Democracy Now! | Radio and TV News: "Climate Countdown: Largest Climate Summit in World History Opens in Copenhagen
Democracy Now! broadcasts live from Copenhagen from inside the Bella Center, where thousands of delegates from over 190 countries are gathering for the largest climate summit in history. Over the next two weeks, 100 world leaders are expected to attend the UN conference that has been described by some scientists as the most important the world has ever seen. We play highlights from the opening ceremony with the mayor of Copenhagen, Ritt Bjerregaard; Rajendra Pachauri, the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and Yvo de Boer, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, speaking on Sunday. [includes rush transcript]"
Monday, December 07, 2009
BBC News - Somalis rally against al-Shabab Islamists and bombing
BBC News - Somalis rally against al-Shabab Islamists and bombing: "Hundreds of Somalis have taken to the streets of Mogadishu to protest against al-Shabab, the group held responsible for a deadly suicide attack last week.
Protesters burned the group's flag in what analysts say is an unprecedented show of anger at the militants, who control large parts of the country.
Although al-Shabab has been widely blamed for the atrocity, the group has issued a statement denying involvement.
Three government ministers were among some 22 people killed in the attack.
A suicide bomber disguised as a woman in a veil blew himself up at a graduation ceremony in the capital last Thursday."
Protesters burned the group's flag in what analysts say is an unprecedented show of anger at the militants, who control large parts of the country.
Although al-Shabab has been widely blamed for the atrocity, the group has issued a statement denying involvement.
Three government ministers were among some 22 people killed in the attack.
A suicide bomber disguised as a woman in a veil blew himself up at a graduation ceremony in the capital last Thursday."
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Macmillan: Cultural Cleansing in Iraq: Why Museums Were Looted, Libraries Burned and Academics Murdered Raymond W. Baker, Shereen T Ismael, Tareq Y. Ismael: Books
Macmillan: Cultural Cleansing in Iraq: Why Museums Were Looted, Libraries Burned and Academics Murdered Raymond W. Baker, Shereen T Ismael, Tareq Y. Ismael: Books: "W
hy did the invasion of Iraq result in cultural destruction and killings of intellectuals? Convention sees accidents of war and poor planning in a campaign to liberate Iraqis. The authors argue instead that the invasion aimed to dismantle the Iraqi state to remake it as a client regime. Post-invasion chaos created conditions under which the cultural foundations of the state could be undermined. The authors painstakingly document the consequences of the occupiers' willful inaction and worse, which led to the ravaging of one of the world's oldest recorded cultures. Targeted assassination of over 400 academics, kidnapping and the forced flight of thousands of doctors, lawyers, artists and other intellectuals add up to cultural cleansing. This important work lays to rest claims that the invasion aimed to free an educated population to develop its own culture of democracy."
hy did the invasion of Iraq result in cultural destruction and killings of intellectuals? Convention sees accidents of war and poor planning in a campaign to liberate Iraqis. The authors argue instead that the invasion aimed to dismantle the Iraqi state to remake it as a client regime. Post-invasion chaos created conditions under which the cultural foundations of the state could be undermined. The authors painstakingly document the consequences of the occupiers' willful inaction and worse, which led to the ravaging of one of the world's oldest recorded cultures. Targeted assassination of over 400 academics, kidnapping and the forced flight of thousands of doctors, lawyers, artists and other intellectuals add up to cultural cleansing. This important work lays to rest claims that the invasion aimed to free an educated population to develop its own culture of democracy."
Firedoglake
Firedoglake: "In some of the most surreal reasoning yet, that dynamic duo Clinton and Gates argued for the Obama Afghanistan Timeline as a way to make the Afghans step up but at the same time they are also telling the Afghans and everyone else that the July 2011 date is essentially meaningless."
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Uighurs who fled China in Cambodia seeking asylum | Antiwar Newswire
Uighurs who fled China in Cambodia seeking asylum | Antiwar Newswire: "A group of 22 Uighurs who fled after ethnic rioting in western China are seeking asylum in Cambodia after using an underground network of missionaries in China that has helped North Korean refugees in the past."
Thursday, December 03, 2009
January 2010: Adam Ciralsky on Blackwater | vanityfair.com
January 2010: Adam Ciralsky on Blackwater | vanityfair.com: "Erik Prince, recently outed as a participant in a C.I.A. assassination program, has gained notoriety as head of the military-contracting juggernaut Blackwater, a company dogged by a grand-jury investigation, bribery accusations, and the voluntary-manslaughter trial of five ex-employees, set for next month. Lashing back at his critics, the wealthy former navy seal takes the author inside his operation in the U.S. and Afghanistan, revealing the role he’s been playing in America’s war on terror."
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