Latest News from Ahmadinejad (as a Rat Expert) on Israel’s 60 anniversary

Latest news from Ahmadinejad on Israel’s 60 anniversary. I quote:

 …”Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday called Israel a ’stinking corpse’ which is doomed dissappear, as the state celebrated 60 years of independence. “Those who think they can revive the stinking corpse of the usurping and fake Israeli regime by throwing a birthday party are seriously mistaken,” Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying by the official IRNA news agency.

‘Today the reason for the Zionist regime’s existence is questioned, and this regime is on its way to annihilation,’ he said.Ahmadinejad added that Israel “has reached the end like a dead rat after being slapped by the Lebanese” - a reference to the 2006 war between Israel and the Shiite Hezbollah militia”…..Source: haaretz.com

  Interestingly, the BBC News published in 2000 that “Tehran combats rat plague” I quote,  “Tehran authorities are launching a new scheme to rid the Iranian capital of an estimated 25 million rats. Tons of rat poison have been imported for a month-long campaign that residents hope will free the capital of the pests.” see here.

Well in April 2003 Ahmadinejad was appointed mayor of Tehran, perhaps after his above statement on Israel as a rat,  I understand now that theTehran population needed Ahmadinejad  as an expert in rats.

But, again in 2008 in the Los Angeles Times/Blogs published: “IRAN: Rats, and the sidewalks of Tehran”…and here is a short quote.. “But the sidewalk project destroyed the rat’s nests.  And unfortunately, they have migrated to other parts of Tehran. The other day while walking near the University of Tehran, I bumped into dozens of sturdy brown rats braving the crowds and digging through  garbage bins.” see here.

Well Tehran residents, why not ask for Ahmadinejads help, is he or is he not an expert on rats?

‘Avatars’ of Awagne 1944, Belgium

The hard decision of Mr Willy Kelner in 1944.  General Patton’s tanks where not far from the Commognes.   Willy and Marie Antoinette Kelner persuaded the Wehrmacht soldiers to laid down their arms and reassembled them near the church to give them food and tea. In the evening the Waffen SS Soldiers evacuated the Wehrmacht and take their place, After a few days of hard fighting the Waffen SS  retreated. In the evening, I and all the people of Awagne rushed to the church to see Patton’s tanks entering Awagne. For me this was the end of the war. 

Awagne 1944: an avatar

Awagne the church

Marie Antoinette and Willy Kelner: an avatar.

I and willy Kelner: an avatar

 

  Awagne, the church.

 

Nazi Propaganda in Misleading Paris Occupation Photos

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Via my Internet subscription to the french newspaper “Le Figaro” I found an article named “Cette exposition est tout à fait légitime”. Seeking an English written article on the same subject I found one on “FRANCE24″ named “German occupation photo exhibit causes scandal” . The opening lines describes in a few words what it’s all about “A controversial new photography exhibit entitled, ‘Parisians Under Occupation’ shows scenes of daily life that contrast sharply with the reality of the German occupation from 1940 to 1945″. (Photography exhibition, “Parisians Under Occupation” at the City Hall Library in Paris features 250 color photographs by French photographer André Zucca taken for the Nazi propaganda daily).

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  Looking at the exhibition’s video clips reminded me of the same years in Brussels, where as a kid, I was living and hiding from the Nazis, with my family.The architectural resemblance between Paris and Brussels are striking; the same houses, streets., the same fashion, the false Idyllic look of a good living world. And all this, only a propaganda veil hiding the atrocities of the Nazi regime all over Europe.

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What ignite the fire of scandal was , I quote, that… “These unedited images, taken by a 24/36 Leica, were taken between 1942 to 1945, the height of the German occupation. The absence of any explanation about the propaganda element in the exhibit is striking…

 
  ..Most of the photos contrast sharply with the history books recalling the Vel d’hiver roundup and deportation in July 1942. Where are the snaking lines outside food stores? Where are the witnesses of the occupation? Rare are the photos where a yellow star sewn on coat lapels is seen on passers-by. This unexpected take on “German France” does not leave one indifferent.”…see here.

  

Here are more photos:

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I extracted the photos from  “France 24″ here and from ”Le Figaro” here.

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Meanwhile the scandal continue,  I quote,..”WIthout questioning their beauty, the photos are disturbing. Even worse, the very title of the exhibit is rather shocking, due to its inaccuracy. Christophe Girard, the Parisian deputy mayor in charge of culture, is quite clear.”… “We should stop this exhibit!” ……”Paris mayor Bertrand Delanoë says the incident was “badly managed”, and is trying to put things right. He preferred not to ban the exhibit to avoid accusations of censorship, but removed the posters advertising the show. Organisers are also planning a debate titled “Is the camera an objective witness?” in a last-minute attempt to correct their early mistakes”..see more.

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 Well, I was a witness of those past days. What I remember are photos like these  from the “..’round-up’ or ‘raid’ of the Velodrome d’Hiver’,(see here), mirroring similar photos of Nazis raids in Brussels.

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I published this story on NowPublic and add here the comments by  NowPublic editors and contributing members.

 

 

 

 jordan  at 14:14 on April 26th, 2008

 

good stuff:For me, the only way to take those exhibited images beyond revisionism/propaganda would be to show them alongside documentary counterparts: the image and the reality… sort of like what you did in the story above!

 

 korzac  at 16:01 on April 26th, 2008

jordan thanks for the comment and the GS.

The curators of the exhibition trayed to minimize their mistakes, “..A large excerpt from the preface to the exhibition catalogue (Ed Gallimard / Paris Library), prepared by Jean-Pierre Azema, a specialist historian of this period is included in the exhibition since its opening and also recalls the historical context in which these photographs were taken, for more see here ..

…A weak palliative for bad conscience.

  Barry Artiste  at 16:08 on April 26th, 2008

 

good stuff:korzac, I like this story. It’s good stuff. Excellent story and coverage Korzac

 

 korzac  at 17:12 on April 26th, 2008

Barry Artiste, thanks for the comment and the GS.

   Karen Hatter  at 17:08 on April 26th, 2008

 

good stuff:One must always guard against revisionist history. 

 

 korzac  at 17:35 on April 26th, 2008

Karen Hatter, the exhibition is a form of visual deceit under the decent patronage of ‘culture’. But the french living witnesses of those years denounced the fraud..

Thanks for the comment and the GS.

  matte  at 18:14 on April 26th, 2008

I think all governments contribute propeganda to their citizens.

History reveals many things, sometimes it takes a while to come out. Many Germans, I believe, had no idea what was happening far away.

Of course they would prfer to be thinking of good things happening from their nations actions, just as we all are wishing to belive good things are happening from current conflict zones.

 korzac  at 16:37 on April 27th, 2008

Matte, about your..”Many Germans, I believe, had no idea what was happening far away”..

Look at this ..”In a seminal study published thirty-five years ago, The Destruction of the European Jews, Raul Hilberg observed that the perpetrators of the Nazi holocaust were “not different in their moral makeup from the rest of the population…. [T]he machinery of destruction was a remarkable cross-section of the German population.”..see here.

Or look at this ..”To think that the Germans were unaware of the genocide is ignorant and absurd. The Germans saw as well as the Jews did what was going on. Why do you think so many Jews fled the country? They knew that death awaited them in the hands of the Nazis. The Germans saw the Jews being humiliated, corralled through the city, loaded up in trains and sent off to die horrible deaths in the concentration camps.’.. see here.

And look at the link with the title ..’The Genocide Generals: secret recordings explode the myth they knew nothing about the Holocaust“…see here.

  Barry Artiste  at 18:59 on April 27th, 2008

I think Matte perhaps is stating that German civilians and soldiers far away from the conflict of the cities, perhaps the countryside and soldiers stationed outside of Germany may not have known about the concentration camps. Though I am sure rumours circulated, and perhaps even the rumours were infathomable to believe that humans could do that to humans.

  matte at 03:08 on April 28th, 2008

Propeganda means different things to different people, and people belive what they want to believe. A study after a war cannot accuratly deduce what was going on inside people’s heads at the time. Yes people were being taken away - but at the time I belive NO ONE knew to where or for what fate.

People belive until they know otherwise, as has happened with the Iraq situation - people are fed propeganda and lies, until the truth is finally revealed. There is no blame for this on the part of the population, they just belive what they are told.

Just as in the Seconf World War the Japanese being portrayed as devils….but they were only following their leaders and fighting their war the way they were told, as is the US military, the Chinese military etc.

 korzac  at 07:42 on April 28th, 2008

Matte about your “Yes people were being taken away - but at the time I believe NO ONE knew to where or for what fate.” What I most liked in this sentence is the irrevocable absoluteness of “..NO One knew..”

 Well, by ’my what I where told by myself’  I know that SOME know what where the fate of the people taken away…

For example, the Belgian Benedictine monk, Reverend Henry Reynders  who saved my life and the life of  many other children from deportation, he and the whole Belgian rescues organisations knew perfectly well what would be our fate..see here  So,It would be very comforting that you indulge yourself in upgrading your knowledge from ‘No One knew’ to Some knew. The remaining question  will then be: how many is some.. 

 

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Jonathan Pollard’s Sequel: “Ben-Ami Kadish the Forgotten Spy”

An Opinion.

Is there any way to answer why people act the way they act?  Yes, there are as many answers as there are people. 

Yesterday a story old 20 years surfaced about Ben-Ami Kadish, a former US Army engineer I quote, ..”Kadish was accused of taking home classified documents several times and letting the Israeli government worker photograph them in Kadish’s basement. The documents included information about nuclear weapons, a modified F-15 fighter jet [Saudi Arabia, ], and the U.S. Patriot missile air defense system, the complaint said”…”..According to the criminal complaint, the activities occurred from 1979 through 1985 while the Connecticut-born Kadish worked at the U.S. Army’s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center in Dover, New Jersey.”…” The complaint noted that Pollard was charged in November 1985 with espionage-related offense after he provided classified information to the same Israeli worker, among other people.”.. .see more

Well my opinion is that if “Ben-Ami Kadish the Forgotten Spy” did what he did, it was for Israel’s security against Arab countries planning to destroy her and not because Israel is planning to attack the US. 

But what deserve the 85 years old “Ben-Ami Kadish the Forgotten Spy” the honor to be put now under the international spotlights for his ‘gruesome act of treachery’. Well as said before there, this question has as many conjectured answers as there are people involved:

The US Justice Department, 1- “Ben-Ami Kadish is an American citizen (Jew) and patriot and cannot be an ‘Israeli’ spy. 2-  So, treachery , the most abject act against the state, cannot be forgotten. 3-  So, justice has to be done, and any time is a good time.

The State Department. 2.1- There are  ulterior motives. 2.2- [So], the whole justice story is just a pretext, [because why waiting 25 years for doing justice?] 2.3- [So], Political elements in America have an interest in souring US-Israel diplomatic relations?

The Pentagon. 3.1- To jeopardize Israel’s involvement in the Joint Strike Fighter program. 3.2- To jeopardize the integration of Israeli systems in the advanced stealth-enabled fighter jet. 3.3- To make Israel again persona non grata in the Pentagon.

The fourth possible answer is , perhaps crystallising all the other possibilities, I quote, ..”..there are elements in Washington who do not approve of Israeli efforts to obtain the release of Pollard before President George W. Bush finishes his term in office. The exposure of another Israeli spy could put an end to that.” see here.

Anyway, I quote Ron Ben-Yshai from Ynet ..”The new espionage affair, the ‘Kadish Affair,’ will apparently not cause grave damage to the Israel-US relationship over time - not only because it took place and ended almost a generation ago, but mostly because it is in fact an extension of the Pollard Affair, over which Israel had already apologized officially and openly, and which had been beaten to death by the US media.”..see here

Perhaps,the whole thing cooks down not so much about the spying, but about the lying of Israel, and here it can  be asked, if Israel is an American Ally why not sharing with her more crucial intelligence to increasing her security? and this is especially true in the present  Iranian nuclear days.

Amr Waked: Artists in Arab cultures

This a short video clip showing Amr Waked, the Egyptian film actor, talking about artist in Arab culture.

Artists, actors, poets, musicians - very rarely are they taken seriously or appreciated in society, and it takes very much for your average Arab to actually make a profession out of what is commonly referred to as “just useless hobbies.”

Qlick here.

 

 

Cola Video source.

From an unknow DJ in Saudi Arabia an interview on his life in the gulf…

From the comments,

“Murad Wrote:  DJ Momo… MBC Radio. I think I know this guy! Great interview, as a DJ-wannabe I thoroughly enjoyed it.”

Qlick here.

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Citizen journalism in Lebanon and Bread in Egypt

Some Middle East Arab countries, despite being in a most censored region of the world, try to join by all means, the cohorts of bloggers, social nets and now,  Citizen Journalism, I quote,..

..”Citizen journalism initiative launched in Lebanon.” (10.04.2008) 

The first alternative online publication in the Arab world has been launched in Lebanon, according to the Menassat Web site. The “e-newspaper,” called Jaridtak, meaning “your newspaper,” is directed at Arabic-speakers throughout the world and to the world at large through English- and French-language Web sites,”.. see here.

See here Jaridtak translated in English

“Meet your newspaper” is an interview   with Jaridtak founder Maya Rahhal, published in Menassat (literally means “platforms” in Arabic) , I quote,…

……”Jaridtak (Your newspaper) is the first Arabic-language experiment with citizen e-journalism; it is entirely written by its readers. (Maya Rahhal). ..”M.R. : ‘No newspaper today reflects the opinion of the impartial citizen’ “…”MENASSAT: What kind of subjects will Jaridtak tackle? M.R.: We want to stay away from politics. The subjects are social, concerning every person, away from politics. However, this doesn’t mean that we won’t publish political articles. We study the real interest of the citizen. For instance, the most popular article today is about the first lady of France, Carla Bruni.”… see more

 

‘Menassat’ ,the host site of the above interview, in the article ” From Beirut with love” issued a statement by his editorial team, highlighting the fears of censoring, and pointing to their common dilemmas as to how and what to publish, I quote:

 

..”Please allow us to introduce ourselves. We’re a brand-new website with a network of correspondents throughout the Arab world. Our modest mission: to defend press freedom and freedom of expression wherever we can find it. “..Sure enough, there is censorship in Lebanon. Somewhere in the towering General Security building in Beirut .. is a man with a black marker who routinely crosses out any mention of Israel in foreign publications. (Esteez, if you are reading this: we would love to interview you some day.) There is also a special unit whose job it is to attend every single theater premiere. (The Lebanese know never to go to the premiere - it is the toned-down version for the state censors.) But that’s about it for censorship in Lebanon. It is the reason why we are building the Menassat.com website here and not in, say, Damascus - where we would surely be shut down -, or in Baghdad - where we would likely be shot down,  see more.

A good example of the Internet’s irreducible essence is exemplified  by the “Bread Crisis” in Egypt .  Menassat brings her story of the riots in:  “Revenge of the pyjamahedeen” (By John Ehab in Cairo and Alexandra Sandels in Beirut), and in some sense shows how a cyber guerrilla works..”In the old days when you wanted to suppress a general strike you just sent in the troops to crack some heads. Nowadays, Egypt’s security forces are facing an army of Internet-savvy activists using Twitter, Facebook, text messaging and blogging as their weapons.”..

And another  quote, ..”  Egypt’s outspoken bloggers constitute one of the most active blogging communities in the Arab world and their online activism has become a constant pain for the authorities. Waging war on the regime from their bedrooms, they sometimes proudly refer to themselves as the “pyjamahedeen.” for the full interesting article see here.  And finally, good news  for the contributors of  the Libanian citizen journal ‘Jaridtak’ will be, if they upload theirs articles  without too much censorship .

I published this story on NowPublic and add here the comments by  NowPublic editors and contributing members.

  amyjudd at 17:34 on April 14th, 2008

 

good stuff:korzac, I like this story. It’s good stuff. Very interesting!

 

 korzac at 17:45 on April 14th, 2008

amyjudd, thanks for the comment and the GS.

  Rachel Nixon at 19:04 on April 14th, 2008

Great to see these initiatives taking hold in the Middle East.

 korzac at 02:12 on April 15th, 2008

Rachel, thanks for the comment.

BTW, there is a Citizen Journal in Israel…here http://www.scoop.co.il/, (In Hebrew).

  Barry Artiste

good stuff: korzac, I like this story. It’s good stuff.  It would be nice to get first hand news from Lebanons Citizen Journalists onstead of finely coiffed and manicued North American Journalists who may not have the access citizens have, perhaps a Now Public Link and vice versa with them, so both sides can see what the other is doing. Rachel??

 korzac at 04:56 on April 15th, 2008

Barry, thanks for the comment and GS.

  Barry Artiste at 05:28 on April 15th, 2008

I just posted a story from their web page, Saudi’s 1st Female Photojournalist “Shock and Awe”

 korzac at 08:03 on April 15th, 2008

I read your story and as always a good story.. see my comment on your post

Is Switzerland’s Money a Weapon to Foment Terror?

One of the latest Iranian statement, I quote, ..”Iran has begun installing 6,000 new centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant in Natanz, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday,”…(see here), did not dissuade neutral Switzerland to make a natural gas deal  worth $28 billion to $42 billion, funding in a direct way the military nuclear ambitions of Iran.

So, it come without surprise, that ads and reactions denounces the neutral hypocrisy of Switzerland. One of the ads is ”Guess who is the world’s newest financier of terrorism? Switzerland.” published by the International Herald Tribune. I quote from the article,…”US-based Anti-Defamation League slams multibillion dollar deal Geneva struck with Iran for supply of natural gas. Full-page ads in major newspapers proclaim Switzerland world’s ‘newest financier of terrorism’ …”The US government and the World Jewish Congress have criticized Switzerland for the deal, saying it gives encouragement to Tehran’s hard-liners. ”ADL is concerned that Iran’s profits from the energy deal could help the regime to accelerate and complete its nuclear weapons program and provide tens of thousands of additional missiles to Hizbullah and Hamas, two terrorist groups and sworn enemies of Israel who routinely benefit from Tehran’s largess,” said a statement on the league’s Web site. …”…”Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey traveled to Iran in mid-March for the signing of the a deal between the Swiss energy trading company EGL and state-owned National Iranian Gas Export Company. The deal is worth $28 billion to $42 billion.”.see full article

But Switzerland, I quote, ..”.. reject terror sponsor charge by US Jewish group Tue Apr 8, 2008 Switzerland rejected accusations on Tuesday by the U.S.-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL) that it could be financing terrorism after a Swiss company clinched a multi-billion euro (dollar) deal to buy natural gas from Iran.The Swiss Foreign Ministry reiterated that the purchase did not violate U.N. Security Council resolutions imposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear  program or U.S. domestic law.”…see more 

On the other hand, US demands to see Swiss gas contract with Iran, worried it might violate US sanctions law..”A posting on the U.S. Embassy Web site raises the question of whether neutral Switzerland’s position as representative of American interests in Iran and Cuba could be affected.”…The Swiss have represented U.S. interests in Havana since diplomatic relations with Cuba were broken nearly 50 years ago, and in Tehran since Iranian militants seized the U.S. Embassy in 1979.”…

  The Swiss energy trading company EGL, majority owned by Axpo Holding AG, has said gas deliveries from Iran will begin in 2009. Here is an excerpt from the  EGL purchase agreement, ..” “Natural gas from Iran is necessary to the opening of a fourth gas transportation corridor to Europe,” Mr. Conrad said. “This corridor will ensure diversification and security of supply on the continent as Europe needs to tap into new gas sources in the immediate future, and EGL today made an important contribution to reaching this goal.”…see more.

Interestingly, it is worth to observe, that Jewish electricity consumers in Europe,not being aware who is their electricity provider ,will take part in the funding of a nuclear Iran.

As to the myth of Swiss neutrality . Neutrality, defined as not making any military pact with other countries and not participating in wars, is more than outdated.  Today, multilateral colossal deals in goods and money, by global companies, like  EGL and state-owned National Iranian Gas Export Company, undermine the notion of neutrality under the cover of legal trade, when money can be considered as a major weapon in the hand of Iran declaring her will to prepare and fomenting war to destroy other countries.

Visual Lies in Tibet the Gaza Strip and Salvador Dali

Fake photos are the holy grail for reshaping the world. If we use them in their naive ordinary context we are inclined to think that they represent real events. But today it is harder to believe that a photo is an authentic document reporting an event witnessed by an impartial photographer. A photo has lost his property of evidence, because in some political situations it represent a visual lie and ironically needs evidence to ‘prove his evidence’.The following excerpt is a good example.

..”Evidence is accumulating that the Chinese regime orchestrated violence in Lhasa in order to discredit the peaceful protests of Buddhist monks.

According to the Dalai Lama’s Chinese translator, Ngawang Nyendra, a witness reported that a Chinese policeman in Lhasa disguised himself as a Tibetan and joined the protesters holding a knife in his hand. This witness also recognized the man from BBC news footage and news photos provided by China.

A Chinese woman from Thailand (who prefers that her name not be used) was studying in Lhasa when the protests broke out in March. As one of her friends is a policeman, she visited him at the local police station quite often and got to know other policemen there.

(Photo: The upper portion shows the uncropped photo distributed to news media by the Chinese Embassy, with a Chinese policeman in disguise holding a knife;
The lower portion, the edited version of the same scene distributed by the Chinese Embassy after the man’s identity was revealed at a rally in Darmasala/ from the Epochtimes website).   Source: chinaview.wordpress.com

After the protests on March 14, she and other foreigners were sent to the police station where she saw a man with a knife in his hand walking in with some arrested Tibetans. The man later took off the Tibetan-style clothes and put on a police uniform.

This woman was sent out of Lhasa with other foreigners the next day. When she arrived in India via Nepal, she recognized the policeman she had seen in Tibetan garb from BBC TV news and photos that the Chinese embassy had provided to the media.

Ngawang Nyendra said the witness was shocked when she saw the policeman in the BBC broadcast. She realized then that the man had disguised himself as a Tibetan in order to incite people to riot.

(photo: Cropped copy of the Chinese policeman that was released by the Chinese Embassy purporting to show a Tibetan with a knife taking part in a riot/ from the Epochtimes website)”…   Source: chinaview.wordpress.com

Here is another story from the Gaza Strip, this time the photos are not photoshop-doctored but staged in a visual lie: “Darkness at Noon — MSM (”mainstream media”) Plays Along with Hamas Photo Staging .”

 

 I quote, ..”The Jerusalem Post caught another fauxtography scam out of the mideast this week. It appears that Hamas legislators have staged fake power outages to illustrate how oppressed they are for the benefit of journalists. The Journalists were treated to a photo op of the Hamas legislators sitting in their halls of power surrounded by burning candles in rooms with curtains drawn. The scene was set to show how they have had their power cut by the eeeevil Jews. Only problem is, midday sunlight can clearly be seen against the curtains. So, the candles were unnecessary. All they had to do was open the curtains and they would be able to see just fine. Obviously Reuters (and others) allowed Hamas to manipulate the facts. But that didn’t seem to bother any of these so-called journalists who were quite happy to go along, see more.

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Now look at the well know Salvadore Dali’s photoportrait as the Mona Lisa..

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Is Salvador Dali a liar?

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Earth, a Black Hole’s ‘Meal of the Day’

 ”Doomsday: Mankind Has An Expiration Day”,  the name of a new movie and ”How unlikely is a doomsday catastrophe? ”, a physics paper, are two  good headers  affirming and refuting Doomsday, see here and here respectively. Now let’s see the actual story of the controversy..

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  I live in a kibbutz (Israel), in the Jordan Valley, a part of the rift valley running from Syria, Israel and Jordan through East Africa, one of the most dangerous potential earthquake regions. If this is not enough to chill my spine, then about 50 km from my kibbutz is another kibbutz, Megido, the place where according to the christian theology, will take place, I quote, ..”[the]  final battle (or Campaign) between God and the forces of righteousness, and Satan..  also known as the Devil”… more here. Add all this together with the “volcanic eruption” of events in this region and you have a recipes for a future apocalypse in the Middle East.

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  Well, that was my firm belief until today (April 1, 2008). Today I found out, to my great relief,  that I was totally wrong. Why? Because there is another place where the real imminent DoomsDay, Apocalypse, or whatever it is, will take place, and this place is CERN, located along the (peaceful) French-Swiss border near the Swiss capital Geneva, the world’s largest particle-physics laboratory, see here.

 And why is that true? Look at the Herald Tribune (Eur) headline “Black Hole Eats Earth”. I quote ..”..two men pursuing a lawsuit in a court in Hawaii” ..”think a giant particle accelerator that will begin smashing protons together outside Geneva this summer might produce a black hole that will spell the end of the Earth - and maybe the universe.”…not very assuring, see here.

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   To be more precise, what is so alarming about the perspective of ..” recreat[ing]  energies and conditions last seen a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang. Researchers will sift the debris from these primordial recreations for clues to the nature of mass and new forces and symmetries of nature.”..And who is the carnivore culprit, I quote,…”micro black holes produced in a terrestrial laboratory might not decay as rapidly as calculated, or might even not be prone to decay and, if unable to rapidly evaporate, they could start interacting, grow larger and potentially be disastrous to Earth itself”.., see here, or in plain English, swallow up the earth with all his inhabitants, a diet with a very large amount of proteins.

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  Walter Wagner and Luis Sancho, the lawyers pursuing the lawsuit in the Hawaii court states on their site, I quote,…..” [They] initiate legal action to require that CERN and the Large Hadron Collider engage in a full safety analysis for all potential theoretical hazards inadequately addressed to-date.  Such hazards include theoretical miniature black holes, theoretical strangelets, deSitter Space transitions, etc.  The existing “cosmic ray argument” has been proven fallacious for a variety of reasons [see risk-evaluation forum], and no existing proof of safety is currently available.”..see here.

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 A further quote..”CERN spokesman James Gillies (says) that a 2003 assessment of the doomsday scenarios was being updated with the new information. Release of that updated report - the one that Sancho and Wagner apparently have been waiting for - is “imminent,” Gillies (says) “..”Questions about the doomsday scenarios may well come up at CERN on April 6, during a public open house at the LHC. Some researchers have gotten the word to be prepared to talk about microscopic black holes and strangelets if asked, see here.

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  Other…”Scientists say that [micro black holes are]  very unlikely - though they have done some checking just to make sure.”…”Doomsday fears have a long, if not distinguished, pedigree in the history of physics. At Los Alamos before the first nuclear bomb was tested, Emil Konopinski was given the job of calculating whether or not the explosion would set the atmosphere on fire.

  Lisa Randall, a Harvard physicist whose work helped fuel the speculation about black holes at the collider, pointed out in a paper last year that black holes would not be produced at the collider after all, although other effects of so-called quantum gravity might appear.”..see here.

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 Now is all this worth the efforts? I quote from CosmicLog..”  The Large Hadron Collider, or LHC, is due for startup later this year at CERN’s headquarters on the French-Swiss border. It’s expected to tackle some of the deepest questions in science: Is the foundation of modern physics right or wrong? What existed during the very first moment of the universe’s existence? Why do some particles have mass while others don’t? What is the nature of dark matter? Are there extra dimensions of space out there that we haven’t yet detected?”.. see more.

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  My own paranoic idea is that, if they exist, we shall need those extra dimensions to escape from the  ‘forthcoming’ DoomsDay. But by its very definition, from Doomsday there is no escape. So this is a messy situation, even in Middle East terms..So lets do the CERN experiment..to know if we all are or not, a tasty meal for a gourmet black hole.

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Wilders film ‘Fitna’ in Nederland and Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses’ play in Potsdam

A turmoil of movies, literature, theater, actors, police and religious Islamic beliefs:

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After..” dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders released a film (Fitna) criticizing Islam and its holy book the Koran on Thursday, posting it on a Web site.”…, see here, Muslims are again upset at Satanic Verses play in German, I quote,…”A forthcoming stage play in German to be based on the controversial novel, The Satanic Verses by Indian-born author Salman Rushdie, is a “provocation,” a Muslim leader in Germany warned Friday.

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The stage adaptation is to premiere on Sunday, March 29, 2008, at the Hans Otto Theatre, known by the acronym HOT, in the city of Potsdam, south-west of Berlin. The script is by two Germans, Uwe Eric Laufenberg and Marcus Mislin, and is based on Rushdie’s 1988 novel. Police in the city said there had been no threat to the theatre, but they would guard it on Sunday as a precaution. Germany’s various Muslim groups have differed in their reactions with one group, the Central Council of Muslims, calling for calm.”…see more.

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Marcus Mislin,        Uwe Eric Laufenberg,       Oktay Khan

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I quote from the Guardian (UK) that , ..”Turkish actor Oktay Khan, who was due to take part, withdrew his consent after receiving threats that he would be attacked if he took part.”…see more

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  Now what’s the rush? Well  the procedure is a know one, you have no right whatever to offend the Islamic religious  beliefs. But what if most people have some critisism, on any subject, and among them on religious beliefs, and not for the sake to offend but from the point of view of their beliefs, is it a  crime to be punished by dead or by some other calamities?

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And on the other side, a know example is the citation from the Koran that Jews and Christians are the descendant of pigs and monkeys. I don’t know of  Christian or Jewish people who thinks that if a Muslim believer say so he deserve some punishment. And what’s so wrong in that we are the descendant of pigs and monkeys, after all,  from 750 Nobel prize winners 167 are Jews and the rest ,I suppose, are Christians and others. Not to bad for pigs and monkeys.

“Fitna” the movie on 

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