across one lying on the street. He said no. And he was a pediatrician by training.Jeffrey wants the soldiers to realise that they are above such barbarism:
Dear Soldier,I have to assume that Goldberg did actually ask Rantisi that question and got that answer but it's a shame he didn't ask the Hamas leader and paediatrician a supplementary question:
Here's the thing. You've got to help the children. You're not Hamas. You're better than Hamas. So act it..You're not Rantisi. So when you operate, operate with the children in mind.
