what mattered then and today

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Dearest Friends,

Over here in UK and also in Singapore, there are all the eulogies on

Sharon. I wrote this to Michael Young, editor of the Daily Star Beirut –

not sure if it will get published. Please feel free to circulate. I

assume it is going to get published, if not it should still be

circulated for the record.

Many thanks

Swee

Mr Michael Young

The Editor

Daily Star Beirut

Dear Mr Young

The passing of Ariel Sharon brought back the memories of the horrors

of the Sabra Shatilla massacre of September,’82. I arrived in August

that year as a volunteer surgeon to help the war victims of Lebanon. The

people in Lebanon were wounded, made homeless and lost precious friends

and families as the result of ten weeks of ruthless bombardment. That

was the Operation Peace for Galilee launched by Sharon who was then the

Defence Minister of Israel in June 1982. No one knew how many were

killed as the result of that offensive – the London newspapers estimated

a thirty thousand with many times more made homeless. When a ceasefire

was agreed with the evacuation of the Palestine Liberation Organisation,

Sharon broke that ceasefire and drove tanks under air-cover launching a

land invasion into Lebanon’s capitol Beirut. Part of the tanks sealed

Sabra Shatilla and prevented the helpless civilian victims from

escaping, while sending in Israel’s allies into the camps to carry out

the most brutal massacre of defenceless women, children and old people

under Israel’s watch. The blame was quickly and deliberately shifted to

the Lebanese as perpetrators of the massacres, so that today no one can

mention that massacre without blaming the Lebanese Phalange, yet

forgetting the Israeli organisers of that event.

I worked in Gaza Hospital in Sabra Shatilla during the massacre

trying to save the lives of a few dozen people, but outside the hospital

hundreds were killed. My patients and I knew that Sharon and his

officers were in control, and without them the massacre would not be

possible. The residents of Sabra Shatilla could at least have escaped.

Now more than 30 years later, we know that the killers were brought in

by Israeli armoured cars and tanks, obeyed Israeli commands, their paths

lit by Israeli military flares, and some of them also wore Israeli

uniforms. The mutilated bodies of the victims were thrown into mass

graves by Israeli bulldozers.

This Sharon continued on to be Israeli Prime Minister, and built the

Wall which imprisoned the Palestinians in the West Bank. Sharon’s Wall

cut through their lands, separating people from their homes, children

from their schools, farmers from their orchards, patients from

hospitals, husbands from wives, and children from parents. He marched

into the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem 2000 with fully armed Israeli

soldiers and tried to have the West believe that his intention was for

peace.

He was responsible for other massacres such as in Jenin, Qibya and

Khan Yunis just to name a few. The older generation in Khan Yunis in

Gaza remembers that he killed all the grown men in the massacre of 1956

and left only the women and children to bury the dead..

I thought these facts should be publicised. Those who eulogise Sharon

in his role of building Israel should also remember that he built his

nation over the dead bodies of the Palestinian people, and the continued

dispossession of those who are still alive.

Dr Ang Swee Chai

Author of From Beirut to Jerusalem

Published by International Librarie, Beirut

12 January 2014

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"....You don''t like them. You don''t really know why you don''t like them. All you know is you find them repulsive..."

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To be fair to nevermind, Sharon was an awful human being with very bloody hands. God can judge him now.

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To be a fair a lot of Leaders of men have (had) bloody hands, including ''The most influential Statesman of the last 100 years''. Of course nevermind would not consider starting a new Topic on them as they fail the ''Is Jewish'' test.

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Indeed they have JG, and I''m not impartial to condemn such behaviour. Assad''s victims are as cruelly murdered as those victims suffering under Saudi paid mercenaries. Putins regime does not take much notice of human rights, but nor is Obama or Hague and in China, our new expanding market we see human rights activists getting cangaroo court judgements without their lawyers uttering a word. France''s Africa policy is stuck in the last colonial battle for Algiers, and their lack of resources is becoming apparent in sofar that their foreign policy is assuming the globalist terror rethoric as jsutification for more colonial violence.You must have gathered that I tried to have a personal dig at Sharon and his misguided decisions to let a christian militia kill Shiite Palestinian and Lebanese in Beirut in 1982, and that this massacre killing between 762 and 3500 civilians has evaded the beady, but partial, eyes of global justice.Equally, a China, now a member of the UN human rights committee, despite much concern about its record, must deal with its inequalities and those who point it out, but not in the way they do deal with it. China''s elite has been seen to hide their wealth out of the country, disinvest in secret, just as our leaders and their best friends have done. Them and us is alive and well regardless of the system, religion, or creed.http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/20/nine-chinese-activists-trials

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UK Government and Jack Straw are lobbying the US senate and CIA to not publish the report into torture which would implecate ex minsters and the Chilcot inquiery. But even the help of a 72 year old republican granny will not hide the torture and rendition trail that exist, fact will come out eventually.http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2014/04/uk-moves-to-block-us-senate-report-to-protect-blair-straw-and-dearlove/

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Once again Norfolks public have been stitched up as those who signed contacts without planning permission are back promising the earth in return for some power, hallo Toby Cooke. They will only wake up with a council tax boycott. This from an internal email being send round to all conservatives. S(p)oil your vote.Dear Fellow Conservatives,As some of you may have been aware we have been approached to form theAdministration on the2TthMay, and regain control of the Council.19ljsl20r4Page2 of 2This was discussed on Friday with UKIP, details of their modest ask for discussion atour Group Meeting, Tuesday at 5pm, at County Hall is attached. This would be acommon understanding, not formal con/UKIP/Lib coalitionGiven where we have been, and where we could end up from now until 2017, this is aconsiderable turn-around, it will give us 600Z control with 45% of the Qouncil, it willalso ensure that we would have 63 votes in full council and representT5o/o of the votescast inNorfolk. This once only offer is from May 2014 until2017.The offer would mean Conservatives have the following posts across the 5 maincommittees:1. Leader of the Council2. Chairman - PolicY and Resources3. Chairman - Communities4. Chairman - Adult Services5. Chairman - ETD Econ Dev Committee6. Vice Chairman - Children''s Services7. Vice Chairman - Adult ServicesConservatives would have the majority on all committees. ConservativesMember Special Responsibility Allowances based on the above and other committeeswould Ue C.S,t 17,000pa or c.f,351,000 across the next three years. Inaddition, Conservatives would have the status, office and profile to assist in the 2015elections, ensuring we are the ones to deliver azero council taxfteeze in election year''we can claim the ciedit for all WE did to create 400 apprentices, launch OIIR BetterBroadband across Norfolk in 2015 and push for the A47 duelling. We can stop the raidon second homes bonuses, halt all the anti Conservative messaging being pumpedout and ensure our rural roads and capitai assests are not at the mercy of Labour.Also attached is a second chart showing how the council will look without this offer.This is based on UKIPs discussions with others, but does not form their wish, that is toenable us to lead the council again now the committee system is in place. This chart ishow the council would look until 2017.I very much look forward to seeing you on Tuesday''Best wishes,IanIan MackieDeputy Conservative GrouP Leader

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Ukrainian CIA supported Nazi thugs, versus ruthless Russian Oligarch Putin. This from Pilger, but there are other publication that point to a worsening of Ukrainian affairs since Blackwater/Academi mercenaries are helping them.http://johnpilger.com/articles/break-the-silence-a-world-war-is-beckoning

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Finally, after 4 years in a coma, after an armed illegal attack by Israeli thugs on the high seas, the 10th victim who was murdered on the Mavi Marmara, Ugur Suley Ylemez, has died from his injuries. The Turkish Human rights orgnanisation is refusing Israeli compensation/ bribes, in return for dropping the international court case.http://www.imemc.org/article/67911