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Sunday, October 31, 2010

U.S. intelligence trades on fear

Tehran, October 31: We are in the grip of yet another so-called terror plot designed to terrify the wits out of everyone.
Anyone of a nervous disposition was sent in to a tailspin of panic over the increasingly dramatic news coverage… this manifested itself in a tsunami of 911 calls in America which paralyzed parts of New York, Maine and Philadelphia for several hours, reports Tehran Times.

Mercifully in Britain the majority of us refuse to get caught up in this bloody nonsense for many different reasons. The primary one being we had already endured more than three decades of this during the height of the IRA activities in London.

Virtually every single day for 30 years there would be some terror alert in the English capital -- it was called shoestring terrorism. One telephone call could bring a halt to a section of the London Underground.

The police would make their necessary checks, the media would ignore it and we all got on with our lives refusing to be intimidated by Irish terrorism.

And that is exactly how we should have treated Friday’s terror nonsense -- that does not mean to say people should be reckless or less vigilant but governments should stop trying to impose a fear factor on its citizens.

We can not sacrifice our freedoms and liberties just because the United States wants to impose its own neurosis, hysteria and paranoia on the rest of the world.

While British anti-terror police say no explosives were found in a suspicious package found onboard a UPS flight, the White House issued a statement completely contradicting this. Now the parcel has been removed for full forensic testing!

Call me cynical, but I find it too much of a coincidence that this bizarre alert came less than 24 hours after British Airways chairman Martin Broughton has accused the country of bowing to U.S. demands for increased airport security measures.

Mr. Broughton criticized the U.S. for imposing more security checks on U.S.-bound flights, but not on its own domestic services.

He urged the UK to stop kowtowing to demands for passengers to take their shoes off and to put any laptop computers through scanners to be screened separately.

The UK government said it would give airport operators permission to review their security procedures and I hope they stick to their promise despite all this nonsense.

One of the most ridiculous procedures we have to go through is to submit all of our potions, lotions and liquids to airport security.

This came about because of the so-called plot to blow 10 airliners out of the sky. That the fools behind this crazy scheme didn’t even have passports or a collective IQ of George W. Bush mattered not.

A video was shown of an explosion onboard a plane if this chemical had been mixed with that chemical.

The fact the bombmakers would have had to create sub zero laboratory conditions onboard a plane which would take around 40 minutes, mattered not.

As a frequent flyer I can tell you no one would be allowed to hog the tiny toilets for more than five minutes.

Yet despite this nonsense we have to hand over our liquids, but can buy them in vast quantities minutes later having past through airport security.

Just recently I was stopped because I had a brand new 200ml jar of Eve Lom face cleanser and was told I could not take it through. I pleaded for some commonsense from the security officer and he even went to his superior when I pointed out that the jar cost more than my airline ticket.

A nearby passenger who had just wistfully given up his full bottle of Remy Martin brandy sympathized with me.

Since when did Eve Lom become a threat to Britain's national security?

The British Government’s COBRA emergency committee is meeting as I write this. God only knows what will transpire but I hope this coalition government distances itself from these crazy security terror alerts coming over from the Americans.

U.S. President Barack Obama is facing his mid-term elections this weekend… if either he or his team have resorted to the “terror threat” ploy so often used by his predecessor to try and win votes then shame on them.

Of course what better way to divert voters’ minds from Afghanistan, Iraq and Wikileaks than to create a fresh new bogeyman… Yemen.

Any government which uses security and fear to win votes does not deserve to be in power.

Yvonne Ridley is a presenter for Press TV's show The Agenda and co-presenter of the Rattansi & Ridley show.

Monday, October 11, 2010

Crackdown on Kashmir Face Book users

Srinagar, Oct 10: Continuing its crackdown on the facebook users in the Valley, police Sunday arrested a J&K Bank employee from south Kashmir’s Shopian district and slapped Public Safety Act on him. The PSA was also slapped on three more youths hailing from different parts of the township, reports Rissing Kashmir (10/10)

Reports said police has launched a special drive in south Kashmir to gain control over protesters and a list carrying names of dozens of youths, allegedly involved in stone-pelting, has also been prepared.

Police sources said, “After thorough investigations, it was found that a youth Mufti Wajid Yaqoob was influential in organizing protest demonstrations in Shopian through popular social networking site facebook. He was arrested and shifted to Kathua jail.”

Wajid, a resident of Baba Mohalla, Shopian, is working as a relationship executive in J&K Bank branch, Shopian, and with a degree in computer technology, is counted among the intelligent youths of the town.

The arrest and detention of Wajid under PSA has created a wave of anger among the people of Shopian.

Police has also arrested Farooq Ahmad Dar, son of Manzoor Ahmad Dar of Manloo Shopian; Sheeraz Ahmad Mir, son of Abdul Majeed Mir of New Colony Shopian and Ayaar Ahmad, son of Abdul Gani of Pinjoora Shopian. All of them have been sent to Kathua jail after PSA was slapped on them. Locals said all the arrested youths fall around the age-group of 25.

Family members of Wajid said he was arrested outside the bank when he was returning from a nearby mosque after offering Friday prayers.

“At the time of  Wajid’s arrest, protests were going on in the town and police was chasing them away. Police arrested Wajid there only.” they said.

Meanwhile, a youth Adil Ahmad Dar of Gousia Colony, Azad Ganj, Baramulla was arrested by police when he was going for work.

Pertinently, the government had ordered the release of youths detained under PSA in its Unified Headquarters Meeting, held last month. However, arrests have continued both in Srinagar and rural areas of the Valley.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Will Kashmir lead to war with China ?

Bangalore, October 5: Will the current explosion in Kashmir ultimately lead India to another war with China? Reports say ruling “Jews of India” have been asked by the Jews to widen the conflagration so that China, which is already in the “Pak-occupied Kashmir”, is provoked to intervene through Pakistan. India may then seek US support, reports  Dalit Voice  (5/9)

The staple food of the Jews and “Jews of India” has been war and violence to establish world domination. Having been defeated in their experiment in Iraq and Afghanistan, they are now trying to shift the scene to Asia and confront China with the help of the “Jews of India”.

Our sources say if there is such a direct confrontation between US and China it will lead to World War-III with Russia, Iran and the entire Muslim world. Dangerous days are ahead.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Indian troops threaten Kashmiri Facebook users

Srinagar, September 11: In disputed state of Jammu and  Kashmir, Indian authorities battling to control anti-India protests in the Kashmir Valley, are now threatening to prosecute Kashmiris using Facebook and other sites to spread images and ideas that portray the atrocities on innocent people and human rights violations by the  troops in the territory.

Local human rights groups told mediamen that several Kashmiri Facebook users had received phone calls from the police asking about their activities and ordering them to report to the police station. “As a result, many Kashmiris are now deactivating their Facebook accounts and re-registering under false names,” they said.

Human rights activist and co-ordinator of the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, Khurram Parvez said, such is the intimidation that the authorities are monitoring whosoever writes what.

A person, who asked not to be identified, said that he received phone calls from the police after he uploaded a clip of two teenagers bleeding to death after being shot by the police in Islamabad. “Indian media never shows such pictures,” he said, adding, “There was no mischievous intent on my part. People here already know everything. I wanted the outside world to see.” (Writer-South Asia)