Filed under: Afghanistan, George Bush, Musharraf, NATO, Pakistan, War On Terror, airstrikes, military strike | Tags: Dr Hormon Olmen, Rawalpindi, Waziristan, Yousaf Raza Gilani
U.S. missile strike kills 6 in Pakistan
Reuters
July 28, 2008
A suspected U.S. missile strike on a Pakistani madrasa killed six people, including foreigners, on Monday in tribal lands regarded as an al Qaeda and Taliban hotbed, intelligence officials said.
The target of the pre-dawn attack was a house close to a madrasa used by militants near Azam Warsak village, about 20 km (12 miles) west of Wana, the main town of the South Waziristan region bordering Afghanistan.
The attack, one of many in recent months, was launched hours before Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani was due to meet President George W. Bush in Washington for talks that will focus on the conduct of the war against terrorism.
The United States, alarmed by rising casualties among Western forces in Afghanistan, wants Pakistan to do more to contain the al Qaeda and Taliban threat in its territory.
A Pakistani military spokesman confirmed an incident had occurred in Waziristan, but said he was unaware of details, though intelligence officials in Wana gave a clearer picture.
One official told Reuters the madrasa, or religious school, was a militant base and the owner of the targeted house, a tribesman named Malik Sallat Khan, had ties with the militants.
Pakistan has right to retaliate if NATO attacked: President
Pakistan Link
July 28, 2008
President Pervez Musharraf Saturday said he is concerned over the Nato forces attack in Pakistani tribal areas and warned a U-S think-tank that no such attacks will be tolerated in future, and Pakistan reserves the right to retaliate.
Talking to a senior advisor of the US think-tank Dr Hormon Olmen in Rawalpindi, President Musharaf asserted that the Afghan-based Nato forces are not being attacked from the Pakistani soil nor is any cross-border activity taking place from here.
According to sources, the President reiterated that a stable Afghanistan in the interest of Pakistan and said baseless allegations against Pakistan could affect the war on terror.
Dr. Olmen told the President that the Pak-Afghan border security is a joint responsibility of both the countries and a cooperation between them is the need of the hour.
Filed under: 2-party system, Congress, Dictatorship, Empire, Harry Reid, House, Neolibs, Senate, Taxpayers, Washington D.C., left right paradigm, poll | Tags: jim demint, tom coburn, unread bills, passed bills, no debate, no vote, fraud, scam, scandal, obstruction of justice
94% of Senate Bills Passed in Secret
CRS Report
July 28, 2008
855 bills have passed the Senate with no debate, no amendments, no votes
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) and Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) released a report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (CRS) finding that 94 percent of bills the Senate has passed in the 110th Congress have been without a vote, debate or a single amendment. The 855 bills that have been secretly passed spend more than $9 billion, though a final total is not available because many of the bills were rushed through before a cost analysis could be performed.
Senator DeMint: “It would surprise many Americans to learn that the ‘World’s Greatest Deliberative Body’ passes the overwhelming majority of legislation without any debate at all. Democrats think they are entitled to pass bills without debate or votes, and they’ve tried to ram them through right before recess to pressure us to give up. But, Senators shouldn’t fear debate on these important bills. It’s in the best traditions of our republic to demand the Senate actually do its job and have a public debate on bills that expand government and increase the burden on taxpayers. Senator Reid can complain all he wants, but Republicans represent millions of Americans whose voices are being silenced by Democrat strong-arm tactics.”
Dr. Coburn: “The U.S. Senate has a nine percent approval rating because the American people believe that much of our work is done in secret with no debate, no transparency and no accountability. This report shows that the reality is worse than the public’s fears. Instead of encouraging open debate, I’m disappointed that Majority Leader Reid often chooses secrecy or demagoguery. For instance, he has depicted my effort to reduce the number of bills that pass the Senate in secret by ten percent as ‘unprecedented obstruction.’ What is unprecedented and ahistorical, however, is the Majority Leader’s view that Senators should have a king-like right to pass massive spending bills in secret with no debate, no amendments and no recorded vote.”
Filed under: Child Abuse, Oppression, Police State, Taser Guns, missouri, police brutality | Tags: Mace Hutchinson, ozark, Sara Sheffield, Thomas Rousset
Boy breaks his back, then police taser him 19 times
Raw Story
July 27, 2008
KY 3 News’ Sara Sheffield reports on an injured teen from Ozark, Missouri who was tasered up to 19 times by police.
Passing motorists called Ozark police out of concern for the teen as he walked along the busy overpass. When the police arrived, the young man was lying on the shoulder of the highway directly underneath the 30 foot high overpass with a broken back and foot.
Doctors believe 16-year-old Mace Hutchinson broke his back and heel after falling, as his injuries are consistent with such a fall. The boy’s family does not understand why police would have tasered the the teen 19 times after he was so seriously injured.
The teen’s father said that the use of the taser caused Mace to develop an elevated white blood cell count, leading to a fever that delayed the young man’s otherwise immediate surgery by two days.
Ozark Police Capt. Thomas Rousset attempted to explain why the taser was used:
“He refused to comply with the officers and so the officers had to deploy their Tasers in order to subdue him. He is making incoherent statements; he’s also making statements such as, ‘Shoot cops, kill cops,’ things like that. So there was cause for concern to the officers.”
Ozark police say that while there remains unanswered questions in the case, the reason for the use of the Taser is not one of them.
Filed under: CBS, Oppression, Police State, Taser Guns, ohio, police brutality | Tags: Rev. Al Poisson, St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Stevin Groth
66-year-old pastor tasered in hospital
Raw Story
July 26, 2008
A reverend claims security guards dragged him out of a Toledo, Ohio hospital and tasered and beat him because he told a joke, CBS reported Friday.
Security cameras caught the incident on camera and show at least five officers surrounding a man laying on the floor and beating him.
“They’ve cut about five minutes of this video out,” Poisson said, describing the length of time he was kicked on the ground by one of the younger guards.
Rev. Al Poisson said he was visiting the hospital to see a man who had been injured while Poisson was shopping with his 6-year-old grandson.
“It wound up being an atrocious, unbelievable situation, to say the least,” the 66-year-old minister said.
St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center issued a statement defending the guards’ actions which said “the response to the aggression was appropriate.”
The hospital pressed charges against Poisson for assault that were eventually thrown out of court, Poisson said.
Poisson is filing a lawsuit with his lawyer Stevin Groth.
“We’re going to use the American justice system, put this in front of a jury and let them decide what’s appropriate,” Groth said.
Filed under: 1984, Big Brother, Britain, Dictatorship, Empire, Europe, Fascism, Israel, NYPD, New York, Oppression, Police State, Protest, Surveillance, United Kingdom, War On Terror, Zionism, european union, jews, nanny state, orwell, police brutality, south korea | Tags: Christopher Long, Christopher Ryan, critical mass, Officer Patrick Pogan
Critical Mass Bicyclist Assaulted by NYPD
NY Post
July 29, 2008
A rookie cop – the son of a highly respected New York City detective – has been stripped of his badge and gun after being caught on video viciously attacking a bicyclist who was part of a Times Square demonstration. ‘
The startling YouTube video shows Officer Patrick Pogan, 22, apparently setting his sights on – and then tackling – a bicyclist as he pedaled along Seventh Avenue as part of last Friday’s controversial Critical Mass ride.
Christopher Long, 29, was among a throng of riders as he whizzed toward the corner of West 46th Street at 9:30 p.m. and appeared to try and swerve away from the officer.
But the video shows Pogan pick up his pace as he stares down Long before shoving the cyclist, slamming him to the pavement.
To the dismay of stunned pedestrians, Long, who was not wearing a helmet, hurtles several feet through the air as he flips off the bicycle and lands on the curb.
Pogan and a second officer then lunge toward the prone cyclist as the video fades to black. The footage, filmed by a tourist and posted anonymously on YouTube, sparked imme diate public outcry and prompted the NYPD to place Pogan on desk duty while the Internal Affairs Bureau investigates.
The NYPD declined to comment further.
What the video doesn’t show is Pogan arresting Long for attempted assault in the third degree, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct – charges that kept the Bloomfield, NJ, man behind bars for 26 hours before his release late Saturday.
Adding insult to injury, the criminal complaint drafted by Pogan bears little resemblance to what was witnessed by onlookers and recorded on video.
In court papers, Pogan accused Long of purposely swerving his bicycle to block traffic and then using it as a weapon to run down the officer, knocking him off his feet and causing a “laceration” on his forearm. “You are pawns in the game. I’m going to have your job,” Long told Pogan, as he flailed and kicked his arms and legs, according to the complaint.
Pogan has been on the force for just three weeks since graduating from the Police Academy on July 2 and is assigned to Midtown South.
A third-generation cop, Pogan lives at home with his father – Patrick Pogan Sr., a highly respected detective and biochemical and mass-destruction expert who is retired from the Joint Terrorism Task Force.
“He’s my son. I’m proud of him. He’s third-generation that’s been serving the city,” said Pogan Sr., who was at home in Massapequa Park, LI, today and said he had not seen the video. “These people are taking over the streets and impeding the flow of traffic. Then you gotta do what you gotta do,” said Pogan, 51.
Long declined comment through his lawyer.
“If it wasn’t caught on video people would not have believed it,” said Christopher Ryan, who rides with Critical Mass and is filming the monthly protests for a documentary. “The video just shows what the cyclists have been saying all along, that the police are still harassing and intimidating them from doing group rides,” said Ryan. “An officer assaulted a cyclist for no reason. It’s just crazy.”
Police Brutality in South Korea – (2008)
Israel Police Brutality of Innocent Jews
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jul/25/smoking
Police chief defends spying on protesters as terrorists
http://rawstory.com/rawreplay/?p=1562
Police attempt to arrest teenager prompts mass riot in England
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art..—asking-girl-pick-piece-litter.html
Filed under: 1984, 4th amendment, Big Brother, CIA, CNBC, Dictatorship, Empire, FBI, Fascism, IP, Internet 2, Nazi, Police State, Surveillance, US Constitution, corporations, corporatism, google, internet, internet police, orwell, pedophilia | Tags: court, data mining, Echelon, google searches, keywords
Filed under: 1984, 4th amendment, Big Brother, Bloggers, Britain, Censorship, China, Congress, Control Grid, DHS, Department of justice, Dictatorship, Dissent, Empire, Europe, FBI, Fascism, Homeland Security, House, IP, Internet Filtering, Nazi, Oppression, Police State, Senate, Surveillance, US Constitution, United Kingdom, civil liberties, civil rights, european union, free speech, internet, internet police, internet tax | Tags: copyright, copyright czar, copyrighted material, Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008, intellectual property, IPEC, music piracy, Patent Office, PIRATE Act, PRO-IP Act, property seizure, state department, trademarks
IP Bill allows govt. to confiscate property of copyright offenders
Ars Technica
July 25, 2008
Intellectual property legislation introduced in the Senate on Thursday would combine elements of two controversial IP enforcement bills: The PRO-IP Act, which passed the House by a wide margin in May, and the PIRATE Act, which has won Senate approval several times since its first introduction in 2004. The law would increase penalties for counterfeiting, empower federal prosecutors to bring civil suits against copyright infringers, create a federal copyright czar to coordinate IP enforcement, and provide for the seizure of property used to violate copyrights and trademarks.
Like PRO-IP, the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008 would double statutory damages for counterfeiting, with damages as high as $2 million for “willful” trademark violations. It also empowers the president to appoint an Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (or “copyright czar”), who would develop a “joint strategic plan” meant to harmonize the IP enforcement efforts of diverse federal agencies, including the Department of Justice, Patent Office, State Department, and Department of Homeland Security. The Attorney General is directed to deploy five further IPECs as liaisons to foreign countries where piracy is rampant, and to establish a dedicated IP task force within the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The law also appropriates $25 million annually for grants to state and local government agencies working to crack down on IP violations.
Some of the strongest criticism of PRO-IP has been directed at a provision, replicated here, that would allow for the seizure of “property used, or intended to be used, in any manner or part to commit or facilitate” a copyright or trademark infringement. While this language is presumably meant to target the equipment used by commercial bootlegging operations, it would also appear to cover, for example, the computer used to BitTorrent a movie or album.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy..07/20/AR2008072001641_pf.html
Court Strikes Down Internet Censorship Law
http://blog.aclu.org/2008/07/22/court-strikes-down-internet-censorship-law/
Britain Agrees To Tackle Online Music Piracy
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080724/tc..REzZAdg6o3.IzHsZ8nDzNU.3QA
Music industry to tax downloaders
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-..stry-to-tax-downloaders-875757.html
Police director sues for critical bloggers’ names
http://www.commercialappeal.com/..d-identity-blogger-critica/
Chinese Arrest Internet Dissident
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080723/wr_nm/china_dissident_dc
