Israel stations submarines off Iran
British Sunday Times claimed that Israel had deployed three submarines with nuclear arms close to the Iranian coast.
Posted 31.05.2010 07:40:32 UTC
Updated 31.05.2010 07:40:32 UTC
The paper wrote that the submarines "Dolphin", "Tekuma" and "Leviathan" had previously been deployed at the Gulf, but the decision was made to station one permanently there.
Sunday Times says that the submarines are carrying the strongest and most advanced nuclear warheads of Israel, which have a range of 1 thousand 500 kilometres. According to the Daily, the submarines are there to gather intelligence and carry Mossad agents.
These submarines can be used should Iran insist on a nuclear program, claims the Paper. Another reason for Israel sending the submarines can be the ballistic missile capacities of Hezbollah in Iran, Syria and Lebanon says Sunday Times.
Scandal in the history of the subs
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The corvette deal looks like an example of what is common practice in major international deals where business meets politics. It leads into a shadowy region where it's often difficult to decide which side is seducing which.
Dolphin, Tekuma and Leviathan
Ann Wright interviewed on Turkish ship Mavi Marmara en route to Gaza
USS Liberty survivor onboard.
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May 29, 2010 — Ann Wright interviewed on Turkish ship Mavi Marmara en route to Gaza 29 May 2010, copyright IHH and Newsagency.
Israel attacked Freedom Flotilla May 31, 2010
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European campaign: Israel will pay dearly for attacking Freedom Flotilla
BRUSSELS, (PIC)-- The European campaign to end the siege said Israel will pay dearly at the media and political levels for its brutal attack on the Freedom Flotilla convoy earlier
this morning, especially since Europe will move to condemn this
crime.
The European campaign, one of the convoy organizers, said the Israeli troops' hijacking of the ships and their use of live bullets and tear gas grenades are acts of piracy and
aggression against hundreds of non-violent people who wanted to
deliver humanitarian aid to the impoverished Gaza people.
According to different news reports, 20 people were killed and dozens injured when Israeli troops stormed the Freedom Flotilla ships at dawn Monday. The convoy was attacked in international waters, 65km off the Gaza
coast.
Earlier, a number of European cities on Sunday witnessed a series of events in solidarity with the Freedom Flotilla convoy, especially in the wake of Israel's threats to attack the
ships and arrest the passengers aboard.
These events took place in response to the invitation made by the European campaign which called for organizing sit-ins and marches in solidarity with the convoy.
In the Austrian capital Vienna, more than 2,000 people participated in a protest to condemn Israel's intentions to attack the convoy ships. Other pro-Palestinian activists also staged a
solidarity march aboard a number of boats at the Italian port of
Genoa.
A large tent was pitched in the Swedish city of Malmo in solidarity with Gaza and the Freedom Flotilla convoy.
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Pushing the limits for Gaza (Good onya Ann Wright)
Published on Sunday, May 30, 2010 by CommonDreams.org
Life Aboard an International Activist Ship
by Ann Wright
There is nothing easy about planning or conducting an international action, especially with moving parts called ships! Yet, activists on board keep their spirits afloat!
After delays caused by damaged propellers and broken steering mechanisms, the Gaza Freedom Flotilla now reduced to seven ships is heading for Gaza.
Yesterday, May 29, 2010, in a major confrontation, the Greek Cypriot government, under substantial pressure from the Israeli government, refused to allow members of the Irish and Scottish Parliament, and other dignitaries, board Challenger 1 that would bring them to the flotilla waiting some 50 miles from Cyprus. The group travelled to the Turkish Cypriot side of the island and boarded Challenger 1, whose steering had been repaired.
Despite delays and damaged ships, spirit on board the ships is high, particularly on board the Challenger 1 that arrived in the flotilla this morning at 1:30am carrying German members of Parliament, Belgians, Irish and UK citizens, some of whom have been on the three-day odyssey from Crete to Cyprus and now to the flotilla.
In the 36 hours I’ve been on board the 600-passenger Turkish ship, life has developed into a routine of sleeping, eating, watching the horizon. Virtually everyone is sleep-deprived. All of the passengers are activists in their home countries. They have been fundraising, speaking and travelling for months and years for the plight of the Palestinians. They are seldom without email, computers, mobile calls. Yet, on board the ship, there is only expensive satellite phone service, if you brought your own sat phone, and satellite internet service on the ship is only for journalists to file their stories about the flotilla.
So, for the first time in many months, very active people have extra time on their hands. Time for lengthy conversations with activists from the other 50 countries, time for interviews with the considerable media and time for a well-needed nap on the floor of the deck or in one of the passenger lounges.
The Mava Marmara is a day passenger ferry with no cabins or private areas. About ninety percent of the passengers come from Muslim countries, mostly Arab-Muslim, but substantial delegations from Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country and from Malaysia. In deference to cultural norms, one lounge has been turned into a women’s only lounge, where women eat, sleep and hold conversations on humanitarian programs, religion and a variety of other topics, as women are wont to do. Women have free run of the ship and participate in all the activities of the ship, but do have a “refuge” from the activity of the ship.
Meals on board an activist ship rather than a cruise liner are basic, but very good. Hot tea and Nescafe are available 24 hours a day as is powdered soups. Breakfast is tomatoes, feta cheese, bread, honey. Lunch and dinner is from cans—the choices are beef and potatoes, beans and rice stuffed peppers. Apples and oranges are available during the day. Snacks of nuts, bread and muffins. Last night, we had our first hot meal. The IHH staff cooked a meal of grilled meat kabobs, with tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers.
Conversations automatically turn to Gaza.
Those of us who have been in Gaza, particularly since the Israeli 22 day attack over one year and five months ago that killed 1440, wounded 5,000 and left 50,000 homeless, describe what we saw—the destroyed buildings, lives turned upside down and yet an incredible spirit of the Palestinians to survive the horrific effects of the Israeli attack and long term brutal effects of the three year siege that has made Gaza an “open-air prison.”
Last night, all the passengers on the ship gathered to hear from the leaders of the various groups that had sent materials and delegations. Turkey, Greece, Kuwait, Bahrain, Malaysia, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Scotland, Ireland all gave spirited talks about why they have worked so hard to be here.
I’ve just been told that we are going to transfer 4 of us whom have been on the Marmara onto the Challenger 1 so 4 on that boat will be able to come on the big ship.
So, off I go to back to the small boat and then off to Gaza we go, I hope!
Ann Wright is a 29-year US Army/Army Reserves veteran who retired as a Colonel and a former US diplomat who resigned in March, 2003 in opposition to the war on Iraq. She served in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia and Mongolia. Wright made three trips to Gaza in 2009 and helped organize the Gaza Freedom March that in December, 2009 brought 1350 persons from 44 countries to Cairo, Egypt in an attempt to break the siege of Gaza. She is the co-author of the book "Dissent: Voices of Conscience." (www.voicesofconscience.com)
And in the meantime in Uganda -DEATH the killing season
Malaria is a global problem. As many as half the world's population is at risk of catching the mosquito-born disease; it infects more than 500 million people per year and kills more than one million.
Yet it has long been known that malaria can be prevented, with bed nets steeped in insecticide, or treated with drugs known as ACT's which interrupt the life cycle of the mosquito born parasite.
So why then, despite all the apparent efforts of governments, NGOs, and public health experts to distribute nets and drugs, are so many people still dying?
That is a question of especial relevance to many Ugandans. Their country has one of the highest malaria mortality rates in the world, with around 120,000 people being killed every year, almost all of them needlessly.
Filmmaker Mark Honigsbaum went to Uganda looking for answers and uncovered a troubling story of corruption and neglect that may even undermine Africa's, and the world's best defense against the disease.
Killing season can be seen from Wednesday, May 26, 2010.
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