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Thursday, June 7, 2012
UN monitors shot at trying to reach site of 'massacre' in Syria
The Independent
"The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told a General Assembly session today that monitors trying to access the site of an alleged massacre in Syria were shot at by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
Speaking at the start of a special UN General Assembly session he condemned the alleged massacre as "an unspeakable barbarity" and called again on Assad to implement international mediator Kofi Annan's six-point peace plan.
"Today's news reports of another massacre ... are shocking and sickening," he told the 193-nation assembly. "A village apparently surrounded by Syrian forces. The bodies of innocent civilians lying where they were, shot. Some allegedly burned or slashed with knives."
"We condemn this unspeakable barbarity and renew our determination to bring those responsible to account," he said....."
"The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told a General Assembly session today that monitors trying to access the site of an alleged massacre in Syria were shot at by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
Speaking at the start of a special UN General Assembly session he condemned the alleged massacre as "an unspeakable barbarity" and called again on Assad to implement international mediator Kofi Annan's six-point peace plan.
"Today's news reports of another massacre ... are shocking and sickening," he told the 193-nation assembly. "A village apparently surrounded by Syrian forces. The bodies of innocent civilians lying where they were, shot. Some allegedly burned or slashed with knives."
"We condemn this unspeakable barbarity and renew our determination to bring those responsible to account," he said....."
Five Broken Cameras: Home Videos Evolve Into Stirring Film on Palestinian Resistance to Israeli Wa
Democracy Now!
"The award-winning new documentary, "Five Broken Cameras," tells the story of a Palestinian farmer who got a video camera to record his son’s childhood, but ended up documenting the growth of the resistance movement to the Israeli separation wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in. The film shows the non-violent tactics used by residents of Bil’in as they join with international and Israeli activists to protest the wall’s construction and confront Israeli soldiers. We speak with the film’s directors Emad Burnat, a Palestinian, and Guy Davidi, an Israeli....."
"The award-winning new documentary, "Five Broken Cameras," tells the story of a Palestinian farmer who got a video camera to record his son’s childhood, but ended up documenting the growth of the resistance movement to the Israeli separation wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in. The film shows the non-violent tactics used by residents of Bil’in as they join with international and Israeli activists to protest the wall’s construction and confront Israeli soldiers. We speak with the film’s directors Emad Burnat, a Palestinian, and Guy Davidi, an Israeli....."
Al-Jazeera Video: Syria: Rula Amin and Kristen Saloomey live from Beirut and New York
"Syria's opposition is blaming the government for another alleged massacre, which left scores of people dead in Hama province.
More than 80 people were killed on Wednesday in Hama's village of Qabeer.
UN observers trying to access the site say they are being blocked by the Syrian army.
It all comes as UN envoy Kofi Annan prepares to address the Security Council to try to salvage his Syrian peace plan.
Kristen Saloomey is live for us at UN headquarters in New York and Rula Amin is following developments from Beirut in Lebanon."
Al-Jazeera Video: Egyptians remember 'face of revolution'
"In Alexandria, thousands of people have marked the second anniversary of the death of a young man which helped galvanise protests against Hosni Mubarak.
Egyptian Khaled Said, 28, was beaten to death in Alexandria in June 2010 with his body barely recognisable.
The act of brutality let to the creation of an anti-torture Facebook page entitled "We are Khaled Said" which, in turn, helped crystallise Egypt's political movement which eventually toppled Mubarak from power.
Al Jazeera's Jamal Elshayyal reports from Alexandria."
Al-Jazeera Video: Reports of 'massacre' in Syrian village
"Activists say another massacre has taken place in Syria just days after nearly 100 people were killed in Houla.
This time, at least 86 people are said to have been killed by pro-Assad militias in and around al-Qubayr in Marzaf district in Hama province.
UN observers say they will head to the area on Thursday morning to investigate.
Al Jazeera's Tarek Bazley reports."
Al-Jazeera Video: Mousab Al-Hamadee speaks about the al-Qubayr massacre
"Opposition activists in Syria say that pro-government armed groups backed by security forces have killed scores of people in a village in Hama province. Mousab Al-Hamadee , an activist in Hama, told Al Jazeera the UN monitors are just watching as people die and bury their dead."
Al-Jazeera Video: Syrian activist speaks about al-Qubayr massacre
"Reports of another massacre in Syria where at least 86 people are said to have been killed in Hama. Al Jazeera speaks to Manhal Abu Bakar, an activist based in Hama."
Real News Video (with Transcript): Objective of US and Israeli Policy is Economic Warfare Against Iran
Gareth Porter: IAEA keeps Iran in "dock of global public opinion" while sanctions aim to weaken Iran as a regional power
"Every third child in Gaza stunted by hunger": interview with renowned doctor Mads Gilbert
Sami Kishawi
The Electronic Intifada
Chicago, 7 June 2012
"For many people around the world, Israel’s three-week attack on the Gaza Strip in late 2008 and early 2009 provided a stark glimpse of the reality that Palestinians endure on a regular basis. It was a scene straight from a horror film, a cause for concern and outrage. For others, including Norwegian physician Mads Gilbert, it was a call to action, beckoning solidarity workers back to Gaza’s pockmarked streets.
Gilbert was all-too-familiar with the scene. A veteran anesthesiologist who had been deployed to help handle emergency medical situations in Palestine and in Lebanon, Gilbert instinctively made his way to Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital when the bombing began. His experiences, shared of course by the Palestinian physicians and hospital employees he sought to aid, are still today widely regarded as some of the most testing instances of solidarity work.
Although Israel’s air and land invasion of the Gaza Strip — known as Operation Cast Lead — happened three and a half years ago, its after-effects are still relevant today. Gaza’s infrastructure has yet to fully recover and no one has been held accountable over the hundreds of civilian casualties.
Gilbert’s eyewitness accounts are shared far and wide in order to shed light on these tragic consequences and to encourage others to remain steadfast in their solidarity work for Palestinian rights.
Mads Gilbert spoke to The Electronic Intifada contributor Sami Kishawi....."
علي فرزات: الكاريكاتير ابن الميدان
"استعادت أصابعه عافيتها تماما، ومضى يرسم بين جموع هائلة بمعرض في الدوحة، التي زارها مؤخرا، وهو الذي تعود ذلك منذ زمن طويل أن يضيء عتمات حواري دمشق مرة بفوانيس تزيل شبح الظلمة والقمع عبر صحيفته "الدومري" وأخرى بكاريكاتيرات ساخرة تهز الدكتاتور من علي كرسيه.
من نافذته المطلة على جموع الساخرين والثائرين بدمشق، كان يطالعهم ويخلدهم مناضلين وهاتفين لحرية معتقله في أقبية الزنازين، وفي قاعات قصر فاره مرَغ علي فزات صورة صاحبه كثيرا، في كاريكاتير شهير يعاين وجه الدكتاتور الشاحب، وهو يطالع يوم الجمعة الرهيب ويشيح وجهه خوفا من إيقاع الثائرين على صوت الحرية.
سخرية لاذعة
غادر علي فرزات دمشق إلى الكويت، حيث كان صديقه الشهيد ناجي العلي يهز بريشته عروشا، وثورة خانت خطها، ولكن في صحيفة مغايرة هي "الوطن"، بينما كان حنظلة يحتل صفحة "القبس" الأخيرة. وفي منفاه الذي خرج اليه -تحت رغبة محبيه في سوريا- لدى فرزات كثير من الحنين يكفي ليفجره سخرية لاذعة لنظام يتداعى
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فرزات: عندما أرى طفلا في العاشرة يموت من أجلي وأجل حربتي فإنني أعتبر ثقافتي وفني ليست شيئا أمام هذا الطفل، فهو يعلمني الثقافة منذ البداية
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U.N. monitors try to verify new Syria massacre
"(Reuters) - U.N. monitors tried on Thursday to reach a village where activists say Syrian troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad massacred at least 78 villagers, hours before a divided U.N. Security Council discusses Syria.
If confirmed, the killings at Mazraat al-Qubeir, near Hama, will pile pressure on world powers to act, but they have been paralyzed by divisions pitting Western and most Arab states against Assad's defenders in Russia, China and Iran.
U.N. monitors based in Hama set out for Mazraat al-Qubeir but activists said an army checkpoint had turned them back. "We have dispatched a patrol which is trying to get access there," said Sausan Ghosheh, a spokeswoman for the U.N. observers.
Several activists told Reuters that up to 40 women and children were among the dead when the village in central Syria was shelled on Wednesday before fighters moved in and shot and stabbed dozens of people to death......."
If confirmed, the killings at Mazraat al-Qubeir, near Hama, will pile pressure on world powers to act, but they have been paralyzed by divisions pitting Western and most Arab states against Assad's defenders in Russia, China and Iran.
U.N. monitors based in Hama set out for Mazraat al-Qubeir but activists said an army checkpoint had turned them back. "We have dispatched a patrol which is trying to get access there," said Sausan Ghosheh, a spokeswoman for the U.N. observers.
Several activists told Reuters that up to 40 women and children were among the dead when the village in central Syria was shelled on Wednesday before fighters moved in and shot and stabbed dozens of people to death......."
Syria accused of massacring 100
Women and children said to be among the dead as pro-Assad forces allegedly storm a small village near the city of Hama
Ian Black, Middle East editor
The Guardian, Wednesday 6 June 2012
"Syria's government was accused on Wednesday of carrying out a new massacre in a small village near the central city of Hama, with an opposition group claiming 100 people, including many women and children, had been killed.
"We have 100 deaths in the village of al-Qubair, among them 20 women and 20 children," said Mohammed Sermini, spokesman for the Syrian National Council, who accused the regime of being behind the incident.
The news looked certain to fuel a bitter debate about the increasingly bloody Syrian crisis and to underline the limits of what a deeply divided international community can achieve.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the massacre was carried out at a farm by pro-regime shabiha militiamen armed with guns and knives after regular troops had shelled the area.
Reports and images of the incident spread rapidly on Twitter and other social networks but were impossible to verify independently given the lack of media access to much of Syria.
Online pictures showed charred corpses lying amid rubble and a dead child who had apparently been shot in the face.
The Local Co-ordination Committees (LCC), an activist network, had earlier reported shelling in al-Qubair and neighbouring Maazarif, with "dozens martyred and wounded." The villages are about 12 miles from Hama.
Opposition activists said women and children were among the dead when al-Qubair came under heavy tank fire before shabiha fighters moved in on the ground and shot and stabbed dozens of people to death. The LCC counted 78 victims, 35 of whom were said to be from one family.
"Qubair was stormed with very heavy and random gunfire, houses were broken into and the residents were killed, some with knives," said a Hama-based source. "There are also burnt bodies."........."
Ian Black, Middle East editor
The Guardian, Wednesday 6 June 2012
"Syria's government was accused on Wednesday of carrying out a new massacre in a small village near the central city of Hama, with an opposition group claiming 100 people, including many women and children, had been killed.
"We have 100 deaths in the village of al-Qubair, among them 20 women and 20 children," said Mohammed Sermini, spokesman for the Syrian National Council, who accused the regime of being behind the incident.
The news looked certain to fuel a bitter debate about the increasingly bloody Syrian crisis and to underline the limits of what a deeply divided international community can achieve.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said the massacre was carried out at a farm by pro-regime shabiha militiamen armed with guns and knives after regular troops had shelled the area.
Reports and images of the incident spread rapidly on Twitter and other social networks but were impossible to verify independently given the lack of media access to much of Syria.
Online pictures showed charred corpses lying amid rubble and a dead child who had apparently been shot in the face.
The Local Co-ordination Committees (LCC), an activist network, had earlier reported shelling in al-Qubair and neighbouring Maazarif, with "dozens martyred and wounded." The villages are about 12 miles from Hama.
Opposition activists said women and children were among the dead when al-Qubair came under heavy tank fire before shabiha fighters moved in on the ground and shot and stabbed dozens of people to death. The LCC counted 78 victims, 35 of whom were said to be from one family.
"Qubair was stormed with very heavy and random gunfire, houses were broken into and the residents were killed, some with knives," said a Hama-based source. "There are also burnt bodies."........."
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Assad Regime commits another massacre near Hamma
78 reported killed , including 20 women and 20 children.
Current Al-Jazeera (Arabic) Online Poll
Do you support the use of force in Syria under Chapter 7 of the UN?
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Time to consider military options in Syria
By Roula Khalaf
Financial Times
"The Houla massacre has whipped up a new wave of outrage at the brutality of Syria’s dictatorship. More Syrian envoys were kicked out of western capitals, more financial sanctions slapped on the regime in Damascus, and more furious calls for a political transition from Bashar al-Assad issued. So what? Mr Assad is no closer to ceding power than he was a year ago, when the rebellion against him was already raging.
Houla embodies the daily tragedy of Syria over the past 14 months while the world stumbles from one failed policy to another. Before Houla there was Baba Amr and Dera’a, to cite but a few places ravaged by regime forces. It would be unfair to say that western powers have not tried to put an end to Syria’s plight, using all diplomatic means available. The removal of Mr Assad, after all, would yield significant strategic gain by weakening Iran, Syria’s main ally.........
Financial Times
"The Houla massacre has whipped up a new wave of outrage at the brutality of Syria’s dictatorship. More Syrian envoys were kicked out of western capitals, more financial sanctions slapped on the regime in Damascus, and more furious calls for a political transition from Bashar al-Assad issued. So what? Mr Assad is no closer to ceding power than he was a year ago, when the rebellion against him was already raging.
Houla embodies the daily tragedy of Syria over the past 14 months while the world stumbles from one failed policy to another. Before Houla there was Baba Amr and Dera’a, to cite but a few places ravaged by regime forces. It would be unfair to say that western powers have not tried to put an end to Syria’s plight, using all diplomatic means available. The removal of Mr Assad, after all, would yield significant strategic gain by weakening Iran, Syria’s main ally.........
Joseph Stiglitz on Occupy Wall Street & Why US-Europe Austerity Will Only Weaken Economic Recovery
"As European leaders scramble to address the sovereign debt crisis, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz argues the austerity measures pushed by Germany, the United States and international creditors are only "going to make the countries weaker and weaker." If European economies contract, Stiglitz predicts that "our economy [will] go down further into the hole. ... Those policies then increase the probability of our weak economy tipping over into recession." Stiglitz’s new book is "The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers our Future."....."
Joseph Stiglitz on "The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers our Future"
Democracy Now!
"Several months before Occupy Wall Street, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz wrote, "Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%," an article for Vanity Fair. He returns to the subject in his new book looking at how inequality is now greater in the United States than any other industrialized nation. He notes, that the six heirs of the Wal-Mart fortune command wealth equivalent to the entire bottom 30 percent of American society. "It’s a comment both on how well off the top are and how poor the bottom are," Stiglitz says. "It’s really emblematic of the divide that has gotten much worse in our society." On Tuesday, Bloomberg News reported that pay for the top CEOs on Wall Street increased by more than 20 percent last year. Meanwhile, census data shows nearly one in two Americans, or 150 million people, have fallen into poverty or could be classified as low-income. "The United States is the country in the world with the highest level of inequality [of the advanced industrial countries] and it’s getting worse," Stiglitz says. "What’s even more disturbing is we’ve [also] become the country with the least equality of opportunity."....."
"Several months before Occupy Wall Street, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz wrote, "Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%," an article for Vanity Fair. He returns to the subject in his new book looking at how inequality is now greater in the United States than any other industrialized nation. He notes, that the six heirs of the Wal-Mart fortune command wealth equivalent to the entire bottom 30 percent of American society. "It’s a comment both on how well off the top are and how poor the bottom are," Stiglitz says. "It’s really emblematic of the divide that has gotten much worse in our society." On Tuesday, Bloomberg News reported that pay for the top CEOs on Wall Street increased by more than 20 percent last year. Meanwhile, census data shows nearly one in two Americans, or 150 million people, have fallen into poverty or could be classified as low-income. "The United States is the country in the world with the highest level of inequality [of the advanced industrial countries] and it’s getting worse," Stiglitz says. "What’s even more disturbing is we’ve [also] become the country with the least equality of opportunity."....."
Real News Video : Incitement Against Refugees leads to Racist Attacks in Israel
After weeks of violence, incitement against African refugees living in Israel’s poorest neighborhoods led to a race riot and a wave of protests
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