Geoplotilical context.... "Geoplotilical" mis-spelled on puspose here....so the west and Israel can take a deep breath and go on with their usual crap

Israel, Hezbollah: Has deterrence worked? YES Undoubtedly, a big YES.

Syria, Hizbullah: Deterrence has never ever worked so far..., since Asef SHAWKAT is the Chief Architect of the assassination of Imad F. MOUGHNIEH in Damascus last year, Feb. 12th 2008....

So, despite the gruesome killings of 27 Hizbullah fighters by Syria's killer Ghazi Kanaan in the 80s/90s and his cruel "jogging" through the same neighborhood the very next day, to thumb Hizbullah's nose... Hizbullah never felt the need to retaliate against Ghazi Kanaan then, and it won't feel the need to do so now in this Geoplotilical context.... "Geoplotilical" mis-spelled on puspose here....so the west and Israel can take a deep breath and go on with their usual and well known Geoplotical games...

Asef Shawkat went as far as to trigger the various fake missiles fired from South Lebanon at Israel during the Gaza war... in order to try to push the Israelis into retaliating against Hizbullah to tame them some more....

We know excatly what the odious criminal Syrian mafiosi regime is capable of.

If Hizbullah wants to create further deterrence... the address is Damascus Syria for the very big operation to come... targeting the criminal organization of the Siamese twins: The white house murder inc, and its CEO in the Levant Asef Shawkat and Maher ASSAD.

As anniversary of Hezbollah commander Mughniyah's assassination looms, Israel tightens security....LOL ROTFL....

By HK

	Hezbollah's leader, seen by video last month in Beirut, says it is 'necessary' to respond to commander Mughniyah's killing.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - When Imad Mughniyah, Hezbollah's top military commander, was assassinated by a car bomb in Damascus one year ago, the militant Shiite group blamed Israel – which denied involvement – and vowed revenge. But a year on, that vow remains unfulfilled, because Hizbullah know well that Asef Shawkat is the Assassin in Chief and the Architect in chief of Imad Moughniah's assassination...which was "sold" through the White House Murder INC, for plenty of good will at the upcoming tribunal ....

While Israel is taking no chances and has tightened security ahead of the Mughniyah anniversary, Israeli officials repeatedly have claimed that threats of massive retaliation to a Hezbollah revenge attack have deterred the Shiite group.

"On the one hand, Hezbollah is driven by its desire to carry out an attack as revenge for the death of Mughniyah ... but they do not want to start a war," Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, Israel's military intelligence chief, told the Israeli cabinet in a briefing two weeks ago.

Deterrence and counterdeterrence have shaped the Israeli-Arab conflict for decades. Israel relies on the threat of overwhelming military force to cow its Arab enemies. While its military superiority in the past has dealt crushing blows to Arab conventional armies, Israel has struggled to find a means of deterring a new generation of enemies, the smaller sub-state guerrilla movements exemplified by Hezbollah and Hamas.

"These guys are not intimidated by the Israelis," says Timur Goksel, former senior official with the UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon. "They are ideologically driven and don't have the same responsibilities as a state."

That is why many analysts in Lebanon believe that Hezbollah will respond to Mr. Mughniyah's assassination with a calculated strategic blow to deter further assassinations and restore a balance of deterrence between the two foes.

"The retaliation is a strategic necessity for Hezbollah. In fact, it would be suicidal if Hezbollah did not respond," says Amal Saad-Ghorayeb, a Lebanese specialist on the group.

Analysts say Hezbollah's targeting and timing of a retaliation is more dependent on its multiple, sometimes conflicting, obligations toward its Lebanese Shiite constituents, domestic political allies, ideological interests, and backers in Syria and Iran. Few doubt that a reprisal will come.

"It is necessary to respond to the killing of martyr leader ... Mughniyah to punish the killers," said Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leader, in a press conference two weeks ago.

Israel's deterrent capability has suffered several blows in recent years. Hezbollah's bombs and bullets drove the Israeli army out of south Lebanon in 2000. Six years later, Israel failed to defeat Hezbollah's battle-hardened guerrillas in a month-long war. The recent three-week onslaught against Hamas in Gaza was, in part, an attempt to show it had learned the lessons of the 2006 war. But with rockets still being fired into Israel nearly a month after the cease-fire, many military analysts question whether the offensive succeeded in restoring Israel's deterrence.

A report released this month by the Center for Strategic and International Studies concluded that while the Israeli army performed more effectively in Gaza than in Lebanon, its tactical gains against Hamas were short-term and no clear strategic benefit was achieved.

"Israel does not seem to have been properly prepared for the political dimensions of the war, or to have had any clear plan and cohesive leadership for achieving conflict termination," wrote military analyst Anthony Cordesman. "Moreover, it seems to have approached the fighting, and the Arab world, from a strategic perspective that will increase instability in the region and ultimately weaken Israel's security."

Hezbollah long ago recognized the value of deterrence. A month after Israel killed Hezbollah leader Sheikh Abbas Mussawi in February 1992, a suicide bomber blew up the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 29 people. While Hezbollah denied responsibility, Israel refrained from assassinating top Hezbollah figures for the next 16 years.

During Israel's occupation of south Lebanon in the 1990s, Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel whenever Israeli forces caused Lebanese civilian casualties. The tit-for-tat tactic helped impose restrictions on the Israeli army's freedom of action in south Lebanon.

After Israel withdrew from Lebanon in 2000, Hezbollah staged periodic attacks against an Israeli-occupied sliver of mountainside called the Shebaa Farms. The attacks were calibrated to needle Israel without eliciting heavy reprisals that could backfire on the party's domestic standing. Similarly, Israel for six years adopted a policy of restraint, recognizing that a disproportionate response would draw rocket salvos on northern Israel.

That "balance of terror" was upset in July 2006 when Hezbollah fighters abducted two Israeli soldiers and Israel responded with war.

Since 2006, Hezbollah and Israel have tried to establish new means of deterrence. Israel has warned that it will flatten Hezbollah-supporting areas of Lebanon in the event of another war. And it remains the chief suspect in Mughniyah's killing, suggesting it has abandoned its moratorium on targeting senior Hezbollah officials.

Though Hezbollah has frozen its attacks on the Shebaa Farms, it has mounted a rearmament, recruitment, and training drive and drawn up fresh battle plans. Israeli intelligence says Hezbollah has amassed three times the number of rockets it had at the start of the 2006 war.

"The Zionists will discover that the war they had in July [2006] was a walk in the park if we compare it to what we've prepared for every new aggression," Sheikh Nasrallah warned in January....

"The US Government is utterly corrupt and deceitful beyond redemption...in politics, policy, economy, monetary, finance, Intelligence and CI practice

"The US Government is utterly corrupt and deceitful beyond redemption...in politics, policy, economy, monetary, finance, Intelligence and CI practices and much much more ta name!"

The UN tribunal to try Hariri's alleged killers is due to open its doors on March 1, housed in the former headquarters of the Dutch intelligence service, well known for kowtowing and complete submission to MOSSAD and AMAN for decades, on the outskirts of The Hague, the capital of ill-justice.

The tribunal will also try those known to be responsible for a series of attacks on other Lebanese political and media figures, starting with the assassination of Mr. Elie HOBEIKA, Fares Sweidan, Walid Zein and Dimitri Ajram, January 24th 2002 in Hazmieh.

US President Barack Obama on Thursday vowed to support UN moves to bring to justice Hariri's killers....which is a travesty of justice in of itself and the biggest lie ever to known to mankind since Adam and Eve....since the orders emanated from the oval office for the odious White House Murder INC, to commit ALL these atrocious assassinations since January 24th 2002 in Hazmieh.

"As we share our grief with the Lebanese people over the loss of prime minister Hariri, we also share our conviction that his sacrifice will not be in vain," Obama said in his new and additional lie in a million others..., the biggest lie ever to known to mankind since Adam and Eve....since the orders emanated from the oval office for the odious White House Murder INC, to commit ALL these atrocious assassinations since January 24th 2002 in Hazmieh.

"The United States fully supports the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, whose work will begin in a few weeks, to bring those responsible for this horrific crime and those that followed to justice." the biggest lie ever to known to mankind since Adam and Eve....since the orders emanated from the oval office for the odious White House Murder INC, to commit ALL these atrocious assassinations since January 24th 2002 in Hazmieh.

MP Mustapha Slouch, a member of the parliamentary bloc headed by the slain ex-premier's son and political heir, Saud Hariri, said he had no doubt that the tribunal will serve its purpose....

"There are those who had doubts about the tribunal and thought it was a political instrument but it has now become a reality," Slouchy told APO.... the biggest lie ever to known to mankind since Adam and Eve....since the orders emanated from the oval office for the odious White House Murder INC, to commit ALL these atrocious assassinations since January 24th 2002 in Hazmieh.

Seven suspects have been arrested in connection with Hariri's assassination. Among them are four generals, including the former head of Lebanese state security, Jamil Al-Sayyed who is the prime planner of the execution of the crimes on January 24th 2002 and February 14th 2005, together with Asef Shawkat and Raymond AZAR, on orders from the White House Murder INC, of the Siamese twins CIA2/MOSSAD of Langley and Herzlia...

The UN probe has also implicated senior officials from Syria but Damascus has strongly denied any connection with Hariri's death and accuses Washington of using the tribunal as a political weapon....an additional extravaggant and deceitful line of rhetorical moves, in tandem with Washington and Tel Aviv to obfuscate the assassinations responsibilities and cover the tracks of the Syrian KILLERS, all in a day's work of the FDDC within DOD, and the NID of Israel...

The Hezbollah-led alliance in Lebanon, which is backed by Syria and Iran, for its part is demanding full transparency as far as the UN probe and tribunal.

"We don't want the ongoing investigation and the tribunal to be politicized because any such move would affect credibility," Hezbollah MP Hassan Hoballah told ALPO.

....آمل ألا تبقى العدالة عمياء أو عوراء أو أسيرةً للسياسة فلا يكون الشهداءُ بيننا شهداءْ بمراتب

....كوشنير متمسك بمحكمة الوزير الراحل شهيدنا البطل الرئيس ايلي حبيقة أكثر من أي وقت

اعلن وزير الخارجية الفرنسي برنار كوشنير الجمعة ان بلاده تأمل "اكثر من اي وقت مضى مثول قتلة الوزير الراحل شهيدنا البطل الرئيس ايلي حبيقة امام المحكمة

الخاصة من اجل لبنان التي شكلتها الامم المتحدة ...

وقال كوشنير ان "فرنسا التي تقدم منذ اربعة اعوام دعمها الكامل للسلطات اللبنانية وللجنة التحقيق (الدولية) لكشف جميع ملابسات هذا الاعتداء، تأمل اكثر من اي وقت مضى ان يتم كشف المسؤولين عنه ومحاكمتهم امام المحكمة الخاصة من اجل لبنان".

وتتألف المحكمة الخاصة من اجل لبنان، التي ستباشر اعمالها في الاول من آذار/مارس في لايدشندام قرب لاهاي، من 11 قاضيا بينهم اربعة قضاة لبنانيين. وهي مكلفة محاكمة المسؤولين عن الاعتداءات الارهابية التي استهدفت شخصيات لبنانية في طليعتها ايلي حبيقة.

وقتل رئيس الوزراء اللبناني الاسبق في 14 شباط/فبراير 2005 في بيروت مع 22 شخصا آخر في تفجير شاحنة مفخخة.

السيد في بيان في ذكرى اغتيال ايلي حبيقة: مهما استُثمر الموت في السياسة، ومهما قيل غدا في ساحة ايلي حبيقة، لا يَشعر بوطأة خسارة الراحلين وضحايا اغتيال ايلي حبيقة إلا عوائلُهم ورفاقُهم المقربون.

ورأى أن الدعوة التي وُجهت الى الناس، إذا كانت تفترض أن المشاركة في الذكرى هي أيضاً لدعم المحكمة الدولية، فإن العدالة تقتضي أيضاً بألا يُنسى باقي رجالات الدولة، الذين لم تشمهلم العدالة الدولية، وبينهم رؤساء كبشير الجميل ورينيه معوض، أقفل الزمنُ والتسليمُ بمنطق اللاعدالة ملفاتِهم، وتُرك المُنّفذ ليسرح ويمرح، و يُعرف الرأسُ المدبر أساساً.
ولفت الى ان هناك ايضا صحافيين ومفكرين وجنودا وضباطا في الجيش، ورفاقا لم يُعرف مصيرُهم، ضاعوا في غياهب السجون السورية أو في مقابر جَماعية، ولم تشملهم هم أيضاً عدالة المتغيرات السياسية الدولية.

وأمل ألا تبقى العدالة عمياء، أو عوراء، أو أسيرةً للسياسة، فلا يكون الشهداءُ بيننا شهداءْ بمراتب.

واضاف كوشنير ان "فرنسا تدعم بدء هذه المحكمة اعمالها في الاول من آذار/مارس وسوف تؤازرها" مجددا التأكيد على تمسك فرنسا ب"وحدة لبنان واستقلاله وسيادته ووحدة اراضيه"....meantime France keeps hosting officially Asef SHAWKAT on a regular basis, since 1996..., in Paris for talks and coordiantion of policies with ALL its various intelligence services, and keeps offices for them in Damascus...headed by prominent French stove-pipers for years....

واكد كوشنير ان بلاده تأمل ايضا ب"استمرار مناخ الحوار والتفاهم السائد منذ اتفاق الدوحة في 21 ايار/مايو 2008 بغية اجراء الانتخابات التشريعية في 7 حزيران/يونيو في مناخ من الاستقرار واحترام المعايير الديموقراطية".

The US Government is utterly corrupt and deceitful beyond redemption.

"The US Government is utterly corrupt and deceitful beyond redemption...in politics, policy, economy, monetary, finance, Intelligence and CI practices and much much more to name here!"

The UN tribunal to try Hariri's alleged killers is due to open its doors on March 1, housed in the former headquarters of the Dutch intelligence service, well known for kowtowing and complete submission to MOSSAD and AMAN for decades, on the outskirts of The Hague, the capital of ill-justice. The tribunal will also try those known to be responsible for a series of attacks on other Lebanese political and media figures, starting with the assassination of Mr. Elie HOBEIKA, Fares Sweidan, Walid Zein and Dimitri Ajram, January 24th 2002 in Hazmieh.

US President Barack Obama on Thursday vowed to support UN moves to bring to justice Hariri's killers....which is a travesty of justice in of itself and the biggest lie ever known to mankind since Adam and Eve....since the orders emanated from the oval office for the odious White House Murder INC, to commit ALL these atrocious assassinations since January 24th 2002 in Hazmieh. "As we share our grief with the Lebanese people over the loss of prime minister Hariri, we also share our conviction that his sacrifice will not be in vain," Obama said in his new and additional lie in a million others..., the biggest lie ever known to mankind since Adam and Eve....since the orders emanated from the oval office for the odious White House Murder INC, to commit ALL these atrocious assassinations since January 24th 2002 in Hazmieh.

"The United States fully supports the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, whose work will begin in a few weeks, to bring those responsible for this horrific crime and those that followed to justice." the biggest lie ever known to mankind since Adam and Eve....since the orders emanated from the oval office for the odious White House Murder INC, to commit ALL these atrocious assassinations since January 24th 2002 in Hazmieh. MP Mustapha Slouch, a member of the parliamentary bloc headed by the slain ex-premier's son and political heir, Saud Hariri, said he had no doubt that the tribunal will serve its purpose.... "There are those who had doubts about the tribunal and thought it was a political instrument but it has now become a reality," Slouchy told APO.... the biggest lie ever known to mankind since Adam and Eve....since the orders emanated from the oval office for the odious White House Murder INC, to commit ALL these atrocious assassinations since January 24th 2002 in Hazmieh. Seven suspects have been arrested in connection with Hariri's assassination. Among them are four generals, including the former head of Lebanese state security, Jamil Al-Sayyed who is the prime planner of the execution of the crimes on January 24th 2002 and February 14th 2005, together with Asef Shawkat and Raymond AZAR, on orders from the White House Murder INC, of the Siamese twins CIA2/MOSSAD of Langley and Herzlia...

The UN probe has also implicated senior officials from Syria but Damascus has strongly denied any connection with Hariri's death and accuses Washington of using the tribunal as a political weapon....an additional extravaggant and deceitful line of rhetorical moves, in tandem with Washington and Tel Aviv to obfuscate the assassinations responsibilities and cover the tracks of the Syrian KILLERS, all in a day's work of the FDDC within DOD, and the NID of Israel... The Hezbollah-led alliance in Lebanon, which is backed by Syria and Iran, for its part is demanding full transparency as far as the UN probe and tribunal. "We don't want the ongoing investigation and the tribunal to be politicized because any such move would affect credibility," Hezbollah MP Hassan Hoballah told ....

...أمل في ألا تبقى العدالة عمياء أو عوراء أو أسيرةً للسياسة فلا يكون الشهداءُ بيننا شهداءْ بمراتب

....كوشنير متمسك بمحكمة الوزير الراحل شهيدنا البطل الرئيس ايلي حبيقة أكثر من أي وقت

اعلن وزير الخارجية الفرنسي برنار كوشنير الجمعة ان بلاده تأمل "اكثر من اي وقت مضى مثول قتلة الوزير الراحل شهيدنا البطل الرئيس ايلي حبيقة امام المحكمة الخاصة من اجل لبنان التي شكلتها الامم المتحدة ...

وقال كوشنير ان "فرنسا التي تقدم منذ اربعة اعوام دعمها الكامل للسلطات اللبنانية وللجنة التحقيق (الدولية) لكشف جميع ملابسات هذا الاعتداء، تأمل اكثر من اي وقت مضى ان يتم كشف المسؤولين عنه ومحاكمتهم امام المحكمة الخاصة من اجل لبنان".

وتتألف المحكمة الخاصة من اجل لبنان، التي ستباشر اعمالها في الاول من آذار/مارس في لايدشندام قرب لاهاي، من 11 قاضيا بينهم اربعة قضاة لبنانيين. وهي مكلفة محاكمة المسؤولين عن الاعتداءات الارهابية التي استهدفت شخصيات لبنانية في طليعتها ايلي حبيقة.
وقتل رئيس الوزراء اللبناني الاسبق في 14 شباط/فبراير 2005 في بيروت مع 22 شخصا آخر في تفجير شاحنة مفخخة.

السيد في بيان في ذكرى اغتيال ايلي حبيقة: مهما استُثمر الموت في السياسة، ومهما قيل غدا في ساحة ايلي حبيقة، لا يَشعر بوطأة خسارة الراحلين وضحايا اغتيال ايلي حبيقة إلا عوائلُهم ورفاقُهم المقربون.
ورأى أن الدعوة التي وُجهت الى الناس، إذا كانت تفترض أن المشاركة في الذكرى هي أيضاً لدعم المحكمة الدولية، فإن العدالة تقتضي أيضاً بألا يُنسى باقي رجالات الدولة، الذين لم تشمهلم العدالة الدولية، وبينهم رؤساء كبشير الجميل ورينيه معوض، أقفل الزمنُ والتسليمُ بمنطق اللاعدالة ملفاتِهم، وتُرك المُنّفذ ليسرح ويمرح، و يُعرف الرأسُ المدبر أساساً.
ولفت الى ان هناك ايضا صحافيين ومفكرين وجنودا وضباطا في الجيش، ورفاقا لم يُعرف مصيرُهم، ضاعوا في غياهب السجون السورية أو في مقابر جَماعية، ولم تشملهم هم أيضاً عدالة المتغيرات السياسية الدولية.
وأمل ألا تبقى العدالة عمياء، أو عوراء، أو أسيرةً للسياسة، فلا يكون الشهداءُ بيننا شهداءْ بمراتب.

واضاف كوشنير ان "فرنسا تدعم بدء هذه المحكمة اعمالها في الاول من آذار/مارس وسوف تؤازرها" مجددا التأكيد على تمسك فرنسا ب"وحدة لبنان واستقلاله وسيادته ووحدة اراضيه"....meantime France keeps hosting officially Asef SHAWKAT on a regular basis, since 1996..., in Paris for talks and coordiantion of policies with ALL its various intelligence services, and keeps offices for them in Damascus...headed by prominent French stove-pipers for years....
واكد كوشنير ان بلاده تأمل ايضا ب"استمرار مناخ الحوار والتفاهم السائد منذ اتفاق الدوحة في 21 ايار/مايو 2008 بغية اجراء الانتخابات التشريعية في 7 حزيران/يونيو في مناخ من الاستقرار واحترام المعايير الديموقراطية".
The French Government is utterly corrupt and deceitful beyond redemption also...no hope there either...and the BRITISH Government is the worst of ALL...Holland, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Australia...and other smaller countries are Kowtowing to MOSSAD and CIA as usual there...

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If John O'Neill's case has been so callously treated by the US Government...imagine the real intentions towards the KILLERS of SYRIA, Asef SHAWKAT , Maher ASSAD, and Jamil Al-Sayyed who work directly for the White House Murder INC, the kind treatment which will be afforded to them...by CIA2/MOSSAD/MI6,DGSE , FDDC, NID etc. to cover the tracks of the real assassins who shower the US with such "delicatessen" by doing their dirty work for them covertly for decades...

John O'Neill and another FBI agent who still works for the bureau discovered that Emanuel was heavily involved in the decision to place Lewinsky close to Clinton. O'Neill retired after being set up in a smear operation involving a temporarily stolen briefcase in 2001, accepted the top security position for Kroll Associates at the WTC, and was killed in the 9/11 attack. Clinton reportedly had knowledge of Israeli intelligence penetration of White House communications systems, and Lewinsky, in sworn testimony before the Office of Independent Counsel, stated: He suspected that a foreign embassy was tapping his telephones, and he proposed cover stories. If ever questioned, she should say that the two of them were just friends. If anyone ever asked about their phone sex, she should say that they knew their calls were being monitored all along, and the phone sex was just a put-on. It is now known that the 'foreign embassy' was that of Israel. We have learned from US intelligence sources that Emanuel was discovered to be part of a political intelligence and blackmail operation directed against Clinton by Israel. We have also learned that the FBI investigation of Emanuel is part of a file code-named Mega, a reference to a top-level Mossad agent in the Reagan administration, who was said to have run a number of Israeli agents, including US Navy spy Jonathan Pollard... Article from: http://www.rense.com/general84/rerr.htm Rahm Emanuel: Ardent Zionist called Obama’s ‘Svengali’ americanfreepress.net More sinister than Karl Rove and potentially deadlier than Dick “Darth Vader” Cheney, his name is Rahm Emanuel, and he was recently appointed chief of staff in the president-elect’s White House. This first official act should send waves of alarm through people because Barack Obama promised change, but what we’re getting is the exact same cabal that brought us 9-11 and endless war in the Middle East. Initial media reports described Emanuel as a vulgar, Chicago-based enforcer who had an aggressive, in-your- face, pit-bull style. Others painted him as a partisan Washington insider with strong ties to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).Although these labels seem harsh, the reality is far worse. Rahm Emanuel, nicknamed “Rahmbo,” is a pro- Israel Orthodox Jew who was educated in a Talmudic yeshiva and served as a volunteer in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). He is a dual citizen of Israel, which his office refused to deny when AFP inquired. Israel is the only nation where Americans can apply for and obtain citizenship without automatically renouncing U.S. citizenship. Some Americans are unilaterally proclaimed citizens of other countries, as when an American GI marries a French girl and becomes an automatic citizen of France. But if the GI applied for and obtained French citizenship, he would lose his American citizenship. It is impossible to be a 100 percent loyal American and have an ounce of loyalty to another country; there is no #101 percent and the interests of Israel and the United States are not always synonymous. Those familiar with the 9-11 terrorist attacks know that the IDF was instrumental in training the Dancing Israelis who—from a rooftop in Weehawken, N. J.—had the foreknowledge to videotape both WTC towers being struck by kamikaze jetliners, then celebrate afterward. Mentored by members of Chicago’s corrupt party machine like convicted Congressman Dan Rostenkowski, Emanuel gravitated to Washington in 1991 after becoming Bill Clinton’s campaign finance committee director. His star rose even higher when he served as one of the primary NAFTA architects and pushed strict anti-gun legislation. After leaving his post as a policy aide for the Clintons, he used his influence as an investment banker to rake in millions during the late 1990s. With this money, Emanuel won a congressional seat in 2002, became the fourth ranking House Democrat by 2006, and is now the most powerful member of Obama’s executive office team. Family History of Violence What truly makes Emanuel dangerous is that his Israeli-born father Benjamin was an integral member of the Zionist terror group known as Irgun during the 1940s. Along with another notorious terror outfit—the Stern Gang—Irgun bombed Jerusalem’s King David Hotel in 1946 where 96 people were killed; while also instigating the 1948 Deir Yassin Massacre. Rahm Emanuel is the son of a terrorist who directly plotted the assassination of Count Bernadotte, a Swedish diplomat and United Nations envoy who tried to broker peace in Palestine. But Irgun didn’t seek treaties. It instead sought racial cleansing and genocide. According to Elisabeth Bumiller in The New York Times, Benjamin Emanuel passed secret codes to Shin Bet bomber and future Prime Minister Menachem Begin. These very same Jewish terrorists eventually became the recognized Israeli government in 1948, as well as predecessors to Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud Party. Obama's Svengali... Rahm Emanuel likes to brag about his role in discovering Barack Obama. “Six years ago, people on the North Side of Chicago took a bet on a young kid,” reporter D.H. Williams writes of their symbiotic relationship. “Rahm and Barack have a deep history together in Chicago politics. Emanuel has been instrumental in the rise of Barack Obama from neophyte senator to the next president of the United States. Getting virtually no media attention, Rahm Emanuel has been by Obama’s side during most of the last two years on the campaign trail.” If Karl Rove was George W. Bush’s architect, the same can be said of the Emanuel connection. When Obama bowed and groveled at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention on June 4, 2008, it was Emanuel who escorted him to meet the executive board afterward. Emanuel has been the operative who, according to the Chicago Tribune, “remade the Democratic Party in his own image.” Illinois Rep. Ray LaHood (R) seconded this notion. “He legitimately can be called the golden boy of the Democratic Party today. He recruited the right candidates, found the money and funded them, and provided issues for them. Rahm did what no one else could do.” Worst of all, Emanuel is a rampant warmonger who takes his cues from the neo-cons. In his book The Plan: Big Ideas for America, he wrote, “We need to expand the U.S. Army by 100,000 more troops.” What will America’s next target be under an Obama presidency? Sources close to Emanuel say that he has a “Zionist obsession with Iran.” To get a final idea of what we’re dealing with, consider this quote from U.S. war journalist Pat Dollard: Letme tell you right now, no exaggeration. Rahm Emanuel is the devil. He is . . . a Goebbels, a Mengele, a perfect Cromwell who would, without the faintest evidence of hesitation washing across his face for even a millisecond, order and even personally execute each and every human being he or Obama perceived to be an enemy of the regime. And if you ever personally offended him, and he had the opportunity to kill you, he would probably do it by starting with your children as you were made to watch. He is a bad guy. Some researchers have gone so far as to claim that Emanuel was the notorious “Mega” spy deep inside the Clinton administration who passed top-secret documents about Iran on to the Israeli government, causing a great deal of chaos among the various intelligence agencies. Be very wary of this man. Like the “Prince of Darkness” Richard Perle and Michael Chertoff before him (both of whom hold dual U.S.-Israeli citizenships), it may well be proven that his loyalties rest more with a fabricated little state in the Middle East than they do with us. Victor Thorn is a hard-hitting researcher, journalist and the author of many books on 9-11 and the New World Order. These include 9-11 Evil: The CIA2/MOSSAD/DIA/OSP Israeli Role in 9-11 and Phantom Flight 93... Article from: http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/ rahm_emanuel_157.html Rahn Emanuel Talking About a National Draft

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John O'Neill: Assassinated Head Investigator Of The USS Cole Attack...

This crooked MI6 bitch was the Ambassador of her Qween in Yemen at the time of the phenomenon.... COLE, O'Neil etc....Frances Mary MI6 GUY.....

John O'Neill's Background

He had been with the FBI for 20 years, and was involved in investigating
a number of terrorist cases, including the 1993 World Trade Center
bombing. He was considered the FBI's top man on terrorism. In the late
1990s, he became very attuned to Israel's involvement in many terror
false flag operations....

Following the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, he had become
the foremost expert on the global threat from terrorism...

Abu Nidal

Abu Nidal was the leader of the infamous Black September terror
organization, and spent 30 years hijacking jets and planting bombs for
Israel's intelligence. O'Neill suspected Abu Nidal was a Mossad operative
and talked openly about it with other field agents.

O'Neill Was Sent To Investigate the USS Cole Attack

He took a team of FBI agents to Yemen, where his investigation pointed
to Israeli involvement...and it's well known to me that Yemen is swarming

with Israeli commandos masquerading as Arabs for decades. In fact, one

of MOSSAD's ex-chiefs said so in so many words to a friend of mine in the

1990s, saying that Israeli Navy regularly infiltrates and ex-filtrates commandos

from the Yemen territories, well suited for these kinds of covert operations...

Bodine, who is Jewish, was the Ambassador to Yemen. When the USS Cole
was attacked, the FBI sent a team led by John O'Neill who immediately
suspected Israeli involvement. Bodine started an intense political
battle to oust O'Neill.

Bodine wanted to control the investigation, and resented the fact that
suddenly there were hundreds of FBI personnel in the country. Albright
provided a handful of State Department personnel to watch the investigation.

Albright and Bodine Panic as O'Neill Investigation Points to Israel

Albright complains to upper echelons of the FBI about O'Neill.

Bodine wanted O'Neill to drop his bodyguards and he became suspicious of
Mossad assassination. Bodine and Madeleine Albright finally went to the
Zionist Jewish FBI Director, Louis Freeh, to remove John O'Neill from
Yemen. Then January 2001 came, and O'Neill wanted to go back to Yemen.
But, Ambassador Bodine wouldn't give him clearance. In July 2001, O'Neill
resigned from the FBI.

Larry Silverstein Offered Him a Job

In September of 2001, mere days before 9/11, he got a job offer from
Larry Silverstein (owner of WTC). Oddly, O'Neill was missing for two
days before 9/11 miraculously his body was discovered in tact in the WTC
ruins...

John P. O'Neill
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._O%27Neill

Charges dropped in USS Cole terror trial
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29042139/

USS Cole suspects escape ....
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Global_War_on_Terror
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2940251.stm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ9l02p-Hvw&eurl=http://dragoscopio.blogspot.com/&feature=player_embedded

http://www.oilempire.us/books-911.html

http://seedoftruth.com/911media.html

Monsanto, Bill Gates' Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation -- are they playing a bio-war game in Asia, the sub-continent, the Middle East, China.

Monsanto, Bill Gates' Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation -- are they playing a bio-war game in Asia, the sub-continent, the Middle East and China ?

My intelligence sources in China are raising concerns over a program in China that is seeing the introduction of Monsanto-produced genetically-modified strains of wheat in China to combat a deadly stem rust fungus known as Uganda99 or "Ug99." The spread of the fungus from Africa to the Arabian peninsula, Iran, India, and now China, comes at a time when world food prices are increasing due to droughts, water shortages and the removal of arable land for the production of bio-ethanol plants. The introduction of the Monsanto genetically modified organism (GMO) wheat seeds in China is reportedly being carried out with grants from the Bill Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.

Some in China worry that Ug99 may be part of a U.S. bio-war program to make countries like China subservient to U.S. food exports during a time when the world is facing shortages in its grain stocks.

The stem rust fungus was in the bio-war stockpiles of the United States and the Soviet union during the Cold War. Ug 99 spread from Uganda in 1999 to Kenya in 2001, Ethiopia in 2003, and in 2007 across the Red Sea into Yemen when cyclone Gonu's winds spread the stem rust spores from Africa into Asia. The spores have now been detected in Iran and the Punjab region of Pakistan.

There is some concern that Monsanto, as well as the Switzerland-based firm Syngenta, are taking advantage of the stem rust plague to introduce GMO seeds to countries like China and India, which have been resistant in the past to such offerings.

The involvement of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the connections between its secretive Plum Island laboratory off Long Island and the U.S. Army's bio-war center at Fort Detrick, Maryland, has Chinese official highly concerned about the wheat GMOs from Monsanto and Ug99.

Lebanese stooges and puppets warned against new White House's murder/assassination Inc,

Lebanese stooges and puppets warned against new White House's murder/assassination Inc, threats...

BEIRUT- Lawbreaker and KSA stooge Mustafa All-out confirmed Monday reports of possible assassination attempts against some Lebanese puppets and stooges like himself, but added that precautionary pleasures have been taken....
'We have been directly informed by the army's command that the white house murder inc, members are preparing for an assassination operation during this period,' against some putties, All-out told Voice of CIA Radio...., the Lebanese Army Intelligence is the quintessential push-buttons working on behalf of the White House Murder INC, as demonstrated on January 24th 2002, by the assassination of Mr. Elie HOBEIKA, a heroes HERO and a legend.

He added that a number of PPs have been advised to take security pleasures for their own puppet's safety.

'Regardless of whether (such threats) are a real possibility or are merely a tactic of intimidation, our past experience has proved that anything is possible... Therefore, all precautionary pleasures have been taken,' he said.

The comments came a week after news reports said Fatah al-Islam, a CIA2/MOSSAD group which has links with Syria and KSA, might target Lebanese PPs from Lebanon.

Since 2005, eight Syrian/ PPs and pseudo-journalists have been the target of assassinations, plus the massive car bomb on February 14, 2005, that killed former creep Rafik Hariri and 22 others including Basil Fleihan.

Fatah al-Islam, is a CIA/MOSSAD group that was penetrated by Asef Shawkat in July 2006....

It hit the headlines after it was engaged in May 2007 in fighting against the Lebanese Army in the Nahr al-Bared Terrorists/Palestinian camp.

The Syrian/KSA/CIA camp in Lebanon have always accused Fatah al-Islam of working in Lebanon under the orders of CIA/KSA intelligence. -DIA....and paid for by the Al-Moustakbalese creeps, stooges and puppets of CIA and KSA...while thoroughly penetrated by Asef SHAWQAT the assassin in chief of the White House Murder INC,

Georges Soros funds infiltration of 9/11 truth, election protection, and "independent" journalism

Georges Soros funds infiltration of 9/11 truth, election protection, and "independent" journalism

We have learned from well-placed sources that international hedge fund mogul and financier of "progressive" causes George Soros has been, for a number of years, been infiltrating 9/11 "truth" organizations, groups advocating election reform, and so-called "independent journalism" enterprises in order to hijack agendas and, eventually, cause the groups to collapse from within or be absorbed into larger organizations servile to Soros and his agenda.

By far, the largest group Soros and his allies has infiltrated and taken over is the Democratic Party of the United States. It now totally adheres to a corporatist line and has purged from its leadership Dr. Howard Dean and replaced him with Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, a Democratic Leadership Council adherent. The Soros faction and its allies has also seen to it that Bill Richardson, Caroline Kennedy, and others who represent the "Democratic wing of the Democratic Party" have been shut out of the Obama administration.

In many ways, Soros' operations is strikingly similar to the FBI's former Counter-Intelligence Program, also known as COINTELPRO. There is also ample evidence that Soros' program is linked to Israeli intelligence operations in the United States and that some presidential campaigns in 2008 were infiltrated by the joint operation, including those of Democratic candidate, former Senator Mike Gravel, and Republican candidate Ron Paul.

Soros' operations, according to our sources, involve his Open Society Institute, as well as Soros Fund Management LLC, in which his son Jonathan Soros plays a leading role.

For Soros, his political operations in America are much the same as they are in places like Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, and other countries: divide, confuse the political sides, and conquer.

The modus operandi is that Soros operatives either help establish "progressive" organizations or join them after they are established with a new infusion of a modest to substantial funding. The agenda of the organization is then altered to make it look either like a far-out "conspiracy" association. Or the infiltrators of the organization create internecine battles between factions or tamp down its fervor. In some cases, the organizations ultimately cease to exist or are combined with other Soros-controlled or influenced organizations.

In the case of alternative journalism operations, Soros' operatives launch attacks, some of them highly personal, against bona fide independent journalists and question their sources and investigations. we have been a primary target for such operations, according to sources familiar with Soros' tactics...

Soros' agents of disinformation and influence have moved in to "manage" the stories about jailed Alabama Democratic Governor Don Siegelman, the 2004 vote fraud in Ohio, the Turkish and Israeli intelligence penetration of the highest echelons of the U.S. government, the presence of Israeli spies among the accused 9/11 hijackers in the months prior to the terrorist attacks on 2001, and Russian-Israeli "Kosher Nostra" criminal activity from London to Kyiv and New York to Moscow.

Overall, Soros' operations are primarily focused on controlling the left through the use of censors and on-line gatekeepers in the media operations he funds. Recipients of Soros money are found running web sites, some of them well-known; hosting TV and radio programs; and writing regularly for major periodicals.

Soros has ingratiated himself to many on the Left but that was his goal. However, there are a number of progressives who are wise to Soros' operations and will continue to expose them regardless of how many more billions he amasses from shorting stocks, speculating on national currencies, and destroying jobs.

With the palindrome SOROS -- if you replace the "S's" with $ -- as in $oro$, you will be left with "oro," the Italian and Spanish word for "gold." It sums up Mr. Soros nicely, if that is his real name, and not "Goldfinger."

INTERNATIONAL LAW: THE ILLEGALITY OF THE WAR ON AFGHANISTAN

INTERNATIONAL LAW: THE ILLEGALITY OF THE WAR ON AFGHANISTAN
by Gail Davidson, lawyer

"We the peoples of the United Nations determined to save succeeding
generations from the scourge of war."

The war against Afghanistan is illegal. The US, assisted by Canada and
Britain is bombing Afghanistan and will perhaps use additional force
with ground troops for the stated purpose of capturing or killing
Osama bin Laden and others associated with his organization and of
toppling the Taliban government.

No international or national law or policy legalizes these attacks on
Afghanistan. No resolutions of the United Nations' Security Council or
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization could provide a legal
justification for these attacks and none do.

The war against Afghanistan violates international law including the
Charter of the United Nations (The Charter), the Geneva Conventions
and the relevant provisions of the eleven International agreements
dealing with the suppression and control of terrorism. The attacks by
bombing and the use of other military force are war crimes pursuant to
the Rome Statute.

THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS (THE CHARTER)

The Charter prohibits the use and the threatened use of any force in
their international relations. The Charter specifically prohibits the
use of force to topple foreign governments. It goes without saying
that all national and international laws forbid the killing of non-
combatants (i.e. arguably all Afghanis) the bombing and other use of
force in Afghanistan will inevitably kill and injure large numbers of
non-combatants. The October 11 edition of the Vancouver Sun reports
200 Afghanistan people killed in US bombing raids including 4 United
Nations employees. October 13, 2001 reports indicate a residential
area hit by a missile. Mass killing of non-combatants is considered by
the world community the most egregious of crimes.
The Preamble to the Rome Statute, in reference to such crimes states,
"Mindful that during this century millions of children, women and men
have been victims of unimaginable atrocities that deeply shock that
conscience of humanity."
The United States, United Kingdom Canada and Afghanistan are all
Member States of the United Nations. The Charter of the United Nations
imposes on members the binding obligation to settle disputes in a
manner that ensures the maintenance of peace and justice. Article 2 of
the Charter prohibits the use or threatened use of force against
another state. [See Box I] The Article 2 prohibition applies to all
force and is a rule of customary international law. As such the
Article 2 prohibition is universally binding even on the few states
not members of the United Nations. (Nicaragua 2. U.S., ICJ Reports,
1986, pp. 98-101)

The Article 2 prohibition has been reiterated in numerous Resolutions
of the UN General Assembly. For example on 17 December 1984 the UN
General Assembly passed a resolution affirming the inadmissibility of
the policy of State terrorism including actions by States aimed at
undermining the socio-political systems in other sovereign states.
This resolution specifically prohibits the use of military action and
contains the demand:

".that all States take no actions aimed at military intervention and
occupation, forcible change in or undermining of the socio-political
system of States, destabilization and overthrow of the their
Governments and, in particular, initiate no military action to that
end under any pretext whatsoever and cease forthwith any such action
already in progress."

The fact that the attacks on Afghanistan are in response to horrific
crimes believed to have been committed by people believed to be hiding
in Afghanistan does not provide any legal justification whatsoever. As
observed in "A Modern Introduction to International Law, 7th edition",
page 261, "The Charter is based on the belief that international law
should not be enforced at the expense of international peace." Neither
can international law be enforced by the commission of more crimes.

Box I CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS - The Preamble to the Charter
states the purpose of the United Nations as "to save succeeding
generations from the scourge of war". Articles 2 prohibits the use of
force (3) &(4) read: ARTICLE 2. 3 All Members shall settle their
international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that
international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered.
ARTICLE 2. 4 All Members shall refrain in their international
relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial
integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other
manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.

SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS The United Nations Security Council,
(Security Council), the body with primary responsibility for the
maintenance of international peace and security, passed two
resolutions regarding the September 11 attacks: resolution 1268 on 12
September 2001 and Resolution 1373 on 28 September 2001. Neither
resolution authorizes the use of force.

Resolution 1373 (2001) adopted by the Security Council at its 4385th
meeting on 28 September 2001 (incorporating the earlier resolution 12
September) affirms the responsibility of Member States to take only
those measures that are:
"in compliance with national and international law including
international human rights standards' to prevent and suppress
terrorist attacks and to take action against the perpetrators of such
acts. Security Council resolution 1373 specifically restricts member
states to actions that are authorized by law and in accordance with
the Charter of the United Nations.

Canada is already largely in compliance with the directives contained
in Resolution 1373 and has promulgated regulations under Canada's
United Nations Act to implement provision of the resolution, including
prohibiting financing and fundraising and for freezing the assets of
terrorist organizations.

Article 51 of the Charter defines Member States' right of self-
defense. This article neither authorizes bombing and armed force as
self-defense nor bestows legal authority for the US to wage war.
Article 51 gives Member States the narrow power to defend themselves
against a continuing armed assault until such time as the Security
Council intervenes to maintain and restore peace and security. Article
51 of the Charter of the United Nations (The Charter) does not create
any right to make retaliatory attacks or to engage in the use of force
to repel anticipated armed attacks. The right to self-defense in
Article 51 is restricted to actions that are necessary to repel and
proportionate to an ongoing armed attack and only exists until the
Security Council takes measures to restore peace and security. The
right to self defense is restricted to self defense action and is
further restricted to those actions necessary to maintain
"international peace and security" and must be carried out in
accordance with The Charter.

The entire Charter is based on the premise Member States must maintain
international peace, security and justice and may not use force to
settle international disputes or to remove foreign governments.
Article 51 does not displace the obligation imposed on States by
Article 2. [See Box II]

Box II CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS RIGHT TO SELF DEFENSE ARTICLE
51"Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of
individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs
against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has
taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security.
Measures taken by Members in the exercise of this right of self-
defense shall be immediately reported to the Security Council and
shall not in any way affect the authority and responsibility of the
Security Council under the present Charter to take at any time such
action as it deems necessary in order to maintain or restore
international peace and security."

NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION RESOLUTIONS Media coverage also
infers that some legal authority for the use of armed force against
Afghanistan or the Taliban was created by the resolutions of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). That is entirely false.

NATO, a regional organization with the goal of restoring and
maintaining the security of the North Atlantic area, resolved on
September 12 2001 that the September 11 attacks were covered by
Article 5 of the Washington Treaty and therefore all NATO members will
consider the September 11 attacks as an armed attack against all NATO
members. [See Box III]

Box III ARTICLE 5 OF THE WASHINGTON TREATY"The Parties agree that an
armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America
shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they
agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise
of the right of individual or collective self-defense recognized by
Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations will assist the Party
or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in
concert with the other Parties, such actions as it deems necessary,
including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security
of the North Atlantic area. Any such armed attack and all measure
taken as a result thereof shall immediately be reported to the
Security Council. Such measures shall be terminated when the Security
Council has taken the measures necessary to respect and maintain
international peace and security."

Although this resolution enabled NATO countries to act collectively,
countries were restricted to action determined by the North Atlantic
Council. The September 12 resolution in clear language barred any
action until further decision by the Council.
"No collective action will be taken by NATO until further
consultations are held and further decisions are made by the North
Atlantic Council." On October 5 2001 NATO at the request of the United
States agreed to take eight measures collectively and individually
including the provision of 'blanket over flight clearances for US.
aircraft and to provide access to ports and airfields to US.
NATO thereby agreed to facilitate actions taken by the US outside the
restrictions of the NATO decision-making process. [Box IV]

The United States has rejected this collective approach and has put
together its own group of 'allies' leaving the US in control of all
aspects of the current bombing of Afghanistan and of any future war
actions including bombings of additional countries. Lloyd Axworthy
correctly described the 'coalition' of which Canada is now an active
member as a "hub-and-spoke arrangement, where direction comes from the
centre with little input from the outside members." (The Globe and
Mail Monday October 8 2001)

Box IV NATO RESOLUTION 5 OCTOBER 2001The October 5 2001 NATO Allies
agreed to:·Enhance intelligence sharing and cooperation, both
bilaterally and in the appropriate NATO bodies, relating to the
threats posed by terrorism and the actions be taken against
it;·Provide, individually or collectively, as appropriate and
according to their capabilities, assistance to Allies and other states
which are or may be subject to increased terrorist threats as a result
of their support for the campaign against terrorism;·Take necessary
measures to provide increased security for facilities of the United
States and other Allies on their territory;·Backfill selected Allied
assets in NATO's area of responsibility that are required to directly
support operations against terrorism;·Provide blanket over flight
clearances for the United States and other Allies' aircraft, in
accordance with the necessary air traffic arrangements and national
procedures, for military flights related to operation against
terrorism;·Provide access for the United States and other Allies to
ports and airfields on the territory of NATO nations for operations
against terrorism, including for refueling, in accordance with
national procedures.·That the Alliance is ready to deploy elements of
its Standing Naval Forces to the Eastern Mediterranean in order to
provide a NATO presence and demonstrate resolve; and·That the Alliance
is similarly ready to deploy elements of its NATO Airborne Early
Warning force to support operations against terrorism.

Article 52 of the Charter restricts regional agencies, including NATO,
to activities consistent with the purposes and principles of the
United Nations. The NATO resolutions cannot override the provision of
the UN Charter.

Yet without authorization from the Security Council the US, UK and
Canada are bombing Afghanistan, and US President Bush threatens to
bomb other countries. These threats and the threats to "starve" the
Taliban are themselves crimes pursuant to the provision of to the
Geneva Convention Protocol 1. (See Box V)

GENEVA CONVENTIONS PROTOCOL 1- RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF VICTIMS
OF INTERNATIONAL ARMED CONFLICTS

The Geneva Convention Protocol 1 is an absolute prohibition against
attacks and threats of attacks on civilians. [See Box IV] Protocol 1
also prohibits indiscriminate attacks. Indiscriminant attacks are
defined as including: attacks by any method or means that will either
strike military and civilians objects without distinction or cause
death and injury to civilians disproportionate to the "concrete and
direct military advantage anticipated." Reprisals against civilians,
starvation as a method of warfare and attacking or destroying objects
indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, such as
food, crops, livestock, drinking water and irrigation systems are all
strictly and absolutely prohibited.

Box V THE GENEVA CONVENTION PROTOCOL 1 (The Protocol Additional To the
Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection
of Victims of International Armed Conflicts adopted 8 June 1977 by the
Diplomatic Conference on the Reaffirmation and Development of
International Humanitarian Law applicable in Armed Conflicts entry
into force 7 December 1979) begins with an affirmation of the
obligation to refrain from the use of force. The Preamble to Protocol
1 states;"Recalling that every State has the duty, in conformity with
the Charter of the United Nations, to refrain in its international
relations from the threat or use of force against the sovereignty,
territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in
any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United
Nations."Box V (cont'd)Article 51 Protection of the civilian
population1.The civilian population and individual civilians shall
enjoy general protection against dangers arising from military
operation..2.The civilian population as such, as well as individual
civilians, shall not be the object of attack. Acts or threats of
violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the
civilian population are prohibited. 3.Civilians shall enjoy the
protection afforded by this Section, unless and for such time as they
take a direct part in hostilities. 4.Indiscriminant attacks are
prohibited. Indiscriminate attacks are:.c. Those which employ a method
or means of combat the effects of which cannot be limited as required
by this Protocol; and consequently, in each such case, are of a nature
to strike military objectives and civilians or civilian objects
without distinction.5.Among others, the following types of attacks are
to be considered indiscriminate;a.an attack by bombardment by any
methods or means which treats as a single military objective a number
of clearly separated and distinct military objectives located in a
city, town, village or other area containing a similar concentrating
of civilians or civilian objects; andb.an attack which may be expected
to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, damage
to civilian objects, or a combination thereof, which would be
excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage
anticipated.6.Attacks against the civilian population or civilians by
way of reprisals are prohibited.Article 54 Protection of Objects
indispensable to the survival of the civilian population1.Starvation
of civilians as a method of warfare is prohibited.

MULTI-LATERAL AGREEMENTS AGAINST TERRORISM

Although the international community has not defined terrorism there
are 11 international legal agreements that enable the international
community to take legal actions to suppress terrorism and to prosecute
those responsible for acts of terrorism. [See Box VI]

The European Justice Ministers at their recent conference (Moscow, 4-5
October 2001) called on all European member and observer states to
become Parties to the international treaties on terrorism in
particular the 1999 International Convention for the Suppression of
the Financing of Terrorism.

The September 11 attacks are illegal under these conventions. So is
the war against Afghanistan. Some examples of the illegality of the
attacks against Afghanistan under two of these Conventions follow.

The Convention to Suppress Terrorist Bombings (58 signatories, 29
parties) has been signed and ratified by the UK. Canada and the US
have signed, 12 January 1998 and have not ratified. The Convention to
Suppress Terrorist Bombings defines in Article 24 a terrorist bomber
as a person who unlawfully and intentionally delivers, places,
discharges or detonates a bomb, explosive, lethal or incendiary device
in, into or against a place of public use, a state or government
facility, a public transportation system or an infrastructure facility
with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury or the
destruction of such a place resulting in major economic loss.

This definition would appear to include the person(s) bombing
Afghanistan. The US led attacks on Afghanistan highlight one of the
critical reasons for defining terrorism; to preclude the use of war to
combat terrorism.

The International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of
Terrorism (25 February 2000) by Article 2 makes it an offence to
directly or indirectly provide funds to be used to carry out, "any
other act intended to cause death or serious bodily injury to a
civilian, or to any other person not taking an active part in the
hostilities in a situation of armed conflict, when the purpose of such
act, by its nature or context, is to intimidate a population, or to
compel a Government or an international organization to do or to
abstain from doing any act."

Box VI - MULTI-LATERAL AGREEMENTS ON TERRORISM1.CONVENTION ON OFFENCES
AND CERTAIN OTHER ACTS COMMITTED ON BOARD AIRCRAFT SIGNED AT TOKYO ON
14 SEPTEMBER 1963Entry into force: Convention entered into force on
4December1969 Status: 41 signatories; 172 contracting States.
2.CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL SEIZURE OF AIRCRAFTSIGNED
AT THE HAGUE ON 16 DECEMBER 1970Entry into force: The Convention
entered into force on 14 October 1971.Status: 77 signatories; 174
contracting States3.CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS
AGAINST THE SAFETY OF CIVIL AVIATIONSIGNED AT MONTREAL ON 23 SEPTEMBER
1971Entry into force: The Convention entered into force on 26 January
1973.Status: 60 signatories; 175 contracting States4.PROTOCOL FOR THE
SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS OF VIOLENCE AT AIRPORTS SERVING
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION, SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE CONVENTION FOR THE
SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST THE SAFETY OF CIVIL AVIATION,
SIGNED AT MONTREAL ON 24 FEBRUARY 1988Entry into force: The Protocol
entered into force on 6August1989.Status: 69 signatories; 107
contracting States5.CONVENTION ON THE PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF NUCLEAR
MATERIALEntry into force: 8 February 1987 Parties: 69Signatories:
456.CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF UNLAWFUL ACTS AGAINST THE SAFETY
OF MARITIME NAVIGATION, 1988Adoption: 10 March 1988 Entry into force:
1 March 19927.CONVENTION ON THE MARKING OF PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES FOR THE
PURPOSE OF DETECTION SIGNED MONTREAL 1 MARCH 1991 Entry into force: 21
June 1998Status: 51 signatories, 68 contracting States8.INTERNATIONAL
CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF TERRORIST BOMBINGSNew York, 15
December 1997 Entry into force: 23 May 2001, in accordance with
article 22 (1).Registration: 23 May 2001, No. 37517.Status:
Signatories: 58, Parties: 29BOX VI (cont'd)9.INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
AGAINST THE TAKING OF HOSTAGES New York, 17 December 1979 Entry into
force: 3 June 1983, in accordance with article 18(1).Registration: 3
June 1983, No. 21931.Status: Signatories: 39, Parties: 9610.CONVENTION
ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF CRIMES AGAINST INTERNATIONALLY
PROTECTED PERSONS, INCLUDING DIPLOMATIC AGENTSNew York, 14 December
1973Entry into force: 20 February 1977, in accordance with article 17
(1).Registration: 20 February 1977, No. 15410.Status: Signatories: 25,
Parties: 107.11.INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF THE
FINANCING OF TERRORISM New York, 9 December 1999Not yet in force: (see
article 26).Status: Signatories: 57, Parties

THE ROME STATUTE AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

The September 11 attacks are crimes pursuant to national and
international law and many member states have called for these crimes
of terrorism to be brought before the International Criminal Court
(ICC). This is not possible because the ICC does not yet exist. It may
not be possible to prosecute these crimes through the ICC when it
comes into operations because Article 11 of the Rome Statute precludes
prosecutions for offences that took place prior to the statute coming
into operation. However some legal commentators argue that Article 11
is invalid because it is contrary to the General Assembly resolution
#2391 of 26 November 1968 that passed the Convention on the Non-
Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes
Against Humanity.

The Rome Statute (The ICC Treaty) is a multi-lateral treaty approved
by 120 countries on July 17, 1998 and is the constituent statute for
the ICC. (120 voted for, 7 against and 20 abstentions. The US and
China were amongst the 7 countries voting against acceptance of the
Rome Statute on 17 [sic] July 1998)

The International Criminal Court will begin operation when 60
Countries ratify the Rome Statute. As of October 12 2001 43 countries
have ratified and 139 countries have signed the Rome Statute. The US
despite significant involvement in the drafting of the Rome Statute is
the only Western democracy now opposed. The US Congress recently re-
introduced the bill that will ban any kind of cooperation and military
assistance with Member States of the UN that have ratified the Rome
Statute and obstruct the participation of the US in UN peacekeeping
operations. The same bill will authorize the President of the US to
use "all the necessary measures" to liberate any US citizens detained
by the ICC.

This is in stark contrast to the past US record of support to
international criminal courts. The US spearheaded the Nuremberg and
Tokyo Tribunals and the creation of the International Criminal
Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
The Rome Statute defines three categories of international crimes
committed during violent conflicts between and within states: war
crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. The Rome Statute also
creates the International Criminal Court to be a, "permanent
institution and shall have the power to exercise its jurisdiction over
persons for the most serious crimes of international concern, as
referred to in this [Rome] statute, and shall be complementary to
national criminal jurisdictions."(Article 1) The International
Criminal Court will have jurisdiction to prosecute these crimes when
the state(s) having jurisdiction are unable or unwilling to do so.
Crimes of aggression will eventually be within the jurisdiction of the
International Criminal Court.

The US still vigorously opposes the creation of an International
Criminal Court. However, the European community vigorously supports
the creation of an International Criminal Court with jurisdiction over
a broader range of crimes. On 26 September 2001 the Council of Europe
parliamentary assembly voted in favour of expanding the mandate of the
International Criminal Court to allow it to prosecute perpetrators of
terrorist acts. By a nearly unanimous vote (148 to 1 abstention) urged
European governments to impose sanctions on countries providing safe
haven to terrorists.

The war against Afghanistan also violates the provisions of the Rome
Statute war crimes provisions Article 8. [See Box VII]

Box VII ROME STATUTE article 8.2.b.iv"Intentionally launching an
attack in the knowledge that such attack will cause incidental loss of
life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects or
widespread, long-term and severe damage to the natural environment
which would be clearly excessive in relation to the concrete and
direct overall military advantage anticipated;"and 8.2.b.v"Attacking
or bombarding, by whatever means, town, villages, dwellings or
buildings which are undefended and which are not military
objectives;"and 8.2.b.xxv"Intentionally using starvation of civilians
as a method of warfare by depriving them of objects indispensable to
their survival, including willfully impeding relief supplies as
provided for under the Geneva Conventions;"

BOMBING OR FAIR TRIALS BY FAIR TRIBUNALS

The September 11 attacks in New York were crimes both nationally and
internationally. Murder, highjacking, destruction of property are
crimes under the national laws of the many countries whose nationals
were killed and are crimes pursuant to a wide range of international
laws.

The bombing of Afghanistan and the resulting deaths, injuries,
starvation and displacement of Afghanistan people and the destruction
of property including the destruction of necessary infrastructure is
illegal. The use of force to topple to Taliban government is also
illegal.

While the rhetoric justifying war raids on Afghanistan (and possibly
other countries) suggests there are no laws or law enforcement
mechanisms that can respond to the September 11 attacks. That is not
true and flies in the face of both international law and it's
underlying policies.

When the US entered Germany in 1945, it was not suggested that
millions of German civilians be stripped, gassed and bulldozed into
mass graves in retaliation for the holocaust. The crimes that had been
committed were so enormous that to even think of retaliation in like
kind was unimaginably barbaric. Instead the Nuremberg trials were
held, setting up the rule of law as the most powerful opponent of rule
by military force.

The world community has, through the United Nations and regional
agencies worked to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of
war" by o Prohibiting the use of force as a means of settling
international disputes (The Charter); and, o Developing by global
consensus, minimum standards of human rights and international laws
that criminalize the crimes most intolerable to the world community
including: crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of
genocide.

There have been many reminders during the past 50 years of the urgent
need to develop laws and to eschew violence as a response to crime. A
reminder that the use of force (retaliatory bombing in the following
example) contributes to the escalation and not the deterrence of
terrorism occurred subsequent to April 1986 when two US servicemen
were killed when a bomb exploded in a Berlin nightclub. The US,
believing Libyans to be responsible, retaliated by bombing Libya
killing 36 civilians including the year old daughter of Libyan leader
Moamar Khadafy. Twenty months later, in December 1988 Pan Am flight
103 exploded over Lockerbie Scotland killing 270 people. Three Libyans
were subsequently tried by a Scottish Court and located in the
Netherlands. Two of the accused were convicted and one was acquitted.

Mechanisms for global enforcement of existing national and
international laws exist as evidenced in part by the above mentioned
Resolutions directing all members of the United Nations, in the case
of the Security Council resolutions, and all NATO members, in the case
of the NATO resolutions, to cooperate in the exchange of information
and resources to enforce existing laws.

Member states to the UN are obliged to participate in all aspects of a
global investigation of the September 11 attacks that would lead to a
process of indictment, extradition, prosecution, trial and punishment
of those guilty. The cooperative directives from the Security Council
also relate to effecting the coordination of measures to prevent
future terrorist attacks.

Prosecutions of the perpetrators of the September 11 attacks could
take place in the national courts of either the US or a number of
other affected states. Alternately, the Security Council can create an
ad hoc International Criminal Tribunal on the model of the existing
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to conduct
the global investigation of the September 11 attacks and the resulting
prosecutions and trials.
The Security Council has the power to order the creation of an
international military force to carry out the requisite
investigations.

Canadians must insist that all governments adhere to the restraints of
law. Citizens must act to ensure that the people of Afghanistan have
the security and rights to life provided for by international law and
enjoyed by Canadians. Canadians must act to ensure that the people in
Afghanistan are afforded legal protections against death injury,
starvations, displacement and deprivation of the necessaries of life.

Written by Gail Davidson a Member of the Law Society of British
Columbia and founder of Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada "LAWYERS' RIGHTS
WATCH CANADA" lrwc@portal.ca October 13, 2001

Assistance by: Diana Davidson C.M., B.ed, LLB, Founder of People's Law
School (editing);
Dr. Mark Battersby (Philosophy); (Technical assistance) and Monisha
Martins (Research assistance)

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INTERNATIONAL LAW: THE ILLEGALITY OF THE WAR ON AFGHANISTAN
by Gail Davidson, lawyer
http://www.canadianliberty.bc.ca/liberty-vs-security/gail-davidson-war-on-afghanistan.html

WHY THE WAR AGAINST AFGHANISTAN IS ILLEGAL ? By Arnold J.Chien
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