InnovaLatino basic info on Peru Chile y Colombia
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Innovation is key to Latin America’s development, says new study
Madrid, 4 May 2011 – Innovation can help Latin America grow its economy, raise productivity, increase trade and improve the lives of its people.
InnovaLatino: Fostering Innovation in Latin America, a study based on a survey of 1 500 manufacturers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay, shows that some countries in Latin America have very innovative business models and marketing methods. The report, produced by INSEAD and the OECD Development Centre with the support of Fundación Telefónica, adds however that overall the region lags behind OECD countries in terms of innovation.
‘Latin America has made great strides in innovation, including in macro-economic-management, pro-poor policies and the development of new business models’ said Mario Pezzini, Director of the OECD Development Centre. ‘However, governments still need to invest more and better on innovation to increase productivity and compete in global markets. ’
As well as the private sector, the public sector has made great strides in promoting innovation in Latin America. For example, Argentina has created a new Ministry of Science Technology and Productive Innovation, which promises to make its innovation policies more coherent, and Chile is using the increased revenues from commodity-exports to support innovation. Other cases of experimentation can be found throughout the region.
‘Innovation is not just R&D in laboratories,’ notes INSEAD eLab’s Soumitra Dutta. ‘This study will inform Latin American policy makers who can establish the conditions necessary to encourage more firms to push forward the innovation frontier.’
InnovaLatino’s recommendations include:
• Take advantage of the region’s economic strength - abundant natural resources - to invest more in research and development and further green innovation. At present, Latin American public and private investment in research and development lags behind OECD countries and emerging Asian economic powers. Latin America spends on average 0.3 percent of GDP on R&D, two percentage points below the OECD average (2.33 percent)1.
• Boost innovation by enhancing formal education and linking universities, the business sector and other stakeholders. Spending on education in Latin America is lower than the OECD average and students rank poorly in PISA scores2. Though 75% of companies consider qualified staff essential to their innovation activities, only in one out of five surveyed companies had half of the staff attended university or technical schools.
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1 Innovalatino: figure 1.8. Source: Main Science and Technology Indicators (2010-2), OECD Statistics; World Bank, World Development Indicators.
2 Source: PISA 2009, OECD
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• Use information systems to monitor and assess innovation policies. The report gives 50 case studies of innovative leadership and projects. For example, innovative ICT– particularly mobile technologies – is collecting and disseminating data, accessing resources from around the world, and connecting rural and low-income communities to better opportunities for growth and development.
Latin America is becoming the source of new forms of innovation that will be imported by the more advanced economies. In fact, according to José María Álvarez-Pallete, chairman of Telefónica Latinoamérica, ‘In the present decade we will see emerging regions introducing to the world more and more of their innovations, which are the result of the application of their creativity to the social and technological challenges they face.’
For additional information:
To download the full report and access strategic recommendations for national governments in the region, please visit www.innovalatino.org.
PERU
Peru http://www.innovalatino.org/peru.html
http://www.innovalatino.org/innovationprofiles.html
General Information (Hide Data)
Population(Millions) 29.16
GDP, PPP (Millions, constant 2005 international $) 228.54
Foreign Direct Investment, net inflows (% of GDP) 3.65
GINI Index 50.52
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 73.26
Main 4 exports as % of Total Exports
Gold 25.30
Copper 22.07
Fishmeal 6.26
Zinc 4.56
Estimated Share of GDP by Sector
Agriculture 8.2
Industry 32.1
Services 59.7
Country-level Indicators (Hide Data)
Political stability
Value Change
LATAM 35.79 +3%
Peru 19.10 -3%
OECD 73.03 0%
Start a business time
Value Change
LATAM 44.10 -7%
Peru 41.00 -17%
OECD 13.90 -8%
Graduates in tertiary school per 100 people
Value Change
LATAM 0.06 -10%
Peru N.D. N.D.
OECD 0.11 +3%
Total researchers per million labor force
Value Change
LATAM 524.38 +12%
Peru N.D. N.D.
OECD 7315.07 +19%
Internet subscribers per 100 people
Value Change
LATAM 4.44 +42%
Peru 2.57 +26%
OECD 23.88 +19%
Personal computers per 100 people
Value Change
LATAM 4.37 -8%
Peru 10.01 +16%
OECD 48.54 +5%
Mobile phone subscribers per 100 people
Value Change
LATAM 84.40 25%
Peru 74.24 +38%
OECD 111.81 +6%
Percentage of paved roads
Value Change
LATAM 25.97 8%
Peru 13.88 -1%
OECD 79.15 0%
Gross expenditure on research and development per capita
Value Change
LATAM 39.29 +8%
Peru 8.69 +10%
OECD 681.33 +7%
Number of patents
Value Change
LATAM 47.47 +1%
Peru 1.50 -6%
OECD 4215.11 +3%
High technology exports as % of manufacturating exports
Value Change
LATAM 4.15 -13%
Peru 2.06 +3%
OECD 16.03 0%
International quality certifications
Value Change
LATAM 2455.72 +17%
Peru 688.00 +27%
OECD 17920.40 +5%
Royalties receipts in US$ per capita
Value Change
LATAM 9.80 +22%
Peru 0.06 +25%
OECD 138.62 +9%
Gross Domestic Product per capita
Value Change
LATAM 9093.31 +6%
Peru 8507.04 +8%
OECD 33481.90 +4%
2010 InnovaLatino Survey Data(Hide Data)
Average value of participating large Firms
(Average value of OECD) Average value of participating Small Firms
(Average value of OECD)
% of firms with more than 50 percent of employees holding technical education
18.7% 23.8%
% of firms who applied for intellectual property rights protection
73.7% 47.2%
% of firms receiving external financial resources and considering financial support as important
63.3% 22.2%
% of firms reporting awareness of leading public support programs
52.3% 23.8%
% of firms perceiving public support programs to be adequate
3.6% 2.8%
% of firms with access to foreign machinery
51.4% 36.7%
% of firms conducting projects with foreigners
84.8% 25.5%
% of firms that introduced product innovations
100% 85.1%
% of firms planning to innovate more
92.6% 96.2%
% of firms considering gain of market share and/or new markets as very important effect of innovation
55.8% 42.1%
% of firms earning more than 30 percent from innovation
18.3% 65.3%
% of firms finding innovation efforts led to:
Cost Reductions
89.0% 73.5%
Job Creation
89.2% 72.9%
Job Savings
85.4% 75.6%
Innovative Organizations
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica –CONCYTEC
Public Institution http://portal.concytec.gob.pe/
Ajegroup
Product Innovation www.ajegroup.com
Alicorp S.A.
Product Innovation www.alicorp.com.pe
Interbank
Business Model/ Social Innovation www.interbank.com.pe
Astrid y Gastón
Product Innovation www.astridygaston.com
Buenaventura
Large Firm/CSR www.buenaventura.com
CHILE
http://www.innovalatino.org/innovationprofiles.html
General Information (Hide Data)
Population(Millions) 16.97
GDP, PPP (Millions, constant 2005 international $) 221.58
Foreign Direct Investment, net inflows (% of GDP) 7.76
GINI Index 52.00
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 78.61
Main 4 exports as % of Total Exports
Copper 50.10
Fresh fruit 5.60
Cellulose 4.90
Salmon & Trout 3.80
Estimated Share of GDP by Sector
Agriculture 5.6
Industry 34.5
Services 51.9
Country-level Indicators (Hide Data)
Political stability
Value Change
LATAM 35.79 +3%
Chile 66.00 -3%
OECD 73.03 0%
Start a business time
Value Change
LATAM 44.10 -7%
Chile 27.00 0%
OECD 13.90 -8%
Graduates in tertiary school per 100 people
Value Change
LATAM 0.06 -10%
Chile 0.09 11%
OECD 0.11 +3%
Total researchers per million labor force
Value Change
LATAM 524.38 +12%
Chile 832.56 +15%
OECD 7315.07 +19%
Internet subscribers per 100 people
Value Change
LATAM 4.44 +42%
Chile 8.49 +23%
OECD 23.88 +19%
Personal computers per 100 people
Value Change
LATAM 4.37 -8%
Chile 14.11 +6%
OECD 48.54 +5%
Mobile phone subscribers per 100 people
Value Change
LATAM 84.40 25%
Chile 88.06 +9%
OECD 111.81 +6%
Percentage of paved roads
Value Change
LATAM 25.97 8%
Chile 20.20 3%
OECD 79.15 0%
Gross expenditure on research and development per capita
Value Change
LATAM 39.29 +8%
Chile 76.21 +9%
OECD 681.33 +7%
Number of patents
Value Change
LATAM 47.47 +1%
Chile 22.60 +26%
OECD 4215.11 +3%
High technology exports as % of manufacturating exports
Value Change
LATAM 4.15 -13%
Chile 6.68 +11%
OECD 16.03 0%
International quality certifications
Value Change
LATAM 2455.72 +17%
Chile 4103.00 +35%
OECD 17920.40 +5%
Royalties receipts in US$ per capita
Value Change
LATAM 9.80 +22%
Chile 3.80 +5%
OECD 138.62 +9%
Gross Domestic Product per capita
Value Change
LATAM 9093.31 +6%
Chile 14464.50 +5%
OECD 33481.90 +4%
2010 InnovaLatino Survey Data(Hide Data)
Average value of participating large Firms
(Average value of OECD) Average value of participating Small Firms
(Average value of OECD)
% of firms with more than 50 percent of employees holding technical education
28.2% 20.2%
% of firms who applied for intellectual property rights protection
76.6% 56.0%
% of firms receiving external financial resources and considering financial support as important
29.9% 33.1%
% of firms reporting awareness of leading public support programs
69.2% 45.2%
% of firms perceiving public support programs to be adequate
9.4% 11.2%
% of firms with access to foreign machinery
69.2% 33.1%
% of firms conducting projects with foreigners
59.1% 22.6%
% of firms that introduced product innovations
93.5% 78.4%
% of firms planning to innovate more
94.3% 84.2%
% of firms considering gain of market share and/or new markets as very important effect of innovation
42.1% 48.9%
% of firms earning more than 30 percent from innovation
27.1% 47.3%
% of firms finding innovation efforts led to:
Cost Reductions
81.4% 72.0%
Job Creation
54.2% 56.4%
Job Savings
67.3% 52.6%
COLOMBIA
http://www.innovalatino.org/innovationprofiles.html
General Information (Hide Data)
Population(Millions) 45.66
GDP, PPP (Millions, constant 2005 international $) 371.47
Foreign Direct Investment, net inflows (% of GDP) 3.10
GINI Index 58.49
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 72.98
Main 4 exports as % of Total Exports
Petroleum & petroleum products 31.252
Coal 16.49
Coffee 4.70
Nickel 2.21
Estimated Share of GDP by Sector
Agriculture 9.6
Industry 36.9
Services 53.5
Country-level Indicators (Hide Data)
Political stability
Value Change
LATAM 35.79 +3%
Colombia 8.10 +16%
OECD 73.03 0%
Start a business time
Value Change
LATAM 44.10 -7%
Colombia 20.00 -14%
OECD 13.90 -8%
Graduates in tertiary school per 100 people
Value Change
LATAM 0.06 -10%
Colombia 0.03 +5%
OECD 0.11 +3%
Total researchers per million labor force
Value Change
LATAM 524.38 +12%
Colombia 151.27 +9%
OECD 7315.07 +19%
Internet subscribers per 100 people
Value Change
LATAM 4.44 +42%
Colombia 4.07 +70%
OECD 23.88 +19%
Personal computers per 100 people
Value Change
LATAM 4.37 -8%
Colombia 7.61 +15%
OECD 48.54 +5%
Mobile phone subscribers per 100 people
Value Change
LATAM 84.40 25%
Colombia 88.50 +31%
OECD 111.81 +6%
Percentage of paved roads
Value Change
LATAM 25.97 8%
Colombia 14.40 9%
OECD 79.15 0%
Gross expenditure on research and development per capita
Value Change
LATAM 39.29 +8%
Colombia 12.17 +103%
OECD 681.33 +7%
Number of patents
Value Change
LATAM 47.47 +1%
Colombia 14.83 -6%
OECD 4215.11 +3%
High technology exports as % of manufacturating exports
Value Change
LATAM 4.15 -13%
Colombia 2.88 -15%
OECD 16.03 0%
International quality certifications
Value Change
LATAM 2455.72 +17%
Colombia 7696.00 +13%
OECD 17920.40 +5%
Royalties receipts in US$ per capita
Value Change
LATAM 9.80 +22%
Colombia 0.67 +30%
OECD 138.62 +9%
Gross Domestic Product per capita
Value Change
LATAM 9093.31 +6%
Colombia 8884.51 +6%
OECD 33481.90 +4%
viernes, 6 de mayo de 2011
"OBAMA GETS OSAMA" MUST-WATCH VIDEO
HERE THE TRUTH ABOUT OBAMA PHANTOM
MUST-WATCH VIDEO: Obama Gets Osama -
Special Report by Adrian Salbuchi (3/5/11)
Posted by Administrator
Tuesday, 03 May 2011 10:12
http://futurefastforward.com/feature-articles
MUST-WATCH VIDEO: Obama Gets Osama -
Special Report by Adrian Salbuchi (3/5/11)
Posted by Administrator
Tuesday, 03 May 2011 10:12
http://futurefastforward.com/feature-articles
jueves, 5 de mayo de 2011
THE GROWING COVERUP: OSAMA and "THE BIG LIE"
The Growing Coverup: Osama and "The Big Lie"
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=24654
by Larry Chin, Global Research, May 5, 2011
HERE SOME EXTRACTS
The Obama administration and the corporate media are concocting an ever-more elaborate and spectacular theater around the “heroic” murder of the CIA intelligence myth/CIA asset Osama bin Laden. Not content to simply to exploit the 9/11 atrocity for political gain, the administration is heaping new layers of lie and cover-up to the original crime.
The growing cover-up
The desperation is palpable. Just days since the “big announcement”, Obama administration officials have already been forced to backpedal, issuing multiple corrections, adding to the confusion over the location of the killing, whether bin Laden was armed or unarmed, whether there was a “fire fight”, if an alleged wife was involved, the burial at sea, whether to release “graphic photos”, etc. The mainstream corporate media---following approved CIA/White House narratives---is spewing and regurgitating a tidal wave of red herrings that add to the inconsistencies.
Seasoned observers will not be fooled, no matter how many Obama lies, doctored photos, fake footage, lurid new testimonials and CIA pronouncements are pushed forth. As put simply by Paul Craig Roberts:
“As the alleged body has been dumped into the ocean, nothing remains but the word of the US government, which lied about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and al Qaeda connections, about yellowcake, about Iranian nukes, and, according to thousands of experts, about 9/11. Suddenly the government is telling us the truth about bin Laden’s death?”
The “war on terrorism” is a fabrication, war propaganda that continues to serve as the eternal pretext for global resource war. That 9/11 was a false flag operation---that the official story is a lie and cover-up---has been definitively proven in numerous investigations, such as Mike Ruppert’s Crossing the Rubicon, Michel Chossudovsky’s America’s “War on Terrorism”, the work of Paul Thompson, and others.
Osama bin Laden is a product and asset of the CIA. "Al-Qaeda" is a covert operation, a "database" of intelligence legends, exhaustively detailed in the work of Chaim Kupferberg (Part 1 and Part Two). Pakistan’s ISI, a virtual branch of the CIA, was central to 9/11 and a player in subsequent “terror” operations. It is not surprising that Pakistan and the ISI is at the heart of the “death of bin Laden” as well.
The “death of bin Laden” changes nothing about the factual record that indicts (among others) Bush/Cheney, Anglo-American military-intelligence, and elite war/oil interests.
Tragically, none of this matters. The minority of individuals with unscrambled brains is not the target of this imperial charade.
Euphoria, brainwashing, and “imperial mobilization”
Barack Obama, who has spoken incessantly over the years about wanting to “unite” America again “just as it was after 9/11”, has been granted his moment to “unite” the masses again, but do an even better job of population control than Bush/Cheney (who, in their clumsiness and hubris, partially “squandered” their “political capital”). The swaggering Obama will “get it right”. He is a better actor, the more devious and mendacious corporatist who was selected for this specific purpose.
Obama has been itching to be the "Osama killer" since before he was elected.
The 9/11 “shock effect” remains fully potent, as evidenced by the frenzy, euphoria, and stomach-turning jubilation of crowds of Americans joining in celebration orgies over a fictional murder of the fictional Osama bin Laden, a fictional revenge. Even the “intellectuals” and “experts” are treating this charade as if it is real. Corporate media headlines have declared that “the world has changed”, and the masses love it.
The post-9/11 era has spawned an entire generation of vicious and ignorant drones, whose moral compass has been shaped by war, lies, violent entertainment, and brainwashing. The future American police state will be built upon this new culture of thuggery. This is "Obama's Animal Farm".
The final atrocity
To add a grotesque and sickening final insult, the swaggering Barack Obama will grandstand at New York’s Ground Zero, in a staged celebration of a fictional murder, on the hallowed ground where thousands of people actually died at the hands of the US government and its covert operatives.
Obama even invited George W. Bush to share his “victory lap”.
This act of exploitation will dispel all illusions about the criminal nature of this liar who has done Bush/Cheney one better by stooping even lower into the depths of depravity.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=24654
by Larry Chin, Global Research, May 5, 2011
HERE SOME EXTRACTS
The Obama administration and the corporate media are concocting an ever-more elaborate and spectacular theater around the “heroic” murder of the CIA intelligence myth/CIA asset Osama bin Laden. Not content to simply to exploit the 9/11 atrocity for political gain, the administration is heaping new layers of lie and cover-up to the original crime.
The growing cover-up
The desperation is palpable. Just days since the “big announcement”, Obama administration officials have already been forced to backpedal, issuing multiple corrections, adding to the confusion over the location of the killing, whether bin Laden was armed or unarmed, whether there was a “fire fight”, if an alleged wife was involved, the burial at sea, whether to release “graphic photos”, etc. The mainstream corporate media---following approved CIA/White House narratives---is spewing and regurgitating a tidal wave of red herrings that add to the inconsistencies.
Seasoned observers will not be fooled, no matter how many Obama lies, doctored photos, fake footage, lurid new testimonials and CIA pronouncements are pushed forth. As put simply by Paul Craig Roberts:
“As the alleged body has been dumped into the ocean, nothing remains but the word of the US government, which lied about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and al Qaeda connections, about yellowcake, about Iranian nukes, and, according to thousands of experts, about 9/11. Suddenly the government is telling us the truth about bin Laden’s death?”
The “war on terrorism” is a fabrication, war propaganda that continues to serve as the eternal pretext for global resource war. That 9/11 was a false flag operation---that the official story is a lie and cover-up---has been definitively proven in numerous investigations, such as Mike Ruppert’s Crossing the Rubicon, Michel Chossudovsky’s America’s “War on Terrorism”, the work of Paul Thompson, and others.
Osama bin Laden is a product and asset of the CIA. "Al-Qaeda" is a covert operation, a "database" of intelligence legends, exhaustively detailed in the work of Chaim Kupferberg (Part 1 and Part Two). Pakistan’s ISI, a virtual branch of the CIA, was central to 9/11 and a player in subsequent “terror” operations. It is not surprising that Pakistan and the ISI is at the heart of the “death of bin Laden” as well.
The “death of bin Laden” changes nothing about the factual record that indicts (among others) Bush/Cheney, Anglo-American military-intelligence, and elite war/oil interests.
Tragically, none of this matters. The minority of individuals with unscrambled brains is not the target of this imperial charade.
Euphoria, brainwashing, and “imperial mobilization”
Barack Obama, who has spoken incessantly over the years about wanting to “unite” America again “just as it was after 9/11”, has been granted his moment to “unite” the masses again, but do an even better job of population control than Bush/Cheney (who, in their clumsiness and hubris, partially “squandered” their “political capital”). The swaggering Obama will “get it right”. He is a better actor, the more devious and mendacious corporatist who was selected for this specific purpose.
Obama has been itching to be the "Osama killer" since before he was elected.
The 9/11 “shock effect” remains fully potent, as evidenced by the frenzy, euphoria, and stomach-turning jubilation of crowds of Americans joining in celebration orgies over a fictional murder of the fictional Osama bin Laden, a fictional revenge. Even the “intellectuals” and “experts” are treating this charade as if it is real. Corporate media headlines have declared that “the world has changed”, and the masses love it.
The post-9/11 era has spawned an entire generation of vicious and ignorant drones, whose moral compass has been shaped by war, lies, violent entertainment, and brainwashing. The future American police state will be built upon this new culture of thuggery. This is "Obama's Animal Farm".
The final atrocity
To add a grotesque and sickening final insult, the swaggering Barack Obama will grandstand at New York’s Ground Zero, in a staged celebration of a fictional murder, on the hallowed ground where thousands of people actually died at the hands of the US government and its covert operatives.
Obama even invited George W. Bush to share his “victory lap”.
This act of exploitation will dispel all illusions about the criminal nature of this liar who has done Bush/Cheney one better by stooping even lower into the depths of depravity.
CIA-REUTERS PICTURES OF Bin LADEN DEATH
CIA-REUTERS PICTURES OF Bin LADEN DEATH
And the lethal children water gun in it.
SO GREEN SUCH LETHAL WEAPON LIKE THE STORY-TALE: “THE US MILITYARY INTERVENTION ABROAD HAD HUMANITARIAN PURPOSES”. I’m also fed up with this lies and their beneficiaries, the neocons and the Obama regime.
See the pictures in: Photos from the Bin Laden Compound, in : http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28031.htm
By Reuters
WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF DEATH AND INJURY BELOW
May 04, 2011 "Reuters" -- Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the U.S. assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons.
The photos, taken by a Pakistani security official who entered the compound after the early morning raid on Monday, show two men dressed in traditional Pakistani garb and one in a t-shirt, with blood streaming from their ears, noses and mouths.
The official, who wished to remain anonymous, sold the pictures to Reuters.
None of the men looked like bin Laden. President Barack Obama decided not to release photos of his body because it could have incited violence and used as an al Qaeda propaganda tool, the White House said on Wednesday. [This article continues, open the website above]
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NOW : Reed this comments:
1. “Notice the lethal childrens water gun laying behind one of the bodies. Clearly the SEAL Team was reacting to the danger this weapon posed since it could have been filed with the Dr. Evil instant SEAL evaporator liquid.”
2. “What Rothschild-owned Reuters and no one else can be confident about is where the photos were taken and whether Bin Boogie-Woogie was anywhere in the precincts. What an absolute croc. I'm tired of this farce. Instead, I want to have spray about government debt ...
According to Dick Cheney "Reagan proved deficits don't matter". For a brief summary of US public debt, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_U.S._...
But of course, what Cheney meant was “I am very rich and I have assets in Dubai and Switzerland and when I leave this job I will still be richer than God, and able to transfer my assets to other countries, so... the national debt does not matter to me." And so it can be said for the American leadership as a whole. National debt means nothing to them because it is not THEIR debt.
But it doesn’t end there. The whole of Europe is in debt up to its eyeballs.
How is it possible that after 200+ years of unprecedented growth in human history, everyone, everywhere is drowning in debt? The question deserves to be taken very seriously. As it goes to the very heart of the money system we live under. To understand it better, I recommend Ellen Brown’s book the ‘Web of Debt’ which takes as its starting point the modern fable The Wizard of Oz. Written in 1900, the W of O was in fact a financial allegory choc-a-bloc with symbolism which relates the then all-American struggle between the ‘gold bugs’ and the ‘populists’ of the era. But it is a struggle which goes back a long way before that to the very origins of money itself …
“However tawdry their origins, the creation of new media of exchange -- coinage appeared almost simultaneously in Greece, India, and China -- appears to have had profound intellectual effects. Some have even gone so far as to argue that Greek philosophy was itself made possible by conceptual innovations introduced by coinage.[…] To put the matter somewhat crudely: if one relegates a certain social space simply to the selfish acquisition of material things, it is almost inevitable that soon someone else will come to set aside another domain in which to preach that, from the perspective of ultimate values, material things are unimportant, and selfishness -- or even the self -- illusory.” - David Graeber … http://blog.longnow.org/2010/04/22/debt-the-first...
And the lethal children water gun in it.
SO GREEN SUCH LETHAL WEAPON LIKE THE STORY-TALE: “THE US MILITYARY INTERVENTION ABROAD HAD HUMANITARIAN PURPOSES”. I’m also fed up with this lies and their beneficiaries, the neocons and the Obama regime.
See the pictures in: Photos from the Bin Laden Compound, in : http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28031.htm
By Reuters
WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF DEATH AND INJURY BELOW
May 04, 2011 "Reuters" -- Photographs acquired by Reuters and taken about an hour after the U.S. assault on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad in Pakistan show three dead men lying in pools of blood, but no weapons.
The photos, taken by a Pakistani security official who entered the compound after the early morning raid on Monday, show two men dressed in traditional Pakistani garb and one in a t-shirt, with blood streaming from their ears, noses and mouths.
The official, who wished to remain anonymous, sold the pictures to Reuters.
None of the men looked like bin Laden. President Barack Obama decided not to release photos of his body because it could have incited violence and used as an al Qaeda propaganda tool, the White House said on Wednesday. [This article continues, open the website above]
----------------------
NOW : Reed this comments:
1. “Notice the lethal childrens water gun laying behind one of the bodies. Clearly the SEAL Team was reacting to the danger this weapon posed since it could have been filed with the Dr. Evil instant SEAL evaporator liquid.”
2. “What Rothschild-owned Reuters and no one else can be confident about is where the photos were taken and whether Bin Boogie-Woogie was anywhere in the precincts. What an absolute croc. I'm tired of this farce. Instead, I want to have spray about government debt ...
According to Dick Cheney "Reagan proved deficits don't matter". For a brief summary of US public debt, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_U.S._...
But of course, what Cheney meant was “I am very rich and I have assets in Dubai and Switzerland and when I leave this job I will still be richer than God, and able to transfer my assets to other countries, so... the national debt does not matter to me." And so it can be said for the American leadership as a whole. National debt means nothing to them because it is not THEIR debt.
But it doesn’t end there. The whole of Europe is in debt up to its eyeballs.
How is it possible that after 200+ years of unprecedented growth in human history, everyone, everywhere is drowning in debt? The question deserves to be taken very seriously. As it goes to the very heart of the money system we live under. To understand it better, I recommend Ellen Brown’s book the ‘Web of Debt’ which takes as its starting point the modern fable The Wizard of Oz. Written in 1900, the W of O was in fact a financial allegory choc-a-bloc with symbolism which relates the then all-American struggle between the ‘gold bugs’ and the ‘populists’ of the era. But it is a struggle which goes back a long way before that to the very origins of money itself …
“However tawdry their origins, the creation of new media of exchange -- coinage appeared almost simultaneously in Greece, India, and China -- appears to have had profound intellectual effects. Some have even gone so far as to argue that Greek philosophy was itself made possible by conceptual innovations introduced by coinage.[…] To put the matter somewhat crudely: if one relegates a certain social space simply to the selfish acquisition of material things, it is almost inevitable that soon someone else will come to set aside another domain in which to preach that, from the perspective of ultimate values, material things are unimportant, and selfishness -- or even the self -- illusory.” - David Graeber … http://blog.longnow.org/2010/04/22/debt-the-first...
Benazir Bhutto claimed that Omar Sheikh had murdered OBL
Benazir Bhutto claimed that Omar Sheikh had murdered OBL
Osama Bin Laden Is Dead - Again! See below video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnychOXj9Tg
By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, IN:
http://www.countercurrents.org/ulrich030511.htm
Countercurrents.org. 03 May, 2011
Americans are at their most vulnerable
They are vulnerable because they are gullible
They are gullible because they are ignorant
They are ignorant because they are deliberately misinformed.
They can be deliberately misinformed because they don't question what they are told
-------------------------------
When Obama announced Osama Bin Laden dead, it was established as a fact - the truth. Where truth is concerned, it clearly matters where you were born - or else the truth does not matter.
In a 2007 interview, a former Pakistani born president (twice) and a leading opposition candidate favored to win the 2008 general Pakistani elections, Benazir Bhutto, claimed that Omar Sheikh had murdered OBL in an extraordinary interview (see link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnychOXj9Tg), she did not get [re] elected -- she was assassinated. Her allegations were buried by the mainstream media along with her.
Without a doubt, the American-born US President's announcement of OBL's death will extend Barak Obama's occupancy of the White House for another four years. Neither Bhutto nor Obama produced a corpse to back their claim, yet it appears that nationality has its privileges -- that of establishing the truth.
A pertinent question arises: Why would the U.S. put an expiration stamp on the Osama card when it had served the empire so well?
Inarguably, OBL had proven his value. Even in his 'death', he continues to serve the American Empire. We have been duly warned that "U.S. intelligence officials believe Osama bin Laden made a propaganda recording shortly before his death and expect that tape to surface soon." (see here) The possibility of a future tape, puts the Obama administration in the comfortable fall-back position and enable false flag operations when necessary. What dedication. Is it any wonder that OBL was granted his dearest wish -- to die in battle (and not murdered by a fellow Moslem, or sickness, or ..)?
Although OBL was with our consciousness well before 2001, the events of September 11 gave him a new prominence - and for years thereon, he knew when to be silent and when to speak out (apparently the trend will continue after his death). Admittedly, this inordinate ability to speak or be silent took some training - or persuasion.
For three years after 9/11, OBL denied being behind the attacks stating: "Following the latest explosions in the United States, some Americans are pointing the finger at me, but I deny that because I have not done it. The United States has always accused me of these incidents which have been caused by its enemies. Reiterating once again, I say that I have not done it, and the perpetrators have carried this out because of their own interest," (CIA FBIS: Usama bin Laden Statements 1994-2004 , Wikileaks, September 14, 2008). Perhaps the pounding of Afghanistan and Iraq deafened him into submission - or substitution.
In October 2004, a videotape of OBL is broadcast in which he assumes responsibility for 9/11. (The still photo from the 2004 video is worthy of scrutiny. It closely resembles the still image presented alongside Obama on today's C-Span. Although the hair coloring varies, there are two consistencies: the same wide and uncharacteristic nose and the same exact outfit see link - minute 5:25). After three years of only audio messages, in 2007 (after his first publicly announced death), a new videotape of OBL emerged -with a dyed and trimmed beard to please his global audience (see link). This picture is an exact duplicate of the two above mentioned pictures.
It was this incredible image of OBL that prompted me to write my first article about the man. I could not fathom a man devoted to a vigorous practice of fundamental Islam defying the Islamic ideology pertaining to vanity - especially while living in his snug cave. His black trimmed beard was unorthodox. Although he sported a shorter beard, he had set his sight far -- he was analyzing and criticizing the US Democratic Party's moves.
On January 6, 2008, I wrote a second and brief article questioning OBL's absence in the face of Israel's massacre in Gaza. I should have been more patient. Eight days after my article was posted on various sites, a recording accompanied by a still photo of Bin Laden superimposed over the al-Aqsa mosque was delivered. It was heartwarming to know that Gaza had not been forgotten. OBL's audiotapes continued to surface. The man truly kept abreast of current events. In 2010, OBL even asked for the boycott of American goods for not addressing climate change. Way to go OBL!
Contrary to the latest revelations about OBL's living conditions in luxury and probably with the knowledge of Pakistanis, it had always been thought that OBL sent audio messages because he was in a cave or on the run. Now at least, with his demise, we are shown pictures of his corpse. Regrettably, it has been brought to light by The Guardian that the picture of the corpse presented as proof of his demise seems to be old, recycled pictures. Notwithstanding this shortsightedness, we have been deprived of further photo opportunities in an attempt to respect Islamic rituals. US intelligence tell us that OBL's body was dumped into sea in accordance with Islamic burial demands of a 24 hour burial time frame. It is always refreshing to hear that Islam is respected after the many wars against Islamic countries.
So back to the main question:
Why did the United States decide to expire Osama bin Laden at this juncture?
It would be naive to think that the logic behind the expiration stamp is restricted to promoting the incumbent president and uniting a dissatisfied nation (two thirds dissatisfied or angry with the government see link) and rally the people around the flag. It is equally naive to think that the world needed to be distracted from the reality that an attempted assassination of a foreign leader which led to the murder of his family members was a factor. Nor can one attribute this event to the justification of the illegal and immoral CIA-drone killings in Pakistan. There must be more than meets the eye!
Perhaps for the time being, America is so confident in its latest lethal weapon - the pro-democracy cyber dissidents, that it decided to trade the 'war on terror'' with humanitarian imperialism brought about with the help of its cyber dissidents. Such grand gestures of 'humanitarian intervention' to promote democracy require the public consensus. Write OBL's death certificate and the 'good' against evil fight is back on - confident that 'good' will prevail.
No doubt the renewed thrust of the empire into the Middle East to justify democracy, assassinate, and plunder is not new; but the method is novel - democracy's cyber warriors.
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich has a Master's degree in Public Diplomacy from USC Annenberg for Communication and USC School of International Relations. She is an independent researcher. She is a peace activist, essayist and public speaker.
Osama Bin Laden Is Dead - Again! See below video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnychOXj9Tg
By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, IN:
http://www.countercurrents.org/ulrich030511.htm
Countercurrents.org. 03 May, 2011
Americans are at their most vulnerable
They are vulnerable because they are gullible
They are gullible because they are ignorant
They are ignorant because they are deliberately misinformed.
They can be deliberately misinformed because they don't question what they are told
-------------------------------
When Obama announced Osama Bin Laden dead, it was established as a fact - the truth. Where truth is concerned, it clearly matters where you were born - or else the truth does not matter.
In a 2007 interview, a former Pakistani born president (twice) and a leading opposition candidate favored to win the 2008 general Pakistani elections, Benazir Bhutto, claimed that Omar Sheikh had murdered OBL in an extraordinary interview (see link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnychOXj9Tg), she did not get [re] elected -- she was assassinated. Her allegations were buried by the mainstream media along with her.
Without a doubt, the American-born US President's announcement of OBL's death will extend Barak Obama's occupancy of the White House for another four years. Neither Bhutto nor Obama produced a corpse to back their claim, yet it appears that nationality has its privileges -- that of establishing the truth.
A pertinent question arises: Why would the U.S. put an expiration stamp on the Osama card when it had served the empire so well?
Inarguably, OBL had proven his value. Even in his 'death', he continues to serve the American Empire. We have been duly warned that "U.S. intelligence officials believe Osama bin Laden made a propaganda recording shortly before his death and expect that tape to surface soon." (see here) The possibility of a future tape, puts the Obama administration in the comfortable fall-back position and enable false flag operations when necessary. What dedication. Is it any wonder that OBL was granted his dearest wish -- to die in battle (and not murdered by a fellow Moslem, or sickness, or ..)?
Although OBL was with our consciousness well before 2001, the events of September 11 gave him a new prominence - and for years thereon, he knew when to be silent and when to speak out (apparently the trend will continue after his death). Admittedly, this inordinate ability to speak or be silent took some training - or persuasion.
For three years after 9/11, OBL denied being behind the attacks stating: "Following the latest explosions in the United States, some Americans are pointing the finger at me, but I deny that because I have not done it. The United States has always accused me of these incidents which have been caused by its enemies. Reiterating once again, I say that I have not done it, and the perpetrators have carried this out because of their own interest," (CIA FBIS: Usama bin Laden Statements 1994-2004 , Wikileaks, September 14, 2008). Perhaps the pounding of Afghanistan and Iraq deafened him into submission - or substitution.
In October 2004, a videotape of OBL is broadcast in which he assumes responsibility for 9/11. (The still photo from the 2004 video is worthy of scrutiny. It closely resembles the still image presented alongside Obama on today's C-Span. Although the hair coloring varies, there are two consistencies: the same wide and uncharacteristic nose and the same exact outfit see link - minute 5:25). After three years of only audio messages, in 2007 (after his first publicly announced death), a new videotape of OBL emerged -with a dyed and trimmed beard to please his global audience (see link). This picture is an exact duplicate of the two above mentioned pictures.
It was this incredible image of OBL that prompted me to write my first article about the man. I could not fathom a man devoted to a vigorous practice of fundamental Islam defying the Islamic ideology pertaining to vanity - especially while living in his snug cave. His black trimmed beard was unorthodox. Although he sported a shorter beard, he had set his sight far -- he was analyzing and criticizing the US Democratic Party's moves.
On January 6, 2008, I wrote a second and brief article questioning OBL's absence in the face of Israel's massacre in Gaza. I should have been more patient. Eight days after my article was posted on various sites, a recording accompanied by a still photo of Bin Laden superimposed over the al-Aqsa mosque was delivered. It was heartwarming to know that Gaza had not been forgotten. OBL's audiotapes continued to surface. The man truly kept abreast of current events. In 2010, OBL even asked for the boycott of American goods for not addressing climate change. Way to go OBL!
Contrary to the latest revelations about OBL's living conditions in luxury and probably with the knowledge of Pakistanis, it had always been thought that OBL sent audio messages because he was in a cave or on the run. Now at least, with his demise, we are shown pictures of his corpse. Regrettably, it has been brought to light by The Guardian that the picture of the corpse presented as proof of his demise seems to be old, recycled pictures. Notwithstanding this shortsightedness, we have been deprived of further photo opportunities in an attempt to respect Islamic rituals. US intelligence tell us that OBL's body was dumped into sea in accordance with Islamic burial demands of a 24 hour burial time frame. It is always refreshing to hear that Islam is respected after the many wars against Islamic countries.
So back to the main question:
Why did the United States decide to expire Osama bin Laden at this juncture?
It would be naive to think that the logic behind the expiration stamp is restricted to promoting the incumbent president and uniting a dissatisfied nation (two thirds dissatisfied or angry with the government see link) and rally the people around the flag. It is equally naive to think that the world needed to be distracted from the reality that an attempted assassination of a foreign leader which led to the murder of his family members was a factor. Nor can one attribute this event to the justification of the illegal and immoral CIA-drone killings in Pakistan. There must be more than meets the eye!
Perhaps for the time being, America is so confident in its latest lethal weapon - the pro-democracy cyber dissidents, that it decided to trade the 'war on terror'' with humanitarian imperialism brought about with the help of its cyber dissidents. Such grand gestures of 'humanitarian intervention' to promote democracy require the public consensus. Write OBL's death certificate and the 'good' against evil fight is back on - confident that 'good' will prevail.
No doubt the renewed thrust of the empire into the Middle East to justify democracy, assassinate, and plunder is not new; but the method is novel - democracy's cyber warriors.
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich has a Master's degree in Public Diplomacy from USC Annenberg for Communication and USC School of International Relations. She is an independent researcher. She is a peace activist, essayist and public speaker.
martes, 3 de mayo de 2011
DECIR QUE ALGUIEN MATO UNA RATA NO HACE NOBLE NI DECENTE A NADIE
DECIR QUE ALGUIEN MATO UNA RATA NO HACE NOBLE NI DECENTE A NADIE
A MI VER EL ANUNCIO DE OBAMA SOBRE BIN LADEN ES PARTE DE UN LIO DE RATAS. ME REFIERO AL USO DEL PODER FEDERAL PARA OBJETIVOS ELECTORALES. ESO ES ILEGAL e INMORAL. ES LO QUE HACE LA CUPULA PARTIDARIA de DEMOCRATAS Y REPUBLICANOS CON EL SHOW BIN LADEN. EL EFECTO TACTICO ES EVIDENTE PERO CATASTROFICO EN TERMINOS ESTRATEGICOS PARA EL PORVENIR DE LA DEMOCRACIA EN AMERICA. SUBORDINAR LA DEMOCRACIA AL QUEHACER MILITAR ES SUMAMENTE PELIGROSO. ESE ES UNO DE LOS CAMINOS QUE CONDUCEN AL FASCISMO.
BENAZIR BUTTOS INDICO EN SU ULTIMO DISCURSO SER TESTIGO DE QUE BIN LADEN FUE ASESINADO EN UN HOSPITAL DE PAKISTAN EL 2007. ANTES SE DIJO QUE LO MATARON EL 2003. EL 2do ARTICULO DE ABAJO INDICA QUE SU MUERTE OCURRIO EL 2006. ESTA SERIA LA 3ra VEZ QUE MUERE. A QUE VIENE LA VALENTIA DE SU ASESINATO POR OBAMA? LA UNICA RESPUESTA ES QUE SE QUIERE SACAR PROVECHO ELECTORAL DE ESTE SHOW Y A LA VEZ ENTERRAR LAS PRUEBAS QUE ACUSAN A BUSH Y SUS NEONAZIS COMO AUTORES DEL TERRORISMO DE SEPT 11-2001 Y NO DE HACER JUSTICIA A LOS ASESINADOS EN TAL ACTO TERRORISTA. ELLOS y LOS NEOCONS SON LOS UNICOS BENEFICIARIOS DE ESTE TEATRO.
Atilio Boron, en su art de abajo, parte de una premisa errada (el cadaver que arrojaron a los tiburones fue Bin Laden. No hay evidencia alguna al respecto. Lo valido en A Boron es el analisis de contexto, eso es correcto y lo es mucho mas el juicio moral a la actitud criminal que se esconde detras del anuncio.
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Un Nobel sin escrúpulos
Atilio A. Boron, Rebelión MAY 3-11: http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=127653
Un signo más de los muchos que ilustran la profunda crisis moral de la “civilización occidental y cristiana” que Estados Unidos dice representar lo ofrece la noticia del asesinato de Osama Bin Laden. Más allá del rechazo que nos provocaba el personaje y sus métodos de lucha, la naturaleza de la operación llevada a cabo por los Seals de la Armada de los Estados Unidos es un acto de incalificable barbarie perpetrado bajo las órdenes directas de un personaje que con sus conductas cotidianas deshonra el galardón que le otorgó el Parlamento noruego al consagrarlo como Premio Nobel de la Paz del año 2009. De acuerdo con lo establecido por Alfred Nobel en su testamento esta distinción, recordémoslo, debía ser adjudicada, “a la persona que haya trabajado más o mejor en favor de la fraternidad entre las naciones, la abolición o reducción de los ejércitos existentes y la celebración y promoción de procesos de paz.”
El energúmeno que anunció al pueblo estadounidense la muerte del líder de Al-Qaida diciendo que “se ha hecho justicia” es la antítesis perfecta de lo estipulado por Nobel. Un comando operativo es lo menos parecido al debido proceso, y arrojar los restos de su víctima al mar para ocultar las huellas de lo que se ha hecbo es propio de mafiosos o genocidas. Lo menos que debería hacer el Parlamento noruego es exigirle la devolución del premio.
En la truculenta operación escenificada en las afueras de Islamabad hay múltiples interrogantes que permanecen en las sombras, y la tendencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos a desinformar a la opinión pública torna aún más sospechoso este operativo. Una Casa Blanca víctima de una enfermiza compulsión a mentir (recordar la historieta de las “armas de destrucción masiva” existentes en Irak, o el infame Informe Warren que sentenció que no hubo conspiración en el asesinato de Kennedy, obra del “lobo solitario” Lee Harvey Oswald ) nos obliga a tomar con pinzas cada una de sus afirmaciones.
Era Bin Laden o no? ¿Por qué no pensar que la víctima podría haber sido cualquier otro? ¿Dónde están las fotos, las pruebas de que el occiso era el buscado? Si se le practicó una prueba de ADN, ¿cómo se obtuvo, dónde están los resultados y quiénes fueron los testigos? ¿Por qué no se lo presentó ante la consideración pública, como se hizo, sin ir más lejos, con los restos del comandante Ernesto “Che” Guevara? Si, como se asegura, Osama se ocultaba en una mansión convertida en una verdadera fortaleza, ¿cómo es posible que en un combate que se extendió por espacio de cuarenta minutos los integrantes del comando estadounidense regresaran a su base sin recibir siquiera un rasguño? ¿Tan poca puntería tenían los defensores del fugitivo más buscado del mundo, de quien se decía que poseía un arsenal de mortíferas armas de última generación? ¿Quiénes estaban con él?
Según la Casa Blanca el comando dio muerte a Bin Laden, a su hijo, a otros dos hombres de su custodia y a una mujer que, aseguran, fue ultimada al ser utilizada como un escudo humano por uno de los terroristas. También se dijo que dos personas más habían resultado heridas en el combate. ¿Dónde están, qué se va a hacer con ellas? ¿Serán llevadas a juicio, se les tomarán declaraciones para arrojar luz sobre lo ocurrido, hablarán en una conferencia de prensa para narrar lo acontecido? Por lo que parece esta “hazaña” pasará a la historia como una operación mafiosa, al estilo de la matanza de San Valentín ordenada por Al Capone para liquidar a los capos de la banda rival.
Osama vivo era un peligro. Sabía (¿o sabe?) demasiado, y es razonable suponer que lo último que quería el gobierno estadounidense era llevarlo a juicio y dejarlo hablar. En tal caso se habría desatado un escándalo de enormes proporciones al revelar las conexiones con la CIA, los armamentos y el dinero suministrado por la Casa Blanca, las operaciones ilegales montadas por Washington, los oscuros negocios de su familia con el lobby petrolero estadounidense y, muy especialmente, con la familia Bush, entre otras nimiedades. En suma, un testigo al que había que acallar sí o sí, como Muammar Gadafi. El problema es que ya muerto Osama se convierte para los yihadistas islámicos en un mártir de la causa, y el deseo de venganza seguramente impulsará a las muchas células dormidas de Al-Qaida a perpetrar nuevas atrocidades para vengar la muerte de su líder.
Tampoco deja de llamar la atención lo oportuna que ha sido la muerte de Bin Laden.
Cuando el incendio de la reseca pradera del mundo árabe desestabiliza un área de crucial importancia para la estrategia de dominación imperial, la noticia del asesinato de Bin Laden reinstala a Al-Qaida en el centro del escenario.
Si hay algo que a estas alturas es una verdad incontrovertible es que esas revueltas no responden a ninguna motivación religiosa. Sus causas, sus sujetos y sus formas de lucha son eminentemente seculares y en ninguna de ellas -desde Túnez hasta Egipto, pasando por Libia, Bahrein, Yemen, Siria y Jordania- el protagonismo recayó sobre la Hermandad Musulmana o en Al-Qaida.
El problema es el capitalismo y los devastadores efectos de las políticas neoliberales y los regímenes despóticos que aquél instaló en esos países y no las herejías de los “infieles” de Occidente. Pero el imperialismo estadounidense y sus secuaces en Europa se desvivieron, desde el principio, para hacer aparecer estas revueltas como producto de la malicia del radicalismo islámico y Al-Qaida, cosa que no es cierta.
Santiago Alba Rico observó con razón que en pleno auge de estas protestas seculares -anti-políticas de ajuste del FMI y el Banco Mundial- un grupo fundamentalista desconocido hasta entonces asesinó al cooperante italiano Vittorio Arrigoni, activista del Movimiento de Solidaridad Internacional, en una casa abandonada en la Franja de Gaza. Pocas semanas después un terrorista suicida hace estallar una bomba en la plaza Yemaa el Fna, uno de los destinos turísticos más notables no sólo de Marruecos sino de toda África, y mata al menos a 14 personas. “Ahora –continúa Alba Rico- reaparece Bin Laden, no vivo y amenazador, sino en toda la gloria de un martirio aplazado, estudiado, cuidadosamente escenificado, un poco inverosímil.
‘Se ha hecho justicia’, dice Obama, pero la justicia reclama tribunales y jueces, procedimientos sumariales, una sentencia independiente.” Nada de eso ha ocurrido, ni ocurrirá.
Pero el fundamentalismo islámico, ausente como protagonista de las grandes movilizaciones del mundo árabe, aparece ahora en la primera plana de todos los diarios del mundo y su líder como un mártir del Islam asesinado a sangre fría por la soldadesca del líder de Occidente. La Casa Blanca, que sabía desde mediados de Febrero de este año que en esa fortaleza en las afueras de Islamabad se refugiaba Bin Laden, esperó el momento oportuno para lanzar su ataque con vistas a posicionar favorablemente a Barack Obama en la inminente campaña electoral por la sucesión presidencial.
Hay un detalle para nada anecdótico que torna aún más inmoral a la bravata estadounidense: pocas horas después de ser abatido, el cadáver del presunto Bin Laden fue arrojado al mar.
La mentirosa declaración de la Casa Blanca dice que sus restos recibieron sepultura respetando las tradiciones y los ritos islámicos, pero no es así. Los ritos fúnebres del Islam establecen que se debe lavar el cadáver, vestirlo con una mortaja, proceder a una ceremonia religiosa que incluye oraciones y honras fúnebres para luego recién proceder al entierro del difunto. Además se especifica que el cadáver debe ser depositado directamente en la tierra, recostado sobre su lado derecho y con la cara dirigida hacia La Meca. ¿Con qué celeridad tuvieron que ser hechos el combate, la recuperación del cadáver, su identificación, la obtención del ADN, el traslado a un navío de la Armada estadounidense, situado a poco más de 600 kilómetros del suburbio de Islamabad donde se produjo el enfrentamiento y finalmente navegar hasta el punto donde el cadáver fue arrojado al mar como para respetar los ritos fúnebres del islam?
En realidad, lo que se hizo fue abatir y “desaparecer” a una persona, presuntamente Bin Laden, siguiendo una práctica siniestra utilizada sobre todo por la dictadura genocida que asoló la Argentina entre 1976 y 1983. Acto inmoral que no sólo ofende a las creencias musulmanas sino a una milenaria tradición cultural de Occidente, anterior inclusive al cristianismo. Como lo atestigua magistralmente Sófocles en Antígona, privar a un difunto de su sepultura enciende las más enconadas pasiones. Esas que hoy deben estar incendiando las células del fundamentalismo islámico, deseosas de escarmentar a los infieles que ultrajaron el cuerpo y la memoria de su líder.
Barack Obama acaba de decir que después de la muerte de Osama Bin Laden el mundo es un lugar más seguro para vivir. Se equivoca de medio a medio. Probablemente su acción no hizo sino despertar a un monstruo que estaba dormido. El tiempo dirá si esto es así o no, pero sobran las razones para estar muy preocupados.
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Ele articulo de abajo esta mas acertado:
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LA SEGUNDA MUERTE DE OSAMA
http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=127669
Un recordatorio de todos los anuncios de la muerte de Ben Laden
Enrico Piovesana, Peace Reporter. May 3-11
Prevalecía hasta ahora la idea de que Ben Laden hubiese muerto por sus condiciones precarias de salud en diciembre de 2001. Según otros, sobrevivió hasta 2006.
Traducido para Rebelión por Gorka Larrabeiti
La precipitación con la que los EE.UU. se han deshecho del cuerpo de Osama ben Laden, arrojado al mar menos de doce horas después de su asesinato en Pakistán, sin posibilidad de una confirmación independiente de su identidad, alimenta inevitablemente dudas y sospechas sobre todo debido a que, según numerosas fuentes fidedignas, el jeque saudí había muerto en diciembre de 2001 (según otros, en agosto de 2006).
Ben Laden sufría de problemas renales graves. Según el diario francés Le Figaro en 2000 se había llevado a su palacio en Kandahar una máquina de diálisis, y en julio de 2001 su condición había empeorado tanto que hubo de requerir su hospitalización en el Hospital Americano en Dubai -donde pudieron visitarlo sus viejos amigos de la CIA. Según CBS News, fue ingresado de nuevo la víspera del 11 de septiembre en el hospital militar pakistaní en Rawalpindi.
Según declaraciones de un líder talibán, publicadas a finales de 2001 por el diario Pakistán Observer, después del ataque de EE.UU. contra Afganistán, las condiciones de Osama se volvieron críticas, ya que, obligado a huir, el líder de Al Qaeda ya no pudo recibir el tratamiento diario de diálisis hasta que murió a mediados de diciembre, mientras escapaba de Tora Bora.
Esta versión fue confirmada más tarde por el presidente paquistaní, Pervez Musharraf, quien declaró en enero de 2002 a la CNN: ''Francamente, creo que está muerto porque él estaba muy enfermo de los riñones''.
El último video de Ben Laden, considerado auténtico por los expertos, es de 26 de diciembre 2001 y fue grabado semanas antes. En él, aparece el jeque en pésimo estado físico: muy pálido, muy delgado y con el brazo izquierdo (era zurdo) inmóvil.
Después de esa aparición, Osama vuelve a aparecer durante años. El vídeo en el que sale caminando en las montañas con Al Zawahiri (emitido en 2003) también se remonta probablemente a 2001 y las dos siguientes filmaciones (una de 2004 y otra de 2007) se consideraron falsas. Por lo demás, sólo hubo mensajes audio de dudosa fiabilidad.
En abril de 2002 Steve R. Pieczenik, antiguo vice de los Secretarios de Estado Henry Kissinger, Cyrus Vance y James Baker, un personaje que había trabajado con Ben Laden en Afganistán contra los soviéticos en los años 80, respondió al popular locutor de radio Alex Jones que Osama "llevaba meses muerto".
En julio de 2002, el jefe del FBI de la lucha antiterrorista, Dale Watson, declaró: ''Creo que Osama bin Laden ya no está con nosotros, aunque no tengo pruebas para decirlo''.
Unos meses más tarde, en octubre de 2002, le tocó el turno al presidente afgano, Hamid Karzai:''''Hace mucho que no tenemos noticia de él: es probable que esté muerto".
En esos mismos días, la muerte de Ben Laden de diciembre de 2001 también fue acreditada por las fuentes de inteligencia israelí.
Sin embargo, según los servicios secretos saudíes, Osama sobrevivió, al parecer, hasta el 23 de agosto de 2006: día en que el jeque del terror falleció presuntamente en Pakistán debido a una parálisis de los órganos internos causados por la fiebre tifoidea. La información, recogida por el servicio secreto francés, fue difundida en septiembre de 2006.
El ex agente de la CIA Robert Bear, autor del libro que inspiró la película Syriana, columnista de inteligencia para Time, Washington Post y Wall Street Journal, declaró sin titubeos en una entrevista a la National Public Radio estadounidense: "Por supuesto Ben Laden está muerto ".
''''No creo que él todavía esté vivo", dijo a NBC News en 2009 al presidente de Pakistán, Asif Ali Zardari. ''Tengo esta fuerte sensación y razones para creerlo después de haber hablado con la inteligencia estadounidense''.
El cuerpo que en la mañana del lunes fue lanzado a toda prisa a los tiburones del Océano Índico desde la cubierta del portaaviones USS Carl Vinson bien pudiera ser el de bin Laden, pero nadie podrá verificar si había muerto horas o años antes.
Fuente: http://it.peacereporter.net/articolo/28269/La+seconda+morte+di+Osama
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Que pena: DEMOCRACY NOW se sumo al teatro.
En vez de propiciar un rethinking on sept 11 real authors, abre debate sobre “mas de lo mismo” en relacion a Afghanistan. Afghanistan es un tema geo-politico que visto en perspectiva solo conduce a las posibilidades de la 3ra guerra mundial y la hecatombe nuclear. Eso solo puede ser combatido desde la perspectiva pacifista: war crimes & crimes against humanity now. The issue "War on terror" si es un tema real pero requiere ser replanteado. Si sept 11 fue o no un inside job y si se debe reabrir invetigacion al respecto es la premisa del debate y la esencia del mismo es la forma como se violo la constitucion americana con los Patriot Acts que hasta ahora sigue cobrando vidas inocentes. Los que diseniaron ese ataque constitucional debieran se procesados. Este seria es objetivo del debate. Lo otro, hacernos creer que la guerra en Afghanistan se hizo para matar a Bin Laden es -por decir lo menos- estupido. Bin Laden fue un pretexto, un cuento diseniado para bobos. Y ya es tiempo de mandar abajo ese mito. Hasta que punto se contribuye con este objetivo en el art que viene? Lealo Ud:“10 Years Too Long: Rep. Barbara Lee Renews Calls for End to Afghan War After Killing of Osama bin Laden
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/3/10_years_too_long_rep_barbara
• AMY GOODMAN: We turn now to our ongoing coverage of the death of Osama bin Laden and the future of the so-called "war on terror." On Monday, the Obama administration released new details of the operation that killed bin Laden at a compound in Pakistan. The White House says bin Laden was shot in the head and chest but that he himself did not return fire. Four others were killed in the raid: three men and one woman. One of bin Laden’s wives was wounded. U.S. officials told the Reuters news agency that while bin Laden would have been taken alive had he surrendered, the Special Forces that carried out the mission were instructed they were on a, quote, "kill operation."
• The raid has further strained ties between the U.S. and Pakistan. Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers are calling for a review of billions in aid to Pakistan in light of the revelation bin Laden was living inside a heavily fortified compound in a wealthy Pakistani suburb. Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf criticized the U.S. for attacking the compound without Pakistan’s knowledge, calling it a violation of Pakistani sovereignty.
• Republicans meanwhile have begun to seize on the news intelligence for the raid was partially gathered at U.S. secret prisons in Eastern Europe. In a sarcastic post referring to Obama’s ban on Bush-era torture methods, Congressmember Steve King of Iowa tweeted, quote, "Wonder what President Obama thinks of water boarding now?"
• Here in New York, celebrations continued Monday with crowds of people gathering at Gound Zero, the site of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. At the White House, President Obama said bin Laden’s killing had united the nation.
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A MI VER EL ANUNCIO DE OBAMA SOBRE BIN LADEN ES PARTE DE UN LIO DE RATAS. ME REFIERO AL USO DEL PODER FEDERAL PARA OBJETIVOS ELECTORALES. ESO ES ILEGAL e INMORAL. ES LO QUE HACE LA CUPULA PARTIDARIA de DEMOCRATAS Y REPUBLICANOS CON EL SHOW BIN LADEN. EL EFECTO TACTICO ES EVIDENTE PERO CATASTROFICO EN TERMINOS ESTRATEGICOS PARA EL PORVENIR DE LA DEMOCRACIA EN AMERICA. SUBORDINAR LA DEMOCRACIA AL QUEHACER MILITAR ES SUMAMENTE PELIGROSO. ESE ES UNO DE LOS CAMINOS QUE CONDUCEN AL FASCISMO.
BENAZIR BUTTOS INDICO EN SU ULTIMO DISCURSO SER TESTIGO DE QUE BIN LADEN FUE ASESINADO EN UN HOSPITAL DE PAKISTAN EL 2007. ANTES SE DIJO QUE LO MATARON EL 2003. EL 2do ARTICULO DE ABAJO INDICA QUE SU MUERTE OCURRIO EL 2006. ESTA SERIA LA 3ra VEZ QUE MUERE. A QUE VIENE LA VALENTIA DE SU ASESINATO POR OBAMA? LA UNICA RESPUESTA ES QUE SE QUIERE SACAR PROVECHO ELECTORAL DE ESTE SHOW Y A LA VEZ ENTERRAR LAS PRUEBAS QUE ACUSAN A BUSH Y SUS NEONAZIS COMO AUTORES DEL TERRORISMO DE SEPT 11-2001 Y NO DE HACER JUSTICIA A LOS ASESINADOS EN TAL ACTO TERRORISTA. ELLOS y LOS NEOCONS SON LOS UNICOS BENEFICIARIOS DE ESTE TEATRO.
Atilio Boron, en su art de abajo, parte de una premisa errada (el cadaver que arrojaron a los tiburones fue Bin Laden. No hay evidencia alguna al respecto. Lo valido en A Boron es el analisis de contexto, eso es correcto y lo es mucho mas el juicio moral a la actitud criminal que se esconde detras del anuncio.
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Un Nobel sin escrúpulos
Atilio A. Boron, Rebelión MAY 3-11: http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=127653
Un signo más de los muchos que ilustran la profunda crisis moral de la “civilización occidental y cristiana” que Estados Unidos dice representar lo ofrece la noticia del asesinato de Osama Bin Laden. Más allá del rechazo que nos provocaba el personaje y sus métodos de lucha, la naturaleza de la operación llevada a cabo por los Seals de la Armada de los Estados Unidos es un acto de incalificable barbarie perpetrado bajo las órdenes directas de un personaje que con sus conductas cotidianas deshonra el galardón que le otorgó el Parlamento noruego al consagrarlo como Premio Nobel de la Paz del año 2009. De acuerdo con lo establecido por Alfred Nobel en su testamento esta distinción, recordémoslo, debía ser adjudicada, “a la persona que haya trabajado más o mejor en favor de la fraternidad entre las naciones, la abolición o reducción de los ejércitos existentes y la celebración y promoción de procesos de paz.”
El energúmeno que anunció al pueblo estadounidense la muerte del líder de Al-Qaida diciendo que “se ha hecho justicia” es la antítesis perfecta de lo estipulado por Nobel. Un comando operativo es lo menos parecido al debido proceso, y arrojar los restos de su víctima al mar para ocultar las huellas de lo que se ha hecbo es propio de mafiosos o genocidas. Lo menos que debería hacer el Parlamento noruego es exigirle la devolución del premio.
En la truculenta operación escenificada en las afueras de Islamabad hay múltiples interrogantes que permanecen en las sombras, y la tendencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos a desinformar a la opinión pública torna aún más sospechoso este operativo. Una Casa Blanca víctima de una enfermiza compulsión a mentir (recordar la historieta de las “armas de destrucción masiva” existentes en Irak, o el infame Informe Warren que sentenció que no hubo conspiración en el asesinato de Kennedy, obra del “lobo solitario” Lee Harvey Oswald ) nos obliga a tomar con pinzas cada una de sus afirmaciones.
Era Bin Laden o no? ¿Por qué no pensar que la víctima podría haber sido cualquier otro? ¿Dónde están las fotos, las pruebas de que el occiso era el buscado? Si se le practicó una prueba de ADN, ¿cómo se obtuvo, dónde están los resultados y quiénes fueron los testigos? ¿Por qué no se lo presentó ante la consideración pública, como se hizo, sin ir más lejos, con los restos del comandante Ernesto “Che” Guevara? Si, como se asegura, Osama se ocultaba en una mansión convertida en una verdadera fortaleza, ¿cómo es posible que en un combate que se extendió por espacio de cuarenta minutos los integrantes del comando estadounidense regresaran a su base sin recibir siquiera un rasguño? ¿Tan poca puntería tenían los defensores del fugitivo más buscado del mundo, de quien se decía que poseía un arsenal de mortíferas armas de última generación? ¿Quiénes estaban con él?
Según la Casa Blanca el comando dio muerte a Bin Laden, a su hijo, a otros dos hombres de su custodia y a una mujer que, aseguran, fue ultimada al ser utilizada como un escudo humano por uno de los terroristas. También se dijo que dos personas más habían resultado heridas en el combate. ¿Dónde están, qué se va a hacer con ellas? ¿Serán llevadas a juicio, se les tomarán declaraciones para arrojar luz sobre lo ocurrido, hablarán en una conferencia de prensa para narrar lo acontecido? Por lo que parece esta “hazaña” pasará a la historia como una operación mafiosa, al estilo de la matanza de San Valentín ordenada por Al Capone para liquidar a los capos de la banda rival.
Osama vivo era un peligro. Sabía (¿o sabe?) demasiado, y es razonable suponer que lo último que quería el gobierno estadounidense era llevarlo a juicio y dejarlo hablar. En tal caso se habría desatado un escándalo de enormes proporciones al revelar las conexiones con la CIA, los armamentos y el dinero suministrado por la Casa Blanca, las operaciones ilegales montadas por Washington, los oscuros negocios de su familia con el lobby petrolero estadounidense y, muy especialmente, con la familia Bush, entre otras nimiedades. En suma, un testigo al que había que acallar sí o sí, como Muammar Gadafi. El problema es que ya muerto Osama se convierte para los yihadistas islámicos en un mártir de la causa, y el deseo de venganza seguramente impulsará a las muchas células dormidas de Al-Qaida a perpetrar nuevas atrocidades para vengar la muerte de su líder.
Tampoco deja de llamar la atención lo oportuna que ha sido la muerte de Bin Laden.
Cuando el incendio de la reseca pradera del mundo árabe desestabiliza un área de crucial importancia para la estrategia de dominación imperial, la noticia del asesinato de Bin Laden reinstala a Al-Qaida en el centro del escenario.
Si hay algo que a estas alturas es una verdad incontrovertible es que esas revueltas no responden a ninguna motivación religiosa. Sus causas, sus sujetos y sus formas de lucha son eminentemente seculares y en ninguna de ellas -desde Túnez hasta Egipto, pasando por Libia, Bahrein, Yemen, Siria y Jordania- el protagonismo recayó sobre la Hermandad Musulmana o en Al-Qaida.
El problema es el capitalismo y los devastadores efectos de las políticas neoliberales y los regímenes despóticos que aquél instaló en esos países y no las herejías de los “infieles” de Occidente. Pero el imperialismo estadounidense y sus secuaces en Europa se desvivieron, desde el principio, para hacer aparecer estas revueltas como producto de la malicia del radicalismo islámico y Al-Qaida, cosa que no es cierta.
Santiago Alba Rico observó con razón que en pleno auge de estas protestas seculares -anti-políticas de ajuste del FMI y el Banco Mundial- un grupo fundamentalista desconocido hasta entonces asesinó al cooperante italiano Vittorio Arrigoni, activista del Movimiento de Solidaridad Internacional, en una casa abandonada en la Franja de Gaza. Pocas semanas después un terrorista suicida hace estallar una bomba en la plaza Yemaa el Fna, uno de los destinos turísticos más notables no sólo de Marruecos sino de toda África, y mata al menos a 14 personas. “Ahora –continúa Alba Rico- reaparece Bin Laden, no vivo y amenazador, sino en toda la gloria de un martirio aplazado, estudiado, cuidadosamente escenificado, un poco inverosímil.
‘Se ha hecho justicia’, dice Obama, pero la justicia reclama tribunales y jueces, procedimientos sumariales, una sentencia independiente.” Nada de eso ha ocurrido, ni ocurrirá.
Pero el fundamentalismo islámico, ausente como protagonista de las grandes movilizaciones del mundo árabe, aparece ahora en la primera plana de todos los diarios del mundo y su líder como un mártir del Islam asesinado a sangre fría por la soldadesca del líder de Occidente. La Casa Blanca, que sabía desde mediados de Febrero de este año que en esa fortaleza en las afueras de Islamabad se refugiaba Bin Laden, esperó el momento oportuno para lanzar su ataque con vistas a posicionar favorablemente a Barack Obama en la inminente campaña electoral por la sucesión presidencial.
Hay un detalle para nada anecdótico que torna aún más inmoral a la bravata estadounidense: pocas horas después de ser abatido, el cadáver del presunto Bin Laden fue arrojado al mar.
La mentirosa declaración de la Casa Blanca dice que sus restos recibieron sepultura respetando las tradiciones y los ritos islámicos, pero no es así. Los ritos fúnebres del Islam establecen que se debe lavar el cadáver, vestirlo con una mortaja, proceder a una ceremonia religiosa que incluye oraciones y honras fúnebres para luego recién proceder al entierro del difunto. Además se especifica que el cadáver debe ser depositado directamente en la tierra, recostado sobre su lado derecho y con la cara dirigida hacia La Meca. ¿Con qué celeridad tuvieron que ser hechos el combate, la recuperación del cadáver, su identificación, la obtención del ADN, el traslado a un navío de la Armada estadounidense, situado a poco más de 600 kilómetros del suburbio de Islamabad donde se produjo el enfrentamiento y finalmente navegar hasta el punto donde el cadáver fue arrojado al mar como para respetar los ritos fúnebres del islam?
En realidad, lo que se hizo fue abatir y “desaparecer” a una persona, presuntamente Bin Laden, siguiendo una práctica siniestra utilizada sobre todo por la dictadura genocida que asoló la Argentina entre 1976 y 1983. Acto inmoral que no sólo ofende a las creencias musulmanas sino a una milenaria tradición cultural de Occidente, anterior inclusive al cristianismo. Como lo atestigua magistralmente Sófocles en Antígona, privar a un difunto de su sepultura enciende las más enconadas pasiones. Esas que hoy deben estar incendiando las células del fundamentalismo islámico, deseosas de escarmentar a los infieles que ultrajaron el cuerpo y la memoria de su líder.
Barack Obama acaba de decir que después de la muerte de Osama Bin Laden el mundo es un lugar más seguro para vivir. Se equivoca de medio a medio. Probablemente su acción no hizo sino despertar a un monstruo que estaba dormido. El tiempo dirá si esto es así o no, pero sobran las razones para estar muy preocupados.
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Ele articulo de abajo esta mas acertado:
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LA SEGUNDA MUERTE DE OSAMA
http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id=127669
Un recordatorio de todos los anuncios de la muerte de Ben Laden
Enrico Piovesana, Peace Reporter. May 3-11
Prevalecía hasta ahora la idea de que Ben Laden hubiese muerto por sus condiciones precarias de salud en diciembre de 2001. Según otros, sobrevivió hasta 2006.
Traducido para Rebelión por Gorka Larrabeiti
La precipitación con la que los EE.UU. se han deshecho del cuerpo de Osama ben Laden, arrojado al mar menos de doce horas después de su asesinato en Pakistán, sin posibilidad de una confirmación independiente de su identidad, alimenta inevitablemente dudas y sospechas sobre todo debido a que, según numerosas fuentes fidedignas, el jeque saudí había muerto en diciembre de 2001 (según otros, en agosto de 2006).
Ben Laden sufría de problemas renales graves. Según el diario francés Le Figaro en 2000 se había llevado a su palacio en Kandahar una máquina de diálisis, y en julio de 2001 su condición había empeorado tanto que hubo de requerir su hospitalización en el Hospital Americano en Dubai -donde pudieron visitarlo sus viejos amigos de la CIA. Según CBS News, fue ingresado de nuevo la víspera del 11 de septiembre en el hospital militar pakistaní en Rawalpindi.
Según declaraciones de un líder talibán, publicadas a finales de 2001 por el diario Pakistán Observer, después del ataque de EE.UU. contra Afganistán, las condiciones de Osama se volvieron críticas, ya que, obligado a huir, el líder de Al Qaeda ya no pudo recibir el tratamiento diario de diálisis hasta que murió a mediados de diciembre, mientras escapaba de Tora Bora.
Esta versión fue confirmada más tarde por el presidente paquistaní, Pervez Musharraf, quien declaró en enero de 2002 a la CNN: ''Francamente, creo que está muerto porque él estaba muy enfermo de los riñones''.
El último video de Ben Laden, considerado auténtico por los expertos, es de 26 de diciembre 2001 y fue grabado semanas antes. En él, aparece el jeque en pésimo estado físico: muy pálido, muy delgado y con el brazo izquierdo (era zurdo) inmóvil.
Después de esa aparición, Osama vuelve a aparecer durante años. El vídeo en el que sale caminando en las montañas con Al Zawahiri (emitido en 2003) también se remonta probablemente a 2001 y las dos siguientes filmaciones (una de 2004 y otra de 2007) se consideraron falsas. Por lo demás, sólo hubo mensajes audio de dudosa fiabilidad.
En abril de 2002 Steve R. Pieczenik, antiguo vice de los Secretarios de Estado Henry Kissinger, Cyrus Vance y James Baker, un personaje que había trabajado con Ben Laden en Afganistán contra los soviéticos en los años 80, respondió al popular locutor de radio Alex Jones que Osama "llevaba meses muerto".
En julio de 2002, el jefe del FBI de la lucha antiterrorista, Dale Watson, declaró: ''Creo que Osama bin Laden ya no está con nosotros, aunque no tengo pruebas para decirlo''.
Unos meses más tarde, en octubre de 2002, le tocó el turno al presidente afgano, Hamid Karzai:''''Hace mucho que no tenemos noticia de él: es probable que esté muerto".
En esos mismos días, la muerte de Ben Laden de diciembre de 2001 también fue acreditada por las fuentes de inteligencia israelí.
Sin embargo, según los servicios secretos saudíes, Osama sobrevivió, al parecer, hasta el 23 de agosto de 2006: día en que el jeque del terror falleció presuntamente en Pakistán debido a una parálisis de los órganos internos causados por la fiebre tifoidea. La información, recogida por el servicio secreto francés, fue difundida en septiembre de 2006.
El ex agente de la CIA Robert Bear, autor del libro que inspiró la película Syriana, columnista de inteligencia para Time, Washington Post y Wall Street Journal, declaró sin titubeos en una entrevista a la National Public Radio estadounidense: "Por supuesto Ben Laden está muerto ".
''''No creo que él todavía esté vivo", dijo a NBC News en 2009 al presidente de Pakistán, Asif Ali Zardari. ''Tengo esta fuerte sensación y razones para creerlo después de haber hablado con la inteligencia estadounidense''.
El cuerpo que en la mañana del lunes fue lanzado a toda prisa a los tiburones del Océano Índico desde la cubierta del portaaviones USS Carl Vinson bien pudiera ser el de bin Laden, pero nadie podrá verificar si había muerto horas o años antes.
Fuente: http://it.peacereporter.net/articolo/28269/La+seconda+morte+di+Osama
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Que pena: DEMOCRACY NOW se sumo al teatro.
En vez de propiciar un rethinking on sept 11 real authors, abre debate sobre “mas de lo mismo” en relacion a Afghanistan. Afghanistan es un tema geo-politico que visto en perspectiva solo conduce a las posibilidades de la 3ra guerra mundial y la hecatombe nuclear. Eso solo puede ser combatido desde la perspectiva pacifista: war crimes & crimes against humanity now. The issue "War on terror" si es un tema real pero requiere ser replanteado. Si sept 11 fue o no un inside job y si se debe reabrir invetigacion al respecto es la premisa del debate y la esencia del mismo es la forma como se violo la constitucion americana con los Patriot Acts que hasta ahora sigue cobrando vidas inocentes. Los que diseniaron ese ataque constitucional debieran se procesados. Este seria es objetivo del debate. Lo otro, hacernos creer que la guerra en Afghanistan se hizo para matar a Bin Laden es -por decir lo menos- estupido. Bin Laden fue un pretexto, un cuento diseniado para bobos. Y ya es tiempo de mandar abajo ese mito. Hasta que punto se contribuye con este objetivo en el art que viene? Lealo Ud:“10 Years Too Long: Rep. Barbara Lee Renews Calls for End to Afghan War After Killing of Osama bin Laden
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/5/3/10_years_too_long_rep_barbara
• AMY GOODMAN: We turn now to our ongoing coverage of the death of Osama bin Laden and the future of the so-called "war on terror." On Monday, the Obama administration released new details of the operation that killed bin Laden at a compound in Pakistan. The White House says bin Laden was shot in the head and chest but that he himself did not return fire. Four others were killed in the raid: three men and one woman. One of bin Laden’s wives was wounded. U.S. officials told the Reuters news agency that while bin Laden would have been taken alive had he surrendered, the Special Forces that carried out the mission were instructed they were on a, quote, "kill operation."
• The raid has further strained ties between the U.S. and Pakistan. Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers are calling for a review of billions in aid to Pakistan in light of the revelation bin Laden was living inside a heavily fortified compound in a wealthy Pakistani suburb. Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf criticized the U.S. for attacking the compound without Pakistan’s knowledge, calling it a violation of Pakistani sovereignty.
• Republicans meanwhile have begun to seize on the news intelligence for the raid was partially gathered at U.S. secret prisons in Eastern Europe. In a sarcastic post referring to Obama’s ban on Bush-era torture methods, Congressmember Steve King of Iowa tweeted, quote, "Wonder what President Obama thinks of water boarding now?"
• Here in New York, celebrations continued Monday with crowds of people gathering at Gound Zero, the site of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. At the White House, President Obama said bin Laden’s killing had united the nation.
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jueves, 28 de abril de 2011
MARKET MELTDOWN APPROACHES. GET OUT OF THE DOLLAR SAID PETER SCHIFF
MARKET MELTDOWN APPROACHES. GET OUT OF THE DOLLAR SAID PETER SCHIFF
Peter Schiff calls fed chair Ben Bernanke a liar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIgGix2jmSw&feature=player_embedded
WATCH ALSO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNyrYwZrZ8I&NR=1
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ANOTHER VERSION THE BEST!!
BERNANKE EASY MONEY: TO BE CONTINUED
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/bernanke-lying-bet-against-fed-dollar-peter-schiff-152631496.html
GDP is falling, unemployment is rising, inflation is up and the dollar is down -- and Ben Bernanke is talking his way through it in a way that history has not previously allowed.
Longtime Fed critic and financial doomsayer Peter Schiff is known for a lot of things, but one thing he's not known for is mincing words. And when the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital appeared on Breakout this morning, he didn't disappoint as he launched into a caustic critique of our capital markets and all dollar-denominated investments.
In a rant that was eerily similar to one I posted yesterday on Twitter, Schiff went right for the jugular.Noting that a Bloomberg article called Wednesday's Bernanke press conference a "success," Schiff said that, "As the Fed chairman spoke, the dollar was getting crushed, gold surged to a new high. How do you call that a success? That's like saying the Titanic had a successful crossing just because some passengers happened to make it to New York."
"[Bernanke is] lying," Schiff continued. "The more the Fed insists that inflation is transitory, the more its reputation becomes transitory."
So when King Macke anointed Schiff the new head of the Fed and pressed for him for an action plan, he offered a three-pronged reply: Admit mistakes made in the past, raise rates and stop buying U.S. Treasurys.
"If the Federal Reserve simply had some discipline and raised interest rates," Schiff said, "that would force Congress to cut spending because they'd have no way to cut these bonds."
So how do you put your money to work in this environment?
"My investment strategy is based on the Fed continuously doing the wrong thing," Schiff said. "What you have to do is avoid U.S.-dollar denominated investments. People need to own precious metals like gold and silver, they need to own commodities, they need to own foreign bonds, foreign stocks."
By now, Schiff-watchers are well-acquainted with his anthem mortis, but for those who are unfamiliar with his outlook and philosophy, you're in for an ear-scorching diatribe of doom.
Let us know what you think. Write to us at Breakoutcrew@yahoo.com, or comment below.
EURO PACIFIC
ww.europacnet
Peter Schiff calls fed chair Ben Bernanke a liar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIgGix2jmSw&feature=player_embedded
WATCH ALSO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNyrYwZrZ8I&NR=1
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ANOTHER VERSION THE BEST!!
BERNANKE EASY MONEY: TO BE CONTINUED
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/bernanke-lying-bet-against-fed-dollar-peter-schiff-152631496.html
GDP is falling, unemployment is rising, inflation is up and the dollar is down -- and Ben Bernanke is talking his way through it in a way that history has not previously allowed.
Longtime Fed critic and financial doomsayer Peter Schiff is known for a lot of things, but one thing he's not known for is mincing words. And when the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital appeared on Breakout this morning, he didn't disappoint as he launched into a caustic critique of our capital markets and all dollar-denominated investments.
In a rant that was eerily similar to one I posted yesterday on Twitter, Schiff went right for the jugular.Noting that a Bloomberg article called Wednesday's Bernanke press conference a "success," Schiff said that, "As the Fed chairman spoke, the dollar was getting crushed, gold surged to a new high. How do you call that a success? That's like saying the Titanic had a successful crossing just because some passengers happened to make it to New York."
"[Bernanke is] lying," Schiff continued. "The more the Fed insists that inflation is transitory, the more its reputation becomes transitory."
So when King Macke anointed Schiff the new head of the Fed and pressed for him for an action plan, he offered a three-pronged reply: Admit mistakes made in the past, raise rates and stop buying U.S. Treasurys.
"If the Federal Reserve simply had some discipline and raised interest rates," Schiff said, "that would force Congress to cut spending because they'd have no way to cut these bonds."
So how do you put your money to work in this environment?
"My investment strategy is based on the Fed continuously doing the wrong thing," Schiff said. "What you have to do is avoid U.S.-dollar denominated investments. People need to own precious metals like gold and silver, they need to own commodities, they need to own foreign bonds, foreign stocks."
By now, Schiff-watchers are well-acquainted with his anthem mortis, but for those who are unfamiliar with his outlook and philosophy, you're in for an ear-scorching diatribe of doom.
Let us know what you think. Write to us at Breakoutcrew@yahoo.com, or comment below.
EURO PACIFIC
ww.europacnet
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