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POPSFlashback to 3/31/04:Falluja (cont.)In the Oval Office the killings were taken as "a challenge to America's resolve," according to the Los Angeles Times. President Bush issued a statement through his spokesperson. "We will not be intimidated," he said. "We will finish the job." Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt vowed, "We will be back in Falluja.... We will hunt down the criminals.... It's going to be deliberate. It will be precise, and it will be overwhelming." Within days of the ambush, US forces laid siege to Falluja, beginning what would be one of the most brutal and sustained US operations of the occupation.
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POPS"...BE HIT WITH NEW PENALTIES" Everyone needs to giving this situation more serious attention. We are about to see a U.S. led nuclear strike against Iran..."in , and around the great river Euphrates."
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POPSLosing Private Dwyer "Private Dwyer, who survived rocket-propelled grenades and shocking violence, made his way back to his family and friends. But part of him was also stuck forever on a road in Iraq, helpless and terrified, with nobody to carry him to safety."
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POPS Ancient Greece Ancient Greece consisted chiefly of a peninsula that separated the two seas, nearby islands, and the coast of Asia Minor (now part of Turkey). Greek civilization developed later than that of the Euphrates and Nile valleys, but earlier than that of Rome. Ancient Greece reached its highest point of achievement in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., but its influence remained strong throughout the era of Roman supremacy. Vigorous, adventuresome, and freedom-loving, of strong practicality and great intellectual capacity, they produced art, architecture, literature, drama, and philosophic concepts that have never been surpassed. The Greeks developed the political institution of democracy, established freedom of speech and religion, and founded a system of law defining the rights of citizens. They made major discoveries in astronomy, physics, mathematics, and medicine. The first experimental scientists were Greeks.
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POPSUri Avnery on the accidental borders of Israel (über Israels zufällige Grenzen) Im Laufe der Geschichte haben sich die Grenzen dieses Landes hundert Mal verändert. Da gab es die Grenzen des göttlichen Versprechens: vom Nil bis zum Euphrat. Es gab die Grenzen des „Königreiches David“ , das bis nach Hamat im nördlichen Syrien reichte. Und es gab während der Zeit von Esra und Nehemia Grenzen der winzigen Enklave rund um Jerusalem. Während der römischen Zeit hatte Palästina Grenzen, die sich ständig veränderten. Und es gab Grenzen des „Jund Filastin“ der muslimischen Eroberer. Wie alle vorausgegangenen Grenzen waren auch die des britischen Mandats zufällig. Es war diese zufällige Karte, die von Jabotinsky heilig gesprochen worden war, der das folgende berühmte Lied schrieb: „Der Jordan hat zwei Ufer/ das eine gehört uns/ und das andere auch.“ Im Bewusstsein der israelischen Rechte hat eine neue Karte Gestalt angenommen. Aber in ihrer Mitte liegt - wie immer - die Westbank. uri-avnery.de
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POPSAdam’s garden of eden in Göbeklitepe Invictus --- Looks like the Garden of Eden is in Turkey. Go get some of that fruit and send it to all world leaders. Maybe there is still some power of enlightenment in it. :-)
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