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FW: [BostontoPalestine] British ISMer critically wounded in Gaza 4/11/03


BOSTONTOPALESTINE URGENT UPDATE- International Solidarity Movement
Activist (ISMer) critically wounded after IDF opens fire

*Please note that this is Tom Handoll, a British ISM activist, and not
Tom of bostontopalestine (also working with ISM). More info will be sent
as it becomes available.

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Israeli Fire Critically Wounds British Activist
Fri April 11, 2003 11:46 AM ET

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot and critically wounded
a 21-year-old British peace activist helping Palestinian children cross
a street under gunfire Friday, fellow activists and hospital officials
said.

Tom Handoll was one of 12 members of the International Solidarity
Movement (ISM) who Thursday went to the Rafah refugee camp on the
Egyptian border to protest at continued Israeli shooting in the area,
said ISM member Nick Smith.

According to Smith, Handoll was shot in the head as he tried to help a
group of children cross a street in an area under Israeli gunfire.

Ali Musa, director of the Rafah hospital, said Handoll's brain had been
damaged and that he was "clinically dead."

The army was checking the report.

ISM is a group that positions its activists as "human shields" around
the West Bank and Gaza. Last week it said Israeli soldiers had shot and
severely wounded one of its activists in Jenin.

Last month, an American ISM member, Rachel Corrie, was crushed to death
by an Israeli armored bulldozer in Gaza.

The army called that incident a "regrettable accident," saying the
driver could not see Corrie as she tried to block the bulldozer from
demolishing a Palestinian home in a flashpoint border area. ISM said
Corrie was run over deliberately.

An ISM member who gave her name only as Alison said Handoll had gone to
Iraq to act as a human shield against U.S-led coalition troops and then
to Jordan to help Iraqi refugees before joining the movement in Gaza.

HELICOPTERS FIRED MISSILES

Also Friday, Israeli helicopter gunships fired three missiles into a
cemetery bordering on a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, setting off
gun battles nearby in which three Palestinians were wounded, witnesses
said.

It was not immediately clear why Israel fired into the cemetery and the
army had no comment on the incident. Military sources however, confirmed
soldiers had been operating in the area.

Palestinian witnesses said they suspected the helicopter had neutralized
a booby trap set up by Israel against a wanted militant living near the
cemetery after it was discovered by Palestinian youth.

The army had no immediate comment on the Palestinian suspicions.

In the past week, Israeli missile strikes have twice targeted Islamic
militants in Gaza, Thursday killing a bomb expert and Tuesday a senior
militant and six others.

Israel has tracked and killed dozens of militants during the 30-month
Palestinian uprising for statehood. Palestinians call the practice
state-sponsored assassination and Israel calls it self-defense.

At least 1,987 Palestinians and 729 Israelis have been killed since the
uprising flared after negotiations on a Palestinian state froze.

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DISCUSSION

boundary values


are we at the end/edge/boundary of the ethical equation yet ?

wtc = afghanistan

wtc = afghanistan + iraq + _ _ _

wtc = afghanistan + iraq + _ _ _ + n + _ _ _

where
wtc = world trade center located in new york city
and n = united states of america

any boundary values ?

given x = appetite for destruction
does x -> infinity

or as t -> infinity, x -> zero

whether its art or politics,
there is also the 'inexpressible' reservation of judgement,
besides the unexpressed or the suspension of judgement.

the iceberg of gnosticism,
or the warmth of the right amount of evil

no one decides

DISCUSSION

FW: Jay Leno on Iraq War


Jay Leno on Iraq War

-- 1 --

"In a speech earlier today President Bush said if Iraq
gets rid of Saddam Hussein, he will help the Iraqi
people with food, medicine, supplies, housing,
education - anything that's needed. Isn't that
amazing? He finally comes up with a domestic agenda -
and it's for Iraq. Maybe we could bring that here if
it works out."

-- 2 --

"In an interview with Dan Rather, Saddam has
challenged President Bush to a live, televised debate.
I think this would be fair, since English is a second
language to both of them."

-- 3 --

"U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan says he can think
of no reason to attack Iraq right now. I can think of
five off the top of my head: Shell, Exxon, Mobil,
Texaco and BP."

-- 4 --

"President Bush said this Iraq situation looks like
'the rerun of a bad movie.' Well sure, there's a Bush
in the White House, the economy's going to hell, we're
going to war over oil. I've seen this movie, haven't
I?"

-- 5 --

"In California, 50 women protested the impending war
with Iraq by lying on the ground naked and spelling
out the word peace. Right idea, wrong president."

-- 6 --

"The bill gives the president the power to wage war on
Iraq - or, as President Bush calls it, "Operation Re-election.'"

-- 7 --

"President Bush is asking Congress for permission to
wage war on Iraq. Some members of Congress are
reluctant to go along with the plan so far. All Bush
needs to do is remind these guys that, in Iraq, an
adulterer gets stoned to death."

-- 8 --

"More coming out about Saddam Hussein. We now know he
takes Viagra and he has as many as six mistresses. No
wonder Congress is reluctant to take action against
this guy - he's one of their own."

-- 9 --

"Some Democrats say the estimated $60 billion dollar
cost of a war with Iraq could be better spent at home.
When he heard that, President Bush agreed and
announced plans to bomb Ohio."

-- 10 --

"President Bush said it's now time for a change in
Iraq and he wants them to have a Western-style
democracy like ours. So right now in Iraq, the economy
is collapsing, businessmen are corrupt, and Hussein
wants his son to take over as president. Sounds like
mission accomplished."

-- 11 --

"Germany is now saying that they won't go along with
an invasion of Iraq. However, they did say they would
go along if the invasion included Poland, France and
Belgium."

-- 12 --

"A lot of controversy over this possible invasion of
Iraq. In fact, Nelson Mandela was so upset, he called
Bush's dad. How embarrassing, when world leaders start
calling your father."

-- 13 --

"Bush said he wants a change so that the people of
Iraq will be allowed to choose their own leaders. Good
luck, we can't even get the people of Florida to
choose their own leaders."

-- 14 --

"The Bush administration has apparently approved a
plan to oust Saddam Hussein. I think that's President
Bush's Father's Day gift to his Dad."

-- 15 --

"Yesterday, Saddam Hussein got 100 percent of the
vote. Well, that's according to Saddam's campaign
manager, Jeb Hussein."

-- 16 --

"Thanks for coming out on such a hot day. I was
sweating like Saddam Hussein watching Bush's poll
numbers drop."

-- 17 --

"In a bizarre move, Saddam Hussein has released all
prisoners being held in Iraqi jails. Isn't that
amazing? Iraq has prisoners that are still alive."

~ Compiled by Daniel Kurtzman

DISCUSSION

FW: Greenpeace: Urgent Peace Opportunity


Greenpeace: Urgent Peace Opportunity

Thanks to an initiative from the Arab League, the UN is not hiding its
head in the sand over the war in Iraq. We now have a crucial opportunity
for the world to condemn the war in Iraq.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is one of a series of irregular campaign updates being sent to our
cyberactivists concerning the war in Iraq. During this critical period
we will be sending more updates than usual. We hope that Greenpeace (and
the world!) will be able to return to a more regular schedule soon.

You can change your email address, cancel Greenpeace activist mailings,
or have a forgotten cybercentre password mailed to you using the links
at the bottom of this message. Please remember to delete these links
before forwarding this message to anyone else.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

On Wednesday, 26 March, there was an 'open session' of the UN Security
Council, and members are expected to put forward a resolution condemning
the war and calling for a ceasefire. The debate is expected to carry on
until Thursday, but it is clear that any such resolution will be vetoed
by the US and UK.

Arab League Foreign Ministers, as well as their colleagues in the
non-Aligned Movement, have said that if there is no Security Council
resolution, they will invoke Resolution 377 ('Uniting for Peace'), and
call for an Emergency Session of the UN General Assembly, where a
resolution calling for an end to the war would get overwhelming support.

We have chosen several countries whose support for this move is key to
its success. Any country that puts this forward, will have to be able to
withstand diplomatic and economic blackmail from the US and the UK in
order to exercise their democratic right to speak on behalf of their
people.

Please use this link:

http://act.greenpeace.org/ams/e?as3&s=wr

to write to the Foreign Ministers of Cuba, South Africa, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Nigeria, New Zealand, Switzerland, Fiji, Mexico, Chile,
Germany, Russia, and France, and ask them to support 'Uniting for
Peace'.

You can discuss the campaign for a 'Uniting for Peace' resolution here:

http://act.greenpeace.org/1048719593

VISIT THE CYBERCENTRE

Please don't forget to visit the Greenpeace Cyberactivist Community at:
http://act.greenpeace.org

DISCUSSION

reminiscing


30.dec.2002
11.51 pm

preparing for 2004 and 05 newold modernprimitive primitivmodern
cyborgprimatingly

The things he looked very straight at, were the arrangement of altar
dishes, war and disease.

If he was with a man who sang true, he would make him repeat and sing in
harmony with him.

He said: Study with the seasons winging past, is not this pleasant?
To have friends coming in from far quarters, not a delight?
Unruffled by men's ignoring him, also indicative of high breed.

He said: To keep things going in state of ten thousand cars: respect
what you do and keep your word, keep accurate accounts and be friendly
to others, employ the people in season. [Probably meaning public works
are not to interfere with agricultural production.]

Tseng-tse said: Look clearly to the end, and follow it up a long way;
the people acting on conscience will get back to the solid.

He said: The anthology of 300 poems can be gathered into the one
sentence: Have no twisty thoughts.

He said: Attacking false systems merely harms you.

He said: A neighborhood's humanity is its beauty. If a man doesn't
settle among real people, how can he know.

He said: A scholar with his will on learning the process, who is ashamed
of poor clothes, and fusses over bad food, is not worth, talking to.

He said: The men of old held their words for fear of not matching them
in their character.

He said: Candidness is not fatherless, it is bound to have neighbors.

Tze-Kung said: The big man's culture shows, one can manage to hear about
that; the big man's words about the inborn-nature and the process of
heaven, one cannot manage to hear. [The don't go in through the ear.]

He said: Is this the end of it? I have seen no one who can see his
errors and then go into his own mind and demand justice on them in
precise, just, discriminating words.

He said: study as if unattainable, as if fearing to lose (grip on it).